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Kanye Renames Foundation; Plans Benefit Concert In D.C.

By: Grouchy Greg Watkins (@GrouchyGreg) Updated Category: News
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The Dr. Donda West Foundation is teaming up with the Live to Give Campaign for the Give Back Concert (November 4), a benefit Hip-Hop concert in Washington, D.C. focused on community empowerment.

 

With the current economic and political turmoil consuming the nation’s capital, the foundation is specifically focused on inspiring young adults to exercise their voting rights on the November 4 presidential election.

 

This year, Kanye West renamed his philanthropic organization in honor of his mother, who passed away unexpectedly from cosmetic surgery complications in November 2007.

 

The organization’s inaugural initiative was “Loop Dreams,” a program which utilized music production to help motivate students to stay in school and complete graduation.

 

Washington Wizard’s star Antawn Jamison will kick off the event with a meet and greet and voter registration drive for pre-sale ticket purchasers.

 

The two surprise concert performers are scheduled to be revealed on October 10 and 20.

 

So far the organization has hinted that the first performer had his first two albums debut at #1 on Billboards Top 200 Chart, and the second has won a Grammy, four BET awards, and a Teen Choice award.

 

All ticket proceeds will go to select charities. Pre-sale tickets are on sale until October 9 through www.livetogiveback.org or byphone (301) 605-5324.

 

Pre-sale purchasers will get to meet Antawn Jamison at a private meet and greet at the D.C. ESPN Zone, while the first 200 will attend a pre-concert meet and greet with the performers.

Bow Wow To Walk Across America To Encourage Voting

By: Grouchy Greg Watkins (@GrouchyGreg) Updated Category: News
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Rapper/actor Bow Wow has teamed with Walk Across America to encourage voter registration and youth participation in the upcoming presidential elections.

 

Starting in October 1, Bow Wow and Walk Across America will travel to various cities across the United States, including major markets like Philadelphia, Washington D.C. and New York City.

 

Bow Wow and company will travel by foot and bus at several of the stops, which includes local radio stations, colleges and universities, where Declare Yourself and Black Youth Vote will assisting with the voter registration process.

 

“It’s important for the youth to participate because we’re tomorrow’s leaders,” Bow Wow told AllHipHop.com in a statement. “We need to make sure that our voices are heard and have a say in the decisions that will affect our lives and our country for years to come.”

 

In order to ensure his voice is continuously heard as a community activist, Bow Wow will launch his own non-profit, the Follow The Leader Foundation, later this year.

 

Bow Wow is currently in the studio finishing his sixth album, New Jack City, Pt. II, which will hit stores in December.

 

Bow Wow’s Walk Across America dates are listed below:

10/1 Atlanta, GA 10/2 Columbia, SC 10/3 Philadelphia, PA 10/4 Richmond, VA 10/5 Mobile, AL 10/6 Nashville, TN 10/7 TBA 10/8 North Carolina (city TBA) 10/9 TBA 10/10 New York, NY 10/11 Washington, D.C. 10/12 Baltimore, MD 10/13 New Jersey (city TBA) 10/14 Boston, MA 10/15 Hartford, CT

FISCAL FALLOUT: How Did We Get Here?

By: Grouchy Greg Watkins (@GrouchyGreg) Updated Category: Uncategorized
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Over the past week, the landscape of American Finance has

been changed forever.  We’ve all been

reading about the impending recession and the failures of major financial

institutions, but many of us here in the Hip-Hop nation still do not have a

full understanding of how we got to this point. 

 

With our Government finally reaching an agreement on a plan

to use more than 700 Billion of our tax dollars to get Wall Street out of this

mess, it’s important that the Hip-Hop Nation be ahead of the curve in

understanding exactly what they’re doing with our money. Before we talk about

getting out the current crisis we should be on the same page in understanding

how we got here.  Let’s go behind the

numbers and discuss the financial principles that set the stage for all of

this.

 

For decades, as Americans, we’ve been told that the key to

building wealth and financial security is home ownership.  Historically, purchasing a home provides

better returns, over the long haul, than any other investment one can make –

better than a 401k, better than any savings, better than any stock.  Additionally, there’s the added security that

in times of need, you can borrow against appreciation of the home’s value.  After years of prosperity during the Clinton

administration – from the late 1990’s through the early part of this decade,

more Americans began getting their piece of the American Dream by purchasing

homes.  Cities like Atlanta,

North Carolina and New York saw their property values double

and sometimes triple in less than a decade. 

Banks and Mortgage companies all profited from lending money.  Home values steadily increased and it was seemingly

a win for everyone involved.

 

When you purchase a home, normally, you take out a long term

loan with a bank or mortgage lender. 

That loan creates a steady source of income – through your monthly

payments – for the lender.  With so many

houses being bought, the lenders began selling those loans – for cash to give

out more loans – to Investment Banks. 

 

For example, you get a 30 year Home Loan from HSBC.  Bear Sterns, an Investment Bank, might go to

HSBC, Washington Mutual, and Bank of America and purchase your loan, and loans

just like it, at a discount.  HSBC and

the other banks get the cash, which they can use to give out more loans or

invest in other markets. 

 

Bear Sterns would then take all the loans they purchased and

package them into what’s called a Collateralized Debt Obligation – or a

CDO.  What they are essentially doing is creating

a single asset out of  many loans just

like yours.  This is Securitization.   Bear Sterns can then sell all of those

loans, as one item, to another investment bank or Hedge Fund.  Again, the seller gets the cash to do other

stuff with, and the buyer gets your monthly payment – for 30 years.

 

The problem with securitization is that it eliminates

responsibility.  If I’m HSBC, and you

come to me for a loan – and I know I’m going to sell your loan to an investment

bank – I’m not going to take all the necessary steps to insure that you will be

able to pay your loan.  Good Credit, Bad

Credit, No Credit? – No problem. None of that matters because HSBC is not going

to be on the hook if you default on your loan.

 

And that’s exactly what happened.  For the first time in years, home prices

stopped rising and in some parts of the country, they actually began to

fall.  At the same time, people began to

default on the loans they’d taken out. 

Some of these were no money down loans with adjustable interest rates

that rose after the first couple of years (known as ARMS). Some of the loans

were given with only stated, not verified sources of income.  As these loans began to default, the value of

the CDO’s discussed above began to decrease dramatically. 

