The people that robbed rapper Big Sean were bold, as they left a clue for authorities.
Reports say the people that robbed the Detroit rapper left a note that included an email address to get everything back.
The only thing is, the instructions were bogus, according to TMZ.
A special division of the LAPD is looking into the case and seeking to track the burglars down.
RCA, Monica, Chris Brown, and R&B fans will have a great day on December 18th as both of the RCA label mates will release their forthcoming albums! Chris Brown and Monica have always been supportive of each other’s careers, and are both anticipating the success of both albums.
From ‘Miss Thang’ to ‘Code RED’, Monica has delivered exceptional R&B and demonstrated her vocal prowess since the young age of 12. The powerhouse vocalist’s eighth studio album ‘Code Red’ is on the way. R&B and soul music have been in trouble and one of the greatest R&B singers of a generation, Monica Brown, is sounding the alarm. There is a lot of finger pointing and key players playing the blame game as critics blame millennials, and millennials blame the music. Then it makes you ask: is it the radio stations? Is it the label? Is it the internet? According to Monica,
“Soul music is alive and well and people love it when introduced to it properly.”
“As an artist and real genuine soul/R&B lover, I felt that it’s a state of emergency for the music. Its important for this generation to know and understand how important the music was and is to the world and we are best when we can bridge the sound between the old and the new,” Monica says.
Who would know better than the Grammy Award-winning singer what R&B needs. Remember, Monica started her career professionally at the tenderfoot age of 12 when her first major label deal was signed. By thirteen Monica became the youngest artist ever to score two back-to-back Billboard #1 chart-topping hit records with “Don’t Take it Personal” (Just one of dem Days) and “Before you Walk Out of My Life.” She went on to become the first artist to top the U.S. Billboard R&B/Hip-Hop Songs Chart with No.1 songs over the span of three consecutive decades (1990s, 2000s and 2010s).
Monica’s forthcoming album ‘Code Red’ sees tempo driven, high energy, effervescent, and lyrically captivating records as well as ballads, and songs with true messages and substance. Missy Elliott, Akon, Lil’ Wayne and more are featured on the album. The album sees production mostly from super producer Polow Da Don and songwriting from the very talented Jozzy. ‘Code Red’ also takes fans back to what R&B was with storytelling as it chronicles Monica’s journey. Brown now feels she is complete as a person, woman and as a mom, and it was time to share new music with her fans.
Monica explains that R&B is important because it’s the music we were created to, have created to, got married to, fell in love to etc. With R&B music there is a state of emergency and she needs all lovers and supporters of the genre to unite and keep it going. Monica recently told DJ Smallz,
“Myself being one person, one artist I can’t change that on my own; no one is that powerful. But all of us together can make huge strides and just allow this generation to allow what this music embodies, which is a lot of love a lot of passion, a lot of soul. You look at what Tyrese is doing. It’s so important to the entire genre of music because it’s reopening doors and that’s what I hope to do as well. “
Monica’s first album dropped when she was 13. At 34, she looks back and sees how important R&B was for her generation. She wants to connect with a new generation, but with the same love and the same kind of music. Hit maker Polow Da Don was brought in as he understands her as an artist, a person, and her history. She wanted to bridge the gap between the young and old. Because of Polow and Monica’s relationship, Polow “got it” and instantly knew what writers and artists to enlist for the project. Pop & Oak, Danja, and more were a part of the creation of the album as well.
RCA will also be releasing Chris Brown’s seventh studio album, ‘Royalty’ on the 18th. Although Brown recently dropped a 34-track mixtape, ‘Before The Party’, he definitely still has a forthcoming studio album as well. Those looking for a long list of A-list features may be surprised as the only features are Future and Solo Lucci, Brown’s RCA label mate. Chris also let it be known that he doesn’t depend on any other artist to “make himself.” The album will feature a wide range of club anthems, dance hits, and smooth love ballads. The album will feature a smooth soulful side as well. With this album Chris wants to show where he is in his life right now: the good, the bad, and the ugly. Brown has expressed that he likes this album equally as his first album. Like Monica, Chris feels that his album shows his journey. It will show him finding himself, knowing who he is, and it will be his way of saying he is okay with being where he is in life right now.
