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J. Cole Announces Dollar & A Dream 2 Secret Tour & Drops "Lights Please" Video

By: Yohance Kyles (@HUEYmixwitRILEY) Updated Category: Headlines
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(AllHipHop News) June 15th was the 5th anniversary of J. Cole releasing his The Warm Up mixtape. That was the project that elevated the North Carolina native into the collective consciousness of the greater Hip Hop culture.

[ALSO READ: J. Cole To Perform “The Warm Up” Mixtape During Summer Tour]

As part of the celebration for Cole’s second official mixtape, the rapper/producer previously announced he will be performing The Warm Up in its entirety during a summer tour. More details about the second edition of his Dollar & A Dream Tour have now emerged.

J. Cole will hit six cities, but the venues for each show will be revealed at a later date. Also, tickets are not being sold for the tour. Fans will have to follow J. Cole on Twitter to find out how they can get access to each $1 performance.

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The Roc Nation signee also marked the five-year milestone by releasing the video for The Warm Up’s standout track “Lights Please.” The visuals were filmed in 2008, but Cole shared the video with the public for the first time while on MTV’s RapFix.

Watch the trailer for Dollar & A Dream 2 tour and the video for “Lights Please” below.

 

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Exclusive!!! New Video: Mishon "Legal Tender"

By: Rea Davis @IamReaDavis Updated Category: Alternatives
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Columbia Recording artist Mishon releases the visual to “Legal Tender” off his Valentine’s Day EP entitled “The Gift.” Exploring the journey into a girl’s life that eventually becomes troubled. Through time she gives up on love, family, and goes into a haunting future that puts money over self worth. She goes through stages of domestic violence and prostitution for worldly and material possessions.

“Legal Tender” gives the audience a realistic depiction of what goes on in the lives of many young women. Although it exposes the dangers of prostitution as well as domestic violence, it also sheds light to a promising future where young girls can achieve success and true love if they veer away from a dangerous lifestyle.

Words From Mishon:

“I feel like this is what’s needed right now. I went through this situation with my ex so this song has always been special to me. After we separated she chose the fast life and lost who she was. I did this song a year ago and with the events taking place in Nigeria (#bringbackourgirls) and seeing some these young girls in U.S. choosing a fast life style; I decided to put a visual to the song. Hopefully, if at least one person sees this and it changes their life for the better, then I’ve done my job.” Check out the video below!

Jay Z Appears On New "Jungle Remix" In Beats By Dre Ad (VIDEO)

By: Yohance Kyles (@HUEYmixwitRILEY) Updated Category: Headlines
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(AllHipHop News) Two of Hip Hop most successful moguls join forces for a brand new commercial. Jay Z adds his vocals to the Beats By Dre “The Game Before The Game” campaign.

The 70-second ad celebrates the World Cup being hosted in Brazil and features the song “Jungle Remix” by X Ambassadors and Jamie N Commons with a guest appearance by Jigga. The track can be downloaded at beatsmusic.com.

[ALSO READ: New Kanye West Music Featured In Adidas World Cup Ad]

Watch the ad below.

Eve Married Longtime Mate Maximillion CooperToday, Reports

By: yourfavenightmare Updated Category: Headlines
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(AllHipHop News) Congratulations are in order for Eve, as the rapper has married her long-term beau Maximillion Cooper today, according to reports.

Bun B and others sent their congrats over social media to the couple.

Eve and Max announce their engagement in December of 2013 after a prolonged courting period.

While details are scant, they were reportedly married in Spain.

Max is one of the founders of the Gumball 3000 race, which Bun B and others participate in annually.

Joel ‘Deadmau5′ Zimmerman won the Gumball 3000 this year.

Ab Soul Reveals Track Listing For These Days…

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(AllHipHop News) Ab-Soul’s album release quickly appreciates the the rapper has revealed the track listing for his album, These Days.

The album is chock full of guest appearances, including Kendrick Lamar, Rick Ross, Lupe Fiasco, ScHoolboy Q, Action Bronson, Jay Rock and others like J. Cole and Terrace Martin on the beats.

The album spans a total of 15 tracks, seen below.

