Rap-Up‘s learned that Game’s The R.E.D. Album and Puff’s Last Train To Paris have been yanked to June 29th. Game was originally scheduled to drop simultaneously with Drake’s debut (June 15th), while Diddy shared the same date as Eminem’s Recovery (June 22nd).

[vodpod id=Video.3562058&w=425&h=350&fv=] Big Boi gives DJ Smallz some words of wisdom for new artists on the come up. Pay attention, it’s free. 57thave

[vodpod id=Video.3563318&w=425&h=350&fv=file%3Dhttp%3A%2F%2Fvideo.ak.facebook.com%2Fcfs-ak-ash1%2F27629%2F675%2F120006621361052_46136.mp4%26amp%3Bstretching%3Dexactfit%26amp%3Bskin%3Dhttp%3A%2F%2Fwww.urbanmusicdirect.com%2Fdangdang.swf%26amp%3Bimage%3Dhttp%3A%2F%2Fj.imagehost.org%2F0793%2Fmary.jpg%26amp%3Blink%3Dhttp%3A%2F%2Fwww.urbanmusicdirect.com%26amp%3Bcontrolbar%3Dover%26amp%3Bplugins%3Dsharing-1] This was supposed to premiere Monday but BET got the green light to let it go and UMD comes through with the rip. Now that’s love.

Chamillionaire won’t like this, but your Airness covers the July 2010 issue of SLAM. From the pen of Editor-In-Chief Ben Osborne: For the very first time, a former NBA player is now a full-fledged NBA owner, and how Mike handles this role will be watched closely by other executives around the League, current and former players, and, we think, the millions of fans that still make him one of the world’s greatest product endorsers and scoop up everything we do […]

We’ve been ready for this one, but for now, we’re left to follow the cameras for the making of Alicia’s new video. Rap-Up Previously: On The Set

Awhile back, we caught Hov in the lab with the Neptunes. Now, Pharrell tells MTV that he and Jigga got something new up their sleeves. Mums the word. “The guy is 40 and had a #1 record, and he sold more records than anybody in hip-hop at the time his album came out. And it’s still selling. The one thing we’re allowed to say [about our new collaboration] is he and I said that we’re sworn to secrecy.”

Flow Joe appeared on The Mo’Nique Show last night and gave a performance of “Slow Down (Ha Ha)”. After the jump, the Bronx bomber discusses his hustler days and new album, The Darkside. Yardie

Mr. Graham may not appear in the upcoming video, but it looks like he is laying down vocals for the remix. I don’t know about y’all, but I’m ready. Heads up: YK2

Before the release of Teflon Don, Ricky reveals that he’s working on a new mixtape named after former Gambino crime boss, Albert Anastasia. He also denies 40 Glocc‘s claims that he was robbed in Los Angeles for his rings and things. 57th Ave

[vodpod id=Video.3563689&w=425&h=350&fv=configParams%3Dvid%253D514517%2526uri%253Dmgid%253Auma%253Avideo%253Amtv.com%253A514517] With “Nothin’ On You” sitting at number 2 on the charts, producer Jim Jonsin tells 1515, that the Smeezingtons production was originally meant for Lupe Fiasco. “I was actually working on a session in Chung King [Studios], and [Atlantic Records chairman] Craig Kallman called me during that session with that particular track, to work on it for Lupe Fiasco,” Jonsin told MTV News. “I told Craig, ‘I like the song a lot. It’s a smash and could be […]