 

Remember the thousands of loans just like yours that Bear Sterns

bought and packaged – imagine if 10% of the people who are paying those loans

ended up going into foreclosure.  That

CDO loses millions of dollars in value. 

Investment Banks and Hedge funds were buying, literally billions of

dollars of these types of investments, and often, they were borrowing money to

do so.  

 

When the number of people defaulting started to increase,

and homeowners could no longer borrow against their equity, or sell their homes

for a profit, those investments lost value and the billions of dollars in

subsequent losses led to the disaster we’re in now.

Russell Simmons Helps Launch Race to BE Competition

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The next generation of entrepreneurs will receive a bit of inspiration from one of Hip-Hop’s most successful businessmen.

 

Rap mogul Russell Simmons, along with Kauffman Foundation president and CEO Carl Schramm will launch the Race to BE competition, a contest designed to inspire creativity and innovation in young aspiring entrepreneurs.

 

Five teams will compete in a series of challenges that reflect prominent fields in various locations.

 

Among the cities participating will be Los Angeles, which will be the site for challenges in film.

 

Austin, Texas, will serve as the location for the competition’s film challenges, while New York will highlight challenges in fashion.

 

One winner will be chosen among the 75 contestants participating in the contest.

 

The Race to BE competition is the USA component of Global Entrepreneurship Week, a worldwide initiative.

 

The event, which will take place from November 17-23, is dedicated towards inspiring, connecting, mentoring and engaging young people to become self-starters and innovators that will help grow innovative and sustainable enterprises.

 

In the US, more than 1,300 partner organizations participated in Global Entrepreneurship Week in 2007, which resulted in 3,707 individual events, which were attended by 481,449 participants.

 

Simmons and Schramm will be on hand to discuss and officially kick off the Race to BE competition on Oct. 2 during a press conference at the New York Stock Exchange in New York.

Royce, Obie Trice, D12 To Tour Canada

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Royce Da 5’9, Obie Trice and D12 – three of Detroit’s most famous Hip-Hop acts – have joined forces to launch a coast-to-coast tour of Canada, AllHipHop.com has learned.

 

The 13-date collaboration between the three Detroit artists will launch November 7 in St. John at Ozone Nightclub and wrap up in Castlegar, BC at Element Nightclub on November 29.

 

The tour is the first major outing featuring the three acts, who once clashed violently on the streets of Detroit, a well known feud which was chronicled in an episode of the Beef series.

 

Canadian tour dates are listed below:

Nov 7 – St. John, NB Ozone Nightclub Nov 8 – Fredericton, NB University of NB Nov 9 – Halifax, NS The Marquee Nov 14 – Oshawa, ON The Big Sexy Nov 15 – Thunder Bay, ON C2 Nightclub Nov 18 – Winnipeg, MB Pyramid Cabaret Nov 21 – Medicine Hat, AB Jax Ultra Lounge Nov 24 – Lethbridge, AB Suede Nightclub Nov 25 – Calgary, AB Coyotes Nov 26 – Grand Prairie, AB Rock City Nov 27 – Ft. McMurray, AB Cowboys Nov 28 – Penticton, BC Element Nightclub Nov 29 – Castlegar, BC Element Nightclub

50 Cent To Debut In Chile – With Demands

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50 Cent will make his performance debut in Santiago, Chile next month, but the rapper has a list of demands that must be met, if fans expect the performance.

 

The rapper is slated to perform his first show in the country on October 30, at the Movistar Arena.

 

His rider calls for a number of specific requests to be met before he hits the stage. 50 Cent and his entourage must be fed chicken, fillet mignon and baked potatoes with sour cream and American cheese, all on porcelain dishes, with fruit and two types of jelly.

 

To drink, 50 and crew need 18 liters of spring water, 36 cans of soda, a bottle of cognac and a case of beer.

 

He also needs several mirrors, two couches, two large tables, 12 black towels, 12 white towels and a classic boom box.

 

The rapper, who is staying in the Sheraton’s Presidential Suite, could be planning a private party in Santiago as well.

 

In related news, 50 Cent will be honored with his own day on October 12 in Bridgeport, Connecticut, where he currently resides.

Juelz Santana: Skull Gang Takeover (The New Movement To Move Wit) (Mixtape Review)

By: Grouchy Greg Watkins (@GrouchyGreg) Updated Category: Reviews / Music
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While on hiatus Harlem Diplomat Juelz Santana caught the entrepreneurial fever which has led him to embark on numerous projects. One of his new ventures is his record label Skull Gang Records named after his new crew Skull Gang. In hopes of introducing the Skull Gang comes the latest mixtape, Skull Gang Takeover (The New Movement To Move Wit).

 

The tape is the Gang’s proper “Hello” to the game despite some minor but evident flaws. The fumbles don’t totally sabotage the project, but one would think in a group with eight members someone might have caught the slip-ups.

 

On the track titled “Aggy” Juelz, UnKasa and Richmond Rabb go hard as they introduce the public to yet another word for the Hip-Hop dictionary over a western-like guitar play looped by an intense trumpet. “Aggy” is used to describe the feeling the haters get when they see the Gang coming down the block; “aggy” or aggravated.

 

In an attempt to give everyone some shine Juelz sprinkled all of the acts equally over the tape, mixing the two styles of R&B and Rap on some tracks, which didn’t always give impressive results. On “Touch Me, Tease Me,” which basically uses the same beat and melody as the 1996 hit single of the same title by Case, their R&B songstress Starr is heard a bit off-key singing a triple X version of the chorus as Juelz and the rest attempt to rescue the track with passable verses.

 

On the cheesy “You Gotta Give Me Some,” Queens Native John Depp gets his tiresome T-Pain on, which is another cause for most of the sabotaging on the entire project. Tracks to lookout for include “B4,” the remake of Rick Ross’s “Here I Am” re-titled “Here We Are” and “Problems” which features none other than Weezy F. Baby at the end.

 

Aside from a number of slight defects, the Take Over mixtape does put forward a decent effort. Some tracks may get under your skin, but it wouldn’t hurt to keep it in the glove compartment for those long road trips.

