AllHipHop

homepage

Breeding Ground Pick: League Of Extraordinary Gz: #LeagueSh*t

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

Austin, Texas-based rap crew League Of Extraordinary Gz are a rap group rooted in the tradition of groups like Public Enemy and Dead Prez, unafraid to tackle hot-button topics both political and socially minded, while still having fun. The group’s latest single, “Intercourse,” is an example of the latter as LOEGz teams with Dallas rapper Slim Gravy, of the group A.Dd+, and lets loose over hazy track. League Of Extraordinary Gz will release their new album, #LeagueShit, on October 15th. The album features Dead Prez, Bavu Blakes, and more.

[Project Link]

AllHipHop.com: What can the people expect on this album?

League Of Extraordinary Gz: Diversity, Quality, and Sonic Cohesiveness! The album has a good mixture of songs from party records to just straight lyrical tracks to songs that cover political topics to just some downright reality joints that anyone can relate to. We have been working on this album since we first started the League back in 2009 and in those years the project evolved musically and molded itself into what we embody as #LEAGUESHIT. We worked with a number of musicians to give each of the tracks some aspect of live instrumentation. Throughout the album, you’ll hear horns, bass, guitars, keys, and even a jazz flute. As for features we got the homie Slim Gravy of A.Dd+, Dead Prez, Bavu Blakes, and grammy award winning Latin funk band Grupo Fantasma.

League Of Extraordinary Gz Ft. Dead Prez

AllHipHop.com: How has the group grown from 3 years ago being first being in the Breeding Ground?

League Of Extraordinary Gz: We’ve been through a lot since being featured on Breeding Ground back in Nov 2010. For those that are unfamiliar with our story, a month prior to our feature on AHH we were faced with the sudden tragic loss of our brother Octavis “Esbe Da 6th Street Bully” Berry to a pulmonary embolism. Although it had put a strain on us when it came to the creative process for close to a year, dealing with his loss made us closer than ever. We knew that we had bond together as a group but our brotherhood was evident when we had to deal with Tay’s passing together. It was then we realized that it was more than just music and fame to us. We now had his family that we needed to take care of in his absence. Things started to pick back up for us in the spring of 2011 where we had a successful showing at the 2011 SXSW music festival. During the festival we were introduced to the homie Rittz through a mutual friend and later that summer went on his Revival Tour as a supporting act. We drove about 18k miles across the U.S. performing in 32 cities over roughly 40 days. It was a blessing for us as we were able to introduce our music and brand to markets we have never been to before. Once we got back from the tour, we got back into the booth and released an 8 track EP project in December 2012 on DjBooth which was produced entirely by the homie Shane Eli out of L.A. Earlier this year we went on a regional tour with our bro Scotty ATL. Since then we spent the remainder of our time this year finalizing the #LEAGUESHIT album. Although it seems like just yesterday when we were featured for the first time on AHH, we have been putting in work to grow our brand nationally as an indie act out of Austin. Hopefully, this will be more evident than ever with the release of our debut album.

AllHipHop.com: What is the next move for the League?

League Of Extraordinary Gz: Musically, everyone is working on their solo projects. There are 6 projects in the works right now. Reggie Coby is finishing up his W420 project. Lowkey has started working on his The Low Life project. Tuk and S.Dot are wrapping up their follow up to the Whiteboy Mixtape which will be hosted by DJ Burn One. Lil J is recording his solo effort Reality Rap. Slick Talk, who is currently stationed with the Navy, is almost done with a solo EP that was produced entirely by Eric Dingus. Lastly, we can’t forget about Dowrong’s Bully Basics solo project. We got a lot of music that we’re gonna hit people with in the coming months. Outside of the music, we are planning to get back on the road again and hit a lot our markets with an official #LEAGUESHIT tour. So be on the lookout. You can stay up to date with the League by visiting our website www.LOEGz.com.

Chief Keef Sentenced To 20 Days In Jail For Probation Violation

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

(AllHipHop News) Chief Keef is going back to jail and all for the love of marijuana. Yesterday (October 15th) Chief Keef was sentenced to 20 days in jail for a failing a drug test thus violating his probation.

Keef, born Keith Cozart, probation stems from a speeding violation he incurred on May 27 for driving 110 mph in Chicago.  A stipulation of the probation was random drug tests. 

