T.I. stopped by Billboard to  preview a few tracks off his new album. After deciding between two titles for his next album, Tip confirms the title, Trouble Man and discusses his new track dropping in the next few days.

  “A lot of times I’m taking myself out of my element, ” Tip continued to say of “Trouble Man.” “This is the first project where I’m talking about things that I’ve experienced before that I’m not necessarily experiencing now cause I’m not doing a whole lot of partying. I do a little bit but not a lot… nothing like when I was in that life. I have this one record [titled] ‘Pyro’ that I’m proud of,” T.I. told Billboard.com’s The Juice. “‘Pyro’ is a straight party record. It’s nostalgic of those crazy nights, early mornings [but] just turned up.” “Pyro” will come after the release of T.I.’s two singles, “I’m Flexin’,” featuring Big K.R.I.T. and “Hear Ye’ Hear Ye’,” feat. Pharrell Williams.

Drake reacts to Luda over twitter, he reachs out to Big Sean and threw an subliminal shot at Ludacris. I hope they get into the studio and make a record about him.

Eminem & Yelawolf will be on the cover of VIBE for the last issue of the year. Issue hits newsstands on December 6, but below is excerpts of their interview with Erik Parker below.

  Eminem, what advice do you offer, if any, on being scrutinized for being a white rapper. Do you guys ever talk about race in that way? Eminem: We make jokes about it, but I don’t think we talk about it in depth. As I was listening to his music, I am not even thinking about any of that shit. It’s just the music. That’s one of the things that’s great about it. I’m not even thinking about it when I hear the music. Yelawolf: We do poke fun of it because it’s funny. Like, he calls me White Dog. Oh, you called him that on the BET Awards Cypher. I didn’t realize it was an ongoing joke? EM: Yeah, or Beige Sheep. [Laughs] YW: Cracker Nuts. Whatever, I think it’s kinda unspoken. EM: We deal with it enough as it is. So now, let’s make music. YW: Let’s make great records. At the end of the day, that’s all there is to do.

Yesterday Cudi send out a tweet, he renamed his rock group with Dotdagenius and said he’s releasing their album in two months.

 News update! Me and @DotDaGenius are no longer called 2 Be Continuum. The world will call us W Z R D, which is short for WIZARD. And heres the biggest news, the official release date will be January 30, my birthday. Had to push it back to get the proper time to mix and master, want it to sonically be where it needs to be. For your smoke sesh enjoyment! Were gonna release a snippet of the first single soon. You will be pleased. Ladies, your gonna have something to shake those booties to. Also, the WZRD album does not contain any profanity or the usage of the word “nigga”. A universal album for everyone. Haha man some of yall really upset theres no profanity?? You know songs can be written with out them right? Some of yall listen to so much ignorant shit that thats all you know or are accustomed to. My fans are smart, I know yall better then this.

Frank postponed his NYC show earlier this month due to health issues. But today on his tumblr page, he announced two new dates: November 27th and 28th. Tickets are available right here

 For the humans in NYC who i cancelled on last time. i’m playing the night before on the 27th. tickets from the cancelled show are valid for that one. see ya’ll soon. bring your family. and shit. two shows. old tickets work on the 27th. new tickets for show on the 28th. both @the bowery. love.

Rick Ross new album God Forgives I Don’t was set to drop this December. But after two seizures , he will push his album back to early 2012. Senior Vp of Marketing from Island Def Jam Chris Atlas release this statement:

  I think we’re all aware of his recent health issue, and based on some of the minor setbacks with that, we weren’t able to confirm certain opportunities, because he physically wasn’t able to deal with certain things at the time,” says Atlas. “We want this to be his biggest album — we know it’s going to be his biggest album — so we did not want to pressure him into releasing an album based on the sake of a date.

The December/January 2012 issue of XXL will feature 50 Cent ,this month will feature 5 covers and 50 cent will grace all 5 of them including one with Floyd Mayweather celebrating the 5 Faces of 50 Cent in honor of his new LP coming in January. Excerpt below.

