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Beyonce Shocks The World, Drops New Album Exclusively On iTunes

By: Chuck Creekmur (@ChuckCreekmur)Category: Uncategorized

(AllHipHop News) Beyonce has suddenly released a new album, without notice or warning, in an effort to deflect rampant piracy.

The singer’s fifth album is now available worldwide, and simultaneously silencing fans frustrated with delays on the album.

B said that the time has come to change the way music is released.

“I didn’t want to release my music the way I’ve done it,” she said in a statement.  “I am bored with that.  I feel like I am able to speak directly to my fans.   There’s so much that gets between the music, the artist and the fans.  I felt like I didn’t want anybody to give the message when my record is coming out. I just want this to come out when it’s ready and from me to my fans.”

The album has 14 new songs and 17 videos shot in Houston, New York City, Paris, Sydney and Rio de Janeiro.

The album is available now and they will be able to have their own opinions without input from critics, described as “middle men” in a press statement.

BEYONCÉ is available globally and exclusively on the iTunes Store at www.itunes.com/beyonce.

[NEW MUSIC] Beyonce- “Mine” (Feat./ Drake)

By: Keith Nelson Jr (@JusAire)Category: Headlines

“Been having conversations about breakups and separations/I’m not feeling like myself since the baby/are we going to even make it?”

Beyonce released a new album entitled Beyonce out of nowhere and one of the early standouts from the album is the Drake-assisted song “Mine”. On the sultry and bare instrumental Beyonce tussles between contemplating separation and marriage.

Jay Z hinted at potential marital problems with Beyonce on his song “Jay Z Blue” off of Magna Carta Holy Grail where he raps “I just wanna take her back to a time when everything was calmer.”

Stream the Drake-assisted “Mine” below courtesy of Hip Hop N More:

Beyonce Releases New Album Featuring Drake, Blue Ivy, Jay Z & Frank Ocean

By: Keith Nelson Jr (@JusAire)Category: Headlines

(AllHipHop News) In a move that would make even Netflix jealous, Beyonce releases her new album, entitled Beyonce on iTunes tonight (December 12).

The album features 14 songs and a video for each of the 14 songs along with three extra ones which include the video for “Grown Woman”, “‘Yonce” and “Credits”. The album features appearances from Frank Ocean, Drake, Jay Z and her daughter Blue Ivy on the song “Blue”.

B said that the time has come to change the way music is released.

“I didn’t want to release my music the way I’ve done it,” she said in a statement. “I am bored with that. I feel like I am able to speak directly to my fans. There’s so much that gets between the music, the artist and the fans. I felt like I didn’t want anybody to give the message when my record is coming out. I just want this to come out when it’s ready and from me to my fans.”

The album is available now and they will be able to have their own opinions without input from critics, described as “middle men” in a press statement.

The album is available on iTunes here.

N.O.R.E.: What Lord Jamar Said About White Rappers Is Correct…But Outdated (VIDEO)

By: Keith Nelson Jr (@JusAire)Category: Headlines

(AllHipHop News) N.O.R.E. becomes the latest Hip Hop artist to comment on Lord Jamar’s stance that white rappers are “guests” in Hip Hop. Speaking with VladTV, the 36 year old rap veteran stated that while Lord Jamar’s comments may be outdated, they are nonetheless correct.

After admitting that “Lord Jamar is absolutely right in how the foundation of Hip Hop started”, N.O.R.E. uses Jamar’s own house metaphor to explain how misguided his stance was:

When you look at a house. You look at how a house is built. The people laying the bricks might tell you the way it was built and the people who doing the electricity is going to break it down totally different. You understand what I’m saying? They going to have two totally different opinions. But they both the peoples who built the house.

N.O.R.E declared his support for “White Hip Hop”, but not without further explaining why Lord Jamar would come to such a conclusion about that subset of Hip Hop. According to N.O.R.E, it all boils down to generational differences:

As a person who’s—I’m 36. I think Lord Jamar he’s 46 or in his 40s.  I’m a couple of years younger, but I see where he’s talking about. So, I know the era he’s speaking about and those people who was doing it at the time. Those forefathers would probably frown on this. You know what I’m saying? But look at it like this. I look at it like this, my father was anti-gay. He was anti anything that resembled gay. Like he had family members in his family he never spoke to because they were gay…What I’m saying is those people can’t be talked out of how they feel. They feel the f*ckin way they feel. And that’s it.

Check out N.O.R.E.’s full remarks on the Lord Jamar situation on VladTV below:

Sports Agent Scott Boras Throws Subliminal Shots At Jay Z

By: Yohance Kyles (@HUEYmixwitRILEY)Category: Headlines

(AllHipHop News) Jay Z was very blatant when he called out fellow sports agent Scott Boras after signing his former client Robinson Cano earlier this year. On his song “Crown”, the Brooklyn emcee announced “Scott Boras you over baby.” Jay may have referred to the long-time agent by name on the Magna Carta Holy Grail track, but Boris took a more veiled swipe back at the rapper this week.

