“Difference between right and wrong is me/N*ggas talk sh!t, but you can’t MC/we already know how much your watch is worth/talk about, helping the hurt, saving the church/won’t you brag about helping out where you come from/and give brothers a job that really want one…” — DMX Read the rest of this entry »
No one will ever confuse Birdman with Outkast or Scarface. Then again, no one will ever confuse Birdman for a brother who could never hustle his way to a dollar either. As one of the premiere businessmen in Hip-Hop, one thing which has always been associated with Stunna is money. And lots of it.
Pricele$$ wasn’t near the snooze fest as some would believe Read the rest of this entry »
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Each month, I make my way to Kroger, grab a Western Union Blue Quick Collect form and send Cookiehead $20-30 for his books. On holidays, I might bump it up to $40 just because $10 extra is a quite a bit in the joint (or so I’ve heard). When I have it, I try to go out of my way to check on his daughter every few months as well as the two kids of my cousin Jason who’s doing life. Read the rest of this entry »
After a gazillion pushbacks and continuous restrategizing on the label’s part, Lil Wayne’s Rebirth is finally home at your local retailer. However, after nearly 60 days of “availability,” it’s anyone interested at this point. Even after a a rousing performance at the Grammy Awards, the association of Rebirth and Weezy has relatively loose like his scruples. Which probably explains the reasoning for this track surfacing today. Read the rest of this entry »
Coming to the conclusion that rap money isn’t long enough Cash Money’s Williams’ brothers, Baby & Slim, are embarking on a new venture. With the creation of Bronald Oil & Gas, the two are getting into the oil business. From their press release:
The Williams brothers have issued a mission statement which lists four key initiatives which they believe will be instrumental in developing oil and gas energy production in the 21st century: Read the rest of this entry »
Riding the backseat behind some synthetic leads, metal heavy drums and fellow pop-ular Cash Money collaborators Kevin Rudolph and Jay Sean, Weezy Wee drops some privileged punchlines for the next big hit out of the NO. This shit was actually so dope upon first sparking the tip that I didn’t even mind the tactfully typical sixteen from Star-Head Baby.
We’ll see how long that lasts.
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Download — Kevin Rudolf Feat. Birdman, Lil Wayne and Jay Sean – “I Made It”
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Many rap crews are formed but very few are poised to be shaped into dynasties. 2009 will undoubtedly go down as the year of Young Money as Lil’ Wayne rode his popularity wave in from 2008, while staff sergeants Drake and Nicki Minaj shone bright on their own reconnaissance. The next step could be foreseen by the blindfolded: the Cash Money junioraires assemble to release an average compilation to capitalize on their current omnipresence. We Are Young Money, a platform to launch the careers of lesser known acts such as T-Streets, Lil’ Chuckee & Twist, doesn’t quite meet its goal with musical significance that’s less than stellar. Not to mention all of the album’s content is more shallow than a Kardashian. Read the rest of this entry »
When word came out that Amazon had inadvertently shipped out a handful of Wayne’s Rebirth album the net was dumbfounded. How could they make such a boneheaded mistake? Unfortunately, they’ll more than likely be the scapegoat for this when it’s all said and done. But the brunt of this mishap falls squarely on the shoulders of Universal Music Group; guilty of pushing Rebirth back so many times that I didn’t even think they were actually close to a finished product. Which apparently wasn’t the case:
The release date change – the sixth time Rebirth was pushed to a new date – was made earlier this month by Universal Motown, the distributing label for Cash Money, and its distributor Universal Music Group Distribution. Universal Motown and UMGD recalled the album, but roughly one million units were manufactured and about one-third were shipped to accounts when the decision was made to pull Rebirth from the schedule, sources say. – Billboard
I was always under the impression, that these delays were about stringing along a cash cow until he lost interest in his passion project getting samples cleared and reworking/re-doing/replacing songs to make the album better. Now I see the labels just wait for enough mainstream buzz and radio spins to maximize sales. In a time when nothing is guaranteed sales wise, at some point you have to cut your losses. As far as timing goes, a Dec. 21st release would have been a perfect. Potential buyers will be out finishing their holiday shopping. So, the potential for sales is even greater than an early February release (which also sees a sales bump due the Grammys).
Rebirth could have also been doubled up with We Are Young Money, to boost sales for that album which despite Drake & Nicki Minaj’s appearances, isn’t highly anticipated nor expected to light Soundscan on fire. It would have increased both albums (We Are Young Money more than Rebirth) chances of going platinum and given his Young Money imprint more exposure.
