Obie Trice recently released Second Round’s On Me to critical acclaim. (Peep DX’s review of the LP Here.) His Bar Shots mix tape also gave fans more tracks to enjoy. It also seems the musical output from Shady Records will not stop anytime soon.

A highly anticipated Shady Records Mix tape is already getting close to dropping. The tape is said to feature new and exclusive tracks from Slim’s roster, including tracks from G-Unit and Obie.

Cash Money/Universal Records’ members Lil Wayne and Birdman are set to release their first studio album together, Like Father Like Son, which is scheduled to land in stores this fall. In which the album includes the first single, Stuntin’ Like My Daddy.

“There’s nothing like spittin’ off the same page,” said the duo, who between them, have sold more than 7 million albums. The new album will feature guest appearances from Fat Joe, Lil Jon, T-Pain and Rick Ross. And a production list that includes Swizz Beats, Scott Storch and more. Wayne and Birdman have both been featured on the other’s releases but have yet to record an album together. With the collaboration, they mark yet another milestone for the Cash Money imprint, who has been responsible for a diverse array of best selling artists since its launch in 1991.

If at first you don’t succeed, try, try again.

According to the Detroit Free Press, the latest suit was filed Tuesday in Wayne County Circuit Court and holds Proof, whose real name was Deshaun Holton, liable for Bender’s death on Apr. 11 at the CCC club. Court papers cite the hip-hopster’s past propensity for packing guns and engaging in acts of violence evidenced by his very long rap sheet as cause for the legal action.

Brooklyn bred rapper Talib Kweli is preparing to release Ear Drum, which is the follow-up to 2004’s critically acclaimed release Beautiful Struggle.

"This record [Ear Drum], I just tried to make it about the sounds and about how the sounds hit your ear," Kweli told AllHipHop.com. "The other records I’ve done, I’ve wanted to create certain types of songs, songs that I had in my head. On this one, the music sort of dictated where the songs went."

Foxy Brown failed to make another court appearance in Jersey City Municipal Court today (August 23) to answer harassment charges filed against her by a former employee.

Brown and Ellis were expected to make mandatory appearances in court on July 11 but were both no-shows. Ellis claimed to have mistakenly gone to the wrong courtroom while no reason was given for Foxy’s absence.

Super producer Scott Storch was recently named in a paternity suit filed by his on again, off again girlfriend Dalene "Dae" Jennifer Daniel.

According to the Miami Herald, Daniel’s attorney Jason Setchen recently filed court documents naming Storch as the child’s father and requesting custody and child support. Daniel gave birth to Jalen Scott Storch, now 4 months old, on April 16. In her financial affidavit, the 29-year-old woman says she is unemployed, has no funds in the bank and lists her only assets as an ‘03 Pontiac Grand Am and an ‘04 Chevrolet Monte Carlo with a combined value of $21,000.

West Coast emcee Xzibit is currently gearing up for the release of his sixth solo album entitled Full Circle.

The disc will be the first for the host of MTV’s "Pimp My Ride" since 2004’s Weapons of Mass Destruction. The album, which is co-executive produced by Keith Shocklee of The Bomb Squad (most known for his work with Public Enemy and Ice Cube), includes a hefty dose of feature appearances from left coast emcees including DJ Quik, King Tee, The Game, Daz and Kurupt, as well as T-Pain, Donell Rawlings ("Chappelle’s Show") and others.

Kevin Federline isn’t getting much love from the hip hop community. Not even twenty-four hours his debut on the Teen Choice Awards, where he performed his new single “Lose Control,” the footage was being passed around, and subsequently slammed, on cyberspace sites like YouTube.

K-Fed was introduced by his wife, a very-pregnant Britney Spears who said, “This show has been very good to me and my career over the years, so I’m hoping that it will be as good to our next performer.”

Roberto Lebron, the young man who claims Busta Rhymes stomped him out earlier this month, divulged more details about the incident yesterday.

According to Lebron, Busta and his entourage were furious at him for accidentally spitting on a Maybach as it traveled in Rhymes’ motorcade.

Word is Irv "Gotti" Lorenzo is poised to sign a joint venture with Universal Motown for his Inc. Records.

The New York Times reported that Irv is to ink a three-year deal with $10 million in advance for future revenues and payments of overhead expenses, according to anonymous insiders briefed on the deal. The arrangement also featured a clause stating that Gotti could purchase the masters of Murder Inc.s’ music.

Originally due Oct. 19, Snoop Dogg’s eighth solo effort, "Tha Blue Carpet Treatment," will now arrive Nov. 21 via Doggystyle/Geffen. The disc features production by Dr. Dre, Timbaland, Rick Rock and the Neptunes, in addition to guest appearances from Stevie Wonder, Ice Cube, the Game, Brandy, R. Kelly and MC Eight.

A video will premiere next week for lead single "Vato," which was produced by the Neptunes and features B Real of Cypress Hill. Snoop says he wrote the song to promote unity among Blacks and Latinos in his native California.

Sean ‘Diddy’ Combs and his longtime girlfriend, model Kim Porter, are expecting their second child. The hip-hop mogul, 36, and Porter, 35, already have an 8-year-old son, Christian, while Diddy has another son with fashionista Misa Hylton-Brim

Combs and Porter have had a fire-and-ice relationship since they first began dating in the 90s. The couple split in 1999 before reconciling in 2003.

Bay area MC Mac Minister is set to stand trial on September 11th for the murders of Kansas City rapper Anthony "Fat Tone" Watkins, 24, and his friend Jermaine "Cowboy" Akins. The rapper will be tried for the murders of both Anthony "Fat Tone" Watkins and Jermaine "Cowboy" Akins, whose bodies were found at a Las Vegas construction site on May 23, 2005 by on duty security. Mac Minister (born Andre Dow) is currently being held in a Las Vegas jail and has been awaiting a trial date ever since.

Kevin Federline’s TV debut as a rapper is getting derided as a not-ready-for-prime-time disaster by critics in cyberspace and the hip-hop community. On Sunday, Federline — also known has K-Fed and Mr. Britney Spears — performed his new single "Lose Control" to the peppy crowd at the eighth annual Teen Choice Awards, which aired on Fox. Introduced by his wife, who was dressed in a cleavage-baring mini-dress despite her late pregnancy,

Federline stalked about the stage with attitude as he rapped about his bling, popping Cristal (obviously oblivious of the whole hip-hop Cristal boycott) and his amazing rhyming skills. "Don’t hate because I’m a superstar! And I’m married to a superstar! Nothin’ come between us no matter who you are!" he declared, as dancers pop-locked as his side.

Last week political commentator/comedian Bill Maher’s streaming media online show went out with a bang, concluding its twelve-week run with 50 Cent appearing as a guest.

50 (born Curtis Jackson) visited "Amazon Fishbowl with Bill Maher" last Thursday (August 17) to promote the release of the paperback edition of his autobiography, From Pieces to Weight: Once Upon A Time in Southside Queens, and his new line of "gangsta lit" books.

 Judge orders ankle bracelet again after appeals court ruled its initial removal was improper. Louisiana native C-Murder had about a month to roam freely around Jefferson and Orleans parishes before Thursday’s court ruling ordering him back under house arrest.

The rapper, whose real name is Corey Miller, will no longer be allowed to leave his home at any time, except for a court hearing this month related to his retrial of second-degree murder charges.