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N.O.R.E. aka P.A.P.I. delivers the official music video for one of the dopest songs off of his new album, Student of the Game. Check out "The Problem (Lawwwddd)" featuring Pharrell Williams.
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Kelly Rowland's Talk a Good Game album is looking like a solid project based on the songs that we've heard so far. Check out the latest leak from the project "Street Life" featuring Pusha T.
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Chris Rivers recently visited Shade 45 to chat with J. Medina and Money Nels. Chris said he is honored to be Big Pun's son but he wants to establish his own identity. Speaks on his mixtape "Wonderland of Misery," collaborating with Styles P and forthcoming album "Perfection in Progress."
Of course Nels and J couldn't let Chris leave without dropping a freestyle. Check him out going in over the "Special Delivery" instrumental.
Chris Rivers speaks on his father's legacy and more.
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Thisis50 & Young Jack Thriller recently spoke with Prodigy for an exclusive interview!
Prodigy talks about having the most fun in Japan, doesn't like fake titties, girls calling him by his real name "Albert", his EP with Alchemist "Albert Einstein", wanting to go to DR, beef with Capone-N-Noreaga & more!
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Johnny Tapia was a five-time boxing world champion. The Albuquerque, New Mexico brawler overcame tremendous odds to achieve greatness.
Tapia's father was murdered before he was born. At eight years-old he found his mother, Virginia, chained to the back of a truck after she had been kidnapped, beaten, stabbed and raped. She died four days later.
As a boxer Tapia picked up the nickname "Mi Vida Loca," Spanish for "My Crazy Life." Win, lose or draw, Tapia's fights were always action packed. He never backed down from an opponent and fought as if his life depended on it.
Despite battling drug addiction at times throughout his life, Tapia won titles in four weight divisions. He was WBO Super Flyweight Champion (1994), IBF Super Flyweight Champion (1997), WBA Bantamweight Champion (1998), WBO Bantamweight Champion (2000) and IBF Featherweight Champion (2002).
His career record stands at 59 wins (30 KO's), 5 losses and 2 draws. He passed away on May 27, 2012 at the age of 45.
Johnny's life story has been been made into a documentary titled TAPIA. 50 Cent’s G-Unit Film and Television and Lou Dibella's BK Blu Productions have acquired the rights to the film. It will premiere on Saturday, June 15 at the Regal Cinemas L.A. LIVE with an additional screening on Wednesday June 19, according to Pro Boxing.
TAPIA chronicles the personal and professional life of the boxer, beginning with his poor childhood in Albuquerque, New Mexico. The film explores the glory of his punishing ring prowess and five world titles in three weight classes, forever mired by personal demons: his mother's brutal kidnapping and murder when he was 8 years old, and his drug addiction, mental illness and near death experiences. Using first person narration from Tapia himself, archival footage, and personal photos, director Eddie Alcazar paints an intimate picture of the fighter and the man.
TAPIA follows the champ’s winding road through victories, downfalls and redemption. Director Alcazar spent many hours with Tapia filming the biopic, just weeks before the fighter’s tragic death at age 45. Tapia’s last interviews now serve as the heartbeat of Alcazar's revealing documentary. In it, the soft-spoken champ opens up about his ‘vida loca’ and the unending pain of his mother’s murder, which led to glory in the ring and struggle throughout his life.
“I was drawn to the intensity of this project," 50 says. "His story resonated with me because like Tapia, I too lost my mother to violence and grew up with limited means. It’s a heartfelt story and it was important for me to get involved with bringing this to a broader audience.”
Dibella echoed 50's sentiments.
“I’m thrilled to join 50 in acquiring this riveting documentary. This is not a boxing film, but a film about tragedy, triumph, demons and redemption,” said Dibella. “Johnny gives us an honest assessment of his strengths and frailties; he reminds us of the power and resiliency of the human spirit.”
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Johnny Tapia - Mi Vida Loca (Boxing highlights)
**UPDATE** June 13th
Check out the new trailer for "TAPIA" below.
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Young Jeezy released two remixes of his club banger "R.I.P," but you've never heard it like this. Singer Jeremih takes the track and completely flips into a slowed down R&B track boasting about how he gets the ladies to let him smash.
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Usher continues to release quality singles from his seventh studio album, Looking 4 Myself. Yesterday he performed "Twisted" on The Voice. The audience really enjoyed it. Peep that below.
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Kelly Rownload is out promoting her upcoming fourth solo album, Talk a Good Game. Yesterday she made and appearance on Late Night with Jimmy Fallon to perform "Gone" featuring Wiz Khalifa.