Now, in efforts of retaining that potential big sales day they were hoping for, the Young Money camp has announced that the leaked version will not be the Rebirth released in 2010.
If Wayne can drum up a completely new “rock” LP in under two months, it speaks highly of his work ethic but what does that say for the record’s quality? We shall see. The current Rebirth will now be judged in the court of public opinion and most likely become a frisbee collector’s item.
But wait, there’s always more. TMZ reports Wayne & Co. were stopped at the Texas border with Miss Mary Jane playing a key role in the incident.
Universal, your work is now cut out for you and outlined in magic marker with smiley faces. Good luck.
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Love ‘em or hate ‘em. Listen to ‘em frequently or never dare to include ‘em on a playlist. Through strategy or sheer coincidence, Young Money are the 2009 Rolling Stones. With their debut compilation, We Are Young Money, set to hit stores in weeks (and the internet even sooner), the posse’s go-to-acts, Lil’ Wayne and Drake, stand at the forefront of the movement. Using a similar format as the Jay-Z/Kanye West installment from months earlier, the extensive lyrical history between these two is examined.
NOTE: Only records containing verses from both Drake and Wayne were used. Then again, that was still 17 records. Be prepared, this is long-winded.
Drake Feat. Lil’ Wayne – “Brand New” (Remix)
Drake: “Is this going to last?/Are we up on a pedestal?/ Are we moving too fast?/I feel like I’m in crazy competition with the past…”
Wayne: “This here is on some remix shit/It seems like everything I do they’re leakin’ it…”
Synopsis: Granted, Wayne used Drizzy’s flow (and recorded his verse after the original), BUT he used it damn near perfectly.
Drake: 0
Wayne: 1
Drake Feat. Lil’ Wayne & Nutt Da Kid – “Stunt Hard”
Drake: “Who do you look up to when you’re better than your idols?/And how you posed to look when you do it with your eyes closed?/I’m everything that you just haven’t become/I spend my time trying to outdo what hasn’t been done…”
Wayne: “And I smoke that shit that smell like when you take your cast off/And I got them beach bitches, like David Hasselhoff…”
Synopsis: Even with Wayne’s admission of penning ‘all Stunna’s bars,’ Drake edges out Weezy with his own story of his eventual rise to Hip-Hop’s elite.
Drake: 1
Wayne: 1
Drake Feat. Lil’ Wayne & Nutt Da Kid – “I Want This Forever”
Drake: “I’m so unsigned it would blow one’s mind…”
Wayne: “I make a blue-eyed bitch just admire my red/ I’m a blood mothafucka/A Blood mothafucka/ Forever, like e-t-c period muthafucka…”
Synopsis: Look at that Drake bar. You think record labels are kicking themselves right now?
Drake: 2
Wayne: 1
Drake: “I deserve a MTV show for me and my peopleAnd if you tryin’ to ‘zone’, I got a whole Swisher Sweet full/ Rappers all liars and they women are deceitful/Addin’ till they subtract me, I’ll never be an equal…”
Wayne: “I’m wit it if money is the ‘it’ you want me wit/And I probably just spit on the chick you won’t be wit/And I hate a boney bitch, only like ‘em only thick/And I own Hip-Hop, if you don’t spit, I’m gon’ evict…”
Synopsis: This is one of those tracks where I was damn near clueless on who to pick. But since ties don’t exist here, I’m siding with Weezy mainly because dude’s flow was type crazy. Then again Drake’s was as well. Argue it out amongst yourselves. The whole Karrine spill was funny too.
Drake: 2
Wayne: 2
Lil’ Wayne Feat. Drake – “Stuntin’”
Drake: “Fuck all the discreet shit, I get on some deep shit/ I am 21, tell me who do I compete with?/ I’m on my elite shit/ You can tell I’m real cause I’m getting hood love/ And I ain’t even talkin’ street shit…”
Wayne: “The supplement I’m taking got me filling my tee/ My gunny money don’t split, call the shit Siamese/ Yes, my watch make the frickin’ time freeze/ Your girl blessed me, she sucked my dick and I sneezed…”
Synopsis: Another difficult selection. The whole point of Dedication 3 was to showcase the talent on Young Money. Mission accomplished. Drizzy for the win with the game winning jumper.
