Up top is Yeezy’s 10-minute long speech at the end of his performance last night at the Bowery Ballroom. Ye touches on first day/week sales, interviews, Matt Lauer, blogs, George W. Bush, Taylor Swift and moving 600k. (Miss Info has the full transcription.)

To do an album, right, after the year that I had… after all the “Your career is over” and “die n*gga, die! and “You’ll never make music again!” and then come back and do 100,000 the first day, digital alone… to be safe to do 600,000 in the first week, and I don’t talk about the numbers, but what that number says is that people want me to keep making music… and for me not to give up. No radio singles, no #1 record, no top 10 record!

“…I can’t be your role model, I can’t be your savior, I can’t be your anti-Christ… I don’t know what the fuck Illuminati is. I like clothes and I still like girls, I dont give a fuck what you think and on that note. I love ya’ll.”

After the jump, he does pretty much the whole album. “Dark Fantasy” with Justin Vernon of Bon Iver and Teyana Taylor, Nicki Minaj comes out for “Monster”, Teyana Taylor fills in for Rihanna on “All Of The Lights”, “Devil In A New Dress” with Rick Ross, Hell Of A Life, and “So Appalled” with Swizz Beatz, Pusha T and CyHi Da Prynce.

Pics via Kirill.

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Joell tells SiriusXM HipHopNation how he thinks a session with Big Pun would’ve went if he had the chance and gives an update on the Shady/Slaughterhouse deal.

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Off the (second) Big L posthumous LP, Return Of The Devil’s Son, which hit stores yesterday.

Big L – Unexpected Flava (prod. Large Professor)

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Props to MAC Media.

Related: “Big L’s Unfinished Business” [Village Voice]

Previously: Big L – Zone of Danger | Big L & Jay-Z – Stretch Armstrong & Bobbito Show Freestyle (10 Minute Version)

Kiss previously appeared on Emanny’s “Time Is Up” earlier this year.

Emanny ft. Styles P & Jadakiss – When I’m Gone

Props to Splash

Previously: Joe Budden ft. Emanny – Short Summer (prod. Beewirks)

Fab puts on for his city over Wiz Khalifa’s instrumental. Only the first verse for the moment. Props to Clue via Splash.

Fabolous – White N Navy

Previously: Trey Songz ft. Fabolous – Right Above It (Remix)

Aloe Blacc performs his breakthrough hit in his hometown of L.A.

Props to LAstereoTV for the footage.

Previously: MED ft. Aloe Blacc – Where I’m From (Video)

Ruste’s third video from Adamantine in a matter of two weeks or so.

Previously: Ruste Juxx – Adamantine (Video) | Ruste Juxx ft. Skanks & Reek – U A Bitch (Video)

Directed by Wolph Creation. Track appeared on Jae Millz’ mixtape and Show TuFli added another verse to it and made it his single.

Show Tufli ft. Jae Millz – RockBand (Extended)

Single artwork after the jump.

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Horrendous cover for the new 3-track Bubba Sparxxx EP that came out on E1 today, Miracle on Gamble Road. Based off Neil Young’s “Alabama“.

Bubba Sparxxx – Georgia

Produced by Noah Rubin, who produced Wu Tang Chamber Music that came out last year and has been working on a follow-up in the studio with RZA.

Bonus: Another recent track from Bubba, not featured on the EP.

Bubba Sparxxx – There I Go Again (Prod. by Basement Beats)

Fifth (count ‘em) single off Daz Dillinger’s Matter of Dayz, available now.

Daz Dillinger ft. Snoop Dogg & Hustle Boyz – In Tha Cadillac