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Young Jeezy, the Corporate Thug takes this Lex Luger produced instrumental, originally rhymed over by Ace Hood and Swizz Beatz, and ATL stomps on it.
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End of the year lists are always a mixed bag. It’s generally somebody telling you who they think is the best singer, best actor, or who made the best album or movie.
But, today the fans will have their say and vote for who the “Top Producer Of 2010” is.
First we’ll take a look at the men behind the boards who had the biggest impact for the year, then vote to decide the top choice.
Alex Da Kid
This UK producer put his stamp on several of the biggest hits in 2010. Including “Love The Way You Lie” by Eminem, B.o.B’s “Airplanes” and Nicki Minaj’s “Massive Attack”
Lex Luger
Lex literally had speakers going hammer from coast to coast. Dude banged out Waka Flocka’s “Hard In The Paint”, Officer Ross’ “B.M.F”, Fabolous’ “Lights Out (I Don’t See Nobody)”
Boi 1da
This kid is becoming a mainstay on top of the charts. With songs by Eminem “Not Afraid”, Drake’s “Over”, Bun B’s “Put It Down” and Soulja Boy’s “Speakers Going Hammer”
Swizz Beatz
Of course you can never exclude Swizz Beatz from this category. He’s one of the hardest working men in the business. Swizzy was behind the boards on several hits this year. Drake’s “Fancy”, “On To The Next One” by Jay-Z and “Gucci Time” by Gucci Mane.
Kanye West
The Louis Vuitton Don has been widely praised for his work on his album ‘My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy.’ Stand out tracks include “Power” co-produced by S1, “Runaway”, “Monster” and “All Of The Lights”
J.U.S.T.I.C.E. League
The Tampa, Florida trio was very busy this year producing for artists all over the country. Standout tracks included Bun B’s “Trillionaire”, Lloyd Banks’ “I Don’t Deserve You”, Officer Ross’ “Aston Martin Music” and Lil Wayne’s “Knockout”
Cardiak
Big things are probably on the horizon for this producer after his steller work on Lloyd Banks’ ‘The Hunger For More 2’ album, as well as his work with Meek Mill and Mike Knox. Bangers include “Start It Up”, Take Em To War” and “Unexplainable”. All by Lloyd Banks.
Drumma Boy
One of the south’s premier producers. Drumma Boy did his thing in 2010. Standouts include “Lose My Mind” Young Jeezy, “Life Goes On” 8-Ball & MJG and a large part of the production work on Gucci Mane’s ‘Burr Print’ mixtapes.
DJ Khalil
People are starting to recognize just how good Khalil is. ½ of the group Self Scientific, he is also part of Dr Dre’s production team. Standout 2010 tracks include “Kush” Dr Dre, “Def Jammable” Redman, “Talking 2 Myself” and “Won’t Back Down” Eminem
Ok, there are your contenders, now place your votes!
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Four years after a shooting left an unarmed Sean Bell dead (on the eve of his wedding) and two of his friends wounded following a tragic incident with New York City police, the city has agreed to pay $7 million dollars to settle a federal lawsuit filed by Bell's family and his friends.
According to The New York Times, in the early hours of November 25, 2006, five New York City police officers fired 50 shots into the car Bell — who was to be married that day — was driving outside a club in Queens, New York. The car reportedly struck a detective in the leg and hit a police van before the officers began firing. None of the three men in the car — Bell and his friends Joseph Guzman and Trent Benefield — were armed, although the officers apparently believed at least one was.
In what's seen as the closing chapter in one of the most controversial police shootings in New York City history — three officers were acquitted of manslaughter and reckless-endangerment charges in 2008, a ruling many activists and rappers spoke out against — the families of the victims are looking to move past the tragedy.
As part of the settlement, Bell's two young daughters (whom he had with his fiancée, Nicole Paultre Bell) will receive $3.25 million; Guzman (who was shot 17 times) and Trent Benefield will receive $3 million and $900,000 respectively, according to Times.
Earlier this week, Foxy Brown — a close friend of Bell's fiancée — said Paultre Bell is a strong woman who remained in high spirits throughout the four-year ordeal.
