(AllHipHop News) Rapper Cormega is collaborating with production legend Large Professor on a new project titled Mega Philosophy.
The Queens, New York-based duo are teaming to release the project, which is produced entirely by the Large Professor and released on Cormega’s Legal Hustle Records imprint.
“I’ve recorded so many tracks with Large Professor; one of the most recent was ‘Journey,'” Cormega told AllHipHop.com in a statement today (March 7).
“Every time I drop a verse on a Large Pro track, the response is always crazy. We have great chemistry! It’s an honor to actually collaborate on a project with him,” Mega said.
The first single from the project is titled “M.A.R.S.,” which features guest appearances from Action Bronson, Roc Marciano and Saigon.
In addition to releasing classic albums as a member of Main Source, Large Professor has crafted tracks for artists like Tribe Called Quest, Slick Rick, Common, Kool G. Rap, and he is credited for discovering Nas.
A release date for Mega Philosophy was not available as of press time.
Poor Ja Rule just can’t get a break. After selling a measly 3K copies of his new album, Pain Is Love 2, we hear Ja is now facing disciplinary actions for conducting telephone interviews on his birthday.
Ja called two radio stations on February 29, his 36th birthday, to promote his new album and chat about prison life. Unfortunately, doing any press from behind bars without the warden’s permission is against the rules. Once the other inmates caught wind of the interviews, they ratted Ja out and he was written up for misconduct.
Ja Rule’s publicist is trying to take the heat off of her client and is asking that he not be punished for the interviews, which she claims were a surprise for his birthday. So much for that surprise! No word yet on what Ja Rule’s punishment will be, but I have a feeling this won’t be the last time Ja gets in trouble for speaking to the press.
Earlier this week, we reported that rapper Game was caught on video spitting on fans from the VIP section of an Australian nightclub. Well, Game has now released his side of the story, and it sounds like he was provoked into the disgusting act. Check out his comments below:
“This girl and her dude were at the concert, and we had a meet and greet. It was like 100 people, plus we have to get to an after-party, so we [focused on] doing everything on schedule. You shake my hand, I sign one thing from each person and take a picture with each person. So, they wanted to hold up the line, and there’s other people behind ’em, and we got time constraints. They acting crazy, [saying], ‘we paid all this money and we can’t even chill!’ I guess they wanted to chill, go back to the hotel and smoke with a n#### and be my kid’s godfather. So, security had to take them out because they got a little crazy.
“We go to the after-party and here are these same two people. They by the VIP [area], kind of doing the heckling sh*t, and throwing sh*t, throwing Red Bull cans. But ain’t none of it hitting me. The dude starts spitting loogies and drinking s### and spitting it. The s### started getting closer and closer to where we was at. He keeps spittin’ and finally, the f*ckin’ sh*t hit me. So I went over and I f*ckin’ spit.”
That’s still no excuse to spit or attempt to spit on someone! Why not just call security to remove them from the get-go? I don’t know about you, but Game’s explanation sounds like it has a few holes in it.
(AllHipHop News) After announcing the project last year, Tech N9ne has finally revealed the tracklisting and cover art for his upcoming release, the Klusterfuk EP.
Tech is planning to release the 6-track EP on March 13, exactly 11 days before he embarks on the “Hostile Takeover Tour” with Machine Gun Kelly, Krizz Kaliko, ¡Mayday!, and more.
The “Hostile Takeover Tour” will kick off in the rapper’s native town of Kansas City, Missouri, and continue through the Midwest before hitting a number of cities in Texas, California, Pennsylvania, New York, and Florida, and concluding on July 6 at an undisclosed location.
Klusterfuk features appearances from Hip-Hop duo Aqualeo who appear on the track “Ugly Duckling,” as well as artists from Tech’s Strange Music camp including Krizz Kaliko, who appears the tracks “Can’t Stand Me” and “D.K.N.Y.,” and Wreckonize who contributed a verse to the song “Blur.”
Check out a full tracklist and the cover art for Tech N9ne’s Klusterfuk EP below:
Debuting at #3 is Kid Cudi and Dot Da Genius’ WZRD (G.O.O.D./Universal Republic) project that sold just over 70,000 units despite the public outcry from the Cleveland native that his label massively undershipped the album. It appears that although the numbers are nowhere near his previous debuts, Man On the Moon and Man On the Moon II (G.O.O.D./Universal Republic), the fans still showed support for Mr. Solo Dolo despite his label’s misgivings.
Whitney Houston continues to dominate the charts, as fans worldwide look to rediscover the iconic singer’s music through her many albums. After setting a record last week for having three albums in the Top 10, this week, Houston’s music continues to break records with a currect four albums in the Top 10.
Houston’s Greatest Hits (RCA) sold 109,735 units and came in at #2 while her soundtrack to the film The Bodyguard (RCA) sold 44,266 units, landing the soundtrack at the #4 spot. Coming in at #9 and #10 are Whitney Houston (RCA) and I Look To You(RCA). The former sold 25,834 copies while the latter saw a 15 percent sales increase from the week prior, moving just under 25,000 copies. In addition to this feat, the singer has four more albums all charting between the #24 and #36 spots this week.
Young Money rapper Tyga, who debuted at #4 last week, dropped three spots to #7, selling 35,268 copies of his album, Careless World: Rise Of The Last King (YM/Cash Money/Universal Republic).
