The dynamic duo of Eminem and Lil Wayne descended onto the Saturday Night Live stage yesterday for 3 high energy performances.
Backed by a live band, Weezy and Slim Shady tore through “No Love” and “Won’t Back Down" off Em’s ‘Recovery’ album. Then for the finale Wayne ripped through his latest single “6’7” off his upcoming ‘Tha Carter IV’ cd.
Overall, it was very entertaining. Would have been even better if Pink was there for the chorus on “Won’t Back Down” and Cory Gunz for his verse on “6’7”, but a great show nonetheless.
A couple of interesting stories have come out in the last several days regarding Atlanta rapper Waka Flocka.
The 1017 Brick Squad member stopped by 93.7 today to chop it up with Jenny Boom Boom and address all drama.
Right off the top, Jenny wanted to know if the story about the cops raiding his crib looking for guns and gang paraphernalia on Thursday December 16 was true.
“I’m a rapper right? Why would I rap and go try to street gangbang? That’s hustling backwards… I’m a rapper not a gangbanger,” Waka said. “How can you gangbang and and be a rapper?”
Waka did admit that his house was raided by some “groupie cops” and that he wasn‘t home, but claimed to not know whether or not Gucci Mane had been arrested as had been reported.
A lot of people were surprised when Waka was placed at # 7 on MTV’s Hottest MC’s 2010 list. The rapper admitted that even caught him off guard.
“I thought that was a lyrical list. I thought all the lyrical rappers were supposed to be on that list,” Waka said. “When I got on that list I said, ‘Oh yeah, I’m gonna sit back for two hours, watch some blog sites and see how many haters I get.”
Waka’s mom Debra Antney raised eyebrows this week when she reviewed Nicki Minaj’s album ‘Pink Friday’ and labeled it as “terrible.”
Antney used to manage Nicki for a while, during that time she and Waka became friends. He hadn’t seen or heard about his mom’s comments, but he thought Nicki’s album was good.
“It’s straight to me, that’s Nicki, that’s her swag. If you aint into her swag you aint gonna dig her her music,” Waka said. He added that he would like to get the Young Money femcee on his “No Hands” remix.
David Banner and producer 9th Wonder are set to release their new album ‘Death Of A Pop Star’ December 21.
The 1st single “Be With You” features former Floetry singer Marsha Ambrosius and Ludacris
Check out the video below, plus album artwork and tracklist.
Tracklist
1. Diamonds On My Pinky 2. No Denying (Channel 3) 3. Slow Down 4. Be With You (feat. Ludacris & Marsha Ambrosius) 5. Stutter (feat. Anthony Hamilton) 6. Hip Hop (feat. Marz) 7. Something Is Wrong (feat. Lisa Ivey) 8. Silly (feat. Erykah Badu) 9. Strange
We’re days away from the year 2011, yet ignorance and hate based on a person’s skin color still exists.
A white supremacist group upset that actor Idris Elba, a black man has been cast as Heimdall in the upcoming ‘Thor‘ movie, wants it boycotted reports UK Guardian.
The Council of Conservative Citizens, which opposes interracial marriage and also calls Martin Luther King a "left wing agitator" and Communist has set up a website, boycott-thor.com.
They accuse Marvel Comics of inserting “social engineering into Greek mythology, casting a black man as a Norse deity.” The group also claims the comic giant used “Captain America to attack the Tea Party movement,” in 2010.
Elba, an English actor who is quite familiar to American fans after starring in ’The Wire’, ’Obsessed’, and ‘American Gangster’, thinks the controversy is ridiculous.
“We all know someone of a different ethnic background, we all mix, so it’s great to have a character who happens to be black in the central position,” the actor said earlier this year. “There has been a big debate about it, can a black man play a Nordic character. Thor’s mythical right? Thor has a hammer that flies to him when he clicks his fingers. That’s ok, but the color of my skin is a problem?”
‘Thor’ is being directed by Kenneth Branagh and also stars Natalie Portman and Anthony Hopkins. It’s expected in theaters Summer 2011.
Posted by ChasinDatPaper on December 18, 2010 at 10:00am
It’s not everyday people walk into a police station and confess to a murder they committed nearly two decades ago, but that’s just what happened Wednesday night.
Travell Coleman aka G-Dep confessed to murdering a man on October 19, 1993 in Harlem, New York.
