(AllHipHop News) Hip-Hop icon KRS-One is releasing a new album, and heading to the UK and Europe to promote the release.
This summer, KRS-One is heading to Germany, the Netherlands and the UK to promote his new release The BDP Album.
The BDP Album is being produced by KRS-One’s brother, Kenny Parker and is being executive produced by 6.8.2. Records.
According to a press release issued by 6.8.2. Records, the 14-track album is “20 years in the making” and “commemorates the roots of Hip-Hop’s defining impact on the world.”
So far, only the dates for KRS-One’s appearances in London have been released:
July 23 – Jazz Cafe – London
July 24 – Jazz Cafe – London
A release date for The BDP Album was not available as of press time.
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(AllHipHop News) With the recent release of his eight studio album’s newest single, “Go Get It,” T.I. has revealed a number of other collaborations that listeners can expect when Trouble Man drops on September 19.
“I got a record entitled ‘Trouble Man” with R. Kelly… that’s dope,” T.I. told XXL‘s Shaheem Reid. “I got a record called “Wave Hello” with Cee Lo. I got a record called “Who Shall I Be Sorry” for with Andre 3000. I got another record called “Guns and Roses” with a surprise feature; it’s out the genre and it’s through the roof. That’s another dope record.”
Just last month, T.I. told Hot 107.9’s DJ Sense that he had recorded over 125 songs forTrouble Man, and was in the process of selecting which ones would make the album.
As he continued to rattle off collaborations to XXL, T.I. said, “I have records with Usher, a record with Lil Wayne song called “Ball.” A record with Trey Songz. I got to figure all these records out though… I got a record with Trae Tha Truth and Juicy J called “Fight Music,” produced by Mike Will.”
T.I.’s new album Trouble Man is set to be released on September 19.
Super producer Swizz Beatz may not be out of the woods yet when it comes to charges stemming from his involvement with Megaupload. If you remember, Megaupload was shut down in January of this year or piracy, with four of its employees seeing jail time.
According to The Source, “authorities are currently going after Swizz Beatz after being swindled out of a charge on the count that Megaupload was outside the United States’ jurisdiction.”
Swizz is now facing a 20-page motion filed by the feds – check out the paperwork here.
According to AP, all of the Megaupload employees are now being indicted for their contribution towards Megaupload and its file sharing. Back in January, the U.S. government seized Megaupload’s domain names, $50 million in assets, and got the New Zealand police to arrest four of the site’s top employees, including its founder, Kim Dotcom.
This sounds serious. Hopefully Swizzy will be cleared and can move past this.
The Megaupload worries haven’t stopped Swizz Beatz from making hot music. Check out Alicia Keys’ new single, “New Day”, produced by her hubby, Swizz Beatz.
With the Firefly Music Festival less than 24 hours away, AllHipHop.com has decided to highlight five acts that you need to see if you plan on attending this weekend’s three-day event in Dover, Delaware.
Following up on our coverage of events like the Brooklyn Hip-Hop Festival, The Bamboozle and Soundset, we’d like to put five performers on your radar that you may or may not be familiar with.
If you haven’t gotten them already, tickets for this weekend’s festival are still available at FireflyFestival.com.
Check our “5 ArtistS To Catch At This Weekend’s Firefly Music Festival” below:
The Hip-Hop duo made up of producer Xaphoon Jones and rapper Chiddy, who is also a Guinness World Record holder for “Longest Freestyle Rap,” has been one of the greatest success stories to watch over the past few years. After numerous mixtapes and EP releases, Chiddy Bang dropped their debut album, Breakfast, this past February and have been touring the world ever since with their high-energy brand of “alternative Hip-Hop.” Chiddy Bang will be rocking The Backyard Stage on Saturday afternoon from 5:30 to 6:30PM.
Dubbed by NMEMagazine as one of the “20 hottest producers in music right now,” the electronic production duo of B-Roc and JPatt have delivered top-notch performances at festivals and events around the world including a seizure-inducing (that’s a good thing in this case) performance down in Austin, Texas during South By Southwest (SXSW) this past March. The Knocks are at the forefront of the electronic music and dance scene right now, and their mid-afternoon performance on The Backyard Stage this weekend is surely one not to be missed!
Following their stellar cover of Kanye West’s “Flashing Lights” (see above) and an early July performance of their song “Spottie” in front of a hometown Chicago crowd on Conan, Kids These Days are breaking down the classifications of musical genres and reconfiguring them to create something totally soulful, rhythmic and unique. The group’s debut album, Traphouse Rock, is slated to drop this fall and you can catch them on The Porch Stage tomorrow from 12:30 to 1:30PM.
