At the beginning of the week, Kanye revealed the album cover which was supposedly “banned” from retail. But now, we have the first of his five new covers. If you recall, this was used as the inital artwork for “Runaway” before it was changed to this. Album drops November 22nd. yaf

Mary J. Blige’s Music Saved My Life tour made its stop in Universal City, CA last night and the opening act, Jazmine Sullivan gave the Gibson Amphitheatre audience a treat by covering SWV’s “Weak”. She later gets down to a Bell Biv Devoe classic while performing her current single. That girl is poison. rap-up

Happy Birthday Stack! Here’s the latest mixtape from the late Stack Bundles. Hosted by Snatchatape and DJ Superstar Jay, this project is filled with unreleased tracks. Backcover and tracklist when you continue on. RIP. x

Off the recent Lime Light Exclusives mixtape, here are two stand outs from Loso. The first features an unknown female vocalist and the second is a two minute verse with a Rozay sample. It’s time to shine! “City Lights” “Whip It” UPDATE: Splash says “City Lights” is by Nikki & Rich. Here it is with no tags

We’re assuming the meeting with Puff awhile back went well. In an interview with VIBE, Sheek says before things go any further, it’s up to Interscope to let the Lox go. Bad Boy 4 life? “The Lox want to leave our current label home Interscope. We are trying to move on, but unfortunately, the label doesn’t want to let us go. We talked to Puff about coming back to Bad Boy; we gave him our counter offer and he said, ‘Yes.’ But it’s […]

[vodpod id=Video.4726733&w=425&h=350&fv=] Sha recently brought Big K.R.I.T. onboard to Antonio’s establishment. In this segment of Def Jam’s new VP of A&R’s interview with Allindstrom, Sha shares the direction he wants to take his artist and compares his first encounter with K.R.I.T. to Fif’s.

In this bonus clip of Nas and Damian Marley’s Next 48 Hours footage series, Esco tells DJ Green Lantern & Rocky Thunda on Sirius XM Radio that the game hasn’t been around long enough to claim a greatest of all time. Um, smarten up kids.

Slim Thugga wasn’t the only guest at the House of Blues Tuesday night. Mr. Trill OG was also present for B.o.B.’s show and the pair performed their track off the mixtape B.o.B. vs. Bobby Ray. Looks like Bobby Ray brought out all of his H-Town buddies. tj

Looks like Busa Busss drops a verse on Dirty Money’s new single “Loving You No More“. The video for the track will be coming soon. This one is a thumbs up in our book. diddy

At Rice University filling out employment paperwork to co-teach this course next year! Still seems unreal! As previously reported, Bun plans to teach a Hip Hop and religion course next semester at Rice University in Houston. Professor Trill got the ball rolling and posted his ID on his Twitter account. Don’t be late and leave your demos at home. Ha!