“It was just eating away at him,” a police source told The New York Post.
Police say they are sure Dep commited the crime because he knew details only the killer would know.
According to Dep he was riding his bike when he rolled up on 32-year old John Henkel, who he attempted to rob. Henkel resisted and was shot three times.
Dep was once signed to Diddy’s Bad Boy Records and had a hit records with “Special Delivery” and "Let's Get It" in 2001.
Recently though, the rapper has fallen on hard times, battling a reported heroin addiction.
He’s been arrested at least 25 times since 2003 for a variety of crimes including grand larceny and robbery.
Clinton Sparks and Tony Yayo host LUNCH "What's for Lunch"?? Mixtape.Mixtape and video for "Down Ass HomeGirl" ft. T.Q. will be released on December 22nd. Mixtape has feature guest appearances from your favorite commercial arts to your favorite underground artist. THE FRONT AND BACK COVERS SAYS IT ALL.
Clinton Sparks and Tony Yayo host LUNCH "What's for Lunch"?? Mixtape.Mixtape and video for "Down Ass HomeGirl" ft. T.Q. will be released on December 22nd. Mixtape has feature guest appearances from your favorite commercial arts to your favorite underground artist. THE FRONT AND BACK COVERS SAYS IT ALL.
It happens a lot in the music business. Beats sometimes get passed around to several artist before one buys it.
That’s exactly what happened with Lil Wayne’s new song “6’7” according to producer Bangladesh. We could have been sitting here talking about how T.I. ripped it on his new ‘No Mercy’ album. Instead it dound it's way to Weezy.
“Due to the situation and the circumstances of the Cash Money situation I wasn’t really thinking about Wayne at that moment when I made it. I just knew that the beat was a big track and I couldn’t at the time think of nobody that could swag this like out like that or was worthy enough of this beat really,” Bang told BET.
At around the same time T.I. was working on his new album. Bang decided to send the track over to Gee Robertson, president of the rap division at Atlantic Records.
“I was actually sending the beat to Gee for T.I. I mean not that I think T.I. would sound that good on the beat. They were just looking for a single and somebody said, ‘Man send that over to Gee, T.I. need something.”
I already dealt with T.I., I know how T.I. is, I know he really wouldn’t be rocking this beat right there, so I sent it anyway.” the producer said.
Gee also happened to be a part of Lil Wayne’s management team. As soon as he heard the beat he called Bangladesh back, saying it would be perfect for Weezy instead of TIP.
So despite not having been paid for the ‘A Milli’ beat from Wayne’s ‘Tha Carter III’ album, Bang decided Wayne would be a better choice over T.I. for it.
I have never heard a producer be as critical of a rapper as Bangladesh was regarding T.I. He just has a totally different style than Wayne, but the man is a proven hit maker. I can't see Tip deciding to use the track and not do it justice, but I could be wrong.
Do you guys think T.I. would have done just as good of a job as Wayne?
If you thought Lil Kim had forgotten about her Nicki Minaj, you were wrong.
The Queen Bee went on Hot 97 today and continued taunting Nicki by impersonating her.
Host Angie Martinez asked if the beef would ever end.
“I’m not taking my foot off her neck,” Kim said. She then looked directly into the camera saying, “you started this, I hope she's ready.”
Kimmy Blanco did offer Nicki a way out, a ridiculously expensive one.
“I would do a song with her… for the right price. I’m a hustler - $7 million cuz that’s my favorite number.”
Looks like Nicki better get her rhyme pad out, or Birdman might have to pull out his checkbook. Because that’s the only way Kim is going to ease up on the Harajuku Barbie.
Nicki Minaj’s ‘Pink Friday’ disc maybe getting good reviews in some circles, but Debra Antney isn’t impressed.
Antney, who happens to be Waka Flocka’s mom and Nicki’s former manager, gave Vibe her review of Minaj’s debut cd, and it wasn’t at all flattering.
Is this a case of sour grapes? Perhaps, but Antney has repeatedly said in the past that her split from Nicki was amicable.
So lets check out Antney’s ‘Pink Friday’ review as told to Vibe’s Tracy Garraud.
