Posted by ChasinDatPaper on September 5, 2016 at 12:00pm
People may have differing opinions aboutDrake'smusic, but one thing I think we can all agree on is that he is loyal to those that have helped him to get to where he is today.
He's demonstrated that throughout his career by crediting Jas Prince as the person who discovered him and the city of Houston for embracing him from the outset.
The Toronto native is now publicly standing in Lil Wayne's corner while he battles to get what he feels is due from Birdman, Cash Money Records and Universal Music Group.
Wayne has filed a $51 million lawsuit against Cash Money for breach of contract. He's also suing UMG, claiming that he hasn't been properly compensated for discovering and signing Tyga, Nicka Minaj and Drake.to his Young Money Records label, which is a subsidiary of Cash Money and Universal.
"I AM NOW DEFENSELESS AND mentally DEFEATED & I leave gracefully and thankful I luh my fanz but I'm dun," he wrote. "Ain't lookin for sympathy, just serenity."
On Monday, September 5, Drake let Wayne know that he's not going to let his career sink.
"The boss @liltunechi. We are fighting until you get yours. Freedom to drop music and peace of mind," Drake captioned an Instagram photo. "I don't know what these other weirdos are on with all the side talks but I know you gave me a shot and all I can ever do with the rest of my life is return the favor. YOUNG MONEY FOREVER."
It's the most public show of support that Wayne has gotten from anyone signed to his label.
Posted by ChasinDatPaper on September 5, 2016 at 11:18am
If you listen toYoung Thug'smusic it's apparent that he's been heavily influenced byLil Wayne. However, their personal relationship has been strained at best. And for the most part it's Thugger's fault.
With Wayne going through a really tough period in his career at the moment, and appearing to be ready to call it quits because of an impasse in negotiations with Birdman and Cash Money Records regarding his contract, Thug wants to bury the hatchet.
The Atlanta rapper wrote a couple of emotional notes to Wayne via his Twitter account Sunday night/Monday morning.
"@LilTunechi I'm holding u down no matter what," Thugger wrote on the social networking site. "Fuck the world and what they think/feel I'm with u for life, ur the reason I rap. I just wish u could love me the way I love u big bro… ur my idol for life and I hope ur sorry for bashing me, not knowing how much I love u."
Posted by ChasinDatPaper on September 5, 2016 at 10:24am
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Drake surprised his fans in Houston during his second sold out show at the Toyota Center on Sunday, September 4, when he brought out Lil Wayne.
Wayne performed three songs, including "We Be Steady Mobbin" and "A Milli." Before exiting the stage he took shots at Cash Money Records.
"I've been in Houston since I was about 14-years old," Weezy told the crowd. "I want you to know that I know that them other niggas fucking over me right now, but I always know I got a motherfucking family in Rap-A-Lot. So, before I leave, I leave you with some kind words. Fuck Cash Money!"
As we previously reported, Wayne announced he was retiring over the weekend. Will he change his mind? Only time will tell.
Posted by ChasinDatPaper on September 5, 2016 at 12:46am
Nicki Minaj returns from her musical hiatus with something she calls "The Pinkprint Freestyle." Show borrows the instrumental from Young M.A.'s hit song "Ooouuu" for this one.
Posted by ChasinDatPaper on September 5, 2016 at 12:00am
Bankroll Fresh's cousin Street Money Boochie just released a new EP titled "Where I Came From." On one of the songs, "Too Long," he links up with QuickTrip to address No Plug's VladTV interview where he admits to killing Bankroll.
Unsigned Female Artists Unsigned Female Artists is back yet again with their 3rd compilation (UFA Vol. 3) put together by CEO/Founder Tashaan Hunter, this mixtape is full of talented female artists that deserve some recognition.
Nowadays, a person buys a laptop, connects a microphone to it, and calls them self independent. But other then then a few soundcloud links over the years, and maybe a spinrilla release, they never produce any real quantity of quality music. Harvey Finch Enterprise, has for some time now continued to release numerous projects from different artists each year. Leading up to the release are several video releases. When the projects come out, they have professional sound and professional artwork. Having 25+ projects released, several hundred videos and not having to ask for anything is a true definition of independence. But for this company, they continue to raise the bar. One of HFE's most consistent artists is HooNoz(whoknowz). Who has continued for years to release video after video and project after project. Shaming the work ethic of many "industry" artists. His latest releases are no different in doing so. He has officially dropped a mixtape and album on the same day. These two releases also were his 9th and 10th solo projects. Both are distributed digitally independent from www.hfemovement.com. The Lost Verses 4, being a mixtape is available for free download. And in favor of showing the strengths of independent digital distribution, HFE released the entire ReLoaded album, for just $1.00. Now this is what most music distribution sites "make" an artist charge for a song download. HFE continues to prove that by doing this fully independent there are no limits to what can be said or done.
