AllHipHop Reports
New York rap label Ruff Ryders has announced several new projects in 2010, including a reunion album featuring DMX, Eve and The Lox, a new album from Drag-On and a new venture, Ruff Ryder Indy.
Drag-On, born Mel Small, will release his third and final album for Ruff Ryders entitled My Life, My Legacy, My Melody in March.
The release will drop on Drag-On’s own record label Hood Environment, which he founded in 2006.
"I’ve reinvented myself and created a whole new sound," Drag-On told AllHipHop.com in a statement. "I’m trying to create another umbrella in this game with my label Hood Environment and my artists Da Dude and Eyez.B. However, I’m still the original ‘Fire-Man.’"
Drag-On entered into a joint venture deal with Ruff Ryder Indy to distribute his third official release.
Ruff Ryder Indy is a new, national distribution company founded by Ruff Ryder CEO Waah Dean. The distribution company serves independent artists with various album budgets.
“Over the last 20 years, my family and I have built the Ruff Ryders brand on good music, original talent and hard work,” Waah Dean stated. “Now, we are entering a new chapter of our company with album releases from Drag, Mook and the Ruff Ryder team, as well as the creation of our new ‘Ruff Ryder Indy’ division.”
Drag-On’s album will be followed by Ruff Ryders Evolution: Generation I.
The album will feature production from group member Swizz Beatz, in addition to appearances by Jadakiss, Styles P., Sheek Louch, Eve, Drag-On, DMX and the label’s newest artist, Mook.
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Vibe.com Reports
Shaq's soon-to-be ex-wife Shaunie O' Neal is planning to executive produce and star in an upcoming VH1 reality series about the tumultuous life of being the wife of a basketball star.
The series, Basketball Wives, is set to be began shooting this month, focusing on the "glamorous" and cliquey world of women who date famous (and some infamous) NBA stars-- athletes whose world involves being away from home almost six months out the year.
The show is expected to include wives, and ex-wives. VH1 plans to chronicle the women enjoying the luxuries that come as a privilege of being affiliated with a pro baller, but also the paranoia of dealing with their groupies. Other women included in the series are Jennifer Williams (wife of Eric Williams), Evelyn Lozada (ex-fiancé of Antoine Walker), Mesha O'Neal (wife of Jermaine O'Neal), Royce Reed, and Faith Rain (Udonis Haslem's girlfriend)."Having been around these remarkable women for several years, I have always recognized that behind every NBA star is a strong, exceptional woman, one who must deal with the unique challenges of being married to the game as well as the player," Shaunie O'Neal said in a statement. "I am happy to be teaming with Shed Media and VH1 in bringing this entertaining and enlightening world to television."
What affect the show will have on Shaunie and Shaquille O'Neal's current separation, which was filed after 7-years of marriage, remains to be seen. According to TMZ, Shaunie is setting things up for a possible divorce, after citing in legal papers "irreconcilable differences." She has reportedly already left Shaq, and has left their home in Florida to fly to Los Angeles where the papers were filed.
Basketball Wives is set to air on VH1 March 15, 2010. --Linda Hobbs
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Tracklist :
01. B.G. - What’s My Name
02. Lil’ Wayne - My Darlin’ Baby
03. Lil’ Wayne - Bed Rock
04. Juvenile - Hands On You
05. Juvenile - Shawty Got Me
06. Juvenile - My Money Don’t Fold
07. B.G. - The Same
08. B.G. - Pussy Nigga
09. Lil’ Wayne - Be Aiight
10. Lil’ Wayne - Uptown
11. B.G. - I Paid ‘Em
12. Lil’ Wayne - Blow It
13. Lil’ Wayne - Sacrifice
14. Juvenile - Friends
15. B.G. - Stay Strapped
16. Juvenile - Trigger Play
17. Lil’ Wayne - We Ride
18. Lil’ Wayne - Grammar
19. Lil’ Wayne - Back Against The Wall
20. B.G. - Beat It Up
21. B.G. - She Got It
22. Juvenile - Drop It Low
23. Lil’ Wayne - I Get Crazy
24. Lil’ Wayne - I’m So Fly
25. Juvenile - Back Back
26. B.G. - Show That Work
27. Lil’ Wayne - New Shit
28. Juvenile - Alright
29. Juvenile - Trickin’
30. B.G. - Go Hard
31. Lil’ Wayne - Injection
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AllHipHop Reports
Run-ins with artists like Lil Wayne and Plies have grabbed headlines for rapper 40 Glocc, but now the rapper will attempt to prove his worth in Hip-Hop with the release of Concrete Jungle.
