I didn’t do a recap of the A3C weekend that went down in the A last week, but I just stumbled across this video of J. Cole’s show over at 2 Dope Boyz. Yes, I was there. And yes, the sh!t was dope. The rest of the show is after the jump, and if I come up on any other videos from A3C, (like Curren$y’s show, cause his set was ill too), I’ll be sure to post it on The Block.

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Of course, you all have already heard J. Cole’s “Lights Please” via The Block. But this song has officially been released to radio as Cole’s first single, and since this is one of my favorite songs of 2009 and J. Cole is one of my favorite new artists, I thought…what the hell, lets give “Lights Please” another spin. Carolina, all day.

J. Cole – “Lights Please”

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Bonus: J. Cole – 16 Bars

I stayed in to watch the Jay-Z concert online last night (that’s some true hip-hop head sh!t), and I must say that concert was dope. Here’s the video if you missed it.

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I’ll save my “I told you so” for a later date. “A Star Is Born” is after the jump if by chance you’ve never ever listened to Blueprint 3, but at this point, you’d pretty much be lame if you haven’t heard BP3.

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I saw this floating around the internet yesterday…pretty dope how they flipped his album covers. Also, BP3 leaked yesterday, but I’m sure ya’ll know that already.

More Jay-Z news here, here, and here, if you still need more.

Another Blueprint 3 leak. I told ya’ll J. Cole was gonna be a problem.

Jay-Z ft. J. Cole – “A Star Is Born”

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I think this one goes to the NMC. More J. Cole here, via eskay.

Didn’t forget about J. Cole, not in the least bit. He’s on The Blueprint 3, btw. Just wanted to throw that out there.

J. Cole – “Back To The Topic” Freestyle

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Like I said, if you heard these Blueprint 3 leaks already, consider it for the archives.

Jay-Z ft. Drake – “Off That” (prod. Timbaland)

Jay-Z – “Reminder” (prod. Timbaland)

Jay-Z “Venus vs. Mars” (prod. Timabaland)