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This is a nice collaboration. Saigon The Yardfather and Quan team up for "Where To Find Me."
The track is off of Sai's mixtape WARNING SHOTS 3: One Foot In The Grave.
Directed By: Pace Media/Smoke Stack
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Music really is the universal language. English speaking singers and rappers can travel to foreign countries and the audiences can recite their lyrics word for word.
A prime example of that is a 13-year old Iranian named Tara. Here she sings a fantastic version of Adele's "Someone Like You."
How would you rate her performance?
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Rush Limbaugh is a desperate man. He stuck his foot in his mouth so deep that he's resorted to grasping at straws to try to get himself out of trouble.
The conservative talk show host referred to Georgetown law student Sandra Fluke as a "slut" and a "prostitute" on air, after she testified to congressional Democrats that her Jesuit college's health plan should cover her birth control, because she spends $3000 a month on it.
"If we're going to pay for your contraceptives and thus pay for you to have sex, we want something for it. We want you to post the videos online so we can all watch," he added the next day.
President Obama reached out to Fluke after hearing about Limbaugh's comments.
"He encouraged me and supported me and thanked me for speaking out about the concerns of American women," she told MSNBC's Andrea Mitchell. "What was really personal for me was that he said to tell my parents that they should be proud. And that meant a lot because Rush Limbaugh questioned whether or not my family would be proud of me. So I just appreciated that very much."
That call seemed to set Limbaugh off even more because he had more to say the following day.
"I'd be embarrassed," he said. "I'd disconnect the phone. I'd go into hiding."
Now advertisers are pulling out of his show left and right. At least nine, including AOL have pulled the plug. And one station in Hawaii has dropped the show completely.
Limbaugh has since apologized for the comments he made last week, but he's found a scapegoat. He's now blaming hip-hop. His argument being he should be allowed to say what he wants because rappers do it all the time.
"You talk about the double standard, one of the greatest illustrations of it is that rappers can practically say anything they want about women, and it's called art," he wrote on his website.
The Huffington Post compares Limbaugh's comments to Don Imus and Jackie Magazine. Check out their take on it below:
Limbaugh's original comment about Fluke and his rapper defense are reminiscent of a similar incident in 2007 when another radio host, Don Imus, referred to the primarily black Rutgers women's basketball team as "nappy headed ho's." Imus said that the phrase "originated in the black community," citing the degradation of women in hip hop music.
More recently in December 2011, the Dutch fashion magazine, Jackie came under fire for referring to singer Rihanna as "the ultimate n*ggabitch." The magazine editor (who later resigned after the backlash) issued an apology on their Facebook page. Hoeke also referred to the prevalence of the expression in the media:
"It was stupid, it was naive to think that this was an acceptable form of slang--you hear it all the time on tv and radio, then your idea of what is normal apparently shifts--but it was especially misguided: there was no malice behind it."
Are Limbaugh's comments about rap as outrageous as what he said about Fluke? And can you even compare an art form to a talk show?
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2 Chainz is arguably the hottest rapper in the south right now. Here we get a behind the scenes look at the life of the newest artist to sign to Def Jam Records.
From the stage, to video sets, this is "A Night in the Life" of 2 Chainz.
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Yasiin Bey (formerly known as Mos Def) traveled to Paris, France recently and stopped by Radio Nova. While there he performed an in-studio version of "N*ggas In Poorest," a remake of The Throne's "N*ggas In Paris."
Check it out below.
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Bay Area legend E-40 Fonzerelli is back with new music for the masses. "Function" is the lead single off of his upcoming albums The Block Brochure: Welcome To The Soil 1,2 & 3, due in stores March 26.
YG, Problems and IamSu lend a hand on this one.
If you're a Jay-Z fan you have heard Young Guru's name shouted out by the rapper many times on records. He is Hov's No. 1 engineer. If anybody knows what Jay has planned musically is would be Guru.
Complex caught up with Guru recently to talk about two projects that are on everyone's minds.
