According to Hot 97′s Peter Rosenberg, Yeezy held a private listening session at the Def Jam offices last week where he played the entire album for the executives. Rosenberg described the album as being, “dark but really good.” Check out the audio below of Rosenberg and the rest of the Hot 97 personalities speaking about the album.

Smoke DZA talks about his not-so-pleasant experience at the Canadian border while Peter Rosenberg tells us a story about running out of gas at a bad location.

Peter Rosenberg drops a new Action Bronson track which is featured on Rosenberg’s upcoming New York Renaissance mixtape dropping on Thursday.

Rockie Fresh stopped by Hot 97 and sat down with Peter Rosenberg where he discussed his upstart, Chicago, why he took his talents to MMG over Bad Boy and more. If you haven’t yet, download Electric Highway.

Rick Ross speaks on building the MMG empire. Meek discusses being at the club where the Chris Brown Drake fight went down. Ross discusses the signing of Omarion, where MMG is going, and they break down what it’s like to have Ross as their boss.

Peter Rosenberg responds to Lil Wayne, and pretty much calls him out. What do you think?

During the Rock The Bells press conferences in Manhattan Pete caught up with one of the festival’s headliners to speak on the show, that “Starships” madness and more.

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First things first, the mechanics of what actually happened at Summer Jam are stupid and irrelevant.  Why Rosenberg said what he did, why Weezy reacted the way he did, why Nicki felt she had to bounce entirely – all way less important than the very real issue at hand: there’s no reason Hot 97 should be playing “Starships” because Hot 97 is Read more…

Peter Rosenberg gets a few artists (Yelawolf, Styles P, Sheek Louch, STS, Asher Roth, Oddisee, etc) to pay homage to Cypress Hill on this new mixtape.

Tracklist + Download link after the jump…

1. Peter Rosenberg Intro
2. When the Shit Goes Down
3. How I Could Just Kill A Man f. Styles P & Sheek Louch
4. Ain’t Goin Out Like That f. Yelawolf
5. Cock The Hammer
6. Hand On the Pump Live In Amsterdam
7. Hand On the Pump 2010 f. Noreaga & Imam Thug
8. Hand On the Glock
9. It Ain’t Nothin (Oddisee Remix)
10. Hits From the Bong
11. Hits From Barry Bong (prod. Oddisee) f. STS
12. I Wanna Get High Live In Amsterdam
13. I Wanna Get High 2010 f. Jim Jones & Sen City
14. Smokin With the Capo f.Jim Jones
15. Stoned Is Way Of the Roth f. Asher Roth
16. Illusions Interlude f. Sean Born
17. Illusions (rmx)
18. Armada Latina (rmx) (prod. Kev Brown)
19. Boom Biddy Bye Bye
20. Pigs f. Homeboy Sandman
21. Killa Hill Niggas
22. 22 Throw Your Hands In The Air f. Erick Sermon, Redman & MC Eiht
23. Dr. Green Thumb
24. Light It Up
25. Insane In The Brain Live In Amsterdam

DOWNLOAD: Peter Rosenberg & Cypress Hill – The Uprising (Mixtape)

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ALso, heres the flyer for SXSW. The line-up includes: Bun B, Reflection Eternal, Jean Grae, Strong Arm Steady, 88-Keys, Gangrene (The Alchemist & Oh No), Rakaa, Kev Brown, Oddisee, Diamond District, and Homeboy Sandman.