Rick Ross is trying to use some reverse psychology in a new interview he did with Miami’s 99 Jamz, where he is basically denying that the GD’s had anything to do with him canceling the rest of his tour. We don’t believe you, you need more people! Or as Ed Lover would say, “C’mon Son!”
Our boys in News gave you the exclusive on Ross canceling the rest of the tour.
Reps for Rick Ross blamed the cancellations on the “apparent lack of organization and communication on the part of the tour promoter.” But if you follow the rumors, you know that illseed has been posting stories for months on the GDs trying to shake down Ross and threatening him to stay out of their cities.
But Ross will be Ross, and of course, he’s denying that the GDs had anything to do with his tour cancellation, and is flabbergasted as to why anyone would think he’s afraid of them. Check out his comments about it below:
“Never was it due to any threats, I’m a certified man. I’m a real boss and this is something everybody needs to understand, gangstas move in silence.”
Ross acknowledged the GDs in the interview, but followed it up with a denial of any issue between him and them.
“That’s [Chicago] the birth place of the GDs. If I go to Chicago to handle my business like I did, I have no problem going to North Carolina or South Carolina. So don’t ever get it twisted. Ricky Rozay is a boss!”
Do you believe the GDs are the real reason Ross canceled his tour, or were janky promoters to blame?
Check out the interview with 99 Jamz’ Felisha Monet below:
Rick Ross is finally opening up and speaking out about the incident between him and Jeezy at the BET Hip-Hop Awards earlier this year, and it seems as if Rick Ross still has some unfinished business with the snow man. Check out what he told Felisha Monet from 99 Jamz in Miami below:
“This is nothing personal to me. At the BET Awards it basically just boiled down to me running across Young Jeezy, he had five security guards in front of him, five police officers behind him and we crossed paths I said ‘what’s up?’ soon as he said ‘what’s up?’ I tried to choke him. His security guards hemmed me up; whoever the b######## dude with the bumps on his face, he should give that dude something special for Christmas.”
Ross got jokes! The bawse must have been in an open and honest mood, because he even spoke about his ongoing feud with 50 Cent and how he’s nice with his hands.
“I’m a hands on type dude. I’m better with my hands than I am at making music. So it’s not personal but if I see Young Jeezy again will I try to choke him? I don’t know that’s an option. If I see 50 Cent, is it personal? Not at all but it’s an option.”
Somebody get that boxing promoter on the phone! Hell, someone get 50 Cent on the phone – isn’t he a boxing promoter now? Maybe he can negotiate a match between Jeezy and Ross. I’d love to see that! But hold up, in the interview Ross reveals that he may go out and get a boxing license, too, so he and 50 can have something else to beef about. Crazy!
You can check out the interview with Ross and 99 Jamz below, where he also explains the reason why GunPlay got separated from MMG and ended up becoming a target for 50 and his boys in the parking lot:
At this point, it is utterly impossible for 50 Cent to live anything resembling a traditional existence. Such thoughts nearly render him speechless.
He’s seen it all, been through it all, including assassination attempts, countless rap beefs, millions of records sold, celebrity girlfriends, while amassing wealth beyond most people’s imaginations.
Eventually, the 37-year-old father continues, pondering.
“I guess I’m not normal,” he explained to AllHipHop.com. “I do look forward to having more kids. I’d like to have a little more normalcy. You can’t ask for it. It’s a Catch 22. If you aim for the normalcy of a walk in the mall, and look at things, and buy the things that you can buy. I can buy anything in the mall, I just can’t go to the mall.”
50 Cent, born Curtis Jackson, has had his roller coaster of a life told largely through a myriad of entertainment outlets, whether they are movies, music, or media.
But, he admits that he’s rarely opened up to his audience during the course his career. “My Life,” his latest hit record is an anomaly. The song features Eminem and Adam Levine of Maroon 5 and touts 50 Cent, showing inner parts that Alpha males rarely put on display.
