Archive for December 30th, 2009

Episode 6 on the “Road To Victory” shows DJ Khaled at the “Angels (Remix)” video shoot, Khaled gives us a look at his sneaker collection and goes to the Shoe Gallery in Miami and runs into Busta Rhymes, then Khaled & Busta chop it up in the studio working on Victory, and some more behind the scenes look at Diddy-Dirty Money “Angels (Remix)” featuring Rick Ross.

Splash has liberated this new track by Diddy titled “Hair Down” featuring Dawn Richard.

Download: Diddy – Hair Down Feat. Dawn Richard | Courtesy of Splash.

It’s done. Drake’s collaboration with Jay-Z, “Light Up,” is finally finished. The Toronto lyricist had been hopeful all year that he and Hov could connect in the studio.

“I can’t rap about the same things [as I did] on So Far Gone, so it’s just really trying to tell the greatest story that’s never been told, which is the story of a rapper’s come-up, and tell it without being corny or over-bragging or sounding like, ‘Feel sorry for me.’ It’s going to be a very interesting record because I’m really going to have to dig deep and tell stories that people can relate to. But it’s kind of hard, because my life is at a very different place now. ”

“Everybody is looking for this one joint with me and Jay, so that needs to happen,” Drake told MTV News back in June. “My goal at this point is to keep making that organic music. I don’t wanna feel pressure now that I have a single and music that’s hot.”

Drake recently sat down with MTV News in his Canadian hometown and explained how the song, produced by Tone Mason and co-produced by his October’s Very Own cohort Noah “40″ Shebib, came to fruition.

The track will be included on the rapper’s forthcoming debut, Thank Me Later, tentatively slated for a March release.

“When I heard that beat, the drums that they had come up with, it was like, ‘Man, this is a moment,’ ” he said. ” ‘This sounds like where I’m at in my life.’ So, we took it and 40 did what he does to pieces of music that I see potential in — he took it to the next spot. Jay-Z’s on it. The song is phenomenal. It’s done now.”

The pair previously worked together on Jay-Z’s “Off That,” from Hov’s The Blueprint 3 project.

The Timbaland-produced track, however, only featured Drake on the hook instead of contributing a verse alongside Jay. This time, the two MCs both had their say on “Light Up.” Though the upstart MC was able to recruit the Roc Nation head into the fold for his first album, in addition to expected collabos with Lil Wayne and Kanye West, Drake said he’s trying to downplay the guest list and focus on his humble beginnings.

“At the end of the day, one of the biggest things I’ve been toying with on Thank Me Later is that it’s kind of hard for me to come out and be like, ‘I’m still the underdog,’ ” Drake told Mixtape Daily recently.

Courtesy of MTV.

Rapradar was kind enough to record Joe Budden’s second straight performance at S.O.B.’s last night. This is only part 1 of that footage. Check out the rest of this set of videos after the jump!  Courtesy of Rapradar.
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Miami Rapper plies gave one of the best Christmas presents of the night at HOT 107.9 Jingle Bash Concert in Atlanta, GA The concert took place the day after Christmas Dec. 26 2009 He was on stage when he brought up a high school senior and had a surprise for her.  Plies stated “He caught alot of slack from his family for throwing away 50,000 into the crowd at birthday bash last summer. Sources tell http://www.freshandfly.com they personally walked away with over 1,000 in cash from plies last stunt. Plies stated he felt an obligation to do something more positive with the money this Christmas and dedicated his act to his grandmother who passed away last year.

Spotted at Rapradar, Courtesy of FreshandFly.

V5 is officially one of my favorite mixtapes from Banks and thanks to Bottom Feeder we all have “Power Pack” and “Probably Want Me Down” without any tags.  UPDATE: I finally listened to these tracks and “Probably Want Me Down” still has tags on it.  I will update the link once I receive an official no dj version.

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Download: Lloyd Banks – Power Pack [No DJ] | Probably Want Me Down [No DJ] | Courtesy of Bottom Feeder.

Medina Green & Mos Def go bar for bar on “Party Done.”

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Download: Medina Green – Party Done Feat. Mos Def | Courtesy of Mr. X.

It’s who!? Mike Jones! This freestyle is called “I Luv It.”

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Download: Mike Jones- I Luv It [Tags] | Courtesy of YK2.

Angela Yee: After my snowboarding trip, I headed directly to see Joe Budden perform at S.O.B.’s and of course I had to harass him and Jay Electronica after the performance. I try to trick them into giving up information about their pending record deals, girlfriends, etc while they squirm their way out of every question. I sense a collaboration coming soon, right after the “Exhibit C” remix perhaps. Warning: Don’t take this too seriously…

Spotted at Nah Right, Courtesy of Team Yee.

HipHopBeef caught some footage of Nipsey Hussle & French Montana in the studio laying down another collabo track.  Courtesy of HipHopBeef.