The radio is loving Caribbean-flavored rising star Sterling Simms, as he showcases his voice on a banger with Maybach Music Group’s Meek Mill entitled “Tell Her Again”.
Philadelphia’s other resident hot-boy Meek Mill goes in with his quick-flow here! (Who knew he could do that?) Listen to the audio here.
The City of Brotherly Love is certainly on a roll this year, so it’s a good look that Simms took it “home” for the video backdrop.
Check out behind-the-scenes footage below for their upcoming video for “Tell Her Again” collabo:
Known for their all-encompassing production and accompaniment of lyrical and metaphorical cliff diving off every track, The Brown Bag Allstars (BBAS) are back at it with their latest project, Brown Label. AllHipHop.com caught up with the Brooklyn Bunch and chopped it up about current projects, the group’s growth, and where they are going from here:
AllHipHop.com: Alright, let’s just jump straight in fellas! What was the concept (No pun intended) behind the EP? [laughter] And who all produced on it?
J57: This EP, Brown Label 2 is a bigger and better follow-up to the free project, The Brown Label EP Part 1 that we dropped back in February. It has production from me, Audible Doctor, Rhettmatic of the World Famous Beat Junkies, and our homie, EP of the Dopplegangaz. Plus, it includes remixes from me, Doc, and Deejay Element, all family, in the usual BBAS fashion.
AllHipHop.com: With the other BBAS projects, the listener was able to learn a little about each artist on the majority of the tracks. What can we expect to hear from you personally on the new joint? Are there any songs that you felt a serious personal connection with?
Koncept: There is a verse or two where I get personal or deep on them, but for the majority of this project I’m letting you know how much fun I’m having.
Audible Doctor: I think this is a perfect example of where we all are artistically at the moment. The new project shows how we’ve evolved as individual members as well as a group. But the song I probably have the most connection with is “406”. It’s a tribute to the Fat Beats NY store, the place we formed our group. Having worked at that store so long and having that environment as such a big part of my growth as an artist, it’s hard not to have a connection to that song.
Soul Khan: My most emotionally resonant moments on this EP would be like Audible Doctor’s on “406” due to our history at Fat Beats, as well as on the song, “Say It Now,” because I use the word ‘areolas’ really charmingly.
AllHipHop.com: With each project you put out, your collective team seems to be demonstrating a lot of growth from the previous effort, what would you say shows your growth as an artist/producer on this particular EP?
Audible Doctor: I think that would be the overall sound of the record. I feel like it’s a more eclectic sound than people are used to hearing from us. We’ll always have that ‘boom bap’ foundation, but we’ll never stop growing.
Soul Khan: I think I sound more comfortable with not trying to make every song a ‘rappity rap-off’ with ridiculously dense rhyme schemes. We’re all better team players now and have more chemistry than we ever had. Also, I lost like 20 pounds.
Koncept: I think with every release, we get better. We put a lot into our work and make the best music possible for our fans.
J57: Only speaking for myself, I have to say that I worked harder on the MC side of things on this project than I ever did for any projects in the past. I never half-assed any verses in the past, but this time I spent far more time on my technique than I ever have before, and I got pretty damn close to hitting my 10,000th hour as an MC.
DeeJay Element: I feel like this EP really made me step my game up as a DJ and a producer. I knew my scratches had to be perfect, because I did them over a beat by a legendary DJ like Rhettmatic. As far as production goes, J57 and Audible Doctor’s beats are crazy, so I knew I had to keep up with them.
DJ E Holla: If you listen to some of our older work, such as The Brown Tape and songs like “Boss Is Back”, then fast forward to joints like “Workhorse” and various tracks off Brown Bag Season Volume 1, you hear the results in the crew getting better sound-wise and knowing how to make better records. There is more instrumentation involved and lyrical improvement with every song. All this is before an official debut album, which is truly awesome.
AllHipHop.com: There’s a lot of buzz going on about all of the different projects that you guys are currently working on. Would you like to update the readers on what you all have been involved in?
Audible Doctor: Other than this EP and the debut Brown Bag album, I have a free EP titled I Think That, dropping September 25, an instrumental album titled Doctorin’, executive produced by Large Professor dropping later this year, and a few other singles and videos dropping as well.
Soul Khan: I have a solo album available for free called Soul Like Khan, along with three EPs, Acknowledgment, Resolution, and Pursuance, produced respectively by all released independently and for sale at soulkhan.com. Most recently, I dropped a free EP at DJBooth, Wellstone. I also am learning to cook something other than meth, while I work on my next EP and first full-length, commercially sold album. [laughter]
Koncept: I dropped my solo debut album titled, Awaken, on Soulspazm Records, as well as the Vinyl EP for that project titled, Watch The Sky Fall, on Nostomania Records. Both were distributed by Fat Beats Records. I’m currently working on two more EPs and a new album.