“I haven’t been this f*cking confused since I was a kid/ Sold like 40 million records, people forgot what I did/ Maybe this is for me, maybe/ Maybe I’m supposed to go crazy/ Maybe I’ll do it 3 AM in the morning like Shady…”
He expounds on the song and the meaning:
“What I hadn’t done a lot was show vulnerability on the actual record. I was successful when I did it on “Hate It Or Love It” (a collaborative effort with The Game). I talked about confusion,” he told AllHipHop.com. “For an artist, confusion can be the most vulnerable state. I expressed it on that song, and I wasn’t sure if they wanted to hear that from me, so I put it on Game’s album. I stuck to what I knew on my personal projects.”
50 Centsaid that it took some time for the record to come to life, even as it tops the charts on iTunes. It was as if the stars aligned, literally.
“When you get to the point of creating this actual record with “My Life“, I was a fan of Maroon 5 and Adam Levine. He heard me. And he never forgot it. I was trying to do something different,” 50 said. “And, he sings at a higher octave than any other male singer out there. So, I got him to do that and I went to Detroit and got Em to do his vocals.
“What might be a surprise to you is this record was recorded almost two years ago. Recorded almost 70 records for this actual album and, this being my final album [under his current contract] with Interscope, we were in the auditing phase.”
The winds of change have been ruffling America quite a bit these days. Perhaps 50 isn’t so different. But, like many, he shares a certain optimism that comes out only in times of turmoil and insurrection.
“It feels good when you put a record out and it’s Number 1 in 12 hours. It’s a clear indication that the public is still interested in it” – something that naysayers like new rival French Montana may counter. “They want it because they are buying it. A lot of songs are up for weeks before they start buying it; it’s already set at radio. But this was the first time they heard the record.”
“My Life” is the lead single from 50’s fifth album, Street King Immortal, which is slated for a February 26, 2013, release date.
(AllHipHop News) RapperGudda Gudda, who has been a part of the Cash Money/Young Money for over a decade, recently sat down with AllHipHop.com to discuss the groundbreaking label, which expanded in 2012.
The label is stocked with talent ranging from artists like Drake, Nicki Minaj, Busta Rhymes and Mystikal, to Limp Bizkit and the newly signed dance act, The Stafford Brothers.
In between a recent recording session, Gudda Gudda, who recently dropped his mixtape “Guddaville 3,” discussed Cash Money’s roster.
“Me being one of the people who was around before all this happened just to see what its grown into, its crazy just to think back to what it started from and now to have all these people on the label people that I use to listen to when I was growing up,” Gudda Gudda told AllHipHop.com. “Just to be able to work with these people now, stand next to these people…that s**t is amazing to me. Just to see where we came, how far we came. To have Busta Rhymes , Mystikal…having all these people down with the camp is a good thing to me.”
Gudda Gudda revealed that he never planned to become a rapper. He was content being friends with Lil Wayne and travelling around the world with the rapper.
“I met Wayne Like 15 years ago. At that point I wasn’t even a rapper we were just partners,” Gudda Gudda explained. “It got to the point where we started hanging together everyday and i’d go on the road with him.”
Gudda was present the day Lil Wayne created his Young Money imprint, which led to his being signed to the new label.
“We were sitting down brainstorming one day, and he came up with Young Money Records. From there he started looking for artists, we found a couple from the city. As we started recording, he said ‘Gudda why don’t you rap?’ I told him rapping wasn’t my thing, but he said ‘nah blood you’ve got to rap , you’ve been through alot you’ve got a story to tell.'”
Watch the exclusive interview with Gudda Gudda here, where he also reveals some details about Bryan “Birdman” Williams’ new vodka line, Grand Touring Vodka (GTV).
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Welcome to the day you change your perspective and start embracing what needs to be embraced! Today’s Daily Word is dedicated to becoming a failure… Because success is overrated! Many people (including myself at one point) have a false sense of what it takes to achieve success, and because of this, we never truly do what it takes to get to that point! We are taught to be afraid of failing, and to try our best to avoid criticism!
Remember: Those who mind don’t matter, and those who matter don’t mind! If you did some research on successful people from any time period, the one thing that you will notice is that they ALL were failures! Thomas Edison failed 10,000 times. Oprah was fired from one of her early anchor gigs after being labeled “unfit for TV.” Twilight author Stephenie Meyer was rejected by nine literary agents. Michael Jordan was cut from his high school basketball team, and Lady Gaga was dropped by Def Jam Records.
