The TDE crew is the latest to jump on Rocko’s ubiquitous (and controversial) beat.

With Black Hippy set to launch the Good Kid M.A.A.D. City tour tonight in Las Vegas (dates below), Kendrick Lamar and friends jump on Childish Major’s stark, mournful beat. Kendrick has long been rumored to be next in line to remix the track, and he doesn’t disappoint.

Unlike the litany of remixes the song has seen (from A$AP Rocky and Wiz Khalifa, to name a few), Rocko has been totally excised from his own track, even as Future is around to drop one last chorus. Rick Ross, unsurprisingly, is nowhere to be found, and a few verses include nods to Rick’s regrettable lyrics. Listen below; it starts at about 1:18.

Ciara returns with this brand new cut from her forthcoming self-titled LP, and this time she’s brought along some assistance in the shape of Nicki Minaj.

Nicki kicks things off rapping like ‘Starships’ never happened, and it’s refreshing to hear her sounding like she actually gives a crap again, paving the way for an assured rap from Ciara herself. It’s a thick, bouncy club-friendly record that reminds of a certain Mrs. Carter‘s bigger tracks.

‘I’m Out’ is a far cry from the addictive, woozy romance of previous single ‘Body Party‘, but that’s no bad thing and its quality certainly gives us a good sense of what we can expect for the full length when it finally sidles out.

Ciara is due out on July 5 via Epic.

Company promises a legal way to remix without having to go through the traditional sample-clearance process.

First launched last year, Legitmix has announced a new digital storefront and a remix-only search engine dubbed Discovery. Legitmix allows remixers to sell their work, while ensuring that sampled artists get credit and payment, and Discovery aims to aid in that process.

“The traditional sample-clearance process makes it impossible for most remixes to be released legitimately, so the remix community built and underground ‘economy of free,’” the company says in a statement. “Unfortunately, this has led to a feeling that remixes have no value. We believe people will pay for remixes to support remixers and the artist they sampled if given a way to do so.”

Citing Diplo, El-P, and moombahton creator Dave Nada among their supporters, Legitmix calls Discovery a “Google for remixes.” In the browser-based search engine, each remix links to sampled tracks, allowing users to use the original tracks in their own creations; if they don’t have the song, Legitmix sends users to iTunes so that remixees can get paid. The Discovery service is running now on Legitmix’s site.

Rich Gang Rich Girl.

So here’s something we weren’t expecting: after the news was broken earlier by MTV, boss of the Cash Money label Birdman has now confirmed that Paris Hilton (yes THAT Paris Hilton) is the newest member of the Rich Gang. The label, which counts bizarre rapper Lil Wayne and pop superstar Nicki Minaj among its number, made headlines not so long ago with the shock signing of Limp Bizkit, but at least Durst’s tired band of rap rockers were actually a band, that actually made music and stuff.

Hilton has dipped her toe into music before, with a few laughable attempts at DJing and the painfully average Paris LP back in 2006, but she told Showbiz411 that the new album would be ”a lot different than my first album, it’s really going to be house music.” We’ve heard that before.

We’ll wait until the music finally surfaces to cast any proper judgement, but let’s be honest, the signs aren’t looking promising.

The California electronic artist reworks the Chicago duo.

While Houses’ ‘The Beauty Surrounds’ is a bit of heartbroken synth-pop, the remix by D33J is a gentle recasting of the original, infused with the haze of his other remixes and a heartbeat metronome.

D33J’s Anticon debut is out now, as is Houses’ A Quiet Darkness. Both acts will open for Baths on a tour that begins tomorrow; those dates are below.

May 23 – Portland, OR – Holoscene
May 25 – Vancouver, BC – Electric Owl
May 26 – Seattle, WA – Barboza (Headline)
May 27 – Missoula, MT – The Badlander
May 30 – Boise, ID – Neurolux
May 31 – Salt Lake City, UT – Urban Lounge (Headline)
June 1 – Denver, CO – Bluebird Theater
June 2 – Omaha, NE – The Waiting Room
June 5 – Minneapolis, MN – Triple Rock Social Club
June 6 – Milwaukee, WI – Turner Hall
June 7 – Chicago, IL – Metro
June 8 – Detroit, MI – Magic Stick
June 9 – Toronto, ON – Horseshoe Tavern
June 10 – Montreal, QC – Le Belmont
June 12 – Cambridge, MA – The Sinclair
June 13 – Philadelphia, PA – Union Transfer
June 14 – Washington DC, – Black Cat
June 15 – New York, NY – Webster Hall
June 16 – Richmond, VA – Strange Matter
June 19 – New Orleans, LA – Hi Ho Lounge
June 20 – Houston, TX – Fitzgerald’s
June 21 – Austin, TX – Mohawk
June 22 – Dallas, TX – Club Dada
June 24 – El Paso, TX – The Lowbrow Palace
June 25 – Tucson, AZ – Club Congress
June 26 – Phoenix, AZ – The Crescent Ballroom
June 27 – San Diego, CA – Casbah
June 28 – Los Angeles, CA – El Rey Theatre
June 29 – San Francisco, CA – Great American Music Hall

The Glasgow partystarters announce another London warehouse party.

After last month’s massive Pleasure Principle weekender, the label/clubnight has announced a London warehouse party; they last hosted one in December.

On June 22 at Peckham’s Bussey Building, Jackmaster and Spencer will be on the decks all night, with a special live show by synth master Legowelt. Tickets are on sale now; the flyer is below.

Earlier this year, FACT spoke with Jackmaster and Spencer about Numbers and the label’s forthcoming releases.

“A comma and a fucking dot; semicolon.”

Comedy rap trio The Lonely Island have recruited Solange for their latest tune, ‘Semicolon’. Schoolhouse Rock! this is not; think grocery bag rap with a chorus by the younger Knowles chanteuse. And yes, the joke is that they’re using the punctuation incorrectly.

The Wack Album on June 11 through Republic and features Justin Timberlake, Kendrick Lamar, Lady Gaga, Pharrell Williams, Green Day’s Billie Joe Armstrong, Maroon 5′s Adam Levine, T-Pain, and more.

As he prepares to head to Spain’s Primevera Sound festival, FACT TV premiere the latest video by Montreal musician Doldrums, ‘Holographic Sandcastles’.

Taken from the Canadian producer’s latest album Lesser Evil, the song features Sami Nacomi and the video was directed by Winston Hacking. Lesser Evil is out now.

Brodinski and Manu Barron prep the tenth release from their club-minded imprint.

Bromance #10 features tracks from Montreal’s Kaytranada and Baton Rouge’s Suicideyear — two young producers exploring the leading edge of hip-hop beatcraft.

Kaytranada’s ‘Free Things in Life’ is a contemporary spin on classic hip-hop sounds with a massive low-end, while Suicideyear’s ‘Finale’ is a trap beat wrapped in a Pure Moods enigma. Preview both below; Bromance #10 will see digital release on May 3 with a vinyl release on June 21.

For more from the pair, Suicideyear’s Japan made its way into a recent Mixtape Round-up, and Kaytranada was interviewed as part of FACT’s look at Montreal’s new breed.