Drake: 3
Wayne: 2
Drake Feat. Trey Songz & Lil’ Wayne – “Successful”
Drake: “Fans of these freshman is about iffy/While this youngin’ that you doubted is about to get busy…”
Wayne: “That’s word to Toronto/ So high up, I got birds in the condo/Ain’t that a female dog/Ask her who I am to her, and she yell ‘God’…”
Synopsis: One of the staple records which propelled Drake into the national spotlight. This was likely the most obvious out of the bunch.
Drake: 4
Wayne: 2
Drake Feat. Lil’ Wayne – “Ignant Shit”
Drake: “The same niggas I ball with, I fall with/On some southern drawl shit/Rookie of the Year, ’06, Chris Paul shit…”
Wayne: “I don’t stunt, I stunt hard/And if the food ain’t on the stove, I hunt for it…”
Synopsis: Wayne more than makes up for his abbreviated appearance on “Successful” with more quotables here than many can begin to catch on the first listen.
Drake: 4
Wayne: 3
Drake Feat. Santogold & Lil’ Wayne – “Unstoppable”
Drake: “I fall in love with girls caught up in superficial glamour/Who dress like Sarah Jessica and live like Princess Dianna…”
Wayne: “Hoe just, text me on my line you want some more dick/Mo’ dick, old bitch, young bitch/But I be like daaammmmn, all I got is one dick…”
Synopsis: Toss up. There isn’t really a “right” answer for this, but as of this very moment Wayne gets the nod.
Drake: 4
Wayne: 4
Drake Feat. Bun B & Lil’ Wayne – “Uptown”
Drake: “I just always did my own thing/ Now I run the game, you stupid muddasuckas/I see all this money through my Ohio State Buckeyes…”
Wayne: “Now I’m on that rock shit, but why they let me in?/I’ma start shootin’ in a mosh pit…”
Synopsis: Anytime Bun B. decides to drop a new verse, that’s always a win. However, like “Successful”, Drake gets the nod because he had more room to operate on the track. It’s not fair, but neither is life.
Drake: 5
Wayne: 4
Drake, Lil’ Wayne & Young Jeezy – “I’m Goin’ In”
Drake: “Never see me out cause I live in my work place/I give you the business, so button up your shirt straight/Look at where I landed, you would think I planned it/I’m just doin’ me and you could never understand it…”
Wayne: “Hello muthafucka, hey, hi, how ya dern?/It’s Weezy F. Baby come to take a shit and urine/On the toilet bowl bitches/Pussy ass niggas/Stompin’ on this beat like a muthafuckin’ Sigma…”
Synopsis: I’m sure David enjoyed the Sigma shout out, but Drake’s the one who really ‘went-in’ on this track.
Drake: 6
Wayne: 4
Drake: “I would fuck with all of y’all/All of yall are beautiful/I just can’t pick one/So you can never say I’m choosey, hoes…”
Wayne: “I like a long hair, thick redbone/Open up her legs and filet mignon that pussy/ I’ma get in and on that pussy/If she let me in, I’ma own that pussy…”
Synopsis: By far the most difficult song to pick from the batch. After hearing “Every Girl” in clubs nonstop since the spring, Wayne edges this one out mainly because he had the best intro line to a verse since Boosie on “Wipe Me Down.” For a club smash, at least.
Drake: 6
Wayne: 5
Drake Feat. Kanye West, Lil’ Wayne & Eminem – “Forever”
Drake: “Dropped a mixtape, the shit sounded like an album/Who’d a thought a country wide tour would be the outcome/Labels want my name beside a X like Malcolm/Everybody gotta deal, I did it without one…”
Wayne: “Life is such a fuckin’ roller coaster then it drops/But what should I scream for?/This is my theme park…”
Synopsis: Had it not been for Eminem, Drake would have the best verse on the entire record.
Drake: 7
Wayne: 5
Lil’ Wayne & Drake – “My Darlin’ Baby”
Drake: “Just say yes, not no/The club is overrated baby, let’s not go/Let’s stay home and burn a couple calories/Fuck the house up and have the maid earn her salary…”
Wayne: “She gotta smile on her that puts a smile on me/She cater to me, she get all Destiny’s Child on me…”
Synopsis: Weezy and Drake trade bars about their dream female. For as trivial as it may sound, Drake simply had more quotables this round.
Drake: 8
Wayne: 5
Drake: “I’m at the W, but I can’t meet you in the lobby/Girl, I gotta watch my back/I’m not just anybody…”
Wayne: “She got that good, good/ She Michael Jackson ‘Bad’/I’m attracted to her/With her attractive ass…”
Synopsis: Similar to “Every Girl,” Wayne has a catchy intro bar. Unfortunately, Drake one upped him this time and even managed to drop a Ricky Bobby reference.
