Whoa, Nelly! Apparently hard work pays off!
Singer Kevin McCall lets the cameras behind the scenes to catch his workout session before the shooting of the video for his first single, “Naked”. And it seems he’s got muscle on the mic and in the gym, too.
“Naked” features G.O.O.D. Music’s Big Sean, while the video is directed by a multi-talented Chris Brown.
Follow Kevin McCall on Twitter (@KevinMcCall).
Birdman said it himself: “There is no Cash Money/Young Money without Lil’ Wayne.”
So, it comes as no surprise that Birdman pulled out all of the stops to re-sign the star, giving him a rumored $150 million, four-album record deal. Although Birdman wouldn’t confirm the sum, he did tell MTV that, “It’s probably the biggest deal ever in urban music.”
“I’m blessed to even do that,” Birdman said of the rumored figure. “Whatever my son want, he can get. It’s all his anyway, so it don’t really matter to me.”
TGI…Everyday my Dreamers and Doers!
Welcome to the wrap up of this wonderful week! We had our ups and downs, but the fact that we are still here communicating with each other is a clear indication that we came out on top! Today’s Daily Word is dedicated to dreaming!
Dreams are the fruit of life! They are what gives life meaning, and what makes it worth living! When you stop dreaming, you lose a piece of you that is vital for growth and happiness! The hope for future achievement makes any obstacle seem small, because your reward is greater! Caution to those who allow the everyday ups and downs of life deter them from dreaming grand dreams! You can do anything you want in life with no compromise! It takes belief, commitment, determination, and action but also the will to never give up!
Keep Dreaming! If your dream seem crazy, unrealistic, impractical, or all of the above , then know that you are on the right path! Nothing can and will stand in the way of a dreamer who refuses to let go of that dream! The power you possess is stronger than any force imaginable! Hone in on that power and make great things happen!!
-Ash’Cash
“Hold fast to dreams, for if dreams die, life is a broken winged bird that cannot fly.” -Langston Hughes
“Dreams are often most profound when they seem the most crazy.” -Sigmund Freud
“The one person who has more illusions than the dreamer is the man of action.” -Oscar Wilde
“It is by going down into the abyss that we recover the treasures of life. Where you stumble, there lies your treasure.” -Joseph Campbell
“You can be absolutely certain that when you feel you are being most unfairly tested, you are being prepared for great achievement.” -Napoleon Hill
“Your vision will become clear only when you can look into your own heart…. Who looks outside, dreams; who looks inside, awakes.” -Carl Jung
“Never waste your dreams by falling asleep. Never again.” -Eugène Lonesco
“We are cups, constantly and quietly being filled. The trick is, knowing how to tip ourselves over and let the beautiful stuff out.” -Ray Bradbury
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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.
This is different. Typically artists are rushing their labels to release their albums or complaining about sitting on the shelf, well Slaughterhouse’s Joe Budden is not your typical artist. In a recent interview with Jenny Boom Boom, Budden expressed his desire to have the album pushed back to a later release date. Check out what he said about it below:
“I’m hoping it gets pushed back to July,” Budden said. “I feel like when it’s your major label debut, more time, in this instance we’re only talking about two and a half weeks, that is important to me. The more time the better. It’s more time to prepare. … [The album’s] really good. It sounds big, large. If you listen to ‘My Life,’ that sounds grand. The music, the feel, that is the theme to me — it’s big. It’s triumphant. It’s introspective. It’s really good and it flows well.”
Slaughterhouse’s Shady Records debut, Welcome To: Our House is slated for a June 12 release. You can check out Joey’s full interview below:
(AllHipHop News) Jet Life Recordings CEO and founder Curren$y recently embarked on his “Stoned Immaculate Tour”, one that will make nearly 50 nationwide stops before its conclusion.
The tour also brings along his Jet Life Recordings family, including Mousa, Trademark da Skydiver, Young Roddy, Corner Boy P, Fiend, and Smoke Dza.
