With rumors that Kim Kardashian’s husband of 72 days is trying to milk her for all she’s worth, Brooklyn Nets player, Kris Humphries, decided to take a few shots at Kim’s newest boo, Kanye West. It’s not what you think, though. The guy’s not crazy! And he’s not trying to get exiled from the Nets!
Kris Humphries participated in a new”Funny or Die” skit where he mocks Kanye West. In the clip, Humphries seeks new representation who try to give him a makeover, complete with Kanye West shudder shades and crashing a few award shows. You can see the clip featuring the “most hated player in the NBA” here.
Warner Bros. has reached into the past and brought back to life the story of the cursed Barnabas Collins and his family in their new release, Dark Shadows, which opens today (May 11) in theaters nationwide.
Once a television soap opera type series in the 1960s, Dark Shadows is the story of the wealthy Collins family that leaves the Old World for the New World in the 18th century to broaden their riches by starting a fishing business in Maine. As the family prospers, the Collins family builds an amazing 200-room palace dubbed Collinwood Manor, and due to their business being the main source of income in their area, the city is named Collinsport.
Young Barnabas Collins, enjoying the fruits of his family’s wealth, galavants around Collinsport as the town’s playboy. Unfortunately for Barnabas, he becomes romantically involved with a young female servant of the house and breaks her heart. Why is this bad? Well, it turns out that the young maid is also secretively a very powerful witch. So powerful, that she causes Barnabas’ parents to die in an “accident” and puts a spell on his new love, Josette, that makes her leap off of a steep cliff to her death. If that isn’t punishment enough for the heartbreak, the young witch also puts a spell on Barnabas that turns him in to a vampire, and leads the town in condemning him to a chained coffin in which he’s buried alive.
Fast forward 200 years later, Barnabas is freed from his grave and returns to Collinsport in the “groovy” 1970s and sets to return his family (distant relatives that took over Collinwood Manor) to prominence. Johnny Deep, who has a history of choosing odd roles, once again teams up with director Tim Burton who has a history of choosing to make odd movies. It’s the duo’s eighth movie together, in fact. So how does Dark Shadows fare under them? To be honest, it is a very ridiculous story, but Depp and Burton use that to their advantage to create a humorous two-hour experience.
The makeup heavy Depp (a la “Edward Scissorhands”) gives Barnabas Collins a touch of charm as the vampire rediscovers life, love, and vengeance in the ’70s. Helena Bonham Carter, also one for odd roles and a frequent collaborator of Burton films, brings delightful life to her role as Dr. Julia Huffman, the family psychiatrist. Without Depp and Bonham Carter, the movie wouldn’t survive, as they are truly experienced in giving strange characters the right amount of charm, humor, and drama.
Another standout is the young Chloe Grace Mortez who plays Carolyn, the rebellious teen of the house. Although a 15-year-old playing a rebellious teen isn’t too much of a stretch, Chloe (who was marvelous as “Hit-Girl” in the Kick-Ass movie) does a good job of bringing teen angst to the ’70s hippie-era Carolyn. Michelle Pfeiffer has some decent moments as Elizabeth Collins Stoddard, the current family matriarch, as well as Eva Green as the witch and antagonist of the movie.
Director Tim Burton also does a splendid job of visually capturing the feel of both 18th and 20th Century of coastal New England, and musical director Danny Elfman scores the movie with music from the likes of Curtis Mayfield, The Carpenters, and Alice Cooper to give it a broad ’70s feel. I found Dark Shadows to be a fun and pleasant movie, and I feel that most audience members will, too, if they can allow themselves to get past some of the oddness and even ridiculous elements of the story.
In Part 1 of our exclusive interview with West Coast based producer Scoop Deville, we dove in to his beginnings and his life as the son of Kid Frost. Now in Part 2, we take you to the music that he’s created for the likes of Murs, Snoop Dogg, and Dr. Dre. Scoop also gives AllHipHop.com the scoop on whether he’ll be teaming up with his father for a possible father and son album! Read away!
AllHipHop.com: Let’s talk about some of your biggest songs. I want to start off with a song that you produced for Murs called “Can It Be.” You flipped Michael Jackson’s “I Wanna Be Where You Are” song for that one.
Scoop Deville: It was cool to be in the lab with Murs, because he was very supportive of me being an up-and-coming producer. He was picking some of my beats, and he chose another one, which ended up being “The Science”, which was a real different type of beat than “Can It Be.” Murs is known for being a rebel artist that breaks away from what everybody else does. I really wish that “Can It Be” song was pushed a little more, even from myself. I wasn’t as hip to the Internet game back then as I am now.
