With his There Is No Competition 2: The Grieving Music EP in-stores and on iTunes today, Fabolous stopped by Funkmaster Flex and dropped a couple bars on HOT 97 earlier tonight.

New Music: Fabolous – “Funkmaster Flex” (Freestyle)

Props to InFlexWeTrust

UPDATE: Flex threw up the video from earlier tonight, which is added at the top.

Previously: Fabolous “Lights Out (I Don’t See Nobody)” Music Video

After the jump Loso on 106 & Park and speaks about possibly working with Eminem & Nas…..

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This dropped a few days ago with tags, now Splash has the CDQ/Tagless version. Nicki has spoken about doing work with Will.I.Am before but this is not a track from Nicki’s debut LP Pink Friday that drops November 23rd.

New Music: Will.I.Am feat. Nicki Minaj – “Check It Out” [CDQ/No Tags]

After the jump, new music from Emilio Rojas with Curren$y & Young Chris, Triple C’s,  Big Sean, Nipsey Hussle, Cory Gunz & Skillz….

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Here’s a SpiffTV directed visual for Rick Ross’ “Hard In The Paint” (Freestyle) that was done in Las Vegas. Rozay’s 4th LP Teflon Don in stores and online now.

Props to OnSMASH

After the jump Yo Gotti delivers his new video…

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New Mixtape: Big Sean Finally Famous Vol. 3

Big Sean and Don Cannon come with the third offering of the Finally Famous mixtape series, this one is packed with guest features from Bun B, Drake, Curren$y, Dom Kennedy, Chip tha Ripper, Chiddy, Asher Roth and more. (via XXL)

In related news, Big Sean along with Common, Nipsey Hussle, Vado, and Donnis have teamed up with Diesel for the Only The Brave campaign and concert. Leading up to the big show on Oct 12th, Diesel will tail the emcees as they share some of their personal stories and struggles to this point in their lives and careers. Stay tuned for the video series.

after the jump, Big Sean speaks on the album’s delay…

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Head Honcho (EIC) over at Complex Noah Callahan-Bever has been putting some Hip-Hop journalism gold on his personal webspace as of late. And today the internets were blessed with some some real gems. Back in the golden days of rap mags when you would actually have to physically take your ass to the news stand to read features (or in my case my aunt’s magazine rack in her deli where I worked as a kid), NCB penned a XXL (’02) feature on Large Professor and got to the bottom of Jay’s infamous Nas diss line on “Takeover”:

“You scribbled in your notepad and created your life/I showed you your first tec on tour with Large Professor/(Me, that’s who!) Then I heard your album bout your tec on the dresser”

Some of you may already be aware of this story but in case you missed it, peep this excerpt:

Main Source soon set off on tour, along with the UMCs and Jaz. One particular night of that tour came up recently in the very public catfight between Jay-Z (then Jaz’s hypeman) and Nas (who rolled with Main Source). During a show in Washington D.C. the sound system cut out, forcing the artists to do the same. The angry crowd rushed the stage and chased the rappers back unto their tour bus.

“We were figuring we were gonna have to knuckle down,” explains LP of the incident, which Jay has used to attack Nas. “Jay came outta nowhere, reachin’ in his gym bag like, ‘Don’t even sweat these niggas. I got that.’ He didn’t show [Nas] the gun like, ‘I’m gonna shoot you,’ but we were all just like, ‘Whew!’”

(Read the full story here)

Here’s the Gucci Tarentino directed visual for the Brick Squad generals collabo. Not sure whose album this is for, but it’s good to see family back together.

Gucci & Waka kick at 40 Day in Queens after the jump…

Update: Behind the scenes of Gucci Mane x Swizz Beats’ “Gucci Time” music video after the jump…

Related: Photos: Gucci Mane and Swizz Beatz on the “Gucci Time” video set

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Last night, BET premiered a new documentary called My Mic Sounds Nice: A Truth About Women & Hip Hop, the feature goes in-depth about the history of the Female MC and talks about the void that’s currently present in rap music. The documentary features Eve, MC Lyte, Jean Grae, Eve, Yo Yo, Salt ‘N Pepa, Missy Elliott, Trina, Roxane Shante, Rah Digga, Lady Of Rage and more.

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9th Wonder & Nas Rock The Bells 2010 D.C on Sunday via 9th’s Twitter.

Funkmaster Flex released the CDQ version of the track which debuted on Sunday for DJ Green Lantern’s Invasion Radio 2K10 mixtape which dropped yesterday, while “This Is The Way” is a new track from Spragga Benz’s Shotta Culture LP that drops today.

New Music: Nas – “Last Real Part.2” (Produced By Nas & Salaam Remi) (Clean)

New Music: Nas – “Last Real Part.2” (Produced By Nas & Salaam Remi) (Dirty)

New Music: Spragga Benz feat. Nas – “This Is The Way” (Produced By Salaam Remi)

After the jump download links and the video for Spragga’s “This Is The Way”…..

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Here we got the new NMC collaborative mixtape featuring The-Dream which consists of a collection of the Radio Killa’s best over the past year and a half, enjoy it!

After the jump tracklisting and download…..

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Earlier today it was reported that the film Takers fell short of the #1 spot at the Box Office last week, well those numbers were wrong and misleading. The film which stars T.I., Paul Walker, Idris Elba and Hayden Christensen among others grossed a total of $20.5 Million just edging out The Last Exorcism. The ATL actor and rapper spoke with MTV News about the victory.

“It was so tight, they kinda misinformed people prematurely and gave out the wrong information,” Tip said about the initial numbers. “But officially, as it stands right now, ‘Takers’ is the #1 movie in the country, contrary to popular belief. In my heart, I felt it would be.

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After the jump co-star Idris Elba releases his Takers mixtape, track list and download link…

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