In addition to his upcoming solo album, Thug Motivation 103: Hustlerz Ambition, which drops December 20, Young Jeezy is also preparing the release of a compilation album featuring members of his CTE team.
It's The World will feature contributions from Slick Pulla, Freddie Gibbs, Boo Rossini, 2Eleven, Scrilla, JW, Billie Slum and Lil Lody.
Check out the first visuals from the project below.
T.I. and Tiny appeared on the Wendy Williams show to promote their new VH1 reality series "T.I. and Tiny: The Family Hustle."
During this brief two minute clip, the talk show host seemed more interested in talking about Tip's recent trouble with the law.
Williams asked Tiny about 50 Cent's comments that she should have taken the charge when the couple were arrested in Los Angeles in September 2010 for possession of ecstacy. Tiny started to answer the question but was interrupted by Tip, who said he and 50 have talked and reached an understanding on the issue.
“I’ve already been very vocal about how I felt as it pertains to that,” he said. “I’ve since had a conversation with Fif and we have a concise understanding.”
DJ Pauly D officially became a member of the G-Unit/G-Note family today (December 1) after inking a deal with 50 Cent.
The "Jersey Shore" star had made no secret about the fact he wanted to work with 50 Cent.
“50 cent has also been somebody I looked up to. We ended up linking up and we just clicked. We hit it off immediately with the music and everything like that," he told XXL back in August.
Fans can expect to hear a fresh new sound from Pauly, who compared his music to that of French producer David Guetta.
"It's going to be a little bit of everything," Pauly told Billboard about his upcoming album. "It's kind of David Guetta but my own DJ Pauly D style."
50 told the Associated Press that Pauly was a "great addition to G-Note and G-Unit family" and called him smart and creative.
DJ Pauly D talks to Billboard about signing with 50 Cent
JoJo Simmons has been making headlines recently, and not the kind he would like.
Rev. Run's son talked to The Breakfast Club this morning about rumors he was held hostage at a Houston strip club. He also addressed a story that came out recently about trying to hook up with a transsexual through Twitter.
JoJo said the strip club incident was a misunderstanding with a promoter. He explained that he was paid an appearance fee, but had to temporarily give $400 of it back because the promoter thought he would be bringing ball players with him.
"Basically it was a back and forth thing of where's his money, he didn't want to give it to certain people he gave it to. He meant to give it to ball players... he was told ball players were coming, all this stuff," JoJo said. "So it came down to the promoter just told me [to] pay him $400 and I'll give it back to you when you get to your hotel. I even asked the dude at a certain point, 'you holding me hostage right now?' He like 'nah' and opened the back door like 'you can leave.' He didn't know the people who jerked him and I was trying to help him figure it out."
JoJo then addressed the story that he tried to smash a transsexual.
"I never met up with the person, it was all through Twitter," said JoJo. "It was a big misunderstanding. At first the [avatar] was a female's backside and I would not lie. I was dumb by dropping my number that quick like 'oh my God a butt,' just being a horny little kid. When the tranny was sending pictures it was only sending backside. So I was like 'yo, send me a picture of your face.' So in the morning I received a picture of the face and I'm like 'they got some manly features, this is a man.' So this is exactly what I wrote back to the tranny. 'This is not JoJo, this is his cousin. He hits girls from other numbers and he's gonna hit you up if he's messing with you, but I highly doubt it.' And that's what I left it at, and I guess the tranny had got mad and came out two days later and put out all that stuff, but I never met up with the tranny."
Young Jeezy teams up with new CTE recruit Freddie "Gangsta" Gibbs and Eminem for a powerful track that is featured on the Snowman's upcoming album Thug Motivation 103: Hustlerz Ambition.
For the second year in a row, a hip-hop artist is leading the pack in Grammy nominations.
Although his name was only called for one category during Wednesday's (November 30) "Grammy Nominations Concert Live!!," Kanye West walked away with a leading seven nods, following the hip-hop trend set by last year's leading nominee, Eminem. He's nominated for his Watch the Throne joint album with Jay-Z and also picked up a few nominations — including Song of the Year — for his powerhouse collaborative track "All of the Lights," which features Rihanna, Fergie and Kid Cudi. He's even nominated against himself, with Watch the Throne and his own My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy nabbing Rap Album of the Year nods.
West was followed by this year's critical darling, Adele, who is tied with the Foo Fighters and Bruno Mars for six nods each. Lil Wayne and dance-music breakout Skrillex each garnered five nods.
While the Grammys have a reputation for catering to an older demographic (Robert Plant and Alison Krauss for 2009 Album of the Year, anyone?), this year's nominees are notably young, with 34-year-old West looking downright geriatric next to fellow nominees Adele (23), Rihanna (23), Lady Gaga (25) and Bruno Mars (26).