Since Keef turned 18 this past August, he will spend his sentence in Cook County Jail.

Keef posted a picture of himself on his personal Instagram profile outside the Courthouse before he turned himself in:

Complete 2013 BET Hip Hop Awards Cyphers (VIDEO)

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

(AllHipHop News) The 2013 BET Hip Hop Awards could be renamed BET Cyphers and still ring just as true as the anticipation for the cyphers has been immense. This year, A$AP Mob, TDE, Slaughterhosue and the Real Husbands of Hollywood had the group cyphers. With  Wax, Rapsody, Emis Killa, Rittz, Jon Connor, Action Bronson, Travis $cott, Tifanny Foxx & Lil Kim and Sprite Contest winnter Star Life Breezy also in cyphers.

Check out all the cyphers below

 Wax, Rapsody, Emis Killa, Rittz, Jon Connor

“10% diss, I could give you 90 tonight/hurting for life/turn her blue like Walter White”-Rapsody

A$AP Mob

“I wrote this sh*t in business class getting jet lagged/this for years of oppression and the setbacks/this for ch*nks ni**as, Jews and the w*tbacks”-A$AP Rocky

Action Bronson, Star Life Breezy (Sprite Contest Winner) ,Travis $cott, Tifanny Foxx & Lil Kim

“Why would I need a bodyguard/When I look the motherfu*ken body guard”-Action Bronson

Slaughterhouse

“You think I fell off then you either out of your mind/or inside of your mind/looking out yo blinds/counting my truths/while I’m out at ya momma house, sipping the fountain of youth”-Royce Da 5’9

TDE 

“Hollywood been good to me/lil’ hood ni**a used to pawn mom’s jewelry/My family jewel’s are big as f*ck and I got the balls to say it/bars, balling out until Spalding need a replacement- Kendrick Lamar

The Real Husbands of Hollywood

EXCLUSIVE: Young Dro talks Seven Year Hiatus, “High Times,” and Atlanta

By: TeamDeSymberCategory: Features

His debut album, Best Thang Smokin’, was released in August 2006, his sophomore album, High Times, was released today, October 2013 on Grand Hustle/eOne/Atlantic Records.

More than seven years later.

But, Young Dro will tell you that he wasn’t on a break. He released 12 mixtapes, toured, and spent time with family, ““I was looking through the body of work that I’ve done to see if I’ve felt myself that I’ve been gone, I came up with 17 cd’s with like 17 or better songs on them. So, I can’t say that I’ve been gone, some of these CDs have taken me to Germany to tour. I’ve still been able to feed my kids, so I can’t say that I’m gone because a gone person can’t do these things that I do.”

With High Times, Dro is back (like he never left) with an album that features a hit single, FDB (F**k Dat B*tch), that became an Atlanta anthem over the summer, produced by FKi. The album also features T.I., Spodee, Natasha Mosley, and Doe B. Despite the gap between  his first major project and his second, Dro is feeling very little pressure, “First week numbers, they come second. You gotta get the album first, and I’ve done that. I’m gon’ put out music, and help people get on that I want to get on, that’s why I’m going somewhere with it, if not it’s a selfish act.”

Check the video for more of our exclusive interview with Young Dro. High Times is available now online and in stores. Follow him on Instagram @Dropolo

Hip-Hop Rumors: Adrian Peterson Gets Blasted By Baby Moms And His Son’s Dad

By: Chuck Creekmur (@ChuckCreekmur)Category: Rumors

Mannn…It was all good just a day or so ago. And the whole world was doling out condolences to Adrian Peterson for the loss of his two year old son who died at the hands of an abusive man dating the boy’s mother. Well we all in prayer for the boy’s soul. Seems like the sadness has turned to anger towards Peterson.

The child’s mother said the following:

Y’all give this man to much credit. PR is a b#### and a lie He has 5 other children that he picks and chooses to deal with which is rarely. Kids in the same city he will go months without seeing or talking to. #AdrianPeterson 4h

Yall are painting him out to be this hero thats clueless but wants to save the day by doing the right thing but he has a 4 year old boy he could do the right thing by everyday and CHOOSES NOT TO! #AdrianPeterson

AND THEN…Bobby Ruffin, the actual “father” of the child, steps up and says something similar.

