(AllHipHop News) Last week The Roots dropped the first single “When The People Cheer” from their next album, and now the band has revealed when the full project …and then you shoot your cousin will be available for purchase.
According to Ok Player, the Philly group’s next studio LP will be arriving May 20th. Deluxe pre-sale bundles for the album will also be sold.
The cover art for …and then you shoot your cousin features Romare Bearden’s Pittsburgh Memory from 1964. The late African-American artist was best known for his collage work.
Following the digital and radio success of the Produced by Boola project Boola is back with the sequel. Produced by Boola 2 is here and the 1st installment off of the compilation is titled “Back Block” featuring Brooklyn natives M.O.P and Uncle Murda. Be sure to look out for the “Back Block” video and more music from the PBB part 2 project in the next few weeks.
(AllHipHop News) 50 Cent maintains that he is still on good terms with former members of G-Unit, but his recent commentary on their history and character says different. During a recent interview on CGMofficialTV, 50 spoke on his perception of his former group mates as well as a G-Unit/ Snoop Dogg partnership that never came to fruition.
50 Cent has been quoted as saying “Tony Yayo, Young Buck and Lloyd Banks are all the same person to me” and his sentiment seems to be consistent. During his interview, he took the descriptions a bit further and explained how Buck and Yayo particularly never adapted to true artistic independence:
They’re babies. At different points they throw the tantrums and stuff like that and I just watch them. Just watch them do what they’re doing. It’s not like their responsibilities is gonna change. They’re grown. They’re adults. They behave like babies at points. They have to. They have to do it. It won’t be long before you see some different things from them.
A collaboration album between G-Unit, Snoop Dogg and Daz Dillinger DPG-Unit was supposed to be released years ago, however complications with scheduling prevented it from being released.
I’m not sure if it’s actually gonna happen now because with Snoop and him moving around so much,” he said. “He’s touring now. So he’s out. But you always see me do things with Snoop because prior to Get Rich Or Die Tryin’, Doggystyle was the largest debuting Hip Hop album. Rightfully so, that album was a classic.
(AllHipHop News) In a move that will keep Flavor Flav out of jail, the 55 year old hip hop hypeman turned reality TV show fixture has plead guilty to a Las Vegas domestic violence charge.
Today (April 14th) pled guilty in Clark County District Court in Las Vegas, NV to reduced misdemeanor charges of attempted battery in connection to an October 2012 argument with his girlfriend’s 17 year old son.
Flav’s fiancee, Liz Trujillo accused the rapper of threatening her son with a “20 inch butcher knife” and throwing her around when she attempted to prevent him from harming her son.
Flav’s was originally facing felony assault and child endangerment with a weapon charges with a possible jail bid of 12 years. The next court date for Flav is August 18th.
Taylor Gang’s Berner releases the @PakSlap produced “Gone”, which Wiz Khalifa has already praised as one of his favorite Berner records. This one will live on his BERNER PRESENTS: Dirty Money Compilation tape, dropping on April 15th and features The Jacka, Yukmouf and more.
T.I. and Tiny just bought a brand new house in the A. That’s what’s up! I didn’t see the show last night but I heard it was highly entertaining. But, looks like T.I. is moving real heavy on his next music project! He’s so serious about this new project that he’s bought the mansion so he’s super close to his recording studio. According to TMZ, he was 40 minutes from the studio before and needed to shorten that commute. Now, that’s some baller ish if I ever saw it! Wow!
Shout ou to T.I. and Tiny! Black love!
“They keep us talking, but if we stop talking about them then they should worry!” -illseed.
Two weeks from today Detroit producer Apollo Brown will be releasing his newest instrumental soundtrack Thirty Eight. The sound falls somewhere between the end of 70s heroin and the beginning of 80s crack, like day prostitution in Detroit. The technicolor journey continues today with a three track collection of instrumentals titledCigarette Burns EPfrom the upcoming album Thirty Eight.
rom Nas to Aerosmith to Johnny Cash and Nina Simone, Massachusetts producer CHEATCODE is a chemist when he breathes new life into songs you’d think couldn’t normally be joined together. Blending the Brooklyn duo Dead Prez with English rockers Pink Floyd and their classic collaboration.
(AllHipHop News) Saigon went from the greatest story never told to the CEO of his own record label. Today (April 14th), Saigon announces the formation of Squid Inc Squad, a new website as well as the next chapter in his The Greatest Story Never Told series.
Saigon informed HipHopMyWay that his upcoming album The Greatest Story Never Told Chapter 3: The Troubled Times of Brian Carenard was “the quickest album I ever wrote.” The label will release “Sinner’s Prayer” on April 21st, will serve as the first single for the upcoming album and will have an accompanying music video featuring Papoose and Omar Epps.
Saigon and Squid Inc Squad partnered with global digital media company, CPXi and explains that the move is based on his belief that music will be completely digital in a decade:
I feel so blessed to be able to launch this label the way I have always wanted to see one launched. Working with a digital powerhouse like CPXi is the missing piece that will allow SIS to unlock the real talent that is struggling to be heard. SIS is what the future of a branded integrated music label will look like. In 10 years music will be all digital and 100% tech driven.”
The Greatest Story Never Told Chapter 3: The Troubled Times of Brian Carenard will be released this summer. Check out Saigon’s website www.HipHopMyWay.com as it allows producers, emcees and fans to discover and showcase new talent.
KRS-One “Big Up New York” is a lost gem that KRS-One recorded in 1995 in the midst of producing tracks for Reggae/Hip-Hop artist Mad Lion. It was discovered by UK mixmaster Jaguar Skills in the course of dusting off and polishing master reels from the Nervous Hip-Hop vaults. The result packages the gritty flavor of 90’s east coast hip hop with a fresh beat courtesy of the masked beats ninja Jaguar Skills.
(AllHipHop News) On January 31st of this year, Funkmaster Flex and Cipha Sounds revived the 90s/early 00’s The Tunnel parties at B.B. Kings. Following the event, French Montana, Jadakiss and a few other attendees were arrested and Smoke DZA has come through with part of the story.
Appearing on Cipha Sounds’ Take It Personal improv show, DZA explained how what initially began as a show appearance turned into a trip to the precinct. After being arrested for a warrant he was not sure really existed, DZA shares how French Montana maintained his humor even while cramped in the back of a police car:
I had to go in, like, sideways and kind of finesse myself into the back. French [Montana] had to go in the same way. So we’re driving to Central Bookings, back to back. [Laughs] I couldn’t even make this up. We back to back. We driving. They not even taking the lights. Every time we on the road, I see these motherfu*kers going through the lights. So French was like “step on it, mannnn!
Check out DZA’s full story and the accompanying sketches below:
