Archive for November 20th, 2009

Here are the behind the scene visuals of Young Money’s Bedrock video shoot. Courtesy of Derick G.

In this video Wiz Khalifa explains the origins of his name and discusses autotune and intelligent hip-hop.

Here is the tracklist for that Eminem re-release we have been talking about.

01. People Make Me
02. Taking My Ball
03. Insult To Injury
04. Outlet
05. Carrington Pool
06. Forever featuring Drake, Kanye West & Lil Wayne
07. Stainless Ego

Via: RapRadar

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Here are the visuals of Krs-One telling Allhiphop.com that he thinks the greatest hip-hop battle of all time would be 50 Cent vs. Jay-Z. Courtesy of Allhiphop.

Here is the audio of 50 Cent’s interview with Funkmaster Flex on Hot 97. Spotted at Nah Right, Courtesy of ThisIsAdot.

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Jay-Z gave Robin Thicke a guest verse for his upcoming Sex Therapy album — as well as the idea to invite another performer to the project.

“It was Jay’s idea,” Thicke said about how Nicki Minaj came to be on “Shakin’ It 4 Daddy.” “We were in the studio, and I played him the whole album. He was like, ‘You should get Nicki Minaj on that. She’s got that voice. She’s got that swag.’ So I leaned over and was like, ‘Somebody get Nicki Minaj on the phone! Jay-Z said so!’ Next thing you know, we called Nicki. She was excited. But once we told her it was Jay-Z’s idea to get her on the track, she started screaming on the phone. She was all excited. She’s a super, super talent. I can’t wait to do a video with Nicki. There’s a power in her. It’s not just that she’s sexy and that’s the only way she can get you to like her. She’s got charm — not just sex. Some women may use sex to get what they want; others have charm. She’s got charm.”

The charm of the Slick Rick/ De la Soul hip-hop vibe on Rob’s “Meiple (Me I Play)” attracted Jay to add one of his golden verses. The Jiggaman also gave Thicke his co-sign on another of the album’s cuts, “Ms. Sex.” The track pays homage to Rakim’s classic “Mahogany,” which sampled Al Green’s “I’m Glad You’re Mine.”

“Her name was Mahogany, her friend’s name was Ebony,” Thicke sings on the track, flipping Rakim’s lyrics. “I said, ‘My name is Rob, and this is Jay-Z.’ ”

The singer said Hov loved it. “Before anybody else heard it, Jay-Z heard it, and he said, ‘That’s genius. That’s genius on so many levels.’ He said, ‘First of all, who do you think you are? Who do you think you are, doing Rakim? You got ba–s, boy.’ ”

Thicke’s Sex Therapy comes out December 15.

Courtesy of MTV.

The homie Young Kingz was kind enough to rip this live audio of Alicia Keys performing “Empire State of Mind II”.   The official version with Jay-Z will be on her album, The Element of Freedom in stores Dec. 15th.  Check out the visuals of the live performance after the jump!  Courtesy of OnSmash.

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Police are investigating two bottles filled with an unknown liquid suspected of being Molotov cocktails that were tossed at the offices of Grand Hustle Records in Atlanta.

Jason Geter, who runs the label with T.I., told MTV News exclusively that an alarm went off between 2:30 and 3 a.m. Thursday (November 19) at the office. The Grand Hustle staff discovered that one of the office windows had been cracked after someone had tossed a “40-ounce bottle” at it.

Police have not named any suspects, but Geter and company have their own ideas of who the culprit could be. An aspiring artist came knocking at their door earlier this week.

“A kid came over there a couple of days ago that acted kind of crazy,” Geter explained. “I wasn’t there, but some kid that was a little off was pretty much asking for somebody to come to his party. He got a little irate when he was in the office. We’re kind of assuming it was him. He made a couple of threats when he was in the office. Two days later, this happens. You can’t help but say, ‘It must have been this idiot.’ ”

The incident has not stopped Geter or his staff from working. Business went on as usual (with the exception of news trucks and reporters), and no one seems to fear for their safety.

“It wasn’t that big of a deal to us,” Geter said. “But, of course, 50 million people were calling us, which is all good, because they’re concerned. But at the same time, we’re trying to work and stay focused on the business.”

Geter’s focus is the launch of Young Dro’s new LP, P.O.L.O. (Players Only Live Once). His album will be the start of Hustle’s grand attack in 2010.

“It’s gonna be Dro, 8Ball and MJG, Drama is putting his thing together, B.O.B. is coming out,” Geter said. “From January to springtime, those acts will be dropping.”

Of course, T.I. is always aware of what’s going on. Geter said his longtime friend and business partner is doing well while serving his year-and-a-day prison sentence. “He’s good. He’s taking it day by day and ready to get back at it. I think he’s really focused on doing his time, more so than anything,” Geter said when asked if Tip has been writing.

Police did not return MTV News’ calls about the incident at Grand Hustle by press time.

Courtesy of MTV.

Here is part two of Miss Info’s interview with Gucci Mane. In this video, Gucci Mane discusses the how this is his third time working with Usher. Courtesy of Miss Info.