Mixtape Download: NIKO – Good Blod
After creating a strong buzz in a short period of time with the release of two critically acclaimed mix tapes, NIKO IS continues to refine his craft and is ready for prime time. This summer will see NIKO IS partnering with Javotti Media to release his first full length album, Brutus. In order to get the world properly prepared for this opus, today will see the release of the video for Ballon d’OR from NIKO IS third free mixtape, Good Blood.
This project will initially be hosted at rapgenius.com and can also be downloaded at NIKO IS’ website, nikoismusic.com. It will be available for streaming at djbooth.net as well. For those fans who have been following NIKO IS’ rise from local Orlando MC to international mover and shaker, these new opportunities have been a long time coming and are overdue. For those not familiar with the repertoire of this brilliant artist, get ready to be pleasantly surprised and amazed.
Tiffany Foxx – “Young N Thuggin” feat. Pusha T, Young Thug & Chubbie Baby
Pharrell Talks About Trying To Compete With Jay Z
(AllHipHop News) Pharrell Williams is a superstar producer, multiple Grammy winner, Academy Award nominee, and the creator of the number one song in the country. Despite all these accomplishments, the Virginia native still feels he is not in the same league as frequent collaborator Jay Z.
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In a recent interview with The Guardian, Skateboard P admits that his debut solo album In My Mind is his least favorite work. Pharrell says it is because he didn’t know who he was, and he was just trying to compete with other artists.
“I thought I knew who I was… This competitive guy in the music industry, who admired my peers and felt he needed to compete with the races that they designed,” said Pharrell. “It was in my mind, but not in my heart. It was this caricature that I’d built in my mind, that fitted in with what Snoop and Jay were doing. Some of the things I said on that record, all the bragging, it’s not necessary. It doesn’t say anything about you, apart from how shallow you are.”
Pharrell goes on to point out that despite hoping to compete with Jay at the time, he came to the conclusion that it was not a going to happen. According to the G I R L performer, Jay’s run in the music business and lyrical talent puts him on another level.
“Jay was never going to race with any of us. That was just my delusion,” added Pharrell. “Because his career runs laps round people. And he runs laps round people, lyrically. He’s a philosopher and a poet.”
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DJ Yella Talks N.W.A Breakup, Biopic & Eazy-E’s Death
(AllHipHop News) Original N.W.A member DJ Yella has a lot of inside knowledge about the legendary group’s history. The 46-year-old producer spoke with Montreality about several topics related to N***az Wit Attitudes including their breakup, the upcoming biopic being produced by Ice Cube, and the death of Eazy-E.
[ALSO READ: Kokane Calls Out Ice Cube For “Doing Something Wrong And Foul” With N.W.A Movie]
On N.W.A’s breakup:
When the group broke up we were number one on the charts. I’d never heard – to this day – I don’t know personally of a group that broke up at number one. They break up when they’re last or not selling, but we broke up at number one. I don’t think it… it might have just been too big to keep that group together. It was too perfect. So, it was just meant to be. Cube left, then Dre left, then that was it. Once we finished mixing the Niggaz4Life album the group was over. People didn’t know that, but the group was over then.
On the N.W.A movie:
It should be coming out 2015. Right now they’re casting, so they should be shooting very soon. I don’t know when, but I would say close to summer. I will be a consultant on the set, and everybody’s putting in their input on the story. Everybody said their own parts about the story.
On Eazy-E’s death:
I don’t talk about [Eazy-E HIV conspiracy theories], because I don’t know nothing about it. I just stayed away. I don’t know what happened. I went to go see E at the hospital. It was the day that they announced that he had it, but when I went and seen him he was already in a coma, so he couldn’t talk or anything. They had gave him medicine so he couldn’t move. I didn’t really get to say what I wanted to say. I had seen him that January, a few months ahead of time.
[ALSO READ: Sons Of Eazy-E, Big Pun & ODB Drop “My 3 Son’s”]
Watch DJ Yella’s full interview below.
“Boondocks” Creator Aaron McGruder & Adult Swim To Produce New Series “Black Jesus”
(AllHipHop News) Fans of the animated program The Boondocks have been waiting for season four of the show for four years. As Huey, Riley, Granddad, and the rest of the characters get set to return to the small screen on April 21st, Boondocks creator Aaron McGruder has also teamed with Adult Swim for a brand new series.
[ALSO READ: New Season Of The Boondocks FINALLY Gets A Release Date (VIDEO)]
Adult Swim announced that McGruder’s live-action comedy Black Jesus has been greenlit. The show will star Gerald “Slink” Johnson as Black Jesus. The Boondocks regulars Charlie Murphy and John Witherspoon are also part of the cast. The Cleveland Show’s Corey Holcomb has signed on as well.
Production for Black Jesus has already begun in Los Angeles, California. The show is scheduled to debut later this year.
