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Dominican beauty Rosa Acosta was recently named XXL's Hottest Eye Candy of All Time, beating out other lovely ladies such as Angel Lola Luv, Esther Baxter, Gloria Velez and Buffie the Body.
She is featured in a photo shoot in this month's edition of the magazine which went on sale August 14th. Yesterday, XXL.com released a behind the scenes video of the shoot.
Check that out below.
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Keyshia Cole and her husband Daniel Gibson stopped by Power 105.1's The Breakfast Club. Keyshia talks about her marriage, how she met Daniel, recording an album while she was pregnant, being told she wasn't an MTV artist. her being in rehab and more.
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West Coast legends Too $hort and E-40 have teamed up to record a double disc album. The duo have revealed a November 6, 2012 drop date for the project.
The two plan on releasing The History Channel: Function Music, catering to the new fans &The History Channel: Mob Music, which will cater to the more old school fans of the Bay Area veterans.
Spotted at HHNM
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During a recent visit to Invasion Radio on Hip Hop Nation with DJ Green Lantern and Boss Lady, veteran Chicago MC Twista drops an "On Da Spot" freestyle.
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Tay Devito - High Roller Dreaming
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Check out the latest mixtape from @taydevito71 - High Roller Dreaming. Follow Tay Devito - https://twitter.com/taydevito71
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Tracklist
1. High Roller Dreaming
2. InterLude
3.P.M.U.G
4. Ballin
5. TMF
6. Scream
7. Me Against The World
8. greenLight Flow
9. In it
10. Bad Bitch Alert
11.Get In
12. Money and The Power
13. No Sleep
14. Po ME Up
15. Ride
16. MMI
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Outkast member Big Boi is making the most of his time in between hopefully another album with his partner in rhyme Andre 3000. He teams up with Theophilus London for "She Said Ok." The track will be featured on Big Boi's upcoming project Vicious Lies and Dangerous Rumors, dropping November 13th.
New Official Video with nice women, strippers, and a whole lot of drugs.
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Kendrick Lamar has been extremely busy touring and recording lately. He and his Black Hippy crew members Ab-Soul, Schoolboy Q and Jay Rock have done a great job bring the West Coast back to the forefront of the hip hop scene.
The crew recently sat down with Nessa of Bay Area radio station WiLD 94.9 to talk about Rock The Bells, Dr. Dre's work ethic and dream collaborations. Kendrick revealed he would like to collaborate with Erykah Badu, D'Angelo and Sade.
The Compton MC also revealed that he just recorded a collaboration with one of his favorite artists.
"I just recently did a Kid Cudi collabo. I like Kid Cudi a lot. He got a crazy unique style about him," Kendrick said. "But I just really fulfilled that opportunity to knock that out on this upcoming album.”
Kendrick's debut album good kid, m.A.A.d city is coming soon, although it's been pushed back a couple of weeks from October 2nd to October 22nd. Be on the lookout for that.
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Brandy has unveiled the cover art for her long awaited sixth studio album titled Two Eleven. The project is due out December 16th and boasts features from Chris Brown, Frank Oceanand more.
“It’s just an R&B album, a rhythm and blues album,” Brandy told Rap-Up.com of her first record since 2008’s Human. “No gimmicks, real R&B music.”
Peep the deluxe cover below.
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Lil Wayne fans will have to wait a while longer to get their hands on the 4th installment of his Dedication mixtape series.
The tape was scheduled to drop today, but has been pushed back. Some websites are reporting it will be released on September 3rd. The website Dedication4.com has a message that says it's coming soon. It's the second time the tape has been pushed back. It was originally scheduled to come out on August 15th, but was moved to the 30th by Wayne to allow his friend 2 Chainz new album room to breathe.
At this point who knows when it will actually drop.
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Troy Ave aka Harry Powder drops off some new heat. Produced by Lando Beats. Make sure you pick up his latest mixtape Bricks In My Backpack 3: The Harry Powder Trilogy from Datpiff.