 

Juelz Santana, Un Kasa, John Depp

“Relax”

 

Juelz Santana, Riq, Cobain

“Here We Are”

Funkmaster Flex: Memory Lane (90’s Edition)

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If you want to explore Hip-Hop history, ask a DJ. The chosen few with clout who man the ones and twos see the greats come and go, witness movements soar then crumble, and still provide a one a kind Hip-Hop soundtrack. In the case of Funkmaster Flex, sometimes a DJ can create trends and become great themselves. Starting as an understudy of the legendary Chuck Chillout, Flex has gone on to redefine the power of the DJ over the last 20 years. And despite all of his success, the revered NY legend still holds special place in his heart for the 90’s.With his trademark zeal, Funk Flex breaks down why he ranks LL over Jay-Z, the hypocrisy of Nas critiques, Ross’ C.O. ghosts, and why a period like the 90’s will never be seen again.  AllHipHop.com: As a DJ you lived through the many eras of Hip-Hop from the 80s until now, but you’ve always showed a strong affinity for Hip-Hop music from the 90’s. For example, you did a memorable five hour set of 90’s Hip-Hop last year for Hot 97 on the Fourth of July. What about that decade appeals to you so much? Funkmaster Flex: In 1991 [you had] Naughty By Nature, Cypress Hill, Queen Latifah, De La Soul, Main Source, Tribe Called Quest, Pharcyde, Onyx, Redman, Wu Tang Clan…and I stop at Wu Tang for a reason. [They] made records because they wanted to stand out in front of their house and be hot with their boys. The records just happened to go national. They didn’t know at the time the East Coast was the best coast. To be fair, whose those guys that did “93 ‘Til Infinity?”

“LL Cool J is the Muhammad Ali and the Jordan. Not to take anything away from Jay or even 50, but they had a blueprint. LL never had a blueprint.”

AllHipHop.com: Souls of Mischief. Flex: Them, Snoop, Ice Cube, Eazy-E, NWA, Tupac, Dogg Pound, D.O.C. made records like that. Only a handful of rappers can make a single with a marketing plan and everything in mind. Like Jay-Z and 50 Cent. I’m not going to say Lil Wayne because we all know he doesn’t have [a] marketing plan in mind, [but] makes great music though. Everybody’s not on that level. And the successes of the 50’s and Jay-Z’s of the world put pressure of the Tribe Called Quest’s and De La Soul’s to try to be more national and commercial. So if you’re a group looking up to them and they’re trying to be national, as a rookie you’re going to try that as well. KRS-One never loses himself in his music. He may lose himself for one album, but who doesn’t? I know I keep saying 50 and Jay, but that’s when I feel that 90’s sh*t, but in a current state.  [But] LL Cool J is the Muhammad Ali and the Jordan. Not to take anything away from Jay or even 50, but they had a blueprint. LL never had a blueprint, and still doesn’t. LL Cool J is very important to the music. He’s 25 years deep. I love gangsta rap, [but] LL’s longevity [is untouched]. I was at an all star game and people like Sarah Jessica Parker, Celine Dion, and Derek Jeter were there. I saw LL walk in. A 60 year old lady said to me “I don’t know if you know but that’s LL Cool J.” The fact that she knew he was a rapper and associated nothing negative with him is big. I don’t think he aimed for it, but it’s happened. That’s not to slight to gangsta rappers, but we need more of that. LL Cool J “Jingling Baby (Remixed But Still Jingling)” VideoAllHipHop.com: LL had that period where everyone hated him before Mama Said Knock You Out shut a lot of that down. 50 is kinda in that same position now. Do you think he can make a similar comeback? Flex: Remember as a barometer, we’re using a dude who sold a million in a week. 50 Cent’s [problem] is the G-Unit [brand] had been diluted. The recent project had Young Buck on it. But think, when you have a Game album, that’s a G-Unit album. Same with Young Buck. It’s the same brand.I don’t think it’s over for them, they’re approaching gold. When you read the blogs you’d think he’s dead. I’m gonna tell you the slept on rapper for 2008… AllHipHop.com: Who? Flex: David Banner. He has talent, is involved in issues, and has one of the top four albums of the year. Going back, I like rappers like Soulja Boy and Lil Wayne. But I have a different respect for the Dr. Dre’s, LL Cool J’s, Puffy’s and 50 Cent’s because they made hot records while conducting business. Wayne may be that businessman, we’ll see. B.G. “Bling Bling” Video

