Vado is set to release the follow up to last year's Slime Flu project on Black Friday (November 25).
This is the first of what will likely be a barrage of mixtapes coming from the Harlem rapper before his album drops next year.
“I’m thinking about putting out a mixtape every month, keep em going every month until the album," he told XXL last month.
Peep the tracklist for Slime Flu 2 below courtesy of RR.
1. What’s Poppin’
2. Tales from The Cotton Club
3. SLime Anthem
4. Louis V Bag
5. OK Y’all feat. Fabolous
6. NY Ride
7. I See You (Black People)
8. Keep It Goin’ feat. Young Chris
9. U Know What It Is
10. Bed Piss feat. Raekwon
11. All The Drama
12. I Got That (Frankie Lymon) feat. Jae Millz
13. Somebody Gotta Die feat. Paul Cain & Freck Billionaire
14. Paid In Full
15. Ms. SLime Booty (freestyle)
16. All I Know
17. I Need U feat. Remo The Hitmaker
Drake is always nominated in the category of hip hop at award shows, but is he still a rapper? On his latest album he seems to be doing a lot more singing than rapping. Singersroom recently published an article making a compelling argument that the Toronto native should be classified as a singer. Read what they had to say below.
Toronto native Drake doesn't belong in an American Hip-Hop/Rap genre. Although his debut album and mixtapes are categorized as hip-hop, he shouldn't be placed there. Not anymore at least.
Drake can flow and rip a track with hip-hop's biggest contenders but his albums are void of the brash rhyme scheme and delivery of rap artists. He settles for honest and expressive bars for majority of his new album Take Care, which shifts more towards contemporary R&B than Hip-Hop.
Drake's right-hand man and producer, Noah "40" Shebib said R&B was their first musical connection. He's produced the "soft" tracks such as "Successful," "Shut It Down," and "Marvin's Room" which is featured on Take Care.
Heartbreak Drake is only two studio albums in but his mixtapes, Room for Improvement, Comeback Season and So Far Gone created a wild buzz for him. Many laughed because he was the kid in the wheelchair on the teen television series, Degrassi: The Next Generation turned rapper.
Drake, the rapper sung too much and Drake, the singer was corny. Then he signed with Lil Wayne's label Young Money. This move cued hip hop lovers to give him a chance while pop listeners were already nodding.
So Far Gone was well received and his debut album, Thank Me Later was thought to follow behind its footsteps.
While selling the most of any artist at the time of Thank Me Later release, Drake still received negative reviews. Hip-hop critics called the album sensitive. But Drake's delivery is not what critics are accustomed to.
He put his experiences in each verse. He croons over tracks in masculine, wronged voice. It's not that he's being soft; he's bringing a gentle Canadian touch to meet an abrasive American hip-hop scene.
It's not that Drake doesn't stand up to the hip-hop credentials; he just doesn't belong in their brackets.
Posted by ChasinDatPaper on November 21, 2011 at 10:52am
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Big Sean gave a performance of "Celebrity" for a few lucky Los Angeles residents on Hollywood Boulevard recently as part of the Vevo Go Shows series.
"I really feel like this is the soundtrack to Hollywood," he said. "Whether I got a performance of 10,000 people to 10 people you still gotta give it the same amount of energy. You still gotta do it like you're trying to prove a point."
The song is off of Sean's debut album Finally Famous.
"Trouble Man" is the title of Tip's forthcoming eighth studio LP. The name obviously refers to the Atlanta rapper's frequent problems with the law, Those troubles have not ruined his work ethic though. Since his September release from prison he's recorded 45 new songs.
"Every where he goes, he stops through the studio," T.I.'s assistant told Billboard.
Tip says he already has a new single ready to go.
"I have this one record [titled] 'Pyro' that I'm proud of," T.I. said. "'Pyro' is a straight party record. It's nostalgic of those crazy nights, early mornings [but] just turned up."
In addition to working on his new album, T.I. is also filming a reality show for VH1 titled "The Family Hustle."
Posted by ChasinDatPaper on November 20, 2011 at 11:00pm
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It is one of the biggest nights in the music business and it seems that the American Music Awards was a night to celebrate the achievements of the fairer sex.
Nicki Minaj, Katy Perry and Taylor Swift were among the female stars scooping up the gongs leaving their male counterparts curiously empty handed.
Nicki who had put on a stellar performance with David Guetta to open the ceremony held at the Nokia Theatre scooped the Favorite Album Awards for Pink Friday as well as landing the coveted Favorite Artist Award.
Beaming the rapper and singer told the crowd: "There's so much love in this room."
Taylor Swift who was highly celebrated at the Country Music Awards recently scored the award for Female Country Artist and was congratulated with a warm embrace from Selena Gomez.
Jennifer Lopez, who had put on an extremely provocative performance with rapperPitbull, before he went on to sing with her estranged husbandMarc Anthony, was awarded the gong forFavorite Latin Artist.
Katy Perrywho had showed off her curves in a stunningVivienne Westwooddress on the red carpet was given a special honor to signify five of her songs from her album hitting the number one spot.
The "California Girls" singer took to the stage in her pink performance ensemble and was handed the gong by Heidi Klum.
The pair shared a kiss before Katy gave her thank you speech.
After her seriously raunchy performance which saw her strip off on stage Jennifer Lopez donned a sheer embellished gown to collect her award for Favorite Latin Artist.
