Happy Tuesday, my Friends, Family & Significant Others!
Today’s Daily Word is dedicated to Learning from your mistakes! Anyone who has ever tried anything new or took a chance on something they believed in most certainly made many mistakes along the way! The truth is that, while on your journey, there will be many mistakes that will be made, but it isn’t until you begin to regret those mistakes that they truly become mistakes! Everything happens for a reason so anything that isn’t going in your favor is simply a lesson that MUST be learned! The answers to all of your questions are in your face! You just have to change your perspective in order to receive them! It is what it is! What’s done is done! You can either spend time crying over spilled milk, or you can find another cow and start milking!!! Stop wasting time and start Milking!!!!!!!!!!!
-Ash’Cash
“Take chances, make mistakes. That’s how you grow. Pain nourishes your courage. You have to fail in order to practice being brave.” -Mary Tyler Moore
“Mistakes are painful when they happen, but years later a collection of mistakes is what is called experience.” -Denis Waitley
“Anyone who has never made a mistake has never tried anything new.” -Albert Einstein
“Mistakes are part of the dues one pays for a full life.” -Sophia Loren
“There are no mistakes. The events we bring upon ourselves, no matter how unpleasant, are necessary in order to learn what we need to learn; whatever steps we take, they’re necessary to reach the places we’ve chosen to go.” -Richard Bach
“Our mistakes don’t make or break us – if we’re lucky, they simply reveal who we really are, what we’re really made of.” -Donn Moomaw
“If you have made mistakes, there is always another chance for you. You may have a fresh start any moment you choose, for this thing we call ‘failure’ is not the falling down, but the staying down.” -Mary Pickford
“The successful man will profit from his mistakes and try again in a different way.” -Dale Carnegie
(AllHipHop News)R&B singer Trey Songz is going after a reality show star he has accused of stealing his signature “YUUP” catchphrase.
Trey’s lawyer sent a cease and desist letter to Dave “The Mogul” Hester of “Storage Wars,” claiming that his usage of the phrase during the show’s auction segments.
As a result, Hester filed a lawsuit against Trey Songz in Manhattan Federal Court, claiming there’s a distinct difference in their usage of the term “YUUP.”
According to The New York Post, Hester’s lawsuit claims Trey Songz’ catchphrase resembles an “animal-like or non-human squeal which begins with a distinct ‘yeeee’ sound before finishing with a squeal-like ‘uuuup’ sound.”
Dave Hester says his auction phrase is meant to convey the meaning of ‘yes.’”
Just when you think you heard it all or seen it all…you get to hear two of the most exploited mothers in the game…singing and a-rappin’ the night away! Last night on the premiere of “Love & Hip-Hop,” Jim Jones’s mom premiered her new diss song to Chrissy, JJ’s mother. I don’t even know Mama Jones’ name.
Here is Momma Jones:
I think Jim Jones is gonna kick dude’s ass. Laugh now, cry later!
Here is Frankie, KeyKey’s mom, do her new dance, “Do The Frankie Leg.”
Well, it looks like it has finally hit the fan. I’ve been watching the tweets and the net and I’ve seen that the cops are going in on the Occupyers of The Streets. In particular New York….it seems the whole movement was raided last night. From what I understand, the cops disbanded the protesters last night in a violent manner even though they were peaceful. Also, they completely prevented the mainstream media from covering the happening. It wasn’t all missed though. Here is a video somebody shot with their cell phone. I wonder if Russell Simmons or Kanye West was there when it went down.
Apparently, they can come back, but without their tents and other things that will help them effectively protest. Yall not gonna ruin the holiday season revenue,” says the city.
Click the pic to read about Lupe Fiasco speak on his support of the Occupy Movement.
(AllHipHop News)
Brooklyn, New York rapper Lil’ Kim has announced that she is working on a brand-new book and a documentary.
According to Lil Kim, the untitled release may come as a package, which will focus on her life, as well as her “comeback,” after serving a year in federal prison.
During an interview with Kay Slay’s Street Sweeper Radio on Shade 45, Lil Kim revealed details about the book/documentary.
“It’s going to be released with my book ‘The Price of Loyalty’,” Lil Kim revealed. “I am not sure if I’m going to separate that documentary from that book. That’s what we’re trying to figure out right now.”
