West Coast super lyricist Bishop Lamont has finally confirmed the rumors. He is no longer a part of Aftermath Records.
It was an amicable split with Dr Dre allowing Bishop to leave with 700 plus mastered songs. So expect to see his long awaited album "The Reformation" sometime in 2010.
Bishop sounded upbeat in a call placed into The All Out Show with Rude Jude and Lord Sear on Shade 45 radio yesterday (Saturday January 9th). He jokingly referred to himself as a prisoner who has finally been freed. After nearly five years signed with Dr Dre he felt it was just time to move on.
Bishop follows the departures in the last several years of artists like Joell Ortiz, Marsha Ambrosius, Dawn Robinson, King Tee and Rakim who were all at one point signed to Aftermath, but never released an album while there. Raekwon was supposed to release 'Only Built For Cuban Linx II'. through Aftermath in 2007, but eventually put it out through EMI in 2009.
In Bishop's situation, he seems to point the finger at Interscope Records as the underlying reason his project never saw the light of day. Saying he couldn't get the budget to shoot a video for his Dr Dre produced buzz single "Grow Up" as well as other songs.
The Aftermath roster currently looks something like this. 50 Cent, Eminem, Hayes and Slim Da Mobster (who is also signed to Shady Records & G-Unit Records).
Meanwhile, Bishop just left New York where his is talking to various labels about a new record deal.
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He went the extra mile.
A broke but honest cabby spent his Christmas Eve driving back and forth to Long Island to find the Italian grandma who had left $10,000 cash in his taxi outside Penn Station.
Mukul Asaduzzaman, 28, nearly made two round trips between New York City and Patchogue that night, and waited outside an empty house in between, before he finally found his forgetful passenger, Felicia Lettieri, who was visiting relatives in New York.
"It was so beautiful, so kind," said a grateful Lettieri, 72, when she finally got back her lost loot.
Asaduzzaman, a Bangladesh native and pre-med student from Queens, said that he didn't mind spending three hours searching for her.
"When I was 5 years old, my mother told me, 'Be honest, work hard and you will raise your station,' " said the cabby, who refused to accept any reward money.
Source: NY Post
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Videos After The JumpSaturday Night Live seems to have gotten a lot funnier over the last couple of seasons and the Digital Shorts are a big reason why.
In this latest one, R&B superstar Alicia Keys was feeling like she might want some late night company. So she dials up a friend (Andy Samberg) to set up a rendezvous. The hilarious call turns into a three-way with his grandmother, but Alicia was down for whatever!
Alicia also performed "Try Sleeping With A Broken Heart" and "Empire State Of Mind Pt 2" from her latest album 'The Element Of Freedom'
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Jana Rawlinson After Breast Surgery (left) And Before (right)An Australian track star had her breast implants removed in an attempt to boost her chances of winning a medal at the 2012 Olympics.
In a magazine interview, Jana Rawlinson admitted she spent $13,000 in the past 14 months getting her breasts enhanced — only to have the cosmetic procedure reversed.
"Yep, I'm back to being flat as a pancake," Rawlinson told Woman's Day magazine.
The 27-year-old runner said she had the implants taken out because she felt they were affecting her performance on the track.
"Every time I raced, I panicked about whether I was letting my country down, all for my own vanity," she said.
"I absolutely loved having bigger boobs, but I don't want to short-change Australia either. I want to feel the most athletic I can, to know that I'm standing on the track in London (2012 Olympics) the fittest I can be."
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Christmas has come and gone, but Chris Cringle aka Ludacris is still in the giving mood.
Luda is dropping a free mixtape next week 'Conjure: A Hustler's Spirit'. To get everyone warmed up for his upcoming album 'Battle Of The Sexes'
In addition to that good news, Ludacris has hooked up with a producer by the name of Igloo for a rock/rap project featuring remixed joints from his last album 'Theater Of The Mind'.
The Atlanta emcee has leaked several tracks from the rock project as well as a one from the mixtape.
Peep the mixtape artwork and download the leaked tracks below
Former Death Row Records CEO, Marion "Suge" Knight is being taken to court by his baby's mother for child support for their four year old daughter.Tammie Renell Hawkins filed paperwork in Los Angeles Superior Court seeking monthly payments from the once filthy rich Suge. But the days of popping champagne are long gone for the man who once ruled the music industry with artists like Dr Dre, 2Pac & Snoop Dogg.
Ms Hawkins will at the most receive a payment of $302 dollars a month for daughter Taz Maree Knight. Since Suge's reported income is now only $1,207 a month.
