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Young Heroes: 14 School Boys Chase Down & Citizen Arrest Sexual Offender After Classmate Tells Them He Assaulted Her [Video]

Posted by ChasinDatPaper on May 8, 2010 at 11:00am


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Schoolgirls have been complaining for months to Los Angeles County Deputies patrolling transit lines about a man who allegedly had fondled, groped and felt them up while they road buses to and from school.

Deputies have been searching for the man, and Thursday morning the manhunt ended when a female victim spotted the subject.

She told a few boys on the bus and 14 of her male classmates took matters into their own hands. They chased the suspected fondler off the bus and down the street

After a two-block chase, the boys caught the man and made a citizens' arrest.

The girls and boys all go to University High School in West Los Angeles and have not been identified in this story because they are minors.

Police identified the man accused of harassing the girls as 29-year-old Larry Mims. Mims is a registered sex offender who was convicted twice in the past decade in sex abuse cases.

Source: MSNBC


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Kobe Bryant, Is That You? NBA All Star's Photo Shoot For L.A. Times Magazine Stirs Controversy [Video & Pics Inside]

Posted by ChasinDatPaper on May 8, 2010 at 9:30am


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The recent photo shoot Los Angeles Lakers superstar Kobe Bryant did for L.A. Times Magazine has gotten people talking.

Just what exactly are these pictures supposed to suggest? Kobe's skin appears to be much darker in the photos than in real life.

Picture number one (at the top of blog) has caused the most controversy. Some have called it racist, saying it brings to mind minstrel advertisements from the 19th Century. Where white men were pictured in black face, with red lipstick, wide white eyes, hats, bow ties, and all black clothing.

The stylist claims they were trying to make Kobe look like Tupac Shakur.

For his part Kobe says the pics look doctored and are a "little too artsy" for his tastes.

His teammate Derek Fisher saw them and immediately asked "are these real?" Which probably sums up the initial reaction of most people when they first view them.

Whatever the photo shoot was aiming for, I think it's safe to say it ended being up one big epic fail.

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Jadakiss Preps The Release Of New LP 'Top 5 Dead Or Alive' [Video]

Posted by ChasinDatPaper on May 8, 2010 at 8:30am


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"Top five dead or alive and that's just off one lp"

Who can forget that sick line from Jadakiss off of the remix to Nas' joint "Made You Look"?

With that line, a lot of pressure was placed on Jada's shoulders to live up to top 5 status. The Yonker's rapper has delivered three very good, but not classic albums so far.

With the release of his latest mixtape, 'The Champ Is Here 3' out of the way. Al Qaeda Jada is prepping the release of what he hopes will be his signature LP.

'Top 5 Dead Or Alive' is the name of the album. Jada spoke to MTV recently about the project.

"I got about three good ones not even recorded, probably two verses done off each song," he said. "Probably four good ones, (DJ) Drama sent me something. I'm doing real careful selection on production on this next project."

"I'm looking for fire, big songs, even my street joints or if every verse got 75 curses in there I just want the production to be big."

When asked if the album was still coming out on Roc-A-Fella, Jada joked:

“Its Def Jam, Roc-A-Fella, Ruff Ryders, D-Block, Aphilliates, Green Lantern, a couple of other white guys. You know how this game is. Everybody is in the pot. But it’s enough money for everybody.”


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C'MON SON! Fat Joe Says He's The 2nd Realest Rapper In The Game After 2Pac! Claims 50 Cent Tried To Sign To Terror Squad & Lil Wayne Is Best In The World Today [Video]

Posted by ChasinDatPaper on May 8, 2010 at 8:20am


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Make no mistake about it, if you ask a rapper who the best mc in the world is they will probably name themselves.

Sometimes though, as in the case of Fat Joe, you can start talking and get so gassed up you say something ridiculous.

Joey Crack was kicking it with Ricky Padilla and the 102 Jamz Crew. As he went through their rap Wall Of Fame and broke down some of the legends in the game, he actually had the nerve to say that after 2Pac he was the 2nd realest rapper in the game.

Whoa, that's a heavy statement right there. What about Ice Cube, Chuck D, Beanie Sigel, Scarface or 50 Cent? I would go so far as to say if you asked an average hip hop fan to name their top 10 realest rapper ever, Fat Joe's name would never come up.