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Some of R&B's biggest stars paid tribute to the King of Pop on Wednesday night. At Billboard and Pepsi's latest Summer Beats concert, Ne-Yo, Melanie Fiona, Swizz Beatz and DJ Cassidy performed at New York's Gotham Hall, celebrating what would have been Michael Jackson's 54th birthday.
The event continued Pepsi's year-long homage to Jackson's 1987 album "Bad," which turned 25 this year and will see an anniversary reissue on Sept. 18. The hit album, the follow-up to the iconic "Thriller," spent 38 weeks in the Billboard top 10 upon its release.
After an introduction from Quddus, Canadian R&B diva Melanie Fiona stormed onto the stage, tackling "The MF Life" track "Watch Me Work" and the retro-inspired "Give It To Me Right" with a pair of back-up singers.
"How many bad M-Fers I got in this house tonight?" she asked the crowd, before toning it down for "Fool For You," originally a collaboration with Cee Lo Green. Her set spanned the highs and lows of "love and life," with Fiona addressing the "ladies" and "fellas" in the crowd during "Change the Record." Throwing on a glam gold-and-black jacket, Fiona turned to covers of Jackson's "Dirty Diana" and "Bad" as visuals from the classic video played behind her.
"We're going to celebrate all night," DJ Cassidy said to start his set, which opened with Jackson's "Rock With You" and continued through the King of Pop's lengthy career, including "Thriller" hits and his childhood beginnings with the Jackson 5. After his all-Michael set, the DJ exited the stage to make way for Ne-Yo, who continued the night's flashy fashion trend with a jacket with a sparkling lapel. The R&B star entered to a horn fanfare and his backing band chanting, "Are you ready for Ne-Yo"?The crowd was indeed, raising their smartphones and cameras to get a snap of the singer.
"Because he was, I am," Ne-Yo said. "Happy birthday, Mike." Backed by an array of keyboards and horns, he dove into 2008 hit "Closer." He sang "One In a Million" after explaining that he had "a woman in mind" while writing the track. "I feel like this song makes sense because MIchael Jackson was truly one in a million," he added. Ne-Yo segued from older material to "Lazy Love," a song from his upcoming album "R.E.D.," which he said was likely due in "early November." With his jacket long gone, the audience wanted more.
"'Take it off, take it off,' calm down!" he teased the crowd. "Ain't nothing wrong with a woman who knows what she wants," he added, before singing "Miss Independent."
His set then stepped into the Jackson catalog, with the band vamping on the "The Way You Make Me Feel" chord changes as Ne-Yo changed outfits offstage, returning in a white suit and tie for "Smooth Criminal." He showcased his dance skills alongside his powerhouse vocals, turning more tender on "Bad" duet "I Just Can't Stop Loving You." "The Way You Make Me Feel"followed, this time without the lengthy intro.
"You don't sing Michael Jackson songs," Ne-Yo said, before the set returned to his own material with "Burnin' Up." "You attempt Michael Jackson songs." He continued to explore new material, bridging the gap between his R&B and pop sides with "Let Me Love You," the second single from "R.E.D."
"I like to call this pop with soul, pop with depth," he said of the new track.
Following Ne-Yo was a hits-laden DJ set by producer-rapper Swizz Beatz, who has produced 14 top 10 singles on our R&B/Hip-Hop Songs chart. He whipped the Gotham faithful into a frenzy with tracks including Rihanna and Calvin Harris' "We Found Love" as well as favorites from DMX and Rick Ross.
Ne-Yo "I Just Can't Stop Loving You"
Ne-Yo "Michael Jackson Interlude"
Ne-Yo "Smooth Criminal"
Ne-Yo "The Way You Make Me Feel"
Melanie Fiona "Bad"
Melanie Fiona "Dirty Diana"
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Lupe Fiasco unveiled the all black cover for his new album Food & Liquor II: The Great American Rap Album Part 1, several days ago. Today we get a peek at the tracklist.
