E! Online — MC Hammer is apparently under the impression that it's 1990 and he's on the charts. Still smarting from the "Hammer went broke" lyric rapped by Jay-Z in Kanye West's... more info

L.A. Times - Pop & Hiss — MC Hammer seriously can’t take a joke, can he? After Jay-Z took a slight jab at the rapper-minister-Cash4Gold spokesman (OK, maybe it was just one commercial) in a verse on Kanye West’s “So Appalled,” making light of Hammer's well-documented ... more info

Stereogum — Two hip-hop beefs to tell you about: First, and best: According to Billboard, Hammer posted a diss song/video in response to one of Jay-Z’s lines in the recent G.O.O.D. Friday track, “So Appalled.” We mentioned the offending line (“I lost 30 ... more info

Idolator — A few weeks ago, Jay-Z took a fairly harmless swipe at MC Hammer in the G.O.O.D. Friday jam “So Appalled” (which has also found its way onto Kanye’s album), and how does Hammer — who goes by King Hammer now, apparently — retaliate? By filmi... more info

Stereogum — Another G.O.O.D. Fridays track from Mr. West, a man who you could claim is overexposed these days if you were being a dick about it. This one features Jay-Z and Kid Cudi, some vocals from Charlie Wilson, and a samples of Curtis Mayfield’s velvety �... more info

Gigwise — Pages hidden around New York... more info

NME — Rapper has been hiding pages from his forthcoming book around New York more info

Guardian Music — The Beatles and the elder statesmen of hip-hop in one show? BrilliantThe Beatles and Black Music (Radio 1xtra) was a blueprint for good radio before they even made it. Right there, you have an excuse to play any Beatles song, any hip-hop song with a ... more info

Topix — This week Kanye West was exposed to the whole internet , just like he warned us about. more info

Guardian Music — Jay-Z has hidden multiple pages from his memoir on the streets of New York for his fans to find. We go on the huntI am jumping off the subway in Brooklyn, New York, on the hunt for a page of Jay-Z's much-anticipated memoir, Decoded, which is publishe... more info