A terrible accident involving a Miley Cyrus tour bus has left one person dead and nine other passengers injured. The tour bus was transporting some of Miley Cyrus' touring crew, but the singer herself was not aboard.A terrible accident involving a Miley Cyrus tour bus has left one person dead and nine... more
Local police, FBI and ATF agents report that two 40 ounce bottles with what is believed to be an explosive chemical were found outside of Grand Hustle’s offices Thursday afternoon. Sources say the one of the explosives was thrown through the window of an adjacent recording studio on the property.
A local resident called authorities after finding the bottles on the property. The Atlanta Fire Dept along with the ATF, FBI and the Atlanta SWAT team responded and conducted the investigation on the suspicious items.
No one was injured in the incident. The ATF has taken over the investigation.
“One of the occupants came out early this morning, started his car up and noticed two suspicious bottles sitting on his front porch near the walkway,” Officer Otis Redmond said, while talking to WAGA Fox 5. “We did have the ATF and the FBI help us determine the substance inside of the bottles.”
An unnamed Grand Hustle employee dismissed the incident as vandalism. Grand Hustle was formed in 2003 by T.I. and Jason Geter. The label serves as home to 8Ball & MJG, Killer Mike, B.o.B, Young Dro and other artists.
Although he had initially planned for a fourth quarter release for Relapse 2, Eminem has now altered his plans and will instead re-issue Relapse with seven bonus tracks.
According to the rapper's homepage, the re-release of Slim Shady's fifth solo effort will be titled Relapse: Refill, and will feature five never-before-heard songs, plus his posse cut with Drake, Lil Wayne and Kanye, "Forever," and "Taking My Ball," which also appeared on the "Renegade" edition of DJ Hero.
"I want to deliver more material for the fans this year like I originally planned" said Eminem. "Hopefully these tracks on The Refill will tide the fans over until we put out Relapse 2 next year".
Eminem elaborated on his recording process for Relapse 2, indicating that the creative process has taken longer than he anticipated. "I got back in with Dre and then a few more producers, including Just Blaze, and went in a completely different direction which made me start from scratch. The new tracks started to sound very different than the tracks I originally intended to be on Relapse 2, but I still want the other stuff to be heard."
On his last effort, Robin Thicke enlisted the help of Lil Wayne for support. His new album, Sex Therapy, will feature a few Hip Hop related guests as well. The singer recently spoke about these guest spots to MTV.
After noting Jay's guest verse on the album, he also said Jigga gave him the idea to use Nicki Minaj on a track.
"It was Jay's idea," he said of his track "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."
Jay also commented on Thicke's use of a Rakim track. On his new project, Thicke flips lyrics from Rakim's "Mahogany," which Jay-Z loved.
Let's keep it real. In the history of mankind, nobody has ever fast-forwarded through a Wu-Tang song in eager hopes of hearing U-God drop a dope 16. If the Clan really is like the New York Yankees, as depicted on that old XXL cover, then Golden Arms is more like the Ramiro Pena to Ghostface's "Rap Derek Jeter." But this "Wu-Tang" video was just a reminder that U-God pulled out a timely double in the bottom of the ninth with his Dopium album. You don't normally expect a chopped and screwed chorus and a blaxploitation-style beat (love the organs) to be a winning combination, but somehow it worked. Applaud U-God. The last time I paid attention to one of his verses, Melyssa Ford was getting out of the pool in that "Cherchez La Ghost" video. And if you didn't do so already, get up off your cheap ass and give this man 10 bucks...Dopium is an album worth buying.
