Posted by ChasinDatPaper on November 26, 2012 at 11:55am
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Kendrick Lamar definitely brought awareness back to West Coast hip hop in 2012. His good kid, m.A.A.d city album lived up to the hype. Both critics and fans alike appreciated the Compton emcees Aftermath debut. The project sold 242,122 copies in its first week.
The Source magazine recognizes Kendrick's accomplishments by crowning him the king in its 3rd annual Rookie Of The Year issue.
Check out an excerpt from his interview plus the UnCovered video below.
Kendrick Lamar on his religious beliefs at a young age: "We couldn't believe something we dind't know about. As a kid, all we seeing is street sh*t... When you see one of your partners get smoked and that same day you have someone coming to you preaching to you asking you, 'Do you believe in God?,' it gives you a [different] outlook."
Posted by ChasinDatPaper on November 26, 2012 at 10:30am
Comedic writer Jenny Johnson is looking over her shoulders this morning after her argument with Chris Brown on Sunday led him to delete his Twitter account.
Johnson has been a constant thorn in Chris' side ever since he assaulted then girlfriend Rihanna in 2009. She and Chris also exchanged words back in September 2011.
Johnson wrote: "Taking relationship advice from single people is like taking not-beating-the-sh*t-out-of-women advice from Chris Brown.” That prompted a response from Chris.
This morning Brown's legion of fans are in full attack mode sending death threats Johnson's way. She seemed worried about it when she sent out her last Tweet.
Posted by ChasinDatPaper on November 26, 2012 at 10:00am
G-Unit's Lloyd Banks might have a collaboration in the works with Glory Boyz Entertainment rapper Lil Reese. Slow Bucks TV Tweeted out a pic of the two rappers together in Chicago and wrote: "@LilReese300 & my n==a @LloydBanks #StudioFlow #ChiRaq x #SouthSide #300."
Lil Reese then retweeted.
Slow Bucks later retweeted a fan who was hoping to see a collaboration between the PLK and Reese.
GBE and G-Unit have a good relationship with 50 Cent taking on the role of mentor to GBE boss Chief Keef. 50 and Keef have already collaborated on the song "Hate Being Sober," which will appear on Keef's debut album, Finally Rich.
With Banks currently at work on his first Gangsta Grillz mixtape followed by Cold Corner 3, could there be another G-Unit/GBE collaboration coming soon?
After a nasty argument with comedic writer Jenny Jonson on Twitter Sunday, Chris Brownapparently became fed up and deleted his account on the social networking site.
Jenny has been getting at Chris Brown for some time now about his 2009 assault of then girlfriend Rihanna. Jenny and Chris have exchanged words on Twitter before and did so again last night.
The latest exchange started when Brown Tweeted: "I look old as f*ck! I'm only 23...." Johnson responded by writing: "I know! Being a worthless piece of sh*t can really age a person."
The argument continued with the two trading insults.
Chris later Tweeted that he wasn't upset and that people should ask Rihanna if she was still mad at him.
Soon afterwards Brown's Twitter account vanished.
Jenny now says she is receiving death threats from Brown fans.
The 2012 Soul Train Awards aired last night on BET and Centric. Big winners on the night included Beyonce who walked away with 2 awards including Best R&B/Soul Artist. Elle Varner won Best New Artist. Best R&B/Soul Male Artist went to Miguel and Frank Ocean won Album of the Year for Channel Orange.
New Edition was honored with the Soul Train Lifetime Achievement Award. Soul Train founder Don Cornelius was remembered with a special tribute.
There were also great performance from Miguel, Elle Varner, 2 Chainz, New Edition, Eddie Levert, Stevie Wonder, Charlie Wilson, Ne-Yo, Keyshia Cole and more.
Check out the list of winners and performances below.
The 2012 Soul Train Awards Winners : Best New Artist: Elle Varner Centric Award: Leah LaBelle Best Gospel/ Inspirational Performance: Whitney Houston & Jordin Sparks’ “Celebrate” Best Hip Hop Song of the Year: Kanye West ft. Big Sean, Pusha T and 2 Chainz’s “Mercy” Best R&B/ Soul Female Artist: Beyonce Best R&B/ Soul Male Artist: Miguel Album of the Year: Frank Ocean’s Channel Orange Song of the Year: Tyrese’s “Stay” The Ashford & Simpson Songwriter’s Award: “Tonight (Best You Ever Had)”: John Legend ft. Ludacris Best Dance Performance: Beyonce – “Love On Top” CENTRICTV.com Best Caribbean Performance: Sean Paul’s “Tomahawk Technique” CENTRICTV.com Best International Performance: Estelle’s “Thank You” CENTRICTV.com Best Independent R&B/ Soul Artist or Group: Eric Roberson CENTRICTV.com Best Traditional Jazz Artist/ Group: TIE
*The Robert Glasper Experiment: Black Radio
*Tony Bennett — Isn’t It Romantic CENTRICTV.com Best Contemporary Jazz Artist/ Group: Esperanza Spalding-Radio Music Society
New Edition "Candy Girl," "Mr. Telephone Man," and "If It Isn't Love."
The Soul Train Awards honors and remembers the late, great trailblazer and Soul Train mastermind, Mr. Don Cornelius.
2 Chainz – "Birthday Song" x "I’m Different"
Stevie Wonder "Superstition" x "Signed, Sealed, Delivered"
Tank, Ginuwine, and Tyrese unite as the supergroup TGT and brought a soul medley featuring "Stay," "If You're Lonely," and "Zoom" to life.
