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By Carsten U2 and Jay-Z playin’ live in front of the Brandenburg Gate? Legendary.Similar Posts: Elzhi Live in Detroit (video)Live: MSTRKRFT – Bounce (feat. N.O.R.E.)Video: Black Milk – Losing Out Live @ I Love Hip Hop Digg, Facebook, Twitter, Share: U2 and Jay-Z playin’ live in front of the Brandenburg Gate? Legendary.Similar Posts: Elzhi Live in Detroit (video) Live: MSTRKRFT – Bounce (feat. N.O.R.E.) Video: Black Milk – Losing Out Live @ I Love Hip Hop Digg, Facebook, Twitter, Share:   [read the full post]

By Carsten So it looks like Beanie Sigel is riding with the Unit now. He and 50 Cent are talking about the Jay-Z fuckery on Power99. It’s going to be interesting to see how Hov is gonna react. Similar Posts: Jay-Z Diss: Beanie Sigel – What You Talkin’ BoutVideo: Beanie Sigel Speaks On Prison Life50 Cent on CNBC’s Power Lunch: talks business and new book(s) Digg, Facebook, Twitter, Share: So it looks like Beanie Sigel is riding with the Unit now. He and 50 Cent are talking about the Jay-Z fuckery on Power99. It’s going to be interesting to see how Hov is gonna react. Similar Posts: Jay-Z Diss: Beanie Sigel – What You Talkin’ Bout Video: Beanie Sigel Speaks On Prison Life 50 Cent on CNBC’s Power Lunch: [...]   [read the full post]

By Carsten 50 Cent – New Music – More Music Videos New Curtis video off BISD, which is online out November 16th!Similar Posts: Jay-Z: “No One Is Scared Of 50 Cent”50 Cent: Before I Self Destruct ArtworkMusic Video: 50 Cent – Flight 187 Digg, Facebook, Twitter, Share: 50 Cent – New Music – More Music Videos New Curtis video off BISD, which is online out November 16th!Similar Posts: Jay-Z: “No One Is Scared Of 50 Cent” 50 Cent: Before I Self Destruct Artwork Music Video: 50 Cent – Flight 187 Digg, Facebook, Twitter, Share:   [read the full post]

By Carsten Let’s tune in some Dance Hall on this sunday. Here is Beniton The Menace’s answer to “Run This Town”. “I love weed more like cops love donuts”. Ha ha, enjoy! DOWNLOAD Similar Posts: Jay-Z – Run This Town (feat. Kanye West & Rihanna)Leak: LoveJones – Sunday Drive + Sucka MCsLeak: Jagged Edge – Fire (feat. Fabolous) Digg, Facebook, Twitter, Share: Let’s tune in some Dance Hall on this sunday. Here is Beniton The Menace’s answer to “Run This Town”. “I love weed more like cops love donuts”. Ha ha, enjoy! DOWNLOAD Similar Posts: Jay-Z – Run This Town (feat. Kanye West & Rihanna) Leak: LoveJones – Sunday Drive + Sucka MCs Leak: Jagged Edge – Fire (feat. Fabolous) Digg, Facebook, Twitter, Share:   [read the full post]

By Carsten If you haven’t noticed, 2009 is a pretty big year for Def Jam Recordings. And it’s not because they’re home to some of the biggest names in pop music (Rihanna, Kanye West, The Dream). The iconic label that put rap on the mainstream map turns 25 this year, an anniversary that’s being commemorated by a special CD box set and last night’s VH1 Hip-Hop Honors tribute. WHAT: After learning that Def Jam brass held a meeting regarding Jay-Z’s “Black Album” without Roc-A-Fella’s CEO, Dame Dash bursts into one of their meetings and let’s ‘em know how he really feels. You thought Dame blacking on Kevin Liles was emasculating, imagine how DJ employee Randy Ackerman felt when Dame took aim and aired out his dirty laundry. Now the whole building knows he gets s...   [read the full post]

