Big Sean promo game on Fleek. Ha! Anyhow, Sean returns with the official album cover and tracklist for his upcoming album “Dark Sky Paradise“. Comment below and tell us which track are you looking mostly forward too?
1. Dark Sky (Skyscrapers)
2. Blessings feat. Drake
3. All Your Fault feat. Kanye West
4. IDFWU feat. E-40
5. Pay No Games feat. Chris Brown & Ty Dolla $ign
6. Paradise (Extended)
7. Win Some, Lose Some
8. Stay Down
9. I Know feat. Jhené Aiko
10. Deep feat. Lil Wayne
11. One Man Can Change the World feat. Kanye West & John Legend
12. Outro
Deluxe Bonus Tracks:
13. Deserve It feat. PARTYNEXTDOOR
14. Research feat. Ariana Grande
15. Platinum and Wood
It would be hard for anyone to build a resume like producer Easy Mo Bee’s. He was behind the boards for some of the best songs in 90’s Hip-Hop. Biggie’s “Gimme the Loot,” Tupac’s “Temptations,” Busta Rhymes’ “Everything Remains Raw,” among many others, are memorable largely due to the beats that the man born Osten Harvey, Jr., created. Plus, he got his first break sharing album credits alongside one of his idols, Marley Marl, on Big Daddy Kane’s classic, It’s a Big Daddy Thing. He won a Grammy with Miles Davis. And he has made amazing music in the 21st century alongside Alicia Keys.
With enough accolades to make St. Patrick green with envy, Mo Bee is rightfully content with just letting his work speak for itself. And it is because of that, AllHipHop.com was very grateful for the opportunity to speak with him.
In celebration of 25 years in an industry that changes faces more frequently than high school and a new instrumental album, …And You Don’t Stop!, Easy Mo Bee drops knowledge proving that wisdom not only comes with age, but also, and even more importantly, experience.
Play to Your Strengths: Everything (on …And You Don’t Stop!) was created on SP1200s. You’re talking about the same kind of equipment that people like me, Large Professor, we were all using, like around, ’92, ’93, ’94. We’re still using the same stuff. I love the sound of it; I love the feel of it when I play it back and I listen to it. I’m more of a hands-on type of dude. I cannot sit there and be clicking the mouse. I can’t do it. I have to have my hands on the machines. I guess you could say that’s equal to people who play instruments. I feel better, like I’m actually playing a real instrument- like somebody who plays the guitar. I’d rather play them for real because its hands on.
Aspire to Stand out From the Crowd, Instead of Fit into It: Hopefully what this album will do is inspire some more originality in Hip-Hop. I also hope that it will just kind of allow people to come out of the closet after all these years. What I mean by that, is music has changed and Hip-Hop has changed and a lot of everything, production-wise, is geared towards the southern trap sound. And I see people where I’m from, from New York, or Brooklyn, or a place like Harlem or whatever doing the trap sound. It’s cool to adapt, but it’s just not us, do you know what I mean? I have to come out and say that, it’s not us. I hope that will inspire people. You know I’m getting real different with it.
Let the Good Times Outweigh the Bad: I’m glad you asked that (about 2Pac and The Notorious B.I.G. working together). A lot of people all these years, have concentrated on nothing but the negativity and the beef. I was there and I was working with them when they actually were friends and I was able to see them interact together. Them interacting together, it was just cool watching them work like that. I had no idea what was gonna happen [would] happen. All I saw was a bunch guys in a studio having fun, doing the same thing that I loved to do, which was make records. Pac, he’s more aggressive as far as styles when recording in a studio. He can’t sit down. He’s like, “Come on man, come on get up. We gotta get this done!” Biggie’s more laid back, he’s like the opposite, he’s sitting on the couch and kind of speaks when spoken to. He’s kinda quiet, just looking around. You don’t even think he’s working, but he’s writing in his head. They had kinda opposite styles, but they both came out with greatness when it was time to deliver.
Know You’re Judged by the Company You Keep: A lot of people may not know but I started out really really early with the Wu-Tang Clan, being associated, hanging around them, before they even decided to call themselves Wu Tang Clan. For that matter, Wu Tang Clan had not even happened yet. It was 1989 going into ’90 and I had just produced the Big Daddy Kane stuff. So, Lil Kwan had approached me and said “Hey man, I liked the Big Daddy Kane stuff and there’s an artist that I want you to work with.” They said his name is The Genius (GZA). I was like “Oh, ok.” He said, “I’m telling you G, you gotta meet these guys. What they’re doing is fusing the martial arts together with the Hip-Hop.” I’m like, “Yeah yeah, whatever. Let’s meet him and work.” I meet Genius and we end up making the album, Words From the Genius. I was still in the projects then, not really paying attention, they always were bringing somebody with them. I wasn’t paying attention to these tag alongs that were still coming. One time they brought Raekwon, and then another time they brought ODB. Me and ODB, we actually got involved. I have homemade demos where we put the microphone into the back of the DJ mixer and we were playing SP1200 beats. I have demos of Wu-Tang, Genius, and Ol’ Dirty Bastard that have never been released. I made them at the house in the projects. That’s my earliest involvement. I’m always proud to say that I had early involvement in the stages of Wu-Tang.
