According to TMZ, a Ruff Ryders reunion is in the works. DMX himself has said “We are all family and we’re going to come back stronger than when we left … It’s going to take the nation by storm.” Swizz Beatz, Eve, Drag On, & Murda-Mook have all signed on to do the reunion. Eve told TMZ to “expect a massive comeback.” The only ingredient missing is the LOX, they have yet to sign on; But X is very sure that will change once he speaks to them. Fans have been looking forward to the return of the crew, look no more because “X Gon Give It To Ya.”

For more on this story head on over to TMZ.com

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If this is what his next album Top 5, Dead Or Alive is sounding like count me in.

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According to hip hop fans, Jay-Z started throwing jabs with his verse on “H*A*M” stating, “I’m like really half a billi nigga/ really you got baby money/ Keep it real with niggas, Niggas aint got my lady money.” Now Lil’ Wayne sent a shot at the throne.

“Talkin’ bout Baby money, I got your Baby money. Kidnap your b*tch, keep that, how much you love your lady money?, I know you fake ni**a, press your brakes ni**a, I’ll take you out, that’s a date, ni**a.”

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Taking a musical cue from 2pac’s ode to the Sunshine State, “California Love,” “We Keep It Rockin” makes use of the same Joe Cocker “Woman To Woman” sample and makes an obvious nod to Pac’s classic in the hook.

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Back in 2005 these two didn’t like each other very much. Jadakiss got caught in the crossfire of the Ja Rule vs 50 Cent beef but they let bygones be bygones in 2008 and Kiss performed at the ThisIs50 festival in 2009. While 50 Cent sounds like he’s been listening to a lot of Black Rob I’m not mad at this track at all. I’d put this up against Jay-Z and Nas’s makeup song “Black Republicans” any day.

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We’ve never heard of this guy Cheese but somehow he blackmailed Jadakiss and Rick Ross to rhyme on this track with him.

Blame (2dopeboyz)

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T.I., Jadakiss and Erykah Badu join the Rickster on this cut from his forthcoming Teflon Don album, in stores July 20th.

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Opinions are like cell phones, everybody has one, but when it comes to beef in hip-hop music you can’t help but chime in. Amongst the many reactions to the on-going Lil Kim/Nicki Minaj drama, the most telling are those from her peers. In several recent interviews Jadakiss, Lil Cease, Missy Elliot, 50 Cent and many other artists (notably other female MCS) have given their thoughts on Lil Kim’s attacks and whether they are justified. Who’s side did they take? Read on.

Jadakiss: “I think it’s kinda corny,” Jada told radio personality Jenny Boom Boom. “I can’t knock Kim for saying whatever she wants to

say about Nicki but you could have been said it?Don’t wait until she gets scorching hot to try to go at her. She’s been copying her since

she came in with the big crotch photos shoots so if you want to just say something, you had to [say something] when she came out.?

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Lil Cease: “You can’t knock [Kim] for that. But the paying homage thing, when I seen Nicki Minaj with the green hair, when I seen her do

similar pictures that Kim has done, I look at that as paying homage, Cease reasoned. “I saw other things where Nicki did pay homage; she

said some [complimentary] things about Lil’ Kim. But we don’t know what’s going on. We don?t read between the lines like MCs do. Kim

probably sees or hears things none of us probably sees or hears. She’s just making her judgment from what she’s seeing. We can’t knock her

for that. At the end of the day, Nicki is Nicki. She’s building her own lane. She’s doing what she’s gotta do. She’s hot, she’s sexy. I’m sure she’s

got some things from Kim, but [Nicki's] setting her own lane?

Trina: “That’s crazy. I really don’t get it. I don’t see where all this is coming from[We're] all ladies. Can’t we just make music and

get our paper and keep it moving?! We all respect Kim. She opened the doors for us females. It’s all good, everybody’s eating, what’s the

issue? This makes us all look bad. There’s barely any female artists as is. We don’t need this!”

