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Hip-Hop Rumors: Rick Ross Didn't Drop Pill From MMG

By: Chuck Creekmur (@ChuckCreekmur)Category: Rumors

PILL IS STILL DOWN WITH THE WINNING TEAM!

I new Pill wasn’t dropped from Maybach Music Group! Why? Because people don’t get dropped these days. They actually get “kept” on the shelf until their life is ruined. I do think there may have been something to this, but Pill insists there is nothing going on. In fact, he had no idea that these rumors were out there until the tweets started coming. He tells TheBoombox:

“I’m not sure how they started actually. I noticed it when people started f***ing with me on Twitter, but I don’t know the source of it. I mean, it is what it is. It’s mostly Twitter — people that follow me or don’t follow me that hate on me daily, and wanna start s**t.”

He said the MMG crew is working on Self Made 2 as well.

“Everybody pretty much spread out right now, and we’re sparsely working on it, but there’s no set date for the release. Everybody’s pretty much doing what they’re doing and trying to grind it out with different tracks as we go along. We’ve all recorded tracks already that we’ve compiled to submit for the actual LP but you know, I can’t even really say what percentage of it is done. I recorded a lot of tracks. Wale, Meek, Ross recorded a lot of tracks and we’re all just waiting on that day when we all can just sit and go through it.”

Dr. Maya Angelou Releases Statement Clearing Up Her "Disappointment" Over Common's Album

By: seandrasimsCategory: News

(AllHipHop News) Revered poet, author, and activist, Dr. Maya Angelou, didn’t mince words recently when commenting about the language and imagery on Common’s The Dreamer, The Believer. Despite having a guest appearance on the album, she told The New York Post recently that she was particularly bothered by his use of the “N-word.”

Dr. Angelou, whose writings from the past such as Singin’ and Swingin’ and Getting Merry Like Christmas have included many racy topics, wanted to clarify her position on Common’s recent release on BET’s 106th & Park this week:

“I don’t think the word “disappointment” quite makes it.  I was “surprised.”  I know that Common is brilliant.  He may, in fact, be close enough to be called a genius – I’m not sure.   I know that we are all in process and young artists are in process.  It’s important to realize that all of you – all of us – [are in process].  There was a statement made by Machiavelli in the 15th century.  He said if you want to control the people, separate them, and you can rule them.  Divide them and you can conquer them.  I will not be divided from Common.   By anybody’s imagination, he is brilliant and even genius, maybe.   But certainly smarter than us to know that he’s in process.  And next week, he might not even use the N-word[,] or the B-word.  It may even take two or three weeks, or a month.  But I’m not going to be separated from him…

[Watch the clip from BET’s 106th & Park HERE]

“Do your best to not be divided.  This doesn’t mean you are supposed to support everything anybody says.  Say “I disagree, but I don’t disagree to the point where I want you dead and out of here.”  You must understand that, people, we live in direct relation to the heroes and sheroes we have.  Always and in always if we don’t have heroes and sheroes and keep them alive, we are nothing.”

Check out this video from early 2012, where Dr. Angelou says that Common “could be her son.”

Common’s The Dreamer, The Believer is available on iTunes and in stores today (December 20).

Chartwatch: Drake Goes Platinum; Snoop and Wiz Collaboration Debuts In Top 50

By: JP DelaCuesta (@JPdelacuesta)Category: News

(Week Ending On 12/19/11)

Well, it’s official, Drake’s second studio album, Take Care (YM/CM/Universal), has officially been certified platinum. This week the Take Care dropped one spot from #7 to the #8 spot after selling 75,774 units in the album’s fifth week. However, due to the holiday season, Drake actually saw a 5% increase in album sales compared to last week. Haters gon’ hate but YMCMB is having one hell of a year!

R&B singer Anthony Hamilton’s returns with his fifth studio album, Back to Love (RCA), which debuted at #11 selling just over 60,000 units. The album, which features production from Salaam Remi, Babyface, and Antonio Dixon is Hamilton’s first major release since 2008’s The Point of It All.

Debuting at #27 is the “stoner-esque” collaboration album Mac & Devin Go to High School (Warner Bros.) from rappers Wiz Khalifa and Snoop Dogg. With the star power that these two have plus the album’s single “Young, Wild, and Free” which features Bruno Mars being a hit, this has to be mildly disappointing for not just the artists but the label at the very least. Expect the album to hang around for the next week or two due to Christmas shopping, but after that it will likely vanish from the Top 50.

Coming in at #38 is the last Hip-Hop representative in the Top 50. Lil Wayne’s Tha Carter IV (YM/CM/Universal), which has already been certified double-platinum, moved just under 30,000 units and saw an impressive 27% increase in sales from last week.

Dropping This Week (12/20/11):

Common’s ninth studio album, The Dreamer/The Believer (Warner Bros.), will be released today. Common talked about the album, which includes production exclusively from No I.D. and features from Nas, Maya Angelou, and John Legend, in an exclusive interview with AllHipHop.com. You can also read our review of the album here.

One of 2011’s biggest hook men, Roscoe Dash, is also releasing a project. The J.U.I.C.E. EP contains seven new tracks featuring artists like Big Sean and Wale. The title J.U.I.C.E. stands for: “just understand I control everything.”

Young Jeezy’s fourth studio album, Thug Motivation 103 (Def Jam), also will be released today after being delayed numerous times over the past two years. The third and final album in the Thug Motivation series contains features from Jay-Z, Andre 3000, T.I., 2 Chainz, and Fabolous among others. You can read our review of TM103 here.

MIXTAPE DOWNLOAD: Aleon Craft & George Clinton – Mothership: The Decatur Connection

By: Steve Raze (@SteveRaze)Category: Music

DOWNLOAD Mothership: The Decatur Connection

Mothership: The Decatur Connection is a collaborative project between funk legend, George Clinton, and hip-hop artist, Aleon Craft. This is the first time George Clinton (of Parliament Funkadelic) has linked up with a hip-hop artist for a complete, new project. George Clinton recorded to 3 new records for the project, however, Mothership: The Decatur Connection consists of elements from… Aleon Craft’s Mothership Decatur (2011 Mixtape), the Parliament-Funkedelic catalog and original recordings from both Aleon Craft and George Clinton.