(AllHipHop News) The man who many believe popularized the sped-up soul sample production style is ready to share a few of the original songs that inspired some of Wu-Tang Clan’s greatest tracks.
Legendary producer/emcee RZA, aka Bobby Digital, will be releasing Shaolin Soul Selection Vol 1 on March 19. The compilation will have 24 songs from some of the greatest acts in soul music history including Isaac Hayes, The Dramatics, and The Emotions. It will also feature several other R&B performers from the 1960’s-70’s Memphis-based Stax Records.
Shoalin Soul Selection Vol 1 will be the latest release from RZA’s label Soul Temple. He launched his new imprint in 2012 with the soundtrack to the film he directed, The Man With The Iron Fists.
The new compilation will be available in 3 different formats- double CD set, triple vinyl set, or digital download. Some packages include an exclusive Soul Temple T-shirt.
(AllHipHop News) Rap star 2 Chainz is facing drug charges after an arrest by the Maryland State Police late last evening (February 14th).
According to reports, the rapper was traveling in a white van, on the way to a performance at University of Maryland Eastern Shore, when police stopped the vehicle on Route 50, around 10:00PM.
Although there were seven people in the van, only 2 Chainz, was arrested, charged with marijuana and paraphenelia possession.
According to 2 Chainz, the police were “f**kin” with him when they arrested him, since they recognized him and wanted pictures.
Not to mention my security said it was his and they said , he don’t smoke ,, how da f## u know? Haha wut a valentines day!!!
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TGI….EVERYDAY!! Welcome to the end of a wonderful week and the beginning of the rest of your life! Today’s Daily Word is dedicated to your confidence level! We all have self-confidence! We believe in ourselves to an extent and know what we can and can’t accomplish! We believe that we can do better but the level of that belief is what we should question! Many people in theory say that they know they can have anything in life but when you look at their actions you can tell that there is certainly doubt looming. What we need to understand is that what you do says more about what you believe than what you say! What you can and can’t accomplish is all determined by how much you believe in yourself! Yeah you might know what you are capable of, but that very thought alone is limiting your potential! There is nothing in this world that you cannot do! You have infinite power and the moment you believe this fact is the moment you begin to live the REAL life that you deserve! Give yourself some credit! You are more powerful than you even realize!! NOTHING CAN STOP YOU!! -Ash’Cash
“If you really put a small value upon yourself, rest assured that the world will not raise your price.” -Unknown
“The way you treat yourself sets the standard for others.” -Sonya Friedman
“When there is no enemy within, the enemies outside cannot hurt you.” -African Proverb
“Your value is the product of your thoughts. Do not miscalculate your self worth by multiplying your insecurities.” -Dodinsky
“You have to expect things of yourself before you can do them.” -Michael Jordan
“Without a humble but reasonable confidence in your own powers you cannot be successful or happy.” -Norman Vincent Peale
“Always act like you’re wearing an invisible crown.” -Unknown
“We are like the little branch that quivers during a storm, doubting our strength and forgetting we are the tree – deeply rooted to withstand all of life’s upheavals.” -Dodinsky
(AllHipHop News) Houston OG Bun B and Kirko Bangz hosted one of the many events featuring rappers during the NBA’s All-Star Weekend, which is taking place from February 1417 in Houston, Texas.
The pair hit Bamboo lounge in Houston, where they were joined by NBA legend Gary Payton, as well as NFL star Earl Mitchell of the Houston Texans, as well as a number of others, who turned out in force to support Bun’s party.
Bun B’s event is part of a number of events that will take place over the weekend for NBA All-Star.
Rappers like Sean “Diddy” Combs, Drake, Brian “Birdman” Williams, Fabolous, Rick Ross and Meek Mill all have events scheduled for the weekend.
Tonight (February 15), a number of rappers will hit the court fo the 2013 Sprint NBA All-Star Celebrity Game.
Queen Latifah will serve as an assistant coach for the East team, while artists like Common, Trey Songz, Nick Cannon, Kevin Hart, Ne-Yo will hit the court during the game.
The 2013 Sprint NBA All-Star Celebrity Game takes place at the George R. Brown Convention Center.
(AllHipHop News) The Chris Brown-Drake nightclub fight saga continues, and the two stars are planning to take the next round of the battle to the courtroom. According to TMZ, Brown and Drake both filed legal suits against each other recently claiming that the other was responsible for the late night brawl that broke out at the W.i.P. nightclub last summer.
The bottle-throwing altercation in the VIP section of the SoHo club caused extensive damage to the venue and several people were injured including club patrons, NBA star Tony Parker, and Brown himself.
