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Hey, after five solo albums Tha Truth shall set you free August 24th.

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Previously: Trae Day 2010 Footage

Fab continues to take over your video player with his latest visuals, and this time, he drops off two of ‘em. Once again, directed by Aristotle. There is No Competition 2: The Grieving Music EP arrives August 24.

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Previously: ” Body Ya” l “I’m Raw”

Nevermind what Jay-Z said, Nutso’s in the projects all day. In fact, he’s the king of the hallway. How’s that for a monarchy? Get in tuned peasants and purchase his new EP here.

Although Fat Joe’s Darkside Vol.1 is in stores today, he took time out with MTV to praise DJ Premier and Guru. Oh yeah, Joe’s show goes down tonight at S.O.B.’s. Be there or be square.

“It feels like Gang Starr is the purest group in hip-hop,” Joe declared. “They was shooting videos on the beach in the winter when the water was ice. Razor-blade music. A bunch of guys in front of the project steps. ‘Mass Appeal,’ ‘Dwyck.’ ‘Stick up kids just out to tax … ‘ It’s just so much, man. When [Guru] passed, and I’m hearing all these rumors, I just wanna kill everybody. I want to shoot the computer, ’cause I’m like, ‘No, this ain’t what we do when our legends, our icons, pass. We salute them. We don’t go for rumors; we salute these dudes.’ He was an icon, man. It’s the purest group in hip-hop, in my opinion. DJ Premier, this guy is like a god, a walking god. Guru, he put it down legendary.

“Preemo, I was waiting for Preemo to give me a ‘Ten Crack Commandments’ or a shoot ‘em up, bang bang,” he continued, recalling his expectations when he got the track for “I’m Gone.” “He sent me the beat when Guru died — the day Guru died. It was a somber … sad beat. I was like, ‘Ah, man.’ I knew where to go with it. It really troubled me and I knew Guru passed away. I knew Preemo was hurting; I been through that with Pun. I knew how it felt. I had to pay homage and salute.”

This track leaked a couple days ago, and now, here’s the accompanying visual. Willie The Kid and Lee Bannon’s Never A Dull Moment EP is on iTunes today.

Oh Charles. Mr. Hamilton revealed in an interview with Bossip that’s he checked himself into a NY mental hospital. Apparently, the beat music made him do it.

Charles Hamilton: Basically my stay here[NY Presbyterian Mental Hospital] is like identical to my stay in the industry. As far as being the new guy in here having to deal with politics & people trying to control you. The critics would have to be the doctors and the rounds [medicine guys]. So you can say this is like an experiment to see if the industry is really like an asylum or if I was the one bugging. Some say the Industry is like High School but it’s just like a [mental hospital].

Cam and Vado recruit a couple big booty babes for the latest video in support of Boss of All Bosses 2.5. This was shot in Miami, where coincidentally, money is a major issue.

There’s two versions of this video. The one above features Nas, while the other includes John Legend. Both are directed by Sanaa Hamri. Choose your poison and fall in.

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Drama called Whoo Kid on Saturday to discuss Yo Gotti’s Cocaine Muzik 4.5, and his upcoming projects including a possible G-Unit Gangsta Grillz. At about the 5:12 mark, Drama reveals T.I. just returned from Hawaii where he worked on Kanye’s new album. And you thought Cliff went out there to get married. Ha!

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Previously: Nicki Minaj To Appear On Kanye Album