Wiz Khalifa is still riding off of the success of “See You Again”, but this new song is something very different from the popular single. The Taylor Gang leader recently dropped a new single titled “Most of Us” via Soundcloud. The track, produced by ID Labs, is a step back into the heavy-hitting trap sound that he’s been indulging lately.
Check out the track below:
Busta has always been known for putting on one of the most live shows in Hip-Hop. While he’s gotten older, his energy remains and he still knows how to get the crowd involved in his set. Check it out as Busta performs his CLASSIC, “Put Your Hands Where My Eyes Could See” along with Diddy. Its a quick clip but clean, s/o to ambrosiaforheads.com on the video clip.
With the Revolt Music Conference underway, it seems as if Diddy has brought out all the stars once again. Last night while Busta Rhymes, French Montana, Rick Ross and others enjoyed festivities throughout Miami, while Nas was filmed performing his legendary track “N.Y. State of Mind.” S/O ambrosiaforheads.com for coming up with the footage, check it out below!
Joe Moses hit us with the first single and video “We Living” from his surprise street album “From Nothing To Something 3”. Watch below!
Check out Problem’s brand new song “Associates” featuring fellow Diamond Lane Music Group rapper Bad Lucc. With a chopped up symphony to start, the song quickly loops into the same sample that Nas’ “Street Dreams” sampled. The track is actually by Linda Clifford and Prob and Lucc smash this track while Candice adds her smooth vocals to the track as well.
Our own Celebrity Host & DJ Hustle aka hot hands is on the 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. Weekly mixes will be posted for your weekly enjoyment. Let DJ Hustle aka hot hands on the turn tables know what you want the hear on Twitter @DJHustle or Instagram DJHustle2407
1) Emcee N.I.C.E ft Suhana Machete – Tonight
2) Nazo Bravo ft E-40 – Put It In Reverse
3) Notorious Big & Too Short – Big Booty Hoes
4) YG – Twist My Fingaz
5) Chief Keef – Missing You
6) Das EFX – They Want EFX
7) Fifth Harmony ft Kid Ink – Worth It
8) Kid Ink ft Dej Loaf – Be Real
AllHipHop’s DJ Hustle talks to The D.O.C. after his performance at the “How The West Was Won” show in Irvine, California alongside The Game, Schoolboy Q, DJ Quik and many more West Coast emcees. The D.O.C. explans I have not been on stage in 25 years I just wanted to see what it would feels like and it felt good. The D.O.C. says I have no hate towards no one I’m Back to work and ready to rock stages across the country.
Biz Markie teamed up with Lucky Charms and gave his 1988 hit “Just A Friend” the remix treatment for the cereal’s new sweepstakes. The #Lucky10Sweepstakes gives Lucky Charms-lovers a chance to win a box full of only marshmallows. Only 10 contestants will take home the marshmallow only box. To enter, you must snap a pic holding an imaginary “Marshmallow Only” box and post it on Instagram or Facebook with the #Lucky10Sweepstakes hashtag.
This isn’t the first time Biz participated in something kid-friendly. He also appeared on Yo Gabba Gabba! to show kids how to make music with their mouth.
See the #Lucky10Sweepstakes commercial below.
A day before his eighth album, Church In The Streets, hits stores Jeezy is heading out on a brief tour to support the project. For the “Church In The Streets Concert Series,” the Snowman will be visiting six cities, including New York, Los Angeles and his hometown of Atlanta.
Church In The Streets drops Nov. 13th.
Tickets available for purchase here. Peep the dates below.
November 12 The Highline Ballroom, New York, NY
November 17 Thalia Hall, Chicago, IL
November 18 Union Transfer, Philadelphia, PA
November 22 Mayan Theatre, Los Angeles, CA
November 25 Tabernacle, Atlanta, GA
November 27 House of Blues, New Orleans, LA
6 Seconds of Fame is a series of the funniest and most trending six second videos on the social network scene. Check out the videos that made it this week.
