New Grand Theft Auto V Screenshots, Choppers, Fast Cars and Motor Cycle Chases

Grand Theft Auto V is coming and judging by these screenshots here, the highly-anticipated game is sure to quench our gaming thrists. Earlier today (March 27), Rockstar Games released some new flicks for the latest in the  GTA franchise, showing off beautiful scenery, flamethrowers, car chases and of course, new whips! Initially expected to arrive this spring, GTA V has since been moved to a September 17th release date. To build some extra buzz (as if the game’s anticipation hasn’t reached fever pitch already), Rockstar unveiled these images for the game, which is said be the most intense yet—with an in-game world bigger than previous instalments in the series including Red Dead Redemption.  Check out the photos,  let us know what you think and stay tuned for more updates on the upcoming Grand Theft Auto V.

Lil Wayne's "I Am Not A Human Being II" Projected To Debut At #2

Lil Wayne's "I Am Not A Human Being II" expected to sell approximately 210,000 copies in its first week.

 

 

 

 

 

With the release of a new batch of album sales numbers, it appears that Young Money rapper Lil Wayne’s new album I Am Not A Human Being II will be unable to top the success of past albums from Weezy.
Radio.com reports that first week sales for I Am Not A Human Being II will likely top a little over 200,000 and while that number far surpasses first week sales for 2010’s I Am Not A Human Being (125,000 copies sold), it doesn’t come close to the 964,000 albums sold thanks to Tha Carter IV.
If sales predictions are in fact correct, Justin Timberlake’s The 20/20 Experience will again find itself clenching the number one spot on album charts.
The 20/20 Experience far exceeded sales expectations when it was revealed that the Timbaland-produced album sold nearly one-million copies in its first week.
The release of I Am Not A Human Being II comes shortly after Lil Wayne was released from Los Angeles’ Cedars-Sinai Medical Center after suffering from numerous seizures.

Source: Hiphopdx.com

Kendrick Lamar Poetic Justice/ Bitch Dont kil my vibe Live

If you have not got that classic album go pick it up. Kendrick is a legend already !!

Classic Muhammad Ali Interview's!!

This man was a living legend,

Check out the video's below!!

Today in Hip Hop "He's the Dj Im the Rapper" Celebrates 25th Anniversary

On this day March 29th in Hip Hop

1988: In an era when New York rap was dominating from the rest of the country, two kids from West Philadelphia changed all that with He’s the DJ, I’m the Rapper.
DJ Jazzy Jeff (Jeffrey Townes) and the Fresh Prince (Will Smith) were underdogs at the time, but it was their sophomore album that helped propel their careers. Their style was unique and didn’t follow the New York model of rap groups. Simply put, Jazzy Jeff wasn’t behind the scenes when Fresh Prince was rapping. Rather, the duo worked in tandem where scratches, cutting and raps meshed together in tracks like “Parents Just Don’t Understand.”
He’s the DJ, I’m the Rapper was released on Jive Records and it was the first to be a double-disc album in hip-hop. It became certified triple platinum in February 1995 and ranks among the most successful hip-hop records ever.
Jazzy Jeff still remains as one of the most respected in hip-hop, and Smith will occasionally pick up the mic for fun appearances. In honor of their landmark album, revisit some of its classics.

New Petition Urges Rick Ross To Apologize For Date Rape Lyric

A petition created this week requests that Rick Ross be investigated and prosecuted for date rape lyric.

 

 

 

 

Miami rapper Rick Ross has recently found himself under fire due to a lyric on Rocko’s “U.O.E.N.O (You Ain’t Even Know It)” and as a result of the song a petition created on Change.org is calling for an apology from the Maybach Music Group founder.
On “U.O.E.N.O.” Ross raps, “Put molly all in her champagne, she ain’t even know it / I took her home and I enjoyed that, she ain’t even know it.”
Not only does the petition request an apology from the rapper, but it also suggests that Ross be investigated and possibly prosecuted.
“If what he is saying is true, not just meaningless lyrics he has just publicly admitted to drugging and raping a woman. This should be investigated further and he should be prosecuted. If it is not true and they are just lyrics, he has still just glorified rape and this should not be ignored,” read the petition.
The petition is roughly 500 signatures away from its goal of 1,000.
Change.org has increasingly become a platform for music fans to rally support for an issue of their choosing. Earlier in the year, a petition was created on the site calling for the cancellation of “All My Baby’s Mamas,” a reality show that would have featured Atlanta rapper Shawty Lo and has family. Weeks after the petition was created, the show was cancelled by Oxygen.

Source: Hiphopdx.com

Throwback Thursday; Jay Z Roc Boys Video/ Say Hello

Jay released this classic on his American Gangster Album. One of his most underrated albums.

Have a listen:

 

From the American Gangster Film starring Denzil Washington and Russel Crowe!!!!!

KiD CuDi Reveals “Indicud” Album Cover + Tracklist

KiD CuDi has revealed the official cover art and tracklisting for his forthcoming album, Indicud.
Indicud is slated to be released on April 23rd.
View the official Indicud artwork above and tracklisting below.
Tracklist:
1. The Resurrection Of Scott Mescudi
2. Unfuckwittable
3. Just What I Am (Ft. King Chip)
4. Young Lady
5. King Wizard
6. Immortal
7. Solo Dolo Part II (Ft. Kendrick Lamar)
8. Girls (Ft. Too $hort)
9. New York City Rage Fest
10. Red Eye
11. Mad Solar
12. Beez
13. Brothers
14. Burn Baby Burn
15. Lord Of The Sad And Lonely
16. Cold Blooded
17. Afterwards (Bring Yo Friends)
18. The Flight Of The Moon Man

First Week Sales Projection: Lil Wayne – I Am Not A Human Being II

The first-week sales estimate for Lil Wayne‘s 10th studio album, I Am Not A Human Being II, which hit stores yesterday Tuesday, March 26th, are in.