Drake: 9
Wayne: 5
DJ Khaled Feat. Young Jeezy, Rick Ross, Drake, Lil’ Wayne & Usher – “Fed Up”
Drake: “And the question still remains/ Have I counted all the money that I’ve managed to obtain?/Niggas dedicating overtime to damaging my name/And somehow I’m still the hottest muthafucka in the game…”
Wayne: “I’m sick of being criticized/That’s why I’m higher than the Star Trek Enterprise/I do it big, don’t get mad cause you minimized/I keep a red flag case I get penalized…”
Synopsis: The true winner in this is watching DJ Khaled perform his own stunts in the video.
Drake: 10
Wayne: 5
Birdman Feat. Drake & Lil’ Wayne – “Money To Blow”
Drake: “I am on a 24 hour champagne diet/ Spillin’ while I’m sippin, I encourage you to try it/I’m probably just saying that cause I don’t have to buy it/The club owner supply it, boy I’m on that fly shit…”
Wayne: “And I’m with two women make you take a second look/We poppin’ like champagne bottles but we never shook/And we gon’ be alright if we put Drake on every hook…”
Synopsis: Weezy’s admission only confirmed what the entire industry had been thinking.
Drake: 11
Wayne: 5
Birdman Feat. Drake & Lil’ Wayne – “4 My Town (Play Ball)”
Drake: “Ok, they say that I’m the one in fact/Some say I’m they favorite, but I ain’t hearing none of that/I’m about my team, hoe/Young Money running back…”
Wayne: “You know you paid when you got Baby withcha/It’s Young Money, like Ben Frank’s baby pictures/It’s the lady twister, I kiss her whiskers/I been runnin’ this shit, blisters…”
Synopsis: Figuratively speaking, Wayne hit this one out the park.
Drake: 11
Wayne: 6
And thus concludes another installment of “Sibling Rivalry.” Does this mean Drake has become “better” than Wayne? Not in the least bit, but with Weezy’s looming prison sentence, it could prove to be the best and most important signings in recent memory. In other words, Young Money’s got themselves one hell of an insurance policy.
Download — Lil’ Wayne & Drake Collabs
Young Money is an Army–better yet a Navy, flooding the streets with their product as long as the streets are saying they’re hot. This December 21st, they’re out for that Christmas ca$h with their clique album We Are Young Money which includes this jingle “Bedrock”: the soundtrack to every teenybopper’s next formal dance.
Thank you Wanye for the memories. Read the rest of this entry »
“I started my own label ’cause I am my own man.” Prior to reporting back to Fulton County Jail, Gucci Mane declared this statement on his Cold War trilogy mixtape. In actuality, however, there aren’t many names in Hip-Hop who this describes better than Bryan “Baby/Birdman” Williams. From the hoods of New Orleans to the head of a multi-million dollar corporation, it is undeniable Stunna has become one of the most successful businessmen in the genre’s history, controversy and all. With the release of Pricele$$, his fourth solo album and first since 2007′s 5* Stunna, Birdman finds his Cash Money/Young Money imprint at its second commercial peak. This is none the more evident with features from Drake and Lil’ Wayne littered throughout. Read the rest of this entry »
I’m not sure who’s worse, these people or their adoring legion of fans. Deep down, I hope this is all a masterful trickery pulled off by Photoshop and I’ve been fooled into thinking it’s real, when it really isn’t. Read the rest of this entry »
In all honesty, before I read TC’s review, I was unaware that Mack 10 even released an album this year. Considering my affinity for Westside Connection and all of its members, I found this troubling. Especially since his record label is also home to two of the most prominent figures in Hip-Hop today in Lil’ Wayne and Drake.
While I have yet to soak in the entire project, the Dow Jones produced “Hoo-Bangin’ II” has definitely sparked my interest and moved it up a few spots in my queue. The LA native finds himself teaming up with newcomer and label-mate Glasses Malone to spit some West Coast game for the uninitiated. Dao provides him with the same combination of smooth bass, well-placed piano keys and slick drums that you would expect out of one half of Tha Bizness.
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Often overlooked but never without resolve, Mack 10′s career has held steadfast even though he’s never been the biggest dog in the yard. Never overextending his boundaries and ties with the bottomless revenue pit of Cash Money have lauded him job security in the face of a rapper recession. It’s with those [gang] affiliations, Mack is able to traffic his ninth album, Soft White undetected, yet fairly unblemished. Read the rest of this entry »
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