DJ Premier – Year Round Records: Get Used To Us (Album Cover & Tracklisting)

November 16, 2010 JUKEBOXDC Staff News No Comments  

Drops 12/7. Tracklisting after the jump.

01 Blaq Poet – Bang Dis!

02 NYG’z – Policy
03 Nick Javas – Opportunity Knoccs
04 Khaleel – Hot Flames
05 Dynasty – Epic Dynasty
06 MC Eiht – Fine By Me
07 Young Maylay – Temptation
08 Krs-One 5% f. Grand Puba
09 NYG’z – Ya Dayz R #’d (NYG Remix) f. Lady Of Rage, Bumpy Knuckles & Royce da 5’9″
10 Joell Ortiz – Sing Like Bilal
11 Tef – Married 2 the Game f. Styles P
12 Nick Javas – Not A Game
13 Blaq Poet – Ain’t Nuttin’ Changed (rmx) f. MC Eiht & Young Maylay
14 Tef – Lifetime Membership f. Saigon & Papoose
15 Khaleel – Rappin’ Exercise f. Panchi (of NYGz)
16 Freddie Foxxx – The Gang Starr Bus

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Dr. Dre Makes XXL Cover, Speaks With Big Boy’s Neighborhood

November 16, 2010 JUKEBOXDC Staff Interviews, News No Comments  
You can check out the audio from Big Boy’s neighborhood below…he also make his rounds with XXL:
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Dre has been teasing fans with the disc’s release since first announcing Detox in April 2002 but, as he explains in the XXL cover story, it’s been Dre himself that has been the cause of the many years of delay. The beat maestro, who turned 45 this past February, says, “The only part that has been pushing me back is just the fact that I’m getting older, and certain things to talk about… But I can incorporate other artists, new artists with this record, to say some of the things I won’t say. It’s been a little tussle in that area also, just because of age and being able to identify with the younger audience.”
Sidenote: I see you ‘Ye. Let’s see how The Source reacts.
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Redman Reggie Tracklist

November 16, 2010 JUKEBOXDC Staff News No Comments  

In Stores 12.7.10. Tracklisting after the Jump.

1. Reggie (Intro)
2. That’s Where I B feat. DJ Kool
3. Def Jammable
4. Full Nelson feat. Ready Roc, Runt Dawg & Saukrates
5. Lift It Up
6. All I Do feat. Faith Evans
7. Lemme Get 2 feat. Saukrates
8. Mic, Lights, Camera, Action
9. Cheerz feat. Ready Roc & Melanie Rutherford
10. Rockin’ Wit Da Best feat. Kool Moe Dee
11. Lite 1 Witcha Boi feat. Method Man & Bun B
12. Whn The Lites Go Off feat. Poo Bear
13. Tiger Style Crane
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Ghostface Killah Apollo Kids Cover & Tracklist

November 16, 2010 JUKEBOXDC Staff News No Comments  
In stores 12.14.10. Tracklisting after the Jump.

1. Purified Thoughts featuring GZA & Killah Priest
2. Superstar featuring Busta Rhymes
3. Black Tequila featuring Cappadonna & Trife
4. Drama featuring Joell Ortiz & The Game
5. 2getha Baby
6. Starkology
7. In Tha Park featuring Black Thought
8. Handcuffin’ Them Hoes featuring Jim Jones
9. Street Bullies featuring Sheek Louch, Wiggs & Sungod
10. Ghetto featuring Raekwon, Cappadonna & U-God
11. Troublemakers featuring Raekwon, Method Man & Redman
12. Rockbox
Bonus: How You Like Me Baby Ft. Fabolous
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Sheek Louch – Donnie G: Don Gorilla (Album Cover & Tracklisting)

November 16, 2010 JUKEBOXDC Staff News No Comments  

Droppin’ 12/14. The cover scares me.

1. Rhyme Animal (Intro)

2. Get It Poppin
3. Club Jam Packed feat. DJ Webstar
4. Out Of The Ghetto feat. Kobe
5. Make Some Noise feat. Fabolous
6. Blood & Tears feat. Casely
7. Nite Falls
8. Party After 2 feat. Jeremih
9. Touch The Sky feat. Ryan Leslie & Adrienne Bailon
10. Ol’ Skool feat. Bun B
11. Picture Phone Foreplay feat. Kevin “KC” Cossom
12. Dinner Guest feat. Jadakiss, Bully & Styles P.
13. Ready4War

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Lil Wayne Completes First Post-Jail Song

November 15, 2010 JUKEBOXDC Staff News No Comments  
Last week, Lil Wayne made his return to the booth since his release from Rikers Island. And yesterday, DJ Scoob Doo revealed Mr. Carter’s first recording is complete, but while we wait for the title and its release, imagine his 2008 hit on drugs. Check out the tweet below:
Nino Brown aka @liltunechi Got His First Song Since Rikers Coming To Yall Soon…Just Think A 2010 Version Of A Milli..But On Streroids
Source: Rap-Up
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Game Still Wants G-Unit Reunion

November 15, 2010 JUKEBOXDC Staff News No Comments  
Altough Lloyd Banks and 50 cent aint having that shit. The game still wants a reunion with g-unit and it isnt backing down yet. Yesterday he  responded to Twitter user, SkullDuggery about Banks’ thoughts of reuniting. This time around its  sounds as if Game is actually sincere this time around . Look below what Game had to say below:
I saw what he said & it is what it is.. but I kno da REAL @lloydbanks , a kool n!gga.. who loyalty is wit 50 so I respect it.

