L.E.P. Bogus Boys ink a record deal with Gee Roberson’s Blueprint imprint through Interscope/Geffen/A&M Records and release their lead single “Commas” featuring Ma$e and Lil Wayne. Production by Southside and TM88 of 808 Mafia. FSD.

Off Young Scooter’s Street Lottery mixtape dropping later today.

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Here’s Ma$e’s full-length interview during a recent visit at Shade 45′s “Sway In The Morning.”

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After making his (second) return to hip-hop, Ma$e checked into Hot 97′s Funkmaster Flex show last night to speak on his long-awaited comeback to the game, nearly signing with G-Unit Records, nearly retiring, and working on Wale’s Slight Work remix. Betha also spoke on Diddy, Jay-Z, working with Rick Ross, and rumors of aligning himself with MMG.

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Last month, DJ Eclipse blessed the dopehouse with an incredible and insightful editorial, building on the notion of the “instant artist” and how the game has become deplorably saturated. Today, E comes through with yet another dope article and reflects on “14 Years of Rap,” and in traditional Eclipse style, also comes bearing gifts. And trust me, this is a great gift! Peep his words:

DJ Eclipse: On March 7th, 2012 I will be celebrating the 14th anniversary of The Halftime Show on 89.1FM WNYU. As some of you know I usually recruit around 30 MCs, a couple DJs and 3 or 4 producers. The theme of the show is to capture Hip Hop in it’s purest form…live rhyming, DJ routines and beat making. It’s definitely a challenge each year trying to get that many people into one room all the while making sure it’s a different batch of people from whoever was up the year before. And being that next year (2013) will be my 15th anniversary and should be a monumental show I thought this year would be a good time to reflect. So this year’s theme will be “14 Years Of Rap.” A collection of some of the best past freestyles from guests we’ve had up on the show. Mainly focusing on the first few years.

Here’s the latest video for French Montana’s New York Minute Remix featuring Ma$e.

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