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Big Boi – Mother Of Dragons
HBO’s Game Of Thrones series is dropping a new mixtape titled Catch The Throne, the first track is from Outkast’s Big Boi titled “Mother Of Dragons”
Tyga – “Tsunami” (Remix)
Rich Homie Quan – “F### N*gga” (Johnny Cinco Diss)
Bad Rabbits Band Is Rocking Out R&B For A New Era
(AllHipHop Alternatives) R&B is one of America’s great musical genres. As the music born from jazz and blues artists like T-Bone Walker, Roy Brown, Paul Williams, and many others continues to expand to the four corners of the globe, R&B’s vibe evolves with each generation.
Rhythm & Blues has gone from the early invention of Rock & Roll in post-WWII times, the 1960’s soul of Stax and Motown Records, late 20th century New Jack Swing, and now apparently back to its rock roots. Thanks it part to the 5-piece band known as Bad Rabbits.
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Bad Rabbits refer to their music as “futuristic R&B and post-rock.” It is that eclectic sound that made their debut album American Love a favorite of critics and led to appearances on Jimmy Kimmel Live!, The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson, and The Arsenio Hall Show.
The collective is made up of performers with varied cultural backgrounds. Fredua “Dua” Boakye (vocals), Sheel Davé (drums), and Santiago Araujo (guitar) are all first generation Americans whose respective families represents India, Liberia, Ghana, Italy, and Argentina. Salim Akram (guitar) and Graham Masser (bass) round out the band prepping to drop their sophomore LP this summer.
Grammy-winning songwriter/producer James Fauntleroy (Kanye West, Drake, Justin Timberlake) is contributing to the project. Bad Rabbits are now signed to Fauntleroy’s Not For Hire label. The group has also announced they are being managed by Steel Wool Entertainment’s Kevin Morrow.
Recording music is a vital part of an act’s exposure to a larger audience, but it is the live experience that forms an essential bond between a band and its fanbase. Bad Rabbits 2014 tour schedule will place the Boston-based crew in venues throughout the U.S. and Great Britain. The trek includes a set during SXSW later this month and a stop at the Roots Picnic in May. They will also appear on the Warped Tour this summer.
[ALSO READ: Snoop Dogg, A$AP Ferg, Action Bronson, Janelle Monáe & More To Play Roots Picnic]
As Dua, Sheel, Santiago, Graham, and Salim share their R&B/Rock hybrid across continents, the band’s only goal is to present a sound that is authentic to who they are as artists.
“We’re just doing what comes naturally,” stated Sheel. “It isn’t about trying to be something we’re not. It’s about just going with the flow ultimately. We’re not forcing anything.”
Follow Bad Rabbits on Twitter @BadRabbits.
Check out Bad Rabbits’ full tour schedule below.
Bad Rabbits Live Dates:
3/7-3/11 Miami, FL @ Parahoy! – Paramore Cruise
3/16 Austin, TX @ SXSW – Palm Door
3/17 San Antonio, TX @ White Rabbit
3/28 North Hampton, MA @ Iron Horse Music Hall
4/1 Los Angeles, CA @ Club Nokia at LA Live – Warped Tour Kick-Off Party
5/31 Philadelphia, PA @ 7th Annual Roots Picnic
UK Dates
5/1 Cardiff, UK @ Clwb Ifor Bach
5/2 London, UK @ Borderline
5/4 Glasgow, UK @ King Tut’s
5/5 Newcastle, UK @ Academy2
5/6 Birmingham, UK @ Academy3
5/7 Leeds, UK @ Cockpit 2
5/8 Sheffield, UK @ Plug
5/9 Norwich, UK @ Waterfront Studio
5/10 Bristol, UK @ Exchange
5/11 Southhampton, UK @ Cellars
Warped Tour Dates
6/13 Houston, TX @ Reliant Park Main St. Yellow Lot
6/14 San Antonio, TX @ One AT&T Center Parkway
6/15 Dallas, TX @ Gexa Energy Pavilion
6/17 Albuquerque, NM @ Isleta Amphitheater
6/18 Mesa, AZ @ Quail Run Park
6/19 Las Vegas, NV @ Luxor Festival Grounds
6/20 Pomona, CA @ Pomona Fairplex
