Next Thursday (July 1) at 8 PM, Eminem will appear on Shade 45 and give a breakdown of his new album. The two hour special called, Road To Recovery will be rebroadacsted throughout the holiday weekend. Recovery in stores now.

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Vado goes hard in the booth (pause) for this new freestyle over Waka Flocka’s track. Slimeee dunk! nr via tss

Alicia did her thing in Central Park this morning as part of Good Morning America‘s summer concert series. For the first time, she spoke on her pregnancy and her trip to South Africa. Performances after the jump. hhnm

With today marking the one year anniversary of MJ’s passing, The Evil Genius Green Lantern composed this mix for Atlanta’s V-103. It airs later today at 9 P.M., but you can download here.

GA’s Most Wanted delivers an in-studio performance for the final track off Mr. Zone 6. That’s big money.

For the first time, the Artist of the Decade covers this week’s edition of Billboard. Peep a couple of quotes below. On being the best-selling artist of the last decade “I don’t think I’ve actually stopped to think about it,” Eminem says by phone from his home in Detroit, while on a brief break between trips to promote Recovery. “I never thought that my life would amount to this. But to be able to sit back and digest it is […]

Last night, Drake took over Jimmy Kimmel Live. Up top, Aubrey and Jimmy perform a skit inspired by Twitter. After the jump, you catch Drizzy’s interview and recitals of “Over” and “Bedrock” with Nicki Minaj. Sidebar: Game & Drake Collab On The Way

K-Dot replaces Jay Rock with one of his West Coast brethren for the remix to “I Do This”. The original can be found on The Kendrick Lamar EP.