Source: MTV
Cee Lo Green – No One’s Gonna Love You (Paul Epworth Remix)
Yea…Cee-Lo continues to head too far in the other direction but quite frankly, it’s a good song. Can’t deny hot music I guess…anyway, Mr. Green’s cover of Band of Horses’ “No One’s Gonna Love You†is his new UK-only single which will officially release on August 9th.
Before They Blew Up: The Acting Career Of Drake’s Producer Noah "40" Shebib
This is pretty interesting…who know they were all child actors before they became huge hip-hop stars. Here’s a small section of the article and then you can check it out in full (including videos) at Complex.com:
There’s no question that Drake is the biggest thing in rap, but the industry is just starting to understand the talent of Noah “40” Shebib, the producer/engineer behind almost all of Drizzy’s music. Last week MTV featured the low-key mastermind in their documentary Drake: Better Than Good Enough, where the rapper confessed, “40 is everything to me. Without 40, I don’t know what I would do.” It’s the rare musical partnership that seems to be clicking on every level, but most don’t know that 40 has something else in common with Drake: he was also a child actor.
No, he wasn’t on Degrassi, but the multi-talented Canadian actually had a surprisingly legit career in movies and TV throughout the ’90s and early ’00s before diving into music. From kiddie TV favorites like Goosebumps to critically-acclaimed indie dramas like The Virgin Suicides, 40 grew up in front of the camera playing a variety of roles that any aspiring actor would be proud to have on their resume. Complex went back into the vaults and dug up clips of his performances to give you a sample of his acting chops.
Source: Complex
How About This Gem — Haze Presents: New York Reality Check 101 (Mixed by DJ Premier)
Here’s a remerging classic making it’s way into modern day hip-hop. This project was a compilation of independent New York City artists at the time of 1997. It was arranged & presented by the legendary New York City graffiti artist Haze and mixed by one of hip hop’s most renowned producers, DJ Premier. You’ll catch various intro/outro/skit tracks on this compilation featuring the voices of Haze & DJ Premier.
50 Cent Allegedly Moved G-Unit Over To Capitol (Updated)
I’ll be waiting for further confirmation on this one…
Wow, Craig Davis! This is big news! Except….that it’s not true.
When I asked an insider if 50 Cent was now on Capitol/EMI….the answer was: “Hell no.“
Now we all know that Lloyd Banks and Tony Yayo are indie right now, but as far as the big guy is concerned, he’s still fully in contract with Shady/Aftermath/Interscope, and still has a greatest hits album to release. But even beyond that…sources say he was not in talks to sign to Capitol himself.
Whoops. Let’s see how this one will be handled. I swear, I do wonder how some folks got jobs high up in the music biz, but let’s see what happens first…
Source: Miss Info
Gunplay – Cigar Fare & Hardware & Torch – Ups & Downs
Maybach Music is on the move…new videos from Gunplay and Torch.
Rick Ross x Kanye West – Live Fast, Die Young
To be on Rick Ross’ Teflon Don Bossumentary, coming soon (I suppose).
Cee-Lo – What Part Of Forever (Lopez Tonight)
Here’s another one–see, I can understand rappers wanted to branch out and do different things (B.o.B., for example), but if your career begin with 100% HIP-HOP I am at odds as to why you’ve seemingly chosen to give it up completely or as the majority of the music you create today…I guess I’m just being selfish…
::steps off soapbox::
Big K.R.I.T. Gets Booed In New York
Man…New Yorkers are tough. I can even understand why OJ Da Juiceman got the jeers treatment (no diss, mind you I’m a fan), but I’m actually a bit shocked as to why Mr. Return Of Forever got such a cold crowd at S.O.B.’s last night…damn…
Here he speaks on getting booed:
Gucci Mane x Mylah – Antisocial
Dres Speaks On Kia Commercial
So apparently, the group Black Sheep weren’t aware of this commercial:
so, Dres spoke on it during a VIBE interview:
“The Choice is Yours†is in a new Kia commercial and some other classic hip-hop songs have been getting commercial revivals too. What’s up with the resurgence of golden era hip-hop in advertising?
I think it’s reflective of a time period of a certain level where it was good feelings. Certain songs just represent a good feeling and I think “The Choice is Yours†is one of those that was so fortunate to have that life. There are songs that-like with when Obama won-you knew where you were and what you were doing and “The Choice is Yours†is like that. I didn’t have any time to do any form of huge promotion globally so at this time that I got an album coming out, it’s such a blessing that so many people are turning their heads to notice, wow Black Sheep, what’s Dres up to? But it kind of goes to the walk of an artist especially from my era-everything was kinda young and this Kia commercial, I didn’t even have anything to do with it.