Lil Kim served a year in a Philadelphia federal prison, for lying to a grand jury about her knowledge of a broad daylight shootout.
The violent incident took place in front of Hot 97, during an altercation with Foxy Brown’s crew and members of Capone and Noreaga’s entourage.
The release will detail the rapper’s life after the incident and the trials and tribulations she faced while going through her various legal issues.
“I’ve been independent, you know I left my record company two years ago. I was in another situation and that’s going to be in the documentary as well and why it took so long,” Lil Kim said. “I’ve been doing everything myself and quite frankly, for me to not have the backing, or the budget that I used to have, for me to be able to still move the way I move and be relevant the way I am, I feel blessed.”
This is not Lil Kim’s first attempt at writing a book.
Now that all of her legal issues are behind her, Lil Kim is looking forward to releasing the new memoirs, which may come in as many as four installments.
“When I did my [first] book deal they were basically like ‘we want the Kim life story.’ But my lawyers were like ‘no, no, that’s like four different checks.” ‘Cause [my story is] to be continued, to be continued, to be continued.”
A release date for Lil Kim’s untitled book/documentary “The Price of Loyalty” was not available as of press time.
I’m not sure why such a non-existent entity in overall Hip-Hop is getting so much attention to this day. But, Trina is the 65, 408, 223th person to comment on V-Nasty’s use of the N-Word! Well, not her specifically, but she’s the only one that uses it that I know of.
“I don’t see what the big deal about it is,” Trina said in an interview. “It’s a matter of respect, if you’re not being disrespectful, if you’re not doing it in a racist way…I’m not really the person that cares too much about all that. … Let’s worry about voting for Barack Obama for president again. I don’t think the N-word is such a big deal, we’ve been saying it for years, decades, white, blacks, Hispanic, Jamaican, Haitian, Chinese whatever.”
Dr. Dr has basically proclaimed that his album Detox isn’t coming out. Oh well, that kind of stings. Look at how he positions his “break” music.
“These are the next two artists I’m working on, Slim Da Mobster and Kendrick Lamar. I think that’s when I’m gonna just wrap it up for a minute because I’ve been working on music for 27 years now and the longest I’ve ever been out of the studio in 27 years has been two weeks. So yea I feel like I’m gonna take a little bit of a break. I’m never gonna stop music, it’s like air to me. So I’mma take a little bit of a break. Enjoy some time with the family til I get that itch to get back in.”
Not sure of the source, but it certainly reads like its real. As you might expect, Dre also said that he’s focusing on his headsets, which are clearly the money maker now.
Hev had great love for his family and friends; he was a kind and giving spirit who extended and shared himself with everyone who crossed his path.
He had a heart of gold, was approachable, very personable and gave of himself willingly and unconditionally.
RIP Heavy D
Though Hev will most notably be remembered for his work both behind-the-scenes and in the forefront, he will always be remembered by us as a generous soul who remained humble and unselfish till his final days.
Out of all Hev’s successes and accomplishments, in his eyes, his most important triumph was that of becoming a father.
Hev’s love for his daughter Xea was profound–she was the center of his life, his heart, his soul. He often said “I cannot live without her and that she embodied every phenomenal attribute that he brought to this world.”
The name and the success of Heavy D will always be synonymous with music forever. He never compromised his values and artistry, and encouraged his peers to do the same.
To us, Hev was the one who made us laugh, cry, sing, dance and turn a frown upside down. As a family, we are devastated by Hev’s passing but through our faith in God and support from family, friends and fans-we are comforted, blessed and will remain strong.
(AllHipHop News) Outspoken, Gary, Indiana/CTE rapper Freddie Gibbs has weighed in on Fat Joe’s recent comments about closeted gay rappers in the hip-hop industry.
“I wonder who he is talking about?” Freddie Gibbs asked AllHipHop.com. “He said he worked with them, so what’s that say about him? Didn’t he say he worked with some f*gs? Well hey, I ain’t calling him gay or nothing, but what’s that say about you? If I know a ni**a on some sweet s**t before we go into the lab, I’m kinda cool on it, you know what I mean?”
Freddie Gibbs said he had no issues with gays, but he preferred to associate with heterosexual men and women.
“I wanna surround myself around straight ni**as and b**ches,” Freddie Gibbs told AllHipHop.com. “B**ches that want d**k… I don’t want to be around another ni**a that thinking about fu**ing me man. I’m not knocking your culture my ni**a, if that’s what you do.”
