The mysterious group Anonymous (or somebody purporting to be them) gets all the way at Kanye West. This is better than any modern day diss record. Wow. “In reality, you’re not a renaissance man. You’re just a new slave that the industry uses to help keep the population in a cycle of stupidity and distraction,” an unnamed person states in the scathing video.
Parlae, a constant on the Atlanta music scene after his platinum selling group, Dem Franchise Boyz changed the sound of Hip Hop in 2004 with the single “White Tee,” now he’s back with “Trap Money.” Let us know what you think!
Out of nowhere, from the land of “The Great One” aka Wayne Gretzky, king of the NHL’s Stanley Cup, emerges Canadian rapper Dizzy, a champion in his own right. Case in point is Dizzy’s most recent song “Am I,” which is a testament to his own lyrical greatness and drive to be the best. Combine Dizzy’s flow with We the Best rapper Ace Hood and you have a song that will bang in the heat of Miami all the way to Edmonton, Canada’s unforgivably cold streets. Fans can enjoy Ace Hood’s appetite for raw beats and a work ethic that pushes his listeners to the limit, while Dizzy’s pop sensibilities and raw edge give fans the perfect song to motivate to the next level in any climate.
Singer/songwriter PJ has had a huge year in 2015 already achieving success with host of sites online. Raised between North Carolina and Atlanta, the up-and-comer signed to Atlantic Records at the start of 2014 wrote for everyone including Meek Mill, Wiz Khalifa, Chris Brown and Tyga, among others.
This year, it’s her turn and she’s gearing up for her debut EP, Walking Around Pools which climbed as high at #13 on iTunes R&B charts on its first day of release. Yesterday, she premiered the second single off the project, titled “I Mean It” featuring Hit-Boy and production from Cy Fyre, B Ham and Peter Lee Johnson, and co-produced by D’Mile and Hit-Boy. On the slow-building, soulful ballad, PJ’s raspy vocals and a verse from Hit-Boy prove that she’s set for the top… and she means it. Check the audio clip above for her song featuring Hit-Boy – “I Mean It” via Soundcloud.
When it comes to fashion in hip-hop, Young Thug has had a very fearless style from the start of his career. He’s been slammed and had his sexuality questioned for wearing dresses and skirts, but those girly garbs have landed him a spot in the CR Fashion Book, an upscale fashion publication.
In the spread, Thugger can be seen adorned in high fashion threads from Maison Margiela, Siki Im, Yohji Yamamoto, Dries Van Noten and Dior. The Atlanta native is following in the footsteps of Beyonce’, Travis Scott and North West who have all been featured in the mag as well. This issue also feature art pieces curated by Kanye West.
Some say Vince Staples is up next, take a look at the All Def Digital x Grammy U piece on the up and coming rapper’s organic movement and let us know what you think. Staples, who is one-third of the group Cutthroat Boyz, first appeared on the first Earl Sweatshirt project, followed by an appearance on a Mac Miller mixtape, which led to him being signed. He’s currently signed with Def Jam.
“A lot of people saw what I could be or what I should be before I did…a lot of people believed in me doing something, so I might as well, you know, give it a shot and see how it turns out,” Long Beach rapper Vince Staples said nonchalantly of his rise to prominence.
“People find excuses for their downfall,” the down-to-earth emcee said, before he defended major label deals, saying, “If every single rapper and musician that we look up to that’s considered a legend has been on a major label, why is it considered a bad thing?”
Staples advises all up & coming artists to follow his free-spirited footsteps, and focus on their music, not the fame: “The worst thing an artist can do when trying to make it or get discovered is trying to make it or get discovered. You’re gonna blow it. Just make music, and if it works, it works, and if it don’t, it don’t.”
Eminem announced via his Facebook that this Thursday (Mar. 12) he will be dropping The Vinyl LPs, a 10-disc box set of music from his nearly two-decade career. Since Em has dropped eight albums, there may be some exclusives wrapped up in this box set.
The vinyls will sell for $259.98 according to Amazon.
