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@GunplayMMG “The Hard Way”
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HEATER OF THE DAY: @ChaseNCashe Ft. ASAP Rocky (@asvpxrocky) “Beastin”
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@Yelawolf and @TravisBarker “Funky Sh*t”
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@Hopsin [BGA] “Deep Cover Freestyle”
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Alternative Pick: @AliciaKeys “Brand New Me”
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@GangstaBooQOM “Get Off My C###”
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FRESH HEAT: @June “Evol”
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@TheRealCaShis Ft. Musik Jones Drew “Remedy”
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Rich Kidz (@RICHKIDz4L) Ft. @1Future “Back It Up”
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3 QUESTIONS WITH: Super Producer/Songwriter Rico Love
Rico Love is the man behind the hits. From Beyonce to Brandy, Usher, and T.I., and countless more, his producing and songwriting skills are highly sought after. He was also a hit-maker in front of the cameras, lending a glimpse into his life on VH1’s crazy successful “Love & Hip-Hop” series. Behind the music and the small screen, there’s Rico, the intelligent and grounded gentleman, with a lot of insights to offer.
AllHipHop.com had the chance to get his input on a variety of topics. Check out our “3 Questions With: Rico Love”:
With the recent election, let’s talk about music’s impact on politics and world issues. Does Hip-Hop help or hurt real change coming about in the country, in your opinion?
Music helps and hurts the cause actually. You have artists like Jay-Z, who is outspoken about supporting President Obama, and others who are speaking out on the issues and doing positive things all the time. We also see those in the industry growing as entrepreneurs and executives, showing the youth that it can be done.
Then, you have certain artists who reach a decent level of success, but promote violence, drugs, and things of that nature. They could actually take a different approach on things and help bring about change, but what they put out hurts the community; it hurts the whole cause. So, on one end you have people who help, and then you have people who hurt it. It’s all about which perspective you’re seeing it from. Certain aspects are positive, and certain ones are negative. Just like with anything else.
Have you ever spilled too much of your own truth in a record you wrote?
I wrote “Mr. Wrong” and “4 AM” about myself, and “Heart Attack”, too. “Dive” is about a situation I was in before. So, yes, at times I’ll write a song and think about what happened in my own life. It just shows how powerful the things we say and do can be, and how powerful words are. Sometimes your life imitates art, and vice versa.
This is completely off-topic, but…the bracelets you wear all the time – is there a story behind them?
I did a ringtone deal with Hi-Fli Tones back when I was an artist, after that they made these bracelets for me. The bracelets take me back to when I started, and make me reflect on my journey. I play basketball with them on, I do everything with them on. I’ve never taken them off in like eight years. It just serves as constant reminder of where I came from.
Tawni Fears is a freelance writer and contributor to AllHipHop.com. Follow her on Twitter (@brwnsugaT).
@ChubbyJag “Something You Forgot Freestyle”
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@LilReese300 “Grindin”
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Afrika Bambaataa, Hip-Hop Community Celebrates The 38th Anniversary Of Hip-Hop, 39th Anniversary Of Zulu Nation
(AllHipHop News) Afrika Bambaataa and The Mighty Zulu Nation are currently celebrating the 38th anniversary of Hip-Hop music and the 39th anniversary of the Zulu Nation.
The Zulu Nation, which was founded for gang members to express themselves via Hip-Hop in New York in the early 1970’s, has since grown to include branches throughout the world, in countries like Japan, France, the United Kingdom, Australia, South Africa and more.
All this weekend, the Zulu Nation will celebrate HIp-Hop with a series of events being hosted by a variety of rap legends in the genre’s birthplace of New York.
Three events celebrating Hip-Hop culture will take place at the Gramercy Theater in downtown Manhattan, while a finale event will take place on Sunday, November 11 at S#####s.
Tonight (November 9), “Electrofunkin Breakz” will take place, featuring pioneering DJ’s TC Izlam, Africa Baby Bam and various others at Gramercy Theater.