Recognize There Are as Many Personalities as People in the World: People are different. You have to be open to different personalities. Everybody has their own special way. In this business when you agree and commit to working with somebody you take on that whole plate of who that person is, to understand them, and you will fit a mold to work with that person. I think we end up doing that every single day, working 9 to 5. I didn’t do music all my life, I was a 9 to 5 dude too. People have different personalities from your boss to your co-worker or whoever. And you gotta understand who they are to get along with them, and that’s all for the purpose of getting things done.
“FourFive Seconds,” the eclectic collaboration between trio Sir Paul McCartney, Kanye West and Rihanna will soon have official visuals, as RiRi kicked off the weekend by providing a behind the scenes look at the set. All three are set to perform the surprise track during the upcoming Grammy’s which will be held on February 8.
Since being acquitted in relation to the death of unarmed teen Trayvon Martin, George Zimmerman has had a number of other brushes with the law. He was arrested three weeks ago, after his 28-year-old girlfriend Brittany Brunelle contacted the police about a domestic disturbance.
She’s now recanting her story and telling authorities that she has decided not to cooperate in any ongoing investigations.
According to State Attorney Phil Archer, “While it is clear that the officers had probable cause to arrest Mr. Zimmerman … the subsequent recantation by the victim of her initial statement … precludes my office from proceeding further,” Archer said in a statement.”
There are few true super stars left in the game, before digital sales and Social Media, artists had to depend solely on radio spins and performances for album sales. Rising to stardom with the Jackson 5, as a solo artist Michael Jackson broke a number of barriers throughout his iconic career, from being the first urban act featured on a then fledgling MTV to winning 13 Grammy’s, 26 American Music Awards and having 13 number one singles in the U.S.
One of the biggest stars on the planet at the time, in 1993 Jackson would change the entire concept of the Halftime routine, as he gave a legendary performance during Super Bowl XXVII. Prior to this the show was just an after thought, a few forgettable commercials just long enough to go grab a beer and make a sandwich before catching the second half of the game. But the entire thing almost didn’t happen, as it took a bit of coaxing to get the King of Pop to make an appearance. A recent article by Sports Illustrated went into detail about how the event came to be:
“For a month they got nowhere. [The NFL’s Jim] Steeg sat down with the King of Pop’s manager, Sandy Gallin, 11 months before Super Bowl XXVII. “I remember pitching them,” he says, “and them not really having a clue what we were talking about.” At a subsequent meeting, producer Don Mischer pointed out that the Super Bowl would be broadcast in more than 120 countries. Now he had Jackson’s full attention.”
Jackson was convinced, “You mean to tell me my performance is going to be seen in country’s I’ll never do a concert at? I’m In.”
When you’re at the top, it’s hard to find people you can really trust. This is the lesson Slim Thug learns in his new “The Top” music video directed by DJ Young Samm. “The Top” appears on Slim Thug’s Hogg Life: The Beginning album which is scheduled for a February 3rd, release date.
UPDATE: Sources with AllHipHop confirm that a deal is close, but the respective camps are ironing out details. The fight could amass a quarter of a million dollars, according to promoter Bob Arum.
“No, I’m aware of the report, but there are still some contractual issues to work out,” Arum said in a brief phone interview with the New York Daily News. “It’s close but not done yet.”
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They met for the first time in Miami just a few days ago and now Manny Pacquiao And Floyd Mayweather Jr. have made a fight.
According to numerous media outlets, the pair have a date for a megafight that could dwarf all previous bouts.
The fight is tentatively set for May 2.
An announcement could be made at the Super Bowl this Sunday.
You guessed it! OG Maco has returned with a new single & video. “FUCKEMx3” was produced by Ducko McFli and appears on Maco’s 2014 self-titled EP. The video is a high-energy black and white cut directed by Kee Motion.
As the nation prepares to watch the New England Patriots and Seattle Seahawks battle in Super Bowl XLIX, Seahawks cornerback Richard Sherman is preparing for something else, as he waits for his son to be born. Sherman has a big decision to make because his girlfriend is expected to go into labor any day now, which may very well fall on Super Bowl Sunday.
It’s a debate among many inside the league and out, as some feel the game must go on at any cost, while others think it unfair to deny players once in a lifetime moments with loved ones.
For Coach Pete Carroll it’s a personal choice, “Whenever our players have a personal or family issue that comes up, it’s always about family first and they have to decide what’s best for them, and I support that. We will support that decision.” He also joked, “I can’t wait to meet Little Petey.”
Not one to shy away from the media, Kim Kardashian has opened up about her desire to give nearly two-year-old daughter North a sibling and how she’s struggled to do so revealing to People that another child, “can’t come soon enough.” In a recent interview with Ellen DeGeneres, husband Kanye West added “Yeah, we’re trying.”
