The strongest team in the streets got their hands on this cut off Drizzy’s Thank Me Later. Supposedly, this is missing a verse from Mr. Dwayne Carter. nr via splash UPDATE: No Tags. Still No Wayne. splash UPDATE 2: Radio Rip. We Got Wayne! Not Final? Ughh gus UPDATE 3: 12 days later. Clean version. lowkey UPDATE 4: Durrty version. The end. atf

M.I.A. covers the June/July issue of Complex and gives her take on the aftermath of Jay-Z and Nas’ legendary battle. What do you like about hip-hop today? M.I.A.: I think Kanye is trying to take it into a new realm and he’s sort of putting the artistry back into it and sort of taking it in that direction. I was having a conversation about Jay-Z and Nas and how it was really crazy how they were having this Nas vs. […]

Ricky breaks out the furs (and DJ Khlaed) in this quick clip. Check it out, it’ll only take a minute…and 52 seconds. 57ave

For Levi’s Pioneer Session, the jean maker secured Nas and Green Lantern to refurbish Slick Rick’s classic opus, “Hey Young World”.  Whoopty-doo. Take a listen to the track below. heads up: fader

Nas did it first, and now Mos comes through and explains his New York state of mind. kingz

24-year-old Aubrey Berry was acquitted of murder last Friday after shooting Dolla last year in the parking lot of the Beverly Center Mall in Los Angeles. Berry testified that he shot the rapper in self defense while attorney’s zeroed in on the rapper’s lyrics. Obviously, not everyone agreed with the jury’s decision. Dolla’s DJ, Shabazz reacted to the verdict at WSHH. [vodpod id=Video.3692871&w=425&h=350&fv=]

Hold up, before we get started: If you didn’t post the last Bun B video—you played yourself. Anyways, here’s another new one from the upcoming Trill OG. Peep the opening track, “Church” from the new album which Bun says he’ll be performing at Hip Hop Honors. No boycott from Port Arthur Texas’ finest? More on that later. Ha.

Red Cafe explains the meaning behind his new mixtape, No Witnesses. See his point of view? Tape drops Wednesday. “They don’t know how many people I employ, the families I feed, the many trips to the bank to make deposits, the hard work I put in the studio or the hit records that I have wrote for other artists, or the grind I been thru throughout my journey that wasn’t my fault, etc,” Red Café tells Sermon’s Domain on the […]

[vodpod id=Video.3692616&w=425&h=350&fv=configParams%3Dvid%3D519342%26amp%3Buri%3Dmgid%3Auma%3Avideo%3Amtv.com%3A519342] Young Jeezy critiques his new mixtape, Trap Or Die 2 with 1515. Below he dissects three tracks and explains his decision to exclude “Ill’in” from TM 103.

[vodpod id=Video.3692441&w=425&h=350&fv=CONFIG_URL%3Dhttp%3A%2F%2Fwww.mtvu.com%2Fplayer%2Fembed%2Fconfiguration.jhtml%3Fvid%3D519303] Life is short and so is Consequence’s new video. Poignant though, nonetheless. Directed by Derek Pike and the Cons himself. Word!

Word is Jay-Z wants to rumble with the Bee. Allegedly, Lil’ Kim has signed to Hov’s Roc Nation and is set to executive produce her next album. We did it again, Brooklyn?

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Actor Michael Rapaport sits down with The Hundreds to discuss his A Tribe Called Quest documentary, Beats, Rhymes & Life. The film chronicles the Queens outfit and features exclusive footage and interviews. He plans to premiere the doc during the Sundance Film Festival in 2011. Can I kick it? woooha

?uesto is tired of the same ol’ subject matter in music and last week during their album listening session, he explains to Mrs. Drama the different concept behind How I Got Over. The funky drummer also plugs albums with John Legend and Booker T. Jones, both dropping by the end of this year. His band gets busy. Previously: New Music: The Roots “Dear God 2.0″

HHGS catches up with the Ghost for a quick interview where he talks about his book, Invincible. At about the 1:00 mark, he says we’ll finally get that Lox album at the top of the year and to expect a lot of music from the trio soon. We can’t wait.

Already reppin’ her hood pride with CNN and droppin’ a freestyle recently, it’s no surprise a Faith comeback is on the horizon. According to Nav, the songstress has an album, Something About Faith, coming in September and a first single, “Way U Move” featuring Snoop with production from Chucky Thompson, in a few weeks.

Looks like DJ Self from Power 105 got his hands on Drizzy’s Snowman duet off the most anticipated album above. Enjoy. omen Update: CDQ, but supposedly unfinished. We’ll take it for now. nr

[vodpod id=Video.3686938&w=425&h=350&fv=allowfullscreen%3Dtrue%26amp%3Bsrc%3Dhttp%3A%2F%2Fvimeo.com%2Fmoogaloop.swf%3Fclip_id%3D11639357%26amp%3Bserver%3Dvimeo.com%26amp%3Bshow_title%3D1%26amp%3Bshow_byline%3D1%26amp%3Bshow_portrait%3D0%26amp%3Bcolor%3D00adef%26amp%3Bfullscreen%3D1%26amp%3B] Konichiwa. The Atlanta brave announced he will return to the land of the rising sun, where he served for the Air Force to perform four shows. We’ll bow to that.

Initially set to drop tomorrow, it appears the Internets got a hold of Joey and Tremaine’s collaboration a day early. The Darkside drops June 29th. Splash

With J.R. Rotem behind the boards and a little Carribean flavor from Sean Kingston, Nipsey is back with a brand new banger. Hustle hard. Again: hhnm