This is tough, but sounds familiar. Anywho, Shallah whips something up real quick for his constituents. After all, you can never have too much of that Rae shit. dj absolut

Here is the visual of Jermaine’s stop at Tim Westwood’s show at BBC1xtra over the weekend. In case you missed it,  he dropped off a few bars over some classic Wu instrumentals. Rhymes rule everything around him.

Last night, Diddy was the latest guest on Hot 97’s Peter Rosenberg’s Noisemakers at 92YTribeca. In this clip, Puff recalls a young Sean coming up in the game, opening doors at a Marriott in D.C., and his internship days at Uptown Records. roe Update: Peter’s Intro. Take that! [vodpod id=Video.3979345&w=425&h=350&fv=clip_id%3D13154547%26amp%3Bserver%3Dvimeo.com%26amp%3Bautoplay%3D0%26amp%3Bfullscreen%3D1%26amp%3Bmd5%3D0%26amp%3Bshow_portrait%3D0%26amp%3Bshow_title%3D0%26amp%3Bshow_byline%3D0%26amp%3Bcontext%3Duser%3A1818012%26amp%3Bcontext_id%3D%26amp%3Bforce_embed%3D0%26amp%3Bmultimoog%3D%26amp%3Bcolor%3D00ADEF%26amp%3Bforce_info%3Dundefined]

T.I.’s verse leaked yesterday, and today, DJ Envy comes through with the full version of Busta Rhymes’ movie on wax. The song also denotes DMX’s first recording since his release from jail yesterday. Welcome home. UPDATE: Compact Disc Quality via splash

[vodpod id=Video.3977949&w=425&h=350&fv=] We tag along with Spiff TV as he captures behind the scenes footage of Rozay’s photo shoot for his upcoming album. Teflon Don arrives July 20th. Say cheese. os

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Mississippi’s finest reps for the bottom of the map over Mobb Deep’s “Give Up The Goods”. No booing over here. mixtape daily

Pill loops Kanye’s “Power” for his own personal rec. Below that, P-I-Double introduces his crew, Pink City Entertainment. tev

Music took a loss today with the passing of singer/record producer Harvey Fuqua at the age of 80. A member of 50’s Doo-Wop group, The Moonglows (Rock and Roll Half Of Fame induction up top), he also served as an early mentor to Marvin Gaye. Mr. Fuqua’s legacy is wide reaching but lost in the mainstream coverage so far, is that he conceived one of my favorite bands, New Birth. For that alone, he’s the muthafuckin’ man. Fellas and ladies, […]

For Rick Ross’ previous music video, he recruited director F.Gary Gray. He’s even reached out to Spike Lee. But now, Rozay’s commissioned collaborator Erykah Badu to shoot the visual for “Maybach Music 3“. Sweet. Expect cameos from T.I. and Jadakiss. Last month, Ross said he was also appearing in the remix video to “Window Seat”. heads up: hhnm