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Fat Joe Talks 10th Album, Explains Miami Mansion Sale

By: Grouchy Greg Watkins (@GrouchyGreg) Updated Category: News
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(AllHipHop News) As the summertime gets underway and many artists in the industry prep for their summer releases, Bronx native Fat Joe is also getting ready to drop his 10th album, The Darkside.“Just rapped up the album The Darkside, s### is a classic. Bout to touch down this July, end of July.  Did the first song with Jeezy, the ‘Ha Ha (Slow Down)’ joint.  Did the second song with Trey Songz. Shot the video last night. That s### was crazy.  Has the whole New York City as the back drop, looks like a post card,” Fat Joe told AllHipHop.com.Since 1993’s release entitled Represent, Fat Joe’s Terror Squad imprint has been distributed by several labels but this is his first release on E1 Music, formerly Koch Records.“I feel like it’s a Hip-Hop classic. From Premier to Just Blaze, to Cool and Dre, to Street Runner, Infamous, Scoop Deville, Scram Jones,” he explained. “Got a song with the Clipse and Cam’ron called ‘Kilo’ that’s bananas. R. Kelly is on the album.  Not party R. Kelly, shooting a video in the projects R. Kelly. We got Wayne on the album.  I got a song for the chicks with Too $hort on the album.  Its called ‘Money Over B######’. It’s like a love song.”Interestingly enough, Fat Joe believes more than anything, that this upcoming album is his best yet and that this 10th album separates him from his Hip-Hop peers.“What I wanna know is, who does 10 albums, and on the 10th album, it’s better than all the other ones,” Fat Joe said. “I don’t use the word classic lightly.  I never had a classic. Try that one out.  Its going down my n***as, its going’ down!”When asked what Fat Joe attributed to all his success and longevity in the game, Fat Joe said.“You know just loving Hip-Hop man, I don’t have a life man. My life is all about eat, sleep and breathe Hip-Hop. You got to understand that I gave my life to Hip-Hop.   I have been rewarded beautifully, but you know but this is what I do.” Fat Joe told AllHipHop.com.In other news, Fat Joe squashed rumors that he was going broke because he put his $2 million dollar Miami  mansion is up for sale.“I’m selling my mansion, and I got a crib like everyone else in the world.  I’m selling my home like everyone else in the world,” Fat Joe joked.  “Yea you know my wife she wants to move back towards the beach, we out a little west in the suburbs so you know.  You know, a man just trying to live, just trying to survive man. (laughs)”The Darkside is currently set to release July 27th, 2010.

