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Cassie launched her new single "King of Hearts" during Paris Fashion Week as she prepares to release her first album in six years.
Others attending the launch party at L’Arc Club included Diddy and Pierre Sarkozy, the son of French president Nicolas Sarkozy.
Pics from Rap-Up and cassie-ventura.com
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Drake's "Club Paradise" tour hit the USC Galen Center in Los Angeles, CA Monday [March 5]. The Young Money star brought out a couple of special guests in Meek Mill and J. Cole.
Peep the footage below.
J. Cole "Can't Get Enough"
Meek Mill "I'm A Boss"
Drake "Stay Schemin"
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Odd Future is back with another flat out hilarious video for “NY (Ned Flander).” The track will appear on OFWGKTA's upcoming album The OF Tape Vol. 2, which is due out March 20.
You can pre-order it now on iTunes.
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Each year that XXL releases their "Freshman Class" list there are both positive and negative responses. The 2012 cover featuring Machine Gun Kelly, Iggy Azalea, French Montana, Kid Ink, Future, Danny Brown, Roscoe Dash, Hopsin, Macklemore and Don Trip is no different.
The XXL staff sat down with Hot 97's Peter Rosenberg, Cipha Sounds and K. Foxx to explain how they make their decisions on which rapper make the list.
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It's been several weeks since Whitney Houston's death and there still isn't an official cause listed.
TMZ is reporting that the Los Angeles coroner's office is getting calls from members of Houston's family as well as ex-husband Bobby Brown's relatives saying they believe the singer was murdered.
One caller reportedly suggested a theory about a relative who might killed Whitney, but offered no supporting proof.
Despite these calls the coroner has already ruled no foul play was involved, but an official cause of death won't be known until toxicology tests come back.
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Def Jam's Big K.R.I.T. finally drops his long awaited mixtape.
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On February 11, 2012 the music world lost an icon in Whitney Houston. The people closest to the singer have agreed to talk with Oprah Winfrey about the loss.
On Sunday, March 11, Oprah sits down with Whitney Houston's daughter, Bobbi Kristina; her sister-in-law, Patricia Houston; and her brother, Gary Houston, on a special episode of Oprah's Next Chapter airing at 9/8c, only on OWN. Bobbi Kristina shares personal memories of her mom and how she would like the iconic superstar to be remembered. The family also addresses the rumors and speculation surrounding Houston's death.
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Wale drops a new video for "Fairy Tales" that the fellas are sure to enjoy.
Lil Duval co-stars as a hilarious doctor, singer and piano player.
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With the most intriguing collaboration since Public Enemy & Anthrax, Action Bronson & Party Supplies have crafted a hypnotic joint that takes us to the streets of Hunts Point in 1993. Inspired by the classic HBO documentary of the same name, Action offers up a shocking first hand account from the stunted lives of streetwalkers: Cyndi, a prostitute addicted to crack, Silk, a violent, misogynistic pimp and Ramón, a former athlete turned junkie. Directed by Rik Cordero.
ACTION BRONSON x PARTY SUPPLIES "BLUE CHIPS" AVAILABLE MARCH 12TH
We've all heard stories about Jay-Z being able to walk into a studio, hear a beat and minutes later spit a hot 16 bars, but some are still skeptical. The thought being how can anyone have such a large number of hits using complex rhyme patterns without writing down the lyrics?
Timbaland has produced some of Hov's biggest songs so he has seen the man work up close on many occasions. However it was during the recording of his own 2001 Timbaland & Magoo album, Indecent Proposal, that he may have been the most impressed by the Brooklyn MC and his ability to spit lyrics only from memory.
