50 Cent has officially lost his marbles and has accepted the offer to fight Floyd Mayweather, Jr. for $5 Million! In case you missed it, AllHipHop.com got the exclusive story yesterday on billionaire Alki David and partner Damon Feldman of Celebrity Boxing offering the pair $5 million for a three-round celebrity boxing match.
Well, 50 Cent must have read our story and actually accepted the fight on Twitter.
This Meek Mill vs. Cassidy rap battle rumor just will not die, will it? Now, Cassidy’s ex label head, the renaissance man Swizz Beatz, has voiced his opinion on who would win the battle if these two were to ever go head-to-head in a rap battle. The producer/artist/ philanthropist was a guest on MTV’s “RapFix Live” show with Sway yesterday and said that he would put his money on Cassidy to win.
“I’d put my money Cass just because I’m a loyal person,” Swizzy said when asked who he felt had a better shot at winning in a rap battle. “Cass is somebody that I groomed, put a lot of time into, just off of [general purpose] and loyalty, I’d put my money on Cassidy. 100 percent.”
Way to stay loyal, Swizzy! The people really want to see this happen, and I hope that Meek Mill has a change of heart soon and steps back into the rap battle scene with Philly rapper Cassidy. That would be one hell of a show.
(AllHipHop News) Superstar rapper 50 Cent is the inaugural artist in a new series being launched by Yahoo titled “Crash Concerts.”
The Hip-Hop mogul surprised unsuspecting students at a New York Boys & Girls Club recently and put on an impromptu concert.
50 Cent’s concert is part of the new “Crash Concert” series that Yahoo is launching over the coming weeks.
Artists like Kendrick Lamar, Coheed & Cambria and others catch fans off-guard with surprise concerts. They take place in various settings, including New York’s Comic Con and a Los Angeles Lakers game.
Being a good producer as well as an artist “at the same damn time” is a line that very few in the music industry have been able to balance.
Clearly, you have your super human specimens like Kanye West and Dr. Dre who seem to do it flawlessly, but then you have others who just can’t seem to find success when they try to step into the other lane.
Breeding Ground alumni and fellow rapper/producer Jon Connor knows all too well about the challenges that face a multi-tasker in the studio.
AllHipHop.com sat down with the Flint, Michigan representer to find out his “Top 5 Rapper/Producers – Dead or Alive.” Take it from us, this kid has done his homework and breaks down his Top 5 like a true Hip-Hop scholar. Check the exclusive video below:
Jon Connor is currently on tour with rapper Xzibit. Download his latest mixtape, The People’s Rapper, LP as well as his whole catalog of mixtapes here.
The Game has been on Interscope Records since the beginning of his career, but there’s a change coming down the line. This isn’t exactly new news, but we’re now hearing that The Game is looking for another place to release his albums. And, that place may well be with Rick Ross’ MMG! What do you think of that? I’m not sure. Once upon a time, The Game had Black Wall Street, which really was the first movement to successfully defend itself from 50 Cent’s carnage. But, now The Game is looking to get down with RR? A year or so ago it was Baby and Cash Money. Either way, I think Game needs a winning team so that he can just be a dope MC.
Happy Friday, my positive creatures of confidence!
Welcome to the day you allow your work to speak for itself, and continue to stay busy doing what you need to do to get where you need to go! Today’s Daily Word is dedicated to Killing The Camera!
Whether we admit it or not, we all live in a Facebook and Instagram society! What started out as an honest way to share pictures with friends and family has now become a contest of bragging and boasting! We take pictures of everything under the sun, in hopes that we get the most likes and comments or to become the most talked about! Somewhere during this process, we stopped really doing, and instead became very good at stretching the truth. Our actions weren’t necessarily a lie, but they were carefully crafted to make us seem like something we are not!
KILL THE CAMERA!! Your actions will ALWAYS speak louder than your words and even your pictures! Do not get into the habit of doing things just for attention, and begin doing what will REALLY help you achieve your goals! It’s one thing to be confident about your accomplishments, but it’s a totally different thing to stretch them just for recognition! When you are really doing something worthwhile, the recognition will come on its own! Get busy working towards your dreams! As @50Cent once said, you have a lot of living to do before you die, and you don’t have time to waste!!
