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Limp Bizkit’s Wes Borland Speaks On Group’s Cash Money Debut “Stampede Of the Disco Elephant”

By: JP DelaCuesta (@JPdelacuesta)Category: MOBILE

(AllHipHop News) Since the news broke regarding Limp Bizkit’s signing to Cash Money Records in late Febuary, not much has been said from either party on when or what to expect the group’s inaugural album with the label.

Some light has finally been shed on the progress of Limp Bizkit’s seventh studio album, the tentatively titled Stampede of the Disco Elephant, thanks to guitarist Wes Borland.

Borland told Billboard, “We’ve got a bunch of songs, and we’re not at the point where I can go, ‘Yes, the record is starting to form’ and see where all of this is going. Right now, we’re recording songs, and it’s been all over the place as far as what it is we’re doing. They don’t make sense together yet.

“We’re planing on doing songs with them more geared to what they have to offer as far as their producers and what their expectations are for what we’re doing,” Borland continued. “At the same time all those artists on Cash Money are starting to discover rock and put an electric guitar element into their songs, and I’m really itching to get my foot in the door and be part of that.”

To date, the only song that has been heard since Limp Bizkit’s signing with Cash Money came in the form of the Lil Wayne-assisted “Ready To Go,” which was released in March.

In addition to the update on the group’s album, Borland told Billboard that Lil Wayne has already reached out to him about playing on his own forthcoming release, I Am Not A Human Being 2.

Hip-Hop Rumors: Is Odd Future Responsible For Setting a Fire in Cali?

By: ginatorres27Category: MOBILE

Yes, you read that right. Odd Future is being accused of burning down a palm tree on the famed Fairfax Avenue in Los Angeles, CA. According to reports, one of the rappers launched a bottle rocket into the tree and set it ablaze. Check out the footage of the tree on fire below:

That’s crazy! Did you see the awning to that pizza place go up in flames? That looked mighty dangerous. According to The Hollywood Reporter, the stunt was a reference to lyrics for their song “Kill People Burn S### F*ck School.” Um, okay.

Odd Future has a OF pop-up located on the strip, and according to a recent LA Weekly article, the neighboring businesses are not too happy about it. Odd Future has allegedly been flooding the predominately Jewish neighborhood, with tourists and groupies. We hear there’s even a TMZ tour bus that goes past their story daily. Really?

Rob Swift of The X-ecutioners Hired by ESPN for Upcoming Show “Unite”

By: Jake CratesCategory: MOBILE

(AllHipHop News)  Today (August 13), The X-ecutioners’ DJ Rob Swift announced that he was recently hired as ESPN’s first in-studio musician and part of the cast on ESPNU’s upcoming show “Unite”.

Swift will execute his skills as the show’s resident DJ on “Unite” on ESPNU, ESPN’s designated channel geared towards college students and all those interested in collegiate sports.

The DJ’s new gig has been highlighted in the promotional video below showing Swift humorously following around his co-stars wherever they go while he DJs.

View the video below of Swift getting accustomed to his new job and co-stars, and tune in on August 27 at midnight to ESPNU to see more.

Rock The Bells Adds Travis Barker, Ras Kass, Saafir And Biz Markie To Upcoming Festival

By: JP DelaCuesta (@JPdelacuesta)Category: MOBILE

(AllHipHop News) With just five days until 2012’s first Rock the Bells event kicks off in California, the festival has added some special guests in the form of Travis Barker, Ras Kass, Saafir, and Biz Markie to its lineup of over 40 performers.

This weekend in San Bernardino, Alabama native Yelawolf will be joined by drummer and producer Travis Barker during his 30-minute set. The duo, who are prepping the release of their Pyscho White EP will also perform together at the next Rock The Bells stop the following weekend in Mountain View, California.

Biz Markie, who most recently appeared on MTV2’s “Hip-Hop Squares,” has been announced as one of the many “friends” that be joining DJ Lance Rock for his set at all three festival stops.

Rock the Bells has also revealed that during Xzibit’s headlining performance on DatPiff’s Guerrilla Union Stage, he will reunite with Ras Kass and Saafir for a performance by the Golden State Warriors only in San Bernardino.

As expected, a number of guest performances and surprise guests have yet to be named. Tickets for all three Rock the Bells weekends are still available at RocktheBells.net.

