Sleeping with the toaster, like I’m napping in the kitchen-Ernez
Ernez and Lil Wayne and connect over the bouncy new song “We Like Bosses” that sounds reminiscent to late 90s Cash Money Records songs. Ernez new album is coming soon and check out more of his music featuring Gudda Gudda, Chamillionaire and others at his official Myspace page
Check out Ernez’s collaboration with Lil’ Wayne, “We Like Bosses” below:
(AllHipHop News) Earlier today (May 20th), AllHipHop reported that Ciara had given birth to her first child with Future and hours later the singer revealed the child’s name and first photograph.
At 10:11 A.M. EST, Future sent out a tweet which read “Baby FUTURE”, confirming reports of the birth of his new son. The mother of the child decided to take things a bit further a few hours later by releasing the first photo of the child on her personal Instagram and revealing its name:
Future’s real name is Nayvadius D. Wilburn.
R&B crooner and The Voice’s vocal coach Usher ended season 6 of the Voice with two unique performances. Usher took the stage to perform a special cover of D’Angelo‘s “Untitled (How Does It Feel)” with fellow coach Adam Levine. He also collaborated with team member Josh Kaufman for a cover of the Police’s “Every Breath You Take.” Adam gave fans a nice gritty soulful intro along with a nice guitar riff. Usher jumped in with his notable tenor. D’Angelo is known for his unique runs, range, and voice inflections. Usher and Adam nailed it. Check out the videos below.
(AllHipHop News) In 2013, the music industry experienced its lowest five week stretch in Soundscan history and the last week of July 2013 had the lowest weekly total ever (4.68 million copies). Earlier today (May 20th), Questlove spoke on how even commercial Hip Hop is failing due to the changing climate and its stagnant relationship with innovation.
Questlove answered questions from Vulture readers about his recent five-part essay series on Vulture which focused on the change and demise of Black culture. In his answer to one reader, The Roots drummer explains how Hip Hop’s apparent dominance is deceptive and that it’s not only the art that is suffering but the sales:
Now the commercial heads aren’t doing big numbers anymore. Big Sean went from selling more than 300,000 copies to under 150,000. 2 Chainz moved more than 600,000 of Based on a T.R.U. Story, but was down to 250,000 for B.O.A.T.S. II: Me Time. Rick Ross, for the most part, held steady as a gold-selling artist between 2006 and 2012, with albums in the 550,000 to 750,000 range, but his last time out he got to 300,000. Future’s Honest, one of the most highly touted and advertised releases of the year, moved 11,000 copies in its third week on the chart, and has only sold 85,000 overall so far.
Questlove and The Roots recently released their 11th studio album, …& Then You Shoot Your Cousin, a body of work predicated on experimentation. According to Questlove, while Hip Hop may have a few acts indulging in that level of experimentation, innovation is becoming lost on the art form”
In DJ/sonic terms, it’s similar to what happens with a siren: When it’s headed our way, the pitch is a little higher because sound waves are bunched up. As it moves away, they spread out and that pitch drops. Well, hip-hop culture has redshifted. The pitch has dropped. Innovation may exist, but it’s not the dominant characteristic anymore. It’s moving away.
Check out Questlove’s full Q+A on Vulture here.
Ras Kass has continually delivered sharp lyrics and has made a legendary mark in the rap game. Now, Ras Kas has been working with MK Asante to create “Godz N The Hood” is from the Ras Kass Barmageddon album and MK Asante’s upcoming Buck: Original Book Soundtrack, new music inspired by his award-winning memoir. Ras Kass & MK Asante recruit Bishop Lamont and East Coast lyricist Talib Kweli to put together this hot new video directed by MK Asante.
Take a look at the AllHipHop.com premiere of the video and also take a look at some of the behind the scene picts of the making of the video as well.
(AllHipHop News) Future and Ciara have reason to celebrate.
According to reports from New York Daily News’ Page Six, Ciara gave birth to a boy yesterday morning (May 19th). Ciara first announced the sex of her child with Future on her personal Instagram account less than two months ago.
This is Future’s fourth child and first with Ciara. Neither have announced the birth as of yet. Future’s Honest tour begins this Friday (May 23rd) at The Rave in Milwaukee, WI.
(AllHipHop News) Capitol comeback. Less than three months after 50 Cent left Interscope Records to sign with Caroiline/Capitol Records, The-Dream has followed suit.
A month before 50 Cent announced his severing of ties with Interscope Records, The-Dream announced on his personal Instagram account that he was leaving Def Jam after seven years. The-Dream did not formally announce his signing to Capitol Records, however as Hip Hop-N-More reports, his latest iTunes single “Black” has his label listed as “Capitol Records”:
Two years earlier it was rumored that The-Dream was set to sign with frequent collaborator Jay Z’s Roc Nation. During a 2012 interview with MTV’s RapFix Live, Dream stated that Roc Nation was his “family” but “I’m not signing with Roc Nation.”
(AllHipHop News) The New Orleans residents who run the Lower 9th Ward Village are facing the possibility that the community center may have to close down. The facility is the location where the Lil Wayne, Mountain Dew, and Glu Agency sponsored Trukstop Skatepark was placed.
Unfortunately, while Wayne, Mountain Dew, and Glu were present for a well publicized grand opening in 2012, the rapper and the companies have not continued their contributions or support to complete and staff the park.
[ALSO READ: New Orleans Residents Upset With Lil Wayne For Not Completing Community Skatepark]
“It was my intention, through my relationship with brand partners, to provide the good people of New Orleans with a skatepark,” stated Wayne. “Unfortunately, the deal did not work out, and due to issues beyond my control, I am no longer involved with the skatepark. Helping New Orleans has always been important to me. My team and I are looking into other initiatives for the future.”
Now facing foreclosure, Lower 9th Ward Village is asking for support via Kickstarter to help keep the community center and skatepark open. The campaign is hoping to collect $75,000 by May 27th. As of press time 342 backers have contributed $20,589.
[ALSO READ: Lil Wayne Partners With Mountain Dew; Building Skate Park In New Orleans]
Watch the Lower 9th Ward Village’s Kickstarter campaign video below.
(AllHipHop News) Kid Cudi’s comments about the current state of Hip Hop earlier this year are still garnering responses from other individuals in the culture. Speaking with Power 105’s The Breakfast Club, Maybach Music Group rapper Meek Mill offered his defense of the type of rap music he felt Cudi was referring to with his remarks.
[ALSO READ: Russell Simmons Responds To Kid Cudi’s Comments About Hip Hop]
“I think the braggadocio, money, cash, hoes thing needs to be deaded,” said Cudi while appearing on The Arsenio Hall Show. “I feel like that’s holding us back as a culture, as black people.”
In response Meek stated:
I seen Kid Cudi say “they rap about money, cars, hoes and all this stuff.” I’m like, bro, we don’t tell y’all what to rap about. If he choose to rap about sniffing coke, I ain’t gonna say nothing about him rapping about that. If J. Cole wanna rap about college, I might want to hear the experience of college. I’ve never been to college… Rap is rap. It’s about how you putting them words together, how you making them flows sound on that beat, and how you making good music. You can’t say 2Pac your favorite rapper and you ain’t trying to hear nobody talk about the streets, Jay Z. You can’t say it. What is y’all saying? I don’t understand it.
[ALSO CHECK OUT: Meek Mill Ft Paloma Ford “I Dont Know”]
Watch Meek Mill’s The Breakfast Club interview below.