This is the second time Suge has been in this situation.
In May 2009, singer and ex-wife Michel'le filed on him for spousal and child support.
It's not looking good for Suge. Reminds me of the famous line from 50 Cent's song "Wanksta". "Damn homie, in high school you was the man homie!"
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The saga of Monica Danger, star of VH1 reality show "For The Love Of Ray-J" has taken a sad turn.
According to TMZ, she has lost custody of her newborn baby who has been placed in the care of his father by Los Angeles Child Protective Services.
This news comes just weeks after she was placed in a mental institution following an incident involving the baby. A situation she labeled as an example of "martial law" during a recent rambling appearance on DJ Whoo Kid's Shade 45 show.
TMZ reports she is handling this recent setback well. She is seen smiling in the pic below that was taken at the L.A, courthouse shortly after the decision.
Tween singing sensation Justin Bieber and Barbadian songstress Rihanna are paired up to entertain concertgoers at Pepsi Super Bowl Fan Jam. The two artists will be singing on the first day of the concert series on Thursday, February 4.
Justin is set to deliver songsfrom platinum debut album "My World" in front of the crowd in the South Beach of Miami. Meanwhile, Rihanna is scheduled to perform tracks from her fourth studio effort "Rated R".
The second day of the gig, which will also be the last one, takes place on February 5. Nelly Furtado, Paulina Rubio and Pitbull are tapped to rock the event with singles from their latest studio installments.
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"Entourage" star Kevin Dillon and TV anchor Nancy O'Dell will host the Thursday night's concert, while Telemundo stars Leti Coo and Jessi Losada will host the Friday night's festivity along with actor Karim Mendiburu. NFL players also will participate in the two concerts which will be aired live on VH1.
Free tickets for both gigs will be made available on a "first come, first serve" basis beginning Monday, January 11 on TicketMaster.com. There is limit of 10 tickets per person.
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Tracklist:
01. Cam’ron And Iceman - Dipset West Intro
02. Hunnedstack - I’m A Diplomat
03. Cam’ron - Speaks On Dipset West
04. Begetz - My Life 3
05. Flyboyz - East To Da Westide Story
06. Gramz 4 Sale - Off Da Scale
07. Young Hustle - This Is Long Beach (Feat. Crooked I And Knoc’Turnal)
08. Begetz - Make Doe (Feat. Young Hustle And Hunnedstack)
09. Stone Starr - Floss Money (Feat. Rula Rah)
10. Lambogini - This Compton
11. Felony Fame - Murda For A Profit (Feat. Iceman And Hunnedstack)
12. Hunnedstack - Deadman Walk’n 2
13. Lambogini - You Know It’s Been Awhile (Feat. Young Hustle)
14. Gramz 4 Sale - Can’t Hate Us (Feat. Hunnedstack)
15. Begetz - Shake ‘Em Up (Feat. Spida Loc And Hell Rell)
16. Begetz - Put Me In The Zone
17. Flyboyz - Cant See Me
18. Begetz And Byrd Lady - Sugga Daddy
19. Rula Rah - Get Chedda (Feat. J-Classik)
20. Young Hustle - Young OG
21. Gramz 4 Sale - Show U Wat To Do (Feat. Charlie Clips)
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Audio After The JumpBrittany Murphy's mom and husband desperately tried to revive the actress the morning she died, according to a 911 call released Friday (January 8) to The Associated Press.
"My daughter's passed out," Sharon Murphy tells the 911 operator, who proceeds to relay CPR instructions to the distraught mom. Brittany Murphy's husband, Simon Monjack, can be heard in the background trying to revive the actress and following Sharon's instructions via the dispatcher.
During the eight-minute call, Sharon is heard wailing and screaming, "Brittany, please come back!" She told the operator that Murphy had been ill earlier and had vomited.
An initial autopsy was performed on Murphy in Los Angeles on December 21, the day after she was found unconscious in her Hollywood Hills home and later pronounced dead at the hospital. In an e-mail to MTV News, representatives for the Los Angeles County Coroner's office disclosed the initial results.
"The Los Angeles County Department of Coroner conducted an autopsy on the body of Brittany Anne Murphy-Monjack, age 32, on December 21, 2009," the statement reads. "The cause of death has been DEFERRED pending the receipt of additional toxicological tests and tissue studies that have been ordered by the deputy medical examiner.
"There will be no final ruling as to the cause and manner of death until all of the requested test results have been received and reviewed in context with the autopsy findings. It is anticipated that this process may take approximately 4 to 6 weeks or more. Anatomical findings show no evidence of trauma to the body."