Previous to the project releases, HooNoz put out 18 music videos in the past year or so. All while continuing to manage a company and keep up with releasing other artists under the monarchs, projects. To us, that is pretty impressive. We have yet to see anyone do this much in preparation of release, and then release 2 projects at once.
As for the music itself, well, we were blown back. Song after song HooNoz continued to spew out intelligent and well worded lyrics at a fast pace. Never seeming to run out of topics or words, the feel never gets old.
With The Lost Verses 4, many songs were short and to the point. While covering everything from mass media control to weed smoke. (Supaman High...one of our personal favorites) He brought in the right amount of features to keep a balance of difference through out the playlist. Every song delivered a fresh sense of actual emotion to the music. And in our opinion is one of the best mixtapes we've heard thus far this year.
With ReLoaded, he delivers. And that's the best way to put it. By being an actual album, the beats were fresh and different. They didn't sound like what EVERYBODY is trying to do in hip hop today. It sounded original. And that was the first thing that had this real listener tuned in. As the lyrical delivery begins, he starts with with a simple statement that people don't live by any more.."don't ever judge me, til you've walked in my shoes dog".....From there, track after track, we walk through the music in his shoes. Painting very vivid pictures of betrayal, lost love, suicide, even success, With each song, you begin to believe there is still actual artists in the game. One of our personal favorites, "SitBack" had that good old school feel you can hit an open road and ride too. While HooNoz just demolishes the beat from every angle and gives us a breakdown on how he got where he is and the reasons he should be respected for staying there.."I have dropped more projects and pushed more units..HFE that new school movement"...
All in all these are 2 classic projects that any real consumer of hip hop will enjoy for some time to come. They hold a sound that almost holds no time base. Its hard to tell if it was recorded in the 90's...last month or 3 years from now. And again, in our opinion, that's what makes a person with talent, an artist. Check out the projects today, they are available for download or Free streaming. Only on www.hfemovement.com
Bay Area legend Too Short and Karrine 'Superhead' Steffans recently sat down to chop it up about how the rapper started the trend of "pimp" rapping, the difference in perception for promiscuous men vs women, how saying "bitch, suck my dick" can sometimes be seen as term of endearment and more.
Chicago rapper and 2016 XXL Freshman, G Herbo, continues to grind overtime. Check out his latest song titled "Ain't Nothing to Me." Let us know what you think in the comment section below.
This is an art imitating life story. Some of the events in the video are factual. This video isn't made to create or speed hate but yet awareness. Its meant to illustrate and perpetual cycle that hopefully ends today. I hope you share and enjoy. This is the first single off Page's album Torn Pages. Coming soon.
Directed By: Mamady Conde Song produced By: Mic West
White cop: Mike Foy
Son: Timothy Kennedy
Hispanic cop: Rigo
Female bystander: Cristina Penland
Boy bystander: Mason Walker
Fabolous just released his "Summertime Shootout 2: The Level Up" mixtape. Two of the standout tracks are the Sonaro-produced bangers titled "For the Family" featuring Dave East and Don Q. and "To the Sky" featuring Shake. Give them a listen up top and below..
Posted by ChasinDatPaper on September 3, 2016 at 12:37pm
Compton Carter is back with a brand new joint. Check out this smooth song titled "July." It was produced by EyeQ. Stream it up top and hit the download.
Posted by ChasinDatPaper on September 3, 2016 at 12:08pm
With the release of his new album "CA-$1.5" scheduled for September 9th, Ca$his, drops off another song off of it. This Rikanatti-produced track is titled "If You Really Want It" featuring Flip Major.
(Billboard) Jerry Heller, N.W.A’s controversial original manager and music industry veteran, has died, his cousin Gary Ballen confirms to Billboard. He was 75; the cause of death is not yet known.
Already in his mid-40s when he paired up with aspiring rap mogul Eazy-E, Heller became an unlikely booster of gangsta rap, and his efforts helped N.W.A and its label Ruthless Records make hardcore hip-hop popular around the world. Outspoken and litigious, he sued the makers of the 2015 hit biopic Straight Outta Compton and was the subject of numerous diss songs.