American Idol host Ryan Seacrest just posted news on his Twitter page about singer Miley Cyrus‘ tour bus crashing and causing a fatality. He ‘tweeted’, “Miley Cyrus’ tour bus crashes in Virginia killing bus driver and injuring 9. Miley not on board.” http://www.bittenandbound.com/2009/11/20/miley-cyrus-tour-bus-crashes/American Idol host Ryan Seacrest just posted news on his Twitter page about singer... more
Singer, actress, designer, mother and wife Jennifer Lopez will be releasing a new album title Love? January 25, 2010. Audio from her single Louboutins has been released and we have it for you below. http://www.bittenandbound.com/2009/11/20/jennifer-lopez-new-single-louboutins-audio/Singer, actress, designer, mother and wife Jennifer Lopez will be releasing a new... more
This weeks artist spotlight is a alternative rock band from Baltimore, Maryland. They were chosen for their well balanced tone that makes for an enjoyable journey of sound and melody. They aren't too hard and not too soft, just in the right place to keep you listening. The recently released CD entitled “When the Lights Go Down” by their own indie label, TbN AUDiO, LLC. A group of guys known as Promiselab shows promise not only from their skill to manage their own company from their basement, but from their spectacular creative music. http://thegreatunknowns.podomatic.com/entry/2009-11-20T06_01_25-08_00
The recently released CD entitled “When the Lights Go Down” by their own indie label, TbN AUDiO, LLC. A group of guys known as Promiselab shows promise not only from their skill to manage their own company from their basement, but from their spectacular creative Alternative Rock music. http://greatunknownsmusicexpose.blogspot.com/2009/11/hanging-out-with-shayne-and-larry-of.html
Wane Enterprises: will be filming artist performances and interviews for The next season of "Live Wire TV". Interviews and performances will be taking place Dec. 20th at Champion Studios in NYC. "Live Wire TV" broadcast Throughout New York City. Shows are also uploaded on the web at http://www.waneenterprises.com to be seen by millions of viewers. Get seen by all our industry contacts ranging from, Violator management, Defjam, Koch Now E-1 Records and more. Click the link above for full registration info.
Rappers, Singers, Reggae, Pop, Jazz, artist.Wane Enterprises: will be filming artist performances and interviews for The next... more
Rising rap artist I Write is preparing to perform at home for the first time in since August. I Write has been working on his second solo effort of 2009 entitled "Whatevers Necessary", the second volume of the Press Release Saga. The concert event will take place at The Elbo Room Chicago and will be a 2 hour extravaganza broadcast by SyncLive and presented by AMP Booking and Grey Goose Vodka. Ticket information is available online at www.elboroomchicago.com. As a pre-concert warm up I Write will make an appearance at The Elbo Room on December 6th 2009 and will be giving out prizes and signing people up exclusive giveaways.Rising rap artist I Write is preparing to perform at home for the first time in since... more
An Italian monk who found fame as the lead singer of a heavy metal group has announced his retirement from show business.
Cesare Bonizzi says fronting Metal Brother has made him too much of a celebrity, and the devil has put him on the wrong path.An Italian monk who found fame as the lead singer of a heavy metal group has announced... more
Former American Idol winner Fantasia Barrino is reportedly dating a married man! Fantasia reportedly met Antwaun Cook, a married father of two, at a T-mobile store in August. Not long after, Cook reportedly ditched his wife and kids to shack up with homewrecker Barrino.Former American Idol winner Fantasia Barrino is reportedly dating a married man!... more
Twenty five years have passed since Philadelphia's Schoolly D burst onto the rap scene with a string of reverb soaked gangster fairy tales like “PSK-13” and “Gucci Time.” In the years he's dropped several Rap classics and expanded his resume to include not only Rap pioneer but also film composer and found an entirely new audience through his theme to Adult Swim's Aqua Teen Hunger Force. Schoolly School recently reached out to HipHopDX to remind us just how the fuck he got so cool.
HipHopDX: So what made you want to get into rapping?
