Pro Era emcee Joey Bada$$ links up with Maverick Sabre and Dyemond Lewis for "On & On." The Freddie Joachim-produced track is off of Joey's forthcoming album, B4.DA.$$, due out on January 20. Pre-order it now from iTunes https://itunes.apple.com/us/album/b4.da.$$/id948743541.
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Here's something new from Young Scooter to help close out the year. This one is called "Cocaina." Give it a listen up top and let us know what you think in the comment section below.
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The 57th Annual Grammy Awards will be held on February 8,2015, at the Staples Center in Los Angeles, California.
The category a lot of hip hop fans have their eyes on is Best Rap Album, where the nominees are:
The New Classic, Iggy Azalea
Because the Internet, Childish Gambino
Nobody's Smiling, Common
The Marshall Mathers LP2, Eminem
Oxymoron, ScHoolboy Q
Blacc Hollywood, Wiz Khalifa
Outspoken rapper Lord Jamar doesn't believe there will be any suspense because Iggy Azalea will win.
"She probably will win that. And that's racist within itself," Jamar told VladTV. "For you to give somebody the Best Rap Album strictly because they're white and they sold more than certain black people in white America. In a country that's majority white people, that's racist. That's what racism is. To use your power to stack the deck with laws, with cultural ideologies, all of that."
What's your take on what Jamar had to say? And who do you think will win the Best Rap Album Grammy?
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Demrick continues to grind in the final days of 2014 with the release of his new video for “Don’t Judge” online at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E8yPnFi5KAc. The track appears on Demrick’s new “Going Up” EP available for free download online at http://www.livemixtapes.com/mixtapes/31097/demrick-goin-up-ep.html.
Demrick is set to release his new studio album “Losing Focus” on February 24th, 2015 on Battle Axe Records and it will feature guest appearances by Dizzy Wright, Logic, as well as his Serial Killers alumni B-Real and Xzibit. The album is available for pre-order with a limited edition Battle Axe t-shirt online at http://smarturl.it/LosingFocus_TShirt.
Demrick will be touring Canada in January with Madchild as a part of the “Switched On” Tour, which kicks off in Vancouver, British Columbia on January 9th, 2015.
DEMRICK TOUR DATES:
Jan 09 - Vancouver, BC @ Venue
Jan 10 - Kelowna, BC @ Level
Jan 11 - Whistler, BC @ Garfinkels
Jan 14 - Fort McMurray, AB @ Club
Jan 15 - Edmonton, AB @ The Ranch
Jan 16 - Calgary, AB @ Nite Owl
Jan 17 - Red Deer, AB @ Wild Bills
Jan 22 - Saskatoon, SK @ The Capitol
Jan 23 - Brandon, MB 40 @ Trails 40
Jan 24 - Winnipeg, MB @ Pyramid
Jan 29 - Victoria, BC @ Upstairs Cabaret
Jan 30 - Nanaimo, BC @ Queens
Jan 31 - Surrey, BC @ Olympia
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Thisis50 takes you behind the scenes of the video to Young Buck's new smash, "Bring My Bottles". Song that features 50 Cent and Tony Yayo.
Cameos by Lloyd Banks and Kidd Kidd.
Watch the official video here
Dont forget to DOWNLOAD the G-Unit EP
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Once again, Harlem born MC HoZ, takes his turn at another beat. This time remixing Common's "Kingdom", HoZ stakes his claim for the crown. Following a theme from his latest project 8th Wonder(available on datpiff.com now) he lets you into his personal life while still giving you hope to turn the projects into a kingdom. If he keeps this up, that crown will for sure be on his head sooner rather than later.
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Hip hop fans can get ready to hear two of the best emcees in the history of the game collaborate for the first time when LL Cool J releases his forthcoming album, G.O.A.T. 2, in 2015.
During a recent sit down with Rap-Up, the Queens, New York legend revealed he has a collaboration with Eminem on deck.
"Me and Em have a song. He just recently let me hear his verse. It's just crazy," LL said. "He's chainsawing shit. I think people are gonna be pleasantly surprised when they hear me and him on a record together."
LL promised that this album is for the culture and a return to the essence of hip hop. In addition to Slim Shady, T.I. will also be featured, along with some of the younger generations hottest spitters like Fred The Godson.
"I got a lot of young gunners on this album," LL told Rap-Up. "People that are hungry and want to make the best music. It's about the beats and the bars and the rhymes. It's about being current and fresh and riveting -- not a bunch of old tired 95 nugget ring bullshit. It's newness."
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Troy Ave revisits his critically acclaimed New York City album to drop an official music video for "Beneath Me." The album is available for purchase now on iTunes https://itunes.apple.com/us/album/new-york-city/id736930643.
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PANGKALAN BUN, Indonesia (Associated Press) — Family members of those aboard AirAsia Flight 8501 collapsed in agony Tuesday as images of debris and a bloated body flashed across Indonesian television screens, proof that the plane crashed into the sea two days earlier with 162 people on board.
