Nas & Damian Marley are joined by Oliver Stone, K’naan, Busta Rhymes, Saul Williams, & DJ Green Lantern to talk about the creation of the Distant Relatives album.

Bonus: Slaughterhouse Feat. Bun B – Nobody Fuckin With Us (6 Minute Snippet)

J. Cole talks with Peter Rosenberg about his growing career in the music industry.

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Reflection Eternal’s Revolutions Per Minute has been pushed back to May.

Says Raekwon:

“I write rhymes that paint clear pictures,” the Wu-Tang rapper adds. “You can almost close your eyes and see every scene, character and location. I feel like every song off the album deserves it’s own visual. The video for ‘Canal Street’ is another installment.”

Props to XXL for the video.

Alright Joell, I see you on this one. Premier on the production tip. Shout out to OnSMASH for the video.

Wu-Massacre is in stores today.

My Music Success have written a great article on independent artists not managing their website correctly. Looking at the 10 examples listed, it’s crazy how artists are only hurting themselves when it comes to web presence and hopefully this will help some of you not fall into the same trap. You can read the full article after the jump; enjoy.

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Snoop Dogg talks it up with Adidas about his movie roles, favorite computer game, lessons learned in the music industry and his future plans.