As initial reports suggested, foul play is not suspected in her death. Murphy's family laid the actress to rest Christmas Eve.
Source: MTV
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America's sweetheart Amanda Bynes wants to show the world she's all grown up and ready to take on more adult oriented movie roles.
I would say doing a Maxim cover and photo shoot is a good way to get that started.
If you're wondering where you have seen the 23 year old actress before. She starred on the Nickelodeon show 'All That' before moving on to teen flicks 'She's The Man' and 'Hairspray'
Amanda says of her Maxim spread 'I want to show people who I am. My parents were like, “Does this mean you’re gonna do sexy movies now?” I said, “Well, if they’re done the right way, then maybe!” I mean, I’m not gonna do porn, but if it’s a Leonardo DiCaprio movie or whatever. It's time for me to start making my own decisions'
We applaud you Amanda, do your thing.
The February 2010 Maxin hits stands January 19.
Jamaican reggae star Buju Banton has pleaded not guilty to a drug charge in a court in Florida.
Banton was arrested in December on a charge of conspiring to buy more than five kilograms of cocaine from an undercover law enforcement officer.
The 36-year-old singer - real name Mark Myrie - did not seek bail as, if released, he would be held by US immigration officials.
It is likely Grammy-nominated Myrie will miss the event on 31 January.
The dancehall singer has been nominated at the Grammys for his latest album, Rasta Got Soul.
Banton was arrested at his home in Tamarac, Florida in early December.
Authorities say he met with a confidential informant to discuss the drug purchase.
His lawyer, David Oscar Markus said Banton is innocent and was set up by "some evil people trying to take advantage of his trusting and honest character".
He is best known for the track Bogle and the controversial single Boom Bye Bye.
In 2004, he was banned from performing at a gig in Manchester after protests about his allegedly homophobic lyrics, which are often used in the genre of dancehall music.
Source: BBC
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(AllHipHop News) An unusual surge in views on YouTube worked to rapper Twista’s gain.
A video featuring the rapper and rhyme collective Do or Die generated close to 80 billion views on the site yesterday according to the statistics.
The four-minute clip for the song “Do You” was posted by YouTube LadyMC311. According to reports, the video’s 79,441,058,538 views were the result of someone hacking into LadyMC311’s YouTube account.
As a result, “Do You” was briefly YouTube’s most viewed video of all time, eclipsing “Charlie Bit My Finger,” (147,246,806 views) and a performance from Britain’s Got Talent alum Susan Boyle’s (84,765,146 views).
Although questions have been raised regarding the validity of the “Do You” views, Twista sees the situation as a testament to the power of his fans.
“Yea I know it's wrong, and don’t have any idea who that could of been that did the hack,” the rapper told AllHipHop.com, adding that he has never heard of LadyMC311. “I don’t have any idea why they picked my video, but that definitely goes to show you that Twista got those true fans, and I definitely wanna say thanks to the No. 1 blessing.”
The YouTube hacking comes as Twista pursues a pair of non-music related ventures that will broaden his presence among the public as well as utilize his fame towards worthwhile causes.
“Right now I am producing my first reality show deal,” said the rapper, who couldn’t reveal specifics on the deal because “it's under wraps.”
“I just started my own non for profit company helping homeless kids get off the streets and help kids with autism get financial assistance,” the Chicago native stated.
The YouTube hack may be a good thing for Twista, but the talk surrounding the number of views being inflated for "Do You" is valid, as the numbers were false.
Upon checking this morning (January 8), the “Do You” video had 73,317 views since the clip was first posted on YouTube on September 6, 2006.
Despite the rumors, Twista has taken everything in stride as he jokingly put in a personal request to the person responsible for the “Do You” views.
“If you happen to do it again,” the rapper said, “make sure you hook me up a million members on twista.com or my Twitter page.”
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Drake isn't a singer-and he's the first to admit it. When he released his highly touted 2009 mixtape "So Far Gone," which finds the Toronto-raised artist singing and rapping, he thought he made a huge mistake. "People were like, 'What is this? There's way too much singing on here,' " he says. "We were really nervous about it and for like a week I was having a serious breakdown."
But a month later, Drake, born Aubrey Graham, realized there was a method to the madness. "Within like four weeks I noticed I had a brand-new sound that takes a while to digest and understand. Things started to pick up and I started to learn the value of taking risks," he says.
Now, the venture is paying off. Last month when the Grammy nominations were announced, Drake learned he was up for best rap solo performance and best rap song for "Best I Ever Had" off "So Far Gone."
