This joint is kindof crazy. I’m as big a fan of the Virginia duo that you know as the Clipse. Throw in a hott verse by ‘Ye, just a disgusting beat from DJ Khalil and you’ve got the first single from the much antipiated “Til the Casket Drops” due in store later this year. Check out the single over at Play Cloths blog, the streetwear clothing line also brought to you from the Clipse

peep the single here

from Rolling Stone:

As a white kid from suburban Morrisville, Pennsylvania, Roth felt awkward rapping his early lyrics. “When I was younger, I was rhyming about guns. There was a song where I was talking about ‘putting lead in your capillaries.’ And it’s just crazy, man, ’cause that’s the influence that pop has,” Roth says. (more…)

Rapper TI has been sentenced to one year and one day in jail after he pleaded guilty to three charges of possessing illegal weapons.

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Andre 3000 hit up Holt Renfrew Bloor Street to launch his new Bixby Menswear Spring 09 Collection. The threads actually look fly. It seems as if there are waaay too many musicians and athletes trying to make clothes, but there was some care taken here by the looks of things. I’m curious on the price points. A few more pics after (more…)

For all of you waiting for the next Slim LP, here is something to be happy about. Word outta Detroit  Rock City is that our guy is putting out not one, but two records in 2009. We’ve got a date on the Relapse, the first major hip hop release of ‘09, it drops May 19.  According to M&M, he and Dre did so much good music that there is enough for two. Relapse 2 will drop before the end of the year,

From the Detroit Free Press:

Eminem will compensate for lost time with a twofer: “Relapse” will likely be followed later this year by a sequel, featuring songs recorded with longtime collaborator Dr. Dre during a productive stretch last fall. (more…)

The Foreign Exchange is a hip hop duo consisting of American rapper Phonte Coleman and Dutch producer Nicolay. (more…)

One of the highlights of this Sunday’s 51st Annual Grammy Awards will be the performance of T.I.’s “Swagga Like Us” that’s scheduled to feature the song’s full lineup of Jay-Z, Kanye West and Lil Wayne together onstage for the first time.

 ”I mean, you know, we all are considerably busy,” Tip jokingly told MTV News this week. “We all have different things going on. You can’t really get Kanye out of Paris. You can’t get Jay off a boat. And you can’t get Wayne off that bus. “… I’m ripping and running across the country doing all I can to remain at the top of my game,” he added. “So, all of us have our things going on. But it will be a thing to remember.”

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