EXCLUSIVE: Sir Michael Rocks Speaks On The Cool Kids, Chuck Inglish And The Status Of “Shark Week”

By: JP DelaCuesta (@JPdelacuesta)Category: MOBILE

(AllHipHop News) Following the release last week of his new project, Lap of Lux, Sir Michael Rocks spoke to AllHipHop.com about his relationship with his Cool Kids brother Chuck Inglish, the decision to go solo, and when the fans can expect their sophomore album Shark Week.

“That’s my brother, man. We don’t have no beef, there’s no problem, there’s no issue,” Rocks said of Chuck Inglish. “We’re just as tight as we were whenever we started. It’s just we’re smart enough to know that we can do damage more than one way.”

Regarding the amount of time they spent helping to craft each others projects, Rocks said, “We’ve pretty much been separate on this one so we can see what we can do separately, you know what I mean? I feel like the stronger we get separately, the stronger we’ll be as a group. I feel like it will only make us both stronger as a unit.”

Now that Rocks’ Lap of Lux has been released, Chuck will be releasing his own solo project, Convertibles, later this year. When asked about his brother’s production skills and evolution in the studio, Rocks gave some very honorable props. “With the right amount of work he could be a Kanye, Pharrell,  [Dr. Dre], [Timbaland], Lex Luger, Hit-Boy.”

He continued, “He’s got his own sound, so I feel like he should be sprinkling his beats over a bunch of different high profile projects and just getting his name out there and everything. I felt like he need to be sprinkling those on a lot of major artists, too, man, ’cause they love his sound. He got it. He got his own style, so I feel like it’ll be beneficial to both of us if he’s building up his resume and building the price of his beats higher and higher. ‘Cause that’ll look better for us when we’re rapping on them.”

About the status of The Cool Kids sophomore album, Shark Week, Rocks told AllHipHop.com, “I think that right now we should do these solo things for a second and just establish where we want to be with this, and then we come back when people have kind of forgotten about it. I want people to forget about it and not be fresh on their mind.”

“I think that what we have done and accomplished already is already written in stone, and I feel like it can last as long as we want it to…I’m not really in a rush to just throw something out just to do it ’cause I feel like The Cool Kids name means a lot. Anything we put out will be well thought out and timed well, so we’re going to chill on [Shark Week] for a second.”

Check out our exclusive interview with Sir Michael Rocks below:

Check back later this week for the rest of our interview with Sir Michael Rocks.

Action Bronson Inks Deal With Warner Bros. And VICE Records; Projects With Alchemist, Harry Fraud And More In-The-Works

By: JP DelaCuesta (@JPdelacuesta)Category: MOBILE

(AllHipHop News) After steadily increasing his buzz over the last few years and putting out quality reject after quality project, Action Bronson has officially announced his newly-signed joint record deal with Warner Bros. and VICE Records.

“Vice/Warner Bros.is the label. I promise to never make candy cane b####### music as long as i live!!!!!!!,” Bronson tweeted late last night (August 12). He joins a roster that also includes electronic groups like Justice and Chromeo as well as Reggae star Vybz Kartel.

Most recently, the Queens native released his Blue Chips mixtape with DJ and producer Party Supplies, and he has a number of other projects in the works, as he shared with AllHipHop.com in early June.

Among those mentioned was Rare Chandeliers with The Alchemist, Blue Chips 2 with Party Supplies, Saab Stories with Harry Fraud, and Well Done II with Statik Selektah.

Regarding Saab Stories with Alchemist, he said, “Well, me and Alchemist have been working a lot, so that’s next. We got a bunch of joints out there, man. We ready for this year. That will be the next thing – very soon. I want to get it out just as bad as a couple of people want to hear it.”

No word has been released about Action Bronson’s Warner Bros./VICE debut.

EXCLUSIVE – 21 Questions with Big Meech Part Two: Crack Laws, Obama, and the Jeezy Connection

By: TeamDeSymberCategory: Features

In Part One of AllHipHop.com’s exclusive interview with Black Mafia Family (BMF) boss Demetrius “Big Meech” Flenory, he shared his thoughts on the origins of BMF, what he felt his prison sentence should have been, and his thoughts on his iconic status.