J57: We all tend to work on three or four projects at one time. I’m currently working on the production for LPs with Soul Khan, Koncept, Brown Bag, Blame One, Numonics, 6th Sense, Co$$, and Mr. Green. I’m also working on beats for EPs with Torae, Jefferson Price and Booda French, Tenacity, Mike Maven’s Young Pandas, which I recently joined, and DJ Brace.
DeeJay Element: I have an EP coming out soon with Koncept and a solo EP coming out hopefully early next year. Plus, I DJ for Brown Bag, Soul Khan, and Sene.
DJ E Holla: Even though I am not been in the public eye like the rest of the group, there is still a lot of work behind the scenes to be done to get the EP and album done. I will still DJ for the group and for Koncept at his shows. I am also Torae’s DJ and an artist on his label. Tor and I dropped his mixtape, Allow Me to Reintroduce Myself 2. I have a couple of mixtapes in the works, and an official mixtape entitled So It Begins.
AllHipHop.com: Will you be touring in support of this project?
Audible Doctor: We’re locking in our New York release show for the week after the EP drops, and we have a few other shows lined up that we’ll announce. But we’re still working out the logistics for a full tour. We will keep you and the fans posted.
AllHipHop.com: Should we be expecting to see any videos any time soon?
Soul Khan: We have two videos already filmed and primed for release from this upcoming EP. The first will be released on August 28, and the second is dropping after we release the project.
AllHipHop.com: What’s next for the BBAS?
Koncept: Right now, we are working on our debut album. We are in the process of branding the world with Brown Bag. Don’t believe the hype, believe the talent. But for now, our Brown Label 2 EP is dropping on September 4 exclusively at www.BrownBagAllStars.com.
Be sure to check out Brown Label 2 coming soon.
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(AllHipHop News)A lawsuit has been filed against popular Miami personality DJ Khaled, over back rent for his luxurious Miami apartment.
Misci LLC rented an apartment to DJ Khaled last September in Miami, according to documents filed in court.
According to the original agreement, DJ Khaled agreed to make two bulk payments of $66,000 for his rent.
The producer made the initial payment, but failed to make the second one.
Misci LLC’s lawsuit claims that the deal was re-worked, to allow DJ Khaled to pay $11,000 to Misci, with the remaining $55,000 balance due the following month.
But Misci LLC’s lawsuit claims that DJ Khaled has also reneged on the new deal, yet he is refusing to vacate the property.
DJ Khaled is being sued for the rent, plus attorney fees.
It looks like our hopes of having the G.O.O.D. Music compilation, Cruel Summer, delivered to us at some point this summer, has proven to be difficult. The album is rumored to have been pushed back for the second time according to Amazon.com. The new release date is now September 18, two weeks later than its previous release date.
Although Def Jam nor Kanye West has yet to comment on the rumored new date, G.O.O.D. Music’s own Malik Yusef has tweeted, “Yeah it looks like a push back, on #CRUELSUMMER but our wish has 4 additional features has MOSt DEFinitely been granted.”
Four more features, huh? It sounds to me like the two week delay may be worth it.
Source: FakeShoreDrive
(AllHipHop News) On Thursday night (August 9th) AllHipHop.com spoke with L.A. Reid’s newest signee Cash Out, at the video shoot for his second single “Big Booty.”
In between scenes in Beverly Hills, the Bases Loaded/Epic Records artist spoke about his new-found success.
While some critics were blindsided by Cash Out’s somewhat meteoric rise to fame with his catchy “Keisha” marijuana references in “Cashin Out,” Cash Out believes he has the music to follow-up the first single, to prove his critics wrong and his fans right.
In fact, he says the track “Big Booty” is already picking up steam with no radio play.
“This is the second single, ‘Big Booty,’ you already know what it is, crazy downloads. I think it did like 40, 000 the first week with no radio play, ya feel me? So just imagine when the radio play get going. ‘Cashin’ Out’ went gold, its at like 700,000, I’m waiting on my plaque,” Cash Out told AllHipHop.com. “If it keeps going where its going, it might be platinum by the end of the year.”
To follow-up the singles “Cashin Out,” “Big Booty” and “Hold Up” featuring Wale, Cash Out is prepping an EP.
The release will serve as a precursor to his debut album, which will be released next year.
“I got the EP coming, it’s called Patience, cause all it took was patience man. Its crazy man, I’m gonna give 10-12 songs, the album before the album, just to give them an appetizer…It really don’t matter what it do because it’s all gonna be great music. The real thing gonna come at the top of next year man, but the EP is coming between October and November.”
Now, Tony Yayo has bee the most loyal person that 50 Cent has ever been exposed to, but he JUST sent out a tweet that suggests all is not sweet with the pair.
First and foremost, 50 Cent has recently said some oddly disparaging things about both Banks and Yayo, two founding members of G-Unit. Earlier this year, 50 said: “f### Banks, f### Yayo, f### the group.” That was on April 1 so I really didn’t acknowledge it. But, in an interview with radio host Big Boy, 50 said much more.
