Curtis stopped by to chat it up with the ladies on The View earlier today. He spoke on the transition of his hustler days to music, his film Twelve, and shows off his new tattoo-less arm. heads up: hhnm Sidebar: On the set of Lloyd Banks’ “Any Girl”

WIMH just liberated a new cut from Freddie Gibbs that will not appear on his Str8 Killa EP, but on the Adult Swim Singles Project. Remember Str8 Killa No Filla mixtape drops tomorrow. yk2

[vodpod id=Video.4115708&w=425&h=350&fv=configParams%3Dvid%253D545069%2526uri%253Dmgid%253Auma%253Avideo%253Amtv.com%253A545069] During Rick Ross’ interview on MTV’s RapFix Live, the Teflon Don describes a Kanye studio session as another making of The Chronic. Sounds high powered. “I was just like, Wow. I listened to [Kanye’s] beats, and we working on what I’m doing, but then he’s in another room cooking up something … and just the intensity that you have to have to create albums that are gonna stand the test of time for years. He’s such a great […]

HEY, WHERE ARE THE CAPS? Mr. West resurfaced at his other blog and thanked fans that were in attendance yesterday when he debuted some new material off his upcoming album. Like this status.

This year’s Reggae Sumfest went down this past weekend in Montego Bay, Jamaica. During Elephant Man and Usher’s set, Chris Brown comes out at the 1:20 mark for a dance-off. Who got served?

Earlier this evening, Kanye made a trip to the Facebook Headquarters in Palo Alto, CA and recited a few songs off his upcoming album including “Lost in the World,” “Chain Heavy,” “Sweat On My Face”, and “Mama’s Boyfriend”. Damn, good ass tease. More footage after the jump. rap-up x uhtn

Out of the 365 days of the year, Black Milk chose September 14th for his Fat Beats/Decon release, Album Of The Year. Peep the tracklist below. 1. 365 2. Welcome (Gotta Go) 3. Keep Going 4. Oh Girl ft. Ab 5. Deadly Medley ft. Royce da 5’9 and Elzhi 6. Distortion ft. Melanie Rutherford 7. Over Again ft. Monica Blaire 8. Round of Applause 9. Warning 10. Gospel Psychedelic Rock 11. Closed Chapter ft. Denaun Porter blackmilk.biz

Hosted by both Drama and Whoo Kid, here is the latest installment of Gotti’s Cocaine Muzik series. Sniff away and download here. Tracklist after the jump.

[vodpod id=Video.4110383&w=425&h=350&fv=configParams%3Dvid%253D545960%2526uri%253Dmgid%253Auma%253Avideo%253Amtv.com%253A545960] Although DMX was released from jail three weeks ago, he is returning to the big house for the next 90 days. His charge stems from a 2002 driving infraction in L.A.. Before turning himself in, X spoke with 1515 about his next stint. “What’s going on today is that I’m going to turn myself in. Me and my crew, we came to the conclusion that would be best. It was something that happened years ago, a driving in […]

For Castro Shyne’s latest single, he gets the assistance from the late greats. Shots fired at 50 Cent and Po’s labelmate Rick Ross. Sounds like a civil war. xxl