The 54th annual Grammys air Sunday, February 12, on CBS. Here are the rest of the nominations:
Album of the Year » Adele - 21 » Foo Fighters - Wasting Light » Lady Gaga - Born This Way » Bruno Mars - Doo-Wops & Hooligans » Rihanna - Loud
Record of the Year » Adele - "Rolling In The Deep" » Bon Iver - "Holocene" » Bruno Mars - "Grenade" » Mumford & Sons - "The Cave" » Katy Perry - "Firework"
Best New Artist » The Band Perry » Bon Iver » J. Cole » Nicki Minaj » Skrillex
Song of the Year » Kanye West, Rihanna, Kid Cudi and Fergie - "All of the Lights" »Mumford & Sons - "The Cave" » Bruno Mars - "Grenade" » Bon Iver - "Holocene" » Adele - "Rolling In The Deep"
Best Pop Solo Performance » Adele - "Someone Like You" » Lady Gaga - "Yoü and I" » Bruno Mars - "Grenade" » Katy Perry - "Firework" » Pink - "F***in' Perfect"
Best Pop Duo/Group Performance » Tony Bennett & Amy Winehouse - "Body and Soul" » The Black Keys - "Dearest" » Coldplay - "Paradise" » Foster The People - "Pumped Up Kicks" » Maroon 5 and Christina Aguilera - "Moves Like Jagger"
Best Dance Recording » deadmau5 and Greta Svabo Bech - "Raise Your Weapon" » Duck Sauce - "Barbra Streisand" » David Guetta and Avicii - "Sunshine" » Robyn - "Call Your Girlfriend" » Skrillex - "Scary Monsters And Nice Sprites" » Swedish House Mafia - "Save The World"
Best Rock Performance » Coldplay - "Every Teardrop Is a Waterfall" » The Decemberists - "Down By the Water" » Foo Fighters - "Walk" » Mumford & Sons - "The Cave" » Radiohead - "Lotus Flower"
Best Hard Rock/Metal Performance » Dream Theater - "On The Backs of Angels" » Foo Fighters - "White Limo" » Mastodon - "Curl of the Burl" » Megadeth - "Public Enemy No. 1" » Sum 41 - "Blood In My Eyes"
Best Rock Album » Jeff Beck - Rock 'N' Roll Party Honoring Les Paul » Foo Fighters - Wasting Light » Kings Of Leon - Come Around Sundown » Red Hot Chili Peppers - I'm With You » Wilco - The Whole Love
Best Alternative Music Album » Bon Iver - Bon Iver » Death Cab for Cutie - Codes and Keys » Foster the People - Torches » My Morning Jacket - Circuital » Radiohead - The King Of Limbs
Best Traditional R&B Performance » Eric Benet - "Sometimes I Cry" » Cee Lo Green and Melanie Fiona - "Fool for You" » R. Kelly - "Radio Message" » Raphael Saadiq - "Good Man" » Betty Wright and the Roots - "Surrender"
Best R&B Album » Chris Brown - F.A.M.E. » El DeBarge - Second Chance » R. Kelly - Love Letter » Ledisi - Pieces of Me » Kelly Price - Kelly
Best Rap Album » Jay-Z and Kanye West - Watch the Throne » Lil Wayne - Tha Carter IV » Lupe Fiasco - Lasers » Nicki Minaj - Pink Friday » Kanye West - My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy
Best Rap/Sung Collaboration » Beyoncé and Andre 3000 - "Party" » DJ Khaled, Drake, Rick Ross and Lil Wayne - "I'm On One" » Dr. Dre, Eminem and Skylar Grey - "I Need a Doctor" » Rihanna and Drake - "What's My Name?" » Kelly Rowland and Lil Wayne - "Motivation" » Kanye West, Rihanna, Kid Cudi and Fergie - "All Of The Lights"
Best Rap Performance » Chris Brown, Lil Wayne and Busta Rhymes - "Look at Me Now" » Jay-Z and Kanye West - "Otis" » Lupe Fiasco - "The Show Goes On" » Nicki Minaj and Drake - "Moment 4 Life" » Wiz Khalifa - "Black And Yellow"
Best Country Solo Performance » Jason Aldean - "Dirt Road Anthem" » Martina McBride - "I'm Gonna Love You Through It" » Blake Shelton - "Honey Bee" » Taylor Swift - "Mean" » Carrie Underwood - "Mama's Song"
Best Country Song » Thompson Square - "Are You Gonna Kiss Me or Not" » Blake Shelton - "God Gave Me You" » Trace Adkins - "Just Fishin' " » Taylor Swift - "Mean" » Vince Gill - "Threaten Me With Heaven" » Kenny Chesney (featuring Grace Potter) - "You and Tequila"
Best Americana Album » Linda Chorney - Emotional Jukebox » Ry Cooder - Pull Up Some Dust And Sit Down » Emmylou Harris - Hard Bargain » Levon Helm - Ramble At The Ryman » Lucinda Williams - Blessed
Best Blues Album » Gregg Allman - Low Country Blues » Marcia Ball - Roadside Attractions » Warren Haynes - Man In Motion » Keb' Mo' - The Reflection » Tedeschi Trucks Band - Revelator
Best Folk Album » The Civil Wars - Barton Hollow » Steve Earle - I'll Never Get Out of This World Alive » Fleet Foxes - Helplessness Blues » Eddie Vedder - Ukulele Songs » Gillian Welch - The Harrow & The Harvest
Posted by ChasinDatPaper on November 30, 2011 at 10:27pm
Mobb Deep released two special limited edition Black Cocaine EP's. The first 5-song disc was released on November 21 to all retailers and indie outlets. The second of the two was released on Black Friday (November 25).
