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Nicki Minaj, Drake Win Big At BET Hip Hop Awards, MC Hammer Performs

After Rick Ross performs "MC Hammer," the legend of the same name plays a '90s classic, as Lex Luger, Young Money and Jay-Z & Alicia Keys win big.

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Chamillionaire Urges Fellow Rappers To Become Tech-Savy

Koopa says that while he's attending tech conferences and broadening horizons, many of his peers are stuck in the Napster-era.

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Lil B of The Pack's New Mixtape Inspired By MF DOOM

The Based God takes his latest inspirations from the Super Villain, as "MF Based" is born.

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Vevo Hopes To Integrate With Television As Tailor-Made Music Channel

The media company presently delivering videos from Universal, EMI and Sony has plans to become a go-to in the television sector.

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Ne-Yo's Compound Entertainment Is Now Part of Island Def Jam

Like Kanye West and The-Dream, Ne-Yo's Compound Entertainment takes the next step with his label, with Loren Allred coming in 2011.

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Clarifications Made In Controlled Substance Arrest

UPDATE #2: It appears as though some false information was made regarding Cudi's plea last week, as the rapper may only get slapped with a misdemeanor.

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Droop E Readies Sade-Inspired Mixtape, "BLVCK Diamond Life"

E-40's producing and rapping son teams up with Diamond Supply Co. and BLVCK SCVLE for a mixtape with tons of Sade inspired slaps.

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Freddie Gibbs, Dam Funk Set to Headline Pittsburgh's VIA Festival

Gangsta Gibbs and Stones Throw's Dam-Funk will rock the three rivers in the Steel City on October 1st through 3rd.

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Tracklisting Revealed To "DJ Hero 2" By FreeStyleGames

Get the full "DJ Hero 2" catalog, which includes gems from 2Pac, Jazzy Jeff, DJ Shadow, DJ QBert, Justice, Sam Cooke, M.I.A. and Diplo.

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Drake Clarifies Pimp C Self-Comparison, Claims UGK As Extended Family

Drizzy explains his bars on "Put It Down" that had fans talking and says that he feels like Pimp C and Bun B are paternal figures to him.

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50 Cent & Kanye West Rumored To Co-Headline European Tour

Whoo Kid spills the beans to VIBE.com that the two '07 sales rivals have no beef, and could be headed across the pond together.

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Dorrough - Get Big

To build a career and have a string of hits, it helps to be versatile and clever. And that's something Dorrough just doesn't seem interested in being on Get Big

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Blue Sky Black Death - Third Party

Although it veers away from the duo's track record, Third Party is a benchmark achievement. BSBD are true students of the Synth-Pop particular sound.

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Ahmad - The Death Of Me

Time and hard work have made Ahmad into an artist unafraid to both laugh at his mistakes and declare his triumphs.

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June Marx - Body of God

Time and again, with a few notable exceptions, a great beat is introduced only to be paired with lyrics that don't equal the music's depth.

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Ratatat - LP4

The Brooklyn duo, which has produced tracks for Kid Cudi and released two volumes of remixes featuring everybody from Notorious B.I.G. to Antipop Consortium to Young Buck, have for four albums now maintained the ability to craft very tasteful, very aesthe

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Yukmouth - Free At Last

The Luniz' star makes some of the best verses of his solo career, but is it lost in a 22-track, 80 minute schmorgesborg?

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Rahsaan - Georgetown

Brother of an acclaimed author and Hip Hop journalist, Guyana-Brooklyn-Miami product Rahsaan delivers an album filled with impassioned commentary on the industry, and maternal love.

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LMNO & Kev Brown - Selective Hearing Part 2

The Visonaries emcee and the Low Budget emcee/producer reunite for album that appears dedicated to James Brown, with some deft lyricism and inventive production. Although The Godfather's beats are not new to Hip Hop, Selective Hearing brings the conversat

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TRUTHLiVE - Patience

Easily, "Catalyst for Change" is the album's best cut. Jake One's production is suitably off-kilter, accentuated with ghostly whistles and rattling cow bells.

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MGMT - Congratulations

The Electro/Pop act that inspired Jay-Z, Jim Jones and Kid Cudi takes bold steps on their sophomore, but did they lose sight of the magic that brought them here?

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