Drake and Rihanna claimed the #11 and #12 spots with their respective albums, Take Care (YM/Cash Money/Universal Republic) and Talk That Talk (Def Jam). The former sold 23,719 units and saw an 8 percent sales decrease, while the latter sold just over 20,000 units and saw an 11 percent sales decrease.
Coming in one spot lower than last week at #26 is Young Jeezy’s fourth offering TM103 (Def Jam), which sold approximately 15,000 units. The rapper’s Gold-certified TM103 has experienced healthy sales since its release; Young Jeezy is currently on the road with his Hustlerz Ambition tour, which has been selling out at venues nationwide.
Singer Estelle’s new album All Of Me (Atlantic) debuted at #29 after selling 13,676 copies in its first week of release. Albums from both The Throne and Lil Wayne continue to sell after charting at #39 and #42 respectively this week.
Rounding out the Top 50 is Chiddy Bang who’s debut album Breakfast (I.R.S./Virgin) saw a 67 percent sales decrease from the week prior, where it debuted at #9 and sold about 31,000 copies. This week, the duo sold 10,125 units. Albums from both Maino, who released The Day After Tomorrow (Atlantic) and Ja Rule failed to chart in the Top 50 this week, despite mostly positive reviews.
One of Beyonce’s old accountants is blabbing about her spending habits and claiming that the singer shells out over $300K per month just for basic living expenses. Talk about lifestyles of the rich and famous! Check out the list of Bey’s monthly expenses that was leaked below:
Jet fuel/rental- $75,000 a month
Tribeca NYC apt- $30,000 a month
Publicist Yvette-$10,000 a month
Bodyguard Julius-$8,000 a month (more overseas)
Makeup Artist oncall $2500 a month
Live in Chef $ 7500 a month
Live in maid $ 4000 a month
Personal Accountant 4000 month
Dereon Accountant 3000 a month
Manager (matthew) $!!!100,000 a month!!!
Personal asst Angela $5000 a month
Personal Trainer: $7000 a month
Dietician: Max $4000/month upon diet change
Car detailing and driver: $7000 a month
Pocket cash on hand $50,000 a month (she spent it all EVERY MONTH)
That all comes to a whopping $317,000 in monthly expenses! But my eagle eye does see a few things on there that she no longer carries…like her father is no longer her manager, she manages herself now, and she recently sold that Tribeca apartment. So that brings her expenses down to about $187,000 per month, which is still an exuberant amount of money.
(AllHipHop News) Rap icon and entrepreneur Jay-Z is set to offer fans across the globe a glimpse at his highly sought-after appearance at the South By Southwest (SXSW) Music Festival in Austin, Texas next week.
On Monday, March 12 at 8:00PM EST, Jay-Z will partner with American Express to offer a live-stream his show via the Internet. Fans can interact with Jay-Z during the show by using the Twitter hashtags #JayZSyncShow and #Song to cast their votes for which songs he should perform.
The 2012 appearance marks an encore for Jay-Z at SXSW. Last year, he made a surprise appearance with fellow Throne-mate Kanye West. This year’s concert has had rumors swirling recently, but was confirmed by the American Express show announcement.
Warner Bros. traveled far and wide to find their next rap star-in-the-making. And they found him in the enthusiastic XV, an MC who hails from – of all places – Kansas.
Yes, there are Black people in Kansas, XV wants you to know from the start. The Midwestern states are filled with them; in fact, enough that promoters staked their claims on XV for the recent “Midwest State of Mind Tour.” There, along with his roadies, he can seen wearing Halloween masks (when it’s nowhere near Halloween) and crowd-jumping with the best of the young, rap set.
AllHipHop.com caught up with XV recently to hear more about his tour and his plans to wow the crowds in the coming weeks and months. Check the interview below:
And, yes, the XV stands for the Roman numeral for 15, and he wants you to be curious about what that stands for. It’s the age he began his quest for music stardom, and a reminder to him daily that at 26, he still has years ahead of him. In the meantime, catch XV at SXSW next week during The Warner Sound Showcase on Thursday, March 15, where he’ll be in good company with artists like T.I., B.o.B., Wale, Meek Mill, Stalley, Curren$y, Kirko Bangz, Snow Tha Product, and DJ Drama.
Visit XV’s website at www.iamxv.com. Follow XV on Twitter (@XtotheV).
(AllHipHop News) Rapper Game has caught a break in a $5 million defamation case, as a judge recently granted the rapper an appeal.
Game, born Jayceon Taylor, was on the losing end of a defamation of character lawsuit filed by five Greensboro police officers, who arrested the rapper in the Four Seasons Mall in October of 2005.
Game was in the Four Seasons Mall filming a segment for his DVD “Stop Snitchin’, Stop Lyin,” when security asked him to leave, in part, because he was wearing a Halloween mask.
Game was eventually arrested for criminal trespassing, communicating threats and disorderly conduct.
The footage ended up on the DVD, which was sold nationwide in 2005 and 2006.
In February, a judge ruled in favor of officers Hein Nguyen, Matthew Brown, Ryan Childrey, Romaine Watkins and David Gregory, in part because Game failed to show at several critical hearings.
They were awarded a judgement against the rapper that totaled $5 million.
Last week in the North Carolina County Appeals Court, a judge granted Game’s request for an appeal.
While the judge agreed that Game would be responsible for paying the officers, the amount of the judgment is being contested.
“We must remand the judgment to the trial court so that it may consider whether the evidence of that aggravating factor met the required standard of proof, and so that the judgment may be amended to reflect its determination on this issue,” the court ruled.
The case will soon go to a jury, who will determine the amount of damages Game must pay.
