Life After Death Tracklisting
1. “Intro – Life After Death”
2. “It’s Brat (Tupac Back Remix)”
3. “West Side”
4. “Get It Get It” feat. Jadakiss and Brandon Hines
5. “Racks (Remix)”
6. “Sure Thing (Remix)”
7. “Second Chance”
8. “Fab 5 Freddy”
9. “Dumb Stupid Crazy” feat. Twista
10. “Motivation (Remix)”
11. “Look at Me Now (Remix)”
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Common has found a new recording home after leaving Universal Music For Warner Bros.
The rapper spent a decade with the UM, but decided it was time to move on.
"I'm very grateful to be a part of this family, to be a part of this team," Common told crowd yesterday in Warner Bros. Records courtyard. "We have very inspirational, exciting music to team up with you. We're just open to what this change can bring."
No word on when Common will begin work on his ninth studio album, but we'll keep you updated
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ASCAP’s 24th Annual Rhythm & Soul Music Awards were held yesterday (June 24) in Beverly Hills, California.
Dr. Dre took time away from his 'Detox' recording sessions to present Diddy with the ASCAP Founders Award.
"Puff has been a creative force behind some of our biggest hits and has help push rap music into the worldwide industry that it is today," Dre said. "He also introduced us to one of the greatest emcees of all time the Notorious B.I.G.. I've had a chance to expereience his hustle myself, so I know he's no joke. I’ve been inspired, I’ve been motivated by this man’s hustle."
"Give it up for Dre and the gym," Puffy said when he took the podium, joking about Dre's muscles. "Yall don't know how happy I am right now. I truly appreciate this. The feeling of just being acknowledged by your peers. I don’t know if ya’ll know my favorite producer in the world ’cause we in a room of producers and writers. … Dr. Dre my whole life has just been my favorite producer.”
Watch Puffy's acceptance speech below.
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The latest visuals from Eminem's Grammy winning 'Recovery' album.
The video features porn star Sasha Grey and is directed by Joseph Khan.
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Rihanna's stiletto heels got the best of her during one brief segment of her concert in Edmonton earlier this week.
The 23-year old was in Canada on Wednesday as part of her 'Loud' tour when she tripped and fell hard. But like the seasoned pro she's become, she got right back up and continued the performance as if nothing ever happened.
In other Rihanna tour news, Cee Lo has dropped early out as opening act.
The singer was scheduled to play at least 13 more dates, but cited tv commitments and production starting on his new album as the reason he leaving the tour.
A spokesperson for Green released a statement according to the NYTimes that said: “He always puts 100 percent into his work and with the requirements and time commitment to ‘The Voice,’ on top of heading back into the recording studio and an upcoming book, he feels that he wouldn’t give his fans the show that they deserve."
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In Jennifer Hudson's latest video for "No One Gonna Love You" the singer gets a chance to show off a few dance moves.
“This is the first time that I’ve had the chance to dance,” Jennifer said recently according to Just Jared. “It was probably the part I anticipated the most and I actually had a lot of fun. I thought I accomplished it. You be the judge.”
The song is the latest single off of Jennifer's new cd 'I Remember Me.'
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Official video from Jay's upcoming album 'Follow Me Home'
The track is produced by J.U.S.T.I.C.E. League and features Kendrick Lamar.
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I don't think it's possible to count a talented young emcee out who is right on verge of releasing his debut album. But the Friday Hip Hop Report Lounge crew is questioning everything about J. Cole's career.
In their latest video they discuss why the 26-year old hasn't blown yet, his latest song "Work Out" and the entire strategy behind his marketing.
They seemed to go in pretty hard on the Roc Nation signee. what do you think?
Method Man visited the TLC Show NY Inc.
Mef got a sick Wu Tang Killer Bee tattoo from Tommy on his left arm, then returned the favor by tatting a Wu Tang Clan symbol on Tommy's leg.
While there Method also talked about what he sees wrong with today's hip hop scene.
"Can you even call it hip hop?" Meth asked. "Back in the day when you told a kid 'yeah I'm an MC.' First sh*t they would say to you is 'say a rhyme for me.' Now you tell a kind I'm an mc '[they ask] where your car? where your chain?'
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Jay Leno had a top notch line up of guests last night with Shaquille O'Neal, Justin Timberlake and Kevin Hart making their way to his couch.
During Hart's hilarious segment, the diminutive comedian was clowning on Shaq until the big man walked out and playfully lifted him up like a rag doll.
Hart spent the rest of the time joking about growing up wanting to see a black singer in 'N Sync, his recent shoulder injury and his divorce.
Check it out below.
Kevin Hart, Shaquille O'Neal and Justin Timberlake Pt. 1 of 2
Kevin Hart, Shaquille O'Neal and Justin Timberlake Pt. 2 of 2
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The Bay Area trio of Kreayshawn, V-Nasty and Lil Debbie, better known as the White Girl Mob have been catching a lot of flack for their use of the word "nigga." It's something that was picked up in the environment they were raised in according to them. and at least one well known black Oakland rapper is in their corner.
In an interview with WeTheWest.com Mistah Fab says people should fall back in their criticism of the group.
"First of all you motherf*ckers need to wake up," he said. "This is 2011, nobody gives a sh*t about that no more. We grew up in the same communities, same neighborhoods. It's not the same as how people once looked at it. You want to stand up for a cause like that? You'll let somebody from your own race disrespect you all day, then soon as someone from outside your race...you want to turn into Malcolm X or Martin Luther King or Dick Gregory. All of a sudden you're Huey Newton."
