Yesterday across the pond, Melanie Fiona premiered some new material off her upcoming album, The MF Life. Oh, how sweet the sound. Melanie’s not too bad neither. amarudontv

[vodpod id=Video.5069661&w=425&h=350&fv=] Nicki Minaj made her first appearance on Lopez Tonight yesterday. She introduced her new alter ego and even received a booty protector from George. Merry Christmas indeed. Afterward, she gave a performance of “Moment 4 Life” from the current #2 album in the country. [vodpod id=Video.5069693&w=425&h=350&fv=]

Mike Jones just won’t go away, huh? Slim Thug stars in the Rosenthals’ weekly sketch as an unsatisfied customer of Verizon Wireless. Too bad there isn’t an app for that.

[vodpod id=Video.5061593&w=425&h=350&fv=] Big Sean finds out the hard way that everything that looks good to you— ain’t good for you. The track can be found on Finally Famous Vol. 3 and the clip on wshh.

Here comes the hot steppers. Swizzy reunites with Eve for the latest installment of Monster Mondays. Sounds like Swizz is back on his bullshit. Back on his bullshit. basquaitmusic

BET’s Music Matters tour concluded last night at the Highline Ballroom in New York with CJ Hilton, K.Michelle, and J.Cole. The latter headlined the concert and during his set brought out Red Cafe and for the second time this week, October’s Very Own for “In The Morning”. Hey ladies.

Travis Barker’s Give The Drummer Some is shaping up to be a who’s who of collaborations. One of the tracks features Tech N9ne and Bun B. In a phone interview, Tech gives some insight on the sound of their music. techblog

Cee-Lo, Eminem, Raekwon, Ludacris, and Nas are some of the names Tech N9ne wants for his next album All 6’s and 7’s. He says his collabo with Lil Wayne is in the pipeline and has been deliberating with The Lady Killer and Esco as well. Only time will tell if he gets his wish. Previously: Tech N9ne “Ego Tripping”

[sparkart-clique site=”rap_radar” video=”nicki_minaj”] Nicki Minaj is stylin’ and profilin’ in the latest edition of T Magazine. Above is a behind the scenes look from her photo shoot. That brings up an interesting point because I would be pretty remiss not to mention your spat with Lil’ Kim. When she badmouths you and others doesn’t that just make it even harder for female rappers? It does, it does. But the thing that I want to promote is that if you see […]

Redman’s new album, Reggie, is just three days away. But today, he lets loose a new video in support of it. Good to see the label spending a lil’ paper on a quality clip.