This track dropped last night. I was out celebrating a homie’s birthday (Happy Birthday P!) – but have a listen. It’s the only new track off Drake’s re-release of So Far Gone (which is available Sept 15th via iTunes)…

Drake – “Fear”

All them people who say Drake is just a fad – sit down. This joint is dope as hell. Big. “I never cried when Pac died, probably will when Hov does”.

Peace, Love & Drake

Speeakz

Brand new (CDQ) leak off CuDi’s Man on the Moon: End of Day album…

KiD CuDi – “Soundtrack 2 My Life”

You know what, I like this a lot. I began to think that this album was going to be kinda swag, but I’m liking the feel of this jam. Who knew? It’s not the dopest song I’ve ever heard, but still – I like it.

KiD Cudi x PinBoard interview soon come!

Peace, Love & KiD CuDi

Speeakz

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Jay discusses his favourite album. Which turns out to be the same album I consider my favourite*. Nice.

Peace, Love & Jay-Z

Speeakz

Virtually everyone wishes Bey a happy birthday…

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Wow.

Happy (belated) Birthday Beyonce

Peace, Love & Beyonce

Speeakz

Semtex just sent me an email saying:

Damn, they pulling out the big money for this cat and his album, eh?

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Sound like I’m repeating myself, but PinBoard also caught up with Mr Man on the Moon this week. The video interview will be dropping right here on PBB shortly, but hear me when I say: It’s f*cking incredible! I’m super excited about this one and since we spoke with him, for the first time (pretty much), I’ve been excited about the pending album. Damn.

Peace, Love & KiD CuDi

Speeakz

Ryan Leslie returns with a new video for “You’re Not My Girl” taken from his upcoming album Transition…

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PinBoard caught up with Leslie while he was in LDN Town last week, where amongst other things he spoke about getting older, the difficultly with balancing critical and commercially success, being underrated and…Cassie. Make sure you check that (video) interview out right.

Peace, Love & Ryan Leslie

Speeakz

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I *heart* that lady.

Peace, Love & J*DaVey

Speeakz

Yup. 2 and a half minutes was all it took for Hova to sell out his London gig at the Roundhouse (according to the venues official Twitter feed).

Did you get yours? eBay callin?

…Don’t worry, more dates will be added. You know this.

See (some of) you there.

Peace, Love & Jay-Z

Speeakz

Writer, producer, singer…one thing’s for sure, Mr Leslie’s not short of things to put on his CV.  We sat down with the man behind, and in front of, the music to talk about his critical & commercial frustrations, getting older and…Cassie.

Turn on and tune in as he speaks candidly to PBB about all this and more…

Peace, Love & Ryan Leslie

PBB Crew

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J.O.S.E 3 (Jealous One’s Still Envy) drops October 5th 2009.

Peace, Love & Fat Joe

Speeakz

Shouts to the my big sis Cooks!

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Looks/sounds like it’s going to be a good one. September 14th/15th soon come!

Peace, Love & Whitney Houston

Speeakz

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Chris Brown speaks publicly, for the first time, about what happened between him and ex-girlfriend Rihanna live on Larry King. Check the rest of the interview after the jump.

…What are YOUR thoughts?

Peace, Love & Chris Brown

Speeakz

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Randomly trawling through YouTube is always great, especially when you find stuff you never new existed.

I just found this tonight and thought it was hella interesting. I’ve never heard of this, let alone knew it was out there on the Internets.

In this 5 part document, compiled and narrated by Larry Nemer (sp?), who was a part of Jackson’s defence team (as a documentary film maker and legal video specialist) during his molestation trail in 2002. The documentary is made up of Nemar’s own personal footage shot during his time at Neverland, footage (and out takes) from the infamous Bashir documentary as well as footage taken by the Santa Barbara County Sheriff department during their raids of Neverland. It also includes never-before-seen footage of the accuser talking to investigators and interviews with jurors.

Above all however, this documentary delves deep into the inaccuracies of the trail as a whole, the accusing family and their blatant lack of creditability, the way in which Michael’s generosity was abused and generally the way the trial, from all angles, was exploited.

…It’s a fascinating documentary which, for me, just further confirms what I (and most people) already knew. Michael Jackson was an innocent man. And if guilty of anything, it was of making bad judgements and processing a “childlike innocence”.

Make sure you watch the other 4 parts!

Peace, Love & Michael Jackson

Speeakz

Watch parts 2, 3, 4 & 5 after the jump

Oprah.com just posted an excerpt of the Jay-Z interview they did for O Magazine. Check Jay-Z chatting about his days as a drug dealer, being shot at three times and his marriage to Ms Knowles.

At 13 he was selling crack. By 30 he was a hip-hop legend—having gone, in his words, “from grams to Grammys.” Now Jay-Z charts his escape from the hard-knock life, describes the reunion that healed the wounds of his childhood—and even reveals the standing Sunday date he has with what’s her name.

The complete interview will be available in the October 2009 issue of O, The Oprah Magazine, on newsstands September 15th. Get a first look right here.

Oprah: So tell me how you got into the drug dealing.

Jay-Z: It was natural.…

Oprah: Because drug dealers were your role models. There wasn’t a teacher or a lawyer or a nurse or a doctor or an accountant in the neighborhood?

Jay-Z: Well, we were living in Marcy by then, so, no. And if anyone did become something like that, they moved out. They never came back to share the wisdom of how they made it. If anyone made it, you never knew it. That’s why I’ve always said that if I became successful, I’d come back here, grab somebody, and show him how it can be done.

Oprah: So by the time you were 13, this was a way of life. Did the lifestyle frighten you?

Jay-Z: No. It was normal. And at some point, you become addicted to the feeling. The uncertainty and adrenaline and danger of that lifestyle.

Oprah: This is where we differ. This is where we differ. Because I’d be very scared! Weren’t you shot at three times—within six feet—and you lived to talk about it?

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