50 Cent: “I think it’s other things irritating Kim outside of Nicki Minaj, just having momentum of new artists doesn’t offend artists that

have established themselves long before that,” Fif said in an interview with radio personality Lady La. “It’s obvious that she was

inspired by some of Kim’s [rhymes], but that’s not bad. And it’s not a whole lot of female artists that you can make reference to so you’ll

see those little influences even stronger and I think she’s hot, she’s got a good little thing going on right now as far as Nicki Minaj is

concerned.”

Fat Joe: “I think she’s super dope,” Joey Crack said about Minaj. “Ithink she’s sexy, she’s doing her thing. She’s killing them, fly

fashion, she’s got it all, you know what I’m saying? It’s like, sky’s the limit. Yeah, Nicki Minaj needs to pay homage, she needs to say,

‘Yo, Kim is dope.’ What’s wrong with that? ‘Yo, Kim is dope, she’s the sh*t.’ I’m a fan, I’ve been in the game for f*cking 17 years and I

still say KRS-One is my idol. I still say LL Cool J is my idol. It’s nothing wrong with saying ‘Yo, Kim is the sh*t.’ Everybody knows that

Lil Kim is the sh*t. She’s a real b*tch, a living legend, down with Notorious B.I.G., why wouldn’t she big her up?”

Ja Rule: “I thought Nicki was paying homage,” Rule explained to DJ Vlad. “I never heard Nicki say nothing disrespectful about Kim. As a

matter of fact, in interviews I thought I heard Nicki say she likes Kim — for me, having been in possibly the biggest beef in hip-hop, I

think hip-hop beefs are wack because the beef I was in, n*ggas act like I didn’t battle back, I didn’t make rap battles, nah, y’all

motherf*ckers didn’t want to hear my raps back at 50 [Cent] or y’all didn’t want to hear what I had to say about 50 because he was the new

hot artist at the time — everybody rode on that wave which I understand…I think it’s silly for Nicki and Kim to be arguing. I

think they could be making hot records together because it’s obvious that Nicki likes Kim, she did the same pose, like, that pose is so

obvious Kim. Nobody can mistake that for being you, that can only be said as paying homage. It’s not like she tried to steal that from you.

It can’t, that was your sh*t.”

Rah Digga: “My advice to Kim is just make her music,” Digga told MTV News. “My advice to everybody is just do you: Make your music, don’t

pay attention to what’s going on around you, just do what you do best and let the fans blog it out.”

Missy Elliott: “I like Nicki Minaj’s music. I think she’s hot!!” Missy relayed to MTV News via e-mail, adding, “I’ve been a fan of Lil Kim

from the beginning and always will be. Kim is a rap icon!”

Diamond: “I just feel like people that have paved the way for you, you have to show them some type of homage or some type of respect, to a

certain extent,” Diamond told MTV News. “That doesn’t mean that you have to go around and carry [their] bags. At some certain point you

just have to kinda acknowledge the people that paved the way for making things possible for you. I favor Eve more than everybody, but

that doesn’t mean I’m not gonna shout out Kim in an interview or Foxy [Brown]  I might like something that she did  or Da Brat or Missy.

Those women paved the way for us, so it would be kinda weird not to show them some type of attention or expression, just to let them know,

‘Hey, I appreciate what you’ve done for me.’ ”

I thought they made up. Well mediatakeout is reporting that Jadakiss and his goons were ready to put their hands on Diddy but Diddy bounced.

Here’s what they had to say

MediaTakeOut.com learned that violence nearly popped off inside a Charlotte, NC club over the weekend.

Here’s what happened. Diddy was scheduled to perform at the club. But when his security learned that rival rapper Jadakiss was inside the club, all heck broke loose.

Word on the street is that Jada and his goons were prepared to put hands on Diddy. But that Diddy and his security ran for the hills before anything could happen.

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Jadakiss, recently did a photoshoot for Coogi where he paid tribute to one of the clothing brand’s biggest fans, the late Notorious B.I.G.

Jada donned one of Coogi’s sweaters and struck a pose similar to a very famous photo of Biggie wearing a similar sweater.

