Marvelous Mag drops his latest mixtape Florida Orange Juice. The Winners crew member incorporates cuts, scratches, drops, and movie clips into a 45-minute journey through nostalgic Hip Hop.
Stream/download Marvelous Mag’s Florida Orange Juice Digital Cassette Tape 45 Minutes of Flavor below.
(AllHipHop News) The annual BET Hip Hop Awards are right around the corner, and the list of rap stars that will take the stage that night has been announced. According to Billboard, the event’s host Snoop Dogg will also be one of the performers for the evening.
[ALSO READ: BET Hip Hop Awards Nominees Announced, Snoop Dogg To Host]
Other rap acts tapped to perform include Common, Birdman, DJ Premier, DJ Mustard, Rich Homie Quan, Bobby Shmurda, Young Thug, Vince Staples, Jay Electronica, Migos, YG and Rae Sremmurd. Nelly and Teyana Taylor will be among the show’s presenters.
Doug E. Fresh will join MC Lyte, LL Cool J, Salt-N-Pepa, Russell Simmons, and Grandmaster Flash as a recipient of the “I Am Hip Hop Icon Award.” The next big announcement will be which emcees will take part in the highly anticipated BET Cyphers.
The 2014 BET Hip Hop Awards will be taped on September 20 at Atlanta’s Boisfeuillet Jones Atlanta Civic Center. The television broadcast will premiere on the network on October 14 at 8 pm ET.
[ALSO READ: Complete 2013 BET Hip Hop Awards Cyphers (VIDEO)]
(AllHipHop News) R&B singer August Alsina collapsed on stage during his concert in New York. Footage of the 22-year-old performer falling out was uploaded to the Internet just hours after the show at Irving Plaza took place.
[ALSO READ: Hip-Hop Rumors: August Alsina Argues With Club Promoter]
The New Orleans native has not addressed the incident publicly yet. The last update on his Twitter account is a post promoting his new video “No Love (Remix)” featuring Nicki Minaj.
#NoLoveNicki ?..Video out NOW! http://t.co/Dj72GSdqXr
— August Alsina (@AugustAlsina) September 15, 2014
–
[ALSO CHECK OUT: August Alsina Ft. Nicki Minaj – “No Love” (Remix)]
Watch video of August Alsina collapsing below.
Here’s the latest single from Detroit-raised rapper, Lazarus.
https://soundcloud.com/mrgodflow/lazarus-man-on-a-mission
(AllHipHop News) LL Cool J is preparing to release his next album – G.O.A.T. 2. The Hip Hop icon recently spoke with Power 99’s Rise And Good Morning Show about his next project. LL also addressed the current state of Hip Hop, and the New York native expressed he is not a big fan of rappers who sing.
[ALSO READ: LL Cool J and Busta Rhymes To Speak On Chris Lighty’s Death On “Celebrity Crime Files”]
“It’s a lot of artist out there that I like. You gotta remember at the end of the day I like guys that spit. I like rhymers,” said LL. “I don’t really like the half singing-rhyming thing. It’s no disrespect to nobody. That’s just not my thing.”
Of course, one of the most prominent singer-rappers in the game at the moment is Young Money’s Drake. Going off LL’s latest comments it would seem Drizzy would fall into the category of the type of music Mr. Smith is not feeling, but he did acknowledge his influence on Drake in the past.
“I basically started a section of a genre and created it and put it out there, and now lots of people are doing it. I think it’s great. The more, the better. It’s better than downing them and telling [women] they ain’t nothing,” LL told MTV in 2011. “So I’m happy for [Drake] and I’m glad he decided to go that lane, and I wish everybody the best.”
The rapper/actor did add that he has no issue with mainstream Hip Hop at the moment. He even gives a shout out to Billboard chart toppers Schoolboy Q and Kendrick Lamar.
LL also announces G.O.A.T. 2 will feature Raekwon, Murda Mook, Loaded Lux, Maino, and Uncle Murda. He says the project is for the barbershop, the hood, and the culture.
