(AllHipHop News) Jay-Z is on a rare press run and stopped by Power 105’s The Breakfast Club to speak on Magna Carta Holy Grail, and even shouts out AllHipHop’s review of his new album.
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I heard a rumor!
Trina and French Montana have been pretty quiet as of late, but guess who hit me with this one? Sydney Lace! HAHAHA! How’s that for a blast from the past. A lot of people hated on Ms. Lace, but we’re still cool! Maybe I’ll bring her back since I am looking for a new assistant. But, I depress, I mean digress. I’m hearing that French and Trina may be creeping about the city of Miami again.
A few days ago, over the weekend, French was at a big time party by Hennessy V.S- in New Orleans. And well, French, Bun B and R&B singer Glenn Lewis were the main people there. But, in the cut was Trina. When has Trina ever been low key? She didn’t even take a picture! My sources…oh…my bad…Sydney Lace told me that she was with French but avoiding the cameras.
Here are some pics.
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(AllHipHop News) Pop superstar Rihanna and her Roc Nation manager Jay-Z are joining forces with Budweiser for their new “Made for Music” international marketing campaign. Rihanna and Jay will both appear in TV commercials and limited-edition packaging for the brewer’s first music-centered global ad strategy.
The beer company will also sponsor concerts by both performers by providing VIP opportunities and other exclusive promotions. One example that has been announced is a 24-pack of Budweiser beers with Rihanna’s “Diamonds World Tour” logo stamped on the black can.
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Budweiser is already the leading sponsor for Jay’s “Made In America” festival that is held in Philadelphia Labor Day weekend. The deal will also include 160 other events in 25 countries including Jay-Z’s “Legends of the Summer” joint tour with Justin Timberlake and Rihanna’s current “Diamonds” tour.
Two ads directed by Mark Romanek for the “Made for Music” campaign have already been released. The Rihanna version centers around her new single “Right Now.” Jay-Z’s commercial features his track “Public Service Announcement” off The Black Album.
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Watch Rihanna and Jay-Z’s respective “Dream Are Made” ads below.
(AllHipHop News) “Everything evolves. I’m just glad that this part of town is evolving for the better,” says Harlemite Vinny Cha$e. The young emcee recently gave Life+Times a tour of his New York City neighborhood.
Vinny points out how urban gentrification has created a “New Harlem” with numerous upscale housing complexes and big chain stores spouting up. Harlem’s transformation undoubtedly has an effect on local businesses, but Cha$e believes the long-standing native establishments will survive the wave of corporate influx.
“Of course you’re gonna lose homegrown things, maybe some mom-and-pop things,” acknowledges Vinny. “A lot of these things have been here for so long and they’re so connected within the city that they won’t go anywhere.”
Vinny also gives his opinion about the “Harlem Shake” internet dance meme and explains the concept behind his Cheers Club crew.
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Watch Vinny Cha$e’s “The Genesis” video below.
(AllHipHop News) DJ Tony Touch has spent the last 50 days in the run-up to his new album Piecemaker 3: The Return Of The 50 MCs releasing rare Hip Hop footage from the last 20 years. In episode 49, Tony Toca shares some behind the scenes video of Eminem, D12’s Bizarre, and the late Proof. The 13-minute clip features the making of “Get Back” from 2000’s The Piece Maker and Em backstage at Saturday Night Live.
Eminem contributed the song “Symphony in H” to Piecemaker 3. The LP also features Black Thought, Redman, KRS-ONE, members of Wu-Tang Clan, Slaughterhouse, and The Lox, and more.
Piecemaker 3: The Return Of The 50 MC is available for purchase now. The entire album can be streamed at djbooth.com.
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Watch webisode 49 of Tony Touch’s 50 MC’s Reunion below.
(AllHipHop News) While Billboard refused to accept Jay-Z’s “new rules” and count Samsung’s 1 million free downloads as part of Magna Carta Holy Grail‘s first week sales numbers, the magazine is reporting that the album will still push enough units to claim the top spot on its album chart.