I can go on and on, but the point is simply that you need to stop being afraid to fail! In fact, it is imperative that you keep failing in order to recognize what you should and should not be doing! Fail Fast! Fail Hard! Fail NOW!!! The only thing I ask is that you never give up!! Because it’s Always Too Early to Quit!!!! The World is Yours for the taking!! Stop being afraid, and take what you deserve!!
-Ash’Cash
“We are all failures – at least the best of us are.” -J.M. Barrie
“Winners are not afraid of losing. But losers are. Failure is part of the process of success. People who avoid failure also avoid success.” -Robert Kiyosaki
“Never confuse a single defeat with a final defeat.” -F. Scott Fitzgerald
“Success is not final, failure is not fatal: it is the courage to continue that counts.” -Winston S. Churchill
“You may be disappointed if you fail, but you are doomed if you don’t try.” -Beverly Sills
“Failure is the condiment that gives success its flavor.” -Truman Capote
“Only those who dare to fail greatly can ever achieve greatly.” -Robert F. Kennedy
“Failure should be our teacher, not our undertaker. Failure is delay, not defeat. It is a temporary detour, not a dead end. Failure is something we can avoid only by saying nothing, doing nothing, and being nothing.” -Denis Waitley
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Ash’Cash is a Business Consultant, Motivational Speaker, Financial Expert and the author of Mind Right, Money Right: 10 Laws of Financial Freedom. For more information, please visit his website, www.IamAshCash.com.
Venturing outside the box of bass, snares, and raps can be a scary journey for an MC. For most rappers, the attempt is usually stained with the financial benefit of crossing over to a new audience, leaving the loyal, core fans feeling confused and forgotten. Like most things in conventional Hip-Hop, this does not apply to Antwan “Big Boi” Patton. When you’re one half of OutKast, a group whose formula is to switch it up with every release since its debut album, something is wrong if your fans are not confused.
Melding Funk, Jazz, Rock, Blues, and a host of other random sounds into a collective Hip-Hop identity that has sold millions of records worldwide, while keeping its artistic integrity might seem impossible for most groups. But for Big Boi, this is a walk in the park. For his second solo album, Vicious lies and Dangerous Rumors, Daddy Fat Sacks continues to push the envelope into Indie Rock and Electronic territory, creating another realm in OutKast’s endless sound palette.
Big Boi starts “Ascending” as soft acoustics fade in, while he calmly introduces himself and welcomes the listener to the album with music you might hear at the beginning of a yoga class. Which is appropriate since he is about to bend and twist Hip-Hop into forms that are rarely made possible. Through “The Thickets”, he rides over a Jodeci sample, bass, and snares to create a smooth number with Sleepy Brown’s silky voice riding shotgun. Indie Pop band Phantogram lends some vocals and production to the Electronic-pulsing “Objectum Sexuality”, and “CPU”, where Big Boi installs his player chip next to Sara Barthel’s soft voice-box.
“When she with me/she feel free, like her days off/B__s in her hand, but that b*tch don’t never say cough…(cough)/Unless we playing doctor/With no stethoscope, just heels and those knockers!”
Leave it to Big Boi make a song that would seem like a collage of sonic contradictions on paper, and turn it into an entertaining pulsing anthem that hipsters and Hip-Hoppers can both enjoy.
General Patton also finds time to give his beloved ATL another anthem by recruiting his fellow ATLiens, T.I. and Ludacris, on “In the A”. Equipped with bouncing marching bands, A-town stomps, and a spit-fire flow, Big Boi puts on for his city with bars like:
“Non-violent tho, No violence, just styling ho/ From the birth place of MLK/ where everything ain’t OK, but KKK/…I’m on Malcolm then Martin/Come get some, be a Target/Standing in the kitchen with AK/AKA THE SHAAAAWTY”
Five tracks into the album, Big Boi also starts to show some rare moments of vulnerability through his Southern player demeanor. On “She Hate Me” Kid Cudi takes on hook duty, as Big Boi explains how his music industry lifestyle is taking a toll on his relationship with his children’s mother. The Son of Chico Dusty also shares the pain of coping with the “Tremendous Damage” of losing his father while holding onto his faith. Steady acoustics and spacey Little Dragon echoes on “Descending” sets a somber mood perfectly as Big Boi pelts out his anguish of loss by partially singing and crying. The song’s emotional mood is so apparent that only a few are words needed to get the message, but Big Boi is not the one to dwell on despair.
