Usually trailers are over in the blink of an eye. Not Erykah’s though. Here’s a clip of her getting dolled up to her new single. Lay back. Cruise.

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Take five and watch the trailer for the upcoming film, Just Wright . The romantic comedy flick stars Queen Latifah as a physical therapist who falls for a professional ball player played by Common. Things get heated though when Latifah’s friend, played by Paula Patton pines for him as well. Ménage à trois Lonnie took to his blog and spoke on his leading role and other projects.

This is just ridiculous. Wu-Tang Management is holding a competition to find the “The Next 9 Generals” to carry the iron flag. To enter, rappers must be between 18-33 and pay a $23.50 registration fee. Auditions begin this summer. Judges include Steve Rifkind and U-God. On behalf of Ghostface Killah…. Woooha

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With Aristotle and Thi Chie in the director’s chair, Fab took his act to the cemetery and shot a new video for “Mr. R.I.P.” off his mixtape, There Is No Competition 2. Nice flicks of the graveyard after the jump. Hey, I’ve been dying to go there. By Any Means

Somehow, Young Guru found time to put this together. In honor of the Invisible Bully, Guru remixed some of B.I.G.’s classics over original production. The tape should be dropping sometime today, but here’s a sample of what’s to come. “Whatchu Want” “10 Crack Commandments” “Suicidal Thoughts”

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With his album on the horizon, Mr. Raymond tries to get his swag back on the latest issue of Billboard. No alternate covers this time around. The full story covers everything from his former marriage to the adjustment in the industry. We’ll find out the end result come March 30th. SFTA

K. Dot zones out on the 150th entry of DJ Booth’s freestyle series. Look out for his new EP, The Songs That Didn’t Make the Kendrick Lamar coming soon. Bonus: Kendrick & J.Cole performance at U-N-I party last night. Devi Dev