6/21 Mountain View, CA @ Shoreline Amphitheatre
6/22 Ventura, CA @ Country Fairgrounds
6/25 Chula Vista, CA @ Sleep Train Amphitheatre
6/26 Wheatland, CA @ Sleep Train Amphitheatre
6/28 Auburn, WA @ White River Amphitheatre
6/29 Portland, OR @ Portland Expo Center
7/2 Maryland Heights, MO @ Verizon Wireless Amphitheatre
7/3 Nolbesville, IN @ Klipsch Center
7/4 Toronto, ON @ Molson Canadian Amphitheatre
7/5 Montreal, QC @ Paterre I’ile Notre Dame at Parc Jean-Drapeau
7/8 Holmdel, NJ @ PNC Banks Arts Center
7/9 Scranton, PA @ The Pavilion
7/10 Mansfield, MA @ Xfinity Center
7/11 Camden, NJ @ Susquehanna Bank Center
7/12 Wantagh, NY @ Nikon Jones Beach Theatre
7/13 Hartford, CT @ Xfinity Theatre
7/15 Burgettstown, PA @ First Niagara Pavilion
7/16 Cincinatti, OH @ Riverbed Music Center
7/17 Cuyahoga Falls, OH @ Blossom Music Center
7/18 Auburn Hills, MI @ The Palace of Auburn Hills
7/19 Tinley Park, IL @ First Midwest Bank Amphitheatre
7/20 Shakopee, MN @ Cantebury Park Festival Field
7/22 Columbia, MD @ Merriweather Post Pavilion
7/23 Virginia Beach, VA @ Farm Bureau Live
7/24 Atlanta, GA @ Aaron’s Lakewood Amphitheatre
7/25 St. Petersburg, FL @ Vinoy Park
7/26 West Palm Beach, FL @ Cruzan Amphitheatre
7/27 Orlando, FL @ Central Florida Fairgrounds
7/28 Charlotte, NC @ Music Pavilion Charlotte
7/29 Nashville, TN @ Tennessee State Fairgrounds
7/30 Milwaukee, WI @ Marcus Amphitheatre Summerfest
7/31 Bonner Springs, KS @ Cricket Wireless Amphitheatre
8/2 Salt Lake City, UT @ Utah State Fair Park
8/3 Denver, CO @ Sports Authority Field
Why’s The Florida DA Going So Hard At Marissa Alexander?
State’s Attorney Angela Corey is having a very bad year.
Her office has flubbed two high-profile murder trials and now the state’s attorney announced they aim to increase Alexander’s sentence to 60 years if they win a conviction at her second trial. In her original trial, Alexander was convicted on three counts of aggravated assault with a deadly weapon, but in the judge decided she should serve the three counts concurrently, meaning she would be in prison for only 20 years instead of 60 years.
There are three high-profile cases in the state of Florida where a legal firearm was discharged by someone who later claimed self defense. Two of those cases, George Zimmerman and Michael Dunn, who both shot and killed unarmed black teens, resulted in acquittals on murder charges. The third is the case of Marissa Alexander, who is awaiting a retrial now with the new threat of 60 years hanging over her head.
Alexander fired a warning shot during a dispute with her estranged husband, Rico Gray, who she says threatened to kill her that day. Alexander was not permitted to use the Florida’s now infamous “Stand Your Ground” defense, and she was originally convicted of three counts of aggravated assault with a deadly weapon.
She was sentenced to 20 years in prison under a Florida mandatory minimum sentencing statute. The jury in her original trial deliberated for 12 minutes before coming back with a conviction, but, after an appeal, Alexander was granted a retrial because of flawed jury instructions.
On the heels of the Michael Dunn verdict, which in many ways reopened the fresh wounds people of color felt after the Zimmerman acquittal, the reaction has been swift and passionate. It seems outside of the realm of what is fair and just to even consider charging Alexander with a crime that would lead to a lifetime behind bars. Even though Alexander’s warning shot didn’t hit anyone at all, to Assistant State’s Attorney Richard Mantei, this is simply Florida following sentencing laws. And the court that will hear Alexander’s retrial has ruled that if a defendant is convicted on multiple counts, then they must serve their sentences consecutively.
