JAY is also the leader for the most Billboard 200 #1 albums by a solo artist.
It appears he’s about to earn a 14th chart leader to extend his record.
According to HitsDailyDouble, 4:44 is on pace to collect 250,000 – 275,000 sales plus streaming units (150,000 – 175,000 traditional sales) in its first full week of wide release.
That total should be enough to get JAY back to #1 on next week’s Billboard 200.
In a new interview the star told American website Refinery29 that the reaction to her posting the image has shown the double standards as to how men and women are treated.
“I feel like as women, we always feel like we need to shave or wax – and if we don’t, then we’re considered unkempt or unclean or we’re gonna smell funny,” she explained. “I believe that it’s natural and we shouldn’t be ashamed of it.”
The star also slammed the way women who have revealing images leaked, like her friend Blac Chyna, are treated compared to those who choose to embrace their sexuality.
“People are very uncomfortable with the female body,” Amber adds. “It’s ok to leak images onto the Internet and people are like, ‘Yeah, that’s so cool.’ But if you actually do it yourself and in a way that’s owning your own sexuality, it’s almost taboo.”
Amber, who in October will host her third annual ‘SlutWalk’ event promoting feminism, says the double standards that allow men to shame women have to end, adding, “Men feel like they can do whatever, and show their bodies off constantly, but we can’t – that’s bulls**t.”
She adds, “The fact that there are double standards, that women are not allowed to own their sexuality and their bodies. We can’t possibly be sexually confident, because then we’re w#####. We’re not allowed to have a past. We’re incapable of love if we’re too beautiful or if we’re too successful. It’s all really, really f**ked up.”
(AllHipHop News) Tyga is doing his utmost to distance himself from the feud between his ex Blac Chyna and Rob Kardashian, insisting his main priority is son King Cairo.
“My daughter is the best thing that happened to me and she will know that Chyna did this out of spite not love cuz (sic) she mad my little sister took her baby daddy,” Rob wrote on Instagram in a since-deleted post. “Thank u God and my Dad for watching down on me and showing me this.”
He then added: “Soon as kylie and tyga broke up Chyna was over the game. She had a baby out of spite and I’ll never view her the same. I truly thought Chyna wanted to be a family and that’s why I was so loyal to her but I learned my lesson and everyone else was right.”
Tyga was stopped by reporters from gossip website TMZ.com as he made his way through Los Angeles’ LAX airport, and asked for his feelings on the feud.
While he did his best to stay quiet, the look on the rapper’s face said it all. However, he insisted he is doing his best to focus entirely on King and his professional pursuits.
“I’m dropping a new project on July 21st,” he said. “I’m just focused. Taking care of my business and taking care of my son. You feel me?”
(AllHipHop News) TLC were reportedly banned from using late bandmate Lisa “Left Eye” Lopes’ music on their new album.
The group released TLC last month, but Left Eye, who passed away in 2002, was only featured on the record in an interlude and on previous songs, which were remastered for the new album.
According to Chilli, real name Rozonda Thomas, the group wanted to use some of the music she was working on before she passed away, but her family wouldn’t allow it.
“She does have some other raps her family are holding hostage, they won’t let us use them unless we pay money, it’s just crazy,” she tells CNET.com. “The other music she was doing before she passed away was more of a poetic vibe.”
“When we finished the 3D album (in 2002) we got all the stuff we could possibly get that would match what we were talking about at that time and used it,” she adds. “We couldn’t use anything else because it didn’t match. So we used that interview (sound bite) on the interlude; it’s the essence of Lisa.”
Despite the difficulties Chilli and bandmate T-Boz experienced while making the new album, she insists it was worth it to pay tribute to Left Eye.
“It is what it is,” she says. “It doesn’t stop us from making sure we honor our sister.”
In 2015, after a 15-year hiatus, T-Boz and Chilli returned to touring as a duo, swearing never to replace their third member.
“From day one, we realized that no one was replaceable,” Chilli told The Sun last month (Jun17). “If somebody left we would have to figure it out, but no one else could be in the group. We had this chemistry.