Miguel "Adorn"
Elle Varner "Refill"
Charlie Wilson "My Love Is All You Have"
Keyshia Cole "Trust and Believe" x "Enough Of No Love"
Ne-Yo "Let Me Love You (Until You Learn To Love Yourself)."
John Legend "Tonight (Best You Ever Had)."
Anthony Hamilton, Leah LaBelle, Fantasia, and Charlie Wilson "Soul Train Classics Medley"
Marcus Canty pays homage and covers Luther Vandross's classic "Never Too Much."
Elle Varner wins Best New Artist
Soul Trains Awards archive footage
Eddie Levert "Casanova"
Miguel wins award for Best Male R&B Soul Artist
Take a walk down memory lane with New Edition, rediscover their music and see why they are the winners of this year's Lifetime Achievement Award.
Rihanna returned to the UK X-Factor stage earlier today to perform "Diamonds" off of her new album, Unapologetic.
The appearance gave the singer a chance to celebrate with her fans the fact that her seventh album made it's debut at No. 1 on the UK charts.
The album is also expected to make a strong debut on the U.S. Billboard charts with sales between 240-260K units. Final sales totals will be announced on Wednesday for the U.S.
We may never see Meek Mill actually battle Cassidy in real life. Casdaluchi Entertainment puts together a cartoon spoof depicting what the battle might look like between the two Philly spitters if it went down.
Smack introduces the contestants while Loaded Lux and Bow Wow host the event.
Posted by ChasinDatPaper on November 25, 2012 at 12:13pm
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While shoppers were going bananas in stores on Friday November 23rd, Kendrick Lamar, Kid Ink and Pusha T were taking part in the Black Friday Festival at the Sunset Cove Amphitheater in Boca Raton, Florida.
Check out footage of the trio performing courtesy of Jason Bassett and Preplex Productions.
Kendrick Lamar at the Black Friday Festival
Kenrick Lamar x Kid Ink x Pusha T at the Black Friday Festival
Posted by ChasinDatPaper on November 25, 2012 at 11:06am
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Wiz Khalifa brought his 2050 Tour to New Orleans last night. The Taylor Gang boss surprised the audience at the UNO Lakefront Arena by bringing out Curren$y to perform their song "Jet Life."
Posted by ChasinDatPaper on November 25, 2012 at 10:00am
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When superstar running back Adrian Peterson tore his anterior cruciate ligament, medial collateral ligament and suffered meniscus damage to his left knee after a hit by Washington Redskins safety DeJon Gomes last December (week 16) many wondered if he could recover in time for the 2012-13 season and whether he would ever be the same.
Recovery time from such devastating injuries can take up to 9 months or longer following surgery and intense rehabilitation.
After sitting out the pre-season Peterson has bounced back this season in a big way. The Minnesota Vikings player leads the National Football League in rushing yards with 1,128 yards. He's averaging 5.8 yards per carry and has scored 7 rushing touchdowns.
AP sits down with ESPN's Chris Carter to talk about his determination and return from injury.
Tyga has a couple of projects coming out in the next several months. Last night he unveiled the cover for his new 187 mixtape that will be released next week. The project serves as a warm up for T-Raww's next album titled Hotel California, which will be released in March of next year.
Confirmed Hotel California features so far include Rick Ross, Chris Brown, Nicki Minaj and Wiz Khalifa.
Check out the 187 artwork up top and get a glimpse of the Young Money rapper's life on tour in "Tyga In Dubai Episode 3" below.
Tyga In Dubai Episode 3 (Reveals Hotel California features)
With her new album Girl On Fire scheduled to released on November 27th, Alicia Keys decides to gift her fans by streaming the entire project.
You can check that out up top. Pre-order the album on iTunes
Tracklist
1. De Novo Adagio (Intro) 2. Brand New Me 3. When It’s All Over 4. Listen To Your Heart 5. New Day 6. Girl On Fire (Feat. Nicki Minaj) 7. Fire We Make (Feat. Maxwell) 8. Tears Always Win 9. Not Even The King 10. That’s When I Knew 11. Limitedless 12. One Thing 13. 101
The Fast and the Furious franchise has proven to be box office gold for Universal Pictures. Fast Five earned an incredible $625 million worldwide.
Tyrese Gibson, Ludacris, Paul Walker, Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson and Jordana Brewster are back in action for The Fast and the Furious 6.
While out in London filming scenes for Fast 6, Tyrese sat down with Tim Westwood to talk about the new film.
"We feel the pressure going into shooting 6 because Fast 5 was so loved and enjoyed around the world. It's a tough act to follow but I really believe in my heart of hearts because I've been on the set that Fast 6 has definitely trumped Fast 5," Tyrese said.
Tyrese said so far the crew has filmed scenes in Tenerife and London. The last scenes will be shot in Los Angeles. The actor/singer added that fans should expect plenty of action in this one.
"It's another level. I think the director Justin Lin has pushed the needle in a major way. It's hard to imagine any action sequences or scenes bigger that Fast 5, but trust and believe this sh*t is gonna mess people up."
The Fast and the Furious 6 will hit the big screen on May 24, 2013.
Posted by ChasinDatPaper on November 24, 2012 at 12:00pm
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Snow Tha Product is back with a brand new music video for "Cookie Cutter Bitches." The song is off of her upcoming project titled Good Nights and Bad Mornings, dropping on December 12th.
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