By Carsten MTV Shows Are you still going nuts over some Detox news? Well, I’m not. Anyway, it would be a great look to have Jay on it.Similar Posts: “You Ain’t Fresh” – First Single Off Dr. Dre’s Detox?Leak: Dr. Dre – Topless (feat. T.I. & Nas) (Radio Rip)Detox Gets A Release Date! Digg, Facebook, Twitter, Share: MTV Shows Are you still going nuts over some Detox news? Well, I’m not. Anyway, it would be a great look to have Jay on it.Similar Posts: “You Ain’t Fresh” – First Single Off Dr. Dre’s Detox? Leak: Dr. Dre – Topless (feat. T.I. & Nas) (Radio Rip) Detox Gets A Release Date! Digg, Facebook, Twitter, Share:   [read the full post]

By Carsten Aparrently Jiggaman has collaborated with MJ in more occasions than fans were aware of. According to the Brooklyn rapper, Jackson sang on “Girls, Girls, Girls” on the original Blueprint album. “He was on my song ‘Girls, Girls, Girls’, singing these background vocals and I didn’t even put his name on it,” Jay wrote. In the new issue of NME Jay-Z pays tribute to fallen legend Michael Jackson, and in doing so he revealed a piece of music history that until now was unknown. Via XXL Aparrently Jiggaman has collaborated with MJ in more occasions than fans were aware of. According to the Brooklyn rapper, Jackson sang on “Girls, Girls, Girls” [...]   [read the full post]

By OGhiphop Did you watch Jay-Z on Oprah yesterday? No, because you have a job. It wa pretty lame. Jay’s always been a notoriously challenging interview subject—cool and measured, and terse, and more comfortable with silence than anyone he’s talking to. Oprah did her nerdball chummy shtick, and he played along nicely, over-employing the same forced chuckle he humored David Letterman with two weeks ago. The highlight was probably when he tried to teach her to rap. Jay wrote a tight little rhyme, actually, seemingly off the top of his head. (”Little boy from Brooklyn/Made it out the Stuy/Little girl from down south/Made it to the Chi…”) But Oprah didn’t even give it an honest effort, choosing instead to ham it up in her role as the rhythmless square. The who...   [read the full post]

By Carsten “So on Trevor Nelson’s BBC Radio One show recently, a seemingly frustrated Jay-Z responded to Nelson’s suggestion that Kanye wouldn’t have pulled his VMA stunt on 50 as he did Taylor Swift by saying at the 1:23:47 mark (below), “I think he would have done it if it was 50 Cent. No one’s scared of 50 Cent….I just want everyone to know no one’s scared of 50 Cent!” Now of course Ye wouldn’t have done it if it were Gary Coleman but that’s besides the point, the point is 50 got what he wanted after jabbing at Hov on “Flight 187″ and will gladly use this to create some type of “beef” to promote the steamless and still no release date BISD lp. Let the games begin.“   [read the full post]

By Carsten Leak: 50 Cent - I Get It In (Prod. by Dr. Dre) (CDQ)Eminem, 50 Cent, Dr. Dre & Jay-Z To Release Albums In December50 Cent - Get Up (prod. Scott Storch)DJ Me$$iah - 50 Cent: The Street Election (mixtape)The Game and 50 Cent On One Song?Rumor: Jay-Z to Sign 50 Cent, Janet Jackson and BeyonceLeak: 50 Cent - Shut Ur Bloodclot Mouth (Prod. by DJ Premier)Capone N Noreaga - The War Report (Original Samples)50 Cent - Curtis: Original SamplesDJ Woogie & Cookin Soul: 50 Cent - 90’s & My Heart Is Broken Material of the “Before I Self Destruct” recording process. Via HHU What we have here folks is 50 Cent’s next try to release an album. DOWNLOADSimilar Posts: Leak: 50 Cent - I Get It In (Prod. by Dr. Dre) (CDQ) Eminem, 50 Cent, Dr. Dre & Jay-Z To Release Al...   [read the full post]

