2010 MTV Video Music Award Nominees

August 3, 2010 JUKEBOXDC Staff News No Comments  

From MTV:

MTV is going gaga for Lady Gaga. The reigning pop queen dominates the nominations for the 2010 MTV Video Music Awards.

 
Gaga racks up a whopping 13 nods, including Best Pop Video, Best Female Video, and Video of the Year at the 27th annual show. She also claims bragging rights with the most nominations ever in a single VMA, as well as being the first female artist nominated for two different videos in the Video of the Year category for “Bad Romance” and “Telephone” featuring Beyoncé.

“I’m so honored for all the little monsters and self-professed freaks of the universe, to have more VMA nominations in a single year than any artist in MTV history. Ironically, I’m even more proud it’s an unlucky number; 13,” said Gaga. “A long time ago the world told me and my little monsters we would never be heard, together we changed the rules. God put me on Earth for three reasons: to make loud music, gay videos, and cause a damn raucous. Thank you MTV!”

 
Eminem follows his labelmate with eight nominations including Best Male Video and Video of the Year for “Not Afraid.” “Apparently MTV doesn’t care that I have two massive stadium shows on the other side of the country the day after the VMAs. F me, right?!?!,” joked Eminem about his co-headlining concerts with Jay-Z. “I mean, I’ll be there but don’t expect me to be nice about it.”
 
The 2010 MTV Video Music Awards will air live from the Nokia Theater in downtown Los Angeles on Sunday, September 12, at 9 p.m.
 
A selection of this year’s nominees can be seen after the jump. The full list can be seen here.

VIDEO OF THE YEAR
Lady Gaga – “Bad Romance”
Florence + The Machine – “Dog Days Are Over”
30 Seconds to Mars – “Kings and Queens”
Lady Gaga f/ Beyoncé – “Telephone”
Eminem – “Not Afraid”
B.o.B f/ Hayley Williams – “Airplanes”
 
BEST MALE VIDEO
Eminem – “Not Afraid”
Usher f/ will.i.am – “OMG”
B.o.B f/ Hayley Williams – “Airplanes”
Drake – “Find Your Love”
Jason Derulo – “In My Head”
 
BEST FEMALE VIDEO
Lady Gaga – “Bad Romance”
Ke$ha – “Tik Tok”
Katy Perry f/ Snoop Dogg – “California Gurls”
Beyoncé f/ Lady Gaga – “Video Phone (Extended Remix)”
Taylor Swift – “Fifteen”
 
BEST NEW ARTIST
Ke$ha – “Tik Tok”
Jason Derulo – “In My Head”
Justin Bieber f/ Ludacris – “Baby”
Nicki Minaj f/ Sean Garrett – “Massive Attack”
Broken Bells – “The Ghost Inside”
 
BEST HIP-HOP VIDEO
B.o.B f/ Hayley Williams – “Airplanes”
Eminem – “Not Afraid”
Drake, Kanye West, Lil Wayne, & Eminem – “Forever”
Jay-Z f/ Swizz Beatz – “On to the Next One”
Kid Cudi f/ MGMT & Ratatat – “Pursuit of Happiness”

BEST POP VIDEO
Lady Gaga – “Bad Romance”
Katy Perry f/ Snoop Dogg – “California Gurls”
Ke$ha – “Tik Tok”
Beyoncé f/ Lady Gaga – “Video Phone (Extended Remix)”
B.o.B f/ Bruno Mars – “Nothin’ on You”

BEST COLLABORATION
B.o.B f/ Hayley Williams – “Airplanes”
Beyoncé f/ Lady Gaga – “Video Phone (Extended Remix)”
Lady Gaga f/ Beyoncé – “Telephone”
3OH!3 f/ Ke$ha – “My First Kiss”
Jay-Z & Alicia Keys – “Empire State of Mind”

 
BEST CHOREOGRAPHY
Lady Gaga – “Bad Romance”
Lady Gaga f/ Beyoncé – “Telephone”
Beyoncé f/ Lady Gaga – “Video Phone (Extended Remix)”
Usher f/ will.i.am – “OMG”
Janelle Monáe f/ Big Boi – “Tightrope”
 