Joe went on to call Lil Wayne the best rapper in the world today and took a shot at 50 Cent, saying he has only 1 classic album and tried to sign with Terror Squad back in the day.

Joe's one great contribution to the game is that he introduced the world to Big Pun. After that his career hasn't been much to talk about.

If Ed Lover would have been there, he would have hit Crack with a big, C'MON SON!



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Arizona Judge Denies DMX's Request For Dr Drew's 'Celebrity Rehab'

Posted by ChasinDatPaper on May 8, 2010 at 4:09am


A judge has denied rapper DMX's request to leave the state so he can be a part of Dr. Drew Pinsky's "Celebrity Rehab" -- which, considering the doc's track record, is probably a good thing.

X is currently in jail in Arizona for violating his probation. Dr. Drew offered to treat DMX at his rehab clinic in California -- and tape the rapper's progress for the show, of course -- but on Tuesday an Arizona judge shot down X's request to hop the border so he could enroll.

According to a rep for the Maricopa County Superior Court in Arizona, the judge rejected the rapper's petition for one reason -- he's already doing really well in the Arizona court-appointed substance abuse program, which ends early in July.

After that, the judge says, DMX can pursue treatment at Dr. Drew's facility -- but by then, taping will already have begun for "Celeb Rehab" and X will have missed his chance.

Source: TMZ

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Birdman Talks Lil Wayne’s Return, Dipset Reunion & Young Money

Posted by TheNewEntry on May 7, 2010 at 10:08pm

Baby has taken charge of Young Money, helping them keep their stronghold on the rap music game until Weezy returns from temporary leave. The Cash Money general has plenty of experience running a family business but he says Wayne’s absence has left a void felt by the whole crew. “It’s a big difference now without Lil Wayne but we doing what we gotta do. He’ll be home in a minute,” Baby told VIBE Saturday (May 1). “You can’t ever replace him. We do as much as we can without him and we just waiting for him to come home.” Baby was spotted at New Jersey’s Bamboozle Music Festival over the weekend supporting Drake who performed for screaming fans. He says the Toronto native’s debut Thank Me Later, scheduled for June 15, will not disappoint. “You always gotta say big things are coming from Young Money,” Birdman said from the festival. “All our releases this year – I think Drake’s album is one of the biggest excitements of the year. I think Nicki Minaj’s album is a big excitement of the year.” Despite the moves Young Mula is making for music domination, Baby says there’s room for other crews to be successful too. “You know, Dipset came up the same time as us. Cam, Jimmy, that’s my family,” Baby says about Jim Jones and Cam’ron’s recent reunion. “For them to be together, that’s what it do, that’s what’s up. We making music and unity and that’s what I’m about.” Baby is also all about Weezy and the day they can stunt together again. “I would probably be one of the happiest men on Earth the day that my son comes home,” Baby says. “That’s the biggest excitement for all of us as Young Money/Cash Money and as our families is the day Wayne come home.”

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David Banner & Prod.Deezle sue “The Carter Documentary” maker, QD3 + Lil Wayne Scan & Quote From Ozone Magazine + Lil Wayne & Producers get sued for Tha Carter III single, “Lollipop”

Posted by TheNewEntry on May 7, 2010 at 9:44pm

David Banner & Prod.Deezle sue “The Carter Documentary” maker, QD3.

The latest lawsuit filed in connection to Lil Wayne, comes from none other than David Banner. The Mississippi MC/producer is suing the maker of the infamous “The Carter” documentary, Quincy Jones III better known as QD3. According to Courthouse News, Banner, real name Lavell Crump, producer Darius “Deezle” Harrison and The Royalty Network Inc. filed a lawsuit in New York Southern District Court Thursday claiming copyright infringement against Jones. CN reports that in the lawsuit, QD3 used two of Banner’s songs in the documentary without his permission; “La La” from Tha Carter III and “Pussy Monster”, a track added to Tha Carter III after “Playing With Fire” was removed due to previous litgation. Courthouse News also reports that named in the lawsuit is Virgil Films and Entertainment, LLC, the distribution company for the documentary. As previously reported Wayne tried to block the release of the documentary claiming that it was “scandalous” for showing his rampant drug use. That request was denied however by an L.A. superior court judge and QD3 was allowed to release it.