Kanye, Drake, Rick Ross, Khaled Added To BET Lineup Of Performers

By: Grouchy Greg Watkins (@GrouchyGreg) Updated Category: News
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(AllHipHop News) Kanye West continues to inch his way back into the spotlight with a performance at the 2010 BET Awards. The performance will be West’s first major performance at an awards show, since his infamous appearance alongside Taylor Swift, at the 2009 MTV VMA’s. “While West received much backlash and criticism following the VMAs, BET decided to give the multifaceted performer a spot in music history during its 10 year anniversary special,” BET said in a statement. Also added to this year’s roster of performers are Rick Ross, DJ Khaled, Drake and others. Previously announced performers include T.I., Diddy and Dirty Money, Nicki Minaj and Trey Songz, while John Legend will receive a Humanitarian Award. The BET Awards ‘10 are slated to air live on Sunday (June 27th) at 8:00 PM from the Shrine Auditorium.                                    BET AWARDS ’10                              NOMINEES AND CATEGORIES    Best Female R&B Artist               Best Male R&B Artist    ———————-               ——————–    Beyonce                              Chris Brown    Mary J. Blige                        Raheem DeVaughn    Melanie Fiona                        Maxwell    Alicia Keys                          Trey Songz    Rihanna                              Usher    Best Female Hip Hop Artist           Best Male Hip Hop Artist    ————————–           ————————    Ester Dean                           B.o.B.    Lil Kim                              Drake    Nicki Minaj                          Fabolous    Rasheeda                             Jay-Z    Trina                                Ludacris    Best New Artist                      Best Gospel    —————                      ———–    Justin Bieber                        The Anointed Pace Sisters                                          Kirk Franklin Presents Artists    Melanie Fiona                         United For Haiti    Nicki Minaj                          Tamela Mann    Wale                                 Marvin Sapp    Young Money                          Vickie Winans    Best Group                           Best Collaboration    ———-                           ——————    Black Eyed Peas                      Beyonce f/ Lady Gaga – Video Phone                                          B.o.B. f/ Bruno Mars – Nothin’ On    Clipse                                You    Diddy-Dirty Money                    Drake & Trey Songz – Successful                                          Drake f/ Lil Wayne, Kanye West &    New Boyz                              Eminem – Forever                                          Jay-Z & Alicia Keys – Empire State    Young Money                           of Mind    Trey Songz f/ Fabolous – Say Aah    Video Director of the Year           Video of the Year    ————————–           —————–    Benny Boom                           Beyonce f/ Lady Gaga – Video Phone                                          B.o.B. f/ Bruno Mars – Nothin’ On    Gil Green                             You    Anthony Mandler                      Melanie Fiona – It Kills Me                                          Jay-Z & Alicia Keys – Empire State    Chris Robinson                        of Mind                                          Jay-Z, Rihanna & Kanye West – Run    Hype Williams                         This Town    Best Actress                         Best Actor    ————                         ———-    Taraji P. Henson                     Quinton Aaron    Regina King                          Don Cheadle    Mo’Nique                             Idris Elba    Zoe Saldana                          Jamie Foxx    Gabourey Sidibe                      Denzel Washington    Best Movie                           YoungStars Award    ———-                           —————-    Avatar                               Selena Gomez    Law Abiding Citizen                  Lil JJ    Michael Jackson’s This Is It         Keke Palmer    Precious: Based on the Novel ‘Push’     by Sapphire                         Willow Smith    The Blindside                        Tyler James Williams    Subway Sportswoman of the Year       Subway Sportsman of the Year    ——————————       —————————-    Tamika Catchings                     Carmelo Anthony    Vanessa James                        Usain Bolt    Candace Parker                       Kobe Bryant    Serena Williams                      LeBron James    Venus Williams                       Tiger Woods    Viewer’s Choice    —————    Beyonce – Sweet Dreams    Jay-Z & Alicia Keys – Empire State of Mind    Monica – Everything To Me    Rihanna f/ Young Jeezy – Hard    Trey Songz f/ Fabolous – Say Aah    Young Money (Lil Wayne, Gudda Gudda, Nicki Minaj, Jae Millz, Drake,     Tyga) f/ Lloyd – Bedrock    Best International Act               Centric Award    ———————-               ————-    Kojo Antwi (Ghana)                   Melanie Fiona    Chipmunk (UK)                        Maxwell    Dizzee Rascal (UK)                   Chrisette Michele    Estelle (UK)                         Monica    Hip Hop Pantsula (HHP) (South     Africa)                             Sade    K’NAAN (Somalia)    M.I. (Nigeria)    P-Square (Nigeria)    Corinne Bailey Rae (UK)    Sade (UK)