The “Don’t Judge Me” singer and the “Started From The Bottom” rapper both managed to avoid criminal charges from the fight, but they have been named in a civil lawsuit from French model Romain Julien who is claiming that he has suffered permanent damage to his right hand as a result of the melee.
Last August, Brown and Drake were also sued by the owners of the W.i.P. club asking for $16 million for damages and ruining the reputation of the brand. Jon Bakhshi, owner of the club, claimed that his Entertainment Enterprises was about to close a $4 million deal to expand his clubs nationally, but the fight at W.i.P. effectively scared off other investors.
Now Drake and Brown have apparently turned to sue each other in order to get a judge to decide who was responsible for the fight. The guilty party would then be forced to pay any damages resulting from the civil lawsuit filed against both performers by Julien.
Brown has had a string of legal issues arise in recent weeks. On February 6, he was back in court in Los Angeles to face a possible probation violation stemming from his 2009 assault on girlfriend Rihanna.
Rumor has it, Wu Tang Clan is planning a massive reunion this year and want to re-form like Voltron. Believe it or not, this is the group’s 20th anniversary. What an incredible run.
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Oh..one other thing. RIP, Dirt Dog.
They keep us talking, but if we stop talking about them then they should worry! -illseed.
The renowned and at times abstract Kool Keith has teamed up with up-and-coming EDM/trap DJ and producer TOKiMONSTA for her trippy video called “The Force.”
Combining slapping claps, a booming sub and an atmospheric flow from Kool Keith, TOKiMONSTA lays down electronic synths, tribal percussion and an every changing beat sequence to give us something to run back again and again.
The song comes from her work with a record label called Ultra whose current roster includes deadmau5, Benny Benassi, Kaskade, Wolfgang Gartner, The Bloody Beetroots, Steve Aoki, Lil Jon, Armin van Buuren, Above & Beyond, Ferry Corsten, Alex Gaudino, Congorock, Adrian Lux, Fedde Le Grand, Axwell, Alexandra Stan and others.
TOKiMONSTA might be on to something here, we look forward to hearing more from her again soon! Check it out below!!!
(AllHipHop News) Bronx, New York rapper Tim Dog has died from a seizure according to numerous reports.
The rapper, born Timothy Blair, suffered from a seizure, from complications associated with diabetes, according to The Source.
Tim Dog, 46, recorded early tracks with legendary rap collective Ultramagnetic MC’s, but he was best known for his debut album Penicillin on Wax, which contained the diss song “F**k Compton.”
The song, which was one of the first shots fired in a mounting feud between rappers on the East and West Coasts, helped fuel a series of replies from rappers on the West coast, including Compton’s Most Wanted, DJ Quik, Dr. Dre and others.
In later years, Tim Dog recorded with Kool Keith in the group Ultra with Kool Keith.
(AllHipHop News) The Internet dance craze called the “Harlem Shake” has garnered over 44 million YouTube views worldwide, but there’s one person that has yet to speak on the phenomenon. That’s G-Dep, the former Bad Boy Records artist, that helped popularize the original version of the dance that came out of kids in Harlem, USA.
“Yea I got an idea of whats going on with it, them guys that put that out, they from China?” G. Dep asked, speaking to AllHipHop.com exclusively. “Thats crazy, I mean that’s love, at the same time but coming from Harlem, if it’s not the Harlem Shake that’s not what it is. I mean that’s obvious. ”
Presently, Dep is serving 15-life after confession to a 2-decades old unsolved murder.
While the first version of Harlem Shake originally spawned from G Dep’s song “Special Delivery” back in the late 1990’s, the newest version of the song only slightly resembles the strut G. Dep and Diddy created.
In the videos people from across the world have attempted the new Harlem Shake synching their flailing body movements to Baauer’s EDM song called “Harlem Shake.”
Currently, Baauer is an artist signed to famed producer Diplo’s imprint called MadDecent, a label and artists that G. Dep was unaware of at the time of the interview.
G. Dep even was still a little unclear about what exactly the dancers were doing, and while he said he appreciated the “love,” he also made it explicitly clear that the new dance is not the Harlem Shake as it was known in the 2000’s.
“We gonna call it the ‘Harlem Shake Part 2.’ We can’t call it the Harlem Shake, we gotta at least call it the Harlem Shake part 2, because from what I understand they aren’t even doing the Harlem Shake,” G Dep said. “So we just talking about anything now? Anything is the Harlem Shake? Its like, I had a bowl of cereal today, lets call it the Harlem Shake.”
