Tuesday, December 22, 2009

The Trials of the Hardest-Working Man in Hip-Hop

“For someone who made ubiquity his art form, Lil Wayne has done a stupendous job of disappearing this year. Sure, he was on tour and at the Grammys, but the stream of mixtapes and freestyles on which he built his reputation slowed to a drip. While he was taking a breather, others — in particular, Gucci Mane, and Lil Wayne’s protégé Drake — took his template and ran with it.”





Rest of the article here.



Wow he just blatantly called Gudda & Jae Millz thugs and Tyga a semi-hypster...

*Video* Short Dawg - OnDaSpot Interview & Freestyle




Check out Short Dawg’s OnDaSpot interview and freestyle in the video above. They talk about syrup, Young Money, and which Young Money member would knock Nicki Minaj up.


Why didn't Short answer the Nicki Minaj question? And Short after that I can't kill my favorit rapper, cause what would the future of hip-hop be if i killed you.




Props: thatshiphop.com

Space Jam Jordans




Space Jam Jordans come out tomorrow!!! Whats a better holiday gift than these? So if any of yall feeling generous and want to bless me with a pair or two, like my pastor say don't let your blessings pass you by, i'll accept the blessings gratefully. Im just saying...

*Video* Lost Sing-Off Tape – Money To Blow





"...but BITCH!" lol

The black girl doing Birdman part had all the crazy hand and facial expressions and i guess they was making it drizzle at the end.

The King Is Home For Christmas

Via twitter Amir, Lil Duval and other members of the Grand Hustle family announced T.I. was home from prison for Christmas.






 T.I. has officially been released from a low-security federal prison in Forrest City, Arkansas today. He is suppose to report to Dismas Charities Atlanta West correctional center (a half-way house) tonight, where he will spend the last three months of his prison sentence.

*Video* Jay-Z ft. Mr. Hudson - 'Young Forever'

New Jay-Z video featuring singer/songwriter Mr. Hudson, "Young Forever", from The Blueprint 3 album. Check it out!


*Photos* Behind The Scenes Of Mariah Carey's 'Up Out My Face Remix (ft. Nicki Minaj)'







Mariah Carey and Nicki Minaj shota music video for their “Up Out My Face Remix” collabo from Mariah’s upcoming album titled Memoirs Of An Imperfect Angel. Well, I now have a few pictures from the shoot which you can see above. Nick Cannon directed the video and it was shot in LA.

Monday, December 21, 2009

'We Are Young Money' In Stores Today!



Young Money’s “We Are Young Money” album hits stores all over the world today (December 21st). Please support the whole Young Money fam by buying a copy (or two) from Amazon or iTunes etc.

Rebirth Commercial

Check out Lil Wayne Rebirth commercial...




What yall think?

Sunday, December 20, 2009

R.I.P. Brittany Murphy

Yall may know her from '8 Mile' and 'Clueless'







Brittany Murphy died early this morning. Her mother found her unconscious in the shower after she went into full cardiac arrest. Paramedics arrived and started doing CPR immediately. But they could not be revive her, multiple sources tell TMZ. They continued CPR while they took her to Cedars-Sinai Medical Center -- several miles away -- and Murphy was unresponsive. She was pronounced dead at the hospital. She was only 32.

Thursday, December 17, 2009

*Video* Trey Songz - One Love



Get the "One Love" video as part of Trey's "Up Close & Ready" EP available tomorrow on iTunes!


Enjoy. I loved this song off the album!

*Music* We Are Young Money Downloads






New music off Young Money’s We Are Young Money album, dropping December 21st.







Wednesday, December 16, 2009

*Audio* : Alicia Keys – Stolen Moments



Here’s a bonus track from Alicia Keys’ The Element Of Freedom album


Download: Alicia Keys - Stolen Moments

*Audio* : Mary J. Blige – Kitchen



Mary J Blige song entitled “Kitchen” off her upcoming “Stronger withEach Tear” album that’s dropping on December 21, 2009. “Kitchen” was produced by Tricky Stewart & written by The-Dream as well.