AllHipHop ChartWatch for June 9, 2009

By: Grouchy Greg Watkins (@GrouchyGreg) Updated Category: Reviews / Music
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The charts have been dismal. Let’s face it…they still are.  But there have been some slight to significant jumps from Hip Hop and Hip Hop inspired artists this week.First up this week is Usher whose latest album, Raymond vs Raymond, continues to put up numbers.  This week the ATL singer stays at the number five position and sells 34,565 copies of his ode to a divorce.He was number 17 last week, but this week B.o.B moves up four spots on the charts with his debut, The Adventures of Bobby Ray.  The rapper, from the same town as the artist at number five, manages to sell 19,310 records.  B.o.B entered the charts a few weeks ago at number one and, even though album sales are as low as they ever have been, he has managed to get a slow sales burn for his latest disc. The energy never dies and neither does this album.  The Black Eyed Peas latest album, The E.N.D, moves up two spots to number nineteen and moves 17,556 copies.Following them at number twenty is the dynamic duo Nas & Damian Marley with their Hip Hop/Reggae hybrid Distant Relatives.   The critically praised album sells 16,967 copies this week.Ludacris moves up one spot, from thirty to twenty nine, with his single-heavy album Battle of the Sexes.  The Hip Hop entrepreneur moves 11,736 copies of his latest release this week.I normally don’t include R&B acts beyond the top ten in this column but we have two artists that made it on the charts this week that weren’t even in the top fifty last week. First is Erykah Badu whose latest venture, New Amerykah, Part Two, claims the number thirty seven spot by selling 9,119 copies.  Then we have newcomer, Janelle Monae, and her debut album, The Archandroid.  The eclectic singer takes the number 45 position and sells 8,025 copies this week.Finally, in terms of Hip Hop, we have (ironically) a Hip Hop artist that released a non-Hip Hop album.  Lil Wayne’s rock inspired album, Rebirth, jumps from 49 to 43 and sells 8,266 copies.Dropping This WeekIt has been pretty dead in this section for the last few weeks but now we are starting to get a few releases. First up is an artist that is either loved or vilified by the Hip Hop community.  Somehow this guy just continues to put out albums.  South Florida’s own Plies drops his latest album Goon Affiliated.   I don’t know if that title means he’s not a goon but he just knows a few, or if he is part of a conglomerate of goons.  I already feel like I have wasted enough brain power on it so If you like Plies then go pick up a copy.Then, coming out of Chicago, we have Rhymefest.  His debut has critically acclaimed but received lackluster sales.  To be honest, this will probably do the same, but the dude puts out some decent music.  His new album, El Che, feature EL, Little Brother, and Darien Brockington to name a few.Some of you may know this next artist, and some of you will be looking at your screen wondering “Who the F*&$ is Travie McCoy?”  Well, for starters he’s the rapping front man for the rock group Gym Class Heroes. (I Know….I know…”Who the F*&# are the Gym Class Heroes?”  Google m####*@#^!$.  Google).  This week he steps out of the group and goes solo with his debut, Lazarus.  Some of the artists featured on the album are T Pain, Bruno Mars(dude that sings on that B.o.B song), and Josh Abraham.  He raps and he’s alternative.  That might actually put up some numbers.  We’ll see.I know a lot of people watched the Hip Hop Honors this past week wondering where this next artist has been hiding.  (Although, I’m sure some of you were just happy that there wasn’t any yelling on the track.)  Is crunk dead?  I don’t know.  (I’m lying..the answer is a definitive yes.)  The question is what does an artist that defined a genre a music do when people no longer listen to that form or style of music.  Ladies and gentleman….Lil Jon presents….Crunk Rock.  I’ll let you guys be the judge on this one.West Coast underground artist Chali 2na returns this week with his latest Fish Market Part 2.  The MC teamed up with DJ Dez Andres from Slum Village so fans of West coast Hip Hop (and Hip Hop in general) might want to give this one a listen.You only live once, right?  Not according to MF Grimm who releases You Only Live Twice: The Audio Graphic Novel.  Fans of artists like Doom or Grimm are already familiar with the music (which is an acquired taste.  I like it but I know it ain’t for everyone) and probably already knew this album was coming out.  For those out there looking to hear something different, this might be the album for you to hear.Well that’s it for the ChartWatch this week.  We’ll see if what makes it onto the charts next time.