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On Jay-Z's upcoming solo album:
"Jay-Z is always working on stuff, it’s a concept that I can’t talk about but I’m marveled at how smart this guy is. When he told me the concept, I was like ‘Why didn’t I think of that?’ It was just so simple. It’s not a concept album though. It’s not like American Gangster, it’s not a Beatles concept album. It has a concept and a title, and the title and the concept fit him so well that people are going to be like ‘Wow.’"
"I like certain writers because it takes me 8,000 paragraphs to get my full point across. When somebody can take what I just said and condense it into two sentences and still have the same effectiveness, that’s a good writer. The simplicity of the title and the concept that it conveys is incredible."
"I can’t tell you the title, it’s so good it’s like, ‘Oh my god why didn’t I think of that? What made you think of that and why haven’t we done that before?’ It’s just staring us in the face all these years, we could’ve been put that out as an album concept."
On the possibility of Watch The Throne 2:
"It's definitely a serious consideration. Hasn’t been underway yet but definitely serious consideration. Has been talked about but hasn’t been executed yet. Definitely could happen. A lot of artists just say sh*t too but if you think about it, this is just my opinion, the way I would like it to go-I would like Kanye to do the G.O.O.D. Music album and Jay-Z to do a solo album then they go out and tour and do all that sh*t and then next year, or the end of the year, we get Watch the Throne 2. To me, that would be the best thing to happen. I think the G.O.O.D. Music album is necessary for Kanye to establish that brand because they need to establish [themselves]."
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Yelawolf was forced to cancel a scheduled concert tonight in Detroit after being hospitalized on Friday March [March 2] in Madison, Wisconsin.
"He remains under observation for illness," Live Nation announced via the Detroit News. "At the request of his doctor, the show will be postponed to a later date."
Kawan Prather, the CEO of the production company, Ghet-O-Vision Entertainment, Yela is signed to said the Shady Records artist needs rest.
“He’s going to be okay,” Prather told XXLMag.com. “He just needs to get some rest. He goes hard at these shows and is taking some mandatory rest right now.”
We wish Catfish Billy a speedy recovery.
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Monica and Brandy have great chemistry when they record songs together. "It All Belongs To Me" is a prime example of that.
The two r&b songbirds trade verses over Rico Love produced track which will appear on Monica's upcoming album New Life.
Video directed by Chris Robinson
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Cassie launched her new single "King of Hearts" during Paris Fashion Week as she prepares to release her first album in six years.
Others attending the launch party at L’Arc Club included Diddy and Pierre Sarkozy, the son of French president Nicolas Sarkozy.
Pics from Rap-Up and cassie-ventura.com
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Drake's "Club Paradise" tour hit the USC Galen Center in Los Angeles, CA Monday [March 5]. The Young Money star brought out a couple of special guests in Meek Mill and J. Cole.
Peep the footage below.
J. Cole "Can't Get Enough"
Meek Mill "I'm A Boss"
Drake "Stay Schemin"
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Odd Future is back with another flat out hilarious video for “NY (Ned Flander).” The track will appear on OFWGKTA's upcoming album The OF Tape Vol. 2, which is due out March 20.
You can pre-order it now on iTunes.
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Each year that XXL releases their "Freshman Class" list there are both positive and negative responses. The 2012 cover featuring Machine Gun Kelly, Iggy Azalea, French Montana, Kid Ink, Future, Danny Brown, Roscoe Dash, Hopsin, Macklemore and Don Trip is no different.
The XXL staff sat down with Hot 97's Peter Rosenberg, Cipha Sounds and K. Foxx to explain how they make their decisions on which rapper make the list.
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It's been several weeks since Whitney Houston's death and there still isn't an official cause listed.
TMZ is reporting that the Los Angeles coroner's office is getting calls from members of Houston's family as well as ex-husband Bobby Brown's relatives saying they believe the singer was murdered.
One caller reportedly suggested a theory about a relative who might killed Whitney, but offered no supporting proof.
Despite these calls the coroner has already ruled no foul play was involved, but an official cause of death won't be known until toxicology tests come back.
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Def Jam's Big K.R.I.T. finally drops his long awaited mixtape.
