Jay-Z along with Dr. Cornel West and Paul Holdengräber appeared at the New York Public Library last night for an analysis of his book, Decoded. Attendees also included Lupe Fiasco and Harry Belafonte. The reading lasted for nearly two hours, but here’s some footage from the fifth row. Decoded is in bookstores now. SPONSORED: To learn more about Kodak EasyShare Cameras, visit Kodak.com For commercials, behind the scenes & more, visit SoKodak.com Become a Fan of Kodak on Facebook for […]

Earlier today Wiz stopped by Hot 97 to talk with Funk Flex about his recent arrest, album, plans with Diddy, and more. Of course he couldn’t leave without dropping off a few bars. UPDATE: Now with video

Of course TIP is not here to show us, but Young Dro takes a look at the Kang’s booklet for his upcoming album and reveals guest features including Scarface, Chris Brown, Kid Cudi, Kanye West, Rocko, Young Dro, and Trey Songz. No Mercy in stores December 7. Pre-order here. hhnm

[vodpod id=Video.4920349&w=425&h=350&fv=] Spitta’s single is on our radar and Creative Control captures The Chef laying his verse down for the remix and the final track off Pilot Talk 2. Clear your scanners cause the album drops November 22.

Director Joseph Kahn recently spilled the beans that the video for this was coming. Sorry to say Doc, but if this is what we’ve been waiting 10 years for, let’s hope it gets better than this. hhc UPDATE: Now mastered. And it’s growing on YN. Ha! nr

Sheek is prepping for his Def Jam debut, Donnie G on December 14th. The titles look promising, but the cover, eh not so much. King Kong ain’t got shit on this. 1. Rhyme Animal (Intro) 2. Get It Poppin 3. Club Jam Packed feat. DJ Webstar 4. Out Of The Ghetto feat. Kobe 5. Make Some Noise feat. Fabolous 6. Blood & Tears feat. Casely 7. Nite Falls 8. Party After 2 feat. Jeremih 9. Touch The Sky feat. Ryan Leslie & […]

Although Birdman dropped a video for this a few days ago, here’s a new recording featuring a verse from Weezy. According to DJ Khaled, this is will appear on the forthcoming Like Father Like Son sequel. Sounds like Wayne hasn’t lost his touch.

[vodpod id=Video.4918493&w=425&h=350&fv=videoId%3D658213875001%26amp%3BplayerID%3D72333616001%26amp%3BplayerKey%3DAQ%7E%7E%2CAAAAELCxmdE%7E%2C1oWWRiqLbAeLjMuYe-TK5P1NVK4UNFQa%26amp%3Bdomain%3Dembed%26amp%3BdynamicStreaming%3Dfalse] After months of waiting, here is the final cut of Travis Barker’s new visual featuring RZA and Raekwon. Remember folks, it’s only a matter of time until we’ll Give The Drummer Some. aol

With Redman’s next album dropping in three weeks—wait three weeks?! Anyway, here’s footage of him and Meth overseas on their European Tour. Reggie in stores December 7th. Previously: Redman & Method Man In London

Photo: igerren Looks like Hov’s on a full press day to push Decoded and thankfully, for you hip-hop heads, he stopped by the Hot 97 Morning Show. Cipha and Rosenberg got to grill him on a garden variety of rap geek topics for their podcast. Grab an afternoon snack and dig in.