Fresh from prison former Hot Boys rapper Turk gets right back in the studio. Peep him spitting over Lil Wayne's "No Worries." Doesn't sound he's lost his flow at all.
Lil Kim and her new crew I.R.S. descended upon Brooklyn for the video shoot to her Nicki Minaj diss "Black Friday."
Director Picture Perfect said they would also possibly be shooting for "Clap Clap", a new joint by the Queen Bee.
It will be interesting to see if Nicki decides to engage in this battle. Her debut album 'Pink Friday' was just certified platinum, so she may feel like an all out beef with Kim could slow her momentum.
Fans are tired of subliminal disses though, like the darts Nicki threw at Kim in "Roman's Revenge." We want to hear rappers name names.
Let's see who really is on top of the game for female rappers. We know Lil Kim is ready for beef anytime, anywhere... is Nicki?
More Photos After The JumpDarling Nicki Minaj graces the pages of BlackMen SSX Tribute Magazine this month.
This is one of the better pictorials I've seen of the Young Money princess.
This edition of BlackMen SSX is on stands now, grab a copy. This should make a nice collector's item.
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Video After The JumpTo celebrate Lil Wayne being released from prison, the dudes over at Broken Equipment have a dropped a new hilarious cartoon.
Birdman literally comes flying in and crash lands to greet his "son." Weezy takes the entire Young Money click to Bishop Eddie Long's church who takes special interest in Lil Twist.
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Video After The JumpI'm really digging the trend of rappers using bands in concert and live television appearances. It shows the progression of hip hop, from when performances were strictly two turntables and a mic. While I see nothing wrong with the latter, I do think live bands will become more the norm, and will free the dj up to do more cutting and scratching.
All that leads up to is me saying Drake was exceptional on Late Show With David Letterman last night (October 1). Where he performed "Show Me A Good Time" from his debut album 'Thank Me Later.'
How do you guys feel about live bands vs just the mc and his dj?
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Posted by ChasinDatPaper on September 27, 2010 at 8:00am
Video After The JumpSlime Flu season is almost upon us.
Initially slated to be a free mixtape, Vado's highly anticipated 'Slime Flu' is now being released by E1 Records. You may have to spend a few bucks to get it, but judging from the material Cam'ron's protege has been releasing to the streets, it will be well worth it.
GEOHVISION was on the scene to give us a behind the scene glimpse of Vado and Jae Millz's new 'Respect The Jux' video.
The song is inspired by the Frank Mathews novel of the same name, which is also being made into a feature film.
The 'Slime Flu' mixtape is dropping October 12.
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Posted by ChasinDatPaper on September 19, 2010 at 1:00pm
Video After The JumpCory Gunz has been grinding for a minute, destroying every beat he's spit on. He recently signed with Lil Wayne's, Young Money imprint, adding more firepower to an already stacked line up.
VladTV recently caught up with Cory to find out how the deal came about.
"Over the years it has always been me, Wayne and Mack [Maine] as far as communicating back and forth," Cory said. "It has always been a little miscommunication as far as my deal. Now it's figured out. Mack Maine was real instrumental in wanting to get the situation done. One thing led to another and it's about to be history."
Cory goes on to talk about his relationship with Lil Wayne, how Weezy is holding up in jail and how a lot of rappers have tried to steal his style.
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Audio After The JumpNicki Minaj has put female hip hop back on the map. You could argue that she is single handedly carrying the game on her back for femcees.
Her album 'Pink Friday' is set to drop November 23, and already there's talk of if it flops, other females might not get that look from major labels.
But is that talk accurate or a clever marketing ploy?
V-103's DJ Greg Street recently caught up with the Harajuku Barbie and spoke with her about that topic and a lot more.
"I'm in a very grateful state right now," Nicki says. "I'm trying to go in with this album so I can make people proud."
There's a lot riding on this project, no doubt. Nicki feels like everybody, including her fellow female rappers should support it, or else.
