Rap Radar

After dropping one of the better albums this year, Maino returns with some brand new flava in ya ear. Take a listen to this new cut off his mixtape dropping Monday at 8 P.M.

Props: NR via HHNM thru UHTN

You couldn’t see it coming down his eyes, but Rae says the success of Only Built 4 Cuban Linx II‘s made him cry.

“I was shocked,” says Raekwon, who released the project on his Ice H20 label through EMI. “My fans really stuck up for me in a way they never have before. It was one of those joyful, teary moments.”

Keeping up the momentum, his single “Catalina” is also getting serviced on your FM dial. *Throws up W*

Props: Billboard

As YN indicated, Mimi held a concert earlier this morning in Central Park. Following her fruity introduction, she performs a “I Want To Know What Love Is” off Memoirs Of An Imperfect Angel. After the jump, she speaks on her new film Precious and chops it up with her husband Nick Cannon. Sorry Em, but no Mary Poppins talk. (more…)

Da Water and Da Snowman get rich on this cut off of 40′s Revenue Retrievin. Charlie Hustle knows how to keep the income incoming.

Props: P Smirf

Yesterday, Pill along with Freddie Gibbs performed “Trap Goin Ham” and “Run Up To Me” off the forthcoming mixtape, 4075: The Refill at The Rox in Tinsletown. Lights, camera, action!

Previously: Pill Featured In The L.A. Times

You know YN loves some bootleg flip cam footage. Mariah Carey performed her new single for Oprah Winfrey and a sea of her New York lambs this morning in Central Park. Nick Cannon was also in the house gettin’ all kissy-kissy. Full show rip coming super soon.

Here’s the visual behind the making of Dame’s current project where he brings rap and rock together. Not feeling the title Blak Roc ’cause it looks like he’s hanging on to his past legacy but hey what’d I know. He clearly still has the juice to recruit some big dawgs to the table and the Black Keys sound kinda tough. Hey, is that RZA? They’ve come a long way since the ODB blow-up on Video Hits One. Ha!

Damn, I love me some Shawn and some Dash. Can it be it was all so simple then?

Props: Different Kitchen

This can’t be life.

If this is real, it’s very sad. Find some meaning in your existence, that’s deeper than rap. By the way, this is the joint Max’s interpolating. He’s no friend of mine, but I might have to pray for him.

Previously: Max B Sentenced To 75 Years

Ghetto Tech-NO 2.0

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Update: No DJ.

After retorting to Drake’s message on Global Grind, Kinfolk called Angela Yee today and defended himself further. Men lie. Women lie. Royalty checks don’t. (Unless they bounce, of course)

Sidebar: According to the July 2009 issue of XXL, Drake and Kia Shine go way back.

Drake’s time in Memphis also meant firsthand exposure to music through his father, a drummer who worked with Jerry Lee Lewis; and his uncle, Teenie Hodges, a renowned songwriter who co-wrote Al Green’s “Love and Happiness”; and friendships with future stars like Yo Gotti and Kia Shine.