Hardknock TV recently caught up with Jay Electronica out West. He spoke on not appearing on Erykah Badu’s New Amerykah Part Two (Return of the Ankh), working with Nas, and his project with Decon. Don’t even ask about a release date for the latter. Related: “Exhibt C” Live At Suny Purchase

Trina flaunts her money maker on the cover of KING‘s summer issue. Sweat it out on newsstands April 28th.

Here’s the “gift” we’ve all been waiting to unwrap. Check out B.o.B.’s collaboration with Eminem off his debut, The Adventures Of Bobby Ray. Sidebar: Eminem’s lyrics Let’s Pretend Marshall Mathers never picked up a pen Let’s pretend things would’ve been no different Pretend people procrastinated had no motivation Pretend he just made excuses that was so paper thin they could blow away wit the wind Marshall you never gone make it, makes no sense to play the game it ain’t […]

Back at 93.5’s Krush Groove Concert this past weekend in L.A, Short Dawg performs his hit “Blow The Whistle” while former Playboy playmate Kendra Wilkinson toots that thang. Ludacris was right about that new phenomenon.

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Hot Spitta got it in Ohio last Friday as part of his Where Is Smokey Robinson Tour. Chris Franco was in the spot and caught Curren$y’s performance of “Prioritize (Beeper Bill)” and “Drug Flow”.

[vodpod id=Video.3455784&w=425&h=350&fv=plugins%3Dadotube%26amp%3Bchannel%3D7273%26amp%3Bfile%3Dhttp%3A%2F%2Fwww.bestofbothoffices.com%2Fvideos%2Fuploads%2FnWSfSWZQ0nDjqEcmEaWj.flv%26amp%3Blogo%3Dhttp%3A%2F%2Fwww.bestofbothoffices.com%2Fvideos%2Ftemplates%2Fimages%2Fplayerlogo%2Flogo.png%26amp%3Bskin%3Dhttp%3A%2F%2Fwww.bestofbothoffices.com%2Fvideos%2Fdefault.swf%26amp%3Bbufferlength%3D15%26amp%3Bvolume%3D50%26amp%3Bautostart%3Dfalse%26amp%3Bfullscreen%3Dtrue%26amp%3Bstretching%3Dexactfit%26amp%3Bltas.mediaid%3Dhttp%3A%2F%2Fwww.bestofbothoffices.com%2Fvideos%2Fuploads%2FnWSfSWZQ0nDjqEcmEaWj.flv%26amp%3Btitle%3Dround+table%26amp%3Bdescription%3Dround+table%26amp%3Badotube.title%3Dround+table%26amp%3Badotube.description%3Dround+table%26amp%3Badotube.adotubeid%3D8r2EXLA%26amp%3Badotube.omlsource%3Dhttp%3A%2F%2Fwww.adotube.com%2Fphp%2Fservices%2Fplayer%2FOMLService.php%3Favpid%3D8r2EXLA] On Grind Music Radio last week, Black Milk, Sean C, Riggs Morales, Peter Rosenberg, and Jerry Barrow critiqued VIBE‘s greatest producer of all time bracket. As Jerry indicated, the list was created to spark conversation (which it has). Despite some snubs, the selections overall are on point. But then again, some people are never satisfied.

Apparently this was left on the cutting floor during T.I.’s Paper Trail run. Sounds like the producer flipped Tom Tom Club’s “Genius Of Love” à la Mariah Carey. Splash

LL Cool J mosied on down to the Country Music Awards last night in Las Vegas and at the 4:20 mark, introduced Taylor Swift for her performance of “Change”. But the CMA’s wasn’t LL’s only stop. Prior to the awards he performed “Loungin” at the MGM Grand’s pool party.

Cypress Hill sold out S.O.B.’s last Thursday as part of Hot 97’s Who’s Next Showcase. And in case you forgot, the group’s new album Rise Up drops tomorrow. Above is their performance of “How I Could Just Kill A Man”. More footage down bottom.