Jokingly G. Dep suggested that Harlem should adopt the phrase “Harlem Shake” as a slang term of sorts.
“It ain’t really defining the culture of Harlem, coming from Harlem and bringing the rhythm, but you know we can call it the Harlem Shake Part 2. We gonna make a new slang out of it. It’s like, ‘I was walking down the street and… oh man that was the Harlem Shake.’ ” G. Dep joked.
Just last year G. Dep turned himself in for having shot a man in 1993 unaware that he killed the man. G. Dep was sentenced to a 15-year to life sentence and is currently serving his bid on Rikers Island.
As for G. Dep’s music and if he’s had any contact with Diddy, G Dep said has music on deck and that he only remains in contact with Black Rob.
“I’m still writing, we got some music we gonna put out real soon. I’m going to put out that we were working on before I came in . Look out for that sooner than later, as far as me getting something out there that would be a plus and we working on getting something out there on a bigger scale,” he said.
“I haven’t spoken with Diddy, but I still write back and forth with Black Rob from time to time, we write each other and I know he’s putting out his album.”
As our time on the call with G Dep was running out due to Rikers Island jail call restrictions, G. Dep left AllHipHop with a few parting words.
“I just want to thank everyone for their support, keep shaking man. This telephone call is Harlem Shake man,” he ended with one last quip.
Check out the original “Harlem Shake” in G-Dep’s “Lets Get It”
Here is the new version of the dance…that’s not quite a dance.
Remember back in the day when Chris Brown was known as a Blood gang member? I do!
Well, it seems that CB is at it again and this time it is with a Crip. Seems that CB was making a speed walk to the Lamb when somebody had something to say about his expeditiousness! The joke didn’t go over too well. Here is what happened, per TMZ:
Crip: “I ain’t never seen a ni**a jump in a car that fast, ni**a. Yo, scary-ass Chris is that motherfu**er bulletproof?””
Chris “Not-A-Blood” Brown: “Is yo’ a** bulletproof, NAGA?”
Crip: “I’m a crip ni**er, hell yeah, I’m bulletproof!”
Chris “Not-A-Blood” Brown then gives the Crip some ominous advice, which only somebody of much power could give.
Chris: “Don’t get f**ked up out here, my n**ga.”
To be fair, he’s denied being a blood.
They keep us talking, but if we stop talking about them then they should worry! -illseed.
This rumor ain’t new , but it seems that Ashanti is talking about it. Why didn’t Ashanti pop off better anyway?
If all goes well, this will be a game changer of game changers!
Ashanti recent said:
“We’ll see,” she told Rap-Up TV on the red carpet. “Those are my peoples.” Ashanti is currently wrapping her fifth album Braveheart, due this summer, and is readying a new single.”
Check out what happened on Love and Hip-Hop! Staged, no doubt! Another day, another RAGING SHE-FIGHT involving one of the stars of “Love & Hip Hop” with hair-pulling, name-calling and a nasty panther-like, claw-first takedown. It all went down at a fancy party inside a nail salon in Manhattan when Erica Mena got into a heated discussion with a blonde lady named Tiffany. Multiple people who were at the party tell us the two were squabbling over a man and Tiffany implied that she had hooked up with Erica’s BF in the past. Erica DECKED Tiffany and all hell broke loose.
(AllHipHop News) Odd Future frontman Tyler The Creator has announced the release of a new album titled Wolf.
The new album is the follow-up to his second album Goblin, and will feature three separate covers, including one designed by Pop Surrealist artist Mark Ryden.
Tyler The Creator will hit the road in support of Wolf, on a tour of the same name, that will kick off in March and make stops in North America and Europe, before winding down in April.
Tyler The Creator will also use the “Wolf” tour to showcase his Golf Wang clothing line.
Tyler The Creator’s album Wolf is due in stores April 2 on Odd Future Records.
The first visual from Wolf will debut tonight at nine at 11:00 PM EST on www.oddfuture.com.
Check out the tour dates below:
3/12 Columbus, OH
3/15 Pittsburgh, PA
3/16 Carrboro, NC
3/17 Norfolk, VA
3/18 Washington, DC
3/20 Buffalo, NY
3/21 Boston, MA
3/22 Toronto, ON
3/23 Brooklyn, NY
3/24 Philadelphia, PA
3/28 Paris, France
3/29 Berlin, Germany
3/30 London, UK
4/02 Los Angeles, CA
4/03 San Antonio, TX
4/05 Albuquerque, NM
4/07 La Jolla, CA
4/08 San Luis Obispo, CA
4/10 Seattle, WA
4/11 Portland, OR
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Well, we all know he was, because there was absolutely no due process, despite the heinous crime he was accused of.
