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And dreams are coming true as I type. It looks like Jay-Z has added Wale, J. Cole and N.E.R.D. to his epic Blueprint 3 tour.

JAY-Z announced today that — N.E.R.D, led by the phenomenal hit-makers and producers Pharrell Williams and Chad Hugo, Wale one of the brightest, innovative and heralded young rap stars of today, and J.Cole whose insightful and meaningful lyrical form brings promise of a new day in hip-hop, — will join him throughout his North American tour.

The Live Nation produced tour will make 24 stops at a mix of college campus arenas and traditional venues across North America starting at Penn State University on October 9th.  Ticket and tour information for JAY-Z, N.E.R.D, Wale, and J.Cole is available at LiveNation.com.

Props to HER via Reuters.

Hit the break to see the dates again.

Well folks, the final numbers are in from Hits Daily Double, and it seems as if Kid Cudi’s debut album, Man on the Moon: The End of Day, has finished its first week in stores with 104,419 units sold. Looking good Cudi, looking good.

Final numbers are in from HitsDailyDouble and Cudi’s debut album “Man on the Moon: The End of Day” has finished its 1st week in stores with 104,419 copies sold. A strong debut for Cudi but just shy of a #1 debut as “Resistance” by Muse debuted at #1 with 125,322 copies sold. The album also charts at #4 this week behind Muse, Whitney Houston and Jay-Z.

Shouts to DP.

Go cop the album if you have not done so already. Its as simple as that for your simple ass.

Yesterday, J Vento showed you the behind the scenes footage of the making of Complex Magazine’s October/November with the Clipse, and today I am showing you all an exclusive look at their second cover with Young Jeezy and Philly graf kingpin ESPO. Below is an excerpt of the interview.

Courtesy of Complex Magazine:

So how do you connect with the blues? It’s not like before.

Young Jeezy: You know how you get on and you mad talented and that’s all that fucking matters? You might be the weirdest muthafucka in the world, but you got talent? I’m vice-versa. A lot of people question how talented I am. But I’m a real dude and I know real things and I’ve seen real people get their head blown off. I really came from that, so I’m gonna have to always be able to adapt to it. I eat where everybody eat; it ain’t no secluded shit. I ride around in my car by myself all the time. Niggas don’t bumrush me, niggas come gab me up: “Just keep doing what you’re doing.” Once you lose that, then how can I make music? Who am I making music for? Not the people staying here. [Laughs.] They ain’t gonna relate to me, shit!

So when you’re writing rhymes, and shit’s starting to connect, how do you feel?

Young Jeezy: Oh man, I get this shit in my stomach, it’s almost like butterflies.

People probably understimate your level as an artist.

Young Jeezy: Yeah, but you know, it’s always that fourth album. It’s like, niggas question Jay, niggas question Tip, niggas question Wayne, you know what I mean? It’s that fourth album: “Can you do it again?” Like I did it the first time. Came back, The Inspiration, done it again. The Recession, done it again. TM103, we’re doing it again! And it ain’t about a fan base—these are not fans. I look at this shit like family, like when you talk to your cousin: “Get your money.” But it ain’t what you got, it’s what you keep.”

Read the rest of the interview here.

Check out the accompanying video after the break and click the photo above to check out the full size magazine cover.

Last night Kid Cudi was featured on BET’s Rising Icons and if you happened to catch it, you know that it was something worth watching. For those of you who had the misfortune of not seeing it, the video is above. Enjoy folks.

Oh and by the way, Man on the Moon: The End of Day by Cudder is out today and you need to go cop it. Okay, bye.

Looks like Rolling Stone was the first to have official tour dates of the upcoming “Fame Kills Starring Kanye West and Lady Gaga” tour. I am excited to see that both artists are going to be performing together, with complimentary sets and no opening act. It seems that both artists have mutual respect for each other’s art, so both decided that no opening act was necessary, which will give the fans more of each artist.

Personally, I am a huge fan of Lady Gaga and her art, and as I have said before, I am a Kanye stan, so you can imagine how excited I am for this tour.

However, we must all shoe gratitude to DJ Reflex because it was him who introduced each other last year.

Courtesy of DJ Reflex:

Hit the break to check out the entire list of the Fame Kills Tour, and if they stop in/near your city, you must go.

Above and below is some footage from the Hennessy Artistry Tour stop in Chicago, Illinois last night. Though I was on deck for the entire show, I was unable to upload my videos yet due to my internet connection today. Shouts to Andrew for the videos, and more so, shouts to Perla and my homey Brent, from ICED Media for making it happen.

REVIEW: I cannot even begin to tell you all what happened last night in full details, so I will just show you via the videos above and below. However, I will just say that last night, during the Hennessy Artistry Tour, was one of the best nights of my life. Seeing Common, the Roots, Colin Munroe, Jeremih, Zoe Kravitz and Heavy D all perform in the same room, on the same stage was absolutely ridiculous.

The night started with Zoe Kravitz and Elevator Fight doing a few numbers, which led into Colin Munroe’s set, having the Roots as his band. Though their sets were enjoyable, the night really started for me when Common and the Roots began to perform together. Com and the Roots played a fantastic show and kept the names coming with having Chicago native, Jeremih, play a few songs and then having hip hop legend, Heavy D, come out and perform old and new songs for the crowd.

Personally, I have been sleeping on the Roots for far too long, and seeing them play rekindled my love for them. Also, if you know me, you know that Common is one of my favorite MCs ever, along with Kanye and Lupe, so seeing him live was a pure treat. A personal highlight was when Com and Roots went into I Used to Love H.E.R. Plus, since Hennessy was sponsoring the tour, everyone was given free drinks all night. Can’t go wrong, eh?