Lil Wayne Scan & Quote From Ozone Magazine.

“Pistol on my neck, you don’t wanna hear that thing talk!”

Check out a new photo of Lil Wayne from the latest issue of Ozone Magazine, which is in stores now! You can also read what he tells Ozone in their sex issue about why he is a great Father to his kids:

“I’m not on child support with none of my kids cause I’m a great father. So it’s not determined by how much money you’re paying at all. That’s not what it’s about. It’s about being there and being that important person in their lives. It’s about being #1 or #2 in their life. That’s very important for your child, to make sure you’re that #1 or #2. Because if you’re not, you know what #1 or #2 could end up being. That’s the most important thing of all. I just try to make sure I’m of the highest importance in their lives, next to their moms.” Ozone

Lil Wayne & Producers get sued for Tha Carter III single, “Lollipop”again.

Young Money CEO, Lil Wayne has been slapped with yet another lawsuit surrounding his 2008 hit Hip Hop music single “Lollipop“. Philadelphia rapper Dirahn Gilliams filed a lawsuit in the United States District Court Eastern District of Pennsylvania on Friday April 30th for Work ID: 371875615 which is listed with ASCAP. Gilliams is claiming that the song “Lollipop” was based on his 2007 song “Grindin’ Like a Goon”. Lil Wayne, producer Darius “Deezle” Harrison, James “Jim Jonsin” Scheffer, Rex Zamor, Cash Money, Young Money and Universal have all been named in the lawsuit. In April 2007, Gilliams sent out a copy of his song to Flo Rida, Brisco, executive Kevon Glickmon, and producers Deezle and Jim Jonsin claiming Young Money received the copy from one of these entities though Flo Rida and Glickman were not mentioned in the lawsuit. Gilliams is accusing Wayne and Jim Jonsin for illegally using portions of his song for “Lollipop” in 2008. Jonsin and Deezle are both suing Lil Wayne as well, making the situation more complicated. Gilliams is seeking to prevent further sales of Tha Carter III and “Lollipop“, not counting monetary damages, lost profits, actual damages, restitution and compensatory and punitive damages that he is suing for.

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Christina Aguilera Performs "Not Myself Tonight" Live On The Oprah Winfrey Show + Interview [2 Videos]

Posted by ChasinDatPaper on May 7, 2010 at 6:12pm


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Christina Aguilera joined Oprah Winfrey for a live taping from New York's Radio City Music Hall.

She sat down for a brief interview with Oprah. Where she talked about her son Max being the inspiration for her new album 'Bionic'. And how 'superhuman' she feels as a mother. Xtina later returned to perform her new single "Not Myself Tonight" for the first time live.

Her new album 'Bionic' is due in stores June 8.

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Drake Says He's Ready To Get Back Into Acting If He Can Find The Right Roles

Posted by ChasinDatPaper on May 7, 2010 at 5:47pm


Drake is ready to take on some new acting roles. After starring on Degrassi: The Next Generation, the Canadian born rapper feels comfortable enough with his music career to tackle a movie role or two if the right one comes along.

He told XXL that he's not being offered the right parts.

“That’s probably my biggest goal is to get back into acting and really pick the right projects,” he told the magazine. “I’ve been reading different scripts but I know what I want to do and what type of project I want to be involved in and I’ve just been getting the typical projects that they’d offer to a new rapper, and it’s like, ehh. That’s not really what I want to do, or how I see myself.”

Drizzy feels confident he will do well when the right role comes along.

“I can actually act,” he explained. “I’ve studied acting. I’ve studied the craft and I’m also very open to receiving a role and committing my time whether it’s two weeks, a month, two months, before the movie starts shooting to really get into that role. Like I know what it is to do character research and really live as someone else in preparation for a movie, so that’s something I’m willing to do. I care about acting a lot so I’m excited to get back into it.”

In an interview with MTV last year Drake gave even more insight into what he feels he has to offer.