Hit the jump and enjoy the free download
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On February 11, 2012 the music world lost an icon in Whitney Houston. The people closest to the singer have agreed to talk with Oprah Winfrey about the loss.
On Sunday, March 11, Oprah sits down with Whitney Houston's daughter, Bobbi Kristina; her sister-in-law, Patricia Houston; and her brother, Gary Houston, on a special episode of Oprah's Next Chapter airing at 9/8c, only on OWN. Bobbi Kristina shares personal memories of her mom and how she would like the iconic superstar to be remembered. The family also addresses the rumors and speculation surrounding Houston's death.
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Wale drops a new video for "Fairy Tales" that the fellas are sure to enjoy.
Lil Duval co-stars as a hilarious doctor, singer and piano player.
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With the most intriguing collaboration since Public Enemy & Anthrax, Action Bronson & Party Supplies have crafted a hypnotic joint that takes us to the streets of Hunts Point in 1993. Inspired by the classic HBO documentary of the same name, Action offers up a shocking first hand account from the stunted lives of streetwalkers: Cyndi, a prostitute addicted to crack, Silk, a violent, misogynistic pimp and Ramón, a former athlete turned junkie. Directed by Rik Cordero.
ACTION BRONSON x PARTY SUPPLIES "BLUE CHIPS" AVAILABLE MARCH 12TH
We've all heard stories about Jay-Z being able to walk into a studio, hear a beat and minutes later spit a hot 16 bars, but some are still skeptical. The thought being how can anyone have such a large number of hits using complex rhyme patterns without writing down the lyrics?
Timbaland has produced some of Hov's biggest songs so he has seen the man work up close on many occasions. However it was during the recording of his own 2001 Timbaland & Magoo album, Indecent Proposal, that he may have been the most impressed by the Brooklyn MC and his ability to spit lyrics only from memory.
Check out what Timbo had to say about Jay-Z on Facebook recently:
food for thought - ya boi Jay-Z always use to come thru the studio when i was workin in nyc. so i said to him one day while he was sittin on the couch, yo i may got somethang for you. he said cool where it at? so i played him the instrumental for "party people" he bop his head said whooo. than after the whoo!! you just saw mumbling almost lookin like he was possess by a something, then 15-20mins later he said "yo i'm ready can i go in the booth" i was like sappy ready for wat? he said "you wanted 16 rite? i said yea if you got it. he said "yeah i got it" the engineer plays the track and this was his 1st take http://youtu.be/P71crMPDd2U.
no stoppin just pausing for the ad-libbing. now mind you i'm sittin there like na no way that had to be written but then i thought how he knew to go off that sound in my beat? he walks out & was like cool? i was dayum rite cool haha. i just look at him like dude you think your good don't you. he just reply wit that famous laugh & said "wat else you got" so i played him this other beat & told him nah fool i cant put you on this one cuz this is for timbaland & magoo he said "then nigga why you play it" i said cause i like to piss you off like dat. i told him i was still workin on my verse he said "play the track" this is no lie he gets up walks to the kitchen grabs something to drink & starts that mumbling again. i'm like why does this fool keep mumblin. then out of no where you hear a loud whoooo from him. i'm like whooo wat. he keeps mumbling after we loop the track for like 30mins. around 45mins he said "can i lay this" i said lay what. he said "lay this verse" i said dummy didn't i just tell you dis is for timbaland and magoo? he said "i know this ain't for me" he goes in & laid a verse that had nuthin to do wit him but something about me. then said on the mic "yo how many verse you said you needed? i was like what the hell is goin on. me & my engineer jimmy dougalus look at each other like wow. so to make a long story short he laid both verses i learned them and gave y'all this: http://youtu.be/R0pB6ItrHFc ("indian carpet").
now go back & listen to the lyrics. just know one of the greatest of all time will forever be Jay-Z. when i get some more time i'll hit y'all wit some crazy justin timberlake stories of us in the studio and why he is one of the greatest also.
Where does Jay-Z rank in your list of top MC's after reading what Timbaland has to say about him?
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