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DJ Khaled recently discussed his new album, Kiss the Ring, which features pretty much every relevant rapper in the hip-hop scene. "I named the album Kiss the Ring because I really mean it." [92Q]
Voila, magic! Watch Rick Ross perform "Black Magic" on stage with real magician David Copperfield in Vegas Tuesday night (Aug. 21). "This is a motherfuckin' icon," Ross said, by way of introduction. "In his field, he's the greatest that ever did it." Houdini? [RapFix]
Speaking of "voila, magic," here's a video exploring Future's relationship with the Dungeon Family, and his background "diggin' in the crates." Dungeon Family, extremely underrated. [YouTube]
A$AP Rocky performed his new track "Goldie" on "Late Night with Jimmy Fallon" Tuesday night, backed by The Roots. [HipHopDX]
Here's another weird song from O.D.B. progeny Boy Jones, "Can't Get It Right," featuring RZA. The title pretty much says it all. [SoundCloud]
After their public reconciliation, Shyne dissed Diddy on a newly leaked track titled "You're Welcome." Oh well. [Rap-Up]
See Best Hip-Hop and R&B Albums of 2012 (So Far)
- Nas, Life Is Good
- Elle Varner, Perfectly Imperfect
- Curren$y, The Stoned Immaculate
- Frank Ocean, Channel Orange
- Odd Future, The OF Tape Vol. 2
- Emeli Sande, Our Version of Events
- Ab-Soul, Control System
- R. Kelly, Write Me Back
- B.o.B., Strange Clouds
- Rick Ross, God Forgives, I Don't
- Usher, Looking 4 Myself
- Schoolboy Q, Habits & Contradictions
- Robert Glasper Experiment, Black Radio
- Big K.R.I.T., Live From the Underground
- BJ the Chicago Kid, Pineapple Now-Laters
- Aziz Ansari on Hip-Hop Album Covers
- 50 Cent's 'Get Rich or Die Tryin'
- A$AP Rocky's 'Live.Love.A$AP'
- Notorious B.I.G.'s 'Ready to Die'
- Dr. Dre's 'The Chronic'
- Jay-Z's 'The Blueprint 2'
- R. Kelly's 'Double Up'
- Lil Wayne's 'Tha Carter IV'
- Meek Mill's 'Dreamchasers 2'
- Maybach Music Group's 'Self Made, Vol. 2'
- Nas' 'Life Is Good'
- Nicki Minaj's 'Pink Friday: Roman Reloaded'
- Waka Flocka Flame's 'Flockaveli'
- Fountain of Youth Faces in Hip-Hop & R&B
- Mariah Carey
- Pharrell Williams
- Jennifer Lopez
- LL Cool J
- Monica
- Diddy
- Sade
- Common
- Erykah Badu
- Prince
- Queen Latifah
- Usher
- Janet Jackson
- Maxwell
- MC Lyte
- Tyrese
- Toni Braxton
- Smokey Robinson
- Brandy
- Andre 3000
- In House With Machine Gun Kelly
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