AllHipHop.com: What’s your take on the Rick Ross situation that played out over the summer?Flex: Let’s talk on that. I like Ross a lot. I don’t feel he’s ever talked erratically tough on his records. He’s not saying he’s out here shooting and killing. I know how hard it is to make a hit record. I don’t think it was tough street talk that sold his records. AllHipHop.com: Much of the backlash from the fans seemed to come because they felt Ross was lying after the facts came out. Also, the original Freeway Ricky Ross condemned him as well.Flex: There’s a part of my heart that feels for him. But why is it any different from the guy who says Jay-Z’s persona is him [Calvin Klein]? Same thing with 50 and the dude [original 50 Cent Kelvin Martin] that’s dead.Jay-Z “Who U Wit” VideoAllHipHop.com: Could it be the problem arose because there wasn’t a distinct separation between Ross’ persona and real life?Flex: That’s a good point, there is that space with Jay and 50.  The lying seems to be giving people a bad rub across the board. If he was a C.O. in ’97, he still grinded on record and got himself a deal. He didn’t have a big backing, Khaled just believed in him.Yes, I too wish if it is true that he would’ve broke it down for me to understand.AllHipHop.com: Are you for or against the growing trend of dance music that is dominating Hip-Hop?Flex: When people say enough of the dance records, as a DJ that means it’s the domain of people like Soulja Boy and Lil Jon. We don’t want any new artists coming into the mix with that.Give it to me from SB, Jon, and Hurricane Chris. No more.Nas “If I Ruled The World” VideoAllHipHop.com: What’s your take on Nas’ Untitled album? Flex: My copy didn’t have a track-listing, but I liked those tracks more than the singles. AllHipHop.com: People may recall at one point over the summer, Nas and Wayne had the #1 and #2 albums in the country. That was two drastically different albums from two MCs entrenched in different eras thriving in today’s market.  Do you think that speaks well for the health of Hip-Hop? Flex: Wow, you’re right and nobody even wrote about that. Nas doesn’t have to be Puff, doesn’t choose to. People are funny, I hear people say things about Nas that’s crazy. People get mad at Nas because if he wanted to be Puff, he could. But they get mad because he didn’t choose that lane. Who are we to judge? I have no doubt in my mind that Nas could find talent, run a label, but he chooses not to. Are we going to continue to be mad about that? Me and 50 had that argument a couple of times. Nas doesn’t have to do that to be great. AllHipHop.com: It appears with him there’s always someone that has a problem with his music post-Illmatic. Flex: I never understood that myself. Nas gets critiqued too much for a rapper that doesn’t judge people! People really judge him. You know what, it’s because people know he won’t answer back. Not rappers, but the press. [With that said] I don’t want gimmicks from Nas anymore. I didn’t like the N****r promotion. I don’t know if it was the label. There was something gimmicky with the last album too, what was it? AllHipHop.com: The Hip Hop is Dead theme. Flex: Yeah! But people can’t use that to define him. It’s a small piece of what Nas is. People annoy me when they talk about him. What do you want? Do you want 4 million, 500k, street clothes, what do you want from him? He makes good records. I don’t want to offend anyone, but Nas is the first real lyricist to sell a lot of records. Biggie would be the second. Snoop, maybe. Now let me know, has the last five years made us feel like Snoop isn’t as lyrical as we thought he was? Nas is the first though. Who sold millions before him? And he was and is lyrical! LL too, but he didn’t have the competition for the first eight years of his career, so I looked at him more as a trailblazer. AllHipHop.com: How about Kool Moe Dee and their feud? Flex: I’m biased to L on that one. It’s like asking me about Fantastic Five and Cold Crush, I’m biased to Cold Crush. LL was Queens and Bronx, Moe Dee was Harlem. So me being from the Bronx, and there being a wedge with Harlem, there’s a territorial thing. Moe Dee sold a couple records. He might of went gold or platinum, but if you didn’t sell a lot sometimes you couldn’t compete against your last hit. What’s Jay-Z’s first album? AllHipHop.com: Reasonable Doubt. Flex:  That, Illmatic, and I’m going to tell you the most slept on the album from that era…the first Black Moon album! It’s in the same category as Illmatic, Reasonable Doubt, Straight Outta Compton, and Amerikkka’s Most Wanted. I felt a lot of those 90’s Too Short records, too. Black Moon “I Gotcha Opin (Remix)”AllHipHop.com: Even without the remixes Enta da Stage is still in that class. Flex: You know they put that Tribe Called Quest boom-bap to sleep when they dropped. Buckshot had the crown for a summer. You know who I was feeling? I can’t remember his name, he was on Jive. He never made it East but he was hard. Kinda like a Mystical, but real street… AllHipHop.com: Spice-1? Flex: Yeah! He never made it up this way. Do you remember the summer of ’95 when Raekwon and Biggie were neck and neck for the crown? Raekwon “Incarcerated Scarfaces” VideoAllHipHop.com: Oh yeah, that was before “Who Shot Ya” dropped. Flex: That’s what separated them. I’ll tell you the talk before that dropped. “Yo Flex, don’t Biggie always be rhyming on R&B sh*t? Your man ain’t street he’s losing it. He can’t hit without the remixes. Why aren’t the remixes on the album?” (Yells beginning of “Who Shot Ya”) As we proceed! That had n****s pumping their fists. I never seen a rapper respond to what n****s was whispering! That song was so gully and street, I didn’t even understand it. “Incarcerated Scarfaces” was like that.  The lines in it, the fact he shouted out Connecticut was real, as they’re harder than Brooklyn believe it or not. They’ll fight each other just to show New York dudes they ain’t soft. I’ve lived every era of Hip-Hop. I went to the park to see Grandmaster Flash and Bambaataa. The separation back then was either you were in front of the rope or behind it. Back then either you were with the DJ or you weren’t.Now we’re approaching 2010. But for some reason the 90’s were like free agency in major league baseball, anybody could pop. I’ve been dying to speak about a rapper that’s been overrated…

“Ghost and Rae were like Batman and Batman. There was no Robin! “Verbal Intercourse,” “Ice Cream,” “Glaciers of Ice,” damn. But Rae don’t like me no more.”

AllHipHop.com: Who’s that? Flex: Method Man is the most overrated rapper I’ve experienced in my career. AllHipHop.com: Are you using the Wu solo albums as the main criteria for that opinion?  Flex: Oh hell yeah. Let’s list them. AllHipHop.com: Liquid Swords, Return to the 36 Chambers, Only Built 4 Cuban Linx… Flex: Stop there. Rae’s joint wasn’t the first Wu album, but Ghost and Rae were like Batman and Batman. There was no Robin! “Verbal Intercourse,” “Ice Cream,” “Glaciers of Ice,” damn. But Rae don’t like me no more. AllHipHop.com: What happened? Flex: Rae feels I didn’t support his career all the way through. I see him [and] we talk, and I feel like he wants to talk about it with me. Me and him were the tightest because we were on the same label and traveled a bit together. It’s not that he didn’t have decent records but he didn’t have records on Cuban Linx’s level. Meth, too. We came up around the same time in the club circuit. Sidebar though, I wanna put The Infamous up there as well. Granted, it’s not Illmatic level but I wanna place it somewhere… Mobb Deep “Shook Ones Pt. II” VideoAllHipHop.com: Where do you stand on Hell On Earth? Many feel that it’s more cohesive and is superior lyrically and production-wise.Flex: True, it made more sense. But most of that is due to very good A&R work. No slight to the Mobb on that. AllHipHop.com: Now we’ve went through other rapper’s catalogues, let’s put the discerning eye on your own work. Which albums do you feel are the strongest and the weakest? Flex: People say The Tunnel and [60 Minutes of Funk] Volumes 1 and 2 are my best albums. Volume 3 is the worst. I’m realistic, I’m not just here bashing rappers, I gotta get grilled too (laughs).AllHipHop.com: Those records had a gang of artists on there. How did you manage to get all of them together?Flex: I never told anyone this before but a lot of my album freestyles like Fugees, Fat, Joe, Pun, Mobb Deep, Rae, and Redman happened with all of them in the same room. People were doing their freestyles while the other rappers were looking through the glass. Kinda f**king bananas.That why Volume 1 and 2 are my best because rappers were going in under a different kind of pressure.Remember the Fugees had the best freestyle but when I put them on I had them in the waiting room for a couple hours. At the time all they had out was their first album Blunted on Reality. Wyclef bring that up to this day about how he was waiting and they still came in and crushed all the big hitters.The Fugees “Fu-Gee-La” VideoAllHipHop.com: Speaking of Wyclef, I’m sure you recall when he interjected himself in the LL Cool J-Canibus beef with the diss “What’s Clef Got to Do With It.” An underrated diss people rarely mention is when LL came back with “Rasta Impasta”….Flex: Over the EPMD “It’s My Thing” instrumental! [That was] f**king crazy. I felt I was the only one playing that record. What happened was they squashed it, so L was like, “Yo you gotta stop [playing it].” But I was like, “Yo, this s**t is hard.”Canibus went hard in that [battle], too.AllHipHop.com: To close, you were the first DJ to put together a team to develop and push new people to the forefront. Did you use anyone as a blueprint for that? I know the first official team was the Flip Squad.Flex: Flip Squad was first and really Jessica Rosenblum handled that. I picked a few. But the Pitbulls was more mine handpicked. I saw some great solo careers from Flash, Chuck Chillout, Red Alert, Marley Marl and Kid Capri. Still, I felt great DJs weren’t coming as fast as great rappers. Deep down I wanted to extend myself to good DJs. Instead of looking at me as an enemy, I wanted to say, “I can help you.” From there I got Big Kap, Cypha Soundz, and Mister Cee. Chuck Chillout extended his hand to me so I wanted to do that for others. I didn’t know until I got older how much he really helped me.

