Racked Up Ready – “Phone Jumpin” Ft. Doe B, Mouse On Tha Track & Zed Zilla
A$AP Rocky Celebrates With A$AP Ferg At ‘Trap Lord’ Listening Session
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.
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Beyonce “Part II On The Run (Solo Version)” (Mixed by DJ Dallas Green)
NUMBER 1 PLAYAZ – “GONE, GETTING IT”
Nipsey Hussle “Change Nothing”
#HeaterOfTheDay: Iamsu! [#BGA] Ft. Tank “Let Go”
Mistah F.A.B. “Talkin Pictures”
Wes Fif [#BGA] “Wake Up (F*ck Worldstar)”
Sean Kingston Ft. Wale “Seasonal Love (Radio Rip)”
Soulja Boy “Twerkin Like Miley”
#FreshHeat: Harvey Stripes Ft. Jadakiss “Bought A Boat”
Ryan Leslie “Higher”
Que Ft. YG “Young N8gga (Remix)”
Drake Ft. 2 Chainz & Big Sean “All Me”
Chubbie Baby “Paper”
Drake: I’m Ready For Any and All Competition, Covers XXL 150th Issue
(AllHipHop News) Drake is making sure the industry knows he’s coming for the crown in his cover story for XXL’s 150th issue.
In the interview, the Toronto native spoke on the difficulty to be in competition with his idols such as Kanye West, before relenting to take on all challengers:
It’s tough for me. That’s a guy I can’t pretend not to like. He’s the guy to me, in a lot of ways. That’s Kanye West. But I’m also here to be the best. I’m here to surpass. I’m here to outdo. I’m ready for whatever with anybody.
The man with the most Hip-Hop/R&B number one records ever (accomplished in three years) told XXL he surveyed the music landscape of 2013 and initially felt as if Nothing Was The Same would get overshadowed by big releases from Kanye West and Jay-Z. But according to him things did not “pan out” the way he worried they would:
I think I am going for it, to really establish what are murmurs or things being said quietly, “Um, I think that Drake might actually…” On September 17th I want people to be like, “Oh, we were right.”
AHH Review: No Malice “Hear Ye Him”
Clipse…Legendary…out of VA. One of the best groups from a lyrical standpoint to ever do it. And I quote from the debut ”We smirked at the Simpson trial, yea the chase was wild but what the f*cking fuss about.”
The Thornton brothers over Neptunes’ beats were unstoppable. Since then, the duo has gone solo, Pusha with Kanye, and No Malice with his Re-Up crew.
No Malice has been making headlines since his music began to reflect his religious views. How will the public and the music industry respond? By the looks of Hear Ye Him‘s production credits — Chad Hugo (Neptunes), S1, Illmind, and Profound Sounds — every is still eager to collaborate. The album’s production is A+ all around.
There’s “Blasphemy” which can be summed up in one word: FIRE. Scratching over the drums and simple beats lets Malice flow effortlessly like waves: “Show me ten kingpins, I’ll show you ten snitches”. And yes, it continues with “Unforgettable” over quick cut synths, “It’s identity fraud the way I hear my all in your bars”.
Hear Ye Him isn’t to far removed for the old Malice, comprised of introspective flows on the drug game, and its repercussions on one’s self and family. There are no filler hooks here. Rhymes are intelligent and concise, and they cut like a knife. The same high caliber raps The Clipse were known for are on this album. On “Shame The Devil”, No Malice spits “I too was a derelict, but the truth raised me from the dead when I became aware of it”.
Hear Ye Him has quotables for days.
Only downside here, too many interludes! I want more bars. No Malice did not disappoint here. An excellent solo effort and I hope it is not the last.