The West coast rapper’s album Concrete Jungle lands in stores today on his own independent record label, Zoo Life.
The 22-track album features appearances by West coast notables like Gail Gotti, Ras Kass and Village Boo, while a guest appearance by incarcerated rapper Prodigy rounds out the album.
“Listeners can expect to hear what they have been missing from the West Coast for years - real reality music and from a real street aspect,” 40 Glocc told AllHipHop.com. “They will get a chance to hear our side of the story and the reality of real West coast artist on this street album.”
Concrete Jungle is 40 Glocc’s first album since the 2003 release of his debut, The Jakal. The rapper is already in the studio working on a new solo album tentatively titled N.W.A.
“My life is a reflection of my music, but first and foremost I’m a businessman and the voice of the ghetto. I say what people feel,” 40 Glocc stated. “When everyone things of the West coast, they will think of Zoolife and 40 Glocc first.”
Concrete Jungle is available for purchase on iTunes starting today (December 8).
1. Intro
2. Criminal (ft. Lil Boo & Tek)
3. Spin The Globe
4. Welcome to the Ghetto (ft. Tri Star & Village Boo)
5. Another Angel Dies (ft. Ras Kass [click to read])
6. Walk In My Shoes (ft. Yacc & Tip Toe)
7. Haters & Bitches (ft. Zoo Babiez, Lil Boo & Locie Loc)
8. Hell On Earth (ft. Lil Toot)
9. Grindin (ft. Tip Toe & Notes)
10. 100 (ft. Tip Toe, E-Note & Michlobe)
11. Bouncing In The Bed (ft. Village Boo, Ken Bib & Locie Loc)
12. Skit (ft. Ras Kass & Csik)
13. Narcotics (ft. Gail Gotti)
14. Local Boy (ft. Sun)
15. Skit (ft. Unforgivable)
16. 3 Amigos
17. Couple Geez (ft. Lil Boo & Brook)
18. Smoke Drank (ft. Zoobabiez)
19. Hundred Grand (ft. Yacc)
20. Safari (ft. Village Boo)
21. Concrete Jungle (ft. Tip Toe & Village Boo)
22. Shot The f**k Up (ft. Prodigy, Locie Loc, Yacc, Ken Bib, Natural Born & Village Boo)
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From MTV
Last Thursday, a pair of brand-new Eminem songs hit the Net, one of which, "Elevator," contains a lyric directed at Adam Lambert, Lance Bass and Clay Aiken that may be using an anti-gay slur.
"Sorry, Lance, Mr. Lambert and Aiken ain't gonna make it/ They get so mad, when I call them both fake/ It's all these f---ing voices in my head, I can't take it/ Someone shut that f---ing baby up, before I shake it," he raps on the tune — with the "Fake/ It's" combination sounding a lot like a common anti-gay slur.
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Videos After The Jump50 Centmade an appearance on theLate Night With Jimmy Fallon ShowMonday (December 7th).
50 talked to Jimmy about how he discovered Vitamin Water and decided to invest in it. During a funny segment, Jimmy wondered what happened to 50's spinning G-Unit piece.
They also talked about 50's new fragrance "Power" and his new album "Before I Self Destruct". 50 came back later in the show and performed "Baby By Me/Do You Think About Me" with The Roots band.
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Fat Joe can celebrate, he finally made it into the top 10.
The Bronx behemoth's group, Terror Squad is number 2 on Billboards Top 10 One Hit Wonders Of The Decade. Joe and the Squad had clubs jumping with their Scott Storch produced hit "Lean Back" back in 2004. After that they never had a song chart higher than #64.
It should come as no surprise to anyone that New York rapper MIMS also made the list at #4. He enjoyed phenomenal success in 2007 with his song "This Is Why I'm Hot" . After that he vanished and is now on the back of milk cartons everywhere.
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Interesting interview with one of the best producers in the game and Eminem DJ ,The Alchemist. A frequent collaborator with Mobb Deep, specifically Prodigy.ALC says he put in work with Jay-Z, recording about six songs but the check bounced so he's not sure what's going to happen with the tracks. His album "Chemical Warfare" is in stores now. Look for a new cd from ALC & Dialated Peoples rapper Evidence, together known as Step Bros coming soon
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RadarOnline Reports
Tiger Woods' wife Elin has moved out of their house, RadarOnline.com is reporting exclusively.
The explosive development follows numerous women coming forward with claims of affairs with the golfing great.
