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J. Cole may have taken a brief hiatus from the public eye after the success of 2011's The Sideline Story, but as of late he's proved that he never really left.  Already releasing a FreeEp this week, Cole followed up today, as promised, with the first single from his forthcoming album, Born Sinner.

After delivering an appreciation letter to his fans via his blog, J. Cole dropped the new FreeEp, Truly Yours, today. Even though the release of Truly Yours was truly unexpected, there's no way anyone could be mad at some new (let alone free) material from the Prince of the Roc. The whole release sounds like vintage J. Cole, so if you're a fan you definitely won't be disappointed with this short listen.

Slum Village is back with their first project since last year's Dirty Slums.  For those following the group from it's inception, the only original member left in SV is T3.  Slum Village now consists of T3, J Dilla's brother, Illa J, and Young RJ.  Dirty Slums 2 is hosted by Mick Boogie and features guest appearances from Rapper Big Pooh, Guilty Simpson, Joe Scudda, Fat Ray, and Clear Soul Forces.

Frank Ocean gives us a semi Outkast reunion on the official remix for "Pink Matter."

West Coast songstress Marz Lovejoy serves up a preview of what we can expect from her debut album, Elephant Soundz.

And who said Earl fell off?