By Carsten Via HipHopUpdate Wow some interesting news right here. Cherry Beach Sound (a recording studio) sent over this info on a recent session Drake had in their studio. Ghostwriting for Jeezy? Rihanna and Jay-Z on the album? “This week we welcomed back Toronto rapper/actor Drake to our studio for the recording of several tracks for his upcoming album project, Thank Me Later. One of the tracks included a song Drake wrote for American rapper Young Jeezy. Also in the studio with Drake was engineer, producer, and production manager Noah “40” Shebib. “40” has worked with Drake on his February 2009 released mixtape, So Far Gone, which received 8,000 downloads within its first two hours of release. Similar Posts:   [read the full post]

By Carsten via MTV News & NahRight Last year, he teamed with marketer/philosopher J. Sakiya Sandifer to write a book of “Kanye-isms” called “Thank You and You’re Welcome.” After selling it on his Web site, the multi-Grammy winner told MTV News the book hits stores July 7. Kanye Talks Jay-Z Album, Spits FreestyleVH1 Storytellers: Kanye West (Video + Audio)Kanye West & 88-Keys Become Old Men For VideoVH1 Storytellers: Kanye WestKanye West Speaks On 50 Cent’s DissesU2 Take Cues From Kanye West, Jay-Z And Will.I.AmVideo: Kanye West Interview w/ KROQ FMKanye West Didn’t Want His Mother To Have Plastic SurgeryThe Unraveling Of Kanye WestMusic Video: 88-Keys - Stay Up (Viagra) (feat. Kanye West)   [read the full post]

By Carsten “I hope Jay … Jay-Z still likes it. I call him Jay like I’ve met him more than twice, but we flipped [Bob Dylan's] ‘Forever Young.’ … But to be on a Jay-Z album and a Kanye West album in six months … I’m pinching myself. To be honest, it just does not sink in.” Similar Posts: Video: Mr. Hudson & Kanye West InterviewKanye West - Paranoid (Remix) (feat. Big Sean, Kid Cudi & Mr. Hudson)Kanye West Speaks On 50 Cent’s DissesJay-Z Speaks On Blueprint 3Video: Beanie Sigel Speaks On Prison LifeVideo: Freeway Speaks About New AlbumU2 Take Cues From Kanye West, Jay-Z And Will.I.Am9th Wonder vs. Kanye WestMr. West Wants You To Know That He Hasn’t Grey HairsComplex Interview with Kid Cudi   [read the full post]

By Carsten BUT…I just caught up with a news story from Fri or Sat. saying after ALLLL the hoopla behind Clifford’s sentencing, he’s not even going to be serving his year in jail….TWO MONTHS!” “The rapper, the self-proclaimed “King of the South,” had faced a maximum sentence of 10 years in prison and a $250,000 fine for each charge in his three-count indictment. On way to prison, T.I. scores 3rd straight No. 1 with ‘Paper Trail’DMX Could Face 8 Yrs. In PrisonT.I. Press ConferenceT.I.: Paper Trail (Review)DMX To Be On VH1’s Celebrity RehabT.I.: Grammy ‘Swagga’ Performance ‘Will Be A Thing To Remember’T.I. On Vibe’s April IssueJustin Timberlake ft. T.I. - If IJay-Z Live @ Palladium In Los Angeles, Brings Out DJ AM, Memphis Bleek and T.I. (video)T.I., Kanye, Jay-Z and Lil’ Wa...   [read the full post]

By Carsten When Jay-Z headlined last month at the University of Arizona, the rapper banked a whopping $750,000 for his set. But the chart-topping performer did not get every perk requested in his concert rider, since the school does not provide artists with alcohol, tobacco, or $400,000 luxury vehicles. As seen on the following pages from his 2009 concert rider, Jay-Z (real name: Shawn Carter) demands that promoters provide him with ground transportation while he is in town performing. Specifically, the rap star requires a late-model black Maybach (either the 57 or 62 model) with tinted windows. Carter’s dressing room (72 degrees, please) must be stocked with Sapporo beer, vodka, tequila, and two bottles of $300 Champagne. Oh, and the 39-year-o...   [read the full post]

