>>Foxy Brown let it all hang out at her birthday party [Whatspoppin.net]

>>Johnny J, best known for guesting on 2Pac albums, is dead [Streetcred]

>>Hats off to Hip-Hop Caucus for registering more than 30,000 voters [TLA]

>>VH1 Hip Hop Honors Afterparty Brings Hip Hop Legends Together in NYC [DJBooth]

>>Ludacris & T-Pain - “One More Drink” [B.E.T. Sound Off]

>>Preview Jim Jones’ “Pop Champagne” Video [Complex Blog]

>>Q-Tip’s new video gets Little Brother’ed by the almighty BET [Thatshiphop]

>>The 5 best media converters [Life Hacker]

>>Underrated & Unappreciated: Hip-Hop’s Hottest Underground Femcees [Ballerstatus]

>>Just make sure you keep those ugly Vote or Die t-shirts away from us [IPS]

>>The Best (and Worst) Hip-Hop-themed video games of all time [Examiner]

>>R.I.P., Rap City [Grand Good]

>>T-Pain Parodies His Own Plight in “T-pain vs. His Vocoder” [Nerd with Swag]

>>Top 5 Chicago Radio Stations for Hip Hop [Examiner]

>>Usher’s “Trading Places” Music Video [Smoking Section]

>>Keri Hilson occupies the cover of Page Six magazine

>>Joel Ortiz - “Can’t You Tell” music video [SmashTube]

>>Bow Wow jumps on the voter registration bandwagon [CNN]

>>Sign of the times: Hugh Hefner on the brink of bankruptcy? [DailyStab]

>>Hip-hop’s birthplace goes up for sale *smh* [NME]

>>JMJ’s murder makes America’s Most Wanted [Thatshiphop]

>>Help Madd Hatta register 5,000 voters before deadline [KBXX]

>>Further proof that you don’t need a record label [Cratekings]

>>Sha Money hints at 2009 albums from Em and Dre [The Money Motivation]

>>Tribute Left-Eye album will feature Chamillionaire and 2Pac [Rolling Stone]

>>BGDB presents Da Incredible Rap Team [Boo Goo Doo Boom]

>>Murs performing “Looking Fly” live at Fat Beats [Beats and Bombs]

>>Hip-hop as a political tool [The Good 5 Cent Cigar]

>>Hieroglyphics decodes hip-hop for students with musical movement [The Orion]

>>Muxtape: back “in the service of bands” [P2P Net]

>>Sway’s Signature LP delayed for Kon Live signing bonus track w/ Akon [Prohiphop]

>>Cassie addresses Diddy pregnancy rumors [Buzzcuts]

>>MySpace Music launches with notable upgrades, glaring omissions [Billboard]

>>Shit happens…Luda’s pool house burns down [Nah Right]

>>Photos from NERD’s Nokia Theater concert [BBC Blog]

>>Lil Wayne now blogs for ESPN, talks football like a pro [Woooha]

>>Quincy Jones is plotting a comeback [Streetcred]

>>Mariah Carey feeds the hungry [Connietalk]

>>Kanye makes hip-hop muppet show [BBC News]

>>VH1 crowns “Fight the Power” as best hip-hop song [AP]

>>Top 10 beatboxers of all time [Beats and Bombs]

>>Ice T’s better half gets her own magazine [Highbrid Nation]

>>5 most pointless solo albums of all time [Audiotuts]

>>Dem a bleeeeach, dem a bleach out dem skin…[Buhbomp]

>>Chart Report: Nelly debuts at No.3, Khaled at No.7 [Prohiphop]

>>T.I. caught in more child support drama [Def Sounds]

>>Could this be the next big music star? [YouTube]

>>Fatman Scoop and wife open up about love and sex on new show, Man & Wife [MTV]

>>Inside Joe Budden’s Padded Room [Complex]

>>Mixtube: Make mixtapes from YouTube tunes [ReadWriteWeb]

>>Muxtape may be dead, but it lives on through its children [Arstechnica]

>>HHIR’s The Tape Deck: Installment #4 [Hip-Hop Is Read]

>>Afro-Samurai game still looks stunning [Examiner]

>>Will these 6 rappers cost Obama the election? [Village Voice]

>>Janet tells Def Jam to kiss her ass goodbye [Billboard]

>>New Jean Grae - “Shadows Forever” [Boo Goo Doo Boom]

>>Ever wonder where Erick Sermon found those Music samples? [HHIR]

>>Kanye’s “Love Lockdown” (The LMFAO Remix) [White Folks Get Crunk]

Kanye West Gets Unexpected Album Input From Rilo Kiley [HipHopDX]

>>Uncle LL threatens to quit rap because of Jessica Simpson [MSNBC]

Yes We Can: Voices of a Grassroots Movement [Yahoo]

>>3 More leaked goodies from The Knux [IllRoots]

>>Smoking Sessions with One Block Radius [Smoking Section]

>>”Love Lockdown” has coasted its way to No.1 on iTunes [Kanye's Blog]

>>Black Milk recording Tronic album [Buzzcuts]

>>Alicia Keys begs Swizz Beatz to save her career [Sandra Rose]

>>Jay-Z shows off his newly relaunched Artful Dodger clothing line [Woooha]

>>Radio rip of John Legend’s “It’s Over” alongside Kanye West [Gowherehiphop]

>>Ever wonder where EPMD got those Unfinished Business samples from? [HHIR]

>>Janet Jackson is a freak [Necole Bitchie]

>>Dear VH1, gossip is not the same as hip-hop [Smoking Section]