Bone Crusher is back, on a Nitti beat with Radio Rah. Not bad.
DJ Jazzy Jeff – Vinyl Destinations (Episode 16)
Where else would Jazzy Jeff and his crew go? Africa. These. guys. are. LIVING. THE. LIFE.
Life+Times Goes On the Road With Macklemore & Ryan Lewis
JAY Z’s Life + Times documents Macklemore & Ryan Lewis’ recent trip to Camp Bisco Music Festival in upstate New York, as they prepare for the upcoming Budweiser Made In America festival after a long summer stretch of European festival dates. Now firmly in the spotlight after years spent in Seattle’s independent scene honing their artistry, the duo discuss breaking through with “The Heist,” the rigors of touring that have followed, and creating music that will stand the test of time, in between performances of “Can’t Hold Us” and “Ten Thousand Hours.”
Juvenile Feat. Young Jeezy & Yo Gotti – Pay The Rent
Juvie The Great returns with a big record, featuring Dirty South dopeboys Young Jeezy and Yo Gotti.
ARTWORK: Rapsody – She Got Game
I can’t wait for this: Rapsody’s DJ Drama-assisted She Got Game drops August 20th. Above is her artwork for the project (courtesy of 2DopeBoyz), which she describes below.
“In the game of basketball, Cheryl Miller is such an iconic figure because of what she helped do for women in the game. She is one of the players who showed that the girls could play just as well as the guys, and sometimes better. She even played with the USBL for a while, which was a guys league. So, I wanted to recreate this photo as a representation that whether we are talking about the art of rhyme, deejaying, basketball, or medicine, at some point gender shouldn’t matter. In this game no matter what your gender, color, religion or what have you, it should only be about the product; it’s good or it’s not.”
Stalley Speaks On ‘Honest Cowboy’ With Revolt TV
Stalley speaks on his ‘album before the album‘ which drops this Thursday, courtesy of Revolt TV.
Laila Ali Apologizes To Kanye & Kim Over Baby Name Comments
After letting the world know how she really felt about ‘North West’, ‘Blue Ivy’ and any other name that falls into the pot, Laila Ali inexplicably apologizes to Kanye West & Kim Kardashian (two people whose asses I’m sure she could kick without blinking). There’s also audio of the interview below the transcript.
Egypt: Laila, are you there babe?
Laila: I am here, how are you doing?
Egypt: Girl, this just seems so silly. But I know that you kinda had something on your heart when I called you too that you wanted to share with everybody. How did this thing just get blown out of proportion?
Laila: Okay, I was recently at a charity event and I was asked my opinion on some of these non-traditional and creative names and I was speaking very candidly and honestly as I always do. And you know, as a parent, knowing how cruel the world is and the bullying, and you know, kids have to grow up and get a job one day, I did say that I think some of these name choices are stupid. I do realize that it was a poor choice of words, you know, and it wasn’t to single out Kim or Kanye. I actually mentioned a bunch of names, not just the name North. It was a general opinion to a question that I was asked, but it doesn’t matter. I do realize and I take responsibility for it. I have no problem doing that. It was a poor choice of words that I used.
Egypt: Okay.
Laila: You know I actually reached out to Kim and Kanye to apologize.
Egypt: You know I think that’s very admirable of you because not too many people would have…said you know what, wait. Errr! Let me just put the brakes on here. Maybe I shouldn’t have said that or it came out wrong. But you know some people would even say you only said what everybody else was thinking, you know?
Laila: Well, that usually is the case.
{{Laughs}}
Egypt: Let me tell y’all people something. If you keep naming your babies Glamadia and CharnetMoet Rose, come on they’re going to have trouble getting a job. In the future, we gotta think smart.
Laila: Exactly.
Egypt: These are your kids lives. Alright, thanks so much Laila!
Laila: Thanks for giving me the opportunity to clear that up.
Egypt: Absolutely.
Ab-Soul (@abdashsoul) – Christopher DRONEr
Some new, paranoid Ab-Soul about conformity. Produced by Willie B. of the Digi+Phonics and mixed by Ali, I enjoyed “Christopher DRONEr” but the rhyming seemed a bit tired.