In Part Two, Big Meech discusses his thoughts on “Blowing Money Fast,” his relationship with Young Jeezy, and what his days are like inside Lewisburg U.S. Penitentiary, Special Management Unit:

AllHipHop.com: Mandatory sentencing disparities recently changed under President Obama. Any thoughts?

Big Meech: (LOL) Yeah, they changed the crack law twice in 24 years, and it still only helped a few people. We are grateful for the ones that it has helped, but all of the drug laws need to be changed, especially for first-time, non-violent offenders. Everyone deserves a second chance in life. Powder and crack are the same drug in different form. You put 15 grams of baking soda on 35 grams of powder cocaine, then cook the 15 grams of baking soda off to bring it to a rock form of 35 grams or less, depending on how you cook. So, what’s the difference besides the thousand years the judge is going to sentence you to in court for the crack instead of powder? The government knows that crack is sold in predominately Black and Hispanic neighborhoods, so that’s who their targets are to keep the incarceration rate up.

AllHipHop.com: What are your thoughts on the president?

Big Meech: First, I’m thankful that God blessed me to live and see our first Black president. I feel that the president before him made one big mess of America that it is impossible for Obama to clean it up, even if he gets a second term. I feel that all the stimulus packages in the world won’t revamp our economy, if we can’t create new jobs or new ways to make money. Violence is high in most of our Black cities and communities because our children have no guidance or people that they respect enough to listen to at home or in the community.

Hopefully, President Obama will take the time to look out for his people before he leaves office. Bush pardoned the most people ever before he left office, which included John Forte who did seven years of a 14-year prison sentence. I’m not looking for a pardon, although I would take it if he did it for me. I would love to see him change all the drug laws which are too severe and extreme for this day and age. If you look at all the fathers and mothers serving lengthy prison sentences, elderly grandparents are raising their young children. The gap between the children and their grandparents is so far apart that communication and understanding between them is almost impossible. So, there’s a lot of hostility and disrespect between young people and elderly people. Other than that, I think President Obama and his family handle being in the spotlight and the scrutiny that comes with that office very well.

AllHipHop.com: What are your thoughts on prisons in America?

Big Meech: We have the highest incarceration rate in the entire world, over three million people and counting. America is supposed to be the land of the free and the home of the brave. Prison is nowhere near the rehabilitation place the justice system claims it is. They mix nonviolent inmates with violent inmates. Some people come in with three or four years, and end up with 20 or more years, or a life sentence simply because they had to protect themselves. Any and everything can send you to jail or prison in America, and that’s not always the right answer. They need to bring back 65 percent (time served of time sentenced) and parole for federal inmates. In the state of Georgia, you do 35 percent of your time if your crime is non-iolent or drug related. The feds are taking over so many state cases, that people who would’ve gotten probation or county jail time are now getting six years or more.

AllHipHop.com: Describe what your day is like?

Big Meech: (LMFAO). I have to laugh at this question to keep from crying, but trust me, I’m crying inside. I’ve been in the hold on ’23 and 1′ [23 hours in cell and one hour out per day] since June 2011. This SMU sh*t is like a torture camp for real. First, showers are only on Monday, Wednesday, and Friday. Both me and my celly have to cuff up whether one of us is leaving to go to rec, shower, or medical, or if both of us are leaving. Everywhere we go, our hands are in black box handcuffs behind our back with a C.O. holding our cuffs, walking with us. I’m always trying to get out of my handcuffs first because you never know when your celly may have a bad day and jump you while you still have your cuffs on.

There’s three or four fights or stabbings daily, especially since it’s hot. If you disobey them, you’ll get a heavy dose of tear gas, which has the whole building choking and coughing, eyes burning. Then they’ll put you in restraints handcuffed extra tight with a chain around your waist, shackled. I’ve heard grown men cry crocodile tears from their hands swelling and nerve damage from the cuffs. If that’s not enough, they have another form of punishment called “Four Points” where they put you on your back chained around both ankles and wrists in a very cold room with the lights on. Everyone who reads this should look up Lewisburg SMU online and read about the deaths, disfigurements, and inhumane conditions and brutality that goes on in here. So, my days are like a living hell.

AllHipHop.com: How is your family coping?