• Purchase on iTunes: Lil Wayne – I Am Not A Human Being II

According to HitsDailyDouble, the Young Money rapper is expected to sell 190-210k copies of I Am Not A Human Being II in his opening sales week.
If the sales projections hold true, Lil Wayne’s first week sales will be good enough to give the rapper the #2 spot on the Billboard charts behind Justin Timberlake’s 20/20 Experience.
Stay tuned to Def Sounds for the official first week sales numbers when they are revealed next week.

Diddy Tops Forbes 2013 Cash King List

1.Diddy - $580 million

2.Jay-Z – $475 million

3.Dr. Dre – $350 million

4.Birdman – $150 million

5.50 Cent – $125 million

Diddy is Ballin

Justin Timberlake Debuts At #1 With 980,000 Records Sold

Justin Timberlake scored a huge victory this week when his highly-anticipated The 20/20 Experience nearly debuted this week at platinum-status.

Last week, XXL reported that JT’s long-awaited third album was expected to sell somewhere in the 800,000 range in its first week. Now, reports are coming in that the album is expected to sell over 980,000 units, putting it 20,000 units away from platinum certification.

This news makes The 20/20 Experience the highest selling album by a male artist since Lil Wayne in 2008 with Tha Carter III, which debuted to 1.01 million units sold.

The news of Timberlake’s success comes directly on the heels that his and Jay-Z’s “Legends of Summer” tour is outselling the massive Watch the Throne tour by a ratio of six-to-one.
[via MissInfo] and xxlmag.com

Will Smith Explains Why He Wasn’t ‘Django’

Will Smith is one of Hollywood’s heaviest hitters. So when it was rumored that he was supposed to team up with Quentin Tarantino and play a slave it seemed like stuff of legend. Smith recently told Entertainment Weekly why he didn’t commit to the project.

“Django wasn’t the lead, so it was like, I need to be the lead. The other character was the lead! “I was like, ‘No, Quentin, please, I need to kill the bad guy!’”

Ironically, Jamie Foxx marketed as the film lead and his co-star Christoph Waltz was nominated for a supporting actor Oscar.  This isn’t the first blockbuster film Smith turned down. He was in talks to play Neo in the Matrix trilogy

Source: Allhiphop.com

Kanye West Titles New Album “I Am God”?

Rumors are circulating that web that Kanye West’s new album will be titled “I Am God.”
As reported to the BBC, Kanye West is contemplating naming his new album, I Am God.
The BBC report also reveals that Kanye and Kim Kardashian may be naming their first child together “North,” as in North West.
The report reads:

“Mixed emotions greet reports that Kanye West is considering calling his first child North. It’s a good joke, from a slightly unexpected source (neither the rapper nor his possibly even more famous partner, Kim Kardashian, are best known for their self-deprecating sallies, although the title Kanye is supposed to be contemplating for his new album, I Am God”

As of press time, neither Kanye nor representatives of the rapper have responded to claims of the album title.

Source: Defsounds.com

Jay-Z & Justin Timberlake’s Tour Outselling “Watch The Throne” Tour By 6 To 1

 

It appears that Jay-Z and Kanye West’s Throne may be up for grabs, as Justin Timberlake and Jay-Z’s ”Legends of the Summer” tour is on pace to outsell the former duo’s 2011 tour by a wide margin.
According to StubHub, Jay and Justin’s tour this summer has already outsold the Watch the Throne tour by five tickets to one on StubHub alone. Additionally, “Legends of the Summer” is outselling Hov and Kanye’s tour by a six-to-one ratio through all ticket purchasing sources.
To put this data in perspective, Jay and Ye’s Watch the Throne tour sold over 96% of its available tickets of its 400,000-plus -available tickets. Furthermore, there are only 14 dates on Timberlake and Jay-Z’s tour, compared to the whopping 57 performances.

Check out Justin Timberlakes new album below on the blog for free!!

Source: xxlmag.com

Tiger Woods back to number one in the world again!

Shout out to the golfing legend back at number 1 again!!

New Limp Bizkit- Ready to Go ft Lil Wayne

Brand new Limp Bizkit off Cash Money Records.

What do you guys think. Get at me !!

New Video 50 cent ft Kendrick Lamar We Up [Hot]] #Realhipop

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-6jhuhsG-7w&feature=youtu.be

Off the new album !!! Coming soon...

Listen to Justin Timberlake's new album "The 20:20 Experience" for free here:

Check out this classic new album for JT. Huge fan of the album

 

The album is now likely to push up to 900,000 copies in its first week making it the highest selling album of the year by a mile.

Congrats to JT

50 cent tours Somalia with the United Nations Food Programme

Good to see 50 doing some positive things in the community.

Keep you updated....

Lupe Fiasco Uses Twitter To Blast Violent Lyrics In Hip Hop

Lupe Fiasco connects violent Hip Hop lyrics to violence in society.

