The Black Eyed Peas’ Fergie links up with A Tribe Called Quest’s Q-Tip and who-the-f***-is Goonrock for another track taken from the upcoming Great Gatsby soundtrack (due May 7th).
Trinidad James ‘XXL Freshman’ Freestyle
Trinidad James is the next up to freestyle for XXL’s Freshmen series. Trinidad James had this to say about being 2013 XXL Freshman below:
Being a Freshman, it’s definitely an experience. It’s dope, or whatever. It’s another obstacle in life that I’m conquering. So it’s cool. I definitely couldn’t have predicted it. But I did say last year—when I started doing music and the way it started to get responses—that I really wanted to be on this cover because I felt like I was a true freshman. I think the later part of the year last year I was like, ‘I just wanna be on this Freshman cover.’ I felt like I was doing the right things and I had all the right criteria to be a Freshman when it comes to music. Really, I’m just a big fan of music. I love music, and I just felt like I had my own message to relay to people. So I decided to go for it, and now I’m here.
Chella H (@ChellaChicago) – The Realest Bitch In It (Mixtape)
Chella H drops off her new mixtape The Realest B*tch In It, with features & production from Zaytoven, Snapback, Gaggie, Lil’ Durk, Mike Jaxx, Emmaculate, Cap 1, Block and more. Tracklisting and link below.
The Truth: Jay-Z “Open Letter”
In this week’s episode of The Truth, YN decodes Jay-Z’s new song, “Open Letter”, where he speaks on his trip to Cuba, his new record Deal, and becoming a sport agent.
Prince & 3rd Eye Girl – FixUrLifeUp
Prince decided to premiere this new song on Canadian radio. Ever the mysterious one, we still know fairly little about Plectrum Electrum, it’s features or when it’s coming out.
RECAP: Bridget Kelly’s Birthday Party At 40/40
Check out the re-cap of Bridget Kelly’s birthday celebration with special guests; Jay-Z, Neyo, Trey Songz, Rita Ora, Melanie Fiona, and many more.
Her new Single ‘Street Dreamin’ featuring Kendrick Lamar is the 1st single from Funk Master Flex’s ‘Who You Mad At? Me or Yourself’ Mixtape dropping April 17th.
Snoop Lion Calls Miley Cyrus ‘One Of The Greatest Musicians Of All Time’
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Not sure what the hell K$sha gave him before this moment, but here we are.
Rihanna & Ciara Continue To Go At It On Social Networks
Future has to be in the middle of all this. He recently collaborated with Rihanna on ‘Loveeeeeee Song’, and something must’ve happened surrounding that (was it Ciara’s first? Did Ciara make a comment about the collaboration that reached Rihanna?).
UPDATE: English Frank Speaks On The Racial Remarks He Made Towards African Security Guard
What I said was ignorant, being drunk is no excuse its wrong to stereotype anyone like that. I'm not racist just ignorant and not proud
— English Frank (@englishfrank) April 16, 2013
UPDATE: Above, English Frank sends a sort-of apology on Twitter.
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Wow, Frank. During the Hip-Hop Isn’t Dead show in Brixton (also featuring Akala, Black The Ripper and more), rapper English Frank decided to, well…..be racist towards an African security guard. Not sure how this is going to fare, but well see what the response is….
Beyonce Kicks Off ‘Mrs. Carter’ World Tour In Serbia
While Rihanna’s busy canceling tour dates, Beyonce is getting her tour started. The Mrs. Carter World Tour made it’s first stop in Belgrade, Serbia last night to a sold-out crowd in Kombank Arena. From the looks of it, she didn’t dare disappoint. More clips below.
Troy Ave – Major Distribution Freestyle
Troy Ave goes in over 50 Cent’s ‘Major Distribution‘. In addition, Troy Ave will be dropping something new on the 15th of every month.
Gold Panda – Brazil
UK producer Gold Panda is back with a new tune (below) and a forthcoming album. Half Of Where You Live drops 11th June.
Styles P & Sheek Louch Perform At B.B. Kings
From Xclusives Zone:
Styles P’s new album ‘Float’, produced entirely by Scram Jones, has finally hit stores today. To celebrate, Styles took over B.B. Kings last night for the album release party. He hit the stage alongside Sheek Louch and treated the crowd to a performance of classic records as well as his new single ‘Hater Love’.
Skylar Grey – Final Warning
As promised, here’s the new single in full from Skylar Grey, taken from her upcoming release Don’t Look Down (due July 9th).
Raheem DeVaughn – Love Connection (Video)
A Place Called Loveland should be arriving in July; check out his latest visual and single from the project. Dude hasn’t lost a step.
will.i.am – #willpower (Album Stream)
will.i.am has decided to release his entire album on his YouTube channel, so we laid out the clips foryou to enjoy below. Very interested about the Juicy J feature.
Jennifer Hudson On ‘Jimmy Kimmel Live’
J-Hud stopped by Kimmel’s show to speak on her new Lifetime movie (Google it), performing at the Oscars, her music career and more. Additional clips below.
Rainy Milo (@RainyMilo) – Bankrobber (Video)
Rainy Milo lets go of her new visual for ‘Bankrobber’, which is believe is going to be on her forthcoming Black and Blonde EP.
Diddy Reveals New Promo For Revolt TV Network Channel
Diddy is gearing up for the premiere of his new network channel, and the adverts are off and running. Here’s one to check out now:
Every generation needs a new Revolution! The power they took from the people will return to the people. We are not machines. We do not look to the World for validation. We are the people that future generations will follow.
Drake x James Fauntleroy – Girls Love Beyonce
Drake begins the OVO week with a bang…earlier, he dropped off the remix to ‘Started From The Bottom’ with Lil Wayne & Rick Ross (by way of DJ Khaled), and now, he gives the ladies something to ride out to. Ladies do love Beyonce though. Produced by 40.
Young Guru On CNN Radio
Young Guru is currently on his Era Of The Engineer tour, and he took time out to speak with Gavin Godfrey on CNN Radio. He spoke on his origins, working with Jay-Z and the lecture series.