adidas x Def Jam.

Adidas has linked up with Def Jam records to commemorate their 25 years in the biz. It's only right, considering that they have been linked together since Run DMC in 1985. Well, now the Three Stripes have dropped a handful of new colorways for Def Jam, as well as some for individual artist like Redman, Method Man, Young Jeezy and Ghostface Killah (which I think are the only ones I'd cop).

Ghostface:


Method Man:


Redman:


Young Jeezy:


Rest of the collection:

LL Cool J (Part 1 of 3)

Hip Hop Official presents a 3-Part spotlight on LL Cool J. For those of you not is the know, LL has a new album (#13) dropping next Tuesday, Sept 9th, titled Exit 13. He is the definition of longevity, over 25 years in the game - on the SAME record label, Def Jam (He was the first act on the legendary label).

For Part 1 of the series, our NY correspondent Shani Kulture hit the streets outside of HOT 97 to talk to the people (and radio personalities) about the living legend. He proved that not just the ladies love Cool James.

As a bonus, I included a track off LL's new album. The beat is smooth; he looped one of my favorite Gwen McCrae songs, "90% of Me Is You."

DOWNLOAD: LL Cool J - "We Rollin"

Nas Conference Call - Full Audio

For those of you who are still interested in Nas after all the media hoopla the past 2 days,this is the full audio of the conference call Nas did yesterday for his upcoming album Untitled.

He talks about the original name of the album and the reason for the title change, the internet leak, Jesse jackson, "Sly Fox" and his motive behind the music.

It's a little long, almost 10 minutes, but worth the lesson.