Just when emcees thought it was safe, Trina, Freeway and MTV Battle winner, Wreckonize, get caught up in some new drama on P Cutta's latest beef buffet, Street Wars 10.

Rumors of a beef between Miami's Trina and Jacki-O have been circulating for a while. On "Heated," Trina puts to rest any doubt about her scorn for upstart Jacki-O and her intentions to stay on the top.

"Baddest beeyatch from the south, keep sh!t locked / any beeyatch run her mouth will get dropped /See me ride in the six drop / you ain't heard? My nookie so good it could resurrect Pac / Trina ride on the track never take a pitstop / You only on the radio 'cause you f#@$ed the disc jock."

Meanwhile, another battle is brewing in Philadelphia. On his latest freestyle, Gillie Da Kid, who has worked with the Roc in the past, takes time to snap on Freeway and clown his street credibility.

"Then they heard about my beef with Beanie / but it was teenie believe me," Gillie reveals. "It's a plain fact Freeway he get robbed / he the same cat he gotta call up to get his chain back / how lame is that?"
Finally, amateur emcee Wreckonize takes on Roc-A-Fella Records and its artists on a P Cutta exclusive. Late last year, Wreckonize beat out thousands of contestants to win MTV Battle II: The Takeover in Times Square and a contract with Roc-A-Fella Records. However, several months later, reports surfaced that The Roc never offered Wreck a contract as the contest initially stipulated. Now, armed with a bag full of knives, Wreck takes a stab at Memphis Bleek, Young Gunz and Roc-A-Fella.

On the freestyle, he spits:

"Gentlemen, I'd like to reinstate the facts / That I'm not bitter or sad about a phony contract / 'cause truth be told I wouldn't change my style to join the wack / 'cause when Jay rocks a new label you fellas bound to collapse."
Elsewhere on the track, he takes Bleek to task before asking, "You's a emcee? Hell no. Respect me? Hell no. Would you be here without Jay-Z? Oh no."

P Cutta's Street Wars 10, featuring Trina, Jackie O and Gillie Da Kid, is in the streets now.

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After an extended hiatus, Brand Nubian is finally returning with their fifth album. Busy promoting their forthcoming LP, Lord Jamar and Sadat X speak to SOHH.com about getting props, Hip-Hop's current landscape and their new album.

It's already been 6 years since Brand Nubian's last collective effort. Since then, the trio has kept busy with various projects while keeping their hands in music.
"I've been doing some acting. Producing, just living life, raising kids," Lord Jamar told SOHH.com. "But we was always making music."

Along with De La Soul, Brand Nubian is one of the few Golden Age groups still active today. Here, they share their opinion on the state of Hip-Hop in 2004.

"Me personally, I don't give a f#@$. It's gon be what it's gon be. It keeps changing and evolving," Sadat offered. Jamar adds, "I see a lack of originality. Everybody wants to be the same person. And everybody wants to rhyme the same way and have the same kind of beats. And if something is hot at the time, then everybody is gon do that. Lil Jon get hot then everybody f#@$ with Lil Jon that would never think of f#@$ing with some sh!t like that. It's like come on. Everybody is just on the bandwagon."

As of late, 'conscious' Hip-Hop has enjoyed resurgence courtesy of Kanye West's success and healthy buzzes on Talib Kweli and Common. But, while the sub genre is gaining recognition, Brand Nubian feels they are often forgotten when 'conscious' rap luminaries are cited.

"I mean we see ourselves as pioneers of [conscious rap]. Give me the respect where respect is due," says Jamar. "Public Enemy and all that, I give them respect. They're the ones that put me on so if we had anything to do with what you're saying and I know we do, give me that respect when you see me, that's all."

Here, Jamar expounds further and explains why The Native Tongue collective usually receives more credit for conscious rap's growth than they do.

"They were within a clique. And that clique encompassed them so when we speak of one you kind of got to speak of a bunch of them," Jamar explained. "We were not in that clique, we were in that time. If you listen to our stuff it was a lot different from Native Tongue. Ours was just more straightforward and they had more esoteric flows. When they do bring up groups of that era, a lot of times our names get left out."

Brand Nubian first left a mark with their classic All For One. Yet, while heads herald their debut as their best LP, Jamar asserts that his crew has long surpassed the timeless piece.

"Honestly, I think we done made better albums than that. But it's just that, at that time, you just didn't hear nothing like that before so it was so fresh, so new," Jamar said in regards his classic album. "Most people that are remembering that, they were in a time in their lives when it was carefree like going to college... f#@$ing with mad beeyatches... having fun with your boys. It reminds you of a time. You can't recapture that."

Brand Nubian's Fire In The Hole hits stores August 10th on Babygrande Records.

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DMX's wild ride at JFK airport last week to avoid a $9 parking fine could cost him as much as seven years in jail as new charges against the rapper/actor were handed down late Friday.

Last Thursday, DMX and associate Jack Hudgins were arrested by Port Authority Police when they reportedly attempted to steal a car. According to Tony Ciavolella, a Port Authority spokesman, DMX allegedly identified himself as a federal agent. At that time, charges of criminal impersonation, criminal mischief and attempted robbery were logged and the two were released on bail. However, late Friday, Earl "DMX" Simmons and Jack Hudgins were handed additional charges of possession of a controlled substance, possession of a weapon and driving under the influence of drugs or alcohol. An additional charge of endangering the welfare of a child was also logged because the DMX's 13-year-old daughter was in the car at the time

DMX told authorities he was rushing to catch a flight when another driver blocked him from parking. According to reports, DMX then identified himself as a federal agent, ordered the man out of the vehicle and, when he refused, flipped on illegal flashing lights and a siren and chased the man.

DMX then reportedly crashed his sport-utility vehicle through a parking lot gate at New York's Kennedy Airport to avoid a $9 parking fine after identifying himself as a federal agent. Hudgins statement claimed that he gave DMX the $9 to pay the fee and tried to calm the rapper down but he refused.

The two were arrested shortly afterward and police found a billy club and rocks of crack cocaine in the vehicle. Simmons was taken into custody with hundreds of dollars in cash on him.

Simmons and Hudgins were arraigned in Queens Criminal Court late Friday and bail was set at $15,000. The two will return to court on July 23rd and face up to seven years in prison if convicted.

DMX was due to perform his first shows in Ireland later this month but they have now been postponed.