@50cent was a kool nigga 2 but sh!t changes sometimes, I was put in a position & I chose 2 ride wit what I BELIEVED IN, don’t REGRET SHIT !! TRUST and BELIEVE that @50cent @tonyyayo & @lloydbanks felt my WRATH when it was ON !!! If they say any different it aint REAL !!! But that sh!t was 2005 & now we comin up on 2011……. I’m GROWN, EGO out the doe & I’m 100% gone keep it REAL with YALL & MYSELF !!!

G-unit reunion might not EVER HAPPEN but NOBODY will EVER be able 2 say “GAME” didnt MAN UP when he had 2 & GO HARD when it was MY TIME !!! I KILLED A BRAND, A CLOTHING LINE & WENT AGAINST MY OWN RECORD LABEL & STILL WENT 5 TIMES PLATINUM !!! More FAMILY orientated now…. Got a woman, 3 beautiful kids… couple houses.. drove EVERY car & been around the world 5 times…”NOT BAD FOR A COMPTON NIGGA”

& #ONMYMAMA G-UNIT will NEVER be the same unless its: @50cent @thegame @tonyyayo @youngbuckmarley & @lloydbanks ! #evenCurtisKNOWdat. & you can “RUN & TELL THAT, HOMEBOY & we’ll see who’s WHO & what’s WHAT after the R.E.D. album drop.

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Ciara – Basic Instinct (Album Cover & Tracklisting)

November 14, 2010 JUKEBOXDC Staff News No Comments  
Drops 12/14. Tracklisting after the jump.

1. “Basic Instinct (U Got Me)”
2. “Ride” feat. Ludacris
3. “Gimmie Dat”
4. “Heavy Rotation”
5. “Girls Get Your Money”
6. “Yeah I Know”
7. “Speechless”
8. “You Can Get It”
9. “Turn It Up” feat. Usher
10. “Wants for Dinner”
11. “I Run It”
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Russell Simmons’ Open Letter To Kanye West

November 14, 2010 JUKEBOXDC Staff News No Comments  

Dear Kanye,


I have early recollections of Damon Dash calling me and forcing me to put you on Def Poetry Jam. I knew your record, “Through The Wire”, but I didn’t know much more. When you took the stage on Def Poetry Jam that night, and spit those genuine, heartfelt words, I witnessed your specialness that Damon had emphatically told me about.

From that moment on, you became a poet who has inspired the poets. I have proudly watched your career since then, and in case someone has missed the obvious, you are making a historical impact on music. Your life story took a tough turn with the passing of your mother. Although we grieved with you, we never really knew how much pain you were in. We witnessed your moment at the MTV Music Awards and many of us dismissed it as, “oh that is just Kanye being Kanye.” The hard part of all of this, is that we have all had moments in our lives that have been challenging, painful and hard to overcome, however most of us just hide our emotions and never deal with that inner-struggle that we face on a daily basis. As an artist, Kanye, you have always looked inside for your inspiration…always exuding emotions that are in us, but that we never expose. That is what artistry is about…to look inside for what is unique. With your journey towards a higher level of consciousness, a journey that we all are on, you have shown through your art a commitment to greatness.

The thirty minute film you most recently made was beyond brilliant. Brilliance is not a word that can even begin to describe your ability to paint vibrant, vivacious, colorful yet muted paintings of poetry, music, costume, art, design and most important, passion. The passion you put into your new album is why I stayed up all those nights in the early 80′s trying to get DJs and radio stations to play our records. I knew this day would come. Actually, maybe I didn’t know, but I really, really hoped it would. I didn’t work this hard when I was your age to watch the culture go the wrong way. And you, my friend, just took us to another level. I am simply in awe.

With this power, as you know, comes great responsibility. I am saying nothing you haven’t heard before. When you spoke about President Bush during the Katrina telethon, it was not the particulars of your words that mattered, it was the essence of a feeling of the insensitivity towards our communities that many of us have felt for far too long. It was the image of the President, our President, the President of the United States Of America, peering out the window of an airplane, as the people on the ground were drowning, that hurt us the most. For centuries, our people have relentlessly tread water as hard as they could to stay afloat, and here we were, literally drowning, and it felt like the President was insensitive. There is no need to apologize, Kanye. You spoke from your heart and that is all we will ever ask from you. Don’t be afraid of the press, as your art is your blueprint, thanks to Jay-Z, your big brother, we will always carry our destiny in our own hands. You are are an artist whose art is masterful. You are a servant to this world who no matter how hard it gets, keeps on giving. Giving gifts that inspire us, challenge us and motivate us to be better family and friends.

