Hip-hop superproducers Swizz Beatz and Just Blaze staged an impromptu, energetic head-to-head battle of the beats over live video.

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KRS-One, Redman, Jadakiss, Method Man and Public Enemy among rap's OGs with new project

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Jay-Z will release a solo album on July 4, entitled Magna Carta Holy Grail, an album that will be available three days early for Samsung Galaxy users, as part of a joint venture between the music mogul and electronics titan.

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Hot off the radio presses, Jay-Z drops "Open Letter," supposedly recorded soon after Jay-Z and Beyonce returned from Cuba, in a trip that caught the attention of political bigwigs.

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Big Steve Gee drops the next in his Big Boroughs mixtape series, featuring joints from a slew of New York hip hop artists, including Jadakiss, French Montana, Swizz Beatz, A$AP Rocky, 50 Cent, Fat Joe, Raekwon, Nore, Red Cafe, Maino, Fabolous, Vado, Stack Bundles, Lloyd Banks, Styles P, Paris, Mysonne, Red Cafe and Cau2gs.

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With an eclectic mix of poetic hip hop, concepts and production, these two recent mixtape projects demonstrate Crosby's unique musical lane, thoughtful and progressive, but not unapproachable.

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