Nas and Usher have collaborated on a track aimed at addressing police brutality against people of color. The song, titled “Chains,” comes with an interactive video released via TIDAL that uses facial recognition technology in order to play. Viewers must look at the screen continuously as the faces of victims, like Trayvon Martin and Rekia Boyd, appear on the screen or the video will stop playing.
“In writing this song, I was motivated by the events involving prejudicial injustice that are still happening today,” Usher said in a statement. “The reality is that racial bigotry diminishes the lives of too many people in our country. We have to come together as a country to solve these problems and this is one way I can contribute.”
It's time to break the chains of racial injustice. #CHAINS #DontLookAway
http://t.co/V4sjKmLF0Y pic.twitter.com/KwPF7wiZH7
— Usher Raymond IV (@Usher) October 16, 2015
The “I Don’t Mind” singer also explained the concept behind using the “Don’t Look Away” theme.
“I chose to introduce the song through the ‘Don’t Look Away’ experience because it is important not only to feel the issue but to face it. The pain and suffering that these victims and their families have endured is something we must never forget. When we look away from this problem it gets worse. To fix it, we have to face it.”
Watch the video on TIDAL.
This song has been flowing through our speaks for a bit now and finally we get the visual to this dopeness. Pulled from their Ego Death album, “Get Away,” shows the development of a relationship as Syd tha Kyd acts out emotions in the clean video directed by Calmatic.
Ty Dolla Sign’s long awaited debut album Free TC is finally on its way. The west coast singer/producer has unveiled the 16-track playlist for the project and it’s packed with some R&B vets as well as hip-hop’s elite. For his first project, Ty got features from Brandy, Babyface, Jagged Edge, R. Kelly, Kendrick Lamar, Kanye West, Diddy and many more.
The ‘Drop That Kitty” singer also features his big brother Big TC on a track, who the album is named after. TC, who is also a singer, is serving a life sentence in prison for a murder that his little brother says he did not commit.
Free TC is available for pre-order on iTunes. It drops Nov. 13th. Take a look at the track-listing below.
1. “LA” feat. Kendrick Lamar, Brandy & James Fauntleroy
2. “Saved” feat. E-40
3. “Straight Up” feat. Jagged Edge
4. “Solid” feat. Babyface
5. “Horses in the Stable”
6. “Know Ya” feat. Trey Songz
7. “Credit” feat. Sevyn Streeter
8. “Miracle/Wherever” feat. Big TC & D-Loc
9. “Guard Down” feat. Kanye West & Diddy
10. “Sitting Pretty” feat. Wiz Khalifa
11. “When I See Ya” feat. Fetty Wap
12. “Blase” feat. Future & Rae Sremmurd
13. “Only Right” feat. YG, Joe Moses & TeeCee4800
14. “Bring It Out of Me”
15. “Actress” feat. R. Kelly
16. “Finale” feat. SA-RA & PJ
Elegance and class define the melodic piano that lays over the simple percussion on Rick Ross’ new joint “Money Dance.” The bawse raps around a mansion and drops love laced verses for the lady described in this song. Rick Ross is on his way to marriage so we can expect this kind of stuff from him while he’s in his feelings. Enjoy this classic refined Rick Ross track below!
Alicia Keys and Chris Rock will be joining forces to host the 2015 Black Ball to celebrate the work of Keys’ Keep A Child Alive foundation. The event will help raise the necessary funds to provide treatment and care for children, youth and families living with and affected by HIV in Africa and India, according to a press release.
The Black Ball will take place at the Hammerstein Ballroom in New York City on Nov.5th. Keys will also be performing, along with LIONBABE, WizKid and others.
“At this year’s Black Ball, we will bring attention to the young, vibrant and extraordinary people of Africa,” said Keys, who is the co-founder of KCA. “Their future is bright, but with 25 million people currently living with HIV in sub-Saharan Africa, we need to get AIDS out of the picture once and for all, for Africa to reach their full potential.”
KCA has raised over $24.9 million to donate to children and families affected by HIV/AIDS. Keys started the foundation in 2003 with AIDS activist Leigh Blake to ensure that African children and families whi suffer from the virus would get much needed treatment and medications. KCA also provides financial and programmatic support to seven innovative, grass-roots programs in Kenya, Rwanda, South Africa, Uganda and India, serving over 56,000 people annually.