But to Alexander’s supporters who have followed all of the high-profile cases prosecuted by Corey’s office that have made national news, Corey appears to have a vendetta against Alexander. While Corey’s office is arguing that they are following state precedent, it’s also true that prosecutors have a huge amount of discretion and power. If Corey wanted to, she could easily conclude that three years behind bars for defending yourself from your abuser is enough and send Alexander home after this ugly ordeal and grave injustice.
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Trae The Truth Feat. The Lox – Reckliess (P###. by Cy Fyre)
Big K.R.I.T. – Wolf On Wallstreet (P###. By Big K.R.I.T. & Childish Major)
This week has proved to be quite fruitful when it comes to Very Hotttt tracks, and Big K.R.I.T. is a big part of that, as he’s been dropping new leaks every day as part of his “Week Of K.R.I.T.” series, each of which has been straight heat.
T S A – Believe Dat
E-Money – Zoony Life (P###. by Lawless Inc’s Cryptonite)
E-Money recruits Lawless inc’s own Cryptonite for the production for Zoony Life track. Track is a banger! What does Zoony mean might you ask? Zealous & Loony?! Click the Play button for more details on this lifestyle.
Rick Ross: I Would Be A Correctional Officer Again If I Needed To (VIDEO)
(AllHipHop News) Photoshop could not hide the truth about Rick Ross’ past as a correctional officer and according to Ross, he does not regret it at all. During his interview with Sway Calloway, the Mastermind rapper admits to discussing his past as a correctional officer on his new album.
On the song “Rich Is Gangsta” off Ross’ Mastermind album, he makes an allusion to his past as a correctional officer. In the lyric, he blames federal agents breaking up his operation for his reason for entering the job as a correctional officer:
Feds tore apart the squad, n*gga
That’s why I had to play the part, n*gga
That wasn’t me, it was a job, n*gga
It gets deeper, that was just a start, n*gga
Ross admits that the lyric is “most definitely refers to me being a C.O.” and then later expands on the motivation for him to take such a job while admitting that he would do it again:
Right now, to feed my family, I’d do it again. Yeah, yeah, to feed my kids, I’d go get it. We gonna go get it. My whole team gonna go get it.
Check out the full interview snippet below:
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Kanye West and Kim Kardashian’s Wedding Date Is Revealed
(AllHipHop News) After numeorous “Bound 2” bike rides, Kris Humphries disses and grand orchestrations, Kanye West and Kim Kardashian have finally picked a date for their wedding.
According to the new issues of Us Weekly, Kanye West and Kim Kardashian will wed in Paris on May 24th. Kardashian told Ryan Seacrest in an interview that her and Kanye want their wedding to be “smaller and more intimate than people are imagining and thinking.” While they both share an agreement on the date and nature of the wedding, Kim reveals that Kanye is not to excited to be apart of one crucial detail of their wedding:
There’s certain things where I’m like, ‘I know you’re going to hate the seating chart, so I’ll take care of this. And then there’s some things that are really important to him. [But the] seating chart is like death.
Last month, Kim appeared on The Ellen Degeneres Show and describes Kanye West’s proposal. Check out the video below:”
Hip-Hop Rumors: 50 Cent Questions Snoop’s Manhood!
The old 50 Cent is coming back. Looks like 50 isn’t holding anything back. Who has NOT thought about what the f**k is up with Snoop’s french manicure? But, nobody on the level of 50 Cent is saying these things!
Until now…
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Seems like Mr. Cent is just going in on whoever – even his old friends. Peep what I found in the Ill Community.
50 said to Snoop, “What the f*ck is going on snoop. Talk to me about this one man,Damn.”
RELATED: Hip-Hop Rumors: 50 Cent Blasts Steve Stoute In Front Of 30,000 People!!!
On the real side, 50 and Snoop just collaborated not too long again. Peep:
And then there’s the classic:
“They keep us talking, but if we stop talking about them then they should worry!” -illseed.