By Carsten A mutual friend of Ross and Toomp’s convinced the producer to let the Big Boss hear the track before Hov, and Toomp caught Ross’ ear during a listening session at his house… “He played a few joints off the album to show me what direction he was going and immediately I knew what to give him based on what’s on his playlist. He started mumbling ideas. I knew he was going in the right direction.” Mixtape DJ Of The Year: An Interview With Mick BoogieFormer Roc Producer Bink! Calls Out Just BlazeInterview with DJ PremierJadakiss Steps In The DJ BoothInside “The Miseducation of Lauryn Hill”Ballerstatus Interviews Musiq SoulchildA Dedication to One of the Greatest Rap Songs of All TimeGame, Paul Wall Comment On Barker/DJ AM TragedySaigon - All In A Da...   [read the full post]

By Carsten Not only that this beautiful song leaked recently, there is a whole new Dilla album comin’! Enjoy! DOWNLOAD Illa J - We Here (prod by J Dilla)J Dilla Gets Anthology TreatmentI wish I could have seen this J-Dilla Tribute (video)Leak: Young Jeezy - My President Is Black (Remix) (feat. Jay-Z & Nas) (Dirty/CDQ)Leak: Young Jeezy - My President Is Black (Official Remix) (feat. Jay-Z) (With New Jeezy Verse)Leak: Rick Ross - Maybach Music II (feat. Lil Wayne, Kanye West & T-Pain)Leak: Skooda Chose - Loungin’ (feat. The Cool Kids & Twista)Common Stands Out as Hip-Hop RoyaltyLeak: Busta Rhymes - Decisions (feat. Mary J. Blige, Jamie Foxx, John Legend & Common) (prod. by Dr. Dre & Mr. Porter)Black Tobacco - Snares And Cinema   [read the full post]

By Carsten Intro – The intro is simple, clean - just the ghost of Pimp’s voice and a wailing guitar line. You can tell from the first two-minutes of UGK 4 Life that this will be a straight-up UGK album, not a melodramatic capitalization on Pimp’s death. By contrast, Diddy would have had a chamber orchestra and the entire Vienna Boy’s Choir singing while a fireworks display exploded in the background. This song takes us to that signature UGK production that we’re used to hearing Bun and Pimp spitting on, and they don’t disappoint with this offering. Pimp delivers his verse and the chorus based off of a similar form that his displayed on Jay-Z classic “Big Pimpin’”. Bun comes correct with his verse as well displaying why he truly is one of the most underrated em...   [read the full post]

By Carsten Seems like everybody wants to take a crack at Just Blaze lately. Here, producer Bink! speaks on his former situation with Roc-a-Fella/Jay-Z and how Just Blaze bit his style. Bink! is the producer of various tracks from artists like Jay-Z, Beanie Sigel and The Lost Boyz. Apparently, this is some sort of French hip hop site, but the interview has been translated in to English. Here’s the excerpt where he speaks on Just Blaze: A: Back in 2000, Jay-Z dropped “The Dynasty”, an album that introduced your talent alongside those of Just Blaze and Kanye West. How come we didn’t find you on every Jay albums after that? A: So you ‘re any longer cool with Just Blaze, right?   [read the full post]

By Carsten Young Buck To T.I.’s Grand Hustle?On way to prison, T.I. scores 3rd straight No. 1 with ‘Paper Trail’DJ Spinatik & T.I. - Street Runnaz (The Paper Trail Edition)T.I. On Vibe’s April IssueT.I.: Paper Trail (Review)T.I.’s King: The Original SamplesJay-Z Live @ Palladium In Los Angeles, Brings Out DJ AM, Memphis Bleek and T.I. (video)Hip-Hop Albums Released This Week Include Murs, T.I., Termanology, Josh Martinez (9/29/2008)Justin Timberlake ft. T.I. - If IT.I., Kanye, Jay-Z and Lil’ Wayne - Swagger Like Us After Sentencing Via KevinNottingham T.I. aka the King of the South has been sentenced to one year and a day in jail. T.I. also has to pay a $100,300 fine, forfeit property, submit to DNA test, drug counseling, not own a firearm, agree to a financial audit, 60...   [read the full post]

