Jay-Z surprised Angie Martinez on Hot 97 this afternoon and gave his first interview in almost a year. He denounced rumors of fighting Kanye, addressed Watch The Throne not leaking, and angry retailers. Switching gears, he spoke on his power breakfast, “Otis” video, Beanie Sigel, and film partnership with Will Smith. Later on, he plugged his Roc Nation artists and addressed the hold up with J.Cole’s album. Break 1: Break 2

One half of The Throne performed Friday night at Splendour

During Consequence’s “Campaign Of Terror”

“I’m the most talked about commodity in Hip-Hop right now.” Ha! Pardon me, I had to laugh at that. After Pusha T called into WGCI

[vodpod id=Video.13975223&w=540&h=350&fv=%26rel%3D0%26border%3D0%26] After releasing his Pusha T diss track last week, Cons is back on his crusade and releases a clip in which he takes shots at the entire G.O.O.D. Music team. More specifically Kanye and Don C. Why can’t we all just get along? fsd

Although Jeezy was celebrating his debut, he brought out the other half of The Throne to perform “Put On” from his third album, The Recession. Jizzle’s Thug Motivation 103 drops September 20th.

[vodpod id=Video.13825774&w=540&h=350&fv=%26rel%3D0%26border%3D0%26] Rihanna’s Loud Tour rolled into the the Nassau Coliseum last night in Long Island, NY. During her set, Kanye West surprised the crowd and performed “All Of The Lights” and “Run This Town”. This footage is less than perfect, but it will have to do for now. yesgoodmusic UPDATE: Now with official footage courtesy of Roc4Life.

Now that Jay and Kanye’s “Otis” has been released, Billboard reached out to Otis Redding’s daughter, Karla Redding-Andrews to discuss how the sample was cleared and her views of the song. When did you first hear about

We’re just two weeks away from the release of Jay-Z and Kanye’s Watch The Throne. And today, Funkmaster Flex got the call to premiere the latest recording off the project. Album available August 1st and 5th. UPDATE: No Tags via Life + Times

Move over rumor release dates. Hov and Yeezy finally revealed the official release date of their collaborative album. Watch The Throne finally drops digitally on August 1, while the physical CD hits stores August 5. Whatever format you choose, do it here.