 

While most use Sunday as a day to relax and reflect on the previous week, Lupe Fiasco took the day to reflect on the state of lyrics in Hip Hop.
Taking to Twitter this afternoon, Lupe decided to write a short novel on the issue blasting off 19 tweets about the use of violent lyrics in Hip Hop music. Fiasco says he believes that violent lyrics give rappers "positive reinforcement" to commit negative acts.
"Violent music (and all violent media) effectively says its 'OK' to be violent. It provides positive reinforcement for negative actions," Lupe said in a tweet. "If you rap and make violent music then own up to it. Stop hiding behind 'art imitating life' as a way to evade the guilt."
Lupe Fiasco also referenced a Dr. Dre line in Eminem's song "Guilty Conscience" quoting, "How the hell you gonna tell this man not 2 be violent?, Cuz he dont need to go the same route that I did." Lupe's latest Twitter anthology could be linked to 50 Cent's appearance on CBS' Sunday Morning program in which the Queens rapper said that his music doesn't glorify violence. Lupe admitted that he himself has made violent music and committed violent acts in the past but questions why people continue to do such.
"Ive made violent music. Done violent things. Most my friends are violent. Lived in violent neighbors. Seen violence first hand," he said. "A certain point you start to get tired of it. You ask why? why is it like this? what is causing this? why is this ok to live like this? Then you turn on the news and see that a 12 month old got shot in the face by two teenagers in Georgia for no reason at all."
See all of Lupe's tweets on the matter below:

Lupe Fiasco        ✔ @LupeFiasco

Q: Does violence in music promote/cause/support/influence violence in the world and society? A: Of course it does. @Pro_OrangeTree

5:58 PM - 24 Mar 13

Lupe Fiasco        ✔ @LupeFiasco

If you rap and make violent music then own up to it. Stop hiding behind "art imitating life" as a way to evade the guilt.

 

Lupe Fiasco        ✔ @LupeFiasco

Ive made violent music. Done violent things. Most my friends are violent. Lived in violent neighbors. Seen violence first hand.

Lupe Fiasco        ✔ @LupeFiasco

A certain point you start to get tired of it. You ask why? why is it like this? what is causing this? why is this ok to live like this

 

Many people believe he is targeting 50 cent with these tweets. Will 50 respond?

 

Keep you posted ...

A boy named North West; Kanye Kim New Child

As another pair of celebrity parents contemplates the gift of a novel name for their offspring, it's worth considering if the label we're given as infants has a bearing on the person we will become.

Kanye West and Kim Kardashian are expecting a baby boy in July

Mixed emotions greet reports that Kanye West is considering calling his first child North. It's a good joke, from a slightly unexpected source (neither the rapper nor his possibly even more famous partner, Kim Kardashian, are best known for their self-deprecating sallies, although the title Kanye is supposed to be contemplating for his new album, I Am God, is said to be "half tongue-in-cheek").

And North, who is due in July, would certainly be following in an established tradition. Mr and Mrs Peace, Mr and Mrs Christmas, Mr and Mrs Gallery, for example, sat down, had a good think and decided to call their respective offspring Warren, Merry, and Art, while Mr and Mrs Beach realised too late that a popular diminutive of Alexander is Sandy.

You will also doubtless remember the robust brand of parenting employed by the father of the Boy Named Sue. As a Lancastrian, too, I am proud to see Kanye and Kim emulating Britney Spears and Kevin Federline, who named their son Sean Preston. But I'm not quite so sure about another suggestion which has followed the West news, It's Grim Up North.

Names, though, are important. True, Shakespeare had Juliet doubt it in the matter of her Romeo - "What's in a name? That which we call a rose by any other name would smell as sweet" - but we know what happened to them. And first names especially so; people react to them even before meeting their bearers, judging them by those they have known and not always loved.

Moreover, researchers have found that reactions to names are based on unconscious associations of startling simplicity. So we will think someone is likely to be successful if he or she has a name given to royalty, that a woman is likely to be attractive if she has a soft, feminine-sounding name, that a boy or a man is likely to be attractive if he has a hard, masculine-sounding name.

For those who argue for the inspiring evolution of our species into rational sophisticates, it gets worse, I'm afraid. We think someone is likely to be lucky if their name sounds like "luck" and has the same number of letters. So Jack is thought to be luckier than other men, while Lucy is thought the luckiest name for a woman.

This research was carried out by Prof Richard Wiseman of the University of Hertfordshire, whose surname points to another fascinating phenomenon - nominative determinism, the influence names appear to have on choices.

Work in the United States has, for instance, discovered that women called Florence had gone to live in Florida, men called George to Georgia, and that people were more likely to go into jobs with associations with their names. Thus, among many other examples, Mr C Ensor, the chairman of Bedford Borough Council's standards committee, and Mr Peter Atchoo, the pneumonia specialist.

Nicholas Hoult stars in a new remake of Jack the Giant Slayer

My own researches into the name Jack, Britain's first name of choice for boys over the past 20 years or so, show a distinct trend. Famous Jacks tend to be generously gifted but attractively human, with mercurial careers: outlaws and buccaneers like Jack Sheppard and Calico Jack; writers such as Jack London and Jack Kerouac; sportsmen like Jack Johnson and Jack Dempsey; actors like Jack Nicholson and Jack Black. All seemingly taking their nominative cue from Jack the Giant Slayer and Jack the Lad.

It will be interesting to see if all these young Jacks now growing turn us into a larkier, less reserved nation.

Meanwhile, Kanye and Kim, I have some further, slightly more balanced and understated suggestions for what in any event is likely to be a lively, spotlighted life:

• Go West
• String West
• and, my favourite, from that popular London station, Penge West

Snoop Lion - No Guns Allowed (Feat. Drake & Cori B)

A classic brand new cut from the new snoop lion. Has a good message. Check it out below:

What you guys think of Snoop Lion!!

Nothing Was The Same: Predictions On Drake's Next Album

While only time will tell, his sense of self-awareness and the release of "Started From The Bottom" and "5 AM In Toronto" hint at an aggressive third album from Drake.

 

Any discussions surrounding the possibilities of Aubrey Drake Graham’s next studio album were probably affected, though not necessarily altered, with the release of lead single “Started From The Bottom.” The implication, however – and something that I expect most of us had been hoping for – has now become abundantly clear: Drake’s about to go hard.

