In celebration of his 27th birthday today, Blue Heffner’s left everyone a party favor with his latest release, 4-30-09. Lets just hope the music is a good as this swanky mixtape cover. Click here and here to download. Track list after the jump.

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“And I’m headed for AZ. Anybody feel me?”

Last night, Hov saluted Obama on his first 100 days.

Hopefully better footage is on the way. By the way, it looks like Jay rocked camouflage shorts on stage. Guess it was hot in that bitch. Ha!

More TwitPics after the jump:

Previously: RR Exclusive: Jay-Z Arizona Show Set List

The Trap-A-Holics got their hands on it first, but here it is untagged courtesy of my dude Alchemist. Good lookin’ out homie.

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Did Paul swagger jack an LL line at end? Wow.

Look out for Chemical Warfare in June.

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Truth be told, “Maybach 2” instrumental is just as good, if not better than the song. Too bad when producers speak, most rap fans tune out (R.I.P. Scratch). 

Also for the true music connoisseurs, here’s a recent intv J.L. did with VIBE.

Spotted: N.A.H. Right via H.H.O.

“You try to get your money up well it’s time too/ Cause every other cat on the block is on the grind too/ Lookin’ to catch your ass slippin’ right behind you/ Catchin’ you makin’ bacon and lay you down like the swine flu/ Damn, somebody pass me a face mask/ ‘Cause I ain’t tryin’ to catch a late pass from your fake ass.”

Bun B blacks out on the Clipse-Kanye collabo.

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This reminds me, DJ Wonder and I were at the radio station the other day, talkin’ about the gift and the curse of this song. Kanye’s verse sounds like an old freestyle from a Tapemasters Inc. mixtape and the beat Khalil did, sounds like a vintage ‘Ye track. I need that instrumental like yesterday.

Props: OnSmash

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“We ain’t go to Venezuela to feed the monkeys.”

Apparently MTV was pre-taped and this is Ricky’s true victory speech live from St. Martin where he’s apparently vacationing with his Carol City conglomerate.

I got two questions:

1) Do real gangstas rock pink Air Yeezy’s? 

2) Three #1 albums in a row is a great accomplishment, but is 158 K really somethin’ to brag about?

Sometimes, Yellow Nigga just gets confused.

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Be afraid. Be very afraid.

My former fellow light-skinded XXL blogger is ready to share after the jump.

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The Boss does his victory lap at a sneaker shop. Ha! I see you Sha. It was a tough job reporting from Miami but somebody had to do it. Smh.

Here’s a match made in hell. La Flare throws his vocals over BEP’s “Boom Boom Pow”. I expect to hear about five more of these “remixes” by week’s end.

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Props: X

Update: Guess I was right about those remixes. And their, official too!