Seems like this Tuesday the rap world said: Let there be rap. And there was rap. Yodel at your boy Chuck Schwab and cash in your Google stock (happy birthday!) because the new release racks got blitzed today.

If you’ve been reading our pages recently you know you can usually find us – at least in spirit – in the A. One of our favorite ATLiens, Maceo, conversates about work and other things on his debut, Straight Out Da Pot. Lil Kim drops The Naked Truth so make sure your lighters are fully loaded and ready to be raised when the caged queen bee sings. Bay vet B-Legit releases his latest, Block Movement. And of course, what shopping cart would be complete without the hulking slab of gothed up, hypnotized genius also known as Three Six Mafia’s Most Known Unknowns.

On the rock side of things, Ryan Adams returns yet again with a solid, non-Smiths worshiping disc, Jacksonville City Nights. You can also check for the modern Californian jams of Granddady and the quiet Brooklyn jams of Calla. They do the body good.