It’s Hip-Hop Gold everytime these two get together. Albert Einstein drops June 11th (tracklist below). That artwork is sick.
1. Imdkv
2. Give Em Hell
3. Scientology
4. Stay Dope
5. Curb Ya Dog
6. Death Sentence
7. Bear Meat
8. Y&T (Feat. Domo Genesis)
9. Gnarly
10. R.I.P. (Feat. Reakwon)
11. Confessions
12. Rakim
13. Mightier Pen
14. Breeze
15. Forever
16. Say My Name
We are now in the post-Rick Ross-rape-lyric era, where scrutiny will probably remain at the extreme that it’s currently in. With that said, Chief Keef reportedly has a new track called ‘You’, and on the track is the below lyric (as shown from his Twitter):
“You aint gonna let me f*ck and I feel you, but you gone suck my d*ck or I’ll kill you,”
The supposed song hasn’t yet been released. Let’s not forget what his right hand man actually did to a woman. Let the floodgates open.
Something about this cover creeps me out. #willpower drops April 23rd.
Damn…Reebok has caved in to the pressure over Rozay’s current controversy. From TMZ:
Reebok tells TMZ … “Reebok holds our partners to a high standard, and we expect them to live up to the values of our brand. Unfortunately, Rick Ross has failed to do so.”
Reebok goes on: “While we do not believe that Rick Ross condones sexual assault, we are very disappointed he has yet to display an understanding of the seriousness of this issue or an appropriate level of remorse.”
A few hours after Jay-Z released his new song, White House Press Secretary Jay Carney addressed the new record. He says that Hov followed proper protocol and didn’t communicate with President Obama in reference to his visit to Cuba.
UPDATE: Gucci Mane was apparently Scooter’s cell mate until yesterday. On the 22nd, Young Scooter was sentenced to 8 months for violating his probation.
ATL’s Freebandz/Brick Squad Affiliate Young Scooter AKA Kenneth Edward Bailey was pulled over Monday, April 8th for driving with a suspended license, and then arrested for violating his probation, only a week after Gucci Mane was jailed for assault charges. The offense that got Scooter on probation in the first place dates back to early 2012. A link to the Atlanta rapper’s mugshot and previous mugshots can be found here. Scooter is no stranger to law trouble, with arrests dating back until at least 2009. Hopefully the rapper can get out soon.
I know we’re late, but still….Snakeyman is playing alongside Reese Witherspoon! Taken from The Master Copy:
The 27-year-old, who first rose to prominence as a child after appearing on Grange Hill, will take on the role of a Sudanese refugee in upcoming flick The Good Lie.
The film follows the tale of four Sudanese refugees – nicknamed ‘The Lost Boys’ – orphaned during the second Sudanese Civil War in the Eighties, according to website Deadline.
Oceng, also known by his rap alias Snakeyman, has also starred in several UK flicks such as Adulthood, My Brother the Devil and The Knot.
Hot 97 has revealed the acts that will be performing during the pre-Summer Jam XX festivities in the above video. You can also check out the names below….seems like they once again have enough credible New Yorkers on the bill. Get your tickets for the event here.
Ace Hood – ScHoolboy Q – J. Cole – Yelawolf – Big Sean – A$AP Rocky – Kendrick Lamar – Pusha T – Action Bronson – A$AP Ferg – Joey Bada$$ – Vinny Cha$e – Bodega Bamz – Troy Ave – Kid Ink – Smoke DZA
2 Chainz has been getting his acting game on lately, and will now (I suppose) take on a more serious role as the unintentionally hilariously named Calvin “Pearlie” Jones. Check out a few pics and look up for the upcoming episode of Law & Order: SVU.
The question is, how many of these pics are we going to see before we finally start hearing some music?
Skylar Grey’s Don’t Look Down drops July 9th. Below stands the artwork for her next single — ‘Final Warning’ — which drops April 16th.
This is pretty funny. Above is an interaction between Drake’s pops and some stripper chick that father and son was both banging…..raw, apparently:
Word on the curb is that both Drake and his father had sex with a stripper in Atlanta, named Alana. Apparently the stripper is pregnant and doesn’t know if Drake or his dad are the father.
