A few months ago, Jay stopped by our neighbors at Rockstar Games and tested their new music software, Beaterator. On the spot, he created this funky track. Some things are better left unreleased.

Touré sat with Raekwon on last night’s airing of the Hip Hop Shop. The Chef spoke on the writing process of Only Built 4 Cuban Linx 2, Wu-Massacre, and the late ODB. Peep the rest of the footage under the break.

Prince returned to his hometown of Minneapolis and gave local radio station, 89.3 The Current, the green light to premiere his new song. It’s a radio rip, but you get the gist of it. Nav

Bonjour. 50 & co. made their world tour stop in Paris last night and performed Before I Self Destruct’s final track. Note, the footage isn’t the best, but it’ll suffice for now. Previously: 50 Cent Berlin TV Interview Update: Better footage and flicks from show at YouKnowWhere.

[vodpod id=Video.3124538&w=425&h=350&fv=] Last and certainly not least, comes Jay Rock’s XXL freestyle. Now that all 10 MC’s have been revealed, let’s see whose mugs make the front cover. Any bets? Previously: Donnis

[vodpod id=Video.3124390&w=425&h=350&fv=configParams%3Dinstance%3Dnews%26amp%3Bvid%3D487550] While conversing with 1515, Jay Elect tips his hat to Soulja Boy Tell Em. “Like somebody would say Soulja Boy … you would say he’s not a lyricist, right? If you took a poll and said, ‘Is Soulja Boy a lyricist?’ People would say no, right? But it’s not the words, it’s energy of what he does that’s the lyrics. It’s not the lyrics — the energy of it is the connector. The energy of it is greater […]

[vodpod id=Video.3122012&w=425&h=350&fv=clip_id%3D9748838%26server%3Dvimeo.com%26autoplay%3D0%26fullscreen%3D1%26md5%3D0%26show_portrait%3D0%26show_title%3D0%26show_byline%3D0%26context%3Duser%3A1915286%26context_id%3D%26force_embed%3D0%26multimoog%3D%26color%3D00ADEF%26force_info%3Dundefined] Hit-Boy and Chase N. Cashe, the producers behind the best track on Lil Wayne’s Rebirth, speak on how the track got into Weezy’s hands and then, deconstruct the instrumental. Respect: Brian Washington

Raheem DeVaughn’s The Love & War MasterPeace drops next Tuesday and you already know he was going to get the homie Wale on a joint track. The end result? See the title. Omen

[vodpod id=Video.3120845&w=425&h=350&fv=] Back in the lab with Cool & Dre in Miami, Joey continues to cook up material for his next LP. We see you Scoop Deville. Here Joey says he just received a track with Kells and teases us with another track. Of the few seconds of what was played, it already sounds sick. Get your ropes and razor blades ready. RTNY Previously: Part 1

“Who is Yayo? Yayo didn’t go to law school…I know that, but nigga, I had enough problems with the muthafuckin’ law to know some of it” Pretty hilarious interview. Yayo weighs in on working for 50, tight jeans and his little feud with Max B’s lawyer. Clearly, The Talk of New York has a lot to say.