Yeah, it’s hard getting Elliott out that damn office. But anyway, Punch is back. And in the final clip, the TDE President speaks on Kendrick Lamar’s brief Def Jam signing, new artists, and the impact of Kendrick Lamar’s good kid, m.A.A.d city. Classic? Just maybe. Ha!

Shady Records’ four horsemen have been spending the past month working on their third album. And today, the group announced that Just Blaze will serve as the project’s executive producer. “I’m really excited about doing things a different way this time around”, says Joe Budden. This isn’t a send-tracks-around, and everyone-records-in-their-own-studio type of album. Joell Ortiz said that he is happily looking forward to the process as well: “The creative being creative! Fun, fun fun!” Royce Da 5’9” added that “everyone is in […]

As a friendly reminder, Statik Selektah’s Extended Play is also in stores today and here’s an alternate version of one of it’s cuts. Purchase the album on iTunes. Says Statik: Me , Slaine, & Term are the ones yelling on the final album version, but here is the OG version with the classic Onyx Scratch.

While in New York yesterday, Iggy Azalea visited Sway at Shade 45. And with her boss T.I. by her side, she showcased her talents over the airwaves. No beat necessary.

Heavens to Betsy Ross. Lil Wayne returned to New Orleans to film his new video, “God Bless Amerika”. During the shoot, he continued his performance with the American flag beneath him. The move was deemed unpatriotic. In a statement given to karencivil, Weezy says he didn’t mean any disrespect. It was never my intention to desecrate the flag of the United States of America. I was shooting a video for a song off my album entitled “God Bless Amerika”. The clip […]

Welcome to the party life. Last night, Jay-Z hosted the 40/40 Club’s 10 year anniversary party. Some of the guests included Beyonce, Robert Kraft (above), Bill Thompson, Geno Smith, T.I.,  Robinson Cano, Amare Stoudemire, Memphis Bleek, Meek Mill, Fabolous, Trae Tha Truth, Busta Rhymes, Victor Cruz and yours truly. The Carters stuck around until 2:45 am and danced the night away to Elvis Crespo’s “Suavemente”. If you couldn’t get passed the velvet rope, here’s a gallery of pics from the […]

Drake’s all smiles on the cover of GQ. The issue drops June 25th but you can read the full interview here.  Drake on his feud with Chris Brown: “I don’t want my name to be synonymous with that guy’s name. I really don’t. I wish we could sit down, just like you and me are right now, and talk it out man-to-man. But that’s not going to happen. I’m not confrontational, but if someone challenges, I’m not going to back […]

From the kitchen to the block, Prodigy lets his money stack in his new video off his collaborative LP, Albert Einstein. The streets is watching, P.

Now that Freddie Gibbs is a free agent, hes’s taken matters into his own hands and announced that his ESGN album will be released on July 9. Today, he shared the titles via his Instagram account. UPDATE: Cover up top. Tracklist below. Pre-order on iTunes. 1. Lil’ Sodi 2. The Real G Money 3. Came Up 4. Hundred Thousand (feat. G-Wiz & Hit “Skrewface”) 5. D.O.A. (feat. G-Wiz & Big Kill) 6. Lay It Down 7. I Seen A Man Die (feat. Lil Sodi) 8. Have U […]

Miley already done let it bounce and now the rest of the ladies can too with Juicy J’s new ass clappin’ anthem featuring Wale and Trey. Stay Trippy coming soon. splash