Lloyd – Like Me (The Young Goldie EP)



With tracks like “Pusha (feat. Lil Wayne)” & “Like Me (feat. Bun B)” as well as an appearance on Young Money’s single “Bedrock,” Lloyd is wrapping up 2009 with the release Like Me: The Young Goldie EP (via his blog). 8 tracks for his fans to showcase the more personal side of Lloyd. Like Me features the likes of Drake, Lil Wayne, Bun B, Rich Boy, Juelz Santana, Nicki Minaj & more


Lloyd's  currently in the process of recording for his new album scheduled for release next year.


Tracklist

01. Like Me (feat. Bun B)
02. Pusha (feat. Lil Wayne & Juelz Santana)
03. Take It Off (feat. J. Holiday & Nikci Minaj)
04. What You Want (feat. Mack Maine)
05. Think Of Me
06. Everyday (feat. Rich Boy)
07. Pro In The Game
08. A Night Off (feat. Drake) (Bonus Track)




Via: OnSmash

Monday, December 14, 2009

Young Money – We Are Young Money [Official Tracklist & Cover]




Here is the official tracklist and front cover for Young Money’s “We Are Young Money” album dropping December 21st. They made a few changes since an earlier tracklist leaked including swapping “Play In My Band” for “Sacrifice”.


1. Gooder
2. Every Girl
3. Ms Parker
4. Wife Beater
5. New Shit
6. Pass The Dutch
7. Play In My Band
8. Fuck Da Bullshit (Feat Birdman)
9. Bedrock (Feat Lloyd)
10. Girl I Got You
11. Steady Mobbin
12. Roger That
13. She Is Gone (Feat Pleasure P)
14. Streets Is Watchin
15. Finale

Friday, December 11, 2009

Sibling Rivalry : The Lyrical History of Drake and Lil Wayne

The homey Justin Tinsley from TheSmokingSection put together a list of Drake/Lil Wayne collabos and/or songs where they were both featured. Out of those songs, he decided to dissect each verse and see who came the hardest; (pause). Check out all the details below and let us know if you agree with them.




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.


1) 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



2) 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



3) 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




4) Lil’ Wayne & Drake – “Ransom”

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



5) 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






6) 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



7) 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



8) 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

 


9) 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



10) 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




11) Young Money – “Every Girl”



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



12) 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



13) 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





14) Young Money – “Bed Rock”



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



15) 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



16) 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



17) 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.

Thursday, December 10, 2009

Nicki Minaj Complex Shoot

Kid Cudi - Pursuit Of Happiness







Kid Cudi new jawnt with a cameo from Mr. Drizzy Drake Rodgers.

Wednesday, December 9, 2009

*Video* Official Video for Bedrock - Young Money (feat. Lloyd)


Find more videos like this on The Hype Factor



Throw ya YM signs up!!!


Make sure yall get the album on Dec. 15th.

Monday, December 7, 2009

I Guess This Is The Female 50





Doing Soulja Boy didnt work so this what she does...

Seems like the video model turned femcee, Angel Lola Luv has taken a page out of 50 Cent's Guide to Self Promotion. She's only just begun in this rap circle, and she's calling her fellow artists out, in a really tongue-in-cheek sort of way. The easiest way to get people talking about you is to go at the head of someone who's in a better and bigger position than you. Miss Lola (now known as Lola Monroe) has gone public in taking offense to being called a Nicki Minaj knockoff. In an All Hip Hop interview, Monroe responds smarmily:




"I don't do the Barbie thing -- that's her thing," LoLa said in an interview. "I really don't agree with it, that's basic. It doesn't make sense to me because first off, you're basically saying I'm jacking somebody who has never been known to have their style all throughout their career. She's never been set to have her own style. It's always been set to say she's jacking Lil' Kim to Foxy [Brown] and now Lil Wayne. So how can I be jacking somebody or using somebody's style if they never been known to have their own style. That part never made sense. That's one. Another thing, it kind of comes from Wayne is in the foundation of my music and what I've listened to him for years and years. So you can hear his styles in my music. And you know, that's her mentor and that's somebody whom she's under and so she's known to sound like Wayne. That's all they say about her now. I believe the similarities may have come from that but besides that, I have my own style, I have my own lane. She does what she does, ya feel me?"



