Fresh new tape from Manchester based Panache. This has some REAL heat in it, highly recommended free download!

Click here to download Before The Beginning

Enjoy.

Whats this Slaughterhouse-Benzino beef about again? Looks like Royce da 5 9 has had enough of Benzino taking shots at his crew and he wants to bring this to a head.

And who can blame him? Benzino makes a habit of beefing for no reason, and this is no different

You can check Royce’s comments here (and also Crooked I wading in)…

Pretty funny. Freestyles two verses and there’s even a hook from the dude with the guitar.

So, it’s official that ‘Ye will be headlining the Sunday (5th July) date at the Wireless Festival in Hyde Park, London. This is pretty big; it’s Kanye’s first time headlining at a festival, ever. We’ll be heading down there (we’ll take a couple cameras) so if anything exclusive drops or anything dope happens we’ll report back asap.

Anyway; on to a …

Part 2 of Culture VI’s interview with Mr. Ortiz has just dropped, props to Wil for sending this to me asap and giving us a plug. I really hope Slaughterhouse happens – shit is crazy.

Brand new interview with Brooklyn my-favorite-MC Joell Ortiz.

Props to Culture VI.

Part 2 is coming soon. Part 2 is here.

The Urban Lookout team would like to wish everyone a happy new year! We have some big things planned for 2009 and we are excited to start the year.

Also, today is the last day of the huge MixUnit.com sale… Make sure you check it out!

So, Diddy posted the below video today, offering a million dollars to the city of New York. Generous, right? Well, he does want one little thing in return; don’t worry, all is revealed in the video…

The Urban Lookout team would like to wish everyone a merry Christmas! We are almost a year old, and we have some big things planned for the new year, so watch out for some exciting announcements.

Bonus: Merry Christmas From Diddy

Hope everyone had a good day!

Here’s a new interview with Lil Wayne for ya’ll to feast upon. It’s not bad, actually – but what’s with that hat…?

He’s just oozing swagger.