In Justin Timberlake’s new promo video, he reveals that he and his team wanted to finish the album in 20 days in hopes that the deadline motivated him to make a great album.
Lupe Fiasco Premieres New Song From ‘Tetsuo & Youth’ In D.C.
Lupe was in D.C. performing at American University when he blessed the audience with the performance debut of a new track titled ‘Crack’ (with will apparently feature Chris Brown) from one of his upcoming albums Tetsuo & Youth.
Taylor Swift & Jennifer Lopez Perform At The Staples Center
During her concert in L.A. Saturday night, Taylor Swift threw a curveball and brought out Jennifer Lopez to perform ‘Jenny From The Block’.
2013 MTV Video Music Awards Live Performances
If you missed the performances from the VMA you can check them all out on the next page below.
Swizz Beatz Rocks Out With Junior Reid In NYC
Page 31 covered the Pre-VMA black tie art gala put together by Monster along with special hosts Swizz Beatz and Teyana Taylor. Swizz Beatz truly left his mark on the event by performing his brand new single Hands Up featuring Nicki Minaj, Rick Ross, 2 Chainz and Lil Wayne. In addition Swizz Beatz gave those in attendance a very special surprise by bringing Junior Reid on stage and performing One Blood with the reggae singer. Other celebrity guests included Felecia “Snoop” Pearson from The Wire, R&B singer Elle Varner and reality TV star Po, known from Lala’s Full Court Life.
SNIPPET: 2 Chainz Feat. Lil Wayne & Drake – I Do It
2 Chainz blessed us with a teaser of a new track from the upcoming B.O.A.T.S. II: Me Time (due September 10th) by way of a new Radioshack/Beats By Dre commercial. Get that advertising money, dude.
Lil’ Kim & Sway Takes Us Through The Notorious B.I.G.’s Old Stomping Grounds
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Probably the pinnacle of MTV’s series for Brooklyn Hip-Hop, the Queen Bee takes us around Biggie’s borough. By the way, the VMAs is officially underway.
LIVE STREAM: 2013 MTV Video Music Awards
The pre-show starts at 9 and the main event starts at 9, with performances from Drake, Lady Gaga, Macklemore & Ryan Lewis, Kanye West and more. Head to the next page to get to the action (or click the above link).
Building The House: Origins of Swisha House (Mini-Doc)
This short documentary directed by Co Garrett details the origins of Texas based indie rap label, Swisha House. Swisha House is responsible for launching the careers of Chamillionaire, Slim Thug, Paul Wall, OG Ron C, Michael ‘5000’ Watts, and Mike Jones.
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Meyhem Lauren ft. AG Da Coroner & Action Bronson – Drug Lords (Video)
Meyhem Lauren, AG Da Coroner, Action Bronson and Harry Fraud are all action figures in the video for “Drug Lords” from Lauren’s tape from last year.
RECAP: Mama Wes’ Funeral (Revolt TV)
Revolt TV got footage of the homecoming ceremony for Mama Wes (Pimp C’s mother); you can check it out above. R.I.P.
Dialekt (@Dialekt671) Feat. Xy (@IamTheRealXy) – Fortress
Australian emcee Dialekt drops off his latest visual featuring Xy. ‘Fortress’ is out now.
Wiz Khalifa Performs ‘Look What I Got On’ At Converse Event In New York
This all went down at Converse Rubber Tracks studio in Williamsburg, Brooklyn. Check out the new song in all of its CDQ glory here.
All Access: Canelo Vs. Mayweather (Episode 1)
All Access give you both sides of the coin as we see the fighters living the life and working hard for it during the training in the first episode leading up to Canelo Vs. Mayweather.
The fight goes down September 14th.
MGMT Performs On David Letterman
MGMT appeared on late night and performed ‘Your Life Is A Lie’, taken from their upcoming album (due sometime before year’s end), but all I really want to know is this:
Mysonne – What Do I Say To My Sons (Trayvon Martin Tribute) (Video)
Mysonne asks a powerful question in a pretty dope record. The unfortunate reality of America.
Marques Houston – Only You (Video)
‘Only You’ is the new single from Marques Houston off of his upcoming album Famous, in stores August 27th.
Amy Steele (@AmySteeleMusic) Feat. Mario (@MarioSoulTruth) – Eyes On You (Lyric Video)
Amy Steele is currently working on her soon-forthcoming EP. Check out the lyric visual for her latest single featuring Mario.
SNEAK PEEK: Busta Rhymes Feat. Kanye West, Q-Tip & Lil Wayne – I Wanna Thank You
Extinction Level Event is headed to your town, and Busta Rhymes is officially preparing for the visual release of his first single; Miss Info was on-hand for the video shoot to ‘I Wanna Thank You’, which features giants Kanye West, legendary Busta Rhymes collaborator Q-Tip and a I-hope-he-stepped-his-bars-back-up-for-this Lil Wayne. Check out some dope Instagram video clips below.
Spoek (@SPOEK_MATHAMBO) – Awufuni (Video)
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Here is the new video from South African artist Spoek. “Awufuni” was filmed on location in Johannesburg and pays homage to Izintombi Zesi Manje Manje, a female group that took South Africa by storm in the late 1960’s.
A Much Younger French Montana Battle-Raps On Fight Klub
Here’s something I didn’t know: French Montana used to be on the battle rap circuit. Here he is, as Young French, going up against someone named Scarchild on a vintage episode of Flight Klub.
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JEM – Zoom (Video)
The next visual from Sweden comes from Hip-Hop/Pop group JEM. Some of you Europeans may remember this group as contestants on Sweden’s X-Factor.