In case you missed her all over the Internet this year, Azealia Banks will probably be blowing up your speakers in 2012.  After the bombastic 212, this 20-year-old kid from Harlem came out of nowhere to breathe fresh life into the game.  Check out her latest, Liquorice:

LIQUORICE by Azealia Banks

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Drake’s boy The Weeknd has dropped the third in his mixtape trilogy called Echoes of Silence.  Silence comes hot on the heels of House of Balloons which made everyone’s best of lists for 2011.  You can listen to it over at AllHipHop.

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This hilarious list of the Top 10 Softest Rappers in the Game makes us wonder why Ghostface Killah doesn’t have a blog of his own.  Check out these choice nuggests of wisdom from the one of the greatest MCs of all time:

“the nigga joints is softer than cotton panties son”

“the nigga whole aura jus moist son”

“he still a marshmallow ass muthafucka”

“nigga makes lambs look dangerous”

Drake ~ The Motto Featuring Lil Wayne & Tyga (Official Video) from OctobersVeryOwn on Vimeo.

12-16 Los Angeles, CA – Gibson Amphitheatre (Power 106 Cali Christmas)
12-18 San Jose, CA – HP Pavilion (Wild Jam)
01-01 Las Vegas, NV – Joint at Hard Rock Hotel
02-14 Miami, FL – Bank United Center *
02-15 Gainesville, FL – Stephen C. O’Connell Center *
02-17 Nashville, TN – Bridgestone Arena *
02-18 Columbus, OH – Schottenstein Center *
02-21 Columbia, SC – Colonial Life Arena *
02-22 Lexington, KY – Rupp Arena *
02-24 Tallahassee, FL – Tallahassee-Leon County Civic Center *
02-25 New Orleans, LA – UNO Lakefront Arena *
02-27 Austin, TX – Frank Erwin Center *
02-28 Oklahoma City, OK – Chesapeake Energy Arena *
03-01 Kansas City, MO – Sprint Center *
03-02 Arlington, TX – College Park Center *
03-04 Tuscon, AZ – Tucson Arena *
03-05 Los Angeles, CA – Galen Center *
03-08 Fresno, CA – Save Mart Center *
03-10 San Jose, CA – Event Center *
03-11 San Diego, CA – Viejas Arena *
03-24 Dublin, Ireland – O2 Dublin
03-26 London, England – The O2
03-29 Sheffield, England – Motorpoint Arena Sheffield
03-30 Cardiff, Wales – Motorpoint Arena Cardiff
04-01 Manchester, England – M.E.N. Arena
04-02 Glasgow, Scotland – Glasgow SECC Hall 4
04-05 Paris, France – Palais Omnisport de Bercy
04-07 Brussels, Belgium – Vorst Nationaal
04-08 Amsterdam, Holland – Heineken Music Hall
04-10 Frankfurt, Germany – Jahrhunderthalle
04-12 Berlin, Germany – Max Schleming Halle
04-13 Copenhagen, Denmark – Valby Hallen
04-15 Stockholm, Sweden – Ericsson Globe
04-16 Oslo, Norway – Oslo Spektrum
04-19 Birmingham, England – LG Arena Birmingham
04-22 Liverpool, England – Liverpool Echo Arena
04-23 Newcastle Upon Tyne, England – Metro Radio Arena
04-25 – Nottingham, England – Capital FM Arena Nottingham

* with A$AP Rocky and Kendrick Lamar

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A new track from Kid Cudi’s WZRD project surfaced and makes us wonder what they’re all smoking over at G.O.O.D. music.  We’re not bashing it in the least, the hop hop meets indie aesthetic is a long time in the making and this is a solid start, but the na-na-na hook toward the end of the track has induced a good deal of chin scratching around the office.