AllHipHop.com: You were very successful in translating the feeling from that Michael Jackson song over to your beat.
Scoop Deville: A lot of artists liked that beat. I played that one for so many cats, but I held onto it. I knew that when Murs got a hold of it, he would do something special with it. I am happy with how that record came out.
AllHipHop.com: Let’s talk about Snoop Dogg’s “I Wanna Rock” song.
Scoop Deville: Let’s go back before that song to when I first linked up with Snoop Dogg. I was in high school, and my pops woke me up ,and he said, “Hey, you might want to miss school today. I’m going to a Snoop Dogg video shoot, and Pharrell from The Neptunes is going to be there.” So I went to the shoot and brought about five or six of my beat CDs. I was in a trailer with B-Real and my pops. Snoop walked in and started to big up my pops.
My beats were playing in the background, and after a while, I saw Snoop bobbing his head. He had asked who the beats belonged to, and everybody in the room told him that they belonged to me. He came up to me and said, “That’s you?” I played him a few more beats, and he started freestyling. I have that on tape, too. This was all inside B-Real’s trailer at the “Vato” video shoot. Snoop’s management told me that they were going to holler at me. Sure enough, it turned into having eight records with Snoop. I also have a record with Pimp C and Snoop that hasn’t seen the light of day yet.
I was living in Las Vegas at the time, and I did “Life of the Party” and “Those Girls” for Snoop. I was around 18 when all of that started popping off. When DJ Quik mixed the album, he told me that I had some pretty dope stuff. He also told me that my songs were fun to play live with Snoop’s band, and he asked me how I did certain things.
AllHipHop.com: DJ Quik was taking notes from you?
Scoop Deville: He was definitely bigging me up and showing a lot of love. I was just thinking to myself, “I don’t even know how to read music and here is Snoop’s band giving me props on how the music was arranged.”
AllHipHop.com: I was there with DJ Quik and Terrace Martin in a studio out in Burbank, California, when he was mixing one of your songs for Snoop’s Ego Trippin’ album.
Scoop Deville: Ego Trippin’ was our first experience together, and after that, Snoop has always hit me up for beats.
AllHipHop.com: After your work with Snoop, other artists began to hit you up for music.
Scoop Deville: “I Wanna Rock” hit New York in such a crazy way. The clubs, the radio, and the streets took to the song, and everywhere you went, you would hear the beat knockin’ out of the systems. That was unreal for me to be in New York and hearing my song on the radio. Funkmaster Flex dropped bombs on it, and introduced it as the hottest record at the time.
AllHipHop.com: What I dug about that record is that you sampled another Hip-Hop song – a legendary one at that. “It Takes Two” by Rob Base & DJ EZ-Rock is an all-time classic.
Scoop Deville: Growing up, songs like that were so huge to me. Those are my classics.
AllHipHop.com: What were you thinking when you put that song together?
Scoop Deville: To be honest, I will have a bunch of songs that I’m rocking that month, and I will just click on them. If it does something to me, then I will flip it. That’s what happened with the Kendrick Lamar and Dr. Dre record. I heard something special, and I flipped it. I have so many records to choose from, that my sound bank is retarded.
AllHipHop.com: I’m sure by now the readers want us to get in to “The Recipe” song that you made for Kendrick and Dre, so let’s get in to it.
Scoop Deville: I was on my way to the airport to go to Atlanta, and I was listening to a station called KCRW. They played a song that just won me over the moment that I heard it. I didn’t know who the group was or who sung it. I remembered the lyrics, and I went on the Internet and found it through a search. I feel like if I connect with a certain song, no matter the time of day or where it’s at, then it’s for a reason. That song definitely came my way for a reason. The song by the way, is called “Meet The Frownies” by a group called Twin Sister.
AllHipHop.com: How did the beat get to Dr. Dre?
Scoop Deville: I was sitting on that track unsure of who I was going to give it to, but I did have Dr. Dre in mind. I told myself if I were to ever do a song with Dr. Dre, this would be it. One day, I got a hold of Stat Quo, and he came over to my house. I played him some beats and he was like, “I’m taking this to Dre.” Not long after, I received a personal phone call from Dr. Dre.
AllHipHop.com: When was this?
Scoop Deville: I would say in 2011. I had been sitting on the beat since the end of 2010.
AllHipHop.com: What did Dr. Dre say when he called you?
Scoop Deville: He asked if I would be interested in working with him on some records, and I told him absolutely. I sent him some files and told him that I would love to be a part of anything he had going on. That’s a phone call that you definitely want to have when you are in this business. I accomplished something that day.
AllHipHop.com: You were at your house when he called?