Freddie Gibbs went on to explain that he felt that the prominence of gays is largely due to societal issues.
“I’m not knocking no gay ni**a that wanna rap, go on and rap. I just think that as a society we go too far with all that s**t,” Freddie Gibbs told AllHipHop.com. “Ain’t no old fashioned values anymore, I don’t know. Everyone want to show how feminine they are by wearing little ass pants and s**t. Its some ni**as I seen in the game wearing eye liner – them ni**as gay…I’m not saying arrest all gays or kill all gays, you ain’t getting that out of Gibbs. Motherf***er already think I’m a racist and I don’t even know what that’s all about man, or where they get that from, that’s just how I feel man, I don’t care if people hate, that’s just how I feel man.”
His thoughts on gays aside, Freddie Gibbs plans to release several visuals for his Cold Day in Hell project in the coming weeks,
“I’m gonna do a lot of joints on the Cold Day in Hell joint man. We gonna do the video for ‘Let Ya Nuts Hang,’ me, Skrilla and Slick Pulla gonna be in the video for that. ‘Sittin Low’ video bout to drop with Young Jeezy, I’m gonna do one for my ‘My Homeboy’s Girlfriend.’ I’m just glad I’m in the position to do shows like this and make money on the road,” Freddie Gibbs said.
You know, I don’t know what to think of these guys these days. After making an album called “I’m Gay,” Lil B follows up with “I Got AIDS.” If I was gay, this would make me wonder. But, before you get your thoughts all racy, this is apparently an AIDS Awareness song. I’m about to listen to it myself, but I guess it is some form of positivity needed since AIDS continues to ravage the uneducated and careless.
Here’s the song…let me know what you think.
Why did he try to evoke Pac? Seriously, I’m not mad at the message. I am more mad at the song being on the lamer side of life. No shots, I just didn’t like it.
Rumors swirled last week that French would be signing to Kanye’s G.O.O.D. Music label after the two were photographed together backstage at one of Jay-Z and Kanye’s recent tour stops at Madison Square Garden. This is not the first time French rumors have made their away across the Internet. A couple of months ago, talk of him signing to Rick Ross’ Maybach Music Group were also everywhere…
Now, it appears two equally as bigm if not bigger, names within Hip-Hop and the music industry in general have a great interest in the “Choppa Choppa Down” rapper… their names you ask? Jay-Z and Diddy. French, who recently spoke to DJ Absolut on Hot 97 said the following: “Shout out ot everybody who’s been showing me love — It’s everybody. I didn’t really make a decision yet. But shout out to everybody that’s been showing me love. Shout out to Jay-Z, shout out to Kanye, definitely shout out to Puff, shout out to my brother Rick Ross, shout out to Sony, shout out to Def Jam, shout out to Interscope, shout out to everybody. I love everybody, man. I just want to make the right decision and keep the music coming. I’m just focused on the music.”
Sound off about your overall thoughts on French and which “conglomerate” you think he should be a part of in the comment section!
Drake Wants A Million Sold But Will Settle For Positive Reviews, A Bag of Sour Gummy Bears, and Some Chicken Wings…
When speaking to Billboard about album sales for his sophomore release Take Care, Drake said, “that’s the golden number for anyone. I doubt that’ll happen. That’s some Lil Wayne, Eminem, iconic sh*t. I don’t know if I’m there yet. Whoever goes out and buys it, I’m happy. I’d rather have great reviews than numbers. I’d rather walk out of my house and hear seven cars playing it than hear that I did 900,000.”
With artists like Mac Miller and Wale individually netting over 150,000 albums sold in their first week, we don’t see how Drake won’t do at least 500,000, but we think a million is way out of reach for a first week sales number. Like he said, he’s not Eminem or Lil Wayne.
Check out what AllHipHop.com had to say about Drake’s album by reading our review of Take Carehere … and yes that is Drake’s tour rider above.