By Carsten Kanye West Pushes Up Release Date For 808s & HeartbreakVH1 Storytellers: Kanye West (Video + Audio)Video: Kanye West Interview w/ KROQ FMThe Unraveling Of Kanye WestKanye West - Heartless (Unmastered)VH1 Storytellers: Kanye WestSample & Example: Tears for Fears & Kanye WestKanye West week on KevinNottingham.comVideo: Kanye West & Kid Cudi On 106 & ParkCan Kanye West Be Serious About Becoming A Fashion Intern? MTV Shows Via MTV News It takes an iconic band like U2 to know there’s always something new to learn. They might have inspired a whole generation of kids to start garage bands, but U2 are still being inspired by this generation’s megastars, and they owe all these new lessons to hip-hop. Kanye West said he wa...   [read the full post]

By Carsten T.I., Kanye West, Jay-z and Wayne are going to perform “Swagga Like Us” One of the highlights of Sunday’s 51st Annual Grammy Awards will be the performance of T.I.’s “Swagga Like Us” that’s scheduled to feature the song’s full lineup of Jay-Z, Kanye West and Lil Wayne together onstage for the first time. T.I., Kanye West, Jay-z and Wayne are going to perform “Swagga Like Us” One of the highlights of Sunday’s 51st Annual Grammy Awards will be the performance of T.I.’s “Swagga Like Us” that’s scheduled to feature the song’s full lineup of Jay-Z, Kanye West and Lil Wayne together onstage for the first time. The Best Rap Song-nominated [...]   [read the full post]

By Carsten Rapper Jay-Z has warned fans they may have a long wait to hear his highly anticipated forthcoming album The Blueprint 3. But Jay-Z is in no hurry to release the follow up to 2007’s acclaimed American Gangster LP, and refuses to put a timeframe on it’s completion. Similar Posts: Curtis Album pushed back to ‘09Jay-Z’s Blueprint 3 Revealed: Kanye Producing Entire AlbumCarter III To Be Re-Released With All New SongsForeign Exchange: Leave It All Behind (Review)Top 10 Hip-Hop Music Videos of All TimeJay-Z: Prelude to Blueprint 3Eminem, 50 Cent, Dr. Dre & Jay-Z To Release Albums In DecemberOGHH Throwback: Interview with Joe Budden (2005)Black Tobacco - Snares And CinemaScarface: Emeritus (Reviews)   [read the full post]

By OGhiphop Picture me working hard, at a job laying bricks I bust a salary cap, (?) I gotta stay paid From the pre-season all the way to the parade Whenever the games on the line pass the mic to the middle When I’m through? I’m going to Disney Land…Similar Posts: Jay-Z - Pass The Roc (Demo)OGHH Throwback: Interview with Joe Budden (2005)Leak: Ciara - Never Ever (feat. Young Jeezy) (prod. by Polow Da Don)Leak: 50 Cent - Heartless MonsterBlu - (So)ul Amazing 2 (Presented by DJ Heat)DJ Premier - Time 4 Change (Mixtape)Kid Cudi Responses To Video LeakJay-Z’s Hotel Future In DoubtLeak: The Game - Hustler’s Dream (feat. Anthony Hamilton) + Number 1 + Where You From (feat. Fabolous) (No DJ)Eminem - I’m Having A Relapse (CDQ)   [read the full post]

By OGhiphop TheOG (OGhiphop.com) Interviews Joe Budden (2005) TheOG: Have you ever considered working with artists other than the ones you’ve already collaborated with? Credit: Mariko for OGhiphop.comSimilar Posts: Joe Budden TV: At The Barber Shop With FabJoe Budden Interview On HipHopGossipSiteJoe Budden ft. The Game - The FutureJoe Budden Responds to Royce (video)Joe Budden - Touch & Go (video)Illdoctrine: Joe Budden vs Ransom - Wargames 3 (Video)Joe Budden - Halfway House (Mixtape)Joe Budden: Original SamplesJoe Budden “Letter to Saigon” (Diss to Saigon)Complex Interview with Kid Cudi   [read the full post]

