Thisis50 & Young Jack Thriller recently spoke with B Stacks for an exclusive interview!
B Stacks talks about coming out of North Carolina, being a lyricist, "Root Of All Evil"Mixtape, what he would do if he wasn't rapping, freestyles & much more!
As promised Ludacris drops off his new mixtape, #IDGAF. The 10-track project features Mac Miller, Meek Mill, Chris Brown, Swizz Beatz, Pusha T and Young Jeezy.
Dipset Capo Jim Jones is back with another one of his patented revamps. For the latest music video the Harlem, New York emcee teams up with Philthy Rich for a dope boy remix of J. Cole's "Power Trip."
Someone has vandalized the tomb of Michael Clarke Duncan.
TMZ reports that a family friend stopped by Forest Lawn Cemetery in the Hollywood Hills to deliver flowers when she noticed someone had put a "Sambo" face on the tomb.
A "Sambo" is generally used as a derogatory term or character associated with African Americans.
The family reported the incident to the LAPD. They are investigating the incident as a hate crime. Forest Lawn Cemetery has since removed the face from Michael's tomb.
The actor passed away last September at the age of 54 from respiratory failure after suffering a heart attack in July.
Lil Boosie is working on his released from prison, but before he went in he put some music in the stash. Here is an unreleased collaboration with Webbie and Foxx that will appear on DJ Smallz's upcoming mixtape, That Southern Smoke! Vol. 5.
In part five of 50 Cent's extensive interview with Hard Knock TV he addresses a variety of topics.
The G-Unit mogul addresses why he started SK Energy, conscious capitalism, SMS Audio, feeding people in need, working with West Coast artists, why he chose the names 50 Cent, G-Unit and more.
Odd Future rapper Earl Sweatshirt is gearing up for the release of his upcoming album, Doris. He links up with Pittsburgh spitter Mac Miller for the latest single off of the project titled "Guild."
Singer Katy Perry found herself in the middle of a one sided war of words with Chief Keef on Twitter after dissing his song "Hate Being Sober," which also features 50 Cent and Wiz Khalifa.
The singer wrote how much she disliked the song on the social networking site earlier in the week.
Keef responded to Perry's diss with more than a few unkind words.
"Ill Smack The Sh*t out her," Keef wrote. "New Song Katy Perry Coming Soon."
Katy later tried to clarify her initial tweet. Stating that she meant no harm and actually likes one of Keef's songs.
"Mr. Keef! I'm sorry if I offended you. I heard a lot of people guesting on the song & didn't even know it was you in particular. Actually," Katy explained. "I'm a fan of your 'Don't Like' video tbh. I was really just having a general opinion on our generations desire to be constantly intoxicated."
Is that the end? Will Keef drop a diss record? I guess we will have to wait and see.
Brianna Perry releases a couple new songs in time for the Memorial Day weekend. She teams up with Trigga Trey Songz for "Good." The other track she's released is titled "Jungle."
Foxy Brown is fighting back against a vicious rumor involving her and Jay-Z. A story has been circulating that Hov took Brown's virginity when she was 15 and he was 27, filmed the sex, chased transsexuals and gave her an STD.
Brown spoke with TMZ and denied that she was the source of the rumors
"The atrociousness of this story sickened me to my stomach. Any and everyone involved will be contacted by my attorney," Foxy said. "In all my years in the music industry, these are the most disgusting and disrespectful allegations I've ever experienced. This fictitious story ... with no audio, visual or written interview, clearly was concocted with malicious intent."
"Jay has only been wonderful to me and my family, a great friend throughout all the years I've known him and we had nothing but great success as a team," Foxy continued."Beyonce, his wife, has always been gracious and sweet to me. I will not let any undercover hater create discord and disrespect my name and reputation. This disrespect will NOT be tolerated."
Fresh off of releasing his hard hitting mixtape, "Six," Mississippi emcee Dirt is already hard at work on it's follow up project titled "GROWTH." With that in mind check out his latest heater for the streets, "The Greatest (Lebron)." Produced by The Machine.
Giving you the direct perspective from August Alsina and his producers Knucklehead and Carlos Cahee, "Track Breakdown" is an HNHH series that highlights a specific cut by speaking to both the artist and producer about the song's creation.
For this week's Track Breakdown, we called upon rising singer August Alsina. August already has a deal locked in with Def Jam, through none other than r'n'b singer and hit-maker, The-Dream. With mentoring from Terius Nash, there is no doubt that August will go far with his music. The 20-year-old singer recently released his second mixtape, The Product 2, and the response has been very positive. As the rapper continues to grind and define himself with his music, we spoke to him about one song in particular off The Product 2, "Downtown," and how it represents him.
The Product 2 proved to be full of slow bangers, that are not necessarily meant to be enjoyed in a romantic setting with your girl. August reveals to us that he hates to be boxed into the "typical r'n'b" that encompasses girl-related content. Instead, the NO native takes a cue from his fellow rappers, who talk about any and everything they want too.
One such example of this on The Product 2 is August's "Downtown." "Downtown" tells a story about the every day life in New Orleans, where August grew up. August shares a true story of losing someone because of street life going-ons, making for an emotional track to match the instrumental, which was the result of collaborative work between producer Knucklehead and guitarist Carlos Cahee.
August enlisted Kidd Kidd for "Downtown," an appropriate feature given they both grew up in New Orleans. Although the two had never collaborated previously, they work well together, with Kidd Kidd's verse breaking up the song nicely. We also spoke to Kidd Kidd on his feature, and he explains how the song really touched home with him, in a similar way to August.
August on how the song concept for "Downtown" came about:
When people think New Orleans they automatically think Uptown, Magnolia, Calliope, the East, etc. All of the neighborhoods made famous by the NO legends. So I wanted to make a record that represented where I’m from, Downtown (and Kenner City). Me and my team, The Exclusives and Knucklehead, were in the studio vibin'. Knuck and Los laid a track and we started to just tell the story of how I grew up and what you witness being from Downtown.
On if the story in "Downtown" was a real-life experience for August:
Everything in that song is 100% real life. Growing up wasn’t easy, but you gotta play the hand you’re dealt. Those experiences, bad and good, made me who I am today. It’s easier to put it in music than it is to talk about it.
On how August decided on Kidd Kidd for the feature:
We’ve never worked together before but I’ve always been a fan. He’s from Downtown, and he’s been one of the only n*ggas really reppin Downtown so it only seemed right. We sent it to him and got it back to us the next day. Killed his verse.
FROM KIDD KIDD'S PERSPECTIVE:
On if he recorded in-studio with August:
Actually August emailed it to me and I did it the same night.
On if this track touches home with him:
Yeah it does, I relate to it a lot. I was also shot 6 times in the East so when I heard it I felt as if it was talking to me.
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Gucci Mane just released his new album, Trap House III. The project has features from Wiz Khalifa, Chief Keef, Young Dolph, Shawty Lo, 2 Chainz, Young Scooter, Rich Homie Quan and more.
You can listen to the album up top and buy it for $6 HERE
Tracklist:
01. Traphouse 3 feat Rick Ross 02. Mama feat SickPen 03. Use Me feat 2 Chainz 04. Nuthin On Ya feat Wiz Khalifa 05. Hell Yes 06. I Heard feat Rich Homie Quan 07. Fuck With Me 08. Thirsty 09. Can’t Trust Her feat Rich Homie Quan 10. Darker feat Chief Keef 11. D.I.G. (Dipped In Gold) 12. Tell Em’ That feat Shawty Lo and Peewee Longway 13. Muddy feat Young Dolph and Young Scooter 14. Point In My Life 15. Chasen Paper feat Rich Homie Quan and Yung Thug 16. Off The Leash feat Peewee Longway and Yung Thug 17. Nobody
18. Dirty Cup (feat. 2 Chainz 19. Spare Dat Bitch
20. So Icey Pt. 2
21. Terrific
22. Birds Of A Feather [Yo Gotti, Young Jeezy & T.I. Diss]
The Lox veteran emcees Styles P and Sheek Louch offer up their second contribution of the day. After linking with DJ Kay Slay and Vado for "The Sound of NYC," the duo drop a freestyle over Wiz Khalifa's "Bout Me."
It was a star studded affair at the L.A. Premiere of the “Fast & Furious 6″ at the Gibson Amphitheatre on Tuesday, May 21, 2013 in Universal City, California. Ludacris, Vin Diesel, 2 Chainz, Wiz Khalifa, Amber Rose, Tyrese Gibson, Michelle Rodriguez, Gina Carano, Julie Voth, David Ajaia, Neal Moritz and more all hit the red carpet.
Fresh off of releasing his fifth solo album, Prisoner of Conscious, Talib Kweli is still heavy on the grind putting his top notch mic skills on display. The Brooklyn, New York emcee recently stopped by the BET studios for a Backroom Freestyle.
DJ Kay Slay aka The Drama King has been keeping the peddle to the metal as he drops one mixtape after another. His next project is titled The Last Champion. The first leak off of the mixtape is "The Sound of NYC" featuring Styles P, Sheek Louch and Vado.
2013 XXL Freshman Class members Logic, Dizzy Wright, Travi$ Scott and Action Bronson stopped by MTV's RapFix Live yesterday to drop some freestyle bars at the end of the show.