So you didn’t even know it was going to happen?
I wasn’t even contacted. I have yet to receive payment on it but don’t get it twisted, I will. I’ve been talking to Kia for the past week or two so certain things might be done moving forward in maximizing what we’re trying to do. But Universal, the record label, was basically the ones that signed off on it and gave them permission to use my likeness so that’s a different story that might wind up having a life of itself as well. I wouldn’t say that the label did everything that they were supposed to do but that goes to us being young artists and not understanding some of the things that we were signing. I would say to the artists today-and this is 20 years later-that I’m not the administrator of some of the things that I should be especially so far down the road. But God moves in mysterious ways and I see it as a blessing at the end of the day.
Luther Campbell Issues Statement About His “Sperm Donator†Comments
Via press release:
I feel that I have to clarify an interview that was taken out of context and edited to stir up controversy involving my family issues.
I was in Atlanta at Hot 107.9’s Birthday Bash and I was doing interviews. One interview was conducted by a lady and man from the Mad Hatta Show in Houston. For the record, this interview was videotaped backstage after I got off stage. This interview was NOT conducted in a radio station; therefore it should be known that there is a VIDEOTAPED version. The audio version is the one that was released to all the media outlets and this audio version was EDITED.
First and foremost, I have not and do not do interviews regarding my children and/or family issues however, she continued to ask and speak about something that my daughter had put out on the Internet. When she asked me how I felt about my daughter speaking bad about me, my comment was “I have no comment, it’s Fathers Day tomorrow and I’m happy to be celebrating with all the Fathers out hereâ€. She then went on to address specific comments that my daughter made in terms of me not being her father and that her father was some other man. I then stated “If my kids feel like I’m not their father, then that means that I have only one kid who’s name is Blake and if they feel that way then they want to consider me a sperm donor then so be it. I then went on to say that I have paid millions of dollars in child support and why their mothers’ would allow them to go online and curse me is just wrong. I went on to quote a verse from the Bible regarding honor thy mother and father and the only person that could direct their kids to curse their parents is the devil. For the record, I have paid millions of dollars in support for my children. The amount of money I pay in child support is way more than necessary to care for a child each month, but at the end of the day it gets paid – what the parents choose to do with it is on them. I am in now way a deadbeat dad and have never been. As you can hear by the interview all these points were actually cut out and fashioned to mislead the listening audience and attack my character to make it appear that I’m an uncaring and hateful person.
I love my children very much. I do care about how my children feel about me. It hurts to know that my children feel the way that they do however; I can do nothing but ask for God’s help. Not the media and not any other human being. I don’t know what is going on with my children if they don’t come and talk openly with me about their thoughts and feelings. My Wife and I have and have always had an open door policy to my children as well as many other children. I am human and I do have feelings. For these people at the Mad Hatta Show to edit my comments and release them in such a way that makes me appear to be some angry black man who has no love for his children, was way out of line and in bad taste. I hope that they’ve achieved what they set out to do, at the expense of my private family life, all for some ratings and controversy.
Under no circumstances can anyone judge or question my love for children. I have worked with children all of my adult life. I founded the Liberty City Optimist Program. I mentor children regularly. I have a football league that has over 5,000 children participating. I work with kids regularly. As a matter of fact, the day before the Hot 107 b-day bash, I had just driven a vanload of kids to visit Florida State and University of Florida football camps. I currently coach at Miami Central and I mentor kids. The likes of Antonio Brown and Chad Johnson (current NFL players) came through my program. So NO ONE can question Luther Campbells’ love for kids. I love my children and all children, but if my children don’t want to have anything to do with me then that is something that I can do nothing about. Only God can heal their hearts and in the end only God can judge me. Not no man or woman, only God.
For the record, I will make NO further comments about my family life or issues involving my kids. This is a closed chapter and is not for the media, it’s a private matter to me.
If you haven’t heard the interview in question:
P.S. The woman who interviewed Luke needs to be fired IMMEDIATELY.
KingPen Slim – Gone
From one of UPT DC’s finest. I do hope this song actually goes somewhere…The Beam Up 2 will be available 7/28.
R.I.P. Rammellzee
I dropped the ball. I did this on my Twitter but failed to do this on here. Well respected graffiti/hip-hop icon Rammellzee passed away on 7/29. R.I.P.