"I like to give things to people, so whether it be a movie or I have a TV show that me and one of my best friends [fellow 'Degrassi' actor] Mazin Elsadig did," he said. "We write. It's comedy comparable to, like, Judd Apatow and Michael Cera, but with black people in it. So, I mean, there's all kinds of forms of self-expression, and it carries over, obviously, into music. My music is really personal. It's really based on honesty, so it's not much acting involved. And, you know, [Lil] Wayne is a character when he performs. When he spits, he's animated. With me, with rapping, it's more intimate, it's more organic and more personal. My music, I think there's more acting on the business side of it than the music side of it."

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Tony Yayo Speaks on Role in New “S.W.A.T.” Film

Posted by ChasinDatPaper on May 7, 2010 at 1:57pm


G-Unit soldier Tony Yayo was recently recruited to star in S.W.A.T.: Fire Fight, the Benny Boom-directed sequel to the 2003 film of the same name. XXLMag.com caught up with the Queens-bred rapper to speak on his role in the action flick.

This is Yayo’s first dramatic role and he couldn’t be more thrilled. “[This] is a real big, big look,” he said. “It’s a big movie. It’s gonna be crazy.” According to slashfilm.com the movie follows an LAPD Lieutenant who is transferred to a S.W.A.T. team in Detroit where he “finds himself the target of a homicidal genius who is protected by government officials.”

Yayo is currently shooting in Detroit, playing a villainous character named Carlos, where he will perform his own stunts. “I can’t tell you everything, but I can tell you I’m definitely one of the bad guys,” he shared. “I fit the part…It feels good to play the bad guy. And it’s definitely gonna be me against the police.”

This is just the beginning for Tony. The rapper will also be appearing alongside his G-Unit crew in an upcoming Harrison Ford project titled Morning Glory.

S.W.A.T.: Fire Fight is expected to be released sometime next year.

Source: XXL

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Drake Freaks Out When Girl Flashes Her Breasts At Concert [Video]

Posted by ChasinDatPaper on May 7, 2010 at 1:32pm


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The man who is carrying Young Money on his back while Lil Wayne is locked up apparently doesn't like the sight of women's naked breasts.

Drake was performing live when a chick flashes her bare chest (a very normal occurrence at concerts).

Drizzy yells "Oh my Gawd" and turns away like he'd seen a ghost. This guy is going to be doing a lot more live shows so he better get used to this kind of thing.

Yelling "OMG", in that situation just isn't hip hop.



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Courting Controversy: Comedy Central Plans Series About Jesus Christ

Posted by ChasinDatPaper on May 7, 2010 at 9:09am


NEW YORK – Having already caused a fuss this spring with the depiction of the prophet Muhammad on "South Park," Comedy Central said it has a cartoon series about Jesus Christ in the works.

"JC" is one of 23 potential series the network said it has in development. It depicts Christ as a "regular guy" who moves to New York to "escape his father's enormous shadow."

His father is presented as an apathetic man who would rather play video games than listen to his son talk about his new life, according to Comedy Central's thumbnail sketch of the idea. Reveille, the production company behind "The Office," "Ugly Betty" and "The Biggest Loser," is making "JC."

It wouldn't be the first time Jesus Christ has been on a Comedy Central cartoon; he's a recurring character on the long-running "South Park."

Comedy Central was the target last month of an Internet threat for a "South Park" episode that supposedly showed Islam's prophet in a bear costume.

Whenever "South Park" features Muhammad in an episode, Comedy Central obscures the character with a black box; Muslims consider any physical representation of their prophet to be blasphemous.

Following the Internet threat, Comedy Central angered "South Park" producers by editing out a character's speech about intimidation in a subsequent episode.

"It's not certain what is more despicable: the nonstop Christian bashing featured on the network, or Comedy Central's decision to censor all depictions of Muhammad," said William Donohue, president of the Catholic League for Civil and Religious Rights, on Thursday.

Comedy Central wouldn't comment on Donohue's statement, said network spokesman Tony Fox, who declined to give further details about "JC."

A development deal is a couple of steps ahead of a series making it to air and, in fact, most such deals don't result in series. The network would have to like the scripts enough to produce a test episode, then like that enough to put it on the air.

Other series in the works are "Intercourse with Whitney Cummings," about the comedienne's adventures in dating, and "Live Sex Show," a late-night panel discussion about sex.

