More goodness from OG Ron C.
BEHIND THE SCENES: Ray J Feat. Bobby Brackins – I Hit It First
Ray J is keeping this train moving with a visual, and above is some behind the scenes footage of what went down.
BEHIND THE SCENES: A$AP Ferg Talks Collaborators For ‘Work’ Remix
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A$AP Ferg lets us (by way of MTV) know how he picked the features for his remix to ‘Work’:
“I chose the artist I chose because they’re all my friends. I got this thing, like, if you’re not on my phonebook then I’m not really talking to you or messin’ with you on a record[…]”
Jay-Z – Open Letter (Chopped Not Slopped)
OG Ron C & Co. give Jay-Z’s recent PSA that Texas trill.
Consequence – Turn Up
The Cons releases a new track that can be found on MLB2K13.
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UPDATE: Funkmaster Flex – Who You Mad At? Me Or Yourself (Mixtape); No Tags Version Added
Funkmaster Flex drops off his mixtape, titled Who You Mad At? Me Or Yourself, with features including The Lox, Fabolous, Rick Ross, Kendrick Lamar, Cam’ron, Lil’ Wayne, J. Cole, Mac Miller, B.o.B, Chris Brown, Lloyd Banks, Ne-Yo, Young Jeezy and many more. The mixtape game is now under new management…tracklisting below; you’ll have to head over to Google Play or iTunes to get your copy through Funk Flex’s mobile app.
UPDATE: Much better download link below.
UPDATE #2: Thanks to D-Dot Omen, there is now a no tags version. Let us rejoice.
Download: Funkmaster Flex – Who You Mad At? Me Or Yourself (Mixtape)
Daley (@DALEYmusic) – This Is RnB Interview
Daley talks to ThisisRnB.com about his upcoming debut album ‘Days & Nights.’ He explains the reason for the title, and talks about the fusion of sound he created, which he calls Future Soul. He shares his thoughts on being very open and vulnerable on record. And he talks about working with Pharrell, The Roots and more!
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Daley talks to ThisisRnB TV about his debut mixtape ‘Those Who Wait,’ from the creation and release of the project to the attention and success it achieved. He speaks about the incredible success of his duet single “Alone Together” with Marsha Ambrosius, if there is a British Invasion happening in the States and what it was like touring with Miguel in the UK.
Rapsody – The Culture Over Everything (Preview)
JAMLA (and 9th Wonder) is moving to put more spotlight on this extremely underrated artist, which a documentary on it’s way (above is the preview). If you haven’t heard of Rapsody, check out her latest project, <em>The Idea Of Beautiful.
Wiz Khalifa Returns To The Breakfast Club
Wiz Khalifa brings his brand of cool back to Power 105’s morning show to speak on being a pops, his Converse deal, drugs and more.
TRAILER: Gunplay – Pyrex (Video)
Gunplay is gearing up to release his new visual……which we could’ve simply waited for. I’m getting tired of unnecessary teasers. Just sayin’.
DPower Diesle (@officialdpower) – The Grime Report Interview
D Power looks at the current state of Twitter Beefs in the Grime scene and the overall effect it has on Artists and Fans as well as his views on Grime MC’s who don’t go on the radio or do Raves but are happy to consider themselves TopBoys in the scene due to Youtube views and Twitter followers.
UPDATE: More below.
@SlickmanParty Feat. @JammerBBK – In The Day Sometimes (Video)
Courtesy of Freshly Ground Media.
Black Thought & DJ Jazzy Jeff Warm Up The Crowd On ‘Jimmy Fallon’
Dopest thing ever (the song is question is ‘Web’ from The Roots’ Tipping Point‘, by the way). Somebody tell me how to score some tickets to this show before Fallon heads to The Tonight Show (or will it get even better?):
Black Thought & DJ Jazzy Jeff warm-up the crowd at a recent taping of Late Night With Jimmy Fallon!
Black Hippy Covers RESPECT.
Kendrick and his Black Hippy crew will be on the cover of the new RESPECT, on sale April 30th. Cop it; I already got mines heading my way in the mail. That subscription life.
Kendrick Lamar Performs In St. Louis
Someone calling themselves ‘MrButt’ (I don’t know) got some footage of Kendrick Lamar performing ‘Poetic Justice’ during his show at Chaifetz Arena in St. Louis.
Jose Guapo (@JoseGuapo) x Rich Homie Quan (@RichHomieQuan) – Big Cup
Jose Guapo links up with Rich Homie Quan for a new record that pays tribute to the lean drinkers. I assume that this will be off his upcoming project. Pour up and listen up.
K. Michelle Announces That She’s Quitting ‘Love & Hip-Hop ATL’; Disses Everybody
I’ll take a reason to post a picture of that any day. Taken from ABC News Radio:
K. Michelle is back for the second season of VH1’s Love & Hip Hop Atlanta, which premieres Monday, but says she won’t be doing a third season.
The 27-year-old has admittedly fought with every cast member this season, and the singer confirmed to ABC News Radio she’s done with it.
“If I know something is unhealthy for me why keep doing it,” K. Michelle said. “I’m not saying that I’m not dealing with other ventures with VH1 and Mona [Scott Young, the creator]. …You might see me in Love & Hip Hop New York. You never know.”
K. Michelle has gotten herself into some sticky situations while prepping for her upcoming album Rebellious Soul, which is set to hit shelves in August. Last month while filming scenes for the upcoming season of Love & Hip Hop, reports surfaced that a fight broke out backstage at K. Michelle’s New York City concert where she threw a bouquet of flowers at Mimi Faust’s face.
