(AllHipHop News) Jay Z’ssecond annual Made In America Festival took place over the weekend. A year ago the first edition of the multi-genre concert event was documented on film by Oscar-winning director Ron Howard, and now the trailer for the movie has been released.
The full-length documentary features Run DMC, Janelle Monáe, Rita Ora, Skrillex, and of course Hov himself. Made In America will premiere at the Toronto International Film Festival in September, and it will make its television premiere on Showtime October 11th.
(AllHipHop News) Lady Gaga debuted the new song “Jewels & Drugs” at the iTunes Festival in London this weekend. The track off of her upcoming third album ARTPOP features verses from T.I., Too $hort, and Twista. The Mother Monster had Too $hort and Twista take the stage with her during her iTunes Fest set. According to Gaga, T.I. was not allowed to travel to England for the concert, but she played his verse for the crowd.
So this woman in Hawking, County, Tennessee’s boyfriend set her up so bad. Christie Black was suspected of stealing different things from her boyfriend she shared a residence with. The guy, Bobby Gully straight set her up and left 5 STACKS in $100 bills sitting in two envelopes. He left and when he came back the 5G’s was gone.
So he called the cops and confronted his girlfriend, who admitted that she took the money and hid it up her ASS!! She tried to remove the money out of her rectum with a toilet brush and a pair of TONGS! She admitted to cops that she took the money and put it up her booty because she was breaking up with her boyfriend and needed a place to live.
Christie Black was taken to a local hospital and the money was removed from her bottom and seized for evidence.
(AllHipHop News) Jay Z and Budweiser’s Made In America Festival is underway in Philadelphia, PA, where tens-of-thousands of people have jammed the Benjamin Franklin Parkway to see performances by some of today’s biggest artists.
Like last year, MIA has a number of rappers on the bill including Public Enemy, Black Hippie, 2Chainz, A$AP Rocky and others.
Yesterday (August 31), A$AP Rocky and 2Chainz rocked the crowd, while Public Enemy gave a politically charged performance.
Last night, however, Beyonce was the evening’s biggest performer with a medley of her hits and numerous outfit changes.
Today, Black Hippy collective featuring Kendrick Lamar, Ab-Soul, Schoolboy Q and Jay Rock will rep Hip-Hop, along with Solange and Macklemore & Ryan Lewis.
Lil Wayne and DJ Drama have received pressure from everyone including President Obama for the release of their highly anticipated Dedication 5. After a few delays (and broken promises), Weezy enters another project into the Dedication series with features from The Weeknd, T.I., Chance The Rapper, 2 Chainz and other MC’s.
Check out the stream and/or download Lil Wayne’s Dedication 5 from Datpiff below:
This is a list strictly to remind us as to why we shouldn’t forget nor should we discount the battle rap realm. There are battle rappers who spit the wackest of verses and get praised simply because they battled someone even less talented than were they, however most times that is not the case.
We know that when some of you think of battle rappers, you have ideas like the example below in mind!
But thinking all battle emcees are like the Chappelle Show skit is not even fair! This is true of a few but not of the majority and some are even able to crossover and graduate to the type of booth and stage emcees that seem to get more respect. Let us be clear, having a battle background makes those artists even more well rounded and solid within their crafts! A battle emcee will still tear everyone in the room up with their verbal ability regardless of if they are battling other emcees or merely battling themselves on a verse!
Check out 5 former battle emcees that made the transition whom we enjoy in either realm. This list is in no order and by no means are these the only guys out here who have done it but we must start somewhere! That said check out the list!
Loaded Lux
Rone
Serius Jones
Soul Khan
And finally the way the song is REALLY supposed to go!
Eminem
This is but a sampling of the talent that we’re talking about and we know that you have favorites out there that you feel deserve to be on this type of list. So, now we’re counting on you to shout them out in the comments! Who is the dopest battle emcee that you know of who is making that transition? Who do you feel we should acknowledge next? Let’s discuss it!
Weather your discussing his production skills, his emcee skills or his writing skills, when you speak about The Audible Doctor a word you will definitely use in that conversation is skill!
Versatile as he is talented, The Audible Doctor is known for his old school soul as it pertains to his production choices and his metaphorical flow with every rhyme he spits. A member of the Brown Bag AllStars, he is able to drop knowledge with a distinctive voice within the group setting as well as with his own solo efforts.
But don’t just take our word for it! Take a listen to The Audible Doctor and see what you think for yourself!
Here’s a new one off his latest project.
And here’s one of our favorites.
[twitter-follow screen_name=’audibledoctor’] On Twitter and keep up with his latest projects!
(AllHipHop News) The American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) of Florida has expressed dismay at comments made by a Lee County Sheriff, over an upcoming concert featuring Ludacris and Kendrick Lamar.
