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Continuing his conversation with Grind Music Radio, Hav says he intially did not feel the beat he created for “Shook Ones” and almost did not play the record for Prodigy to record. What?

William Yan spotted Kanye West yesterday in the Soho section of Manhattan. No word if he was working on his new album, but Pharrell  heard it and told a French publication, “I think that people are going to be in shock. His precedent was crazy, the new one goes even further.” According to ATB, DJ Semtex caught an early preview too and said the following:

“Okay, so I’ve heard the first Kanye West joint. I was sworn to secrecy. I’m not allowed to talk about it. All I can say is it is banging. If that’s a taste of what’s coming on the album, he has smacked it. Lyrically….he is saying things like, ‘Wow, he said that?’ It is going to shock everybody, the first record.”

Previously: Kayne Album To Drop In September?

More than likely, this is off Soulja Boy’s upcoming album, Dre. And for added insurance, Justin Bieber’s on da track. That’s rich.

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Uncle Rush spoke to Rap-Up about his nephew Diggy’s burgeoning career. He applauds him for his honest lyrical content and says his young relative asked for him to say out of his career. Good call. Keep your family and business completely seperated.

From the looks of it, it seems as if Banks is following the same formula: Girls. Car. White backdrop. etc. Nonetheless, here’s a first glimpse from his new motion picture.

Previously: Lloyd Banks “Beamer, Benz, or Bentley (Remix)”

So I spent the day with Bun listening to Trill OG and he schooled me on a few things. Does anyone remember this session? Well that night, Drizzy and Bun knocked out three joints: “Put It Down,” which he debuts for me in the above clip; “It’s Been A Pleasure“, which is actually a Bun song with Drake on the hook (No Jeezy) and “All Night Long”. In the bottom clip, Bun explains how the latter turned into “Miss Me”. Soon you’ll understand.

With How I Got Over ready to drop June 22nd, TSS just liberated track number two. Nothin but smooth sailing from here.

Sidebar: Let’s break.

Ross is already onboard, but while Puff waits for Nicki’s paperwork to be finalized, he says she’s gon’ be a contender.

“Nicki Minaj, she’s definitely one of the great ones,” Diddy told MTV News while promoting “Get Him to the Greek,” speaking publicly for the first time about his new signee. “She has a long way to go, but you know how we recognized LeBron [James] was a great one, Tiger [Woods] was a great one, and Kobe [Bryant] was a great one? Nicki is up there. Her story has just begun.”

Banks stopped by BET’s The Deal to talk about touring, working with 50 and Yayo and his upcoming LP, HFM2. Again, he hints at a surprise guest feature that we will not believe.

Tek and Kweli held a Revolutions Per Minute release party this week in Los Angeles and gave an impromptu performance of “Back Again”.

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