BEST DIRECTION
Jay-Z & Alicia Keys – “Empire State of Mind” (Hype Williams)
Lady Gaga – “Bad Romance” (Francis Lawrence)
Eminem – “Not Afraid” (Rich Lee)
Pink – “Funhouse” (Dave Meyers)
30 Seconds to Mars – “Kings and Queens” (Bartholomew Cubbins)

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J Dilla x Serato – Donut Shop

August 3, 2010 JUKEBOXDC Staff News No Comments  

A hell of a gem to find…from Stones Throw:
Serato and Stones Throw have teamed with the J Dilla Estate for the official J Dilla Serato release, Donut Shop. This is 2 discs with six J Dilla tracks, 2 sides with Serato Control Tone (for use with Serato Scratch Live DJ software), and 2 donut slipmats in a package designed by Studio No.1. This will be released May 10th (the day after Mother’s day–what’s up Ma Dukes?).
The J Dilla tracks consist of three previously unreleased instrumentals selected by J.Rocc from the Dilla archives – “Safety Dance”, “Sycamore”, “Bars & Twists” – and three unreleased instrumental versions of Dilla’s production for Mos Def, Q-Tip and Busta Rhymes, each remastered by Elysian Masters who mixed and mastered J Dilla’s Donuts, The Shining and Ruff Draft albums.

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Wyclef To Run For President

August 3, 2010 JUKEBOXDC Staff News No Comments  

From AllHipHop:

Hip-Hop star Wyclef Jean will announce his bid for the President of Haiti, a source has confirmed with AllHipHop.com exclusively.
Sources close to Wyclef confirmed with AllHipHop.com that the rapper will announce his bid for the country’s highest office next Thursday, on August 5th.
The 37-year-old was born in Haiti, but immigrated to the United States at the age of 9-years-old, when he landed in Brooklyn, before settling in South Orange, New Jersey.
As a member of The Fugees and as a solo artist, Wyclef has sold millions of records, in addition to collaborating with artists like Paul Simon, Gloria Estefen, Destiny’s Child, Carlos Santana and others.
The rapper sprung into action on January 12th, when his native land was leveled by a 7.0 earthquake that left 300,000 people dead over a million others displaced.
Even prior to the earthquake, Wyclef Jean’s Yele Haiti organization raised funds for the country, but after the deadly earthquake, the rapper helped raise over $10 million dollars in less than three months.
The rapper will make his official announcement just two days prior to the country’s August 7th deadline to submit his plan for running for President.
Analysts are predicting that Wyclef Jean will easily win the race with his financial connections, influence among the Haitian youth and his political influence around the world.
The news of his candidacy has stoked fears in opponents planning to run for the head office in November.
“I think if Wyclef is allowed to run he will have a straight victory,” political leader and former presidential candidate Himmler Rebu told Reuters yesterday.
Jean, who maintained his status as a citizen of Haiti, was in the country yesterday, where he was preparing for his upcoming campaign.
The rapper/musician also has political clout in the country.
His uncle, Raymond Alcide Joseph, has been the Haitian ambassador to the United States since 2005 and helped Wyclef’s drive to raise money and relief aid for victims of the massive earthquake.
Elections are slated for November 28th.


Source: AllHiphop
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DJ Skee x The Game – Brake Lights (Mixtape)

August 2, 2010 JUKEBOXDC Staff News, Videos No Comments  

Drops at midnight over at XXLMag.com.

 
Update: It’s here. Tracklisting and download link below.
 
1. Brake Lights feat. Busta Rhymes.
2. Trading Places feat. Snoop Dogg
3. Cold Blood feat. Busta Rhymes & Dre
4. M.I.A. (3 Heats: LeBron James, Chris Bosh & D. Wade)
5. Stop feat. Rick Ross
6. Street Riders feat. Akon & Nas
7. HaHaHaHaHa
8. Pushin’ It feat. T.I. & Robin Thicke
9. That’s The Way The Game Goes feat. Shawty Lo
10. Ecstasy
11. Phantom Of The Opera
12. Do It B.I.G. feat. Yung Joc
13. You Are The Blood
14. Get’em feat. Waka Flocka Flame
15. Cherry Koolaid
16. Heels & Dresses (X.O. feat. T.Y Dolla Sign)
17. Blackout
18. Stadium Music
19. Hustlin’ (Champions Anthem)
 
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DJ Butter vs. D12?

