Mary J. Blige will bring My Life II…The Journey Continues (Act I) in three days. For its latest offering, here’s MJB’s new duet with Nasir Jones, which you might recall hearing prematurely with Nicki Minaj. Yesterday: “Love A Woman” Ft. Beyoncé

After dropping “Dog Shit“, P and Hav link up with Esco again for their new track. Black Cocaine EP officially drops Black Friday, so get it here. By the sounds of this, we hope that album is still coming. Sidebar: Guess Rozay passed on the beat.

From the 1s and 2s to the baton, Preemo gets his Mozart on for the visual aid of his track featuring Esco and the Berklee Symphony Orchestra. What a classic—al. vibe

Save the music y’all. Below is an explanation of how the track came together. VIBE recently linked up with DJ Premier, Nas, and the Berklee Symphony Orchestra as a part of their RE:GENERATION project. Presented by Hyundai Veloster, RE:GENERATION is a documentary film that follows DJ Premier, Pretty Lights, The Crystal Method, Mark Ronson, and Skrillex as they remix, recreate and re-imagine five traditional styles of music. Learn more Re:Generation.com

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[vodpod id=Video.15605427&w=540&h=350&fv=%26rel%3D0%26border%3D0%26] Featuring scenes from the upcoming Brett Ratner-directed film, here’s an in-studio performance of Nasir and Ricky’s

In celebration of Nas’s recent

Director Brett Ratner tweeted earlier this week that Nas and Rick Ross had finished a new track for his upcoming movie, The Tower Heist. Now, Flex gets the green light to premiere the final product. Produced by Salaam Remi. UPDATE: No Tags.

Commemorating 20 years in the game, Nas returns on the cover of XXL. Issue hits newsstands on October 25, but peep an excerpt between he and guest interviewer, Tyler, The Creator. Cover designed by Mister Cartoon. “God’s Son is my favorite album by you,” Tyler said. “And my second is probably Street’s Disciple,” he continued. “Get the fuck outta here,” Nas responded. Awkward and quirky exchanges aside, the discussion quickly picked up with the 20-year-old Tyler asking Nas for advice. “You, […]

There’s no place like home. And under the direction of Goldwatch, Nasty Nas returns to his old Queens Bridge stomping grounds. Life Is Good and so is the video. Cop the single here.

[vodpod id=Video.15442898&w=425&h=350&fv=launch%3D44624690%26amp%3Bwidth%3D420%26amp%3Bheight%3D245] Common woke up the early birds with his interview on MSNBC’s Morning Joe to promote his publication, the controversy on his visit to Obama’s pad and praises Esco as the “greatest rapper alive”. Sorry, Tunechi. ru

Now that we might get The Lost Tapes 2, DJ Rhude has unleashed a handful of previously released tracks from Esco, but all in their CDQ glory. Find the titles and download link below.

Before Kanye wrapped up day 1 of the Austin City Limits music festival last night, Jr. Gong and Nasir both took Zilker Park down the “Road To Zion” before the sun went down. Performance at the Austin Music Hall below.

Life is certainly good even at 38. Nasir celebrated his birthday last night in NYC with a private dinner at Catch with the likes of Carmelo Anthony, DJ Khaled, Common, DJ Premier, AZ and Hov. More pics below.

Nas is known to write in his book of rhymes past the margins and today, Atria/Simon & Schuster Books announced that he will release his memoir in Fall 2012. It Ain’t Hard To Tell will be co-written by journalist Touré and will delve into past relationships with Carmen Bryan and Kelis; beefs with Jay-Z and Bill O’Reilly; and his mother’s tragic battle with cancer. In 2009, Michael Eric Dyson penned the biography, Born To Use Mics.

After stating that he scrapped Lost Tapes 2, Nasir tells Rolling Stone he’s not completely ruling out the project. Take that Def Jam. “It’s still up in the air if I’m going to put out Lost Tapes II as an extra album. Hopefully we can find a timeline but the first thing is Life Is Good.”

During yesterday’s Rock The Bells concert on Governor’s Island, Nasir brought out Large Professor, Joe Fatal, and Akinyele to perform his very first recording. “The World Is Yours” with Pete Rock and more below.

Although Nas is in California, he called Angie Martinez this afternoon on Hot 97. He didn’t touch on anything new, but he did speak on forgetting his lyrics while on The Rock The Bells tour.

If the guerilla-style clips wasn’t satisfying, here’s a better look at Nas’ recent shoot in Queensbridge a few weeks ago. They got weed too. Esco says he’ll hopefully drop it this week. hhnm

Drizzy wasn’t the only big winner during last night’s BMI Urban Awards. During the ceremony, the Doc presented Snoop with the BMI Urban Icon award. After the jump, Nas, Game, and Wiz Khalifa pay tribute to the Doggfather. ru