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T.I. drops a new banger to get the holiday week started
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The Dark Knight Rises is easily the most anticipated movie of 2012. As we inch closer to it's July 20 release date new details about the film are emerging courtesy of director Christopher Nolan and actors Tom Hardy (Bane) and Gary Oldman (Commissioner Gordon).
The film will take place eight years after Dark Knight. Bruce Wayne/Batman is older and not doing so well.
"It's really all about finishing Batman and Bruce Wayne's story. We left him in a very precarious place. Perhaps surprisingly for some people, our story picks up quite a bit later, eight years after The Dark Knight. So he's an older Bruce Wayne; he's not in a great state," Nolan told Empire in a new interview.
To make matters worse for The Caped Crusader, he'll be facing his toughest foe yet in the form of the menacing villain Bane.
"With Bane, we're looking to give Batman a challenge he hasn't had before," Nolan added. "With our choice of villain and with our choice of story we're testing Batman both physically as well as mentally."
Oldman says he feels like the decision to go with one of Batman's lesser known opponents was a smart idea.
"I think it was smart of Chris to go with a lesser-known villain rather than — because Heath's performance, first of all, we love the Joker in Batman," Oldman told MTV. "Heath's performance was so dazzling that you got to think, 'How the hell do I top it?' Instead of going for Riddler, instead of going for Penguin, he's gone a slightly different way with the story."
Bane's character is just plain vicious. His fighting style is designed to inflict maximum carnage on his opponents
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"He's brutal. Brutal. He's a big dude who's incredibly clinical, in the fact that he has a result-based and oriented fighting style," Hardy told Empire. "It's not about fighting. It's about carnage. The style is heavy-handed, heavy-footed, it's nasty. Anything from small-joint manipulation to crushing skulls, crushing rib cages, stamping on shins and knees and necks and collarbones and snapping heads off and tearing his fists through chests, ripping out spinal columns. He is a terrorist in mentality as well as brutal action."
Empire also provided insight into why Bane wear's his trademark mask.
"He was injured early in his story. He's suffering from pain and needs gas to survive. He can't survive the pain without the mask. The pipes from the mask go back along his jawline and feed into the thing at his back, where there are two cannisters," revealed costume designer Lindy Hemming.
This will be the final film in the Dark Knight trilogy and according to Oldman it will end with a bang.
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"I will say this: There's a conclusion. He touches on the first [film] and weaves it in," he said. "It resolves. I think it's a trilogy. It's just great. The story is terrific. It is just epic."
You can read more about the film in the latest edition of Empire Magazine, which will be available Thursday.
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Common is ready to "Celebrate" on the latest song from his forthcoming album The Dreamer, The Believer, which will be available December 20.
Peep the first single off of The Alchemist and Oh No's project Vodka & Ayanuaska
Vado is set to release the follow up to last year's Slime Flu project on Black Friday (November 25).
This is the first of what will likely be a barrage of mixtapes coming from the Harlem rapper before his album drops next year.
“I’m thinking about putting out a mixtape every month, keep em going every month until the album," he told XXL last month.
Peep the tracklist for Slime Flu 2 below courtesy of RR.
1. What’s Poppin’
2. Tales from The Cotton Club
3. SLime Anthem
4. Louis V Bag
5. OK Y’all feat. Fabolous
6. NY Ride
7. I See You (Black People)
8. Keep It Goin’ feat. Young Chris
9. U Know What It Is
10. Bed Piss feat. Raekwon
11. All The Drama
12. I Got That (Frankie Lymon) feat. Jae Millz
13. Somebody Gotta Die feat. Paul Cain & Freck Billionaire
14. Paid In Full
15. Ms. SLime Booty (freestyle)
16. All I Know
17. I Need U feat. Remo The Hitmaker
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Drake is always nominated in the category of hip hop at award shows, but is he still a rapper? On his latest album he seems to be doing a lot more singing than rapping. Singersroom recently published an article making a compelling argument that the Toronto native should be classified as a singer. Read what they had to say below.
Toronto native Drake doesn't belong in an American Hip-Hop/Rap genre. Although his debut album and mixtapes are categorized as hip-hop, he shouldn't be placed there. Not anymore at least.
Drake can flow and rip a track with hip-hop's biggest contenders but his albums are void of the brash rhyme scheme and delivery of rap artists. He settles for honest and expressive bars for majority of his new album Take Care, which shifts more towards contemporary R&B than Hip-Hop.