It would be no stretch of the imagination to label Drake as being self-aware – especially when compared to the seemingly nihilistic, I-don’t-give-a-fuck attitude of his peers. It’s evident that he hears his critics. He reads the message boards. He follows the Twitterverse.

Most importantly, he’s cognizant of the public’s perception of him.

“He looks at everything that is associated with him as something that will either positively influence how people think of him beyond his art or potentially negatively influence how people think about him beyond his art,” offered Dave Wirtschafter, board member and former co-CEO of Drake’s talent agency, William Morris Endeavor, in a 2011 interview with Billboard magazine.  Among other things, Drake is paying Wirtschafter and his WME staff to be keenly aware of how the public views him. “So everything that we’re trying to do is designed to be reflective of who he is as a person, what he stands for [and] how he wants to be presented to the world and what he cares about.” 

Although Drake’s approval rating in 2013 is much higher than that of LeBron James in 2010, he and WME will need to go through a some similar rehabilitation of his image if he hopes to change the sensitive, entitled, or tender perception that has commonly, and perhaps deservedly, been placed upon him.
“The part I love most is they love me more than they hate me”, quips Drake on the recently-leaked, swaggering teaser single “5 AM In Toronto.” Drake, however, seems to interpret those perceptions as accusations. Or does he? Has there ever been a rapper more concerned with his image while simultaneously claiming to not care what his haters think?

Why Drake May Use Backlash To Take Care As Fuel

Drake’s lesson in self-examination, 2011’s brilliant, Grammy award-winning Take Care perfectly captured the mood and mindset of an entire generation’s twentysomethings while also earning the respect and approval of anyone still on the fence following his much-hyped debut, Thank Me Later. Though it was a downright meticulous album – deliberate in its attention to detail and supremely eloquent in its quality control – above all else you got the feeling that Drake was making exactly the kind of music that he wanted to.

Unfortunately for Drake, when you make an album as unconventional, genre-bending and genuinely vulnerable as Take Care, it inevitably ends up creating a backlash: too soft, too R&B, too Emo, too…for-the-ladies. The Drake detractors were out in full force. The prevailing complaint from those in that camp seemed to center around the precedent that his first two albums had unknowingly, yet unapologetically, established – the emotional honesty, slowed-down song structure, and sure – “softness,” were not gimmicks. Nor were they a one-time thing. This was Drake. And everyone was confident that they had him figured out.

One of the loudest and most prominent voices in that group (thus, I suppose, giving some credibility to these claims) was Rap game elder statesman and Kangol aficionado, Common. In what would be another chapter in the sometimes subliminal/sometimes blatant mini-feud between G.O.O.D. Music and YMCMB that still has yet to take off, Common’s decent, sort-of diss track, 2011’s “Sweet” came practically out of nowhere (wait, Common is Young Jeezy all of a sudden?) and attempted to put Drake’s street credibility in question. Without mentioning Drake by name, though obviously directed at him, Common – in what was more rant than rap – throws out all the requisite verbal jabs (“ho,” “muthafucka,” “bitch,” etc.) before ultimately questioning Drake’s manhood and, you guessed it – accusing him of being soft. To summarize, he basically calls Drake a harmless pussy.

But then “Stay Schemin’” came out.

Malcolm Gladwell would have called it a tipping point: the seminal moment where even non-Drake fans reluctantly, but perhaps literally, nodded in approval. If nothing else, it certainly felt like a line of demarcation, with Drake flexing his new-found aggression while also laying the possible blueprint for the kind of music that might follow. It was also the first time that Drake had responded on wax to any of his antagonists, the collective rumblings of which had been baiting him for years. Drake quips, “It bothers me when the gods get to acting like the broads...That’s why I see no need to compete with niggas like ya’ll…” and, “Back when if a nigga reached it was for the weapon / Nowadays niggas reach just to sell they record...” It was all, very…refreshing. In one of Rap’s most notable verses of the year, it felt like Drake – defiantly “fuck it” in tone – was exorcising all of his inner (and outer) demons in a public get-some-shit-off-his-chest therapy session that we all got to witness. Not only was it an acknowledgement of Common, but more specifically it was Drake’s acknowledgement (and dismantling) of the public’s perception of him. It was a culmination.

So now, post-“Stay Schemin,” and after laying down guest verses on some of the biggest tracks of the past year (“No Lie,” “Pop That,” “Amen”), we’ve arrived at “Started from the Bottom” – the dark, deliberately sparse first single from Drake’s upcoming third album, the ambiguously titled Nothing Was the Same. The initial takeaway most people will have from this song is just how un-first-single-ish it sounds – which is telling, considering that Drake was likely aware of that exact same thing when he made it. I’d be lying if I said I didn’t see this coming; contrary to his comments last spring about wanting indie flag-bearer Jamie Smith of The xx to have a bigger role in the album’s production, any tracks they create will likely be relegated to cutting-room floor status.

Instead, expect usual cohorts Boi1da, T-Minus and Noah “40” Shebib to once again be the main contributors here, with each one presumably being asked to cook up the most menacing, hardcore beats that they can possibility imagine (and with a dash of “club-friendliness” sprinkled in as to not risk a total alienation of the bulk of Drake’s fanbase). One could then surmise that Drake’s affinity for singing will, at least for this album, be temporarily shelved. It’s doubtful that we’ll hear anything in the vein of slow-dance baby-maker “Shut It Down” or the wrenching, post-breakup laments of “Doing It Wrong.” 