Concert Review: Kanye, Lupe and Common at Chicago Public Schools

By: Grouchy Greg Watkins (@GrouchyGreg) Updated Category: Reviews / Music
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I recently had the privilege of attending the Kanye West SHOW concert for Chicago Public Schools at Farragutt Career Academy on the low end the bridge, between the South side and the West side.My father is one of the resident history teachers at Farragutt, so I had the pleasure of spending the day and somewhat seeing the experience through the eyes of the students. The concert was a reward for improved attendance, grades, and behavior. Farragutt earned the right to host the event that was scheduled to feature the three most popular rap artists in the city of Chicago: Common, Lupe Fiasco, and Kanye West.The gymnasium was packed full of students anticipating the arrival of Kanye West. First Lupe set the stage on fire with “Superstar,” getting the crowd fired up. Then Common, the star of Just Wright came on stage with his Neptunes produced track “Announcement.”As the crowd got hyped in anticipation of Ye’s arrival, Common and Lupe announced that Kanye wouldn’t be able to come. You could tell that the crowd was somewhat disappointed. Lupe told the crowd that they would do their best to perform on one of his beats and “Run This Town” started to play.As Lupe began to give the crowd a Kobe Bryant like up fake for all you finals fans, Kanye came rushing on the stage. Kanye and his Chicago rap mates performed “Good Life,” his new single “Power,” and in closing he performed “Touch the Sky” featuring Lupe.All in all the show went on without a hitch. Kanye and the others were in arms distance of the students and he seemed to have a lot of fun on his birthday.From my inside view I saw a lot of deserving student who enjoyed the performance and some kids who had complaints about how short the concert was. But Kanye, Lupe and Common are men who make hundreds of thousands a show and millions a year to do a concert. I applaud them for doing one for free in their home town.

Gregg Leakes Statement On NeNe; Leaked Radio Conversation

By: Grouchy Greg Watkins (@GrouchyGreg) Updated Category: Alternatives
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Gregg Leakes has apologized to his wife, Real Atlanta Housewives star/author NeNe Leakes, over audio tapes that were aired on the radio. According to Gregg, a secret conversation about his pending divorce from NeNe with radio personality Corey King, was taped without his knowledge. The conversation was placed on YouTube and has been spreading across the Internet, becoming fodder for fans who follow the hit reality series. Shortly after the audio hit the net earlier this week, NeNe took to Twitter and shared her thoughts. “Devastated,” she tweeted. “I’m covered, I’m not worried! God’s got my back.”Check out Gregg Leakes full statement issued to AllHipHop.com:Guided by The Gardner Law Group, Gregg Leakes issued a statement today regarding leaked audio tapes of personal conversation with friend: On June 2, 2010, an unauthorized audio taped conversation between Mr. Gregg Leakes and Mr. Corey King was made privy to the public by Mr. King and Large FM.  While Mr. King touted an “exclusive interview”, the taped recording was obtained by fraud and deception.  Neither Mr. King nor Large FM were granted consent to interview Mr. Leakes and an interview never occurred. Throughout the duration of the call with Mr. King, Mr. Leakes was under the impression that  he was simply confiding in a friend after an argument with his wife.  However, Mr. King has demonstrated through this blatant disregard of Mr. Leakes’ privacy that he does not even comprehend the word “friend”.  The audio recording was deceptive and the release of it was nothing short of malicious. It is not a secret to anyone that Mr. and Mrs. Leakes are facing marital challenges, a situation common to many couples.  However, there is no doubt that Mr. King’s intentions were dishonorable, hateful, and inexcusable.  His deceptive act was committed without any regard to Mr. or Mrs. Leakes. Mr. Leakes, acting on the advice of his attorneys, has issued a “Ceast and Desist Order” to Large FM and other media outlets, concerning the broadcasting of the unauthorized, so-called “exclusive Interview”.  Although Georgia is a one-party consent state, Mr. King still may have violated several federal and state regulations, including the Wiretap Act, the Privacy Act, the Privacy Protection Act, the Right of Publicity, the Right to Financial Privacy Act, the Telephone Consumer Protection Act, the Fair Credit Reporting Act, Georgia’s Fair Businesses Practice Act, and Georgia’s Surveillance and Publication of Private Facts statues. Mr. Leakes has apologized privately to his wife and he offers a sincere apology to the others mentioned in the audio.  Any further discussion of the matter should be amongst Mr. Leakes and those individuals, privately. Any further attempts by Mr. King to discuss this matter in a public forum will be met by the full exercise of legal protections afforded to Mr. Leakes, up to and including the filing of a lawsuit.

