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So Wrong Yet So Right!: Russ Parr's DJ Sixth Sense Creates An Exclusive "Wrong Songs Mix" For AllHipHop.com

By: seandrasims Updated Category: Features
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Millions of contemporary Hip-Hop and R&B fans from coast to coast start every weekday morning with “The Russ Parr Morning Show”. And, one of the crown jewels of that show is DJ Sixth Sense. Sixth, who has gained continued popularity through his weekly Friday mix called “The Wrong Songs”, is able to take the most unexpected, multi-genre specific tunes, and somehow make them fit together as one cohesive piece!

One moment you’re bobbin’ your head to Big Daddy Kane, then the next, nodding to Go-Go with EU, only to be completely sideswiped with a Red Hot Chili Peppers song! As a result, DJ Sixth Sense’s segment has easily become a fan favorite.

AllHipHop.com got a chance to sit down with the man behind the mix to gain some insight into just who DJ Sixth Sense is, and how he’s innovating these days. We were also excited to receive our very own mix of “The Wrong Songs“ by DJ Sixth Sense!:

AllHipHop.com: Hey Sixth, thanks so much for taking the time out for AllHipHop.com today. Can you talk to us about where and how you got started DJ’ing?

DJ Sixth Sense: I’m from the DMV Area (District of Columbia, Maryland and Virginia), and I started to DJ in high school at Howard University’s Student Station (WHBC), which is now on Sirius XM, but back then it was 830 AM.

AllHipHop.com: Oh wow, okay. So,can you tell us about “The Wrong Songs”? Where did you get the idea to do that kind of a mix?

DJ Sixth Sense: “The Wrong Songs” started on the “Russ Parr Morning Show”. Russ got tired of playing the regular rotation and picked some CDs out of his car – rock, old school and pop. He played several songs, and people went crazy calling in, but the boss got upset, saying, “You are playing the wrong songs!!!”

AllHipHop.com: Hilarious! What would you say inspires you each week when you are putting the playlist together?

DJ Sixth Sense: Each week, I let the people on Facebook and Twitter pick the songs I play. It’s the peoples chance to be the DJ, and I just pull it together.

AllHipHop.com: So, the fans get a say in what you select – nice! What other projects are you currently working on?

DJ Sixth Sense: I’m teaching a beginner’s DJ class to help develop the next generation of DJs. I also produce the “Russ Parr Morning Show” in D.C. and DJ at private events.

AllHipHop.com: That’s really dope. Must be nice to have a hand in the creation of the next generation. Tell us, will you be going back on the road with another D.C. favorite, DJ Herkules, for BET in the fall?

DJ Sixth Sense: Yes, I will be back on the BET Black College Tour for the fifth year.

AllHipHop.com: Great! Now, where can people check for you? Is there a website or Twitter, etc.?

DJ Sixth Sense: You can friend me on Facebook, follow me on Twitter, and hit my website.

AllHipHop.com: So what’s next for DJ Sixth Sense? What can we look forward to hearing from you in the near future?

DJ Sixth Sense: Well, next for me is a record/mixtape in early 2013 and more touring.

Download AllHipHop.com’s “The Wrong Songs” here!

Thanks, DJ Sixth Sense, for creating AllHipHop.com’s very own “The Wrong Songs” mix! Be sure to check out DJ Sixth Sense on Mondays through Fridays on “The Russ Parr Morning Show”, either on your local dial or on the ‘Net…and coming soon to a Black College campus near you!

Skyyhook is CEO/FOUNDER/General Manager of Skyyhook Radio and a contributor for AllHipHop.com. Follow her on Twitter (@SkyyhookRadio).

Tickets For Kanye West's Two-Night Stint In Atlantic City Sell Out In Minutes

By: JP DelaCuesta (@JPdelacuesta) Updated Category: MOBILE
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(AllHipHop News) Tickets for both of Kanye West’s first North American solo shows in over a year have sold out in minutes.

