School is upon me, but the end of the week holds Living Legends live in Santa Cruz and Immortal Technique in San Fran.

Re-Up Gang interviewed over at OnSmash, and new audio, "You Ain't A Killer," at FADER. Peter Rosenberg also got an exclusive. The Clipse and company are stepping up lately, 2008 looking lovely. (Also on the Re-Up blog.)

Nah Right is keeping the dead prez/Evergreen College story alive with a new video from the Hip-Hop Congress. Additional info here and at XXL. It looks like the Hip-Hop Congress is dropping a fundraiser CD for the Thurston County Sheriff's Office. Not sure what to make of that one, but I'm not buying it. Ironically enough, dead prez will be on the comp. Never thought I'd see the day stic and M-1 signed off on fundraiser for the cops.

... Out of nowhere come Redman and Method Man with a brand new track. "Broken Language 2008" is definitely decent, and--I'm hoping--a signal for a future album. Been missing these two together for a minute.

Miss Info covers Juvenile's recent tragedy, which has made the mainstream media as well. I wonder what the talking heads will have to say about rap and gun violence. I'm sure it wont be pretty.

Weezy haters everywhere are latching onto some alleged Aliyah biting. Meh, whatever. Weezy's catalog speaks for itself, this kind of shit proves nothing. Jay-Z bit, Em bit. Everyone bit. There's just not enough words anyway, real talk.

Game goes to jail. Not the first time homie has been taken in on camera, peep the classic scene in Stop Snitchin', Stop Lyin' if you ain't know.

Panda Toes has Dude 'N Nem vs. Wiz Khalifa vs. Alice Deejay and also some new Justice, "D.V.N.O."

Del the Funkee Homosapien is ready to drop the Eleventh Hour (been working on it for too long), and some more audio has come out. Props to illRoots.

Finally, your favorite hipster rappers go at it, verse for verse: Naledge vs. Mickey Factz.