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Interview Magazine is known for their particularly cutting edge pieces on some of hip-hop’s frontrunners and fresh faces (strongly recommend reading the A$AP Rocky March 2013 Cover Story). In the newest issue of Interview, the soulful songstress Erykah Badu gets to chop it up with Kendrick Lamar for a dope Question and Answer session. Badu taps into questions about K.Dot’s family life, his top ten MC’s (in no particular order), and even offers him some veteran advice for the future of his career. To peep the  the full article and a link to the images and article from the shoot, hit the jump. (more…)

Though we’re sure by now that everyone’s heard the quick snippet of Hova’s new track “100$ Bill,” Warner Bros. has released a brief teaser of “The Great Gatsby”, featuring Jay-Z’s new track. The song in full (at least we hope) can be heard on the soundtrack for the upcoming film which was also scored by Jay himself. This snippet is much shorter, but still dope to see it in tandem with the film. The soundtrack will also feature collabs from Fergie, Will. I. Am., Lana Del Rey, Florence & The Machine, Beyonce, Andre 3000, and more. Click above to peep the quick vid. (more…)

We received a snippet of the highly anticipated Beyonce and Andre 3000 track off of “The Great Gasby” soundtrack, but today (Thanks to Miss Info) we get the track in its entirety. This is a radio rip as of now, so be sure to check back frequently for the official CDQ. Audio after the jump.

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A new Beyonce track is released today that goes a bit bigger than the solo career of Mrs.Carter; the track “Back To Black” is a featured song off of the approaching “Great Gatsby” film to be released this May. “Back To Black” is a collaboration that features the legendary Andre 3K, and a soultry, sexy, seductive Beyonce sensually moaning the lyrics that take her back to a deep, black and promiscuous love. This sound is truly a depiction of that “Great Gatsby” era, which makes the record promising and relatively factual to that time period. Check the snippet after the jump! (more…)

In the words of the BlackEyePeas singer Fergie, “A little party never killed nobody, right here right now is all we got”. In extreme party mode, Fergie teams up with G.O.O.D. music rapper Q-Tip and GoonRock for the new release “A Little Party Never Killed Nobody (All We Got). Now this is not just a simple release, as the track is a part of the soundtrack for the new movie Baz Luhrmann’s ”The Great Gatsby” which premiers in theatres on May 10th. The hype dance track encourages all to dance as if your life depended on it, after-all when has that ever hurt? Hit the jump to read more about The Great Gatsby soundtrack after the jump! (more…)

Former Outkast Legend, now solo recording artist and one of Atlanta’s finest, Big Boi, made a major return to music these past few months with hit records like “Mama Told Me”, “Up In The A”, and The Pink Matter remix with Frank Ocean and Andre 3000. The MC, in the peek of his career got a chance to sit down with Power 106′s Big Boi’s Neighborhood and chop up all things hip hop and life. The ATLien talks on a plethora of topics ranging from his new album “Vicious Lies & Dangerous Rumors” to all of the rumors of an Outkast reunion with former label mate Andre 3000. Check it out after the jump! (more…)

ATL Based rapper Big Boi took the mic recently at T.I.’s listening party for this Tuesday’s release of “Trouble Man: Heavy Is The Head” and shared some opinions on his former group member Andre 3000. Andre has been teaming up with a number of different artist recently including Ke$A, Lil Wayne and more, and Big Boi makes it clear that he approves. Despite the rumor mill running that these two have not been getting along, we were happy to see that Big Boi thinks Andre still has the light of creativity. Check it out after the jump… (more…)

After releasing the official artwork for his latest single “Sorry” featuring 3 Stacks, T.I. finally releases the audio off his upcoming album Trouble Man: Heavy Is the Head. T.I.’s eighth studio album is scheduled to hit shelves December 18 with features from Lil Wayne, R. Kelly, CeeLo Green, Meek Mill, and more. Take a listen above: