Lil Wayne's single "Mirror" featuring Bruno Mars has reached platinum status. The song is the fourth single from the album Tha Carter IV to sell at least a million copies following "6 Foot 7 Foot," "How To Love," and "She Will."
Tha Carter IV album has itself reached double platinum status in the United Status.
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Kanye West's dance team does their thing, flash mobbing 30,000 feet in the air on a flight in Australia.
Dancers of Kanye West in flight during Australian Tour 2012.
Shot by choreographer Yemi AD.
Postproduction & Art direction by Jan Černý.
Post Audio Music Mix by Wayne Trevisani.
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"The song 'Runaway' was used with permission of Kanye West. This video is a present for Kanye and all dancers, who took part in the concert shows during the 2012 Australian Tour."
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Birdman is going to have to look elsewhere for a new alternative rock band because only 6 months after inking a deal with Cash Money Records, Limp Bizkit sounds like they are done. Well, they haven't exactly quit making music, but front man Fred Durst admits in a recent interview that the band's fans have moved on.
So what's the point of putting out an album nobody will buy? Birdman hasn't built his record empire by releasing albums from has-beens, it's doubtful he'll start now.
Here's what Fred had to say about his band when asked about touring according to Metal Injection.
“We don’t play back home. We’ve boycotted America for many years now. I don’t know, I just don’t wanna go out like that. We did a few radio shows in 2010 for a friend and that was it. We haven’t properly toured America since 2006.
The reason? We just don’t know what’s going on in America. It’s all about the new catchy thing and that’s always changing. America is driven by record sales. It’s the home of corporations. We’re just Limp Bizkit, so we don’t know how to do anything but Limp Bizkit.
But here’s the deal: say in 2000, there were 35 million people who connected to this band. Twelve years later, lots of those people have moved on. We were a moment in time and it’s over.”
Basically they had a good run, but now it's over.
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Eminem played the second of two shows in Japan earlier today at QVC Marine Field in Tokyo. Slim brought out Dr. Dre while performing "My Name Is," which segued into "The Next Episode."
Peep the performance below and pics with Mac Miller and Dr. Dre before and after the show.
Spotted at HHNM
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Beanie Sigel took over SOBS in New York City last night. Beans showed he's still got bars for days as he went a capella for a large segment of the show, spitting some new lyrics from his upcoming album This Time.
This Time goes on sale August 28th.
Filmed by Nigel D
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Bow Wow's album Underratedhad been expected to come out this year, but now it's looking like that probably won't happen. The YMCMB took to Twitter to express his frustration about the lack of support he's getting promoting the project.
The album's tracklist has been out for quite a while. The project was supposed to feature artists like Lil Wayne, Ace Hood, Meek Mill, Busta Rhymes and more.
Several days ago in an interview with VladTv, Shanell expressed her frustration with seeing other YMCMB artists drop before her. Is the label simply signing too many artists?
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2 Chainz stopped by The Breakfast Club this morning to talk about a variety of subjects. He chopped it up with DJ Envy, Charlamagne and Angela Yee about rumors that he is in the Illuminati, not being satisfied with his first week album sales projections, his father, his friendship with Kanye West, wanting to hook up with Katy Perry and more.
Interview pt. 1 of 2
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Nine years ago Jay-Z invested $1 million for a minority stake in the then New Jersey Nets. That equates to roughly a one-fifteenth of one percent of the team. It may sound like a small percentage, but the New York Times reports he will make millions through several ventures tied to their new arena, Barclays Center. The stadium was built to accommodate the team's move into Brooklyn, New York. The team now changed its name to the Brooklyn Nets.
Here are five ways Hov will make a significant return on his investment.
1. The Net's new arena, Barclays Center, will open with eight sold out Jay-Z concerts
2. The arena's most exclusive "Vault" suites, for which fans will have to shell out $550,000 a year to have access to, will offer patrons Armand de Brignac champagne. Jay-Z "promotes" and "holds a financial interest" in Armand de Brignac
3. Jay-Z's 40/40 sports bar/club will open a new location at the Barclays Center
4. Rocawear, Jay-Z's clothing line, will have a store at the arena
5. The Nets employ an advertising agency, Translation, which is half-owned by Jay-Z
Jay-Z has contributed to the team in many other ways.
He helped design the team logos and choose the team’s stark black-and-white color scheme, and personally appealed to National Basketball Association officials to drop their objections to it (the N.B.A., according to a person with knowledge of the discussion, thought that African-American athletes did not look good on TV in black, an assertion that a league spokesman adamantly denied). He counseled arena executives on what kind of music to play during games. (“Less Jersey,” he urged, pushing niche artists like Santigold over old favorites like Bon Jovi.) He even coached them on how to screen patrons for weapons without appearing too heavy-handed. (“Be mindful,” he advised oracularly, “and be sensitive.”)
Add to that the fact that having Jay-Z and Beyonce at the arena almost every night makes it hip for the younger crowd to buy tickets and this looks like a win for all parties involved.
“He is it,” developer Bruce Ratner, said in an interview. “He is us. He is how people are going to see that place.”
Sourced from the New York Times and Business Insider
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Slaughterhouse drops another track off of their upcoming Gangsta Grillz mixtape. This one is a 14-minute long gem.
The group's album welcome to: Our House drops on August 28th.
Top Dawg Entertainment is definitely making noise these days. Here's a new ScHoolboy Q banger over Kenny Beats' production.
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This is pure comedy. Meek Mill and Kevin Hart crack jokes on each other backstage at the House of Blues in Los Angeles on a Dreams and Nightmares tour stop.
What starts out as a battle between Meek and Kevin quickly involves Meek's whole team as Kevin goes in on everybody.
@Meekmill debut album Dreams & Nightmares coming October 30th
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Check out the latest video from Queens, New York rapper, 360. "Drink & Celebrate" is off of his latest mixtape Everywhere and Back and is produced by Dark Nyte.
Directed by: By Any Means
You can download Everywhere and Back from 360's official website HERE
Busta Rhymes recruits Gucci Mane for "Make It Look Easy." The track is iff of Busta's upcoming free album Year of the Dragon dropping August 21st on Google Play.
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Miguel has released the tracklist to his sophomore album Kaleidoscope Dream. The singer has taken a unique approach leading up to the album's October 2nd release date.
He's giving fans previews of several songs off of the project in the way of two EPs. Kaleidoscope Dream: The Water Preview hit iTunes on July 30th. Kaleidoscope Dream: The Air Preview drops on September 11th.
The final full-length album will combine the two digital EPs with five new songs.
Kaleidoscope Dream Tracklist
1. “Adorn”
2. “Don’t Look Back”
3. “Use Me”
4. “Do You…”
5. “Kaleidoscope Dream”
6. “The Thrill”
7. “How Many Drinks?”
8. “Where’s the Fun in Forever?”
9. “Arch & Point”
10. “Pussy Is Mine”
11. “Candle in the Sun”
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Hate to say we told you so, but, we told you so: Marvel Studios have declared that "The Avengers 2," the sequel to Joss Whedon's record-breaking superhero flick, will hit theaters on May 1, 2015.
Disney has confirmed what MTV News reported earlier this month about Marvel's "Avengers" sequel landing on screens worldwide bright and early in May 2015. The announcement of the release date comes one week after MTV's Kara Warner spoke with industry insiders who hinted at the now confirmed date.
"It looks like the release date might be May 1, 2015, but that can change depending on people's schedules," an insider said. "The beauty of 'The Avengers' is that you've got so many people in this that even during the shoot if someone has to do another film they can just focus on [other characters]."
The new "Avengers" release date marks the fifth Marvel movie to have a place on the calendar. "Iron Man 3" bows in May 2013, "Thor 2" in November 2013, "Captain America 2" in April 2014, and "Guardians of the Galaxy" in August 2014. There is also the possibility of a sixth film, Edgar Wright's "Ant-Man," sneaking onto the calendar at some point before another "Avengers" film hits, as Marvel Studios co-president Louis D'Esposito recently told MTV News that the studio was considering adding a third film to their current model of two superhero flicks per year.
"The temptation is to try a third, and maybe we will," he told MTV in July. "But we're a small group. It's very, very difficult. We're unique as a studio. We're not just the studio, we produce the films ourselves. It requires a lot of hands on time and effort. You can only stretch it so much before it breaks. So we're very mindful of that. We have to check our enthusiasm. We can't be overly aggressive. We still want to make quality films, and that's the most important thing for us."
Whedon will return to write and direct the "Avengers" sequel.
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