McGruder previously tackled the topic of Jesus being black on The Boondocks episode “A Huey Freeman Christmas.” Watch a clip from “A Huey Freeman Christmas” below.
via THR
Frank Ocean Tells Chipotle To “F*ck Off”
(AllHipHop News) Odd Future member Frank Ocean was recently named in a lawsuit by Chipotle. The restaurant chain sued the singer for $212,500. The money was for an advance on a $425,000 deal Ocean received to sing in one of the company’s ads.
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Ocean backed out of the agreement citing he was to have final approval of the master recording and all advertising. The “Thinkin About You” crooner apparently did not approve of Chipotle’s decision to place its logo at the end of the commercial.
According to Ocean, he returned the $212,500. He took to his Tumblr page to share a copy of the cashier’s check he sent to Chipotle. The check’s memo line reads, “F**K OFF.”
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Rick Ross’ “Mastermind” Is The # 1 Album In The Country
(AllHipHop News) Rick Ross’ Mastermind is officiallly the number one album in the country. Ross’ new album has sold 184,726 copies in its first week.
With Mastermind‘s accomplishment, it makes Ross the holder of the most solo rap albums to reach #1 since his debut in August of 2006. While this is his fifth #1 album, it is his second lowest first week sales, barely edging out 2010’s Teflon Don (his only album to not reach #1).
Last week’s #1 album, Schoolboy Q’s Oxymoron is expected to fall completely out of the Top 5in its second week, so far with sales of 30,237 copies. This is so far a second week decline of over 78% from last week’s 138,517 copies.
Pharrell’s G I R L is expected to come in at second with 110,090 copies.
Diddy Reportedly Bid $200 Million To Purchase Fuse TV Channel
(AllHipHop News) It looks like when Sean “Diddy” Combs said “I told you that we won’t stop” he was dead serious. Bloomberg reports the Hip Hop mogul is looking to expand his media empire to include the music cable channel Fuse.
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According to sources, Diddy put in a bid of $200 million to purchase Fuse and convert it to Revolt TV. He is said to be among several bidders for the network.
Revolt is currently available to 22.8 million households through Comcast and Time Warner. Fuse, currently owned by the Madison Square Garden Company, reaches 74 million households.
The Dolan Family, who started MSG Co. and run the corporation, are supposedly seeking about $400 million for Fuse.
“We are exploring strategic alternatives for Fuse, and will have no further comment during what is still an ongoing process,” MSG spokeswoman Kimberly Kerns told Bloomberg.
If Diddy is able to pull off the purchase, the bolstered Revolt TV will join his other business ventures including Bad Boy Entertainment and Cîroc vodka.
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Lil Boosie Talks Writing Over 1000 Songs In Prison & Discovering New Technology After Release
(AllHipHop News) Lil Boosie celebrated his new-found freedom with a press conference today. After supporters like Bun B, Young Jeezy, Webbie, his mother, and his lawyers shared their thoughts about the Louisiana rapper’s release from prison, Boosie himself sat down with The Breakfast Club’s Angela Yee to talk about numerous topics.
[ALSO READ: Lil Boosie “Same Game” Song & Video Of Him In The Studio Hit The Net]
Of course the subject of music came up, Boosie told the audience that he wrote 1,018 songs while he was locked up, and he has been in the studio every night in preparation for a new album. He also revealed he is reconstructing his contract with Trill Entertainment and is looking forward to his relationship with Atlantic Records.
“My music always been based off telling stories and now I really got a lot of stories to tell about my life, what my family went through, what my people went through,” said Boosie. “I’m more versatile. I’m a better artist and I’m a better person, because I’m wiser and stronger, and I know who’s here for me and who ain’t. When you go to jail you know who real and who ain’t.”
Boosie also addressed how the world has changed since he went into prison. Instagram and Apple’s FaceTime did not exist at the time. The 31-year-old was amazed to discover the ability to video chat via phone.
“I had never seen Instagram. I heard about it,” states Boosie. “I was surprised when I looked on my iPhone and you could look at people and talk on the phone. I wasn’t used to that. I was like, ‘the world done change.'”
[ALSO READ: Hip-Hop Rumors: A Boosie / Jeezy Collab Album?]
Watch Lil Boosie’s press conference below.
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Jay Z & Kanye West To Perform During Samsung’s SXSW Concert Series
(AllHipHop News) The Throne will reunite for this year’s SXSW. Jay Z and Kanye West will perform at Samsung’s exclusive concert series in Austin, Texas on Wednesday, March 12th.
[ALSO READ: AllHipHop.com’s “Who To Watch SXSW 2014 Showcase” Powered By Monster]
While the location of the show is being kept secret, Galaxy device owners who have downloaded Milk Music can pick up wristbands for the concert at the Galaxy Experience location at 2nd Street and Trinity Street starting tomorrow.
