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Ludacris’ Ludaversal album is about to be in full swing and he’s ready to let loose the video for his single “Jingalin.” Judging from the photos courtesy of BAM, it looks like Luda is getting his inspiration from Project X or something. Oompaloompas, flame throwers, hot chicks in bikinis, jello, grandmas and more occupy Luda’s set that looks like an […]

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Nas has been on absolute fire for the past couple of months in anticipation of his new album, Life Is Good. Songs like “The Don,” “Accident Murderers,” and “Daughters” have been heaped with great praise. Nas recently took to his twitter account to release the complete tracklist to his album which drops on July 17th. […]

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Odd Future singer-songwriter Frank Ocean has captured the attention of fans with his celebrated 2011 mixtape Nostalgia, Ultra. His Def Jam debut album, Channel Orange, is set for a July 12 release date and Ocean whetted the appetite of listeners last night (June 21) in New York with a preview of the upcoming LP, reports The Boombox. […]

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The tradition continues on Hot 97’s Funkmaster Flex, as 2 Chainz is the latest rapper to drop a freestyle on the show. The “hair weave killer” spit a few bars over Black Rob’s “Whoa,” and boasts lines like “racks make it look like he got hammer pants.” Cut the bombs off, New York. Hit the […]

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At long last, the video off of 2 Chainz solo debut album is finally here. “No Lie,” is the first single off of Based On A T.R.U. Story which hits stores August 14th. In this video, 2 Chainz and Drake give us some “On-To-The-Next-One’ish” visuals complete with black and white screens, blood dripping on hot […]

Nas, News, Video

Nas held a listening session last night for his highly anticipated album under Def Jam, Life Is Good. It was held at the New Museum in the Lower East Side section of Manhattan, NY and a lot of the buzz leaving the listening session was a Swizz Beats-produced record that lit the crowd on fire. […]

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Big K.R.I.T. has had a great last couple of years but the past two couple of weeks may be even better. The Mississippi rapper finally dropped his debut album, Live From The Underground, on June 5th and yesterday the record came in at #1 on the Billboard Top R&B Hip-Hop Albums and #1 on the Billboard Rap […]

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Def Jam’s Jeremih and Fabolous team up for the R&B artist’s new single “Ahh Shhh…“, set to live on his new “Late Nights” mixtape.

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The always classy Big K.R.I.T. thanks his fans and supporters on the success of his debut album, Live From The Underground, which is the #4 album in America right now. Get a listen and download it after the jump. 

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Def Jam’s latest signee, Asher Roth  drops off a new record “Space,” just in time for the summer. He’s offering a free download of the record with any purchase at Jack Threads during his “Summer Essentials” sale.

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The Def Jam/Desert Storm signee, Dose, takes it to the west side for this new video.

Big K.R.I.T., News

On the eve of his Live From The Underground album release, Big K.R.I.T. dropped by The Combat Jack Show.  He explains why he stopped smoking weed and how he almost left the rap game to work on the railroad. Plus: Just Blaze talks about his ordeal of being locked up in a Paris jail cell and a […]