Not Only is Jay-Z GQ’s Man of the Year, ?uestlove Says He’s “Cooler Than Lawyers”:
Congrats to Jigga! Is there really more to be said? If you want to read GQ’s entire piece on Mr. Carter, click here. N0w onto The Roots’ drummer’s thoughts on his former boss Jay-Z while they were working on their Def Jam-released album, Game Theory, several years ago:
“This is when we were releasing Game Theory, back in 2006. Lawyers were holding up the record because of the “You and Whose Army” sample. Jay-Z was still president of the label then. I was like, “Can you get me on the phone with those guys in five minutes?” He was like, “Yeah.” I said, “Do you know those guys?” He said, “No.” I was confused. So I asked, “Well, how are you going to get through to those guys?” He said, “Watch.” Sure enough, in five minutes I was jogging on the treadmill talking to the Radiohead guys. Lawyers can’t make it work, but Jay-Z can.” –?uestlove
Quickies:
-Bun B said he would love to be a part of Slaughterhouse…In related “news,” Joe Budden revealed that Slaughterhouse’s Shady Records debut is about 95 percent done, with a single expected to drop in December or January!
-George Tillman Jr., director of the Biggie biopic Notorious, has signed on to direct a film about one of the greatest musicians of the 20th century, Miles Davis. The film will simply be titled Miles.
-T.I. has set a tentative release date of February 2012 for the release of his new, currently untitled album.
-Curren$y has announced via Twitter that his next album, The Stoned Immaculate, will be dropping in March.
-A recent picture popped up online showing the 12-song tracklist and guests for Common’s upcoming album, which was entirely produced by No I.D., The Dreamer, The Believer. The only three guests will be Maya Angelou on the album’s intro “The Dreamer,” Nas on “Ghetto Dreams,” and John Legend on “The Believer.”
Epic Win… Babies Love Biggie! You have to watch this:
(AllHipHop News) Rappers Snoop Dogg and Wiz Khalifa have announced they will hit the road together this December during “The High School Tour.”
The nationwide, six date outing will kick off December 5 at smaller venues, starting in New York, at Terminal 5.
“The High School Tour” will support the pair’s upcoming album and film titled “Mac and Devin Go To High School.”
The movie centers around a Los Angeles high school Valedictorian
hopeful named Devin Overstreet (Wiz Khalifa), who realizes he cannot write a decent graduation speech, because he has no real life experiences, after focusing on his education for four years.
That’s when he meets Mac, a 15-year senior, who is played by Snoop Dogg.
Mac is the consummate ladies man who is in love with a substitute chemistry teacher at Devin’s high school.
In order to win her love, he must finish his education and graduate high school within three weeks.
Devon helps Mac earn his education, while Mac helps Devin obtain enough “real life experience” to write a good valedictorian speech.
The soundtrack for “Mac and Devin Go To High School” will be available nationwide on December 13.
The first single from the album is titled “Young, Wild & Free” which features Bruno Mars and was produced by The
Smeezingtons.
December 5 Terminal 5 New York, NY
December 6 Philadelphia, PA
Electric Factory
December 7 Washington, D.C.
9:30 Club
December 10 Atlanta, GA Tabernacle
December 12 San Francisco, CA
The Warfield Theatre
A little birdie revealed to celebrity blogger Carlton Jordan that Lady Gaga’s camp is falling apart at the seams!!
Lady Gaga has replaced her choreographer and host of BET’s Born To Dance, Laurieann Gibson. Sunday morning, Gaga announced on Twitter that she was working with a new choreographer, Richard Jackson, who was Gibson’s assistant. There’s about to be blood on the dance floor!
But Gibson isn’t taking this lying down – – she’s planning to sue!
According to a Carlton Jordan inside source, Laurieann, who attributes herself to being the architect of Lady Gaga’s image, was bitter that she lost control of her influence over the pop diva. Gaga began working with other choreographers and gave Gibson the b####### title ‘Creative Director’ to keep her from being directly involved with her choreography. That was until a recent explosive argument between the two made Gaga fire her on the spot!
Insiders say Gaga grew tired of the ‘headache’ of Laurieann trying to be her own star – and feels that she was getting the big head – with two reality shows and all. Sounds like a clash of the divas!
Fan disapproval with Gibson began in May when she told the LA Times that she purposefully made Gaga be similar to Madonna.
“Listen, [Madonna] should be bitter because I did it on purpose,” Gibson said, “and you can quote me. I did it on purpose because for all those kids who believe that you can’t, I wanted to let them feel that you can.”
