I almost crashed on I-94 the day my buddy told me he was reading an MTV News headline that noted Lil-jailbound-Wayne was making a guest appearance on the new Weezer album, Raditude. Read the rest of this entry »
If Mariah Carey likes it so hood, why is she with Nick Cannon? Maybe one foot in each door? Eh? Eh? Read the rest of this entry »
Sometimes, you just don’t know who to trust in the world anymore. Personally, I haven’t listened to any Jay-Z leak since “Run This Town” and don’t plan on it until the entire album is available. For clarification purposes, I have all the intentions in the world of purchasing a hard copy, mainly so I can say I completed the trifecta. Anyway, I’ve noticed something which is becoming an alarming trend in the world of Hip-Hop: mass leaking (pause…if needed). Tracks, mixtapes and albums surfacing before their intended dates have become such a regular fixture in music, most artists add it to their business plan nowadays. However, the problem is when a group of songs leak within hours of each other…from the same camp, no less. Read the rest of this entry »
Did anyone ever associate Da Brat with being a “female rapper?” Read the rest of this entry »
I’m a huge fan of the smartass that is Chelsea Handler & her “Chelsea Lately” show. Read the rest of this entry »
I don’t remember any manufactured/collaborative R&B group to “work” besides maybe LSG. In order for an R&B crew to work, their must be blood Read the rest of this entry »
In celebration of his beau’s 43rd birthday, JD chose to ink Janet’s face on his torso.
I have nothing more to say because you should be able to apply your own jokes & predictions from here.
I only leave you with the same question Contra™ asked me.
“Why’s he covering his nipple?”
Props to That Grape Juice
Outside of “What A World,” I don’t have too much knowledge on Chester French. I’ve seen the name, but what I thought was a singular artist is actually a duo. Nevertheless, two things made me give this tape more than a passing glance: Clinton Sparks, and the featured guests. But I’ll let them talk about them.
“Jacques Jams, Vol. 1: Endurance” is a chronicle of the past six years of our lives. It tells our story, from the gymnasiums of Harvard to the hills of Hollywood. Unlike “Love the Future,” which we’ve written, arranged, performed, produced, and engineered by ourselves, “Jacques Jams” features a collection of new, original music that we created in the hills of Massachusetts and then invited some of our favorite artists to grace.
As young artists, we couldn’t be more grateful for this opporunity to collaborate with legends like Jermaine Dupri, Diddy, Pharrell, Pusha, Talib Kweli, Bun B., The Mad Rapper, Kardinal Offishall, N.O.R.E, and Jadakiss as well as younger friends like Janelle Monae, Cassie, Wale, Solange, Lady Gaga, and Mickey Factz. All of these fantastic artists have been more than generous with their creativity and hard work, so we owe them an enormous debt. Clinton Sparks, above all, has tirelessly guided us toward success and endurance, a tall order with obnoxious perfectionists like us!
Tracklist and link after the break. Read the rest of this entry »
Growing up in the industry ain’t all that it’s cracked up to be. Naturally, there’s invaluable knowledge to be gained — which will have your career a couple steps ahead of the pack, but as fans age and mature, so do their musical preferences; forcing the artist to shift their position — even it means contradicting their original standpoint all together. No one in Hip-Hop is more familiar with this than Shad “Lamborghini” Moss. Since the “Lil” was dropped, Bow Wow’s been faced with adhering to an entirely new market who mostly associate him with the teenybopper magnet Scream Tour and rapping about instant messaging cheerleaders while their parents are at the grocery store.
So even with the creation of New Jack City II, an album with no association with the 1991 film and his first to feature a Parental Advisory label Read the rest of this entry »
Hip-Hop’s mini-mogul/magic leprauchun has been progressively developing a new skill.
It started with his remarkable ability to make more checks bounce than Nike Basketball (*swoosh*). But after much practice, he has perfected it.
He can now make any career, business, investment or record label crash merely by affiliation. We saw traces of this power affect powerhouses like Janet Jackson. Then he shut down Read the rest of this entry »
Bowling With Brittany Rodgers For A Sports Sunday
Report: Video For Sale Allegedly Shows Joe Biden Daughter, Ashley, Snorting Cocaine [NY Daily]
T.I. Meets Up With ‘Road To Redemption’ Co-Stars After Sentencing [MTV]
Jermaine Dupri’s Air Jordan Closet + More [TSG]
Man Dies After Saving Girlfriend From Suicide Attempt [Telegraph]
Big East Gets First Two Final 4 Bids: Nova, UConn [YB]
Children’s Charity Urges Madonna Not To Adopt [CNN]
Annoying Lawyer Invents Most Annoying Legal Specialty [Gawker]
Directed By Hype Williams
Coming soon to a theater record store near you:
Nino Brown’s assassination at the hands of a disgruntled member of the community was actually a figment of his imagination. After his case was overturned due to prosecutors withholding evidence, Nino trades the coke life for the cake life in this epic tale of a hustler looking for true love on the sandy beaches of Miami. Read the rest of this entry »
Obviously anything first seen in the New York Post’s Page Six has to be taken with a grain of salt. But this account on Jermaine Dupri’s ouster from Universal almost sounds plausible. Read the rest of this entry »
© XXL. That’s about all that needs to be said about that. Read the rest of this entry »
Janet Jackson is pregnant. Read the rest of this entry »
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