50 Cent is definitely keeping himself relevant in 2013…from the man himself:
This was inspired by 10years anniversary of GET RICH OR DIE TRYIN
I wrote the song so everytime i hear it it reminds me of it.
I wrote it the day before yesterday shot yesterday
it took me longer to find the beat than to actually write it.I didnt shoot the 3rd verse for you to focus on the lyrics. no GIRLS, no JEWELRY, RAW ENERGY , its just me
check it out
The Soulja Boy of the East. From MTV:
If your hips and wrists are sore from doing the “Gangnam Style” horsey dance at every wedding, bar mitzvah and flash mob for the past six months, Scooter Braun has some good news for you: Help is on the way.
It’s been nine months since South Korean superstar Psy began crushing the Internet with his signature song and dance. And, you might be asking yourself, after nearly 1.3 billion YouTube views and more than four million in U.S. sales, he’s got to be working on a sequel, right?
“In his country he’s been doing this for 12 years and he’s a superstar, selling out stadiums. They call him the ‘king of the concerts’ there,” Schoolboy Records boss Scooter Braun told MTV News. “What’s next? He told me he has another dance coming. For him it’s about trying to make history with ‘Gangnam Style.’ Now he’s excited to continue and he has another dance up his sleeve.”
That makes sense, since Psy told MTV News in December that he planned to “end” his signature song on New Year’s Eve.
“Being in Times Square on New Year’s Eve is already special — it’s the biggest stage in the universe — plus it’s my birthday, so, with all that, it may be the ending of ‘Gangnam Style,'” Psy said. “I mean, what better way to do it? It’s my biggest and most meaningful birthday.” Like Braun, he also hinted that he has another trick up his sleeve.
“The song became too popular, and so you start to have some concern about its life period,” Psy said. “I’m really working hard on a new single right now … In America I need a new single because ‘Gangnam Style’ got too popular, so I’ve got to write a new single.”
Da Big Fella brought out his youngins on the ‘Dumpin Remix’, taken from his debut mixtape. Don’t be shocked bitch niggas, it’s Fatz Friday. Y’all dont want it.
Shy Glizzy drops off his first visual of the year off his 2012 mixtape, Law. One of my favorites off the tape, Shy Puts together a dope visual.
Mendeecees was in court today and took the stand in Hackensack, NJ court in a statutory rape/sexual abuse case involving a 15-year-old girl four years ago . Read the report below.
Reports The YBF:
A woman who is now 19-year-old claims that when she was 15, she had a sexual relationship with Mendeecees Harris, and was blackmailed into doing so.
Mendeecees claims not only did he never commit any of the acts the victim claimed in court yesterday–like him blackmailing her with the secret of her being raped when she was 8 (what he threatened to do with the info we’re not sure) for sex–but that he rarely interacted with her at all.
CliffViewPilot.com reported his testimony:
“I never had a relationship with her, she never extended herself,” said Harris, taking the stand in his own defense. “She didn’t play basketball, she didn’t play Playstation, didn’t want to go to the movies.
“She always walked around the house like she had an attitude,” he said.
“That’s the truth – never, never – I never committed none of them acts to that girl in my life.”
According to French’s Facebook account, May 21st is the new release date for his debut album Excuse My French. Expect his next single — ‘Freaks’, which features Nicki Minaj — to drop real soon.
Pusha T sat down with MTV and told them that he and brother No Malice has a new Clipse album on the way. There’s no time frame set yet, but announces As God As My Witness as the title.
“When it comes to the Clipse, that’s a special brand to me. Me and Malice talk about doing a Clipse album. I’m not into toyin’ around with that, like just dropping records that ain’t related to an album. We owe our fans something super special, so when it’s time to do that, we just gonna zone in and focus in on that.”
7L, Esoteric & Inspectah Deck’s new project drops February 19th…..in the meantime, we have some snippets to gets you ready fir it’s release.
