Filled with smoke and bright lights, Usher joins Luda on the set of the video for his dance-driven single. Touching on the song, ‘Cris says he’s never done a record like this. Let’s hope he never does again.

Keeping her head above water and taking the heat, Rihanna returns with the first video for her upcoming album. Directed by Anthony Mandler. Unapologetic drops November 19.

Despite your current circumstance, Slim Thug encourages you to keep your head high for this week’s edition of Thug Thursday. Solid production by Cy Fyre.

During Sean Price’s Mic Tyson promo run last week, he gave Statik Selektah’s show an in-studio version of “Bar-Barian”. Listen Watch!

While at Tree Sound Studios, T.I. explains how his upcoming Andre 300 collaboration “Sorry” materialized. Yours truly heard the recording a few weeks back, and it’s probably one of 3 Stacks’ best verses in recent memory. Pinky promise. Trouble Man arrives December 18th.

‘Tis the season to be fresh. So for Gap‘s new commercial, they commission a list of musicians including Nas and his pops, Jazz musician Olu Dara Jones. That’s what you call Bridging The Gap. nahright

Plies is back on the stand with the second installment of his On Trial mixtape series. Find out if he tells the truth, the whole truth and nothing but it, after the jump.

A$AP’s tour rolled into the Palladium a couple of weeks ago and he performed his remix for Rihanna who was in attendance. Above is a recap of the evening featuring Rih discussing how the record came about. In related news, A$AP’s just been tapped to open up her Diamonds tour beginning next March.

Saigon’s new album Bread & Circuses came out two days ago and more recently, he did an interview with 50 Cent’s domain. He broke down the title of the project and recalls nearly signing with G-Unit.

Before releasing his mixtape, On Trial 2 at noon, Plies recaps one of his many nights at the titty bar for one of its tracks.