The-Dream explains further to Honey why he’s sticking to his guns on retiring after Love King. We’ve seen this movie before. He’ll be back. I’m still going to do it [retire]. You know why? At first, I was like “Okay, maybe I’ll do another one.” You know what I hate dealing with, though? When you got something you love, make sure that you let people know that you love it or you let the haters win. You know there’s so […]

MTV got wind of another excerpt from Jigga’s Rolling Stone feature and in it, he addresses the maturation of Jay-Z-Z. “One of the reasons I wanted to make Blueprint 3 was because of the challenge,” Jay told the magazine in a cover story out this week. “We’ve seen people like LL [Cool J] have longevity, and we respect the heritage of what he’s done, but it’s not like, right now, he’s competing on the same level as Lil Wayne. So […]

Early last year, Soulja Boy announced that he was producing a viral animated series. And due to staff changes, the cartoon never took off. Yesterday however, SB took matters into his own hands and released the five minute pilot. This ain’t half bad.

Peep the final clip from the Detroit players’ freestyle on Tim Westwood. The best things come in threes. Previously: Eminem, Royce Da 5’9″, Mr.Porter “Freestyle” Pt.2

This is probably one of the most aptly titled tracks ever. Once again, The Roots and John Legend ignite on this new leak off the band’s How I Got Over. Album drops June 22nd. ok

This afternoon Drake paid Tim Westwood a visit on BBC 1xtra and parted with some new bars. No word if any Blackberrys were filmed during the making of these freestyles. heads up: maxpreme

Back in April, Game replaced DJ Drama with DJ Skee to host his mixtape, The R.E.D. Room. In a recent interview with Dram on Hot 107.9, they speak on the substitution. During the rest of the interview he talks about the L.A. Lakers, Dextox, the R.ED. Album and paying homage.

This must’ve been recorded before 40 changed his name to Big Bad 40. Either way, he rolls out the welcoming mat with some of the Golden State’s finest. Make yourself at home.

[vodpod id=Video.3803290&w=425&h=350&fv=clip_id%3D12433765%26amp%3Bserver%3Dvimeo.com%26amp%3Bautoplay%3D0%26amp%3Bfullscreen%3D1%26amp%3Bmd5%3D0%26amp%3Bshow_portrait%3D0%26amp%3Bshow_title%3D0%26amp%3Bshow_byline%3D0%26amp%3Bcontext%3Duser%3A881334%26amp%3Bcontext_id%3D%26amp%3Bforce_embed%3D0%26amp%3Bmultimoog%3D%26amp%3Bcolor%3D00ADEF%26amp%3Bforce_info%3Dundefined] So here’s the skinny. This past Monday, Slim Thug gave an as-told-to interview on relationships with VIBE. For some reason, the article ruffled a few a lot of feathers in regards to Black women. Today, he called up Big Tigger’s Morning Show and defended his remarks. dj heat

[vodpod id=Video.3792727&w=425&h=350&fv=videoId%3D90169360001%26amp%3BplayerID%3D34830125001%26amp%3Bdomain%3Dembed%26amp%3BdynamicStreaming%3Dtrue] Last week, Fantasia was bestowed with an honorary high school diploma from Andrews High School in Greensboro, NC. The singer dropped out of school at 16 years old after becoming pregnant. Nas, you’re up next.