“It has been a long time since we lost Lisa and we’ve continued to tour so we’ve have gotten used to the two of us.”
(AllHipHop News) Author Margaret Atwood is hoping to persuade Drake to return to his acting roots for a guest appearance in the TV adaptation of her bestselling novel “The Handmaid’s Tale.”
Former “Mad Men” star Elisabeth Moss leads the cast in the dystopian drama series, which is based in a fictional former U.S., where women are stripped of their basic human rights.
Atwood is intrigued by the idea of finding a part suitable for the Toronto native in the planned second season, suggesting he could play one of the refugee aids helping to get people out of Gilead and across the border into the safe haven of his native Canada.
“Wouldn’t it be fun for him to have a cameo in Season Two of ‘The Handmaid’s Tale?’” she posed to the Boston Review. “I’ll drop that notion into the ear of Bruce Miller, the showrunner, and see what he can do with that, because of course the show is filmed in Toronto.”
“Maybe Drake could help smuggle someone?” the 77-year-old smiled.
The “Hotline Bling” hitmaker has yet to respond to the casting proposal, but the rapper, fully name Aubrey Drake Graham, initially rose to fame as a teen star on TV drama “Degrassi: The Next Generation.”
The 30-year-old has since put his comedy skills on show in various appearances on U.S. sketch series “Saturday Night Live,” and he has landed cameos in films like “Anchorman 2: The Legend Continues” and “Think Like a Man Too.”
He also voiced the mammoth Ethan in 2012’s animated hit, Ice Age: Continental Drift.
(AllHipHop News) Swizz Beatz is collaborating with Bally on a limited-edition collection.
The New York-born star began his music career as a DJ in the early 2000s, but has since gone to add rapper, music producer, and designer to his repertoire.
Beatz, real name Kasseem Dean, is also known for his eclectic personal style, and is now partnering with Swiss luxury fashion company Bally on a line.
Bally Collective will by “curated” by Beatz, and will feature a range of ready-to-wear garments and accessories, some of which will feature prints created by Spanish artist Ricardo Cavolo.
Bally chief executive Frederic De Narp stated that the collaboration celebrates modern fashion, but also harks back to the brand’s influence within the hip-hop world, with rappers such as Doug E. Fresh and Slick Rick being fans of the label back in the ’80s.
“We’ve been working tirelessly to clarify who Bally is and what we stand for over the past three years, and if we’ve learned anything, it’s that success is born from integrity,” he told Business of Fashion. “This partnership celebrates not only Bally’s passion for collaboration, but also brings back the electricity that you could feel in the ’80s and ’90s, connecting Bally with the urban world.”
Beatz’s involvement with Bally has stemmed from the No Commission project, which is an alliance between his The Dean Collection and Bacardi, which looks to support artists and “cultural visionaries” around the globe.
The “Money in the Bank” artist, who is married to singer Alicia Keys, has previously teamed with the likes of Christian Louboutin and Reebok on design projects.
(AllHipHop News) Delta Airlines is being called out by hip-hop Migos, were kicked off of a flight earlier today (July 7).
The chart topping hip-hop group was in route to Des Moines, Iowa via Atlanta.
Quavo, Offset and Takeoff were sitting in first class, snoozing off, when a flight attendant asked Takeoff to put his book bag into an overhead bin.
A huge argument ensued when the flight attendant returned and saw the bag still on the floor.
According to TMZ, the pilot decided to taxi the plane back onto the runway and footage shows the group arguing with the pilot of the Delta flight, as they are escorted off.
The group claims the pilot racially profiled them in his quick decision to remove them from the flight.
(AllHipHop News) One week after JAY-Z returned with his 13th studio album 4:44, the iconic emcee releases another visual connected to the project.
The 8-minute, 30-second video features random interviews, archival news footage, viral social media clips, concert shots of Beyonce & JAY performing “Drunk In Love,” candid moments of Blue Ivy Carter, and more.