Both Monica and Chris plan to deliver solid R&B albums. Monica in particular even sings about missing real music, and she lists several notable artists in the lyrics in hopes to expose this generation to real music and engage them enough to want to research the incredible artists from previous eras. Support real R&B and grab a copy of both Chris & Monica’s albums on December 18th!
We might have a Chance the Rapper mixtape dropping in 2016. It’s been two years since Chance the Rapper released his solo project Acid Rap, and many fans have been waiting for the Chicago rapper to release a new project. However, Chance has been pretty active, dropping an album with The Social Experiment and performing everywhere. Earlier today, Chance may have hinted that there will be a sequel to his critically acclaimed mixtape. The rapper went to Twitter to make an announcement about a “third mixtape,” while also mentioning his performance on Saturday Night Live tonight.
There’s a “chance” that Chance the Rapper may perform new music during tonight’s show.
#acidrap brought Chicago, my fans and independents this far. #ChanceOnSNL #thirdmixtape
— Chance The Rapper (@chancetherapper) December 12, 2015
There’s a good chance you may see ASAP Rocky Rocky and Juicy J collaborative album next year. Earlier today, Juicy J posted a photo on Instagram that hinted the two rappers possibly doing a collaborative album soon. As you may know, Juicy J and ASAP Rocky worked together to get At.Long.Last.A$AP out this summer, with J as Rocky’s executive producer.
Check out the vid below. What do you think about the collab?
https://www.instagram.com/p/_MjBPQI-LI/
Ty Dolla $ign has had nothing short of success since he hit the music scene. From releasing gold singles, being featured in XXL Magazines 2014 Freshmen class, to his new debut album in 2015, Ty Dolla has been hard at work. Ty has also proved himself to be one of the most sought after featured artists! Fourth quarter 2015 has been big for Ty as he released his highly anticipated debut album ‘Free TC’ (in stores now). Ty Dolla $ign enlisted an all-star cast that includes guest features from Babyface, Kanye West, Kendrick Lamar, R. Kelly, Trey Songz, Brandy, Jagged Edge & more! The album draws from his musical roots while also presenting the message that he puts his family first. He wants the album to be a voice for the incarcerated and those held down, as he believes without a shadow of a doubt his brother, who is currently incarcerated, is innocent. Ty Dolla $ign plans to use the royalties he makes from the album to free his brother and raise awareness about racial and social injustice, and the mass incarceration going on in our country right now.
Ty is also quite the musician as he plays the bass, keys, drums. and guitar. His musicianship, he explains, helps him in his artistry, and he believes it will help him and his music stand the test of time. Ty created his album over the course of 3 years successfully seeking out and rounding up all of the best in the game. He even spent $60,000 of his own money on an orchestra. That’s a whole new meaning to live instrumentation! Ty’s album is also laced with some pretty nice interludes and features from TC himself.
AllHipHop caught up with Ty Dolla $ign to discuss the messages and composition of his new album, ‘Free TC,’ his musicianship, the success of west coast artists, his bachelor lifestyle and sex life, attending the Million Man March, new endeavors, and so much more. Check out the interview below!
The HELL? The boy Stitches is taking massive losses out here. I missed it earlier, but here it is: dude got beat up the day after getting beat up by The Game’s manager. The Miami dude was once regarded as the biggest coke dealing hombre to those that didn’t know any better. But, now…dude is going downhill fast. This time, some men found him and caught him in a parking lot and just started beating on him. The men wail on him as he sits inside the car. Then, somebody opens the door and Stitches manages to kick them away, before speeding away. It appears that the men sought to chase him, but the video stops.
Apparently, Stitches claims The Game paid his own friends to beat him up. With friends like that who needs…enemies? Like I said, this happened the day after Wack 100 laid him out.
Stitches talked some sh*t on the internet.
https://www.instagram.com/p/_K24xMvoON/RELATED: The Game’s Manager Explains How He Broke Down Stitches
On the flip side, there are other people that are claiming that Stitches is out here snitching. I have been sent evidence of all of this in the form of text messages. The messages say that Stitches has been arranging meetings with the cops and people that witnessed his beat down. I dunno.
Stitches is connected according to sources.
Last, but certainly not least, another video has popped up chronicling Stitches authenticity.
I didn’t realize dude was famous until just now. Wow.
