For once Snoop Dogg and the word “dutch” won’t go hand in hand.The mayor of the Dutch city of Hague has banned Snoop from performing at the city’s upcoming Parkpop Festival.Snoop is described as “a frequent visitor [who] usually holds concerts in the European country at least once a year.”According to an article on Billboard: [cont.]

A leaked video of Kanye in Hawaii hit the interwebs yesterday.The video shows The Louis Vutton Don prepping a beat,perhaps for his upcoming Good Ass Job LP.Good to see Kanye still banging out on the MPC and ASR10, keepin’ it gritty.Ya’ll know our policy about not posting unofficial leaks,so good luck finding the video before [cont.]

Click here for a exclusive offer from Island Def Jam with a free new T-shirt and pre order information. Also we have a 90 second album preview from The Roots new album How I Got Over, which hits stores soon.

According to Lil Boosies hometown paper of Baton Rouge, LA, he has been indicted on first degree murder charges stemming from a incident in late October. Lil Boosie has been in jail since November for charges dealing with a recent drug case. Read the rest of the story below from the 2TheAdvocate.com: An East Baton [cont.]

The good Doctor has given some insight into the recently released collabo track, “Under Pressure” featuring Jay Z, which hit the innanet yesterday.In his statement Dre wrote: “I want to set the record straight for everybody who’s been waiting to hear my music,” he wrote. “The song that’s on the Internet is an incomplete song [cont.]

Here with go with the specifics for Bun B’s newest Trill O.G. The album drops this August 3rd. Tracklist 1. Church 2. Trillionaire 3. Just Like That feat. Young Jeezy 4. Put It Down feat. Drake 5. Right Now feat. Pimp C, 2Pac & Trey Songz 6. Countin’ Money All Day feat. Gucci Mane & [cont.]

Not bad, Khaled, not bad at all. Khaled’s catchy summer hood anthem reaches over 500,000 copies sold. We’d call that a win… The press release reads as follows: Miami hip hop star DJ KHALED goes Gold once again, as his smash single and sports anthem “All I Do Is Win” is certified Gold by the [cont.]

1. Intro [Prod. by Scram Jones] 2. Valley Of Death [Prod. by Cool & Dre] 3. I Am Crack [Prod. by Just Blaze] 4. Kilo (feat. Clipse & Cam’ron) [Prod. by DJ Infamous] 5. Rappers Are In Danger [Prod. by DJ Infamous] 6. Slow Down (Ha Ha) (feat. Young Jeezy) [Prod. by Scoop DeVille] 7. [cont.]

Here it is ya’ll, the cover artwork for the Kang’s upcoming LP KingUncaged.

Here we go with the MP3 of Killah Priest’s recent “Shadows” track.Download link is below.Also peep the tracklist for Killah’s upcoming LP The 3 Day Theory. Killah Priest – “Shadows” (MP3) Tracklisting (All tracks produced by Kount Fif) 1. Look at Life 2.Shadows 3.Betrayal featuring Cappadonna 4 Brolic featuring Empuls 5.Priest History 6.Fire Reign featuring [cont.]

Former drug kingpin Freeway Ricky Ross sat down for an interview with streetgangs.com to discuss his lawsuit against rapper and Diddy affiliate Rick Ross.Apparently,Freeway Ricky is none too happy about the heftier Rick Ross taking his famous name and using it for his own benefit.Understandable.It should also be noted that Ross contends that the lawsuit [cont.]

According to TMZ, Kid Cudi was arrested this past Friday in NYC on charges of felony criminal mischief and possession of a controlled substance.Sources told TMZ that Cudi took and slammed a 24 year old woman’s cell phone to pieces and also allegedly ripped her apartment door from it’s hinges.The controlled substance was found in [cont.]

It seems to simple. Elementary, even. But sometimes, young opening deejays, with delusions of grandeur, fail to adhere to the basic rules and courtesies that were passed down on two stone tablets to Young Moses by DJ God. Now, thanks to The Burning Bible, these rules have been outlined for all aspiring deejays to follow. [cont.]

Following on the success of The Colossus, producer/DJ/instrumentalist extraordinaire RJD2 returns with Inversions of the Colossus, a companion piece of its own unique nature. The “instrumental” album is a time-honored tradition in hip-hop that RJD2 has taken advantage of whenever possible (without an instrumental version of “Magnificent City”, there would be no MAD MEN theme!) [cont.]

Muggs speaks on the creation of he and Ill Bill’s collaborative LP, Kill Devil Hills. Tracklist: 1.) Cult Assassin 2.) Trouble Shooters f/Sean Price, O.C. & Sick Jacken 3.) Paul Stanley 4.) Illuminati 666 5.) Amputated Saint f/B-Real 6.) Skull & Guns f/Everlast & Slaine of La Coka Nostra 7.) Giants Stadium f/Q-Unique 8.) The [cont.]

Man Bites Dog Records announced today the release of the new Killah Priest album The 3 Day Theory. This LP has been 100% produced by Kount Fif (Man Bites Dog Records) who had worked with Killah Priest in the past on the track “Gun for Gun” with Nas which was featured on the Killah Priest [cont.]

Shadow held a remix contest a few months back, resulting in a series of fan made remixes of his classic tracks. He will release the winning remixes on a limited edition CD called The Remix Project, which will be available soon, exclusively @ DJShadow.Com. Peep the tracklist below. TRACKLIST: 1. Shadow Propaganda Mix (Somepling) 2. [cont.]

Three-time Grammy Award-winner Ludacris takes home his eighth consecutive RIAA certified album this week, as BATTLE OF THE SEXES (released March 9th) turns gold with U.S. sales in excess of a half-million units. The ninth album from DTP/Def Jam artist Ludacris, and his fourth #1 Soundscan debut, BATTLE OF THE SEXES is now three hit [cont.]

The innanet exploded this past week with speculation that Barack Obama was an extra in Tag Team’s “Whoomp! There It Is” video in 1993 (at the 1:01 mark). Gawker.Com, who broke the original story, got in touch with Tag Team, whom were happy enough answer some questions and get some much needed press in 2010. [cont.]

The world famous DJ Muggs and Ill Bill of Non Phixion will drop their collaborative LP entitled Kill Devil Hills on August 24 on Fat Beats Records.The LP will be produced entirely By DJ Muggs and features guest appearances from B-Real, Raekwon, Sean Price, Everlast, Slaine, Chace Infinite, O.C., Q-Unique, Vinnie Paz & Sick Jacken.Catch [cont.]