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N.A.R.S. recording artist Caligula released his new single "Fighter Jet" featuring Wiz Khalifa on iTunes today. The drum heavy party anthem was produced by N.A.R.S. Records CEO Danja.
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Genasis has been consistent in putting out quality content. After dropping his hard hitting Black Belt mixtape in 2012, he bounces back with the club banger "Touchdown." Check out the official new music video for the song below.
Directed by: Jonathan Andrade
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Kanye West obviously enjoys being a mega-star, but the flashing lights and questions from paparazzi are not something he wants to deal with.
Just a few weeks after melting down on paps when he smashed his head on a street sign, Yeezy let another pap know he should stay clear.
A photographer spotted him walking in New York City recently and asked him how he was doing.
"Don't ask me questions man," the rapper shot back.
The photog then wished Kanye a happy belated birthday (the G.O.O.D. Music CEO turned 36 on June 8th).
Yeezy didn't want to hear that either because he yelled: "Shut up! Don't ever talk!"
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On Saturday May 18th BATTLE RAP MEDIA and Chief Executive Officer STAR presented "HELL UP IN HARLEM" at the world famous Black Star Music & Video — NYC.
Tori Doe faced off against Krissy Yamagucci and Boss Chick Raine welcomed Persia to the world of battle rap.
Our traditional roses, gift baskets and other sponsored items were given to all participants. Cuptini's 908 cupcakes also donated 100 infused cupcakes for everyone at the event.
Event producer Sara Kana (Barz & Brastrapz's) organized a stellar evening along with the Battle Rap media staff.
Fellow female rappers stopped by as well QB, Phara Funeral, Dutchess, Bonnie Godiva, E.Hart, C3, Ms. Hustle, K. Prophet, Jaz The Rapper and StarGirl Lady Red.
Smack, Beasley and Norbes (URL) also came through to support the event along with Poizen Pen (poizen Pen TV), Immortal Technique, Vauge and Deebo (Queen Of The Ring) as well as battle rappers Loaded Lux, Math Hoffa, T. Rex, K. Shine, DNA, B. Magic and Tone Montana.
BATTLE RAP MEDIA is a new innovative company focused on product endorsement, revenue sharing and brand development. A full service social media group that combines traditional marketing with today's viral demands.
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Freddie Gibbs is preparing to release his new album, ESGN, Cocaine Pinata. The Indiana native links up with West Coast emcee Problem to give us a taste of what to expect with "One Eighty Seven."
2013 Weed Anthem by Goonie Gang artist Kylledge "Every Single Day" song for people who like to smoke good 24/7 High Life Stoners Welcomed Hippie TRIPPY Stoned Living
"DRUGS, WOMEN, & MUSIC" Coming Soon
Directed by Goonie Gang Ridah @ggridah18
Officially released on the OBH mixtape ZombieLand: http://www.datpiff.com/OBH-Zombieland...
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N.O.R.E. aka P.A.P.I. delivers the official music video for one of the dopest songs off of his new album, Student of the Game. Check out "The Problem (Lawwwddd)" featuring Pharrell Williams.
Kelly Rowland's Talk a Good Game album is looking like a solid project based on the songs that we've heard so far. Check out the latest leak from the project "Street Life" featuring Pusha T.
Stay tuned for part 2!
Thisis50 & Young Jack Thriller recently spoke with Prodigy for an exclusive interview!
Prodigy talks about having the most fun in Japan, doesn't like fake titties, girls calling him by his real name "Albert", his EP with Alchemist "Albert Einstein", wanting to go to DR, beef with Capone-N-Noreaga & more!
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Chris Rivers recently visited Shade 45 to chat with J. Medina and Money Nels. Chris said he is honored to be Big Pun's son but he wants to establish his own identity. Speaks on his mixtape "Wonderland of Misery," collaborating with Styles P and forthcoming album "Perfection in Progress."