Elin Nordegren had enough and moved out of the $2.6 million Windermere home,neighbors and other sources close to Tiger, told RadarOnline.com exclusively. Sources tell RadarOnline.com that Elin is living nearby in another house.
Tiger’s affair with Rachel Uchitel was revealed by the National Enquirer and then several other women came forward to tell their stories of sexual relationships with the golfer. He crashed his Cadillac SUV into a fire hydrant and tree in a bizarre one-car crash early Nov. 27 after arguing with his wife about his extra-marital activities.
Tiger and his reps are keeping Elin’s move top secret and hope she will come back to the house as soon as possible. They don’t want any publicity about what is going on in the marriage since Tiger’s cheating was revealed.
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BET.com Reports
Despite 50 Cent calling Jay-Z Beyonce’s husband and more recently jabbing that he thinks he’s Jesus, rumor has it that the two may actually be working together behind the scenes. A source who recently found himself eavesdropping on a conversation at a certain New York Giant’s office, recently told BET.com that Hov may be unifying the big apple by featuring Fif and Nas on the “Empire State of Mind” remix.
Word is the entire recording as well as conversations between the NY juggernauts will be documented. In addition to continually jabbing Jay, Fif has had issues with Nas for a while. Former friends, the Queens MCs became at odds after Fif called Nas out on The Massacre’s “Piggy Bank.” Word has already been spreading that Nas, who was reportedly slated to appear on the original track, is on deck for the remix.
One thing is sure, the remix would be huge for the city. What do you guys think? Is the rumor true? Can these legends bury the hatchet for the greater good of hip-hop’s birth place? Feel free to share your thoughts in the comments.
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HipHopWired Reports
While people are still wondering, where are you Yeezy? Kanye West is seeing his name brought back into the limelight, this time for more positive reasons. While Kanye's been somewhat quiet on the music scene he's seeing the countless hours of studio time and production for his debut project paying off.
Kanye has been deemed as the man with the #1 album of the last ten years. According to Entertainment Weekly, Kanye's College Dropout is a classic, so much so that it's worthy of the title of 'top album of the decade.'
The list of ‘Top Albums of the Decade' from the entertainment wire hit the net today and already has the internet abuzz with debate.
Following behind Yeezy on the list is his mentor/ friend/ Roc Nation President, Jay-Z.
Jigga came in at #2 on the list with the very first installment of his Blueprint trilogy, 2001's The Blueprint. Other notables are Big Boi and Andre 3000 of the legendary team OutKast, whose Stankonia album landed at #4.
Entertainment Weekly's List of ‘Top Ten Albums of The Decade' is below:1. The College Dropout, Kanye West (2004)
2. The Blueprint, Jay-Z (2001)
3. Kid A, Radiohead (2000)
4. Stankonia, OutKast (2000)
5. Love And Theft, Bob Dylan (2001)
6. Home, The Dixie Chicks (2002)
7. Funeral, The Arcade Fire (2004)
8. I Am… Sasha Fierce, Beyoncé (2008)
9. FutureSex/LoveSounds, Justin Timberlake, (2006)
10. You Are Free, Cat Power (2003)
Ehhhh this list is a little shaky. For one, that god awful I Am Sasha Fierce is on here, so that immediately shows that something's wrong.
Here's my question though, how'd College Dropout beat Stankonia? I mean it was a solid debut but still…
Oh and where's Eminem? He's outsold just about everyone on this list. I'm just sayin…..
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People.Com Reports
With his group the Black Eye Peas nominated for an impressive six Grammys, including the top prizes of album and record of the year, will.i.am has plenty of reasons to look forward to next month's awards show – something that wasn't necessarily the case during his first Grammy experience.
"I remember that I was nervous," the musician, 34, told PEOPLE about his 2005 appearance. Recalling his Grammy debut while at an event announcing the first-ever Data Awards for electronic music, he said, "I was real nervous. We performed "Where Is the Love." I remember I got up on the mic and said, 'Everybody go out and vote.' "
While the Peas didn't perform on last year's telecast, will.i.am attended – as a contender. "I was nominated for producer of the year award," he said. "I lost to Rick Rubin again, [who] is good to lose to."
Known for unorthodox live collaborations and performances, the Grammy Awards have attracted a host of superstars for duets in past years. "My favorite Grammy moment lately [was] the Prince and Beyoncé performance," will.i.am says, remembering the singers' 2004 duet of "Purple Rain," "just seeing Prince and Beyoncé rocking."
Watch the 52nd Annual Grammy Awards on Jan. 31 at 8 p.m. ET/PT, live on CBS – and catch up on all the news and style from the show on PEOPLE.com!
