In a time where Twitter followers and Youtube views are more important that lyrical skills, hip-hop’s obsession with social media and marketing leaves little room for true gangsta rappers. However, this hasn’t stopped Freddie Gibbs. Breaking through in 2009 (with projects like The Miseducation of Freddie Gibbs and midwestgangstaboxframecadillacmuzik) due to sheer technical ability and lyricism, Gangsta Gibbs has gone from strength to strength, securing an XXL Freshmen spot without the use of a co-sign, signing a deal with Young Jeezy and at the same time working on albums with legendary underground producers Madlib and Ski Beatz.

I had a chance to chat to Freddie whilst he was out touring the US, to talk about his new deal with Jeezy, this year’s XXL Freshmen, his upcoming projects and how he developed his intricate flow patterns…

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Childish Gambino has a new mixtape (title to be confirmed) on the way, last week saw him unleash a couple of tracks from the project, including a SchoolBoy Q featured cut that Funk Flex premiered on Hot 97…

Detroit producer Black Noi$e gives gritty makeovers to a few of the standout cuts from Danny Brown’s XXX for this new remixes EP which also features the instrumentals.

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To warm up for the official return of Darkman X when he drops his new album, Undisputed on June 26th, he unleashed a new EP of eleven new tracks last week featuring input from the likes of Snoop Dogg, Tyrese and Big Stan.

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While we await Devlin’s upcoming album A Moving Picture dropping in October, the Dagenham, UK representative unleashes a free new EP featuring five brand new original tracks including the sequel to his breakthrough single ‘London City’ and the Rawz Artilla and Ghetts featured ‘Scary Movie.’

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With El-P’s highly anticipated album, Cancer 4 Cure, dropping this coming Tuesday (and his collaborative LP with Killer Mike; R.A.P Music, out now) Rolling Stone magazine have been given the go ahead to stream the project in full from their website…

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Hit the jump for US tour dates for the ‘Into The Wild Tour’ featuring El-P, Killer Mike, Mr Muthafuckin’ eXquire and Despot…

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As well as featuring in the new Ab-Soul video, Jhene also dropped a brand new track last night (so new that it is, in fact, unfinished) produced by K Roosevelt. Her debut single on Def Jam, 3:16, should follow shortly…

The best line-up on a track this year get together to record visuals to accompany one of the stand-out cuts from Ab-Soul’s Control System which is just as important as anything Kendrick or Q has dropped and is a must have for hip-hop heads. Stream the album in it’s entirety here…

Next week (Thursday, 24th) sees legendary New York super-producer Just Blaze (Jay-Z, Dipset, Jay Electronica & many more) spinning a one-off DJ set in London, courtesy of the Doctors Orders, which will be his only UK show of 2012. Kicking off at 9pm at East Village this is definitely not one to be missing out on!

In the meantime, check out this retrospective mix of JB’s career so far…

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One of my favourite producers of the past couple of years drops a collection of recent instrumentals from tracks by the likes of Danny Brown & the Bruiser Brigade, Children Of The Night, Main Attrakionz, Boldy James and more.

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Pitchfork.tv present their 20 minute long documentray on Danny Brown, which follows him as he performs at Dilla Day in his hometown of Detroit…