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The Goodie Mob reunion is official. The group performed their new single "Fight To Win" Monday [April 23] on 'The Voice."
Their new album Age Against the Machine is currently being recorded. No release date has been announced as of yet.
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Bronx beast Young Hash is gearing up to drop the follow up to his 2010 mixtape "Str8 Drop Vs. The Whip."
Peep this in studio footage of Hash going in.
"Str8 Drop 2" coming soon.
Peep this new heat from Jadakiss off of his upcoming mixtape The Consignment. Jahlil Beats on the production. French Montana, Styles P and Wale with assists.
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New visuals from Melanie Fiona off of her latest album The MF Life.
The Azealia Banks vs. T.I. and Iggy Azalea drama doesn't look like it's going to die down anytime soon. As we previously reported, the two camps have been going at each other ever since Iggy was named to the 2012 XXL Freshman class.
Banks said at the time she didn't think Azalea deserved the spot because of what she perceived as a racist lyric in the song "D.R.U.G.S." Since that time the war of words has intensified.
During an interview this morning with WGCI's Tony Sculfield and the Morning Riot show, T.I. referred to the beef with Banks as "b*tch sh*t" that should be left between the two women. Banks heard the interview and wasted no time in firing more shots at the Grand Hustle boss.
Peep what Banks wrote just a few minutes ago via Twitter.
Well damn!
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T.I. called into WGCI's Tony Sculfield and the Morning Riot show to address a little bit of everything.
Topics included Tip's upcoming album Trouble Man, his reality show, his son's rapping ability and Azealia Banks' beef with Iggy Azalea that has now grown to involve him.
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Vado drops off something fresh for a Monday with "What Dat Mouth Do."
DJ Envy with The Breakfast Club premiere.
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Pitchfork TV chops it up with Schoolboy Q about his recording habits, Top Dawg Entertainment's in house production team and working with The Alchemist.
Q also spits a freestyle.
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Chris Brown fans will have to wait a little longer than originally expected to get their hands on his new album, Fortune. The album was originally scheduled to be released on May 8, but that date has been moved to July 3.
"Team Breezy! The official album date for FORTUNE is July 3,2012!!!!!!!!!!!!" Brown tweeted on Sunday.
When it is released the disc is expected to feature Breezy's latest single "Turn Up the Music," as well as "Till I Die" and "Sweet Love."
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Los links up with Lola Monroe for some fresh visuals for the track "King Los."
Directed by Alex Nazari
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Moments before taking the stage for the final night of Coachella on Sunday [April 22] Dr. Dre filmed a short clip thanking fans for their support at the festival. He also said that the 2Pac hologram was created specifically for Coachella with no tour in mind, but if a trek happens he would be ok with it.
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There are rumors floating around that Ma$e is thinking about making another comeback into the rap game after he recently recorded a couple of records with French Montana. Could his current tax problems have anything to do with the rumors?
TMZ is reporting that the former Bad Boy Records artist owes the IRS 124,774.85 in back taxes. It seems Ma$e or his accountant failed to to pay for the years 2000, 2001 and 2004.
Ma$e's reps didn't respond to a call from TMZ.
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Lil Kim is gearing up to hit the road for an 11-city run. Kim's 'Return of the Queen' tour kicks off in Austin, Texas on May 11, and makes it's way through the Bronx, Philadelphia, Milwaukee and San Francisco before winding down in West Hollywood on June 13.
Peep the dates below.
May 11 – Austin, TX – Emo’s
May 13 – Pensacola, FL – Vinyl Music Hall
May 18 – Bronx, NY – Paradise Theater
May 19 – Albany, NY – Northern Lights
May 20 – Philadelphia, PA – Club ONYX
May 22 – Burlington, VT – Higher Ground
May 25 – Markham, IL – Adrianna’s Night Club
May 27 – Milwaukee, WI – Riverside Theatre
June 1 – Cincinnati, OH – Bogart’s
June 11 – San Francisco, CA – Mezzanine
June 13 – West Hollywood, CA – Key Club
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A$AP Rocky performs his first single "Goldie" and brings out Master P and his No Limit family for "Make Em Say Uhh!" and "I Miss My Homies" (dedicated to Trayvon Martin) live at Coachella on April 21, 2012.
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DJ Whoo Kid catches up with T.I. and chops it up about a variety of topics.
Spotted at 2DB
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Bobby Ray is getting ready to drop his sophomore album Strange Clouds on May 1. Check out a preview of the album above.
Spotted at Atrilli
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Check out the visuals for Slaughterhouse's lead single off of their upcoming album welcome to: Our House.
Directed by: ICU
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ATLANTA -- Jon Jones might not yet have the household name he aspires for, and the comparisons to such transcendent figures as Muhammad Ali, Michael Jordan and Tiger Woods may be premature.
