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Apparently A$AP Rocky has recently revealed that he had a sex crazed night after taking the drug acid. A$AP Rocky says Makonnen gave him acid at SXSW, and he went back to his mansion and had sex with nine females. To further clarify, Rocky told the New York Post,
“It’s like group sex. You have three at a time, and then you have three orgies. That’s nine chicks.”
It seems like everyone is “getting it in” these days. Wow.
Tennessee rap veteran Lil Noid released his cult classic Paranoid Funk twenty years ago. Since then, it has been difficult for listeners to locate the influential 1995 Blackout-produced project. Noid has now hooked up with Delroy Edwards’ L.A. Club Resource label to present a first ever vinyl reissue version of Paranoid Funk.
Created before Noid even reached the age of 20, Paranoid Funk represents a young artist’s analysis of dealing with the traps of the Memphis streets. The Juicy J protége’s lyrics play out as an internal battle of overcoming teen angst from an inner-city perspective.
Lil Noid’s 9-track dark opus is also available on iTunes. To purchase a vinyl copy of Paranoid Funk visit the online store Gene’s Liquor.
Stream Lil Noid’s Paranoid Funk below exclusively via AllHipHop.com.
Azealia Banks has been bit by the acting bug. The “Ice Princess” rapper will be starring in a RZA-directed film entitled Coco, Deadline reports. Banks will be portraying the title character, a Brooklynite in her twenties that has dreams of being a rap star but is being pulled into a different direction by her parents who want her to finish college. But her classroom stint ends up serving as more of a catalyst to her rap dreams when she experiences spoken word.
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The Harlem femcee will star alongside Common and Jill Scott. The film does not have a release date as of yet but will produced by Lionsgate and Codeblack Films.
Banks isn’t new to the acting scene though. She starred in off-Broadway plays and other productions while honing her skills at New York City’s LaGuardia High School for the Performing Arts. She has also auditioned for shows on Nickelodeon and TBS.
Boosie clearly wasn’t feeling well last night, because he threw up on stage during his performance. Get well soon!
Philly legend and ROC spitter Freeway talked it out with AHH recently at BOOM Philly 107.9 building. A lot of attention has been surrounding him, Beanie Sigel, Young Gunz and his other state property members after Jay-Z invited them to perform at his TIDAL concert. Jay recently partnered with that company and kicked it off with a concert. When we asked Free about this meaning it would be an official state prop/roc reunion he said “we got the return show with Beanie Sigel coming June 6th in Philly and the whole team will be there..”.
About a year ago we know Jay-Z and Dame Dash were spotted at an event and had shook hands. It speculated if they would work together again? Free spoke on that and said “as far as jay and dame I don’t know what they got going on but I spoke with Dame four weeks ago and it was all love.”.
A lot of hip hop fans didn’t know that Freeway attended some of the peaceful events in the aftermath of the Baltimore riots to try and figure out ways to promote unity and peace during the verdict of the Freddie Gray case. Free had said “i was down there talking to the people and kids in the community to come up with peaceful solutions..”
Freeway will be dropping another indie album for the summer of 2015 called “Free Will”.
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In this GGN bonus clip Jamie Foxx shares a couple of funny moments with Snoop Dogg about some interesting encounters he’s had with T.I. over the years. Although TIP and Foxx are friends now, there were some moments when Foxx was feeling himself and let his mouth get ahead of him. One time Diddy had a party and T.I. was announcing that he would be the next big thing. T.I.’s behavior was annoying Jamie and blowing his high. Jamie basically said he wasn’t trying to hear it, but he felt bad when he looked up and saw T.I. on BET shortly after. Jamie talks about another time where he accidentally dissed a song T.I. was featured on because he didn’t know what was playing.
The Weeknd just dropped a video for ‘The Hills’
(AllHipHop News) Boosie is back. Mr. Badazz returned this week with his sixth studio album Touch Down 2 Cause Hell. The 19-track LP features production work by London On The Track, Kane Beatz, and several others, but about a third of the project was produced by the Night Rydas team.
AllHipHop.com spoke with the crew’s leader Kenoe. The Louisiana board master revealed that he, Roc & Mayne, and Black Metaphor may have been responsible for the respective tracks “Intro,” “Window Of My Eyes,” “Mercy On My Soul,” “Black Heaven,” “Spoil You,” and “Kicking Clouds,” but the collective nearly had twice as many songs make it onto the new Boosie project.
“At one point, we had about ten [songs] on there. It was actually gonna be a double disc. It was records floating in and off that album,” says Kenoe. “I even heard ‘Mercy’ wasn’t gonna be on the album at one point. I was like, ‘This is crazy.’”
“Mercy On My Soul” featuring Jeezy did make the final cut. As did “Black Heaven,” another high-profile collaboration that included J. Cole and Keyshia Cole. Kenoe explains how the socially reflective tune came together.
“When I pulled the record up, [Boosie] just rapped some stuff on it, and at the end of the first verse he said, ‘Black Heaven.’ I said, ‘Damn, that’s it. Leave it like that. That’s gonna be the name of the song, and we’re gonna get somebody to make a hook for it,’” recalls Kenoe. “We sent it to Keyshia Cole, and she laid the hook. Then Boosie laid another verse, and after that Cole did his thing. The rest was history.”
