Crooked I’s back at it and is relaunching his Hip Hop Weekly series. To kick things off, he drops one off over a Gang Starr classic. Pretty massive with a nice appeal too. yk2

A few weeks ago, Quik (perm and all) performed at the Key Club in Hollywood. Quik brought out a gang of guests including Faith Evans, Xzibit, Paul Wall and UN. Sounds pretty funky. The Book Of David coming soon. tss

Guess Kanye really does have all that power. Just one year after the debacle, US Magazine reports Mr. West will return to the MTV Video Music Awards this year as a performer. The ceremony airs September 12 at the Nokia Theatre in L.A. Someone call extra security.

Never trust a girl name Delilah and I’m not too sure we can trust this as well. Haiti’s presidential candidate gives us The Haitian Experience, with his latest melody featuring Barrington Levy. kingz

After the original, it’s probably this. Kalenna was featured previously, but now Dawn and Diddy attempt to turn nothin’ into somethin’. nav

While on the red carpet for the premiere of Lottery Ticket, Bow Wow reveals that he’s enlisted Kiss to executive produce his next album. Hmm, Jada and Bow Weezy? rtny

Critics? Fuck ’em. Playboy Tre keeps his head to the sky and comes through with a track that everyone should care about. Hurry up, The Last Call is coming soon. b rich

9th Wonder and David Banner finally announced November 9th as the release for their joint album, Death Of A Pop Star. The project’s next single will feature Ludacris on a song entitled, “Be With You.” Will you be there? xxl

Mannie and Mystikal were spotted on Frenchmen St. in New Orleans yesterday and invited the rapper into his car to play some beats. Last month, the rapper mentioned Fresh as one of the beat makers on his next album. Sounds like something to look forward too. yk2 via baller’s eve

[vodpod id=Video.4197673&w=425&h=350&fv=] The folks over at Hood Affairs On Demand compiled random footage of Gooch’s great adventures for a visual to the title track off his Mr. Zone 6 mixtape. Pretty hood.