Kreayshawn May Have Signed Million Dollar Deal With Sony

May 30, 2011 JUKEBOXDC Staff News No Comments  
From Miss Info:

All it takes it one viral hit to hit paydirt. Just ask Oakland-native Kreayshawn. The indie female rapper’s song “Gucci Gucci” went from youtube hit to hipster sensation in just a few months, sparking a bidding war with multiple labels. Today, insiders tell Miss Info that Kreayshawn has signed with Sony for over a million dollars. Will she live up to the hype? And if the music cant sell enough to justify the upfront payoff, does she have the presence to make the 360 degrees of shows and merchandise worthwhile?
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Amy Winehouse Is Back in Rehab

May 30, 2011 JUKEBOXDC Staff News No Comments  

The singer’s rep confirmed to PEOPLE that the 27-year-old singer checked into a rehab clinic on Wednesday as part of an ongoing battle with alcohol addiction.

She “has embarked on a treatment program at the Priory Clinic. She wants to be ready for performances in Europe this summer and decided to seek an assessment. She will remain at the Priory on doctors’ advice,” the rep said in a statement.

According to a source close to the singer, it was a move initiated by her father Mitch Winehouse. “Her dad sat her down and said ‘I think you’re drinking too much again.’ So she agreed to go an assessment to stop it becoming a bigger problem.”

The singer downed a miniature bottle of Smirnoff vodka on her way to the clinic on Wednesday, “in typical Amy style,” said the friend.

Fortunately the singer, who has a series of summer gigs planned in Europe kicking off June 18, took heed to her father’s words and checked herself into the clinic. “She’s determined, and this is all off her own back,” said the source. “It’s just a lapse. There are ups and downs on the road, and there have been mostly ups recently. But this is a down and she’s done the right thing and gone to rehab.”
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T.I. Helps Families Of 14 Fellow Inmates Visit Correctional Facility

May 30, 2011 JUKEBOXDC Staff News No Comments  
From MTV:
Tip, who is currently incarcerated at the Forrest City Correctional Facility in Forrest City, Arkansas, in the midst of an 11-month bid for a probation violation after an L.A. drug arrest, sponsored a bus trip for the 46 family members of 14 fellow inmates to visit the prison.

“I’ve been blessed to receive tons and tons of mail from my fans, family and friends, as well as get visits on a regular basis. Unfortunately some guys aren’t as fortunate,” T.I. said in a statement obtained by MTV News. “There are a lot of good dudes in here that haven’t been able to see there loved ones in years. Their families can’t afford the trip so I wanted to help out.”

Family and friends who took part in the bus trip, dubbed “To See a Love One,” boarded a chartered bus in Atlanta and Alabama on Saturday and visited the prison on Sunday and Monday (May 30).
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Amber Rose not feeling Vibe article.

May 30, 2011 JUKEBOXDC Staff Interviews, News No Comments  

Via Her Twitter

Just read “my” interview in @VibeMagazine half of the story was untrue & ridiculous! F##K that Cover F##K @VibeMagazine yall wrote a bunch of negative bullshit that I never said or did.

Yall don’t give a fuck that I have a Mom & Family thats gonna read that fake ass shit I gave yall a truthful interview & Yall f##ked me.

I’m so sick of keeping my mouth shut I didn’t ask for this life it was handed to me I was nothing but nice to everyone I spoke to @ Vibe.

s/o RR

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Cassidy Not Feeling Swizz Beatz

May 29, 2011 JUKEBOXDC Staff News No Comments  
This is probably old news at this point, but still…spotted on Twitter:
 it’s never a war, I’m just speaking my mind.. How can we talk if you never pick up, You said you let me do my own thing ASAP, but what does that have to do wit communicating, since I’m doing my own thing you don’t talk to me anymore.. Thats crazy..
 don’t even answer my calls anymore: we ain’t speak in over a year: i thought we was fam, but times change, Smh That why I changed.. Ain’t no love loss.. It is what it is..
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Eve Sends Lil’ Kim A Word Or Two Of Advice

May 29, 2011 JUKEBOXDC Staff Interviews, News No Comments  
“I need her to stop. If I was Kim’s friend, I’d be like, yo. Because she’s Kim, period,” Eve said in an interview. “So she never has to feed. She shouldn’t. It’s bad. It’s not a good look. If I was her friend, I’d tell her, yo, just come back bigger and better. The best way to get at people is to do you better than you’ve ever done you. So that’s it…I love it.”

“You know, it’s definitely a nice group of females that’s out representing, but because I come from hip-hop, I need more females in hip-hop,” she continued. “Nicki definitely is holding the flag down, and a lot of people be wanting me to hate just because that’s how girls supposed to do in hip-hop, but I’m loving everything she does. But we need more females, man. There’s too much testosterone in the hip-hop game.”
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Band Releases Album as Location-Based App

May 28, 2011 JUKEBOXDC Staff News, Videos No Comments  

The National Mall by BLUEBRAIN. The First Location-Aware Album from BLUEBRAIN on Vimeo.

Washington, D.C.-based band Bluebrain’s new album drops Friday, but not in the way one might think. It will be available on iTunes, but not in MP3 form — rather as a location-aware app that only works within the stretch of park in downtown D.C. called the Mall.

“The music changes and evolves based on your chosen path within the park,” says Ryan Holladay, one half of the band. (His brother, Hays, makes up the other half of the outfit.) “To do this, the app uses the phone’s built-in GPS capabilities.” The app features a map of the Mall that shows what locations are tagged with sound.

The album, titled The National Mall, contains about three hours of music that the brothers composed while traipsing around the area. “It was certainly the most amount of exercise I’ve ever gotten while making an album,” Holladay says.
Instantly changes as you wander around the park, Holladay tells us. Ascending the hill toward the Washington Monument, you’ll hear only a cello, then, gradually, violins, a choir, clapping, fireworks and drumbeats will come into the mix as you get closer to the obelisk.

S/O Mashable.com

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RZA’s Next Film: The Man with the Iron Fist

May 27, 2011 JUKEBOXDC Staff News No Comments  
Spotted on 2dopeboyz:
We all know it’s common knowledge that Ruler Zig-Zag-Zig Allah is a heavy Kung-Fu enthusiast and has made appearances in more than a few films. As of recent, The Abbot has been out in Shanghai shooting a new film titled The Man with the Iron Fist which recently wrapped up that so far is set to feature Lucy Liu, Russell Crowe, Pam Grier and Rick Yune. Universal Pictures gave the Wu-Tang captain a budget of twenty-two million to make this happen and the film is expected to release later this year. To top it off, Quentin Tarantino and Eli Roth are producers of the film, so there will be a slim chance that it will suck (see the recent Inglourious Basterds). Read more about it here.
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Young Jeezy x DJ Drama The Real Is Back Cover & Tracklist

May 27, 2011 JUKEBOXDC Staff News No Comments  
Drops on Saturday at 1:03 pm. Tracklisting below.
1) The Real is Back
2) How You Want It
3) Drama & Jeezy Speak
4) Win Win
5) All The Money ft 211
6) SnowGo ft Slick Pulla
7) Broads ft Scrilla &Slick Pulla
8 ) Drama & Jeezy Speak 2
9) Flexin ft Yo Gotti
10) Ballin ft Lil Wayne
11) Rollin ft Fabolous
12) Slow grind
13) Hoodstar ft Slick Pulla
14) Count It Up ft 2Chainz
15) Talk About It ft Boo & Scrilla
16) Run DMC ft Freddie Gibbs
17) Count It On The Floor ft Scrilla & Slick Pulla
18) Four ft Alley Boy
19) I Ball I Stunt ft Scrilla
20) Dram & Jeezy Speak 3
21) Do It For You ft Freddie Gibbs
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Jay-Z & Others Named In Ticket Fixing Scandal

May 26, 2011 JUKEBOXDC Staff News No Comments  
From HipHopDX:
When Jay-Z’s driver gets pulled over for violating traffic laws, he gets off easy. According to the New York Daily News, Hov is one of many celebrities including A-Rod and Raymond Felton to use their star power to weasel out of tickets, with policemen unlawfully fixing tickets after they learn that the violators were celebrities or celebrity affiliates.
The report claims that Jay-Z’s driver was pulled over last year for speeding on the West Side Highway. A “friendly” cop lost the paperwork after it was filed, and the case was subsequently swept under the rug. Jay-Z’s publicist declined to comment.
The Internal Affairs Bureau is currently investigating these incidents. If found in violation of the law, as many as 40 policeman could be indicted for “improperly voiding tickets, losing paperwork or purposely missing court dates in order to squash summonses.”
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The 7th annual Afro-Punk festival

May 26, 2011 JUKEBOXDC Staff Events, News No Comments  

At Commodore Barry Park in Brooklyn this August 27th & 28th and the line-up promises pretty much everything you could want from an Afro-punk festival, including Janelle Monae, Santigold, Fishbone, Jay Electronica and Cee-Lo Green (among others) as well as food, skating, film and a display of custom bikes from Brooklyn’s legendary black biker scene. Full line-up after the jump.