Diamond From Crime Mob Inks Deal With Battery Records

By: Grouchy Greg Watkins (@GrouchyGreg) Updated Category: News
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(AllHipHop News) Battery Records has announced that they’ve signed former Crime Mob rapper Diamond to their label, which is distributed by Jive Records. This summer, Diamond will debut her lead new single “Lotta Money” which was produced by Recka on the Beat.Diamond split from Crime Mob around 2007 and inked a management/record deal with Polo Grounds Music, another label distributed by Jive. Most recently, Diamond has had a strong presence on radio airwaves with appearances on Ludacris’ “My Chick Bad Remix” with Trina and Eve, as well as the “Bedrock Remix” with fellow female talents Rasheeda and Lola Monroe. “I can be more of an individual, say what I want to say. I also have to be much more responsible and make sure my business is taken care of,” Diamond told AllHipHop.com of her solo career. She has also parted ways with Polo Grounds, as her career is now being handled by veteran Dallas, Texas based executive, Mic Moodswing.“We welcome Diamond to the Battery family,” Battery’s CEO Neil Levine said. “Her ability to constantly evolve makes her an exciting and remarkable artist that has proven that she can shine as a solo artist. We look forward to introducing Diamond and her new single ‘Lotta Money’ to the world.”The news comes on the heels of a recently announced deal between Battery Records and Mickey Factz.

Hip-Hop Rumors: Rappers Diss Rick Ross, Drake, T-Pain, Gucci Mane…and others

By: Grouchy Greg Watkins (@GrouchyGreg) Updated Category: Rumors
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DISCLAIMER:

 

All content within this section is pure rumor and generally have no factual info outside of what the streets have whispered in our ear. Read on.

Send your rumors, sightings and ill pics to illseed at al*************@***il.com. Also, if you are sending me a female MC, please use youtube. Thanks!

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You know Jasiri X by now, he’s been on the site and in the rumors before. He and others, including Paradise of X-Clan have put together a rap video where they are dissing the mess out of a lot of rappers… The song is called “Just A Minstrel” and they are going in – naming names in the video form.

Peep it. Do they have a valid claim?

 

 THE REAL LIL KIM?

 There is somebody calling herself the “real” Lil Kim and she/he went off on Twitter last night. Some entertaining stuff but we know this isn’t the Kim we all know. I KNOW this isn’t the real Lil Kim because the real Kim told my girl Kendra G her real Twitter account the other day and it wasn’t this one. Just for fun, here are some of the tweets the fake real Lil Kim said:

 @iHateKatStacks  lmfao b#### lift up your bangs have you seen your face you look like the corn on my pinky toe from my $1400 louboutins

 Now that I have my twitter account back..can some one please ask @nickiminaj opps I mean Onika Tanya Maraj if I can get my style back

 but I heard @iHateKatStacks  has seen more black D*icks than bathroom stalls at The APOLLO

 Just got off the phone with Rob and he said my twitter account will be verified ASAP

 That last one was pretty funny…verified my a###.

 For the real Lil Kim and her real Twitter, peep this!

 

FAKE LIL KIM, WE LOVE YOU!!!

They keep us talking, but if we stop talking about them then they should worry!

-illseed

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Jay-Z Signs UK Rapper Tinchy Stryder To Roc Nation

By: Grouchy Greg Watkins (@GrouchyGreg) Updated Category: News
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(AllHipHop News) UK rapper Tinchy Stryder has reportedly become the latest artist signed to Jay-Z’s Rock Nation imprint. Stryder, 23,  is said to have inked a deal with Roc Nation to form his own imprint, Takeover/Roc Nation. Takeover Entertainment is the imprint that released Stryder’s 2007 debut album, Star in the Hood. Under terms of the new deal, Roc Nation will handle areas of Tinchy Stryder’s career, including management, music, merchandising and live shows. “I’m still focused on the UK and not losing touch with my roots, but I want to take on the world as well,” Tinchy Stryder told the UK’s Daily Star. Other artists on Roc Nation include Jay-Z, J. Cole, Rita Ora, Hugo, Bridget Kelly, Tinchy Stryder is working on material for his upcoming third album, in addition to gearing up for a high profile performance at the Glastonbury Festival on June 27th.