The long-time Def Jam artist also revealed the reason he is not performing at the label’s 30th Anniversary Concert is because he was not invited, but LL is not upset about the omission.
[ALSO READ: Murda Mook Speaks On Potential Battle With Drake (VIDEO)]
Listen to LL Cool J’s interview below.
(AllHipHop News) DJ Skee’s Dash Radio is teaming with L.A. rap artist MURS to bring his MURS 316 stage at this year’s Sunset Strip Music Festival to fans who will not be in attendance. The exclusively Hip Hop 2-day concert will live stream on DASH’s “Independent Grind Radio” channel.
[ALSO READ: Murs Releases “Hip Hop Trivia: Starring Murs” Gaming App]
“I’m excited this year to partner with the Sunset Music Festival for the exclusive live stream of MURS debut stage at SSMF featuring the hand-picked artists he’s selected to perform,” stated Skee. “We felt it was a perfect match for our “Indie Grind” station powered by Tech N9ne and Strange Music, where MURS is also signed to. We’ll add this to the long list of things MURS and I continue to do to support the Indie Hip Hop community.”
A number of high profile Hip Hop artists will perform at SSMF’s MURS 316 stage. The Saturday show will feature Bun B, Riff Raff, and Dizzy Wright. The Sunday show will feature DJ Quik, Killer Mike, and N.O.R.E.
“DJ Skee and his team are always on the cutting edge. To have the opportunity to partner with them on their latest venture DASH Radio is truly exciting,” adds MURS. “I believe the MURS 316 stage will be leaving an indelible mark upon the Sunset Strip this weekend just as DASH Radio is already making a huge impact in the world of streaming music services and beyond.”
The MURS 316 stage at the Sunset Strip Music Festival is scheduled for Saturday, September 20 and Sunday, September 21. Stream the event live at dashradio.com or download the app via iTunes or Google Play.
For more information about the Sunset Strip Music Festival visit ssmf.com.
[ALSO READ: Odd Future Launches New Commercial Free Radio Station]
(AllHipHop News) The circumstances surrounding the death of New York rapper Tim Dog have been like an episode of a top-rated cop TV show. News broke that the former Ultra member was announced dead from diabetes complications in February of 2013, but the story did not end there.
Afterwards, there were reports Tim was alive and faked his own death in order to avoid paying a woman $19,000 for scamming her out of $32,000. A warrant for his arrest was even issued. A lack of a death certificate, newly released tracks, and his family’s refusal to speak to the media added to the speculation.
[ALSO READ: Arrest Warrant Issued For Tim Dog]
NBC is now reporting that Tim Dog is officially dead. The news outlet found the rapper’s death certificate in Atlanta, Georgia. He died in a hospice on February 14, 2013. His body was cremated by Dekalb County.
The confusion seems to stem from the fact that no one outside of Tim Dog’s immediate family knew where he was living at the time. A person’s death certificate is issued in the jurisdiction where he or she passed away, so that is the possible reason the document was difficult to find.
[ALSO READ: RIP! ALL HAIL TIM DOG!]
(AllHipHop News) In an interview in June, West Coast emcee Kendrick Lamar expressed his concern that Hip Hop is lacking aggression. The TDE representative is looking to step up and bring that aggressive content on his next studio album.
[ALSO READ: Kendrick Lamar Says The Industry Has Become Soft & Lacks Aggression]
Rolling Stone‘s “Fall Music Preview” includes K. Dot giving details about the highly anticipated LP. Kendrick told the magazine listeners can expect “aggression and emotion” on the project. He also revealed that he has “a bunch of tracks” with mentor Dr. Dre, and he recorded with frequent collaborators Digi+Phonics.
Kendrick was open about the possible production work to appear on the album, but he did not share any information about guest appearances. As of now, the 27-year-old rap star has not worked with any other artists for the follow-up to his platinum selling good kid, m.A.A.d. city.
“I have so much to say!” said Lamar. “It’s almost selfish of me.”
Rolling Stone Issue 1218 is on newsstands now.