There aren't that many female rappers out currently for them to be beefing with one another, which seems to be exactly what Lola is trying to start...

 
 
Eh-em, can you say publicity.
 
 
Shouts Out: HipHopBlog

*Photos* Nicki Minaj Celebrates Her Birthday At Club Miami & Studio 72

Nicki Minaj’s birthday is on December 8th, but recently Nicki celebrated her birthday on December 4th at Studio 72 and December 5th at Club Miami. You can view lots of pictures from both nights after the jump, and other celebrities including Trina, Soulja Boy, Teyanna Taylor, Floyd Mayweather, and Terrance J joined the celebration.









Props: kiddunot



*Video* Drakes CNN interview (Grammy nods, etc)





Drake talks to CNN’s Denise Quan about the Grammy nominations he received for a record that hasn’t even released yet. Drake mentions that he will bring his mom as his date at the 2010 Grammy's. How sweet?!

Sunday, December 6, 2009

Twitter / Nicki Minaj: Watch 106nPark tomorrow fo ...

Twitter / Nicki Minaj: Watch 106nPark tomorrow fo ...

The Element of Freedom Tracklist



TRACKLIST


1. Alicia Keys – Distance And Time

2. Alicia Keys – Doesn’t Mean Anything

3. Alicia Keys – Empire State Of Mind (Part II)

4. Alicia Keys – How It Feels To Fly

5. Alicia Keys – Like The Sea

6. Alicia Keys – Love Is Blind

7. Alicia Keys – Love Is My Disease

8. Alicia Keys – Put It In A Love Song (feat. Beyonce)

9. Alicia Keys – That’s How Strong My Love Is

10. Alicia Keys – The Element Of Freedom (Intro)

11. Alicia Keys – This Bed

12. Alicia Keys – Try Sleeping With A Broken Heart

13. Alicia Keys – Un-thinkable (I m Ready)

14. Alicia Keys – Wait Till You See My Smile

*New Music* Alicia Keys - Un-thinkable (I'm Ready)




“Un-thinkable (I’m Ready)” will appear on Alicia Keys’ upcoming album, “The Element Of Freedom.” The song was co-penned and features background vocals by Drake (but will not receive ‘featuring’ credit) and was produced by Noah “40″ Shebib. The album hits shelves on December 15th.


Download: Alicia Keys - Un-thinkable (I'm Ready)



Big-Ups : ATF

Friday, December 4, 2009

*Video* Timbaland – Say Something (Feat Drake) Behind The Scenes




Here is the making of Timbaland’s “Say Something” music video which features Drake. Keyshia Dior plays the main female in the video, and Timbo’s Shock Value II is in stores December 8th!

Gucci Mane – Sex In Crazy Places (Feat Nicki Minaj, Trina & Bobby Valentino)




Here is a new leak from Gucci Mane’s upcoming album, The State Vs. Radric Davis dropping December 8th. The record is called “Sex In Crazy Places” and features Nicki Minaj, Trina, and Bobby Valentino.

You can listen and download the song below:




Thursday, December 3, 2009

Drake On The Cover Of '09 VIBE





Make sure yall pick up the issue!

Drake Nominated For two Grammy's!

Congrats To Drake On His Two Grammy Nominations.





Nominees for Best Solo Rap Performance:



Best I Ever Had

Drake


Beautiful

Eminem


D.O.A. (Death Of Auto-Tune)

Jay-Z


Day ‘N’ Nite

Kid Cudi


Casa Bey

Mos Def



Nominees for Best Rap Song:


Drake

Best I Ever Had


Kid Cudi

Day ‘N’ Nite


T.I. & Timberlake

Dead And Gone


Jay-Z

D.O.A. (Death Of Auto-Tune)


Jay-Z ft. Kanye West & Rihanna

Run This Town

*Photos* Young Money Visits The Monique Show


Birdman (Feat. Drake & Lil Wayne) - 4 My Town (Play Ball)


 
 
 
Pricele$$ in stores!
 
 
 
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