J. Cole stopped by Power 105.1′s The Breakfast Club for the first time this morning. He talked about his beef with Diggy and spoke on his album leaking a week early. Later on in the interview he spoke on the concept of “new legends”, conversations with Jay-Z, graduating from St. John’s and having the support in his hometown. At the end he kicked a little freestyle for the people on air.
J. Cole speaks on that moment he was probably waiting for with him and his idol Nasir with BET.
Iggy Azalea continues to dodge questions regarding A$AP Rocky and — apparently — Nas.
With a few days left until the release of his Sophomore album ‘Born Sinner’ J.Cole stopped through to chop it up with DJ Drama while out in Atlanta during his ‘Dollar & A Dream’ promo tour.
The funny thing is that I would give damn near anything (pause) to get a full body of work (pause) from Punch. Unfortunately, it looks like he’s taken to rapping for fun and being the President for work (think Mack Maine). Check out Rap Radar’s interview with the Top Dawg Executive (Part 2 below).
Rapper and host Trae Tha Truth sits down with Hustle Gang head honcho T.I. and guest comedian Lil Duval for Banned Radio. During the discussion, Duval shares with Tip that he enjoys the “Kemosabe” song off the recently released G.D.O.D. compilation mixtape. After thanking Duval for the listen and pointing out that Cash Money artist Birdman is also featured on the track, the comedian states no one wants to hear Baby rap and suggests “that’s when you go get yourself a drink at the club”.
Another interesting topic tackled by Duval and T.I. is the newly announced Big Tymers reunion minus Mannie Fresh. Trae The Truth also purposes the question to both guests about what were some of the more memorable items each can remember purchasing when they started pulling in big cash. Tip shares some of his past expenses on high-end brand name couture like Versace, Coogi, and Dolce and Gabbana while Duval recalls spending on an old box Chevy with 30 inch rims and a banging audio system.
Action Bronson talks N.W.A. in the first portion of his interview with Combat Jack.
YN returns with his series The Truth at the right time. In the first episode of his new season, Elliott speaks with Ibrahim “IB” Hamad and Mike Dean about the showdown between J. Cole and Kanye. Make sure you support Born Sinner and Yeezus.
I’m not really familiar with these in-studio interview that DJ Boogz is conducting, but you can check out more here. Above, Boogz interviews URL’s Smack.
The guy that made ‘Snapbacks & Tattoos’ appears in the booth with DJ Boogz for an interview and freestyle.
We talk to Kendrick Lamar about winning new fans, the future of Black Hippie, and what he’s learned from Dr. Dre and Pharrell at the 2013 Bonnaroo Music & Arts Festival in Manchester, TN.
Drake gives an interview after his surprise performance with 2 Chainz at Hot 107.9’s Birthday Bash 18 in Atlanta, GA. Among the topics discussed, Drizzy says that Nothing Was The Same is almost finished.
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Over the weekend, 2 Chainz announced the title of his upcoming album; after performing at Hot 107.9′s Birthday Bash, he explained to Rob Markman the meaning behind the project.
Taken from TIME, where you can also check out a full interview:
The Roots drummer talks about his new book, the influence of Stevie Wonder, and the band’s success on Late Night.
Freddie Gibbs continues to dig into Young Jeezy (mainly because people keep asking him about it, which he’d rather not do) and even throws Jim Jones into the mix on a recent interview with Closed Sessions.
Mac Miller takes his Movies to 106 & Park (the album drops this Tuesday).
Mac Miller talks Movies (out next Tuesday), competing with Kanye (and J. Cole), how in the hell he got a Jay Elect feature and more.
A month after being hospitalized with a gunshot wound, AraabMuzik rocked an incredible Bonnaroo set. Immediately afterward, he dropped a bombshell on Fuse: He and legendary producer Just Blaze are doing a project together. “We’re working on an album with Slaughterhouse. We’re just putting a lot of music together and actually composing and everything together.” AraabMuzik says the collaboration so far has been “inspirational.”
Apparently Bonnaroo was one of the first things on AraabMuzik’s mind while he was recovering from “being in the wrong place at the wrong time” and being shot during an attempted robbery. “I’m sittin’ in the hospital like, ‘Yo, I’m not missin’ Bonnaroo,'” he tells us. “This is my first comeback show, so I felt like it was only right to be able to come out and just show the world I’m back. I never left, but Bonnaroo is such a big festival that I couldn’t miss it.”
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Miley previously told MTV News that she and Future linked up for a studio session where no pen and papers were used and the atmosphere felt more like a party. Future confirmed this when we caught up with him on Wednesday in Los Angeles, explaining that he works off the vibe of an artist, without ever needing to write things down.
Last weekend, while on the West Coast, 2 Chainz got robbed before his show in the Bay Area. After denying the robbery at first, footage of the incident ended up hitting the net. When he returned to ATL, he stopped by Hot 107.9 and went into detail about what happened.
“I saw the gun first. It was like a .357. It was so heavy he couldn’t really hold it. The gun was so big. That’s what made me take off running. When I went into the street, there was another dude with a whole ‘nother gun. That’s when I knew it wasn’t like an episode of Punk’d. I was like this is real…I had bullet fragments in my hair…I think he thought he shot me.”
“Top 5 Dead Of Alive” rapper Jadakiss stops by Invasion Radio to catch up with longtime collaborator DJ Green Lantern and co-host Boss Lady and talks about hip-hop in 2013, memories of recording with Notorious B.I.G and more.
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King Louie skyped into MTV a few days ago to speak on his record from Yeezus — titled ‘Send It Up‘ — and how his verse ended up on the track’s final version:
“When I did the joint, we were in the studio — no B.S., like 20 hours strong, a day. We were in Paris or whatever,” he told us via Skype on Thursday. “I had woke up, and it was just a freestyle verse off the top and that turned out to be the one he was really rocking with; just genuine bars.”
On the latest episode of The Round Up, Shaheem Reid sits down with The-Dream at the 40/40 Club to clear up the retirement rumors, as well as speak on his song writing in the early days, writing hits for everybody, playing instruments and more.
