Off Nutso and 5th Seal’s I Plead The 5th project. Enjoy and be educated.

The title track off Alpha Faktion’s forthcoming EP, dropping on May 21st. Pre-order the EP via Alpha Faktion’s official Bandcamp page. Shout out to DJ Enyoutee!

Before artists were cheating YouTube for more video views, and labels engaged in buy backs for their own artists’ albums to inflate sales, one true way you knew a track was hot was how many people recorded it on their own tape decks. Well, Alpha Faktion is bringing those memories back with a vengeance in their latest video, “Truth, Lies & Audiotape.” Since “it’s hard to see the truth on the inside of your eyelids,” KrazeILLA The Monster and Azwun are here to open your mind to the pollution the spread by mainstream media. The revolution continues on their EP of the same title, dropping May 21st, which boasts guest features from the likes of Shabaam Sahdeeq and Skeezo, and includes production from Vherbal, Skammadix and 2Deep.

Ghostface Killah and Adrian Younge’s Twelve Reasons To Die is in stores now. Cop it!

Soul Temple Records releases visuals for the alternate version of Ghostface Killah and Adrian Younge’s “Rise of the Black Suits,” produced by Detroit-based producer Apollo Brown. Apollo has been commissioned to remix the entire Twelve Reasons to Die LP, which is set to be released on April 16th. The remix version of the LP will be available on limited edition cassette at participating independent record stores on Saturday, April 20th (Record Store Day 2013). To find out which stores in your area are participating in Record Store Day, click here.

This is the for B-Boys and B-Girls! Nutso and DJ Doom release a set of visuals to accompany their Jimmy Castor-inspired single. Pre order the single on 7″/45 via Blunted Astronaut. Enjoy and be educated.

Brooklyn’s T.H.E.M. Recordings unveil their latest signee Innocent?, who kicks off the album campaign for his forthcoming Love It Or Hate It LP, with the visuals for the Roc Marciano assisted single “Time For Change.” Production for the single is supplied by France’s Alterbeats crew who blend triumphant horn stabs and hard drums alongside DJ Modesty’s scratch chorus that fuses quotables from M.O.P., and A.G. Directed by Donald Robinson Cole III, the video depicts both emcees swapping verses in front of various Manhattan backdrops as they declare their resolution to stop waiting for change and make it happen themselves. Love It Or Hate It is scheduled for an early third quarter 2013 release and is set to include guest appearances from label mate Mic Handz, Roc Marciano and Tha Rockness Monstah, among others. Let the trials of Innocent? vs. The People commence…

For the final leak off King Remembered In Time, Big K.R.I.T. releases visuals for the track “R.E.M.” Video direction by Luke Choi of KRSP.

In the video K.R.I.T. is seen in a dream state while tryin to make sense of what he has been thru in the past year with the release of his debut album LFU. Look for “King Remembered In Time” to drop soon as its finished which is soon GoodTalk Multi x Cinematic.

If you have missed the previous leaks from King Remembered In Time, check them out here and here. Enjoy and be educated.

My favorite joint off Nutso’s Behind These Bars EP gets the visual treatment. Shout out to J57 on the beat!

With Blu, R.A. The Rugged Man and Tri-State all dropping albums this year on Nature Sounds, the label has decided to release a limited-edition 45 of their posse cut, “Thelonius King.” If you would like to own this piece of musical art, pre-order your copy here.

Timeless Truth release visuals for their Roc Marciano-produced cut off Brugal & Presidentes. Purchase the limited cassette version of Brugal & Presidentes here. Enjoy and be educated.