Lupe enlists the help of Casey Benjamin, Pooh Bear, Bilal, Guy Sebastian, Jason Evigian and more on this one.
The release date is set for September 25th. You can pre-order a copy of the disc now on the Warner Music website.
Tracklist
1. Ayesha Says (Intro)
2. Strange Fruition (Feat. Casey Benjamin)
3. ITAL (Roses)
4. Around My Way (Freedom Aint Free)
5. Audubon Ballroom
6. Bitch Bad
7. Lamborghini Angels
8. Put Em Up
9. Heart Donor (Feat. Pooh Bear)
10. How Dare You (Feat. Bilal)
11. Battle Scars (with Guy Sebastian)
12. Brave Heart (Feat. Pooh Bear)
13. Form Follows Function
14. Cold War (Feat. Jane $$$)
15. Unforgivable Youth (Feat. Jason Evigian)
16. Hood Now (Outro)
17. Things We Must Do For Others
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Slaughterhouse continues to promote their new album welcome to: Our House by doing interviews. The group stopped by Shade 45's Sway in the Morning show to take calls from fans as well as perform several songs from the album.
They also stopped by MTV's RapFix yesterday and dropped a freestyle
Slaughterhouse Speaks on MC Competition on Sway in the Morning
Slaughterhouse performs "Hammer Dance"
Slaughterhouse performs "Throw it Away"
Slaughterhouse performs "My Life"
Slaughterhouse MTV RapFix Freestyle
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Cory Gunz has been relatively quiet lately, but he has been working. Cory sits down with Fuse to talk about how he linked up with Lil Wayne and YMCMB, his dad, Peter Gunz's reaction when he first decided to pursue a career in rap and his approach to making a mixtape.
Cory also previewed songs from his upcoming mixtape That's WTF I'm Talkin' Bout. It has features from Juicy J, Busta Rhymes, Lil Wayne and more.
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One of the hottest young rappers to emerge in the last year has been Chicago's Chief Keef. His song "I Don't Like" took the nation by storm and helped him secure a deal with Interscope. Fellow Chicago native Lupe Fiasco was asked about his opinion of Keef in a recent interview and he gave a rather surprising answer.
"Chief Keef scares me," Lupe said. "Not him specifically, just the culture he represents. Specifically in Chicago and I don't speak this about any other city because I'm not from there. But my family lives in Chicago. My nephews and my cousins, my friends and my peoples... they all in those hoods that he represents when you drive through Chicago. The hoodlums, I don't wanna call Chief Keef a hoodlum, but the hoodlums, the gangsters and the ones you see killing each other. The murder rate in Chicago is skyrocketing and you see who is doing it and perpetrating it they all look like Chief Keef," Lupe continued. "The dreads, it's so visceral. And then when I seen him I was like, 'Oh my God he looks just like Chicago and he looks like my nephew.' He could be any kid on the street. And to hear the things that he raps about specifically. Comparing it to you open up the newspaper and there's 22 shootings this weekend. And the next day there's 3. And you know who's doing it, it scares me."
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Trae Tha Truth delivers his new mixtape as promised. Features include Meek Mill, T.I., Z-Ro, Kirko Bangz, Bun B, Slim Thug, Paul Wall and more.
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Bishop Lamont and Sneakas team up for a hilarious video to the song "That's What She Said." The track will be featured on both Bishop's The Layover and Sneakas' There's a Rapp For That projects.
Produced by DeNotes
Directed by: J. R. Griffin
Co produced by: Beyond Blue Creations & Sneakas
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Meek Mill lets loose another video promoting his highly successful Dream Chasers 2 mixtape. "Face Down" features Trey Songz, Sam Sneaker and Wale.
Download Dream Chasers 2 for free from Datpiff.
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