[vodpod id=Video.10414926&w=425&h=350&fv=] DJ Quik hooks up with Red Bull to premiere his new video featuring Suga Free. Drop the top and tell everybody that Book Of David is in stores now.

[vodpod id=Video.10401424&w=425&h=350&fv=%26skin%3DMP1ExternalAll-MFL.swf%26embed%3Dtrue%26adSizeArray%3D300x240%2C%2C%26adSrc%3Dhttp%253A%252F%252Fad%252Edoubleclick%252Enet%252Fadx%252Ftsg%252Ewnyw%252Fnews%252Fdetail%253Bdcmt%253Dtext%252Fxml%253Bpos%253D%253Btile%253D2%253Bfname%253Dplaxico%252Dburress%252Dreleased%252Dfrom%252Dprison%252D20110606%252Dapx%253Bloc%253Dsite%253Bsz%253D320x240%253Bord%253D5021641757023360%253Frand%253D0%252E2316149798878817%26flv%3Dhttp%253A%252F%252Fwww%252Emyfoxny%252Ecom%252Ffeeds%252FoutboundFeed%253FobfType%253DVIDEO%255FPLAYER%255FSMIL%255FFEED%2526componentId%253D135164120%26img%3Dhttp%253A%252F%252Fmedia2%252Emyfoxny%252Ecom%252F%252Fphoto%252F2011%252F06%252F06%252FplaxicostatementDPP%255Ftmb0000%255F20110606094926%255F640%255F480%252EJPG%26story%3Dhttp%253A%252F%252Fwww%252Emyfoxny%252Ecom%252Fdpp%252Fnews%252Fplaxico%252Dburress%252Dreleased%252Dfrom%252Dprison%252D20110606%252Dapx%26category%3D%26title%3Dplaxicostatement%252Emov%26oacct%3Dfoximfoximwnyw%2Cfoximglobal%26ovns%3Dfoxinteractivemedia%26headline%3DPlaxico%2520Burress%2520Released%2520From%2520Prison%26] After noticing Freddie Gibbs’ insightful and often humorous observations on sports through his Twitter account, Rap Radar decided to give him a forum to express his thoughts on the thrills of victory and the agonies of defeat. It’s Gangsta Gibbs Wide World Of Sports. The black Bill Simmons is here. And for his 10th column, Gibbs licks a shot for the return of NFL wide receiver Plaxico Burress.

Not everyone is happy about bringing “Big Pun Back”. Over the weekend, Pun’s widow Liza Rios turned to her Facebook page and said she felt “disrespected” by Joell Ortiz’s tribute track. A lot of people are asking how I feel bout Joell Ortiz BIG PUN is Back. Well it was a good attempt on Joell Ortiz part BUT a BIG PUN he will Never be! Found it a bit disrespectful that he would say he the next Christopher Lee Rios […]

At this point, who can keep up. Last night at Chene Park in Detroit, Lauryn announced that she’s pregnant with her sixth child. Uh, congrats. With three more kids she can start her own little league line-up.

Before The Roots capped off their picnic last night, Nas did his one-two thing. Here’s film of him performing “If I Ruled The World” and “One Mic”.

The Roots’ fourth annual picnic went down yesterday in Philadelphia. Wiz was on the bill and even brought out hometown heroes Beanie Sigel, Freeway, and the Young Gunz. Hopefully footage of that arrives shortly. Sidebar: Mel D. Cole event flicks

[vodpod id=Video.10214817&w=540&h=350&fv=] Although Kid Cudi said he was no longer smoking reefer two months ago, he released a new video this week dedicated to his former pastime directed by actor Shia LaBeouf. In a sit-down with MTV, he explains how it all came together. “It’s something I did before I decided to quit smoking marijuana,” Cudder explained of the video. “However, I didn’t want to deprive people of the footage, deprive people of the video because of my personal decisions. […]

Revlon cosmetics commissioned Pharrell and actress Jessica Biel for their Grow Luscious Plumping Mascara campaign. Make up music, indeed. hhnm

Kanye paid his respects to Renaissance man, Gil Scott-Heron by performing his track, “Lost In The World/Who Will Survive In America” during a memorial service today at Riverside Church in Harlem. Doubtful that footage was allowed, but according to the NY Daily News, ‘Ye hugged Scott-Heron’s family following the performance. UPDATE: Now with photos via mfeenz

Inspired by the movie of the same name, here’s the cover of Curren$y’s next album via Pitchfork. Project drops on Warner Bros., June 28th. UPDATE: Tracklist below 1. #jetsgo* 2. Still featuring Trademark and Young Roddy 3. She Don’t Want A Man 4. One Life 5. You See It 6. Televised featuring Fiend (International Jones) 7. This Is The Life 8. On G’s featuring Young Roddy and Trademark 9. Money Machine 10. What’s What wbr