0 Young Jeezy - “Slow Grind” (Music Video)

I knew a video for this would be coming as it is hands down my favorite track off of Jeezy's "The Real Is Back" mixtape. TM103 on the way....."Slow grind, sometimes it don't come fast it take time" (aint that the truth?).

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0 Big Sean On Pace To Sell 90-95K Albums In First Week

Based on Big Sean's first day sells, Hits Daily Double is projecting Sean's "Finally Famous" to move about 95K units its first week. I think he'll move about 105K which is definitely very good for a new artist considering the recording industry's continued decline in album sales.

0 Lupe Fiasco Feat. Trey Songz - "Outta My Head" (Music Video)

MTV comes through with the music video premiere to Lupe and Trey Songz's radio smash. Lupe's "Lasers" is currently in stores now.

0 New Music: SCR - Alright Feat. Young Scolla (Prod. By Ryan M. Tedder)

The Pittsburgh trio known as SCR (Bubby, Champ & Dre) recently released their debut EP entitled "Let's Go In" which features production by T-Pain, ID Labs, Upscale Music Group and more. The projects sole feature also happens to be the projects lead single "Alright", which features Detroit Musician, Young Scolla and is produced By Ryan M Tedder (Producer of Wiz Khalifa's Red Carpet)

SCR - Alright Feat Young Scolla
(Prod. By Ryan M. Tedder)

0 J. Cole - Cole Summer Episode. 1 (Vlog)

I was elated to find out that J. Cole would be launching his own online video blog series entitled "Cole Summer" which will follow the young North Carolina emcee on his trek to release his debut album "Cole World: The Sideline Story". The first episode finds Young Simba out in Toronto.

0 Kendrick Lamar – Section 80 (Artwork & Tracklisting)

We are only just a few days away from the July 2nd release of Kendrick Lamar's "Section 80" Mixtape. Above is the artwork, below is the track listing. This looks promising.

0 New Music: Lloyd Banks – Check Me Out (Prod. By Cardiak)

Although Banks has scrapped his "Cold Corner 2" Mixtape, he has still been pretty consistent lacing us with hot songs. This one is no different and is produced by Cardiak (Producer of "Start It Up").

Lloyd Banks – Check Me Out (Prod. By Cardiak)

0 Is Big Sean's "Finally Famous" Album a Classic? (Video)

Big Sean's "Finally Famous" is official in stores today and JumpOff.TV's Friday Hip Hop Report Lounge discuss Big Seans album, hunger and rise to fame. After building his buzz for over 2 years his debut album "Finally Famous" on G.O.O.D Music has been getting rave reviews, is it a classic?

0 Drake - "Marvin’s Room" (Music Video)

Drake doesn't usually shoot videos to non-album tracks, so this is a bit of a surprise and considering Chris Brown just released his version of the song today, Drizzy's timing is perfect.

0 New Music: DJ Khaled Feat. Mary J. Blige, Fabolous & Jadakiss - "It Ain’t Over Til’ It’s Over"

Khaled and Co. first premiered this track at the BET Awards a couple night ago, now here is the CDQ version which will make an appearance on DJ Khaleds "We The Best Forever" July 19th.

DJ Khaled Feat. Mary J. Blige, Fabolous & Jadakiss
- "It Ain’t Over Til’ It’s Over"

0 Eminem - Space Bound (Music Video)

Check out the latest video from Eminem's "Recovery" which features pornstar Sasha Grey as the leading lady. The video was supposed to drop a few months ago, but better late then never I guess.....

0 Rick Ross Feat. Lil Wayne - "9 Piece" (Music Video)

Brand new video from Ross and Weezy. You can watch it....straight off the iPhone.

0 New Music: Kreayshawn - Rich Whores

Brand new music from Kreayshawn, who recently just inked a deal with Columbia Records after the success of of her hit song "Gucci Gucci". Is is just me or does this chick sound like a female Gucci Mane?

Kreayshawn - Rich Whores

Previously|Kreayshawn - "Gucci Gucci" (Music Video)

0 Big Sean On Jimmy Fallon 6/22/11 (Video)

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Last night, Big Sean appeared on Late Night With Jimmy Fallon during his http://www.blogger.com/img/blank.gifon going promo-run for his debut album "Finally Famous", which is officially in stores next Tuesday.

