[vodpod id=Video.4495292&w=425&h=350&fv=amazonPort%3D80%26amp%3BallowFullScreen%3Dtrue%26amp%3Blocale%3Dus%26amp%3BnsPrefix%3Dfp_%26amp%3BcanResize%3D1%26amp%3BlogUrl%3Dgp%252Fmpd%252Fl%26amp%3BautoPlay%3D0%26amp%3BsessionId%3D183-0142530-4794266%26amp%3Bsalign%3DLT%26amp%3Bpreset%3Dgateway%26amp%3BmediaObjectId%3Dm3TYI6FOTKVSN9%26amp%3BautoPlayTimer%3D%26amp%3BmediaObjectIDList%3Dm3TYI6FOTKVSN9%26amp%3BpermUrl%3Dgp%252Fmpd%252Fpermalink%26amp%3BxmlUrl%3Dhttp%253A%252F%252Fwww.amazon.com%252Fgp%252Fmpd%252Fgetplaylist-v2%252Fm3TYI6FOTKVSN9%252F183-0142530-4794266%26amp%3BamazonServer%3Dwww.amazon.com%26amp%3Bscale%3Dnoscale] Jay-Z’s lyric book Decoded, doesn’t drop for another two months. But here’s footage of him breaking down his verse from “Most Kingz” aka “Lost” or the “Funkmaster Flex Freestyle“. Witness success and its outcome.

For NBA Elite 11, J.Cole was commissioned to create the video game’s lone track. Although the project drops October 5th, the demo version is available to download and features his song “The Plan”. Until the CDQ surfaces, this will have to do for now. rhhs79 UPDATE: CDQ yaf

Seems like Mr. Green can’t wait to kill it. With the overwhelming response to his first single, Cee Lo has pushed up the release of his forthcoming a month earlier then intended. Rap-Up reports Lady Killer will now arrive November 9. Fuck a push back. Previously: Cee-Lo Lay It Down Promo Commercial

Three months ago, Kid Cudi was arrested and detained for a domestic dispute in a NYC apartment. In the October 2010 issue of SPIN, he tells Sean Fennesey that he was left shook from the experience. “If I’m gonna be going to jail, I’m not gonna be doing this no more,” Cudi says, adopting a childlike voice, masking the incident’s seriousness. “I had a newfound respect for T.I. and [Lil] Wayne. I only spent 15 hours in there! I was […]

[sparkart-clique site=”rap_radar” video=”reek_da_villian_1″] With “Mechanic” gaining momentum, Reek Da Villian brings the cameras back into the studio to document his rise in the hip-hop game. This time around, he also bigs up J.Cole and Nas’ pen game too. Previously: Reek Da Villian Freestyle

For week seven of Crooked I’s Hip Hop Weekly series, he jacks Budden’s instrumental off Padded Room. Get use to these. There’s 45 more to go. Last Week: “HHW Reloaded 6 (Medicine)”

DJ Suss One rounds up some of your favorite rappers for the official remix to his Maino-featured record. That’s a whole lot of “knee grows” and verses to lay down. splash

Jay-Z’s literary venture, Decoded, is set to hit bookstores November 16th. The cover, (which also doubles as Hov’s profile pic on Twitter) is an image from Andy Warhol’s 1984 “Rorschach” paintings. Inside, the book will feature illustrations and decode 36 of Jigga’s songs. Accompanying the hardcover edition, Random House plans to release Decoded as an eBook and iPhone/iPad application. Below is an excerpt from Jay on the project. “When I first started working on this book, I told my editor […]

Days after Kanye West interrupted Taylor Swift at last year’s MTV Awards, President Barack Obama called Yeezy a “jackass”. Over a year later, Ye reacts to the Commander-In-Chief’s quip in the new issue of XXL. When Obama called me “jackass”, after the Taylor incident, I thought that the person who taped that wasn’t supposed to tape it. Obama was supposed to be speaking off the record. Obama has way more important stuff to worry about than my public perception. He […]

You better get the camera out her face. HHC drops off what may be the next offering off Pink Friday. She spoke on the track awhile back with MTV, but it doesn’t really stand out like she claimed. hhnm UPDATE: Now without tags miss p via nqm UPDATE 2: Explicit CDQ of the first single for Pink Friday. uhtn