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Guess who’s happy Ricky went #1? The Penguin of hip-hop also promises The Officer is right back in the stu. But, you didn’t hear it from him. Hush!

One of BK’s finest shot a visual for a song that we never heard before.

Wasn’t me. (c) Shaggy

Bonus: Did you hear Red Cafe’s signin’ with Puff? No shit.

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Wow. Didn’t know this one until today.

Shout-out to The Breaks.

BONUS: Y’all musta forgot.

Apparently, this ran on MTV2. Who watches TV anymore? 

And when these links die go to B.Dot’s favorite site. Ha!

I like Irv and I dig Deb, but they waited too long for a season 2 for me. Not sayin’ if I catch I ain’t gonna watch it, but I ain’t lookin’ for it.

Props: Info (The Queen of Vimeo) Ha!

Sidebar: So much for Irv’s “new artist”. This guy is old Newz. Ha! Check the archives, XXL April 2004

It’s official the following is the tracklist for one of the most anticipated albums in a long muthafuckin’ time.

01) Dr. West (Skit) 01:29
02) 3am 05:20
03) My Mom 05:20
04) Insane 03:01
05) Bagpipes From Baghdad 04:43
06) Hello 04:08
07) Tonya (Skit) 00:43
08) Same Song & Dance 04:08
09) We Made You 04:30
10) Medicine Ball 03:57
11) Paul (Skit) 00:19
12) Stay Wide Awake 05:20
13) Old Time’s Sake f. Dr. Dre 04:35
14) Must Be The Ganja 04:03
15) Mr. Mathers 00:42
16) Deja Vu 04:43
17) Beautiful 06:32
18) Crack A Bottle f. Dr. Dre & 50 Cent 04:58
19) Steve Berman (Skit) 01:29
20) Underground/Ken Kaniff 06:19

That’s right, Shake cracked the safe. Good job, Internets. Ha!

And yup, iTunes says “Old Time’s Sake” May 5th and “Beautiful” May 12th. Wink. Wink.

In the clip, Nip speaks on his Eritrean background, early hip-hop years, and getting studio raided by the “man”. Check out part two after the job.

Props: Pyramidwest Productions