More backlash over Rick Ross’ controversial bars on Rocko’s ‘U.O.E.N.O.’ (which he was unceremoniously removed from):
The 37-year-old Florida rapper was supposed to roll into the capital city on Tuesday for a concert at the Ernst & Young Centre, but “security concerns” prompted the show’s promoter, Urban Jamz Ent., to pull the plug on Friday.
Ross’ scheduled appearance created a storm of controversy on campus as many reacted strongly to what they saw as the promotion of rape culture.
Black never saw the contract, but says organizers were rumoured to be paying Ross between $100,000 to $250,000. Organizers were also apparently paying for sound and light equipment, technicians and promotion, Black said.
Black also disputes CUSA’s attempt to distance itself from the controversy late last month by suggesting its role was simply purchasing a block of tickets to sell to Carleton students at cost.
You can read the full article over at O Canada.
Chris Brown’s bodyguard Big Pat decided to sue W.i.P. for his injuries following the infamous rumble between Drake & Chris Brown. In his lawsuit, there were a few things that seem to answer some of our questions. From Hip-Hop Blog:
The summer 2012 fight between Chris Brown and Drake continues to have unforeseen ramifications. Brown’s bodyguard, 43-year old “Big Pat” Strickland, has filed a lawsuit claiming that W.i.P., is responsible for bad cut he received in his head during the brawl. He says the club sat Drake and Brown’s camps far too close to each other, and served Drizzy’s crew too much alcohol.
And, in a major twist, Strickland claims Drake sent over a note taunting Brown.
“I’m f–king the love of your life,” the note read–according to the Strickland suit.
Of course, this led to a “massive bar brawl that involved bottle throwing, possible gunshots and a general state of riot and disorder,” the suit claims.
That is all. I don’t even recall the caption. Doesn’t really matter either.
Don’t judge my ignorance….you know you wanted to see this lovely lady out of that suit for once.
Nas is placing his bets on Mass Appeal Media, so much so that he dropped six figures. He’s also been appointed Associate Publisher of the magazine (check out his classic cover with Large Professor above). From Forbes:
Nas explained that he’d been dismayed at the lack of options for readers interested in all aspects of hip-hop culture, particularly on the newsstands. He considered starting his own publication, as Jay-Z did, but figured he’d have better luck using an existing brand as a launching pad.
“Mass Appeal has a legacy and respect,” he says. “It already has a foundation … I just feel like I can add on because I can lend my kind of cultural expertise and my professional acumen, and develop the business.”
UPDATE: Cudder has decided to move his release date FORWARD a week, possibly due to the album’s leak:
Ok so, INDICUD will be released April 16th now.Physical and digitally!! SPREAD THE WORD!!
— Scott Mescudi (@ducidni) April 10, 2013
KiD CuDi reveals his explosive artwork and tracklisting for the upcoming Indicud, due in stores April 23rd. Let’s hope that the date holds…..check out the list below.
1. The Resurrection Of Scott Mescudi
2. Unfuckwittable
3. Just What I Am Feat. King Chip
4. Young Lady Feat. Father John Misty
5. King Wizard
6. Immortal
7. Solo Dolo Part II Feat. Kendrick Lamar
8. Girls Feat. Too Short
9. New York City Rage Fest
10. Red Eye Feat. Haim
11. Mad Solar
12. Beez Feat. RZA
13. Brothers Feat. King Chip & A$AP Rocky
14. Burn Baby Burn
15. Lord Of The Sad And Lonely
16. Cold Blooded
17. Afterwards (Bring Yo Friends) Feat. Michael Bolton & King Chip
18. The Flight Of The Moon Man
The first news comes from Vlad TV, who stated that Lil’ Wayne was actually escorted out of the club Monday night (April 8th) after a confrontation with Trick Daddy escalated into a scuffle.
Taken from MTV:
Apparently incensed that Tunechi hadn’t “checked in” prior to the engagement, as he was warned to do after his now infamous “F—k Miami” rant and subsequent unapologetic stance on his comments about the Miami Heat, Trick Daddy, the self-professed “Mayor of Dade County,” reportedly entered the striptease establishment with 40-50 fellow Miamians in tow, looking to confront the I Am Not A Human Being II MC. The face-to-face encounter between the two rappers spiraled out of control, though, after Daddy Dollars allegedly threw a cigarette in Wayne’s face.
Weezy, along with YMCMB president Mack Maine, were tapped to host the grand reopening of KOD, which had recently upgraded its interior with a new LED lighting system and various other bells and whistles.