"I can't say this is unexpected, because, I mean, it's something that's kept me up many nights," the 23-year-old says. "I dreamed about this for a lot of years and have lost lots of sleep over it. This is like the highest honor and I am humbled by this. It's one of the few awards that isn't a popularity contest; you have to make great music to be honored, and this is completely surreal to me."
It's an honor, however, that has an unintended side effect. With the two nominations that stemmed from his mixtape, that puts Drake out of the running for best new artist in 2010, when his debut album is released.
Lady Gaga experienced a similar technicality in 2009, as she was ineligible for best new artist since her track "Just Dance" was nominated for best dance recording the previous year. The best new artist rules say the nominated performer is eligible for "the first recording which establishes public identity," and a prior nomination indicates that this threshold has already been reached.
But that may be just a tiny regret for Drake, who is set up to receive tremendous exposure for his forthcoming set. Drake, who got signed to Universal Motown through mentor Lil Wayne's Young Money label shortly after the release of "So Far Gone," is prepping "Thank Me Later," slated for a February release. "The best part about 'So Far Gone' was that I didn't focus on structure. The only thing that was consistent was the story and the emotion. That's what I want to do with this album," Drake says. "I make music for people to get lost in it, so, as long as it takes you somewhere, then I've succeeded."
So far, the album features Kanye West, Wayne, Young Jeezy and Jay-Z, and a collaboration with Sade is on Drake's wish list. "Something happened last night too that might be great-it might serve as the legendary sprinkle for the album," Drake says about another potential partnership on the set. "Shut It Down" and "Fireworks" are two tracks slated to make the album's final cut.
"In 2010 I'm really hoping I can stay true to this new way of life I've committed myself to," he says. "I have a special plan to keep the free flow of music going after the album is released. This is definitely a unique path I'm setting out on, and honestly, it's great. I'm honored to be in this position."
Source: Billboard
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Video Interview + Book Of Eli Trailer After The JumpOne of America's greatest actors Denzel Washington stopped by The Jay Leno Show to promote his new movie 'The Book Of Eli'
While there he and Jay talked about his sons. One is in college playing basketball, the other is a professional football player.
Jay also set up a New York Yankees trivia contest pitting Denzel against the Yankees Cy Young winner C.C. Sabathia
'The Book Of Eli' opens January 15.
01 The Roots – How I Got Over (Live)
02 Ludacris – I Do It For Hip Hop / Last Of A Dying Breed (Live)
03 Mos Def – Casa Bey (Live)
04 Beastie Boys – So Whatcha Want (Live)
05 Black Star – History (Live)
06 Snoop Dogg – I Wanna Rock (Live)
07 Ghostface – Baby f. Raheem DeVauaghn (Live)
08 Wale – Pretty Girls (Live)
09 Raekwon – Catalina (Live)
10 50 Cent – Baby By Me / Do You Think About Me (Live)
11 Clipse – Popular Demand f. Black Thought (Live)
12 Clipse – Grindin’ f. Black Thought (Live)
13 Q-Tip – Barely In Love (Live)
14 Goodie Mob – Soul Food (Live)
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Ladies, don't get any ideas of hitting on Khloe Kardashian's husband, Los Angeles Laker Lamar Odom.
"If I even imagined someone talking to my husband too close, I would beat the crap out of them," the reality star, 25, tells The Insider.
Though they are trying to have a baby now, she stressed that she is not currently pregnant. "I just gained some love weight and it gives [Lamar] something to hold on to," she says. (She previously told UsMagazine.com that she gained seven pounds since wedding in September. "I just haven't been working out as much and eating badly," she told Us. "My husband is known as the candy man. All he does is eat candy, and I join in and that's not great. But now we're settled in and bought a house, and I'm back to my routine,"
She tells The Insider Lamar "is really eager to have a baby and I wanna have babies. I just got married four months ago, I'm not doing anything to prevent having a baby right now."
Sister Kim says she isn't quite ready for that step with on-again beau Reggie Bush.
"There's no plan as of now to get married," says Kim, 29. "We've been together for years and we're just having a good, happy relationship."
Despite both being in committed relationships, they still have their celeb crushes.
Kim says "it would be really sexy to have George Clooney once. I think he is so sexy!"
Khloe's fantasy guy?
"I would totally say Obama," she said. "Like, I would do it for our country."
Source: UsMagazine.com
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PASADENA, Calif. -- First, the Alabama defense knocked Colt McCoy out of the game. Later, it saved a national championship.
