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Queen Latifah Preps Movies & New Album

Posted by ChasinDatPaper on August 15, 2009 at 10:56am

HipHopWired Reports Queen Latifah will be releasing her new album Persona on August 25th. The album has been described as a blend of Hip Hop and Pop creating a new sound for the Queen. Persona is executive produced by Cool and Dre and features production from Pharrell Williams. The lead single off of the new album, “Cue the Rain” combines Latifah's melodic voice with a fun club beat and was first debuted on the season finale of 'American Idol.” With all of Latifah success, she also opens up some personal issues from her past that caused her to be the go-getter she is today. On the track “The Light,” she opens up about her upbringing in New Jersey and how through various obstacles she has "made it to the light." This song is a throw back to her rapping days when all hailed the queen. The Queen also rocks out with the “Queen Of Hip-Hop/Soul” Mary J. Blige on the track “People” as the two examine the nature of personal interactions and relationships. Persona will also feature collaborations with Busta Rhymes, Missy Elliot, and Serani. On the acting tip, The Queen is currently shooting two films. Valentine's Day will feature her Jamie Foxx, Ashton Kutcher and Julia Roberts while Just Wright will star Latifah and Common. Also in the works to feature La is the musically inspired feature film Stories I've Heard to be directed by Chris Robinson who also lensed the T.I. starring vehicle ATL. Written by Robinson and writing partner Neal Feldman, the film unfolds to reveal five separate stories that intersect under extraordinary circumstances. According to Robinson, “Stories I've Heard is just that... Narratives inspired by conversations I've had over the years. Extraordinary tales from normal everyday people." Varying from the harrowing to the mysterious, each story is based on some kind of real-life event. The five separate storylines eventually intersect, revealing just how involved we all are in each other's lives without even knowing it.
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George Clinton Honored With Icon Award; Talks Hip-Hop

Posted by ChasinDatPaper on July 28, 2009 at 2:19pm

AllHipHop Reports Funk pioneer George Clinton will be honored at this year’s annual BMI Urban Awards ceremony organizers announced today (July 28). The event, which takes place in September, honors the top Urban songwriters that belong to BMI, one of the oldest performance rights organizations. Clinton will officially be named a “BMI Icon,” joining artists like James Brown, Little Richard, The Bee Gees, Willie Nelson, The Jackson, Al Green, rapper Reverend Run and numerous others. His songs with groups like Parliament, Funkadelic and The P. Funk All Stars have been sampled by countless rappers throughout the years, including Dr. Dre, Outkast, Snoop Dogg, EPMD and others. “Hip-Hop has helped keep funk alive,” Clinton told AllHipHop.com in a previous interview. “The parents finally started liking it because it had that P-funk in it. Then the kids started learning about the (original) P-funk. So you have two generations in Hip-Hop.” In addition to being honored, an all-star group of yet-to-be announced artists will take to the stage to salute Clinton. BMI President and Co-CEO Del Bryant will host the event along with BMI Atlanta VP of writer/publisher relations, Catherine Brewton. The BMI Icon awards ceremony takes place September 10 in New York at Jazz at Lincoln Center.
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Dr. Dre's Chronic Gets 'Re-Lit'; New Album From Tupac Coming

