Harvey Keitel, LeBron James and the Brooklyn Bridge getting their cameo’s on…

Jigga just about murdered it….

In March, a video hit YouTube that featured Mos challenging Jay-Z, Lil Wayne and others to a battle. Martinez asked him about the video. Mos admitted it was a candid moment in front of friends, but when Mos Def visited Angie Martinez’s New York radio show Tuesday to promote his new album, The Ecstatic, neither had any idea that would be promoting the most spectacular MC battle ever.

more of the article from MTV and the interview with Angie Ma after the jump

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I’m not sure how many of you were hip to “The Grey Album” that Danger Mouse released, or attempted to release back in 2004. A mashup of The Beatles’ “White Album” and Jay Z’s “The Black Album,” this thing caused controversy from the jump. EMI tried to smash the release of it and people fought back by the bucket. Even though it’s old news, I was thinking about this album with new Jay Z and Gnarls Barkley music on tap this year, so I had to post this video.  Another track from the album after the jump (more…)

Little shaky, but still feel like you there….

“Death of Autotune” was produced by No I.D. and Kanye West and it’s the first single from Jay-Z’s upcoming album “The Blueprint 3″. The single premiered on New York’s hip hop station Hot 97.

The DJ Hero party last night (told you the E3 stuff would be heavy this week) at The Wiltern included a live set by TRVS and AM as well as the main event, performances by Jay Z and Eminem. I was getting updates all night via Facebook and Twitter from friends that were at the show (can’t believe I missed this one…).It doesn’t get much better than a performance from these two dudes.

from mtv:

Music industry Web site Hits Daily Double first reported on Tuesday (May 28) that Jay-Z is close to inking a deal with Sony Music for distribution for his Roc Nation banner. According to the report executives for Sony and members of Jay-Z’s business team have been spotted in recent weeks both in New York and Los Angeles meeting together to discuss a deal.

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