Cash Money is an army and earlier today, Miami-based producers Cool and Dre announced their enlistment. It’s been a minute since CMB has had an in-house producer, so it should be interesting how the label redefines their sound. hhnm

[vodpod id=Video.4165183&w=425&h=350&fv=] Big Boi said he wanted to shoot a video for each song off  Sir Lucious Left Foot. Well, Maurice Garland provides a first look of his next clip featuring Yelawolf . Looks like they’re going for a nostalgic look. We can dig it.

[vodpod id=Video.4164570&w=425&h=350&fv=configParams%3Dvid%253D548393%2526uri%253Dmgid%253Auma%253Avideo%253Amtv.com%253A548393] From the set of Trey Songz’s new video, “Bottoms Up”, Nicki tells MTV that her debut album, Pink Friday is “progressing miraculously”. Real, insightful ma. Off camera though, she spoke on her next possible single. “I have a record called ‘Right Through Me’ that I think will be a standout,” Minaj said. “It’s not gonna come right now. It’ll come closer to when the album drops, but it’s a really, really pretty song. Everyone’s gonna like it.” The […]

[sparkart-clique site=”rap_radar” video=”lep_bogus_boyz__sobs_pt2″] This should’ve been included in this post earlier, but it slipped under the radar. At the beginning of the Bogus Boys’ set, they performed a personal favorite, “Heavenz Door”. Not to be confused with Dylan, GNR, or Clapton‘s versions.

[vodpod id=Video.4164421&w=425&h=350&fv=%26skin%3DMP1ExternalAll-MFL.swf%26embed%3Dtrue%26adSrc%3Dhttp%253A%252F%252Fad%252Edoubleclick%252Enet%252Fadx%252Ftsg%252Ewttg%252Fsports%252Fsports%255Fother%255F3%252Fdetail%253Bdcmt%253Dtext%252Fxml%253Bpos%253D%253Btile%253D2%253Bfname%253Drapper%252Dwale%252Dtalks%252Dredskins%252Dwith%252Ddave%252Dross%252D080410%253Bloc%253Dsite%253Bsz%253D320x240%253Bord%253D65846809096338220%253Frand%253D0%252E30338474620828026%26flv%3Dhttp%253A%252F%252Fwww%252Emyfoxdc%252Ecom%252Ffeeds%252FoutboundFeed%253FobfType%253DVIDEO%255FPLAYER%255FSMIL%255FFEED%2526componentId%253D132994313%26img%3Dhttp%253A%252F%252Fmedia2%252Emyfoxdc%252Ecom%252F%252Fphoto%252F2010%252F08%252F04%252FRossRapperWale%252Emov%255Ftmb0004%255F20100804151809%255F640%255F480%252EJPG%26story%3Dhttp%253A%252F%252Fwww%252Emyfoxdc%252Ecom%252Fdpp%252Fsports%252Fred%255Fzone%252Frapper%252Dwale%252Dtalks%252Dredskins%252Dwith%252Ddave%252Dross%252D080410%26] This morning, Wale was on Fox 5 in D.C. at the Washington Redskins‘ training camp in Virginia. After discussing Albert Haynesworth’s bum knee, he plugged his new mixtape, More About Nothing. You heard the man, download it here.

Ghostface hooked up with producer Frank Dukes, who won Red Bull’s Big Tune competition. Below is footage of their collaborative effort. For what it’s worth, Ghostdini Wizard Of Poetry is still in stores, people. That album should’ve done Marshall Mathers numbers. nr

Along with Cinematic Music Group, GFCNewYork and DJBooth.net, Harlem’s Smoke DZA pushes the button for the release of his latest mixtape. Before you spark one up, download here. Tracklist after the break.

For those born during the Clinton Administration, Lord Finesse gave Grind Music Radio a brief history of his legendary crew, DITC. That’s Diggin’ In The Crates, kids. Other members included Showbiz & A.G., Big L, O.C., Fat Joe, Diamond D and Buckwild. See, knowing is half the battle.

Christopher spreads his love and commandeers Nicki’s chart topper. Oh yeah, he’s rhyming again too. Love stinks. kingz

All good things must come to an end. After five weeks at number one, Eminem’s Recovery was bumped to number two on the Billboard Charts. The shift was caused by rock band Avenged Sevenfold’s latest album Nightmare, which sold 163,000 copies. But don’t cry for him yet Argentina, Eminem still managed to sell 159,000 copies last week. woooha