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Rolling Stone Reports
Drake has lined up Jay-Z, Young Jeezy and “Forever” co-stars Kanye West and Lil Wayne to appear on his much-anticipated debut album Thank Me Later, the rapper told MTV News. Backstage at Wednesday’s Grammy Nominations Concert, the MC told Rolling Stone, “My album is slated to come out in March. I’m still working on the album, but they might try to move it up.”
Even without releasing a full album, Rolling Stone’s 2009 Artist to Watch was still nominated for a pair of Grammys, locking up nods in both the Best Rap Song and Best Rap Solo Performance categories for “Best I Ever Had.” It hasn’t been all good news for Drake in 2009, as a leg injury forced the Canadian rapper off Lil Wayne’s America’s Most Wanted tour, but it allowed Drake to instead focus on his debut disc. “It’s just pulling everybody together: I had a wish list for my managers of everybody I wanted involved that stem beyond hip-hop,” Drake told MTV. “I’m trying to pull it all together.”
One person Drake had high on his wish list of collaborators is R&B singer Sade, though it doesn’t appear that the two have recorded together yet. Plus, there was one more mystery guest that Drake was tight-lipped about. “It’s this other one I’m excited about that’s kinda left [field],” Drake told MTV. “It’s gonna be a great project — well-rounded.”
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Holly SampsonNY Daily News Reports
Tiger Woods' other New York girl spent the day holed up in her plush Chelsea pad Sunday after she was outed by the Daily News.
Cori Rist is now one of at least six women linked to the golf world's top swordsman.
The 31-year-old leggy and busty blond spent Sunday calling friends, saying, "My involvement with Tiger Woods has just surfaced," according to a pal.
Cori Rist
Rist also had to explain the sudden media attention to her 7-year-old son, who has idolized Woods since his mother got him an autographed golf club from the Grand Slam-winning legend.
The alleged mistress' ex-husband, Neil Santos, stopped at her apartment Sunday night to drop off their son but refused to comment.
Woods met Rist at New York hot spot Butter last year, The News' George Rush and Joanna Molloy reported Sunday.
"They went on to another party," an insider told The News. "One thing led to another, and, pretty soon, Tiger was flying her to hook up with him on tour."
Rist said she is declining to comment "at this time" on the fling, which lasted about six months, sources said. She was last spotted at Butter with Woods and a party of friends on a Monday night four weeks ago, a source said.
Rist is said to have tired of being secreted around the country for her hookups with Woods.
"Tiger would typically get a large suite at a hotel. Someone would book Cori an adjacent room, so she wouldn't be seen coming into his room," an insider told Rush and Molloy.
"He would get the presidential suite," the source continued. "It was the ultimate in luxury. The trouble is, he never wanted to leave the room."
Hailing from the small rural town of Rossford, Ohio, Rist moved to the city determined tobecome a fashion model, butthe closest she got to her dream was modeling swimsuits and activewear in catalogues, a friend said.
She and Santos married in 2002, but by 2005 the relationship was starting to sour. A friend said Rist began taking mysterious trips around the country, frequenting city nightclubs and dressing in expensive clothes and jewelry.
After her divorce was finalized in January 2008, she met Woods, she told friends. She and Santos are battling in Family Court over custody of their son, records show.
As Woods remained in seclusion Sunday, talk-show queen Oprah Winfrey reportedly called him to offer advice - and an outlet to tell his side of the story. Image experts said it could be a good first step toward repairing his image.
While most of the women who have come out of the woodwork were often flown around the world to meet him, Woods didn't have to stray far from the comforts of his Florida home to find booze and blonds who were not his wife.
He found plenty of homegrown action at Orlando clubs just minutes from his family home in Windermere, Fla., The News has learned.
He was a regular in the VIP rooms at Blue Martini and Club 23, where the billion-dollar man has been known to drop $1,500 a night at the swanky joints.
"When Tiger goes out in Orlando he certainly goes to Blue Martini," a local club insider told The News. "Any rich and horny guy from the suburbs can go there and leave with a girl on each arm."
The cavernous party spot is full of intimate corners where regulars say Woods was often seen with packs of women around him.
TMZ.com reported that nearby Club 23 even has a private section known as "The Tiger Room" because Woods spent so many nights there.
Reports of Woods' close-to-home dalliances come amid reports Sunday that he also hooked up with an Orlando waitress, Mindy Lawton, in a church parking lot and even his home while his then-pregnant wife was out of town.
She told London's News of the World that he "wanted to spank me and loved pulling my hair as we had sex."