Sheriff Mike Scott questioned the choice of acts selected for Florida Gulf Coast University’s upcoming “Eaglepalooza” concert, which is slated for November 24.
Sheriff Scott sent a series of emails to FGCU President Wilson Bradshaw, criticizing the choice of artists the students selected, due to their lyrical content.
A spokesman named Baylor Johnson for the ACLU criticized Sheriff Mike Scott’s statements, which questioned why the event needed 75-100 additional officers and whether or not off-duty officers would work the event.
Sheriff Scott also promised officers who were patrolling the event would do so, with rigorous force.
“Law enforcement doesn’t have the option to not do its job and keep the community safe because they don’t like or agree with a particular expression at an event,” Baylor Johnson of the ACLU said.
It’s unclear why Sheriff Scott has a bone to pick with Ludacris and Kendrick Lamar, since artists like Busta Rhymes, Flo Rida and Pitbull have performed with no objections to the police department.
“This is a public school, so it therefore cannot favor one type of speech or another, or prohibit one type simply because it disagrees with the language in the lyrics,” Baylor Johnson said.
Earlier in the week, AllHipHop.com broke the news that producer Mouse on The Track was leaving Trill Entertainment, after a decade of providing production for the legendary, Baton Rogue label, which was founded by Melvin Vernell Jr. and Marcus “Turk” Roach.
While Mouse says the parting of ways was amicable, he admitted that he was never properly compensated for producing hits that define the sound of Baton Rouge through production work for artists like Lil Boosie, Lil Phat (RIP), Foxx, Webbie and others.
Mouse on The Track
Could Mouse’s departure be the end of Trill Entertainment? The label has been through considerable turmoil over the past five years.
Trill rapper Lil Phat (Melvin Vernell III) was gunned down in Atlanta in June 2012, in a high-profile case that resulted in the arrest of San Francisco State point-guard Decensae White, rapper Gary “El Dorado Red” Bradford, Maurice Conner and former NCAA star Deandre Washington, who are all accused of taking part in the hit.
Now, Trill has to deal with the departure of their in-house producer, who reveals his plans for the next chapter in his career as a producer.
AllHipHop.com: What would your advice be to producers wanting to get in the game based on your experience?
Mouse: I’d say especially with your first big placement make sure your business is together. Make sure you know what you’re getting yourself into, especially before you sign anything. Make sure you get a full understanding of what you’re signing. Have an idea of how you’re going to get compensated. For me it was more of a learning experience because I went through it first, and now I know better ya know? It’s like when you touch the stove and it’s too hot and you know not to touch it no more. I kinda went through it like that; but now I know what to look for because I experienced it.
AllHipHop.com: A lot of new producers end up signing their life away just to be able to work with certain artists, how was your situation?
Mouse: Fortunately, I signed as an in-house producer, but a contract can be perfect and everything can be all good and fair; but what’ll make a contract go bad is when somebody doesn’t abide by it. I’d say I did about 90% of it, pretty much everything that was on the charts and radio was pretty much me but all the money didn’t reflect that.
AllHipHop.com: So you didn’t get what was due you as a producer even with a contract?
Mouse: No, I didn’t get what I was due, but it’s all good it was a learning experience.
AllHipHop.com: It must be harder to deal with when it’s like a family situation?
Mouse: When you make it about family and you make it seem like this is my fam, these my people, they not gonna mess over me, you don’t ever think about it until that check you looking for don’t come and you’re like, “what happened to that check” and you keep hearing I got you, I got you, and it never comes. But at the same time, the business was new to everybody; and I’m not trying to make excuses for them, but with money coming in from everywhere they probably didn’t know how to disburse all of it or something so I’m sure there was a lot of confusion as to who was supposed to get what. But at the end of the day, I didn’t get what was due me but I’m not crying over it. I’ve moved on from it, it is what it is and now I’m in a bigger and better situation in my career.
AllHipHop.com: So you just chose not to renew your deal with Trill?
Mouse: Yes.
AllHipHop.com: Are you and Turk still cool?
Mouse: I mean I ain’t talked to him in a minute but it ain’t no problems like, when I see you I’m gone get you or nothing like that, we just not doing business together that’s all. At the end of the day I still created all the hits and I earned a lot being with Trill, with the exception of money, but it’s all good.
AllHipHop.com: Tell me about your new situation
Mouse: Well, I just dropped a single “Off The Chain” I’ve been having a lot of opportunities presented to me since I got out of my contract. I’ve had a chance to record in New York and Los Angeles, as a matter of fact when I was at the Atlantic studios in LA I just got such a good vibe in that building. I got great feedback on the single and I got it circulating on the streets and at radio so I’m just looking for some great things to take place.