Drake’s recent and predictable move to Los Angeles, though assumingly done more as a necessity rather than as some sort of statement (Wirtschafter hinted at Drake pursuing a film career), will likely result in a net gain, music-wise. One of Drake’s greatest talents has been his ability to offer a unique perspective on topics otherwise familiar. And so his reflections on an angle as widely-covered and clichéd as the “L.A. lifestyle” should be interesting, and hopefully done in his usual, unorthodox approach (even though it’s felt he’s been rapping about that lifestyle for a while now). However, it’s doubtful that we’ll hear any “California Love” in the tradition of Dre or Snoop; this is Drake we’re talking about – pitfalls, trappings, paranoia and emotional dichotomy will be the subject matter du jour.

Viewing Nothing Was The Same As An Outlier

More than anything else – and if “Started From The Bottom” and “5 AM In Toronto” are any indication – look for Drake to be somewhat defensive on this album. Hell, if anyone deserves to feel slighted, it’s him. After millions of albums sold, and despite overwhelming journalistic praise, he still somehow remains the most polarizing artist in all of music.

Unlike many of his contemporaries, and in direct contrast to a certain skateboarding member of Team YMCMB, Drake’s music has always carried a certain air of responsibility to it; rarely do you hear him delving into crass obnoxiousness on the scale of a Gucci Mane or engaging in the lavish embellishments of a Rick Ross. But maybe this is the lone album of Drake’s current and future catalog that will act as an exception to that rule, with Drake fully-exploring the reckless/carefree style that runs rampant amongst his peers in the Rap game (rather than just paying a periodic homage to it). Maybe he wants to show off, thinking he’s clever enough to utilize that style better than they can (not sure he’d be wrong). Maybe he feels an album like this will shut people up, leaving both his rivals and his critics with nothing left to nitpick. For Drake, maybe this is the album he wants to make. Maybe this is the album he needs to make.

Of course, it’s possible that I’ll be proven wrong on all of this. But would that be such a bad thing? Love him or hate him, there’s never been an artist quite like Drake. If he were to continue making the kind of music he always has, most of us would not mind. In fact, most of us would prefer it. The sales figures of Thank Me Later and Take Care – 1.5 million and 1.9 million units sold, respectively – would certainly back this up). The guy fucking delivers. There is perhaps no one else in music – all genres included – that can give you exactly what Drake can give you. After the waiting-my-whole-life-to-make-this (and thus, typically strong) debut album, and following the inevitable letdown of album number two (though triumphantly avoided by Drake), an emcee’s third album usually sets the tone for establishing the kind of artist they’re going to be going forward. And if that’s true, then the question is this – who does Drake want to be?

Drake is calling his next album Nothing Was the Same. And maybe nothing will be. But maybe everything will be.

Check out Talent Sundays: Prophicy the Ill Literate

Check out homeboys page, bringing some heat to the streets.

https://soundcloud.com/prophicy/sets/new-shit-94

#realhiphop lives on

Throwback Saturday: P Diddy/Faith Evans: I'll Be Missing You!!

Classic song in remembrance of Biggie Smalls;

Big song from Diddy!!

Catch up Saturday: Rick Gervais (David Brent) Equality Street

Catch up of this classic cut from david brent come out this week for comic relief promoting racial equality.

New Music: 50 cent ft Kendrick Lamar We Up

Coming to iTunes this Friday. Think this may be off 50's new album Street King Immortal.

Dr. Dre Says He's Inspired To Record Again, Confirms Eminem Album Wrapping

Dr. Dre checked into Big Boy's Neighborhood today to reveal that Beats By Dre has a new venture. He also said that he wants to make music as long as he can.

Today, Dr. Dre briefly called into Big Boy's Neighborhood show, the syndicated radio program produced by Los Angeles, California's Power 106. Dre's call was relevant to the show, as the Aftermath Entertainment founder has appointed Big Boy's co-host Fuzzy Fantabulous to work on a new Beats By Dre-related project.
While Dre was slim on details, he did offer some, "The most I can say right now is that it's a music subscription service. That's the most I can say right now." It is unclear what Fuzzy's role will be within this new Beats By Dre division or product. The longtime Big Boy's Neighborhood personality detailed the company as merely, "A Beats Music service we're about to launch." Today marks Fuzzy's last day on the show's staff.
For fans of his music, Dre did briefly update a few items. He confirmed that Aftermath star Eminem is wrapping his upcoming album. "[Eminem] is finishing up his project," said Dre. Without mentioning the Detox album, Dre did allude that he was approaching his work differently. "For me, I've just got inspired to go in the studio again," admitted the N.W.A. member-turned-mogul. Last year, Dre and his label released Kendrick Lamar's good kid, m.A.A.d city, in addition to his production for Xzibit, Alicia Keys and 50 Cent. Pointing out that he's approaching the 30-year mark, Dre closed in saying, "Music is my first love, and I'm gonna continue to do that as long as I can."
Dre's first group, World Class Wreckin' Cru released "Surgery" around 1984, marking the longtime deejay's first foray into recording.

J cole ft Miguel Power Trip Video

Great new tune from J cole

Throwback Friday: Jurassic 5: What's Golden #classichiphop

Check out this classic cut from J5. Anyone know what they are doing now??

Lil Wayne Updates Health Status In Video, Confirms Summer Tour With T.I.

In a new short video, Lil Wayne assures fans, "I'm more than good." He also appears with T.I., and the two announce The America's Most Wanted Tour kick-off date.

Lil Wayne released a new vlog update in the last 24 hours. The recovering Cash Money Records star told fans, "I'm more than good." The update comes after a week that began with Wayne in Beverly Hills, California's Cedars-Sinai Medical Center for his second battle with seizures in less than a week. He was released late Monday (March 18). Two of Wayne's closest affiliates, Birdman and Mack Maine, both attributed the health concerns to exhaustion and dehydration.
In the brief 90-second video, Wayne also revealed that he's currently with T.I. The pair announced that on July 5, they are launching the America's Most Wanted Tour. "Hustle Gang, Young Money, potna. I hope you niggas brought money, 'cause it's goin' down," T.I. told cameras.
The dates and cities have yet to be announced
Check the video below T.I makes an apperance:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=2nzFAnoTATw#!

