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Nas is winning. The Moet & Chandon was flowing last night as Nas celebrated the release of his tenth studio album, Life Is Good. The intimate celebration took place at Bagatelle in the Meat Packing district in New York City. The Hip-Hop A-List came out as Jay-Z, Beyonce, Jermaine Dupri, Busta Rhymes, Swizz Beats, Wale and many […]

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You can’t say Swizz Beatz isn’t trying his best to get Reebok back. Besides hooking up beats for his wife and rappers like this guy named Nas, the producer/rapper designs kicks. Whether said sneakers are good looking, is debatable. The latest model to drop on Swizz’s watch is the “Time To Show.”

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Shortly after releasing their Life Is Good collaboration, “Summer On Smash,” Nas and Swizz Beatz joined each other on stage to perform their collaboration at the 2012 ESPY Awards. The ESPYs, which were celebrating their 20th year anniversary, celebrate the great moments and people of the year in sports. Besides performing “Summer On Smash,” Nas played the […]

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Back when Nas hosted a listening session for Life Is Good, is was an unnamed Swizz Beats collaboration that made the most noise when leaving. Here it is. “Summer On Smash” featuring Miguel and Swizz Beats is exactly what you think it should sound like. Life Is Good will be in stores next week, and with songs like […]

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BET’s 106 & Park continued there new tradition of “The Backroom” freestyles on Friday evenings. After appearances from Mac Miller, 2 Chainz, and Childish Gambino; Swizz Beats takes the mic this week as this week’s special guest. Swizzy gets busy after the jump. Aside from working on his new stuff, Swizz has been in the […]

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It’s been nearly two years since Alicia Keys dropped a new album, and with all  that has changed in her life (like having a baby, and getting married) it only makes sense that she team with her love, Swizz Beatz for her latest single “New Day.” The track hit the ‘Net Friday (June 29) and […]

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Alicia Keys reminds us that it’s a family affair on her new tune, “New Day,” produced by her significant other, Swizz Beatz. Swizzy’s bouncy production is a change of lanes for A. Keys that she adapts to very well. “New Day” is speculated to be the songstress’s new single, set to appear on her yet to […]

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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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Pusha T took a visit to Hot 97 last night and hit up the kingpin, Funkmaster Flex. After talking with Flex and saying that Lil Wayne’s “Ghoulish” diss towards him was “trash,” he dropped this new record “In This Ho (Lambo).” The evil half of the Thornton brothers also announced that G.O.O.D. Music’s group album Cruel Summer will […]

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Eve has come a long way since her days in West Philly. The (former?) Ruff Ryder has accomplished noteworthy solo feats, and recounts her road to success in the Reebok and Complex documentary What It Takes. “Music was always playing in someone house or out someone window,”  she says in the piece. “I’m very happy that I’m from […]

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Lil Wayne’s response to Pusha T’s “Exodus 23:1,” which allegedly took aim at Drake, Lil Wayne and the YMCMB crew is here in it’s tagless glory. Right before that was released however, Lil’ Wayne spoke to the Associated Press and actually deaded any beef between himself and Pusha T.

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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. […]