Previously: Skillz – Call Me Crazy (ft. Raheem DeVaughn) + Adam (Dedicated to DJ AM)

Before the Step Brothers drop their self-titled debut, Al and Ev appear on 7 & Eso’s upcoming album 1212 which drops October 12th. Props to Shake. Check out an album promo after the jump.

7L & Esoteric feat. Alchemist & Evidence – Drawbar 1-2 | Mediafire

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Related: DJ Drama & Maino – The Art of War (Mixtape)

Previously: Marsha Ambrosius feat. Maino & Fabolous – Hope She Cheats On You (Remix)

Jay-Z day.

To go along with their cover, Jay-Z and Warren Buffett took part in the very first “Forbes 400 summit,” which consisted of an hour-long videotaped interview with Steve Forbes at Buffett’s office building in Omaha, Neb. Check out the full video of their sit-down after the jump, or simply visit Forbes.com to watch 5 highlight clips from the interview.

The first Forbes 400 Summit was surreal, amazing and, in the end, moving. We gassed up a Gulfstream 450 one warm September morning and flew one of the most successful recording artists of all time, Jay-Z, to meet the most successful investor of all time, Warren Buffett, on the latter’s home turf of Omaha, Neb. The intent was to capture their very different perspectives on success and wealth and to talk about the social obligations that come with each. They ended up finding out they had more in common than anyone would have expected between a 40-year-old rapper from the Brooklyn projects and the 80-year-old sage of compounded returns.

In clip #5 (also embedded after the jump,) Jay talks about almost losing an iPod with all the music he had recorded for Blueprint 3 on a flight coming back from Hawaii, the day before he bought the album’s rights for 5 million dollars. He also mentions checking all the internet sites every day for the next 3 months. Hilarity.

Previously: Jay-Z album coming this Spring? + Possible Release Date For Project w/ Kanye

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The five song album with Jay that Yeezy promised the world on Twitter nearly a month ago is scheduled to drop on November 23rd (that’s about 9 G.O.O.D. Friday releases away,) according to Fake Shore Drive. “Monster” is supposed to be the single, for which there are already plans to shoot a video for, and the second single should be arriving within the next two weeks. It might also be released on Def Jam, which is a possibility since that’s where Kanye is signed to.

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YelaWolf – BMF Freestyle | Mediafire

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Props to Shake.

Previously: YelaWolf – I Wanna Rock Freestyle

Over Joe Budden’s Prodigy diss.

We know that Crooked is the first to start a weekly series on the net and the first to shout out his fan’s on the tracks as well but he topped himself this week by helping a fan propose to his fiance at the end of the track.

Crooked I – Blood On The Wall (HHW 7 Reloaded) | Mediafire

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Previously: Knoc-turn’al feat. Crooked I – I’ve Been Here for Years

Dallas Penn spoke to J. Period at the DJ Hero 2 launch event in NYC:

Biggup to ActiVision for hosting this party to launch the second version of the DJ Hero game. DJ J-Period and ActiVision associate producer Doug Grutzmacher chopped it up with me in the project stairwell. Okay, not the projects, but a fancy hotel overlooking Gramercy Park.

Shouts to the homie Dallas who finally got his blog back up & running.

Related: The Real Michael Jordan of the Rap Recordings… [DallasPenn]

Interestingly enough, Nas doesn’t take this opportunity to talk about Kelis, he even sorta comes to her defense.

Ne-Yo ft. Nas – She’s So Crazy (Tags) [prod. Tricky Stewart] | Mediafire

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TFRB via Lowkey. After the jump, Nas & Damian Marley do “Strong Will Continue” (which does address Kelis) on Last Call with Carson Daly.

Previously: Ne-Yo ft. Fabolous & Rick Ross – Champagne Life (Remix)

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Great little promo clip for Jay’s book that explains in detail the thought process behind “Most Kingz,” which is a song we really only got to hear in full quite recently (if you don’t count the Funk Flex freestyle and Coldplay’s “Lost+”) and is also quite cryptic in nature.

Play count is at 91 on iTunes in case you were wondering.

Props to Amazon via RR.

Previously: Jay-Z’s Decoded Book Cover + Release Date