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RECAP: Rock The Bells 2012 Rocks The Bay Area [Part 1]

By: K1ng Eljay Updated Category: Features
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Photo Credit: Shamezo Lumukanda/Magyombo.com for AllHipHop.com

With the first of its three stops out of the way, Rock The Bells made its way to the Bay Area for the next stop in Mountain View, California this past weekend. Splitting the concerts between two stages (the main stage, and the RZA-endorsed “36 Chambers”), notable performances happened at times simultaneously, but there was more than enough good music to go around. Check the recap:

Pusha T gave a quick, spirited performance, announcing his arrival with his extended verse from Chief Keef and G.O.O.D. Music’s “I Don’t Like”, and spinning into verses from “Grindin'”, and an acapella from his Alley Boy collaboration, “Your Favorite Rapper”. He also performed “Exodus 23:1”, which got a pretty solid rise out of the crowd as they realized the nature of the song.

Naughty By Nature followed, with Vin Rock and the ever-so-charismatic Treach stealing the show with his off-top commentary, high energy, and, at times, silly antics (he stopped the entire show to create an imaginary clock/time-machine to rewind time back to 1991 – the year of their self-titled second album – before dropping another classic). Running through favorites like “O.P.P” (while chucking condoms into the crowd) “Hip Hop Hooray”, and more, they entertained from start to finish.

On the main stage, Tyga ran through several of his club bangers while performing solo, followed by Kendrick Lamar and his TDE brothers Ab-Soul, ScHoolboy Q, and Jay Rock. They were all introduced individually, and performed two to three solo songs apiece, but unfortunately they didn’t perform a Black Hippy collaboration (although it seemed like ScHoolboy Q was wanting to, as he was rhyming along to “Say Wassup” as they exited the stage).

Mac Miller was also on hand to run through a few of his songs, such as “Donald Trump” and “Frick Park Market”, and more. Back on the Wu Stage, Salt-N-Pepa was putting it down as if no time has elapsed since their last musical output whatsoever, performing crowd favorite “Push It”, and more.

DMX gave one of the more memorable performances on the 36 Chambers stage, performing regular smashes like “Ruff Ryders Anthem” and acapellas spreading the positive-vibe his concert gave off. Climbing up the speaker system on the side of the stage, he continued to rock, but nothing throughout the entire day got a bigger reaction than “Party Up”, although J. Cole’s set came relatively close.

Speaking of, J. Cole’s performance was one worth paying for solo. One of the bigger stage set-ups (it took about 20-25 minutes to change the set over), Cole came out and performed songs like “Lights Please”, “In the Morning”, and “Work Out”. He also performed verses from “Grew Up Fast” and “The Cure” over different, live instrumentation, to the pleasure of the crowd.

Meanwhile, on the 3 Chambers stage, Ice Cube and WC were ripping the show. Despite several warnings that they were out of time (“Yeah, I don’t give a f**k about that sh*t”, Cube said to W.C. at one point), he brought out his sons OMG and Dough Boy to perform cuts from Cube’s latest LP, I Am The West.

There were a few other acts of note as well, such as Yelawolf, A$AP Rocky (but no 2 Chainz appearance due to circumstances, we wish him the best), Juelz Santana and Dipset, Prodigy, and more, but the main event for the first night for most seemed to be the Method Man and Redman performance. Speeding through exclusives from their Blackout! album (and a few from Blackout! 2), slinging water into the crowd, and even crowd-surfing at one point, the performance was one of the great highlights of the entire festival, and although Kid Cudi was performing on the main stage, it was hard for that to match the energy of the crowd at the 36 Chambers late into the night.

One thing to note: almost every artist gave props to the legends before them, with special attention being shown to Tupac and Easy-E due to the concert location and artist affiliation. Regardless of the reasoning, it was good to see the artists show genuine appreciation. With a busy day in the books, day two on paper looked to be just as incredible.

We’re nowhere near finished our Rock The Bells coverage! Check back for Flicks and more recaps in the coming week.

EXCLUSIVE: Warren G Updates Fans on His Music, Eyes Grammy with Young Jeezy and Ne-Yo

By: Jake Crates Updated Category: MOBILE
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(AllHipHop News) Legendary Los Angeles-based Hip-Hop producer and “G-Funk Era” artist Warren G spoke with AllHipHop over the weekend about his upcoming music and focus as of late.

Prime cultivator of the West Coast G-Funk sound over the last few decades, Warren G appeared on set and made cameo appearance in Game’s “Celebration” video, featuring Lil’ Wayne, Wiz Khalifa, Tyga, and Chris Brown.

“I’m here to support the homeboy Game doing his thing and Hip-Hop, period,” Warren G told AllHipHop.com. “I met him before he got signed to Dre; I would see him in the studio a lot. Sh*t, it’s been a while that was way back when me and Dre was doing some stuff, and we worked in the studio one time, and I still got the record and it’s still dope. I haven’t put it out, but I may put it out one day.”