Kenoe felt “Black Heaven” should have been the single to lead the promotion for Touch Down. According to him, Atlantic Records decided to go with a more conventional musical roll out for the project.
“I felt like it should have been the main single from the album. I was preaching that from day one,” Kenoe adds. “I kept saying, ‘This is the biggest record you got.’ But the label wanted to go with Boosie’s traditional way of records he drops – the club records. The label was looking for another ‘Wipe Me Down.’ But what they don’t understand is you can’t go back and create another ‘Wipe Me Down.’”
Read Kenoe’s full AllHipHop.com interview here.
Listen to Boosie Badazz’s “Black Heaven” featuring Keyshia Cole and J. Cole below.
What would you do if your boss caught you sleeping, and woke you up by slapping the sh*t out of you repeatedly? (This question only applies to people outside of Harlem)
A tanker truck carrying 9,000 gallons of unleaded fuel exploded on the northbound I-75 bridge just outside downtown Detroit at about 8:45 a.m. yesterday, producing tall flames and thick plumes of black smoke. The driver of the Nour Light Petroleum Transport truck escaped and there were no injuries.
Was this man wrong for spitting on slapping this white woman that said “He’s a filthy, f*cking n*gger”?
(AllHipHop News) One of the standout tracks on The Notorious B.I.G’s 1997 double disc album Life After Death is “Notorious Thugs” featuring Bone Thugs-N-Harmony. The opening song on LAD‘s disc two was a 6-minute exhibition on double time flow from Biggie and Bone.
Renown artist manager and entrepreneur Steve Lobel was around for the making of “Notorious Thugs.” The Queens, New York native sat down with producer DJ Mustard for Blurred Culture to talk about how the classic tune came together.
Lobel reflected on Fat Joe and Sean “Puffy” Combs’ (aka Diddy) playing significant roles in bringing the Biggie and Bone camps together. He also spoke about Love & Hip Hop Atlanta star Stevie J. producing the beat and the quick recording turn around time on the part of the Bone Thug members.
“That song was done in not even an hour and a half from Bone. They went in there and laid the verses and left,” Lobel tells Mustard.
According to the CEO of A-2-Z Entertainment, Biggie did not lay his verse at the same time. Lobel later spoke to Puffy after the record was released, and the Bad Boy founder explained why it took Big so long to add his part.
“Puff was like, ‘It took Big a while. He mastered that [flow] and studied it,'” said Lobel. “That record helped Bone on the East Coast – even though ‘Crossroads’ opened it up for them. But New York was fickle, and no one was really accepting Bone. Bone and Biggie solidified it.”
Watch Steve Lobel talk about the making of The Notorious B.I.G and Bone Thugs-N-Harmony’s “Notorious Thugs” below.
Previously signed to Capitol Records through Block Entertainment, Pullover Music Group artist and Atlanta native Kollosus looks to leave an impression on 2015 with the release of his new single “Spend It In Cash.” The Guap Boi-produced single will appear on Kollosus’ upcoming mixtape, which is currently scheduled to drop this summer.
It’s been a few years since Frank Ocean dropped his last album channel ORANGE. The R&B singer did leave a post on his Tumblr page about a project called Boys Don’t Cry, but all we know for sure so far is Frank is releasing a magazine with that name.
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Now comes another mysterious message from the Odd Future member. Frank’s verified SoundCloud page features a new playlist called “states”. The strange thing is – there’s no music in the playlist. That’s right, it’s EMPTY.
Is Frank trying to tell the world he’s on the verge of dropping another musical project? Was it just a mistake? We’ll have to wait and see.
(AllHipHop News) First Rich Homie Quan, now Young Thug? Earlier this year, RHQ revealed he is no longer associated with Rich Gang. In a recent interview with NDO Radio, Thugger revealed he is not officially connected with Birdman’s Rich Gang Management either.
When asked if he was signed to Rich Gang, Thug replied, “Nah, I manage myself. Nobody brung me here, so nobody can take me there. I manage myself. I’m signed with Atlantic… And it’s only Atlantic.”
The “Lifestyle” collaborator was not clear about his reported label situations with 300 Entertainment and Gucci Mane’s 1017 Brick Squad Records. Thug did mention he is still under his own imprint YSL.
While Thug does not have paperwork with Birdman’s faction, his issues with Young Money’s Lil Wayne may not be over. The Atlanta performer revealed he plans to drop another project. The title of the collection is tentatively scheduled to be Carter 5.
“I’m gonna drop one more mixtape before my album. The album is called Hy!£UN35 (HiTunes),” said Thug. “I’m gonna drop one more mixtape. I’ll probably name it Carter V, because the original Carter V still ain’t came out. I don’t know what the f*ck they’re doing – slow poking. So I’m gonna put that motherf*cker out for him.”
Wayne has been fighting with his label, Birdman’s Cash Money Records, to get his next album Tha Carter V released. Thug’s attempt to name his last mixtape Carter 6 led to a feud with Wayne. He eventually changed the name to Barter 6.