Posted by ChasinDatPaper on June 23, 2009 at 11:28am

An album of unreleased music from Tupac Shakur will be among a series of new releases coming from WIDEawake Entertainment Group, the owner of Death Row Records. The Canada-based development company will allow music publisher EverGreen to serve as the worldwide administration company of Death Row via a recently signed deal. Under the long-term agreement, EverGreen will administer and handle licensing for all Death Row music catalog compositions and master recordings. In addition, the company will process all mechanical and performance royalties in the catalog. EverGreen’s rights to market, promote and collect royalties on all copyrights and master recordings in the Death Row catalog will be extended from the joint venture. Among the material affected will be more than 10,000 released and unreleased songs by Shakur, Dr. Dre, Snoop Dogg and Tha Dogg Pound, Kurupt, Daz Dillinger and Nate Dogg as well as never-before released albums by Crooked I, Lisa "Left Eye" Lopes, RBX, The Lady of Rage, Warren G, K-Solo, Danny Boy and DJ Quik, among others. The WIDEawake/Evergreen alliance comes after WIDEawake's $18 million purchase of Death Row in January. In the coming months, the resuscitated label will release new music, including Shakur’s unreleased work. The release of the late rap icon’s material will commemorate Shakur’s birthday in 2010. Unreleased material from Shakur will not be the only music to surface from Death Row’s return. The label is gearing up to re-release Dr. Dre’s classic album The Chronic. The Chronic re-release, titled The Chronic Re-Lit, will include four unreleased bonus tracks as well as a DVD of never before seen video footage of Dr. Dre and other artists. The Chronic Re-Lit is slated to hit stores on September 1, while the Death Row box sets will arrive in time for the holidays. Source :ALLHIPHOP
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50 Cent Posts Dr Dre Produced "Ok,You're Right" Online

Posted by ChasinDatPaper on May 19, 2009 at 4:38pm

50 Cent just dropped a street record from his upcoming Before I Self Destruct album called "OK, You're Right" on ThisIs50.com. "When they talk about me, they say I be trippin'," 50 teases on the sing-songy chorus. "What they say about me doesn't make me mad/ I think they hatin' 'cause they see me when I'm rollin'/ Man, I can't help it if they really doin' bad." The song was produced by Dr. Dre. A couple of weeks ago, the G-Unit General posted a vlog shot in a luxurious studio with Dre and others. The two have been crafting new tracks for Before I Self Destruct, which is due sometime this year. 50 said going back in with Dre caused him to shelve most of his existing material in favor of working on new music. "It's about 30 percent of what I had when I felt like I was finished," Fif explained. "The production, Dre made a lot more of the music that's on the actual album now. I rewrote some concepts." Tony Yayo told MTV News the album should be a classic. "50 got some crack," Tony Yayo said. "50 got some unexplainable records. He's just waiting. The thing with 50, the n---a is addicted to being a perfectionist. He'll wait. He's not like these other n---as that gotta rush to make a album. 50's got millions. The average artist is rushing an album because they want that advance money. They gotta pay their bills. Nah, that n---a's good. He won't put out anything until sh--'s right. You already know when he's this quiet, he's got a master plan. He's got something up his sleeve."
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Eminem Used Serial Killer Documentaries As Influence In Making "Relapse"

Posted by ChasinDatPaper on May 15, 2009 at 3:44pm

On Eminem's upcoming album Relapse, the rapper touches on his past addictions on several tracks, but a number of songs also feature twisted narratives like that on "3 A.M." Datwon Thomas, editor in chief of XXL, interviewed Eminem for the June issue of the magazine and said Relapse reflects a number of influences: Particularly, Thomas cited the crime shows and documentaries the Detroit native watched on TV regularly. Thomas said Em told him he would drop what he was doing to check out documentaries on serial killers. "All his influences from the past four years while he's been down, I think, are all jumbled into the album," Thomas told MTV News. "Like, all the TV shows he watches, 'The First 48' and 'CSI' type of shows. Those are the shows he watches, a lot of serial-killer type of documentaries. That was all incorporated in this album. And if you think about it, it's very conceptual. It's a concept album based on his issue with drugs, but then this dark sinister individual." Songs like "Same Song & Dance" and "Stay Wide Awake" find the rapper delivering horror-core-like tales of murder and mayhem. The music influenced XXL for the photo shoot with the rapper. According to Thomas, the dark album inspired them to go with a comic book theme for Eminem. The result was the rapper donning a Punisher get-up and logo on his chest for the magazine cover. "That's why with XXL, we went with that theme," Thomas said. "We had the Marvel angle, but he picked the Punisher out of the Marvel family."
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