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Prodigy Talks Performing In L.A. During 2Pac Beef & Getting Love From Kendrick Lamar
(AllHipHop News) Prodigy of Mobb Deep has had his fair share of high-profile beefs during his career. One stand-out is the 1990’s battle he and his partner Havoc had with the California icon Tupac Shakur which included Pac famously dissing the Mobb on his classic track “Hit ‘Em Up.”
[ALSO READ: Mobb Deep & The Lox First Ever Collaboration To Appear On Upcoming Album]
During an interview with Whoolywood Shuffle, DJ Whoo Kid points out that almost two decades later current West Coast rapper Schoolboy Q names Mobb Deep as was one of his influences.
The mention led Prodigy to reflect back on that time in the mid-90’s when New York artists and Cali artists were sending shots back-and-forth. According to the Queens native, Mobb Deep was still greeted with love in California at the time despite the spats on wax.
“Even during that time when Mobb Deep and Pac were going through our sh*t, we still had crazy love from L.A.,” said Prodigy. “We were going out there performing ‘L.A., L.A.’ It was number one on L.A. radio. In the middle of that drama. It was always all love out there.”
The conversation then turned to another new school Los Angeles emcee – Kendrick Lamar. After giving a shout out to Schoolboy, Prodigy expressed his surprise that K. Dot apparently said P is one of his favorite rappers.
“You know what really shocked me was when Kendrick Lamar had named his top favorite rappers,” states Prodigy. “He said his favorite rappers are 2Pac, Dr. Dre, Snoop Dogg, and Prodigy. That f**ked my head up.”
Prodigy also talks about the upcoming Mobb Deep album, his 90-page novella H.N.I.C., and collaborating with M.O.P. for the first time.
[ALSO CHECK OUT: M.O.P. Ft. Mobb Deep “Street Certified”]
Watch Prodigy’s interview below.
Jury Returns Partial Verdict For Co-Defendant In Jimmy Henchman Trial
(AllHipHop News) The jury in the James “Jimmy Henchman” Rosemond murder trial entered into deliberations this week, and the jurors have already returned with verdicts for Henchman’s co-defendant Rodney Johnson.
[ALSO READ: Jimmy Henchman Murder Trial Begins With Prosecutors Tying In 50 Cent/Game Beef]
According to XXL, Johnson was convicted of conspiracy to distribute narcotics, weapons possession related to drug trafficking, and felony firearm possession. These charges were separate from the additional murder and conspiracy counts he shares with Henchman.
Henchman is accused of working with Johnson to carry out a murder-for-hire plot that killed G-Unit associate Lowell “Lodi Mack” Fletcher. Prosecutors believed that Fletcher was killed as part of a violent feud between Henchman and Curtis “50 Cent” Jackson’s G-Unit crew.
Several former affiliates of the drug enterprise known as “The Rosemond Organization” testified against Henchman with the hopes of having their own sentences for murder and drug convictions reduced. They alleged that Henchman was behind the scheme to have Fletcher murdered and attempts to harm 50 Cent, Tony Yayo, manager Chris Lighty, and others associated with G-Unit.
[ALSO READ: Witnesses In Jimmy Henchman Murder Trial Testify He Ordered Violent Acts Against G-Unit & Chris Lighty]
Hip-Hop Rumors: Can Nerds Get Lupita Nyong’o In The X-Men?
Lupita Nyong’o has taken over the world for a couple of days and people want to make sure she has roles in this Hollyweird game. Well, the latest is a movement to get the young starlet to play Storm of the X-Men. In the comic world, Storm is African, not of mixed heritage like Halle Berry. Halle was never right for that role anyway. But, there were only a few viable candidates for a strong, Black female. But, now things have changed and there’s a movement to put Lupita in there!
The question is, can they get Marvel Entertainment and the Hollywood honchos to pay attention? That remains to be seen.
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What do you think?
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Common To Appear On CNN’s “Chicagoland” Docu-Series
(AllHipHop News) Emcee/actor Lonnie Rashid “Common” Lynn has always strongly represented his hometown of Chicago. He has also taken center stage in confronting the social, political, and economic issues troubling the city.