Watch Young Thug’s interview below.
(AllHipHop News) Freddie Gibbs is looking to give back to his hometown. The Indiana born emcee launched a new crowdfunding campaign on GoFundMe to raise money for School Supply Giveaway of Gary. The non-profit organization helps provide school supplies such as backpacks, notebooks, pens, pencils, and hand sanitizer to local students.
Gibbs writes on the GFM page:
I have started this GoFund to assist SSGA (School Supply Giveaway of Gary) in raising funds for necessary school supplies for the students in my hometown of Gary, Indiana. Growing up in Gary there was little opportunity for a kid like me to make something of myself. Not having the basic supplies that every other kid in any other city had left a lot of us with little motivation to do well in school and turned a lot of us to darker paths. By helping these students aquire [sic] the basic supplies every student needs and deserves you will be maximizing their chances at a brighter future.
The “Built For This” rhymer is looking to raise $3000. At the moment, 64 people have donated a total of $1,785. All of the proceeds go to SSGA. To donate visit www.gofundme.com.
Watch video of Freddie Gibbs discussing his GoFundMe campaign below.
(AllHipHop News) Family and friends of Lionel “Chinx” Pickens gathered at The Greater Allen A.M.E. Zion Church in Queens to say their goodbyes to the 31-year-old rapper. Chinx was laid to rest last night (May 26).
According to Revolt, the funeral services were attended by fellow rap figures French Montana, Vado, Maino, DJ Clue, and others. Chinx’s cousin Norman Seabrook spoke at the services.
“His son comes up to me, Nugget, and I pick him up, and he says ‘Is that a God box?’ And I said, ‘It’s a God box.’ And he looked at me and tears began to roll down my face,” relayed Seabrook. “And he said to me ‘When is he going to wake up to come home?’ And I said, ‘He’s sleeping right now, you’ll see him again.’ And he said, ‘When?’ And I said, ‘I don’t know when. But he’s up in God’s house living.'”
Seabrook is also head of the Correctional Services for New York City. He took the opportunity to address violence in the community, urging the youth to turn away from killing each other.
“I’m always speaking about gun violence,” Seabrook added. “I’m always talking about how kids are killing each other. How they’re shooting each other. How one person is dead and another person goes to prison. They’re dead too. We have to do better than this. We must do better than this.”
Chinx was killed on May 17 during a drive-by shooting on Queens Boulevard. Police are still investigating. As of press time, no arrests have been made.
Watch video from the memorial below.
(AllHipHop News) Converse Rubber Tracks is now providing emerging artists 18 years and older the opportunity to record at 12 landmark studios with world-renowned producers and sound engineers. The free program launched by Converse, Inc is opening the doors to iconic international recording spaces equipped with industry-leading technology.
Locations include Stankonia in Atlanta, Georgia, Tuff Gong in Kingston, Jamaica, Abbey Road Studios in London, England, Converse Rubber Tracks studio in Brooklyn, New York, and the upcoming Converse Rubber Tracks studio in Boston, Massachusetts. In total, musicians can win access to a studio in eight different countries on four continents.
Applicants must take part in an online submission process which requires them to rank their top three studio preferences. Artists are also encouraged to enter a brief biography or description via a video or written application. The artists chosen to participate will be taken to one of the studios of their choice in September with most travel accommodations arranged and select expenses covered by Converse.
“Since we opened our first permanent Converse Rubber Tracks studio in Brooklyn four years ago, we’ve had aspirations to elevate this program even further, hoping to extend this opportunity to artists across the globe,” states Jed Lewis, Converse Global Music Marketing Director. “With this new Converse Rubber Tracks program, we will unlock the doors to some of the greatest recording studios in music history and we’re ecstatic to offer this extraordinary experience to emerging artists worldwide. As a brand so deeply rooted in the next generation of creative spirits, we’re eager to make history while inspiring creativity and self-expression among music communities worldwide.”
Registration for the Converse Rubber Tracks program runs through Wednesday, June 24. Chosen artists will be notified in early July. For more information visit www.converse-music.com.
Watch “Converse Rubber Tracks : 12 Iconic Recording Studios. 12 Sets of Keys” video and check out photos of the legendary studios in the gallery below.
Iamsu! is back with the official remix for “FTB” featuring Chinx. Produced by P-Lo of The Invasion. Stream below.
Reading, PA’s very own Curious G wowed listeners for the first time after he teamed up with PBS Newhour to create a visually-stunning hometown anthem that quickly found its way onto TV-screens in Villa stores around the country… Now Curious G is back with a new visual for the title track to his upcoming first official EP titled “Endurance”. Totally switching up the vibe from his heartfelt song “Reading PA”, “Endurance” is a more rugged display of G’s technical lyrical abilities and Midwestern-inspired “chopper flow”. Western PA production company Roar and Gills shot and directed the video in Reading and North Jersey native Black Chalk produced the hard-hitting instrumental. “Endurance” is an 11-track EP set to release on June 10th, 2015 via Wide Mind Music and will be available on all major digital distribution platforms.
