NYOIL – “What up My Wigger?”

-Video: 2Pac ft. Ashanti & T.I. – “Pac’s Life” All the people ‘Pac would shoot to death when he returns from Cuba.

-Video: Jay-Z performs “Show Me What You Got” at the AMAs

-I would hate to be an employee at Sony Urban right about now.

-Guess who’s responsible for Michael Richards’ racist rant?

-Sean Price is a “Black Republican”.

-The Smoking Section interviews the Clipse.

-On a related note, Hell Hath No Fury gets a glowing review on OhWord.com

I caught this on Vh1 yesterday (my first time ever seeing a WWE show). I’m aware that artists have ’speech therapists’ and whatnot that tell them what to say in interviews, but Game might be smarter than most people assume. Watch how he threads around Wendy Williams’ bait when Dre’s name comes up.

Now, you know this is a lie, but it’s still hilarious: “Ron Artest sold more albums than Lloyd Banks.”

Bonus Videos:
Jim Jones – Hustler’s P.O.M.E. DVD
Part 2
Part 3
Part 4

Despite being one of the most outstanding albums of 2006 (year-end lists coming soon), Lupe Fiasco’s Food & Liquor has only managed to push past 200-thou in sales. Somehow, I still think he’ll crack the Gold mark by March of ‘07.

Bonus Video: Jay-Z’s Nov. 24th AOL/’H 2 the IzzO’ concert.

UGK – Quit Hatin’ the South (mp3) (via Wordofsouth.com)
It’s on! I got love for both regions. So, you can find me in the middle somewhere chillin’ with Lieberman.

Hey, don’t look at me like that.

Bonus Cut:
UGK ft. Kool G Rap & Big Daddy Kane (produced by Marley Marl) (props: Spinemagazine.com)

(Image via Ian)

Happy Turkey Day!

The unconfirmed album cover for Hip-Hop Is Dead looks stunning.

Can you smell what the Ghost is cooking?

Official Track List
More Fish Preview

Here’s to all you hip-hop historians: 10-link synopsis of this year’s most interesting beef.

Cam’ron – “Wet Wipes” Video
Cam’ron draws first blood by featuring a Jay-Z lookalike (59-year old J.J. Evans for that matter) in his “Suck it or Not/Wet Wipes” video.

Cam’ron – You Gotta Love It
Cam strikes again. Jay-Z responds on the HP Commercial (”This game is over, I wonder if he knows.”) Cam strikes again via Yung Joc’s “It’s Goin’ Down (Remix).”

Jim Jones – “Alarm”
Jimmy picks up where Cam left off, after hearing that Jay-Z was about to come out of his fake retirement to try and resuscitate NY hip-hop.

Jay announces on Funk Flex’s that Jimmy is like the 9th guy on a team, the heckler.

Acknowledging Jones’ presence was only the genesis of Jay’s dilemma.

Dame Dash + Jim Jones – Kingdom Done
Apparently, Dame Dash wasn’t too pleased with Jay’s allegations on “Lost One.”

Jay-Z – “Brooklyn High”
Like he did with Nas’ “Got Yourself a Gun,” Hov jacks Jim Jones’ “We Fly High (Ballin’)” beat and hands Jimmy his ass on a plate. Only this time he was going at a business savvy, success-hungry artist.

Jim Jones ft. Jay-Z & Juelz Santana – “We Fly High”(Beef Mix)/ Old-heads Remix
Capo takes advantage of Jay’s generosity and gets himself some extra BDS.

Cam’ron – You Must Not Know
Cam attempts to finish what he started by dropping a dis on the same day Jay dropped Kingdom Come.

Jay-Z – “Dig a Hole”
Meanwhile, Kingdom Come features this solid response to Dipset and Dame Dash. Plus, the one line that would forever haunt Cam’s career: “Only time you went plat my chain was on your neck.”

Bonus Links:
-In this Staus Ain’t Hood entry, Tom Breihan echoes my thoughts on the entire saga.
-Jim Jones – “We Fly High” (Chops Remix )

Speaking of Flavor Flav, the 3-part DVD of Flavor of Love II arrived on my desk yesterday. I haven’t seen the entire thing yet, but from the little I watched, I can tell that it basically zooms in on the ni-gnorance of that show. (Unless you deem 30 hoodrats scrambling for a 60-year old man as pure entertaininment.)