NEW VIDEO: KANYE WEST "Champion"

New video off Graduation Album

NEW VIDEO: Jay -z "Jockin'"

NEW VIDEO: YOUNG JEEZY ft. KANYE WEST "PUT ON"

First single for Jeezy's new album "The Recession" in stores September 2nd.

JAY-Z & KANYE ON STAGE IN MANCHESTER

WHERE'S THE VIDEO ALREADY???

Lupe on the set of "Everyone Nose (Remix)".

I'M WATCHING KANYE GETTING PUNK'D AS WE SPEAK

Be Kanye: Absolut Vodka Commercial

NEW VIDEO "DONT STOP"

Don't Stop - FaRnsworth Bentley, Kanye, Andre 3000 & Sa-Ra

2008 BET AWARDS TONIGHT 8PM ET

Each year, all of Hip Hop and R&B await the summertime for the BET Awards. This is the only one that counts. Where artists like Common, Rick Ross and Estelle can be nationally recognized. Here's a quick rundown of the awards, airing tonight 7pm Central / 8pm Eastern on BET. This year's host will be funny man DL Hugley. In years past the BET awards' audience have been a younger crowd. Let's hope DL's jokes hit home. I'm sure they will. It can't be as bad as Damon Wayans a couple years back. His jokes were made for an older crowd.75 Year old music legend Quincy Jones has been selected as the 2008 recipient of BET's Humanitarian Award and will receive the honor at the “BET Awards” on June 24. Past winners of the award include Earvin “Magic” Johnson, Denzel & Pauletta Washington, and Don Cheadle, who were bestowed the award in 2007. Some of this year's performers are... 1. T-PAIN 2. KANYE WEST 3. AL GREEN (WHO IS THIS YEARS RECIPIANT OF THE LIFETIME ACHIEVEMENT AWARD) 4. KEYSHIA COLE 5. MARVIN SAPP 6. YOUNG JEEZY 7. RIHANNA 8. NEYO 9. CHRIS BROWN 10. NELLY 11. ALICIA KEYS 12. USHER 13. LIL WAYNE SHOULD BE PRETTY INTERESTING. I AM HOPING THESE LIVE PERFORMANCES WON'T INCLUDE A BUNCH OF LIP SYNCING AND VOICING OVER TRACKS. (T-PAIN AND YOUNG JEEZY) I SAW A CLIP OF JEEZY REHEARSING ON ACCESS GRANTED LAST NIGHT, AND HE WAS RAPPING OVER HIS OWN VOICE. WHICH IS WACK. BE AN EMCEE MAN... WE KNOW YOU ARE THE KING OF ADLIBS, SO I CAN UNDERSTAND THE ADLIBS BEING NECESSARY IN THE BACKGROUND. BUT, HOW YOU GONNA RAP OVER YOUR OWN VOICE FOR THE WHOLE SONG? ANYWAY, LETS HOPE FOR AN ENTERTAINING FIGHT FREE TURNOUT. I AM REALLY LOOKING FORWARD TO HEARING MARVIN SAPP SING. I HAVE BEEN A FAN OF HIS VOICE FOR A LONG TIME.

KANYE RE-SELLING BEATS...read on...

Check out this story from Fake Shore Drive, by way of Byron Crawford from XXL Mag.

This happened a while ago. But, nevertheless interesting.

According to Andrew at Fake Shore Drive:

The beef stemmed from the track below, Payroll's "Never Change". Back in the early parts of this decade, when Kanye was just a young up-and-coming producer, he produced a track for a rising Chicago "gangster" rapper by the name of Payroll, and that track became known as "Never Change". A short while later an almost identical version of "Never Change" showed up on one of this decades biggest hip hop albums, Jay-Z's the Blueprint. To add insult to injury, Kanye re-spit Payroll's hook "I'm still fuckin' with crime, cause Crime pays, Out hustlin', same clothes for days", bar for bar on Jigga's version.

Check the audio of both versions of the song, courtesy of Bryon Crawford

Payroll "Never Change"

Jay-Z "Never Change"

And here's where Payroll went at Kanye, over the beat from "Ether."

Payroll "Ether Free" That's wack.

NEW AUDIO: ESSO Freestyle over Kanye's "Let the Beat Build"

Esso- Get Your Beat Killed (Let The Beat Build Freestyle) UHTN.COM

MUSIC NEWS: Kanye West disappoints fans at Bonnaroo '08

Word is Kanye was nearly two hours late to his early Sunday show (2:45 a.m.) at Bonnaroo this weekend.

Your Boy was at first set to show at 8:15 p.m. I guess K-weezy's dedication to perfection may have clouded his dedication to his fans' time. Cause Yahoo says Kanye wanted to spend more time tweakin' his 'bigger than life' Stage and Light Show. Hence the title "Glow in the Dark" tour.

Now, I know there are 120 other bands playing and folks should plan to be there all day, but Ye' need to stop playing! Don't nobody wanna be waiting on nobody for that long. Some concert goers claim Kanye didn't apologize for the delay or acknowledge the crowd in any way.

Read Yahoo's whole story on the incident.

