Social media is a gift and a curse for Hip-Hop fans. On one side, smartphone apps like Twitter, and most recently Instagram and Vine, have become a hub for behind the scenes footage, flicks, and news. Unfortunately, these sneak peaks create a higher level of expectation that the artists in said photos, video, etc. may never live up to.

Hip-Hop Wired likes to keep an optimistic point of view until given a reason to think otherwise, though. With that, we present the first installment of "This Week In The Studio." The weekly series will be a compilation of BTS looks at your favorite artists in the lab.

This week, Jay-Z assembled a power circle that has the Internets in a frenzy. From the looks of it, two of the games hottest young MCs also connected with a legendary producer.

That's enough spoilers for now. Check out the gallery on the following pages to see what some of the top rappers are cooking up.

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1. ALICIA KEYS – BRAND NEW ME PT 2
2. JEREMIH FT LIL WAYNE & NATASHA MOSLEY – ALL THE TIME
3. JUSTIN TIMBERLAKE – MIRRORS
4. CEE-LO GREEN FT LAURIANA MAE – ONLY YOU
5. ASAP ROCKY FT TREY SONGZ – SAME BITCH
6. J.COLE – CAN I HOLLA AT YOU
7. WALE FT TIARA THOMAS – BAD
8. TANK, TYRESE, GINUWINE – SEX AIN’T NEVER FELT BETTER
9. RICK ROSS – DON’T KILL ME VIBE
10. LOADED LUX – TRUE LOVE
11. MISTAH FAB  FT WARREN G – DREAMS
12. DRAKE – STARTED FROM THE BOTTOM
13. TRAE THE TRUTH FT FUTURE – SCREWED UP
14. FUTURE FT LIL WAYNE – KARATE CHOP RMIX
15. PUSHA T FT WALE – ONLY YOU CAN TELL IT
16. CHARLIE HUSLTE FT RICK ROSS & FRENCH MONTANA – BALLIN
17. S SHATA FT FRENCH MONTANA – TOP BACK FADED
18. LLOYD BANKS – FOLLOW THE LEADER
19. JIM JONES FT SWIZZ BEATS – GREEN LIGHT GO
20. YOUNG THUG FT GUCCI MANE – BREAK DANCIN

Splash comes through with a snippet of this new single that will appear on Ludacris’ Ludaversal album. Pusha-T has some harsh words for those two as you can read in the lyrics below.

With your baby mama fucking every rapper in the business
Niggas saying you was better when the drugs was in your system
Now your crack swag gone ever since u came from prison
Got you tweeting all stupid, is you skatin’, is you dissin’
Found out your ghost leased and your phantom just rented
Won’t leave it in your name like Pac when he went missing
Makaveli lives on so I’m riding on you bitches

1. KEYSHIA COLE FT LIL WAYNE – ENOUGH OF NO LOVE
2. MARY J BLIGE FT RICK ROSS, WALE, STALLEY, & MEEK MILL – WHY RMX
3. TREY SONGZ – DIVE IN
4. R KELLY & JEREMIH – MISUNDERSTOOD
5. JOHN LEGEND FT PUSHA T – TONIGHT RMX
6. ASHANTI FT FRENCH MONTANA & MEEK MILL – NO ONE GREATER
7. SHANELL – JUST FOR TONIGHT
8. ALICIA KEYS – NEW DAY
9. TEAIRRA MARI – I DO LIKE
10. BIRDMAN FT RICK ROSS, LIL WAYNE, & NICKI MINAJ – BORN STUNNA
11. YUNG STAXX- BAD CHICK
12. NELLY FT CHRIS BROWN – MARRY GO ROUND
13. CA$H OUT FT WALE – HOLD UP
14. JIM JONES FT LIL WAYNE & CAMRON – 60 RACKZ RMX
15. KANYE WEST FT PUSHA T – NEW GOD FLOW
16. NE-YO – LET ME LOVE YOU
17. JEREMIH FT KL – VAL VENUS
18. MIGUEL – ADORN
19. FRANK OCEAN FT ANDRE 3000 – PINK MATTER
20. TREY SONGZ – SIMPLY AMAZING
21. SLAUGHTER HOUSE FT SWIZZ BEATS – THROW IT AWAY

