Doubt this will happen so soon, but Billboard got the skinny that Kanye West’s fifth album tentatively titled, Good Ass Job will be released two months from now. Sounds too good to be true, but so far, reported collaborators include RZA, Q-Tip, and Pete Rock.

Uh-oh, here we go again. This year, VIBE‘s putting together the battle of the beats with their Greatest Producer Of All Time tournament. First round of voting begins today. The winner will be announced May 24th. Choose wisely. Got that, Joe Budden. HOMEGROWN SOUND Dr. Dre (1) VS DJ Toomp (16) Mannie Fresh (2) VS David Banner (15) The Bomb Squad (3) VS Mr. Lee (14) Prince Paul (4) VS Shock G (13) Juicy J (5) VS Rick Rock (12) […]

You know the track. It’s the theme song from the HBO series, How To Make It In America. And now, it has a video. Also Toshi over at Complex recently spoke to Aloe Blacc about how the song came to fruition.

Take it from 40 Water, nice guys finish last. With that said, flip the script and watch his new video off Revenue Retrievin’ Nigh Shift.

Call Crooked I old fashioned, but in the How To Rap audio excerpt, he says putting pen to pad is better than jotting lyrics in your head.  Ever since Jay-Z admitted to writing with the hand that don’t write, rappers like T.I. and Lil Wayne have claimed to do the same. Ironically, T.I.’s most successful album Paper Trail was spawned after transcribing his lyrics. Write on! Previously: Royce Da 5’9″ Perfers Flow Over Subject Matter

Has Busta switched it up on us again? Swizzy speculates to Rap-Up that Bussa Buss changed his album title from The Chemo. On a related note, the pair have completed a song for the LP inspired by Tony Stark.

Before tip off of the NCAA basketball championship last night, CBS aired a Dirty Money’s promo video for “Hello Good Morning”. Where we going to for breakfast? Crystal F

[vodpod id=Video.3376166&w=425&h=350&fv=] We’ve heard this story before. Earlier this year, Dre told SLAM magazine that Detox was dropping next year. But now, the Doc is singing another tune. At the 6:50 mark of his CNBC interview, the Doc says his single “Under Pressure” is coming within the next two weeks and that the album is dropping before the end of the year. Seeing is believing. ATB

Jacob’s already home. Well, sorta. On March 25th, the Jeweler was released from a federal penitentiary and sent to a halfway house. In 2008 Jacob was sentenced to 30 months behind bars for laundering millions for Detroit gang, BMF. A U.S. District Court Judge shortened his sentence by seven months for his charitable work. As part of his release, he’s permitted to work at his New York  jewelry shop, but until September, is required to return to the halfway house […]

DJ Enuff premiered this during the Rush Hour on Hot 97. The Heavy Hitter called the track “Hip-Hop Blues”, but apparently it’s originally from Gil’s latest album, I’m New Here.