Posted by ChasinDatPaper on September 23, 2011 at 2:26pm
Following From Pieces to Weight and The 50th Law, Curtis Jackson III is set to release another book titled Playground on November 1st. Playground is a semi-autobiographical novel on bullying with the story centering around a 13-year-old boy who finds redemption.
“This book would have been very helpful for me growing up and now that I have a teenage son, it is my goal that this will have a positive influence on all teenagers.”
- 50 Cent
Check out the official cover above. Pre-order on Amazon now.
Posted by ChasinDatPaper on September 23, 2011 at 2:00pm
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DJ Drama is set to drop his third studio album, Third Power on Octber 11. He recently talked to DJ Clue on Power 105.1 FM about that, upcoming mixtapes and more.
Drama also revealed that his good friend T.I. has been in the studio and will be dropping new music next week.
"Tip just came home. I was in the studio with him," Drama said. "He's actually about to drop a new song next week. He's in a halfway house but when you're in a halfway house you can still get to work. So he's been in the studio during work time and he's banging out. Actually [his time in the halfway house] ends next week. So he'll be in the streets by the [B.E.T.] Hip Hop Awards."
Check out the audio from the interview, as well as the cover art and tracklist for DJ Drama's album Third Power below.
Tracklist:
01 Oh My Ft. Fabolous, Wiz Khalifa & Roscoe Dash
02 Rough Ft. Freddie Gibbs & Young Jeezy
03 Hand Of God Ft. Maino
04 Oh Baby Ft. Cam’Ron, Vado & Jaz
05 Never See You Again Ft. Wale & Talia Coles
06 Lay Low Ft. Meek Mill, Young Chris & Freeway
07 Ain’t No Way Around It Ft. Future
08 Undercover Ft. J. Cole & Chris Brown
09 Everything That Glitters Ft. Pusha T & French Montana
10 Me And My Money Ft. Gucci Mane
11 So Paid Ft. Red Cafe & 2 Chainz
12 Take My City Ft. B.o.B. & Crooked I
13 Lockdown Ft. Ya Boy & Akon
14 Oh My (Remix) Ft. Trey Songz, 2 Chainz & Big Sean
Posted by ChasinDatPaper on September 23, 2011 at 11:30am
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Shady Records co-founder Paul Rosenberg narrates as Brisk takes a look at Shady Records' history via the Brisk Bodega.
The 1st of this 2 part series takes a look at some of Eminem's rare pictures, his Robin outfit for the "Without Me" video, a plaque for The Chronic 2001, the Artist Of The Decade plaque Slim received for selling 32 million records in the 2000's and much more.
Posted by ChasinDatPaper on September 23, 2011 at 8:58am
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J. Cole got the shock of his young career during a recent concert in Scottsdale, Arizona.
The rapper was thanking fans for coming out his show Wednesday (September 21) when one of them handed him a retail copy of his album Cole World: The Sideline Story. The only problem is, the album doesn't get officially released until September 27.
“I don’t know how the f*ck they got this sh*t, but this sh*t is real my n*gga,” he said. “This sh*t is incredible for me to see right now. This a n*gga album. I don’t even have this, n*gga. I don’t know how you got this.”
There were reports that some Target stores had put the album on shelves prematurely, but that hasn't been substantiated.
Posted by ChasinDatPaper on September 23, 2011 at 8:35am
One of the best gangster movies of all time is about to get another remake.
Deadline is reporting that Universal is preparing to film a third version of Scarface.
The film is not intended to be a remake or a sequel. It will take the common elements of the first two films: An outsider, an immigrant, barges his way into the criminal establishment in pursuit of a twisted version of the American dream, becoming a kingpin through a campaign of ruthlessness and violent ambition. The studio is keeping the specifics of where the new Tony character comes from under wraps at the moment, but ethnicity and geography were important in the first two versions. In the 1932 Scarface, an Italian (Paul Muni) took over Chicago, and in the Brian De Palma-directed remake, a Cuban cornered the cocaine trade in 1980s Miami, only to be consumed by it. Ann Dvorak, George Raft and Boris Karloff starred in the original, and Michelle Pfeiffer, Steven Bauer and Mary Elizabeth Mastrontonio starred in the remake.