Of course Nels and J couldn't let Chris leave without dropping a freestyle. Check him out going in over the "Special Delivery" instrumental.
Chris Rivers speaks on his father's legacy and more.
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Young Jeezy released two remixes of his club banger "R.I.P," but you've never heard it like this. Singer Jeremih takes the track and completely flips into a slowed down R&B track boasting about how he gets the ladies to let him smash.
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Usher continues to release quality singles from his seventh studio album, Looking 4 Myself. Yesterday he performed "Twisted" on The Voice. The audience really enjoyed it. Peep that below.
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Kelly Rownload is out promoting her upcoming fourth solo album, Talk a Good Game. Yesterday she made and appearance on Late Night with Jimmy Fallon to perform "Gone" featuring Wiz Khalifa.
Talk a Good Game will be available on June 18th.
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Joe Budden decides to take a different angle as he goes in over Drake's "5AM In Toronto" instrumental. While other emcee have spit bars in their remixes, Jump Off Joey tests out his singing voice on "Not Need Yours (5AM In the Friendzone)."
Schoolboy Q teams up with fellow Black Hippy member Kendrick Lamar for his latest release, "Collard Greens." The Top Dawg Entertainment emcee will be delivering his Oxymoron album later this year.
Thisis50 & Young Jack Thriller recently spoke with Gangsta Boo for an exclusive interview.
Gangsta Boo freestyles and talks about collabs her new mixtape "It's Game Involved"that's out now!
Download "It's Game Involved" here http://www.datpiff.com/Gangsta-Boo-Its-Game-Involved-mixtape.490697...
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Today marks the fifth anniversary of the release of Lil Wayne's album, Tha Carter III. The disc sold over 1 million copies it's first week out and is now certified triple platinum by the Recording Industry of America.
Some may argue this was Weezy's last great body of work. The project boasted the songs "A Milli," "Mr. Carter," "Tie My Hands," "Lollipop,""Got Money," "Let the Beat Build," "Mrs Officer" and "You Ain't Got Nuthin."
XXL tracked down some of the producers and featured rapper to get an oral history of the making of the album.
Bobby Valentino, featured artist on “Mrs. Officer”: “Wayne loves music. That’s our common interest. When he was working on Tha Carter III, he hit me and was like, ‘Yo, I’m in the A and I’m recording. Come through.’ And we already had that vibe, so I went by the studio.”
Deezle, producer of “Mrs. Officer”: “‘Mrs. Officer’ really came together in like 45 minutes. Bobby V came by and wanted to do a song, so Wayne stepped over to me and was like, ‘Deez, I need something for me and Bobby, you got something?’ I was like, ‘No, I don’t have anything, but I can make something.’ [Laughs] So I picked up the studio guitar and the studio bass and made that beat.”
Bobby Valentino: “I heard the beat and was like, ‘Can I get in the booth and put something on there?’ So I went in and kind of came up with the siren sound. I came up with that whole thing, and Wayne was like, ‘That’s dope. Keep playing with it.’”
Kidd Kidd, featured artist on “Mrs. Officer”: “Bobby is a really talented dude. Once he laid the hook, it wasn’t nothing. Once you have the hook, it’s nothing for the words to come, you know? But yeah, we wanted to talk about lady cops because, you know, everybody hates getting pulled over. There’s no question about that. But you know, there’s always that sexy ass lady cop, and you just be like, ‘Gracious! If you wasn’t taking me to jail, I’d get your number.’ 2 Chainz was actually supposed to be on the song. He was supposed to have my verse. This was when he was Tity Boi. But I guess I just did my verse and everything worked out.”
Deezle: “It was a No. 1 single 45 minutes later.”