Cee-Lo Green
Santigold
Janelle Monáe
Fishbone
Jay Electronica
Toro Y Moi
Toshi Reagon
Ninjasonik
Cerebral Ballzy
Gordon Voidwell
Reggie Watts
Res
Joi
Rocky Business
Straight Line Stitch

S/O okayplayer.com

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Beyoncé 4 Tracklist

May 26, 2011 JUKEBOXDC Staff News No Comments  
After submitting 72 records to Sony, they trimmed her project down to 12 records. Check out the tracklisting below.

1. 1+1
2. I Care
3. I Miss You
4. Best Thing I Never Had
5. Party Ft. Andre 3000
6. Rather Die Young
7. Start Over
8. Love On Top
9. Countdown
10. End Of Time
11. I Was Here
12. Run The World (Girls)
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Amber Rose Covers VIBE

May 26, 2011 JUKEBOXDC Staff News No Comments  
T

he Ross cover is already on newsstands in New York, but this one has yet to hit the newstands but Here’s a few excerpts courtesy of VIBE.

AMBER ON LIFE POST-KANYE:


“What am I supposed to do? Crawl up in a corner and die ‘cause I’m not with Kanye anymore? Am I supposed to go back to the strip club and not take these opportunities that I have?”


AMBER OF HER RELATIONSHIP WITH REGGIE BUSH:


“Me and Reggie [Bush] dated very briefly after Kanye…We were both each other’s rebound and we both knew that and were cool with that.”




AMBER ON WHY HER STORY IS RELATABLE:


“I don’t have rich parents and it’s a struggle. I can’t just call my dad and be like, ‘Dad, my money is a little messed up. Can you buy me a car or a house? It’s not like that for me. I feel like more people will relate to my story than the Kardashians or the Hiltons.”


AMBER ON BEING ICONIC:


“Kanye would always tell be how beautiful I was and that I was going to be iconic. He always said
 that, ‘Baby, you are iconic. You don’t understand what you have.’ I didn’t. I didn’t understand it.”


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Music Mogul, Sean "Diddy" Combs launches MYMAG – Diddy Dirty Money – A Personal Insight Into His Life and New Band

May 26, 2011 JUKEBOXDC Staff Editorials, Events, Interviews, News No Comments  
Diddy now adds magazine curator / editor-in-chief to his already-impressive resume. He curated the material in Diddy Dirty Money, which is both a glossy print magazine and an interactive online experience, offering exclusive video, commentary and much more. Diddy mixes original content, including never-published photographs of him and his band members, Kalenna and Dawn with archived articles from his favorite publications.

“I’ve always loved art magazines and dope books. The DDM magazine gave us a chance to illustrate some of our personality and share pieces of some of the elements and people who have inspired our collective journey,” says Sean “Diddy” Combs. “Diddy Dirty Money features some of our all-time favorite articles, photographs mixed in with some of our own content… it’s an accurate glimpse into our respective lives.”

Other content includes Vibe magazine’s first-ever magazine feature on Diddy, as well as tributes to Biggie Smalls, Mary J. Blige and Hype Williams. One of the UK’s top music magazines, NME provides content for one of Diddy’s idols, music innovator and icon, David Bowie. Rare Frank Sinatra and Rat Pack photographs are also featured in the magazine, the late Hollywood legend inspires Diddy’s style and is another one of his all-time idols.

Esteemed photographer Jean-Paul Goude lends his celebrated Grace Jones imagery; shots emblematic of a style trend that courses through Diddy Dirty Money.

To buy a copy of Diddy Dirty Money and see first-hand what most inspires the timeless mogul of hip-hop, log on to MYMAG.com (http://www.mymag.com), preview and purchase for $12. Diddy Dirty Money will also be available at select Barnes & Noble locations nationwide as well as select newsstands on May 31st.

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Bad Meets Evil Hell: The Sequel EP Tracklist

May 25, 2011 JUKEBOXDC Staff News No Comments  
Shoutout to YN from RR for getting the tracklist. Check it out below (after the jump).
1. Welcome 2 Hell
Produced by Havoc
2. Fastlane
Produced by Supa Dups
3. The Reunion
Produced by Sid Roams
4. Above the Law
Produced by Mr. Porter
5. I’m On Everything Feat. Mike Epps
Produced by Mr. Porter
6. A Kiss
Produced by Bangladesh
7. Lighters Feat. Bruno Mars
Produced by Eminem, The SmeeZingtons & Battle Roy
8. Take from Me
Produced by Mr. Porter
9. Loud Noises Feat. Slaughterhouse
Produced by Mr. Porter
Props: RR
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