"They [major labels] won't look to sign other female rappers if the project doesn't so well. Because they're gonna say 'well, her buzz was so crazy, if she couldn't do it no one can do it'. I don't want that to happen so I'm doing this for all the girls."
Although her career has really taken off, Nicki admits there were times early on she wasn't so sure it would.
"For a long time in my life, I was afraid to be a solo female rapper, because everyone told me, 'It doesn't work. It's not going to happen. Record companies are never going to invest in you just to get it. Just be part of a group.' " she said.
Young Money CEO, Lil Wayne gets released from prison November 4. Nicki says the New Orleans spitter is focused.
"I'm afraid for anybody, any of his competition when he gets out. Because I just feel like it's going to be monumental. He's in a great state. When I speak to him, he sounds like he has some sort of clear understanding of everything now, almost like he's had some weird sort of epiphany since he's been there, so I'm sure his stuff is only going to get better."
So is Nicki right? Should other rappers fear what will happen when Weezy gets out? And if her album flops will that kill female hip hop on a mainstream level?
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Video After The JumpThe O.D.: A Mixtape Daily ExclusiveChris Brown is in the #1 film in the country, "Takers," and now that he's done with Hollywood (for now), he's going back to the lab.
"Me, I'm definitely writing on other people's projects. A lot of in-house stuff," Brown said recently in L.A. "I got a lot of artists coming out. The single 'Deuces' features one of my artists K-Mac and Tyga [from Young Money]. I'm pushing forward. The movie's out, so I'mma have fun."
"Deuces" is in the top 30 of Billboard's Hot 100 charts and #1 on urban radio. The record's success is simply due to fan support. It's part of Brown and Tyga's Fan of a Fan mixtape and skyrocketed once the video hit virally and on MTV Jams.
"That was actually Chris' idea," Tyga told us about putting out a visual for the song. "I thought the record was dope. I thought it was dope for us to do that video. He got to explain his situation. It connects to his fans. His fans miss that from him."I think the people chose the record," Tyga added. "We put the mixtape out, and we asked them: What record do you like the most? They was like, 'Deuces.' It was always coming up. It was growing on YouTube as well, like 100,000 views a day on YouTube. It was his idea to shoot the video. My homie Colin Tilly, he's done all my videos. He's done everything. All my mixtape stuff to the bigger stuff I'm doing now. He got it right. It's what people wanna see, what they wanna hear."
Despite the overwhelming success of Fan of a Fan, Tyga said he and Chris aren't planning an official LP, but they are hitting the road together.
"I don't think you wanna drown people too much," Tyga said about making a full album with Brown. "We've been doing a lot of stuff, though. He's on my album. We're actually working on a tour right now. A Fan of Fan Tour at the end of the year. It'll be dope."
Tyga has an album coming out soon; it doesn't have a release date yet. But his next mixtape, Well Done, will hit within the next couple of weeks. It's going to be a Gangsta Grillz edition.
"I feel like I had to deal with [DJ] Drama. He reminded of Wayne, when he did Dedication with him," Tyga explained. "[Wayne] was going in on every beat. All the mixtapes I've been dropping, they're close to albums. They're more songs. They have more content. This one, I wanted to rap on everybody's beat and murder every beat that's out. It's fun to do that. It's easy. I can knock that out real fast. I think Drama is dope when you wanna link up and murder beats like that."
Some of the tracks Tyga is pilfering are Soulja Boy's "Pretty Boy Swag" and Nicki Minaj's "Your Love."
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Drake is definitely doing his own thing and it's working for him. Even though he's with the very big (as in numbers) Young Money crew. He doesn't travel with a large entourage. Matter of fact, I haven't seen any other Young Money artists with him in clips from his recent shows.
The Toronto rapper/singer hit up the stage Friday (July 16) at the Cisco Ottawa Bluesfest and thrilled the crowd performing songs off his gold album 'Thank Me Later'.