[ALSO READ: AllHipHop Presents: A$AP Mob At SXSW 2014]
Janelle Monae and Gary Clark Jr. (3/13), Broken Bells (3/14), and Cut Copy and Holy Ghost! (3/15) will take over the Samsung stage throughout the rest of the week.
via Mashable
Hip-Hop Rumors: A Boosie / Jeezy Collab Album?
SOOOOO…..
I am hearing that there is some new talk of Jeezy and Boosie working on an album! Some people are saying mixtape, but I am hearing ALBUM!
Yooooooo! How dope would that be? I really don’t know since I have not listened to Jeezy in a minute and never really listened to Boosie! But, that boy Boosie has all the people talking and that means he is going to really be blowing up again.
Well, no need for me to ramble about this anymore.
Nobody is talking about Boosie signing to Rick Ross anymore though. That may have been a facade.
Did you know Boosie’s mother was a principle at a school? WOW!
Boosie Speaks Press Conference
This is where the rumors started.
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Lil Wayne – “Moment”
Jay Z Talks Phone Sex on Daft Punk Collaboration “Computerized” (P###. Kanye West)
(AllHipHop News) Beyonce is Drunk In Love and her husband seems to be used to the drunk texts. Today (March 10th), an unreleased collaboration between Jay Z and electro funk band Daft Punk surfaces called “Computerized”.
The song is allegedly produced by Kanye West and is speculated to have been meant for Daft Punk’s 2013 album Random Access Memories. In the song, Jay Z gets pretty candid about how technology h as changed his approach to intimacy:
What ever happened to the phone sex?/Right now, can’t think of anything we don’t text
Check out Jay Z’s first ever collaboration with Daft Punk on the Kanye West-produced “Computerized”:
Frank Ocean x Diplo x The Clash – “Hero”
Future Announces Kanye West, Drake + More Will Appear on “Honest”
(AllHipHop News) Future is almost ready to set free some honesty with his new album and today (March 10th) he revealed the tracklist to his new album Honest.
The standard and deluxe version of Honest will include collaborations with Lil Wayne, Kanye West, Andre 3000 and a host of others. Future will also collaborate with Drake on “Never Satisfied” after touring together on Drake’s Would You Like A Tour? last year.
Honest is set to be released on April 22nd.
Check out the official tracklist for Future’s Honest below:
Honest Tracklisting (Standard)
1. Look Ahead
2. T-Shirt
3. Move That Dope featuring Pharrell, Pusha T and Casino
4. My Momma featuring Wiz Khalifa
5. Honest
6. I Won featuring Kanye West
7. Never Satisfied featuring Drake
8. I Be U
9. Covered N Money
10. Special featuring Young Scooter
11. Benz Friendz (Whatchutola) featuring Andre 3000
12. Blood, Sweat, Tears
Honest Tracklisting (Deluxe)
1. Look Ahead
2. T-Shirt
3. Move That Dope featuring Pharrell, Pusha T and Casino
4. My Momma featuring Wiz Khalifa
5. Honest
6. I Won featuring Kanye West
7. Never Satisfied featuring Drake
8. I Be U
9. Covered N Money
10. Special featuring Young Scooter
11. Benz Friendz (Whatchutola) featuring Andre 3000
12. Blood, Sweat, Tears
13. Big Rube Speaks
14. Side Effects
15. I’ll Be Yours
16. How Can I Not featuring Young Scooter
17. Sh!t
18. Karate Chop (Remix) featuring Lil Wayne
Big Boi – “King Sh!t” (feat. T.I. & Ludacris & Kito & Reija Lee)
Tank – “You’re My Star”
Hip-Hop Rumors: Scarface Is Coming Back!
I know he’s older now, but time is kind to the “real.” Scarface is one of the best in the world. Guess what? I am hearing that he’s now finished a new album and is working on putting it out soon. The crazy funny thing is, Face has been documenting his workouts recently and I heard that’s because he’s getting set for this comeback. I don’t know if you know, but the homey has had a couple rough years. Now, it seems like he’s BACK! Anyway, YEP!
This is GREAT NEWS!
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C-Murder Says He Doesn’t Love Master P On “Came 2 Da Can” W/ Lil Boosie
The family feud continues. Today (March 10th), a collaboration between former cellmates Lil Boosie and C-Murder is released, entitled “Came 2 Da Can” with both rappers holding nothing back.
On the song produced by Craig B, both MC’s calls out the liars and backstabbers they’ve seen since they “Came 2 Da Can”. Murder particularly makes a shocking declaration in his ongoing feud with his brother Master P:
I used to love my own brother, but I don’t love him no mo’/Don’t want to hug him no mo’/Cause there’s a limit fo sho/That’s why I tongue kiss that Tek 9 and f*ck that fo fo.
Check out Lil Boosie and C-Murder’s new collaboration “Came 2 Da Can” below: