(AllHipHop News) Footage of a violent altercation that landed Miami rapper Gunplay behind bars has hit the Internet.
Surveillance footage of the April robbery was released by local news outlets earlier today (October 13).
The footage shows Gunplay, born Richard Morales Jr. and an accomplice named Randy Jones, striking and assaulting a man sitting behind a desk at a tax office in Miami.
Gunplay turned himself in over an outstanding arrest warrant for armed robbery and a second charge of aggravated assault with a firearm over the incident.
He is being held without bail, and faces life in prison.
Xzibit became one of the more recognizable names associated with the rise of Aftermath Records due to his stellar feature verses and his solidly composed albums, including my personal favorite, Restless. How we got from that point to now, however, is somewhat difficult to navigate. We know that somewhere after his follow-up album, Man Vs Machine, and before Weapons of Mass Destruction, the union between Xzibit and Dr. Dre was unfortunately severed. We also know that Xzibit went on to become a nationally recognized celebrity due to his movie cameos, which stemmed from his success on MTV’s “Pimp My Ride.” We also know that X has been in and out of the news for a few things, from tax issues to suspended driver’s licenses.
Regardless of the over-inflated drama, on the music front it’s been almost six years to the day since his last solo release (Full Circle: released October 17th, 2006). That’s not evident when you press play on Napalm, as it’s evident that Xzibit hasn’t lost a step. Some people are just born to do music, and Xzibit may be one of those people; combining his ear for production with his lyrical ability and some well-timed features, Napalm is yet another dope drop that proves yet again that X is indeed one of the best from the West to do it.
With an album being in development and delayed as long as this one seemed to be, you would think some of the music would be dated. Aside from the title track, “Napalm” (which was spotted earlier on Travis Barker’s Let The Drummer Get Wicked mixtape), it sounds like vintage X all over again. His aggressive flow easily powers through the already-dominant, West Coast influenced production, and he even tailors his flow to glide over the mellow tracks in the play-through, such as “Forever A G”, which features Wiz Khalifa.
The surprising aspect of the album comes in with the perfectly-timed placement of powerful tracks. “1983” is by far one of the highlights of the entire project. Featuring the monologue of his mother, Trena Joiner, Xzibit speaks candidly about his feelings concerning his family, “Pimp My Ride”, his falling out with Paul Rosenberg of Aftermath, his presumed perception through the eyes of Eminem, and more. Xzibit drops another powerful song later in the tracklisting with “Meaning Of Life”, as he recruits Retired Staff Sergeant Shilo Harris to tell his story about being a victim of a roadside bomb (roughly estimated to be close to 800 pounds of explosives) and pushing through it. Using his words as the backdrop, Xzibit goes on a rampage, addressing everything from abusive fathers to the ideals of conformity (and much more).
That’s not to say there aren’t other highlights, because that would be misleading. Napalm is packed with good music, from the feel good track “Enjoy The Night” (featuring Wiz Khalifa, David Banner, and Brevi), to the Konvict Muzik-produced posse track with Game, Slim The Mobster, and Crooked I that has Xzibit rhyming in feature film titles (“Movies”), to the disturbingly chilling “Killer’s Remorse” with Bishop Lamont, B-Real, and Demrick, there’s almost too much to talk about in detail.
The bottom line is that Xzibit’s had time to sit on this project and refine it, and it’s come out as incredible as the tracklisting reads. Napalm is a dope album, and even though it is at times a little too feature-heavy and includes a couple of filler tracks (“Dos Equis” and “Something More” come to mind, with the latter due to an uninspired verse from Prodigy), it contains some singles that’s sure to remind people why Xzibit was an Aftermath flagpole in the first place. There’s indeed some incredible music out right now, but you’d be robbing yourself of quality if you overlooked this one.
L.A. MC Murs and producer 9th Wonder will be going their separate ways musically soon, but not before releasing The Final Adventure. The pair’s fifth LP hits stores November 13 and will bring an end to a critically-acclaimed series of collabos which included underground favorites MURS 3:16: The 9th Edition and Murray’s Revenge.
9th Wonder recently took to Twitter to proclaim that two are still close friends, noting that both wish to seek other endeavors, including more collaborations with other artists.
“We have things to do… we have bigger dreams than our albums…and we are best friends and brothers…that means much more,” 9th Wonder tweeted.
Known for his tireless work ethic, Jamla Records’ founding producer 9th Wonder, will also be releasing his third collabo, The Solution, with Duck Down Records MC Buckshot on the same day as his Final Adventure with Murs. On September 25, Murs released his collaboration with fellow Cali wordsmith, Fashawn, entitled This Generation.
Check out the tracklist for Murs and 9th Wonder ‘s The Final Adventure below:
1. Get Together feat. Rapsody 2. Dance With Me 3. Whatuptho 4. Holding Hands 5. Walk Like A Woman 6. Tale of Two Cities 7. Funeral For A Killer 8. Better Way 9. Wherever You Are 10. It’s Over 11. Wait For Someone (iTunes Bonus) 12. Tale of Two Cities – Remix (iTunes Bonus)
According to Star Magazine, Rihanna is all set for Chris Breezy to pop the question. She’s waiting for the boy to ask her to marry him!
”Rihanna has told her close friends point blank — I would marry Chris.”
”She even says she would have never left him if the media scrutiny didn’t get so bad. They’re passionate, and when they’re drunk, they’ve both made many comments about getting married.”
This this crazy but not really crazy. If you are in love with somebody, its safe to say that you can get over just about everything. It just gets tricky with the media and the outsiders that get into a relationship and kill it. I was all types of outraged when Breezy was beating and biting on RiRi. But man, they gotta be happy so it is what it is.
EPIC WIN OR EPIC FAIL?
No charges have been pressed or charged on homey, but he was suspended from the job. What do you think she should have happened to the dude that straight Superman upper cut this chick?
By the way, she’s 25 years old…not a teen as has been reported.
Word on the block is that internet radio app, Pandora, is paying artists a boatload of money to be able to use their songs. According to a statement released by Pandora founder Tim Westergren, Pandora pays more than 2,000 artists over $10,000 each for using their music.
So, who gets the most cash? That would be Drake and Lil’ Wayne. Both artists earn $3 million a year just for licensing their music to Pandora! That $3 million guaranteed for not doing anything at all. ColdPlay is the only other group of artists that also earns that much cash from the radio station.
Wiz Khalifa is cashing in those checks, too, and also makes a cool $1 million from the site. Must be nice!
After he helped trounce Gunplay a bit at the BET Rap Awards, it looks like 50 is feeling extra rowdy like Roddy! Apparently, 50 Cent went to Interscope looking to see French Montana face-to-face as he previously tweeted. On Twitter, he said:
“I herd there was a @frenchmontana listening party at Interscope so I’m here.”
“(Ghost town) now the meetings canceled cool I’ll catch up with him tomorrow.”
“Im disappointed Man I want to hear the music ?”
Now, we all know 50 wasn’t there to hear any music. He probably had 50 goons there to handle some hand-to-hand business. Or not. Nevertheless, the listening session was cancelled and the good people at the label didn’t let anybody hear it.
French Montana is getting good with this response though. I have to give it to him, because this is how 50 really beat Ja Rule…with humor.
“Dont come wit da funny tank top on lol RT @50cent: I herd there was a @frenchmontana listening party at Interscope so I’m here.”
Funnnnnnny! Keep the entertainment coming fellas.
Who remembers this? Aw man, 50 killed Ja with this. Too funny!
How 50 dead his beef with Fat Joe, get props for it and start up two more!?!
(AllHipHop News) New Orleans rapper Turk is officially a free man, after serving almost 9 years in prison for weapons violations.
The rapper, born Tab Virgil Jr., was released from the Forrest City, Arkansas Federal Prison this morning (October 12).
Turk checked in with AllHipHop.com and was in good spirits on his first day of freedom.
Turk was a member of the hit Hip-Hop group The Hot Boys on Cash Money Records, from 1996 – 2001.
The Hot Boys are the group that launched the careers of Turk, Lil Wayne, Juvenile, and B.G.
In 2004, Turk’s career was derailed, when he was involved in a shoot-out with members of the Memphis, Tennessee S.W.A.T. Team, as they raided an apartment.
Two officers were injured during an ensuing gunfight, an incident which eventually resulted in Turk’s conviction and subsequent sentencing to almost ten-years in prison.
Turk is currently working on new material to be released, in addition to a book about his life titled “The AutoThugography” of Turk.
The rapper is also working on a screenplay about his life title “Reckless,” that will be released shortly.
AllHipHop.com will be publishing excerpts of “Reckless,” now that Turk has officially been released from prison.
Check out the exclusive video Turk made for AllHipHop.com below:
(AllHipHop News) Houston record label Swishahouse will be the first record label to be archived in Rice University library’s Special Collections department.
The pioneering Hip-Hop label, which helped popularize the “Chopped and Screwed” style of production, also launched the careers of artists like Slim Thug, Chamillionaire, Paul Wall, Mike Jones and others.
Vintage music, posters, pictures and other items from the early days of the Swishahouse movement will be archived at the Woodson Research Center Special Collections and University Archives, in Rice’s Fondren library.
“We are delighted to be able to initiate this effort with the materials brought to us by Swishahouse,” CERCL founding director Anthony Pinn told AllHipHop.com in a statement. “You can’t think about Hip-Hop without giving attention to the brothers (G Dash and Michael “5000” Watts) who’ve made this happen (through Swishahouse).”
The feat is quite an accomplishment, since Rice University is one of the nation’s Top 20 universities, according to U.S. News & World Report.
Angie Martinez and D’USSE Cognac hosted a listening for the new Meek Mill album, Dreams and Nightmares, at the legendary Electric Lady Studios once owned by Jimi Hendrix.
The high-profile event toasted Mill’s debut with celebrity guests that included Jay-Z, Will Smith, Estelle, Wale, and NFL receivers Victor Cruz and Desean Jackson, in addition to MMG head Rick Ross and Wale.
Dreams and Nightmares is set to feature appearances by Nas, Mary J. Blige, Drake, and 2 Chainz. The highly-anticipated album will drop on October 30.
I’m a couple days off the mark on this one one. Meek Mill had a listening session the other day to let people hear his new album, Dreams and Nightmares. Well, I heard it was good and I heard it was well attended. In fact, I saw that is was via my stalker methods on instagram. Anyway, but here is what I heard. I heard that Jay-Z and Will Smith came out to the event (along with another big dog that I cannot remember), but a curious thing happened. I heard Meek got to his own party very late. I heard Will and Jay departed very early, before things even got started. I’m not sure what caused them to leave so, but I heard it was the apparent tardiness.
Here are the pics:
FLICKS: Meek Mill’s “Dreams and Nightmares” Listening Session for New York Glitterati
(AllHipHop News) Atlanta rapper Gucci Mane recently dropped the official track listing for his new mixtape, Trap God.
The mixtape is Gucci’s third of the year and features 20 new tracks, along with guest appearances by artists like Rick Ross, T-Pain, Meek Mill, Waka Flocka Flame, Birdman and others.
Producers Drumma Boy, Mike Will Made It, Lex Luger and Shawty Red checked in with production on Trap God for Gucci Mane.
“I feel like this was a rebuilding year for me, and my whole record label,” Gucci Mane told AllHipHop.com in a statement released today (October 12). “This is the year I’m gonna power myself up and build my war chest, and regroup for next year.”
The next video from Trap God will be “F**k The World,” featuring Future.
Check out the track listing for Trap God below:
1. Intro (P###. by Lex Luger)
2. Head Shots feat Rick Ross (P###. by Tarentino, 808mafia)
3. Money Habits feat Young Scooter (P###. by 808mafia)
4. Crazy feat Waka Flocka Flame (P###. by Drumma Boy)
5. Get Money N#### feat Meek Mill (P###. by 808mafia)
6. Rollies Up feat Young Scooter & Waka Flocka Flame (P###. by Mike Will Made It)
7. F**k The World feat Future (P###. by Mike Will Made It)
8. Act Up feat T-Pain. (P###. by T-Pain)
9. Never See feat Verse Simmonds (P###. by Shawty Red)
10. That’s That feat Kevin McCall (P###. by Kevin McCall)
11. Servin (P###. by 808 Mafia)
12. Shooter feat Young Scooter & Yung Fresh (P###. by Zaytoven)
13. Dead Man feat Young Scooter & Trae The Truth (P###. by Metro Beats)
14. Baby Wipes feat Waka Flocka Flame (P###. by Zaytoven)
15. Don’t Trust feat Young Scooter
16. Suckaz (P###. by Shawty Redd)
17. Gas and Mud (P###. by C4)
18. F**k Something feat Kirko Bangz, Waka Flocka Flame & Young Scooter (P###. by 808Mafia)
19. I F**k With That (P###. by Mike Will Made It, Southside, CNote)
Yesterday, Nelly’s tour bus was pulled over by border patrol at a checkpoint in Sierra Blanca, Texas. Authorities found 36 small baggies of heroin (totaling .64 ounces) and over 10 pounds of marijuana inside a large green duffle bag.
According to TMZ sources, a man named Brian Keith Jones admitted to owning the drugs and gun, and was subsequently arrested and taken into custody.
Late last night, Nelly released a statement about the incident. Check out what he said below:
“It is my understanding a member of my staff made an unfortunate decision to bring unlawful materials onto our tour bus that resulted in his arrest this morning, October 11th. Neither I nor anyone else on the tour bus was aware of his decision to bring these on board. Law enforcement officials in Sierra Blanca, Texas did not press charges against anyone other than that individual.”
The rapper was less diplomatic about the situation on his Twitter account? and roasted his “fam” for “jeopardizing his life.” Check out Nelly’s tweets below:
I can’t front, when I first heard about the story, I thought one of Nelly’s homeboys was covering for him – but after reading his tweets, I don’t know anymore. What do you think? Either way, hopefully Nelly helps his man out with a good lawyer. He’s going to need it.
Sidenote – It seems as if Nelly and Ashanti are still going strong. The rapper tweeted an invite to her birthday party, which he is hosting.
These two need to go ahead and make it official already. They could make tons of money and actually get hot again if they parlay their relationship into a reality show! Get that money Nelly and Ashanti!
Mike Vick has been the scourge of the world for the longest time for the way he (or his foul friends) treated dogs. The abuse was deplorable. But, people in this life make mistakes and he has decided to buy a dog for his new family. Here is what Vick had to say.
“I understand the strong emotions by some people about our family’s decision to care for a pet. As a father, it is important to make sure my children develop a healthy relationship with animals.”
“I want to ensure that my children establish a loving bond and treat all of God’s creatures with kindness and respect. Our pet is well cared for and loved as a member of our family.”
“This is an opportunity to break the cycle. To that end, I will continue to honor my commitment to animal welfare and be an instrument of positive change.”
Now if he can save the Philadelphia Eagles….In the meantime, lets play “Get Out Me Dog” by DMX!
(AllHipHop News) Gary, Indiana bred rapper and CTE/ESGN artist Freddie Gibbs recently spoke with AllHipHop.com on the set of his video shoot with LRG for the song “The Hard,” a track featured on his Baby Face Killa project released last month with DJ Drama.
Gibbs spoke about the BFK project and took time to let fans know about his upcoming collaborative effort with Madlib titled Mad Gibbs.
The two previously released a five-track EP called Thuggin to critical acclaim, prompting the full length album Mad Gibbs.
“Its gonna be real special. I’m gonna drop another project after that, we just working,” said Freddie Gibbs in an exclusive interview with AllHipHop.com. “We have contrasting styles so its like a meeting of two different walks of life but it matches and I know how to rap over his beats.”
He expounded on the label’s future during the interview.
“ESGN – I aint gonna tell y’all what it stands for, but its my sh*t I’m pushing, it’s going to be more than music, there’s going to be some films, you will see. Its going to be a buildup to s**t, I just want to do more than just music,” Gibbs explained.
When asked what artists he plans on signing to the imprint, Gibbs kept things simple saying, “Freddie Gibbs, Freddie Gibbs and Freddie Gibbs.”
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