Drake's right-hand man and producer, Noah "40" Shebib said R&B was their first musical connection. He's produced the "soft" tracks such as "Successful," "Shut It Down," and "Marvin's Room" which is featured on Take Care.
Heartbreak Drake is only two studio albums in but his mixtapes, Room for Improvement, Comeback Season and So Far Gone created a wild buzz for him. Many laughed because he was the kid in the wheelchair on the teen television series, Degrassi: The Next Generation turned rapper.
Drake, the rapper sung too much and Drake, the singer was corny. Then he signed with Lil Wayne's label Young Money. This move cued hip hop lovers to give him a chance while pop listeners were already nodding.
So Far Gone was well received and his debut album, Thank Me Later was thought to follow behind its footsteps.
While selling the most of any artist at the time of Thank Me Later release, Drake still received negative reviews. Hip-hop critics called the album sensitive. But Drake's delivery is not what critics are accustomed to.
He put his experiences in each verse. He croons over tracks in masculine, wronged voice. It's not that he's being soft; he's bringing a gentle Canadian touch to meet an abrasive American hip-hop scene.
It's not that Drake doesn't stand up to the hip-hop credentials; he just doesn't belong in their brackets.
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Mobb Deep's highly anticipated Black Cocaine EP dropped today and the duo unveiled new visuals for "Dead Man Shoes" to coincide with the release.
Check out the Dan The Man directed below.
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Big Sean gave a performance of "Celebrity" for a few lucky Los Angeles residents on Hollywood Boulevard recently as part of the Vevo Go Shows series.
"I really feel like this is the soundtrack to Hollywood," he said. "Whether I got a performance of 10,000 people to 10 people you still gotta give it the same amount of energy. You still gotta do it like you're trying to prove a point."
The song is off of Sean's debut album Finally Famous.
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This is the title track off of Lil Eto's forthcoming album, The Great Seal, which is being produced exclusively by V Don.
T.I. has settled on the name of his new album.
"Trouble Man" is the title of Tip's forthcoming eighth studio LP. The name obviously refers to the Atlanta rapper's frequent problems with the law, Those troubles have not ruined his work ethic though. Since his September release from prison he's recorded 45 new songs.
"Every where he goes, he stops through the studio," T.I.'s assistant told Billboard.
Tip says he already has a new single ready to go.
"I have this one record [titled] 'Pyro' that I'm proud of," T.I. said. "'Pyro' is a straight party record. It's nostalgic of those crazy nights, early mornings [but] just turned up."
In addition to working on his new album, T.I. is also filming a reality show for VH1 titled "The Family Hustle."
"Trouble Man" will be released in early 2012.
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It is one of the biggest nights in the music business and it seems that the American Music Awards was a night to celebrate the achievements of the fairer sex.
Nicki Minaj, Katy Perry and Taylor Swift were among the female stars scooping up the gongs leaving their male counterparts curiously empty handed.
Nicki who had put on a stellar performance with David Guetta to open the ceremony held at the Nokia Theatre scooped the Favorite Album Awards for Pink Friday as well as landing the coveted Favorite Artist Award.
Beaming the rapper and singer told the crowd: "There's so much love in this room."
Taylor Swift who was highly celebrated at the Country Music Awards recently scored the award for Female Country Artist and was congratulated with a warm embrace from Selena Gomez.
Jennifer Lopez, who had put on an extremely provocative performance with rapper Pitbull, before he went on to sing with her estranged husband Marc Anthony, was awarded the gong for Favorite Latin Artist.
Katy Perry who had showed off her curves in a stunning Vivienne Westwood dress on the red carpet was given a special honor to signify five of her songs from her album hitting the number one spot.
The "California Girls" singer took to the stage in her pink performance ensemble and was handed the gong by Heidi Klum.
The pair shared a kiss before Katy gave her thank you speech.
After her seriously raunchy performance which saw her strip off on stage Jennifer Lopez donned a sheer embellished gown to collect her award for Favorite Latin Artist.
Reflecting on the past year JLo told the crowd: "It's been up and down and just exciting and overwhelming and so many things."
Not all the winners were able to attend the ceremony and Rihanna gave her thank you speech via video link as she was in London.
The "We Found Love" singer was honored with the award for Favorite Soul and R&B album for Loud.