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Unreleased Rakim produced by Ty Fyffe with Cocoa Chanelle on the hook. Evidently, this was a bonus track they were holding out on for a promotion of some kind. Don’t they know there is no such thing as holding out in the internet age?  Props to Nahright.

Visitors to Madison Square Garden’s website have the opportunity to vote for what they feel the true anthem of New York City is. The only options are Frank Sinatra’s timeless “New York, New York”, and Jay-Z’s three-months-old-and-already-overstayed-its-welcome “Empire State of Mind.”

It’s rather interesting that this topic has even been brought up for debate as Jay’s song doesn’t exactly paint the best portrait of the Big Apple: drugs, prostitution, and so forth.

However, if MSG wants to keep the rules a little loose for what the true New York City anthem is, here’s a few more suggestions:

Tru-Life “The New New York”

French Montana feat. Jadakiss “New York Minute”

Cam’ron feat. Jay-Z & Juelz Santana “Welcome To New York City”

Grandmaster Flash & The Furious Five “New York, New York”

Ja Rule feat. Fat Joe & Jadakiss “New York”

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Odyssey “Native New Yorker”

James Brown “Down And Out In New York City”

During a call in to G-Unit Radio Jadakiss talks about ThisIs50 fest, a new LOX album in 2010 and MTV’s  Hottest MC’s List (“everybody who’s on that list, I’m on they list.”)

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The Ruff Ryders have reunited for a remix to Jadakiss’s “Who’s Real” remix. It’s like 2000 all over again.

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Police have raided an apartment leased to rapper Jadakiss and seized 5 grams of heroin, 6.5 pounds of marijuana and $40,000 cash from the Yonkers New York residence, say published reports.
According to sources, Jadakiss was not at the home at the time of the raid and he is not wanted by police.
The cash and drugs were found in a Van der Donck Street apartment and the police executed a search warrant after an incident on Friday. The police said they saw an individual in a car that smelled like marijuana. They arrested 25-year-old Alberto Lajara and charged him with fifth degree criminal possession of marijuana and disorderly conduct.

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How the fuck did Jason get passed the border but they don’t let my t-shirts in through Customs? We need a board…

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On DJ Clue’s Power 105.1 radio show, New York City, Jadakiss explains how he saved money on the album’s guest appearances by doing a lot of swaps. But then again thats easy for him to say as he’s one of the most requested rappers for a song feature.

The official music video for French Montana’s “New York Minute” featuring Jadakiss. Special guest appearances by Pee Wee Kirkland and Snoop from The Wire. Directed by Fafu.

J-to-the-Mwah complains about the lack of first class accommodations on Southwest Airlines. If you have some time to waste, check this video out.

This is a new track from Cam’ron and JadaKiss called “Let’s Talk About.” I personally think Black Milk and Royce murdered this Alan Parsons Project sample way more on “Losin’ Out”  (check both clips below) but that’s just my humble opinion. What do you think?

Black Milk & Royce Da 5’9 “Losin Out”

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With record sales falling and rap artists frequently finding themselves dropped from major labels, Jadakiss [click to read] has surpassed expectations with his latest Island Def Jam debut, The Last Kiss [click to read]. After a five-year long hiatus, Jada’s newest album managed to sell over 130,000 copies in its first week, a more than commendable number for a project that had little publicity. The album, Kiss’ first release after leaving Interscope, faced setbacks when Def Jam pushed it back from December ’08, to early ’09 [click to read].

On Tuesday, marketing magazine, Advertising Age, explored Jada’s methods for promoting the album, praising him for “passing up short-term successes and not succumbing to the pressure to make quick-hit radio records.”

As radio stations lose advertising dollars, programming directors have been pressured to shrink playlists, leaving less room for records and giving hit singles more spins. Rapper Flo Rida saw his huge radio single “Right Round” sell over 2.5 million singles, while his album R.o.o.t.s [click to read] sold only 55,000 copies in its first week-less than half of what Jadakiss sold.