In a recent interview with AllHipHop.com, Curren$y talked about enjoying the overall success of his recent tours and the rapidly growing fan base across the country, despite being detained recently in Texas by the Dallas Police.
“I just said the other day, I am generally [pleased]. Yo, that’s crazy, that’s the last thing I said before the boys rolled on the bus. I tweeted, ‘I’m generally pleased with everything,’ and then Murphy came in,” Curren$y told AllHipHop.com. “Yo I never had a pair of handcuffs on me in my life, maybe in the bed with chicks… but that sh*t was terrible. I don’t wish that on nobody.”
The New Orleans bred rapper, who released seven projects in 2011 and 2012, also talked about his work ethic and his drive to continue to release music.
“It’s not work, see like it’s not work. Like I f*ckin think like, dudes like basketball players get basketball colored sh*t in their house and sh*t because they like to play basketball. It’s play basketball, it’s work, but play basketball. This sh*t is fun, I want to do it. It’s not work for them, it’s fun to break somebody’s ankles with basketball, just like it’s fun to be good at that sh*t, it’s fun to be good at rap,” Curren$y explained to AllHipHop.com.
“It’s nothing to me to put out 100 records tonight, and then go to sleep, and then once I think y’all know all words to that sh*t, then probably do this sh*t again, because I don’t have to go through some crazy process. I’m not sweating to write this sh*t, it’s nothing. I’m not even talking sh*t. Like, ’cause some people don’t even like my raps. People be like, ‘It sounds like he wrote that sh*t in five minutes.’ I did, that’s how I get down. I don’t feel like I’m doing work. The minute the sh*t feel like work, you supposed to quit.”
Curren$y’s latest album, The Stoned Immaculate, is available for pre-order now on his website, www.CurrensySpittta.com. Pre-orders include The Stoned Immaculate CD, an exclusive “Up In Smoke” Rolling Tray, and an instant, digital Mp3 download of “Fast Cars, Faster Women” featuring Daz Dillenger.
The Stoned Immaculate, set for release on June 5, features Wale, 2 Chainz, Wiz Khalifa, Pharrell, Estelle, Big K.R.I.T., and the Jet Life family.
(AllHipHop News) New York radio station Hot 97 has officially unveiled their lineup for their 2012 Summer Jam music concert, which will be held on Sunday June 3, at Metlife Stadium in East Rutherford, New Jersey.
This year, as they have done in the past, Hot 97 rounded up some of the top industry names to perform on the Hot 97 main stage.
The 2012 lineup includes Rick Ross, Nicki Minaj, Young Jeezy, J. Cole, Wale, DJ Khaled, Waka Flocka, Trey Songz, Maino, Big Sean, 2 Chainz, French Montana, Mavado, Tyga and “a colossal amount of surprise celebrity guests will conquer the main stage.”
“Boost Mobile is excited to be back as the presenting sponsor of Hot 97 Summer Jam 2012 for the ninth consecutive year and happy to be a part of bringing the show to fans across the country through the LIVE streaming of the show on June 3,” said Steve Gaffney, vice president-Lifestyle Marketing.
“This is truly the most anticipated concert in New York and as always Hot 97 does not disappoint by having the biggest names in Hip Hop perform,” Gaffney added.
Over 55,000 fans are expected to attend the concert, and event sponsors have announced that Summer Jam 2012 will be streamed live on Hot97.com in over 25 countries.
Tickets for Summer Jam 2012 can be purchased at a number of price points beginning with $45 and topping out at $175 for floor seats. A limited amount of exclusive HOT 97 Platinum Packages are available for $200.
Tickets for Hot 97’s Summer Jam 2012 are on sale now at www.Ticketmaster.com.
Marvel’s ultimate movie project will officially hit U.S. theaters tonight at midnight and is set for one of the highest box-office weekends in film history. The Avengers is everything you could want from a superhero movie, summer film, or blockbuster and director Joss Whedon has pulled off the unthinkable and created one of the most entertaining films of all time.
