On the set of a photo shoot for her new album, AK reveals to AP at the 1:28 mark that she’s planting her flag on the Internets. Damn, more competition. “I felt there’s a missing piece in the blog world that allows you to have a really, inspiring positive experience. We don’t have to tear each other down to have a good time… It really calls out to all those brilliant,  amazing, fantastic women every day that are doing their […]

Here’s the second leak off Rakim’s Seventh Seal. And look ma, no tags! Shouts: Diego

The Panty Raider Tax Evader spoke on his recent arrest with Big Tigger. He says he forgot to file and took the situation as a lesson learned. NR

In the clip, Sai says he’s compelled to comprise his music because niggas are dumb and that’s the shit that blows. Let ’em know, indeed.

Once upon a time, Joe Budden was billed as The Streetz # 1 Draft Pick. After a string of mixtape releases, Def Jam added him to their roster in 2001 and two years later released his self-titled debut. A VH1 special soon followed (Anyone remember that?!) and the disc clocked at 429,158 after spawning three singles  (“Pump It Up” , “Focus”, and “Fire”). Unfortunately, Def Jam stunted his follow up, The Growth and he was dropped in 2007. For his […]

Yesterday, Saigon dropped his street album Warning Shots 2. In the first of four clips, Sai discusses how the project came to fruition and how he parlayed feature appearances.

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19K in the first week? You kids deserve spankings. New year. Same story. Damn. Keep your head up, Starks!

Here’s a taste of chocolate, Big Daddy Kane, performing as the surprise act at the Hennessy Artist Series stop in Houston. Common and The Roots bring the fun to the NYC tonight which I’m sure will include a gang of guests. If I’m not too lazy, I might stop by. Spotted: 2DB

This morning, Tahiry and Joe Budden took their lovers’ quarrel to The Morning After with Angela Yee on Shade 45. Ironically, Joe says she’s exploiting their breakup. Go figure.