DOWNLOAD: Lloyd Banks’ New Mixtape “V6: The Gift”; Features From Jadakiss, Vado, Fabolous And Mor

After a nearly three-month delay, Lloyd Banks has officially released his brand new 15-track mixtape titled V6: The Gift.

V6: The Gift features guest appearances from Young Chris, Vado, Fabolous, Jadakiss, and Schoolboy Q, with production coming from Automatic, Doe Pesci, V Don, Beat Butcher, Cardiak, and more.

In addition to his newly-released mixtape – his first since 2011′s The Cold Corner 2 – Banks has been quietly working on the follow-up to his last studio album, H.F.M. 2 (The Hunger For More), due for release early next year.

Check out a tracklist and download V6: The Gift below:

1. Intro/Rise From the Dirt (Prod. Automatic)
2. City of Sin ft. Young Chris (Prod. Doe Pesci)
3. The Sprint (Prod. The Superiors)
4. Open Arms (Prod. Doe Pesci)
5. We Run The Town ft. Vado (Prod. Automatic)
6. Protocol (Prod. A6)
7. Can She Live (Prod. V Don)
8. Bring It Back ft. Fabolous (Prod. A6)
9. Chosen Few ft. Jadakiss (Prod. Beat Butcher)
10. Gettin By ft. Schoolboy Q (Prod. The Jerm)
11. Live It Up (Prod. Cardiak)
12. Money Don’t Matter (Prod. Beat Buthcer)
13. Hate You More (Prod. The Jerm)
14. Show and Prove (Prod. Cardiak)
15. Terror Dome (Prod. Doe Pesci)

EXCLUSIVE: Nas ‘Life is Good’ Album Release in Miami

Hip-Hop Icon Nas performed several cuts off his new album Life is Good at Club Cameo in Miami, Florida this weekend, to a packed crowd.

Life Is Good, which expected to sell over 130,000 copies its first week out, is set to debut at #1 this week on Billboardcharts, making Nas’ 10th release his sixth #1 album.

Nas took time to reflect on going from the track Life’s A Bitch,” from his 1994 debut album Illmatic, to Life Is Good.

“That’s a mother fucking change. I want to thank all yall for you support, thank you for rocking with me throughout all these years. Experience your life to the fullest. Live your life to the f**king fullest,” Nas told the fans, before breaking into a medley of hits from his catalog.

During the performance, Nas to a moment to speak on his relationship with his ex-wife Kelis and the track “Bye Bye Baby,” which he made for her.

“This is a true story about love, pain and divorce. This is dedicated to my ex. It’s all love. I’m feeling nice, just telling you. I’m feeling so good, I can’t believe this.”

Check out some video of the release party below:

Did Detroit Thugs Run Up In Rick Ross’s Tour Bus?

YOOOO! Good thing Rick Ross is not the forgiving type! He’d have a lot of reconciling to do with his inner soul. I was JUST told that there was a home invasion on Rick Ross’s tour bus! Now, I don’t know a lot about Detroit THESE DAYS, because I have been informed that its changed a lot. But, from what I heard its very chaotic and desolate. They still crank out some of the dopest rappers so WHAT UP DOE? Nevertheless, the realness of Detroit caught up with Rick Ross first hand and his tour bus suffered. Peep what MediaTakeOut said.

July 22, 2012: Rapper Rick Ross was CAUGHT SLIPPING this weekend in Detroit. You see, he parked his TOUR BUS on the street . . . and as HUNGRY as the streets are in Detroit . . . they thought it was FOOD!!!
The streets say a group of ARMED MEN burst into the bus . . . expecting to take hostages and ROB EVERYONE. Luckily for Rozay and them, no one was on the bus. So the goons STOLE everything they could . . . and BROKE UP ISH when they were done.


No word on whether Rick and his peeps are planning to RETALIATE!!

 Also no word if God will forgive on Rozay’s behalf. 

The Top 10 Most Popular Hip Hop Singles The Week Of 7/16/2012

Kendrick Lamar keeps winning, Nas tracks still pop up, plus a new Lloyd Banks leak and another "Ill Mind Of Hopsin" all come together this week.

As Summer is setting in, we're getting a lot of tracks coming up on albums that haven't actually released yet. This week, we even get some album snippets added to our Top Singles list. While the anticipation builds for all of the upcoming Rap releases, we're getting to hear a glimpse of what's to come from those projects. That also includes mixtapes. So check out the picks this week and decide which of the albums and mixtapes coming will be your new favorites. Hurry up, though, because the Fall will be here before you know it, and you'll have a whole lot of other music to invest in.

Kendrick Lamar Swims, Rick Ross Drops Snippets For God Forgives, I Don't

It must be nice to have a career that's so established you can reveal a bit of every song on the album and know that the fans will still support it. That's what Rick Ross is doing with God Forgives, I Don't. The MMG kingpin will drop his album on July 31st, but just this week he came through with the snippets for the album. Of course the snippets made their way to this. They came in at #2. Meanwhile, Rawse loses out to Kendrick Lamar's leak off October 2nd's Good Kid, m.A.A.d. City titled "Swimming Pools (Drank)." In at #3? Another Nas cut, "Trust." With Life Is Good in stores now, there was still some room for the iTunes bonus track to keep the Nas frenzy going.