  “I don’t see what I fell in love with,” he says. “So now I gotta make music that reflects what N.W.A made. I have to make music that has the moments that Nas had. I have to make music that has what Biggie offered.” He also discusses his currently untitled 5th solo album: “For me, I’m still up against what I’ve done,” he says. “So in order to top it, I know it’s a difficult task. You know, I see the bloggers. My audience hasn’t grown with me. They keep saying, “Aw, man, I want the old 50!” ’Cause those people, it would take them on a safari. I was bringing them close enough to the animals, without being able to get hurt. I was taking them into my neighborhood, where you can very well get your ass killed.”

Big Sean got on Twitter to respond to Ludacris’ recent diss song “Bada Boom” in which he dissed Big Sean and Drake. No names were said but we all know who he is talking about.

Ruff Ryders will be releasing their latest compilation on November 21st. After the jump, check the track listing for the project. You can Pre-order here.

01. World`s Greatest – Mook (feat. Sheek Louch, Styles P and Swizz Beatz)
02. Get Your Money Up – DMX
03. Hot Steppa – Eve
04. Hip Hop – Drag-On
05. Beat and a Microphone – Mook
06. You Know – Mook
07. Freaky – Mook (feat. Jadakiss, Shella and Akon)
08. I`m Gone – Shella
09. Want Me – Shella
10. Off the Cuff – Swizz Beatz
11. Showtime – Lil` Waah
12. Watcha You Gonna Do – Swizz Beatz (feat. Cassidy)
13. Love Potion – Hugo
14. What To Do – The LOX (feat. Shella)

DJ Scratch has been in the hiphop for years. But now, he taking it to another level and releasing two projects of his own. On his Facebook page, he gave the details as to what fans can expect.

 I’ve been working on 2 albums. A compilation album & a instrumental beat album. Yall wanna know who’s on my album so far? Here’s the list of artist who have recorded a song so far. All produced by me. Q-Tip, Large Professor, Busta Rhymes, Raekwon, Talib Kweli, LL Cool J, Bun B, Kurupt, Tiye Phoenix, M.O.P. The whole album is raw Hip Hop. I’m not trying to get radio spins, just making a dope Hip Hop album. I’ll keep yall up to date on the process.

Drake told Billboard that he wants to have a release concert in Jamaica and battle Lil Wayne song for song.

 â€œI don’t want to just do an album release concert. So, me, I go to Jamaica a lot — I love Jamaican culture — so what I’m gonna do, I’m challenging Lil Wayne to a sound clash, that’s what I want to do. I don’t want to just perform by myself,” he told us. “So I want Wayne to come out on stage with a mic and I’m gonna have a mic, and we’re gonna have both our DJs, and we’re gonna battle song-for-song and see who the people love more. And that’s how it’s gonna go.” “That’s something that I’m serious about, he’s serious about it too. I already issued the challenge,” he said. “He’s serious about it, he accepted like, “Man, I’m ready. I’m gonna eat your food.” I’m like, “Aiight, we’ll see.”

Erick Sermon recently suffered a mild heart attack. Today, he called Sway In The Morning On Shade 45 and spoke on his health condition.
 

Heavy D passed last week, family members of Heavy D have issued a statement to AHH on the rapper and family man’s passing. Statement after the jump.

 Hev had great love for his family and friends; he was a kind and giving spirit who extended and shared himself with everyone who crossed his path. He had a heart of gold, was approachable, very personable and gave of himself willingly and unconditionally. Though Hev will most notably be remembered for his work both behind-the-scenes and in the forefront, he will always be remembered by us as a generous soul who remained humble and unselfish till his final days.Out of all Hev’s successes and accomplishments, in his eyes, his most important triumph was that of becoming a father. Hev’s love for his daughter Xea was profound–she was the center of his life, his heart, his soul. He often said “I cannot live without her and that she embodied every phenomenal attribute that he brought to this world.” The name and the success of Heavy D will always be synonymous with music forever. He never compromised his values and artistry, and encouraged his peers to do the same. To us, Hev was the one who made us laugh, cry, sing, dance and turn a frown upside down. As a family, we are devastated by Hev’s passing but through our faith in God and support from family, friends and fans-we are comforted, blessed and will remain strong. His “bear hugs” are going to be deeply missed.

Andre Harell paid homage to his former Uptown Records artist yesterday on his weekly show on NY’s 98.7 Kiss FM. During the 2 hour long broadcast, Q-Tip*, Mary J. Blige, Rev Run, LL Cool J, and Steve Stoute called in to give their memories of Heavy D.