Talk a Good Game will be available on June 18th.
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Joe Budden decides to take a different angle as he goes in over Drake's "5AM In Toronto" instrumental. While other emcee have spit bars in their remixes, Jump Off Joey tests out his singing voice on "Not Need Yours (5AM In the Friendzone)."
Schoolboy Q teams up with fellow Black Hippy member Kendrick Lamar for his latest release, "Collard Greens." The Top Dawg Entertainment emcee will be delivering his Oxymoron album later this year.
Thisis50 & Young Jack Thriller recently spoke with Gangsta Boo for an exclusive interview.
Gangsta Boo freestyles and talks about collabs her new mixtape "It's Game Involved"that's out now!
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Today marks the fifth anniversary of the release of Lil Wayne's album, Tha Carter III. The disc sold over 1 million copies it's first week out and is now certified triple platinum by the Recording Industry of America.
Some may argue this was Weezy's last great body of work. The project boasted the songs "A Milli," "Mr. Carter," "Tie My Hands," "Lollipop,""Got Money," "Let the Beat Build," "Mrs Officer" and "You Ain't Got Nuthin."
XXL tracked down some of the producers and featured rapper to get an oral history of the making of the album.
Bobby Valentino, featured artist on “Mrs. Officer”: “Wayne loves music. That’s our common interest. When he was working on Tha Carter III, he hit me and was like, ‘Yo, I’m in the A and I’m recording. Come through.’ And we already had that vibe, so I went by the studio.”
Deezle, producer of “Mrs. Officer”: “‘Mrs. Officer’ really came together in like 45 minutes. Bobby V came by and wanted to do a song, so Wayne stepped over to me and was like, ‘Deez, I need something for me and Bobby, you got something?’ I was like, ‘No, I don’t have anything, but I can make something.’ [Laughs] So I picked up the studio guitar and the studio bass and made that beat.”
Bobby Valentino: “I heard the beat and was like, ‘Can I get in the booth and put something on there?’ So I went in and kind of came up with the siren sound. I came up with that whole thing, and Wayne was like, ‘That’s dope. Keep playing with it.’”
Kidd Kidd, featured artist on “Mrs. Officer”: “Bobby is a really talented dude. Once he laid the hook, it wasn’t nothing. Once you have the hook, it’s nothing for the words to come, you know? But yeah, we wanted to talk about lady cops because, you know, everybody hates getting pulled over. There’s no question about that. But you know, there’s always that sexy ass lady cop, and you just be like, ‘Gracious! If you wasn’t taking me to jail, I’d get your number.’ 2 Chainz was actually supposed to be on the song. He was supposed to have my verse. This was when he was Tity Boi. But I guess I just did my verse and everything worked out.”
Deezle: “It was a No. 1 single 45 minutes later.”
Deezle, co-producer of “Let The Beat Build”: “For ‘Let The Beat Build,’ Wayne came to me and told me that Kanye sent him a really dope sample, and he wanted to see what I could do with it. So I was like, ‘Okay, cool.’ I got the sample, and I started foolin’ with it and cutting it up and sort of figuring out what it was going to be. Then Wayne came to me and said, ‘I have an idea. I want to do a song where over time the beat just progressively gets bigger and bigger until the hook drops.’ So I was like, ‘Alright cool.’ It was his concept, and we went through that whole song together because he knew how he wanted it to feel at certain points. So, I made adjustments, and he did what he does best. He made up all the vocals on the spot, man. The whole song. It was recorded in about 30 minutes.”
Jim Jonsin, co-producer of “Lollipop”: “I was working on ‘Lollipop’ for Danity Kane. I played it for their people, and they weren’t really feeling it, so I took it over to our studio on South Beach, and Static Major was over there. He was a buddy of mine, and he was with a kid named Pleasure P, from the group Pretty Ricky. So, I played the beat and Stat loved it, and right away he started writing to it. I sampled a couple of things from his vocals, like the ‘Call me,’ just rocking on the drum machine. He wrote the top-line melody, and Pleasure helped out with a couple of things. From there, either Static or Pleasure brought it to Wayne, and he cut it. I wasn’t there when he did it, but he put down the chorus and the verses because the B section and the bridge were already there.”
