The Game - ‘Running’

Reflection Eternal - ‘The Blast’

Hi-Tek feat. Bun B – ‘So Tired’

50 Cent - ‘Best Friend’

Common – ‘Tekzilla’

Talib Kweli - ‘Beautiful Struggle’

Hi-Tek x Estelle – ‘Life to Me’

Hi-Tek x Nas x J. Dilla x Busta Rhymes x Common x Floetry - ‘Music is for Life’

Reflection Eternal – ‘Move Somethin’

Common x Sadat X – ’1-9-9-9′

This is a very positive photo. Nas turns 38 and celebrates with a very select group of brothers who are all successful in their own right. In my opinion and for society’s sake, we need to see each other in this type of light a lil more. Less bashing each other in the music, jail visits and more coming together to celebrate life and success!

How goofy is this? Millionaires beefing bout who has the most money while everyone else is broke? And here we are, still broke and taking sides. I’m riding with the illuminati on this one.

There was a time in history when D’Wayne Carter wished his name was Shawn. Remember when his swag and flow just up and changed during the Sqad Up season. Remember, Hello Brooklyn? #ImJustSayin I don’t wanna hear a Wayne and Jay battle because it won’t be fair. That’s like when the real Iron Man had to fight a souped up ass Iron Man.

Have you even heard, It’s Good, the song that has caused this discussion? This reminds me of the time the Game was taking shots at the throne while bigging up the King. However, we all might be getting ready to see what a lot of people have anticipated for years. This can get ugly too, especially when you kidnap Beyonce. The gloves come off. I truly don’t believe Wayne would man up as much as he has supported Jay-Z in the recent past, but we’ll see.

*Update from Tunechi via Vibe.com

“I know there won’t be any repercussions behind what I did,” says a confident Wayne when asked if he had second thoughts about recording his acidic verse for ‘It ‘s Good.’ “I know for a fact music is about perception. You can’t do anything but perceive what you hear. I know that for a fact. So I can’t ever be upset about someone’s reaction.”

Check out my playlist of Jay-Z and Lil Wayne YouTube interviews that supports my thesis!

Nasty Nas Back?

One of my favorite selections of audio has a visual, finally!

“pay no mind to the youth, it’s not like the future depends on it”

Queensbridge emcee Nas decided that he’s going to bless fans with another compilation album to follow up his 2002 release of The Lost Tapes.

The Lost Tapes Volume 2 is slated to drop December 14, 2010.

News of the release was initially confirmed via MTV’s Shaheem Reid (@ShaheemReid) on Twitter. Nas later verified it on Twitter (@Nas).

Tracks like “Durags”, “Purple” “Drunk By Myself” and “Poppa Was a Playa” (which we discovered later was ghost-produced by Kanye West) were some of my favorite tracks from the 2002 release of The Lost Tapes. I can’t wait to see what he will come up with next.

The last project released since his divorce with Kelis in 2009 was Distant Relatives with Damian Marley, which dropped May 2010 on Universal/Def Jam.

This pop diddy is off Estelle’s new album All of Me. Check the version with Nas after the jump.

jacked via Vibe.com
Hip-hop has always been prey to oxymorons, especially when it comes to education. There’s the dunce-spittin’ booty hunter, quietly toting a Masters. And then there’s Nas, a favorite black Einstein with lyrics soused in intellect who just happens to be a high school dropout. Talk about clash.

Last Sunday, Esco was a keynote speaker for the Boys & Girls Clubs of America’s annual National Keystone Conference, where he shared with 900 high school students in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania that his biggest regret was never receiving his HS diploma—an accreditation he is still pursuing. Due to Nasir’s recent candor, VIBE. decided to break out a couple yearbooks for a look at who’s proving the educational system wrong and who graduated Magnum cum-laude. Don’t judge a book by its rapper

Take the quiz here!!