Deezle, co-producer of “Let The Beat Build”: “For ‘Let The Beat Build,’ Wayne came to me and told me that Kanye sent him a really dope sample, and he wanted to see what I could do with it. So I was like, ‘Okay, cool.’ I got the sample, and I started foolin’ with it and cutting it up and sort of figuring out what it was going to be. Then Wayne came to me and said, ‘I have an idea. I want to do a song where over time the beat just progressively gets bigger and bigger until the hook drops.’ So I was like, ‘Alright cool.’ It was his concept, and we went through that whole song together because he knew how he wanted it to feel at certain points. So, I made adjustments, and he did what he does best. He made up all the vocals on the spot, man. The whole song. It was recorded in about 30 minutes.”
Jim Jonsin, co-producer of “Lollipop”: “I was working on ‘Lollipop’ for Danity Kane. I played it for their people, and they weren’t really feeling it, so I took it over to our studio on South Beach, and Static Major was over there. He was a buddy of mine, and he was with a kid named Pleasure P, from the group Pretty Ricky. So, I played the beat and Stat loved it, and right away he started writing to it. I sampled a couple of things from his vocals, like the ‘Call me,’ just rocking on the drum machine. He wrote the top-line melody, and Pleasure helped out with a couple of things. From there, either Static or Pleasure brought it to Wayne, and he cut it. I wasn’t there when he did it, but he put down the chorus and the verses because the B section and the bridge were already there.”
Deezle, co-producer of “Lollipop”: “Static and I were friends already, and another friend called me and said, ‘Hey, Static is in Atlanta and wants to come ride with you and Wayne. Can you introduce him to Wayne?’ I said yes because Static was a really accomplished writer, you know? So he came by, and he and Wayne hit it off immediately. You know, Static was like, ‘Hey man, I really wanna get you on my record that’s about to come out’ and Wayne just hit it immediately. Then Static was like, ‘I have one for you too,’ and that was ‘Lollipop.’ He had the hook, and the beat was done, but it wasn’t the version that you’ve heard. It had different drums and different bass. So they recorded the song, then I saw Wayne’s face and he didn’t look as excited as he should’ve been, because I knew this was going to be a really big song. So I told him, ‘Yo, I’ll take this and spend some time with it and make it what it needs to be.’ Then a couple days later I brought it back after working on it—I basically replaced all the drums—and when I played it for him he was like, ‘Yo, this is my next single.’”
Jim Jonsin: “[Deezle] added some drum programming, some snare rolls and stuff, and changed a few things on there. He also added some weird bass thing that we didn’t like, because we originally had this super-low 808 in there, so when we got to the mix we just put our own drums back in. The thing is, I gave them the demo two-track, and they took the two-track and just decided to add a bunch of stuff to it. I kind of felt disrespected, like, ‘Why the fuck would you do that? I’m an established guy, and you know what my drums sound like.’ But, Wayne decided to go another route and have Deezle add his stuff to it, and you know, that’s cool. Obviously, the record was a smash, so everyone’s contribution to it was great. I’m thankful for that.”
David Banner, producer of “La La”: “I’d been hearing that Wayne had been freestyling over my beats. I’d been hearing in the streets that he made compliments about them too, so I was like, ‘That’s definitely someone I’ve been a fan of since he was 12 years old, rapping on Cash Money,’ so I found a way to get to him. I was always amazed by how much of a student of the game he is and how serious he takes the art of rapping. He’s also such a fan of music that when he comes to the studio, he wants to hear all of my beats, not just the beat I have for him. So I’ll play him beats, and he’ll just stand by the speaker. Just stand there, bruh. When I played him ‘La La,’ I told him, ‘Dude, this is a beat I made for Shrek 3.’ Originally, Timbaland, Pharrell and will.i.am were supposed to make a beat for Shrek 3, and they were having a hard time putting those three guys together, so someone at the company called me and said, ‘David, we’re not sure we’re able to get these three people in a studio. We need you to do this beat.’ So, I made that beat for Shrek, then I happened to bump into Wayne. When he heard the beat, he said, ‘Shrek ain’t gonna get this one, buddy.’ He bought the beat on the spot. It was crazy, bruh. He literally snatched the beat from Shrek.”
