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Teddy Riley’s protege flirts speaks to two lovely young ladies after a gig at the University of Missouri Kansas City on the evolution of N.E.R.D.’s sound. 

Props: Pyramid TV

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A couple hours ago, Trevor appeared on Mr. Murdoch’s morning show and performed “Arab Money” and “Hustlers Anthem” for his viewers. The B.O.M.B. drops  May 19th!

Whatever, nigga.

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Props: X

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A couple hours ago, Asher P. Roth appeared on Jimmy Fallon’s nightly gig and performed “Be By Myself,” backed by house band, The Roots. Sans the baritone, I swear Tyriq, Black Thought could pass for a modern day Lou Rawls!

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Didn’t think Ricky would ever show his mug again after receiving that cease and desist from Louis V earlier this week. Nontheless, he’s making his rounds and last night appeared with the milk man Magazeen on Letterman to perform a cut off Deeper Than Rap.

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At a recent show in San Fran, Sai Giddy performed one of my favorites. The bonus track from the much-heralded XXL Raps compilation, “Come Again.” That last sentence was typed with tongue placed firmly in cheek. Oh well one day, YN will EP (Executive Producer) an album again. Ha!

Seen!!!!: 2DB via Always Hustle

Although my light-skinned brother, DJ Drama reps the ATL to the fullest, my favorite jawn (Philly style) is the last track on GG2 featuring N’awlins finest. Who needs Wayne, when we have his fellow Hot Boys B.G. and Juve? Plus, a posthumous verse from Soulja Slim. How real is that? 

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See ya at Best Buy on Tuesday, you bastards!

In case you ain’t figured it out yet, I’m bumpin’ that new Meth and Red. And despite my disgust of underwhelming Wu saturation, there’s indeed some heat on here. You young hip-hoppers on Twitter were right. YN’s gonna cop this one too on Tuesday.

You can’t go wrong with a good intro.

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Embarrassed to admit, I don’t own this album.

Thanks Hip-Hop Is Read for making me feel like a loser. Ha!

With all the controversy around the latest VIBE magazine issue with Eminem on the cover, one important thing has gotten lost in the sauce. That’s right, YN’s return to print with the extremely rare freelance byline. Ha! Yup, in a package of the great rap albums of 1998, I reflected on two of the biggest: Jay-Z’s breakthrough Vol. 2… Hard Knock Life and DMX’s rap game-changing It’s Dark and Hell is Hot. I chose the one on the dog to share since it has the crazy personal backstory of me gettin’ to know a gentlemen named Irving Lorenzo. That’s guy’s always been loud. No Monopoly games.

Sidebar: Oh for all you list fanatics, VIBE got another one in the issue to piss you off. They ranked the Top 50 albums of 1998. And surprisingly, the Dog got the bronze medal. I’ll let you guess what two are above him. Or get off your ass and get to a newsstand. A boost counts as a sale. But you didn’t hear it from me.