BEHIND THE SCENES: TGT – I Need
Tyrese, Ginuwine & Tank film their latest visual for ‘I Need’, taken from their upcoming album Three Kings, which drops August 20th.
2 Chainz Speaks On ‘B.O.A.T.S. II: Me Time’, Cover Artwork
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2 Chainz speaks in-depth about the cover artwork for his upcoming album Based On A T.R.U. Story II: Me Time (which apparently wasn’t a simple agreed upon decision), going up against his star Hip-Hop peers musically and more.
Stalley – A-Wax (In-Studio)
Another clip courtesy of DJ Kay Slay & Street Heat, this time with Stalley, performing an in-studio rendition of ‘A-Wax’.
Cookie Monster from Sesame Street – I Don’t Care (Icona Pop Cover)
Stereogum posted this Sesame Street today of Cookie Monster covering Icona Pop’s huge hit “I Don’t Care”, re-imagining the single as a song about self-control.
Young Jeezy & CTE – BYLUG Vlog (Episode 1)
Jeezy & Co. drop the first installment of a new series building up the buzz for the upcoming Boss Yo Life Up mixtape dropping next week.
@TRAKGIRL – Lost Harmony (Video)
TRAKGIRL stared a new series of creative visuals featuring beautiful women across the country. Each videos will feature music produced by TRAKGIRL.
BEHIND THE SCENES: Snoop Lion – The Good Good
Take a look inside the video and Overstock commercial shoot for “The Good Good” from Snoop Lion’s latest release, Reincarnated. The video features scenes from both the Overstock ad as well as Snoop’s music video featuring the Broadus family and Mali Nicole.
Mike G – My Crown
For the latest Monday release, Mike G drops a flip of JAY Z’s latest track of the same name.
New ‘Trapped In The Closet’ Episodes Are ‘Two Months’ Away, According To R. Kelly
R. Kelly just told us the new chapter in his incredible “Trapped in the Closet” saga is only a “couple months” away!!!!!! – TMZ
Chris Brown Goes Into Jail…And Leaves Out 45 Minutes Later
From TMZ:
Chris Brown pulled a fast one Monday … turning himself in at an L.A. jail for his hit-and-run case — a day ahead of schedule.
TMZ has learned … Brown showed up at the Van Nuys jail at around 2 PM. We’re told his lawyer, Mark Geragos, engineered it all and the purpose was to make it happen without any photogs present.
Brown was booked and released on his own recognizance — no bail. We’re told the whole thing took around 45 minutes.
Now here’s what’s interesting … Just a few hours earlier, there was a gaggle of photogs at the courthouse which is connected to the jail, because 50 Cent made a court appearance. When the cameras were gone, Chris appeared.
He even hit the club later that night (above). Celebrities.
THROWBACK: Action Bronson In A 2010 Tampax Commercial
Check out Action Bronson in this Candid Camera style clips for some tampons from a few years ago:
In this experiment, a girl has left her bike lock at home and asks male passers-by to run into the drug store and buy her some tampons. See the hilarious, and eye-opening, lengths people go to in order to avoid the embarrassment of buying tampons.
@FatTrel Ft. Nooney – No Lames (BTS Video)
Recently in Palmer Park, MD, Muddy District shot a behind the scenes for the video for Fat Trel’s song “No Lames” featuring Nooney. Blaqstar is doing the official video, featuring DC’s WheelieBoyz and MD’s Landova Ridas as well.
PICS: Kelly Rowland Shoots A Fitness DVD
Man…..Kelly Rowland is teaming up with her personal trainer, Miss Jeanette “Hollywood Trainer Weight-Plan” Jenkins to do a fitness DVD. I’m sure there’s more information on this, but….
P-Wild – Fuck With Me Freestyle
P-Wild jumps on Jay Z’s record ‘F*ckwithmeyouknowigotit’ for his newest freestyle. Make sure to cop his new mixtape #Wildout. New SB mixtape in the Fall.