Lloyd Banks' V6 Is Coming, A 5th Look Into The Ill Mind Of Hopsin

At long last Lloyd Banks is planning to drop his V6: The Gift mixtape on Tuesday, July 24th. While Banks was teasing with this tape for a while now, the best proof is dropping another new track. Banks dropped off "Bring It Back" this week with Fabolous and it hit the #4 spot. In at #5 was the 5th installment of Hopsin's "Ill Mind Of Hopsin." Anything with Hopsin is always a win for his fans. While we wait for Wiz Khalifa's O.N.I.F.C. on August 28th, we get a freestyle for "Best Rest" at #6. Then at #7 is Pusha T and Kanye West's "New God Flow" again, keeping the anticipation going for the G.O.O.D. Music compilation Cruel Summer slated for an August release.

The Top 10 Most Popular Hip Hop Singles The Week Of 7/16/2012

1. Kendrick Lamar - Swimming Pools (Drank)

2. Rick Ross - God Forgives, I Don't Album Snippets

3. Nas - Trust

4. Lloyd Banks f. Fabolous - Bring It Back

5. Hopsin - Ill Mind Of Hopsin 5

6. Wiz Khalifa - Bed Rest

7. Pusha T & Kanye West - New God Flow

8. Nas - No Introduction

9. Childish Gambino f. Jay Rock - Sour Face

10. Nas f. Rick Ross - Accident Murderers

50 Cent Founds Boxing Promotion Company, Is Expected To Sign Two Fighters

50 Cent is on to the next business venture, as he enters the world of boxing promotion.

50 Cent's longstanding friendship with championship boxer Floyd Mayweather is no secret. Fif has regularly attended Mayweather's fights, and has participated in the fighter's entrance to the ring several times.

Now, 50 looks to begin his own boxing promoting business, founding TMT Promotion, with the TMT standing for The Money Team.

The Vitamin Water mogul and purveyor of video games, energy drinks, and various books has TMT licensed in New York, and is in the process of applying for a license in Nevada.

Sports Illustrated reports that 50 will be working with Mayweather, and that he is expected to sign former featherweight title holder Yuri Gamboa and super middleweight contender Andre Dirrell.

Ghostface Killah, Just Blaze & Masta Ace Respond To Colorado Massacre

Three of Hip Hop's finest took to Twitter to respond to the tragedy in Aurora, Colorado.

The world was shocked and saddened when news broke that former PhD student James Eagan Holmes opened fire on a crowded movie theater during a midnight screening of The Dark Knight Rises, killing 12  people and injuring dozens more. Now, members of the Hip Hop community respond to the tragedy.

In the wake of yesterday's events, rappers Ghostface Killah and Masta Ace reached out to the victims of the shooting and their families via Twitter to send their prayers and condolences. Producer Just Blaze took a harder line on the issue, hoping that the killer Holmes spend the rest of his life locked "under the jail."

@GhostfaceKillah
Ghostface KillahNot happy about the babies being lost. Toronto, Chicago, & Colorado!
Jul 20 via Twitter for iPad  Favorite Retweet Reply

@mastaace
Masta AceIncident in Colorado movie theater is crazy! And very sad. Pray for the victims and their families.
Jul 20 via Twitter for iPhone Favorite Retweet Reply

@JustBlaze
Just BlazeDon't believe in the death penalty. But put that dude in Colorado under the jail forever with nothing of the pics of those he killed.
Jul 20 via Twitter for iPhone Favorite Retweet Reply

In related news, HipHopWired recently ran a report giving insight into the shooter Holmes's unstable mindset. According to the story, one of Holmes's neighbors recalls him responding to Lil Wayne song that she had been playing with a racist pejorative.

"[A]nother neighbor, Rachel Reed, 25, recalled seeing Holmes a number of times on the stoop, with his backpack," reads the report. "A couple of months ago she ran into him at the Zephyr, where she had put a Lil Wayne rap song on the jukebox. Holmes disapproved, she said, preferring rock 'n' roll music. He came over and 'made some racially charged comments about rap,' she said."

DX sends its prayers to the victims of the tragedy.

Wiz Khalifa – SBTV Freestyle

EXCLUSIVE: Estate Of Notorious B.I.G. Denies Connection To Men Arrested In Book Theft

(AllHipHop News) Representatives for the estate of the Notorious B.I.G. have denied reports that they are connected with a musical about the rapper’s life, after two men were arrested in connection with a bizarre theft from a bookstore on Tuesday (July 17).

Writers Alfred Green and Raheim Pope had claimed they were producing a musical titled “Ready 2 Die,” which would focus on Notorious B.I.G.

Green and Pope were arrested for stealing $888 books from a Barnes & Noble in Westport, Connecticut.

The two men initially denied the stolen booty found in a Jaguar with Georgia plates was theirs.

At the station, a tip from Green lead to a cavity search of Pope, who had hidden the key to the getaway Jaguar in his rectum.

“Please note that this is an unauthorized play. Our firm has previously sent a cease and desist notice and any association with the Estate of Christopher Wallace or Notorious B.I.G. are unauthorized,” a rep for Notorious B.I.G.’s estate told AllHipHop.com.

Green and Pope issued a casting call for the unauthorized play back in March, but the estate warned B.I.G.’s fans that they are not supporting the musical.

“There is no connection or association between the Estate of Notorious B.I.G. and Alfred Green and Raheim Pope,” the rep told AllHipHop.com.