The low-cost carrier vanished Sunday halfway through a two-hour flight between Surabaya, Indonesia and Singapore after encountering storm clouds, sparking an international hunt with dozens of planes, ships and helicopters.
On the third day of searching, the first signs of the jet were found in shallow, aqua waters only about 10 miles (16 kilometers) from the plane's last known coordinates: A life jacket, an emergency exit door. Parts of the jetliner's interior, including an oxygen tank, were brought to the nearest town, Pangkalan Bun. Another find included a bright blue plastic suitcase, completely unscratched.
"I know the plane has crashed, but I cannot believe my brother and his family are dead," said Ifan Joko, who lost seven relatives, three of them children, as they traveled to Singapore to ring in the New Year. "... We still pray they are alive."
First Adm. Sigit Setiayanta, Naval Aviation Center commander at Surabaya Air Force base, told reporters six corpses were spotted about 160 kilometers (100 miles) from Central Kalimantan province.
Rescue workers were lowered on ropes from a hovering helicopter to retrieve bodies. Efforts were hindered by 2-meter-high (6-foot) waves and strong winds, National Search and Rescue Director SB Supriyadi said, but the first body was later picked up by a navy ship. Officials said as many as six others followed, but they disagreed about the exact number.
Supriyadi was on the aircraft and saw what appeared to be more wreckage under the water, which was clear and a relatively shallow 20 to 30 meters (65 to 100 feet).
Television coverage of the discovery sent a spasm of pain through the room at the Surabaya airport where relatives were waiting for news, especially as it showed a half-naked man floating in the water, a shirt partially covering his head.
Many screamed and wailed uncontrollably, breaking down into tears while they squeezed each other. One middle-aged man collapsed and had to be carried out on a stretcher.
Their horror at the news was captured by cameras on the other side of windows into the waiting room. To grant traumatized family members privacy, officials blacked out the glass later Tuesday evening.
Around 125 family members were planning to travel to Pangkalan Bun on Wednesday to start identifying their loved ones. Body bags and coffins have been prepared at hospitals there, while dozens of elite military divers will join the massive search. They are desperate to scour the water ahead of approaching rough weather.
The crash caps an astonishingly tragic year for air travel in Southeast Asia, and Malaysia in particular. Malaysia-based AirAsia's loss comes on top of the still-unsolved disappearance of Malaysia Airlines Flight 370 in March with 239 people aboard, and the downing of Malaysia Airlines Flight 17 in July over Ukraine, which killed all 298 passengers and crew.
Nearly all the passengers and crew were Indonesians, who are frequent visitors to Singapore, particularly on holidays.
Haidar Fauzie, 60, said his youngest child and only daughter, Khairunnisa Haidar, was a stewardess who had worked with AirAsia for two years.
On learning about the crash, he struggled to console his grieving wife. They last saw their child six weeks ago, when she returned home on holiday.
"From the start, we already knew the risks associated with being a stewardess," said Fauzie. "She is beautiful and smart. It has always been her dream to fly. We couldn't have stopped her."
Before flying to Surabaya to pay his respects to the families, AirAsia group CEO Tony Fernandes tweeted, "My heart is filled with sadness for all the families involved in QZ 8501. On behalf of AirAsia my condolences to all. Words cannot express how sorry I am."
Fernandes, the founder and the face of AirAsia, and a constant presence in Indonesia since the tragedy started unfolding, said he planned to travel to the recovery site on Wednesday.
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"I have apologized profusely for what they are going through," he said of his contact with relatives. "I am the leader of this company, and I have to take responsibility. That is why I'm here. I'm not running away from my obligations."
It is not clear what brought the plane down.
The last communication indicated the pilots were worried about bad weather. They sought permission to climb above threatening clouds, but were denied due to heavy air traffic. Four minutes later, the jet disappeared from the radar without issuing a distress signal.
The plane's cockpit voice and flight data recorders, or black boxes, have yet to be recovered. Scott Hamilton, managing director of aviation consultancy Leeham Co., said in a post on his website that autopsies may provide some of the earliest clues about what happened.
"If death was due to blunt force trauma, this could suggest passengers were alive upon impact with the water," he wrote. "If death came from other circumstances, this could suggest an explosive decompression and in-flight break up occurred."
Several countries rushed to Indonesia to help with search and recovery efforts.
The United States said it was sending the USS Sampson destroyer, joining at least 30 ships, 15 aircraft and seven helicopters in the search for the jet, said Indonesia's Search and Rescue Agency chief Henry Bambang Soelistyo.
A Chinese frigate also was on the way, while Singapore said it was sending two underwater beacon detectors to try to detect pings from the plane's all-important cockpit voice and flight data recorders. Malaysia, Australia and Thailand also are involved in the search.
