Pitchfork — Photo by B+ According to an in-depth LA Weekly story on Madlib (via XXL), the California beat master just might end up in the credits on Kanye West's forthcoming fifth album. West put "five Madlib beats on hold for his new album," according to the pi... more info

MTV.com News — Collaborators covered soul song 'Our Generation,' after hearing it sampled on classic '90s Pete Rock & C.L. Smooth track.By Steven Roberts John Legend Photo: MTV News Ernie Hines probably isn't the first name that comes to mind when you thi... more info

MTV.com News — Awards show marks the MC's first performance since his VMA incident last year.By Jayson Rodriguez Kanye West performs at the 2010 BET Awards Photo: Kevin Mazur/ WireImage Kanye West returned with a riveting solo performance at the 2010 BET ... more info

Pitchfork — "They said I was the abomination of Obama's nation / Well, that's a pretty bad way to start the conversation." That's Kanye West, in the brand new five-minute sneer session "Power", which Stereogum says is the first single from Kanye's forthcoming... more info

MTV.com News — 'They say I was the abomination of Obama's nation,' West raps on new single.By Shaheem Reid Kanye West Photo: Kevin Mazur/ WireImage While many were sleeping Thursday night, Kanye West was declaring that his hiatus is over as his new singl... more info

Stereogum — Kanye’s been doing his Good Ass Job for a bit down on The Island — it was originally announced as the follow-up to Graduation, until he ran into an 808 and a heartbreak. So ostensibly the next step in Ye’s educational/corporate-evolution titula... more info

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

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

XLR8R — The Brooklyn hip-hop label responsible for pushing work from legendary artists the likes of J. Dilla, Wu-Tang, and Pete Rock, Nature Sounds has unleashed a new series of free podcasts which will feature close and extended members of the beat-and-vers... more info

Stereogum — Legendary producer/emcee Pete Rock adds something new to the heavily textured “Here To Fall,” the first track on Yo La Tengo’s Popular Songs. Basically, it sounds more like an actual popular song. More specifically, Rock rewires the original’... more info