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Curtis wanted his fans to miss him musically, but that didn’t mean that he’s not still working. Off the heels of unveiling his Sleek headphones, Fif says he’s almost finished with his next LP.

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The Lady Killer was the musical guest on last night’s Saturday Night Live and performed his chart topper “Forget You”. After the jump, Mr. Green made his return and brought the “Bright Lights, Bigger City” to the stage.

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Since its release eight weeks ago, Kanye’s My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy has officially moved a million units earning the rapper his fifth platinum plaque. Yeezy is sure living one hell of a life.

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We already got our first look, but here is what LiveliHood captured during the shoot featuring Game, Snoop, Nu Jersey Devil and team members Ron Artest, Shannon Brown and Matt Barnes. Where’s Kobe?

Sidebar: Game Hospitalized During Video Shoot

Actor Denzel Washington a.k.a the coolest cat on the planet, sat down with Booska-P during a press run for his latest film, Unstoppable. At the 2:18 mark, he comments on his influence in hip-hop and gets schooled on Curren$y. King Kong ain’t got shit on Spitta.

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Last month, Q-Tip explained to YN on Shade 45 why he was no longer supporting the A Tribe Called Quest documentary. Director Michael Rapaport spoke with MTV on Tip’s stance against the film.

“I think the reason he did his little Twitter thing was because when he realized that the movie was coming to completion and going to get seen by people,” Rapaport said. “I can’t really speak for him but I think he got a little nervous. He’s a very protective of the legacy of A Tribe Called Quest and the movie is a very honest depiction of my time with them and the information that I was given in interviews and content.”

Before October’s Very Own hit the stage at the Apollo during his UK tour, Drizzy chatted it up with DJ Semtex on his next album Take Care, UK artists, and how his debut LP, Thank Me Later was a rushed project.

Sidebar: Drake Talks “The Calm” & So Far Gone

We already got one joint from The Chef’s upcoming album and now Amazon releases what could be the official tracklist for Shaolin Vs. Wu-Tang. If this holds up, this album appears to be a real problem. Battle begins March 8.

1. Shaolin VS Wu-Tang
2. Every Soldier In The Hood ft. METHOD MAN
3. Silver Rings ft. GHOSTFACE,
4. Ferryboat Killaz
5. The Scroll
6. Masters Of Our Fate ft. BLACK THOUGHT
7. Rich And BlackL ft. NAS
8. Butter Knives
9. Crane Style ft. BUSTA RHYMES,
10. Chop Chop Ninja ft. INSPECTAH DECK, ESTELLE
11. From The Hills ft. METHOD MAN, RAHEEM DEVAUGHN
12. Last Train To Scotland ft. LLOYD BANKS
13. Rock N Roll ft. JIM JONES, GHOSTFACE, KOBE
14. Molasses ft. RICK ROSS, GHOSTFACE
15. Dart School
16. Snake Pond
17. Wu Chant (Outro)

UPDATE: The Final Tracklisting

Banko and Capo both take off and coast with their latest collaboration. Not to be featured on any project, but just a gift from DJ Kast One fresh out the lab.

Now that Cham is off Universal Records, part of the agreement is that he’s not allowed to release material from his long overdue LP, Venom. After his Ustream session earlier, he did however drop some new music and here’s one of three tunes which features Nipsey Hussle. Produced by Andrew Dawson.