(AllHipHop News) Compton emcee Game is almost ready to drop another project. The 33-year-old rapper/reality television star took to Twitter to announce that his next mixtape, titled Operation Kill Everything, is nearly complete.
Almost done with my “Operation Kill Everything” mixtape !!!!!!! Y’all gone f### wit this hard !!! Let the workd know #OKE is comin !!! RT RT
Game’s last mixtape was 2012’s California Republic. The 24-track tape featured Rick Ross, Meek Mill, 2 Chainz, Lupe Fiasco, Drake, and many others.
He followed up that free project with his 5th studio album Jesus Piece in December of last year. The concept album including the songs “Celebration” with Chris Brown, Lil Wayne, Tyga, and Wiz Khalifa, “Pray” with J. Cole, and the title track with Kanye West and Common.
While Game did not announce a date for the release of Operation Kill Everything, he did reveal he will be releasing a verse over Kendrick Lamar’s “B####, Don’t Kill My Vibe” in the coming days.
RT @djlinqz: @thegame is dropping his verse tomorrow to “b#### dont kill my vibe” – true. #OKE
(AllHipHop News) There appears to be a riff happening in Hip-Hop group Naughty by Nature. Late last night a tweet from frontman Treach’s Twitter account said that fellow Naughty member, Vinnie, was “fired” from the group, and in a follow-up tweet Treach went on to call Vin Rock a few expletives as well.
Vinnie from NAUGHTY BY NATURE is Officially FIRED!! Anything he does besides shows til Sept is Frugazy!! F### him & the Ground he Walks!!
Later the certified Naughty by Nature Twitter account tweeted a link from Vinnie’s Instagram page. The picture including the caption “Sitting Vin!” and a quote by Native American resistance fighter Sitting Bull that read:
Warriors are not what you what you think of as warriors. The warrior is not someone who fights, because no one has the right to take another life. The warrior, for us, is one who sacrifices himself for the good of others.
According to the group’s website, Treach, Vinnie, and DJ Kay are scheduled to perform in Durham on May 18th and in North Carolina on May 24th. There is no official statement on Naughty by Nature’s site or Twitter feed about the break up or Treach’s tweets.
Naughty by Nature have been performing as a unit for nearly 25 years. Their first major hit was 1991’s “O.P.P.” They went on to release other huge records like “Uptown Anthem” from the Juice soundtrack and the Top 10 single “Hip Hop Hooray.”
The group officially stopped recording together in 1999 as each member went on to pursue individual careers. Treach and Vinnie reunited for 2002’s IIcons, but it was not until Anthem Inc in 2011 that all three members were associated with an album as Naughty by Nature. The group has been touring around the world together for years.
Calls made to Naughty by Nature’s management were not responded to at the time this article was published. AllHipHop will update this story as more details emerge.
Two of Hot 97’s longest standing members Angie Martinez and Miss Info answer question #12 talk about when Jay-Z sent a “light jab” to 50 Cent during a particular set at Summer Jam.
I don’t know if you saw it, but I saw it. Kanye West and Kimmie Kakes Kardashian went to the MET Ball tonight. They are still there. The word on the street…ok forget it…the word on DJ A-Trak’s Instagram is that Kanye premiered the album tonight. He posted a grainy pic of Kanye, but didn’t expound on it.
Here is the pic!
They keep us talking, but if we stop talking about them then they should worry! -illseed.
Looks like Trick Daddy isn’t finished with Lil Wayne. He’s got a bone to pic and he spoke on it to TMZ.
Trick Daddy tells TMZ he’s open to a proposed sit-down with Lil Wayne to settle their feud … but what he’s actually doing is throwing gasoline on the fire. In case you’re not up to speed … Lil Wayne went ballistic after a member of Trick’s posse allegedly flicked a cigarette in Wayne’s dreads at a Miami strip club. Mr. Daddy isn’t copping to the incendiary move. Now here’s where it gets bad. Rather than trying to make things nice, Daddy’s logic is … “If I [wanted to start s**t with Lil Wayne] he would have been in the hospital for a different reason than a seizure.” Trick is bitter … claiming Wayne’s gotten him blackballed from all the good strip clubs in Miami … and hey, now all that’s left are the butterface joints. Finally … enter Birdman … who has the good sense to try and defuse the situation between the 2 feuding rappers by scheduling a sit-down happy meal.
