This video is some behind-the-scene footage to the making of B. Dolan’s “Fallen House, Sunken City,” which is scheduled to drop March 2 on Strange Famous Records. The music that appears in this video comes from the songs Leaving NY as well as Border Crossing.

ScholarMan has already released two singles with videos in preparation for his upcoming album “Free Spirit of a Troubled Soul” – which is scheduled to drop Jan 5. Now he has released this 10 minute audio preview of the album. If you like some of snippets you hear here, check out Scholar’s videos for Reap, Sow and I Love Hip-Hop Music.

One Be Lo just signed with MYX Music Label to release his upcoming album “B.A.B.Y.” Apparently, the new album is autobiographical of the One Be Lo’s life as a youth in Pontiac Michigan, focusing on the experiences with school, peers, family, the army, and crime. And what’s more, “B.A.B.Y.” will be a multi-media project encompassing music, film, books, clothing, and toys. The Pigs, which features Mike Posner, did not make the album, so I guess Lo decided to give it away free. Click below to listen to One Be Lo’s The Pigs:

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I’m excited about the upcoming Felt shit, mainly because of the production switch. While the group maintains emcees Slug and Murs, Felt now features Aesop Rock on the beats. As an introduction, Rhymesayers is offering Protagonists for FREE download. Click below to listen to Felt 3’s Protagonists:

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This track is the first leak from Kats & Domer’s next FREE mixtape “Almost Fameless Vol. 4,” which features some of the best of the NYC underground, including illspokinn, Ryan O’Neil, Bisc 1, Jake Lefco, Folklore, Renaissance and the Metermaids. Push Come To Shove is one of the few tracks that will feature just Kats & Domer. “Almost Fameless Vol. 4″ will be available for FREE download soon! Click below to listen to Push Come To Shove:

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Live performance of Eyedea & Abilities’ Spin Cycle, from the upcoming album “By The Throat.”

This is a snippet from an interview with a bunch of the cats from the Strange Famouse Records crew. The segment focuses mainly on Sleep and the release of this brand new album “Hesitation Wounds,” which is available now.

Stumbled across this on YouTube this morning and thought it was tight, albeit short. From the upcoming “Pivotal Moments” EP.

It appears this Jimmy Fallon thing continues to work out really well for the Roots. How I Got Over is apparently the title track to their upcoming album. And this video shows them performing it live on last night’s Jimmy Fallon show.

This article was titled “Mos Def is most thoughtful as he focuses on myriad projects” by USA Today – Mos Def can’t suppress sheer delight over the exotic strains, heady beats and slurry flow of politically charged poetry on his new album, in stores Tuesday. That joy does not explain its title, “The Ecstatic.” Such logic would be too tidy for hip-hop’s cerebral agitator. “The Ecstatic” borrows its name from Victor LaValle’s 2002 darkly comic novel about an obese college dropout sinking into mental illness as his colorful Queens, N.Y., family copes. (more…)