NME — Independent record shops say the exclusive iTunes release will do them 'great damage' more info

Gigwise — Rappers come under fire... more info

ContactMusic — 50 Cent's plans for a joint album with former rap rival Kanye West has been thrown into doubt after the Stronger hitmaker teamed up with Jay Z for their highly-anticipated Watch The Throne release. The In Da Club star went head-to-head with West in t... more info

Impose Magazine — While we wait to hear Frank Ocean's contributions to Jay-Z and Kanye's Watch The Throne album, a loosie from Mr. Ocean surfaced called "Thinking About You" that will hopefully make the re-release (?) of Nostalgia, Ultra, which was whittled do... more info

L.A. Times - Entertainment — Cast members of the 25th-anniversary national tour of "Les Misérables," currently at the Ahmanson Theatre through July 31, recently took time out of their performance schedule to create an online music video in which they parody the pop hit "Empire ... more info

The Hip Hop Chronicle — Young Jeezy is going all out for the release of his brand new album. TM103 drops on September 20th and two confirmed guests on the project will be André 3000, Drake and Jay-Z. The album is set to have two versions of a track called “I Do”. One v... more info

Brooklyn Vegan — Jay & Ye wait to receive the large bundles of money about to be thrown at them Tickets for the previously discussed Jay-Z/Kanye West aka Watch The Throne (isn't throne a synonym for toilet?) show scheduled for September 27 &... more info

Perez Hilton — Sometimes more is not more! 2 is not greater than 1! We love them both individually, but we have not been feeling the songs we've heard thus far from < Kanye West and Jay-Z's Watch The Throne. Check out The Joy, featuring Curtis Mayfield, above. Anot... more info

White Folks Get Crunk — Not sure if its by coincidence or not that this dropped a few days after the Jay Z & Kanye joint that also samples Otis Redding. I mean the man made nothing but classics so there is a good chance it is coincidence. Around the 40 sec mark this joint c... more info

Guardian Music — 100 Club, LondonWith the R&B world still reeling from the loss of its last great innovator, eyes turn to Hackney-via-Ireland soul rapper Maverick Sabre to step into Amy's teetering stilettos. He has shown early promise: his cameo on Professor Green's... more info