Last year Common suggested that Hip Hop artists play a bigger role in combating the violence in Chicago. While his own Common Ground Foundation has established a mentoring program for the city’s public school students and the Common’s Dreamers & Believers Summer Youth Camp.
[ALSO READ: Common Wants Hip Hop Artists To Help Stop Chicago Violence]
Common is now speaking about the state of Chicago in the new CNN program Chicagoland. The eight-part non-scripted series serves as an examination of the changing politics and policies taking place in America’s third most populated city.
Chicagoland is produced by Sundance Productions’ Robert Redford and Laura Michalchyshyn as well as BCTV’s Marc Levin and Mark Benjamin. The series covers members of the community trying to create innovative ways to address social policy, education, and public safety. Current mayor and former White House Chief of Staff Rahm Emanuel also appears on the program.
“The vibrant culture and opportunities inherent in this 21st century, world-class city run alongside profound daily challenges,” said Redford. “Much of it falls on the shoulders of its tough, visionary mayor, his team and people doing heroic work in neighborhoods throughout the city.”
[ALSO READ: EXCLUSIVE: Chicago OG Noonie Ward Weighs In On Common, Kanye, Violence In Chicago; Calls On Rappers To Act]
Chicagoland premiers tonight (March 6) at 10 pm on CNN. Watch the trailer featuring Common’s The City” below.
Curren$y’s “The Drive In Theatre” Mixtape Hits 3 Million Downloads
(AllHipHop News) The future of how music will be distributed may be here now. The evidence of the dawning of a new era can be seen in the highly successful partnership between Jet Life rapper Curren$y and BitTorrent.
The New Orleans emcee’s The Drive In Theatre mixtape has crossed the 3 million download mark in just 2 weeks. While traditional mixtape distribution sites counted for 7% of those downloads, 93% came directly from BitTorrent.
[ALSO READ: Curren$y To Release “The Drive In Theatre” Mixtape As Part Of Jet Life BitTorrent Bundle]
“We’re yet to see the full impact of The Drive in Theater, but judging from the first two weeks and the amount of downloads we’re seeing everyday, I think this will have a huge impact on our Jet Life movement and the direction of mixtape culture as a whole,” said COO of Jet Life Recordings Mousa Hamdan, “I believe our formula has been, and will be, studied and mimicked by artists in the future.”
The Drive In Theatre was the fourth project released through the Jet Life BitTorrent Bundle. Curren$y’s first collaboration with the file-sharing site was 2013’s Red Eye. Fellow Jets also dropped their mixtapes via the bundle. Young Roddy’s Bales (with Curren$y) and Mary Gold’s Sex Hormone’d Druggie were added last year as well.
The concept BitTorrent refers to as “Mixtape 2.0 Culture” has not only impacted Jet Life’s music distribution. It has also increased ticket and merchandise sales for the label.
“We can use the Bundle to promote and drive our merchandise and ticketing initiatives in addition to releasing new music and other media,” said Jet Life’s Digital Marketing Strategist Austin Briggs. “To see fans lining up at the merch table, redeeming their coupons for free Jet Life lighters that they downloaded from our Bundle package – it’s amazing.”
[ALSO READ: Curren$y’s “Jet Life BitTorrent Bundle” Tops 4 Million Downloads]
Up next for Curren$y and the Jet Life roster is an event at this year’s SXSW. The entire crew will be performing at Red 7 on March 15th.
For more information about the show and to download The Drive in Theater visit Jet-Life.com.
Hip-Hop Rumors: Nicki Minaj Posts More Nude Pics
Here we go againnnnnnnnnn…….
Nicki Minaj…she’s a pro at getting our attention in the worst or best way. She posted a series of shower images…for what reason? Nobody really knows. But, for your enjoyment…here they go.
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Lil Boosie Reportedly Released From Prison
(AllHipHop News) According to accounts Louisiana rapper Torrence “Lil Boosie’’ Hatch has been released from prison. Louisiana State Penitentiary Warden Burl Cain confirmed to WAFB that Boosie exited the prison this evening around 7 pm.
Boosie will attend a press conference organized by Atlantic Records on Monday. The 31-year-old will remain on parole until 2018.
[ALSO READ: More Details Emerge About Lil Boosie’s Release Date]