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Pete Rock & Smif N Wessun are getting ready to release their upcoming Monumental on June 28th. But for now, here is one of the hardest tracks from the project with a feature from Sean P and Styles P. Tracklist and album cover for the project after the cut.

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The trailer dropped last week, but here is the short film in its entirety which takes us behind the scenes of Big Boi’s career and showcases his definition of The Crown Life. Directed by Hudson Dusters for Greenpoint Pictures.

In celebration of Crown Royal Black’s partnership with Big Boi, cameras went behind the scenes to document Big Boi in compelling moments of his life and career that showcase his definition of “The Crown Life.” The short film lets audiences into Big Boi’s life as he performed during the 2011 Grammy Awards weekend; inside his studio, Stankonia, as he prepares for his latest projects; and an evening out on the town in his hometown of Atlanta with stops at his favorite spots to unwind.

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Timbs? Yep, we’re still on that. Moonie and Count were recently commissioned to be a part of Timberland’s upcoming “Relaunch of the Wheat Timberland” campaign. Here’s some brief footage from their photo shoot.

Rick Ross brought the Maybach Music Empire to the Cannes Film Festival in France this past weekend. With SpiffTV and Dre Films direction, he reenacts the opening scene of Jay-Z’s “Show Me What You Got” video and meets actor Leonardo DiCaprio.

Fabolous went mano-a-mano this morning with Skip Bayless on ESPN’s 1st & 10. They touched on a bunch of topics including Fab’s jab at him on “That’s Not Love” off  The Soul Tape.

Bun B was the latest guest on the Hype Men Podcast. Instead of  “doing it live”, he appeared via Skype. Below is a synopsis of what went down:

The Trill OG himself Bun B joins the Hype Men to discuss envying Jensen’s Interscope deal + being a college professor + appearing on every 4 out of 5 rap albums + Jimmy Kimmel shouting “Free Pimp C” + shooting the Big Pimpin’ video + Mexicans with Guns + having just one line on Drake’s song + why physical CDs still matter + Hannibal Buress’ cameos on 30 Rock + recently working with DJ Quik + our craziest celebrity run-ins + Texas football + much, much, much more!

Royce Da 5’9″ and Eminem are set to appear on MTV’s Rap Fix Live this afternoon, but before that happens, here’s a clip of Em speaking on making the transition to the silver screen.

While Yelawolf, Chamillionaire, CyHi Da Prynce were at Tree Sounds Studios yesterday in Atlanta, Yela revealed at the 5:00 mark the name of his first single off Radioactive. Lovely title. Shouts to the 3 Little Digs and Groove Chambers.

Killer Mike held an instore signing yesterday for PL3DGE at the South Dekalb Mall in GA. He was also joined by Big Boi at the 2:50 mark. Bang bang bang.

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Taken from a Detroit crackhouse, Joey, araabMUZIK and Alchemist are currently cookin’ something for the Slaughterhouse album. Hopefully, the end result of what was created surfaces soon.