[ALSO READ: Nas, Kendrick Lamar + Method Man & Redman Take Over ATL At One MusicFest 2014 (VIDEO)]
If you follow French Montana on Instagram then you’re already ahead of the the game, if not then you can thank us at AllHipHop for always keeping you up to date. Anyway, news broke out earlier via French’s insta that he and Ty Dolla Sign with be featured on the official remix to Jeremih’s “Don’t Tell Em” hit.
Elcee hits us with the visuals for his Fluence produced song “Testarossa Dreams” off his latest effort LeoSoul. Check out the Windsor, Ont. shot music video below! And for those that haven’t listened to LeoSoul definitely take time to check it out on his Bandcamp. What do you think about “Testarossa Dreams”, hit or miss?
Testarossa Dreams caters to the ambitious and hungry individuals looking to claim their worth. Learning from past experiences, Elcee speaks about the importance of remembering where he comes from. The roots of anything growing, is the foundation of where it all started and where everything leads back to in terms of what it has become. That is Testarossa Dreams in the flesh.
SparkDawg & #TeamSPARKALOT drop “All Eyez On Us” for Music Monday.
Migos are back with their #MigoMondays series with a new banger featuring T.I. titled “Trouble” produced by TM88 of 808 Mafia.
Sincere Ye raps about classy sophisticated women for his new single “Yorkie In A Handbag” produced by Apollo Brown. This will appear on his new album entitled BELLY.
Rick Ross releases the first single “Elvis Presley Blvd” featuring Memphis rap legend Project Pat, for his upcoming album titled Hood Billionaire.
Explosive Youth A Rap Collective with two up and coming artist Brice out of Queens, NYC and Prince Lamont out of Lancaster, VA drop a single “King Charles” produced by Tommy Johnson. A soulful Billy Ocean Sample Along with a Raw Authentic Hip Hop vibe.
(AllHipHop Features) The city of Atlanta received a major musical treat this past weekend with the 5th annual One MusicFest. Two of the hottest artists in Hip Hop were picked to headline one of the biggest festivals in the Southeastern region.
NYC’s Nas and L.A.’s Kendrick Lamar tore down the stage at Aaron’s Amphitheatre at Lakewood. Kendrick blessed the crowd with hits like “Poetic Justice,” “F**kin’ Problems,” and “B***h, Don’t Kill My Vibe.” Nas ran through classic cuts from his masterful debut album Illmatic as well as other fan favorites including “Hate Me Now” and “If I Ruled The World.”
The dynamic duo of Redman and Method Man gave the ATL crowd more Hip Hop heat with an electric joint performance. While rising TDE newcomer and Tennessee native Isaiah Rashad held it down for Southern rap, R&B was properly represented by Jhené Aiko, Bilal, Cody Chesnutt, Alice Smith, Amel Larrieux, and Daley.
Check out AllHipHop.com’s video recap of the One MusicFest 2014 below.
One of R&B’s most successful groups, Jagged Edge, is gearing up for the release of their eighth studio album, J.E. Heartbreak 2. The quartet recently released their second single “Ready”. The single serves as a follow up to their fan favorite track “Hope”. The group sings “I won’t be the one who’s 50 and alone….. I’d never thought I’d say this; I think I’m ready to be in love.” So far the album is proving to stick to the group’s signature classic and timeless sound, which makes sense since the group collaborated with super producers Jermaine Dupri and Bryan Michael Cox just as they did on their 2000 release, the double platinum J.E. Heartbreak album. R&B fans this is what you have been waiting for: new R&B music and R&B artists that are committed to putting out real R&B!!!
It’s actually amazing that you can take a track from the original J.E. Heartbreak album and put it on the sequel and thus far J.E. Heartbreak 2 tracks are sounding like they could’ve been on the original album. Two words: timeless and classic!
Enjoy the single below.
Also for fun, let’s flashback to the J.E. Heartbreak single “Keys To The Range.”
AllHipHop.com recently sat down with Atlanta rapper Que. In part 2 with our interview with Que, he discusses creating “Young Hitta” with The Migos and his growth from that song to to his new single “Too Much” featuring Trey Songz.
Que also talks about how he hooked up with DJ Mustard and 2 Chainz for “Rich Problems” and “Vato”.
