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Diddy Covers VIBE (Aug/Sept 2010)

Puff and the Diddy bunch cover VIBE‘s 15th annual Juice issue. The mag hits newsstands on August 16th, but VIBE has an excerpt below. Dr. Dre said that the last beat that floored him was “All About the Benjamins.” How does that make you feel? It’s humbling. I was in the studio with Dre the other day. He started working on a record for me. Watching him as a producer is watching greatness. We had a lot of similar traits. […]

Fat Joe Darkside Show At S.O.B.’s

[sparkart-clique site=”rap_radar” video=”fat_joe__sobs”] Fat Joe celebrated the release of his 10th album, The Darkside last night at S.O.B.’s. Rap Radar was co-sponser and with our urging Crack didn’t perform his more popular chart toppers but opted for his underground cuts instead. In fact, during the middle of his set, he told the crowd that if they wanted to hear his “hits” to get the fuck out. Of course, nobody moved. Check out some performance highlights above. Great night! Special guests […]

Lupe Fiasco Speaks On Label Drama

[vodpod id=Video.4115982&w=425&h=350&fv=configParams%3Dvid%3D546086%26amp%3Buri%3Dmgid%3Auma%3Avideo%3Amtv.com%3A546086] Lupe called the 1515 Boys and discussed his woes with Atlantic Records. To hear him tell it, the petition for Lasers woke the sleeping giant. When there’s demand, someone will supply.

Rick Ross Describes Kanye’s Studio Sessions

[vodpod id=Video.4115708&w=425&h=350&fv=configParams%3Dvid%253D545069%2526uri%253Dmgid%253Auma%253Avideo%253Amtv.com%253A545069] During Rick Ross’ interview on MTV’s RapFix Live, the Teflon Don describes a Kanye studio session as another making of The Chronic. Sounds high powered. “I was just like, Wow. I listened to [Kanye’s] beats, and we working on what I’m doing, but then he’s in another room cooking up something … and just the intensity that you have to have to create albums that are gonna stand the test of time for years. He’s such a great […]