How many R&B chicks can climb a mountain with heels and no harness? Yeah, Alicia’s a superwoman, indeed. Peep the first visual off her new album, The Element Of Freedom.

[vodpod id=Groupvideo.3682819&w=425&h=350&fv=%40videoPlayer%3D45086558001%26playerID%3D10282412001%26domain%3Dembed%26] Here’s another unlikely co-sign. Wrapping things up for 2009, The New Yorker couldn’t forget about one of the year’s best, Freddie Gibbs. …He has now released five mixtapes onto the Internet, some using the material originally intended for Interscope. These are not quite like other hip-hop mixtapes circulating, where the standard practice is to record new material over other artists’ well-known beats. They are closer to fully formed albums, especially the newest one, Midwestgangstaboxframecadillacmuzik. The beats are almost […]

[vodpod id=Groupvideo.3682704&w=425&h=350&fv=] So it was true. Live on V103 FM in Atlanta, Pharaoh Diddy finally let his people go. Great. So now that Ma$e is a free agent, perhaps he’s ready for that sitdown with Da Capo. Only time will tell. Props: Gyant Update: According to Miss Info, Ma$e isn’t free from his contractual obligations on Bad Boy. Instead, he’s just able to work with other artists. One step foward, two steps back.

Peep the trailer to Fredro Starr’s viral confessional, Tales Of The Industry. Over the next 12 episodes, Firestarr speaks on his travels within his 20 year career. Should be interesting…especially that Brandy ish.

[vodpod id=Groupvideo.3682676&w=425&h=350&fv=] Before hittin’ Paris, here’s footage from Cash Money’s last night in the U.K. No Birdman here, but one of the clique’s soldiers goes car shopping before the big finale.

This the wrong sport, Miss Katie. Had a hard time selecting which subpar Wayne leak to post today (there’s plenty on the Internets) but then it dawned on me, it’s Sunday, go with the football one. So here ya go, a year late and 4 downs short. I’d rather wait for No Ceilings then decipher through old half-finished tunes that are now tagless. Who can keep up with all this shit? I’m 38! Team Supreme

Last night, Bobby’s ex was on the X-Factor (UK’s version of American Idol) and let’s just say she didn’t bring her A game. Apparent wardrobe malfunction, cracked voice (pun intended), and… the need to make it rain? Yup, you can’t blame this one on Mr. Brown.

At JT Tha Bigga Figga’s charity event last night in Viva land, Timbo “The Jay-Z leaker” came out to give the public another taste from his upcoming Shock Value 2 album. Although the acoustics make the lyrics hard to decipher, the Internets have confirmed the tune’s title. Props to whoever flip cam-ed from the cheap seats. Real recognize real. Props: Atlanta Urban Mix For full show recap: MTV

[sparkart-clique site=”rap_radar” video=”drunk_kan”] This is what happens when a “See You In My Nightmares” video turns into a strange Spike Jonze short film. Now we see why this was shelved. Too bizarre for words. But, entertaining I guess— in a guilty pleasure kind of way. Poor rodent! Props: RLF Nowhere Sidebar: This guy’s my literary labelmate and I guess his book is really coming out. I see you, Malaika!

Guess the 18th Letter is really gonna put an album out this year. Sad but true, the God has lost a step or two. No disrespect. “Holy Are You” > All the rest. Full snippet stream from across the pond. Props: 2DB via CWR