Source: Associated Press

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Hip-Hop’s New Business Model: Major-Label Rappers Stay ‘Independent’

Posted by ChasinDatPaper on May 7, 2010 at 8:30am

Wiz Khalifa


With his independently released mixtape So Far Gone, Drake went from digital dynamo (2,000 downloads in ten minutes) to Grammy nominee all before he signed on any dotted lines. Or maybe not: While a major-label bidding war supposedly raged, rumor had it that he was already signed to Young Money/Universal. Either way, the excitement around his quick, seemingly unassisted rise translated into true stardom. And today, a number of up-and-coming rappers, eager to re-create his magic, are at pains to represent themselves as boot-strapping independent artists — even when they’ve got freshly inked major-label deals.

This phenomenon existed before Drake. “I was over at Interscope when we signed Souljah Boy,” recalls Archibald Bonkers, manager of Indiana rapper Freddie Gibbs and A&R for HHH Artists from 2004 to 2007. “At the first radio meeting after he was signed, [the label decided to] do nothing. They didn’t want to mess with the grassroots.” But recent examples of rappers who have secretly signed to labels while continuing to market themselves suggest that the trend’s truly taking hold among those still trying to make their break. The idea is simple: Artists market themselves gradually, via social networks and blogs, avoiding oversaturation. They make their music using low-budget production techniques. And then, once their “indie” success wins notice in the mainstream, their label backers come out from behind the curtains.

According to industry insiders, Pittsburgh’s Wiz Khalifa has been signed to Atlantic Records for close to a month now. (You may have noticed Kush and Orange Juice, the title of his most recent mixtape, trending on Twitter and Google.) Asked about the signing, Khalifa said, “Whatever people want it to be, that’s what it is. I didn’t say yes, I didn’t say no.” Either way, he released Kush independently, planning, as he told VIBE.com, the publicity behind the project himself. “The mixtape was done last month, but I really wanted to do it up and make sure something like this [buzz] would happen,” he said. “I got some more tricks up my sleeve, too.”

Meanwhile, Atlanta’s Spree Wilson recently inked a deal with Jive records without disclosing it. “They want me to market myself,” he explains. “Mixtapes, pre-projects — all before the album, [in order] to create a buzz.” (Release dates for Spree’s upcoming projects have yet to be announced.) And Warner Bros. calls Brooklynite Theophilus London — who independently released I Want You in August April and counts Solange Knowles among his fans — a "new signee," despite the fact that it's known that he was signed late last year.

These marketing plans are meant to capitalize on, and strengthen, an artist’s independently generated buzz. Practical concerns aside, this carries the always-magical whiff of rebellion. “Rebel music always does well, because kids always want to rebel against something,“ says Archibald Bonkers. It’s the new hip-hop cred: succeeding without a record label. So why sign to a major at all? “Money. That’s the only thing,” says Khalifa. Rappers “have to start rolling the weed and sweetening the lemonade.”

Source: Atlanta Post

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Details Emerge In Playboy Playmate Kendra Wilkinson's Sex Tape

Posted by ChasinDatPaper on May 7, 2010 at 7:42am


Kendra Wilkinson performs an "amazing striptease" in a new sex tape.

The former Playboy model is set to become the unwilling star of an X-rated DVD - which she filmed before she was famous - and sources who have seen it say it's extremely raunchy.

One said: "When I saw it, I was shocked. I mean, I just was shocked to see a Kendra Wilkinson sex tape, but it was obvious and clear to me that it was in fact her.

"Part of the tape is an amazing striptease from her, and then at the end of the tape she blows a kiss to the camera. It is very, very sexual, and she is just a beautiful woman. It's hot, definitely hot."

Because of the clear footage and erotic content, the tape is predicted to become a huge hit.

The source added to America's OK! magazine: "This tape is sexually explicit. It's hot and she's hot. It's going to be a massive seller."

The footage was obtained by porn distributors Vivid who plan to release the DVD, entitled 'Kendra Exposed', by the end of the month.

The 24-year-old blonde star - who has a four-month-old son, Hank Baskett IV, with her American footballer husband Hank Baskett - is not giving her backing to the tape's release and has reportedly instructed Los Angeles law firm Lavely & Singer to stop the proposed DVD from coming out.

