Sky and !ll speak from the set of their new video for “Frisbees” off their joint project, Live From The Tape Deck, which is set for an October release.

@BunBTrillOG just liberated the Drake collab from Trill O.G., in stores August 3rd. Pre-order at Amazon | iTunes now.

Bun B feat. Drake – Put It Down (prod. Boi-1da) | Mediafire

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Previously: Bun B – Let ‘Em Know (prod. DJ Premier)

Twitter has already added the Verified badge.

This is gonna be epic.

Bun B signed up last weekend, and now Ye.. we just need 3000 now (wishful thinking.)

Last Night: Kanye Spits Acapellas @ Facebook HQ (Video)

Here’s the first leak off the upcoming project between Cookin Soul and DJ Drama, History In The Making: Gangsta Grillz Edition.

Say the guys from CS:

We have joined forces (again) with the legendary Dj Drama to create our own “Gangsta Grillz” mixtape, it is really an honor!!!
The Gangsta Grillz trademark has so many classics on the catalog, Lil Wayne, Young Jeezy, Fabolous, Camron, R. Kelly…
the who is who in HipHop & also R&B… a really special moment for us,
after gettin more than 1.000.000 downloads of our last project “Thank us later”, 200.000 views of our last remix
and a special mention from Kanye West,
it´s time to drop a project that defines 3 years of hard work and dedication,
includes old and new exclusive original tracks all produced by Cookin Soul + 2 bonus remix cuts.
Listen to artists like CL Smooth, Kool G Rap, Game, Swizz or Styles P… over our production has been a dream come true!
it was our main goal when we started Cookin Soul back in 2005,
we still have many more to achieve but right here, right now… this is History in the making!

Willie The Kid – Unfriendly Skies (Prod. by Cookin Soul)

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Hit the jump for the History In The Making tracklist. The project drops on August 3rd.

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J. Cole responds to Fayetteville State Univ. Chancellor Dr. Anderson’s condemnation of the “Who Dat” video.

Shortly after the video premiered, Dr. Anderson demanded that the video be pulled because FSU wasn’t aware of the song’s language when they signed off on their cheerleaders’ appearance.

Tough shit. That’s what you get for not doing your due diligence.

We’re in 2010 and people are still uptight about curses… seriously? These dinosaurs need to die off already.

So rumors of Marshall’s demise on the charts (or slide to #2 to be less dramatic) have turned out to be greatly exagerrated. Despite projections that seemed to indicate otherwise, Em rallied at the last minute to outsell The Cop by 11,000 units (187K to Rawse’s 176K) and hold on to the #1 spot for the 5th consecutive week. To date he’s sold 1.6 million copies of Recovery. And Teflon Don will be the first Ross album that has failed to land at #1 in its first week in stores, which is ironic because it might just be his best work yet.

Previously: What Em Did Was Silly

This is Gibbs’ contribution to the Kia sponsored Adult Swim Singles Project. Check back tomorrow for his Str8 Killa No Filla mixtape.

Freddie Gibbs – On One

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Produced by Josh The Goon and Speakerbomb.

Props to WIMH for the heads up

Previously: Freddie Gibbs – National Anthem (Fuck The World) (Video)

XXL has liberated a preview of their Shyne cover story. In the portions of the Q&A that were posted, he talks about the night at Club New York, why he did what he did and how he feels about the way Puff handled the situation.

At the time, do you believe that one of the people you’re doing it for is someone that’s gonna look out for you in return?

No, no. You’re doing it because someone is threatening your life, as well as your comrade’s life. It has nothing to do with my comrade, with the exception that you protect and you preserve those that you love and you fuck with. You don’t sit there and think, Yo, I don’t know, man. Is this guy gonna…? I don’t give a fuck about that. In the world I’m from, comrades take care of they comrades. When you’re on the battlefield, you gon’ drag the dead body back to home base and bury him. And you’re gon’ give your soldier the honor that he deserves. You’re not gonna leave your soldier. Even if he’s dead. You’re still gonna carry his dead body back to base and bury him, like he deserves. So I assume that everybody is honorable and everybody has integrity and character and does the right thing. When I make my move, I’m not making my move questioning what people are gonna do. I know what I’m supposed to do.

Was that a mistake on your end?

Never a mistake. ’Cause I live with myself, and I sleep at night. And I sit here before you with all my dreams realized and being rewarded from the universe for having my character and my integrity. So I’m good. I did what I was supposed to do, and I was rewarded greatly for it.

Link: Shyne, Home Free [Cover Story Excerpt]

Previously: Young Jeezy Sept. ’10 XXL Cover Story Excerpt

Joell recorded a freestyle for Flex over DJ Premier’s “Sing Like Bilal” (from Preem’s 2008 Beats That Collected Dust beat tape.)

Joell Ortiz – “Sing Like Bilal” Funkmaster Flex Freestyle

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Shouts to Miss Info.

Previously: Video: Joell Ortiz ft. Joe Budden & Novel – We Don’t Believe You

Earlier this evening, Ye performed 3 songs and a poem for a group of lucky Facebook employees at their Palo Alto headquarters.

The first verse from “Lost In The World” and “My Chain Heavy” above. After the jump, “Mama’s Boyfriend” and another clip.

This is the making of a masterpiece/ so we broke out the chain and told the master peace

- “My Chain Heavy”

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