The middleweight division has been synonymous with some of the toughest men ever to grace the squared circle. The prefix of “middle” also denotes something far less flattering in society. Things in the middle are often overlooked, less celebrated. Middle children, for example, rarely get trusted with the leadership and responsibility bestowed to the oldest, or the doting admiration given to the youngest. This can build resentment, or create an unquenchable drive to excellence. The best of among the middleweight champions adopt the latter while also accepting perhaps the most important trait of any middleweight seeking mainstream recognition — patience.
Marvin Hagler and Bernard Hopkins, the most accomplished middleweights of the last 30 years, were both long-reigning champions that still had to wait until their early to mid 30s to find stardom. The next middleweight in that tradition is 33-year-old Gennady Golovkin, who makes his HBO pay-per-view debut against David Lemieux this Saturday (October 17) at a sold-out Madison Square Garden. The jovial but hard-punching slugger from Kazakhstan isn’t a pay-per-view model that boxing has seen before, nor has HBO been able to previously create crossover stars out the American champions that succeeded Bernard Hopkins (Kelly Pavlik, Jermain Taylor). But instead of waiting for a perfect storm, Golovkin’s team and HBO have went about creating one. Combining a focus on media, TV partnerships and a rigorous fight schedule, Gennady Golokvin has put himself in position to the first foreign-born pay-per-view success since Manny Pacquiao.
A NEW PAY-PER-VIEW ERA?
Defining the end of an era can be difficult in any discipline. History doesn’t always lend itself to neat packages. When it comes to boxing, the era-defining has traditionally been jarring and often bloody, with one previously great champion left withering in his own blood at the hands of a younger, hungrier foe. The latest “end of era” moment came not with an explosive fight-ending combination or deafening roar from the crowd. The saga that was Mayweather-Pacquiao took five years to make due to contract and TV network squabbles. It culminated in a May 2 mega event that was largely uneventful in the ring but generated 4 million buys.
The shady backroom dealings of boxing politics have made the business side of the sport as prominent as the in-ring action. Before sizing up any potential matchup, fans and media alike must first do a “Tale of the Tape” when it comes to a fighter’s promoter, manager, and TV network. After the severe backlash for a pay-per-view that cost $100, are fans ready to plunk down more cash for a sport that has a spotty track record delivering on prefight hype?
“When you provide the right fights fans realize tremedous value,” says Mark Taffet, HBO Sports Senior Vice President of Sports Operation and Pay-Per-View. “But we pay close attention that we are fulfilling the consumer’s needs for value. Golovkin vs. Lemieux and Cotto vs. Canelo on November 21 are great examples of fights that provide great value to the consumer. Golovkin vs. Lemieux is guaranteed to be an exciting fight.”
Since 2008, a Golovkin fight ending in a knockout has been one of the most reliable occurences in boxing. His 19-fight KO streak is littered with victims that were Top 10 ranked opponents at the time of their ruin. Golovkin’s latest win, a sixth round TKO over Willie Monroe, happened a few weeks after Mayweather-Pacquiao, potentially giving new fans a glimpse of boxing’s future.
“Mayweather-Pacquiao brought a lot of attention to the sport,” explained Tom Loeffler, managing director of Golovins’s promoter K2. “Gennady fought Willie Monroe two weeks later and fans got to see Gennady’s style compared to those that aren’t that exciting.”
While most serious fight fans can appreciate the technical mastery of an Floyd Mayweather or Andre Ward just as much as they can the brute strength of a George Foreman, the allure of the puncher is especially effective in gathering the attention of casual observers and mainstream media outlets. Including his HBO debut 3 years ago, Golovkin has fought on HBO 8 times with 6 of those fights generating over 1 million viewers, making him one of the biggest boxing attractions on HBO’s subscription service.
“If you look at the Top 5 superstars in pay-per-view history (Mayweather, Tyson, De La Hoya, Holyfield, Pacquiao), all but one have been American,” said Taffet. ” Pacquiao broke that mold and Gennady Golovkin has a chance in his first pay-per-view fight to take a big step in climbing that mountain.”