Karen Civil interviews rapper Tyga about his new single “For the Road” featuring Chris Brown. Tyga, famous for his work with Wiz Khalifa and Mally Mall on the hit club song “Molly” promises that his new song with Chris Brown will be something special for the ladies. “For the Road” is set to drop on Valentine’s Day.
XXL’s March/April focuses on what they call the return of New York in Hip-Hop (which I’m sure is debatable) with the arrival of current chart-toppers French Montana and A$AP Rocky. The issue hits newsstands February 19th.
Mike Will called Future a poet. That’s pretty much the gist of the above clip.
Frank Ocean got a dope feature from The New York Times Magazine to speak on quite a bit: his ‘beef’ with Def Jam when he was just Lonny Breaux, Nostalgia, Ultra, the Grammys, moving to Shanghai and much more. The full story can be seen here, but you can check out a few pics from the feature below.
Fresh off the release of his latest mixtape, CyHi The Prynce returns with another entry in his ongoing video saga. “Kick Back” finds the G.O.O.D. Music spitter and his crew enjoying the party life at one of their homes, where everything seems to be going just fine following their heist. That is, of course, until they catch the local news and find out the cops are out looking for whoever left someone alive at the scene.
Jay-Z’s Life+Times premieres the behind the scenes of Melanie Fiona’s upcoming music video for “Wrong Side of a Love Song.”
This past Tuesday The Kid Daytona headlined his first show at a sold out SOB’s. This show that was hosted by Hot 97’s Peter Rosenberg was packed to capacity with over 200 people in attendance and various press outlets. Daytona along with the Brooklyn based “Pitchblak Brass Band” performed a good selection of current songs as well as some new material.
Mikey Rocks has an EP — Banco — that coming soon, and above is a visual to push the promo.
I don’t know if the initial freestyle is an actual song for just some bars written, but that was WAY more monstrous than that first diss.
Oh yeah, there’s like a 20 minute interview at the end.
I missed Part 1 (probably, here’s Part 2 of YG’s interview with the L.A. Leakers. YG shares his story on how met DJ Mustard, working with Nipsey Hussle, and he confirms that he has a joint mixtape with Nipsey Hussle in the works due out this Summer.
Sorry for another delay but I took a little time to really decide the last 6 artists on this list: in the first two parts, we listed Da Big Fella, Ras Nebyu, Mellzy, Hard Workin, Visto and Surreal. Check out the final 6 artists below.
Chris Bo
Chris Bo is an artist signed under Fat Trel’s label DC 1135. We first heard Chris Bo on Fat Trel’s mixtape April Foolz on a track called ‘Round’; we then heard him on his own offering with a visual called ‘Goonz‘, which now has over 70,000 views on YouTube. Bo dropped his debut mixtape Ur Heart Or Minez this past summer in August with features from Fat Trel, Young Moe and Shy Glizzy. Ur Heart Or Minez was a strong first effort from the young emcee from the Southside. We look forward to more visuals from Chris Bo and new music in 2013 that will bring him to the next level.
Lightshow
Lightshow came on the DMV scene strong last year with the release of his mixtape Life Sentence. Life Sentence was featured on the front page of DatPiff as the featured mixtape of the week. I came around Lightshow during his back and forth with the Street Hottest Youngin Shy Glizzy. Shortly after that, we sponsored his warm up to Life Sentence, titled Yellow Tape & White Chalk 2. He’s collaborated with such artists as Black Cobain, Wale, Chief Keef, Shy Glizzy and more. I would say Lightshow had one hell of a year: in November, Lightshow signed to Wale’s Board Of Adminstration and is set to drop his debut with the label, titled Get Well Soon, in March. I’m sure it will be bigger then his last mixtape with plenty of major features and better music.
Reesa Renee
The only female to make our DMV Freshman List is Reesa Renee and she has definitely earned her spot. In 2011 she took her live show to the Apollo in Harlem, New York and was named the Apollo Champ. In 2012 she released her debut album Reelease, which in the first few weeks landed on the top 20 of the iTunes R&B charts. A few nights before the release of her debut album, she headlined show at the Fillmore in Silver Spring with Tabi Bonney, Ra The MC and more. She also landed a sponsorship deal with Sports Zone and has been featured in the Washington Post, the Washington City Paper and Soul Train.