Bonus |Big Sean – Intro (Unofficial Video)

0 Method Man On NY Ink (Video)

Method Man recently made an appearance on TLC's NY Ink to get a new tattoo paying homage to his Wu-Tang brethren. Look for the full episode to air tonight @ 10 PM.

0 New Music: Game Feat. Chris Brown – "Pot Of Gold" {Mastered}

This is supposedly the official second single off of Game's "The R.E.D Album" which drops August 24th.

Game Feat. Chris Brown – "Pot Of Gold" {Mastered}

1 Editorial: The 10 Mixtape Commandments (The Official Guide To Launching A Successful Mixtape Campaign)

The 10 Mixtape Commandments

By Alfred Ashu

The mixtape has become one of the most powerful tools in a musician’s arsenal; it has plucked artists like 50 Cent and Drake from obscurity to the top of the Billboard Charts, re-birthed the career of Chris Brown and helped a slew of others to remain relevant. The mixtape is now one of music’s most championed forms of releasing music as it allows the artist to create and release music that they have a passion for sans the pressure from label executives to deliver bubbly pop records. Every year hundreds of artists (both signed and unsigned) release mixtapes in hopes of revitalizing their careers or duplicating the success of 50 Cent, Drake, Wiz Khalifa or J. Cole, but most mixtapes fall under the radar do to poorly conducted campaigns. Here is the definitive guide to making sure your next mixtape doesn’t go unnoticed!

1. Specific Release Time & Date

Having a specific release date and time makes your mixtape release eventful and builds anticipation. Rather than saying ‘the mixtape drops tomorrow or next week’ assigning your mixtape a more specific release of say, Friday at 7pm, will likely garner much more attention.
2. Standout Cover Art

if your cover art resembles that of the late 90’s Cash Money releases, it may repel potential listeners because unfortunately in rap we do judge albums by their covers.

3. Strategically Leak Songs

"For me it's like being on the street -- you hustling,"..."You come out and you know its a thousand people on the block doing their thing. You gotta get in where you fit in. I might come out with a couple of extra jams just to get my name out -- like, yo, give a couple of fiends something for free, just to let 'em know. 'It's over here. Taste that. Taste that! Taste that and let me know how you feel. Get back at me.' I think that's the same rules that apply to the mixtape situation. – Raekwon

4. Add Visual Support

Shooting Music Videos can be a great source of reciprocal promotion, not only music videos, but mixtape trailers and behind the scenes in the studio footage will also help to spread awareness for your project. You might be surprised at how many artists gain new fans simply because of an accidental YouTube click.

"You got to bump your head sometimes. I realized that with “The Warm Up” I should have did more visuals….just because I realize the importance of that now, the visual aspect and how much fans want to see that," – J. Cole (On The Importance of Visual Support)

5. Be Original (Minimize Cover Songs)

Unless you’re a well respected lyricist i.e. Lil Wayne, Fabolous, J. Cole etc. people don’t want to hear a whole album of freestyles, plus it minimizes your projects replay value. Using original tracks will allow your music to be promoted through radio stations and iTunes and add a little extra cash in your pocket. Be sure to give the listeners good, quality tracks as an artist will only be considered as hot as his latest project.

"I think that when creating a mixtape, you have to approach it with a selfless mind-set,"... "A mixtape can't be the songs that don't make your album, or songs that aren't good enough to make your album make your mixtape -- unless you're that good. There aren't that many people that are that good. I'm not that good. That mixtape [So Far Gone] is me working my hardest. It wasn't 'Oh, here are the songs I'm going to give away to you 'cause I have better songs coming.' A mixtape has become an album." – Drake

6. Enlist Guest Established Rappers/Producers

A Mixtape is a great way to legally release that hot joint that you couldn’t put on your album due to clearance issues. If you’re already well established, you can use guest features to break your new talent. Features are a great way to get another person’s fans to give your Mixtape a listen. Maybach Music emcee Wale most noticeably used this strategy with his “Back to the Feature” mixtape.
7. Utilize Endorsements

Having your project hosted/sponsored by a big name DJ or Website can do wonders for your projects awareness. If DJ Drama or 2DopeBoyz put their seal of approval on your project, more people are likely to listen and more outlets will push your mixtape.

