That’s right. Joe Crack’s Darkside won’t see the light of day until July 13th. Cheer up, buttercups. 57ave

Can anyone bum a translator? Eminem kicked off his European promo rounds today in the City of Lights. If you get lost in translation, you’re not alone. Part 1: Part 2: Speaks on concept of “Not Afraid” video, 50 Cent’s weight loss, and collaborating with Pink and Rihanna. UPDATE: Still confused? Rap Radar France’s Young Safe gives a breakdown. Merci beaucoup. Romano(Skyrock host) sings Eminem’s Not Afraid. Terrible performance. Off beat. Eminem says the video is coming soon. Saturday. He […]

The Roots sample track eight of John Legend’s Once Again for this cut on How I Got Over. Tit for tat. okp

This flick of Lyor Cohen was snapped last year during Drake’s gig at S.O.B’s . Today though, Complex posted their interview with the Warner Music CEO. In a excerpt below, he speaks on not securing Drizzy to the label. Speaking of new artists, many people were expecting Drake to sign with you at Warner Music. Did it disappoint you that he ended up going with Universal Motown? Lyor Cohen: A very disappointing thing. But I’m a lover of rap music. […]

The wait is finally over. Without further ado, here’s Pill’s new mixtape, 1140: The Overdose. Download here. Tracklist after the jump. xxl

Man, great minds think alike. After hearing the chorus of Kanye’s new single this past weekend, I immediately thought of the hospital scene from Spike Lee’s Malcolm X. But for some reason, I couldn’t find the clip on YouTube. Coincidentally, it jolted Sean’s memory too and he drew the comparison first. Now, that’s powerful. Sidebar: 1515 Speaks To YN & Info On “Power”

Guess you can teach an old dog new tricks. Two months ago in New Jersey, magician David Blaine performed a couple of illusions for the D-O-Double-G. Do you believe in magic?

50 tells Rap-Up that he’s drawing inspiration from Marvin Gaye and Curtis Mayfield for his new album, Black Magic. Mercy, mercy me. How would you describe your latest direction? It’s still got a soulful vibe to it and that’s why I called it Black Magic. I had some Marvin Gaye-inspired stuff, some things that content-wise would feel like something Curtis Mayfield would do from my perspective, and just the choices of how the cadences on the records were like performance […]

Spitta’s seeing green for his new album cover, Pilot Talk. The artwork’s designed by David Barnett and is due out this summer. Jets! pmf via dd172

The gang’s all here. This past weekend, DJ Khaled’s all-stars performed the remix to “All I Do Is Win” out in Mi-yayo. No time for losers! Sidebar: On The Set Vol.2: “All I Do Is Win” heads up:57th