May be a pretty good idea. Powered by Young Chop, Trinidad James and Travis $cott bring the noise on their new collaboration. Turn up or shut up?

Along with Justin Timberlake, Macklemore & Ryan Lewis lead the upcoming MTV Video Music Awards with a total of six nominations. The nods include “Thrift Shop” for video of the year, “Can’t Hold Us” up for best Hip-Hop video, “Same Love” for best social message and more. Peep the full list of nominees after the jump. The ceremony takes place August 25 at the Barclays Center in Brooklyn.

Got enough MCs? In celebration of his The Piece Maker 3: Return Of The 50 MCs release last week, Tony Touch invited a handful of the LPs guests to his Toca Tuesday show for a cypher. Listen up.

Co-written by his father Alan Thicke, Robin keeps the feet moving with Blurred Lines‘ latest release. The label sure has been pretty generous with the releases. Get it in full on July 30. ru

During yesterday’s Trayvon Martin rally in L.A., cops briefly cuffed the rapper after they suspected he was brandishing a firearm, then released him after they realized he wasn’t strapped. Bullets Rappers ain’t go name. tmz

Slaughterhouse returned to New York’s Highline Ballroom yesterday. During the show, Joe Budden, Crooked I and Royce Da 5’9″ gave a first live rendition of No Love Lost‘s 8th track.

Mac Miller held court at New York’s Hammerstein Ballroom last night. ScHooboy Q hit the stage for their collabo, “Gees”. After the jump, Q’s fellow Black Hippy, Ab-Soul joined Mac for “Matches”.

Constant drinking and love songs aren’t such bad combination after fall. This week, J.Cole’s lead single, “Power Trip” has crossed the one million mark. Congratulations to the entire Dreamville team. Download Born Sinner here.

In Jay’s recent interview with Zane Lowe, he explained a brief fallout between him and Timbo after Blueprint 3. In Revolt’s new clip, Tim speaks on the subject and says he’s written an apology verse.

After going head-to-toe with Nick, Mac hit the stage during last night’s episode of Wild N’ Out. He closed out the show with “Matches”. “S.D.S.” after the jump. Watch it with the sound on.