Hov’s extremely personal song “4:44” plays as the imagery’s soundtrack.
(AllHipHop Features) It’s clear the Internet changed the music game forever in so many ways, specifically when it comes to creators gaining endless access to worldwide listeners.
Former music executive Jimmy Iovine recently discussed how entertainers now have more power in their hands while record companies have less leverage than in the past.
“I like this girl SZA. Top Dawg’s girl. Five years ago, she gets 15% or 12%. They own everything and got a 70/30 split the other way because they were able to build a buzz in technology on their own,” said Iovine while speaking with Pharrell Williams’ OTHERtone. “So the record industry is going to come up against that.”
The ex-head of Interscope Records added, “You have all these artists that are getting buzz, getting action on their music. Then what happens is all the labels bid.”
The ever-evolving nature of the record business has led observers to ponder why a new act that already has a significant fanbase would even feel the need to sign to a major label.
Parroting the independent approach of 3-time Grammy winner Chance The Rapper seemed to be the productive blueprint for this era of creating music.
That’s why it came as a surprise to some people when emerging Atlanta rapper 21 Savage announced he joined the roster at Epic Records.
Especially since the ’16 XXL Freshman Class alum declared on his “No Heart” single, “Fast forward n-gga, 2016, and I’m screaming f-ck a deal.”
At the time of 21’s signing, Epic was run by established music biz insider L.A. Reid (he has since left his position as CEO/Chairman of the company after facing sexual harassment allegations by a female employee).
When asked about his decision to team with Reid, 21 Savage told the Rap Radar podcast in January, “Cause he’s black… He’s probably the last black CEO… He’s gonna understand me before anybody else understands me.”
Critics – i.e. Everyday Struggle host Joe Budden – questioned the move, suggesting Savage could have attained a level of success without accepting upfront money in exchange for sharing eventual profits.
So why would a rising star like 21 Savage sign on the dotted line with a major label in this “Age of DIY”?
A recent social media post from his manager, King Me Collective‘s Kei Henderson, could be the answer.
While responding to a DJ Booth article about SZA’s favorable deal with RCA Records, Henderson tweeted, “Similar to ours, but Savage owns his Masters. And is signed to Slaughter Gang.”
The idea of a newly signed artist reportedly owning his masters is an impressive triumph.
Similar to ours, but Savage owns his Masters. And is signed to Slaughter Gang. https://t.co/UrXcw0qX5d
Typically, the label has some ownership claim to those original recordings which allows the company to continuously acquire revenue from back catalog sales and music licensing.
Eagles member/Recording Artists’ Coalition co-founder Don Henley talked to Rolling Stone magazine in 2011 about the importance of retrieving his group’s master tapes.
“We still sell a lot of catalog. So it would mean a great deal to us and our heirs. I have four kids,” said the singer-songwriter.
Henley continued, “The future ain’t what it used to be, as somebody once said. For artists like the Eagles and others who have sold millions upon millions of records and made millions in profits for the record companies, those artists should get their creations back.”
Musical icon Prince fought with Warner Bros. Records for years over his art and likeness, a result of the deal he signed with the label as a new artist in the 1970’s.
Since his death in April 2016, Prince’s music is once again at the center of a copyright battle; this time the clash is between the late musician’s Estate and the JAY-Z-fronted Tidal streaming service.
All of the intricate details of 21 Savage’s entire record deal are not public, however, if he is truly in full possession of his masters, the 24-year-old neophyte puts himself in an economic position that many of his musical predecessors are still fighting to reach.
(AllHipHop Rumors) Issa groupie tale! I mean who doesn’t like a good groupie tale?!
Apparently a Migos groupie has come clean about a previous groupie encounter she had with Migos member Quavo. It seems like these rappers always pick the WRONG girls!
Apparently a Texas Southern University student had her eyes set on Quavo and was determined to make a rendezvous happen, and she did just that!
The woman stated that she met Quavo after Migos performed on campus. She said she strategically waited by the door that the group would be exiting out of for her chance to meet Quavo n dem.