AllHipHop.com: Are you looking to sign with Atlantic?
Mouse: If they come with a good offer, all options are open with me but I wouldn’t be opposed to it out right. Now I’m releasing these singles, I just dropped “Off The Chain” and I just did a song with Kevin Gates that’s on iTunes and I’m just looking forward to generating some income where I don’ t have to split with no label or nothing that’s all mine, it feels good to get all the residuals. So I’m just gonna keep on putting the records out. I also just did a record with Rocko off his mixtape called “Feels Good” that went to MTV jams. I did a record with Lil Cali and Juvenile that should be releasing in September but I’m just interested in working with artist interested in making something happen, man.
AllHipHop.com: Who would you like to work with that you haven’t yet?
Mouse: Big Sean, Travis Porter, French Montana, and Big Krit those are some of the people whose music I like that I would like to work with. I liked working with Kevin Gates he’s a great musical talent and of course Lil Boosie when he gets home.
AllHipHop.com: The Trill family is no stranger to life behind bars, how did you dodge the perverbial bullet?
Mouse: I’m the good guy, so I don’t believe in all that goin to jail. I believe in know the law, learn the law and abide by the law and for the most part you ain’t got no problems. Ain’t no excuse if you got kids and bills to take care of and people depending on you, especially if you’re the bread winner of the family, goin to jail ain’t no place to be. If you’re a responsible individual, especially if you’ve been to jail, you ain’t trying to go back. You can’t do nothing in jail, you can’t make no money, you might get street cred but I don’t glorify that, that’s not a part of my personality, jail ain’t no place to be. It’s modern day slavery.
AllHipHop.com: At the end of the day what do you want people to know about you?
Mouse: I just want to be a legend in the game and create classic music.
Nicki is known for her fashion flair, even she thinks her fan might be taking the fashion thing to far. I have to admit, I don’t think I’d let any of my 22 kids outta the house looking this ratchet. I heard that Nicki has two secret shows in New York tonight and then she is hosting DJ Envy’s big ol’ birthday bash. Shout out to DJ Envy, happy born day!
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BOBBY V ON THE FARM
I’m just not sure what this is all about. Bobby V. got some shine on Love & Hip-Hop ATL, but not in a good way. Remember when Kirk got it poppin’ behind Rashida’s back in the hot tub with a few chickenheads? Well, it was Bobby V.’s crib. I guess the dude is doing pretty damn good. And now he has his own reality show coming out called FARM SCHOOL! I don’t know if Bobby is going to be on a farm or what, but he said his parents are going to be in the show with the rest of his family.
DAMN DAVE!!
Dave Chappelle is tripping!! A few days ago, he was performing in Connecticut and his set got interrupted by some hecklers. He was supposed to perform for 30 minutes on The Funny or Die tour. But the hecklers messed it up for almost 10,000 people and p##### Dave off. And he just sat there and refused to do any jokes. But he did read from a book an audience member gave him. The whole thing in itself sounds funny to me, but I didn’t pay to see it.
(AllHipHopNews) There’s good news for Detroit, the city home to rappers Eminem, Big Sean, Royce Da 5’9″, Danny Brown, Doughboyz Cashout, and many more can now boast that music is once again one of its largest industries, due in part to a strong independent rap scene.
Despite a bankruptcy filing by the local city government, a study conducted for the business journal, Crain’s Detroit Business by Anderson Economic Group LLC, inventoried the number and types of music businesses and employees in Southeast Michigan found about 6,000 people employed in the local industry, earning a total $162.5 million in 2012. The number of establishments in the industry came out to be 486, with an average of 12 workers per establishment and total sales volume of $1.15 billion.
In addition to recording studios, the team also looked at bars and restaurants that host live music and music education. The biggest business category by employment size was by far the music venue category, with 3,500 workers, followed by music schools, which had 800 employees. Music supply stores and the artists themselves were other categories with substantial representations.
Howard Hertz, known as metro Detroit’s go-to lawyer for music industry matters, said the number sounded right. “We should shoot to double and triple it,” he said, through more concerted promotion efforts. Hertz and others said artists aren’t lacking for most of the resources they need — such as studios and talent — in metro Detroit. “Agents and major labels are scarce here, though,” he said.
Patrick Anderson, CEO of AEG also thinks the value of the industry is also driven by the value of the area’s brand — something that’s easy to forget about. “Music is part of Detroit’s brand. It’s easy for us here in Michigan to forget, but if you go to Europe or Asia and have a Detroit D on your shirt, they have a recognition that’s sometimes deeper than we have.”