NEW VIDEO: KANYE WEST FREESTYLE @ HOT 97 SUMMER JAM

NEW VIDEO: CONSQUENCE BACKSTAGE W/ DIDDY, AMERIE AND OTHERS...

NEW VIDEO: COMMON & KANYE PERFORM IN HOLLYWOOD

NEW AUDIO: JOHN LEGEND AND ANDRE 3000

This is just a snippet. Full version will be posted as soon as it becomes available. John Legend's album to be released Early Fall '08. Click the audio link after the jump.

G.O.O.D. Music’s second hardest worker (behind Kanye West) has been a very busy man this past half-year.

John Legend created the “Show Me” campaign, where he and a team of activists organized to help fight economic and spiritual poverty in Africa. They have sponsored several villages in Africa and are making a big difference in the lives of others.

Then there is his newly started label Home School Records and his first signee Estelle. Her first album on the new label (executive produced by Legend) released April 29th, and features Kanye West, Cee-Lo and production from Wyclef Jean and will.i.am.

Now though, he’s focusing on his third album. Though it doesn’t have a title yet, John Legend has finished about half of the expected tracks. Featuring production from will.i.am and the Neptunes, Legend hopes to bring something new to his loyal fans.

One of the tracks to make the cut is “Green Light” featuring Andre 3000, which has been described as futuristic and a bit more poppy than the usual Legend, but he feels this is the right way to go for this album. “The last record was mellower,” Legend told Billboard. “The production this time is a little more up-tempo and more pop sounding than the last one.”

To go along with a different sound, Legend has chosen to take a different marketing scheme that may be more effective than the usual. “I want to go beyond what the label machine always does and think of some cool ideas. Labels get into a creative rut. I want an ad firm that launches other products to use their knowledge to launch my music. It'd be cool to get ideas from a firm that can still reach my marketplace. We're taking proposals now.”

John Legend’s third album is slated for a September release date.

Download / Stream Green Light

NEW AUDIO: STREET BANGERS VOL. 32

Track List: 01 - Street Bangers Vol 32 Intro 02 - Nas - N.I.G.G.E.R. & The Slave Master 03 - Bun B ft Rick Ross, David Banner, 8Ball, & MJG - Youre Everything 04 - Little Brother - Blacklight Special 05 - Bless 1 - Redemption 06 - Immortal Technique - The 3rd World 07 - Royce Da 5'9" - Watch Me Get This Money 08 - Rock - Attempted Murder 09 - Bun B ft Lil Wayne - Damn Im Cold 10 - H.A.P.H. - What It Is 11 - Hoodfella ft Gage, Freeway, & Mr. Probz - Hide The Stash 12 - Bishop Lamont ft Xzibit, Rass Kass, G Malone, & Mystro - Be Cool 13 - Busta Rhymes ft Reek Da Villain, Spliff Star, Game, Lil Wayne, Nas, & Big Daddy Kane - ont Touch Me Remix 14 - The Mad Rapper ft Red Cafe, Maino, Wais P, Papoose, & Joell Ortiz - Brooklyn Lets Go 15 - Tre Williams ft Nas - I See U Coming 16 - Xzibit - Dying 2 Live 17 - Young Jeezy ft Kanye West - Put On 18 - Tre-Dot - In Love Again 19 - Rellyon Da Don, Mozark, & Pugs - Street Bangers Salsa 20 - Bone Thugs - This Is How 21 - Crooked I ft Akon - Dream Big 22 - Bishop Lamont ft Ryan C, Warren G, Busta Rhymes, & Stat Quo - Gorilla Pimpin Click here to download!

NEW AUDIO: KANYE WEST, GLC, & REALLY DOE

Kanye West, GLC & Really Doe - “World Record Holders”

HOTTEST MC'S IN THE GAME....ACCORDING TO MTV

Now. I started not to post this cause, I watched it last night, and like last year, I was highly disappointed. First of all, who are the "roundtable"? What are their credintials. I thought this year they were going to let the fans pick. Here's the list and peep the video after the jump. Pure Bullsh*t. Any comments?

1. Kanye West (If based on quality and quanity of work this year) 2. Jay-Z (He has to be in the top 3 of course) 3. Lil' Wayne (Can't be based on a solid album of work...just freestyled remix verses) 4. Rick Ross (I dugg his album, and he has some hot lines. Musically he stepped his game up!) 5. Snoop Dogg (My only beef is that he didn't do his own writing on 85% of Ego trippin) 6. 50 Cent (Come on mannnnnn!) 7. Lupe Fiasco (Should have been higher up there) 8. Young jeezy (His remix verses have been better than ever...love his addition on Superstar remix..Oh, Oh Oh My God....I must be on my job! Classic delivery 9. Andre 3000 (hasn't done much pubicly but I love him dearly) - Where's big boi for that matter? Love him too 10. T.I. (T.I. better put in work....they have bumped him waaaay down on the list...under jeezy??? WOWWWWW! (like Flava)

NEW VIDEO: P DIDDY ON KANYE'S GLOW IN THE DARK TOUR

NEW VIDEO: KANYE PERFORMS AT G SHOCK TRIBUTE PARTY