A.J. Calloway formerly of 106 & Park, pushes Beyoncé’s buttons after repeatedly asking her about starting a family. Afterward, she reveals that she murked her alter ego, Sasha Fierce.

The Bay Area legend is back with the first release off his all-digital April 6 album release. Too bad he produced it. This is simply a pretty lackluster weed anthem. But I’ll give the OG a pass. Grand Good

Uncle Bun recently ditched Warner Bros for greener pastures at Universal. The Undergound King’s next album Trill O.G. doesn’t have a solid release date, but he hopes to drop it this Spring. Drake, Jamie Foxx, Young Jeezy, Trey Songz, DJ Premier, and the Neptunes are all on board. He also has something else up his sleeve. “I got a song that’s just kinda crazy,” he said. “All I can tell you is that it’s a legendary song; literally it’s three […]

A few months ago, Jay stopped by our neighbors at Rockstar Games and tested their new music software, Beaterator. On the spot, he created this funky track. Some things are better left unreleased.

Touré sat with Raekwon on last night’s airing of the Hip Hop Shop. The Chef spoke on the writing process of Only Built 4 Cuban Linx 2, Wu-Massacre, and the late ODB. Peep the rest of the footage under the break.

Prince returned to his hometown of Minneapolis and gave local radio station, 89.3 The Current, the green light to premiere his new song. It’s a radio rip, but you get the gist of it. Nav

Bonjour. 50 & co. made their world tour stop in Paris last night and performed Before I Self Destruct’s final track. Note, the footage isn’t the best, but it’ll suffice for now. Previously: 50 Cent Berlin TV Interview Update: Better footage and flicks from show at YouKnowWhere.

[vodpod id=Video.3124538&w=425&h=350&fv=] Last and certainly not least, comes Jay Rock’s XXL freestyle. Now that all 10 MC’s have been revealed, let’s see whose mugs make the front cover. Any bets? Previously: Donnis

[vodpod id=Video.3124390&w=425&h=350&fv=configParams%3Dinstance%3Dnews%26amp%3Bvid%3D487550] While conversing with 1515, Jay Elect tips his hat to Soulja Boy Tell Em. “Like somebody would say Soulja Boy … you would say he’s not a lyricist, right? If you took a poll and said, ‘Is Soulja Boy a lyricist?’ People would say no, right? But it’s not the words, it’s energy of what he does that’s the lyrics. It’s not the lyrics — the energy of it is the connector. The energy of it is greater […]

[vodpod id=Video.3122012&w=425&h=350&fv=clip_id%3D9748838%26server%3Dvimeo.com%26autoplay%3D0%26fullscreen%3D1%26md5%3D0%26show_portrait%3D0%26show_title%3D0%26show_byline%3D0%26context%3Duser%3A1915286%26context_id%3D%26force_embed%3D0%26multimoog%3D%26color%3D00ADEF%26force_info%3Dundefined] Hit-Boy and Chase N. Cashe, the producers behind the best track on Lil Wayne’s Rebirth, speak on how the track got into Weezy’s hands and then, deconstruct the instrumental. Respect: Brian Washington

Raheem DeVaughn’s The Love & War MasterPeace drops next Tuesday and you already know he was going to get the homie Wale on a joint track. The end result? See the title. Omen

[vodpod id=Video.3120845&w=425&h=350&fv=] Back in the lab with Cool & Dre in Miami, Joey continues to cook up material for his next LP. We see you Scoop Deville. Here Joey says he just received a track with Kells and teases us with another track. Of the few seconds of what was played, it already sounds sick. Get your ropes and razor blades ready. RTNY Previously: Part 1

“Who is Yayo? Yayo didn’t go to law school…I know that, but nigga, I had enough problems with the muthafuckin’ law to know some of it” Pretty hilarious interview. Yayo weighs in on working for 50, tight jeans and his little feud with Max B’s lawyer. Clearly, The Talk of New York has a lot to say.

Baby’s 41st birthday was last Monday, but he held a celebration in the Big Easy three days later. Of course, Derick G was on hand to capture it all. Couple flicks after the cut.

Celebrity tattoo artist Mr. Cartoon and graf artists Cope 2 and Sen 2 partnered with Metro PCS wireless to bomb the windows of three chains in the Bronx and Harlem. Sick throw ups.

Another big hit for Mr. Bridges. Where’s he gonna hang this one? Congratulations.

Pill recites his verse from “Glass” for Def Jam’s Rapstar video game promo. A-Town stay down. Eskay

I’m pretty curious to hear what this new sound E-V-E has in store for us. She was in the stu yesterday with Toronto electro group, MSTRKRFT for her upcoming Lip Lock. Hey, let’s just hope this LP doesn’t get scrapped again. Rap-Up

Sir Paul’s favorite artist blessed the BBC with a taste of two new tunes from New Amerykah 2. This actually came from her boo Jay Elect’s appearance on Giles Peterson show while he was across the pond. So blame him. You can check the full show out here. “Agitation” “Don’t Be Long” HHNM

[vodpod id=Video.3119295&w=425&h=350&fv=] On Valentine’s Day nonetheless, Freeway and Just Blaze ironed out their differences via Twitter. In an on-camera interview with XXL, Free further discussed their reconcilation. What’s beef?