How 50 Cent scored a half-billion Part 1

In "The Big Payback: The History of the Business of Hip-Hop," author Dan Charnas traces how rap grew from its obscure roots in the ghettos of 1970s New York to its culmination as the world's predominant youth pop culture and a multibillion-dollar industry.

The event that epitomized just how far hip-hop had come was the headline-grabbing partnership between the rapper 50 Cent and the upstart beverage company Glaceau, the maker of Vitaminwater. It may well have been the biggest deal in hip-hop history, propelling 50 Cent's personal net worth toward a half-billion dollars. In this excerpt, Charnas outlines how it happened.
By the summer of 2003, 50 Cent's debut album, "Get Rich or Die Tryin'," had sold more than 5 million copies, and he was easily on his way to becoming a multimillionaire on these sales alone. But the rapper from Queens, who was born Curtis Jackson and had begun his career on the reputation of being shot nine times (a bullet was still lodged in his tongue), wasn't content to remain a recording artist. And his young manager, Chris Lighty, himself a Bronx street kid turned businessman, was well-positioned to exploit 50's stardom by creating multiple income streams. Lighty had come out of the Def Jam fold and managed such stars as Missy Elliott and LL Cool J.
With Lighty, 50 Cent created the "G-Unit" brand, including a record company, a clothing company and a sneaker deal with Reebok's RBK line. The G-Unit Clothing Company was a joint-venture deal, with hip-hop-influenced designer Marc Ecko fronting the money, handling the manufacturing and distribution, and splitting the profits fifty-fifty with 50.
At his Violator management company (named after a rough crew that Lighty ran with as a kid), Lighty helped pioneer the use of 900 numbers for his artists. Over a decade later, he negotiated a different kind of phone deal: 50 Cent cellular ringtones to be sold for up to $2.99 per download. Lighty inked other agreements, too: a video game and a biopic with MTV Films and Paramount Pictures. When the agency that represented Lighty, CAA, balked at representing a rapper so closely associated with violence, Lighty secured a deal with an eager William Morris.
One of Lighty's business acquaintances was Rohan Oza, a marketing executive who has just moved from Coca-Cola to a small Queens, N.Y., beverage company called Glaceau. Oza considered himself not a brand manager, but a brand messiah. He believed that passionate proselytizing of his products could transcend costly corporate ad campaigns. Oza's Vitaminwater brand was doing well at more than $100 million in sales, second only to Pepsi's Propel brand in the $245 million "enhanced-water" market. He knew how to take them out.

 

Today In Hip-Hop: Dr. Dre Announces Departure From Death Row

On this day, March 21st, in hip-hop history…

1996: Dr. Dre parts ways with Death Row Records. The infamous West Coast label was founded in 1991 by Dre and Suge Knight, then the owner of a music publishing company. Prior to Death Row, Dre had been singed to Eazy-E’s Ruthless Records as a part of the group N.W.A. Frustrated with Eazy and N.W.A.’s manager Jerry Heller’s business practices, Dre linked up with Knight to start Death Row, with Knight reportedly using strong-arm tactics to appropriate the contracts of Dre, rapper the D.O.C. and singer Michel’le.
Beginning in 1992 with the release of Dr. Dre’s solo debut The Chronic, Death Row enjoyed a successful but short-lived reign at the top of the hip-hop charts. The label later signed artists like Snoop Dogg, Tha Dogg Pound and 2Pac. However, in 1996, a year after Death Row signed 2Pac, Dr. Dre split with the label over a contract dispute. Dre would go on to partner with Interscope Records’ Jimmy Iovine to found Aftermath Records.


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Tune of the day; Nas Hope

True classic from Nas, a lot of time for this, real lyrics

Thursday Talent Day: Smalls World

Some new and exciting talent coming up please check it out at;

https://soundcloud.com/#smalls-world

+Terrance Smalls

New Rihanna Ft. T.I., Juicy J, Young Jeezy & Rick Ross - Pour It Up (Remix)

Rihanna recruits an all-star team for the remix to her song, "Pour It Up." Young Jeezy, T.I., Rick Ross and Juicy J all lay down vocals on this one. The original version can be found on Riri's latest album, Unapologetic.

Justin Timberlake's "The 20/20 Experience" Sales Projections

According to sources, Justin Timberlake's "The 20/20 Experience" may be 2013's blockbuster.

Despite serving as Justin Timberlake’s first solo effort in nearly seven years, The 20/20 Experience is expected to do quite well as far as album sales are concerned. Billboard.com reports that Timberlake’s album could move as many as 800,000 units before March 24th, the end of the current tracking week.
In today’s musical climate, it’s become a rarity for an artist to top such high numbers in their first week. The last reported occurrence of an artist topping the 750,000 mark in first week sales came with the release of country/pop star Taylor Swift’s Red album.
Timberlake’s previous solo album, FutureSex/LoveSounds, reportedly sold around 684,000 in its first week.
Released on March 19th, The 20/20 Experience is fully produced by Virginia beatsmith Timbaland and features a sole guest appearance from Jay-Z.
With the release of The 20/20 Experience now behind him, Timberlake will soon join forces with Jay-Z for the duo’s “Legends Of The Summer” tour, which kicks off in July

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Will.i.am ft Justin Bieber Power

Unfortunately I think this will be number one on the billboards soon. Shit like this is ruining hiphop

50 cent ft Justin Timberlake Cry me a River Remix

Some old school type stuff, JT is the man

New Kendrick Lamar J Cole Temptation

Not CDQ yet but it is coming: Top of the new greats

Kendrick Lamar Ft Drake Poetic Justice Video

New video to the classic cut off Kendricks Debut album!!

