Talib Kweli is going on “The Prisoner of Conscious Tour” and we have the tickets for YOU! How can I get a free pair you ask? Easy, just submit your e-mail below and also follow/tweet this (click here). We’ll send the winner an e-mail on Friday, May 28th.

n lengthy discussion with the Seattle representative, Macklemore & his creative partner Ryan Lewis share their Top 5 Sneakers of All Time. The conversation evolved after we discussed his critically acclaimed “Wings” record that garnered a lot of backlash from the sneaker head community.

I was always exposed to a lot of music growing up. My parents listened to a lot of the greats man like Marvin Gaye, Al Green and The Temptations. I soaked up a lot of music. From hip-hop I was just interested in everybody. Eventually I just started writing to instrumentals and it just came natural.

Frank Ramz‘ Quite Frankly has finally arrived. Working with Ramz over the past few years has given me a lot of insight into what he’s all about, and one of the things that stands out most is integrity.

Who’s ready to party in Las Vegas listening to “Party Rock Anthem”? Billboard is hosting their 2012 Music Awards at Sin City this year. London’s very Adele, Rihanna, Justin Beiber, LMFAO, Lil’ Wayne, are one of many top leading finalist at the event.

Director, Kheaven Lewandowski, hook ups with Canadian artist, TALWST (Pronounced Tall Waist), for a video titled “Peace Tonight” Produced by ILLANGELO (The Weeknd, Airplane Boys and Drake ft. The Weeknd – Crew Love).

Who is Angel Haze? I’d say a young, extremely talented poet, rapper, and singer who happen to manage and understand life in this misconstrued society. She’s well beyond her years. She’s extremely wise and strong minded.

On this installment of The SPOTLIGHT we featured our good friend, Andrew Nosnitshky as know as “Noz”. Noz is a well known for his legendary site CocaineBlunts.com. He’s done work for almost everybody at XXL’s site for a few years, Scratch Magazine, NPR, Vibe, Billboard, Complex, Fader, The Wire.

Our good friend Starboyant got a chance to direct @JScriptz’ new video for Martin Luther Dream, one of my favorite tracks on his Vanishing Point mixtape. If you haven’t heard of this guy yet you are sleeping under a massive gigantic rock.

The west coast Trio will be perform in West Hollywood on May 1st presented by atkboyent and we have YOUR tickets. How can I get a free pair you ask?

Following his first single “Go To The Mo,” Jeremih releases his self-produced title track from his forthcoming mixtape Late Nights. “This right here is an open toast to overload and overdose,” he sings.

Here’s an interview we had with Diggy Simmons a few weeks ago. He touched on his project Unexpected Arrival, going on tour, working with Jadakiss, and his sneaker line. Feel free to watch our old interview with Diggy when he first stepped into the music industry.

@MadMoneyGang1 releases a new video called “Lil Mo” off of his upcoming I’m Just Livin 2 mixtape droppin on May 25. Directed by Brandin Wright from Catch & Shoot.

Meek Mill drops the first track off his forthcoming mixtape, Dreamchasers 2, which drops May 7th. “Flexin On Em” is produced by Jahlil Beats.

Ro Ransom might be new to some of you guys in the New York scene but not to us. He’s been puting in work before he even was eligible to get a drivers license. The harlem representer is providing the flow as Jayex is behind the production with a smooth M.I.A sample on the hook. “Deadman Wonderland” is Ro Ransom’s 2nd single off his upcoming mixtape, Ransomnia.