1. Public Enemy are taking a new direction in the recording of their next album. The group have teamed up with SellaBand to get fans to contribute $250,000 for the recording of their new album. Chuck D said that “SellaBand’s financial engine model goes about restructuring the music business in reverse.” Why not just use the money Flav made from ‘Flavor of Love?’ [FasterLouder]

2. Slim Thug appeared on The Daily Show a couple nights back. The results were great. I love it when rappers aren’t ashamed to poke a little fun at themselves. ‘Still a Boss’ video here. Interview at [2dopeboyz]

3. Thirty second snippets of the songs from the ‘New Moon’ soundtrack are available to listen to at Amazon. [Rolling Stone]

4. Disappointing to say the least. Ghostface Killah’s new album ‘Wizard of Poetry’ clocked in with first week sales of 19,200 copies sold. [XXL]

5. Books sales for Dan Brown’s ‘The Lost Symbol’ are down. Ha. [NY Times]