8. Embrace The Power of Social Media

Do the hash tags #Fanofafan or #Kushandorangejuice ring a bell? If so, it’s probably because they spent a day or two as trending topics on Twitter in lieu of mixtape releases from Wiz Khalifa and Chris Brown/Tyga adding fuel to their already highly buzzed releases.

“A lot of artists try to get things to trend just for the fact of doing it and having that happen. I feel like when it happens, it’s supposed to be organic. Our little motto is “Taylor Gang or Die” and three or four days before I dropped the tape, that started trending on its own. I was like, ‘Cool, it’s getting to be that time.’ So that’s why when I did #kushandorangejuice, people latched straight onto it…and it spread like wildfire. You got to use your powers [on Twitter] wisely. You got to build up your powers. A year ago, I probably had like 5,000 followers on Twitter and I couldn’t have done nothing like this”. – Wiz Khalifa

9. Respect The Commodity Of Time

Although all these tips can be very effective, using them all at once will defeat the purpose. Timing is essential and at certain times, certain techniques will be more effective then others.

10. Don’t Charge…..Yet

Lil Kim came under a lot of a bit of fire back in February when she announced that she would be charging $9.99 for her “Black Friday” mixtape. It may be difficult to convince fans to spend money on a mixtape, when they are barely willing to spend it on albums. Where an artist will make their money lies in the subsequent shows, features and singles released in light our increased buzz.

0 No I.D. Presents: Cocaine 80s – The Pursuit EP

What's this? Out the blue No I.D literally hits us with 7 tracks of that crack music with assistance from Common, Steve Wyreman, Rob Kinelski, Kevin Randolph, James Fauntleroy and Makeba. It's been a while since Common and No I.D did a track together....this is fire!

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0 Joe Budden & Joell Ortiz "My God" Freestyle (Video)

While out at the Beats by Dr. Dre offices half of Slaughterhouse took a couple minutes out to spit some heat rock over Pusha's "My God". Sidenote: whoever is responsible for the Beats by Dr. Dre marketing campaign deserves a round of applause

0 J. Cole Annonuces Album Title

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After much delay, J. Cole finally took to his Twitter to announce his album with be titled "Cole World: The Sideline Story" with a tentative release date of 9/27/11. Hopefully that date will stick.

0 SAYITAINTTONE ft. Big Sean - "My Closet" (Music Video)

Sayitainttone and Big Sean release the official video for there street banger which appeared on Sean's Finally Famous Vol. 3 as well as Tone's "SayItAint" Mixtape. Big Sean's debut album is in stores next Tuesday.

0 New Music: Drake - "Trust Issues"

Drake reminds us that he doesn't trust these b*tches in this latest leak. I wonder how many of these tracks will appear on "Take Care" and how many were originally meant for the scrapped "It's Never Enough" mixtape.

Drake - "Trust Issues"

0 Lupe Fiasco On The O’Reilly Factor (Video)

Lupe Fiasco recently appeared on Bill O'Reilly's show to defend his controversial comments regarding President Barack Obama. I'll admit I was a bit worried for Lu', but he was able to hold his own even though his comments were a bit extreme. SMH at "We're used to irresponsible statements from rappers" Bill, U Mad?

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0 Young Jeezy Feat. Lil Wayne - "Ballin" (Music Video)

TM103 On the way.....I hope.

0 50 Cent Postpones New Album Due To Issues With Label?

Although 50 has been working very hard on his new album, it seems as if his label hasn't been so eager to do their part. 50 Cent recently took to Twitter to voice his frustration and announce that he will be postponing his album unless things change.

Ok I tried to be cool with my record company . I went to the meeting talk to everyone and sh*t feels like there moving in slow motion.less than a minute ago via UberSocial Favorite Retweet Reply50cent
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I'm sorry to announce I will not be releasing a new album this year if we don't get on the same page.less than a minute ago via UberSocial Favorite Retweet Reply50cent
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I would rather not launch my album with out a plan the whole system is executing. I don't know why they play with me they know how I get.less than a minute ago via UberSocial Favorite Retweet Reply50cent
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My whole career iv been doing sh*t and they have been playing catch up this is the last f*cking album THEY BETTER WAKE UP AND WORKless than a minute ago via UberSocial Favorite Retweet Reply50cent
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0 Frank Ocean - “Novacane” (Music Video)

Here is the OFFICIAL Nabil directed music video, to the numb the pain from all the fake ones floating around out there. Look out for the retail version of "Nostalgia Ultra" to drop July 26th.