N.W.A.
After rapper Ice Cube left N.W.A he famously suggested in his 1991 song “No Vaseline” that the remaining group members “Get rid of that devil real simple / Put a bullet in his temple.”
Raised in Shaker Heights, Cleveland, Heller said he faced anti-Semitism growing up, and that his father, the owner of a scrap metal business, spent time with the Jewish mob. He enlisted in the Army, and after getting out earned a business degree from the University of Southern California. During the ‘60s and ‘70s his career in the music industry began to take off, and he served as agent for artists including Creedence Clearwater Revival and Marvin Gaye, and promoted Pink Floyd, Elton John, and Kraftwerk on their first U.S. tours. His fortunes later declined, however, and by the mid-‘80s he was living with his parents in Encino, Calif., he wrote in his 2006 memoir Ruthless.
His second act would come by way of the emerging L.A. hip-hop scene, which was largely based around a Hollywood record plant and label called Macola. Tipped off by his friend Morey Alexander, a music manager, Heller began hanging out at Macola and introducing himself to the artists, and became the manager of acts including World Class Wreckin’ Cru and C.I.A., the first groups of Dr. Dre and Ice Cube, respectively.
Eazy E
But his greatest pairing was with Eazy-E, aka Eric Wright, a diminutive Compton drug dealer who was looking to go straight. Wright famously paid World Class Wreckin’ Cru leader Alonzo Williams for the introduction to Heller, whom he believed could take his label Ruthless Records to the next level. Heller invested money in Ruthless and became the manager of many of the label’s acts, who experienced unprecedented success in the George H.W. Bush and early Bill Clinton years, with acts including N.W.A, Eazy-E, J.J. Fad, Michel’le, D.O.C., and Bone Thugs-n-Harmony going gold or platinum. By 1995 Ruthless “was bringing in millions per month,” Heller claimed in his memoir.
Eazy E with Bone Thugs-N-Harmony
But Heller clashed with many of his artists along the way. N.W.A’s iconoclastic lyricist Ice Cube left the group following seismic 1988 debut Straight Outta Compton, claiming that he hadn’t been paid properly. The group’s main producer Dr. Dre left after their 1991 follow-up Efil4zaggin, amidst a similar financial dispute. Heller denied allegations of financial impropriety, and was strongly backed by Eazy-E. “People callin’ me, askin’ me, ‘Why you got a white man as your manager?’ ” Eazy told Rap Pages at the time. “It’s like, when I was lookin’ for a manager, I closed my f---in’ eyes and I said, ‘I want the best.’ Jerry happened to be the best.”
Jerry Heller
Heller’s legal battles with the group continued over the years. In October of 2015, shortly after Straight Outta Compton was released, Heller filed a $110 million lawsuit with a litany of claims boiling down to the fact that he was presented as the villain in the film, not compensated for the use of his likeness, that the defendants stole his work and breached an agreement that settled an old dispute with the Eazy E estate. In June 2016, a U.S. District judge dismissed all of Heller’s lawsuit, but allowed one claim to continue.
Funeral Fabolous comes through with his "Summertime Shooutout 2: The Level Up" mixtape. Features include Shake, Lil Uzi Vert, Wale, rihanna, Trey Songz, DJ Drama, Tory Lanez, Chris Brown, A Boogie Wit Da hoodie, Future, Dave East and more.
01. To The Sky Feat. Shake (Prod. By Sonaro) 02. Goyard Bag Feat. Lil Uzi Vert (Prod. By Don Cannon x Keef Boyd) 03. Faith In Me Feat. Wale (Prod. By Mister Neek x DJ Money x Mark Henry) 04. Sex Wit Me Feat. Rihanna x Trey Songz 05. 4am Flex Feat. Tory Lanez (Prod. By araabMUZIK) 06. Team Litty Feat. Jazzy (Prod. By Amadeus x Trilogy) 07. Im Goin Down Feat. Jazzy 08. Ashanti Feat. Goldie (Prod. By Mark Henry x MK x Heavy) 09. Wishing Remix Feat. Dj Drama x Chris Brown 10. Check On Me Feat. Future x DJ Esco 11. My Shit Feat. A Boogie 12. Ah Man (Prod. By araabMUZIK x llmind) 13. For The Family Feat. Dave East x Don Q (Prod. By Sonaro)
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