Currently, Warren G has been focused on production and has several records that are getting airplay on radio stations in major markets.

“Right now, I got a record that’s out there bubblin’ real hard right now called “Still In Love”, and it’s a record about how I feel – and I love this music, and that’s what I love doing and that’s what the song is about. I just produced a record by Young Jeezy and Ne-Yo called “Leave Me Alone”, that’s a big record right now, so that’s poppin’ out there and hopefully, we can get a Grammy,” Warren G said.

In addition to his song with Young Jeezy, Warren G has been working on unreleased material from Nate Dogg, and songs with E-40 and Too Short.

“I’m just producing, got some stuff I’m sending to E-40 right now. Me, him, and Short Dogg, we got a song called “Saturday”, featuring Nate Dogg; that sh*t is dope, and I’m just producing, still doing my artist thing on the side,” Warren G explained. “I’m mainly focused on production, but the artist thing is still there, and the fanbase is still there. That’s why I dropped those records.”

Currently, Warren G’s song with Game and the late Nate Dogg, entitled “Party We Will Throw Now”, is getting play throughout the country, and will be featured on Warren G’s upcoming album, Regulate…G Funk Era Pt 2.

EXCLUSIVE: Three-Quarters of the Slaughter(house) Offer AllHipHop.com a Comedic "UN-Welcome To: OUR HOUSE"

By: seandrasims Updated Category: Features
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Now that fans have waited with baited breath through award show cyphers, mixtapes, and road and TV appearances, Slaughterhouse has finally unveiled its group debut, Welcome To: OUR HOUSE.

READ: Album Review – Slaughterhouse’s Welcome To: OUR HOUSE

This isn’t your typical Slaughterhouse, as the foursome delves into some new territory with an almost-Pop feel in more places than one on Welcome. Their lyricism still shines through, but in rare places that may turn a few new ears on their side. With Eminem at the helm of their efforts, it really shouldn’t take listeners by surprise that the cross-country collective would try and push the envelope on the much-hyped album.

An occasion such as this certainly called for a pre-visit from AllHipHop.com. So a few weeks ago, we were excited to hear more about their mixtape, working with Eminem and DJ Drama, and the makings of their long-awaited debut.

BUT, Slaughterhouse – sans media darling Joe Budden – was in an odd but funny mood for the interview. Joell, Crooked I, and Royce were happy to answer some questions, and then baffled by the reasoning behind others. At any rate, it makes for good TV, so check it out:

Welcome To: OUR HOUSE is available now – cop it on iTunes!

Jim Jones To Star In and Executive Produce "Vampire Life: The Movie"

By: seandrasims Updated Category: MOBILE
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Jim Jones is set to star in a leading role and executive produce the soundtrack for the film Vampire Life: The Movie. The Dipset Capo has partnered with CMG Entertainment in a multi-million dollar deal to produce and distribute the film, which will be released in December of this year.

Inspired by Jones’ Vamp Life movement, the film is described to be an action film with a throwback similarity to a time when movies such as 2002’s State Property gained popularity, according to Brandi Hunter of MediaHunter Public Relations.

Shooting for the film will start in mid-September in Miami, New York, Boston, and Baltimore. Cisco Rosado, CEO of CMG Entertainment, will serve as an executive producer along with Jones for the film’s soundtrack.

“Any time you have the opportunity to partner with a established artist and businessman if Jim’s caliber, you are bound to have a successful project,” says Rosado. “We look forward in growing the partnership.”

EXCLUSIVE: Bone Thugs-N-Harmony Call Game's Song “Celebration” A "Compliment"

By: Grouchy Greg Watkins (@GrouchyGreg) Updated Category: MOBILE
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Shortly before their set at Rock the Bells’ San Francisco Bay area on Sunday night, Bone Thugs-N-Harmony told AllHipHop.com they were appreciative of Game’s new single “Celebration,” which features Wiz Khalifa and Lil Wayne and samples both Bone’s music and stylings.

“I feel like any song that we do that someone remixes we may have looked at as being disrespectful back when we were young and getting in the game,” Wish Bone said from the tour stop in Mountain View, California. “But us being in the game for 20 years and younger cats coming up behind us doing our style, a style that we invented, that’s kind of a compliment.”

Ironically, when asked whether the longtime rumors that Eazy-E was so impressed with Leimert Park’s Freestyle Fellowship’s style that he signed Bone to essentially copy their recipe and go mainstream, Bizzy Bone was quick to explain that wasn’t the case.

“No BS aside, I’ve heard the same thing, but I think it was the vibe, the Midwest vibe,” Bizzy Bone said. “Twista was around, [the Freestyle Fellowship] was around. Actually Layzie Bone was the first one to come up with it [from our camp]. If you go back to Faces of Death, in ’91-’92, that documents that we were there. Everything is from the heart, everything is original and sometimes when you gather a great idea, a lot of people are a part of it.”