By Carsten Young Jeezy, T.I., and Russell Simmons are among the other members of the hip-hop community who will celebrate Obama’s win. The aforementioned will appear at Simmons’ Hip-Hop Summit Action Network’s Inauguration Ball, which is also scheduled to take place January 19 at the Harman Center for the Arts in Washington, D.C. Similar Posts: Common Stands Out as Hip-Hop RoyaltyMalik Yusef - Promised Land feat. Kanye West & Adam LevineHip-Hop Icons Slick Rick, Biz Markie and Whodini Party For ObamaObama’s Top 10 Favorite Songs List: Rap or Oldies?Jay-Z Live @ Palladium with DJ AM and 12-Piece Band in Los AngelesJay-Z Live @ Palladium In Los Angeles, Brings Out DJ AM, Memphis Bleek and T.I. (video)Jay-Z - History (Radio Rip)Obama Force OneJay-...   [read the full post]

By Carsten Missy Elliott - Block Party The guests at Missy’s Party include Pharrell, Danja and, of course, old pal Timbaland. We can only hope Tim didn’t bring Chris Cornell along. (Feb. 10) MARCH Busta Rhymes - B.O.M.B. Busta’s eighth release has been in the pipeline for some time. Perhaps he’s worried it will … you know. (Spring) Dr. Dre - Detox NWA’s G-funk hitmaker says this long-delayed solo effort — first due in 2004 — will come out after Eminem and 50 Cent’s CDs. OK — but how long after? (TBA) Jay-Z - The Blueprint 3 Hova’s final Def Jam disc was booked for fall, but bumped to this year, along with Fiddy and Eminem. 2009 is shaping up to be a fine year for hip-hop. (Spring)   [read the full post]

By Carsten “With Spanish Music, He Clearly Did Not Know” Via SOHH N.O.R.E., one half of the rap duo CNN, recently broke his silence about the issues he faced as an artist on Jay-Z’s folded Roc-La-Familia label and the promise his former boss didn’t keep that left him depressed. Becoming a part of Roc-La-Familia through his contract with Roc-A-Fella, the rapper described his main concern he had with Jay-Z. “This is the only problem that I had: He said, ‘Yo N.O.R.E., I’m gonna make you the president of Roc-La-Familia.’ So here I am, I’m like, that’s big for me,” he explained. “And then next week, he says, “Juan Perez is the president of Roc-La-Familia.”   [read the full post]

By OGhiphop I’ve hit a slump.   I wasn’t very excited about many things hip-hop for the past three months or so.  I look forward to a Jay-Z leak here and there, the Luda track with Jay and Nas was off the hook, Kanye’s 808s was a solid album (an album more influenced by hip-hop than an actual “hip-hop album”),  but I’m numb to the slew of new music coming out today and I think I finally figured out why. RJ’s websiteSimilar Posts: Top 10 Hip-Hop Music Videos of All TimeLudacris - I Do It For Hip Hop (feat. Jay-Z & Nas) (CDQ)Never Mind the Bollocks, Here’s Jay-Z + Amy Winehouse Hates On Kanye? (video)The Top 10 Mixtapes Of 2008Nas - Something FoulInterview with DJ PremierSwagger Like Us Pt. 2 and More Details on Jay-Z’s Blueprint 3 ReleaseA True Gem for All Nas Fan...   [read the full post]

By Carsten DOWNLOADSimilar Posts: Busta Rhymes - Arab Money (Remix) (ft. Ron Browz, Diddy, Swizz Beatz, T-Pain, Akon & Lil Wayne)Ron Browz - Pop Champagne (Remix) (ft. Busta Rhymes)Ace Hood ft. Rick Ross, Juelz Santana - Ride (Remix)The Game - Show Is Over (prod. by Cookin’ Soul)Kid Cudi - Day N Nite (Remix) (feat. Collie Buddz)Kardinal Offishall - Set It Off (Official Remix) [feat. Dr. Dre (!)]T-Pain - Can’t Believe It (Konvict Remix) (feat. Akon & Kardinal Offishall)Kanye West - Paranoid (Remix) (feat. Big Sean, Kid Cudi & Mr. Hudson)Kanye West: Sky High (We Got The Remix)M.I.A. - Boyz (Remix) (feat. Jay-Z)   [read the full post]

