It’s a damn shame Slaughterhouse doesn’t get the recognition they deserve. It’s even more of a shame each member doesn’t get the credit they rightfully deserve. None are the most “commercial” artists nor will they ever be, but when it comes to forming coherent verses over and over again, there aren’t many breathing air into microphones better than Crooked I, Joell Ortiz, Joe Budden and Royce Da 5’9.

The good thing about the quartet is their ability to make great group music, while also never forgetting about their own solo careers. For awhile now, Royce’s Bar Exam series has been one of the best in Hip-Hop. Then again, Royce has been one of the things in Hip-Hop for the past who knows how many years (although many don’t know, didn’t care to find out or a combination of the two). (Keep reading…)

TMZ is reporting Bone Thugs-N-Harmony’s Bizzy Bond - real name Byron McCane — wants to seek treatment for an addiction to marijuana and alcohol.  Bizzy could join Tila Tequila and Jason Wahler inside the rehab facility.

This isn’t the first time Bizzy would be featured on a show. 21years ago Bizzy was featured on America’s Most Wanted when being abducted as a child. Two years ago Bizzy returned to AMW to talk about the kidnapping & abuse he suffered. Read rest of story…

Drake’s “Thank Me Later” tour stopped at The House Of Blues in Cleveland (sponsored by Z107.9). He announced mid way through his set “June 2nd I get to go to New York, to place I personally wouldn’t like to go on any other circumstances, but I get to go to the place called Rikers Island. And visit someone that means the world to me. I dont know if ya’ll know him but he goes by the name motherf*ck’n Lil’ Wayne. SO you know I be talking to him on the phone from time to time, he asked me..he said.. FREE WEEZY”

With is being Cleveland of course. Lebron James came out.. Drake went on to say “See me and Lebron, we have something mutually in common. We both love women… a lot. We are both mature individuals but I feel like if we were the type to trick on a girl, this would be the song we’d sing to her”. End went into Fabolous “Throw It In the Bag” Remix while Lebron played hypeman.

Weezy and !MAYDAY! head back to Miami Beach rooftop to for Rebirth‘s fourth video premiere “Get A Life.” Also make sure to checkout “Fetti Holmes 2″ ….Lil Wayne hosts the latest mixtape from Scoob Doo and DJ Drama.

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Max called up AmalgamDigital for seven “wavy” minutes to give an update on his current state. He’s optimistic about his appeal and spoke on his legal victory against Jim Jones, which will allow Max to release his Vigilante Season debut album on Amalgam this September.

He didn’t gloat too much about it and even wished Dipset’s reunion success: “I wish these guys the best of success, hopefully we can all be civilized about the situation.”

Throughout the call he big ups his protege Young Riot (who Max was working with before & during the trial) and plugs their mixtape that just dropped, A Wave Called Yes.

“I’m cuttin’ up the onions, Biggavel a chef up in this joint“

Known for his humanitarian efforts, pretty soon Wyclef is going to be known his grown amount of college degrees. Recently, the Grammy Award winner served as the commencement at Western Connecticut State University. (Keep reading…)

Weezy Memorial Day Weekend Continues! The third video release “Knockout” ft. Nicki Minaj….

The Miami native covers, The Source’s Summer Heat issue, and has a whole lot on his mind. MTV was able to get an excerpt from the June/July issue, in which the MC talks about his roots in other cities down bottom. Ross reveals that his mother is from Clarksdale, Mississippi, and that he was born in the region’s Coahoma County.

“I always felt in touch with my black side riding by cotton fields at 5, 6 years old, seeing big mills of cotton balls. I was always in touch with slavery, when I could recognize a palm tree at the same age,” added the rapper, who was raised in Florida. “I always respected my culture, my people. Growing up in the streets of Miami, I saw different ways to escape a lot of conditions that I knew was around the corner in Mississippi. It always made me see the world from so many different aspects. I saw the fast life of Miami, but I also saw the slow countryside of a small, country town with a small population. I heard the struggles.”

When he’s not on the road promoting the Albert Anastasia mixtape or his upcoming album, Teflon Don, Ross is often in Atlanta. He opened up about why he spends so much time these days at his house in Georgia.

“Atlanta is a great place to resonate and meet a lot of producers,” he said. “It’s a great wealth of producers here, I believe more than any major city in the South. To really stay on top of your beats as an artist or make big moves — you should have a presence in Atlanta.” But Ross was quick to point out he hadn’t made a permanent relocation, telling the magazine, “I don’t live here. Miami is my primary spot. I own three studios and this is one of them.”

The new issue of The Source is a split cover; Ludacris has the other.

“Runnin” is the second Rebirth music video to premiere during MTV’s Lil Tunechi Memorial Weekend. Young Money artist Shannell who is featured on the song explained the concept behind the video saying:

The song is talking about running and asking when will whatever it is that you’re going through that’s not a positive thing end. So ‘Runnin’ ‘ is about wanting whatever it is in your life to stop.’

Shanell explained that in the video, an earthquake and other natural disasters and even a war, are metaphors and not visuals she had in mind while she was writing her portion of the song. “That wasn’t in my head. It was whatever personal thing that I was going through that I wanted to end. That’s what I was expressing, but when you write a song you want everybody to kind of relate, so the audience can make it mean whatever it means to them.”

Make sure to also check out “Da Da Da“ Video which dropped yesterday.

Tina Turner Remix.