A nice punky song 'M1A1' buy the Gorillaz, featuring slowthai and Slaves, with the cartoon band members showing up in the video; Nicolas Jaar revived his Against All Logic alias and has shared a song 'Alucinao', a collaboration with FKA twigs, song is tagged as "grimeton" (probably a portmanteau of "grime" and "reggaeton); Peter Bjorn And John released a jazzy pop song 'Drama King'; old school hip-hop house is full again - Method Man and Redman feature on a Gang Starr remix of 'Bad Name'; producer Daniel Avery and Nine Inch Nails synth wizard Alessandro Cortini have announced their new collaborative album with a new song 'Illusion of Time'; Royde Da 5'9'' proves he's in fine form with 'I Don't Age'; “Murderfolk” artist Amigo the Devil has released a new Tom Jones cover 'Delilah', on banjo; underground rapper Aesop Rock is back with a new single 'Rogue Wave'.

DJ Premier announced a new Gang Starr album, titled 'One of the Best Yet' and due November 1, Hot New Hip Hop reports. It's band's first in 16 years, nine years after band's MC Guru died, and DJ Premier said he was "just very happy to be making music with Guru again". The album features J Cole, Q-Tip, Royce […]

DJ Premier let the word out this week that he is working on a new album of unreleased material from Gang Starr, his iconic collaboration with the late MC Guru, Consequence of Sound reports. Yesterday, we get our first taste of the surprise effort with the song 'Family and Loyalty' featuring J. Cole.