0 New Music: J. Cole – "Work Out" (Prod.by J. Cole)

This is what we have all been waiting for.... J. Cole's official first single of his debut album. I'm feeling it, but does this live up to your expectations?

J. Cole – Work Out

0 Behind the Scenes: Meek Mill x Rick Ross - "Tupac Back" (Video)

Speaking of Tupac, here is a quick behind the scenes look at the making of Meek Mills new music video "Tupac Back" featuring Rick Ross. Directed by Mr. Boomtown in Watts, Los Angelos.

0 CyHi Da Prynce – Royal Flush 2 (Mixtape)

CyHi Da Prynce Returns with the sequel to the mixtape that kick started it all for him and caught the attention of Kanye West. This time around, CyHi enlists guest features from the likes of Big Sean, Yelawolf, Pill, Pusha T , Trey Songz & B.O.B.
You can stream the whole mixtape by clicking here.

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0 Man Confesses To 1994 Robbery/Shooting of Tupac Shakur On Orders From Jimmy Henchmen

On the eve before what would have been Tupac Shakur's 40th birthday, a man named Dexter Issac released a statement to AllHipHop confessing to the 1994 robbery and shooting of Tupac Shakur at Quad Studios. Issac (who is currently serving a life sentence on other robbery and murder charges) claims to have been hired by James Rosemond AKA "Jimmy Henchmen". Below is a couple excerpts from the letter:

“In 1994, James Rosemond hired me to rob [Tupac] Shakur at the Quad Studio... He gave me $2,500 plus all the jewelry I took, except for one ring which he wanted for himself....Now I'm not going to talk about my friend Biggie's death or 2Pac's death, but I would like to give their mother's some closure. It's about time that someone did, and I will do so at a different time. Jimmy, you and Puffy come off all innocent-like, but as the saying goes: You can fool some people some of the time, but you can't fool all the people all of the time" -

And the rabbit hole deepens.....

0 Yung Good - "Aint I" (Music Video)

Detroit's very own, Yung Good brings back Young La's "Ain't" to spit a couple bars.

0 New Music: Drake - "Marvin’s Room"

Drake gives us another piece of his story on this one. He say's "Take Care" will drop October 24th, hopefully that date will stick.

Drake - "Marvin’s Room"

0 VEVO Go Shows: Fabolous – "Y’all Don’t Hear Me Tho"

VEVO taps Fabolous to perform this cut off of The S.O.U.L Tape for the new series "Go Show", where they have an artist randomly show up in a public place and surprise the people by performing.

0 New Music: Big Sean - "So Much More" (Prod. No I.D)

This song is fire!! True hip-hop at its finest, reminds me of that classic College Dropout sound. "Finally Famous" is dropping June 28th Boi!

0 Yelawolf - "Daddy’s Lambo" (Music Video)

I Here is the official visual for "Daddy's Lambo" off of Yelawolf's "Trunk Muzik" mixtape. This also happens to be Yelawolf's first music video release since signing to Shady Records.

0 New Music: Snoop Dogg Feat R. kelly & Busta Rhymes - "Platinum" [Remix] (Prod. Lex Luger)

Snoop's #PuffPuffTuesdays have been missing in action for a couple weeks, but now he is back it with the official remix to his record "Platinum" featuring R. Kelly and Busta Rhymes

Snoop Dogg Feat R. kelly & Busta Rhymes - "Platinum" [Remix]

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0 Big Sean "Finally Famous" Tracklisting

This June 28th Big Sean will be "Finally Famous". Below is the official track listing for his debut LP which includes guest features from the likes of Chris Brown, Lupe Fiasco, Kanye West, Roscoe Dash, Rick Ross, Pharrell, The Dream and more. Looks like a pretty solid project. You can check out a couple clips from Sean's recent listening session, where Kanye stopped by to offer some words of encouragement.