1. ESTER DEAN – BAM BAM
2. FLO RIDA FT LIL WAYNE – LET IT ROLL PT.2
3. CHRIS BROWN FT B.O.B – GET DOWN
4. M.I.A. FT AZEALIA BANKS & MISSY ELLIOT – BAD GIRLS
5. IGGY AZALEA FT TI & B.O.B – MILLION DOLLAR MISFITS
6. CRISTION D’OR FT RED CAFE & REMO THE HITMAKER – BOOTY IN THE AIR
7. LUPE FIACSO – BAD BITCH
8. KID INK – DOWN 4
9. AKON FT YO GOTTI – WE ON
10. JAE MILLZ – SMOKE SOMETHING PT 2
11. RYAN LESLIE, NAS, RICK ROSS – ACCIDENTAL MURDERS RMX
12. K MICHELLE FT R KELLY – BABY YOU AND I
13. TWEET – FACE TO FACE
14. LATOCHA FT WALE – COMPLICATED
15. SHAWTY LO FT ROCKO & GUCCI MANE  – MVP
16. PROJECT PAT & NASTY MANE FT JUICY J – P.O.L.O
17. CHIEF KEEF FT YO GOTTI – DESIGNER RMX
18. CASSIDY – I DON’T LIKE FREESTYLE
19. KURUPT – LA LEAKERS FREESTYLE
20. PUSHA T FT SWIZZ BEATS – IN THIS HO (LAMBO)
21. YUNG DREAL – ROCKED OUT
22. TIZ – IN THA HOUSE
23. JHAOS – FLUID

1. LOLA MONROE FT WIZ KHALIFA – GETTING TO IT
2. TEAIRRA MARI – LIL MAMA
3. ROSCOE DASH – SUBSTANCE ABUSE
4. VERSE SIMMONS FT GUCCI MANE – SHAKE DAT RMX
5. JUICY J FT LIL WAYNE & 2 CHAINZ – BANDS RMX
6. CHIP FT MAVADO – MORE MONEY MORE GYAL
7. CHRIS BROWN – CALYPSO
8. PAYPA FT FRENCH MONTANA – TIME ZONE
9. PHE – 2-45 (EXCLUSIVE)
10. CHRIS BROWN FT SNOOP DOGG & 2 CHAINZ – OH YEAH
11. JUSTIN BIEBER FT DRAKE – RIGHT HERE (A.K.A THROWIN BOTTLES)
12. KID INK – UP AND AWAY
13. ROCKO FT PLIES & GUCCI MANE – MOUF
14. SLIM THUG FT LE$ & YOUNG VON – SIPPIN
15. LIL WAYNE – SWIZZ BEATZ GOULISH (PUSHA T DISS)
16. MUGGA GANG – MONEY GREEN RMX (EXCLUSIVE)
17. TRAE THE TRUTH – I DONT LIKE YOU FREESTYLE
18. JOELL ORTIZ – IRON ON YOU
19. JAE MILLZ – NO LOVE TO BE FOUND
20. SOULJA BOY – CLIQUE UP
21. TERRANCE MARTIN FT WIZ KHALIFA & TONE TREZURE – PITTSBURGH
22. TWEET – TROUBLE

1. SWIZZ BEATS FT MARY J BLIDGE – ITS YOU
2. AKON FT BIG MEECH – TIME IS MONEY
3. JIM JONES FT LLOYD – BELIEVE IN MAGIC
4. JAMIE FOXX – SEXY
5. OMARION – CUT A RUG
6. TANK FT CHRIS BROWN & TREY SONGZ – CELEBRATION RMX
7. YOUNG CHRIS – NOVACANE RMX
8. CAMROM – GO NOW
9. DJ DRAMA FT LIL WAYNE, MACK MAINE & KEVIN COSSOM – WORDS OF ADVICE
10. J COLE – SEE IT TO BELIEVE IT
11. OMEN FT DIGGY SIMMONS, ASHTON TRAVIS & MIKE JAGGER – GET BACK
12. FREDDIE GIBBS – WAY 2 FAST
13. IT’S NIQUE – NIRVANA
14. STYLES P – YONKERS
15. MOBB DEEP – MUST GO HARD
16. LIL SCRAPPY FT PHARELL – GRUSTEL
17. DEUCE D – SLIPN & SLIDING
18. THE PRESIDENT FT JIM JONES – MONEY BAGS
19. YUNG JOC FT TITY BOI – DUECES
20. DMX – GET YOUR MONEY UP
21. TP FT TOO SHORT – NO
22. CAPOTIL – I LOVE MY FUKIN HATERZ