Deezle, co-producer of “Lollipop”: “Static and I were friends already, and another friend called me and said, ‘Hey, Static is in Atlanta and wants to come ride with you and Wayne. Can you introduce him to Wayne?’ I said yes because Static was a really accomplished writer, you know? So he came by, and he and Wayne hit it off immediately. You know, Static was like, ‘Hey man, I really wanna get you on my record that’s about to come out’ and Wayne just hit it immediately. Then Static was like, ‘I have one for you too,’ and that was ‘Lollipop.’ He had the hook, and the beat was done, but it wasn’t the version that you’ve heard. It had different drums and different bass. So they recorded the song, then I saw Wayne’s face and he didn’t look as excited as he should’ve been, because I knew this was going to be a really big song. So I told him, ‘Yo, I’ll take this and spend some time with it and make it what it needs to be.’ Then a couple days later I brought it back after working on it—I basically replaced all the drums—and when I played it for him he was like, ‘Yo, this is my next single.’”
Jim Jonsin: “[Deezle] added some drum programming, some snare rolls and stuff, and changed a few things on there. He also added some weird bass thing that we didn’t like, because we originally had this super-low 808 in there, so when we got to the mix we just put our own drums back in. The thing is, I gave them the demo two-track, and they took the two-track and just decided to add a bunch of stuff to it. I kind of felt disrespected, like, ‘Why the fuck would you do that? I’m an established guy, and you know what my drums sound like.’ But, Wayne decided to go another route and have Deezle add his stuff to it, and you know, that’s cool. Obviously, the record was a smash, so everyone’s contribution to it was great. I’m thankful for that.”
David Banner, producer of “La La”: “I’d been hearing that Wayne had been freestyling over my beats. I’d been hearing in the streets that he made compliments about them too, so I was like, ‘That’s definitely someone I’ve been a fan of since he was 12 years old, rapping on Cash Money,’ so I found a way to get to him. I was always amazed by how much of a student of the game he is and how serious he takes the art of rapping. He’s also such a fan of music that when he comes to the studio, he wants to hear all of my beats, not just the beat I have for him. So I’ll play him beats, and he’ll just stand by the speaker. Just stand there, bruh. When I played him ‘La La,’ I told him, ‘Dude, this is a beat I made for Shrek 3.’ Originally, Timbaland, Pharrell and will.i.am were supposed to make a beat for Shrek 3, and they were having a hard time putting those three guys together, so someone at the company called me and said, ‘David, we’re not sure we’re able to get these three people in a studio. We need you to do this beat.’ So, I made that beat for Shrek, then I happened to bump into Wayne. When he heard the beat, he said, ‘Shrek ain’t gonna get this one, buddy.’ He bought the beat on the spot. It was crazy, bruh. He literally snatched the beat from Shrek.”
Brisco, featured artist on “La La”: “When we recorded ‘La La,’ we were in the studio, and it was a packed house. Nicki Minaj was there; everybody was there. When I first heard the beat, it definitely wasn’t your typical Brisco gangsta-jump-out-with-the-choppa-with-no-shoes-on music. It wasn’t that. But, I always try to be innovative and come up with a new approach. So we were just vibing, having fun in the studio, and he came up with that first line, ‘Started out hustlin’, ended up ballin’.’ Then when I heard Wayne’s verse, I was like, ‘Okay, I gotta murder it too.’ Then Busta came in, and you know how animated he is, so he had to jump on it.”
To check out the rest of the oral history head over to XXL
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When Freddie "Gangsta" Gibbs left CTE last year many people were surprised. Gibbs and Young Jeezy appeared on paper to be a nice match. But underneath the surface things weren't working out.
Freddie recently sat down with XXL to talk about the real reason he left the label and his upcoming album ESGN, Cocaine Pinata.
Has life after CTE been good for you?
Life after CTE…life been good. Before CTE and after CTE. I never took a dollar from cuz anyway. It ain’t never been about life being good. My life been the same. I’ve been the same n*gga. I’ve been doing my thing. Still been feeding my n*ggas. Still been feeding my family. Like I said, I never took a dollar ever from Jeezy in my life. Everything been on my grind and my hustle. I put BFK (Baby Face Killa) out myself with no support from Jeezy. I shot and did videos myself with no support from Jeezy. Like that it matters. Like I said, I got my own core, my fanbase. At the end of the day, I been my own man.
This album is going to be definitive of that fact. It’s going to show people, ‘Look, I didn’t need cuz, cuz needed me.’ I was bringing something to the table at CTE. I don’t need CTE. I went to CTE because I f*cked with CTE. Because I had love for what cuz had. It was a genuine love, that’s why I went over there for nothing. ‘Man look, let’s partner up. Let’s do this.’ I f*cked with you. I respect you. Now, that respect is gone.
Was Jeezy supportive of you doing your own thing?