Scoop Deville: It was on my cell phone, but yes, I was at the house. Stat Quo was the one who actually called me, and he put Dre on the phone. It all started about what he needed for Detox. I believe that he sacrificed the beats that I gave him for Kendrick’s project. I’ve been in the studio with other Aftermath artists like Slim the Mobster. The record before “The Recipe” was the one with 50 Cent called “Wait Until Tonight.”
AllHipHop.com: Jay-Z even rapped over your “I Wanna Rock” beat for the remix!
Scoop Deville: That was a surprise. There was a rumor going around about it, but I didn’t believe it – and sure enough it happened. I heard DJ Felli Fel from Power 106 play i,t and I was like, “Oh sh*t.” It still hasn’t even sunk in yet. All of this has been surreal so far. Busta Rhymes called to congratulate me on everything that’s going on right now. He told me that I was destroying everything in the streets. I have that message at the house.
AllHipHop.com: That’s a message that you definitely want to save.
Scoop Deville: As soon as I heard it, I saved it. I mic’ed it up and recorded it. That’s the kind of sh*t that really let’s you know that people are checking for you.
AllHipHop.com: Where does it all go from here? Have you even thought about that yet?
Scoop Deville: I have been thinking about it. Now is the time to let the world know who Scoop Deville is and what I’m capable of doing. I want to shock people and this is a shock to people.
AllHipHop.com: It shouldn’t be though. “The Recipe” isn’t your first huge song.
Scoop Deville: Well it’s a shock to me [laughter]. Dre is one of my idols. I’m from the West Coast and I’ve seen every movement that he’s been involved in. To even be a part of this movement is unreal for me.
AllHipHop.com: I hope this isn’t taken the wrong way because I’m one of the biggest Dre fans, but some of the more recent songs that he’s put out have not received the love that he’s used to. This song, “The Recipe,” has got a lot of fans excited. The beat is hot, Dre’s flow is fresh, and it’s all over a Scoop Deville track.
Scoop Deville: He’s not just rapping over anybody’s sh*t too. This is Dr. Dre. He has every kind of musical source available to him. I’m glad that he chose this as the single because it is a different kind of track.
AllHipHop.com: It’s definitely not the typical radio song. It goes left from all of the rap songs on the radio right now. I think it’s real easy for an artist to just go with the flow and sound like whatever is being played at the moment.
Scoop Deville: I think that’s what caught Dre’s attention as well. It has such a cool and melodic feel. It does something to you when you hear it, just as the original record did to me when I first heard it. It reminds me of the song that Eminem used for “Stan.” It had everybody searching for the original. I told the Twin Sister band that I flipped their joint and sent it to Dr. Dre and they got all excited. They ended up sending me every type of file on their song. The group has other good songs too and that’s the point of all of this – you need to take notice of good music.
AllHipHop.com: Are you and your father going to make more music together?
Scoop Deville: Yes. My father can still write and create songs. I would never put an age limit on Hip-Hop. He can still do this. There are still talented artists, who are older, that we still need in this business.
AllHipHop.com: You and your father did the Welcome to Frost Angeles album together, but that’s a Kid Frost album. What about a Kid Frost and Scoop Deville album?
Scoop Deville: Sure. I want to do album with my pops. That’s something that I will have forever. That would be a part of history and something special for my life.
AllHipHop.com: A father and son Hip-Hop album would be amazing. I’m trying to rack my brain and I can’t think of one.
Scoop Deville: That would be different but that’s what it’s all about – doing it for the love of music. That’s my pops and I would do anything for him.
AllHipHop.com: He’s never tried to take one of your hot tracks to keep for himself?
Scoop Deville: [Laughter] Sometimes he’ll be like, “I need that.” Sometimes I say, “Dad, this is special and I want to give it to someone.” We’ll work it out and I’ll give him some heat. It’s dope to see my dad still do his thing. He still makes a living off of this.
AllHipHop.com: I have been concerned about his recent health problems.
Scoop Deville: Me too. I was there, and I went through those situations with him. It’s hard when reality hits you. It’s fun to be out on the scene, but it definitely takes its toll on a lot of artists. We’ve lost a few artists recently, and it’s important to take care of your health.
AllHipHop.com: The Hip-Hop lifestyle isn’t known for being healthy.
Scoop Deville: Yeah, you don’t hear of anybody rapping about salads, but I have seen some on Instagram post pictures of their healthy meals. It is hard being out there, because partying and networking is the scene. However, it’s a new time, and we have to stay positive and healthy. I used to be very overweight, and I had to start taking care of my health. My father and I have had talks about this. The reality is that we have to take care of ourselves.
