The Hip Hop Chronicle — Affion Crockett plays Jay-Z, Kanye West, Lil Wayne, Cory Gunz and Freeway in this promo spoof for his TV show “In The Flow” more info

ContactMusic — 'Watch The Throne', the hugely anticipated collaborative album by Kanye West and Jay Z, was officially released on Monday (8th August 2011), becoming one of the first high-profile albums in recent times to avoid "the leak". The duo, collectively know... more info

USA Today Music — Album is a potent set of tracks that finds them stepping up their games and stepping out of their comfort zones. more info

ContactMusic — Kanye West caused a stir during his headline set at the UK's 'The Big Chill' festival on Saturday (6th August 2011), comparing himself to Adolf Hitler. Just days before the release of his collaboration album with Jay Z, Kanye was booed by festivalgoe... more info

Nialler9 — In a rare occurrence, Jay-Z and Kanye’s long-awaited Watch The Throne album went on sale this morning via iTunes without leaking beforehand. AMAZING. Even more amazing though, is the music itself. I’m loving this album, it’s early days of liste... more info

Perez Hilton — You heard them - WATCH IT! Check out this teaser trailer for Jay-Z and Kanye West's joint venture, Watch The Throne! (above) So dark and vague and unrevealing. Thoughts??? more info

The Hip Hop Chronicle — August 8th is almost upon us and Jay and Yeezy drop off a trailer. more info

Guardian Music — Esquire deputy editor Johnny Davis and Elizabeth Sankey of indie duo Summer Camp debate whether there are too many festivals clogging up the British summerJohnny Davis UK music festivals are in decline because they've hit a natural ceiling: there are... more info

Mercury News, California — Also: Civil rights film 'The Help' opens Wednesday. more info

Guardian Music — Tricky's unlikely collaboration with Beyoncé was just the start, as Morcheeba and co set the production tone for 2011When Beyoncé headlined Glastonbury earlier this summer, the biggest surprise wasn't that she managed to pull it off – in spite of... more info