Guitar Center and AT&T have announced Season 11 of the retailer’s award-winning music television series Guitar Center Sessions presented by JBL.
The series returned on November 13 with 10 new episodes available Friday nights at 9 p.m. ET exclusively on AUDIENCE® Network (DIRECTV ch. 239 or AT&T U-verse TV ch. 1114).
For this episode we have Sean Kingston performing his track “Letting Go.” Featuring a live band and a cool mood, Sean sings his hit song below:
Kevin Gates had a productive year and everyone knows it wasn’t without controversy, but the homie stayed putting out new music and videos. Check out this video below as Kev posts up in his hood outside the corner store. Peep how Gates stunts with the diamonds and cash and a team of cats you don’t want to mess with. From the hooks to his verses he killed this one.
After hosting a huge holiday concert with Busta Rhymes, Hot 97 is rolling out some more great content just in time for the holidays. In this heated interview we find members of the Complex staff defending their list of the Top 50 Albums of 2015 to E-Bro and the gang.
Along with Rosenberg and Laura, the Hot97 staff digs into Complex’s choice at #3 with Rae Sremmurd’s debut album, SremmLife. Meanwhile Drake’s If You’re Reading This It’s Too Late was somewhere in the 20’s and To Pimp a Butterfly landed in the #1 spot. But, there were some interesting discussions being had about how the albums were picked and the influence of Complex on the culture.
“I didn’t think the list was all the way bad, um I think that I had my discrepancies. We can start with #50 I think was the Drake and Future album. And then #49 was the conveniently the Meek Mill album, the reason I use the word convenient is because obviously there was the Drake and Meek Mill situation, um and then you putting those at 49 and 50 seemed a little troll worthy, seemed like you guys were doing that for attention. Thats how I took it… then you have Rae Sremmurd’s album at 3, I’d love to hear this Rae Sremmurd conversation,” Ebro said.
“…If you listen to the album and you listen to some songs there are stories on there where they recount relationships that have gone poorly, they recount their rise from being homeless to now living in the hills, and both of them rap with a dexterity that a lot of rappers put in their lane just can’t do,” a Complex editor explained.
“There is an innate hipster sense of love for Rae Sremmurd that cannot be ignored that is part of the equation,” Rosenberg explained. “That is part of it!”
“C’mon you know what it is, its the cute little black kids from the ‘hood that we want to uplift and that we think is cute. The same with the lil hipster white people that love the drug dealer raps and they force feed all the pills and sizzurp rap s### on the hipster blogs,” E-Bro lamented.
What do you think? Check it out below, there is a lot to talk about!:
Our own Celebrity Host & DJ DJ Hustle aka hot hands has put Dr Dre in the mix, Hustle is on turntables giving you Hustle Nation . DJ Hustle in this mix on AllHipHopcom. Listen to DJ Hustle as he is slapping the hits from the streets. Follow Hustle on Twitter @DJHustle or Instagram DJHustle2407
1) Forgot About Dre – Dr Dre
2) Next Episode – Dr Dre
3) *%^# The Police – Dr Dre
4) Still D.R.E – Dr Dre
5) Kush – Dr Dre
6) It’s All On Me – Dr Dre
7) Tonight Phantom Trap Remix Emcee N.I.C.E ft Suhana
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King Push – Darkest Before Dawn is shaping up very nicely and the Virginia emcee has brought some heavyweights to the event.
Beanie Sigel, Kanye West and A$AP Rocky will represent on the lyrical side while Timbaland, Q-Tip, Kanye West, Pharrell Williams, Hudson Mohawke, and Diddy handle the beats.
King Push – Darkest Before Dawn: The Prelude Tracklist:
1. Intro
2. Untouchable
3. M.F.T.R. (Feat. The-Dream)
4. Crutches, Crosses, Caskets
5. M.P.A. (Feat. Kanye West, A$AP Rocky & The-Dream)
6. Got Em Covered (Feat. Ab-Liva)
7. Keep Dealing (Feat. Beanie Sigel)
8. Retribution (Feat. Kehlani)
9. F.I.F.A.
10. Sunshine (Feat. Jill Scott)
Pusha-T’s latest is now available for preorder for when it drops on December 18.
