Noz pays tribute to one of the magazine issues that changed my life. I remember how ill I thought it was that they had the baby pictures inside. Wow. Queens still runs you niggas—ask Joseph Simmons. Ha!

Who the. Bluck. Want. What.

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Last night, Drakemania hit the Windy City and despite another cool, “Say You Will” freestyle in which Drake insisted he’s still unsigned and bigged up Nah Right’s Nation, a fuckin’ fight broke out that ended the show prematurely. Look at Lupe hold back Drizzy after the jump. So cute.

The future Bad Boy brings the second of three versions of his New York banger. This time around, you got Juelz Santana, Lloyd Banks, Diddy and Busta Rhymes passin’ the mic. And oh yeah, the woman on here (Lore’l) ain’t helpin’ the sad state of female rap.

Shout: Splash, who has all the versions currently available including instrumental. Make your own version! Ha.

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Confession: I like the first remix best with Ross’ “Dyn-o-mite” line. I’m a sucker for a Good Times reference. Peace Aqua.

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Janet’s boo is still jockin’ Jay-Z and has created the most bizarre supergroup in music history. I blame the man below for making me lose 5 minutes out of my precious life. Time to resurrect the memo: No more JD posts. No more music by the suckers.

B.Dot Edit: YN’s yellow bellied. This is dope!

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Look who’s really been gettin’ his social networkin’ on lately. Wyclef did a live concert from his studio for his 100k Facebook fans. Let’s see who’s gonna try to top this on Twitter. Ha!

From The Man Himself: Wyclef Jean’s Blog 

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Here’s a preview. More can be found here. I’ll be watching if the wife doesn’t make me take her to see Star Trek. 

Reminder: Icedotcom

I don’t know about you, but I miss mixtapes. The real mixtapes, that were really CDs! Ah. Life before Drama. Ha! No shots. Shout-out to my solider O and the Canal Street and LES connects. We put that work in. And I got the 66 CD binders to prove it.

Gotty woke up this morning and got his digitize on. Here’s all of the DJ Clue Grand Theft Audio mixtape series.

Props Again: The Smoking Section

Hey, hit me if you got a mixtape request I might have to get my fingernails dirty again. Piracy Forever! For Promotional Use Only! Ha!

The oldest rap mag continues its rebirth. Read all about it. Keep print computers alive!

You Remind Me: Gotty

Take Heed: Robbie sat down with Wu Gambinos Rae and Ghost.

So apparently there are four samples cleared on Relapse and Amajanese got ’em for you.

Here’s a live version of the joint behind “We Made You.”