"This Is To The Memory of Danroy Henry"

In this video the father of college footballer Danroy Henry thanks Jay-Z and Kanye West on behalf of his family for bringing attention to the murder of his son in their Watch The Throne track ‘Murder to Excellence’. Danroy Henry was shot and killed by a New York Police Officer last October.

YEBies Birthday: Shawn Corey Carter aka Jay-Z

The Marcy projects, Brooklyn birthed MC turns 41 today.  He already told us how he came to be on the track December 4th off The Black Album, so in honor of the God MC send @yebies or @yebiesonline your favorite Hov tracks and lines so we can ReTweet you. 

Jay Electronica "The Announcement" & "The Shiny Suit Theory" [Music]

Here's some long overdue and highly anticipated music from Roc Nation's newest member. Now that Electronica has Hov beside him hopefully Act 2: Patents of Nobility (The Turn) will be coming out sooner than later.

Download/Listen: Jay Electronica "The Announcement" & "The Shiny Suit Theory"


Here's some video footage of the night Jay was officially announced as part of Roc Nation by Jay-Z.

Young Guru Breaks Down The Current State Of Music Business

Longtime Roc-A-Fella engineer Young Guru breaks down how artists don't need to try to get into the music business the conventional way. Also he goes in on  how artists sign up to be slaves by singing record deals with major labels. Guru breaks down the evils of the current 360 deals and the importance of staying independent.  The more you hear him speak, the more you realize that the music industry is a well calculated, political industry.

Blame Reagan for making me into a monster...

"Blame Oliver North and Iran-Contra/ I ran contraband that they sponsored/ Before this rhyming stuff we was in concert" - Jay- Z "Blue Magic"

Jay-Z feat. Bono, The Edge & Rihanna - Stranded (Haiti Mon Amour)

This track has Jay-Z along with Bono, The Edge and Rihanna who all came together for Hope for Haiti. 100% of proceeds from the sale of the Hope For Haiti Now album and any of its individual live performance tracks will go to Clinton Bush Haiti Fund, Oxfam America, Partners In Health, Red Cross, UNICEF, United Nations World Food Programme, and Yéle Haiti Foundation. 100% of proceeds from the sale of the individual track, “Stranded (Haiti Mon Amour),” will benefit Partners In Health. This song will be available on iTunes, January 25th.





Listen: Jay-Z feat. Bono, The Edge & Rihanna - Stranded (Haiti Mon Amour)

Fred Hampton Jr. – D2S Interview (Video)

Talib Kweli and Hi-Tek (reflection eternal)- the re:union (mixed by statik selektah)

Talib Kweli and Hi-Tek are back with the RE:Union mixtape, mixed by Statik Selektah. This album was dropped last night just hours before the ball did. This a great mix of new song off their upcoming album (Revolutions Per Minute), and classic ones featuring some of the nicest MC's of our time.

1. Intro
2. Revolutions Per Minute
3. In This World ##
4. Hip-Hop (Unreleased)
5. Back Again ##
6. Wishing On A Black Star
7. Just Begun ft. Jay Electronica, J. Cole, & Mos Def ##
8. Come Around ft. Termanology & Royce da 5'9 (produced by Statik Selektah)
9. Internet Connection
10. Let It Go ft. Dion
11. Testify ft. Styles P
12. Time
13. The Thrill Is Gone ft. Styles P (produced by Statik Selektah)
14. Can We Go Back
The Reflection Eternal Classics:
15. Fortified Live ft. Mos Def & Mr Man
16. Chaos ft Bahamadia
17. The Express
18. Respiration ft. Common & Mos Def
19. Definition ft. Mos Def
20. RE:Defininition ft. Mos Def
21. Move Something
22. Ghetto Afterlife ft Kool G Rap
23. The Blast RMX ft. Erykah Badu
24. Good To You (produced by Kanye West)
25. Get By REMIX ft. Jay-Z, Mos Def, Kanye West, & Busta Rhymes (produced by Kanye west)
26. Back Up Offa Me
27. Piano (Hi Tek ft. Ghostface)
28. Music is Life (Hi Tek ft. Nas)
29. Hang Ups (NEW Reflection Eternal not on album)
30. Outro

Listen/Download: Talib Kweli and Hi-Tek (reflection eternal)- the re:union (mixed by statik selektah)

Jay-Z - Young Forever (feat. Mr. Hudson) [Video]

The visuals for the last track off the Blueprint 3.

In The Studio With Jay-Z & Robin Thicke Making “Meiplé”(Video)

Freestyle Friday: Jay-Z – Grammy Family Freestyle (Video) [2006]

I been crushin the buildin since Izod socks
I’m so independent sh.. i might buy Koch
I might not stop
Places to cop, 76 floors you can call me the Doc

Inspired by Boesky, got my chariots of fire
Everybody took shots, hit my body up, I’m tired
Build me up break me down to build me up again
They like “Hov we need you back so we can kill ya as. again”
Hov got flow, though he’s no Big and Pac, but he’s close
How I’m ‘posed to win? They got me fighting ghosts…

Same sword the knight you they gon’ good night you with
Sh.., Thats only half if they like you
That aint even the half what they might do
Dont believe me ask Michael
See Martin, see Malcolm
You See Biggie, see Pac, see success and its outcome
See Jesus, see Judas, see Caesar, see Brutus
See success is like suicide
Suicide is a suicide
If you succeed, prepare to be crucified
Media meddles, ni..as sue you, you settle
Every step you take, they remind you, you ghetto
So its tough being Bobby Brown
To be Bobby then, you gotta be Bobby now
Now the question is, “Is to have had and lost
Better than not having at [all]?”