“You know I recently spoke with Mimi — I can’t give the show away — but I did apologize to her because at no means is it ever appropriate to slap somebody,” she said. “Especially with my mom being there and that being my first sold out show at B. B. King’s and that’s very monumental for an artist and for you to come to my event; I don’t do that. But I will take the responsibility…I should’ve just walked away from Mimi instead of making her smell the flowers.”
The two began bumping heads after K. Michelle said that Mimi’s boyfriend Niko appeared to be gay. And since Niko wasn’t at the premiere party for Love & Hip Hop, which was held in Atlanta earlier this week, have Niko and Mimi split?
“I can’t tell you that,” K. Michelle said, before adding, “You know I’m always right in my beliefs. You know, I’m very intuitive to things and to people. Yeah. That’s for you guys to find out; for her to tell.”
Still, that doesn’t mean that viewers can expect to see K. Michelle make up and play nice with every cast member. She’s still at it with Rasheeda, who is now expecting her second child.
“I have no respect for her. I hope her child doesn’t have the same morals as her and her husband,” K. Michelle told ABC News Radio. “The world is already messed up enough. We don’t even need another seed that has no morals, no nothing.”
And she doesn’t have kind words for new cast member, DJ Tracy Steele, who fans will get to know along with boyfriend, DJ Babey Drew.
“She’s an opportunist. I have no problem with this lady but I can tell an opportunist when I see one. She’ll do whatever she’s told to stay on that camera,” she dished.
K. Michelle feels her fellow cast members’ insecurity issues ultimately led her to quit the show.
“I think it’s a lot of jealousy between my cast members, and they can’t say it’s not,” she explained. “It’s not my fault that God didn’t give them no talent. That’s not my fault that you didn’t take your platform and do something else with it.”
Catch K. Michelle throwing more shade when Love & Hip Hop Atlanta’s second season premieres Monday, April 22, at 8 p.m. Eastern time.
Shy Glizzy (@Shyglizzy) – Spiritual Moment
Shy Glizzy drops off something new for his fans entitled ‘Spiritiual Moment’. He is currently finishing up his mixtape with Ar-AB, set to drop sometime next month. Law 2 should also be here this summer.
TEASER: B.o.B Feat. 2 Chainz – Headband (Video)
Bobby Ray drops off a teaser for his latest visual and single, set to be released on 4/20 (for obvious reasons). Produced by DJ Mustard.
UPDATE: Arrest Made Relating To Letters Containing Poisonous Substance Sent To President, Senator
UPDATE — From DCist:
The FBI arrested a Corinth, Miss. resident yesterday in connection with a series of letters tainted with the deadly poison ricin that were caught this week at White House and U.S. Capitol mail screening facilities. Paul Kevin Curtis, 45, is suspected of sending the letters to President Obama and Sen. Roger Wicker (R-Miss.). Curtis also allegedly sent a third tainted letter to a Mississippi judicial official, the bureau said in a news release.
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From NBC News:
A letter addressed to President Barack Obama tested positive for the poison ricin and was from the same sender who mailed a letter to a senator that also tested positive, officials told NBC News on Wednesday.
The letter to Obama was received at an off-site White House mail facility and was being tested further, a Secret Service official told NBC News. A federal law enforcement official said that the letter was “very similar” to one addressed to a senator that tested positive in preliminary screening for ricin.
Authorities cleared the atrium of a Senate office building Wednesday, but it was not immediately clear why.
Ricin is made from castor beans and can kill within 36 hours. There is no antidote. Some threatening letters simply contain ground castor beans, resulting in a positive field test for ricin without the concentrated poison.
An FBI official told NBC News that the agency did not initially believe the letters were related to the attack on the Boston Marathon on Monday.
The letter to Obama was received at the mail facility Tuesday, the official said. The FBI said Tuesday that a letter intended for Sen. Roger Wicker, R-Miss., had initially tested positive for ricin. Further tests were being conducted.
The Wicker letter was intercepted at a postal facility in Maryland that screens mail sent to Congress, and never reached Wicker’s office. The senator thanked law enforcement and said an investigation was underway but did not elaborate.
Other senators were made aware of the Wicker letter during a briefing Tuesday evening on the bombing in Boston. Sen. Claire McCaskill, D-Mo., said that the person who sent Wicker the letter writes often to elected officials.
The Wicker letter was postmarked Memphis, Tenn., and had no return address.
Dizzy Wright – XXL Freshman Freestyle
The next up: Las Vegas’ Dizzy Wright. Much better than the last two.
So far: ScHoolboy Q – Travi$ Scott – Ab-Soul – Joey BADA$$ – Logic – Trinidad Jame$ – Kirko Bangz
Ti’Jean (@TiJeanOnline) x Pusha T (@PUSHA_T) “Fast/Slow”
DC emcee Ti’ Jean links with Pusha T for his new record to support his campaign “First Class Crowd” off his upcoming mixtape set to drop in the summer.
Rocko x A$AP Rocky & Future – ‘U.O.E.N.O. (Remix)’
Rocko drops off his second remix of his smash hit single, this time around bringing along A$AP Rocky for the ride. I hope we do get Kanye West on this track.
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The Truth: Drake’s ‘No New Friends’ & ‘Girls Love Beyonce’
Drake has been shooting 100% from the field this year, and in the newest episode of The Truth, YN sits down to decode Drake’s two new releases of the week (‘No New Friends‘ & ‘Girls Love Beyonce‘) too see if they match up to his previous releases.