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Here’s a release from UV Music Group signee ASTR. ASTR was born and raised in New York (In Westchester, then New York City). She started singing more than six years ago with friend Alex Reid. Recently, as an aspiring solo artist, she has worked to create the excellently well produced & engineered “Goodnight”, a sexy, electronic, yet eerie song that proves to be memorable with adhesive lyrics and flawless vocal performance. Enjoy!

Nardwaur and his crazy investigative skills meet up with the A$AP Mob down in Texas for SXSW. Man, I don’t know how this guy does it, but the stuff he knows is insane!

First up we have Hopsin, Roscoe Dash, MGK, Future & Danny Brown. Honestly, this cypher should be a huge clue into who REALLY belongs on this list, and who made it for no apparent reason…

This is so dope! Rapper/Singer/Producer Plan B takes on the viewpoint of a high class British member of society looking down on the poor and downtrodden class and how pitiful and dangerous they are. It’s always nice to see rappers using their songs as social commentary. What’s y’all take on this song?

Zeds Dead, a well-known purveyor of dubstep, hooks up with Omar LinX for this clash of soundscapes. Pretty cool to listen to, and a great indication of the direction that hip hop is headed in.

Justin W comes through with one of his fellow BDCO’s, Kelow, and drops this trippy visual. What do y’all think of J-Double’s verse, and the song as a whole?

Man, been a while since we’ve seen THIS name around these parts… Unfortunately, it comes coupled with a diss track towards one of the rap games hottest right now, J. Cole. However, there is some silver lining to this, as the bottom of the information screen says 9/21/12, which we can only assume is the expected release date for Hamilton’s album. I’m excited to hear what he has in store for us!

Cypress Hill continues on their effort to become relevant again by this time linking up with deadmau5. In my opinion, this track feels a little empty, but what do y’all feel?

E-40 connects with the purveyors of the dougie for a new track. Will this one have the same effect as Teach Me How To Dougie?

Download: Cali Swag District – She Gettin’ It f. E-40 (MP3)

The Strange Music affiliate and close friend to Tech N9ne releases his first video from his upcoming project, Kickin’ And Screamin’. The crooner takes a break from his usual MO and spits a quick verse, which is notably better than most singers slash rappers.

Ohio’s resident bad boy drops off the remix to his out of control hit, Wild Boy. And look at that, he even got the real Steve O on this one!

Download: MGK – Wild Boy (Remix) (MP3)

We’ve never really covered Kid Ink here at 5star, but since he made it onto the 2012 XXL cover, I figured it’s about time to introduce him to y’all. He sounds a bit like Chris Brown on the jawn, but what’s your take on it?

Download: Kid Ink – Neva Gave A F*ck (MP3)