Hip-Hop Rumors: Alicia’s New Man? Are Drama & Jeezy Beefin Or Not? Did Winehouse OD? Eminem, Dre & 50…coming!

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.

THEY ARE COMING: 50

CENT, EMINEM and DR. DRE….

 

 

 

Sha Money XL would know about the

“Three Headed Monster”…:

 

 

“All I gotta say is,who said Hiphop

is dead?or do you wanna

kill ya self? Either way,your dead! You can “Self

Destruct” now or” Detox” later,either way your gonna feel

“The Empack”. The monster is coming,drop your lp’s right now,2009 will not be your year.There

coming… This is for the fans,the streets,the clubs,the east,the west,the south,the blogs the whole HIPHOP

World!!” probably will be a good blast off for his blog,

probably why he put this up to get the hype going…

 

 

NO BEEF: JEEZY AND DJ

DRAMA…OR IS THERE?

 

 

I’m happy to deliver good news as I delivered some possible

beef. First of all, shout out to my dude Tino Cochino over there at Power 106 in San Antonio. He had DJ Drama on his show last

night and Dram made it clear that there is no beef between him and Jeezy. There is always a flip side, right? I heard Drama’s

artist Willie The Kid also had a birthday party

there. During the birthday gala, I heard

Drama said something to the affect of “I made that s**t hot” when

songs from Jeezy’s first CD came on. I heard there

were several other suspect comments. Remember, these guys go way back to “You Can’t Ban The Snowman” and “Trap or Die”

back in the day on the mixtape circuit. LOL. On the funny side, I heard 40 Glocc

was there and, when Lil Wayne’s “Let The Beat Build” came on, Dram said, “He’s cool 40 Glocc – don’t hurt him.”

 

AMY

WINEHOUSE DEAD FROM OVERDOSE?

 

Somebody hit me up and told me that they heard Amy Winehouse had died from an overdose

of drugs. Since I am a fan, I suppose they thought I would know. Tragic news like

that travels quickly so I am sure this isn’t true. One thing that is true

is Amy Winehouse is accused of striking a woman in

the face. The woman was a dancer that simply wanted a picture. She says that

Amy punched her in the eye and then AMY ran off crying. Wow. She said Amy made

a suicidal statement like, “Life cannot go on.” Amy can expect to get a visit

from the cops any day now. This all reportedly happened at ACL (Austin City

Limits).

 

ERYKAH BADU….BABY!

 

The iconic R&B high priestess Erykah

Badu recently performed at the ACL, I heard. She was about 7 months pregnant, I heard, and still doing her thing. She did great. I heard she gave America a shout out for giving a

chance of having a Black President and the majority White crowd went nuts. But Austin

is a very liberal area. ACL was very

Pro-Obama, my boy Jorge tells me. Shout out to the ever-bad Badu.

 

 

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AUSTRIA ON ALICIA: SHE’S DATING ONE OF US

 

 

What? Alicia Keys in love with an Austrian? This might be

the biggest case of “you need more people” in the history of rumors.

Either that or Swizz Beatz

is about to be sick with worry. The press in Austria

is claiming that Alicia Keys is dating an Austria business man. The rumor is

Ms. Keys is dating Gernot Friedhuber,

CEO of the Grace Group. The relationship has only lasted for about three weeks,

but the Austrian Times is saying they are already hot-n-heavy like the Weather

Girls. They reportedly spent some serious quality time in Miami, where she is reportedly recording a

new album. Gernot is supposedly there promoting an

energy drink. Neither person has commented on it, but folks nearby say they

have had their food delivered to their room. Now, is this a case of “you

need more people” or

“Swizz Beatz

is going to kill an Austrian in Miami

in a fit of love rage?”

 

 

SEAN KINGSTON CRIED LIKE A BABY – I WOULD TOO!

 

 

Sean Kingston cried, I heard. I heard he was crying like a

baby when somebody stole $500,000 worth of his jewelry.

Right now the police have been pulled in to the matter and is

searching for the ice. Some idiot thought it was a good idea to send that much bling to the star through FED EX. Wow. How dumb can you be?

The items arrived to Sean – in an empty box. She had only insured the jewelry

up to $500. WOW…I would cry too. I just hope he’s not suicidal like he got

over those beautiful girls.

 

 

 

 

CLASSIC: A COMPLAINT

TO JIMMY DEAN SAUSAGE

 

 

You have to love this. A man called Jimmy Dean sausage to beef

about them changing the size of the packaging…but the price stays the same.

 

 

 

 

ILLSEED’S QUICKIES

 

 

Babyface has dropped another baby

with his new wife had another child. The kid is named Peyton Nicole Edmonds.

Shout out to The Hip-Hop Chronicle!