[ALSO READ: Robinson Cano Talks Signing With Roc Nation; Former Agent Responds To Jay-Z Diss]

When asked about the $240 million, 10 year contract Roc Nation Sports/CAA secured for Cano with the Seattle Mariners, Boras suggested it was the former Yankees’ talent that made the deal possible not his affiliation with Jay.

“It’s very different to be the creator of the umbrella versus those who stand under it,” stated Boras at the baseball winter meetings. “When you’re bringing the prettiest girl to the prom, you don’t really pay attention to who he’s dancing with, unless it’s a very unusual step.”

While Boras downplayed Jay Z’s role in the final outcome, critics casted Jay as the problem when it appeared the deal was in jeopardy. Once the second baseman signed the third biggest contract in baseball history, some in the media still criticized Jay for taking Cano out of New York.

Whether Jay was the goat or the G.O.A.T. in the Cano/Mariners negotiations is still being debated. What is clear is Roc Nation Sports has the sports world paying attention, and one of the company’s other big clients, NFL star Victor Cruz, seems to be pleased with the direction the Roc is headed.

[ALSO READ: Victor Cruz Says Jay Z Just Getting Started With Huge Robinson Cano Deal]

Raekwon Talks ODB, Drake, Jay Z, Dr. Dre & More With Whoo Kid

By: Yohance Kyles (@HUEYmixwitRILEY)Category: Headlines

(AllHipHop News) Wu-Tang Clan member Raekwon stopped by DJ Whoo Kid’s Shade 45 radio show, and The Chef spoke on a lot of different topics including the Wu’s 20 year anniversary, the death of ODB, Drake’s “Wu-Tang Forever” track, being an veteran in the game, and unreleased Dr. Dre tracks that may see the light of day in the future.

[ALSO READ: Wu-Tang Clan Speak On 20 Year Anniversary (VIDEO)]

“I did a few things. We just couldn’t throw everything out though,” said Rae. “You never know what’s gonna happen. Get up with Dre and tell him ‘remember that’, and he might be like ‘do it’.”

Raekwon also spoke about being one of the emcees, along with Jay Z, from the 90’s era that is still relevant in the culture today.

“We all from that school of hard knocks. A lot of people say it’s only a few n***as left from that time that’s still shaking,” states the maker of the classic LP Only Built 4 Cuban Linx.

When asked if he is surprised that Jay is still a top-tier rapper in 2013 Rae responds, “Nah, n***as is nice. N***as is graduates. It’s a school thing. When they said ‘the school of hard knocks’ and everything that comes with being an emcee, I feel like we all went to that school.”

[ALSO CHECK OUT: Talib Kweli Ft. Raekwon “Violations”]

Watch the interview below.

Gucci Mane Named In Slim Dunkin Wrongful Death Lawsuit

By: Yohance Kyles (@HUEYmixwitRILEY)Category: Headlines

(AllHipHop News) Gucci Mane is facing more legal troubles. The Atlanta artist is being sued by the father of murdered rapper Mario “Slim Dunkin” Hamilton. According to the Atlanta Journal-Constitution, the plaintiff, Mark Hamilton, has named Gucci (born Radric Davis) in a wrongful death lawsuit filed in Fulton County, Georgia.

[ALSO READ: Gucci Mane Facing 20 Years In Prison For Felony Gun Possession]

Slim Dunkin, an affiliate of Gucci’s Bricksquad 1017, was killed at an East Atlanta recording studio in 2011. At the time the 24-year-old was preparing to shoot a music video with Gucci Mane before he was shot over a piece of candy.

Vinson “Young Vito” Hardimon was arrested for Slim’s killing but was acquitted of the murder charge. Hardimon was convicted of aggravated assault and possession and sentenced to 25 years in prison.

Vito’s attorney recently requested a judge to consider reducing his sentence to 10 years stating that Hardimon should not have been convicted off aggravated assault if he was found not guilty of murder. The lawyer also revealed that a hit has been placed on Vito’s life.

[ALSO READ: Rapper Young Vito Found NOT GUILTY In Slim Dunkin Murder; Gets 25 Years For Assault]

Young Vito, Gucci Mane, ABC Corp., Warner Brothers Music, and others were named as defendants in Hamilton’s suit.

Watch the court hearing on Young Vito’s sentence reduction in the video below.