The reality star will also use her Keeping Up With the Kardashians series as a way to document her difficulty conceiving. She recently told E! News reporters, “When you’re not planning it, it happens. It’s just how God works. And when you want it so bad, it’s not happening.”
Wiz Khalifa takes you behind the scenes in his most recent DayToday web series. The footage shows Wiz rolling up and jumping in and out his 68 Chevy Camaro whip thats being used in the video. Press play to enjoy heavy smoke and Taylored antics throughout!
Walking through his penthouse in a gold Versace robe, French Montana walks room to room through a pad laden with women making out, weed burning and sports playing on the big screen. In what appears as the typical and cliche rapper’s paradise, French gets deep and talks about a poisoned love (Khloe Kardashian?). This song can be found on Mac & Cheese: The Appetizer a collaborative effort with Harry Fraud.
Suge Knight was charged with murder, because police investigators believe he tried to run over another man at the scene of the crime that actually killed his friend Terry Carter.
Suge allegedly tried to kill actor Cle “Bone” Sloan when he backed up his truck into a crowd. His friend Terry just happened to be in close proximity when the former Death Row mogul gunned his truck twice.
Suge was charged with felony murder even though he missed his intended target.
Suge and Cle were in a physical fight prior to the deadly encounter.
Cle is generally a well-known figure on the West Coast, as he has actively fought to end gang violence that has plagued their communities. He was also known as an extremely active Blood from back in the day. More recently, he’s morphed into an actor that has appeared in movies like “Training Day” and “Brooklyn’s Finest.” He produced a documentary called “Bastards of the Party.”
Sloane was injured in the deadly fracas, but his wounds were categorized as “non-life threatening.”
Our own DJ Hustle is on the turntables giving you Hustle Nation 4 Music Mix. DJ Hustle is blending and mixing the hottest new music in hip hop on AllHipHop.com. 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 know what you want the hear on Twitter or Instagram. We take music to the next level.
DMV Trio Black Coal drops their first release of 2015 titled “Ace Mitch Rico”. The group spits carefully crafted bars over sick production provided by MJ Drama.
ASAP Rocky in getting more in touch with his trippy side. The ASAP Mobster has tapped Juicy J to executive produce his new album.
The Three Six Mafia member took to Twitter to ensure that the album would be of top notch quality.
Juicy will be co-executive producing the album along with Dangermouse. The late ASAP Yams was also executive producing the project at the time of his death.
“All I can tell you is that A$AP Yams was one of the most influential hip-hop pioneers of today,” Rocky recently told the New York Times. “I have him and Danger Mouse executive chef-ing this mystical magical piece that we call art, my music today.”
Pretty Flacko says that the album is “basically done.” His singles “Multiply,” which features Juicy J, and “Lord Pretty Flacko Jodye 2” are keeping fans at ease until further notice.
The family of Akai Gurley, an unarmed man who was killed by a NYPD officer, is planning to file a $50 million lawsuit against New York City.
The mother of his two-year-old duaghter, Kimberly Ballinger, filed a claim against the NYPD, the city, Landau and Liang and filed a notice of claim against the New York City Housing Authority.
“The shooting death of Akai by the police was reckless and should not have happened,”Ballinger said at a news conference. “Akai was a great father and a good person who didn’t deserve to die like he did.”
While patrolling the Louis H. Pink Houses in Brooklyn, officers Peter Liang and Shaun Landau were walking down a “dimly lit” staircase when Gurley and his girlfriend, Melissa Butler, entered. Liang accidentally shot Gurley without warning.
A lot of innuendo and conjecture going on in the world. Lets quickly set one of the records straight about who Suge Knight killed. People are thinking he killed a legendary actor of Foxy Brown and the original Battlestar Galactica fame, but that’s not the case. This is actor Terry Carter.
But the man that Suge killed with his truck was another man Terry Carter the owner of Heavyweight records. He was an OG in his 50’s that worked with Ice Cube. He’s also worked with others like Changing Faces, Kurupt, Short Khop and Public Announcement. He was very prominent in the 90’s and 2000’s. Since he was so down with Suge and Cube, I guess they went to the set of “Straight Outta Compton” to get a good look.
Anyway, RIP….Suge has a real bloody mess on his hands.
Every time Iggy Azalea catches wind that someone has thrown shade her way, she gives them a earful through 140 characters at a time. Her mentor T.I feels that she needs to give Twitter a rest and focus on the music.
“I think she should focus on what got her here,” the Grand Hustle boss told a TMZ cameraman. “It’s just like asking Tom Brady if he should be commenting on defalte-gate. He should be worried about the big game on Sunday, correct?”
Iggy has taken to Twitter to respond to criticism and sly comments from Snoop Dogg, Jill Scott and Eve, Hot 97’s Ebro Darden, Azealia Banks, Tyler the Creator, Rah Digga and Q-Tip, who gave her a lecture about hip-hop through a series of tweets.
The “Murda Bizness” rapper recently went on a rant about Steve Madden releasing pictures from her photo shoot that she didn’t approve of on a Tumblr page.
