The latest from the under-rated Talib Kweli bows this week at No. 2 on the Billboard 200 as well as the Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums and Top Rap Albums charts.

Featuring a ton of big name guests such as Kanye West, …

Keyshia Cole is one of the acts scheduled to perform “The Star Spangled Banner” at the kickoff of the 2007 NFL season.

The “NFL opening Kickoff 2007 Presented By Sprint” will take place on Thursday, September 6, and will see the …

Acclaimed newbie Emily King has dropped her highly-anticipated debut East Side Story which features lead single, “Walk In My Shoes.”

Check out the bonus version of the track, featuring Lupe Fiasco, below, as well as an interview with the New …

N.O.R.E. will drop his next album, Noreality, today (August 28th). The set features guest appearances from Kanye West, Three 6 Mafia, Swizz Beatz, Jadakiss, Styles P., Kurupt, Capone and more.

Check out the video for the lead single “Set It Off” …

Featuring 32 new tracks, UGK’s chart-topping double-album, Underground Kingz, boasts collabos with T.I., Rick Ross, Slim Thug, Charlie Wilson, Raheem DeVaughn, Three 6 Mafia, and many more.

Other rap releases …

Keep an eye open for the upcoming release from Hi-Tek called Hi-Teknology 3: Underground. Featuring promising independent acts, the November release is the follow-up to 2006’s Hi-Teknology 2: The Chip. In addition to unknowns, the set will also put the …

Cnn offers an article exporing the presidential candidates power, or lack of it, with the hip-hop generation.

Barack Obama might not be leading the Democratic presidential field in national polls, but the freshman senator has managed to capture the imagination …

Thanks to reader Casey Stagolis for this live clip of CB and TP doing their thing onstage.

“Kiss, Kiss”

After being forced from their homes by a brutal, decade-long civil war, six Sierra Leonean musicians found an unlikely form of healing to deal with losing everything — they formed a band. The band’s sound — a mixture of …

In honor of the new Omillio Sparks’ album, The Payback, due for an Aug. 28 release, 1200Squad.com, Remixmag.com, Geminidj.com and YakPak.com are sponsoring a contest to remix his party single “DJ Turn It Up.”

The winning entry gets the following:

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