Before we get into our “10 Reasons to See Marvel’s Blockbuster Movie: The Avengers,” let’s get the basics out of the way. The Avengers is the ultimate team-up featuring your favorite superheroes, most of which have already received their own solo films. Iron Man (Robert Downey Jr.), Thor (Chris Hemsworth), Captain America (Chris Evans), Black Widow (Scarlett Johansson), Hulk (Mark Ruffalo), Hawkeye (Jeremy Renner), Agent Coulson (Clark Gregg) and Nick Fury (Samuel L. Jackson) all reprise their respective roles from the Marvel Universe’s previous films and one together to put an end to Loki’s mission to essentially rule the Earth. If you need haven’t seen it already, check out the trailer here. (Editor’s note: There are some minor spoilers in this list.)
10. The Humor:
The Avengers is not only the best Marvel film to date, it’s also the funniest. This isn’t one of those “Tony Stark steals the show” kind of flicks either as you’ll see everyone getting in on the laughs from Thor to Hulk to Captain America and Agent Coulson. Of course you can always expect a majority of laughs to come from Robert Downer Jr.’s iconic Stark, but The Avengers makes it possible to make everyone look like the comedian of the group throughout the entire film.
9. Scarlett Johansson In 3D:
This one is pretty self-explanatory. Scarlett Johansson in 3D, kicking major *ss as S.H.I.E.L.D. operative Black Widow. While a majority of people who have seen the film will tell you that Mark Ruffalo’s Hulk is the stand-out character, I’ll go on record and say that while that sentiment is entirely true, Scarlett’s Black Widow is not far behind. She gets plenty of screen time, some of the most intense fight sequences, and as a “human with skills” she holds her own against demi-god’s, super soldiers, and giant green monsters.
8. Iron Man’s Mach VII Suit:
Thought that Stark’s suitcase suit in Iron Man 2 was cool? Just wait until you see what RDJ has up his sleeve for this go-around.
7. After-Credits Scene:
Dating back to Tony Stark’s first encounter with Nick Fury in Iron Man, every Marvel film has had an after-credits scene that built up to The Avengers. This film is no different and one of the extra scenes provides a great look at a possible foe for the superhero team in a future sequel. Make sure you stick around because there are two total scenes, the first being after the animated credits and the second following the total credits. Make sure you stick around!
6. Captain America vs. Iron Man:
The exchanges between Captain America and Iron Man, both verbally and physically, are some of the brightest moments of the film; of course you can’t just throw all these egos together and not expect them to duke it out once in awhile.
5. Nick Fury and S.H.I.E.L.D.:
The heli-carrier, the Quinjet, the weapons, it’s all as awesome as you’d want it to be, but the real gem is Samuel L. Jackson’s Nick Fury. Whether he’s using words, fists or a rocket launcher, Jackson takes no prisoners as Fury and the fans can’t help but be glad that he does the character justice after his cameo-like appearances in some of the previous Marvel movies.
4. Action, Action, Action:
The Avengers is the definition of a a comic coming to life. All of the mayhem and destruction previously portrayed on pages fills the big screen with explosions, weapons, brawls, and superpowers that provide pure blockbuster entertainment. Without a doubt, The Avengers contains more action than all of the previous Marvel movies combined, so sit back and enjoy!
3. Preview Of What’s to Come From Future Marvel Movies:
The Avengers acts as an immediate sequel in a sense to the events of Captain America: The First Avenger and shows an adapting-to-the-times Steve Rogers trying to make sense of what he’s missed and how far things have advanced.
2. The Hulk We’ve Been Waiting For:
Fans have finally been given the big-screen Hulk they’ve been waiting decades for. We get to see Bruce Banner’s character in a more evolved state then fans will remember him from 2008’s The Incredible Hulk. Mark Ruffalo delivers gold as the character of Banner and the soul and movements he provides as a CGI monster are practically flawless. Watching Hulk “smash” is pure fanboy gold and one of the coolest things to witness on film as he decimates enemy after enemy in the most awesome fashion.
