(AllHipHop News) If you checked Instagram this morning you’ve seen a grainy photo of Jay-Z and Dame Dash that could easily be mistaken for a #TbT pic.
Believe it or not, the photo was taken last night a mutual friend and music executive Chaka Pilgrim birthday party.
No word on if this will start the process to mend their friendship but who wouldn’t love to a reunited Rocafella?
(AllHipHop News) Tupac Amaru Shakur was killed seventeen years ago, but the iconic emcee/actor’s place in Hip Hop history lives on forever. Recently, Masta Killa and Mathematics of the Wu-Tang Clan spoke with NME about how Pac’s death altered the culture.
“I just think that just changed Hip Hop, because really before then it was more ‘Who are you?’, originality,” says Mathematics. “Then after that, I think it kind of changed a little bit.”
[ALSO CHECK OUT: Watch Vintage Video Of Wu-Tang Clan Performing At The Fever In 1993]
According to Mathematics, the loss of Pac led to a lot of rap imitators similar to the way Bruce Lee was duplicated after he passed. 2Pac’s murder made Masta Killa question how far removed was the rap game from street life.
“It made me start looking at it like, wow, what do I have do? Can I just come to work as freely as I’ve been?” added Masta Killa. “This part of my life helped me to escape other things where I come from, and now it’s making me look at the situation like maybe I haven’t even really gone too far.”
[ALSO READ: Producer Mike Dean Admits To Stealing Unreleased 2Pac Songs From Suge Knight]
(AllHipHop News) A reunited Goodie Mob stopped by MTV’s Rap Fix Live on Wednesday to discuss a few topics. Ultimately, the conversation turned to their Dungeon Family brethren André 3000, and why the elusive OutKast emcee has taken so long to release a full length album.
After rumors began to circulate earlier this week that a new Dre solo project would be released in 2014, 3000’s publicist issued a statement saying that an album from Dre is not confirmed. Big Gipp believes that may be André 3000’s way off keeping the press off-balance.
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“One thing that we know about 3000, whenever somebody see him doing something and they run and tell the press, he’ll always say I ain’t doing it,” said Gipp. “I know he doing something. That’s ol’ possum right there.”
Fellow Goodie Mob member and long-time friend of André 3000, Cee Lo Green, goes on to give his interpretation of why Dre has taken such a long hiatus from music.
“He just said he had a severe case of stage fright and just kind of been away from the game and didn’t know if he could truly live up… He just said he was bothered by this bar that had been set and maybe he wants to do something different, and he’ll always be his worse competition, his worse critic and maybe he don’t want to live up to what people think he should do,” explained Cee Lo.
André 3000 and Big Boi, as members of OutKast, became only the second Hip Hop act in history to win the Album of the Year Grammy for 2004’s Speakerboxxx/The Love Below. The 3000 led “Hey Ya!” was number one on the Billboard Hot 100 chart for nine weeks and become one of the biggest selling singles of the 2000’s.
The last full length project from OutKast was the Idlewild soundtrack in 2006. André has also provided guests verses for T.I., Beyoncé, and B.O.B among others recently.
[ALSO CHECK OUT: Goodie Mob Reunites For New Music Video “I’m Set”]
Watch the Goodie Mob Rap Fix interview below.
(AllHipHop News) Danny Brown and Action Bronson are two independent emcees that have created quite a buzz this year. Now Bronson and Brown will unite for the upcoming “2 High 2 Die” co-headlining North American tour this fall. The pair previously appeared together on A$AP Rocky’s “1 Train” off the LONG.LIVE.A$AP album.
[ALSO READ: A$AP Rocky Reveals Who He Felt Had The Best Verse On “1 Train’]
Check out the dates for “2 High 2 Die” on the Full Metal Jacket inspired tour poster below.
(AllHipHop News) One half of rap collective Black Hippy dropped the brand new video for their collaboration “Collard Greens.” Schoolboy Q and Kendrick Lamar run their latest visual through a trippy kaleidoscope and enlist a host of beautiful women to party with them in the clip.
[ALSO CHECK OUT: NEW MUSIC: Stalley Featuring SchoolBoy Q “NineteenEighty7″]
Watch the video for “Collard Greens” below.
(AllHipHop News) In the last 7 years, the Manning Family has captured three Super Bowl rings. But they have been the undisputed kings of NFL comedy in that same span with countless commercials such as this hilarious rap video in promotion of DirectTV’s new ad campaign.
Check out Eli with a spray tan and Peyton with flock of seagulls hairdo as they rap about the wonders of “Football On Your Phone”:
(AllHipHop News) Atlanta rapper Future has announced the title and release date for his sophomore album, titled Honest.
The album is the second release under his deal with Epic, the label that dropped his debut, Pluto.
Future hopes to re-create the success of Pluto, which spawned gold selling singles like “Tony Montana,” and “Turn on the Lights.”
Future explained the album title.
