
Echo is set to release his debut album, 'Broken Connection' on January 8th. This first project includes features from D-MAUB, Chris Weaver, Ryan Paul Buck and more with beats made by
GeeDa, Alex Medina (of "The Watchmen"), David Baker (Deeonthetrack), including others.

Shai Linne recently announced that he will be collaborating with
Theory Hazit to produce a single off his upcoming album ‘Lyrical Theology Part One’. Based off Shai's tweets the record will break down Psalm 110 and may be titled "Lamb & Lion". This should be another example of a quality Humble Beast and Lamp Mode Recordings collaboration.

We reported news of a full length album entitled 'Of Vice & Virtue' coming soon from the Humble Beast signed group Alert312 a few months ago. The artwork, release date, and tracklisting has now been revealed for this upcoming project. The album is set to release January 29, 2013.
Tracklist:
1. Vice Versa
2. The Villain vs. The Virtue
3. Dragon Bragging
4. Caesar
5. Lack of Achievement
6. Babble ft.
Odd Thomas
7. Kill the Elephants
8. Damn
9. Jaime
10. Invisible Man ft. Catalina Bellizzi
11. Life’s Wonderful
12. Supreme

Xist Music has revealed the album cover for Da' T.R.U.T.H.'s upcoming sixth studio album 'Love, Hope & War' which is set to release on January 29, 2013.

It appears that Tennessee Titans’ rookie linebacker Zach Brown truly is “on fire.”
After achieving two sacks in a recent Monday Night Football game against the New York Jets (where he was seen sporting the #IMONFIRE wristbands from hip hop worship artist
Rawsrvnt) he followed it up with a record-tying two interceptions for touchdowns against the Jacksonville Jaguars on December 30.

Christian hip hop is making a difference for African students in the Congo. January 31st, 2012 Rapzilla released a compilation album with the goal of raising money to benefit Ecole de la Borne, a school in the Congo. The album featured all new, unreleased, and exclusive songs by
Lecrae,
KJ-52, Beautiful Eulogy,
Sho Baraka,
Braille,
Japhia Life, GRITS,
K-Drama,
Eshon Burgundy, and many more. The support by the Christian Hip Hop community was stronger than we anticipated being compilation projects usually are less cohesive, aren't generally pushed by the artists on them, and historically have low sales. The project also received great coverage on the secular hip hop media outlets such as
AllHipHop.com,
HipHopDX.com,
DJBooth.net, and others. The project went on to crack the Top 10 Hip Hop/Rap Albums on
iTunes, and hit #4 on the Top Gospel Albums on
AmazonMP3.

The final revision of the album cover and the tracklisting has been revealed for
DJ Official & Alex Medina's 'Gravity The Remix' EP available for free download on Christmas Day.
Fedel announces the release of his next full-length album, VIP, for May 2013. After releasing his free
'Members Only Mixtape' only a week ago, fans are buzzing about his new music and asking about his next full length album.
R-Swift recently announced that he will be gearing up to release his next project ‘Apply Pressure’ on April 16th, 2013. Last year, in an interview with Rapzilla.com,
R-Swift revealed the title of the project. When asked why the title, Swift said “It’s sort of like a double meaning. When you get wounded, they say to heal the wound you apply pressure.