Drizzy laces the beat !

DJ Pauly D ft Jay Sean: Back to Love

Biggie Smalls Freestyle when he was 17 Rare video!!

This guy grew up to be one of the two GOAT in Hip Hop History

Jay-Z to Executive Produce “The Great Gatsby” Soundtrack

Jay-Z has been enlisted to executive produce and record original music for Baz Luhrmann’s forthcoming film The Great Gatsby.
According to a press release, Jay-Z will serve as Executive Producer and record original music for The Great Gatsby soundtrack. The OST will feature “a varied collection of the world`s most talented and compelling musical artists.”
Leonardo DiCaprio, who will play Jay Gatsby in the film introduced Baz Luhrmann and Jay-Z and that is what led to the two collaborating on the film.
Jay-Z gave a statement on executive producing the music for The Great Gatsby:

As soon as I spoke with Baz and Leonardo, I knew this was the right project. The Great Gatsby is that classic American story of one`s introduction to extravagance, decadence and illusion. It`s ripe for experimentation and ready to be interpreted with a modern twist. The imagination Baz brought to `Moulin Rouge` made it a masterpiece, and `Romeo + Juliet`s` score wasn`t just in the background; the music became a character. This film`s vision and direction has all the makings of an epic experience.

The Great Gatsby soundtrack will be released through Interscope Records.
View the full press release, via Reuters, below:

BURBANK, Calif.–(Business Wire)–
Grammy Award-winning musical artist Shawn “JAY Z” Carter has collaborated with
writer/producer/director Baz Luhrmann on “The Great Gatsby”-in the capacity of
Executive Producer-to bring the modern “Jazz Age” energy of F. Scott
Fitzgerald`s original text to the big screen, procuring, performing, producing
and arranging for a soundtrack featuring some of the world`s top musical
artists.
JAY Z`s contributions, woven amongst a score by long-time Luhrmann collaborator,
composer Craig Armstrong, drive Gatsby`s champagne-infused dance floors, rumble
in New York`s illegal speakeasies, and foreshadow the tragedy behind Gatsby`s
“extraordinary gift for hope.” To articulate the film`s “1920s-Meets-Now” sound,
JAY Z also comes to “The Great Gatsby” soundtrack as a performer and contributor
of original music.
Luhrmann and JAY Z were introduced by Leonardo DiCaprio (Jay Gatsby), and this
led to a two-year collaborative effort. During this time, JAY Z worked with
Luhrmann and his team to capture, translate and contrast the feelings of
Fitzgerald`s decadent era with that of our own, using hip-hop and jazz, music
contemporary and period, to bring two distinct American moments to simultaneous
life. They sculpted the film`s musical landscape alongside Armstrong, who worked
with the director on “Moulin Rouge!” and “Romeo + Juliet.” The film`s music
supervisor is Anton Monsted.
Luhrmann calls the collaboration with JAY Z “a credible and natural fit.
Fitzgerald was a pioneer, famed and controversial for using the then-new and
explosive sound called jazz in his novels and short stories-not just as
decoration, but to actively tell story using the immediacy of pop culture. He
coined the phrase `the Jazz Age.` So, the question for me in approaching Gatsby
was how to elicit from our audience the same level of excitement and
pop-cultural immediacy toward the world that Fitzgerald did for his audience?
And in our age, the energy of jazz is caught in the energy of hip-hop. Not only
is JAY Z a great artist, full stop, but I had heard that he was a great
collaborator. Leonardo and I were lucky enough to be present in a recording
session over two years ago as JAY Z was recording `No Church in the Wild,` and
the collaboration grew from there.”
JAY Z said, “As soon as I spoke with Baz and Leonardo, I knew this was the right
project. The Great Gatsby is that classic American story of one`s introduction
to extravagance, decadence and illusion. It`s ripe for experimentation and ready
to be interpreted with a modern twist. The imagination Baz brought to `Moulin
Rouge` made it a masterpiece, and `Romeo + Juliet`s` score wasn`t just in the
background; the music became a character. This film`s vision and direction has
all the makings of an epic experience.”
“The Great Gatsby” soundtrack will be released by Interscope Records.
From the uniquely imaginative mind of writer/producer/director Baz Luhrmann
comes the new big screen adaptation of F. Scott Fitzgerald`s novel The Great
Gatsby. The filmmaker created his own distinctive visual interpretation of the
classic story, bringing the period to life in a way that has never been seen
before, in a film starring Leonardo DiCaprio in the title role.
“The Great Gatsby” follows would-be writer Nick Carraway as he leaves the
Midwest and comes to New York City in the spring of 1922, an era of loosening
morals, glittering jazz, bootleg kings, and sky-rocketing stocks. Chasing his
own American Dream, Nick lands next door to a mysterious, party-giving
millionaire, Jay Gatsby, and across the bay from his cousin, Daisy, and her
philandering, blue-blooded husband, Tom Buchanan. It is thus that Nick is drawn
into the captivating world of the super rich, their illusions, loves and
deceits. As Nick bears witness, within and without of the world he inhabits, he
pens a tale of impossible love, incorruptible dreams and high-octane tragedy,
and holds a mirror to our own modern times and struggles.
Academy Award® nominee DiCaprio (“Django Unchained,” “Aviator”) plays Jay
Gatsby, with Tobey Maguire starring as Nick Carraway; Oscar® nominee Carey
Mulligan (“An Education”) and Joel Edgerton as Daisy and Tom Buchanan; Isla
Fisher and Jason Clarke as Myrtle and George Wilson; and newcomer Elizabeth
Debicki as Jordan Baker. Indian film legend Amitabh Bachchan will play the role
of Meyer Wolfsheim.
Oscar® nominee Luhrmann (“Moulin Rouge!”) directs the film in 3D from a
screenplay co-written with frequent collaborator Craig Pearce, based on
Fitzgerald`s novel. Luhrmann produces, along with Catherine Martin, Academy
Award® winner Douglas Wick (“Gladiator”), Lucy Fisher and Catherine Knapman. The
executive producers are Academy Award® winner Barrie M. Osborne (“Lord of the
Rings – Return of the King”), JAY Z, and Bruce Berman.
Two-time Academy Award®-winning production and costume designer Catherine Martin
(“Moulin Rouge!”) designs as well as produces. The editors are Matt Villa, Jason
Ballantine and Jonathan Redmond, and the director of photography is Simon
Duggan. The music is by Craig Armstrong.
Warner Bros. Pictures presents, in association with Village Roadshow Pictures,
in association with A&E Television, a Bazmark/Red Wagon Entertainment
Production, a Film by Baz Luhrmann, “The Great Gatsby.” Opening May 10, 2013,
the film will be distributed in 3D and 2D by Warner Bros. Pictures, a Warner
Bros. Entertainment Company, and in select territories by Village Roadshow
Pictures.
www.thegreatgatsbymovie.com