The tickets, which went on sale to the general public today (June 22) at 10 a.m. were unavailable almost instantly, with pre-sales from American Express and other companies devouring most of the seats before they were even made available this morning.

West is set to play Atlantic City’s new resort and casino, Revel, on Friday, July 6 and Saturday, July 7. The dates are his first solo shows since his 2011 Coachella performance.

Tickets for the Revel shows were priced between $99.00 and $500.00. Now, they are already ebbing sold for upwards of $3,000 on third party sites like StubHub.

For years, the issues with ticket sales and reselling have been serious, and the Kanye West instant ticket sell out is an example that the days of obtaining tickets for highly-anticipated and publicized shows when they go on sale may nearly be over, no matter the venue size.

For the past several months, West has been touring overseas with Throne-mate Jay-Z on the duo’s highly successful and revenue generating “Watch the Throne” tour.

In other G.O.O.D Music news, Pusha T revealed yesterday that the label’s first compilation, Cruel Summer, will be released on August 7.

Rhymesayers Rapper Brother Ali Arrested For Trespassing in Occupy Protest

By: Jake Crates Updated Category: MOBILE
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(AllHipHop News) Minnesota/Rhymesayers rapper Brother Ali was among 13 protesters arrested yesterday (June 21) at an Occupy Homes MN rally in Minneapolis

According to (WCCO) CBS Minnesota, Ali Douglas Newman aka Brother Ali was arrested at the Cruz family home on the 4000 block of Cedar Avenue in south Minneapolis.

Brother Ali was arrested on charges of trespassing and refusing to depart, afterwards posting $50 bail when he was processed at the Hennepin County Jail.

“Just got home from jail. 13 of us arrested showing solidarity with the Cruz family and Occupy Homes worldwide. The struggle continues.”

The protests for the Cruz family stem from a 2011 foreclosure, when the mortgage’s original holder PNC Bank didnt accept an online mortgage payment.

As punishment, the bank imposed a fine of 2 months payment and the family was forced to foreclose when they couldn’t pay.

The Cruz’ were supposed to be evicted on April 26, but when authorities carried out the order on May 23, they were met by a large group of protesters.

They again tried to evict the family on May 25, but protesters had tied themselves together to the home.

Police arrested five protesters at that time, but failed to take the home.

A spokesperson for the Occupy Homes MN movement said Freddie Mac currently has obtained the Cruz family’s mortgage and has requested an eviction.

Protesters continue to negotiation with PNC Bank to allow the Cruz’ to keep their family home.

Daily Word: See the Whole Picture! (Don't Lose the Forest for the Trees)

By: seandrasims Updated Category: Lifestyle
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Happy Friday, my visionaries!

Welcome to the last day of the week, but still another opportunity to make great things happen! Today’s Daily Word is dedicated to your vision and your ability to see the whole picture. I once had an elementary teacher who always said “Don’t lose the forest for the trees.” As a young adolescent, not trying to understand what the phrase meant, I always thought it was the dumbest thing… I thought… if you’re already in the forest, how can you lose it for the trees??? It just didn’t make sense!!

In actuality, people do it all the time. We set grand goals for ourselves (the forest) and break them down into small pieces (the trees), but while trying to accomplish the small pieces, we sometimes lose sight of the bigger picture. Sometimes the answer might be another small piece, but we get so caught up in the current situation that we jeopardize the grand prize!

