Culture Bully — Audio and video of Q-Tip performing "Barely in Love" with the Roots on the Sept. 6 episode of Late Night more info

Stereogum — The Black Keys recruited quite a crew for their Damon Dash-spearheaded hip-hop project Blakroc. Mos Def, Q-Tip, RZA, Jim Jones, Raekwon, Ludacris, and the ghost of ODB all appear. Hear a cut and look for the LP 11/27 AKA Black Friday. more info

Nialler9 — I wrote about Q-Tip’s shelved yet brilliant jazzy / hi- hop album album back in 2006, and it’s finally been released this week through Battery Records. You can listen to it on Tip’s Myspace. My interview for State with Q-Tip where he… more info

Rolling Stone — Photo: Mazur/WireImage Fresh off her widely praised performance at last night’s VMAs, Janet Jackson is offering fans a listen to new song “Make Me” as “A gift from Janet” on her official Website. The Black Keys have collaborated with RZA, ... more info

Guardian Music — Guests on debut album of Blackroc project, produced by Damon Dash, will include Mos Def, Q-Tip and RZAThe Black Keys are going hip-hop, launching a project called Blackroc with rapper Jim Jones. Guests on their debut album will include Mos Def, Q-Tip... more info

NME — Mos Def, RZA, Raekwon and Q-Tip all feature more info

MTV.com News — More than a decade after the first Only Built 4 Cuban Linx, the Chef has a reason to celebrate. Raekwon at his "Only Built 4 Cuban Linx II" album release party at Santos Party House in New York Photo: Jerritt Clark/ Getty Images NEW YORK �... more info

Soul Sides — First off, I hope Jared doesn't mind that I'm reposting this; it was originally an email - about as close to blogging as Mr. Boxx gets. (I should note that Jared may very well be #1 on my life of "people who don't have a blog but really should" but I... more info

MTV.com News — 'He continues to make hit records that work,' 50 says of Soulja, in Mixtape Daily. By Shaheem Reid, with additional reporting by Jayson Rodriguez 50 Cent and Soulja Boy Photo: Film Majic/Getty Images Voice of the People: 50 Cent Last mo... more info

NME — 'Kamaal The Abstract' sees the light of day after eight years more info