Before Lil Wayne’s new album reached platinum, Allindstrom and The Source, gathered Combat Jack, Angela Yee, Jeff Sledge, Big D, and our own B.Dot for their views on its music, sales, rumors as well comparing it to The Throne’s LP.

A few weeks ago, we got the drop that T.I. would be penning a book. Here’s the cover for his fictional love story of two friends growing up in the streets of Atlanta. Written by T.I. and respected author David Ritz, the novel hits stores Oct. 18. tm

Soulja Boy’s main squeeze is one pretty bitch (no Amaya Lil B) and she calls upon more of ’em in her latest viral treat. Off her latest mixtape, which you can download here, bitches. That’s what she said. wshh

As expected, Lil Wayne’s Tha Carter IV has hit the platinum mark. After two weeks, the album has sold a total of 1,184,103 copies and remains at number one. Dougie to that, haters.

[vodpod id=Video.15406897&w=540&h=350&fv=%26rel%3D0%26border%3D0%26] Shad is flooding the game with free music. Today, he keeps it moving with his take of Tha Carter IV’s fifth track. Bow Wow is Underrated on December 6th.

[vodpod id=Video.15406868&w=540&h=350&fv=%26rel%3D0%26border%3D0%26] We got a quick clip of Ms. Rowland last week, but now Rap Up comes through with footage featuring Big Sean from the set. Video coming soon.

Tony Yayo and DJ Superstar Jay reunite for the fourth installment of their Gun Powder Guru series. The mix drops Friday and here’s one of the tracks below.

Shot: Canon EOS  60D Common held a book signing for his autobiography, One Day It’ll All Make Sense at the Barnes & Noble in downtown Manhattan. The event was hosted by Sway and also featured a Q&A session.If you missed out, here’s some footage from the lens of  The Dark Nyte. A couple of flicks after the jump.

[vodpod id=Video.15406492&w=540&h=350&fv=%26rel%3D0%26border%3D0%26] Asher Roth is gearing up to release his brand new album, Is This Too Orange. But before that drops here is the visual for his new single featuring Akon.

After turning red, Lil B goes all Black everything with his latest mixtape. Titles and download link below. Thank you Based God.