However, Vivid CEO and founder Steve Hirsch is convinced his company has the legal right to bring it out.

Source: Contact Music

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Run DMC Out, Wu Tang Clan, Clipse, DJ Jazzy Jeff, In For This Summer's Roots Picnic

Posted by ChasinDatPaper on May 7, 2010 at 7:18am


A planned reunion gig by Run-DMC at this summer's Roots Picnic has been scrapped, drummer Ahmir "Questlove" Thompson revealed today during a live interview with Billboard.com. Instead, The Roots will serve as backing band for a trio of Wu-Tang Clan members: Ghostface, Method Man and Raekwon.

Vampire Weekend will headline the third annual Roots Picnic, which will also feature a performance by the Philadelphia-based Roots plus two associated side projects from drummer Ahmir "Questlove" Thompson and rapper Tariq "Black Thought" Trotter. The event will be held June 5 at Philadelphia's Festival Pier; tickets go on sale Friday (March 5) via LiveNation.com.

Also on the bill are Clipse, Mayer Hawthorne, Nneka, the Very Best, Tuneyards, Das Racist, Bajah and the Dry Eye Crew and Pattern Is Movement. In addition, Questlove will play a set with fellow Philadelphia native DJ Jazzy Jeff, while Black Thought will perform with his side project the Money Making Jam Boys, which also features Dice Raw and Truck North.

Thompson also discussed the band's current studio projects including albums with Booker T. Jones and John Legend as well the group's own long-delayed album "How I Got Over" which will now come out June 8 on Def Jam.

Source: Billboard

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French Montana "Mac And Cheese 2" Mixtape [Download]

Posted by ChasinDatPaper on May 7, 2010 at 7:03am


01 – French Montana-Intro
02 – French Montana-Whatcha Know About It Feat Corte El
03 – French Montana-Day Dreamin
04 – French Montana-In My Life
05 – French Montana-My Brother Skit
06 – French Montana-Maybach Music Feat Jay-Z
07 – French Montana-Money Money Money
09 – French Montana-I M On It Feat Wiz Khalifa Big Sean
10 – French Montana-Ny Minute Remix Feat Jadakiss Nicki
11 – French Montana-She Love It Feat Masspike Miles
12 – French Montana-Rocsi Reynolds Skit
13 – French Montana-We Don T Wanna Feat Max B
14 – French Montana-Buy The Whole Thing Feat Oj Da Juic
15 – French Montana-In The Paint Feat Waka Flocka
16 – French Montana-Bad Habits Feat Bun B
17 – French Montana-Juuuu Heard

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Pharrell Williams Speaks On New N.E.R.D. Tour + Collabos With Drake, Clipse, Asher Roth, J.Cole & Jay-Z

Posted by ChasinDatPaper on May 7, 2010 at 6:44am


Behind The Beats: Pharrell

The great Skateboard P has a message for you: The N.E.R.D. tour is coming soon to a venue near you.

"Just be prepared when you come to the show," Pharrell Williams told MTV News earlier this week, sitting next to his N.E.R.D. brethren, Chad Hugo and Shay. "You'll need more than just a water bottle for our show, the festivals overseas. You'll need more than a water bottle. You'll need a towel. ... Get your stretches in. The EMTs are always on the side, because people pull muscles."

Pharrell said his group's shows are so fresh, fans will be speechless: "When they ask you what it was like and can you describe it and could you put it in a word, you'll say nothing."

The guys were able to come up with some words to describe their upcoming album, Nothing. "It's the ultimate spring, summertime record," Shay said. "It's the festival record. It's a fun record and it's geared towards the women. What woman doesn't want to put on their sundress and stroll through SoHo and have that as their theme music?"

Pharrell and Chad have been lacing their peers with some theme music lately. The Neptunes have been back in the lab with Jay-Z, and the duo also worked on Drake's Thank Me Later and Game's The R.E.D. Album. Pharrell also recently did 12 tracks with Asher Roth and has studio sessions with J. Cole.

"I just wanna do things I really like and really love," Pharrell said. "I want to do it because I really love it."