”People have habits they refuse to change…I’ve enabled them to a point that they don’t feel like they have to do anything. [I] end up doing their job too…they don’t have managers”.
“Yayo had to do a lot more…he just doesn’t do what he’s supposed to do. I don’t think [G-Unit] actually over, they just need to get themselves together”.
“Ya’ came back from jail, he was different…his energy was different.”
And Tony Yayo just posted the following.
As far as I know, Yayo has never said such a greasy statement at the boss!
You know The Avengers will be the movie of the summer when its all said and done. I guess there will always be a consummate discussion as to whether or not it was bigger than Dark Knight Rises, but thats neither here nor there. Avengers is the franchise and they are already running with a sequel. The Avengers 2 is rumored to be coming out in 2015. My thing is…they need to hurry up. I have a great uncle that is in poor health and he needs to see this movie! Anyway, I just now read a bit more and this is confirmed. They are also working on an Ant Man movie to mix in with Avengers 2. So, part 2 will be coming in 2015 and they are saying May 1 is the exact date. Its looking like there is no stopping the super hero crazy in Hollywood.
I think we need a few more heroes of color though.
A$AP Rocky has started a movement in Houston, TX! What the hell did I just say? Sorry, I got confused about A$AP on that. Shout out to him. But I have an exclusive rumor that Texans should be excited about. The Screwed Up Click was the architect of so many things that you can’t say it enough. I’m getting word from http://cb-streets.blogspot.com that original Screwed Up Click member E.S.G. is looking to get back in the game. R.I.P. DJ Screw! I’m hoping they can capitalize on A$AP’s odd renewal of the Houston sound. Here is how it went down:
E.S.G… “Its going to be a day eventually when we going to have to start to initiate new artists for the ‘Screw Up Click’,if you want this to go on forever and forever there comes a time when our seeds might have to carry our name on.”
CB STREETS.. Do you think that something can be in the works sometime soon? You think you can make it happen?
E.S.G. “Yea I can make it happen,I started to tweet this a month ago I promise.””I was like I think its time for me and the powers that be to sit down and like every year initiate a different artist that we feel is worthy,WE GET BEHIND THEM AND HELP THEM TAKE IT TO THE NEXT LEVEL.””THAT WOULD BE LIVE MAN, IT WOULD BE PERFECT.”
(AllHipHop News) Throughout the years, Insane Clown Posse has battled rappers like Eminem and Kid Rock, but they may face their biggest challenge to date – the FBI.
ICP, and the group’s imprint Psychopathic Records have hired legal counsel to pursue injunctive relief against the FBI, over the National Gang Intelligence Center’s 2011 National Gang Threat Assessment Report.
The report labeled Insane Clown Posse’s fanbase, commonly known as Juggalos, as a gang.
Some of the fans, who dress up as clowns, have been accused of various crimes, ranging from simple assault to murder.
According to the 2011 report issued by the FBI, the Juggalos have officially been branded as a fast expanding gang of thugs in over 21 states, on par with Bloods, Crips, Latin Kings, Aryan Brotherhood and others.
Insane Clown Posse made the announcement in Cave-In-Rock, Illinois, the site of their 13th annual “Gathering of the Juggalos” music festival.
“It’s been almost a year since Juggalos were put on the National Gang Threat Assessment and we are hearing too many stories from our fans about the trouble it’s causing them,” ICP’s Shaggy 2 Dope (born Joseph Utsler) said. “Just because you like a music group, doesn’t make you a criminal.”
Insane Clown Posse and Psychopathic Records has hired Howard Hertz of Hertz Schram PC.
“We are seeking individual Juggalos whose rights have been violated as a result of the mistaken belief that they are a ‘gang member,’”
“If you or someone you know has suffered any negative consequence with an employer, governmental representative, including law enforcement, border patrol, airline security, or other local, state or federal governmental agency or employee as a result of your status as a Juggalo, we want to know about it,” Howard Hertz said.
The group has launched a website, Juggalosfightback.com, for fans to stay abreast of developments in their pending case against the FBI.
“We’re not attacking the FBI, but they got this wrong. The Juggalos are not a gang, and that needs to be fixed,” said Violent J (Joseph Bruce).
The group’s lawyer Howard Hertz said he was seeking fans to fill out an online questionnaire, if they had experienced any of the following:
1. Stopped by Border Patrol (U.S., Canadian or otherwise)
2. Stopped or denied ability to fly on an airline
3. Increased criminal sentencing or denial of parole
4. Transfer of a juvenile criminal offender from juvenile court to circuit (“adult”) court
5. Denial of job opportunity, loss of employment
6. Denial of permit to march, boycott, assemble
7. Denial of a vendor to sell Juggalo merchandise
8. An injunction preventing the Juggalos from congregating in any area, wearing Juggalo clothing, displaying tattoos
9. Pulled over or detained by law enforcement
10. Any other denial of a right, liberty, property”
Philadelphia’s other resident hot-boy Meek Mill goes in with his quick-flow here! (Who knew he could do that?) Listen to the audio here.