Mindy Lawton
Other reports linked Woods to 36-year-old blond porn star Holly Sampson. Britain's Daily Mail reported that the Los Angeles hottie - star of such recent adult films as "OMG, Stop Tickling Me" and "Flying Solo 2" - is "not denying she bedded Tiger."
"She has no comment on the matter," Sampson's Denver-based lawyer Andrew Contiguglia told The News.
If true, Sampson would be lucky No. 7 on the list of purported Woods' bedmates, which includes hot-bodied blonds and brunettes with an average age of 30.
The list started with big-lipped beauty Rachel Uchitel, a Manhattan club hostess who hoofed it to Los Angeles to meet lawyer Gloria Allred in the early days of the now-epic Woods scandal that first broke the day after Thanksgiving. Uchitel has both denied and confirmed a relationship with Woods.
Kalika Moquin, Jaimee Grubbs, Rachel Uchitel
Woods' scorecard of girls also includes:
- Jaimee Grubbs, former contestant on VH1's "Tool Academy" who has admitted to an affair.
- Kalika Moquin, a 27-year-old Las Vegas nightclub executive, who denies a relationship.
- Jamie Jungers, a Vegas cocktail waitress who allegedly had an 18-month fling with Woods.
Jamie Jungers
The sex scandal erupted in the early-morning hours after Thanksgiving when the golfer crashed his SUV outside his house - apparently after an argument with his wife over another woman.
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Video After The JumpMTV Reports
Rihanna and Lady Gaga have a lot in common. They are both innovative pop stars with a concrete vision for their music and image. They are both fashionistas with a love for forward-thinking style. And they certainly both have swagger.
Maybe that's why Rihanna has so much respect for her contemporary. "She has a very bold, fearless image," Rihanna told MTV News on the set of her "Hard" music video.
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BallerStatus.com Reports
Fans of D-Block (Jadakiss, Sheek Louch and Styles P) have been anxiously awaiting a new album from the trio, also known as The Lox, for years. While they've said in recent press that the album is being worked on, no one really knows when it's coming.
Sheek touched on the progress recently, revealing that he and his group members have been working with Diddy, trying to hash out a deal where the project would be release via D-Block and Bad Boy Records.
"Yo word up, top of the year, Lox album is coming," Sheek began, during an interview with Hot 93.7 radio show, On-Air Idiots. "I would love for it to come then, we're working actually with Puff, with Sean Combs. We working out that. Puff Daddy, we working that out. We working that out and hopefully it goes down. It's gonna be Interscope/Bad Boy/D-Block. Oh yo, slash Ruff Ryders. I'm sorry, I can't leave my boys out. It's like a big thing because we still Interscope. We still Ruff Ryders. It'll be a nice thing."
While nothing is set it stone, it sounds like The Lox is really happy to be working with Diddy again.
In a recent interview with Power 99, Jadakiss weighed in on the Lox reunion. He said it's the trio's main focus right now, and even if they're unable to work out the details with Diddy, he promises the project will be coming soon.
"Our main focus right now is that Lox album," Jada stressed. "It might be coming out through Diddy, it might be coming out through some other people, but it's going down.
"Diddy just did a new deal with Interscope, as y'all know with his Dirty Money and all his other stuff," the rapper cotinued. "He put an offer out there for a one album deal over there, so you know, we thinking about making it."
As for the problems The Lox went through with Diddy in the past, Jada admitted that the group learned a lot from the hip-hop mogul, and if a deal with him makes sense, they will go for it.
"If it don't make dollars, it could make cents and we'll do it again," Jada said. "It's about the evolution, it's about growing. We came into the business with him -- despite our differences [because] of our lack of knowledge in the game and other sh** and what so -- we still learned a lot from him. To work all them things out and make a full 360 and possibly work again with him after ten years, that would be incredible. It shows maturity as artists, it shows respect as men and it's good for the outside far as what he can do for us and what we can do for him."
While The Lox sound like they are with it, so does Diddy. While speaking with MTV recently, he expressed his interest in working with his former labelmates again.
"I would definitely love to do the next Lox album," Diddy said. "I would love to collaborate with them. I think it's important just to do ... I would look forward to it ... We been talking about it."
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Videos After JumpJanet Jackson and Lady Gaga gave two very different performances on X-Factor. I'm not talking about the styles of music either. Lady Gaga's performance featured live vocals and a gigantic bathtub during "Bad Romance". While Janet chose to lip synch her way through "All For You and "Make Me"
Janet Jackson "All For You" x "Make Me"Lady Gaga "Bad Romance"
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