On the eve of the album release, The Roots’ Black Thought and ?uestlove appeared on Cipha and Rosenberg‘s Juan Epstein podcast to discuss the album and a wide range of topics. undun in stores tomorrow.

After his first entry a few weeks back, Ja Rule checked in with VIBE for his latest kite. Up north, Ja discussed the first night behind bars, reflected on his deceased father and how responding  to fan mail uplifts his spirits.

Nicki Minaj was honored this past Friday at Billboard’s Women In Music event. During her acceptance speech, she got misty-eyed while thanking her fans. Pink Friday: Roman Reloaded coming Valentine’s Day.

[vodpod id=Video.15780491&w=540&h=350&fv=] After performing in San Antonio last Thursday, DMX visited the Fort Sam Houston for a game of wheelchair basketball with injured troops. Good deed Dark Man. X tells TMZ: “It made my day as much as it did their day. One told me that I gave him the best early Christmas gift he ever got and that has me still smiling.”

Over the weekend, Busta and Chris began shooting their Hype Williams-directed video for their collabo in L.A.Who gon stop them now? More pics below.

Tyga’s debut Careless World is set to drop in a few weeks, but for now, he holds his fans over with another mixtape. Free music? That’s the shit. Tracklist and download link after the cut.

[vodpod id=Video.15780340&w=540&h=350&fv=] Bobby Ray gives MTV the green light to premiere his new visual featuring Mr. Carter. Get your head out the clouds and cop the album next year.

15 more days until Common releases his next album and he uplifts our spirits with his latest offering featuring John Legend and No I.D. on the track. The Dreamer/The Believer drops December 20. hypetrak

Over the weekend, rumors surfaced that Jizzle’s fourth album, TM 103: Hustlerz Ambition was pushed back indefinitely. Well to combat the backlash, Da Snowman released a handwritten tracklist, sans features. Wait, no “Shake Life”? Either way, TM 103 is scheduled to drop in eight days (September 20th). UPDATE:  Amazon confirms the official tracklist below. TM:103 in stores December 20. 1. Waiting (Prod. By Lil Lody) 2. What I Do (Just Like That) (Prod. By Drumma Boy) 3. O.J. Ft. Jadakiss & Fabolous (Prod. By Lil […]

It’s no days off for Statik Selektah, Termanlogy and Reks. While across the pond, they recorded this track which will be off 1982’s upcoming album, 2012. What a great start for the new year. Statik says: recorded 10 minutes ago… we had an off day in Sweden on the European Population Control tour…. for the internets/dj’s/fans. New 1982 album “2012″ dropping top of the year on Showoff/ST. Records hhnm