1. It’s The Avengers!!
Yeah, like you really need another reason to see this movie!
Diddy was a guest on Funkmaster Flex’s radio show on HOT 97 in NYC and spoke candidly about the recent murder conviction of former Bad Bay artist G-Dep.
“I was like, ‘Wow’. None of that was in G. Dep’s nature. When there were certain things that he was going through with the substance abuse situation, he’d be a different person, but on an everyday [basis], he was probably one of the nicest, most quietest, shyest, most humble cats that were out there. It was just so out of his character that it was mind-blowing.”
G-Dep confessed to the shooting in December 2010 – a long ago, botched robbery that resulted in the shooting death of a man named John Henkel. Dep will be sentenced on May 8 and faces 15 years to life in prison.
During the interview, Diddy also addressed hopping on Wale’s “Slight Work” remix alongside the former Robin to his Batman, Ma$e.
“Me and Mase are cool. We’ve kept in touch over the years. I love Mase,” he told Flex of the MC who once retired to become a preacher. “If it wasn’t for Mase, I wouldn’t be where I was at today. Me and him were like Batman and Robin. So it felt good to get back on a record with him, and it’s one of the hottest, most intense records in the club. That’s what I specialize in. And then talking that talk.”
Check out the full radio interview with Diddy here.
Photo by Shane McCauley
When we spoke to XV a few weeks back – before he headlined his first New York City show – he updated us on the status of his debut album,The Kid With the Green Backpack, which boasts Just Blaze as executive producer. We also discovered that XV isn’t just a Warner Bros. recording artist; he’s also a major movie and comic fan.
It was only natural, with the summer movie season officially upon us starting with tonight’s midnight release of The Avengers, to ask XV about his most anticipated summer movies. In a movie season that will see releases like The Dark Knight Rises, G.I. Joe: Retaliation, Men In Black III and The Amazing Spider-Man among many others, the kid from Kansas picks his top three choices.
Check out the video below:
Follow XV on Twitter (@XtotheV).
It looks like we were 100% right when we told you earlier this week that Nas’ 17-year-old daughter, Destiny Jones, is not upset with her dad over his song “Daughters”. In fact, several photos have leaked online today that show Destiny on the set of Nas’ new video for “Daughters”, which makes us believe that Destiny may be starring as herself in the video that chronicles Nas’ mistakes and triumphs as a dad.
Check out a few of the photos below, courtesy of Hip-Hop Wired.
ATL and famed music director Chris Robinson will be directing the No I.D. produced song and from the photo above, it looks like June Ambrose will be styling Nas and Destiny for the video.
Nas’ tenth album, Life Is Good, will be released on July 17th.
(AllHipHop News) This week, Cash Money Content’s Wahida Clark reached a milestone for the third time in her career as an urban author, as she finds her fiction novel, “Payback Ain’t Enough”, on the New York Times Bestsellers List.
Signed to a publishing deal under Cash Money Content (Simon & Schuster), owned by entrepreneurs Bryan “Birdman” Williams and his brother, Ronald “Slim” Williams, Clark has made an unlikely journey to the coveted book sales list.
Clark became a writer while serving a nine and a half year sentence in prison for fraud, including two and a half years in solitary confinement. She was signed to a national publishing deal while in prison, selling 100,000 books during her incarceration stint, and has sold more than 650,000 books to date.
With her Cash Money Content deal secure, Clark’s own company is reportedly worth over $1 million, and is home to 14 authors with 18 novels currently in stores. Her “Justify My Thug” debuted on Cash Money Content in 2011 at #19 on the bestsellers list.
AllHipHop.com spoke with Clark a few weeks ago, as she prepared for the debut of “Payback Ain’t Enough” on April 24. Read the interview here, and find Wahida Clark’s books in stores and on Amazon.com and other online retailers now.
Great day, my Great People!
