At a recent Ecstatic tour stop in New York, the mystery man of rap got his favorite producer to come out from behind the scenes. This amuses me: Maybe ’cause I know both these guys personally. Sorry I missed the show, Mr. Electronica. Stop threatening talk shows hosts. Jay on Jay crime. Ha! Prop Yourself: Megatron Don

So the Internets are abuzz with claims that Kia Shine ghostwrote Drake’s “Best I Ever Had.” Although he does own a portion of one of rap’s biggest hits, it appears to be because he produced the original Young Money joint that inspired it. Take a listen: As you can hear in the opening verse, Drake lifted the melody and a few words from Weezy. So Mr. Carter and Kia get a piece of the pie—BMI Awards and all. That’s how […]

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“With the same sword they knight you, they’re gonna good night you with.” Hov and his homie Chris Martin’s band did their 1-2 thing last night in Glasgow. Footage is a lil jumpy but this was just a warm-up to the big Roundhouse show tonight. I’m sure someone’s gonna shoot that shit in HD. Ha! Props: Mick Boogie

If you thought Def Jam’s latest signee’s work with MCs was done, you’re sadly mistaken. In a quick chat on the VMA red carpet, Amerie mentions Loso made the album and the video to her Lil Wayne collabo, “Heard Em All,” was shot by Jay-Z’s main man, Anthony Mandler. Incidentally, Boombox reported Weezy pushed the shoot to Cali so he could check on baby mama numero tres, the lovely Lauren London who delivered this past Saturday. Ah so sweet. Props: […]

[vodpod id=Groupvideo.3433912&w=425&h=350&fv=videoId%3D40439548001%26playerID%3D10172910001%26domain%3Dembed%26] Took long enough. Here’s the visual to the Alicia Keys-written, Swizz Beatz-produced joint from the comeback queen. Like the song and the make it rain scene towards the end, but other than that, this is pretty much an anti-climatic yawnfest. Oh well. You keep your nose clean, lady. Props: Life Files

Now with video. And I love it © Jay Jenkins Previously: Chris Brown’s The Clean Up Man

The God Shallah leaves an autographed lesson on his classic cassette. Wow, the Purple Tape. I possessed a copy or two… back in the day. *Sniff.  Sniff. Hold back tears.*

Now with visual. Still *dead* Props: Big Homie Previously: Barack Obama Calls Kanye West A Jackass (Audio)

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