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Here’s footage of Dark Man X performing one of my favorite cuts at a club in Fort Lauderdale, Florida. As Info stated, X still has palpable stage presence. And let’s not forget, an extensive catalouge as well. Personally, “Slippin” is one of the few rap songs that sound better censored. Those onomatopoeic bleeps are the shit!

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Behind a scenic landscape, B.o.B. gets his John Denver on in the rocky mountains of Utah. Ain’t that, Jazz-y. Ha!

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Slaughterhouse throws their 4 cents in the 1515 Boys business.

Mouse says:

“Jay and Em is still at the top, and that’s it. Everybody else is trying to reach out. I love Blu. Blu, and I still love [Kool] G Rap. It’s a million niggaas to name. Jay right now, at his age, is still better than niggas. But when you write that hottest list, you’re not gonna put Jay and Em at 1 and 2. You’re not. Don’t lie to me and say you are. Don’t insult my intelligence. In 2009, you’re not gonna put Jay and Em 1 and 2 on your list. You can bet me money.”

Now this guy is starting to make some sense. Ha!

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Chelsea Lately > Alexa Chung

Here’s your guide: Fab reps his Dominican pops. Kobe Bryant didn’t sing on Loso’s Way. One son. Big #dontuhate hash tag Twitter talk. 500 lbs. of weed on a bus. He’s 31.

To help sell some tickets for his upcoming show at Highline Ballroom, the 18th Letter actually sat with the NY Post and revealed that The Seventh Seal will include a touch of Trevor.

How about guest spots? I heard Jay-Z and Nas were on board.
I’m trying to keep everything a secret. I want people to be surprised. I will give you one name, though: Busta Rhymes. He’s an amazing NY artist who I really wanted to work with. I’m laid-back and he’s all over the place, wild and very colorful. It’s a great mix.

He also made it clear they’ll be no Eric B. here. Damn. Peace God!

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Here’s some rips of Joe’s blogtv stream which he started right after posting his latest YouTube video. Grab some popcorn, this is entertaining. Don’t take the bait, Shallah.

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Props: Hip Hop’s Heartbeat 

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Mouse calls it a “square dance.” SMH. It never ends.

Spotted: DDot

Right now: He’s on his blogTV channel talkin’ more shit. Sure somebody’s rippin’ it.

Let’s have a drink and talk this track over, Killa. A couple hours ago, DJ Drama passed this off to XXL. If it weren’t political connects, I’d pass this one over completely. Vado, I’m disappointed in you as well. Let’s get it together gentleman.  

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Again: X

This is fairly better, but not by much. I stand by what I said.

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Here’s the remix to Dezzy Dez’s cut with Brandy’s brother Ray J. I swear, no matter how many time I hear this sample, I always trace it to this. 

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Props: X 

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OK, still confused by the latest in the Budden-Raekwon beef timeline? Well, YN’s here for ya. After all the drama that occurred on Saturday (Find a site that was more on top of it then the Double R), both Raekwon and Budden’s Slaughterhouse group were scheduled to perform the next day in San Fran and, in fact, both acts did so. Rae actually had multiple appearances, including the above video with Big Boi. Now how’d that happen without more fisticuffs? Well the Rock The Bells founder gave XXL the scoop.

Weisberg said at first both rappers were not being cooperative, but before Sunday’s show he was able to get Budden and Rae in a room to shake to settle their differences and shake hands. “It was heated,” he told XXL, “people were not feeling some situations and at the end of the day sometimes the best action is no action at least in L.A. But in San Francisco, yes, everybody got in a room, there were a lot of discussions and were able to keep it moving. “

“I don’t believe they’ll be any more issues moving forward,”  he continued. Weisberg credits several key people for being able to defuse the tension. “At the end of the day a lot of other really good people got involved and made sure that we kept things on a positive note,” he said. “You walked into hip-hop summer camp, From KRS-One to Busta Rhymes, to Joell [Ortiz], to Royce [da 5”9”] to our entire staff, there’s a lot of people that have a lot of really good relationships. Helped to lend perspective.”

Thankfully, the tour ended yesterday and we still haven’t heard from Budden and/or Raekwon for confirmation on these recent developments. Last we left, Mouse texted this cryptic message mere minutes before taking the stage last night.

Slaughterhouse album in stores tmw, y’all. Ha!

Sidebar: Escape Route released on the same day? OK, I’m confused like Young Buck again.

Sidebar 2: IceWaterTV just uploaded a video today and it had nothing to do with fighting.

Update: OK, one more note. Although Rock The Bells (the main tour) did end yesterday, there is a second leg of RTB that launches tonight in San Diego. Slaughterhouse are booked on this tour from now until Aug 31st and Raekwon is slated for select markets. The saga continues.