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McDowell reported from Jakarta. Associated Press writers Niniek Karmini, Ali Kotarumalos and Margie Mason in Jakarka and Eileen Ng in Surabaya, Indonesia contributed to this report.
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J. Cole started an interesting debate with his song "Fire Squad" off of his new album, 2014 Forest Hills Drive. Having a white mother and black father the North Carolina rapper has a unique slant on where white artists stand in hip hop culture, which he playfully shared in the song.
"History repeats itself and that's just how it goes/ Same way that these rappers always bite each others flows/ Same thing that my nigga Elvis did with Rock n Roll/ Justin Timberlake, Eminem, and then Macklemore/ While silly niggas argue over who gon' snatch the crown/ Look around, my nigga, white people have snatched the sound/ This year I’ll prolly go to the awards dappered down/ Watch Iggy win a Grammy as I try to crack a smile/ I'm just playin', but all good jokes contain true shit," Cole raps.
Logic, who is also bi-racial, recently sat down with VLADTV to share his views on "Fire Squad," J. Cole, race in music, Nirvana, The Rolling Stones, hip hop culture, Rick Rubin and much more.
Check it out below.
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California and New Jersey collide as Popoff links up with Duffle Bag Ransom for a new banger entitled The Get Back. The song was produced by V Don, one of the hottest beat makers in the game right now. Be sure to grab "The Get Back" when it hits iTunes on January 1, 2015.
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Lil Durk releases an official music video for "I Made It." The Young Chop-produced track is off of Durk's Signed 2 The Streets 2 mixtape. Download it for free from Datpiff http://www.datpiff.com/Lil-Durk-Signed-To-The-Streets-2-No-DJ-mixtape.631873.html.
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Blitz Beats lays down a hypnotic track for Fes Taylor's new single entitled "Welcome To My Hood" featuring Lot-A-Nerv.
Check out the official visuals for the song off of Fes' EP, Buzz Killer. The clip was directed by Fes for Black Out City Films. Grab the EP now from iTunes https://itunes.apple.com/us/album/buzz-killa/id939120059.
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Wale drops off official visuals for his new single entitled "The Body" featuring Jeremih. This is the first single off of his forthcoming album, The Album About Nothing.
Grab "The Body" now from iTunes https://itunes.apple.com/us/album/the-body-feat.-jeremih-single/id917119774.
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Fat Trel delivers a new song entitled "My Bruvas" produced by Yung Lan.
Off the upcoming mixtape titled GEORGETOWN Trel gives you a the pact he has between himself and his SLUTTYBOY cohorts.
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Today, December 29th 2014, would have been Pimp C's 41st birthday. Montreality dug in their vaults for exclusive footage of his friends remembering his life & times. We put together this episode featuring Bun B, Too $hort, Slim Thug, Paul Wall & DJ Whoo Kid, who shared with us their most cherished moments spent with the late great Chad Butler .. #UGK4LIFE (we luh you Pimp)
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Suge Knight is mapping out his 2015 and he's not planning on making any friends. TMZ caught up with the hulking record executive recently to find out what he's planning for the new year.
"I'm gonna make sure everybody get their justice," Knight said. "It's the year for business. This the year for my book. This the year for the movie. And this the year for getting even. I'm on my way."
Suge also encouraged 2Pac fans to be more aggressive in 2015, congratulated Lil Wayne for trying to break free from Cash Money Records and had some words for Drake.
"Drake, as long as you stay down with Wayne you don't gotta worry about the last dance with the dancer... it comes."
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Swizz Beatz and Alicia Keys are the proud parents of a son. Genesis Ali Dean was born on Saturday, December 27, at 1:52 a.m. The newborn is the second for the couple and Alicia, real name Alicia Cook.
36-year old Swizz, real name Kasseem Dean, now has five kids. Three from a previous relationship.
The couple already has a four-year old son, Egypt Daoud.
"The joy of joy is joy!! It's a boy!! we are so grateful!! #blessings," the 33-year old singer captioned a photo of Genesis' tiny footprints on her Instagram page.
Alicia and Swizz got married in 2010. Congrats to them as they welcome the newest addition to their family!
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Due to an Argentine folklore, President Cristina Fernandez de Kirchhner, has adopted a young Jewish boy as her Godson to prevent him from turning into a werewolf, according to The Independent.
The practice dates back 100 years. The belief is that the seventh son born to a family turns into the “el lobison” on the first Friday after boy’s 13th birthday. The werewolf-like creature takes form at midnight during every full moon.
It supposedly feeds on unbaptized babies, the recently dead and excrement.
Yair Tawil and his family met Kirchner at her office last week for the ceremony. In addition to gaining the President as a Godparent, Tawil will receive a gold medal and full educational scholarship.
Tawil is the first Jewish boy to be adopted. The tradition only applied to Catholics up until 1999. It's unclear how being adopted by the Argentine leader prevents the child from turning into a demon.
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