 

 

I don’t think Shyne is getting out

this year, but I’m hearing his is going to have a CD called Godfather: Exhumed

in the near future.

 

I heard Redman and Meth are still

talking that Blackout and How High stuff. They better take some tips from Heltah Skeltah and DO IT. Ruck and Rock are reppin’ the 90’s

in action!

 

Russ Parr has reportedly gotten fired from Radio One. Russ

is a big dog in the syndicated radio game. Didn’t he do Bobby Jimmy and the Critters?

 

Soulja Boy reportedly wants to go

to college to learn how to make video games. Good for him. I’m sure Ice-T is

pleased.

 

SIGNS THE WORLD IS

COMING TO AN END

 

 

Check out this story

from the AP. I’m telling you. These kids are crazy!

 

 

FOUNTAIN (AP) — A Colorado teenager hired

men to kill his mother so he could use her money to get breast implants for his

girlfriend, police said.

 

 

Nikita Lee Weis, 18,

was arrested on suspicion of conspiracy to commit first-degree murder, said

Fountain Deputy Police Chief Mike Barnett.

 

 

His girlfriend, Sophia

Nicole Alsept, and two men police said he hired, Juan

Antonio Velez Gonzalez, 18, and Brandon Michael Soroka,

19, were arrested on the same charge.

 

 

Weis’ mother, Hyun

Weis, was attacked Thursday with a small wooden baseball bat at her home but

escaped, authorities said. She was released Friday from a hospital.

 

 

Barnett said Weis

wanted to sell his mother’s car and use money in her bank accounts to pay for

breast implants for Alsept, 21.

 

 

Barnett also said the

suspects discussed wrapping Hyun Weis’ body in plastic and dumping it in the

desert in New Mexico or Arizona.

 

 

All were being held on

$50,000 bail. Officials did not know whether they had attorneys and said they

couldn’t get messages to them.

 

 

Fountain is about 10

miles south of Colorado Springs.

 

 

SHELZ TALKS T.I. AND

THE WORLD SERIES OF HIP-HOP

 

 

The ABC’s of TI

 

 

 

 

Even at this juncture of his career, he’s still being made

to prove his worthiness. Some think he’s

over-hyped and over-rated. I guess that

is a question of taste, but you can’t say that dude doesn’t have his ducks in a

row.

 

 

 

 

 

World Series of Hip

Hop….The Abridged Version

 

 

Ya know, I actually sat and

watched all three hours of this on Sunday morning. Monie Love was

hosting and the dudes from Smack DVD were running interference for security as

they tried to nab the folks with the i-phones

attempting to tape the event. Ki-lo-lo and company showed up to be ring card girls and

there were some performances from artists I, nor anyone else, had ever heard of

before. DJ Whoo Kid was a no show.

 

As far as the battles were concerned, the only two that

really held my attention were Rece Stelle vs. Lady Luck and Mysonne

vs. Elliott Ness. The femcee battle had us watching the crowd booing the hell out

of Rece as she began to disintegrate on stage. I really didn’t know why they were

disrespecting Miss Rap Supreme. It

seemed contrived, but that’s the nature of the battle beast. Her frustration

led to her getting a lil tight near the end and

inviting Lady Luck outside. But Lady

Luck was on some ole Sunday driver ish… She stayed

in her lane and kept it slow, steady and straight. She even told them sniccas in there to hold it

down so Rece could kick her bars. Anyway, the outside

invite was declined, but the security dudes still had to step in to keep the

peace. Rece takes an L for this.

 

The last battle was Bang Bang

Boogie’s Mysonne against Bad Boy Elliott Ness. This battle was more entertaining than the

other three put together. Mysonne’s first three minutes were arguably the highlight

of the entire event, but he fell off after that. After he spit his third round, he swore up

and down his contract said five rounds, even though everybody else had three.

I’m thinking he was trying to spit two more because he knew Ness

was getting the best of him. So they

went with five, but it still didn’t help Mysonne. Ness was the

most consistent and takes the W in my opinion. Philly could finally put their

P’s up.

 

 

The other two were T-Rex vs. Tech Nine and Murda Mook vs. Young Hot. Neither battle was all that interesting,

probably because I didn’t feel that match-ups.

Philly takes L’s on both of these. That would be Tech Nine and Young Hot

going home with their tales between their legs as I saw it, giving Murda Mook and his side-kick Mr.

Rex wins. Official voting closes next weekend, though. That’s when we find out

what everybody else thinks and who walks away with the cash.

 

 

 

OBAMA WAS RIGHT AND

MCCAIN WAS WRONG

 

 

During the debate, there was a bunch of jibber jabber about Barack telling John McCain being “right.” See

below and see who REALLY was right and wrong.

 

 

 

EPIC FAIL OF THE DAY!

 

A lot of people try out for the Olympics…here are some

people that didn’t make the cut.

 

PEACE, WE LOVE YOU!

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

-illseed

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Oasis Bassist on Jay-Z: “Grow Up!”

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A member of the rock group Oasis still has critical comments for Jay-Z, the rapper/mogul whom the group engaged in a brief war of words with over the summer.

 

In June, the band’s frontman Noel Gallagher threw the first verbal salvo, criticizing the rapper’s artistic merit and choice to headline the high-profile, traditionally rock-centered UK Glastonbury festival.

 

Jay responded by calling Gallagher’s comments “ignorant” and indicative of the old guard mindset of wanting to keep obsolete, traditional music barriers in place.

 

In light-hearted acknowledgment of his detractors, Jay interpolated the group’s#### single “Wonderwall” to start his memorable Glastonbury closing set.

 

Although Gallagher has since backed away from his inflammatory comments, Oasis bassist Gem Archer has dubbed the Brooklyn native immature for what he feels was a cheap shot on Jay’s new single “Jockin Jay-Z.”

 

“It’s like eight year old girls in the schoolyard, running off and writing ditties like that,” Archer fumed to The Sun newspaper. “Grow up!”

 

Archer also disparaged the battle tradition in Hip-Hop culture, characterizing all rappers as overly aggressive and lovers of controversy.

 

“But rappers love a ruck,” he reasoned. “It’s what they do. They set out to have a fight and it’s there in their lyrics. They love biffo.”

