Vibe Magazine had Diddy, proclaiming the "Ruler Was Back" last month and this month they've got Eminem and 50, talking about how their relationship grew from merely business partners to being "like brothers" now.  They're looking real mean on the cover, but something about Fif's beard says something else.  Once again, that Cocaine-flow is back, with Jeezy and Clipse features in the December issue and instead of talking music, they're talking love with Jay-Z and Beyonce, coining the phrase, "Jayonce" for the musically inclined power couple. 

After Rolling Stone covered the more mainstream artists in their "2006 Hip Hop Report", like Diddy, Nas, Jeezy, 2Pac and Lady Sov November issue, they covered something that a lot of people may have missed in an article entitled, "Life After Hip-Hop".  They spoke with Willie D of the Geto Boys' whose been known for years in the boxing circuit is now living in Azerbaijan, (between Russia in Iran) making real-estate moves.  Saying about the culture change. " It took some time getting used to.  You're going to have some problems going tot he bathroom when you start eating that food and you'll get your ass killed if you talk about the government."   Mele Mel is trying to become a wrestler in the WWE under the name Muscles Simmons, but he's moonlighting as an exotic dancer and is thinking about starting something similar to the Chippendales, but with black males.  Wow. Roxanne Shante had her schooling paid for by Warner Bros., Kid-N-Play are working on a movie, Salt-N-Pepa and MC Serch on getting their reality show on and DJ Yella has directed over "50 porn movies" while still waiting on a reunion album.

Scratch Magazine this month has producer Hi-Tek and MC Talib Kweli on the cover, hopefully to discuss a possible reunion.  They also talk with DJ Shadow and Large Professor about their new projects. They also have a feature on the M-I-YAYO, specifically, with the production team of Cool & Dre, producer DJ Khaled, and of course, MC Ricky Rawwws.  Clipse review their own album and they take a look back at Organized Noize's influence on southern music.

In the upcoming issue of Urb Magazine, Perry Farrell and Immortal Technique share the dual cover and talk about their beliefs, their critics, their fans and their politics.  XXL covers Jigga, "The Presidential MC" in an un-matched in-depth interview. They talk with Styles P about keeping your head up, even with all the delays. A feature on the Clipse and Coke-coke-crack-rap with Juelz and Fat Joe again.  They also do a feature on rappers who retire, ( Baby of Cash Money says he's retiring in this issue as well) and ultimately when they give up on retirement and come back to the game.