Welcome to the day that you realize that your so called trials and tribulations are not that bad! Today is the day that you come to the conclusion that whatever you are going through could be worse! It is the day that you finally understand the strength of your higher power and realize that you will never be given more than you can handle!
Life and all of its challenges can become great the moment you say it is! It’s all about perspective! You can take the worst thing and make it the best depending on how you look at it! Spend time complaining and feeling sorry for yourself if you want to, but that will do nothing to make your circumstance better!
Look on the bright side! When life beats you up, realize that the fact that you are still alive to see another day is the best indication that you still have purpose! You can either be miserable or happy…. The choice is yours and the work is all the same!! Stop wasting your precious moments, and start living life to the fullest!!! NOT NOW BUT RIGHT NOW!!! THE WORLD IS YOURS!!
-Ash’Cash
“If you break your neck, if you have nothing to eat, if your house is on fire, then you’ve got a problem. Everything else is inconvenience.” -Robert Fulghum
“For every dark night, there’s a brighter day…” -Tupac Shakur
“Nobody can go back and start a new beginning, but anyone can start today and make a new ending.” -Maria Robinson
“We are as happy as we make up our minds to be.” -Abraham Lincoln
“No one ever injured his eyesight by looking on the bright side of things.” -Unknown
“It’s better to be an optimist who is sometimes wrong than a pessimist who is always right.” -Unknown
“The hope is there. The sun is rising. Our best days are yet to come.” -Senator John Kerry
“And in the end, it’s not the years in your life that count. It’s the life in your years.” -Abraham Lincoln
“Breathe. Let go. And remind yourself that this very moment is the only one you know you have for sure.” -Oprah Winfrey
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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.
(AllHipHop News) Radio veteran Funkmaster Flex has teamed with Sean “Diddy” Combs, to be the latest spokesperson for CIROC Vodka.
Funkmaster Flex is the newest DJ to join Diddy’s CIROC Boyz DJ collective.
Popular personalities like DJ Drama and DJ Envy are CIROC Boyz, as is Funkmaster Flex’s rival, DJ Clue.
The news of Funkmaster Flex’s inclusion in the CIROC Boyz DJ collective comes shortly after Flex ended his deal with Grey Goose, CIROC’s main competitor.
Diddy took a swipe at his competition and called Flex’s deflection from Grey Goose to CIROC Vodka one of “the biggest landmark trades in brand history.”
“We have formed a partnership and brought him and myself and our brands together to have an exclusive partnership with CIROC Vodka, the smoothest vodka in the world,” Diddy said. “Flex will now be representing the right vodka of choice.”
Diddy is known for being ultra-competitive with his CIROC Vodka line, which has led to the infamous “Vodka War.”
In March of 2010, Diddy took shots at other brands and labeled them “pee pee.”
Martin Silver, owner of the Georgi Argent vodka brand, hosted a protest of CIROC underneath Diddy ‘s famous Times Square billboard.
Silver attempted to deliver a toilet full of CIROC to Diddy’s office, but was ultimately stopped by the mogul’s security.
The following month, Diddy sarcastically apologized to his competition – in a bathtub surrounded by CIROC Vodka.
Diddy’s offer was enticing enough for Funkmaster Flex to enter into an agreement with CIROC Vodka, as opposed to Grey Goose.
“When you see me new york city and I’m in the clubs I need an extra case of CIROC,” Funkmaster Flex said. “Bring it up there fast. You don’t even have to ask me what’s necessary to drink.”
Check the video below:
Despite being on both of B.o.B.’s albums “The Adventures of Bobby Ray” and the recently released of “Strange Clouds,” Playboy Tre playfully bashes his partner B.o.B. in this exclusive back room banter in the green room of Fuse studios before B.o.B. performs for his album release.