Slim Shady recently commemorated the 15-year anniversary of his label, Shady Records, with a compilation album of the label’s music with the Shady XV album. He also teamed up with Complex to chronicle his career and the rise of the Shady empire with I’m Not Afraid: The Shady Records Story.
Kendrick Lamar has graced the cover of the upcoming issue of Rolling Stone, which hits newsstands and the iTunes store on Friday, Mar. 13th.
The cover story has not been unveiled, but in a brief excerpt, K. Dot gives a vague explanation behind the album’s title, To Pimp a Butterfly.
“That will be taught in college courses someday,” he says about the title. “You take a black kid out of Compton and put him in the limelight, and you find answers about yourself you never knew you were searching for,” he told RS. “There’s some stuff in there, man. It’s a roller coaster. It builds.”
The Compton emcee also described the album as “honest, fearful and unapologetic.” He also gives accounts about his bouts with depression and trauma he’s been through while living in the CPT.
It’s seems as if T.I. and Shekinah will NEVER get along. T.I. is no stranger to hurling public insults at his wife Tiny’s best friend Shekinah. As usual Shekinah always claps back at both T.I. and those who want to talk reckless on her Instagram page. Shekinah recently posted a picture of her FaceTiming Floyd Mayweather who also happened to get into it with T.I. in Vegas Last year. The Instagram instigator fans of course had something to say asking Shekinah where her loyalty was. Shekinah let fans know that T.I. is not her friend and that Mayweather treats her with respect unlike Tip. She also revealed that T.I. kicked her off the show last year while apologizing to her fans that didn’t know. Poor Tiny lol. Was T.I. too harsh for kicking his wife’s bestie off the show? Is Shekinah going to far going in on her best friend’s husband? Check out some of the IG post below.
We The Best Music Group artist Nino Brown releases his new project “The State Of Florida Vs. Nino Brown” with minimal features from Rick Ross and Just Brittany. Stream his latest project below.
On an episode of MSNBC’s Morning Joe, hosts discussed Waka Flocka Flame’s response to the video of Sigma Alpha Epsilon fraternity members and bashed rap for normalizing the use of the word.
Host Mika Brzezinksi slammed Flocka for saying he was shocked and appalled after watching the SAE members chant the racist rhyme “There will never be a n—-r in SAE/You can hang them from a tree/But they’ll never sign with me.” She says that he shouldn’t be disturbed because he uses it all the time in his music.
“He shouldn’t be disgusted with them. He should be disgusted with himself,” Brzezinski said after calling Waka’s music “a bunch of garbage.”
As fellow hosts Joe Scarborough and guest host Bill Kristol chimed in about how corporations make major bucks off of rap and that a lot of hip-hop listeners are white and now use it because it is said frequently, host Willie Giest made a point that the racial chant and rap are not comparable.
“I would love to never hear that word again in a song white, black or otherwise but there is a distinction between a bunch of white kids chanting about hanging someone from a tree and using that word in a hateful way,” Giest said.
Pop Princess Ariana Grande has no reservations for showing her love for her man rapper Big Sean. The two have been all about public displays of affection lately. Grande recently took to her Instagram to say:
“w my baby in the D #detroit #duh #NottheonlyDtho #what #gottagobye #ifyoudonthaveasenseofhumorpleaseunfollowme”
Hmmmm it seems like Ariana Grande is loving the D and we ain’t talking about Detroit… well apparently neither is she! Remember when Big Sean first came out and told everyone why his name was BIG Sean hmmmmm alluding to his male parts lol.
Hailing from Decatur, Georgia, Murder Gang rep Maybaxh Hot is preparing for the release of his upcoming mixtape while out on the road for the Loud Pack Tour XIIV. The first single off Hot’s forthcoming tape is the Sonny Digital-produced single titled “Money & Sex” featuring his brother and Maybach Music Group’s own Tracy T. The new single utilizes the knocking production that we’re accustomed to hearing from Sonny Digital, while Maybaxh Hot and Tracy T detail their flashy lifestyle.