The woman said Quavo ended up picking her up from campus and taking her back to their hotel, where Takeoff & Offset were.
The woman said she ended up getting high and paranoid, thinking that the crew may try to run a train on her, and she also didn’t want Quavo to think she was easy, and that he could run game on her.
Well he ended up running all of the game in the world on her because he ended up hitting it and dropping her off.
Welllllll a funny plot twist occurred. Check out what the woman told Baller Alert went down,
“He pulled my shorts & thong off. He was like hold on. He got out the bed & came back wit a condom. He unbutton his shirt and his belt. Then he slid his pants down. At this time I’m rethinking should I do this. He pulled his meat out thru the hole in his boxers & I’m like yep do it. He put that condom on and it was started. He knew just what to do too. When he was hitting from the back he was pulling my hair. Then I was riding it when offset and takeoff walked in. Quavo flipped us and threw the covers over us. Offset & takeoff laughing and was like ok ok we leaving and I hear the door open and close. We finished. I’m laying down falling asleep and quavo went took a shower. He wake me up when he got out and told me he was finna drop me off at home. While he was driving me home he asked was I hungry I said no. When we got to back on campus he told me text him as soon as I step in the door. Which I did. We stayed in contact. When he in Houston he hits my phone. When I heard he was talk to Chris Brown ex I asked him about it. He claimed it wasn’t like that. But when I asked was they f-ckin he asked what that had to do wit anything. So I told him if he f##### her put me on wit lucci and I guess that p##### him off and we don’t talk no more. Truth is I miss him tho,” said the woman.
The funniest part of it all is the girl boldly telling Quavo that if she is smashing Karrueche that he should be able to put her on Lucci. LMAO. Fair enough right?!
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(AllHipHop Rumors) Chuck D is NOT here for some of the criticism of Jay-Z’s ‘4:44’ album, and it seems apparent that he is clapping back at 50 Cent’s opinion of the project.
Remember, 50 Cent basically said the album felt like “smart rap” and [was] too intellectual for the kids who are high and only want to hear music that makes them feel good and want to have a good time.
“I just got back from the gym I listened to Jay sh-t. That 4:44. I thought the sh-t was aight. I liked the sh-t. But I’ma keep it 100 the sh-t was a little too smart. I felt like I was supposed to be wearing like glasses and sh-t, and tie a f-cking sweater around my waist. It was like Ivy League sh-t…. N-ggas is high out here, so they don’t want to hear that. They just want to have a good time. F-ck that, you can’t be the best rapper at 47 cause the new n-ggas is here. They coming with new sh-t going on. That’s why I was laughing with the Joe Budden n-gga and the Migos n-ggas because they up, they up next. N-ggas coming with Future and all this other sh-t. Leave them n-ggas alone. What’s the f-ck is a matter with you B. That sh-t look like golf course music,” said 50 Cent.
Now Chuck has seemingly replied to 50 by saying,
“So some people are saying @s_c_ album is too smart. What level does a 47 year old man supposed to spit at? Club sh-t? What kind of club? lol,” said Chuck D.
To be honest, all that 50 said wasn’t wrong, what’s wrong is the state of Hip Hop, and the mindset of the new artists, the game/the music industry and the lack of quality control from the gate keepers….sooooo Chuck D also isn’t wrong either.
What are your thoughts on 50 Cent and Chuck D’s comments?
So some people are saying @s_c_ album is too smart. What level does a 47 year old man supposed to spit at? Club sht? What kind of club? lol
Over the last several weeks, residents and tourists flocked to 2 Chainz’s “Trap House” on Howell Mill Road.
The Atlanta Journal-Constitutionreports Chainz’s lease is up on the property and the pink coloring made famous by the hometown rap star is being painted over.
George Rohrig, the founder of Cartel Properties management firm, is seeking new tenants for the residence.
Besides serving as an effective promotional tool for his Pretty Girls Like Trap Music album, Chainz also converted the space into a temporary art gallery, church, and HIV clinic.
