Let’s get ready to rumble. And the winner is… Kiss. Mwah! Swagga Frenchy

“Kidnap the President’s wife without a plan”—Nasir Jones There’s another Jay in my life. Electronica. I call him Jay Elect. Don’t know how it started. Don’t know how it will end. Wait, I know the origin. Twitter. Dude was a beast on that thing. He entertained me with his antics. Even had a baby on that muthafucka. True story. The social networking Gods would often banish him for tweetin’ too much. And he would email me to relay his messages […]

[vodpod id=Video.3510446&w=425&h=350&fv=] Jadakiss’ Champ Is Here 3 mixtape arrives this Saturday. So to prepare for his lyrical exercise, Jada laces up the gloves and steps in to the ring. Butterbean ain’t go nuffin on Kiss. A-Ha!

For years, Hot 97’s Funkmaster Flex has been called every name under the sun for championing certain artists. Promoting his new show Full Throttle on Angie Martinez’s afternoon drive today, The Kingpin admitted to favoring New York artists.

[vodpod id=Video.3510108&w=425&h=350&fv=configParams%3Dvid%3D510654%26amp%3Buri%3Dmgid%3Auma%3Avideo%3Amtv.com%3A510654] During Rick Ross’ conference call two weeks ago, he revealed that Jay-Z was featured on his upcoming album, Teflon Don. Speaking to MTV, Ricky says the song isn’t “Maybach Music 3” but somethin’ more special. Oh baby.

Under IllusiveMedia’s direction, comes Lupe’s new video, “I’m Beaming”. Wasualu luhs the kids too!

It’s Ten Toes Down on May 4th, but today it’s two thumbs up for this new leak featuring Slugga and Drumma Boy on the beat. NR

[vodpod id=Video.3510063&w=425&h=350&fv=] Lupe presented B.o.B. with this cake on stage last night in Dallas to commemorate his debut, The Adventures of Bobby Ray. Just for the record, B.o.B.’s birthday is in November. LE

How’s this for a collector’s item? The original purple tape is currently up for grabs on eBay for $5,000.  That’s a lot of C.R.E.A.M. According to the description: VERY RARE CASSETTE TAPE RAEKWON ONLY BUILT 4 CUBAN LINX PURPLE CASSETTE TAPE FACTORY SEALED ONLY 10.000 EVERY MADE WORLD WIDE DONT MISS OUT YOU WILL PROBLY NEVER SEE THIS CASSETTE TAPE AGAIN FACTORY SEALED THE CASSETTE TAPE ONLY HAS 17 TRACKS THE NORTH STAR BONUS TRACK IS ONLY ON THE CD. […]

Malik Yusef, the pen behind Kanye West’s “Heartless”, tells HHW that Ye’s new album is 80% complete and goes on to describes it as real “raw”, “emotional”, and “reflective”. How bout them adjectives? Ha! Previously: DJ Premier Says Kanye’s LP’s Hard