Along with the release of “Money & Sex,” the Atlanta native looks to build anticipation for his mixtape Hot Wixh with a new weekly series titled #MaybaxhMondays, which will provide us with new releases on a regular basis leading up to the project, so stay tuned.
So help ‘Ye God. Someone stole Kanye West’s laptop.
While in Paris, someone reportedly swiped his PC, which may be the reason why his new track “Awesome,” which is a tribute to Kim Kardashian, is floating around the web.
G.O.O.D Music rep Malik Yusef took to Twitter to say there is an investigation underway.
We have the PRIVATE INVESTIGATION FIRMS ON TOP OF @kanyewest STOLEN LAPTOP!!!!!
The culprit has even created a Twitter account, @kanyelaptop, mocking the fact that robbed Yeezy. On the account’s page, the user has threatened to leak a song entitled “YZ 2.0.”
No statement has been released from Kanye’s camp but this may affect the release of his upcoming album, So Help Me God.
UPDATE: A Def Jam representative has confirmed with XXL that Kanye West did not have his laptop stolen and that the leak of “Awesome is unrelated.
Actor, comedian, and singer Jamie Foxx is making his way back onto the R&B scene with his new single “Pretty Young Thing”. The triple threat previously released a 2 Chainz assisted party single, “Party Ain’t A Party,” and “Ain’t My Fault,” now Foxx is hitting us with another one.The song was produced by DJ Mustard, and is a modern cover of Michael Jackson’s 1982 classic, “P.Y.T.” Foxx sings about a woman that has certainly captured his attention. The question is.. will any of these tracks be found on an upcoming album from Foxx? R&B fans are screaming for another Unpredictable esque Jamie album.
(AllHipHop News) Hot Boy Turk’s lawsuit against his former label Cash Money Records has entered a new phase. AllHipHop.com reported on February 19 that New Orleans rapper served the company a summons requiring Cash Money to respond to the suit within 21 days. Turk has provided AllHipHop an update to the legal situation.
“Today was the final day for Cash Money to answer the lawsuit, but they have asked for a 30 day extension,” says Turk. “It only means that the ball is still rolling, and we are trying to resolve this matter without any litigation if possible.”
Turk sued Cash Money and Money Mack Music for at least $1.3 million for unpaid music royalties and advances. The suit claims Turk never received any payments for the music he released during his tenure with the label.
Kendrick Lamar’s sophomore album has a cover and a name after all. Shortly after midnight, the good kid made a rare appearance on Instagram to unveil the cover and the title, To Pimp A Butterfly. The album art shows shirtless black men posing happily with cash galore in their hands and mouth in front of the White House while standing over a deceased judge.
The album title was seemingly inspired by one of K. Dot’s friends in Compton, as he attributed the quote in the caption of the post to a “lil’ homie.”
“Don’t all dogs go to heaven? Don’t Gangsta’s boogie? Do owl s### stank? Lions, Tigers & Bears. But TO PIMP A BUTTERFLY. Its the American dream n####….” – lil Homie,” he wrote on IG.
A photo posted by Kendrick Lamar (@kendricklamar) on
The left coast rep has already snagged two Grammys for Best Rap Performance and Best Rap Song for the album’s first single “i” and woke up the world with “The Blacker The Berry.”
To Pimp A Butterfly is available for pre-order on iTunes and will drop on Mar. 23rd.
Empire’s ratings continue to soar through the roof each week! With an all star cast already in place, the show’s producers are steady calling on the industry’s top artists to continue to make the show one of the most entertaining imprints in television. The Queen of Hip Hop soul, Mary J. Blige, has been added to the show’s original soundtrack (in stores March 10). She will also make an appearance on this week’s episode. Mary J. and Terrance Howard (who stars as Lucious Lyon in the show) deliver a new song titled “Shake Down”, bringing all types of emotions that come about when past lovers reconnect.
RTMG’s Young Freq drops a new video for “Fed” from his Road 2 Perfection mixtape out now. Produced by Trackslammerz. We’ve posted Freq before, now we return to his posse track.
