Here’s the single Ron Ron famously plugged during his emotional post game interview the other night. I gotta say this isn’t nearly as bad as I thought it would be.

Ron Artest – Champions

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After the jump: Ron on Big Boy’s Neighborhood spitting the lyrics over the “Beamer, Benz or Bentley” beat.

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The Roots, along with Jim James of Monsters of Folk and an orchestra perform their cut “Dear God 2.0″ off How I Got Over.

Previously: The Roots ft. Blu, Phonte & Patty Cash – The Day

Just, Al and Preemo tear down Elysée Montmartre in Paris. Looks like good times were had.

Game stops by the Hotboyz Show on Power 92.3 in Chicago and talks The R.E.D. album and spits a little something off top.

Spotted: http://www.fakeshoredrive.com/2010/06/video-the-game-freestyle-on-power-92.html

Yeah, this is nice. I think tomorrow is gonna be The Day.

The Roots ft. Blu, Phonte & Patty Cash – The Day

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How I Got Over is out next Tuesday.

I’m sure this was never supposed to be heard by the public and that’s exactly why I’m posting it. It’s the original version of “Nothin On You” before it was turned over to B.o.B. It’s ill how these hit songs get manufactured right? Sure, we know this happens all the time, but it’s always funny when these originals leak. It’s almost like this is Bruno Mars’ hit and they just needed someone to rap over it.*

Dre Edit: *Actually, that’s actually exactly what happened. Here’s what Bruno told Complex a few weeks ago.

So, Me, Phil & Ari [of Bruno's production crew, The Smeezingtons] did the track and we submitted it to Atlantic Records and they asked us, ‘What do you think about B.o.B on this?’ I was like, ‘Perfect, let’s see what happens.’

Lupe Fiasco feat. Bruno Mars – Nothin On You (Original)

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Disclaimer: I did not break into anybody’s email to get this song. I found it on the internet where it had already been available for hours. Please don’t send goons or lawyers to my house. Thanks Lu.

“NahRight. I’m a big NahRight supporter.”

Here’s the main part of Semtex‘s interview.

Drake breaks down each TML track in great detail, talks about wanting a slimmer guest list on the next LP, improving his stage performance, Andre 3000 telling him it was “too early”, avoiding Ustream/Twitter as much as possible because he actually doesn’t like seeing himself online all the time, and taking the negative online to heart.

Previously: Video: Drake Interview w/ DJ Semtex (Pt. 1 of 2)

Here we have footage of the elusive Lauryn Hill in the wild. This was at the Harmony Festival in Santa Rosa, CA this past week. She will also, of course, be performing at various dates on the Rock The Bells tour in August.

Spotted @ HHNM

Joel McHale from E!’s The Soup catches Em watching girly movies. You know, I watched like 10 episodes of Community before I realized that was the same dude.

Talib and Tek bring out their kids to do “The Blast” at a show in n Kansas City. How great is that. They’re gonna kill their “What I Did For My Summer Vacation” assignments in September.