Archive for December 23rd, 2009

Jadakiss, Melanie Fiona & The Clipse were the featured acts for this month’s Power Live Showcase.  Check out the rest of the footage after the jump!

Courtesy of Vibe.

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Nigel D. sat down with Fabolous for a nice interview in which he touches on how No Ceilings inspired him to release another mixtape.

Courtesy of RealTalkNY.

Jae Millz goes in over a Pac Div instrumental!  I expect nothing less from Millz.

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Download: Jae Millz – Run 4 Mayor | Courtesy of IllRoots.

GLC, DJ Fu & Mike Tyson bring you Respect My Come Up: Pimp Dilemmas, which is brought to you by FSD, LRG & DGK.GLC Holiday Week continues with the official blast off of GLC’s latest effort, Respect My Come Up: Pimp Dilemmas, which is hosted by none other than Iron Mike Tyson and mixed by DJ Fu of the Weathermen. Heck, even Tator Chip is involved. The album features 19 tracks of all new material. Respect this man’s come up and support the movement.

Tracklist & Download after the jump!  Courtesy of FSD.

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In case you missed last night’s epic episode of Tony Touch’s radio show Toca Tuesdays featuring Jay Electronica & Just Blaze, here is part 1 of the visuals.

Watch DJ Khaled host Nas and Damian Marley as they perform at a club in Dade County, Miami.

Tony Yayo spits a quick 16 or 24 bars, who knows I can’t bother count them right now, over Diddy & Dirty Money’s “Angels” track. It is definetly Lethal Dose worthy. Download it.

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Download: Tony Yayo – Dirty Money [Freestyle] | Courtesy of ThisIs50.

Drake reveals his holiday plans and the best gift he’s ever received.

Courtesy of Rap-Up.

With Pharrell behind the boards, I have high hopes for the R.E.D. Album.  This is some video footage of Game, Robin Thicke & Pharrell working on something for Sex Therapy.  Spotted at UHTN, Courtesy of RealTalkNY.

All this week, MTV News has been bringing you behind-the-scenes peeks at all the hard work Lil Wayne put into his No Ceilings mixtape. DJ Scoob Doo provided us with the preview footage (showing the MC recording and talking about his early years in the game) from his DVD, “The Nino Brown Story Pt. 2,” and he recently told us that he was amazed to observe Weezy’s much-talked-about work ethic.

“It’s phenomenal to see somebody at 7 o’clock in the morning or 8 o’clock in the morning, after being in the studio a good 10, 12 hours, and still having fun,” he said. “You’re going to see him laughing at himself. He’s not listening to anybody tell jokes. He’s listening to his own words, he’s listening to his own raps, and he’s having the best time of his life.”

Wayne’s tireless work ethic and his love of music have set him apart from most rappers. He’s outshined many an artist on their own beat, but Wayne says he only does that because it’s cheaper.

“I don’t like to do real songs up there, because the producers be wanting their money. So just do sh– that’s already out, because it’s easier that way,” he says in the footage.

And Wayne says he ignores people who say he takes other MCs down when he freestyles over their tracks. ” ‘You killed that n—a on his own song!’ That’s not the intentions, brother. No, I did not kill nobody on their own song. I like the song; that’s why I killed it. I didn’t kill them. I’m not even rapping like them.”

Before continuing his freestyle over Jay-Z’s “D.O.A (Death of Auto-Tune)”, he quickly clarifies that he has, in fact, murdered the beat. “I killed their song, though. So, Jay-Z, I’m about to kill your song.”

Courtesy of MTV.