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As of now Magna Carta is predicted to push 350,000 – 400,000 copies in the week ending July 14. That debut would be the second highest of the year behind his “Holy Grail” collaborator Justin Timberlake’s The 20/20 Experience which opened with 968,000 copies sold first week. It would be ahead of the next two top opening weeks, Kanye West’s Yeezus (327,000) and Daft Punk’s Random Access Memories (339,000).
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This sales range will also guarantee the Brooklyn legend scores his 13th number one album on the Billboard 200. Only The Beatles’ 19 chart-toppers bests Jay’s total.
Magna Carta Holy Grail will be the fourth consecutive Hip Hop album to lead the album chart. All four LP’s were created by artists associated with Roc-A-Fella/Roc Nation. Yeezus debuted at number one followed the next week by The Gifted by Wale of Roc Nation management. J. Cole’s Born Sinner is expected to rise to the top spot this week after sitting at #2 the two previous weeks.
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Somebody at Universal Music Group IS IN TROUBLE! The rough version of Kanye’s “Black Skinhead” video was hosted on a UMG dev site, and somebody got busy and ripped it. They then shared with with all of us. I didn’t even bother to look until I saw Kanye ranting about it. That made me wanna see it. Yeezy said the real version comes out soon and that he’s been working on it for five months. Well, there goes that. Here are the tweets of Kanye b####### people out.
The BLKKK SKKKN HD video that leaked yesterday was not the official version.
— KANYE WEST (@kanyewest) July 9, 2013
Me and Nick Knight have been working on this video for 5 months and for creatives it's heartbreaking when something like this happens.
— KANYE WEST (@kanyewest) July 9, 2013
So any website that may have the unapproved / unfinished ruff. I ask you to please take it down.
— KANYE WEST (@kanyewest) July 9, 2013
And to who ever leaked the video… F## YOU!
— KANYE WEST (@kanyewest) July 9, 2013
(AllHipHop News) Jay-Z has not done a radio interview in over two years but decided to stop by his good friend Angie Martinez’s show on Hot 97 to discuss everything from Magna Carta Holy Grail to Blue Ivy’s rhythm and more.
According to Jay-Z, the innovative promotion for Magna Carta Holy Grail will not stop with The White Stripes guitarist Jack White providing a limited edition vinyl for the song “Open Letter”. The vinyl will be shaped as a card and able to be played as vinyl. He also reveals that he will release video footage of studio sessions for his new album, including the recording of “BBC” which he says consisted of all the featured artists in the studio at the same time.
When asked if it was really him tweeting to fans during yesterday’s impromptu Q&A on Twitter, the 17 year veteran coyly responded “C’mon, who else can come up with that stuff?”
The most revelatory information in the interview revolved around two collaboration albums Jay-Z has been linked to, Watch The Throne 2 with Kanye West and a Best of Both Worlds album with his wife Beyonce. In regards to bringing back the Best of Both Worlds series this time with Beyonce, Hov flatly denied it will ever happen and alluded to the failed R. Kelly version as a reason why by simply stating, “No way. You saw how that one ended.”
In regards to the follow up to his successful Watch The Throne album with Kanye, one half of The Throne stuttered through his initial response before saying there will be another Watch The Throne album “hopefully”.
Check out the full interview below after a few interesting additional notes from the interview:
Jay-Z on the news
“It’s strange to see everybody’s agenda. CNN is like TMZ.”
Jay-Z on Obama during 2nd Election
“When he was getting elected the second time he was like ‘Hey, fourth quarter, just give me the ball.”
Jay-Z Hot 97 Interview Pt 1:
Jay-Z Hot 97 Interview Pt 2:
Trey Songz, Brandy, Janelle Monae, TGT, Charlie Wilson, New Edition, Solange, Jill Scott, Brandy, L.L. Cool J and many more were amongst the big names to grace the stage at the 2013 Essence Music Festival in New Orleans, Louisiana. The four-day festival saw a range of talent pass through the Mercedes-Benz Superdome. The fest also included performances by acts like Faith Evans, Jody Watley, Leela James, Deep Cotton, Avery Sunshine, Greta Prince, PJ Morton, Bridget Kelly, Bilal and Big Daddy Kane in the Super Lounges around the arena before wrapping on Sunday with a massive performance from Beyoncé at the Superdome. What most Essence Festival fans like the most is the fact that the concert is in equal parts contemporary and throwback, with more than enough options to excite fans of R&B, soul, hip hop, funk and even the neo-soul and new-jack swing era that we so dearly miss.