Bizzy Bone further applauded Game, as well. “I kind look at it how like my brothers look at it with the remix that my brother Game and them did,” Bizzy Bone said. “We not bitter at anything, no matter what … thank you for the homage.”

As far as their slot on this year’s Rock the Bells co-headlining the second day of the two-day show with Nas, Flesh N Bone emphasized that the experience was a treat for the fans.

Back by DJ Quik’s band, the veteran group from Cleveland, Ohio, are “representing as general and veterans in the game,” Flesh N Bone said. “We’ve got a lot of history, a lot of expertise when it comes to performing, whether with a DJ or a live band. You can’t download a live performance – you have to experience it.”

Rock the Bells travels to New Jersey this weekend to conclude the third and final installment of the annual summer concert series this year.

A fourth, more scaled-back Rock the Bells, will take place in Miami in December.

Hip-Hop Rumors: Tragedy! Shaq And Hoopz Break Up!

By: Chuck Creekmur (@ChuckCreekmur) Updated Category: MOBILE
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It was a match made in Basketball Heaven! But, unfortunately it was not meant to be! It would seen that these two have broken up AGAIN. I admit, I didn’t know they had broken up a first time. Here is the scoop from the good people at BlackSportsOnline:

“The gym doesn’t teach people over the age of 18 for insurance purposes and when Hoopz was told this she lost her mind. She started to curse out the staff and became belligerent. She got extremely loud, screaming at the top of her lungs how she needed to train for the 2016 Olympics.
Shaq was embarrassed, he dropped his head like he was ashamed of her. He didn’t say anything while they were in the gym, but once they got to their car a heated argument took place. You could hear and see them screaming at each other. I felt bad for him.”

I think its time for the good ol’ fashioned SHAQ FACE!

I saw in google related search that there is a Lebron Face. Do I need to update?

NAHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH! Shaq Face for life! Pause.

UPDATE: Hoopz kind of, sort of addresses the rumors, but doesn’t say that that they are an actual couple. Note to Hoopz: you ain’t no target.

Source: rhymeswithsnitch
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FEEL RICH TIP: Go from Hater to Player

By: feelrich2 Updated Category: Lifestyle
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Editor’s Note: “Feel Rich” is our partnership with QD3, the talented son of music legend Quincy Jones. “Feel Rich” is all about creating a healthy lifestyle for Hip-Hop culture – both the artists and the fans. Enjoy!

By Logan Noblin

Heading into his junior year of high school, Mike Patterson was set to spend the season warming the bench. The six-foot, 300-pound offensive guard had all the strength of a traffic cone with the football sense to match, and there might as well have been a canyon between him and the second string. In an act of desperation, with just a week of practice left before the opening game of the season, Patterson’s coach sent the 17-year-old to the other side of the ball to see if he could fare any better as a defense tackle. An hour later, Patterson had the starting spot.

Now the stalky noseguard from Northern California earns over $4 million per year with the Philadelphia Eagles, and has served his time as one of the most feared down-linemen in the league. All he had to do was get in the game.

The point is that if you’re not in the game right now, it doesn’t mean you have to stay glued to the bench. It might take a little bit of patience, and a whole lot of work, but if a six-foot, 300-pound bowling ball could roll himself off the sidelines and into the spotlight, you can, too.  Here are some tips to get you started.

Know Your Strengths – Patterson has become known as one of the quickest, most agile big-men in a league of superhuman athletes, but even his high school coaches thought he was weak on the offensive line. Chris Paul is lethal from the point, but you won’t see him posting up Dwight Howard in the paint any sooner than you’ll see Kevin Garnett shooting from the arc or Desean Jackson subbing in at fullback. Think about the plays and situations that you tend to do best in, and put yourself in a position to take advantage of your natural strengths.

Find Some Help – Once you figure out what position you should play, find someone to help you figure out how to play it. If you’re not getting the coaching you need, find a friend, a classmate, or a coworker to practice with. Getting honest feedback from someone who knows your game is the best way to improve your technique and start climbing up the depth chart.

Repetition – Practice, practice, practice. Pick a move that you like – a Derrick Rose ankle-breaker, a Reggie Bush sidestep, whatever – and run it in slow motion. Think about your form, think about your body, and make sure it’s perfect. Now, do it again. And again. Consistently practicing your moves and your form builds muscle memory so that when you bust them out in a game, it will feel as natural as breathing.

It’s All About Improving – If you spend your time thinking about scoring points or moving up the roster, you’re a whole lot less likely to do so. Instead, focus on your jump shot, or your ball catching, or the little things that will make you more dangerous in action. Once you take care of those, the depth chart will take care of itself.

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