See the Whole Picture!! Always remember what your original goal is, and do what’s in the best interest of reaching that goal. What you can see beyond is what you will eventually get! See more than just today! See where you want to be ultimately, and keep that vision in your mind’s eye! The future belongs to those who see and prepare for it today!!
-Ash’Cash

“With vision there is no room to be frightened. No reason for intimidation. It’s time to march forward! Let’s be confident and positive!” -Charles R. Swindoll

“Envisioning success brings you an inspiring image, but bringing that image to life requires action.” -Larina Kase

“Vision without action is a dream. Action without vision is simply passing the time. Action with Vision is making a positive difference.” -Joel Barker

“People only see what they are prepared to see.” -Ralph Waldo Emerson

“The most pathetic person in the world is someone who has sight, but has no vision.” -Helen Keller

“There are always flowers for those who want to see them.” -Henri Matisse

“If you see yourself as prosperous, you will be. If you see yourself as continually hard up, that is exactly what you will be.” -Robert Collier

“See things as you would have them be instead of as they are.” -Robert Collier

TO HEAR THE AUDIO VERSION OF THE DAILY WORD – CLICK HERE.

Ash’Cash is a Business Consultant, Motivational Speaker, Financial Expert and the author of Mind Right, Money Right: 10 Laws of Financial Freedom. For more information, please visit his website, www.IamAshCash.com.

EXCLUSIVE VIDEO: With Ice-T Helming His Career, Rising Rapper Knight Will Not Lose

By: ginatorres27 Updated Category: Features
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Brooklyn rapper, Knight, is rising to the top of the rap food chain with the help of a major co-sign from legendary West Coast rapper Ice-T.  The newcomer has a huge advantage over the competition with Ice-T at the helm of his career, guiding him through the pit-falls of the rap game and showing him the ropes.

Knight paid a visit to the AllHipHop offices, where he chatted with us about his upcoming mixtape, his new single, “Smoovin” and why Ice-T wants him to stay independent. Check out our exclusive interview with Knight below:

Also, you can check out Knight’s new music video for “Smoovin” below – Ice-T “guarantees you’ll enjoy it.”

Big Hutch Sues Dr. Dre, Aftermath, Interscope, Ruff Ryders and EVE

By: Jake Crates Updated Category: MOBILE
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(AllHipHop News) West Coast pioneer Big Hutch is claiming theft and deception, and is suing multi-platinum West Coast producer Dr. Dre., his Aftermath Records, Interscope Records, Ruff Ryders and and multi-platinum Philly femcee Eve over the 1999 single, “Love Is Blind.”

Hutch stated the song was stripped of some of its original components and released in September 1999 on the album, Let There Be EVE… Ruff Ryders’ First Lady.

The album which sold 213,000 copies in the first week, and eventually went on to sell over two million copies according to Soundscan, is certified double platinum.

In 2000, “Love Is Blind” was nominated for “Best Rap Video”, and the album received “Best R&B/Soul Female Solo Album of the Year.”

Big Hutch, nephew to R&B legend Willie Hutch, says that in December 1997, he was introduced and hired to produce, at the time, an up and coming artist known as EVE.

Hutch says, Mike Lynn, as head of the A&R department at Aftermath, introduced him to the EVE project, and that later it would be just him and EVE in the studio producing an array of tracks.

Hutch asserts that he co-wrote and produced “Love Is Blind,” and that when EVE made the transition from Aftermath to the Ruff Ryders, all parties failed to give Hutch credit.

In addition, Hutch says that between 2000 and 2001, while serving as the VP to Death Row during Suge Knight’s incarceration, Hutch approached Aftermath to assist him with retaining compensation for his involvement, but was told, ‘We can’t help you. You have no proof.’

Aftermath further explained to Hutch they could not put anything together to help obtain the rights to the song he “helped produce.”

Hutch continued on with his own music career while battling Aftermath, but was incarcerated from July 2004 to August 2007. Prior to his incarceration Hutch says he, “stored and warehoused all his musical catalog, and it wasn’t until this year 2012 that he finally stumbled across his ‘proof’, for the original.”

“I’m not trying to take away from what EVE has done, but I was a key in helping EVE create a hit record,” Hutch said.

Hutch was signed to the late Eazy-E’s Ruthless Records and had a group called Above The Law. Hutch and Above The Law’s 1990 Living Like Hutstlers debut album release was selected as one of The Source’s “100 Best Rap Albums Ever” and claimed The Billboard 200 at #75 and Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums at #14.