These Days… Tracklisting

1. “God’s Reign” feat. SZA (produced by Purity Ring)


2. “Tree of Life” (produced Curti$$ King and DJ Dahi)


3. “Hunnid Stax” feat. ScHoolboy Q (produced by Kenny Beats)


4. “Dub Sac” (produced by Dave Free & Tommy Black)


5. “World Runners” feat. Lupe Fiasco and Nikki Jean (produced by Tae Beast)


6. “Nevermind That” feat. Rick Ross (produced by The Kathy)


7. “TWACT” feat. Jinx and Short Dawg (produced by DNYC3)


8. “Just Have Fun” (produced by Like and Blended Babies)


9. “Kendrick Lamar’s Interlude” feat. Kendrick Lamar (produced by Terrace Martin)


10. “Closure” (produced by Sounwave)


11. “Sapiosexual” (produced by J. Cole)


12. “Stigmata” feat. Action Bronson and Asaad (produced by Rahki)


13. “Feelin’ Us” feat. Jay Rock and RaVaughn (produced by Skhye Hutch)


14. “Ride Slow” feat. Danny Brown and Delusional Thomas (produced by Larry Fisherman)


15. “W.R.O.H.” feat. JMSN (produced by Tae Beast)

Jagged Edge's Interview With The Breakfast Club

By: Rea Davis @IamReaDavis Updated Category: Alternatives
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Multi-platinum selling R&B group Jagged Edge is back!! Cues “I Gotta Be”, “Let’s Get Married”, and “Where The Party At”. R&B fans are you ready??? The quartet recently announced their forthcoming eighth studio album ‘J.E. Heartbreak Too‘. JE recently stopped by Power 105.1 in NYC for their first interview in promotion of the new project on Thursday. Jermaine Dupri joined the group for a great chat with ‘The Breakfast Club.’

The interview starts with the group talking about their hiatus and where the idea came from to come back with a sequel to their multi-platinum selling 2000 album J.E. Heartbreak. They also open up about what happened between them and JD and his label So So Def. Admitting it was all his issues with Sony at the time, JD took responsibility for their time apart, and expressed his excitement to be working with the group again.

Some highlights from the interview were the group talking about touring, them sharing their feelings on mainstream R&B today, being more like rappers that sing, past issues with Sisqo, dating LaTavia of Destiny’s Child, and more. Check out the interview below!

Hip-Hop Rumors: Did Nas Drop A Secret EP?

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Yo…the internet is some BS sometimes. You know how I know? People are actually on the ‘Net trying to say this dude Old Droog is Nas! Remember when there were all these rappers that sounded like Jay Z? They didn’t last. This dude Droog is apparently a BK MC, not Nas at all. To me, he resembles Nas, bout definitely not Nasir. At any rate, check in out. He got the people talking.

No way is this Nas, but he doesn’t sound wack or anything so…enjoy.

At times, he sounds like Jay Elec. Maybe its Kay Electronica. You never know these days.

 

 

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Hip-Hop Rumors: A BIG Riff Between Jay Z & Kanye?

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Kanye West and Jay are a helluva team. They are always interesting to listen to and to watch. All that great stuff. And YET…there are these persistent rumors of friction. It didn’t help that Jay and B didn’t show up to the big wedding. Seems like Kanye has been performing and when he performs, he has been removing all references to Jay Z from his rhymes. For example, on “Blood on the Leaves,” ‘Ye says “I don’t give a damn if you used to talk to Jay Z. He ain’t with you, he with Beyonce, you need to stop actin’ lazy.” On a recent rap, he said, “I don’t give a damn if you used to talk to … . He ain’t with you, he with Beyonce, you need to stop actin crazy.” He just didn’t say his name. And he apparently did that a few times. This has formulated rumors of friction. Well, that is Kanye’s “big brother” so you never know.

And then there is more to this rumor…from the tabloids, where they got dudes sounding like birds in these streets.

While many are speculating that Mr West is still fuming about the wedding snub, we hear the feud escalated over another matter. Apparently it was Jay who got annoyed because Kanye recently tried to offer marital advice, after wrongly assuming he and Bey were on the rocks following [elevator]-gate.

US sources told us: “Jay thought it was laughable that Kanye was trying to give him tips when he’s only been hitched two minutes.

“His jaw dropped to the ground when he got the call.”

“Kanye said he thinks Jay needs to stay focused on his marriage, ignore the negativity surrounding them right now and told him to ‘take care of business’.

“Despite the fact Jay agreed with the sentiment, he thought it was ridiculous that Kanye was trying to act like he knew it all.”


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Do you really think there is friction between these dudes?