The version starring Al Pacino is one of the most popular movies ever in the hip-hop community. More than 10 million copies of the DVD have been sold worldwide.
No word yet on casting or a release date for this latest version.
Would you like to see another Scarface remake or should they leave a classic alone?
Posted by ChasinDatPaper on September 22, 2011 at 3:23pm
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Common sat down for an interview with MSNBC's "Morning Joe" today to discuss his new memoir One Day It’ll All Make Sense.
The Chicago rapper/actor talked about what inspired him to write the book, his mom being his best friend, being labeled a "socially conscious" rapper, and Nas being the best rapper alive.
“Nas is so poetic with it and I feel like his lyrics, you can write ‘em down on paper and they will last for time," Common said. "It would be like literature that we read."
The two recently linked up for the song "Ghetto Dreams," which is the first single for Common's upcoming 9th studio album The Dreamer, The Believer, due out later this year.
Posted by ChasinDatPaper on September 22, 2011 at 2:00pm
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A Missouri mom is in all kinds of trouble after her child brought drugs to his kindergarten class
Police in Sweet Springs, MO say 32-year old Michelle Marie Cheatham's son pulled out a crack pipe, and several bags of methamphetamine worth $3700 when he came to school for show-and-tell on September 6.
Authorities later obtained a search warrant, and found the crack pipe and a butane lighter at Cheatham's home.
Cheatham was charged six days later with two class C felonies. One for endangering the welfare of a child and the other for possession of a controlled substance. She could receive 7 years in jail and a $5000 fine for each charge if convicted.
Police Chief Richard Downing said this is the first time something like this has happened in his career.
"When I called the prosecutor about it, they said, 'You're kidding me, aren't you?" he told KCTV5.
Posted by ChasinDatPaper on September 22, 2011 at 9:30am
Lil Wayne and Juelz Santana's much talked about joint album is finally going to see the light of day five years after talk of the collaboration first surfaced.
Mack Maine, who serves as both an artist and Young Money's President, revealed the news to XXL.
“The next project he's working on is I Can’t Feel My Face with [Juelz Santana],” Maine said. “Elz is talented man. He’s a young legend. [Wayne’s] back working in the studio. He has that and the Young Money album.”
The Young Money album is expected before the end of the year. There is no firm release date yet for I Can't Feel My Face.
Posted by ChasinDatPaper on September 22, 2011 at 9:28am
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50 Cent was a guest photographer for Smooth Magazine's 52nd edition.
The G-Unit boss came up with the "warrior princess" theme for the edition, and photographed all 14 models over the course of four days in 10-12 hour shifts.
"[The opportunity] actually came up when they were shooting the 50th edition. My young boy Banks was in that one," 50 said. "I stopped by the photo shoot and said 'you know what would be interesting is if we did something that's a little more artistic, that showed the women in a stronger position.'"
Look for more photography work from 50 in the future. He compares it to his acting career, and plans to continue taking pictures of beautiful women for the foreseeable future.
Posted by ChasinDatPaper on September 22, 2011 at 8:24am
Forbes has rolled out their Future 400 list, and Diddy makes the cut in a big way.
The Bad Boy Records CEO, is worth an estimated $550 million.
The notorious name-changer has taken to calling himself Ciroc Obama, and for good reason: Through his vodka deal with beverage giant Diageo, Diddy receives an annual cut of profits and a big chunk of cash if the Ciroc brand is ever sold. With the spirit’s value soaring toward $1 billion, and stakes in clothing lines Sean John and Enyce, marketing firm Blue Flame and record label Bad Boy, Diddy may beat buddy Jay-Z, featured on last year’s cover, to The Forbes 400. Net worth: $550 million.
Other notable names on the list include Interscope's Jimmy Iovine ($400 million), movie director/producer Michael Bay ($410 million), Dropbox CEO Drew Houston ($400 million) and Twitter creator Jack Dorsey ($650 million).
Posted by ChasinDatPaper on September 21, 2011 at 7:03pm
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Slim The Mobster is a name you should familiarize yourself with. The California rapper has been helping Dr. Dre craft 'Detox' by writing 200+ songs for the album..
Now it's his turn to step out of the shadows with his upcoming street album "War Music".
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