Neither party has taken to Twitter to comment on the situation but KOD did try to diffuse the rumor, tweeting, “YMCMB in the Building!!!!! No worries…,” which prompted the following response from @KOD_miami, “trick daddy in the house n—-s betta watch they mouth! #slipnslide #f—lilwayne #f—kod #tootsiesallday.”
Trick’s no tolerance policy against Wayne stems from the comments he made to 99 JAMZ radio station back in February after the “How To Love” rapper made no apologies for his anti-Miami rant.
“If anybody don’t like it they can die tonight,” Trick said. “I don’t care who be offended by what I say. I rep my city and want nobody disrespecting. We’ve got to stick together as radio, as artists, as DJs and fans who love the music as a whole. That’s what makes a community. Me and Luke been talking, we’ve been getting together, we’re going to find out some type of way to get this thing back on the road — I can’t go nowhere else, this is my home. So from now on, when they get here, they’re going to have to start checking in.”
Funkmaster Flex has set April 17th as the release date of his mixtape Who You Mad At? Me Or Yourself. It will be released in two parts (playlists) and some of the guests include The Lox, Fabolous, Rick Ross, Kendrick Lamar, Cam’ron, Lil Wayne, J. Cole, Mac Miller, B.o.B, Chris Brown, Lloyd Banks, Ne-Yo, Young Jeezy and many more. Check out the tracklisting below.
Jay-Z’s Made In America festival will be returning for its second edition this year. The 2013 fest will go down over the Labor Day weekend, August 31 and September 1. The official lineup for the festival was announced via live stream just moments ago. Take a look below.
The tickets go on sale next Wednesday 4/17 while AMEX cardholders and Fans of the fest on Facebook can access them on 4/16 at 10 pm.
Beyonce
Nine Inch Nails
Solange
A$AP Rocky
ScHoolBoy Q
Emeli Sandé
Walk The Moon
Kendrick Lamar
Fitz and the Tantrums
Haim
Wiz Khalifa
Nero
Ab Soul
GTA
Calvin Harris
A$AP Rocky
The Gaslight Anthem
Jesse Rose
Wolfgang and Gartner
AlunaGeorge
Feed Me
3LAU
Imagine Dragons
Macklemore & Ryan Lewis
2 Chainz
Public Enemy
Miguel
deadmau5
Queens of the Stone Age
From The Atlanta Journal-Constitution:
Rapper Gucci Mane was indicted on one count of aggravated assault Tuesday, according to Channel 2 Action News.
Gucci Mane, whose real name is Radric Davis, is accused of hitting a soldier in the head with a champagne bottle at Harlem Nights club on Courtland Street in Atlanta in March.
The victim told Channel 2 that Davis hit him in the head while he was trying to talk to a security guard.
“I’m in the military. I wanted to get a picture with Gucci Mane, is it OK?” the soldier said he asked the guard.
The alleged victim was taken to Grady Memorial Hospital and said he received 10 stitches
Odd Future’s CEO is winning….his second official effort kind of doubled his first….congrats to Tyler, The Creator.
Singer Morrissey has taken to The Daily Beast to pretty much breakdance on the recently deceased former Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher‘s grave, writing a fairly scathing piece of how bad she was. You can read the full write-up (or write-down?) here…below is an excerpt:
Thatcher will only be fondly remembered by sentimentalists who did not suffer under her leadership, but the majority of British working people have forgotten her already, and the people of Argentina will be celebrating her death. As a matter of recorded fact, Thatcher was a terror without an atom of humanity.
As far as the rest of the UK, well….just take a look:
Taken from Mad News UK:
Yesterday The Daily Telegraph closed their online comment section because of the abuse aimed at Thatcher and a campaign to get the classic song from the Wizard Of Oz, ‘The Wicked Witch Is Dead’, to number 1 in the UK chart has been set up by a group of individuals on Facebook.
The Independent reports ‘that within 24 hours of the former Prime Minister’s death, the song had risen to number 9 in the iTunes best-sellers chart. It reached number 2 on the Amazon singles download chart. Sales figures for Monday, released by the Official Charts Company, showed that the song had already made it to number 54 in the rundown used by Radio 1. Also A song specifically written to attack Lady Thatcher, “Tramp The Dirt Down” by Elvis Costello, also rose to 79 on the iTunes chart.’
