It’s time for the second edition of the Weekend Rap-Up!  Every weekend, you’ll be able to catch some tight new records from other coasts and other genres, as well as some other music that slipped through the cracks during the busy week.  This time we’ve got September 7th’s Lakers mixtape, a new video interview with R&B master Joe, and a joint from Stan Sheppard’s protege Lena J.

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Legendary music executive Stan Sheppard, who has worked closely with DJ Quik and Battlecat among others, just sent us over this exclusive from his new artist Star out of Chicago.  Stan and Star are starting a new label called Twin Records, so expect to hear a lot more from them soon!  This track is bangin BTW.  DO NOT sleep on it!

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