Breeding Ground Pick: Jamall Bufford – “Victim of a Modern Age”

By: Steve Raze (@SteveRaze)Category: Breeding Ground

The day has come! Michigan-bred wordsmith veteran, and Athletic Mic League King, Jamall Bufford (formerly Buff1), brings to you “Victim Of A Modern Age” via Mello Music Group (Oddisee, Apollo Brown, etc.)! The new album– Buff’s first in three years –features production from 14KT, ZO!, Slot-A, and more. Buff has explored all dimensions of hip-hop since his stellar 2007 debut “Pure.” Returning with his new grown folks moniker, the established leader of Ann Arbor, MI-based hip hop super group Athletic Mic League— the same crew from which retro-soul crooner Mayer Hawthorne (formerly DJ Haircut) originated –has something to say about what he’s witnessed over the past three years. While working with teens and families at his day job, Jamall came to realize that, in many ways, we’re all victims, but the job of living is to rise above. That’s what this album is about.

Stream Album Here. 

Kendrick Lamar Named Hardest Working Touring Rapper of 2013

By: Keith Nelson Jr (@JusAire)Category: Headlines

(AllHipHop News) In 2013, no other rap artist covered as much ground or worked harder on the road than Kendrick Lamar according to Songkick. According to Songkick, Kendrick Lamar is the hardest working touring rapper of the past 12 months.

The live music tracking site Songkick tabulated every artists’ number of shows performed and distance traveled to rank the hardest working artist of 2013. According to Songkick’s data, Kendrick Lamar performed 171 shows and travelled 229,583 miles. The only other music act to top Kendrick’s total is fellow L.A. residents Local Natives who played 188 shows and covered 192, 486 miles.

Lamar’s accomplishment could have been predicted after Songkick named Kendrick Lamar hardest working touring artist of the festival season having performed 2760 minutes at over 46 festivals.

Kendrick Lamar has been on Kanye West’s Yeezus tour since mid-October and plans to finish up on December 23rd at AirCanada Centre. However, Lamar will only be off the road for three weeks before joining Eminem and J. Cole in Auckland, New Zealand on February 15th.

Check out Kendrick Lamar perform “B*tch Don’t Kill My Vibe” at Staples Center in Los Angeles, CA during the Yeezus tour:

Hip-Hop Rumors: LaTocha Scott Working on Spinoff Show?

By: Friday FosterCategory: Rumors

Y’all know Latocha Scott from Xscape. She resurfaced again on R&B Divas (season two), where she was consistent with the Nicci Gilbert side eyes. Anyway, season three is in the work’s but LaTocha Scott’s name was absent from TV One’s cast announcement but that might be a good thing for her.

Word on the street is, she and her husband Rocky Bivens, another music industry OG, have been pitching a spinoff show about their lives. The show would follow them in their marriage, as business partners (since Rocky manages LaTocha) trying to revitalize LaTocha’s music career, and raising their teenage son who according to Derrick Rose, their family friend,  has a good shot at making it to the NBA.

If all goes their way, they might end up on the Vh1 circuit but that still remains to be seen because nothing is set in stone just yet.

Hip-Hop Rumors: Did People Get Fired Over #AskRKelly?

By: Chuck Creekmur (@ChuckCreekmur)Category: Rumors

#AskRKelly

Mannnnnn…that R. Kelly situation on release day Tuesday was such a blasted fiasco, I am hearing people are on the chopping block. R. Kelly is put out by RCA Records and his new album, Black Panties, has people talking a lot. But, some of this is for all the wrong reasons. Read below if you have been under a rock.

Hip-Hop Rumors: #AskRkelly Gets R. Kelly DRY ROASTED On Twitter

Anyway, I am hearing, whoever came up with this #AskRKelly is getting let go, because the debacle produced such a negative ripple of press for Kellz. It simply reacquainted people with golden showers and other such behavior. I’m hearing the album is pretty good. Maybe Kellz will split a bit from his past.

“They keep us talking, but if we stop talking about them then they should worry!” -illseed.

Illseed, Out.

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The Giving Tour With Ne-Yo

By: Steve Raze (@SteveRaze)Category: Alternatives

The Giving Tour is an annual partnership between Ne-Yo , his Compound Foundation and The Boys and Girls Club of America.  The tour gives Ne-Yo the opportunity to give back and make the holiday season special for some less fortunate children in foster care and group homes in multiple cities across the country.

This year the tour visited New York, LA, Las Vegas and finished in Atlanta. While in Atlanta Neyo treated 0ver 400 underprivileged children to toys, clothes, shoes, bikes and electronics. The Grammy award winning singer/songwriter also took pics, signed autographs and interacted with all the kids in attendance. Atlanta Mayor Kasim Reed, Kandi Burruss, Keyshia Knight-Pulliam, Deon Grant, Toya Wright, Reginae Carter, Nicole Lyons and Bobby V all came out to show support.  While at the event we got a chance to talk to Neyo about his Compound Foundation,The Giving Tour and the importance of giving back.  Check out what he had to say in the interview below: