Last night in Brooklyn at the Barclays Center, Kid Cudi debuted a new song for the fans. He also brought out A$AP Rocky & King Chip.
Slaughterhouse Talks Upcoming Album With VIBE (Video)
For the greater portion of Slaughterhouse’s four projects (Slaughterhouse, Slaughterhouse EP, On The House, and Welcome to: Our House), hip-hop’s four horsemen proved why they are the mightiest lyrical force in rap. Yet the collective is digging a little deeper on its third LP.
Joe Budden, Royce Da 5’9″, Crooked I and Joell Ortiz sat down for an interview after ripping their SXSW performance at VIBE x House of Vans’ showcase to speak on how their next effort (Glass House, out this year) will be the group’s most personal to date.
“The content is what is going to separate this particular body of work from our previous efforts,” says Budden, with a Burberry scarf draped around his neck. “As artists [we] go somewhere that we probably haven’t explored as a collective in quite some time… When the album comes out a lot of people will be shocked at the caliber of music.”
Budden adds that the music on Glass House, which is executive produced by Just Blaze, is an all-star collection of instrumentals.
“Just Blaze created a Slaughterhouse of producers,” says Budden, mentioning J.U.S.T.I.C.E. League, Cardiak, AraabMuzik and Illmind as contributors. DJ Premier has also spoken on a future collaboration with Slaughterhouse. “Everybody in there just rocked out for two months and inspired each other. The music reflects that.”
Crooked I cosigns his lyrical partner, adding that the group vented personal issues to make the music even more relatable.
“We were going through different things personally in our life and it just shines through the music,” said Crooked. “That’s what’s going to make it relatable to the fan. It’s everyday struggles, everyday pain, everyday obstacles. You’re going to go through a journey when you listen to this album.”
“You’re going to get to know Slaughterhouse a lot better,” he continues. “I’m hoping that we become more like a friend to the listener than [rappers] that they’re listening to. The whole album is going to surprise people.”
Slaughterhouse’s Glass House is for release later this year, while the Glass House tour kicks off tonight in Boston. —John Kennedy
The Weeknd & XO Reveal ‘Official Issue’ Spring Collection (Delivery 2)
I missed the first release (not that I planned on buying any of that anyway), but The Weeknd has released a new lookbook of new threads that seem to be geared toward the ladies. You can check out the pics below; both genders can head over to the official store if they’re interested.
Tink Invades SXSW (Vlog)
The Chicago songstress/emcee Tink invites us to share her experience of this year’s SXSW in Austin, TX. Check out the footage above and — if you haven’t done so — get her newest mixtape, Winter’s Diary 2.
The Floacist – Try Something New (I Do)
Taken from The Floacist’s recently released album Rise of the Phoenix Mermaid; excuse me while I have a listening session.
Kylie Minogue Performs For ‘Le Grand Journal’ (Video)
Kylie Minogue recently appeared on the French show Le Grand Journal, and while on stage, the Roc Nation artist performed her singles ‘Sexercise’ and ‘Into The Blue’ (below).
Enrique Iglesias Feat. Jennifer Lopez – Physical
So, Enrique Iglesias dropped an album called Sex And Love (for the record, I know this because Flo Rida appears on it), and if you purchased the Target edition, you can his collaboration with J-Lo and a bonus. Enjoy.
Paul George Apparently Got Catfished After Sending Nude Selfies To A Gay Man
I’ll just post what we spotted at Complex and I won’t go any further (look for the nude photos yourself):
The thirst trap could get anybody regardless of the tax bracket, ethnicity, and profession. Paul George is (allegedly) the latest victim.
The star’s negative attention isn’t only because of his poor 2-for-10 shooting performance against the Grizzlies last night, although it certainly didn’t help. George apparently got catfished. The catfisher, who goes by “Paul,” purposely sends pictures of a thick Caucasian woman to get guys (celebrities and athletes) to send revealing pictures. He then post the pictures on his Tumblr page. It looks like George is his latest victim.
There’s also images of penises on the page as well, but of course, there’s no way to tell if one of them is from George.
Kelly Rowland Left Universal Republic (By Choice)
Spotted on Always A List:
Online reports surfaced earlier this week claiming Grammy winner Kelly Rowland had been dropped by record label, Universal Republic. The rumors began when blog sites noticed she was on longer featured on the label’s website.
Apparently, when the 33-year-old vocalist signed on to be a judge for the third season of “The X-Factor,” her team asked the label to release a new single to capitalize off the eight million viewers the show averaged each week. The label chose not to capitalize off of Rowland’s involvement on the show and the singer asked to be released from her contact.
Universal Republic quietly allowed Rowland to become a free agent in December 2013. Unbeknownst to fans, the singer has already been recording new tracks for a fifth studio album and has been entertaining new offers from record companies interested in signing her.
You can read more on the story here.
Toyota Recruits Beyonce For Their ‘Get Going’ Campaign
More money for King Bey in the form of a campaign geared toward working hard to accomplish your goals. Damn sure makes me want a Toyota.