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J Maul – "Really Right"

By: Jake Crates Updated Category: MOBILE
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Staten Island wordsmith J Maul, known for his work with famed producer Buckwild drops his track, “Really Right.” J Maul displays his lyrical versatility on the track that has a several sites online supporting this song in particular.

Look for his newest album, From My Mouth to God’s Ears online. Fans of Saigon, Torae and Skyzoo will enjoy this one. Maul is NYC to the core.

Kanye West Helped Chris Rock Name Upcoming Comedy Tour "The Black Plague" (VIDEO)

By: Keith Nelson Jr (@JusAire) Updated Category: Headlines
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(AllHipHop News) In the 14 century, the Plague epidemic that ravaged Europe killed over 100 million people in the world. Chris Rock is hoping to just have people dying laughing at his newly announced “The Black Plague” tour coming this fall.

While on The Tonight Show With Jimmy Fallon, Rock states that he will be embarking on his first stand-up comedy tour since 2008’s Kill The Messenger tour. According to Rock, the ominous title of the tour originated from the most controversial rap artist of the last 10 years:

Kanye [West] gave me that name. Yeah, the other day, we were hanging out. He gave me that name. We were listening to records or whatever and he said ‘black plague’. I said ‘oooh, can I use that?’

According to Rock, the tour should start late October or early November. Rock is hosting the 2014 BET Awards on June 29th, three days after Dave Chappelle performs the last of his upcoming nine shows at Radio City Music Hall, starting June 18th. During a July 2013 interview on Aisha Tyler’s Girl on Guy, Rock hinted at a joint tour with Chappelle:

The tour will happen. Maybe with Chappelle, maybe not. Who knows? We’ve been talking.

Check out Chris Rock explain “The Black Plague Tour”,  why he is hosting the BET Awards +more below:

Hip-Hop Rumors: T.I. Helping Andre 3000 Get New Music Out?

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UPDATE: YO! PEOPLE SWEAR I MAKE UP RUMORS…FALSE! I get most of my rumors from sources. If they are not mine and I know it, I source them to the outlet of origin. This rumor here, was NOT from a third party, but the communication between the source and myself got screwed up. So here is the correction. The source told me “Tip” and Andre 3000 were working together in the studio. Man, the source just said “Tip” so I assumed he meant T.I., but he didn’t. He meant, the legendary Q-Tip of A Tribe Called Quest! So, apparently, these two were seen in the studio working on new music, not T.I. T.I. wasn’t far-fetched since the pair worked together on the Trouble Man album. Anyway, I hope that helps.

So, it seems the rumors are 100% true. Andre 3000 is definitely working on new music. But, here is the cool part. I am also hearing that Three Stacks has been working uber close to T.I. Not necessarily with T.I. but in Tip’s studio. I’m hearing that dude is actually in the recording process already for this new solo album. That’s is great news. I guess, I have to admit to being curious why he couldn’t do us fans a solid and do an OutKast album first. But, that’s another story. I suppose we need to just be happy that we get some new music from Andre that’s not a remix or a feature.

RELATED: Andre 3000 Confirms He Is Working On New Music

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Lebron James Earned $30 Million From Dr. Dre's Beats by Dre Sale

By: Keith Nelson Jr (@JusAire) Updated Category: Headlines
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(AllHipHop News) Lebron James has public aspirations to become the first billionaire active athlete and Dr. Dre has helped him on that quest. According to a recent report, Lebron James acquired $30 million in stock and cash after the Beats by Dre sale by Apple.

While James’ share in the Beats by Dre company is undisclosed, he has reportedly raked in 1% of the $3 billion sale of the headphone and music streaming company. Iovine and Dre gave James prototypes of the Beats headphones back in 2008, prior to the 2008 Olympics in Beijing. Lebron James was given a share in Beats by Dre in exchange for promoting the headset. The deal is being dubbed “the biggest equity cash payout for a professional athlete in history”.

Last year, James and Dr. Dre appeared on the cover of the February 2013 issue of ESPN The Magazine. During the interview, James explains why Dr. Dre’s “Still D.R.E.” is one of his favorite songs from the legendary producer/rapper:

It’s not just the music but what he’s actually saying. People are always trying to throw rocks or say you’re not the best. I love that song, man. I listen to it at least weekly.

Check out behind the scenes of the ESPN The Mag photoshoot with Lebron James and Dr. Dre: