MTV.com News — 'Did you ever have anybody try to kill you?' the Bronx MC says of being counted out after weak album sales.By Shaheem Reid Fat Joe Photo: Shareif Ziyadat/ FilmMagic Fat Joe is like the vampire Bill Compton on HBO's "True Blood" — crawling... more info

Pitchfork — Fucked Up are staying busy as fuck. On their plate, they've got new singles, split releases, a charity appearance, a cover of an '80s classic, and, apparently, touring and collaborating with Public Enemy (!) Fucked Up make great albums, like 2008's ... more info

Guardian Music — GZA, Fat Joe and Sadat X have all got follow-up fever. So how long till we get Straight Back to Compton?Only Built 4 Cuban Linx, the mesmerising debut from Wu-Tang Clansman Raekwon changed hip-hop in 1995, as lesser MCs rushed to ram raid the album's... more info

KEXP Seattle — These days KEXP plays quite a bit of rap and hip hop, of course during Street Sounds every week, but also mixed into pretty much all of the variety mix DJs’ sets. From Blue Scholars to Shabazz Palaces, Public Enemy to LL Cool J, most of the DJs he... more info

NME - The Bands Blog — The Big Pink guitarist loves Smashing Pumpkins, Butthole Surfers and being alone in remote Scotland My first album ‘Straight Out The Jungle’ by Jungle Brothers “They came out around the same time as NWA and Public Enemy, but they didn’t hav... 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

Pitchfork - Tours —   06-03 Asheville, NC - The Orange Peel !06-04 Cincinnati, OH - Fountain Square !06-05 Richmond, VA - The National !06-07 New York, NY - Grant Ballroom @ Manhattan Center !06-20 Chicago, IL - Taste of Randolph Street Festival #09-11 Raleigh, NC - Ho... more info

Rollo & Grady — The Sasquatch Music Festival takes place this weekend at the Gorge Amphitheatre in George, Washington. Some of the acts scheduled to appear include My Morning Jacket, Drive-By Truckers, Avi Buffalo, Dr. Dog, Pavement, Public Enemy, Tame Impala, Ween,... more info

Pitchfork — We're inching closer and closer to Memorial Day Weekend, the unofficial beginning of summer and also the weekend of the Sasquatch! Festival, taking place May 29-31 at the Gorge in George, Washington. (Yes, George, Washington. Ha ha, LOL, etc.) This ... more info

411 Mania — The latest edition of Life On Shuffle features songs from Public Enemy, The White Stripes and The King Of Pop, Michael Jackson. Which songs from these legendary acts are dissected this week? Only one way to find out. Click The Link! more info