The local industry is larger still, considering the large underground hip-hop scene that wouldn’t make appearances in most federal data, said Tom Gelardi, a marketing and promotions representative for Detroit rap artists. The scene supports independent retailers in Detroit such as Shantinique Music and Damon’s Record Center that still do good business despite the national near-obliteration of independent record stores since 2001.
(AllHipHop News) A legal war has broken out between soul music legend Leroy Hutson and rap giant Young Jeezy and producer Don Cannon, over a track on the “Trap or Die 2” mixtape.
Leroy Hutson filed the lawsuit in the U.S. District Court For the Northern District of Georgia ,on August 27.
Jeezy and Don Cannon are accused of illegally sampling portions of Leroy Hutson’s song “Getting It On” for Jeezy’s song “Time.”
According to the lawsuit, Leroy Hutson’s daughter was searching the Internet when she found the website, WhoSampled.com, which contains detailed listings of a variety of songs and where the original sample comes from.
To make matters worse, Leroy Huston claims Jeezy also made a video for “Time” and again, used the sample without the proper permission.
Young Jeezy and Don Cannon are accused of Copyright Infringement and Unjust Enrichment.
Leroy Huston is seeking a trial by jury to determine the damages, a full accounting and attorney fees.
There’s reports circulating that Maybach Music’s own Gunplay was performing at a club called Club Underground, when he got into it with some local rappers. I am not sure what sparked the beef, but someone said Gunplay got hit when he was trying to leave and he was knocked out. There’s a picture that supposedly shows Gunplay knocked out and being carried by a security guard. But to be honest, it doesn’t look like Gunplay was knocked out in this picture. It looks like he’s getting carried out but I don’t think he’s out cold.
“They keep us talking, but if we stop talking about them then they should worry!” -illseed.
(AllHipHop News) Datpiff.com will offer fans access to Lil Wayne’s Dedication 5 mixtape before it becomes available through other sites. Users who sign-up for the Young Money newsletter can get an early stream and download of the DJ Drama hosted project at www.datpiff.com/d5 in the next few hours.
D5 was originally scheduled to be released through the site at 4 PM EST today, but has been temporarily delayed until later this evening.
The release of Dedication 5 has been temporarily postponed for a short period while Wayne puts finishing touches… http://t.co/SrCFM0GBab
(AllHipHop News)When Drake heard Kendrick Lamar say he wanted to lyrically murder him, he didn’t feel no ill will but dismissed Kendrick’s goal.
In his recent cover story for Billboard, the Toronto MC spoke about his reaction to hearing Kendrick Lamar’s competitive threat:
It just sounded like an ambitious thought to me. That’s all it was. I know good and well that Kendrick’s not murdering me, at all, in any platform. So when that day presents itself, I guess we can revisit the topic.
Drake also says he was so unphased by the verse that rocked the industry that after first hearing it he “went about my day, went and got dinner and kept it moving.”
Drake’s full cover story can be read in the latest issue of Billboard Magazine out now.
(AllHipHop News) DMX was a former self-professed champion of beat boxing when he decided to begin writing rhymes. In a recent interview, Dark Man X spit the first verse he ever wrote.
Delivered with the rough vocal inflections that popularize most of DMX’s greatest songs, the 15 year veteran’s first verse is distinctly different in lyrical content than the songs that made him famous.
“First album should be like a fetus/Instead, flow is like I stole the cheat sheets from Jesus”
Former artist fo Jay Z’s Carter Faculty, Baltimore native D. King blesses the world with his new track, “Define Myself”. Over some looped smooth horns and crisp drums, King takes the listener through his “life in The Wire” and who D. King is.
The song will appear on his upcoming EP So Crazy, hosted by Combat Jack. D. King can be followed on Twitter @dking730 .
(AllHipHop News) If you have been practicing your twerk routine in the mirror after Juicy J announced his $50,000 scholarship contest for best twerker, it is time to show and prove. Twerk philanthropist Juicy J recently revealed in a new WorldStarHipHop video the details on his Twerk For Scholarship contest.
In the video, the Stay Trippy rapper explains the details and suggests a song for “inspiration”:
I want to see a video [of] you telling me or showing me why you deserve this money,” Juicy J says. “I’ll be picking the winner myself out of the Top 10 videos. Listen to ‘Scholarship’ featuring A$AP Rocky off of my album Stay Trippy to get some inspiration.
So this woman in Hawking, County, Tennessee’s boyfriend set her up so bad. Christie Black was suspected of stealing different things from her boyfriend she shared a residence with. The guy, Bobby Gully straight set her up and left 5 STACKS in $100 bills sitting in two envelopes. He left and when he came back the 5G’s was gone.
AllHipHop.com: Are you and Turk still cool?
