The lost weekends:
- Kanye, Em, Cudi, various pop wanksters earn VMA noms (mtv.com)
- Beastie Boys’ MCA completes cancer surgery, begins recovery (rollingstone.com)
- More on Baatin’s passing (allhiphop.com)
- After prematurely calling Charles Hamilton the next-gen rapper to blow, The Fader hopes for better luck with Drake (thefader.com)
- Saigon preps Warning Shots 2 (allhiphop.com)
- Kid Cudi lands HBO gig (allhiphop.com)
- RIP Rashied Ali, former drummer for John Coltrane (nytimes.com)
- RIP archetypal guitarist Les Paul (mtv.com)
- Drake gives So Far Gone an official release, gets moved from Universal Republic to Universal Motown (billboard.com)
Make mine marvelous: Illmind’s Official Remix Album (audibletreats.com), Kam Moye’s (pictured above) Self Centered EP (rappersiknow.com), Luckyiam’s The Present (legendarymusic.net), Dr. Who Dat’s Can I Dub Your Tape? No!! (zshare.net)