He acknowledges himself as Dr. Dre’s “understudy,” in his legal press release and is currently signed to Psychopathic Records, home to the famed Insane Clown Posse. Hutch plans to release an album ICP’s label entitled The Only Solution. Hutch currently also heads his own label West World Records with his business partners with the label Big Shot Music Group.

EVE, Dr. Dre, Aftermath Records, and Interscope Records have yet to comment. More news will be released as details emerge.

 

"It's (Not) Over Now": R&B Group 112 Reunites This Summer on "For the Fans" Tour

By: @KareemTaylor Updated Category: Alternatives
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Though members Slim and Q Parker have been attempting solo careers, the entire group, including Daron and Mike, have come back together in the “For The Fans” tour.

The group enjoyed ’90s hits including “Only You (Bad Boy Remix)” and “Cupid”. Their popularity skyrocketed in the early 2000s with “It’s Over Now” and the ever-popular “Peaches & Cream”.

The tour is open and is still adding dates. Confirmed dates are:

June 23 – House of Blues with Faith Evans, Atlantic City, NJ
July 14 – Chene Park Amphitheater with Jagged Edge, Dru Hill and Da Brat, Detroit, MI
September 8 – ShoWare Center with Blackstreet and Faith Evans, Kent, WA
September 15 – Koka Booth Amphitheater, Cary, NC

Hip-Hop Rumors: A$AP Rocky Gets Dissed By Producer SpaceGhostPurrp

By: ginatorres27 Updated Category: MOBILE
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SpaceGhostPurrp and the Raider Klan drop a vlog dissing A$AP Rocky and the A$AP Mob. SpaceGhostPurp, who produced A$AP Rocky’s underground hit, “Pretty Flacko,” makes it clear that he does not mess with A$AP Rocky anymore, and even went back and forth with a few of the commenters in the video section airing out his grievances with A$AP. Check out a screen shots and the vlog below:

Do you think the A$AP Mob is going to respond?

Miami Heat Stomps Oklahoma City In Finals; Rappers React

By: Grouchy Greg Watkins (@GrouchyGreg) Updated Category: MOBILE
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(AllHipHop News)
The Miami Heat defeated the Oklahoma City Thunder on Thursday (June 21), in a resounding victory, clenching the NBA Championship title.

The Heat defeated The Thunder 121-106, taking game 5 and winning the series 4-1.

“Congrats to da Homie [LeBron James] he deserve that Ring!! Might see me in da club tonight Holding the championship Trophy,” said Miami rapper Ace Hood.

The Heat shot with laser-like precision during the game, landing 7-14 from downtown.

Miami’s Chris Bosh scored 24 points, Mike Miller scored 23 and Dwayne Wade contributed 20.

“My n##### deserved that!!!! Congrats to the Heat great season to the Thunder!!! Great series great basketball!!!,” tweeted Young Money’s Mack Maine.

LeBron James, who scored 26 points, 11 rebounds and 13 assists, was named MVP of the finals.

‘‘It means everything,’’ James said after the win. ‘‘I made a difficult decision to leave Cleveland but I understood what my future was about. I knew we had a bright future. This is a dream come true for me.’’

“It’s good 2 see relief n joy on LeBron’s face! Now he can be crowned king 4real! 1 day Knicks,1 day!,” tweeted sports enthusiast, Knicks fan/Tribe Called Quest member Phife Dawg.

“Humble speech but Lebron shoulda taken off his headband and shined that trophy with it just to stunt on all doubters,” said Chamillionaire.

Producer 9th Wonder applauded Kevin Durant’s performance for the Oklahoma City Thunder.

Durant contributed 32 points and 11 rebounds, despite his team’s loss.

“Round of applause for Kevin Durant,” 9th Tweeted. “He is a class act…and has NOTHING to hang his head about.”

Boo Rossini, an artist on Young Jeezy’s CTE imprint, celebrated Miami’s victory by sending out a new track titled “Going Pro.”