Week in Review

SPIN.com's Best of the Week

Eminem pranks America on TV and shares the stage with Jay-Z. Plus: Pearl Jam, Nine Inch Nails, Rihanna, and more!
By Spin Staff 06.05.09 7:06 AM
Eminem / Jay-Z
Eminem / Jay-Z

Two of hip-hop's biggest stars, Eminem and Jay-Z, took the stage earlier this week for a rare joint performance in L.A. -- and the two were making headlines on their own, as well. Jay-Z announced the release date of his next album, Blueprint 3, and Em got some seemingly unexpected face time -- okay, make that ass-to-face time -- with comedian Sacha Baron Cohen at the MTV Movie Awards!

All these stories, plus the week's best news, editors' blogs, photo galleries, audio/video, and reviews, below.

TOP STORIES:

Eminem, Jay-Z Share Stage at L.A. Party



Both MCs turn out the jams at the launch fest for the new DJ Hero video game. Click here for a review! Read >>

PLUS:
  • Sacha Baron Cohen Sits on Eminem's Face! Read >>
  • Eminem Confesses: I Was In On the MTV Prank Read >>
  • Jay-Z's 'Blueprint 3' Out this September Read >>
PHOTO GALLERIES:

Amanda Palmer, Neil Gaiman Perform Together in NYC



Check out 10 pics of the Dresden Dolls singer and the Coraline author performing together! Read >>

PLUS:
  • Eminem and Jay-Z Rock L.A. Read >>
EDITORS' BLOGS:

MTV Movie Awards: Samberg, K-Stew, Eminem and More



SPIN's Phoebe Reilly riffs on the night's six most amusing -- and most appalling --moments. Read >>

PLUS:
  • Jack White: Not Your Dad's Rock Star Read >>
AUDIO/VIDEO:

Watch: Kanye and Rihanna's Comic Book Adventure



Plus: the hip-hop superstar talks about his next album. Click here for details! Read >>

PLUS:
  • Pearl Jam Debut New Tune on 'Tonight Show' Read >>
  • Sneak Peek: Metric Goofs Off, Find Their "Muse" Read >>
  • Watch: MGMT's New "Kids" Video Read >>
  • Watch: Lady GaGa's "Paparazzi" Video Read >>
NEWS:

New Pearl Jam Album Out This Fall



The alt-rock titans partner with Target for their next release. Click here for details! Read >>

PLUS:
  • Trent Reznor Disses Marilyn Manson Read >>
  • New Arctic Monkeys Album Due in August Read >>
  • Paramore Totally Over 'Twilight' Read >>
  • Rihanna Writing Chris Brown Dis Track with Trina Read >>
REVIEWS:

Elvis Costello, Secret, Profane, Sugarcane



Caffeinated polymath pays visit to Nashville. Read >>

PLUS:
  • Dave Matthews Band, Big Whiskey and the GrooGrux King (RCA) Read >>
  • Iggy Pop, Preliminaires (Astralwerks) Read >>
  • Rancid, Let the Dominoes Fall (Hellcat/Epitaph) Read >>
  • Taking Back Sunday, New Again (Warner Bros.) Read >>
  • Eels, Hombre Lobo (Vagrant) Read >>
  • Ryan Bingham, Roadhouse Sun (Lost Highway) Read >>

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