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The Extremities are all set to release their latest project Re:Fresh this Wednesday, May 8th, and to get you prepped for its arrival, they’ve released the cover art and track list for the album. If you’ve followed our posts on The Extremities in the past, you’ll know that I was a huge fan of their previous album, The Mint Condition. With an absolutely solid lineup of guest appearances announced for Re:Fresh, their upcoming album promises to be just as special. For a taste of the project, check out their remix of The Get By’s “Lift Off”. Check out the track listing below, as well as a preview of the album.

Track list:
1. Cold Cheese w/ ELMNT, Brandon Dramatic & Roshin
2. Like This w/ D-Sisive, Guilty Simpson & DJ Grouch
3. Don’t Sleep w/ Rich Kidd
4. Likkle Champion w/ Ain’t No Love & Skyzoo
5. Lift Off w/ The Get By
6. That Purple w/ JD Era
7. Lost & Found w/ Ambition
8. Just The Day w/ Relic & Saukrates
9. Morning After w/ Apollo & Wordsworth
10. Recreation w/ Ghettosocks
11. The Getaway w/ Fraction, Prince Po & Maya Killtron

Super Producer AraabMUZIK fell victim to a robbery attempt last night in Rhode Island. The news quickly broke out after his associates, Duke Da God and Avatar Darko took to Instagram and Twitter to reveal what had happened. Araab’s Rep tells Billboard:

“Rumors have begun to circulate and first and foremost, we want to let everyone know that AraabMUZIK is currently alive and well,” AraabMUZIK’s camp said in a statement. “He was out in his neighborhood last night with friends and unfortunately the victim of being in the wrong place at the wrong time. He is recovering now and police are investigating the crime. We appreciate all the concern and fan support and Araab is looking forward to a speedy recovery and returning to the stage as soon as he can.”

Prey for my bro Araab! He just got shot but he’ll be alright! He’s strong!

— AVA†AЯ DAЯKO (@AvatarDarko) May 2, 2013

Via hiphop-n-more

In an interview with The Canadian Press last week, Maestro Fresh Wes announced the release date of a new album, which is set to be in stores for June 25th. Seeing as this is his first full length album in over a decade, I doubt anyone could be looking forward to anything else this summer besides some new music from “The Godfather of Canadian Hip-Hop”. Hit the link after the jump to read more.

“TIME’s Most Influential was impressive, especially since I wasn’t in the artist section… had me with the builders and the titans”

Jay-Z finds himself as one of seven celebrities to cover TIME for its 2013 Most Influential People in the World issue in the Titans section. The feature on Hov was written by the Mayor of New York City, Michael Bloomberg. Check out what he had to say and let us know if you agree in the comments section.

Jay Z embodies so much of what makes New York New York. A kid from a tough neighborhood who grows up in public housing, overcomes lots of bad influences on the street, never lets go of his dream, makes it to the top — and then keeps going, pursuing new outlets for his creativity and ambition. When no one would sign him to a record contract, he created his own label and built a music empire — before going on to design clothing lines, open sports bars and, most recently, represent professional athletes. He’s an artist-entrepreneur who stands at the center of culture and commerce in 21st century America, and his influence stretches across races, religions and regions. He’s never forgotten his roots — “Empire State of Mind” was a love song to our city — and as a co-owner of the NBA Nets, he helped bring a major league sports team back to Brooklyn, not far from his old neighborhood. In nearly everything he’s tried, he’s found success. (He even put a ring on Beyoncé.) And in doing so, he’s proved that the American Dream is alive and well.

Yesterday, while in New York for the Jordan Brand Classic at the Barclay Center this weekend, Drake came through YN’s aka Elliott Wilson’s “Keep It Thoro” radio show to discuss a wide range of topics. Check out what Drake had to say below.

Part 1: Talks about his forthcoming project Nothing Was The Same, “Started From The Bottom” and “5Am In Toronto”.

Part 2: Drizzy hints at his plans to release two songs next week.

Part 3: Talks about his ongoing relationship with The Weeknd as well as collaborating with 2 Chainz, Kendrick Lamar, and Future.

Part 4: Touches on Weezy’s health issues, Pusha T as an artist, Rihanna and disses Chris Brown.

Via MissInfo

Devising a list of Hip-Hop’s wealthiest this year, Forbes releases their edition of the top five richest artists in the game today. Although some of the placements might be up for discussion, it wasn’t too unexpected these five would make the cut and they took everything into consideration. Click below to read and view the video on why they chose who they did.

Image design by Ben Didier/CBC Music

Today, the CBC sparked a lot of discussion within Canadian hip-hop circles when they decided to release their list of the 25 greatest Canadian rappers ever. Of course, every list is going to be subjective, but I think they deserve some credit for the list they’ve compiled. Hit the skip to check out the full list.

Having collaborated on the track “Life Is So Exciting” and respectively dropping their mixtapes, S.O.U.L. Tape 2 and Wrath of Caine, Fabolous and Pusha T have announced “The Life Is So Exciting Tour,” presented by MTV Jams. The cross country tour will start April 24th in Providence, RI, making stops in New York, Detroit, Los Angeles and Portland before ending in Oshawa, ON on June 1st. Both artists are also slated to release upcoming albums with Fabolous’ “Loso’s Way 2” and Pusha’s “My Name Is My Name” slated to drop in May. Hit the jump for the full tour dates.

04/24 Providence, RI – Lupos Heartbreak Hotel
04/25 Boston, MA – Wilbur Theatre
04/26 New York, NY – BB Kings
04/27 Washington, DC – Howard Theatre
04/28 Baltimore, MD – Soundstage
04/30 Norfolk, VA – TBA
05/02 Myrtle Beach, SC – House Of Blues
05/03 Raleigh, NC – Long Branch Ent Complex
05/04 New Paltz, NY – SUNY New Paltz
05/05 Cleveland, OH – House Of Blues
05/08 Indianapolis, IN – Egyptian Room
05/09 Minneapolis, MN – Epic
05/10 Milwaukee, WI – Rave
05/11 Detroit, MI – Royal Oak
05/13 Kansas City, MO – The Midland
05/14 Denver, CO – The Ogden
05/16 Phoenix, AZ – TBA
05/17 Los Angeles, CA – Club Nokia
05/18 Ventura, CA – Majestic Ventura Theater
05/19 San Francisco, CA – Mezzanine
05/20 Portland, OR – Roseland
05/21 Seattle, WA – Showbox
05/22 Vancouver, BC – Gossip
05/23 Edmonton, AB – Encore
05/24 Calgary, AB – Flames Central
05/25 Saskatoon,SK – Odeon
05/28 Winnipeg, MB – TBA
05/30 Montreal, QC – Club Soda
05/31 Mississauga, ON – Famous
06/01 Oshawa, ON – Marquee

As you should know by now, you don’t need a major label record deal to be successful as an artist. There are countless examples like Macklemore & Ryan Lewis who just went over three times platinum with their single Thrift Shop. Coming May 1, 2013 is a new social buying platform for hip hop artists, an online music distribution hot spot, Skotch Tapes. Providing a place for independent hip hop artists, Skotch Tapes in association with A&M Entertainment are aiming to keep the contracts aside and get your music promoted without any constraints. In advance, they recently launched a clothing line that focuses on a “major without the label” concept that is set to get the word out. So if you got some dope bars, nice hooks, some sick beats and think you got what it takes, this is something you might want to check out.

The first 10,000 subscribers will be granted 50% off all tracks forever which you can sign up at Skotch Tapes.