Barbie scored her first number one record this week with “Your Love” . Salute. The last female solo rapper to top the Rap Charts was Missy Elliott with “Work It” in 2002. It’s been a long time coming.

Produced by Ski Beatz, this is set to appear on his 24 Hour Karate School compilation. As Dirty Glove Bastard indicated, the project was to drop a couple months ago, but has yet to see the light of day. Hi-Ya!

Before Sir Lucious Left Foot arrives next Tuesday, Antwan offers his guide to global greatness for all you smart dumb cats. Download here. Tracklist after the jump.

It seems as if the verdict’s still out on T.I.’s new material. With that said, here’s another cut to analyze courtesy of X. King Uncaged drops August 17th.

Looks like Jermaine’s new video “Who Dat” has left some North Carolina school officials aggy. Although students from Fayetteville State University and E.E. Smith High School signed waivers to appear in the clip, FSU Chancellor James Anderson delivered an apology to alumni for their cheerleaders involvement. District Superintendent Frank Till took it a step further and told local newspaper The Fayetteville Observer, that he disapproved of the video’s “explicit” themes: “I think it shows the school and the city in […]

Backed up by the band Scarlet Fever, Cee-Lo brought his The Twilight Saga: Eclipse ballad, “What Part Of Forever” to George’s spot last night. Still killin’ the ladies of course. hhnm

Rozay returns the favor and indulges into the life with the remix of Ne-Yo’s current single. Let’s toast it up.

Apparently, Dres of Black Sheep wasn’t privy to the rapping hamsters in Kia’s latest ad campaign. D-R-E-S shares his thoughts with VIBE on the group’s song being used and how he’s expecting some royalties to come along with it. “The Choice is Yours” is in a new Kia commercial and some other classic hip-hop songs have been getting commercial revivals too. What’s up with the resurgence of golden era hip-hop in advertising? I think it’s reflective of a time period of a certain level […]

[vodpod id=Video.3938074&w=425&h=350&fv=] Dream is on his grizzly. Under the Motion Family’s direction, he combines three videos off Love King ( “Yamaha”; “Nikki Pt. 2”; “Abyss”) into one. Listen up, Terius got a story to tell. Performance of “Make Up Bag” on Jimmy Kimmel Live after the jump. Previously: “Panties To The Side” (Video Preview)

This ain’t funny so don’t you dare laugh. But here’s some new material from former Bad Boy, G-Dep. Lighten up, people. 57ave