[vodpod id=Video.3390133&w=425&h=350&fv=loc%3D%2F%26amp%3Bautoplay%3Dfalse%26amp%3Bvid%3D6032610%26amp%3Bhid%3D63776%26amp%3BdisabledComment%3Dtrue%26amp%3BbeginPercent%3D0.4203%26amp%3BendPercent%3D0.5076] Hot 97’s Peter Rosenberg held his Noisemakers series last night with Soul Brother #1. The video’s blurry, but the audio is on point. Pete confirms that he’s working with Kanye on his upcoming album and says that he’s like a lil’ brother to him. He then discusses wanting to work with Eminem and Jay-Z.

There’s no question as to who Jay Rock’s putting his chips on next month. Sorry Shane, you’re going down.

Miss Info comes through with yet another leak from La Flare’s street album, The Burrrprint 2 HD. Gotti and Ricky are on board and Schife Karbeen‘s on the boards. In other news, Ross plans to drop his official single “Super High” for Teflon Don this Monday.

[vodpod id=Video.3385842&w=425&h=350&fv=] Fab heads to the meat locker for his latest visual off There Is No Competition 2. Directed by Aristotle, the video is one of five clips from his Funeral Arrangement viral series. Complex

In the wake of VIBE‘s producer tournament, this popped up in the inbox. Upcoming producer Shy Guy remixed the theme songs from old James Bond movies for his new instrumental tape, Beats, James Beats. If you like what you hear, you can download it here or on his website. Ian Fleming would be proud.

Mr. Angelettie flips Joell Ortiz’s “Project Boy” for this new tune off his mixtape Appreciate The Hate Part II. Yep, he’s still mad.

Last night the boys from Cleveland made their way to 17 Irving Place for a concert at the Fillmore auditorium. Without Bizzy, they set the tone with “East 1999”. Below, “Thuggish Ruggish Bone” and “Weed Song”.

Unemployment’s on the rise, but that hasn’t affected Lil Wayne. Weezy’s baby mama, Toya Johnson told US Weekly that while the rapper serves his year-long sentence at Rikers Island, his job is to supervise suicidal inmates. “He watches the crazy prisoners and makes sure they don’t kill themselves. He likes the job even though they don’t pay him much.” Anyone else feel like dying? HHNM via Rollingstone

During Ryan Leslie’s set at Hampton University last week, he brought out Virginia native Pusha T for a surprise performance of “Popular Demand”. R Lez makes one helluva hypeman, man. Karen Civil

Two days after Rihanna announced her Last Girl On Earth tour, Nicki Minaj turned to Twitter to say she’s staying home to finish her untitled debut. That’s a massive sacrfice.