“It was about getting the right deal structure, its all about owning my masters, so if I don’t have ownership of my masters, I don’t wanna do it.”

Preview of the upcoming Waka video to his remix for “O Let’s Do It” (remix), with Rick Ross & Puff. Video should drop soon.

The moment you’ve all been waiting for is finally here.  Tapemasters Inc & DJBooth.net come together to bring you the highly anticipated street album from STS (formerly known as Sugar Tongue Slim) Demand More 2. The hotly-anticipated Demand More 2 street album features 16 tracks’ worth of new material from STS, including previously-featured cuts “Parachute,” “F*ck a Hook” and “Ill Street Blues.”

In addition to appearances by Black Thought, Truck North, and Dice Raw, who together with STS make up the Money Making Jam Boys, the project comes complete with guest contributions from Cassidy,RL and Sterling Simms. Manning the boards are such heavyweight producers as Sean C & LV, Emile, Don Cannon and Focus as well as newcomers like MPIII and Pierre Medor.  Download below. Back Cover/Tracklisting after the jump.

Tapemasters Inc & DJBooth.net Present: STS “Demand More 2″

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“It’s a song that talking about what we love and what we love to do to get away.” Seems like its a really crazy video, can’t wait to see it. via MTV

Peter Rosenberg interviews J. Cole last night at SOBs and vice a versa, before he went on stage.

Catch Trey Songz on the cover of Vibe Magazine April/May Issue, hitting newstands soon.

With other members of Slaughterhouse dropping joints this week, Royce thought it was only right he dropped something.  This is a 6 minute snippet of a 10 minute joint which will appear on Bar Exam 3, and will also feature Joe Budden & Joell Ortiz. Props to 2db

Royce Da 5′9 & Crooked I (Slaughterhouse) feat. Bun B- Nobody F*ckin’ With Us (6 min snippet)

Diggy stopped by 106 & Park for a full interview, talking about his deal with Atlantic Records, the success of his mixtape, rapping, and his buzz on the internet.

New video from Janelle Monae feat. 1/2 Outkast, or the newly signed Def Jam artist, Big Boi.

Above you can see Ludacris performing “How Low” on Lopez Tonight, below George interviews Chris! (more…)