Crooked I borrows the American Gangster track and goes in about moving the Herbal Essences instead of the White. A little chronic never did anything bad to anyone.

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Talk about a monster collabo. In this skit, Will Ferrell, as Robert Goulet, & Jay-Z (with Beans & Bleek), remake some of Jay’s greatest hits. Peep the guest spot by my dude the ram. Hilarious. Bonus skit with Will & Shaq after the jump.

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I WILL NOT d*ck ride this track at all. This is strictly a good press tool by having all these dudes on one track. I will not be fooled like the youth and some adults. That is all my Dukes. The Recession continues to pic up steam to me. Did I ever mention I loathe the word swag?

Disclaimer: Goat thinks T.I. is the better rapper but thinks that there are too many yes men in the studio for this project and no real opinions.

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Here’s a behind the scenes of Hov’s shoot for Vibe’s XV anniversary cover.

In this second installment, CNN discusses the effect of the “Shiny Suit” era and how it affected hip-hop and their style of music, Nore’s hatred towards Puff Daddy and Jay-Z’s ferris wheel video. New album Channel 10 coming Oct. 21st on Thugged Out Militainment/SMC Recordings.

This is an ill mash up by DJ Danny Diggz. He goes in deep and makes an ill mash up of “Jockin Jay-Z” & “Wonderwall”. Be sure to look out for the long version coming soon.

Via Eskay

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Sha kicked it with us up by Columbus Circle and talked about hosting, acting, bein in the studio with Biggie as a little kid and the fall-out with Jay-Z and Def Jam.

N.Y.OIL Addresses The “No Homo” Saying “The Dudes Who Say It, Generally Got The Tighest Pants & Teashirts On”, Obama Not Representing For Black People, Says Nas Seen His First Tek With Jay-Z, Plus Freestyle.

In Part 2 of this exclusive, Jim Jones schools folks on the state of the industry, breaks down his own label politics and even shares a bit of his feelings on Roc-a-fella and Jay-Z.

Stat Quo takes about 5 minutes to tell us about his journey through Hip Hop. It’s crazy how they shelve artists and put out bullsh*t everyday. It don’t make sense at all. Maybe this is the perfect plan?

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