The Examiner wrote: In June, Gibson forgot her own 140-character, inspirational messages and lashed out at Gaga fans who were “tweeting” her about “The Edge of Glory” music video drama. Among other things, she called fans ignorant and “disrespectful f####.” She referred to one fan as “sick” and asked them to seek mental help. Nothing has been said to confirm that these events had anything to do with Gaga hiring a new choreographer Richard Jackson, but fans can probably expect some new moves and better attitude from Jackson.
Not sure how this effects Gibson and Jackson’s relationship, even though my source says they’re still ‘cool’, I doubt that will be for long! I am not sure what Gibson’s lawsuit against Gaga entails but I am sure it has something to do with the compensation she is due with her time left on ‘Creative Director’ contract.
Do you feel Jackson should’ve packed his things up and walked out with Gibson?? Where’s the loyalty?? Richard will debut his choreography in Gaga’s ‘Marry The Night’ video…
It’s a good thing you’re not supposed to judge a book, or an album, by its cover. The artwork is interesting, showcasing the fact that Take Care is nothing to laugh at. Over the course of two years, Drake has become the voice of a generation, propelling him to incredible heights of success, pressure, and countless angry blog tirades. This, coupled with the idea of a sophomore slump, leads many to ask the Canadian rapper one question: “Do you ever get nervous?”
To fans and critics alike, there has seemed to be two different artists over the course of his career- ‘Rapping Drake’ and ‘Singing Drake.’ When he decides to kick strictly bars here, ‘Rapping Drake’ does very well. The single “Headlines” has already been met with much love, with “Lord Knows” and “Underground Kings” soon to follow in line. The first boasts a larger-than-life instrumental by Just Blaze and both are full of confidence-laced rhymes. It’s true, though, everyone enjoys a self-indulgent song – and Drake has always been at his best is when he’s being an overly-honest, maybe even overly-dramatic, confessional.
Things are no different on Take Care, especially displayed in “Look What You’ve Done” and “The Ride.” The former sees Drake dedicating two verses to his mother and uncle, respectively, over an introspective piano groove, claiming, “You deserved it.” The latter, which features stellar chorus work by The Weeknd, is all about the climb to success and problems that come with; which sounds like a tired subject from the Young Money artist, but it never really does get old. ‘Rapping Drake’ is well-received here; you can play him speakers on blast cruising down the street, as well as alone in your room, staring at a computer screen.
Where listeners sometimes take issue is with ‘Singing Drake,’ the Drake that is in the forefront on Take Care.
There is no doubt that the LP has a majority, groove-based, harmony sound. A big part of this is the production, provided by in large-part, Noah ‘40’ Shebib. Songs like “Shot For Me” and “Marvin’s Room” are produced to a sound optimal for Drake to carry a tune; and by optimal, I mean good. However, each of these tracks carries a rap verse from him; so does that make these ‘Rapping Drake’ or ‘Singing Drake’ songs? “Cameras/ Good Ones Go” is sung in a drunken, lazy flow, with a mesmerizing beat provided by Lex Luger, that is hard to label and easy to fall in love with. “The Real Her” showcases a half-sung, half-rapped part from Drake, and thankfully, a fully-rapped, fully-dope feature from the Harry Houdini of Hip-Hop, Andre 3000 (“Sitting here sad as hell/ Listenin’ to Adele, I hear you baby”). And “Crew Love” begins with a harmonized verse from The Weeknd, but ends with Drake spitting, “That OVO and that XO/ Is everything you believe in, I know.”
As the album goes on, the lines begin to blur between which songs are ‘Rapping Drake’s, and which are ‘Singing Drake’s. This is a review, not a defense. It used to be that Drake fans had to defend his singing ambitions after a fully rapped song of his captured his naysayers’ attention. But the two styles have become one in the same. Flowing in and out of choruses and verses, Drake creates a solid groove on Take Care that deviates when necessary, but reigns back just when you think he’s about to spit something like, “Last name ever, first name…”
Sure, the track with Rihanna is pretty bubble-gum, the Juvenile interpolation on “Practice” is sort of corny, and the Stevie Wonder feature is really more for decoration. But Take Care is intriguing, filled with top-tier production and emotional lyrics. It will give Drake fans more material to love and Drake haters more ammunition to gripe about his crappy singing and girl songs, per the usual.
But he does have Kendrick Lamar as a feature, so they won’t be too upset.
That’s when he meets Mac, a 15-year senior, who is played by Snoop Dogg.
