Ice Cube retreated to his blog Saturday and broke the news that Dr. Dre will not be featured on his new album, I Am The West. The reason? Dre’s been kinda, well,  missin’. What up Fam? I’m almost done with my record, I AM THE WEST. I’ve been mixing songs and dealing with paperwork all week and I’m down to my last 4 songs to mix. It’s bangin’. I think we’ll end up wit about 15 songs when it’s all […]

[vodpod id=Video.4195789&w=425&h=350&fv=clip_id%3D13994253%26amp%3Bserver%3Dvimeo.com%26amp%3Bautoplay%3D0%26amp%3Bfullscreen%3D1%26amp%3Bmd5%3D0%26amp%3Bshow_portrait%3D0%26amp%3Bshow_title%3D0%26amp%3Bshow_byline%3D0%26amp%3Bcontext%3Duser%3A1014479%26amp%3Bcontext_id%3D%26amp%3Bforce_embed%3D0%26amp%3Bmultimoog%3D%26amp%3Bcolor%3D00ADEF%26amp%3Bforce_info%3Dundefined] Fuck the world… and city permits. Gangsta Gibbs roams the streets of NY in the latest video to his catalogue. For those keeping track, Pill appeared on the original version which can be found on Gibbs’ mixtape, Str8 Killa No Filla. tss

Nike tapped Cory Gunz to be a part of their 1LOVE campaign. And for their first viral vid, cameras follow the young gunna through the BX borough. Next Thursday, he’ll be in Harlem performing at a sponsored concert at the Apollo Theater. tsg

[vodpod id=Video.4195216&w=425&h=350&fv=] Gangsta music ain’t dead, these niggas just scared. Once again, Freddie Gibbs proves just that with this new freestyle over at True Stories Radio. Full Interview tomorrow. Str8 Killa EP available now!

The sound quality is a bit low and the tags don’t help neither. But hey, who’s complaining. Karen Civil got the drop on new music from Andre 3000 off Limelight Exclusives’ new tape. I do like that. UPDATE: No Tags. Word is this will appear on Jeezy’s TM 103. Remember, where you heard it first. 2db

Jimmy takes an unorthodox approach over Drizzy’s collabo with Jay-Z. We should probably expect more of these leading up to the release of his new album, Capo.

The Taylors came out in full force this past Saturday to support Wiz Khalifa at the Boston Urban Music Festival. Before he could even finish his first verse, he was bogarted by his fans. Crazy! Once security ushered everyone off stage, Wiz returned and continued his set. Get “Mezmorized” after the jump.

The Hip Hop Chronicle caught up with pioneer Ralph McDaniels a few weeks back outside of Hot 97. In the first segment of their interview, Uncle Ralph speaks on the launch of Video Music Box and what he’d like in return from hip-hop fans.

Waka Flocka shows his love for the game with his latest viral video. God, that hook is going to be stuck in my head for the remainder of the day. Fuck dis! wshh

Snoop returned to The View last Friday and brought along his wife Shante and daughter Cori. The clip above, the couple discuss how their relationship was mended due to Cori’s battle with lupus. Here’s to good health.