The “Trap House” became a social media phenomenon as visitors posted photos of themselves in front of the home.
(AllHipHop Rumors) ‘Straight Outta Compton’ was such a great biopic that it has raised the bar for any forthcoming Hip Hop biopics. With this said, it’s to no one’s surprise that the Tupac biopic, ‘All Eyez On Me’, received so much criticism, especially with it following ‘Straight Outta Compton’.
Ice Cube has revealed that [surprisingly] he hasn’t seen the Pac biopic. He also revealed that the standard for ‘Straight Outta Compton’ was the Ray Charles biopic, ‘Ray’!
Cube didn’t really weigh in on the film or it’s criticism as he hasn’t seen it, but he did seem to be a little bit sympathetic and fair, as he stated that making biopics is extremely hard with folks trying to cram so many years and so many smaller stories into one film. This could also be him taking the fair, professional, and non-controversial route to responding.
It almost seems like Cube is in no rush to see ‘All Eyez In Me’ because no matter how busy he is, he seems like he would have been one of the first people to run and see it, and also one of the first to be able to see it months ago when artists were reviewing it before it’s theater release.
Ice Cube also shared that he’s always looking for new talent, another ‘Friday’ movie is coming, and he would love to work with the genius Jay-Z!
Do you feel like ‘All Eyez On Me’ missed the mark in comparison to ‘Straight Outta Compton’.
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While almost everyone has had a chance to listen to Jay-Z’s ‘4:44’ album, some have obtained it via alternative methods.
One artist in particular that has admitted to obtaining a bootleg version of the project is our dear Uncle Snoop Dogg. Hilarious!
“I want to shoot a shout out to JAY-Z. Just dropped another motherf-ckin’ hot album, 4:44. But you know what? I don’t got TIDAL, so a n-gga had to bootleg it to me. I’m on iTunes and sh-t, cuz. I don’t understand that. Y’all gotta explain that to me. I went to iTunes looking for his album and I couldn’t find it. But my homie sent it to me.
Shoutout to JAY-Z, my n-gga, he did it again. I ain’t no hater. I love the game for what it’s worth, the young n-ggas and the old n-ggas. Practice that. Practice showing love. Practice supporting other muthaf-ckas other than yourself. Yeah, do that,” said Snoop.
Even though Snoop “illegally” obtained a copy, at least he used his voice, platform, and celebrity to encourage others to go out and support Hov’s latest project.
Snoop is hilarious! Y’all have got to teach Hip Hop’s famous uncle how to use Tidal, Apple Music etc.
How are you feeling about Jay’s now platinum album?
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(AllHipHop News) Young Thug borrowed a technique from Kanye West.
Last year, Kanye tinkered with his “living album” The Life Of Pablo by adding songs to the streamable edition of the project after its initial release.
Thugger has now done the same by adding a new verse from Quavo to Beautiful Thugger Girls.
(AllHipHop Editorial) Jay-Z released his 13th studio album on June 30th and the innanets is all abuzz about its subject matter. Some people love it and some people are in their feelings because they feel that it shouldn’t take someone like Shawn Carter to tell black men that they should be better fathers, husbands, sons, hell better men. What the naysayers fail to realize is that common sense isn’t so common and there are a lot of people in this world who look at public figures as role models. Like it or not Mr. Carter is a role model. Even more so he is an influencer and whether right or wrong Jay-Z is the E.F. Hutton of our times. When he talks people listen.
It comes as no surprise that within minutes of its release lyrics from 4:44 were popping up as memes all over social media and rightfully so. For those of us who had grown weary of the glorification of making it rain in the strip club, Jay-Z saying having good credit was more important was a breath of fresh air. For those of us who had grown tired of seeing pictures of so called ballers on Instagram flashing Jewish bankrolls in their pictures as we scrolled through our feeds, Jay-Z saying holding a stack of money to your ear wasn’t considered real money was validation for what some of us have been saying all along-truly wealthy people do not advertise their wealth, nor do they brag about it in social settings.