F*ck no. Anything he tells you, it’s going to be fake. I am going to give you the real. He gonna give you the sugarcoated version. That’s the difference between me and him. He gonna give you the sugarcoated sh*t, I am going to give you the real. At first, when that whole split happened, I was being political about it. I was thinking, ‘Man, I don’t want to f*ck up my relationship.’ But f*ck that sh*t, my n*gga. I’m feeding the whole city. That n*gga don’t do sh*t for me. I am going to point a n*gga out when he bogus and he was bogus for not owing up to his business relationship and doing what he was supposed to do business-wise. Like I said, I never needed the n*gga to do nothing for me, but do what you said what you were gonna do. You don’t hold true to your word, I don’t respect you. So I don’t respect no n*gga that don’t hold true to his word. All that sh*t you rapping; I don’t respect none of that sh*t.
Be on the lookout for Freddie's ESGN, Cocaine Pinata to drop around October.
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ODB's son, Young Dirty B*stard stopped by Shade 45 to chop it up with J.Medina and Money Nels. He talked about memories of his dad, performing at Summer Jam 2013, his kids, tour with Wu Tang Clan, upcoming projects, ODB biopic, and new reality show on VH1. He also expressed how he feels about Dame Dash holding on to the rights to his fathers music.
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Birdman releases the album cover for the upcoming Rich Gang compilation album. The lead single off of the project is "Tapout" featuring Lil Wayne, Baby, Nicki Minaj and Future.
Expect a lot of YMCMB features on the album, which hits stores on July 23rd.
**UPDATE** July 15
The official tracklist has been released for the project. Features include Mystikal, Detail, Future, Yo Gotti, Ace Hood, Chris Brown, Limp Bizkit, Flo Rida, Bow Wow, Cory Gunz, Busta Rhymes and more.
Rich Gang Tracklisting
1. “R.G.” feat. Mystikal
2. “Million Dollar” feat. Detail and Future
3. “Tapout” feat. Lil Wayne, Birdman, Nicki Minaj, Mack Maine, and Future
4. “We Been On” feat. R. Kelly, Birdman, and Lil Wayne
5. “Dreams Come True” feat. Yo Gotti, Birdman, Mack Maine, and Ace Hood
6. “50 Plates” feat. Rick Ross
7. “Bigger Than Life” feat. Chris Brown, Tyga, Birdman, and Lil Wayne
8. “100 Favors” feat. Detail, Birdman, and Kendrick Lamar
9. “Everyday” feat. Cory Gunz, Birdman, Busta Rhymes, and Mystikal
10. “Burn The House” feat. Detail
11. “Panties To The Side” feat. French Montana, Bow Wow, Tyga, and Gudda Gudda
12. “Angel” feat. Birdman, Lil Wayne, Mystikal, Ace Hood, Jae Millz, Gudda Gudda, and Mack Maine
13. “Sunshine” feat. Limp Bizkit, Flo Rida, Birdman, and Caskey
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14. “Paint Tha Town” feat. The Game, Birdman, and Lil Wayne
15. “Have It Your Way” feat. T.I., Birdman, and Lil Wayne
16. “Fly Rich” feat. Stevie J, Future, Tyga, Meek Mill, and Mystikal
Spotted at HHNM
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Power 105.1 radio personality Charlamagne Tha God recently chopped it up with Vlad TV about Lil Wayne.
He discussed Wayne's health scare, his collaboration with Soulja Boy, Wayne's catalog and says the YMCMB emcee would go down as the G.O.A.T if he died today. The same with Jay-Z.
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Florida-based company Poe Boy Music group has today announced the release of a new music video, featuring the song "Cars", from one of their leading artists Brianna Perry.
“Cars” can be found on Brianna’s latest mixtatpe “Symphony No. 9: The B Collection” that is now available at www.datpiff.com. Rapping since age 5, Brianna has held her own with some of the industry’s biggest names, and has an impressive Discography to her credit.
As a signed-member of the Poe Boy Music Group / Atlantic Records family, Brianna is musical career is in capable hands, as according to management there is no limit to how far she can soar in the wide expanse in the musical galaxy.
If you know rap, you know who this Miami rap diva, aka YRB (Young Rich Bandit) is. Her “Cars” video will not disappoint. The video was directed by Florida Flim House. Find more info on Brianna Perry at www.briannatheyrb.com, www.youtube.com/briannatheyrb, www.twitter.com/briannatheyrb, and www.facebook.com/briannatheyrb.
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"Quiet For You," is the latest visual from Emilio Rojas' "No Shame, No Regrets." The record was produced by !llmind and the video was directed by Court Dunn. You can order the pre-order the project here: https://itunes.apple.com/us/album/no-shame...-no-regrets/id656430847
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