Next Wave of Flav

The Clipse: "I'm not sure what their plans are. Whatever they wanna do, we're always 100 percent onboard to help. They wanted to make a super street record for the last album, that's what we did. You know what it is about Pusha? He can make radio records if he wants. But what you have to love about the guy because he's such an artist, he wants to make 'Popular Demand' all day long. He wants to make that all day long. Listen, all Pusha wants to do is drive in a CL 600 drop, make 'Popular Demand' all day and count money. He may be mad at me for saying that, but it's really all I think about when I think about him. There's so many other aspects to his life, but the guy, that's what he likes. That's why in my opinion he has some of the most venomous 16's. His 16's are crazy, because of his affinity for spending money, fast cars and rap."

On Drake: "We have [worked with him]. It was a great record."

On the Game: "It was crazy, because you walk in the studio and it's 15 to 20 7-foot dudes. All of his friends are giants. I'm in there like Webster. Like Emmanuel Lewis, looking up at everybody like, 'Yeah, OK, cool.' It was kinda otherworldly. Except me and my engineer, we're the only two regular humans. These guys are like giants. But the most creative sessions ever."

On Rick Ross: "Puff just said something to me last night [about Ross' album]. You can only imagine where that's going. Great places."

On Fat Joe: "Fat Joe? Any time. Joey Crack has been in the game for a long time, since 'Flow Joe.' He's had a run. You cannot count him out. Every time you're prepared to, he'll go and find one. He knows how to make a record."

On Jay-Z: "The guy is 40 and had a #1 record, and he sold more records than anybody in hip-hop at the time his album came out. And it's still selling. The one thing we're allowed to say [about our new collaboration] is he and I said that we're sworn to secrecy."

Source : MTV

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Producer Jim Jonsin Explaines That B.o.B's # 1 Hit "Nothin On You' Was Originally Meant For Lupe Fiasco [Audio]

Posted by ChasinDatPaper on May 7, 2010 at 6:17am


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B.o.B is certainly on a roll right now, with the #1 album in the country this week and its lead single "Nothin' on You" also a #1 hit. But the upstart hip-hop star, powered by his syrupy smash, almost didn't get his hands on the Bruno Mars-assisted "Nothin' on You."


The record, produced by the Smeezingtons (Bruno Mars and songwriting partner Phillip Lawrence), was originally slated for Lupe Fiasco, B.o.B's Atlantic Records labelmate. According to producer Jim Jonsin, who signed B.o.B to his Rebel Rock imprint, he was responsible for redirecting the record to his artist.

"I was actually working on a session in Chung King [Studios], and [Atlantic Records chairman] Craig Kallman called me during that session with that particular track, to work on it for Lupe Fiasco," Jonsin told MTV News. "I told Craig, 'I like the song a lot. It's a smash and could be somebody's single. But it's not Lupe's record. I need this record for B.o.B. Please give this record to B.o.B.' I guess they went through whoever they went through, convinced whoever they needed to, and it got to B.o.B."

As the song was climbing to the top of the Billboard Hot 100, B.o.B said he was as surprised as anyone by the song's success.

"We really didn't expect it to have the dramatic impact it had, nor how fast it happened," B.o.B told MTV News last month. "Me and my managers, B. Rich and TJ, we still look at each other speechless. We always aim to be successful. But when the byproduct exceeds your expectations — when usually you barely make the basket with what you want — the gratitude is through the roof. It's literally a dream come true."

The rewards have been a long time coming for the Atlanta rapper. He's been signed as an artist for a few years but realized only minimal success with a few scattered mixtape tracks. His potential, however, was always recognized, landing him on the 2009 cover of hip-hop magazine XXL's Freshmen 10 issue (putting him in the company of Wale and Asher Roth, among other rising MCs).

"I will tell you this about the journey as an artist to get to the point where you actually have a release date," he explained earlier this year. "The biggest lesson I learned is patience. Once you get here, it's like, 'OK, now you have to keep going. You never get to an end.' So you have to be patient and pace yourself. Take time. It's like building a house. You gotta take time, build a foundation, get the walls right, get the electricity right, get the plumbing right and make sure when you turn the light on that the door don't open up."

Source: MTV

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