THE BEST OR RIGHT OPPONENT?
The science behind a good pay-per-view is an intriguing matchup, one where viewers feel there’s a chance either guy can pull it off. Montreal’s David Lemieux is a big underdog, but the savagery of his punching power has been enough to create a buzz around this bout. At 34-2, (31) with 86% of wins coming from KOs, Lemieux is the only fighter in the middleweight division that can match GGG when it comes to sheer power.
Everything else is a different story.
Lemieux has two losses in career. They were bad ones that came back to back and effectively derailed the 26 year old’s career for several years. The first was against contender Marco Antonio Rubio, who took Lemieux’s best shots before wearing him down and forcing Lemieux’s corner to waive the white flag in the middle of round 7. Then came fringe contender Joachim Alcine, who frustrated Lemieux with movement and counter-punching to take a disputed majority decision in front of Lemieux’s hometown fans.
When asked about his setbacks, Lemieux is candid that partying and the arrogance of his youth played roles. However, he places primary blame at the feet of his former trainer Russ Anber, claiming “I finally got a real trainer!” with the addition of Marc Ramsay in 2012.
It’s hard to argue with the results. Since then Lemieux is on a nine fight win streak with seven of them ending in KOs. His last victory was his first world title win where he dropped Hassan N’Dam four times in route to a unanimous decision. Still, questions about Lemieux’s durability has most observers predicting he’ll be lucky to make it to mid-rounds at best in this fight.
And that might be what makes him the perfect opponent to showcase Golovkin’s ability on his first pay-per-view. Equal power, but lesser technical skills and a chin that ultimately will cause GGG to prevail. Lemieux seems bemused by this for two reasons. One, he feels he has an advantage when it comes to inside fighting. Second, he credits himself as having the superior punching technique.
“I love fighting inside. I have an old-school approach,” says Lemieux, “Kill the body and the head will die. I’ve been working on being effective down there. Golovkin has a different approach, he showed a few openings [to the body] against Monroe. I keep my punches more compact than him.”
FUTURE BUSINESS
After being denied a shot at the linear middleweight title from Sergio Martinez and Miguel Cotto (so far), Golovkin’s team has focused on building business leverage for their fighter. That first consisted of addressing the boxing media. Unlike higher profile sports like football and basketball, a significant portion of boxing writers and outlets are not professionally trained journalist, but hardcore fans lucky enough to turn their favorite past time into a business. That brings a passion for coverage that’s rarely seen in other sports, but can also create unethical practices like clear media bias for “favorites.”
Golovin’s media approach has always been accessibility. He makes it a goal to honor every media request possible, which leads to distinct advantages in controlling the narrative during war of words with rivals over the last year like Andre Ward, Julio Cesar Chavez Jr. and Carl Froch.
“We invested a lot in both opponents and the marketing of his brand,” Loeffler explained. “When he first fought in NY, we held special press lunches in Los Angeles and New York. We took him up to the Empire State Building and shot pictures. All that resonated with the media. Couple that with a fighter that’s likable and grants access, and an exciting in-ring style, that’s a very good combination.”
If there is any concern about Golovkin hitting pay-per-view, it’s the thought of him becoming an exclusive pay-per-view fighter. Floyd Mayweather made the fastest transition in that realm. After destroying Arturo Gatti for his pay-per-view debut in 2005, Mayweather fought once more that same year on cable. For now, Loeffler maintains that isn’t the plan.
“No, this fight had to be pay-per-view because that’s the only way we could make the economics work between two world champions,” said Loeffler. “The goal is to continue to showcase him on regular HBO because of his level of activity. And certainly if he fights internationally, those fights will be on regular HBO as well. He’s one of the unique fighters that can fight on both going forward. With the revenue he generates from ticket sales and sponsorships, there will still be enough money to put on a great show for regular HBO.”
