More photo ops from the lab. Mastermind? Suffering From Success? Who knows? tlf

All week, many have argued who got who on Kendrick and Hov’s remix. This evening, Elliott fires up the cam to analyze their verses and gives his opinion.

During a studio session for ScHooboy Q, TDE CEO Top Dawg surprises Kendrick with Jay’s verse for the “Bitch Don’t Kill My Vibe (Remix)“. Here’s his reaction hearing it for the first time.

Pics are worth a thousand words. In this case, it’s laughs and a side-eye from Timbo. Here’s photo op taken by kodaklens

The internets tried to kill

During SXSW, Yahoo announced their first international music festival with Hova and King Kendrick as headliners. Dubbed as Yahoo! On The Road, the 21-stop trek begins begins May 3 in New York. The tour continues in the states with J.Cole, Macklemore & Ryan Lewis and Justin Timberlake, Frank Ocean and Trey Songz

Jay-Z is partnering with film director, Baz Luhrmann to executive produce and record music for the upcoming film, The Great Gatsby. According to Reuters, Jay will blend contemporary music with hip hop for its soundtrack. The film based off F. Scott Fitzgerald’s novel starring Leonardo DiCaprio hits theaters May 10. Says Jay: “As soon as I spoke with Baz and Leonardo, I knew this was the right project. The Great Gatsby is that classic American story of one`s introduction to extravagance, decadence and illusion. […]

Young Guru went head-to-toe with Just Blaze today at the Empire Auto Space in Austin. During his set, he treated the SXSW audience to the remix of “Bitch Don’t Kill My Vibe” with Hov. Sounds dope so far. hhnm

“My hits so sick got rappers acting dramatic” Justin hosted and provided the musical numbers last night on Saturday Night Live. Above, he brought out Hov for “Suit & Tie”. JT even responded (2:17) to Kanye’s rant by altering his line in the second verse. He later returns to close out the episode with “Mirrors”. The 20/20 Experience drops March 19. UPDATE: “Mirrors” during dress rehearsal

Swizzy and Aubrey were in the studio the other day recording music. Timbo and Hov swung by as well. No word exactly what was recorded,