Last night BET’s Hip Hop Awards aired, and there are many not so nice things that can be said about the award (So I’ll remain silent on the technical issues and foolery) but rap in its purest form always celebrates the roots of the art, and a cypher is a display of emcees lyrical skill, it’s as hip hop as hip hop is. In The first Cypher above is Nicki Minaj, Buckshot, and Joe Budden

The second is Mos Def, Black Thought and Eminem

MTV had it’s annual “Hottest MC” List, and Rapper Eminem was left off of the list, even though he has the top selling rap album of the year.

MTV’s Hottest MCs as listed below
1. Jay-Z
2. Lil Wayne
3. Drake
4. Kanye West
5. Rick Ross
6. Gucci Mane
7. Young Jeezy
8. Fabolous
9. 50 Cent
10. Raekwon

” Eminem’s ranking was one of the most discussed topics at the Roundtable. His hotly anticipated return to hip-hop after a long absence drove first-week sales of over 600,000 — the highest first-week sales of the year so far. He granted a handful of select interviews here and abroad, and was part of a massive moment with Sacha Baron Cohen at the MTV Movie Awards.  Read more...

This is a video we’ve seen before rappers in a club, surprise, surprise, but enough special effects and clips of Lebron’s upcoming movie. Overall I’d say it’s a good video to a hot collabo.