-Ash’Cash
“Sometimes glass glitters more than diamonds because it has more to prove.” -Terry Pratchett
“The better you feel about yourself, the less you feel the need to show off.” -Robert Hand
“Tell me what you brag about, and I’ll tell you what you lack.” -Spanish Proverb
“True merit is like a river, the deeper it is, the less noise it makes.” -Edward Frederick Halifax
“When your work speaks for itself, don’t interrupt.” -Henry J. Kaiser
“True humility is not thinking less of yourself; it is thinking of yourself less.” -C.S. Lewis
“There is no need to boast of your accomplishments and what you can do. A great man is known, he needs no introduction.” -CherLisa Biles
“Every man who praises himself brushes the luster from his best efforts.” -Ellen Gould White
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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.
Word of cross-genre collaborations involving Hip-Hop are usually met with equal parts satisfaction and suspicion. Are artists from two different worlds getting together to make music to help everyone get along? Or, is it just for the money?
Then there’s the music itself. Sometimes the collaboration is amazing. Other times, it’s like pizza and a banana split – two great things that don’t go well together. And, there are instances where both parts are less than stellar.
With the original demo version of rapper Kendrick Lamar’s “B#### Don’t Kill My Vibe” featuring pop star Lady Gaga recently posted on the Internet (which is a very good song), AllHipHop.com got nostalgic and thought of a few more dope records that broke down barriers over the years:
5.Wyclef Jean and The Neville Brothers, “Mona Lisa” (1997): Before Wyclef was posing on motorcycles almost naked, he made great music. This hidden gem from The Carnival puts Clef alongside the Grammy-winning R&B group from Louisiana. The thing that makes this song special is that, unlike lots of Hip-Hop and R&B collaborations, it isn’t just people singing over rap beats. It’s a love song on a Hip-Hop album that couples can slow dance to. And because of that unique quality, it still plays strong 15 years later.
4.Kanye West and Justin Vernon [of Bon Iver], “Lost in the World” (2010): There is a lot going on in this four minutes and 16 seconds: Justin singing parts of his own “Woods” record, Kanye’s single verse, the heavy bass, the tribal drums, and chants. The record proves that Hip-Hop is limitless. If Mr. West can flip a gloomy folk thing like “Woods” and put it over a house beat, anything is possible. “Lost in the World” is an outstanding song and perfect middle ground in the ongoing tug-of-war between art and commerce.
3. Lil Wayne and Robin Thicke, “Tie My Hands” (2008): This isn’t the first collaboration between these two, but it is the best. Thicke’s falsetto complements some of Weezy’s most serious lyrics to date, as he addresses the devastating effect of Hurricane Katrina and its aftermath. With lines like, “No governor, no help from the mayor/Just a steady beating heart and a wish and a prayer,” one can’t help but be stopped in their tracks. Lil Wayne wasn’t just speaking for the people of New Orleans, but as one as well, and that made for powerful stuff.
2. Eminem and Elton John, “Stan” (2001): The rendition of “Stan” that these two artists put on at the Grammys that year was fantastic. It was a brilliant response to the controversy surrounding Eminem over his homophobic lyrics – and the participation of the openly gay singer Elton John was a great way to celebrate artistic expression and stick up for free speech. The track was thankfully included on Eminem’s Curtain Call compilation. The only thing it lacks that the live show doesn’t is Eminem throwing up his middle fingers at the end of the performance.
1. Run-D.M.C. and Aerosmith, “Walk This Way” (1986): The leaps and bounds that this piece of work did for Hip-Hop remains unmatched. It introduced rap to a whole audience and won it new fans by demonstrating that elements of Rock music were Hip-Hop, too.
D.M.C. once told me, ““Walk This Way” originally was just going to be me and Joe [Run] in 1986 bragging again over that music.”
Rick Rubin then suggested that they do the record over; just like Aerosmith, Jam Master Jay co-signed the idea, and the rest is history. Pop culture hasn’t been the same since.
We know that there are many more! So, what are cross-genre collaborations you feel are significant? Sound off in the comments section, and let us know what you think!
Yeah, okay 50, if you say so!
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