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It seems that one of Future’s baby mamas, Brittni, is still dealing with the drama stemming from Future and his cheating and the women’s groupie tales. Woman up Brittni, and examine what you tolerate! More and more women seem to be coming out….. with bathrobes from the same hotel, and another in Future’s hat.
KRSZ, who hails from the Steel City of Pittsburgh recruits the Neon Icon Jody Highroller and Norman Dean for a new banging’ joint entitled ‘For Tha Money’. The club ready anthem features Sam Conturo on the hard hitting beat. With 2015 nearing the mid-point, we anticipate KRSZ and the OSFM clique to end 2015 on a musical sabotage.
Another day…..Another Young Thug leak….
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Rumor has it that Kanye West left a party to avoid a run in with his ex Amber Rose. Allegedly, it only took Kanye seconds to get out of Drake’s epic party when he found out Amber Rose was in the building. It has been said that Ye waited until his boys pinpointed Amber’s location, and then they exited quickly. Well, at least he didn’t have to take a lot of showers this time.
After giving us part 1 of her 3-part EP series Off The Burner with The Warm Up, Miami singer AdELA is back today with a brand new video for “Red Rose” off of the aforementioned first EP. Strutting through the streets of Miami, the beautiful singer/song writer focuses on her dreams ahead and brings the passionate energy she always encompasses. We all have goals and things we want to accomplish, and AdELA’s eyes are locked in on the prize. The high-quality video was shot and directed by Ross Lindgren.
AdELA will have a ton more content rolling out in the next several weeks including more videos and parts 2 and 3 of her Off The Burner mixtape series. In addition to watching the “Red Rose” video, be sure to give her 1st of 3 mixtapes The Warm Up a spin as well.
(AllHipHop News) Odd Future member Tyler, The Creator went on a passionate rant against social commentator Dr. Boyce Watkins during an interview with Hot 97. The Cherry Bomb album creator took issue with Watkins’ 2013 criticism of a Mountain Dew ad he directed. The commercials were eventually pulled from the Internet, and the soda company ended its relationship with Tyler over the controversy.
The Q&A with Ebro In The Morning included Tyler complaining Watkins never reached out to him about the commercial’s content and the writer cost him other business opportunities. He also stated his personal message to young people about not doing drugs and staying out of trouble was completely ignored. The Los Angeles native ended his statement by saying, “F*ck Boyce Watkins. He’s a b*tch.”
Dr. Watkins issued an exclusive statement to AllHipHop.com about Tyler, The Creator’s comments:
I hold no ill will toward Tyler. It seems that this experience two years ago still pains him, and I’m sorry to hear that. But he has to understand that the financial success of one black man should never matter more than the well-being of the entire African American community.
But the offer is still open. If Tyler wants to call me on the phone, I will greet this brother with open arms. The truth is that he and his inappropriate advertisement were casualties in the crossfire between me and Lil Wayne. We can’t support the feeding of poison to our people.
Around the same time, Lil Wayne was receiving heavy criticism for rapping the line “Beat that p*ssy up like Emmett Till” on Future’s “Karate Chop (Remix).” Those lyrics also cost Wayne an endorsement deal with Mountain Dew.
(AllHipHop News) Jay Z’s 6th studio album The Blueprint is regularly considered one of the crowning achievements in the Brooklyn emcee’s discography as well as one of the greatest Hip Hop albums of all time. The classic 2001 LP was engineered by longtime Jay musical partner Gimel “Young Guru” Keaton.
Guru was a firsthand witness of the Roc-A-Fella crew’s dominance in the late 1990’s and early 2000’s. The Delaware native returned to The Combat Jack Show to discuss his work with the Roc, and he took time to talk about the creation of The Blueprint.
According to Guru, Kanye West – a rising producer at the time – offered Jay a CD with 9 beats. Seven of those tracks ended up on The Blueprint. The remaining two became Alicia Keys’ “You Don’t Know My Name” and an eventual Ludacris song.
Kanye’s work effectively set the tone for the entire project. Fellow producer Just Blaze then followed that soundscape for the tracks he contributed. Guru says the bulk of the album was mostly completed over one weekend.
Perhaps the most famous song from The Blueprint is the Prodigy/Nas diss record “Takeover.” Fourteen years later there is still an active debate about which iconic emcee walked away the winner of the battle between Jay and Nas. Many fans often point to the Hot 97 poll that crowned Esco the victor.
For Guru, the home team did not take an L. He explained why the radio survey was not the determining factor on which emcee was the winner of one of the greatest rap battles in history.
He told Combat Jack:
The day that everything went down on Hot 97. We didn’t play “Takeover.” We played “Super Ugly.” So “Ether” comes out, we go to the studio the same day we hear “Ether.” So in less than a 24 hour period, you got “Super Ugly” as a response.
If you put “Takeover” versus “Super Ugly,” “Takeover” is a better record. “Takeover” has facts. “Super Ugly” is playing the dozens…
People didn’t imagine anybody could get with Jay at that given moment. But “Takeover” didn’t lose to “Ether” on the radio. “Super Ugly” lost to “Ether” on the radio…
I thought [“Ether”] was a great record. But my thought was, “How could you pick ‘Ether’ over ‘Takeover’? Because ‘Ether’ is like somebody playing the dozens. And we came with facts.”