 

This past week Jay-Z announced a label partnership with producer team Stargate, and is putting the finishes touches on his highly anticipated Blueprint 3 album.

 

At press time, Jay could not be reached for comment.

T-Pain Compares Music Biz To Circus, Talks ‘Thr33 Ringz’

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Sought after songwriter and hook specialist T-Pain has confirmed a November release date for Thr33 RINGZ, his third full length studio album.

 

In July, T-Pain launched the project with the Lil Wayne assisted hit single “Can’t Believe It,” which has peaked at #8 on the Billboard’s Top 10.

 

For the second single, the Houston influenced “Chopped and Skrewed,” T-Pain enlists Ludacris to cleverly use the title as a double entendre to reflect on courtship games played by females.

 

Regarding the affinity females have for his music, T-Pain insists he has no special formula beyond having a keen eye of observation and knowing how to listen.

 

“When I was in school, I would sit and talk to a lot of girls. I would listen to what they would talk about, and what they want,” T-Pain explained. “I would try to understand the passions of women. That’s where my concepts come from. That’s how you know if people can relate to your songs.”

 

While the vocalist admits the spelling of Thr33 RINGZ holds no special meaning, he does reveal the phrase is an ode to his personal belief that he’s leading the trends in today’s urban music market.

 

“It came from people telling me that I’m running the game, that I’m the ringleader of the game,” he continued. “That’s where the whole circus imagery came from. I started putting it together with the idea that the circus is just like the music industry. You’ve got your different acts, all of the different animals, etc.”

 

Although part of T-Pain’s market dominance has been through the reintroduction of the vocoder voice effect, the singer cautions fans and critics from thinking this album will be formulaic and predictable.

 

“You’ve got to be different and keep it consistent at the same time, which is super hard to do,” he reasoned. “I come different every time and that’s what people look for, what they expect.”

 

Thr33 RINGZ boasts additional appearances from Kanye West, Chris Brown, DJ Khaled, Busta Rhymes, and Bow Wow.

 

The album is rumored to precede an ambitious project entitled T-Pain Is Dead, a rock music effort devoid of autotune effects and featuring the singer collaborating with country artists. T-Pain’s

 

Thr33 RINGZ hits stores November 11.

SICK SUNDAYS: Hardest Singles of All Time, Dem Florida Boyz, Return of the PLK!

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Welcome to another edition of Sick Sundays.  We’re gonna get it in today with a few things.  First off, we’re looking at the crap ass candy ass singles that people have been releasing in order to “get the ladies.”  We think it’s garbage, and it’s softening up Hip-Hop into something we can barely recognize.

 

Then we have other cats making music “fuh the cluuub.”  And that’s not just down South either.  Every region is falling for that crap. In honor of (or dishonor of) this trend, we’re gonna look at some of the hardcore singles in Hip-Hop history.

 

Of course some will be missed, and some of you will have suggestions so we’ll make allowances for that.  We’ll make this a special edition of Sick Sundays that will expand with your support.  In your responses, you tell me something we missed and I’ll add them to the post and give you a shout out. The topic: Hardest Singles In Hip-Hop! Now hard is subjective and I’m sure you may disagree with some of them.

 

Tonites Da Night

Redman took Isaac Hayes’ “Few More Kisses To Go” and straight gullied it up. Brandishing pistols in the video, black and white film, hoodies and Timbs, Mr. Noble gave you the essence of the hardcore aesthetic. Stuck tissue up the nose to stop the snot from making spots. Hurricane G’ had to tell Red to get off that “punk, smooth s**t, and get wit the rough s**t. Consider it done.

 

 

Made You Look

Nas was playing no games on this one. With “Apache” as the foundation, accented by the click clack pow of “the ratchet, blingy, the biscuit, the burner,” Nas proclaimed that it wasn’t rapping, it was street hop.  This was the icing on the cake to complete his return to the top following his Nastradamus hiatus. At that point, New York was his.

 

 

Murder Was the Case

Although the G-Funk was melodic, this was straight gangsta s**t.  Snoop Doggy Dog at his most frightening, before he became a character, in the midst of a real-life murder trial, dealing with the devil, busting shots, and painting pictures.  The angelic monotone singers added a melancholy to it that was hard to match.

 

 

We In There

KRS at his bullying best, stepping to wack emcees and putting pressure on b***h ass rappers to say something.  Physically or lyrically, Kris dared you to challenge his position.  Not with gun talk but with verbal, and possibly physical beatings (shout to P.M. Dawn).  His role as teacher was put to the back for this joint.  Boom Bap at its core.

 

Warning (Amended Version) – The Notorious B.I.G.

 

Warning

This single from Ready To Die, had Biggie going hard over more Isaac Hayes. Perfect pacing, great diction, and crisp storytelling.  Had the nerve to be in the bed, belly hanging out unapologetically, tech 9s’ spraying.  This was cinema noir on wax. It was everything that “Juicy,” “Big Poppa,” and “One More Chance” weren’t.

 

 

Black Steel In The Hour Of Chaos – Public Enemy

 

Black Steel In The Hour Of Chaos

This single was hard for a different set of reasons.  Chuck D went hard at the government, he went hard at the prison industrial complex, he went hard at capitalism.  It gets no harder than that.  Every rapper you could think of at the time was in this video.  No chorus, no hijinx just Terminator X on the cut splitting up the verses.

 

 

Where I’m From

Before he got flossed out, Marcy’s finest rocked from the gutter to the tenement.  This ode to Brooklyn was devoid of any trace of R&B.  He paints a bleak picture of the borough where “You can’t put your vest away, and say you’ll wear it tomorrow cause the day after we’ll be say ‘damn I was just wit’ him yesterday.’” That line alone tells you what you need about this. Ain’t nothing nice.

 

 

Ante Up – M.O.P.

Ante Up

M.O.P is gully. They don’t sing.  They don’t dance.  They clap and B###!  What’s dope about this is that even with the remix (with a girl on it) the whole place got dirty!  But here we going with the original without the extra sauce. The beat is banging, not in that sinister 2nd Round KO way (more on that in a second) but in a get off your ass and jump  unless you a p***y kinda way. “Gimme the watch before I pop one in your brain.” Ahem. Hold that.

 

 

2nd Round K.O. – Canibus

2nd Round K.O.