Check out what Timbo had to say about Jay-Z on Facebook recently:
food for thought - ya boi Jay-Z always use to come thru the studio when i was workin in nyc. so i said to him one day while he was sittin on the couch, yo i may got somethang for you. he said cool where it at? so i played him the instrumental for "party people" he bop his head said whooo. than after the whoo!! you just saw mumbling almost lookin like he was possess by a something, then 15-20mins later he said "yo i'm ready can i go in the booth" i was like sappy ready for wat? he said "you wanted 16 rite? i said yea if you got it. he said "yeah i got it" the engineer plays the track and this was his 1st take http://youtu.be/P71crMPDd2U.
no stoppin just pausing for the ad-libbing. now mind you i'm sittin there like na no way that had to be written but then i thought how he knew to go off that sound in my beat? he walks out & was like cool? i was dayum rite cool haha. i just look at him like dude you think your good don't you. he just reply wit that famous laugh & said "wat else you got" so i played him this other beat & told him nah fool i cant put you on this one cuz this is for timbaland & magoo he said "then nigga why you play it" i said cause i like to piss you off like dat. i told him i was still workin on my verse he said "play the track" this is no lie he gets up walks to the kitchen grabs something to drink & starts that mumbling again. i'm like why does this fool keep mumblin. then out of no where you hear a loud whoooo from him. i'm like whooo wat. he keeps mumbling after we loop the track for like 30mins. around 45mins he said "can i lay this" i said lay what. he said "lay this verse" i said dummy didn't i just tell you dis is for timbaland and magoo? he said "i know this ain't for me" he goes in & laid a verse that had nuthin to do wit him but something about me. then said on the mic "yo how many verse you said you needed? i was like what the hell is goin on. me & my engineer jimmy dougalus look at each other like wow. so to make a long story short he laid both verses i learned them and gave y'all this: http://youtu.be/R0pB6ItrHFc ("indian carpet").
now go back & listen to the lyrics. just know one of the greatest of all time will forever be Jay-Z. when i get some more time i'll hit y'all wit some crazy justin timberlake stories of us in the studio and why he is one of the greatest also.
Where does Jay-Z rank in your list of top MC's after reading what Timbaland has to say about him?
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Back in January we reported on a story about blogger Donovan Strain of Murk Avenue's attempt to decipher the exact date Ice Cube rapped about in his classic song "It Was A Good Day."
Strain used six clues centered around the song's lyrics and came up with January 20, 1992 as the date.
Mike Ryan of The Huffington Post caught up with Cube recently to find out if that date was accurate.
Huffington Post: Someone spent a lot of time trying to figure out your good day from "It Was a Good Day."
Ice Cube: Yeah, I heard about that one. Yeah.
Through your publicist, you responded, "Nice try."
Yeah.
"Nice try," you got it right? Or "Nice try," but not even close?
"Nice try" on even trying to dissect that.
The original research shows that it's Jan 20, 1992. Someone else thinks it's Nov 30, 1988.
I think I had a good day on both of those days. You know.
Is this your Carly Simon, "You're So Vain," song? That you'll never admit when it was? Then you'll auction the answer off some day to one guy who, under contract, can't reveal the day?
Nah. You know -- it's a song. It's a fictional song. It's basically my interpretation of what a great day would be. Do you know what I'm saying? So, you know, it's a little of this and a little of that. I don't think you can pinpoint the day.
So you're saying it's a collection of good things from multiple days?
It could have been all of those days.
So it's a conglomerate of your perfect day?
Yes.
So there you have it, but shouts out to Donovan for even trying to figure it out in the first place.
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The official video is finally here for Travis Porter's party anthem "Ayy Ladies."
The Tyga assisted track is the first single off of their new album dropping this summer.
Cyber thieves hacked into Sony's website and stole a number of Michael Jackson's songs the company has confirmed.
The theft occurred in April 2011 at the same time Sony's Playstation Network was hacked into exposing the personal date of more than 70 million users, but the information about Jackson's music was just revealed according to the BBC.
In 2010 Sony Music paid $250 million to the late singer's estate for a seven-year deal for the rights to his remaining songs which included recordings with will.i.am and the late Freddie Mercury.
The company won't disclose which Jackson songs were taken.