But I digress. 4:44 which was entirely produced by hit maker extraordinaire No I.D., is an ode to a time when hip hop artists used their platform to edutain – a term made famous by the legendary KRS-One. For those of us who remember, when Raheim of Grandmaster Flash and The Furious Five rapped, “A child is born with no state of mind blind to the ways of mankind…” we were front and center in front of the radio belting the words out because they were talking about us and our experiences in the inner city. This album evokes the same feelings of acknowledgement. “The Story of O. J.,” the second track on the album is a sad but accurate depiction of how some people in America view black men. No I.D. sampled Nina Simone’s “Four Women” on this offering. Nina’s voice is heard floating over the instrumentals haunting the listener with reminders of a time when racism was less covert. The consensus being, it doesn’t matter how much wealth success or happiness you attain, in the eyes of some “You’re still a Ni–er”.
For women the title track is an acknowledgement of the pain that we go through trying to love a man who cannot or will not love us the way we deserve. For men it’s an acknowledgement of the fact that far too many of them didn’t grow up with examples of healthy, loving relationships which in turn left them void of the tools they need to sustain one.
Jay-Z touches on a few subjects that are usually swept under the rug in the Black community.
On “Smile” Jay-Z opens up about his relationships with his wife, Kanye, Solange (his sister-n-law who was caught on video assaulting Jay-Z in an elevator) , his mother’s sexuality and seeking therapy. His mom Gloria Carter evokes the spirit of Dr. Maya Angelou as she waxes poetic at the end of the song testifying that it is indeed okay to love who you love.
All in all listening to 4:44 is like listening to a musical version of your older uncle dropping jewels on the front porch of Big Mama’s house. The flow of the album, whether done intentionally or not, is punctuated by an Obamaesque mic drop after every song. There are no fade outs, no transitions, the songs just stop, letting you know that Jay-Z just said some ish worthy of a second listen.
When it’s all said and done, 4:44 will get the credit it deserves. After all, the production is tight and the lyrics are classic Jay-Z. For hardcore fans however, the album is so much more than that. For a person who has been hell bent on keeping his private life private, Jay-Z is very transparent about his personal life and that’s what makes this album so widely talked about and debated. For those of us who have followed Jay-Z’s career from the beginning, we see your growth Jay-Z and we like it. We like it very much.
(AllHipHop News) The man behind the boards for Tupac Shakur’s 1996 LP The Don Killuminati: The 7 Day Theory is looking for financial backing from the late music icon’s fans.
Tommy “D” Daugherty worked as the chief engineer on the posthumous Pac project also known as The Makaveli Album.
Author Ben Leinen is teaming with Tommy D for a Kickstarter campaign to fund a book about his experiences creating with Shakurand the rest of the Death Row Records roster.
“In 2013, I met Tommy while he was visiting his late father in Cedar Rapids. I discovered who he was and he mentioned he wanted to do a book for a long time,” writes Leinen on the KS page.
According to Leinen, Tommy was never paid for his contribution to The Don Killuminati.
“He hasn’t been able to talk because he’s been #StrandedOnDeathRow. He worked for the record label giant until 2007 – the last original member,” Leinen states. “Tommy D was one of the last people to take care of Nate Dogg and built him a home studio before he died!!!”
The Makaveli Book will also include stories about other music acts such as Nate Dogg, Snoop Dogg, Lady of Rage, Prince, Michael Jackson, and more.
Some of the pledge rewards for Kickstarter donors include signed copies of the books, a deleted chapter, an online personal thank you, a Death Row cassette, and a thank you in the book.
To contribute to Tommy D’s The Makaveli Book crowdfunding campaign visit kickstarter.com.
(AllHipHop Rumors) ‘Straight Outta Compton’ was such a great biopic that it has raised the bar for any forthcoming Hip Hop biopics. With this said, it’s to no one’s surprise that the Tupac biopic, ‘All Eyez On Me’, received so much criticism, especially with it following ‘Straight Outta Compton’.