1. “Intro” (Produced by: Kevin Randolph, Key Wane)
2. “I Do It” (Produced by: No I.D., The Legendary Traxster)
3. “My Last” f/ Chris Brown (Produced by: No I.D.)
4. “Don’t Tell Me You Love Me” (Produced by: No I.D.)
5. “Wait For Me” f/ Lupe Fiasco (Produced by: No I.D. & Exile)
6. “Marvin & Chardonnay” f/ Kanye West & Roscoe Dash (Produced by: Pop Wansel & Mike Dean)
7. “Dance (A$$)” (Produced by: Da Internz)
8. “Get It (DT) f/ Pharrell” (Produced by: The Neptunes)
9. “Memories (Part II)” f/ John Legend (Produced by: No I.D.)
10. “High” f/ Wiz Khalifa & Chiddy Bang (Produced by: Xaphoon Jones)
11. “Live This Life” f/ The Dream (Produced by: No I.D.)
12. “So Much More” (Produced by: No I.D.)
13. “What Goes Around” (Bonus Track) (Produced by: No I.D.)
14. “Celebrity” f/ Dwele (Bonus Track) (Produced by: Filthy Rockwell, No I.D.)
15. “My House” (Bonus Track) (Produced by: Boi-1da)
16. “100 Keys” f/ Rick Ross & Pusha T (Bonus Track) (Produced by: Hilton and Brian Wright (WrighTrax Productions)

0 Karrine "Superhead" Steffans Admits To Lying In Her Books (Video)

SMDH Karrine "Superhead" Steffans the women who is arguably responsible for the influx of young women wanting to become "Video hoes vixens" now has admitting to making it all up! SMH, AFTER she sold all her books.

0 Big Sean To Release Another Mixtape Before "Finally Famous" The Album?

It appears that do to some clearance issues, several tracks originally recorded for Big Sean's "Finally Famous" LP won't be able to make the cut. While backstage at Summer Jam 2011, Sean revealed his plans to include some of these songs on a new roughly 10 track mixtape, which he plans to release sometime before the album.

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0 Nipsey Hussle - “Keys To The City” (Music Video)

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Although Nipsey's mixtape "The Marathon" dropped a while back, it doesn't change the fact that it was criminally slept on. Now that Hussle is stepping his visual game up, hopefully the project will get its just due. All Money In

0 New Music: Beyonce Feat. Andre 3000 – "Party" (Prod. Kanye West & Consequence)

A verse from Andre 3000 is rarer than a blue moon these days, so I had to post this Kanye West produced track which features 3 Stacks off of Beyonce's upcoming album entitled "4". Beyonce's new album will be hitting stores June 28th.

0 Pusha T – Alone In Vegas (Music video)

Pusha T and director Orson Whales come through with the official video to one of my favorite tracks off of his "Fear Of God" mixtape.

0 3 Little Digs: Kitchen Sessions w/ Young Scolla & Jack Preston (Video)

While Young Scolla was out in Atl for the release of SMKA's "The 808 Experiment 3" he stopped through Tree Sounds for various activities sounding the release including this freestyle cypher session alongside Jack Preston, Phil Ade, Rittz, Young Lyxx & Donny Goines.

0 New Music: Curren$y - "She Don’t Want A Man"

Curren$y is easily one of the games most consistent emcees, it seems as if he is releasing a project every other month. Counting with tradition, Spitta is getting ready to release his latest project "Weekend At Burnie’s" June 28th. Here's a joint (no pun intended) off the project.

Curren$y - "She Don’t Want A Man"

0 Kreayshawn - "Gucci Gucci" (Music Video)

After amassing over 1.6 million views on YouTube and receiving cosigns from the likes of Lil B and Odd Future, Oakland California femcee Kreayshawn,recently inked a deal with Sony Records for a rumored 1 Million dollars. Yes she is a White female rapper and Yes I do actually like this song. #Swag

0 Eminem & Royce Da 5'9 Cosign Odd Future (Video)

During a recent interview with MTV, Em and & Royce offered some positive thoughts on rap group Odd Future. This is a GREAT look for them dudes.