Mister Cee got the donkey of the day, as we knew, but he went in on Cee like never before on Power 105. Peep:
“When it comes to purchasing p*nis, you are America’s Most Wanted. But if you simply come out the closet and get you a boyfriend and an apartment, you’ll avoid you a whole lot of legal scrutiny. Being gay is not a crime, but picking up male prostitutes is. This can all be avoided if you come out the closet and get a boyfriend and an apartment. It’s 2013, you’re 46-years-old. You should not be trolling the streets of New York City looking for trade like this is the 70’s. You should be online getting your p*nis like everybody else. Can somebody please get Mister Cee a Facebook page? A Match.com account?”
Only thing, Hot 97 eclipsed it with the whole exclusive interview. Here is the Charlamagne interview.
Illseed’s Quickies
It looks like they Kanye and Kim are doing the damn thing. They received a whole floor of the hospital they plan to give birth in.
Vybz Kartel Got Beat Down! Sources say that reggae megastar Vybz Kartel was beat down in jail by people down with the dude that Kartel allegedly killed. I didn’t even know Kartel was a in jail. I thought he was just out in the world lightening his skin. Nope. The youths that stepped to Kartel, beat his butt, but the fight was squashed by the C.O.s.
DJ Envy has said that he’s really cool with Mister Cee and that Cee needs help. And water is wet.
They keep us talking, but if we stop talking about them then they should worry! -illseed.
(AllHipHop News) T.I.’s daughter Zonnique made blog headlines when she went to the prom with fellow rapper Rocko’s son.
For T.I., that warranted a conversation to make sure that all parties were on the same page as to the conduct expected on the big day.
T.I. told AllHipHop exclusively what he relayed Rocko, in an effort to protect his daughter from a possibly date with fast fingers and groping hands.
“Rocko’s son took my daughter to the prom. I called him, I talked to my homeboy. I told man, to tell his son to keep his hands to hisself,” T.I. told AllHipHop.com.
Tip said Rocko’s reply only slightly reassured him that Zonnique would fine.
“He [Rocko] assured me that he had raised a gentleman,” Tip continued. “I was a little more worried, though, because the gentleman is the one you gotta worry about.”
On the music front, Tip is releasing the anticipated Hustle Gang mixtape on May 7 (tomorrow) with features from T.I., B.O.B, Shad Da God, Trae Tha Truth, Iggy Azalea, Travi$ Scott, Young Dro, and other Hustle Gang affiliates.
MTO is reporting that Beyonce is pregnant. I’m not believing it, but here is the proof they presented:
MediaTakeOut.com just got OFFICIAL WORD this morning – Beyonce and Jat Z are expecting another child together. We spoke with a QUASI-OFFICIAL member of Bey’s team who CONFIRMED IT.
And it gets better. The insider, who told us that Bey is “two months” pregnant, claims that Beyonce is NOT using outside photographers – in hopes that she can HIDE her pregnancy until she’s OUT of her first trimester. The insider explains, “Only photos that do not show her stomach up close are released to the public.”
We’re told that Bey planned on making the OFFICIAL announcement next month . . . at the BET AWARDS. But now that we’re BREAKING THE NEWS . . . it could be MUCH earlier.
By the way, this report is NOT speculation – it is FACT. Once it comes out – don’t forget where you heard it FIRST.
Congratulations to Beyonce and Jay – the TOP BALLER COUPLE IN THE GAME.
Well, there were rumors that Kim and Kanye were going to get married in June, but a rep shot that down. This means that the album is coming! Or this means that Kanye is totally playing with the peoples emotions.
Mariah Carey is reportedly ready to quit American Idol, because she can’t take working with Nicki Minaj. Well, isn’t that what they want? J. Lo’s phone rings in 5, 4, 3, 2….
Tell the truth, that new Lauryn Hill song kinda sucks, don’t it? But it kept her out of jail so it did its job.