Now, where does that put this in a broader context? I heard that Christopher Dorner was killed and only killed based on orders from way up the food chain. Seems like this situation was BOTCHED from the onset and the only way to clean it u was to kill him, shutting him up. I cannot lie, dude had a 11k word manifesto. I didn’t read it, but I am informed that he had some claims against the LAPD that were very valid historically. It is rumored that Dorner knew SOMETHING MORE and was silenced forever. Furthermore, it seems that high tech seek and destroy technology was used to get him. They say he “car jacked” somebody and they found him that way. Sounds very medieval for a former LAPD and Military Man don’t you think? There are a lot of rumors swirling and they all say something else is going on.
What do you think?
Dude just looked way regular and happy…and now he’s suddenly a terrorist.
(AllHipHop News) Hours after releasing his new 23-track mixtape Trap God 2, Atlanta native Gucci Mane took to Twitter to send a shot at Harlem native and A$AP Worldwide/RCA recording artist A$AP Ferg regarding his upcoming Trap Lord project.
“ASAP whoever calling his mixtape trap lord n##### need to get off my dick and let they momma get on it,” Gucci tweeted.
About 30 minutes later A$AP Ferg responded with: “TRAP LOORRRRRRRRRRRRRRRD ACROSS MY BELLLYYY!!! N##### IS WASHED UP LOLOL…THERES A DIFFERENCE BETWEEN GODS AND LORDS ” LORDS NEVER WORRY” tTRAP LORD.”
Gucci’s Trap God 2 was the rappers first release since the original Trap God dropped this past October. The mixtape features verses from Lil Wayne, Rocko, Lloyd, Waka Flocka and Wiz Khalifa with production coming from the likes of Mike Will Made It, Zaytoven, Lex Luger and C4.
Ferg on the other hand, announced and spoke on Trap Lord with XXLin late January. He said, “My plan is to drop this Trap Lord mixtape, shake the world up a little bit, turn the world upside down. And just have fun. It’s about having fun… I’ve been in the passenger seat with Rocky driving for a while. Now it’s the part where they see what success brings you.”
He continued, “A Trap Lord is basically the struggle to do better. It’s almost like the theme of Always Strive And Prosper (A$AP). Trap don’t necessarily mean you selling drugs. You could be selling clothes, watches, fake watches, gold teeth, hats—anything. You just trapping. And you a Lord of it.”
Ferg has gone silent on Twitter since the brief exchange last night which you can check out in full below:
ASAP whoever calling his mixtape trap lord n##### need to get off my dick and let they momma get on it
Ferg, who recently peformed a sold-out show at New York’s S.O.B.’s this past Tuesday alongside Fat Trel, is gearing up for the release of his Trap Lord mixtape which is set for release sometime this Spring.
Gucci is working on a pair of collaborative projects in addition to his currently untitled fourth studio album titled Free Bricks 2 with Young Scooter and Money, Pounds and Ammunition PeeWee Longway.
Valentine’s Day is by far the most confusing Holiday for young couples. As you may know – Valentine’s Day is a “Her” day, so those flowers better be fresh. For my fellas, V-Day is a huge conflict of interest because Feb 14th marks the last day of “Cuffing” season. Unless you Diddy your way out things, (ending it right then and there with your J-LO) you got to get her something special…or else.
I recommend going out for dinner or framing your Valentine’s Day card to avoid finding it in a shoe box under the bed.
Or, you can get her a classic R&B album, and let Marvin Gay do all the talking for you.
What you don’t want to do is play the wrong OVOXO song. Yes, Trilogy is a terrific 3-disc buy, but playing “Wicked Games” with her in the passenger will insure you a long ride home from that romantic dinner date.
I’m not a love expert, but I know not to push my girl in “Marvin’s Room.” Here are 10 songs from the Canadian artists you should avoid on Valentines Day.
Wicked Games – Weeknd, House of Balloons
Marvin’s Room – Drake, Take Care
The Birds Part 2 – Weeknd, Thursday
Good Ones Go – Drake, Take Care
Do it All – Drake
The Birds Part 1 – Weeknd, Thursday
Outside – Weeknd, Echoes of Silence
Doing It Wrong – Drake, Take Care
Replacement Girl – Drake
Initiation – Weeknd, Echoes of Silence
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Illseed, Out.
