DJ Muggs making Grime/Dubstep now?

Just heard this new DJ Muggs track 'Snap Your Neck Back' featuring Dizzee Rascal and Bambu and is this what kept him away from most of Cypress's 'Rise'?? Hopefully it's a one-off and his upcoming album 'Bass For Your Face' will be more Hip Hop than this, 'cause the whole Grime/Dubstep sound ain't our thing...what do you think tho?

CoSang - Vita Bona Official Video

This came out in March (and the same-titled album even before that) but these guys are on top of their game - arguably the best Hip Hop group in Italy at the moment - so it's only right we shared this with you! They've got a new album coming out soon called 'L'Invidia' but for now it's strongly suggested you check out their first two releases: 'Chi more pe mme' and 'Vita Bona' (which also features French Hip Hop King Akhenaton).

And if you want more, here's 'Casa Mia' off 'Vita Bona' with some images of Naples' projects:

Kaos One feat. Colle Der Fomento - Firewire

A classic Italian rap song from Don Kaos dating back to 2007 featuring Roman heavyweights Colle Der Fomento - respect it or check it!

Freddie Gibbs - Cold Day in Hell

If you still haven't heard it, Freddie Gibbs 'Cold Day in Hell' was released October 31st and it's sounding promising - at the moment we're feeling 'Anything to Survive', 'Twos and Fews', 'Let Ya Nuts Hang', 'Menace II Society' and 'Heaven Can Wait' and 'My Dawgz' - Listen to it now.

And here's the 'Lord Giveth, Lord Taketh Away' (produced by Statik Selektah) video:

Busta Rhymes - You Ain't Gotta Wait Till I'm Gone (Heavy D & Smokin' Joe Tribute)

Tribute track from Bussa Bus, check it out now.

Slim The Mobster's 'War Music' Download

'War Music' is finally out and it's serious heat! Download it now! And don't forget to check the video for 'Falling Star' below:

Mobb Deep - Conquer

New Mobb Deep track produced by Havoc and conquered by P! Click to listen!

R.I.P. Heavy D

Heavy D passed away yesterday from complications stemming from pneumonia - Rest in Peace Heavy, condolences to your family and friends.

Pete Rock reflects on his first cousin's passing on HipHopDX.

Slim The Mobster feat. Dr.Dre - Back Against The Wall

New Slim The Mobster's new track featuring Dr.Dre (radio rip) - check out it! If you want to hear Slim's entire interview on Shady45, you can do so on slimthemobster.blogspot.com.

Also, here's the tracklist for the upcoming 'War Music' street album:

1. Dreaming feat. Nikki Grier

2. What Goes Up feat. Snoop Dogg

3. Fuck You feat. Yummy Bingham

4. Falling Star feat. Nikki Grier & Sly

5. Back Against The Wall feat. Dr.Dre

6. Martyr feat. Prodigy

7. South Central Blues feat. D Brown

8. Whose House feat. Kendrick Lamar

9. See It

10. Gun Play

11. Take It Easy

Elzhi Live - Jazz Cafe' London - 03/11/11

Another week and another dope show lined up for us, this time at the legendary Jazz cafe' which in recent years has brought some of the most classic names in Hip Hop to the big smoke - Rakim and M.O.P. just to mention a couple! Next up was Elzhi, one of the most skilled lyricists that has blessed the mic over the last decade and who took the effort to put together a live band just for this one show in LDN: a keyboard player, a drummer, a bassist and Elzhi's trusted DJ Houseshoes.

The show started off with a bang - Elzhi stepping down the narrow stairs that take to the stage and jumping into 'Genesis' from his Elmatic mixtape with that Hip Hop stage love every artist should have! And it wasn't hard to guess that Elmatic would feature heavily and the first half of the show was mostly dedicated to his latest solo offering: 'Halftime,' 'Memory Lane,' 'Life's a Bitch,' 'The World is Yours' and an outstanding performance of 'Represent' which merges into the Wu's 'C.R.E.A.M.' to send the crowd wild! Highlight of the night for me...and you can peep it in the video below of course!

The Detroit emcee then took a break to let his band do their thing for 10 minutes but was soon back on stage to kill it with classic verses from 'Motown 25', 'Deadly Medley', 'Hiding Place' and 'Come Get Me' - a fitting tribute to his late friend J.Dilla. And to end the show in style, Elzhi dropped a dope acapella verse before gifting us with 'Detroit State of Mind' - one of the best tracks on his newest mixtape and one of the best renditions on the night! All in all a great hip hop show from one of the best out there who even took time out at the end of the show to sign autographs and take pictures with pretty much everybody in the crowd! Big up to Elzhi and we hope to see him back in the big smoke real soon!