We had already heard him on “Beast from the East.”  We had heard him rip mics on numerous cameos.  But this was something else.  We heard there was beef over “4,3,2,1.” We just didn’t know it was like this.  The young dude just grabbed LL by the throat and bodied him.  I don’t care what you think bout the outcome of the war but if you say you heard this and didn’t think it was over for LL you’re a bobdamn liar. Straight up. “Stick you for your Vanguard Award in front of your moms, your first second and third born make your wife get on the horn call Minister Farrakhan.” Ugly.

 

 

Always Into Something

Fresh from Ice Cube’s departure and building momentum from the EP 100 Miles & Runnin’, N.W.A set out to prove that they could do it without him.  They took it up a notch musically and made it dope enough to get wide play, video 051 on The Box (for those of you old enough to remember).  Shout out to MC Ren. Shout to Yella on the drum track.

 

 

Ha – Juvenile

 

Ha

Juvenile had been on the grind long before this but this was his(and Ca$h Money’s) real entry into the mainstream.  It’s not tough talk, per se, but a look into the New Orleans that wasn’t always shown in the latter part of Master P’s initial No Limit Dominance. 9th ward poverty as the backdrop and the people in the video showed you how hood it was. A new style and a dope hook but there was nothing sweet about it. Run for it, suckas.

 

G## Up, G## Out – Outkast

 

G## Up, G## Out

This joint had the entire Dungeon Family on it.  This was hard ‘cause it was about life. Cee-lo singing the hook telling cats to get off they ass and get it together. Dope lyrics, dope beat and a crew at their most innocent best putting it down.  It speaks for itself.

 

 

Ghostface Killah ft. Jadakiss – Run – Ghostface Killah ft. Jadakiss

Run

Ghostface and Jada just drop two ill verses with no extra crap.  Ghostface does his usual Staten Isle wild but Jadakiss really takes this joint up a notch, narrating a chase scene straight from the cinema.  On the run from the taskforce, Jada takes flight with drugs and heat on him with a not being taken alive desperation that translates through. Perfect joint to rock out to.

 

 

Soul Survivor – Young Jeezy

Soul Survivor

Young Jeezy goes hard, even with Akon singing on the hook.   Ad-libs firmly in place, Jeezy gets it in for the everyday hustlers and grinders in the streets. Hood sensibility, dope delivery and Akon made it a banger.  But Jeezy made it hard (pause).

 

 

Down For My N***as

C-Murder let out this banger during the Snoop Dogg No limit years. The staccato beat and C’s harsh delivery and the chanting chorus not only banged in the streets but forced its way in the clubs and rocks to this day. Probably the last No Limit hurrah but they went out with a bang.

 

 

 

 

Ride Out

Forgotten Philly cat Murder Mil dropped this heat with the Hot Boys and Beans.  Mannie Fresh is the supplier of the rhythm and Young Weezy (before the dreds and the drugs) goes hard with B.G.  There is no Bling Bilng to be found on this joint

 

These are all heaters but I know i missed a few.  Get on it and let me know what’s good.  Peace.

 

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Bonus coverage.  LLoyd Banks New Joint

Return of the PLK

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Double “OT” Dem Florida Boys. 

Dem Florida Boyz IntroRick Ross f/Jay Z & Kanye West – Swagga Like Us (rmx)Rick Ross – We At WarRick Ross f/Piccalo, DJ Khaled, Ace Hood & Lil Boosie – Vibe NRick Ross f/Bloodsport & DJ Khaled – Put Ya Paper On ItRick Ross f/Triple C’s – Ridin Thru The GhettoRick Ross f/DJ Khaled, Akon, Plies, Lil Boosie, Trick Daddy, Ace Hood & Young Jeezy – Out Here Grinding Rick Ross f/MIA – Paper Planes (rmx)Rick Ross – Nothing MattersRick Ross f/The Game – Dope Boyz (rmx)Rick Ross f/Vic Damone – Go HardRick Ross f/Birdman – Pop That PussyBrisco – I’m BackBrisco f/Nauseous – Real Recognize RealBrisco – StuntinBrisco – This Is My LifeBrisco f/Flo Rida – LoveBrisco f/Flo Rida – Just Know DatBrisco f/Lunch Money, Ballgreezy, Piccalo, Ace Hood, C-Ride & Billy Blue – Get Grown (rmx)Brisco f/Rick Ross, Shawty Lo, Triple C, Flo Rida & Birdman – This Is The Life (rmx)Brisco f/Billy Blue – Get Like MeDem Florida Boyz Outro

Dem Florida Boyz

 

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The AFTERPARTY

User submissions and all that.  As promised i told you I’d bless you if you had heat

 

Quiet Storm

Lil’ Kim  BODIED this joint.  by this time B.I.G. was gone and everyoen thought Kim career was going with him.  Not. The Mobb did their usual gully production and Havok finally began to evolve beyond smack you clap you basics but it’s clear Kim was the star of this joint.

SHOUT to MS.DALLAS

Hit Em Up (uncensored) – Tupac

Hit ‘Em Up

Man I don’t even think I have to say anything.  “That’s why i f****d yo b**h you fat m********r.  Nuff said.  

SHOUT TO JASE9

Jay-Z Statement On New StarRoc Label

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Jay-Z has officially announced his new partnership with StarGate, the multi-platinum Norwegian production duo responsible for hit singles by Ne-Yo, Rihanna, and Beyonce, Cher, Lionel Richie and others.

 

The global partnership establishes the StarRoc label, which has been rumored about for weeks, as well as a new publishing company, StarRoc Music Publishing.

 

It becomes the first partnership for Roc Nation, Jay-Z’s official venture with concert and global distribution giant Live Nation.

 

“Stargate were like a secret weapon,” said Jay-Z of his new business partners.“We had great success with Rihanna and Ne-Yo. In only 2 years, they’ve generated 10 singles in the Top 10 on Billboard’s Hot 100 chart and 3 of those singles hit the # 1 position. This has been a rewarding partnership and it was time to take the creative venture to the next level.”

 

The New York-based StarRoc will focus on finding new talent and developing artist through strategically planned global partnerships that include music distribution, publishing, touring and merchandising.

 

With the help of Roc Nation and Artist Nation, the company will manage artists’ diverse rights, expand their fan bases, and provide a direct connection through the marketing and global distribution methods.