Cincinnati emcees Donte The Gr8 (MOOD) and Buggs Tha Rocka have joined forces to form Space Invadaz. With their first project, a free 14 song mixtape titled Contact, available this Spring, the duo offer up a first taste in "Gun Show". The song is a commentary on the country's obsession with guns and gun violence and features production by Supa Dave West.

Just a few weeks out from the release of Linear Labs' Adrian Younge release Something About April II, Rza drops a remix of one of the albums tracks in commemoration of Quentin Tarantino's Hateful Eight. Hands of God also features Stereolab's Laetitia Sadier and Israeli singer Karolina. You can hear the track below with the original version available on Something About April II, dropping January 22nd from Linear Labs.

In celebration of the landmark release of "Star Wars: The Force Awakens", producers !llmind and Timbaland have combined forces for the "Star Wars" themed "The Force (Turn Up)". The track features iconic clips from legendary force weilders Darth Vader and Obi Wan Kenobi over a trapped out beat with some Artoo (R2D2) beeps thrown in for good measure. Check out the track below

The Blastmaster KRS-One is back with a brand new 18-track LP titled "Now Hear This". The album features tracks with Peedo & G Simone with production from Mad Lion, DJ Predator Prime, DJ Static, Hellmaf, The Beat Miners, Nick One, MK Zoo, KRS-One, Linsey Vona and Narayan. With the first singles, “Drugs Won” and “Sound Man”, we were given a taste of that new material, today you can hear (and purchase) the entire album through Bandcamp.

The one-night only all-ages event will take place Saturday, November 7, 2015, at 8:00pm inside the Broadchester in Los Angeles immediately following world-renown Freestyle Sessions. In addition to the performance by Fashawn, there will be an eight man, $500 MC battle judged by Elements Battle Champions Otherwize, Poseyedon, Dotted Line and Seefor. Attendees will also catch special sets by 2014 World DMC Supremacy Champion DJ IFTW and 3x LA DMC Champion DJ Manwell, DJ Able and DJ Luman. Resident Elements DJ’s for the evening include DJs Bonds, C-Los, Breeze and Gabereal.