Fab thinks that a lot of the people pointing fingers are being hypocritical.
"You're the same person that sells dope in your community all day. You shoot guns, but you wanna trip off of someone saying the word 'n*gga,'" the rapper said. "And believe it or not V-Nasty is mobbing harder than you n*ggas that's mad at her saying the word 'n*gga.' She just got out of jail for a robbery. She not playing dawg. When she rap about that sh*t, that's really what she do."
Does Fab have a point? Or is way out of bounds? Weigh in with your opinions below.
Mistah Fab Defending White Girl Mob
V-Nasty "Psycho B*tch"
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To put rumors to rest that she has had any surgical enhancements done to her famously huge ass Kim Kardashian actually had it x-rayed.
"Kim got a butt X-Ray... See, it's REAL!!! LOL," her sister Khloe tweeted along with a link to her Celebuzz page where the picture above was located. "Nothing like a good old Armenian ass to get your day going!"
"Haha! The things my sisters have me do! Proof baby!" Kim replied.
If you're a fan of the reality show "Keeping Up With The Kardashians" you can watch this Sunday as Kim gets the x-ray done by her family doctor according to GlobalGrind.
Was there that much doubt Kim's ass was real?
At least one member of Young Money is unhappy with Universal Records.
Yesterday (June 23) Toronto rapper Drake let his 2.4 million twitter followers know that he's upset with the label for removing his music from the net.
Although he didn't mention the name of the songs he was referring to specifically, two new tracks, "Trust Issues" and "Marvin's Room" recently hit the net.
Universal has a very strict policy of removing download and streaming links of songs depending on the artist and whether or not the tracks were leaked prematurely.
Drake isn't the only artist dealing with this issue. Another Universal artist 50 Cent often releases free original material for his fans as well.
Albums and songs leaked by hackers are a huge problem for the industry, so it's understandable that labels want to protect their investments. But where do they draw the line between the hackers and artists doing it themselves?
Cooler heads have prevailed allowing Chris Brown and Odd Future to dead their beef.
The two camps have been going at each other for the last several weeks culminating in a confrontation on the streets of L.A. yesterday when Odd Future singer Frank Ocean was confronted two of Brown's cousins.
No violence popped off, but the situation was obviously escalating leading to Chris reaching out to OFWGKTA's Tyler The Creator to put the nonsense to bed.
Fagilyu Mukhametzyanov pictured with her husband Fagili, died from shock after waking up at her own funeral.
Mourners showed up at the funeral of Fagilyu Mukhametzyanov to say their final farewells -- instead they got the shock of their lives.
Mukhametzyanov, 49, who had wrongfully been declared dead suddenly awoke and started screaming before suffering a heart attack and dying for real.
"Her eyes fluttered and we immediately rushed her back to the hospital but she only lived for another 12 minutes in intensive care before she died again, this time for good," her husband said according to the Daily Mail. "I am very angry and want answers. She wasn’t dead when they said she was and they could have saved her."
The husband had been told prior to the funeral that his wife had died from a heart attack after going to the hospitals with chest pains.
The hospital located in Kazan, Russia where the error occured would only say that they were "carrying out an investigation" into the matter.
Mukhametzyanov was warapped in a blanket when she died for the 2nd time
Yeah I know we all thought she was gone already, but Kat Stacks is proving harder to get rid of than New York City bed bugs.
Her days in the U.S. appear to be numbered though.
HipHopWired is reporting that a Nashville judge ordered her deportation back to Venezuela several days ago. The only thing keeping her here are appeals.
"aint going no mothaf*ckin' where ima keep appealing my case until this b*tches release me," she tweeted. "im a soulja what dont kill me makes me stronger."
That's just wishful thinking on her part. It's highly doubtful that Kat, born Andrea-Herrera Cardena, will still be in the states two months from now.
I'm sure there are more than a few rappers and fans that are glad to see her go.
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Cee Lo Green and Lupe Fiasco chopped it up on the premier of Fuse's new show 'Talking To Strangers.'
Lupe talked about what it was like growing up as one of nine siblings, raised by a militant father who was a member of the Black Panthers, how he got his stage name and Nas being his favorite rapper.
He also performed “Out of My Head,” “The Show Goes On,” and “Daydreamin’.”
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Jadakiss releases new visuals for a track off of his latest mixtape 'I Love You (A Dedication To My Fans).'
You can cop the tape now via iTunes.
Missy Elliot's long absence from the music scene has finally been explained.
The rapper revealed that she is suffering Graves' disease -- an autoimmune disorder that leads to overactivity of the thyroid gland.
The signs she was suffering from the disease first showed up in 2008.
"I was [driving and] trying to put my foot on the brake, but my leg was jumping. I couldn't keep the brake down and almost crashed," Elliott told People. "I couldn't write because my nervous system was so bad -- I couldn't even use a pen."
Radiation treatments sapped the star of energy and caused her to lose hair.
Missy's last album 'The Cookbook' was released in 2005, but she is said to be recording new material as her health has gotten better.
"I'm 30 pounds lighter because I've been exercising." Elliott says. "My thyroid is functioning, so I haven't had to take medication in about nine months. [But] you live with it for the rest of your life."
Missy will talk more about her battle with the disease and even opens up about childhood sexual abuse she suffered in an upcoming VH1 Behind The Music special.
"Missy was great and very candid. She talked for the first time about her [near fatal bout with] Graves disease, which she’s been battling for the last few years, and spoke in detail about the sexual abuse she experienced as a child," executive producer Brad Abramson told Vibe.
The VH1 special airs Wednesday June 29 at 10 P.M. eastern.
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