Watch as Katy Parry sucks every amount of soul out of Jay and Ye’s club cut of the year.

?uestlove recently spoke on the status of Jay Electronica’s long-awaited Roc Nation debut LP, Act II. He reports that the album is done, and that it is Jay-Z’s favorite LP of 2012, yet it has “no singles” to help push it. Listen below…. LISTEN: Questlove Says Jay Electronica’s Album Is Done

A doo-rag sporting Jiggaman from 1998 speaks on how he and Biggie “bounced off of each other” in this recently dug up MTV interview clip.

Heh.

In two separate interviews, both ?uestlove and Pharrell speak on working with Jay-Z on as-of-yet-unannounced projects.

Drake appears on this version, along with original verses in tact.

Bout damn time.

Jon Connor will team with DJ Green Lantern for The Blue Album, an LP of covers of tracks from Jay-Z’s The Blueprint series. We can get behind this.

In this episode of Tony Williams’ #Road2KoTF, he recounts his time in the studio during Kanye West’s Graduation LP. In the clip, he shows never-seen-before footage of Kanye playing the track “Big Brother” for Jay-Z, which makes him a bit “emotional”. Surely one of the dopest cuts in Kanye’s catalog.

Jay-Z and Beyonce celebrate of their daughter with the release of this new track. Hello Hello Baby Blue. We are happy to announce the arrival of our beautiful daughter, Blue Ivy Carter, born on Saturday, January 7, 2012. Her birth was emotional and extremely peaceful, we are in heaven. She was delivered naturally at a [cont.]

Jay-Z speaks to MTV about artist development and creative control within his Roc Nation imprint.

“I think it’s great for him, because I’m sure it’s a dream of his. We grew up seeing Michael Jackson, and I’m sure he grew up seeing whatever moment stuck in his mind, so I know it’s great for him to do that,” Hov told MTV News following a press conference announcing a pair of [cont.]

“It depends on how this thing finishes up,” Jay said in reference to his and Kanye’s current Watch the Throne Tour. “We — I say ‘we’ because I’m in Throne mode — we’re in a great place creatively. You might see a Jay, then Kanye and a Throne album next year. You know, we’re really [cont.]

Hov had a press release yesterday, announcing plans to play Carnegie Hall, making him the first rapper to do so.

Ross speaks with DJ Envy on the release of his new LP, God Forgives, I Don’t, and the Jay-Z collabo contained within.

Jay-Z and Kanye West do “N***as In Paris”, followed by ‘Ye’s solo performance of “Stronger”.

Prodigy sits down with Peter Rosenberg and Cipher Sounds to discuss memories with Saigon, Jay-Z, and 2Pac.

We guess Jeezy doesn’t know about the “Murdered-You-On-Your-Own-Shit” awards. From TM103, coming one day. Recognize that sample, Twista fans? Download

Common speaks on “Blue Sky”, the lead single to The Dreamer, The Believer, due November 22nd.

History in the making!