Reflecting on the past year JLo told the crowd: "It's been up and down and just exciting and overwhelming and so many things."
Not all the winners were able to attend the ceremony and Rihanna gave her thank you speech via video link as she was in London.
The "We Found Love" singer was honored with the award for Favorite Soul and R&B album for Loud.
List of winners at Sunday’s 39th annual American Music Awards, presented at the Nokia Theatre:
The always entertaining DJ Whoo Kid sat down with Amaru Don TV recently for a candid conversation. Among the topics covered are Laga Gaga's record sales, Officer Ricky, the digital takeover in music, his career goals and more.
2 Chainz is literally everywhere these days. The Atlanta MC formerly known as Tity Boi, has a hot new mixtape bubbling with T.R.U. REALigion, a hit single with "Spend It," been on countless remixes and has played an incredible 139 shows so far this year.
According to 2 Chainz it's all due to hard work and his desire to show you can make things happen in the industry independently.
Check out his interview with Bootleg Kev below where he talks about majors looking to sign him, his appreciation for Wu Tang Clan, upcoming remixes with Machine Gun Kelly and Wale plus a whole lot more.
Posted by ChasinDatPaper on November 20, 2011 at 12:00pm
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Amber Rose and Wiz Khalifa have not hid the fact that they are in love and plan to get married. Wiz is also getting close to Amber's family, specifically her mom. The two share a love for marijuana. Amber, who doesn't smoke says her mom and Wiz spark up together often.
"My mom is from the 70's man, she smokes joints, Wiz smokes joints," Amber told Atlanta's Hot 107.9. "Wiz is like the son she never had."
Amber also shared some of her and Wiz's pet names for each other with the radio station.
"We have a million, are you serious? He's my little 'hamburger helper,' he's my 'chicken little dinky doodle,' he's my 'monkey yum yum,' we have a million," she said. "He calls me 'baby booty,' he calls me monkey for the most part. I'm his 'little monkey' and he calls me his 'little squirmer.'"
On a more serious note Amber talked about the humiliation she felt when her nude pictures leaked recently and how Wiz's mom reacted when she found out.
"I mean of course I was embarrassed, but I can't get into details because I have a lawsuit against this person, but I'll say this. Me and Wiz and Wiz's whole family and my whole family knew that the pictures were gonna leak a month before they even leaked. So, everybody in our family prepared ourselves for it. We already knew who was gonna do it. And when it came out Wiz's mom came up to me, she was like, 'girl I aint worried about that, that is nothing don't even worry about it. You love my son, you're my daughter, we already knew about it, it's not a big deal.' She was like, 'by the way you look beautiful.'"
Posted by ChasinDatPaper on November 20, 2011 at 10:53am
DMX wants to work things with his wife of 20 years and is turning to VH1 for help.
TMZ is reporting that Dark Man X and his estranged wife Tashera Simmons will be appearing on "Relationship Rehab," a spin off of "Celebrity Rehab."
The couple have four children, but DMX has also fathered six children outside of the marriage according to the report. X's infidelity, along with stints in jail and drug abuse put a strain on the marriage leading to them separating in July 2010.
Throughout all of the turmoil the couple have remained best friends. DMX feels like his wife is “one of the only people [he] truly ever loved and has been down with him through thick and thin.”
With Thanksgiving less than a week away the YMCMB team held their 16th annual turkey giveaway.
Lil Wayne, Slim, Birdman, Mack Maine, Chris Richardson and Lil Chuckee were all at the event giving back to those less fortunate.
"It's actually been my first time back here for the past eight or nine years, and they've been doing this for 15 years," Lil Wayne told MTV News. "I haven't been back here to do this for so long just being super busy, just always on tour. But this is amazing, especially experiencing it now experiencing it this this point of view; a 29-year old perspective. A person with everything, well not everything. I'm able to give, basically. Those times I did it years ago I was just a kid and I was just doing it because of Baby and Slim, we were giving away turkeys at a park. Now, it's a totally different feeling because I can actually give you that and say, 'Here, Happy Thanksgiving' and I can provide that for you."
Cash Money co-founder Ronald "Slim" Williams said it gives him a special feeling being able to give back.
"God blessed people to bless other people," he said. "It makes it so special for us to come back home and see a smile on people's face after they received their turkeys and all the other items that go with it. So it's real big and real special for us."
Better TV had the chance to catch up with 50 Cent recently at the launch of Street King Energy Drink. They talked with 50 about what inspired him to start the ambitious project, what made him choose the name "Street King" and why he chose an energy drink instead of alcohol for the initiative.
"Alcohol would probably be an easy fit because alcohol is consumed where music is played, the bar, the nightclub, whatever kind of club," 50 said. "Energy is more a reflection of my lifestyle because I don't drink. So, it would be hard for me to be supportive of an alcohol beverage when I don't drink."
Many of 50's celebrity friends were in attendance at the event showing their support. UK singer Corinne Baily Rae said she is really happy to see the G-Unit boss giving back.
"I think his music is really enjoyable and I also like his ambition," she said. "He has these intentions to feed a billion children in the developing world and Africa. That's a huge ambition so, I'll be interested to speak to him about that."
"I think it's a partnership. The people, your fans are what put you here. So, when you get to this level of success I think it's only right to give back," said Pepa of Salt-N-Pepa.
Street King is now available everywhere. For more information visit www.StreetKing.com.
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