“Shoes for Running” proves that Sir Luscious Left-Foot is not fearful of death, and that B.o.B’s recent mainstream breakthrough has not rusted his pen game. Over another a sample from indie rock group, Wavves, Bobby Ray rips into a scheme rich verse.
“My n*ggas will draw when sh*t get sketchy/It’s a masterpiece, a work of art, a gallery, no photoshop/picture says a million words/so I just let my photo talk/even in your local talk/n*ggas say you know he boss/every time my name is brought up/better know it’s mobile talk…”
Not all of Big Boi’s unpredictable collaborations are rewarding, though. “Thom Pettie” finds Little Dragon having a bad Weeknd, and “Raspberries” has Big Boi stretching his voice flat to try compete with Scar in a duet. These duds are quickly forgotten once UGK is reunited with Big Boi and Big K.R.I.T on “Gossip”. The Pimp C/Big KRIT comparisons are finally shattered once Krizzle shows off his bouncy, Southern spit next to Pimp’s laidback drawl. As great as the song is, the missing Andre 3000 verse keeps it from being another “International Playa Anthem”, but it is still deserving of plenty of play.
While other Hip-Hop artists collaborate with popular alternative bands in a cheap attempt to reach different audience, Big Boi proves these to only be “Vicious Lies and Dangerous Rumors” when applied to him. As an avid fan of Indie Pop, Rock, and Electronic, Big Boi pulls from his favorite genres in order to make a cohesive mesh that continues OutKast’s mission to challenge the listener on what Hip-Hop can be.
With all the legendary music that has come out of Stankonia Studios, you’d expect for it to be hidden deep in the woods surrounded by cartoon gnomes with music notes floating out of the chimney. Instead, the studio is one of many non-descript buildings in a part of Atlanta, located near a bunch of others. But inside, when your eyes set upon all the photos decorating the walls, you realize that you are walking on hallowed ground.
Today (December 11), Big Boi releases his second solo album, Vicious Lies and Dangerous Rumors, recorded entirely inside Stankonia Studios. The album is already being critically acclaimed, lauded for its production and its features. Features are a big part of Vicious Lies and Dangerous Rumors; the album is heavy with guest appearances, each with their own style which brings out Big Boi’s strength in collaboration, causing him to stretch himself lyrically and with his delivery.
The album is also being talked about for its one distinct absence. Andre 3000 is not featured on Vicious Lies and Dangerous Rumors, and as always with Outkast, there is backlash amongst the fans who want things to remain as they always have – with Dre and Big doing music, together. But, as with Sir Lucious Left Foot: The Son of Chico Dusty before it, this new album does not symbolize the end of Outkast, but its natural evolution.
AllHipHop.com sat down with Big Boi at Stankonia Studios during the Vicious Lies and Dangerous Rumors listening party to talk about his creative process, his new album,and the evolution of Outkast.
AllHipHop.com: The mumbles that I’m hearing are that this is Hip-Hop album of the year.
Big Boi: Hey, that’s good. That’s real good. It’s some good music that came out this year.
AllHipHop.com: It’s a new and really interesting direction for you. From the singles and the buzz music that you’re dropping, how did that come about?
Big Boi: It’s just all an experimentation process. My approach to making records is the same as when me and Dre are together making music, making that Frankenfunk, that Frankenstein, stitching together different sounds, melodies, whatever, and when you hit that groove, you just go with that record. Spending time in the lab, this is my house right here; this is where I’ve been at, the vibes are incredible. Ain’t no fishtanks, no video games, no pool tables. Ain’t nothing but the funk coming out of here. We come here to work. My approach has really been, ‘Whatever happens, happens,’ Organically created, never genetically modified. Period.
AllHipHop.com: Did the current climate of the industry, or even just the way the world is right now influence you to say, ‘You know what, I’m gonna do my thing, my way?’