"It's terrible. I like some stuff, but she went too left. I don't think people were ready for her to come [out with pop]. When I had Nicki, I really wanted her to sing. That's why I took her for training cause Nicki loves singing, but she kept saying to me, 'Deb, I can't do it yet because people won't understand.' And that's why the [rap] mixture was done to introduce them to all of Nicki. I think [Pink Friday] was very disappointing to a lot of her fans. She didn't need a lot of [the] features. That was one of the biggest things like... you gave people so many features, give them you now. Nicki could be so much better because—outside of anything that people say—she's very multi-talented. I really wish that she would learn to be more of an artist.
I didn't particularly care for ["Roman's Revenge"], but when Eminem came in I liked it. He made the song. [Nicki] didn't have to go there with [Lil' Kim]. My views on that is that she came too far to go back that route. And Kim does not even have to go there. There are no comparisons to them. Some things are best left unsaid. The whole things is stupid. I'm very disappointed that she would go that route. 'Cause I know all that she was taught. She don't have to go there with anybody. That was the stuff we always discussed. People had to learn to love Nicki— that's how the door opened up. It wasn't about Kim or Foxy or any of the rest of them. So I was just a little disappointed [by her album], but If she likes it, I love it."
Clinton Sparks and Tony Yayo host LUNCH "What's for Lunch"?? Mixtape. Mixtape and video for "Down Ass HomeGirl" ft. T.Q. will be released on December 22nd. Mixtape has feature guest appearances from your favorite commercial arts to your favorite underground artist. THE FRONT AND BACK COVERS SAYS IT ALL.
End of the year lists are always a mixed bag. It’s generally somebody telling you who they think is the best singer, best actor, or who made the best album or movie.
But, today the fans will have their say and vote for who the “Top Producer Of 2010” is.
First we’ll take a look at the men behind the boards who had the biggest impact for the year, then vote to decide the top choice.
Alex Da Kid This UK producer put his stamp on several of the biggest hits in 2010. Including “Love The Way You Lie” by Eminem, B.o.B’s “Airplanes” and Nicki Minaj’s “Massive Attack”
Lex Luger Lex literally had speakers going hammer from coast to coast. Dude banged out Waka Flocka’s “Hard In The Paint”, Officer Ross’ “B.M.F”, Fabolous’ “Lights Out (I Don’t See Nobody)”
Boi 1da This kid is becoming a mainstay on top of the charts. With songs by Eminem “Not Afraid”, Drake’s “Over”, Bun B’s “Put It Down” and Soulja Boy’s “Speakers Going Hammer”
Swizz Beatz Of course you can never exclude Swizz Beatz from this category. He’s one of the hardest working men in the business. Swizzy was behind the boards on several hits this year. Drake’s “Fancy”, “On To The Next One” by Jay-Z and “Gucci Time” by Gucci Mane.
Kanye West The Louis Vuitton Don has been widely praised for his work on his album ‘My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy.’ Stand out tracks include “Power” co-produced by S1, “Runaway”, “Monster” and “All Of The Lights”
J.U.S.T.I.C.E. League The Tampa, Florida trio was very busy this year producing for artists all over the country. Standout tracks included Bun B’s “Trillionaire”, Lloyd Banks’ “I Don’t Deserve You”, Officer Ross’ “Aston Martin Music” and Lil Wayne’s “Knockout”
Cardiak Big things are probably on the horizon for this producer after his steller work on Lloyd Banks’ ‘The Hunger For More 2’ album, as well as his work with Meek Mill and Mike Knox. Bangers include “Start It Up”, Take Em To War” and “Unexplainable”. All by Lloyd Banks.
Drumma Boy
One of the south’s premier producers. Drumma Boy did his thing in 2010. Standouts include “Lose My Mind” Young Jeezy, “Life Goes On” 8-Ball & MJG and a large part of the production work on Gucci Mane’s ‘Burr Print’ mixtapes.
DJ Khalil People are starting to recognize just how good Khalil is. ½ of the group Self Scientific, he is also part of Dr Dre’s production team. Standout 2010 tracks include “Kush” Dr Dre, “Def Jammable” Redman, “Talking 2 Myself” and “Won’t Back Down” Eminem
Ok, there are your contenders, now place your votes!
Young Money rapper Jae Millz links up with Chris Brown for a video off his ‘Dead Presidents’ mixtape.
Chris shows off his rapping skills in this one. He actually seems really comfortable spitting, it’s a good bet we’ll be seeing him rapping more in the future.
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