Brisco, featured artist on “La La”: “When we recorded ‘La La,’ we were in the studio, and it was a packed house. Nicki Minaj was there; everybody was there. When I first heard the beat, it definitely wasn’t your typical Brisco gangsta-jump-out-with-the-choppa-with-no-shoes-on music. It wasn’t that. But, I always try to be innovative and come up with a new approach. So we were just vibing, having fun in the studio, and he came up with that first line, ‘Started out hustlin’, ended up ballin’.’ Then when I heard Wayne’s verse, I was like, ‘Okay, I gotta murder it too.’ Then Busta came in, and you know how animated he is, so he had to jump on it.”
To check out the rest of the oral history head over to XXL
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Singer Skylar Grey has released the cover (above) for her upcoming album. Don't Look Down. The project is being executive produced by Eminem, who is featured on the album's lead single "C'mon Let Me Ride."
The project is due out later this year.
**UPDATE** June 10th
Skylar has released the tracklist for the album, which is scheduled to be released on July 9th. Features on the 12-track project include Big Sean, Travis Barker, Eminem and Angel Haze
Tracklist:
1. Back From The Dead (feat. Big Sean & Travis Barker)
2. Final Warning
3. Wear Me Out
4. Religion
5. Cmon Let Me Ride (feat. Eminem)
6. Sunshine
7. Pulse
8. Glow In The Dark
9. Shit Man (feat. Angel Haze)
10. Clear Blue Sky
11. Tower (Dont Look Down)
12. White Suburban
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When Freddie "Gangsta" Gibbs left CTE last year many people were surprised. Gibbs and Young Jeezy appeared on paper to be a nice match. But underneath the surface things weren't working out.
Freddie recently sat down with XXL to talk about the real reason he left the label and his upcoming album ESGN, Cocaine Pinata.
Has life after CTE been good for you?
Life after CTE…life been good. Before CTE and after CTE. I never took a dollar from cuz anyway. It ain’t never been about life being good. My life been the same. I’ve been the same n*gga. I’ve been doing my thing. Still been feeding my n*ggas. Still been feeding my family. Like I said, I never took a dollar ever from Jeezy in my life. Everything been on my grind and my hustle. I put BFK (Baby Face Killa) out myself with no support from Jeezy. I shot and did videos myself with no support from Jeezy. Like that it matters. Like I said, I got my own core, my fanbase. At the end of the day, I been my own man.
This album is going to be definitive of that fact. It’s going to show people, ‘Look, I didn’t need cuz, cuz needed me.’ I was bringing something to the table at CTE. I don’t need CTE. I went to CTE because I f*cked with CTE. Because I had love for what cuz had. It was a genuine love, that’s why I went over there for nothing. ‘Man look, let’s partner up. Let’s do this.’ I f*cked with you. I respect you. Now, that respect is gone.
Was Jeezy supportive of you doing your own thing?
F*ck no. Anything he tells you, it’s going to be fake. I am going to give you the real. He gonna give you the sugarcoated version. That’s the difference between me and him. He gonna give you the sugarcoated sh*t, I am going to give you the real. At first, when that whole split happened, I was being political about it. I was thinking, ‘Man, I don’t want to f*ck up my relationship.’ But f*ck that sh*t, my n*gga. I’m feeding the whole city. That n*gga don’t do sh*t for me. I am going to point a n*gga out when he bogus and he was bogus for not owing up to his business relationship and doing what he was supposed to do business-wise. Like I said, I never needed the n*gga to do nothing for me, but do what you said what you were gonna do. You don’t hold true to your word, I don’t respect you. So I don’t respect no n*gga that don’t hold true to his word. All that sh*t you rapping; I don’t respect none of that sh*t.
Be on the lookout for Freddie's ESGN, Cocaine Pinata to drop around October.
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