Everybody wanna be the King then shots ring
You layin on your balcony with holes in your dream
Or you Malcolm X’d out, get distracted by screams
Everybody get your hand off my jeans!
Everybody look at you strange say you changed
Uhh! Like you work that hard to stay the same
Uhh! Game stays the same the name changes
So its best for those to not overdose on being famous
Most kings get driven so insane
That they try to hit the same vein that Kurt Cobain did
??No dangers, so shameless??
Invited to the intersanctum of yo chambers
??Low chained em as the enemies approach??
So raise ya draw bridge and drown em in the moat
And the Spirit I’m evokin
**Mumbles some BS** Hold on…

Everybody screamin they want the old Hov
But the new improved Hov hit like Albert Pujols
Everybody wanna hear me talk that money like Phil Rizzuto
But my mind is on Pluto
Bills that I do fold, i now invest on
Tryna find some loopholes in the IRS
As where I used to have a few bi..hes I am just
Concentratin on makin a new Hov through sex
I’ve awaken just in time to school those putos
Tryna follow in my shoes wit jewels froze
Better adhere to this tax ‘fore you go
Broke, spendin more than you’ve accrued on silly baguettes
I know silly baguettes, silly you’ll learn on your own
At least my conscience is clear, I’m no longer steering you wrong
Aint nothing wrong with baguettes after you get a home
Take care of your home, you can go back and **Ugh!**

I’m getting courted by the bosses,
The Edgars And Doug Morris-es-es
Jimmy I’s and Lyors-es its
Gotta be more than the choruses
They respecting my mind now
Just a matter of time now
Operation: Takeover Corporate
Makeover offices-es-es then takeover all of it
Please may these words be recorded
To serve as testimony that i saw it all before it
Came to fruition, sort of a preminition
Uncontrollable, hustler’s ambition
Alias, SUPERSTITION, like Stevie
THE WRITINGS ON THE WALL, like my lady, right BB
Saw it all before some of yall thought I was crazy maybe
Like a fox I’m cagey, Ah Ah!
The more successful, the more stressful
The more and more I transform to Gordan Gekko
In the race to a billion got my face to the ceiling
Got my knees on the floor plz Lord forgive him
Has he lost his religion, is the greed gon’ get him?
He’s having heaven on earth, will his wings still fit him?
I got the Forbes on my living room floor
And I’m still talkin to the poor, ni..a I want more
TIME’s most influential, was impressive
‘Specially since, I wasnt in the artist section
Had me with the builders and the titans
Had me right with Rupie Murdoch
Billionaire Boys and some dudes you never heard of
Word up on Madison Ave, is I’m a Cash cow
Word down on Wall Street homie, you get the cash out
IPO Hov no need for reverse merger
The boy money talk no need to converse further
The baby blue Maybach like I own Gerber
Boardroom I’m liftin ya skirt up

Wale – Thank You Freestyle

Wale continues to record new material even though his album just came out and was on tour with Jay-Z. Here's the DC Ambassador of rap with another freestyle, this time using Jay-Z’s “Thank You” as the canvas to work with. Enjoy

Listen/Download: Wale - Thank You Freestyle

Talib Kweli On Peter Rosenberg’s Noisemakers

Talib speaks on Jay-Z cosign


Talib talks about his favorite Kanye tour stories

Q-Tip On Giving Beats To Biggie & Jay-Z

Lebron James Interview about More Than A Game Movie & Music (Video)

More Than A Game (Artwork & Mary J Blige- Stronger)

Bonus: Drake - Forever Remix (ft.Kanye West, Lil Wayne, & Eminem) of the More Than A Game soundtrack

Trailer of The Big L Story

Here's a lot more on one of the greatest to touch a mic. In the short time Big L was here on the earth, he left a lasting impression on many people and especially the rap game.



BIG L Rest In Peace.

TalkOfTheCitee vol.1

Enjoy some new music from a new artist. Be a leader, not follower. Get at get on Twitter and Myspace. Download the mixtape by clicking on the cover or back.

Music Monday- Isaac Hayes aka "Black Moses"- Ike's Mood And The Samples.

On this monday I that it was fit to bridge the gap from the old to the new with this selection. Its one of my favorite pieces by Black Moses. Hayes's sound, voice, and his sense of fashion will forever be remembered . This song was off the ...To Be Continued album in 1970.

Isaac Hayes Ikes Mood Compo

Fabolous - Money Goes, Honey Stay [When The Money Goes Remix] f. Jay-Z [Video]

The Brooklyn boys hook up for the song and the video... All black everyting... BP3 is on the way.