Here’s an early look at some of Jay-Z and Eminem’s appearances on The Late Show With David Letterman. The full episode and performances air tomorrow at 11:35 PM EST. nr

Tat-tat-tatted up! Snoop Dogg recently commissioned Mr. Cartoon to a tattoo a picture of his wife, Shante a.k.a. Boss Lady on his arm. Meanwhile, Capone got his and Noreaga’s names inked on his forearm. Tat’s all folks. 57ave

The folks at Creative Loafing rounded up 3 Stacks, Big Boi, Organized Noize, and others to reflect on ‘Kast’s 12 year old masterpiece. Read up here and peep an excerpt on “Rosa Parks” below. Andre 3000: I actually submitted that beat to [Diddy’s old group] Total — ’cause I was going with Keisha from Total around that time — but they couldn’t use it, so we ended up using it. By the time Aquemini came, I was stretching out as […]

[vodpod id=Video.3897259&w=425&h=350&fv=v%3Dykxkndzq5zcV4RGS%26amp%3Bautoplay%3D0%26amp%3Bccolor%3D] I was late discovering this Khalil-produced heatrock, but Laws is even later with the delivery of this Decatur Dan-directed visual. Oh well take a ride with Don Cannon and discover the J.U.S.T.I.C.E. League artist. Guess some MCs still do the pen to paper thing. 5:01 Overtime due July 20. os

[vodpod id=Video.3897152&w=425&h=350&fv=configParams%3Dvid%3D531416%26amp%3Buri%3Dmgid%3Auma%3Avideo%3Amtv.com%3A531416] Hopefully before the close of the year, Nipsey will release his debut album South Central State Of Mind. From my P.O.V., the project could’ve been out sooner if Epic didn’t drop the ball on “Hussle In The House“. But that’s a whole ‘nother story.  Anyway, 1515 caught up with Nip and allowed him to speak on the concept of the LP. “Regardless of people’s opinion about it, the dominant culture in L.A. is gang-banging,” Nipsey, a Crip, said […]

This Philly cat’s back at it. After throwing Jay-Z under the bus—again, Beans fires a warning shot in Drake’s direction. Doubt this is “The Closure“, Sigel’s been wanting.

[vodpod id=Video.3896760&w=425&h=350&fv=] July 13th is the date set for Spitta’s new album, Pilot Talk. Above is the LPs trailer and, after the jump, a preview of his next video, “Roasted”. Jets fool! os

[vodpod id=Video.3896849&w=425&h=350&fv=plugins%3Dadotube%26amp%3Bchannel%3D7273%26amp%3Bfile%3Dhttp%3A%2F%2Fwww.bestofbothoffices.com%2Fvideos%2Fuploads%2FL3FO1hzQi5uGnBjnMH1H.flv%26amp%3Blogo%3Dhttp%3A%2F%2Fwww.bestofbothoffices.com%2Fvideos%2Ftemplates%2Fimages%2Fplayerlogo%2Flogo.png%26amp%3Bskin%3Dhttp%3A%2F%2Fwww.bestofbothoffices.com%2Fvideos%2Fdefault.swf%26amp%3Bbufferlength%3D15%26amp%3Bvolume%3D50%26amp%3Bautostart%3Dfalse%26amp%3Bfullscreen%3Dtrue%26amp%3Bstretching%3Dexactfit%26amp%3Bltas.mediaid%3Dhttp%3A%2F%2Fwww.bestofbothoffices.com%2Fvideos%2Fuploads%2FL3FO1hzQi5uGnBjnMH1H.flv%26amp%3Btitle%3Droots%26amp%3Bdescription%3Droots%26amp%3Badotube.title%3Droots%26amp%3Badotube.description%3Droots%26amp%3Badotube.adotubeid%3D8r2EXLA%26amp%3Badotube.omlsource%3Dhttp%3A%2F%2Fwww.adotube.com%2Fphp%2Fservices%2Fplayer%2FOMLService.php%3Favpid%3D8r2EXLA] The audio is a bit low, but Black Thought recently appeared on Kay Slay’s show and proved why he’s still super lyrical. How I Got Over in stores now.

Next Tuesday, Virgin America will make its inaugural flight to Toronto, Canada. Taking off from Cali, on board will be Virgin founder, Sir Richard Branson, Drake, and an  online contest winner. Prepare for take off.

Now that Big K.R.I.T.’s signed to Def Jam, it’s now or never for him to step up to the plate. Below is some new material that echoes the sentiment. Underneath that, is footage of him signing his recording contract. Salute, Sha. Sidebar: Big K.R.I.T. Talks With 1515