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After a four year break between albums Brandy is ready to release her next project.
The singer's new album entitled "Two Eleven" is set to drop in June 2012. The title of the disc represents her birth date, February 11th.
“It’s just gonna be a different album, but of course expressing the love that I feel now and the struggles and different situations that I’ve gone through in the past,” Brandy told Rap-Up TV. “My music always tends to be the soundtrack to my life and definitely inspired by what I see other people go through as well—gritty, edgy, different.”
The album will have features from Frank Ocean, Chris Brown and Monica.
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Floyd Mayweather Jr. is undefeated at 42-0 with 26 of those fights ending by knockout. During a recent press conference for his upcoming championship fight with Miguel Cotto he talked about his knockout record.
"I'm just trying to give the fans what they wanna see," Floyd said. "There's been a few times where I gave them a couple of dull fights...things happen. But out of 42 [fights], 90% of the time they got what they wanted to see. And everytime I went out in all 42 fights I was looking for the knockout. But you got fighters that's comfortable after they see that they don't have a chance of winning then they go into survival mode just to to tell the world, 'I fought Floyd Mayweather, he didn't knock me out...I went the distance.'"
Floyd added that if any fighter steps up to the plate and wants to fight and not just survive he will probably end up on his back.
"Now [Victor] Ortiz he came looking for the knockout and got knocked out," Floyd added. "So every time you got a fighter that comes for the knockout, he's gonna get knocked out. But if you got a guy that comes just to say he was in the ring with Floyd Mayweather then the fight's gonna go he distance because he's in there just to try to survive."
Mayweather was then asked what it feels like to K.O. someone.
"You know, after you been there so many times it's normal because I've been doing it for so long," he said.
With all that being said Floyd's May 5th fight in Las Vegas vs Cotto should be a great one. Cotto is 37-2, with 30 knockouts. He never dodges an opponent and always looks to finish.
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Two of rap's young guns team up for some new music with an old school feel.
Back in December Tyler, The Creator went nuts and trashed the stage and sound equipment at the Roxy in Hollywood, California, which resulted in him being arrested for vandalism and almost caused a riot.
The Odd Future rapper has repaid the club for the damage he caused to the tune of $8000 according to TMZ.
In case you missed Tyler spazzing out, peep the footage of the incident below.
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Former Indianapolis Colts and St. Louis Rams player Marshall Faulk appears to be having difficult financial times.
TMZ is reporting that the Hall of Famer's Florida apartment is about to foreclosed on by PNC Bank. Faulk took out a loan of $112,300 for the Pompano Beach apartment in September 2011, but hasn't paid a cent of it back according to a lawsuit PNC filed last week in Broward County.
Faulk, who currently works for the NFL Network wouldn't be alone if he is having trouble paying his bills. Sports Illustrated reports that 78% of all former NFL players have either gone bankrupt or are under financial stress because of joblessness or divorce within two years of leaving the league.
Faulk's last year in the league was 2006.
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01 Champion Royale (Intro) (Produced by The Puzzle Productions)
02 The Underdog Ft. Chipz150 (Produced by J Santana)
03 Movin On Up (Produced by The Puzzle Productions)
04 Champagne Party Ft. Bibz (Produced by The Puzzle Productions)
05 Hunger(Produced by Exedon)
06 Ambition (Produced by Don Warbucks)
07 Greatness(Produced by The Puzzle Productions)
08 All We Know Ft. Ballztic &Spa77ow (Produced by Don Warbucks)
09 L.T.K Featuring Mic.B (Produced by Don Warbucks)
10 Choices Ft. Imani G (Produced by Don Warbucks)
11 Ric Flair (Skit)
12 Get up Get Down (Produced by B.Beck)
13 Story Untold Ft. Gracin Glory (Produced by B.Beck)
14 Fox Racist News (skit)
15 Unhidden Truth (Produced by Issac Hayes)
16 Staying Alive (Produced by Don Warbucks)
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