After the jump, check out the foreword of Curt’s book with Robert Greene. Considering 50’s success, maybe other rappers should rip a page out his book too. The 50th Law drops September 8th.

Loose lips sink ships, DeAndre. SMH. Dumb Young rappers need teaching.

After the jump, check out the official tracklist for Reggie and Clifford’s upcoming effort, Blackout 2. In Stores May 19th.

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Crack’s my mans, but I woulda told Pistol Pete to spend more dough on the video girls. Ha!

“Did you catch this classic reference on the hook? The kids don’t know.” (c) Danamo

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I’m not buying this, but Drake talks to the 1515 Boys about Dwayne’s Jigga-like writing process and his own.

“Wayne does this thing and it’s scary and it’s unfair and I’m jealous of it for a million years. He sits there and you know they’ll be playing a record and he’ll just sit there like this and kinda be like, chilling and might get up, eat some candy and do whatever he does and then, it’ll take 40 minutes maybe if that, sometimes 15 and he’ll hop up and head right for the booth and lay like one or two or three of the most amazing verses that you ever heard with lines that’s like- What just happened did you just make a movie in your head like? Like what just happened? Cause you just painted the most colorful picture for this record. Wayne is so good at that, man. Like, I’m in awe of that dude…but for me, I take my time, I write.”

Whoa. Guess I gotta start being nicer to these guys. The Virginian-Pilot reports:

UPDATE: We got the papers, got the papers.

“The owner of a defunct Virginia Beach nightclub who has ties to the rap stars Clipse has been charged in U.S. District Court with leading a $10 million drug ring.

In one call, Gonzalez is told by one of his suppliers that, ‘I’m here with my boy and he’s giving me something right now… it’s really nice… like half in buds… half in shake,’ the indictment says.

In TIME’s annual most influential list, Dwayne beat out folks like Barack Obama and Vladimir Putin to take the number 12 spot. 

“His Grammy-winning, multiplatinum album, Tha Carter III,

He’s unstoppable.

Props: Broken Cool 

Today, Woooha reports that retail chain Sears is ceasing production of Mr. Smith’s clothing due to cut backs and an overall shitty economy. In the meantime, Sears is slashing the lines prices by 50%-70%. Look out David Brown, LL’s coming to join ya!

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Can’t keep up with all the material Mr. Rhymes is unleashing until May 19th. But DJ Scratch made a believer out of me with this one. Joy minus the joystick. Pause. Ha!

“Respect my conglomerate/ I don’t even know what that word means.”—Fame up in Prospect

“The Game Room”

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