In this portion of DJ Scratch’s interview with Grind Music Radio, Scratch reflects on the break up of EPMD, meeting Busta and producing his very first solo track, “Do My Thing”.

Here we go again. Foxy Brown was arrested in Brooklyn today for coming in contact with her neighbor, Arlene Raymond. In 2007, Raymond filed an order of protection against Fox after she was clubbed with a Blackberry. Ouch. Foxy’s manager Bernadette Brennan, told TMZ that Raymond was annoyed by her client’s outside rehearsal session. Apparently, she was practicing for her show this Sunday. Better hold on to those tickets, guys. Once she confronted Fox, that’s when the conflict occured. The […]

Nas dropped by Tim Westwood’s show today on BBC1xtra and gave a great interview. After reminiscing about the old days, Esco salutes Drake and says that Swizz Beatz, DJ Premier, Alchemist, Dr. Dre, Kanye West and RZA have reached out to work on his next album. Whoa. Towards the end, he attempts a freestyle and laments on his divorce from Kelis.

DJ Clue debuted one of the two new songs from the revamped TINC 2 EP tonight. Young Lex Luger of “Hard In The Paint”/”MC Hammer”/”B.M.F.” fame on the track. Hov sample on the hook and a different vibe and sound for Loso. One to grow on. splash

Banks picks up where he left off in his new video, “S.O.D.” This too can be found on his two-year-old mixtape, Return Of The PLK. Where’s that darn late pass? thisis50

Hennessy, Sprite and lemon? Hmm, sound’s good! Here’s Tech’s new video in support of his collabo album, The Gates Mixed Plate. Grab a bunch next Tuesday. We’ll drink to that.

True Story: This was my favorite joint off Dante’s last disc, The Ecstatic. Here’s the acapella version of that CD’s track 5 which is now a contribution to the Raise Hope For Congo project. Good music. Good cause. Win-win. pds

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While Talib preps his new album Prisoner Of Conscious, he recently caught flack for his collaboration with Gucci Mane. In particular, an article from TheLoop21’s Mychal Smith took him to task. Well Kweli fires back. “Now I don’t know Mychal Smith, but what I do know is he is a blogger that follows me on Twitter, and I guess my decision to record with Gucci Mane bothered him enough to blog about it, declaring my move a part of the […]

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