When Darkest Before Dawn drops, there will be an accompanying short documentary with it as well. That can be seen on Vevo. The trailer is below.
One punch and Stitches went down.
Now Cash “Wack 100” Jones, the manager of The Game, detail exactly how he dismantled his client’s Miami adversary.
“Look at this dude, he talks real loud. He put tattoos on his face. So you’re dealing with a dude who’s really trying to lie to himself and psyche himself out like he’s really that. And really, you’re not. ‘Cause when we got to the county jail, he didn’t want it. The staff was gonna let it happen. He didn’t want it. I told the
youngster, I’m a convict, so once I got to the county jail, I’m now in convict mode. He didn’t want it. He knew that we were inside (the club). Everybody knows that at club Story, the police presence is heavy. They don’t give a damn whoever’s in there. It could be a bunch of old ladies. The police are gonna be at Story. So this was his whole plot: show up, do my editing in front of the building. OK, he comes out, the cops are over here, Ima have a shouting match back-and-forth. Nobody’s going to do anything because the cops are here. Ima go back, edit my little footage and my fans will believe what I say and then it’s cool. That’s what he thought. But where I come from, you get down and you get mad at win lose or draw whatever the consequence. Ain’t happening like that. That’s why I took the case. I took the handcuffs. I took the incarceration. Whatever it is. We ain’t giving no passes.”
Both Stitches and Wack 100 were arrested and taken into custody by Miami police.
It’s a little weird wit what’s going on with Meek Milly!!!! The one-time young boy is in a bit of trouble with them laws. They are trying to pinch him. He had to take a urine test and the probation people said that Meek submitted his pee and when they tested it, it was WATER. Meek claims that he drank crazy water and a protein shake and it changed his wee-wee that they got. Nicki Minaj testified on Meek’s behalf and said that her man does not use drugs! The Man is after Meek because they charge he left Philly without permission. If h violated, we should know by December 17, when the court gives a decision.
I know Rozay like:
After many years in music, Willow Smith suddenly drops her debut album on her friends, fam and fans.
ARDIPITHECUS hit iTunes Friday morning (December 11) through Jay Z’s Roc Nation label. Smith has been on the Roc brand since 2010.
Of the 15 songs, Willow wrote all except one and produced 10 of them.
Viral sensation and “rapper” Ice JJ Fish has some words for Rick Ross, Chief Keef, Young Thugs fans. Ice says their fans support people like them that scream in the mic and talk about p*ssy all of the time, but won’t support his music, which according to him is equally bad. LOL! He asks is that what you the fans really consider to be good music? Now we know that Ice JJ Fish is a joke, but does he have a point about the others being terrible as well?
LA bred Taylor Gang and Atlantic Records artist Ty Dolla $ign has just dropped the remix for his track “Blasé.” The crazy thing is that the homie dropped two versions of the record with some of the biggest featured acts you can find in the game. Peep them below:
Despite a leak of the album, August Alsina’s project ‘This Thing Called Life’ is now available everywhere at online retailers. Its been a rough road for August Alsina as of late after discovering that he may actually be going blind, but the New Orleans bred R&B singer is still pushing. This project includes “Song Cry”, “Been Around The World” ft. Chris Brown and several others. Peep the video for “Song Cry” below:
Photo via Meek Mill’s Instagram
As Nicki Minaj is loving her newly gifted diamond ring from her boo Meek Mill, a woman by the name of Natalia Chavez took to Twitter to say Meek Mill bought the ring for $100,000 from her grandma. Meek Mill’s jewelers (@ShyneJewelers) said Meek actually paid a lot more, and he purchased the ring from them not the woman’s grandma. Although we are sure the woman is probably lying, we could see Meek getting a ring from somewhere for a “good deal.” Famelous caught a few screenshots of the woman’s tweets before they were deleted. She just wanted some attention.
Photo via Chief Keef’s Instagram
Yet another woman is claiming she is pregnant by Chief Keef. Allegedly Chief told her to keep the baby. One of his baby mamas was upset earlier this year because Chief was flashing money on Instagram, but he wouldn’t pay his child support. When Chief announced the birth of his son (a few months back) who he called “The White Sosa,” his lawyers claimed that the child may not be his, and they believed Keef is a target for women looking to come up. We believe Keef doesn’t like to use condoms.