We All Want Someone To Shout For — A new Jay-Z song called “Ultra” leaked all over music blogs yesterday, all while I was busy at work. “Ultra” features Swizz Beatz, and some pretty annoying tags. It is going to be featured on the upcoming Trending Topics 4 mixtape. Grab below... more info

L.A. Times - Pop & Hiss — Jay-Z's epitaph to auto-tune never made it to Nobody, the venerable local producer, DJ and, now, singer-songwriter. One can interpret this only as a good thing. Granted, the addiction to artificial vocals endemic in contemporary urban music mostly br... more info

Guardian Music — Johnny Marr recalls the music, others the good times. But for all, there's no festival quite like GlastonburyJohnny Marr46, the SmithsWhen the Smiths played Glastonbury in 1984, we were slightly out of our element. Previously, we'd always played to m... more info

Idolator — Jay-Z and Alicia Keys’ fiance/babydaddy Swizz Beatz teamed up for a recently surfaced track called “Ultra”, which comes off of Evil Empire’s Trending Topics 4 mixtape. (Evil Empire previously released Jay and Drake’s “Light Up” last wee... more info

Stereogum — Jay-Z does this Swizz Beatz-made track from the upcoming Evil Empire mixtape Trending Topics (as in, #trendingtopics). If you can get past the numerous Evil Empire drops and the constant whistling on “Ultra” you might notice something sounds a li... more info

Pitchfork — With an imminent hits collection, a stadium tour, and confirmed studio time with Jack White and Dr. Dre, it's clear that Jay-Z hasn't been spending his post-Blueprint 3 days relaxing on the beach (if he were, though, at least we know what he'd be sit... more info

Pitchfork - Forkcast — With an imminent hits collection, a stadium tour, and confirmed studio time with Jack White and Dr. Dre, it's clear that Jay-Z hasn't been spending his post-Blueprint 3 days relaxing on the beach (if he were, though, at least we know what he'd be... more info

Idolator — Prior to Drake’s full Thank Me Later album surfacing online overnight—a full two weeks before its scheduled release date—we’d already gotten an earful of several of the LP’s tracks (including Drizzy’s pairing with Jay-Z on “Light Up,”... more info

VH1 Blog — The lineup for 2010 VH1 Hip Hop Honors (premiering Monday, June 7 at 9/8c) continues ballooning. VH1 staples Brandy, Ray J and Diddy, and hip-hop titans like Drake and T.I. are among the acts recently added to the lineup. Full list in the press relea... more info

AllHipHop — (AllHipHop News) Organizers revealed the lineup for the 40th Annual Bumbershoot festival that takes place each year in Seattle, Washington. Rappers J. Cole and Jay Electronic will join Mary J. Blige and hundreds of bands that are slated to play at Bu... more info