If they stop through your town, try and get out and see this performance because it is a truly cannot miss.

UPDATE: I have added more video footage after the cut, so check out some more footage after the break. Shouts to GoWhereHipHop.com.

I was fortunate enough to be a part of an interview with Bfochs, of Bfochs.com.  We covered a multitude of topics; from the current state of 5STARHIPHOP.COM, the death of the DJ, and the economic crisis currently going on and much more.  To check out the full interview over at Bfochs.com, click here.

I want to take this time to out to say thank you for the opportunity, Bfochs.  Also, thanks to my entourage, Exclusive1, Ts Wun, Luminati, and Source who hold 5 Star Hip Hop down on a daily basis.  Also, thank you, the people for the continued support.  Again, check out the interview over at Bfochs.com.

It was just yesterday, I was talking about how we’re gonna get an exclusive one day.  Not only did we NOT get an exclusive, we got something a lot better.  We got a shout out from one of our affiliated artists that we’ve been showing love to, K. Sparks.  In the beginning of the third verse, Sparks says:

I spit that 5 Star Hip Hop Shit, then do a drive by wit Kevin Nottingham in the whip

This song is just Sparks showing love to all the blogs that show him love, us being one of them.  To get shouted means a lot to us, cause we’ve never been shouted out in a song, so big ups to the homie K. Sparks.  Looking forward to more ish from you patna.  Check out K. Sparks’ myspace.

DOWNLOAD: K. Sparks – Blogology (5 BLAZING STARS!)

(Fast forward to 2:04 to hear him shout us…), mp3, z

share, mediafire, sendspace, .mp3, .rar, megaupload, rapidshare, badongo, sharebee, cdq, full, no dj, nodj,

**Of course I’m gonna keep bumping this to the top….we got a shout AND it’s a hot song…

(Yea, I know the food you bout to be eatin’ ain’t gonna look this good, but neither is mine)

Aight, here goes the compilation I threw together at the last minute last night.  I didn’t get to put all I wanted on there.  It’s 41 songs.  About 2 cd’s worth of music.  Your party is most likely gonna be longer than 3 hours, but I’m sure you got something saved up already burnt and ready to go…if not, there’s always REPEAT!  Got a nice mixture of old and new songs….lemme know wht ya’ll think of the compilation in the comments

Here’s Goes The Tracklist:

Shaty Lo – Dey Know
50 Cent – In Da Club
David Banner ft. DG Yola – Get Money
2 Pac – Ambitionz Az A Ridah
Andre 3000 – Hey Ya
Will Smith – Summertime
Aaliyah – Back and Forth
Ahmad – Back In The Day
Alicia Keys ft. LL Cool J – Teenage Love Affair (Remix)
Carl Thomas – Summer Rain
Cupid – Cupid Shuffle
Casper – Cha Cha Slide Part 2
Fabolous – This is My Party
The Game ft. 50 Cent – This is How We Do
Isley Brothers – Summer Breeze
Jagged Edge ft. Nelly – Where Da Party At
Justin Timberlake – Summer Love
Keyshia Cole – Heaven Sent

Rest of TRACKLIST AND DOWNLOAD LINK AFTER THE JUMP! (I had to compress them all into a 192MB file, sorry for those who are on a slow connection, didn’t have time to upload every single song)

Yea, I just copped Three 6 Mafia’s album, “Last 2 Walk” from Meijer.  Why’d I make a post about it?  Well, plenty reasons….

1. The last album I liked enough to buy was Eminem’s Encore….so me to buy an album is a  big thing.  I’m starting to realize that we need to stop complaining about hip hop being dead and support the good music artists who keep it coming and hopefully these lame ringtones fools will die off.  I know Three 6 probably won’t do that well the first week, but at least I helped.
2. I was kinda disappointed with the PHYSICAL aspect of the album.  As you can see, the case is PAPER.  I HATE paper album covers, this thing will be bent before the end of the day.  Second, there is NOTHING inside.  There IS NO BOOK, NO CREDITS, NO PICTURES besides the inside of the case, just the CD itself.  Well, it was only $8.99, so I guess you get what you pay for.  There is a website on the back to get the credits from.  The album is hot, but I expected more!  If this was a female r&b artist and I didn’t get extra pics I woulda been pissed.  But, not that big of a deal here…
3. The DVD version was $16.99 at Meijer, so I’m cool on that….
4. The last reason I’m posting about this is because I’m always preaching to y’all about buying albums…so I might as well buy one myself.  I’m definitely gonna start buying more albums (good ones of course).  Albums I personally plan to buy are II Trill, L.A.X., and possibly Paper Trail.

Anyway, I’m done ranting and sounding like the RIAA and all that.  I’m out.  Part 2 of today’s singles coming up right after this…..STAY TUNED

Hey, what’s up people. This is somewhat of a slow week for hip hop album releases. No HUGE names, but still some mentionables. I highly recommend 2 Pistols’ album “Death Before Dishonor”, as it is bangin’ in the whip right now. The CTE camp has Blood Raw dropping his first album “My Life: The True Testimony”. I also forgot to mention KRS-One’s album, “Maximum Strength” last week around all the hype of those big releases last week. I still recommend picking up Bun B’s “II Trill” album, along with the other albums below. Whether you buy a mp3 from itunes, amazon, or the album from the store, support your favorite artists or they won’t be around for long.

If you supported any of your artists recently, make a comment and let the community know what’s hot and what’s not.