This Alchemist produced cut was included on the 7-track version.
Both special editions are collector's items that will only be available until stocks run out
Papoose introduces his Thug-A-Cation family in this latest Doggie Diamonds directed clip from the Brooklyn MC. Check it it out as Pap, Pap Baller, Da Da Stone, Kino, Manson, C. Brown, T.Mack, Manson and Young Ye go in over a DJ Nu produced track.
By now pretty much everyone has heard "Bada Boom." The song was Ludacris' answer to Drake and Big Sean claiming he bit Sean's "Supa Dupa" flow. In the video Luda released to accompany the diss track he gives Drizzy and Sean a hip hop history lesson and tells them to do their research before making claims about creating flows that were done years ago.
“With the super duper flow, I created that one word rhyme style,” Big Sean toldMTVback in March 2011. “Drake really made it more popular, but Drake gave me the credit and was like I really got that from Big Sean. I think some artists just did it so wack man. Every time I say names I get in trouble and it’s like I’m dissing, but some people used it wack. If he said Ludacris used it wack, hey. Don’t get it wrong I’m not trying to dis Ludacris or nothing,”he explained. “He’s a great MC. But even though that style got so overused, there was a lot of people who did it great and there was a lot of people who didn’t do it so great. People always ask me was you mad that people took that style from you. I’m like, ‘Nah, that went and shows me how far I can go as an artist.’ I feel like I changed hip-hop. I haven’t even dropped an album yet. So that goes to show me how powerful my mind is.”
Drake also addressed that particular flow in an interview with AllHipHop back in June 2010.
"I don’t want to offend somebody…I hate that rappers picked that flow up. I wish they had left that for people that know how to use it. [They go like] “It’s a parade! MACY’S!”
That was a direct shot at Luducris, who said that line on the song "My Chick Bad" when he rapped, “Couple girlfriends and they a lil' crazy/Coming down the street like a parade, Macys.”
Now that Luda has fired back, it seems neither Drake or Sean want it with him.
In an interview withSeattleradio stationKube93 that came out after "Bada Boom" Sean was quick to back down.
"Are you sure it's about me? Because I didn't hear him say no name or nothing," Sean said. "I don't have no problems with Luda, I never did. I think he's referring to an interview I did over a year ago. I respect people who are ahead of me."
Drake has yet to comment publicly on the song.
JumpOffTV examines the beef and calls out Drake for dissing people then claiming in interviews that he didn't.
They also compare the new school rapper's version of dissing to the old school way.
JumpOffTV examines the Ludacris vs Big Sean & Drake beef.
T.I. and Tiny's new reality show has finally arrived.
The first episode focuses primarily on the days leading up to Tip's release from federal prison and the subsequent misunderstanding about his mode of transportation to an Atlanta halfway house. That misunderstanding cost him 28 more days in jail.
We also get to meet T.I. and Tiny's six kids and some members of their extended family.
Looks like Beyonce and her husband Jay-Z are expecting a new bundle of joy just in time for Christmas.
In a new behind the scenes clip from her "Live at Roseland: Elements of 4" Deluxe DVD, Beyonce puts an end to any speculation by giving viewers the date of her pregnancy.
"Hello, it's Sept. 23. Oh baby! Oh baby! Oh baby! Oh baby! This was on the cover of the Daily News," she says pointing to her picture on the cover. "Right now I'm actually shooting the video for 'Countdown' and I'm six months pregnant, pretending that my stomach is flat in body suits. But thank God you can't really tell from the front, but when I turn to the side. Oh baby! Oh baby!"
Check the clip out below, plus a behind the scenes look at her most recent video "Dance For You."