By Carsten Via HipHopIsRead “As we continue on… Back in ‘07, I hit you with the first installment of our emcee/producer collabo compilations, featuring the work of Jay-Z and Nas with the production of DJ Premier. A few months later, Aaron joined the site and spearheaded Soul Brothers, the work of Pete Rock & C.L. Smooth post-breakup (with rarities, b-sides and remixes included). But Aaron wasn’t done. Nooo, he put together all the collabs between KRS-One and DJ Premier and later introduced a best-of release for emcee O.C. and beatsmith Buckwild. After that excellent lineup, we put together some nice emcee/emcee tag-team compilations, collecting the works of Busta Rhymes and Q-Tip, as well as Nas and AZ. How’s that for a lineup?   [read the full post]

By Carsten Interview by Joe La Puma Complex: You said that at one point, Jay-Z was your favorite rapper and then he went out “like a dud.” When did your perception of him change? ? Complex: I see… Complex: Are you cool with anyone from Roc-A-Fella? Jim Jones: There isn’t really any Roc-A-Fella. Wheres Roc-A-Fella signed to? Who owns Roc-A-Fella? Jay don’t own Roc-A-Fella. L.A. Reid owns Roc-A-Fella and there’s no Roc-A-Fella artists. Not even Jay, for that matter. He hasn’t sold any real incredible records for him to be saying that he’s the best in the world. People are selling circles around his sales, but his publicity and his star power has overcome anything. Then you know, he got the Beyonce factor, which is a great factor for him.   [read the full post]

By Carsten Via ThisIsHipHop Mash-ups are like Hansel from Zoolander, ‘so hot right now‘. The craze of The Grey Album by Danger Mouse caused everyone and their aunties to develop a remix album of their own to the not-so-rare Jay-Z a cappellas. Fact: The album was a work of genius. Fact: Many of the other remix albums that were attempted were tacky, cheesy, obvious and silly. Regardless, it led to the widely publicized and popular Collision Course done by Linkin Park with Jay’s participation and acceptance. Hova’s willingness to reach out to artists outside of hip-hop continued with his collaboration with Coldplay’s Chris Martin on the song “Beach Chair” from the Kingdom Come album.   [read the full post]

By Carsten “…because his former partner turned whatever is now, officially broke. I guess after a while not paying your $78.5 thousand/month condo rent and dodging $2.1 Million in taxes starts adding up…especially when all you’ve got going for you nowadays is following around the burnout that is Jim Jones, claiming his new album is comparable to The Chronic or Reasonable Doubt. What a clown.” That October suit came on the heels of one in August, when Eastern Savings Bank foreclosed on the $7.3 million mortgage for two trendy Tribeca condos where the monthly $78,504.26 bill went unpaid for months. Dash even got dumped by another firm representing him in a $3.5 million suit against accountant-to-the-stars Barry Klarberg, who is accused of bungling his ta...   [read the full post]

By OGhiphop Jigga brings out his long-time sidekick Memphis Bleek to play the hype-man role for the evening Jay-Z performs “Can I Live” off of he classic album Reasonable Doubt (click link for a video documentary on Reasonable Doubt) Jay-Z also made it a point to introduce DJ AM after performing “Show Me What You Got” off of Kingdom Come.  Jay allowed the drums to roll during the hooks and the Roc Boys threw in an incredible drum solo to accompany the Just Blaze production.  “Make some noise for DJ AM tonight!” Jay said, then proceeded to pay respects to the other crash victims. Jay-Z performs “A Billi” Jay-Z performs “99 Problems” off of The Black Album Jay-Z and Memphis Bleek rockin’ out “U Don’t Know” (this song was hype as hell!)   [read the full post]