Get @PlayboyTre mixtape “Liquor Store Mascot 2: Patron & Instrumentals” HERE
Get @BoBATL new album “Strange Clouds” HERE
There is a lot of confusion going around, but let’s be clear here. Reps for Royce Da 5′ 9″ have made it perfectly clear that the super Shady rapper is not an “item” with Charli Baltimore. From what I understand, the pair have been doing some studio work together, and the result was some pics that Charlie posted on her Instagram. So, the two are making sweet music together, but only in the studio.
Hip-Hop has gone the way of Beethoven.
“Tristate of Mind”, the first original Classical, Hip-Hop score ever written, is described as an organic musical canvas with life as the muse. The most culturally relevant composition to date, spanning centuries of symphonic influences. A new archetype of sound and format.
The breakthrough work, “Tristate of Mind”, is by music producer/multi-instrumentalist, Tristate, former producer for Warner Music Group artist, Outasight, and Maybach Music Group artist, Stalley.
Says Tristate of his unorthodox musical mash-up, “I composed ‘Tristate of Mind’ by pushing myself creatively to a place I’ve never been in order to uniquely contribute to music culture and music’s future. I pushed myself so that maybe our culture, humanity itself, may do the same. Something dies in us in the absence of true creativity and innovation.”
The score’s cover artwork (pictured above) was painted by Alex Andreyev of St. Petersburg, Russia, and features brilliant operatic vocals sung by Nicole Yazolino of Berlin, Germany, making the album an international work of art. “Tristate of Mind” was mixed by Grammy nominated engineer Ariel Burojow and mastered by Grammy award winning engineer Ricardo Gutierrez.
To learn more about “Tristate of Mind,” click HERE. Watch a live orchestra performance of “Flebile” and “Schwungvoll” featuring MeLo-X from the Webster Hall Grand Ballroom in New York City below:
This woman is going straight to hell. 22-year-old Tessa Vanvlerah from Missouri was recently sentenced to two consecutive life sentences in prison for sexually assaulting her infant daughter and allowing 49-year-old professor, Kenneth Kyle to also rape her daughter. The little girl was only 5 months old at the time of the attacks.
The evil was discovered when Kyle, a California State University East Bay professor, was arrested on child pornography charges. Police found hundreds of child p### images on Kyle’s computers as well as information that led them to Vanvlerah. Police say the pair had sex with the girl and each other at various hotels during four different instances. Kyle plead guilty and was sentenced to 37-1/2 years in prison.
It was also discovered that Vanvlerah also exchanged child pornography with another man online and offered her infant up for sexual purposes, luckily the meeting never happened.
These two people are despicable and deserves to rot in jail for the rest of their lives. You can read the whole story at the NY Daily News
Jadakiss has always been the consistent bet in rap; if you ever needed a feature that would garner the automatic street appeal, there aren’t too many artists that would take priority over the LOX representative. He’s been putting out constant music for years, but that classic LP has eluded him to this point. With the upcoming release of his next album “Top Five, Dead or Alive“, he’s looking to prove he’s able to create that classic. Mixtapes, however? That’s a different subject altogether; his projects all contain high replayability due to his versatility, and that’s exactly the case yet again with his DJ-Drama powered “Consignment” mixtape which dropped recently.
There’s nothing here that will seem out of the ordinary for Kiss fans. Jadakiss is the slow-flow professional, and he utilizes that flow on almost every song here. As far as the aforementioned versatility, he goes from holding songs down solo (“Nightmares and Migranes“) to pulling out artists like Meek Mill and Yung Joc for club smashes (“By The Bar”) to playing the assist man himself behind others (“I’m Good”, with Cito and Goldie). There isn’t a role that Jadakiss hasn’t learned to fill effectively, and it shows here.
The only true issue with the mixtape is the same thing that works in its favor; there’s nothing here that seems out of the ordinary for fans and newcomers alike. This is a dope project for Kiss fans, but there’s nothing special here that sets this project out from his last aside from the production. That’s not a bad thing by any means, but “Consignment” is more of a reminder of his skills than a project displaying something new. That being said, if you rock with Jadakiss and need more music to hold you over until “Top Five” drops, then you’ll want to check this one out.
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