Jay-Z is giving fans a chance to get a taste of what it was like to be in Brooklyn's Barclays Center as he opened the new state of the art arena with a series of concerts.
To commemorate the closing night of his historic sold-out 8 (eight) show run opening Brooklyn’s Barclays Center, JAY Z is releasing “LIVE IN BROOKLYN,” a live 8 (eight) song audio /visual optic EP. “LIVE IN BROOKLYN,” filmed and recorded during the Saturday, October 6th concert will be available Tuesday, October 9, 2012 exclusively on iTunes.
Big Sean is prepping his sophomore album, Hall Of Fame: Memoirs Of A Detroit Player. While he didn't want to spill the beans on all of the project's features, he did reveal to The Masked Gorilla that Kanye West, Nas and Jhené Aiko would be on it. He also had something to say to his detractors.
"If you can't respect a young person who came from nothing, and supporting his mom. And is one of the biggest inspirations to my city now, Detroit in a time where they need it most. They're going through a lot of economic tough times in general. As much inspiration as they can get I'm offering that. If you can't get with that you're just a hating a$$ b*tch."
The album will be dropping later this year and the new single will be released within the next couple of weeks.
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It's amazing to think that 16 years after Tupac Shakur'sdeath a movie about his life hasn't been brought to the big screen.
It appeared that a Morgan Creek Productions backed biopic would be the first scripted flick about the charismatic rapper who has reached legendary status. But a two-year legal battle between the company and Tupac's mother, Afeni Shakur, delayed the project.
Since then there has been very little news about the Morgan Creek project. Now it looks like an indie director out of Houston might be attempting to beat Morgan Creek to the punch.
Noah Mortel has released a trailer for a Tupac movie. At the end of the clip it says the movie is coming out in 2013.
There's virtually no other information online about Noah's project other that the youtube trailer. His IMDB page doesn't even have it listed as being in production.
So we have to ask ourselves is this real or fake?
Check out the trailer below and let us know what you think.
It's party atmosphere on Xzibit's "Enjoy the Night." The track which features Brevi, Wiz Khalifa and David Banner will appear on X to the Z's new album titled Napalm.
Napalm will be released on October 9th. Pre-order your copy now on iTunes
Maino is teaming up with Superstar Jay to drop The Mafia mixtape on October 9th. Here is a track off of it titled "Different Kinda N*gga" featuring Push! and Twigg Martin.
Bow Wow seems to be having a little bit of financial trouble the days. Earlier this week the rapper was ordered to cough up $3,000 a month in child support to his baby mama Joie Chavis for their 1-year old daughter, Shai.
In court Bow Wow told the judge he was making only $4,000 a month as an employee of Cash Money Records and only had $1,500 in the bank according to TMZ. The rapper also said he was leasing a jeep.
Luckily for Bow Wow, he was just named as one of the hosts of 106 & Park which should help ease the financial pressure, but he still has to deal with a creditor who has been chasing him for three years.
According to TMZ, Bow Wow leased a 2005 Ferrari F430 back in 2008, but quickly fell behind on payments. In 2009 the leasing company sued him and got a judgment for $216,084.
Three years later the leasing company hasn't received a dime. With interest tacked on Bow Wow now owes them $283,785.
Nas is pretty much a living legend in the rap game. In a career that has spanned 20-plus years he has dropped classic gems both as a solo artist as well as collaborations with Mobb Deep, Jay-Z, Damian Marley, AZ, 50 Cent and more.
In a new outtake from his BECOMING interview, Nas speaks on when he realized he wanted to become a performer and his early musical influences.
"I would say since I could remember. Watching a great musical movie like 'Grease,' watching the Jackson 5 cartoon, Kiss the rock band. That looked like where all the action was. I knew that was the life for me, being in front of audiences" Nas said, explaining when he first got the itch to perform. "I knew it... you know you're not sure for real back then, but in my mind I prepared for it."
Nas said his early musical influences were Rick James, The Jackson 5 and James Brown.
"They were like heroes, I thought they were great," he added.
Brick Squad boss Gucci Mane will be releasing his Trap God mixtape on October 17th. He's nailed down some nice features for the project in the form of Waka Flocka Flame, Kevin McCall, T-Pain, Verse Simmonds, Meek Mill, Birdman, Kirko Bangz and more.
Production on the tape will come from Lex Luger, 808mafia, Mike Will Made It, Shawty Red, Zaytoven and more.
Tracklist
1. Intro produced by Lex Luger 2. “Head Shots” feat Rick Ross produced by Tarentino, 808mafia 3. “Money Habits” feat Young Scooter produced by 808mafia 4. “Crazy” feat Waka Flocka Flame produced by Drumma Boy 5. “Get Money Nigga” feat Meek Mills produced by 808 mafia 6. “Rolly Up” feat Young Scooter, Waka Flocka Flame produced by Mike Will Made It 7. “Fuck The World” feat Future produced by Mike Will Made It 8. “Act Up” feat T-Pain. produced by Tpain 9. “Never See” feat Verse Simmonds produced by Shawty Red 10. “That’s That” feat Kevin McCall produced by Kevin McCall 11. “Servin” produced by 808 Mafia 12. “Shooter” feat Young Scooter, Yung Fresh produced by Zaytoven 13. “Dead Man” feat Young Scooter, Trae The Truth produced by Metro Beats 14. “Baby Wipes” feat Waka Flocka Flame produced by Zaytoven 15. “Don’t Trust” feat Young Scooter 16. “Suckaz” produced by Shawty Redd 17. “Gas and Mud” produced by C4 18. “Fuck Something” feat Kirko Bangz, Waka Flocka Flame, Young Scooter produced by 808Mafia 19. “I Fuck With That” produced by Mike Will Made It, Southside, CNote 20. “Get Lost” feat Birdman produced by Detail
East New York is in the building as Uncle Murda is back with some new heat. Murda name drops a number of rappers like Lil Wayne, Kanye West, 2 Chainz, Fabolous, Remy Ma, Lil Kim, 2Pac, Snoop Dogg, Notorious B.I.G, Young Jeezy and more in "Real N*gga Sh*t."
LL Cool J drops a new track speaking on what he hates about "Ratchet" women. Not sure if this will lead to a new album from the Queens legend, but it's good to hear new music from him.
You can download this track for free from LL's website by clicking HERE
Iggy Azalea drops off some new music off of her upcoming TrapGold mixtape. The song is produced by 1stDown of FKi and Diplo, who also executive produced the mixtape.
It was a celebratory night as Diddy gathered his Bad Boy 2.0 roster of Red Cafe, French Montana, Machine Gun Kelly and Los together to have a toast to the recent success the label has been having.
Diddy surprised MGK by presenting him with a gold plaque for his single "Wild Boy," which features Waka Flocka Flame. The record mogul also congratulated French for having a hit single with "Pop That."
Busta Rhymes gives us a behind the scenes look at his new video titled "Movie" featuring Conglomerate member J-Doe. The song is off of Busta's album Year of the Dragon, which he released earlier this year for free via Google Play.
Check out the video below and grab Year of the Dragon now from Google Play.
Waka Flocka Flame teams up with G-Unit/D4L's Shawty Lo and Dorrough Music for "Solo." The G Luck and Boon-produced track appears on Waka's Shoot Me or Salute Me 4: Banned from Americamixtape.
Directed By GT Films.
Pick up Salute Me or Shoot Me 4 for free from Datpiff.
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