“I was in L.A. working with DJ Mustard, and I wrote like 10 hooks to this beats. I did that “Vato” and he went crazy and he was like I’m gonna put YG and Jeezy on this and put it on my album. One of the hooks was “Rich Problems” so we sent it 2 Chainz and he sent back a craaaazy verse. “
“When we came up with that “Young Hitta” Me and the Migos were drunk in the studio playing 2K And we just went in the booth and said something.. With the “Too Much” I put more thought into the concept of the song.”
French Montana may have just been dumped by Khloe, but he insists everything is all good.
People spotted Montana partying over the weekend at Hard Rock Hotel’s Vanity Nightclub, where he was hosting a party for the Mayweather/Maidana fight. They managed toast him a couple of questions about his high profile breakup.
““I’m feeling great,” he told PEOPLE. “Feeling great and looking even better.”
Prior to the breakup, Montana and Kardashian were nearly inseparable since they began dating in April.
Specifically, the two spent a lot of quality time together over the summer: Montana was on hand to help Kardashian celebrate her 30th birthday not once, but twice!
Surrounded by a large group of friends, Montana said he planned on drinking and attending the Floyd Mayweather/Marcos Maidana fight on Saturday. As for his personal life, he admits it isn’t going as smoothly as his weekend.
“[I am] working on movies and my album and making sure all my artists are straight,” he said. “And definitely try to get rid of all these problems I got.” When asked about his problems, Montana replied, “Baby mama drama and all kind of different [stuff].””
(AllHipHop News) What a difference a year makes. Last summer Robin Thicke was riding high off the success of his number one single “Blurred Lines.” This year the crooner has been constant tabloid fodder and his latest album Paula flopped.
Adding to his 2014 embarrassment, it has now been revealed that Thicke lied about taking credit for writing the biggest hit of his career.
[ALSO CHECK OUT: Robin Thicke Ft. Tamar Braxton “For The Rest Of My Life (Remix)”]
The Hollywood Reporter obtained the transcripts from Thicke’s deposition in the lawsuit between the creators of “Blurred Lines” (Thicke, Pharrell Williams, & Clifford “T.I.” Harris) and Marvin Gaye’s family.
The Gaye’s have accused Thicke and his collaborators of stealing elements from the legendary performer’s “Got to Give It Up” for “Blurred Lines.” Thicke, Williams, and T.I. attempted to preempt a Gaye Family lawsuit by filing their own suit first.
[ALSO READ: Robin Thicke, Pharrell, & T.I. Suing Marvin Gaye’s Family & Bridgeport Music Over “Blurred Lines”]
During his testimony under oath, Thicke stated:
I was high on vicodin and alcohol when I showed up at the studio. So my recollection is when we made the song, I thought I wanted — I — I wanted to be more involved than I actually was by the time, nine months later, it became a huge hit and I wanted credit. So I started kind of convincing myself that I was a little more part of it than I was and I — because I didn’t want him — I wanted some credit for this big hit. But the reality is, is that Pharrell had the beat and he wrote almost every single part of the song.
These statements are different from what Thicke said about his role in the making of “Blurred Lines” in the past. He told GQ in May 2013:
Pharrell and I were in the studio and I told him that one of my favorite songs of all time was Marvin Gaye’s ‘Got to Give It Up.’ I was like, “Damn, we should make something like that, something with that groove.” Then he started playing a little something and we literally wrote the song in about a half hour and recorded it.
Pharrell and I were in the studio and I told him that one of my favorite songs of all time was Marvin Gaye’s ‘Got to Give It Up’… Then he started playing a little something and we literally wrote the song in about a half hour and recorded it.”
Pharrell acknowledged during his testimony that he did write “Blurred Lines,” but gave Thicke a co-writing credit on the song because that is normal practice in the music business.
The Grammy-winning producer said:
You know, people are made to look like they have much more authorship in the situation than they actually do. So that’s where the embellishment comes in.
[ALSO READ: Marvin Gaye’s Family Files Countersuit Against Robin Thicke & EMI]