Hanging onto a precarious three-point lead and with momentum on the other side, linebacker Eryk Anders was determined not to let the Citi BCS National Championship Game slip away.
Anders forced a fumble on his blindside sack of Texas backup quarterback Garrett Gilbert with 3:02 left Thursday night to help the top-ranked Crimson Tide hold on for a 37-21 victory -- a win that figured to be much easier when McCoy went out with a shoulder injury early in the first quarter.
"We said, 'It's on us, the defensive line,'" Alabama's 350-pound All-American Terrence Cody said. "We had to make plays to finish it off. There was no doubt in our huddle. We knew what we can do."
They did, and brought back glory to one of the country's most storied programs, the football factory that Bear Bryant built. This one came courtesy of Nick Saban, who resurrected this team in the short span of three seasons.
"We back," said Heisman Trophy winner Mark Ingram, the offensive MVP.
Back for the first time since 1992, when Bryant's protege, Gene Stallings, led the Crimson Tide to its last national title. This one gives Alabama eight since the polls began in the 1930s. Its seventh Associated Press championship should be a shoo-in when the votes are tabulated.
Ingram finished with 116 yards rushing and two touchdowns, and Trent Richardson had 109 yards and two scores as Alabama beat Texas for the first time in nine meetings between two of college football's most successful teams.
Anders will go down with them in Crimson Tide lore, as will Marcell Dareus, who knocked McCoy -- the winningest quarterback in college football history -- down and out with an injury to his throwing shoulder on Texas' fifth offensive play.
"I just heard a thump when I hit him," Dareus said. "I did lay it down pretty hard. I didn't try to, but it felt great."
A bit later, Dareus picked off Gilbert's shovel pass and returned it 28 yards for a TD and a 24-6 lead late in the second quarter.
But it wasn't quite over.
"It was like we'd won the game at halftime," Saban said. "But you can't accept being average. You're playing a team in the national championship game that knows how to win."
The second half turned out to be anything but a laugher with Gilbert in the game -- a highly recruited freshman who was Texas' "quarterback of the future" but had thrown only 26 college passes coming into this game.
He threw two touchdown passes to All-American Jordan Shipley to trim the deficit to 24-21 with 6:15 left, and after an Alabama punt, he had the ball at the 7-yard line, 93 yards away from one of the most improbable comeback stories in the history of the game.
But after an Alabama holding penalty moved the ball to the 17, Gilbert dropped back to pass and got rocked by Anders, a senior who plays in the shadow of Cody and fellow All-American Rolando McClain. The ball went flying and Courtney Upshaw recovered.
Three plays later, Ingram surged into the end zone from the 1 for a 10-point lead. A few minutes later, after Gilbert's third interception of the night, Richardson scored his second touchdown to make it 37-21.
Dareus finished with one tackle, one interception and one touchdown, but all were game-changers.
Seeking its second national title in five years, Texas (13-1) got to the game on the back of McCoy, its All-American quarterback, who often looked like a one-man show in leading the Longhorns to 13 straight wins.
After the injury, McCoy was asking to go back in to finish his last college game. His dad, interviewed on ABC, said the injury wasn't that bad.
But Texas coach Mack Brown decided to err on the side of caution, and McCoy spent the second half wearing a headset on the sideline, trying to encourage his teammates.
"I would have given anything to be out there because it would have been different," he said.
The Longhorns defense, ranked third in the country in yards allowed, kept things close while Gilbert got his feet underneath him.
And boy did he.
He led the Longhorns on a five-play, 59-yard drive to make it 24-13, then 60 yards for the second score, and suddenly, the Tide was falling apart, not rolling. The 2-point conversion made it 24-21.
"It's a hard learning curve but he learned fast," Brown said. "At one point, I thought he was going to win the ballgame."
The Tide, however, hung on and Saban became the first coach since the polls began in 1936 to win national titles with two schools. He won the 2003 BCS championship with LSU.
The program was grounded, of course, in the hardscrabble work-ethic brought to Tuscaloosa in the 1960s by The Bear, who roamed the sideline in his houndstooth hat and painted the quintessential portrait of a football coach in those days.
His legacy still permeates almost everything at Alabama and it was Saban, who took over a program decimated by scandals, bad decisions and NCAA troubles over the past decade, who convinced the Tide faithful they had to let go of the past if they were ever going to enjoy the present.
It took him just three short years, and now 'Bama is back.
"I think there's a lot of people who are responsible for that," Saban said. "Our administration made a commitment to rebuild Alabama, to do something everyone could be proud of."
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