Big Meech: My family is handling my incarceration the best way that they can, but it’s very hard on my mother and father. My father went to prison for 18 months for money laundering, and both their sons got 30-year sentences which, at their age, seem like life sentences. I’ve been in the worst mood of my bid because my father is in a lot of pain due to diabetes and may have to have both of his legs cut off. I can’t even make a phone call to speak to him or anyone for that matter. I get so frustrated and agitated at times. I have a really strong family bond, so when one of us is going through it, it’s like all of us is going through it.

AllHipHop.com: Do you still talk to Young Jeezy?

Big Meech: I haven’t been able to talk to anyone on the phone for the last five months. The last time I spoke to him was near the end of last year.

AllHipHop.com: How do you feel about his success?

Big Meech: Being the person largely responsible for his success, I’ve always and always will be proud of his success. I would never wish or hope or his downfall for any reasons. I just personally feel that he could do more abut helping me to regain my freedom in a timely fashion, with his success and the position he is in right now in life. For example, [he could say] ‘I could not rest knowing he has a 30-year sentence for a first-time, nonviolent offender. I’m meeting with every reputable attorney in America until I can find one that can at least get him a sentence reduction, if not bring him home…’

…but that’s me and the love I have for him and the majority of people in my B.M.F. family. To be honest, I get ask so many questions about him – from C.O.’s to convicts to random people in the mail – some of which I have no answers for, ’cause for me to have the answers to most of the questions, I would have to have an excuse which there is “NO EXCUSE.”

AllHipHop.com: What do you think of Rick Ross making the song “B.M.F.”?

Big Meech: Actually, I appreciate all of the music that Rick Ross and MMG has put out period. But in 2010, when I first heard my name repeatedly in the “B.M.F.” song, I was like, “Damn, that’s hot.” And it’s a hit. To this day, he has people from all over the world saying, “I think I’m Big Meech,” which is a priceless way of recognizing and paying homage to me and the B.M.F. family. We all have 100% love for Ross and MMG. I think he is a helluva artist and mogul.

AllHipHop.com: Does it bother you that he was once a corrections officer?

Big Meech: (LMAO). I think this question is old and irrelevant, because I have friends and family that are C.O.’s. I’ve ran across some good men and women C.O.’s. I think that Ross is a great example of being a dreamer and dreams coming true, just from what I know about him being with Suave House and writing rhymes and rapping and for all the years he stuck with it. And now he has built a brand and an empire. So the answer is no, it doesn’t bother me that he was a C.O. It would only bother me if he was a “rat.”

AllHipHop.com: Or that he is in a fight with “Freeway Ricky Ross” for the use of his name?

Big Meech: I know “Freeway” but I’ve never spoken to him about his name, but in my opinion, if I felt that we had to get an understanding about the use of my name, then we would arrange a meeting at everyone’s convenience in a comfortable environment not a courtroom. I personally don’t see anything wrong with him using the name. I think he made the Rick Ross name popular and positive; it would be great and more beneficial if they did some charity events together instead of some senseless feud.

AllHipHop.com: Would you ever permit an aspiring rapper to use your name?

Big Meech: I wouldn’t have a problem with it as long as he’s good at his craft, especially if he’s as successful as Rick Ross and 50 Cent. Both of those men made their names worldwide household brands, and I respect both of their grinds to success. They both are very blessed, whether they realize it or not.

AllHipHop.com: Is it possible that you could come home?

Big Meech: I have an out-date where I could come home one day, but I’m not trying to wait until the “Elroy Jetson” date of 2032 that the BOP has given me. If some of these political figures, ACLU, or NAACP would speak up and stand up for me, which would put my unjust 30-year plea deal in the spotlight, I probably would’ve been home three or four years ago. Those types of people only seem to speak up once one of us has been killed, then it’s too late. If enough people come together with voting power, I could see a change in my sentence or come home, just like when Russell Simmons helped change the RICO law in New York.

AllHipHop.com: How do you keep your sanity?

Big Meech: I’ve been through so much in my lifetime to make me the strong-minded man that I am. They can’t break what they didn’t create, so I stay focused on the future and being free again. I try to stay in tune with what’s going on in the world today in music, entertainment, technology, and sports, just to feel like I’m still up on everything. But for real, I refuse to lose anything more than the time I have already lost that I can never get back. They can’t undo what I’ve already done and they can’t change or erase my memories and history. I know I have more life ahead of me than behind me so like I said in my letter on MySpace in 2006, “Nothing beats the trials of the present like the EXPECTATIONS of the future.”