Tez Kidd Feat. Kdot – Crack House (Video)
New road music from Sheffield, courtesy of Motion21 Entertainment.
Scratchy & Manga – Back To Back Freestyle (Video)
This was actually done back in June of 2013, but SBTV recently let go of a dope back and forth between Roll Deep members Manga and Scratchy.
Lethal Bizzle Feat. Cherri Voncelle – The Drop
Forgive us for being late, but if you also missed it, Lethal B dropped a new single a little over a week ago, featuring Cherri Voncelle. The premiere was courtesy of MistaJam for his Exclusive Play, who also spoke to Lethal on the single.
‘The Drop’ is officially released 11th May; you can preorder it on iTunes.
Villain – Spitfire Freestyle (Video)
Bow E3/Invasion Alert’s Villain goes in for JDZ Media’s freestyle series.
RECAP: King Los’ ‘Zero Gravity 2’ Listening Party (PICS)
Shoutout to AKW PR for the heads up on this event….check out a few snapshots of King Los’ private listening session for his forthcoming mixtape, Zero Gravity II, which went down at Quad Recording Studios in Manhattan, NYC. Guests included Fred The Godson, Corey Gunz, Peter Gunz, Young Jack Thriller and Emilio Rojas.
“Zero Gravity II is one of my best works to date,” King Los explains, “This album is introspective and comes from a real place. I rap about what I live, what I know, and that’s how the magic is created.”
The project drops tomorrow. I know I’m hype for it’s release (as you should be).
PICS: Dipset Vs. Fool’s Gold Basketball Game
The Jordan Brand basketball court in NYC became ground zero for a game between Cam’ron’s Dipset and A-Trak’s Fool’s Gold (both of whom are currently working on a project together, if you haven’t heard), and courtesy of Miss Info, Mikey Fresh and Jesse Vega, we get to see how it all went down (you can see plenty more pics here). Judging from some of the photos, Miss Info should have a dope recap video coming soon.
BEHIND THE SCENES: Beyonce’s Wardrobe For ‘The Mrs. Carter Show’
An exclusive look behind the scenes of The Mrs. Carter Show tour outfits with Beyoncé’s style team. Watch a never-before-seen look at her stage outfits by designers ranging from The Blonds to Versace and Emilio Pucci.
JAY Z & Jay Electronica – We Made It Freestyle; JAY Z Sends A Shot At Drake
Jay Z and Jay E drop a surprise freestyle over Drake’s “We Made It“.
What makes this track interesting are these bars from Hov:
“Sorry Mrs. Drizzy for so much art talk…Silly me, rappin’ ’bout shit that I really bought/ While these rappers rap about guns that they ain’t shot/ And a bunch of other silly shit that they ain’t got.”
Marat Feat. Igor – F*** It (Prod. Doemixxx & Rack Rokas) (Video)
Courtesy of You Dunn Know TV.
LMAO: Brandy Gets Pranked By Fake Interviewer (Video)
As courtesy of the TBS show Deal With It, we get to see Brandy (and The Game costar Coby Bell) get uncomfortable when with a difficult journalist.
Typah – Smoke Sessions Freestyle (Video)
N Double A representative Typah gives us some HARD bars in this Smoke Session Freestyle. – TGR
ARTWORK/TRACKLISTING: Sheek Louch & Ghostface Killah – Wu-Block 2
Two of New York’s heavyweights returns for another round with their upcoming sequel to 2012’s Wu-Block, which drops May 20th. You can check out the tracklisting below.
01. “Cappa Wu-Block” f. Cappadonna
02. “Wu-Block Biznez”
03. “Can’t Be Lookin’ 4 Me” f. The LOX
04. “Big Money”
05. “Guns On ‘Em”
06. “Ain’t Coming From Class” f. Solomon Childs
07. “Wanted Dead Or Alive” f. Cappadonna & Solomon Childs
08. “Put Ya Hands Up”
09. “South Beach”
10. “Die Tonight” f. Styles P
11. “Aura” f. Killah Priest & Masta Killa
12. “Drivin’ Around” f. Masta Killa & GZA
13. “Do U Like It”
14. “Come Get Some”
15. “Throw It Up”
CHECK OUT: Jammer Vs. Big Shizz
Courtesy of BBK’s Hennessy, Boy Better Know’s Jammer and Rascals’ Big Shizz held a friendly clash just for the hell of it.
Lauryn Hill Hit With Another Tax Debt — For Almost 900K
Damn, Miss Lauryn…you can read the document here. From Radar Online:
Nearly six months after Lauryn Hill finished serving prison time for tax evasion, the IRS is on her case again. RadarOnline.com has exclusively learned that the former Fugees singer was recently slapped with yet another batch of liens from the IRS — to the tune of nearly $867,000!
According to tax documents filed on January 14 and obtained by Radar, the IRS has served Hill with seven separate liens for a grand total of $866,868.05.
The IRS claims that in 2005, Hill failed to pay $422,008.26. For 2006, she owes $19,838.75; 2007, $61,158.50; 2008, $58,405.71; 2009, $30370.91; 2010, $13,247.73; and 2011, $261,838.19.