“Honest is the new me. It represents the truth I try to bring to my music,” Future told AllHipHop.com in a statement. “I plan to break the mold with this album so that it will be nothing like you’ve heard from me or any other artist out. You can either tell the truth or face the Future.”
“Honest” which was produced by Metro Boomin, will premiere early tomorrow morning (August 8)” at 12:01 AM, during a live uStream that Future will host.
The full-length version of Honest is due in stores on November 26.
Until then, Future will be hitting the road with Drake and Miguel on the “Would You Like A Tour” tour.
Check out the dates below:
9/25 Portland, OR
Rose Garden Arena
9/26 Tacoma, WA
Tacoma Dome
9/27 Vancouver, BC
Pepsi Live at Rogers Arena
9/29 Calgary, AB
Scotiabank Saddledome
9/30 Edmonton, AB
Rexall Place
10/2 Saskatoon, SK
Credit Union Centre
10/3 Winnipeg, MB
MTS Centre
10/5 Minneapolis, MN
Target Center
10/6 Kansas City, MO
Sprint Center
10/8
Saint Louis, MO
Scottrade Center
10/9 Chicago, IL
United Center
10/11 Indianapolis, IN
Bankers Life Fieldhouse
10/12 Auburn Hills, MI
The Palace of Auburn Hills
10/13 Cleveland, OH
Quicken Loans Arena
10/15 Columbus, OH
Schottenstein Center
10/16 Buffalo, NY
First Niagara Center
10/18 Pittsburgh, PA
CONSOL Energy Center
10/19 Philadelphia, PA
Wells Fargo Center
10/21 Montreal, QC
Bell Centre
10/22 Ottawa, ON
Scotiabank Place
10/24 Toronto, ON
Air Canada Centre
10/26 Hartford, CT
XL Center
10/27 Newark, NJ
Prudential Center
10/28 Brooklyn, NY
Barclays Center
10/30 Boston, MA
TD Garden
10/31 Washington, DC
Verizon Center
11/2 Charlotte, NC
Time Warner Cable Arena
11/3 Raleigh, NC
PNC Arena
11/5 Miami, FL
American Airlines Arena
11/6 Tampa, FL
Tampa Bay Times Forum
11/7 Atlanta, GA
Philips Arena
11/9 New Orleans, LA
New Orleans Arena
11/10 Dallas, TX
American Airlines Center
11/12 San Antonio, TX
AT&T Center
11/13 Houston, TX
Toyota Center
11/16 Phoenix, AZ
US Airways Center
11/18 Sacramento, CA
Sleep Train Arena
11/19 Oakland, CA
Oracle Arena
11/21 Anaheim, CA
Honda Center
11/22 Las Vegas, NV
MGM Grand Garden Arena
11/24 San Diego, CA
Viejas Arena
11/25 Los Angeles, CA
STAPLES Center
(AllHipHop Music) MMG’s Stalley teams with TDE’s Schoolboy Q for the track “NineteenEighty7“ off the Honest Cowboy mixtape dropping August 8th.
[ALSO CHECK OUT: EXCLUSIVE: Don’t Sleep. Stalley Plans To Wake Up The Masses With ‘Honest Cowboy’ Mixtape]
Kid Daytona is keeping the content flowing with the video for his song “Shotgun”.
The video was directed by Flor Tejada for Next Round Productions with the treatment from the video coming from The Kid Daytona himself.
Check out the video below:
On Monday night in Chicago, Love & Hip Hop Atlanta star, K.Michelle held an exclusive listening session at Chi-town hotspot, Bevy, hosted by Hennessy V.S. The singer rocked her signature red hair with a pair of skin tight high waisted pants, as she guided the crowd through her new album. K.Michelle was in a great mood and was spotted dancing in the crowd and chatting with Power 92.3’s Tone and S###.
Check out the pictures from the listening session. Photos by Onasis.
The old Nicki came out on Ransom!
I never thought Nicki ever needed a ghostwriter, but Ransom started a rumor with an open-ended statement left for all to interpret. And so we did. NOW, he is claiming that he never said he ghostwrote for her, but “doing verses for her” is ambiguous at best.
Now, he has kind of commented on the comments Nicki has said about him: Get off my D**k!” I’m glad she doesn’t really have one of those.
I’m on some F### everybody s###!!!
— WALTER WHITE (@201Ransom) August 7, 2013
Tell us what you REALLLLLY feel, Ransom!
WHO WOULD WIN A LYRICAL BATTLE? (Ran is no slouch, FYI.)
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In New York on Monday night,A$AP Rocky protege, A$AP Ferg held a private listening session for his upcoming album debut Trap Lord, presented by Hennessy V.S at posh NYC night spot, The Darby. A$AP Rocky made a brief appearance at the event to congratulate A$AP Ferg, before announcing that he had to go and hop on a private jet to perform with Drake at his OVO Festival in Toronto.
Take a look at the pix! Photos by Stephanie Mei-Ling
