MTV.com News — Symbolyc One got a text saying, 'Kanye is loving your stuff, he said he's about to change your life.'By Jayson Rodriguez Kanye West Photo: MTV News Kanye West has aligned a murderer's row of producers for his forthcoming album, including Pe... more info

Pitchfork — MP3:> Black Sheep: "Birds of a Feather [ft. Q-Tip, Dave & Mike Gee]" In the late 80s and early 90s, the loosely affiliated Native Tongues crew brought a playful bohemian warmth to hip-hop, helping to expand the genre's boundaries. And now Black Shee... more info

Nialler9 — What are the chances? If any uppity young producer have-it-all was unlikely to be featured here any time soon it was probably Mark Ronson. The man responsible for the most ubiquitously annoying covers album going in Version and the pretty awful yet w... more info

We All Want Someone To Shout For — A radio rip of a new Mark Ronson song from his upcoming album Record Collection has surfaced via The Fader. Of course it came from a Radio 1 Zane Lowe show. The song is “Bang Bang Bang”, and it features Q-Tip and MNDR, otherwise known as Amanda W... more info

Stereogum — We missed MNDR (AKA Amanda Warner) when she canceled her spot opening for Sleigh Bells in Brooklyn a couple weeks back. But she had a good reason to bow out — she had an offer to open for Massive Attack in the US. Other big things were in the works... more info

MTV.co.uk News — Super-producer Mark Ronson has just announced details of his next single. Ronson hasn’t released anything in more than two years but now he’s teamed up with rapper Q-Tip and electro-pop... more info

MTV.com News — 'Kanye leaned over and said, 'Play track three.' They all went nuts,' DJ Scram Jones says of partiers at CV.By Jayson Rodriguez Kanye West Photo: Kevin Mazur/ WireImage Kanye West has largely shunned the spotlight since his stage-crashing r... more info

Topix — In between fistfuls of popcorn on the red carpet, rapper Q-Tip tells Niteside his favorite flicks, what movies he's looking forward to and demonstrates how to go full-zip on his full-length hoodie during the recent " Holy Rollers " premiere at Landma... more info

MTV.com News — MC hopes to drop a single soon from Cons TV, co-produced by the two hip-hop heavyweights.By Shaheem Reid Kanye West and Consequence Photo: MTV News G.O.O.D. Music artist Consequence says he has another single coming soon. This one will be o... more info

Jam! Showbiz Music, Canada — Drummer Pat Carney never would have guessed it, but the best thing to happen to the Black Keys' gritty blues-rock sound came from a one-off rap-rock experiment alongside rappers Q-Tip and RZA. more info