Russell Simmons and Rick Rubin (but mostly Russell) reminisce about the early days of Def Jam Records on the way to VH1′s 2009 Hip Hop Honors show.

Diddy begs to differ with Rosenberg’s claim that he’s been listening to the underground shit since he’s been working with Jay Electronica, and mentions that The Ecstatic is the album of the year. Why is Rico talking over them speaking about Jay Electronica?

Make sure to only participate if you are in/around San Francisco or if you can get there and back by yourself.

How to win: The first two people to retweet this line on their Twitter account will score two tickets (your name +1) to Friday night’s show:

“I’m going to FRESH COAST (www.going.com/freshcoast) w/ @bmuse & @djfranchise on FRI NIGHT in SF! thx, @definitely_nah!”

Even if you don’t win you should definitely go to the show if you’re in SF (tickets are 10 bucks). It’ll be streamed online for those who can’t make it. Hit the jump for the flier + all the info you need.

UPDATE: Contest over. Thanks to those who participated.

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Dame Grease talks about scoring the music to DMX’s movies, Never Die Alone, Cradle 2 The Grave and Exit Wounds.

Props: Nodfactor

Previously: Push! Montana – Dope Boy Freestyle (Video)

Featuring cameos from Red Cafe, Papoose and Uncle Murda.

Previously: Grafh – Same Old 2 Step

Props to Jabari

Lil Wayne’s label, Young Money Entertainment, is quickly becoming a force in hip-hop. With the recent solo success of Drake, Nicki Minaj, and Tyga, the rest of team is ready for their time to shine. Now that the America’s Most Wanted tour is over, they are putting the finishing touches on the Young Money Compilation album. In my interview, the camp talks about touring as well as bringing the “rap crew” back into the game.

I had the chance to catch one of the Canadian stops of the America’s Most Wanted tour, and although I don’t really listen to any of them individually, I think that they all sound pretty good together on songs. “Every Girl” and “Bed Rock” are cool group records and they sound alright back to back, even though they’re all trying to rap about sucking and fucking like Wayne does.

Watching them live is much different though. Lil Wayne’s live performance was much better than I had expected, but when he brought all of his acts on stage it looked like Wayne had brought the circus to town. The tour bus undoubtedly looks like a freak show when they roam city to city.

I still have a hard time with what exactly what is is people see in Lil Wayne, but you cannot deny that he has become a one man phenomenon, and this Young Money group album could be a force in the rap game. Drake & Nicki Minaj both have 200K + followers on Twitter… which means a lot for two artists that just (officially) signed and still don’t have an album out.

‘Bis drops a freestyle in support of him and Keith Murray’s upcoming EP.

Canibus – The Undergods Are Coming

Props: Miunex

Previously: The Undergods (Cannibus & Keith Murray) feat. Crooked I – Die Big Time

Memphis Bleek drops in on Westwood Radio 1 to share his thoughts on the new Jay-z album, Kanye West at the VMA’s, Beef in the industry and more. Check it out!

Previously: Memphis Bleek – Trust Me

Hit the jump for the full stream, courtesy of Universal Music & iMeem.

In stores this Tuesday, September 29th.

Listen to Ghostface (c) Mighty Healthy

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