To peep the full story, please click here! Share your thoughts in the comments section! Don’t forget to check out Hello, Beautiful’s interview with Jadakiss, too!

As many of you may know, rapper Jadakiss just dropped another album (The Last Kiss) this month, so we took him out to NYC’s Philippe Chow for drinks and a quick chat. In the video below, hear what Jadakiss has to say about his album, the characters in Notorious, what’s up next, and more!

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In a recent video interview with Ja Rule [click here to read], the former 50 Cent [click here to read] punching bag had some pretty interesting things to say about the music industry. Check out what the Murder Inc. frontman had to say:

“We fighting against other genres,” explained Ja. “We fightin’ against motherfuckin’ rock. We fightin’ against pop. We fightin’ against these other genres of music. We need to be together as a whole and not separating ourselves between West and East and South. I think New York is making a strong comeback right now. I think we doin’ our thing, we got Maino, we got Red Cafe. I think New York is making a surgence [sic]. I got my acts outta New York, I’m coming with a crazy album right now. But you know as a whole, it’s not about New York…it’s about Hip Hop. We all in this together. So when I think about it, that’s really my feelings on the situation.”

Rule also spoke on his oft-delayed album, The Mirror. “I’m putting together The Mirror: Reloaded. The Mirror got leaked…so I’m putting together all new tracks.”

In the meanwhile, Ja says he’s busy listening to new albums by Jadakiss [click here to read], Drake [click here to read] and Chester French.

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It appears that many of you who listened to Jadakiss’ album on The Urban Daily actually went out and bought it.

Jadakiss’ Def Jam records debut, The Last Kiss, moved 134, 515 units according to Nielsen Soundscan, giving the Yonkers MC the #3 spot on the Billboard Top 200 Charts.

While this falls short of Kiss’ previous debuts (Kiss The Game Goodbye and Kiss of Death sold 203,000 and 245,000 units respectively), in the context of today’s sales market this is a definite win.

To put Jadakiss’ first week sales of The Last Kiss in perspective, you have to look at the debut numbers of other artists in 2009.

On the high side, we have a veteran group like UGK with a wide, supportive fan base mourning the loss of a group member selling 76, 419 units of 4 Life in their first week. In that same week Flo-Rida, a popular, newer artist who has broken digital download sales records TWICE, sold 55, 285 copies of his sophomore album, R.O.O.T.S.

On the low side you have two extremes. A younger artist like Bow Wow, who has been selling records longer than Kiss, moved 30, 944 units of New Jack City II (and announced his retirement soon after). Then you have MIMS, another reasonably popular New York artist, sold 12,404 copies of his sophomore album, Guilt.

The numbers become more intriguing when you compare Jadakiss to his new label mates. As a hardcore New York hip-hop fan even I can concede that Young Jeezy, Ludacris and Kanye West are easily more popular than Jadakiss in 2009 getting more radio and video love. (I’ll leave the debate on their artistic merits to you all.) Kanye’s most recent work, 808s & Heartbreak, sold 450,000 copies, Ludacris’s Theatre of The Mind sold 218,000 copies and Yong Jeezy’s Recession sold 260,000 copies in their respective debut weeks.

Some of you are probably saying that to compare Jadakiss to Kanye isn’t fair because he was singing. OK, fine. The Dream is not a rapper and his sophomore album on Def Jam, Love Vs. Money, only sold a few thousand copies more than Jada in its first week, 151,000 and he’s been out there kissing Christina Milian to get the gossip going.

Jadakiss has no beef, no girl (in public) and no animal cruelty charges to talk about. Just music. Considering all that was done to raise awareness of those respective projects the suits at Def Jam have to be pleased with the return on their investment in Jada.

On “We Gonna Make It” Jadakiss famously rhymed that “dead rappers get better promotion,” but with some help from his fans he proved that maybe it doesn’t matter.

Proving that NY doesn’t always hate on one another, Maino picks up Jada’s latest The Last Kiss while in Phoenix.

Go cop dukes album! Check out the video below:

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