Damn, this video if Chris Kelly right before he died is sad. “Footage Surfaces Of Chris Kelly From The Day Of His Death”
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(AllHipHop News) Rapper/singer Lauryn Hill was sentenced to three months in federal prison today (May 6), for not reporting over $2 million in income over a five-year period.
Lauryn Hill appeared in court, where US Magistrate Madeline Cox Arleo sentenced her to the prison stint, as well as another three months home confinement, with electronic monitoring.
Lauryn Hill had paid over $900,000 in restitution, including a $514,000 payment last week, in addition to signing a new $1 million record deal with Sony, in hopes of alleviating the situation with the IRS.
Hill told Judge Arleo that she intended to pay the tax debt, but she ran into problems after she went on hiatus from her music career, for personal reasons.
To compound her financial issues, late last month, Hill was sued for squatting in a New Jersey mansion, that she has been renting in South Orange, New Jersey, since 2009.
According to her landlord, Hill stopped paying her rent in March.
The singer denied the allegations via a Tumblr post.
“It took years for me to get out of the ‘parasitic’ dynamic of my youth, and into a deal that better reflects my true contribution as an artist, and (purportedly) gives me the control necessary to create a paradigm suitable for my needs,” Lauryn Hill wrote in a Tumblr post. “I have been working towards this for a long time, not just because of my current legal situation, but because I am an artist, I love to create, and I need the proper platform to do so.”
On Friday, Lauryn Hill released her new single “Neurotic Society (Compulsory Mix)” under her new deal with Sony.
(AllHipHop News) Los Angeles Hip-Hop radio station Power 106, home to the famous show Big Boy’s Neighborhood morning radio show, has announced its PowerHouse 2013 lineup.
In an official Power 106 announcement party this morning (May 6) on Big Boy’s Neighborhood, Big Boy, Rikki Martinez and the rest of the team announced each artist set to perform.
Comparable to Hot 97’s annual Summer Jam, the PowerHouse 2013 lineup boasts performances by Chris Brown, Tyga, Big Sean, A$AP Rocky, Future, Problem, Trinidad James and Drop City Yacht Club.
PowerHouse will take place June 22, 2013 at the Honda Center in Anaheim, California and is likely to sell out as have previous concerts.
Fans looking for tickets should be sure to sign up for the PowerPoints Club to grab the pre-sale password. Pre-sale tickets go on sale this Thursday (May 9) at 10 am via Ticketmaster.
Last year the PowerHouse 2012 lineup featured Kid Ink, YG, Wale, Kendrick Lamar, Young Jeezy, T.I., Snoop Dogg, J Cole, and Tyga who brought out Lil’ Wayne.
IS IT ME OR DID Mister Cee Leaves Closet Door Cracked?
There you have it folks. Mister Cee has proclaimed, “I am not GAY.” He made that clear. Do people believe him? I don’t know. I doubt it. He said he didn’t care what people think of him, but why do the interview if you don’t care. Why bother to say “I am not gay.” But Cee may have set the table for a future coming out when he said the following:
“If I’m lying and I choose not to come out, that’s my choice”
“You know how many gay people there are living in this world?”
“Gay people live with this every day.”
“U have two choices, either you gonna believe me or you not. Either you gonna ride or you not.”
Now, I had a lot of questions myself but I was wondering how they could blatantly disregard facts on Hot 97. Some stuff is very factual! That said, read the news story that goes along with this rumor.
Final word: I’m thinking Cee will eventually come out as gay…when he’s ready.
Damn. He’s got a wife and kids.
They keep us talking, but if we stop talking about them then they should worry! -illseed.
(AllHipHop News) When No Limit CEO and Hip-Hop mogul Master P came to Louisville for the Kentucky Derby, he didn’t just come to play the odds on horses, he came to help the odds of inner city youth in Louisville.
In addition to enjoying the horse racing festivities of the “Bluegrass State,” Master P took time to support the youth with a free basketball clinic for kids ages 6-14 called the No Limit Forever Compassion Basketball Camp.
It should come as no surprise that the “Make Em Say Uh” rapper took time to give back to inner city youth via basketball.
