While at the CES convention in Las Vegas last week, Forbes caught up with LL Cool J. After plugging his musical venture, boomdizzle, he addressed his gripe with the music business. From Todd’s perspective, radio is mostly to blame. Somethings, we just can’t live without.

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Fabolous is gearing up to release the third installment of There Is No Competition this Sunday. From inside the Goldbar in NYC’s Little Italy, he spoke on the mixape, working with Hit-Boy, and the status of the Bedrock Boyz album with Red Cafe.

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We caught up with Jadakiss last week in his Yonkers studio. In between pulls—and pulls of a blunt or two, Kiss spoke on the 10th anniversary of his debut album Kiss Tha Game Goodbye, his tentatively titled upcoming album with Styles P, and top five “ins and outs”.

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A few days ago, we had the pleasure of chopping it up with Def Jam’s founding publicist, Bill Adler. Along with Cey Adams and Dan Charnas the triumvirate released their new tome, Def Jam Recordings: The First 25 Years Of The Last Great Record Label.

The book beautifully chronicles Def Jam’s rise with featured interviews from founders Rick Rubin, Russell Simmons and label executives Lyor Cohen, Juile Greenwald, Kevin Liles, Chris Lighty, and others.

From his Midtown pad, Bill discusses the process behind the project and the future of the storied label. Def Jam Recordings: The First 25 Years Of The Last Great Record Label is available now!

Sidebar: Russell & Rick At NY Public Library

Mainstream America may be scared of Uncle Murda, but Mariah and Nick aren’t. Excuse the air conditioner, but after explaining his mini-hiatus, he talks about his relationship with Mariah Carey and Nick Cannon.

A few years ago, Mimi said she was a big fan of Murda’s single “Bullet Bullet”. At the 2:10 mark, he says he recently caught up with the couple and says he has yet to send over a present for their newborn twins. Murda luh da kids.

Uncle Murda probably hates the police more than N.W.A. in their hey. See: Exhibit A and Exhibit B. Pardon the damn air conditioner, but in this clip, Murda explains his beef with the NYPD. So much for that PBA card.

Jadakiss has always been revered for his lyrical prowess. He popularized colorful similes (I’m in the Aston Vanquish same color as dandruff) and spit one of the slickest basketball lines ever. Sam Cassell, what up?! In our final clip, Kiss pops his collar and speaks on his rhyme style. How dare you question his trendsetting? Look at what he brings to the table!

Surrounding the release of Jadakiss’ third album The Last Kiss, he said he was going to release a West Coast-inspired mixtape called, Kiss My Converse. Two years later, the project has yet to see the light of day. In this clip, he gives an update on the tape and says he will do a Southern version with Greg Street.

Jadakiss’ new mixtape, I Love You is due out in three weeks. In the first clip, he explains the differences between this tape and his previous efforts. After the jump, he explains the meaning behind the title. Yep, it’s deeper than rap.

DJ Quik may be one of hip-hop’s most known unknowns. Although he’s revered as a West Coast legend, the results weren’t the same out East—specifically in New York. Outside the Book Of David listening in Austin, TX, Quik explained why he never got a bite out of the Big Apple.