All we have to say is, you can see the weakness of a man right through his iris….. and Solar’s wearing sunglasses throughout the entire interview. Pfffff.

Who is Chew Fu, you ask? He’s one of the current house music remixers worshipped by deejays, and has remixed just about every pop hit over the last year or so. While Rihanna has always been one to re-release her albums with house versions, this is the first time she’s entrusted that task to one [cont.]

As usual, Cube rolls with the conceptual steez for his latest LP, I Am The West. Now we understand the whole “you can’t dis the old west” thing. Hits on July 13th.

Curtis Young is the son of Dr. Dre, who plans to release his debut solo album, Product of My DNA, on his own Young Entertainment imprint, which he will write, producer, and engineer. “My world became complete when I finally met my father at the age of 21. I am extremely grateful for my father [cont.]

Above is the cover art for the forthcoming new LP from La Coka Nostra / Arsonists member Q-Unique, Between Heaven & Hell LP. The album is set for a summer release on Necro’s Psycho+Logical-Records, and has been in production since 2008. The first video released from it was “Rise Above”, as seen below.

What’s next for producer Marco Polo? Hot off the heals of his recent The eXXecution LP with Ruste Juxx, he will follow up with a production LP called The Stupendous Adventures Of…, hitting on June 29th, 2010. The guest heavy LP features appearances from Large Pro, D-Stroy, Bad Seed, Rustee Juxx, Torae, Royce Da 5’9, [cont.]

“F-Asterix-cking”, whatever do they mean by that? Artwork by Keebz @ Crackpixels.com. Special preorders kick off at www.qn5.com on Friday. 01. The Support Group 02. I F*cking Hate Rappers – Produced By Tonedeff 03. The Show 04. Nasty – Produced By Domingo 05. Wanna Know (ft. Deacon The Villain) – Produced By Kno 06. The [cont.]

Entertainment Weekly announced plans from VH1 and 50 Cent to bring a new reality show to the network. With many details about the show still unclear, the name of the show will be 50′s Roots and will follow 50 Cent as he travels down south. 50 is hoping to uncover his family lineage in search [cont.]

Last week Hot 97 Las Vegas and Hiphopsite.com friend Mr. Bob had a phone interview on the radio with Def Jam’s newest addition, Big Boi. They talk about the new single “Shutterbug,” The forthcoming album and features and the situation with Andre 3000. Check it out below. Also, big props to Mr. Bob for dropping [cont.]

DJ Premier just released the following statement in regards to Guru’s passing. IT WAS A SAD DAY FOR ME TO GET CONFIRMATION ON THE DEATH OF A MAN WHO I WILL CONTINUE TO CALL MY BROTHER, KEITH ELAM, BETTER KNOWN AS GURU OF THE LEGENDARY GANG STARR. FROM 1988-2004, WE EXPERIENCED SO MUCH SUCCESS TOGETHER [cont.]

Not surprisingly, in a new statement released by Guru’s sister on behalf of his family, new facts are released that directly contradict claims made by Solar since February. The statement reads: The Elam family wishes to thank the fans of our son/brother/father uncle/nephew/cousin Keith aka GURU for the outpouring of love, concern and support. Our [cont.]

Longtime heads will remember when Crooked I signed with Death Row Records in the early 2000′s. At the time, Death Row was perhaps the most hated label in the industry, as they were constantly trying to cock-block their former artists by releasing albums like Death Row Presents The Chronic 2000 or Snoop Dogg’s Dead Man [cont.]

Stoner supreme, Snoop Dogg has set up a new website located at Snoop420.com, where users can “smoke with Snoop”, by uploading a photo of themselves through the site’s animation wizard. What comes out is a short flash movie of “you” (or in the above case, Barack Obama) sharing a fattie with Snoop Dogg. Then you [cont.]

Dates released today on ThisIs50.Com. May 28, 2010 – Cleveland – Wolstein Center May 29, 2010 – Detroit – Chene Park May 30, 2010 – Chicago – UIC Pavillion Jun 01, 2010 – Denver – Filmore Jun 03, 2010 – San Francisco – Warfield Jun 04, 2010 – Los Angeles – Nokia Jun 06, 2010 [cont.]

Anyone who knows ?uesto personally, or at least has followed him over the years, knows that he like short, tight, concise albums, and usually cites Michael Jackson’s “Thriller” and Nas “Illmatic” as examples. Here, he publically reaches out to Jay Electronica, pleading with him to craft a classic. Read on: that’s what made Nas’ Illmatic [cont.]

Preorders for Janelle Monae’s hotly anticipated The Archandroid are up now, directly from the label. Packages are broken down as follows: Premium Package – $39.99: Includes “ArchAndroid” CD, immediate MP3 downloads of “Tightrope” and “Coldwar” with PDF artwork, The ArchAndroid 27″ x 40″ movie poster, and t-shirt. Deluxe Package – $26.99: Includes “ArchAndroid” CD, immediate [cont.]

Fresh off a month-long tour with former partner-in-rhyme, Chamillionaire, Houston rapper, Paul Wall, is all set to drop his 4th major label album, Heart of a Champion, on June 29th through SwishaHouse/Asylum Records. Almost half of the tracks featured on the album are produced by long-time friend and Expensive Taste band-mate, Travis Barker. The album [cont.]

Kid Cudi announces the title of his second album, changed from the original title, Cudder and the Revolution of Evolution. Good move. The “revolution / evolution” thing has already been beaten to death by The Beatles / John Legend / Ron Paul / T-Pain. And Cudder just sounds dirty. Cudi explains why below: WHY? i [cont.]

After being hospitalized two months ago for an undisclosed illness, Gang Starr frontman, Guru – aka Keith Elam – died yesterday in what has been revealed as a lengthy battle with cancer, at the age of 43, according to DJPremierBlog.Com. While his illness has been shrouded in mystery and controversy over the last few weeks, [cont.]

The soundtrack for the 1 hour {adult swim} animated special Freaknik: The Musical is being released on iTunes on Tuesday 4/20. The soundtrack will feature full versions of 5 songs from the show by T-Pain, Rick Ross, Young Cash, Snoop Dogg and Mack Maine. Above, you can see the greatest animated video ever released.