As extensive as my interview this morning was, Puff and his crew still have a statement to get off their chests concerning SoundScan. Hey, don’t ever underestimate a Bad Boy. Ha! Men lie, women lie… you know the rest. “On Monday, the ‘experts’ projected that our ‘Last Train To Paris’ album would move approximately 65k units in its first week. Well, they were wrong. With the help of our fans and the tremendous power of Twitter our debut album skyrocketed […]

Mr. Combs wasn’t the only legendary hip-hop figure to check into the Shade 45 Morning Show today. Mr. 5 Mics talks his favorite albums of 2010 and his Rice University teaching gig. Yup, YN believes in edutainment, my niggas. Ha! My laugh > Wiz’s.

Directed by Derek Pike, Sai bares the cold weather in his latest viral presentation to support his Greatest Story Never Told. Better keep warm, February 15th is not too far behind.

[vodpod id=Video.5177108&w=425&h=350&fv=] Last night, The Roots brought the holiday spirit and Nat King Cole’s on Late Night With Jimmy Fallon by performing their rendition of “The Christmas Song”.

Get your popcorn ready! Reek’s featured presentation features G-Unit’s Lloyd Banks and these two Big Apple MCs bring the pain. My new fave website? www.shitonniggas.com Ha! The Gift is two days away. Sidebar: Now with trailer.  

It’s Christmas time in Harlem this year and HHC comes bearing gifts with a new track produced by Hit-Boy featuring Kanye West and CyHi Da Prynce. Available tomorrow on iTunes, the final version will also include Cam’Ron, Vado, Jim Jones, Pusha T, Big Sean, and Musiq Soulchild. No beef for Xmas. UPDATE: Everybody onboard sans Vado for now. Via Flex UPDATE 2: Now with Vado. Via Flex UPDATE 3: A week later, Kanye releases the final version

A home foreclosure isn’t stopping this diamond’s shine. Today, Diamond drops off her latest mixtape for us to snort. Tracklist and download link after the jump. yk2

[vodpod id=Video.5176032&w=425&h=350&fv=videoId%3D720384811001%26amp%3BplayerId%3D1460849509%26amp%3BviewerSecureGatewayURL%3Dhttps%3A%2F%2Fconsole.brightcove.com%2Fservices%2Famfgateway%26amp%3BservicesURL%3Dhttp%3A%2F%2Fservices.brightcove.com%2Fservices%26amp%3BcdnURL%3Dhttp%3A%2F%2Fadmin.brightcove.com%26amp%3Bdomain%3Dembed%26amp%3BautoStart%3Dfalse%26amp%3B] Swizz Beatz sat with Black Enterprise and discussed his penchant for fine art. Below, he speaks on his upcoming “I Am Basquiat” campaign with Reebok.  

“It’s Twitterrr”, my ass. At the Short Hills Mall in New Jersey, Ed Lover and Maino confront user, @brina721 for scolding them about not signing autographs. Word to the wise: Don’t let your tweets get you into shit your legs run from. Previously: Maino Explains Embracing The Hate karen civil

[vodpod id=Video.5175605&w=425&h=350&fv=file%3Dhttp%3A%2F%2Fv1.radioplanet.tv%2F2010%2F12%2F22%2FTechN9ne_12_22_10.mp4%26amp%3Bstretching%3Duniform%26amp%3Bimage%3Dhttp%3A%2F%2Fwww.radioplanet.tv%2Fwp-content%2Frptv2.jpg%26amp%3Bplugins%3Dviral-2%26amp%3Bviral_functions%3Dembed%26amp%3Bviral_onpause%3Dfalse] Tech recently chopped it up with the Haitian Barry White on Sirius XM. They touched on a shitload of topics and then at the 11:41 mark, he kicked a couple bars. Bad Season mixtape drops tomorrow.