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As Howard U’s homecoming weekend comes to an end, here is footage of Loso rocking the Yard with a medley of hits. No bottle fights in this one. More of his set after the jump, as well as a short clip of Nipsey performing “Hussle In The House”.

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Last Wednesday at Peter Rosenberg’s Noisemakers series, Kweli reminisced on the first set of beats he received from Dilla and how Jay Dee disregarded The Grammys. Under the hood, he speaks on why Detroit is the home to the best rappers and Mr. West and Mr. Carter.

Props: OKP

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Here’s footage of Algernod and Polow Da Don in the stu’ brewing up “Medicine.” For those in need of a refill, check back here.

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Despite being unable to perform at Howard’s Yardfest, Raekwon made his way 20 minutes north of D.C. to Sterling, VA. SMH at me living 5 minutes away from this spot and not knowing until he tweeted about it. Well here is some great footage of most of his set. Must’ve missed the memo.

“All the niggas I hated on, I had to look in the mirror and tell myself, ‘I ain’t no hater’.”

Mr. Malice in Wonderland chopped it up with Rasha Entertainment and talked about the concept and guest appearances on his upcoming album. At the 2:00 minute mark, he admits that he use to hate on Crooked I and Soulja Boy and shares the times he reached out to both artists to apologize. We forgive you Uncle Snoop.

The Internets Most Dangerous Group is currently shootin’ a video at an Arizona desert. What’s hotter than that?

Spotted: Omen via Ortiz

Looks like De’Andre is getting his Gucci on and is releasing three mixtapes this Saturday (Halloween). One of the tapes is hosted by DJ Woogie and titled Paranormal Activity. Cameos include Drake, Gucci Mane, Sean Garrett, Kanye West, & J Bar. Scary.

Heads up: MixFeed

After performing at last night’s Blueprint 3 show, Mr. Folarin joined J.Cole and helped Hot 106 host their after-party at Jerky’s Live Music Hall. Here, the ambassador of the Nation’s capital performs his current singles. RI chillin’.

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Cudi cites Mike Jack’s “Thriller”,  Bone Thugs’ “1st Of Tha Month”, and his own collabo with Kanye, “Welcome To Heartbreak” as his favorite clips. A lil’ biased on the last selection, but good choices nonetheless.

Props: Aychkay

Urban Spin followed the Carol City Cartel, Ricky Ross, and The Game out in L.A. as they shot the visual for track 10 off Custom Cars & Cycles. The album rolls into stores this Tuesday and Young Breed says go pick up like 800 copies. Not.

Spotted: Splash