Tupac Dear Mama Live (Great Live Performance)

Great live performance by Tupac. Such a waste of talent. Tupac's music lives on!!

DJ Whoo Kid promises a "hungry" 50 Cent on "Street King Immortal."

DJ Whoo Kid promises a "hungry" 50 Cent on "Street King Immortal."

As 50 Cent's oft-delayed Street King Immortal draws closer to its first-half 2013 release, more details regarding the album emerge.
In an interview with Montreality, 50's deejay, DJ Whoo Kid, spoke about the upcoming release.
"I heard twenty-two songs, a lot of ridiculous shit," said Whoo Kid of Fif's album. "[Eminem] is on there, of course, and I love the Em record. Not the one that's out - there's another one, I think. I don't know if he's gonna use it, but a lot of fuckin' shit on there."
"I was trying to steal one joint to try to... leak it on the radio, but I couldn't do it, because I knew he'd beat the fuckin' shit out of me," he added.
Whoo Kid explained that on Street King Immortal, fans will be hearing a revitalized, "classic" 50. "But it's definitely an upgraded 50 Cent. It's kinda like...the struggles of bringing it back to Get Rich or Die Tryin', he always tries to top that, but I think he did it with this one. Kinda like, got the producers back, and his hunger's back, too. The last couple albums was a rich 50 Cent, but I think he made his mindset back into the hungry 50 Cent, so he's bringing it back..."

Justin Timberlake "The 20:20 Experience" Album Review

"The 20/20 Experience" should have a bite as equal as its bark. It doesn't; but it's still damn good.

The hoopla surrounding the release of Justin Timberlake's lead single “Suit & Tie” off his third solo album The 20/20 Experience was massive. It was less of a release and more of an event. The video had its own trailer sponsored by Budweiser Platinum with the tagline “one platinum hit deserves another,” using liquor’s version of The Secret to prematurely predict the success of the record. Prior to that, Timberlake dropped a short visual of him walking into a studio, announcing the return from his seven-year hiatus. With bells and whistles that loud, The 20/20 Experience should have a bite as equal as its bark. It doesn’t; but it’s still damn good.

Timberlake opted to have longtime friend and collaborator Timbaland produce the entire album. JT had the best of his producers with his two previous works. With 2002’s Justified, he had the spacey sunshine-laced production from the Neptunes before it was replicated and slapped on unreleased Teyana Taylor albums. In 2006, Timberlake was arguably Timbaland’s first creative muse since the passing of Aaliyah, so FutureSexLoveSounds was the result of years of pent up beats from a production genius. There are glimpses of that historical chemistry between Timbo and Timber – “Tunnel Vision” being the best example – where Timbaland uses Justin’s voice as a flexible instrument to enhance his tech savvy soundscape. The album’s closer “Blue Ocean Floor” being another, reminiscent of an unplugged version of “LoveStoned/I Think She Knows.” The rest of the album is laden with mid-tempo catchy tunes that could all be successfully slid into any LiteFM station, with the exception of “Mirrors,” which sounds like a more pleasant version of the noxious breed of David Guetta-esque anthems that have infiltrated the airwaves as of late. The aforementioned “Suit & Tie” is jazzy and sexy, yet unshakeably like Robin Thicke, right down to the Jay-Z cameo (hear: “Meiple”). No one can finesse a set of scatty horns like Hov, but Timberlake tries his damnedest. The biggest success of The 20/20 Experience lies within Justin Timberlake being able to gracefully glide into Adult Contemporary Music without coming across as trite or cheesy. There is enough oomph for the youngins, yet a defined maturity that proves Timberlake’s overstanding of eventually aging out of the capricious sect of R&B.
That being said, the hype surrounding The 20/20 Experience will never live up to the actual product. Words like “incredible” and “classic” have been tossed around to describe the 10-track project following the streamed release of the album. It still doesn’t measure up to a week's worth of Late Night with Jimmy Fallon performances coupled with a self-indulgent (albeit hilarious) 5th time hosting SNL. That’s not to say 20/20 isn’t good; it will just never be as good as the marketing plan surrounding it. Should JT wait another seven years to release an album (then it will really be a “2020” experience), he can roll out the same red carpet for himself and probably yield the same reaction from fans. However, if the rumors are true and this is merely a Part One of what's to come in 2013, then JT's obstacle will be creating high grade music that doesn’t have a parade behind it.

Overall: 4/5

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