But if he continues to turn in performances as clinical as Saturday's lopsided unanimous-decision victory over Rashad Evans at UFC 145, it won't be long before Jones' ambitions of crossover superstardom become manifest.
Jones delivered a dominating showing against Evans -- his estranged friend and former training partner -- before a sellout crowd of 15,545 at Philips Arena. The cageside judges gave Jones all but two of a possible 15 rounds. Two judges scored it 49-46, while the other scored it a 50-45 shutout. (SI.com had it 49-46.)
Yes, Jones was extended the distance for the first time in three years and failed to deliver the crowd-pleasing denouement the fans have come to expect, but the fight was mostly one-sided. In fact, it's hard to imagine a competitive opponent for Jones unless Anderson Silva moves up to 205 pounds.
"He's so frustrating and long and he's very creative," said a downcast Evans, who fell to 12-2-1 in UFC fights (and 22-2-1 overall). "He was able to keep me from doing what I really wanted to do, and that's what he needed to do to get the win."
The cathartic victory closed the book on a soap opera-worthy saga that began in 2010, when Jones first joined Evans' training camp in Albuquerque, N.M., despite the inconvenient fact both men had designs on the same light heavyweight title. A vow never to fight one another was broken -- by whom it no longer matters -- and a brotherhood forged over more than a year of training together was shattered.
"Definitely my most satisfying victory," said Jones, who made his third defense of the UFC light heavyweight title since becoming the youngest belt holder in the organization's history in March 2011. The Rochester, N.Y., native has now beaten four current or former world champions in a row since a third-round TKO of Mauricio Rua to capture the UFC's 205-pound strap.
Jones, who emerged from the tunnel without the "playoff beard" he'd been growing since the first day of training camp, measured distance brilliantly with his 84-and-a-half-inch wingspan -- the longest in UFC history -- and showed every bit of the elusiveness that's vaulted him from promising prospect to the consensus pound-for-pound top three in just three years.
Evans landed some modest strikes in the opening round, but was largely unable to negotiate inside Jones' freakish reach. Neither fighter did much to press the action, though Evans stirred the crowd when a heavy right kick smacked off Jones' cheekbone. "He rocked me." Jones said. "I wouldn't say that I was hurt, but I was definitely wobbled."
A fierce Jones uppercut whistled a deadly lyric to open the second round, but missed its target. Jones began to stalk Evans, delivering a right hand followed by a vicious lead elbow that staggered the challenger. By the time Jones connected with a hard one-two combination to end the round, the champion was firing short elbows like punches and inflicting visible damage on Evans' face.
An overhead right from Evans connected early in the third round, but Jones responded with a hard left kick off the ribcage. When a flying left knee caused Evans to drop his guard, Jones couldn't exploit it. "He had those sneaky elbows that kept getting in," Evans later remarked. "I played the wrong game for that."
Jones briefly mixed up his attack in the fourth, but the action slowed toward the end of the frame, prompting boos from the dissatisfied crowd. Jones was safely out of range when Evans missed a nasty hook near the end of the round, with Jones landing a short left elbow as the horn sounded.
Evans clearly needed something dramatic in the final round to alter the outcome, but it never came. A Jones trip takedown briefly electrified the crowd, but the challenger quickly found his footing and made it to the finish line, where the outcome (as Evans' body language concurred) was never in doubt.
After the fight, UFC president Dana White confirmed Jones' next opponent will be former two-division champion Dan Henderson. "I feel great that I already have a mission and I'm going to work hard to better myself," said Jones, who improved to 10-1 since joining the UFC (16-1 overall). "[Henderson] is an awesome opponent. He's got extreme knockout power and I'm excited to conquer [him]."
Earlier in fight week, Jones had likened the exhaustive build-up to Saturday's fight to a healing process. "The more you hear the story, the more we all go at it and talk about the coaches and try to figure out who is telling the truth, it's almost therapeutic for everybody," Jones said Wednesday. "So I think this fight will be like the last counseling session for the whole situation."
At Saturday's post-fight press conference, both Jones and Evans allowed for the possibility for a renewed friendship, admitting respect for one another -- an optimistic coda to an promotion laced with animosity.
"I have a lot of thinking to do about this situation," Jones said. "I hope to rekindle some communication with Rashad, and I hope we can do that in private. There is a lot of emotion between us that can lead to a friendship."
Source: CNNSI
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Shawty Lo has big plans for 2012 and beyond. Mikey T The Movie Star sits down with the D4L/G-Unit artist to find out how he will be expanding his brand by getting his own headphone line and cologne as well as putting out an autobiography and biopic.
Also be on the lookout for Shawty's new album Still Got Units, and mixtape Million Dollar Man coming soon.
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