"She just handled everything so gracefully," Brown said. "She just did everything with grace and class."
G-Unit member Tony Yayo, whose G-Unity foundation gave proceeds from a recent event to Bell's family, said the settlement is long overdue.
"I think it's a beautiful thing, but rest in peace to Sean Bell," Yayo said. "I mean, you have times now when a police officer can shoot you in your back, handcuffed on the floor, in a train station in front of everybody and get two years," Yayo said, referring to the Oscar Grant shooting in Oakland, California, in which found a transit officer was found guilty of involuntary manslaughter last month. "So Sean Bell's people deserve that money, definitely, and blessings to them."
Source: MTV
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(AllHipHop.com) After gaining the attention of fans earlier this week with a heart felt letter from behind bars, incarcerated New Orleans rapper Lil' Wayne is making headlines in a less favorable way.
Apparently the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) is after Lil' Wayne’s fortunes, seeking over $1.13 million dollars in back taxes for the years 2004, 2005 and 2007.
The IRS filed and a lien against his One Family Foundation this past June in Dade County Florida courts, as the lien maintains the same address as his charitable organization.
This is the second tax lien filed against Wayne in the last 2 years as in 2008 he paid off a tax debt of $977,840
Representatives for Lil' Wayne could not be reached for comments at the time of press release.
Multiple sources confirmed with AllHipHop.com that the IRS has a special unit that tails and tracks the artists, as one of the methods used to keep a tab on their earnings.
The “issue management team” was formed in 2007 and its goal is to get unclaimed tax money from athletes and entertainers in the United States and foreigners who come to tour the country.
“A few years ago, they concluded that athlete and entertainer taxes might be escaping their radar. So they reinstated a division to only deal with this area,” said Bill Zysblat of the global touring/accounting company RZO Productions.
A number of rappers have fallen into tax troubles since 2007.
Artists and executives like Suge Knight ($6 million), Nas ($3 million), DMX ($1.5 million), Lil Wayne ($1 million), Swizz Beatz ($645,000), Snoop Dogg ($598,000), Fat Joe ($140,000), Method Man ($40,000) and numerous others have had to account to the IRS in the past year alone.
A source told AllHipHop.com that in the pursuit of the tax dollars, a variety of artists have landed in trouble for other infractions, such as gun possession and a variety of drug charges.
The IRS is also investigating a number of record labels and artists, who ran money through their non-profits for commercial gains.
Source: AllHipHop
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G-Unit Capo Tony Yayo chops it up with Doggie Diamonds of Forbez DVD about beefs.
He explains why G-Unit was able to dead the beefs with D-Block & The Diplomats, but not Fat Joe .
Very interesting interview, peep it below.
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I know yall thought Pastor Mason Betha wasn't really preaching the good word, but Ruff Ryders rapper Eve begs to differ.
Eve says a chance encounter with the sometimes rapper, sometimes preacher gave her the inspiration to pursue her rapping career.
The pair met when Ma$e was still wearing those shiny suits for Puffy and Bad Boy Records.
Ma$e stopped by the gentlemen's club where Eve was working that pole and convinced her she could do better.
Eve told VH1's Behind The Music about the encounter.
"He came into the club and looked at me and literally was like, 'What's your name?' And I gave him every stripper name under the sun! I was like, 'I'm Ginger, I'm Sassy!' He was like, 'Why don't you go get dressed, let's go just talk.' And we did, we talked throughout the night. He was like, 'You're really talented. What are you doing? You know you're not supposed to be here. You know it.'
Eve took what he said to heart.
"It was a confirmation for me that all these thoughts, all this sadness. All these times that I wake up in the morning, I'm like, 'Why do I feel like this?' And I know I'm not supposed to be there. It just woke me up."
Already a talented rapper, 18 year old Eve got an audition with Mike Lynn, A&R of Aftermath Records. After one verse and hook he knew he had a star.
Mike introduced Eve to Dr Dre who signed her to a record deal. But after Eminem came into the picture, Aftermath released her after only 8 months.
Eventually she got a chance to audition for Ruff Ryders and the rest is history.
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