It’s safe to say Trey Songz and TGT had all women swooning to their love-filled sets. Uncle Charlie Wilson and New Edition had everyone out of their seats “jamming” and dancing to each hit. Uncle Charlie opened his 70-minute set with “Party Train,” & took concert-goers down memory lane with classics from his Gap Band days (“You Dropped A Bomb On Me,” “Yearning for Your Love”), (“There Goes My Baby”) and introduced two new songs (“Turn Off the Lights” and “Love, Charlie”). R&B fans rocked in awe to both Uncle Charlie’s amazing energy and stage presence as well as for the memories classics like “Yearning For Your Love” brought back.
New Edition brought the house down performing their hits like “If It Isn’t Love” and the Bell Biv Devoe classic “Poison” Matching their sleek attire, was their silky performance.
Beyonce of course not only stole the night, but she stole the entire weekend with her electrifying performance of her hits since circa 2003. She closed with a beautiful rendition of Whitney Houston’s “I Will Always Love You.” The diva didn’t miss a beat or a note and got the crowd rallied up with her “Who Run The World” and “Diva” performances amongst others.
If you have never been to The Essence Festival please get your hotel rooms now for Essence Festival 2014!
(AllHipHop News) Jay-Z’s #newrules mantra has already taken affect, partially manifested in the receipt of his platinum place by the RIAA.
The event was tweeted out to the masses from the RIAA with the accompanying image.
Billboard magazine, the charting staple of the music industry, has taken exception to the million sold, because they were purchased by Samsung. They will count the first week’s sales, which insiders expect will give Jay his 12th number 1 album.
Jay’s Magna Carta Holy Grail is expected to move 350-400k, based on early estimates.
It is no secret that Philadelphia and New Jersey has been highly recognized for birthing hit producers like Jahlil Beats, Tone Beats, Cardiak Flatline, and Mike Zombie. Attention is now shifting because currently on the rise are hit production duo Fayo N Chill (Fayo Beats & Chill The Beatsmith) from Philadelphia, PA. This production duo has been grinding for the past few years, building their catalogue and quickly evolving with today’s music and record industry. With a fresh new sound and innovative production the streets and mainstream have been yearning for, they work sleepless nights with a mindset that every piece of production must be created with a unique and creative sound that delivers a classic record. Fayo N Chill was introduced to the music scene by Philadelphia indie Rap Recording Artist @DeapOffical.
Fayo N Chill recently teamed up with Midi Mafia-(Grammy-Award winning production duo for Frank Ocean & Justin Beiber) to deliver the #Brand X: Get Connected mixtape. It features new artists like Honey Cocaine, MMG’s Rockie Fresh, as well as singer and Grammy Award winning song writer Eric Bellinger(responsible for Chris Brown’s “Fine China”, Usher’s “Let Me See”, Justin Beiber’s “Right Here” and many more). They are currently working on a slew of projects and waiting word back for placements on new projects by Rick Ross, T.I., Young Jeezy, 2Chainz, Flo-Rida, Fabolous, Asap Rocky and others.
In less than two weeks Peter Rosenberg brings back his birthday concert extravaganza #PeterPalooza to Williamsburg Waterfront with a full slate of performances ready.
Odd Future, Meek Mill and Schoolboy Q will be performing along with Funkmaster Flex providing a DJ set for the show on July 20th.
To win a pair of tickets to this event tweet #PeterPalooza to @Jusaire and email your answer to to the following question to [email protected]
Question: Both Peter Rosenberg and Statik Selektah have released compilation projects with mostly New York artists. Which three solo artists from Peter Rosenberg’s New York Renaissance also appear on Statik Selektah’s Extended Play?
Tickets are still available and can be purchased at Ticketmaster.