Will we ever see the R.E.D. Album? Who knows. But Taydoe TV caught up with Chuck and Calvin during their recording of “Trading Places” off the Brake Lights mixtape. West, West.

Peter Rosenberg played this during his Real Late show last night on Hot 97. The track is the first leak off Asher Roth and Nottz Raw’s upcoming project, The Rawth EP. Ha, clever title. Update: CDQ Omen

Here’s footage of 9th Wonder in the studio listening to Big K.R.I.T.’s K.R.I.T. Wuz Here mixtape for the first time. 9th’s facial expressions are priceless. The mastered version of the project is available here on iTunes.

Not only did Nas perform with Lauryn Hill on the D.C. leg of Rock The Bells yesterday, but Nas also joined Shallah and Tony Starks for their OB4CL collab. Best footage on the block!

During Kingdom Come‘s creation, Hov made another record with Coldplay’s Chris Martin besides “Beach Chair”. Hov initially rhymed these vocals to the HP Commercial drums. Later on, he used the lyrics on Hot 97 and “Lost (Remix)”. Here’s Green’s take from his Invasion Radio 2K10 mixtape. Update: Full mixtape below.

Everybody wants to rule the world and yesterday at the Merriweather Post Pavillion, Ms. Hill brought out Nasir for their It Was Written duet. Imagine that. Earlier this month, Tone of Trackmasters spoke with the NY Daily News on how this track came about. Nas featuring Lauryn Hill – “If I Ruled The World” “We could have went and got Mariah Carey – we could have gotten anybody – but Lauryn Hill was hip-hop certified and she was right on […]

Look who’s back on speaking terms. Yesterday, Gucci Mane and Waka Flocka celebrated the South Jamaica Queens Housing Projects’ annual “40 Day”. MajorMovesDVD was in attendance and caught the rappers playing basketball and distrubuting school supplies. Brick Squad loves the kids.

Slim Thug isn’t backing down. Apparently, he reached out to Rick Ross for clarity on the song, “King Boss”. When he didn’t receive a response, Thugga let his fingers do the talking via his Twitter account.

In celebration of MJ’s 52nd birthday yesterday, Spike Lee held his 2nd annual Brooklyn Loves Michael Jackson Birthday Celebration in Prospect Park. Snoop was there and performed a tribute in honor of the King Of Pop. Various footage of the celebration after the jump.

Oops! It appears as if SRC boss Steve Rifkind spilled the beans regarding his latest acquisition. Maybe now, Free Agent will finally have a team to play for. Update: A moment of clarity with Ortiz’s manager Mike Heron.