“All Gold Everything” might be the motto, but Trinidad James has true love and appreciation for music. We had the chance to meet with the Def Jam-signee at this year’s Paid Dues-festivities in San Bernadino, CA and talk about a range of subjects such as his dream collaborations, his feeling about being an official part of the XXL Freshman Class of 2013, respect between artists and the necessity of getting together to make music that “blows people’s mind” and much more.
Trae tha Truth recalls that one time he got nervous and explains why the Internet is so important to his career.
No Malice sits down with HHS1987 to talk about a variety of topics, including his home state and making it out of VA, as well as Clipse getting their deal by travelling and putting in the work. He also talks about the void in his life that was missing when he was at the top of his career that lead him to become No Malice. In addition, he also speaks on how you need to put God first because he is the foundation in everything you do. Finally, No Malice talks about his new music will “break the ice.” how he hasn’t categorized his new music as Gospel, Christian rap or other and the rumored Clipse reunion.
Big K.R.I.T.’s King Remembered in Time mixtape is one of his most personal efforts to date. We sat down and chopped it up with K.R.I.T. about the project and he reflected on the meaning behind every track. In this part 1, K.R.I.T. talks about why he named the project King Remembered in Time (effectively after himself) and the process of recording the mixtape (he literally slept in the studio). He also talks about what he believes his Purpose is as an artist, as well as his reasons for making The Only One. Lastly, K.R.I.T. speaks on The Banana Clip Theory, his commentary on gun violence and the vicious cycle of destruction it engenders. This is Big K.R.I.T.’s definitive guide through King Remembered in Time.
Janelle Monáe is literally one big ball of energy, and she brought that energy to 106 & Park for the premiere of her latest visual with Erykah Badu.
DJ Khaled’s artist, Red Rum, speaks with HHS1987 about a variety of topics. He talks about how he linked up with DJ Khaled, treating this game as a business and his new mixtape, King of the Jungle, which features Pusha T, Alley Boy, Ace Hood, Black Cobain & more. Below, you can watch Red Rum’s 30 For THIRTY DMV Freestyle.
Tyler bares all about losing his grandmother, dating troubles from the rise to fame and rapping during puberty!
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Above: Mack & Lew give advice to major music labels and talk about hip hop’s homophobic and misogynistic past. Below, they perform ‘Can’t Hold Us’.
Mac Miller reveals who he’s sleeping with on The Angie Martinez Show.
Fantasia talks about her new album Side Effects Of You while BlogXilla continues to flirt with the American Idol Winner.
The human serviette links up with The Roots’ ?uestlove in Vancouver for his usual brand of thorough interviewing.
In the third CRWN clip, Tyler admits how close he is with his childhood friends, that he acted like a fanboy to Frank Ocean and how stoked he was when Pharell Williams sang his verse.
In part 1 Iggy talks to Nick Huff Barili about race in hip hop and the comments that Scarface made in a recent Hard Knock Tv interview stating that hip hop is white now and is controlled by white executives that don’t care about the culture.
VICE apparently has a side project titled THUMP, and the above feature comes from that:
The star hip hop producer tells us about crossing over into the the electronic music realm with Baauer.
Kid Ink is currently out in New York for a promo run and we got a chance to sit down with him and chop it up. He talks about signing with RCA Records and why he made the decision to go the major route. He then goes on to talk about his recent studio session with Pharrell and lets us know that he wants to work with his labelmate, Alicia Keys.
Kid Ink proceeds to speak on The Alumni movement, crazy tour stories, how he got Meek Mill and Wale on his ‘Bad Ass’ single, the ‘Victorious’ track he did for Funkmaster Flex’s tape and his live shows.
Famed NY rapper Fabolous shares his thoughts on rappers on Twitter, revealing that he backed away from joking with rappers on the social media site, because some can be too sensitive. Fabolous also shares his thoughts on Ray J’s new track “I Hit it First,”his relationship with Lil Wayne after “So NY,” and his funniest Kanye story.
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This clip was apparently broken out for Clef during his recent RapFix Live appearance. The Score = a TRUE classic.
Baltimore’s Lil’ Mo visits The Breakfast Club to speak on family, doing radio in D.C., Fabolous, Murder Inc. and more.
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If you missed it, President Obama went with Khaled’s ‘All I Do Is Win’ for his for the intro to his Correspondents’ Dinner Speech. A very gassed (I’m sure) Khaled Khaled speaks on the look.
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Listen to Jay-Z discuss his inspiration for getting involved with The Great Gatsby and why executive producing major films is the next stage in his business development…
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Amber Rose and husband Wiz Khalifa were so inspired by Ricki’s film “The Business of Being Born,” they planned to deliver their own baby at home and in the water. But their bundle of joy had other plans. Hear how Amber and Wiz had to let go of their dream for the sake of their unborn child.
In the second clip of Waka Flocka’s Combat Jack interview, we get to hear his thoughts on his current relationship with Gucci Mane and Nicki Minaj……but mainly Gucci:
“I don’t know what secret feelings that man got,” Waka says. “From my personal opinion it gotta be jealousy or envy or something.”
Gucci has taken some shots on Twitter against his former protege. “I heard he said his Twitter got hacked,” Waka says in response. “I guess God hacked it.”
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Esteban spends time with rapper Big K.R.I.T., who breaks down tracks from his new mixtape “King Remembered in Time.”
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Check out the latest episode of RapFix Live (with Wyclef, Kid Ink & Havoc), currently in progress now.