“So tired of this poor Adrian Peterson sh*t. Let me blow all your minds. The boy who died was my son.
Yes A.P. he was the biological father but I raised him and he carried my name. Tyrese Robert Ruffin. I don’t blame AP for not really caring cuz him and I both found out recently who the biological father was.

AP met my son for the first time yest when my son was already in coma. I was here today when we pulled the plug, not him. He was happily practicing and has no problem playing on Sunday.

So yeah this isn’t all out yet but I’m sick of the poor AP sh*t. He didn’t know or even meet my son. Sorry for the outburst but put yourself in my place.”

Got this off The Urban Daily. Wow. I’m not sure what to think about this, because ultimately it needs to be about the boy, not A.P.

TOMORROW IS THE DAY!

Raekwon (2)

Doors will open at 7pm with a prompt 7:30 PM showtime start.

Tickets for the show are $20 and can be purchased here.

600x240 (2)

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

Illseed, Out.

GET INTERACTIVE WITH ALLHIPHOP.COM!

Follow us on Twitter! Like us on Facebook!

Email illseed rumors: [email protected]

Hip-Hop Rumors: Is Lupe Taking A Shot At Eminem?

By: Chuck Creekmur (@ChuckCreekmur)Category: Headlines

Lupe Fiasco plays Twitter with the best of them. So, as the world was going gaga over Eminem’s new lyrical excursion called “Rap God,” Lupe tweets out the following.

DGP8Rk2

What do you think?

I think he’s just playing, to be real.

Raekwon (2)

Doors will open at 7pm with a prompt 7:30 PM showtime start.

Tickets for the show are $20 and can be purchased here.

600x240 (2)

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

Illseed, Out.

GET INTERACTIVE WITH ALLHIPHOP.COM!

Follow us on Twitter! Like us on Facebook!

Email illseed rumors: [email protected]

Chris Brown Says “Everybody In The Industry Done F*cked My B*tch” In Unreleased Verse

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

(AllHipHop News) Chris Brown has said on numerous occassions and in a variety of ways that he does not care what people think but he may have made his loudest statement. Earlier tonight, Chris Brown released his unheard verse from DJ Khaled’s “I’m Still” song and addressed Rihanna’s sexual promiscuity.

While Brown says no names on the record, he did say that not only has “everybody in the industry” had sex with a former girlfriend of his, but they all told him.

Chris Brown recently announced he will be pushing his new album X from its rescheduled November 19th date to December 3rd. However, he will release five new songs on November 19th.

Check out Chris Brown’s unheard verse from DJ Khaled’s “I’m Still”:

Kendrick Lamar Responds To Rivals In TDE’s BET Hip Hop Awards Cypher (VIDEO)

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

“You either corny or an opportunist”

(AllHipHop News) There is one immutable truth Kendrick uttered in his verse during TDE’S BET Hip Hop Awards Cypher earlier tonight (Oct 15): “ain’t nothing been the same since they dropped ‘Control’.” Two months, countless subliminal disses in interviews and songs as well as endless debates later, Kendrick Lamar responds to his detractors in song for the first time.

Schoolboy Q, Ab-Soul, Jay Rock and TDE new signee Isaiah Rashad deliver noteworthy verses, but Kendrick’s tour de force of lyricism was to centerpiece of the cypher. While none of the lyrics were directly aimed at anyone, lines such as “I got my thumb on Hip Hop and my foot in the back of yo a*s/Aftermath get the last laugh” felt reserved for certain MC’s.

Check out the TDE BET Hip Hop Awards Cypher below courtesy of MrWorldPremiere


2131152174tdecyp by YardieGoals

Jhené Aiko Announces Release Date For Debut “Sail Out” EP

By: Yohance Kyles (@HUEYmixwitRILEY)Category: MOBILE

(AllHipHop News) It was a pretty big summer for Los Angeles singer Jhené Aiko. The 25-year-old Def Jam recording artist appeared on Big Sean’s “Beware” with Lil Wayne and Drake’s “From Time” off Nothing Was The Same. After also being the featured voiced on tracks with Kendrick Lamar, Wale, and J. Cole, Aiko is now ready to drop her first her official EP.

