Anybody up for a late night game of chess? Here’s your first look at the artwork for Maino’s upcoming mixtape with DJ Drama. The Art Of War begins next Tuesday. splash

The day after the release of his Pain, Passion & Pleasure, Trigga stopped by 106 to promote the album and he even gets a phone call from his homie Drake. Mini concert performances after the jump. yardie

Still in the zone? Well, X to the V just released the full version of his latest mixtape’s intro. If you haven’t done so, download it here.

Over Plies’ recording, Crooked I serves his weekly fix for the sixth installment of his Hip Hop Weekly series. Pretty sick. Last Week: “HHW Reloaded 5 (Talkin’ To Myself)”

[sparkart-clique site=”rap_radar” video=”nelly1″] At the top of this year, Nelly said that actress Taraji P. Henson was going to appear on his upcoming album, 5.0. Turns out the collaboration fell through. He does however discuss his other collabos including “Dilemma 2” with Kelly Rowland.

Bussa Bus caught some rays in South Beach with The 400 Club this past Labor Day weekend and hosted a party at club Mansion. Rick Ross wasn’t around, but the Rozay was! Check out life behind the velvet ropes.

Wait, stop the party! Eight years after Nas dropped his classic collection of unreleased music, he announced via his Twitter account today that he’s working on a sequel. Nasty!

Photo: OS As promised Cam and Capo tap XXL‘s new cover boy over his latest song. Old beefs never die—they just end up on the Internet. miss info

Not only does the most loved and hated monster take the cover of next month’s issue of XXL, but Kanye also penned his own cover story and creative directed a 40 page section of the magazine. Make sure you runaway to your local newsstands on September 28. Until then peep an excerpt below. “I knew I wasn’t in a great spot publicly after the incident, but I would just block it out and work as hard as possible and let my work be my saving […]

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