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The Lady Killer is on the prowl and ready to make its mark December 7th. Cop it or fuck you.

Ssssh! On November 15th, Jay-Z will discuss his new book, Decoded at the New York Public Library. The project will be released the following day. Co-author dream hampton cleared the air yesterday via  Twitter and said the book will not be a memoir as previously reported.

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Last month, Murder Inc. boss Irv Gotti compared Nicki Minaj to Lauryn Hill in an interview with VIBE. Today, CNN published Nick’s response to Irv’s proclamation. Forgive them father.

“Irv has been privy to hear things that I’ve done that the world hasn’t heard,” she says. “Based on the music I have out now, that sounds like an absurd comment, but when ‘Pink Friday’ comes out, you will completely understand why Irv made that comparison.”

If he’s not the one, he’s definitely not the two. From the sound of it, this is probably an early version of “Who Dat”. There’s some familiar rhymes, but some new ones as well.

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Kendrick shot these videos last year, but they were never released as he underwent a name change. So without further ado, here are two clips for “Fuck A Hook and “Today”. OD coming September 15th.

After nearly of year of smack talk, Jimmy and Clue finally put their skills to the test this past weekend for Bloodshed Day in Harlem. By the end of the whistle, The Jones family walked away the victorious. And it wasn’t even close, it was by a landslide.

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Fuck you, if you’re not feeling this. Cee-Lo released this yesterday via his YouTube page—complete with lyrics. He says he plans to release an official video sometime next week. Can’t wait. Be on the look out for the Lady Killer later this year.

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UPDATE: Clean version. “Forget You”.

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What if? Backstage at Rock The Bells this past weekend, Rakim reveals to MTV that he almost licked a shot at Big Daddy Kane on “Let The Rhythm Hit Em.” He says he omitted the rhyme after speaking to Dark Gable over the phone. Ya don’t say.

It was a couple of bars in ‘Let the Rhythm Hit ‘Em’ that I took out because I spoke to Kane. … But he could’ve been lying. You know how it is, baby! Nah, love is love. A lot of people wanted it to happen — it would have been crazy. But big up to Kane, he always kept me on my toes, and I hope vice versa. And another brother: [Kool] G Rap. Those were my measuring sticks that I measured myself with. Big up for helping me keep my sword sharp.

As part of DC‘s collaboration with racer Ken Block, the shoemaker teamed up with The Cool Kids to release this video for their Gymkhana Three: Part 1 campaign. Get your motor running.

No telling as to how old this is, but X got a hold of some unreleased material from David Banner featuring Tyrese and Akon. Too bad this isn’t on Death Of A Pop Star.