[ALSO READ: Talib Kweli Offers Pre-Order For Upcoming Album “Gravitas”]

The 7-track Sail Out project will be available for purchase on November 12th with iTunes pre-orders starting October 29th. Aiko’s song “3:16am” has already garnered attention from music fans and its video is approaching 1 million views on YouTube. Up next is the John Lennon and Yoko Ono inspired video for her single “Bed Peace” featuring Childish Gambino.

Check out the cover art and tracklist for the Sail Out EP below.

Sail Out

1. The Vapors featuring Vince Staples
2. Bed Peace featuring Childish Gambino
3. Stay Ready (What A Life) featuring Kendrick Lamar
4. WTH featuring Ab-Soul
5. The Worst
6. 3:16am
7. Comfort Inn Ending (Freestyle) (Bonus Track)

Cipha Sounds and Peter Rosenberg’s Juan Epstein w/ Elliott Wilson and B. Dot Miller

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

(AllHipHop News) Radio and the blog world play nice for most of the year, but there are moments when the two entities collide and Hot 97’s Program Director Ebro Darden and RapRadar’s “blogger” B. Dot Miller are usually at the center of it.

Ebro has taken issue with B. Dot’s constant insinuation that Hot 97 does not support local New York acts nor do they break artists. In the 90-minute plus interview he explains not only why Hot 97 does not “take risks” with unheralded artists but points out a bit of hypocrisy:

The reason Hot 97 does not take risks like it did in the 90’s is because Clear Channel Radio has commoditize radio to the point where when we take a risk on a record, there is nobody else caring in the city, but they say they’re Hip Hop. You two, RapRadar, just came from a show, The Breakfast Club, where they do not break any music on that radio station, because it is a syndicated national radio that does not care about local music. Your website, RapRadar, you guys care about the culture, you guys care about your business model, you guys care about getting hits. A lot of the content that lives and get a lot of life on there is mainstream content.

B. Dot sent a tweet from his personal Twitter account denying any payola on RapRadar’s side:

Ebro also flatly denies one Hip Hop’s darkest secrets: radio payola. Radio payola involves radio stations accepting money and/or gifts in exchange for song placement. Ebro even referenced Eliot Spitzer’s infamous audit of radio stations which started in 2005 and resulted in Sony and Universal Music Group paying over $10 million each in settlements for payola accusations. According to Ebro, Hot 97 was found of no wrongdoing:

Eliott Spitzer ran through this radio station with a fine tooth comb and the whole city for payola? You know who the fu*ck got in trouble? The Program Director at Power 105, he got fired. They ran through everybody. You know what we got? 0 dollars. So, fu*k y’all n*ggas with that bullshi*.

Check out the full Juan Epstein interview with Elliott Wilson and B. Dot below:

Epic Fail of the Day: Barbie-Looking Woman Thinks Dogs Don’t Have Brains

By: Friday FosterCategory: Rumors

Apparently, a lot of children have been left behind when it comes to education. Case and point, this woman who resembles a Barbie doll pondering the age old mystery of whether dogs have brains or not. One of her theories is, “Dogs cant talk so do they have brains? Yes, they walk but it’s because we’re telling them to walk just like if i told my computer to turn off, it would turn off. It doesnt mean my comuter has a brain like, you know what i mean?”
No, I don’t. Keep explaining. O_o

 

That had to be the dumbest s### ever. I hope she’s extremely rich, because…

Hip-Hop Rumors: VH1 Introduces New Love & Hip-Hop Cast Additions

By: Friday FosterCategory: Rumors

It’s a wrap for Raqi Thunda, Jen the Pen, Winter Ramos, Consequence, Rashidah Ali, Lore’l and Olivia on Love & Hip-Hop, who are being replaced by Amina Buddafly, Peter Gunz, Tara Wallace and Erica Jean.

Tara Wallace is Peter Gunz’s girlfriend and a friend of Rich Dollaz. She’s currently the manager of a club in NYC and has two children with Peter Gunz. Oh and, she wants to be an actress. Speaking of actresses, Erica Jean is also an aspiring actress and she has a son. In the spirit of Olivia, Amina Buddafly is a singer who used to have a  group called “Black Buddafly” with her sisters. These days she’s taking a crack at solo stardom.

Same formula, different people. Peter Gunz’s phuckery is probably going to be epic though. I’ll keep my ear to the streets and report back.