Many Hip-Hop fans will remember Master P was a member of the Charlotte Hornets during training camp of the 1998-99 season, and during the 1999-2000 season Master P played exhibition ball for the Toronto Raptors.
In addition, his son Romeo Miller played college ball at USC, so the values and benefits of basketball are ingrained in the Miller family.
Although the camp was centered around the game of basketball, the focus was giving back to inner city children by coaching them on the skills needed to succeed in life.
Seeking to bolster the Louisville inner city community, Master P showed support for victims of violence in the community like Erica Hughes, the 9-year-old Louisville girl who was shot in the head during a 2006 robbery.
In addition to the camp, Master P hosted the Master P Birthday Bash at Cole’s Place, a venue that was previously stricken with violence and a venue Master P wanted to encourage those in the community to continue to support.
“I’m glad to be a part of this. We’re talking about compassion [and] talking about the game of life, you know this is for real. This is for our families, this is for our kids because education is so important,” Master P told Louisville’s WHAS News 11. “The kids are not only learning basketball up in the classroom, they’re learning the important game of life.”
Take a look at the video below of Master P at the No Limit Forever Compassion Basketball Camp and check the images below:
I think Ms. Azealia Banks know that time has come. It is the time when she must show and prove. See, Nicki still has the game on a chokehold for the females, but there is that coveted 2nd place spot that is still vacant. People like Eve are coming back up looking to get in. With her album seemingly in limbo, Azealia pull a bold move and reveals that body and hids her face. But, her body type-right. Can’t lie.
(AllHipHop News) “It’s about growth now. We have to grow, and that’s the point,” recites Talib Kweli on the call-and-response intro to his latest album Prisoner Of Conscious. Now on his 5th solo LP, Kweli seems to be on a mission to escape the confinement of labels.
P.O.C. still contains the Brooklyn emcee’s prolific lyrical talent that he has demonstrated since his debut on Black Star with Mos Def, but this time around Kweli has moved a way from the social-political themes of past projects in favor of a more personal approach to his songwriting. In order for Kweli to challenge himself as an artist and to reflect his reach as an international performer, this collection of work was created with a feel of universal relatability.
“On this album, the tracks I picked and the amount of live instrumentation I used was a little more focused on the world and me being a musician of the world rather than me just being a Hip-Hop artist from Brooklyn,” says Kweli.
Talib’s affection for diverse musical sounds is displayed with the electronic energy of “Upper Echelon,” the Afrobeat-inspired “High Life” featuring Massinfluence’s Rubix & Sierra Leonean Hip-Hop crew Bajah, and “Favela Love,” a collaboration with noted Brazilian musician/actor Seu Jorge.
While Prisoner of Conscious does take the listener around the globe, Kweli made sure to showcase a homegrown Hip-Hop and R&B accent as well. “Rocketships” gives Talib, and guest Busta Rhymes, an opportunity to tackle the dark, drum-heavy production of RZA from the Wu-Tang Clan. The New Yorker taps New Orleans native Curren$y and Los Angeles resident Kendrick Lamar for the tri-coastal “Push Thru” produced by Symbolyc One. Collaborations with Miguel, Melanie Fiona, Marsha Ambrosius, and Ryan Leslie bring a soulful flavor to their respective tracks.
In total, there are 13 credited featured artists on P.O.C. which is the most guest appearances for any Talib Kweli solo album. According to Kweli, his intention on 2002’s Quality, 2004’s The Beautiful Struggle, 2007’s Eardrum, and 2011’s Gutter Rainbows was to share his distinct vision, but after over 15 years in the game Kweli did not feel bound to only concentrating on his own perspective for this project.
“A lot of times with my solo albums, I’ve focused on making sure you really heard my voice, and this time I didn’t bother with that,” says Kweli. “Whenever I thought about wanting to work with someone I said, ‘let me just hit them up and let me see if they’d be into it.’ So I was a lot freer in the decision-making process than I’ve normally been.”
One collab that may surprise some longtime Kweli fans is the song “Before He Walked” with Nelly, but Kweli believes the St. Louis rapper’s verse could shock some listeners.
