Guardian Music — Hip-hop heavyweight recording follow-up to seminal solo album. Fingers crossed it won't include Devendra BanhartOne of the most legendary albums in hip-hop is about to get a sequel. Wu-Tang Clan's GZA has announced that he is working on Liquid Swords... more info

Totally Fuzzy — a r n e l said... Jazzanova (7 albums) The Temptations John Legend Monty Alexander Alela Diane Charles Bukowski http://bestfbothworlds.blogspot.com ...and: V.A. - The Very Best of Jazz Funk [2CD] music499 said... Iron & Wine - The Creek Drank the C... more info

Pitchfork — Last year, Raekwon roared back into relevance with Only Built 4 Cuban Linx... Pt. II, an instant-classic piece of tangled, bloody-minded throwback rap and the best long-player in years from the extended Wu-Tang Clan family. And it looks like Rae's Wu... more info

Live Daily — (LiveDaily.com) Method Man, Ghostface Killah and Raekwon are among the newest artists added to the lineup for Camp Bisco, a three-day music and arts festival held July 15-17 in Mariaville, NY. The newly announced artist list also includes Break Scien... more info

411 Mania — Method, Ghostface and Raekwon set to join LCD Soundsystem, Thievery Corporation and more for three-day fest... more info

Guardian Music — Last week was all about shoes, real and metaphorical. This week, we want you to suggest songs that affront and derideI think my fave comment of last week was from Williamsbach who made this observation about (another) Carl Perkins song:"Pointed Toe S... more info

Guardian Music — From Elvis to Crass, pop stars of every stripe have found occasion to pen songs about footwear. Here are some of the most memorableThere are many ways to clean suede. A popular one is to apply a small amount of white vinegar to the stain, allow it to... more info

MTV.com News — Jack Johnson's To the Sea holds the top spot on the digital-albums chart.By Gil Kaufman Train's Patrick Monahan Photo: C. Flanigan/ FilmMagic The weekly iTunes albums and singles chart aren't always identical to the Billboard tallies, becau... more info

Pitchfork — This year's Pitchfork Music Festival comes to Chicago's Union Park July 16-18, and the lineup is already ridiculously stacked: Pavement, Modest Mouse, LCD Soundsystem, Panda Bear, Broken Social Scene, Raekwon, and plenty more. And now it's time to fi... more info

MTV.com News — Singer knocks protégé Justin Bieber to #2, while Erykah Badu debuts at #4.By Gil Kaufman Usher Photo: Christopher Polk/ Getty Images Apparently the wait was worth it. After several delays, Usher's Raymond v. Raymond finally made it into s... more info