Big Boi: I’ve always been that way. I mean it’s Outkast. The bloodline is to never really pay attention to what the mainstream is doing and just do you. And as long as you’re true to your art, and you can express that truth through music, then I think the people are gonna dig it. And if they dig it, and they like it, then it’s alright. ‘Cuz I thought that sh*t was jamming when I made it. [laughter]
AllHipHop.com: This summer, you did the BET Music Matters during A3C – they had a Dungeon Family reunion. You’re always a champion of the Outkast brand, the Dungeon Family brand, Stankonia. Tell us why that is…
Big Boi: I’m a team player, man. It’s tattooed on my skin. It’s Dungeon Family for life. We’ve laid so much foundation in the music that we’ve been doing. And to still be doing it at the same level, or a higher level than we did, really just proves to me like what my mom said, “Son, this is what you were put here to do.” It’s a blessing, and I don’t take that lightly. It’s not just for monetary reasons. It’s really because I’m having fun. You can tell I’m having fun making the music, and that’s what it’s about, living a fulfilling life. That’s really what it boils down to.
AllHipHop.com: What can you say about Outkast? And the state of the group?
Big Boi: That we’re alive and well, and we are doing great. I talk to my buddy. Just talked to him this morning. A lot of people don’t understand that that’s my brother. We’ve been doing music together, but we are friends and brothers before any of this sh*t. Just because we’re not making songs together, or if he’s not on my record, or if he’s doing features with XYZ… we done did so many songs together, I can do some sh*t on my own, by myself without it being a qualm. I think just to please the fans, we’ll do it. But his whole perspective is ‘I want these muthaf*ckas to see how dope you are.’ Ain’t nothing changed, as long as the music is banging. This album is solely, fully, all the way BIG.
AllHipHop.com: With all the talk that comes out, and it seems like it’s something new every day…I work for AllHipHop. We gotta drop rumors; that’s part of what we do [laughter]. Was that part of the inspiration behind the title?
Big Boi: A little bit. It actually came from my grandmother. It was the name, the title of my grandmother’s book, and she passed away last year around this time. She raised me; she was like my mom, and I was her first grandchild. The book was Vicious Lies and Dangerous Rumors. She was gon’ tell the truth; she was finna f*ck everybody family up. She was gon’ tell where all the bodies was buried at, where the extra chirren’ was, everything, you feel me? It’s always about searching for the truth. With it being the information age, you can find out anything you want to at the touch of a button – whether it be about world history, politics, fitness, health, whatever. You can find real facts on real things. The flip side of that is, with social media, you can write something and it not be true, and it just spread like wildfire. So, you always have to be searching for yourself.
Big Boi’s Vicious Lies and Dangerous Rumors debuts today (December 11). The album features appearances by Sleepy Brown, T.I., Kid Cudi, Little Dragon, A$AP Rocky, Big K.R.I.T., and more.
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(AllHipHop News) Cash Money Records is expanding into electronic music, by signing The Stafford Brothers to the label.
The Stafford Brothers, who hail from the Gold Coast in Australia, are the first ever electronic music group to sign to the Cash Money Records imprint.
“Every artist that we were keen to collaborate with seemed to be part of the YMCMB family,” said Matt Stafford. “We had the chance to attend Lil Wayne’s 30th birthday party and spend time with Birdman, Slim, Lil Wayne and the whole crew and we felt right at home amongst the family. We knew we could do great work under Slim & Birdman’s direction, with the YMCMB artists.”
The group, which consists of Matt and Chris Stafford, have traveled all over the world, performing with groundbreaking electronic acts like The Prodigy, The Chemical Brothers and others.
In addition to their own reality show on Fox in Australia, The Stafford Brothers have over 50 releases under their belts.
“The Stafford Brothers blew me away with their energy, superb production skills and strong remixes,” Bryan “Birdman” Williams said. “Their music may have a party vibe, but that didn’t fool Slim and I. With their ownership of nightclubs, their own reality television show, international tours and dedication to their craft, we knew the Stafford Brothers were serious and would fit right in with the hardworking YMCMB family.”
The Stafford Brothers are signed to Cash Money Records through a joint venture with company CHM.
“Cash Money Records is a brand that is synonymous with success in the pop culture landscape,” said Nima Nasseri of CHM. “We’re excited to build a new venture between CHM and Cash Money with the Stafford Brothers, leading the way in this new era of commercial dance music.”.
The first single by The Stafford Brothers for Cash Money Records is titled “Hello,” and will feature label mates Lil Wayne and Christina Milian.