AHH Ratings
Lyricism –9/10
Production –9/10
Album Cohesiveness –9/10
Replay value –8/10
Overall –9/10
Personal Favorite Tracks: Blasphemy, Unforgettable, Shame the Devil ft/ Pusha T
Tracklisting:
1. Illusions (Interlude)
2. Smoke & Mirrors f. Ab-Liva
3. Blasphemy f. Fam-Lay
4. Ain’t Beggin’ (Interlude)
5. Hear Ye Him
6. Unforgettable f. Life Dutchee
7. Cheap Dolla (Interlude)
8. Bow Down No Mo’
9. Refiner’s Fire (Interlude)
10. Shame The Devil f. Pusha T
11. Bury That f. Jon Bibbs
12. June f. Eric David
13. Separate (Interlude)
14. Still Got Love f. Ishod
15. Different f. PK Oneday & Bri
16. Goin’ There (Interlude)
17. No Time f. Jaeson Ma
AllHipHop.com Wins “Best Urban News Site”
The 2013 Urban Media Awards went down this weekend, August 4th on South Beach in Miami. Hosted by DJ Scream the awards celebrated the best-of-the-best in urban media.
While we aren’t usually the one’s to toot our own horn, we are definitely proud of our win for the Best Urban News Site. Check out this list of other winners.
“MOST POWERFUL PERSON ON THE AIR” Sway Calloway
“BEST RADIO PERSONALITY“ Charlamagne tha God
“BEST URBAN REALITY SHOW” Love & Hip Hop ATL
“BEST URBAN NEWS SITE” ALLHIPHOP.com
“BEST CITY TO CITY WEBSITE” Atlnightspot.com
“BEST ARTWORK” Miami Kaos
“BLOGGER OF THE YEAR” Karen Civil
“BEST URBAN MAGAZINE” Hip Hop Weekly
“BEST MUSIC SITE” hotnewhiphop.com
“BEST DJ POOL” Core DJs
“BEST VIDEO DIRECTOR” for Juicy J’s “Bands a Make Her Dance” J.R. SAINTs
“BEST PREMIER DJ” DJ Scream
Hip-Hop Rumors: “Security! Get This Woman Off Jay Z!”
People are crazy. But before I get into it.
Did you see AHH’s Jigsaw in the “Picasso Baby” video? A few days after the premier, I’m looking at it and I’m like that bastard didn’t tell nobody!
Here’s the image from his Instagram.
Anyway, moving on. I saw this scene in the video, but I didn’t realize what has happening behind the scenes. Between the Daily News and the Daily Mail, this is what they are saying about it… including…WAS IT REAL?
It was something of a mammoth task – a live performance to promote his new album taking place over a seven-hour period.But Jay Z ran into more trouble than just tiredness as he filmed the performance art piece for Picasso Baby, after Girls’ actress Jemima Kirke got slightly over-excited.
The 28-year-old British actress apparently had to be removed by security after attaching herself to Jay Z and refusing to let go while he rapped to the crowd.
A source told the New York Daily News: ‘She was acting totally nuts! She kept jumping on his back like a little monkey. ‘Someone was screaming “Get her off of him!” ‘Things had started relatively smoothly with Jemima calmly sitting on the bench in the middle of the room as she took her turn being the subject of Jay Z’s rap during the performance at the Pace Gallery in New York.
But as the event progressed, the excitement got too much for Jemima, who plays Jessa Johansson in the hit HBO show, and she threw herself at Jay Z.
The video shows the blonde actress, who was wearing pink trousers and a black top, smiling broadly as she kept a tight grip on the musician.
However, Jay Z didn’t let the unwanted attention from Jemima distract from his performance, continuing to rap to the eager crowd.
The source added: ‘He kept rapping the whole time!’
But even as Jemima was removed by Jay Z’s security team, she was seen kicking as she was carried out, and pleading with the team: ‘Let us finish!
While it looked realistic enough, no doubt Jemima was probably part of the elaborate act.The incident at Jay Z’s event which was screened on channel HBO in the US last week isn’t the first time Jemima has found herself losing control during a performance art session.
Back in 2010, Jemima was photographed sobbing after watching artist Ambromovic’s The Artist Is Present piece, which involved her sitting still for more than 700 hours.
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