Southside’s Finest in the studio with the Black Keys.

Off Ruga’s Live From Hell, album out now.

We Stole The Show sat down with Pill, an ATL emcee making noise on the blogs for his controversial videos, real lyrics and compelling story. Part one of the interview covers the inspiration behind his single Glass and the stigmas still attributed to southern emcees.

Hosted by Don Cannon, Produced by Jake One.

Hit the jump for the cover + track list + download link.

Freeway & Jake One – The Stimulus Package drops February 16th 2010:

February 17th, 2009 in an effort to stimulate the U.S. economy President Barack Obama signed into law The American Recovery and Reinvestment Act, better known as the stimulus package. On February 16th of 2010, another bad brother Philadelphia Freeway, seizes the moment and sets out to stimulate the Hip Hop industry by signing into law the Hip Hop Recovery and Reinvestment Act with the release of his third official studio album The Stimulus Package.

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Jay Rock borrows The Clipse’s instrumental for DJBooth.net Freestyle Series.

Jay Rock – I’m Good Too

New Gucci exclusives off the All Things White mixtape.

Yo Gotti ft. Gucci Mane & Sean Garrett – Amensia

Gucci Mane – I Think I Want Her Gucci Mane – Foreign

Gucci Mane ft. Birdman – Ball Till You Fall

All of these are NoDJ since the feds takin’ pictures raiding DJs.

Previously: Gucci Mane Sentenced 12 Months For Probation Violation

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*Dead* @ Joell’s harmonizing in the beginning.

Rihanna ft. Joell Ortiz – Wait Your Turn (Remix) | Clean

Shout to Joell and Mike H.

Hit the jump to watch Rihanna’s video for “Wait Your Turn.”

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Black Thought – The Professional (Unreleased)

Moments cannot be manufactured and once passed cannot be recreated. The DD172 space is an artistic epicenter where every passing instant becomes one of consequence and Creative Control is the lens that brings those glaring moments into focus. Creative Control, the brainchild of Directors Coodie and Chike and media mogul Dame Dash is an online media network bringing you original web series and music shot by the artists themselves. The series Sessions at DD172 will be an exhibition of talent caught candidly as they pass through the space curated by Dame Dash. Spotlighting artists like Mos Def, The Black Keys, Zoe Kravitz, and commencing with the release of the Black Roc Project, Creative Control will view the cross section of talent of all genres from every angle. See the full project as it launches Nov 27th on www.creativecontrol.tv

Check out another segment featuring Mos after the jump, and some of the other clips here. This whole Black Roc/DD172 project that Dame has been working on is probably the first thing he’s done since the Roc split that has genuinely grabbed my attention.

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