Fasten your seatbelts and grab some popcorn. Here is the first promo ad for the new Aston Martin Rapide that the producer helped design. Man, I got to get me one of these. swizzworld

Two of the Keystone State’s finest MCs put on for their home state with their latest collab. Free and Statik’s StatikFree EP is now available on ShowOffHipHop and will be on iTunes at the stroke of midnight.

[vodpod id=Video.5320049&w=425&h=350&fv=] B.Dot continues his discussion on Women in Hip-Hop with Dee Vazquez, and weighs in on the ongoing feud between Nicki and Lil’ Kim while Rah Digga shares her thoughts on mainstream success.

photo: Asma Knowles Bey’s been on her music break for a minute now, but she’s slowly making her return.  S1, the producer responsible for Kanye’s “Power” was in the lab with the singer last week and their session went longer than expected. Below, he shares what went down via his Twitter page. Me, Beyonce, and Caleb was in the studio last night killing it! Excited about session part 2 today! 2011 Let’s Go!  Got session part 2 with Beyonce today! Excited to see […]

Yup, that’s Nicki behind the mask as she busts her way on the front of V Magazine’s Spring 2011 Discovery issue. Before it hits newsstands this week, peep the rest of the photos after the jump. ru

[vodpod id=Video.5315794&w=425&h=350&fv=%26rel%3D0%26border%3D0%26] Although Maino’s The Art Of War dropped last year, he’s still ready to throw the gloves on and put up a fight with his latest flick. Bob and weave or get knocked the fuck out. ifwt Previously: Maino “Make It Rain (Freestyle)”

F.A.B. is back with another leak off his forthcoming mixtape. Judging by this and the previous track, we’re in for a treat. So soulful. So good. I Found My Backpack drops January 18th. tss via ingrooves

After hearing the preview six months ago, Mike Bigga combusts back on to the radar with the full Sweatbox-produced cut. Sounds hot. Hopefully, we will see PL3DGE in March. dgb

From the streets to the studio, Free and Statik recorded 7 tracks in 7 hours last night for their EP, StatikFree. Featuring Mac Miller, The Jacka, Jakk Frost, Tek of Smif-N-Wessun and Reek Da Villian, the EP drops on iTunes at midnight, but here’s one of the end results from their busy night. Blaow! nr

Still waiting on more music from the Dips? Yeah, we are too. And in an interview with VIBE, Capo reveals that the crew plan to drop a mixtape in preparation of their comeback album. “We’re about to drop a Diplomats mixtape just to get the streets warm,” Jones revealed, adding that the release will feature original records and Dipset remixes of popular records. “You know how we do the mixtapes. Hopefully by February we’ll have that on the streets.”