X-Raided: “When Rappers Go to Jail”

By: Grouchy Greg Watkins (@GrouchyGreg) Updated Category: Features
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I find it interesting that everyone finds it so shocking that most if not all famous people are placed in segregated housing when they get locked up. Even here in prison, when the Rolling Stone with Lil Wayne on the cover came out saying that he would be in protective custody at Riker’s Island, I heard grumbles like, “He talks all that blood s### but he’s in PC.” What does everyone expect Lil Wayne to do? This is a guy who can’t even walk through a mall without security just because of too much love and too much hate. A famous person can’t walk through a club or any other public place where they may be recognized. Why would anyone think that doesn’t apply to famous people in prison?The purpose of trying to get rich is to improve your life and the lives of the people you love. You don’t get money then stay in the hood. You move somewhere better, more peaceful, ASAP. That goes for all people but especially the famous. LeBron James moved out of the projects when he got paid, he didn’t fix it up and stay. Famous people cannot allow themselves to be accessible to everybody. That’s just a fact. Now imagine if 100% of the population were criminals, ranging from kidnappers, extortionists, killers, thieves, etc. Gangsta rapper or not, that’s just asking for trouble. The famous guy either has to build a crew or try to go it alone but that means fighting and catching more time, possibly being labeled a troublemaker by the staff. That creates even more problems. You end up on 24 hour lockdown with no phone access or contact visits, all for trying to prove how tough you are to some nobodies. What good is the respect of someone whose respect is worthless? They’re going to hate anyway just because they’re broke and you’re not. Inmates try to recruit you into their cliques. They ask you to buy dope for them or help them get it in. They try to get you to use dope so they can get in your pocket. You’re constantly dealing with some type of hustle. It gets old fast. Then you have haters, who can be staff, inmate, or visitor, but the worst are the wannabe rappers. It’s like American Idol when they really believe they’re good but they’re garbage. They get mad at the judges for not picking them! Man, I have dudes trying to rap for me at 6:30 a.m. on the way to breakfast. Practiced all night then walks up and starts rapping. I get that on the yard, dayroom, visiting, everywhere, across racial lines, gang lines, even staff sometimes just f#####’ around. I end up having to be an a###### about my space. That just breeds more hate. “He thinks he’s too good to listen to me rap.” I explained it to a friend of mine like this: When I can just say hello, sign something, boom five minutes, cool; but if I give up 30 minute chunks of time because a guy wants to rap and tell me his life story, if I do that ten times a day it adds up to 5 hours of my life I can never get back. The fans are cool. They say hello, I sign something, they bounce. But the obsessed guys, wannabe rappers, and haters never bounce. They just try to get closer and closer.Rappers go to segregated housing to do their time in peace and go home. They lie out of fear of judgment but in reality everyone should understand. Being famous, you’re segregated even on the streets. If you have to use security in public you’ll need it in prison, too. If your name is hot for fame and money, you’ll need security anywhere you go. Quit hatin’. We don’t need to lose Lil Wayne, Gucci, Lil Boosie, or whoever else in prison just so you can say they’re hard. That’s b#######. I know all the little rappers with no names who have been in prison will try to say they weren’t segregated but that’s probably because they were level one or two, on the softest yards in the state. Level 3 and 4 is a different ballgame. You got a baller cat, famous, locked up with hopeless fools doing life without the possibility of parole, starving. Next thing you know, you’re in a riot fighting a clown with a knife, mad because you won’t help him be a rapper. That’s what I just went through on a segregated yard, so just imagine general population.”X-Raided is currently serving 31 years in prison for taking part in a deadly gang related shooting in 1992 that left one woman dead.