(AllHipHop News) Each member of Maybach Music Group will be releasing a new freestyle in the lead up to the crew’s Self Made 3 compilation album dropping September 17th. Chicago’s Rockie Fresh is up to bat first.
[ALSO READ: MMG’s ‘Self Made 3′ Tracklist Revealed]
Check out the first release in the “Self Made 3 Freestyle Series” featuring Rockie Fresh below.
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Every rapper in jail is probably trying to get out of jail. BUT, there aren’t too many rappers on death row and trying to get out of jail. This list is very short. But, I got hit with a rumor about a rapper a lot of you don’t even know who they are. But, there is a dude by the name of Cool C. He’s infamously known as a Philly rapper that murdered a Black female police officer in a bank robbery gone bad. Cool C has maintained his innocence since this all happened in January of 1996! Just for your records, here is the Wiki on Cool C:
On January 2, 1996, during the same time period that he was recording a comeback EP,[2] Roney, along with C.E.B. band mate McGlone (a.k.a. Steady B), and another local Philadelphia rapper, Mark Canty, attempted a bank robbery at a PNC bank branch in Philadelphia. During the botched heist, Roney shot and killed Philadelphia Police Officer Lauretha Vaird, who responded to the bank’s silent alarm.[3][4] As he exited the bank, Roney exchanged fire with another police officer, before he and Canty dropped their weapons at the scene and fled in a stolen minivan driven by McGlone.
Vaird, an African-American woman and the single mother of two children, was the first female Philadelphia Police officer killed in the line of duty.
SO…I am hearing that Cool C is still trying to get the hell up out of jail with a gangster a$$ lawyer. How he continues to pay is hard to comprehend, but that’s the word. The crazy thing is that he was sentenced to straight up DEATH in 2006, 10 years after the murder. Now, its pushing another 10 years to inject Cool C with a lethal dose of poison? I think something fishy is going on. Me may have a great lawyer or maybe Cool C is just another cog in the machine of the industrial prison system. I don’t know, but he is trying to get the fluck off death row. I don’t see it happening.
Damn, I just realized…I wrote about this a year ago. Ain’t a damn thing changed.
“They keep us talking, but if we stop talking about them then they should worry!” -illseed.
Illseed, Out.
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(AllHipHop News) Philadelphia’s genre bending singer RES is set to release her next project the Refried Mac EP next month. The project, produced by Tom Spiker, will feature five reworked Fleetwood Mac’s songs and serves as the precursor to RES’ next studio album due out in 2014.
Refried Mac will be RES’ first solo project since 2009’s Black.Girls.Rock! As one half of the group Idle Warship with Talib Kweli, she contributed to the Party Robot mixtape and Habitats of the Heart album. Refried Mac will be released through Kweli’s Javotti Media.
[ALSO CHECK OUT: Idle Warship (Talib Kweli & Res) – Driving Me Insane]
“RES is an absolute treasure. She is one of my favorite artists in the world to work with and listen to. I did not want to live in a world where I could not find RES music, so I’m doing everything I can to help her get it out,” states Kweli.
Refried Mac is scheduled for release October 15th through Javotti Media/ Entertainment One Music.
[ALSO READ: EXCLUSIVE: Talib Kweli Escapes The Prison Of The ‘Conscious Rapper’ Label With New Album]
Check out the tracklist for the Refried Mac EP and a video of RES performing “Dreams” below.
1. Rhiannon
2. Dreams
3. The Chain
4. Little Lies
5. Edge of Seventeen
Rap mavericks Identical, are making a major impact in the independent music scene. They are from Inkster, MI. The twin brothers have been grinding for years putting their city “The Town” on the map. Additionally, they are the founders of TheCollegeofHipHop.org.
AllHipHop.com: What’s good Identical? Firstly, give us some background info as to who you are.
Identical: We are Antoine “AJ” and Santoine “SJ” Jackson and we are the founders of www.thecollegeofhiphop.org which is the 1st on-line cultural learning institution that is dedicated to educating all artist current and aspiring as well as CEO’s the business of Arts & Entertainment thru dynamic seminars. We are also a rap group by the name of IDENTICAL from Inkster MI that have been grinding for years putting our city “The Town” on the map. We are able to teach the business because we have written songs that generate income and learned the business so why not help others
AllHipHop.com: What is the significance of your name?
Identical: We are actually Identical twin brothers and people always called us “twin” no matter what our group name was so we just made that adjustment plus it is more marketable. And we chose the name Thecollegeofhiphop.org because we grew up right along with hip hop, so that name made sense to us, BUT we teach all business aspects of the industry.
AllHipHop.com:: Which artists or individuals have inspired you?
Identical: We have been inspired by the innovators and business men like Berry Gordy, Russell Simmons, Kevin Liles, Percy “Master P” Miller, Brian and Ronald Williams and Steve Stoute because they all have changed the game and showed US it was possible to do so coming from the places we come from.
AllHipHop.com: What is your opinion of the current state of the music industry?
Identical: The Current state of the music industry is great, the music may not be timeless but there are more artists making a good living now than any other time in music. But if I could change anything, it would be the number of uneducated artist and that’s why our goal is to educate them as well as the “fakeness” because its still a lot of people out here selling artist dreams and playing with they lives and lively hood.
AllHipHop.com: Any final words for the people.
Identical: Yes. Special thanks to AllHipHop.com for this opportunity. Keep God 1st and always travel light. Learn the Business of Arts & Entertainment now by going to www.thecollegeofhiphop.org and enrolling NOW.
Rising R&B star Trevor Jackson adds Grand Hustle’s B.o.B. to the “Drop It” remix off his upcoming debut EP #NewThang out September 24th.
[ALSO READ: EXCLUSIVE: Trevor Jackson Is Set To Be Show Business’ Next Triple Threat Star]
Rap superstar 2 Chainz made a stop through Los Angeles on Tuesday night (September 3) to appear on DJ Skee’s “Skee Live” show on Mark Cuban’s AXS TV to promote his upcoming album, B.O.A.T.S II: Me Time. Backed by Skee’s live band, 2 Chainz performed “Feds Watching” and “Netflix” for an eager and hyped crowd before a lengthy sit-down interview with DJ Skee, answering such questions as name change, fashion sense and his recent American’s Most Wanted tour with T.I. and Lil Wayne. Skee Live can be seen on AXS TV every Tuesday at 10 pm EST/7 pm PST and 2 Chainz’ B.O.A.T.S II: Me Time album will be available in stores on September 10. AllHipHop.com was in the house as special invited guests to get some flicks and join the fun! Check out our picture gallery below. Just click on the thumbnails to see the full-sized images.
(AllHipHop News) Eddie Murphy once was five different people in one scene, today and for the foreseeable future he is a reggae artist. Today (September 4th) Murphy announced he will be releasing an upcoming reggae album entitled 9.
Murphy made the announcement on his first tweet from his personal Twitter account simultaneous with his release of the Snoop Lion-assisted first single, “Red Light”:
— Eddie Murphy (@eddiemurphy) September 3, 2013
Check out an in-studio performance of the new single below:
Odd Futures Here is The Internet (Matt Martian & Syd) releasing the first song from their upcoming EP Feel Good, entitled “Partners In Crime Two”. This mryiad of live instrumentation blanketing Syd’s soft vocals form a psychedelic soul sound unique their own,
Feel Good EP will be released on September 24th.
Check out “Partners In Crime Two” below: