Beyoncé, Solange, and Tina Knowles were on CBS’ “The Early Show” this morning. B spoke about her admiration for her younger sister and how she has to beg Solange to do a song with her. Watch Solange’s performance below.

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After listening to Tha Bizness-produced “My President” with Nas, here’s what we know about Young Jeezy. His president is black, his Lambo is blue, and he loves himself some spinach dip. Who knew?

View the tracklisting and production credits for Jeezy’s The Recession.

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Check out Plies’ video for “Watch Dis” off Definition of Real. Look for his third album The Realest this December.

Preview Common’s two new videos and watch Nas’ appearance on “Tavis Smiley” below.

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Nas celebrated the release of his Untitled album in his usual bottle poppin’ style this past Tuesday night at the Red Bull Space in New York City. Nas arrived fashionably late and greeted execs, chatted up the crowd, and clicked pics with other artists.

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Nas and Keri Hilson performed “Hero” on “Jimmy Kimmel Live!” on Wednesday. The Queensbridge MC will do a free show for his MySpace friends on Friday at the Roxy in West Hollywood, CA.

Nas’ highly anticipated and controversial album Untitled arrives in stores today. Here’s what the critics are saying…

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In the acknowledgements that appear in the album packaging for Nas’ ninth studio album, the rapper thanks celebrities and notable figures including Richard Pryor, Chris Rock, Martin Lawrence, Spike Lee, Frank Sinatra, Marlon Brando, Eminem, Prince, Debbie Allen, Voletta Wallace, Afeni Shakur, Harriet Tubman, Denzel Washington, and Michael Jordan.

“To my daughter and wife you both are my inspiration,” he adds.

Nas’ untitled album drops Tuesday, July 15th.

Nas’ video for “Sly Fox” directed by Rik Cordero off his untitled album.

Here’s a behind the scenes look at Nas’ next video for “Sly Fox” directed by Rik Cordero. The rapper will be doing an album signing on July 15th at 5 p.m. at the Virgin Megastore Union Square in NYC.

Here’s some behind the scenes footage from Nas’ “Hero” video. It includes some of the Keri Hilson scenes that ended up on the cutting room floor.