Yo, kids! You've had a whole week to get all that Turkey Day L-tryptophan outta your system... now go getcha all-ages on this Saturday, as Def Jukie Aesop Rock, proud possessor of "the grossest fangs in show biz," will be bringing his patented post-millennial patter to the UW Hub Ballroom December 4, along with Grayskul, Blue Scholars, and the man who grinds harder than tweaker teeth--DJ Scene--all hosted by big Byrdie! Ol' Bazooka Tooth will likely be doing some cuts off his upcoming EP, Fast Cars, Danger, Fire and Knives, so check the man out whilst enjoying all that top-shelf 206 shit.

I know I get a late pass here--but damn, the (unreleased, but leaked) Jean Grae/9th Wonder collabo Jeanius is filthy, by far the best shit she's ever put out... and I was already feeling her latest, This Week. Look, I've been checking for Jean since she was still What What, rapping about baseball with Natural Resource--but here she's finally hitting her stride; Jean's spitting crazy, packing more emotion and wit than ever before, all over 9th's soaring soul chops... "Controversy works, and plus I got a pussy/but even with that, people scared to push me/who's a pussy first?" Download it... and then, when it officially drops, just buy the shit, a'ight?

Now, even Jean would tell you, "Every Record Label Sucks Dick!" The man who first uttered that phrase, the one and only RA the Rugged Man has every right to be brittle... A legendarily eccentric fixture on NYC's underground for many moons, RA has seen the worst of the industry--and now, finally, he gets to drop his first album, Die Rugged Man, Die. As the original shitbag Caucasian MC, RA waxes poetic on hiphop's golden days, and speaks on being deranged and white in the rap industry--before it was at all acceptable--without sounding whiny or contrived. Outrageous, honest, and surprisingly mature, this is a dope collection of music from a very underrated MC.

A li'l group called Outkast recently announced that they've already started work on their next album, tentatively dubbed 10 the Hard Way; so titled because (according to Big Boi) it's allegedly gonna be 10 tracks of raw, vintage 'Kast. Those who've been waiting for a return to their Southernplayalisticadillacmuzik will, however, be disappointed to hear that (according to Andre 3000) the new record will not be a sonic return to their debut, but will represent a "new sound." So which is it guys, vintage Outkast or some ol' new shit? Whatever the case, you can breathe somewhat easy, purists--word is it will not sound like their gajillion-selling Speakerboxx/Love Below set (hey, is it just me, or is Speakerboxx one of the only slept-upon Grammy winning, multi-platinum albums in history?). So ease back, and dead those breakup rumors--for now.

On another note: Yo, with cats knocking out mufuckas at ball games and shanking dudes at award shows, doesn't it just warm the cockles of the heart to know that millionaires can be so grimy? Peace.

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