July 31, 2010 JUKEBOXDC Staff News, Videos No Comments  

From Illseed of AllHipHop:

DJ Butter is a well known, legend from Detroit, but he’s stepping up now about something that happened a long time ago. Here is the deal. He had a mixtape called “Sh*t Happens” and it dropped about 9 years ago. One of the songs on there was taken and turned into a joint on D12’s first CD. Now, DJ Butter feels like he was ripped off. I wonder what the legalites are with jacking from a non-commercial product. I don’t know if this was actually in stores…hell, I’m not a lawyer. Here is what D12 member Mr. Porter had to say:

“We got the song and we redid the song and we end up using it for our album. We said “Yo! What is the song for Dog?”. We (D12) was going to use it for DJ Butter’s mixtape. Alright lets call Butter and let him know to not put the song out until atleast after the album (Devil’s Night album). And after ya’ll talked (Referring Eminem and Paul talking to DJ Butter), I Kind of understood that they were going to reimbursed you for that. Basically, They didn’t do none of that. None of that went down. Cause I know Eminem did a drop for you. I’m very busy, but when it come down to it. That don’t make sense!”

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CurT@!n$ – The Dissertation: The Wu Thesis (Mixtape)

July 30, 2010 JUKEBOXDC Staff News No Comments  
From 2dopeboyz:
CurT@!n$ teams up with Black Scale Clothing for the 1st installment of The Dissertation series “The Wu-Thesis”. The album finds CurT@!n$ going in over his personal favorite Wu-Tang catalog beats. Also in the collection is a collaborative hoody and t-shirt between Black Scale and CurT@!n$’ fashion label Free World. Album, T-shirt and Hoody will all be available tomorrow, Saturday July 31st. CurT@!n$ would be at the Black Scale flagship store in San Francisco all day Saturday for the release.
Tracklisting, clothing pics and download link after the jump.

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Foxy Brown At It Yet Again

July 30, 2010 JUKEBOXDC Staff News No Comments  

I meant to put this up earlier…is Foxy Brown looking to become the next DMX? From TMZ:

TMZ has learned Foxy Brown was in the middle of massive brawl tonight in the lobby of a New York City apartment building — and she narrowly missed her second run-in with cops in just over a week.

Witnesses say Foxy was visiting someone at a luxury high-rise on 43rd Street when the fight broke out. A source tells us that Foxy was throwing down with several people in the lobby. It’s unclear at this point what sparked the brawl.

We’re told it took more than 10 people to break up the fight, and the NYPD eventually showed up on the scene — but Foxy fled before the officers arrived. No arrests were made.

According to a source, one of the people Foxy fought with was her manager. When we called her manager she would only say, “No comment.”

Eight days ago Foxy was arrested in NYC for allegedly mooning a neighbor and violating a protection order. She’s been charged with public lewdness, harassment, and criminal contempt in that case.

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Usher – Raymond vs. Raymond Deluxe Edition (Artwork & Tracklist)

July 30, 2010 JUKEBOXDC Staff News No Comments  


This double-disc project drops the same day as his Versus EP. Tracklist after the jump.


Disc 01:
1. Monstar
2. Hey Daddy (Daddy’s Home) feat. Plies
3. There Goes My Baby
4. Love ‘Em All
5. She Don’t Know feat. Ludacris
6. Lil Freak Usher feat. Nicki Minaj
7. Mars vs. Venus
8. Prolover
9. Foolin’ Around
10. Papers
11. So Many Girls
12. Guilty feat. T.I.
13. OMG featuring will.i.am
14. Making Love (Into The Night)

Disc 02:
1. Love ‘Em All
2. DJ Got Us Fallin’ In Love (feat. Pitbull)
3. Hot Toddy (feat. Jay-Z x Ciara)
4. Lay You Down
5. Lingerie
6. Get In My Car (feat. Bun B)
7. Somebody To Love (Remix) (feat. Justin Bieber)
8. Stranger

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