“I think it’s interesting, because people don’t usually get to hear Nelly being introspective,” says Kweli. “I think he’s a great musician, and I think people are going to really like what he contributed to the album.”
Beyond working with other musicians, Kweli has also enlisted the talents of visual artists. Prisoner Of Conscious’ physical packaging will include artwork from various painters, graphic designers, and photographers.
“The album cover is the back of a canvas that somebody would paint on. Inside the album cover are actual pieces of art that artists have done,” reveals Kweli. “It’s people’s different interpretations of what ‘prisoner of conscious’ means.”
The art component was curated by Jeff Staple of the highly successful creative consulting firm Staple Design. Kweli contacted Staple through Twitter about designing the cover for Prisoner Of Conscious. Eventually, Staple met with Kweli in the studio, and the two discussed their interpretations of the album’s title.
After realizing each had a different idea of what “prisoner of conscious” meant, Staple came up with the idea of letting different artists define the phrase in their own way. Allister Lee, Chris Mendoza, Eric Haze, Felicia Douglass, James Jean, Sophia Chang, and Chuck Anderson of No Pattern all contributed to the project.
“I chose artists that all have been greatly influenced by Hip-Hop and Kweli in particular,” says Staple. “The result is almost as if Kweli had given a brief to the artists and asked them to envision what a ‘prisoner of conscious’ looks like to them.”
In a way, P.O.C. is a new beginning for Kweli. The 37-year-old emcee has been working on the album for four years (some of the early recordings like “I’m On One” and “Cold Rain” ended up on Gutter Rainbows), and in that time he reunited with Hi-Tek for Revolutions per Minute, released a mixtape and album with Res as Idle Warship, and dropped the free solo project Attack the Block.
Even with that impressive amount of varied work added to his résumé recently, Kweli was still motivated to push himself beyond the “conscious rapper” tag constantly placed on him with Prisoner of Conscious.
“My music gives you a message, true and respect is due, but music is emotion that’s lost on the intellectuals,” raps Kweli on “Before He Walked.”
With Prisoner Of Conscious, Talib Kweli invites the scholar, the world traveler, the artist, the Hip-Hop head, the R&B fan, and every other member of the global community to his personal celebration of musical freedom.
(AllHipHop News) Over the weekend Mister Cee, a DJ at New York’s Hot 97 radio station, was arrested in Brooklyn for allegedly trying to solicit a prostitute. The prostitute turned out to be an undercover police officer, but according Cee the cop was women and not a man as previously reported.
“I am not gay,” Cee told his co-workers Peter Rosenberg, Cipha Sounds, Ebro, and K Foxx this morning on Hot 97. “I was approached by a female undercover cop.”
Cee went on to say that the original story reported by the New York Daily News cited that the cop was a women, but at some point the news reports changed to say the arresting officer was a man.
When Ebro and Rosenberg pointed out that the area where Cee was arrested in is known for the solicitation of transgender prostitutes Cee said it was just “dumb luck” that he was in that site at the time.
Cee admitted that he does regularly engage in soliciting female prostitutes and paying strippers for sex, but reinforced that he does not seek out men or transvestites.
“I have an addiction to not only prostitution. I have an addiction to getting the quickie,” said Cee.
This was not the first time Cee, born Calvin LeBrun, was arrested on sex related charges. In 2011, the 46-year-old was allegedly caught receiving oral sex from a 20-year-old man in a car. He pled guilty to loitering for the purpose of engaging in prostitution.
Cee suggested that the details of the 2011 incident were false, and he submitted a guilty plea in order to protect his family and Hot 97.
“There’s something as far as what has been built up,” said Cee. “If I was engaged in sexual activity with that person and that person’s case got simply dropped. And I had to go through what I had to go through, what does that tell you?”
At one point the conversation got very heated as Ebro and Cee went back and forth over why Cee continues to engage in illegal activity.
Throughout the interview Cee was asked constant questions about his sexuality and consistently maintained that while he is big supporter of the gay community he himself is not a homosexual.
“People have accused me of being gay for probably ten years now,” said Cee. “I don’t care what people think.”
Cee suspended himself from the radio. How that will play out remains to be seen.
