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Drake Talks Mixtape vs. Album

[vodpod id=Video.3494450&w=425&h=350&fv=configParams%3Dinstance%3Dnews%26amp%3Bvid%3D508494] Drake explains to Sway his methodology when approaching a mixtape versus an album. In his own words, he says: “A mixtape can’t be the songs that don’t make your album, or songs that aren’t good enough to make your album make your mixtape — unless you’re that good. There aren’t that many people that are that good. I’m not that good. That mixtape [So Far Gone] is me working my hardest. It wasn’t ‘Oh, here are the songs […]

New Video: Young Jeezy x Plies “Lose My Mind”

[vodpod id=Video.3491642&w=425&h=350&fv=configParams%3Did%253D1568964%2526vid%253D508502%2526uri%253Dmgid%253Auma%253Avideo%253Amtv.com%253A508502] The good folks at Viacom got the go head to premiere Young Jeezy and Plies’ new video, “Lose My Mind”. Hopefully TM 103 is released before we go insanse in the membrane.

Ice Cube In The Lab

[vodpod id=Video.3490030&w=425&h=350&fv=file%3Dhttp%3A%2F%2Fice-cube.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fmedia%2F01%2F03%2Feifx91kpv6o5.flv%26amp%3Bskin%3D%2Fengine%2Fswf%2Fvideo_player_skin.swf%26amp%3Bfullscreen%3Dtrue%26amp%3Bautostart%3Dfalse%26amp%3Bimage%3Dhttp%3A%2F%2Fice-cube.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fmedia%2F07%2F09%2Fmedium.2v064m2r7snk.png] Cube filmed himself in the studio this past week. With his engineer in the background, he gives an update on his recent projects (Are We There Yet ?, Straight Outta L.A.) and at the 5:50 mark, displays the picture below.

DJ Premier’s Guru Salute Mix

YN was in the house last night during DJ Premier’s tribute salute mix on Hip Hop Nation. You can download the entire segment or listen to the stream below. Beneath that, is an unreleased interlude from Moment Of Truth. [vodpod id=Video.3485710&w=425&h=350&fv=feed%3Dhttp%3A%2F%2Fwww.mixcloud.com%2Fapi%2F1%2Fcloudcast%2FWorksOfMart%2Fkeith-guru-elam-tribute-mix.json%26amp%3Bembed_uuid%3Db8bcbf16-82f3-4f24-9614-004c1ea8e279%26amp%3Bembed_type%3Dwidget_standard] Props: DPB

YN Editorial: Tha Crossroads

Game, Game, go away. Please come back another day. Ha. Seriously, I shrug when talk of Chuck Taylor comes up. (Does he still call himself that anymore? Oh well. Insert shrug.) Mr. Miller has done a thankless and tireless job of keepin’ you up to date with dude’s stop-and-go path to album number four. But now with a legit single with Pharrell (“It Must Be Me“) and a mixtape droppin’ on Monday, am I really supposed to get excited… again? […]