Will I admit to you that “Super Ugly” is not as good as “Ether”? Absolutely, but “Ether” is not as good as “Takeover.”
Listen to Young Guru’s interview below.
Omarion connects with Kid Ink & French Montana for his feel good track “Im Up”. Produced by Nic Nac. Tags from LA Leakers for now.
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Chip releases new track “Water”. Produced by Jbo of Beat Attikz.
(AllHipHop News) “She’s still rich,” answered Hustle Gang boss T.I. when questioned about how protégé Iggy Azalea is doing. In recent months, the “Fancy” performer has been facing public backlash for cancelling her “Great Escape” tour, posting perceived homophobic tweets, winning Hip Hop awards, and appropriating Black culture.
T.I. and his wife Tameka “Tiny” Harris were interviewed by The Breakfast Club this week, and the Atlanta rapper addressed Iggy’s tough time of late. After unabashedly standing up for the newcomer in the past, T.I. appeared to take a more tough love type of approach with Iggy this time.
“It was going to be something. If it wasn’t the slip ups she’s experiencing now, it would have been something else,” said Tip. “At least she don’t do drugs and go to jail. So right now what we’re dealing with – I feel like with the amount of fame and reward that comes from it, you gotta kind of suck this up.”
When asked if he feels if Iggy can “bounce back” from her recent troubles, T.I. replied, “I think that she’s the determining factor on that. As long as she is still passionate about making music, and as long as she still gives 100% to her fans and the people who come out to see her, then I think the answer to that is absolutely.”
Watch T.I. and Tiny’s interview below.
(AllHipHop News) The ONE Musicfest is returning for a sixth year, and the Atlanta-based festival’s 2015 line-up includes some of the top Hip Hop/R&B acts in the world.
Concert goers can expect to see Ms. Lauryn Hill, The Roots, A$AP Rocky, Wale, Raekwon, Ghostface, Janelle Monáe & Wondaland, The Internet, Raury, SZA, Scarface, 8Ball & MJG, Big K.R.I.T., and more on Saturday, September 12.
The event is being held at Aaron’s Amphitheater at Lakewood. ONE Musicfest will feature multiple stages, 25 global DJs representing different musical styles, local vendors, games, and interactive activities. To purchase tickets visit www.onemusicfest.com.
Last year’s festivities included performances by Nas, Kendrick Lamar, Method Man & Redman, Isaiah Rashad, and Jhené Aiko. Check out AllHipHop.com’s video recap of the 2014 ONE Musicfest below.
We The Best Music releases new music from the labels first lady Steph Lecor titled “Saturday”.
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Much of the Hip Hop world is waiting for the N.W.A movie Straight Outta Compton to hit theaters later this year. We know the film will include group members Ice Cube, Dr. Dre, Eazy-E, DJ Yella, and MC Ren (even though Ren seems to be p##### about not being featured in the movie’s trailer).
And we know that actors were cast to play famous people who were around the crew like Snoop Dogg, Warren G, The D.O.C., Suge Knight, and Jimmy Iovine. But it seems Tupac Shukar will be part of the film too!
Ice Cube posted a pic of him with Pac and John Singleton on his Facebook page with the caption: “Happy Birthday to the homie Tupac. Shooting the Tupac scene for Straight Outta Compton today, the stars are aligned…”
Meek Mill, French Montana & Chris Brown put their spin on Rico Richie’s buzzing street single “Poppin”.
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(AllHipHop News) Actor and Hip Hop head Michael Rapaport was a recent guest on Snoop Dogg’s GGN show. The star of movies such as Zebrahead, Higher Learning, and Bamboozled recalled being present for a very monumental moment in rap history.
“Do you remember the first time we ever met?” Rapaport asked Snoop. “I believe it was 94, but it was the Poetic Justice wrap party.”
“That’s the first night I met 2Pac,” Snoop responded.
“I know. I saw it. I saw you meet him. I was right there. I saw the whole thing,” added Rapaport. “It wasn’t tense. But then he started rhyming, ‘All your people are looking at me.’ I was like, ‘Yo, he’s freestyling kind of threatening.'”
Apparently, an impromptu rap battle broke out at the event as Snoop and Pac met face-to-face for the first time. Snoop also revealed that was the first night he ever smoked a blunt rather than his usual joint. Pac was the one to show him how to roll a blunt and later introduced him to the movie Juice as well.
Of course, the two Hip Hop legends would go on to be part of the Death Row Records roster. They recorded the tracks “Wanted Dead Or Alive” and “2 Of Amerikaz Most Wanted” together.
Watch Michael Rapaport’s interview below.
While finishing up the second half of his North American dates on his Play Like Hell Tour, critically-acclaimed rapper and producer Black Milk releases the visuals to his If There’s a Hell Below track, “Story and Her”.
Quality Control Music artist Johnny Cinco drops two heaters “Knew That” and “Get To It,” both featuring Hoodrich Pablo Juan. These tracks will be featured on their Poppi Seed Connect mixtape coming soon.
King Los collabs with R.Kelly for his latest single “Glory To The Lord”. Produced by Da Internz. This track will appear on Los’ forthcoming project God Money War coming soon.
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