Dunson
Dunson is a dope emcee from Baltimore, Maryland whom I’m sure a lot of yall haven’t heard about. I first learned about the emcee from my homie Modi (from DC to BC). Dunson first gained attention from Phatboiz and signed a production deal with the Grammy-nominated production team. After signing his deal, he did a few big shows at Highline Ballroom, S.O.B.s and Santo’s Party House where he was featured as a BET Music Matters featured artist. He later went on to open up for John Legend in Philly at Temple University in April. To close out his summer, he released his anticipated mixtape, The Investment, which features several guest appearances from John Legend, Mickey Factz and Swedish rapper Lazee. You might not know a lot about Dunson but he made a strong name for himself around the country in a very short time. In 2014, he may be another DMV artist to grace the cover of the XXL Freshman List.
Ace Primo
Ace Primo is a 17 year old emcee from the District of Columbia who was founded by producer Rodney ‘Dark Child’ Jerkins and signed to his Dark Child records. In his early career, Ace Primo has already starred in a movie Loss of Life, which was a independent horror film about a group of teenagers whose night ends in horrific tragedy. In 2012 he released his debut mixtape Davinci: The Art of Lyricism. The project showcased his untouchable talent as an great songwriter and lyricist. He was also featured on multi-platinum artist Nelly Furtado’s album he Spirit Indestructible. Already featured in XXL Magazine and MTV, Ace Primo has 100,000 followers on Twitter and 2.3 million views on his Youtube channel. His latest video for his latest single — ‘Raise Your Weapon’ — has over 300,000 views. Ace Primo has performed across the country in notable venues such as the Roxy Theatre, Tiger Arena, Columbia Convention Center, Reliant Arena, Nokia Theatre, and DAR Constitution Hall (while performing on the Scream Tour: Next Generation, Holiday Scream Tour, and Stop The Bullying school tour). ACE Primo is definitely on his way to make a name for himself in the Hip-Hop game.
Yung Gleesh
Yung Gleesh is the second artist signed under Fat Trel’s DC 1135 label to make our DMV Freshman List. Yung Gleesh is one of the founding members of the Go-Go band T.O.B and has left the Go-Go world alone to jump in the rap game. Some say Yung Gleesh sounds a little like Lil’ B; I would agree but I feel he may be a little better. Yung Gleesh had a very busy 2012 year and released 3 mixtapes: Cleansides Finest, Cleansides Finest 2 and 2 Tall Vs. Dolan Beats (Battle Of The Bands). Yung Gleesh’s video ‘Skrong‘ was posted on Fader and has over 125,000 views. ‘Skrong’ ended up being tweeted by rappers such as Danny Brown, Chief Keef and more. In early 2013, Yung Gleesh has spent a few weeks down in Atlanta to perform alongside Gucci Mane and has been in the studio with the Atlanta rapper. I look forward to what this may bring the young emcee from Northeast DC.
It looks like Warner will be scooping Parlophone up from Universal Music Group for a hefty £487 million. Stephen Cooper, Warner’s CEO, released a statement following the announcement:
“Having the Parlophone Label Group become part of our family represents a unique opportunity for us to join with legendary record labels and artists that are highly complementary to our existing organization from a creative, geographic and strategic standpoint. We are committed to making this a great outcome for Parlophone’s artists and employees, who will find in WMG a similar spirit and culture that is dedicated to providing the most supportive and innovative home for recording artists. The continuation of the Parlophone legacy and brand are central to the future success of this combination, and we are proud to have them join us.”
You really don’t realise how much sexiness oozes out of Aluna until you see her live. She, along with her cohorts, performed ‘You Know You Like It’ on The Culture Show.
The above footage is courtesy of Spiff TV.
Ryan Leslie stopped by Power 105 this morning to promote his upcoming Black Mozart. He spoke on touring, his $1 million verdict, the NY Post cover, past relationship with Cassie, her current one with Diddy and more.