Keep on, Kanye. Keep on. We love you. We cherish you. And we will always have your back.

-Russell Simmons

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Jay Electronica Is Now With Roc Nation

November 13, 2010 JUKEBOXDC Staff News, Videos No Comments  

From Miss Info:

Earlier I spoke to Jay E. about the big news, and his plans. He said that the actual contract was signed on Saturday, after a few weeks of intense daily communication and creative courtship. How did it start? With a chance meeting at the Spotted Pig. How did Electronica know Hov was serious? His second replay email came attached with a verse. That ended up becoming the Jay Electronica and Jay-Z collaboration “Shiny Suit Theory” (featuring French chanteuse Charlotte Gainsbourg and The-Dream).


There’s irony in the fact Jay-Z appears on a Jay Elec song that’s based on Diddy’s description of Jay Elec. Because Diddy has been mentoring and courting Jay for over a year, in the hopes of signing him as well. Electronica insists he values everything Puff contributed and hopes to have him involved in his career, but said “Jay-Z made me an offer I couldn’t refuse. And I have the freedom I need too.” The natural of the underground, the anti-establishment, the independent artist is rapidly changing…so I’m anxious to see what happens when Jay the conglomerate and Jay the mystic mix commerce and art.

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Kanye Cancels Today Performance

November 12, 2010 JUKEBOXDC Staff News No Comments  

Kanye canceled his upcoming Black Friday performance at Rockefeller Center. The decision comes after his rant two days ago regarding the Today show.

I’m not performing on the Today Show for obvious reasons. I’m so happy the world got to see just a small piece of “the set up”. I blatantly said I’m not performing on a tweet and to everyone around me and the next day they still announced a performance. Do you guys see what I’m saying now… this is just a small slice of the day to day bullshit that goes on that helps to precipitate…… the idea that I such an asshole…. cause when I don’t perform oh noooow I’m the one that’s crazy or a jerk! If I hadn’t tweeted about how they set me up at the show they would have never played the extra footage that displayed how disrespectful…

I want you guys to look at that footage and start to put everything together now. It’s very simple to call someone angry or spoiled or…the one thousand names I’ve been called but it’s harder to try to take a look at what’s really behind the curtain. I’m so happy that my real fans are not as “basic” as the media makes them out to be… Did you see them try to justify playing the audio…under my interview. Yo sometimes you’re just wrong and it ain’t nothing you can say to justify it believe me I know!

Right now I’m not complaining. I’m tweeting because I’m so happy you guys got to see this shit really go down!!!!! : ))))))!!!! FINALLY!!! …And I don’t hate Matt Lauer… We don’t promote hate. That’s the whole point!!! I promote love and truth. We’re all products or our environments … reflections of our surroundings..You know what ….WE OFF THAT!!!… They made a mistake… they thought they could pull it but they couldn’t! That was just a small……representation of a bigger media play that’s been going on since the beginning of time. All positive energy … all smiles. Much love to Matt and the whole Today Show. I accept ya’ll future apology in advance LOL! I’m in Dubai BTW… Bout to rip down this Abu Dhabi stage later tonight!!!

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Jay-Z’s Interactive Game With Bing

November 12, 2010 JUKEBOXDC Staff News No Comments  

Am I the only one that missed this a month ago?

“Bing, the decision engine from Microsoft, is launching a multi-platform search experience and interactive game to help people decode JAY-Z’s life and lyrics. JAY-Z’s words will be taken a step further, allowing fans to use Bing and decide how to find the very locations that inspired them.

Every single page of JAY-Z’s book will be released to the public before the book is in stores, with pages physically placed in locations related to their specific content. The immersive journey will take players from the projects in the Brooklyn neighborhood where JAY-Z grew up and the London streets where he found inspiration, to the building of his empire in Manhattan and beyond. Fans physically in those locations and those playing online with Bing will be offered never-before-experienced insights into JAY-Z’s highly personal process. In addition to high profile media placements around the world, DECODED‘S three hundred pages will be appearing in places and on objects that have never before been used as advertising. From pools and pool tables to bronze plaques and high-fashion clothing racks; a variety of unexpected surfaces will become the canvas for JAY-Z’s art.

And it will be up to fans to decide how to find these pages using Bing. Online, fans will find a one of a kind search experience built on Bing technologies and will be able to walk the streets that JAY-Z walked and use Bing to search and decide how to decode his life and lyrics at every turn. The immersive online experience utilizes multiple facets of Bing, including Bing Maps and Bing Entertainment, to give fans full access to the stories behind JAY-Z’s songs . Over the course of a month, fans will come together as a community to compile DECODED online before it hits bookshelves.

Over 300 pages to decode, located via 600 unique traditional, non-traditional and digital advertising placements in 15 locations around the world and in Bing Maps, 200 prize winners, one grand prize winner and the unveiling of DECODED – all in the next 4 weeks.”

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