From POS’ upcoming album “Never Better,” seet to release February 3 on Rhymesayers.

This week’s underground hip-hop track of the week is Cymarshall Law and Mr. Joeker’s Out of the Rain featuring Mary Lou on the chorus. This song is one of very many dope tracks from Cymarshal Law and Mr. Joeker’s “Hip-Hop in the Soul” – which I’ve been bumping nonstop lately. Out of the Rain is a inspirational feel-good track, composed of three verses about people who overcame hardshops to find happiness and success. Click below to listen:

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This week’s underground hip-hop quotable of the week is the Metermaids’ Thinking About Jacksonville. This track is from the group’s new mixtape “Nightlife in Illinoise” – which you can AND SHOULD download for FREE here. “Nightlife in Illinoise” is made up of remixes from the Metermaids’ spectacular 2008 album “Nightlife” and Sufjan’s Stevens’ “Illinoise,” and Thinking About Jacksonville is the remix of Think About It, which is one of my favorite tracks from the album.

Click below to listen to the track:

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“How We Do” is E Reece and Core Elements’ first single off of the album “L.I.S.n 2 This Live.In.Studio.” out Jan. 27, 2009 on Elevated Mental Recordings.

Featuring MF Doom and 20/20.

This is a fan made video for Mos’ hit track Life In Marvelous Times, the first single from his upcoming album “The Ecstatic.” Apparently, Mos picked this fan video to be the song’s official video – due to how the images perfectly match up with his lyrics.

This is a FREE download of ScholarMan’s Maryland To UK, which was produced by UK beatmaker Jone$y. Click below to download:

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Detroit, MI - Joseph Penrod, a Commerce Township kindergartener, possesses a ravenous appetite and a spirited love of soccer and dancing. His mother, Marissa Penrod, is determined to keep it that way. In the year since Joseph was diagnosed with a form of muscular dystrophy, a degenerative disease that could rob him of his mobility, Penrod has become a fierce advocate for her son — and an overnight concert promoter.

After a chance meeting, Penrod and local hip-hop artist Hush came up with the idea of a concert to benefit the Muscular Dystrophy Association. Penrod hopes to sell 2,200 tickets to the Feb. 5 show at downtown Detroit’s Fillmore Theatre. In addition to Hush, the benefit will feature rhythm and blues band Hot Sauce and Southern rocker JoCaine. (more…)

Mansfield, OH – Forget Mother Goose and nursery rhymes, preschoolers at Madison Early Childhood Learning Center are taking learning to the next level. On Thursday, Brian Holland, a first-grade teacher at Pickerington Local Schools, brought “Hip-Hop-ademics” to the Bahl Avenue school, using rap music to get students on their feet.

Through his fun lyrics and energetic dance moves, Holland was able to incorporate preschool state standards into his program. (more…)

Whenever Victor Arzu approaches the corner of East 169th Street and Franklin Avenue in his grandmother’s neighborhood, Morrisania, in the South Bronx, he usually takes a moment to check out some posters on a wall depicting the hip-hop artist Grandmaster Flash.

Right underneath the image, in stencil-like lettering, the poster tells him: “Grandmaster Flash played the records they clapped for/ back when the dancefloor was packed at the Black Door.” (more…)