I guess I have a one-bedroom in Hell. Without thinking, I added to the millions of comments on Lark Voorhies, because of the drastic change in her looks. You remember her right? The cute chick Lisa Turtle from that show “Saved By The Bell,” right? Well, I like others thought she was somehow compromised by plastic surgery. Then somebody hit me on the side: “She’s got lupus.”
I didn’t find any actual hard info that she has Lupus, but there are many people speculating that this is what she has.
(AllHipHop News) Representatives for Rick Ross’ Maybach Music Group have released a statement about inaccurate reports surrounding the roster’s appearance at the Best of Summer Concert in Kingston, Jamaica.
Reports surfaced that the entire Maybach Music Group roster, including Wale, Meek Mill and Stalley, would perform at the Best of Summer Concert, which takes place on June 22.
Reps for Kubanz Entertainment, the group responsible for the Best of Summer Concert, confirmed Rick Ross’ appearance, but said the rest of the label’s roster was not booked to perform.
“It was incorrectly reported that Maybach Music Group’s Wale, Meek Mill, Stalley and Magazeen would perform alongside Rick Ross,” said Kubanz Entertainment’s Chief Operation Officer, Chavaughn Oneil.
Other acts on the Best of Summer Concert include Potential Kidd, Massica and other local artists.
More artists will be announced in the coming weeks.
I’m not sure I even want to see this happen if its possible. But, the word on the street is that L-Boogie and The Queen Bee may be working on a collaboration. I think its BS. Honestly, I think Kim is looking for a big collaboration and this could be it. The real issue is, does anybody care? In the meantime, Lauryn is supposedly working on another studio album. Hopefully both of these ladies can do something significant!
They better hurry, because these young chickadees are working hard!
This is the craziest thing of the day in Hip-Hop. Some dude got Drake shaved in the back of his head. I have to wonder what is wrong with these people! Through all the years in Hip-Hop, I have not seen some many people act a fool over a rapper such as Drake. Now, we have seen this before but here is the newest one.
Drake shaved head.
Honestly, it looks kind of good. But, the fact is…its Drake and it probably cost a lot of money. Hey at least it wasn’t this fool. LOL!
This is hilarious! A group of New York Knick fans upset at Amar’e Stoudemire for sucking hard during the playoffs decided to record a diss record towards the player, and even shot a visual for it.
The group raps:
“Amar’e you should get rid of them braids/ ’cause it’s cutting off all of/ the circulation to your brain/ And Carmelo took your shine/ Steve Novak thinks your a lame/Baron Davis won’t pass you the ball/ at the end of the game.”
Oh, and it gets better! Do you think Amar’e deserves this type of shade from Knick fans? Take a listen to the track below. It’s quite entertaining!
Peace and Blessings, my Blessed and Highly Favored!! Welcome to the end of a wonderful week, and the beginning of the rest of your life! Starting today, I need you to always be thankful for EVERY aspect of your life! Your good times, your bad times, your triumphs, your fails, your victory, your defeats, your abundance, your struggles!!
Everything has its place, and always remember that it all happens for a reason! You can’t have faith and be a worrier at the same time! Have faith that everything that has happened in your life has brought you to this point….. and at this point, you can decide to move in the right direction and make life greater!
Those who don’t see the goodness in everything are in danger of allowing their blessings to just pass them by! You are blessed beyond comprehension, and regardless of your situation, you have everything to be thankful for! As you read this next sentence, I need you to begin to think about all the things you are grateful for, and immediately begin to tell your higher power thank you!!
Whether you believe in God, Allah, Buddha, or the Universe…something is watching over you, and you must not take that for granted!! Appreciate all you have, and everything you ever wanted will be at your disposal!! The world is YOURS and the more your realize that, the more you will KNOW that NOTHING CAN STOP YOU!!!!
-Ash’Cash
“Be thankful for what you have; you’ll end up having more. If you concentrate on what you don’t have, you will never, ever have enough.” -Oprah Winfrey
“He enjoys much who is thankful for little; a grateful mind is both a great and happy mind.” -Unknown
“If you can’t be content with what you have received, be thankful for what you have escaped.” -Unknown
“There’s always something to be thankful for. If you can’t pay your bills, you can be thankful you’re not one of your creditors.” -Unknown
“It isn’t what you have in your pocket that makes you thankful, but what you have in your heart.” -Unknown
“A thankful heart is always close to the riches of the universe.” -Unknown
“Let us rise up and be thankful, for if we didn’t learn a lot today, at least we learned a little, and if we didn’t learn a little, at least we didn’t get sick, and if we got sick, at least we didn’t die; so, let us all be thankful.” -Buddha
“It is not Happy people who are Thankful. It is Thankful people who are Happy!” -Unknown
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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.
