Now that Dame Dash has bounced back like round ball, The Village Voice has a feature on his resurrection. Below is an excerpt in which Dame discusses his separation from former business partner, Jay-Z. Read the rest here. Jay signed a three-year contract to become president and CEO of Def Jam—a position he would leave in 2008 for Live Nation. He offered the rights to the name “Roc-a-Fella” to Dash and Biggs in exchange for the recording masters to Reasonable […]

[vodpod id=Video.4064786&w=425&h=350&fv=] Touré got all up in Diddy’s business last night for the latest episode of On The Record.  Puff discussed his Dirty Money crew, Biggie, business portfolio, and his father Melvin Combs. He says his pops didn’t work for hustlers Nicky Barnes nor Frank Lucas and that his murder deterred him from the streets. Interesting enough, there’s an article in the latest issue of VIBE that focuses on his ol’ man as well. nr via yardie

Glasses Malone takes us on a high speed chase with the boys in blue in his video for the first single off his delayed,  Beach Cruiser. Spoiler alert: He gets caught. Ha!

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Trill O.G. drops August 3rd and earlier today, Decatur Dan was on hand to capture images of Bun and T-Pain as they shot the album’s next video. More flicks after the jump.

The reason for Khujo’s incarceration was on the hush, but Big Boi did confirm last week he was doing time. As you can see his Dungeon Family was in full support during his release today and took to Twitter to celebrate. Maybe now we can get that Goodie Mob reunion on and poppin’. Sidebar: The lawyer speaks

Like we said before, we hate snippets. But we’ll make an exception here. We heard “Mr. Rager” live, but a preview of the studio version with Kanye on the beat has emerged and it’s nice. “Mojo” isn’t bad neither. How long until the full versions appear? Hopefully Mr. Rager is on his mojo and let’s it loose. “Mr. Rager” “Mojo” thi

After a preview last week, Big Boi’s Walmart Soundcheck aired in full earlier this evening. Antwan speaks on the origins of his Sir Lucious album, how Scott Storch’s beat was provided for him and his interaction with his fans. Big Boi’s medley of hits after the jump. Fo’ sure. mwp Sidebar: Big Boi Checks His Wikipedia Page

Sorry Fat Joe, but our other favorite Puerto Rican grabs Kanye’s latest and does what he does best. YAOWA mixtape with Lantern and Cannon coming soon. No one man should have all that Yaowa. os

Tired of Ross? We’re not. Earlier today, Rozay and Styles brought their street anthem to the teenie boppers of 106 & Park. Censored of course from the very start. Teflon Don in stores now. yardie Sidebar: Rick Ross Talks “Free Mason”