will.i.am recently took to his blog to break down what happened and why he’s actually partly responsible (hey, it’s a real world out there…::shrug::):

everyone is talking about my car getting broken into… actually…i accidentally left it open…unfortunately someone walked by it and took everything out of it… in my car was my coke bottle cap man bag…and in that bag was my drivers license, black american express card, visa card, 10 thousand dollars worth of items, and my ipad… ha ha… (thats when i remember i turned on “find my ipad function) to make a long story short – threw gps and find my ipad on: i located it and the dumb ass criminals and sent 6 cops to their house…recovered all my stuff…”wow”…the lesson here is never steal technology…

I’m pretty late here, but I find this necessary to still be talked about: last week Drake did a pretty extensive video with Allhiphop.com about various topics, some of which we’ve already heard about even before this blog began, ranging on topics from Rihanna to the Lil Kim/Nicki Minaj issue, yahdayah. What both peaks my interest all of a sudden while also showing that I’m pretty slow on picking up the indirect shit is one part of the interview where he discusses a rap style which has been picked up by quite a few rappers, inclusing just about every member of Young Money themselves:

AllHipHop.com: How much do Young Money artists bounce off each other? I noticed you have similar inflections and cadences or rhyme patterns. I noticed this one thing that Nicki said, “It’s going down. Basement.”

Drake: Well, that flow has been killed by so many rappers. And, I never want to use that flow again in life. [Laughs] I wanted to take if off my album, because I was like, “I shut ‘em down. Onyx.” I hate the fact that that rhyme is still in there. To be honest, that flow, you can trace it back to like…I trace it back to Big Sean (artist on Kanye West’s G.O.O.D. Music). That’s the first guy I heard utilize that flow throughout the duration of a verse. I’ll give him that credit. I think Kanye got it from him. Me and Wayne found a dope way to do it. I don’t want to sound cocky, but the best way its been used was on “Forever.” Those lines just all individually make so much sense. They’re all punchlines. Then a bunch of rappers started doing it and using the most terrible references in the world. 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!”

So, what I learned from this excerpt are two things: 1) Big Sean was apparently the inventor of this variation of punchline, and 2) Ludacris is one individual that Drake feels sucked at pulling the flow off. Anyways, Illseed made a mention in his rumor blog that chances are there won’t be a response but I will say I am sure looking for ward to see how Ludacris feel about that statement…

Read the entire interview in it’s entirely, on Allhiphop.com.

Nicki Minaj earns her first No. 1 on Rap Songs with “Your Love”…The last female rapper to peak on the Rap Charts was Missy Eliiott with “Work It” in 2003.

I’ll be honest. I hate this song. Like reeeallly hate it. But it’s catchy enough and it probably wasn’t made for me, anyway. Plus, there’s nothing wrong with finding a reason to post a pic of her up here. ::shrug::

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Source: Billboard.com

…?uestlove and Raphael Saadiq? Word? …Come to think of it, that might actually work:

HELLRAISER AMY WINEHOUSE is fronting a new band.

She has teamed up with THE ROOTS drummer ?UESTLOVE and producer RAPHAEL SAADIQ, who will be on guitar in the as yet unnamed outfit.

But finding time to record is proving tricky due to Amy’s US visa problems. She was previously denied one for possessing cannabis and an assault she was later cleared of.

?uestlove explained: “The group will definitely happen. It’s just the closest she can come to the States is Jamaica. I’m off to France soon so I’ll see if she’s up for discussing it over dinner. We’re Skype-ing the s*** out of each other.”

Sounds painful.

At the end of the day, The Roots make everything better musically. Assuming this John Legend album will be a success, which it already sounds to be…

Source: The Sun