It’s an extremely rare feat to accomplish but after seven albums The Black Keys have gotten both better and bigger. Even the Hip-Hop community has embraced the Akron, Ohio, natives with many notable rappers like Mos Def, M.O.P., Raekwon, and Q-Tip contributing to their 2009 collaborative album BlackRoc, which was released under the guidance of Dame Dash. If you didn’t catch it the first time, it’s not too late to discover this extraordinary album, especially since they are currently planning on releasing a sequel in the near future. The Black Keys, who are one of Firefly’s headlining acts will be closing out the festival Sunday night from 9:30 to 11:00PM on the main stage.
One of the biggest names in the music industry is also this weekend’s sole Hip-Hop headliner. Lupe has been delivering top-notch music for years, and with the forthcoming release of his highly-anticipated new album, Food & Liquor II: The Great American Rap Album, set to drop on September 11, it’s not too late to see what exactly the Chi-town native has up his sleeve when it comes to performing live. You can catch Lupe doing his thing on The Backyard Stage from 8:00 to 9:15PM this Saturday night.
“I’m telling you this mixtape is bananas,” Fred told AllHipHop.com. “I brought some friends out with me for [Gordo Frederico]. I got Jim Jones on there, Cory Gunz, Fat Joe, Jeremih, Lil Kim. It’s crazy.”
Gordo Frederico will be the first release from Fred since he signed his deal with eOne Music last month. After turning down a $1.3 million contract with a unspecified major label, Fred felt that what eOne offered him and his team would better benefit him in the long-run.
Speaking on the eOne deal, Fred said, “It’s mainly focused on the single “Monique’s Room” that we’re pushing nationally, so it’s going to be everywhere. Right now we’re just focusing on the single and whatever comes from that we’ll just keep rocking but the deal [eOne] offered was so good we had to take it.”
He added, “There’s going to be good things for Fred the Godson coming up.”
Lastly, Fred spoke on his Beauty and the Beastmixtape with Olivia that was set to drop in February, but has yet to see the light of day; however, Fred assures us that the tape is finished and on the way.
“We done, it’s just so hectic right now,” Fred told AllHipHop.com. “I got to put my out my mixtape and I just did the deal with eOne, and [Olivia’s] working right now, so we just got to find out when we going to drop it, but it’s crazy and it’s done.”
He continued, “All the music is finished, and it’s wrapped up real nice, but for me to speak on a date or when it’s going to drop would be premature.”
Fans can be on the lookout for both Gordo Frederico and Beauty and the Beast in the near future.
Check out a freestyle and exclusive interview with Fred the Godson below:
(AllHipHop News) First-week projections for Nas‘ tenth studio album, Life Is Good, which was released on Tuesday (July 17) are predicting sales of over 115,000 units.
Athough concrete numbers for Life Is Good will not be coming in until next Wednesday (July 25), it is expected that Nas, who has released eight platinum albums consecutively, will secure his sixth #1 album on the Billboard 200, alongside previous releases likeIt Was Written, The Firm, I Am, Hip-Hop Is Dead and Untitled.
The news of Nas’ success comes a day after fellow Def Jam artist Frank Ocean secured the #2 spot on the Billboardcharts.
Either this could be really amazing or really really corny. Our sources are telling us that Drizzy was so impressed by Frank Ocean’s recent sold-out show in Los Angeles earlier this week, that he has reached out to the rising star to collaborate on a song with him.
We already know that Drake can be very emo and Frank Ocean is equally as emo with his music – so what should we expect? Our source tells us that “Drizzy will be doing more rapping on the track” and will leave the singing to Ocean.
While at the show, Drizzy bumped into Odd Future’s Tyler the Creator, who took the opportunity to take a photo and gush on Twitter about how cool Drake is. Check out the photo Tyler tweeted below:
“Lmfao. Can Ya Woo Woo Woo!!!! – tweeted Tyler The Creator
In related news, Drizzy has officially purchased the seven-bedroom, nine-bathroom mansion that he was renting in Hidden Hills for $7.7 million. The spot has a grotto, tennis court, basketball court, movie theater, etc. He is truly living the lifestyles of the rich and famous!
Check out the MTV Cribs episode featuring Drake’s new digs as shown by its previous owners.
