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Jay-Z's Blueprint 3 to hit stores Dec. 2?

It's turning out to be quite the season for hip-hop lovers. T.I.'s Paper Trail was released Tuesday, Missy Elliott's much-delayed Block Party will (hopefully) finally hit Nov. 11, Kanye West has moved up his new album to "sometime in November," 50 Cent's Before I Self Destruct debuts Dec. 9, and now Jay-Z's Blueprint 3 record is rumored to drop Dec. 2....  read more

The 10 Best Hip-Hop Songs VH1 Forgot

VH1 just announced the “100 Greatest Hip-Hop Songs Ever!!!” and the list isn’t terrible. It’s actually pretty good. They have Public Enemy's “Fight The Power” in the right place (# 1), they identified the best Notorious B.I.G. song (“Juicy”) and, apart from the egregious inclusion of Coolio (at #38 with the horrendous “Gangsta’s Paradise”), they don’t have a lot of embarrassing inclusions. But they did forget some amazing tracks. Here, in 10 words or less, we make the case for the 10 best hip-hop songs VH1 forgot. They may not trump “Fight They Power,” but they’re all better than anything...  read more

Missy Elliott introduces first-ever 3-D music video

Once upon a time, the music video was an innovation. “What do you mean by 'music video,'” asked incredulous old-timers. “Do you mean footage of bands performing their songs live?” When told that music videos could actually have plots and other creative, cinematic elements, those same old-timers lost touch with the modern world, daunted by the infinite speed of progress. And then they died*. Now, it’s time for a whole new generation of old-timers to experience shock and awe, because Missy Elliott is about to screen the world’s first-ever 3-D music video. Missy worked on the “Ching-A-Ling” video with longtime...  read more