With that said, a regular HBO appearance might be close to a year away. Next month, Miguel Cotto and Canelo Alvarez’s pay-per-view fight is for the linear and WBC middleweight title. Per the WBC, the winner is obligated to face Golovkin next. Cotto and Canelo are both non-committal on facing GGG, but it’s a unification clash that guaranteed to hit pay-per-view and be one of the biggest (and most lucrative) fights of 2016.
“Gennady is now viewed as the best middleweight out there,” says Loeffler. “The biggest excuse other middleweight champions had before was they wouldn’t be compensated for the risk. Now with his commercial success between ticket sales, sponsorships and hopefully a successful pay-per-view, there would be a big reward for anyone that steps in the ring with him. It’ll be easier to add more unification fights.”
All that’s left is to deliver in the ring on Saturday.
Golovkin vs. Lemieux is presented by K2 Promotions and Golden Boy Promotions in association with GGG Promotions and Eye of the Tiger Management and is sponsored by Corona Extra, BI Group and Tsesnabank. The event will take place Saturday, October 17 from Madison Square Garden and will be produced and distributed live by HBO Pay-Per-View beginning at 9:00 p.m. ET/6:00 p.m. PT. Doors will open at 7:00 p.m. ET and the first fight begins at 7:05 p.m. ET.
(AllHipHop News) Slim Jesus has only been on the scene for a short amount of time, but the Ohio rapper has already garnered plenty of criticism from the public. AllHipHop.com caught up with Slim to get his response to those people that have negative things to say about him and his music.
“It doesn’t really bother me. I do what I want to do,” says Slim. “I’m going to make music for the people who want to listen to it, and if you don’t like it you don’t have to listen to it.”
He adds, “To the people who don’t like me or say I shouldn’t be making music this way, don’t listen to my music. It’s cool.”
The conversation also included Slim naming his Top 5 rappers dead or alive. The first person to make his list is Chicago’s Chief Keef. The two Drill performers have been pictured together, but Keef later tweeted that he “don’t f*ck with shorty.”
So does Slim consider Keef a friend or foe? The internet star claims he has no issues with Sosa. Slim states, “I don’t know how he feels. I’m cool. Obviously, I’m a big fan. I don’t know his end. I don’t know.”
Watch AllHipHop.com’s interview with Slim Jesus to get the rest of his Top 5 DOA in the videos below.
(AllHipHop News) Two years ago reports began circulating that actor-rapper Donald Glover was set to produce and star in a new FX series titled Atlanta. According to Entertainment Weekly, the cable channel has officially picked up 10 episodes of the Hip Hop themed sitcom.
“Atlanta draws on Donald’s considerable talents as a musician, actor and writer to give us something unique,” stated FX President of Original Programming Nick Grad. “The story is made all the more powerful by the great cast and the contributions of Donald’s fellow executive producer Paul Simms and director Hiro Murai.”
The half-hour comedy series will also feature Brian Tyree Henry (Boardwalk Empire), Keith Stanfield (Straight Outta Compton), and Zazie Beetz (Applesauce). Atlanta is scheduled to debut in 2016.
Besides performing as a Hip Hop artist under the name Childish Gambino, Glover previously starred on NBC’s Community. The Stone Mountain, Georgia native has also appeared on Girls and Ultimate Spider-Man. His film resumé includes Magic Mike XXL and The Martian.
Lil’ Mouse & Big Folks aren’t feeling Slim Jesus or any “fake sh*t” for that matter. Mouse feels that he is a culture vulture and wouldn’t survive a day on any of these streets. Lil’ Mouse tells Slim to stay a fan and to not try to jump in the rap game. Big Folks tells Slim Jesus he needs to be careful faking his lifestyle because he is going to end up dead, or in jail getting raped. What are your thoughts on Slim Jesus and Mouse’s advice and the Mouse & Big Folks interview below?
Photo via Fetty Wap’s Instagram
Apparently it’s a bad idea to disrespect Fetty Wap. Rumor has it that Fetty’s former Remy Boy group member P -Dice was jumped by Fetty’s crew for disrespecting the “679” rapper. Apparently P-Dice only came around after “Trap Queen” started blowing up, and he didn’t put in the necessary amount of work to stay in the crew. The video below allegedly shows Dice getting assaulted. Ouch!