411 Mania — News and thoughts on Tupac's hologram performance, Rick Ross working with Dr. Dre on next album, Game working with Cool and Dre and DJ Khaled on next album, DJ Premier gets radio show cancelled and more! more info

The Hip Hop Chronicle — The Ice- T directed ‘Something From Nothing: Art of Rap’ takes us on an intimate journey through hip-hop, from its birth to what is it today, digging deep into the art form.  Gaining insight from heavy weights such as Afrika Bambaataa, Big Daddy... more info

Totally Fuzzy — With his steadfast commitment to old battle-rap ideals, Bumpy Knuckles is a fitting collaborator for Premier, another ’90s traditionalist who has also shown similarly little interest in updating his style with the times. If not for a few scattered... more info

The Hip Hop Chronicle — Nas jumps on the remix to DJ Premier and Bumpy Knuckles’ track ‘Turn Up The Mic’. It will appear on Preemo and Bumpy’s project “KoleXXXion” dropping tomorrow. more info

Guardian Music — Nas made hip-hop that was fat-free, cliche-light and peppered with wordplay that would have had Keats noddingNas only has himself to blame. Nobody was expecting perfection on his first album, Illmatic. He could have picked inferior producers. He coul... more info

The Hip Hop Chronicle — Clip of DJ Premier & Bumpy Knuckles “wEaRe aT WaR” single off of their upcoming album KoleXXXion coming 3/27/2012. Autographed copies can be ordered EXCLUSIVELY at: http://gracieproductions.bigcartel.com   more info

Guardian Music — A blues-rap gem that shows this ZZ is topZZ Ward refers to her sound – a bluesy take on hip-hop – as "dirty shine", likening it to "backyard sauce that's so pure but so hard to swallow". Raised on a musical diet of Robert Johnson and Muddy Waters... more info

The Hip Hop Chronicle — Jon Connor goes in on a couple of freestyles with Tony Touch and DJ Premier.   more info

Nialler9 — An experimental gospel no wave soul pulp band, slurping Francophilia – Gainsbourg and Dutronc, Saint Just and Fanon, Badiou and Baurdillard – Black Power – Nina Simone, Public Enemy, James Baldwin, Fred Hampton, DJ Premier, and Fela Kuti – an... more info

USA Today Music — DJ Premier, Skrillex, Pretty Lights, the Crystal Method and producer Mark Ronson step out of their comfort zones. more info