On Saturday (November 10), Jay-Z’s engineer/tour DJ Young Guru, King Russ, DJ Red Alert, EL da Sensei, Grand Wizard Theodore and numerous other Hip-Hop pioneers will perform at the Gramercy Theater.
Sunday (November 11), S#####s will be the gathering place for legends like Chuck Chillout, The Crash Crew, Boogie Boys, Sequence, Donald D., Son of Bezerk and Grandmaster Caz, who will serve as Co-host along with Baron Ambrosia.
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Hip-Hop Rumors: SPACE GHOST PURP Arrested In Fight With A$AP Rocky Crew!
Whoooooaaaa!!! Now, the word on the street is that this is a real life beef. Now, you know these dudes don’t like each other at all, but guns bussin? Wow. Anyway, the word out there – actually all over the net – is that Space Ghost Purp was arrested in a fracas that involved members of A$SP Rocky’s Crew. I don’t think A$AP was involved at all. Nevertheless, the streets say this is about to get serious faster than the Flash if somebody doesn’t step in to quell the beef. Anyway, yeah…that’s cray! Meanwhile A$AP has wrapped up his album and this is further promotion.
But my sources tell me that Space Ghost may have just been apprehended and not formally charged with anything. Stay tuned!
Here is the pic of him getting knocked by the cops:
Man, these cats need the real Space Ghost to step in.
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MC Hammer Lands Gig As Oakland’s Official Tourism Spokesman
(AllHipHop News) MC Hammer will support his hometown of Oakland, California, by acting as the city’s official tourism spokesman.
The rapper is part of a new marketing campaign titled “Oakland. To Know it is To Love It,” which features the rapper espousing the positive changes that have occurred in Oakland over the past 25-years.
“My admiration, love and understanding of what the culture of Oakland is, is from experience,” MC Hammer said. “I’ve been here 50 years. Our city is one of the greatest cities to ever rise up and stand up.”
MC Hammer is a native of East Oakland. He received his “MC Hammer” moniker while acting as a bat boy for the Oakland Athletics as an 11-year-old.
Later in his career, former Oakland A’s players Mike Davis and Dwayne Murphy invested $20,000 each into Hammer’s rap label, Bust It Productions, which released his break-through album Feel My Power.
On the campaign’s official website, MC Hammer offers up six different areas for tourists to experience Oakland, including its unique neighborhoods, the city’s theaters, Lake Merritt, Jack London Square, the company’s sports teams and the digital community in the city.
“If you meet people from Oakland, there’s some of the warmest people, they carry hope, they inspire, they create,” Hammer explained. “Oakland is a hub of creativity. We are we are, we’re political, we’re artsy, we’re musicians.”
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5 & Done: Eternal Swyft
Los Angeles Based based rapper Eternal Swyft is one of the most determined and inspired emcees among the new school Hip Hop generation. Riding off the momentum of his singles “The American Dream,” “Here To Stay,” and “My Pride,” Eternal Swyft is making a huge impact in the independent music world and beyond. The music video for “The American Dream” has received over 50,000 views since being released online and it’s currently being played on the German TV station iMusic1.
Background: Originally from the Lynwood section of Los Angeles then to the San Fernando Valley. Started writing poetry as a kid, then it turned into rapping when I was in high school now Swyft holds a Master’s degree in Sports Management. Now music is his passion.
AllHipHop.com: What is the significance of your name?
E-Swyft:The significance of my name Eternal Swyft is about being remembered forever. I’ve always wanted to leave a positive and everlasting impression on the world and music is my avenue to do that. So that’s where “Eternal” comes from. My father instilled in me a very hard and tireless work ethic in any and everything that I do. So “Swyft” comes from always moving, always working and always attacking. I added a Y instead on I just to switch it up a little, but overall Eternal Swyft means “working hard to live forever.”
AllHipHop.com: Who would you say is your target market?
