5/17 “New Music Friday”

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Featuring Tyler, The Creator, DJ Khaled, Curren$y & Statik Selektah, Megan Thee Stallion, and Wu-Tang.

Price Gouging AIDS Meds Billionaire to Bail Out Bobby Shmurda; Threatens RZA

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Last month, it was reported that Wu-Tang Clan's one-of-a-kind album, Once Upon a Time in Shaolin, had been sold for "millions." Bloomberg has revealed the buyer's identity: Turing Pharmaceuticals CEO Martin Shkreli. Shkreli is the former hedge fund manager (and Collect Records associate) who made headlines this year for increasing the price of Daraprim—a drug used to treat AIDS and cancer patients—from $13.50 to $750. He reportedly paid $2 million for the album. Now in an exclusive interview with HipHopDX, Shkreli revealed that he's planning to bail out incarcerated Brooklyn rapper Bobby Shmurda while also firing off some shots at RZA and the rap industry. Read more after the jump!

New Music: Method Man – “The Meth Lab” feat. Hanz On & Streetlife

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You know what was a good show? Breaking Bad. Throughout its five seasons creator Vince Gilligan and company crafted some fine dramatic television centered around a struggling high school chemistry teacher producing crystallized methamphetamine to secure his family's financial future before he dies. If you have yet to see it I highly recommend it (I also suggest you quit living under a rock.) The show is such a hit that it's reviving the career of one Staten Island rapper. Method Man is a legend in his own right (check out his debut album, Tical) but let's be real: Wu-Tang Clan is finished, their latest album A Better Tomorrow is crap, and RZA has basically lost his mind. However that's not stopping M-E-T-H-O-D (MAN) from trying to jump start his career in the burgeoning 2010s. Thanks to Breaking Bad (and the subsequent popularization of methamphetamines) he's releasing a new project entitled... wait for it... The Meth Lab. Get it? Because he's Method Man and his name has a connection with meth. Well, at least he's trying something unlike GZA who's merely complaining about contemporary rap lyrics (or lack thereof.) He's also sharing the project's track title which features Hanz On and Streetlife. Check it after the jump.

New Music: Raekwon – “I Got Money” (feat. A$AP Rocky)

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With Raekwon's F.I.L.A. (Fly International Luxurious Art) project on the horizon, the Chef lets loose one of the album's most anticipated tracks. "I Got Money" features A$AP Rocky in rare form over a boom-bap style beat laced by S1.

Video: Raekwon Debuts New Song Featuring French Montana

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Raekwon has kept silent when it comes to his highly-anticipated, forthcoming (we think?) new album F.I.L.A. (Fly International Luxurious Art) but after stopping by Shade 45 he felt compelled to drop that new joint "Wall to Wall" featuring fellow NYC rapper French Montana. Check out the video after the jump!

Stream Ghostface Killah & BADBADNOTGOOD’s New Album Sour Soul Now

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Ghostface Killah and BADBADNOTGOOD's collaborative project Soul Soul officially drops February 24th and looks like fans are getting a treat early, as they've shared the entire album. There are twelve total tracks and there are features from MF DOOM, Danny Brown, eLZhi, and Tree. You can stream Ghostface Killah and BADBADNOTGOOD's Sour Soul after the jump.

Video: Wu-Tang Clan – “A Better Tomorrow”

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Wu-Tang Clan get all political and topical with their music video for "A Better Tomorrow" the title track from their new album, which you can stream in full right here. For "A Better Tomorrow," the Clan utilizes scenes of protesters in Ferguson and New York reacting to the deaths of Mike Brown and Eric Garner, respectively. In addition the visuals include President Barack Obama's reaction to the events. It closes with a list of people who were reportedly killed by police. Peep the visuals for Wu-Tang Clan's "A Better Tomorrow" after the jump.