List of winners at Sunday’s 39th annual American Music Awards, presented at the Nokia Theatre:
— Contemporary Inspirational Artist: Casting Crowns
— Country Female Artist: Taylor Swift
— Country Male Artist: Blake Shelton
— Country Band, Duo or Group: Lady Antebellum
— Country Album: Taylor Swift, “Speak Now”
— Latin Artist: Jennifer Lopez
— Pop/Rock Female Artist: Adele
— Pop/Rock Male Artist: Bruno Mars
— Pop/Rock Band, Duo or Group: Maroon 5
— Pop/Rock Album: Adele, “21”
— Rap/Hip-Hop Artist: Nicki Minaj
— Rap/Hip-Hop Album: Nicki Minaj, “Pink Friday”
— Soul/R&B Female Artist: Beyonce
— Soul/R&B Male Artist: Usher
— Soul/R&B Album: Rihanna, “Loud.”
— Artist of the Year: Taylor Swift
— Sprint New Artist of the Year: Hot Chelle Rae
Sources: Daily Mail, Associated Press, MrWorldPremiere, Rap-Up, CBS News
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Nicki Minaj and David Guetta "Turn Me On/Super Bass"
Chris Brown "All Back/Say It With Me"
Mary J. Blige "Mr. Wrong"
Jennifer Lopez "Medley" ft Pitbull
Justin Bieber "Mistletoe"
Enrique Iglesias "I Like How It Feels/Tonight (I'm F*cking You) Ft. Ludacris
Pitbull "Give Me Everything/Rain Over Me" ft. Lil Jon and Marc Anthony
Katy Perry "The One That Got Away"
Maroon 5 and Gym Class Heroes "Moves Like Jagger" ft Christina Aguilera and "Stereo Hearts"
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The always entertaining DJ Whoo Kid sat down with Amaru Don TV recently for a candid conversation. Among the topics covered are Laga Gaga's record sales, Officer Ricky, the digital takeover in music, his career goals and more.
Check out the interview below
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2 Chainz is literally everywhere these days. The Atlanta MC formerly known as Tity Boi, has a hot new mixtape bubbling with T.R.U. REALigion, a hit single with "Spend It," been on countless remixes and has played an incredible 139 shows so far this year.
According to 2 Chainz it's all due to hard work and his desire to show you can make things happen in the industry independently.
Check out his interview with Bootleg Kev below where he talks about majors looking to sign him, his appreciation for Wu Tang Clan, upcoming remixes with Machine Gun Kelly and Wale plus a whole lot more.
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Most African Americans are born in poverty. When they are raised watching
their piers or friends sell drugs or murders, exspect them to do the same.
Most of us are taught nothing better than that. some enjoy the image they
put on playing to be a hard core gangster, or just trying to prove to their friends
that they are down to do what ever it is it takes.
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Amber Rose and Wiz Khalifa have not hid the fact that they are in love and plan to get married. Wiz is also getting close to Amber's family, specifically her mom. The two share a love for marijuana. Amber, who doesn't smoke says her mom and Wiz spark up together often.
"My mom is from the 70's man, she smokes joints, Wiz smokes joints," Amber told Atlanta's Hot 107.9. "Wiz is like the son she never had."
Amber also shared some of her and Wiz's pet names for each other with the radio station.
"We have a million, are you serious? He's my little 'hamburger helper,' he's my 'chicken little dinky doodle,' he's my 'monkey yum yum,' we have a million," she said. "He calls me 'baby booty,' he calls me monkey for the most part. I'm his 'little monkey' and he calls me his 'little squirmer.'"
On a more serious note Amber talked about the humiliation she felt when her nude pictures leaked recently and how Wiz's mom reacted when she found out.
"I mean of course I was embarrassed, but I can't get into details because I have a lawsuit against this person, but I'll say this. Me and Wiz and Wiz's whole family and my whole family knew that the pictures were gonna leak a month before they even leaked. So, everybody in our family prepared ourselves for it. We already knew who was gonna do it. And when it came out Wiz's mom came up to me, she was like, 'girl I aint worried about that, that is nothing don't even worry about it. You love my son, you're my daughter, we already knew about it, it's not a big deal.' She was like, 'by the way you look beautiful.'"
Sounds like one big happy family.
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DMX wants to work things with his wife of 20 years and is turning to VH1 for help.
TMZ is reporting that Dark Man X and his estranged wife Tashera Simmons will be appearing on "Relationship Rehab," a spin off of "Celebrity Rehab."
The couple have four children, but DMX has also fathered six children outside of the marriage according to the report. X's infidelity, along with stints in jail and drug abuse put a strain on the marriage leading to them separating in July 2010.
Throughout all of the turmoil the couple have remained best friends. DMX feels like his wife is “one of the only people [he] truly ever loved and has been down with him through thick and thin.”
Hopefully things will work out for the couple.
"Relationship Rehab" starts filming in December.
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