E-Swyft: My target market are Hip Hop fans ages 20 and up. I say that because college students and mature audiences relate to my music the best. Within that, classic Hip Hop fans that loved the “Golden Age” in the 90’s and early 2000’s, Conscious Hip Hop fans and of course mainstream fans are whom I’m targeting. I truly feel that I can fit in with the Lupe Fiasco-Jay Electronica-Common crowds and still fit right in with the Jay-Z-Kanye West-J-Cole-Kendrick Lamar crowds seamlessly. People who want more thought provoking, storytelling and poetic music will absolutely love Eternal Swyft.
AllHipHop.com: What is your USP? (Unique Selling Proposition) and what sets you apart from other Hip Hop artists?
E-Swyft: My USP is that “I make music that you can relate to and escape to.” I combine a raspy voice with unique intellectual/thought provoking lyricism, creative song concepts and storytelling skills to make excellent Hip Hop music by painting pictures with words that you see when you listen to me. I’m very unique and I stand apart from other Hip Hop artists due to my sound and style. When you hear my voice on a song, you know it’s me. When you listen to what I’m saying, you hear that I’m saying it in a different manner yet you’re still getting the message of the verse and song. I’m also unique since me being from Los Angeles, I don’t fit the stereotypical “Thug-Gangsta-Drug Dealer” image of a West coast artist.
AllHipHop.com: What single or project are you currently pushing?
E-Swyft: I released my first project entitled “Plan B” on July 24th and it’s received excellent reviews from music writers, sites and blogs. It has received 10,000 downloads on DatPiff and about 30,000 listens. My main single is called “The American Dream” and I was told the powerful video was played on MTV Jams a few weeks ago. It has over 50,000 views and it was played on German television station iMusic1 a few months ago. My next singles will be “My Pride”, plus “Here To Stay” and “Never Enough.”
AllHipHop.com: What is your opinion of the current state of the music industry?
E-Swyft: The industry, to me, is in an odd state at the moment. The focus has gotten too far away from quality music. Originality also seems to be getting scarce too. The thing is though, it’s all a direct result of evolution. The times have changed, people have changed, so of course Hip Hop and the music industry has evolved over time to reflect the current general state of mind of the public.
You can check out Eternal Swyft at Facebook.com/EternalSwyft, Youtube.com/EDSavageTV, @EternalSwyft
Non Hip-Hop Rumors: Mitt Romney Is Devastated Over Loss
Damn. This kind of sheds a different light on Mittens. Make no mistake about it, dude was a colossal D#####. (For the record, I reserve “d#####” for the most vile and villainous of people.) But, the fact is it was Mitt’s life’s dream to be president. He’s tried time and time again. And he failed. Straight up failed. And this ain’t a failure like us. There is no retaking this test. All the money he’s amassed will not let him get in that White House.
So, the word out there is that Mitt is all mentally f*cked up over the loss. He’s in a perpetual state of shock, they say. They are saying that Mitt and Crew were never ready to lose. That’s why dude had me up all night waiting for him to admit defeat. But, yeah…Mitt is devastated. I don’t think all those pictures helped.
They freakin cancelled their staffs credit cards before they woke up in the morn! FOUL! M###’s went to Denny’s and got declined after they worked that hard for Mittens Romney! Damn, son!
Last laugh, h0es!
Chingy Enters Into The Liquor Business With Shpilka Vodka; Drops New “Chances Make Champions” Mixtape
(AllHipHop News) St. Louis rapper Chingy is making a return to the Hip-Hop game, with a new business venture and mixtape.
Chingy is entering into the premium liquor business, as the co-owner of a new Russian vodka named Shpilka.
According to Chingy, he developed an interest in the Shpilka brand after tasting it during a recording session with producer Fast Track.
Chingy met with the owner of Shpilka and struck a deal that allowed him to receive an equity stake in the company, while also becoming the face of the Shpilka line.
In addition to the launch of his own vodka, Chingy has dropped his new mixtape “Chances Make Champions.”
The rapper, best known for his like “Right Thurr,” “Pulling Me Back,” and others, has released the new mixtape that features production from Kino Beats, LR Beats and Fast Track.
According to Chingy, the new “Chances Make Champions” mixtape is an introspective project delving into his life, present and past.
Download the “Chances Make Champions” mixtape here.
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