Schoolly D: Are you serious? [Laughs] After 27 years, somebody seriously asked me that shit again? You could have just Googled that shit! How about I make an answer up... It's the same shit. It was all magic, it was bound to happen. When I was 10 years old, I knew exactly what I was gonna be doing when I grew up. It was like keeping your eyes on the prize, as they say. It was never a question in my mind. Either I was gonna be a recording artist or a painter or something [where] I didn't have to go sit behind a desk or change oil on a car or deliver mail. I just felt I was destined to do big shit. And that's what I was told. I grew up in the '60s, when it was like "yes young man, you too can be an astronaut or a president." We believed that shit! Langston Hughes, Issac Hayes, WattStax. I believe in all that shit. Superfly, Bruce Lee. All that shit inspired me. All of it.
DX: Why do you think you were drawn to Hip Hop specifically?
Schoolly D: Well I couldn't sing that good but I damn sure knew something about music. And when you heard it, you was just like, "Wow I could do that." But I was in the era where people were still amazed at the shit that they heard and saw. So if you said you could do it you had to be really confident because we didn't have computers. There was no drum machines out, turntables were still belt-driven, so if you really wanted to do it you [had to] find a way to do it. And it wasn't even a job description then, think about it. You couldn't say, "Oh yeah, I'm gonna be a rapper, I'm gonna start my own record label." You would get fuckin' laughed at. But when I heard Funky Four Plus One and Spoonie Gee, that shit just made it for me. I was on my way to being a painter and [moving] to the south of France and [instead] I said I want to make Rap records. I think I got something to say.
DX: What sort of a Hip Hop scene did Philly have back then?
Schoolly D: Thank god I had moved back down to Atlanta to finish high school. I was back and forth between Philly and Atlanta, if I had stayed in Philly my whole life, I think I would have had a different view of the world. I travelled the east coast and lived in South Carolina, Kentucky, so I had a different point of view. I didn't just have a from the hood point of view, so I knew there was something else outside of 52nd & Parkside. But when I came back it was vibrant, it was colorful, it was like the birth of Jazz. It was all you heard on every block, every weekend. You just wanted to do that, you just wanted to be part of that. You wanted to get the girls to like you. That's another part of being a musician - we all do it for some pussy. [Laughs] It was huge in all the black and brown communities. Everybody else thought it was a fad. So it was something to fight for.
oe Budden is used to speaking his mind and with the media buzz surrounding him lately, he's got a lot to say. Using his latest release, a leaked song titled "Russian Roulette," as an outlet, Joey has decided to speak on Fabolous, Somaya Reece, Tahiry and 50 Cent.
When Fabolous recently took jabs at Joe's new girl Somaya Reece via Twitter, a beef seemed to be brewing. However, Joe puts those rumors to rest.
"No beef with Beans, not a beef with Fab/Just fags that think I'm searching for a beef to grab/I'm too talented to reach for that/It take more than some Tweets, in fact/To get him off the leash..."
Recently, pictures of Tahiry and 50 Cent were released through Tahiry's Twitter page. One showed 50 and Tahiry facing eachother while hugging and the other was of them posing for the camera. Joe had this to say on the images:
"Leakin' pictures of Fif feelin on your ass, but if you seen it like me, you'd be feeling like an ass!"
50 Cent has yet to reply to this track or the statement.
In regards to the Fabolous issue, the two emcees have been involved in a back-and-forth of sorts. After Fab called Somaya Reece a "rebound ass chick," he added more jokes that fans carried on with. Budden, upset by this, released this statement through his video blogs.
Based on first day sales, 50 Cent's Before I Self Destruct is projected to sell between 150,000 and 160,000 units in its first week.
The projection, courtesy of hitsdailydouble.com, prognosticates by far the lowest debut numbers for a 50 Cent album. The rapper's previous three albums - Get Rich or Die Tryin' (2002), The Massacre (2004) and Curtis (2007) - debuted at 872,000, 1.15 million and 695,000 uniits sold, respectively.
The album was originally set for release on November 23, but was pushed up to November 16 because it leaked online last month.
Although 150,000 is a solid sales figure in the current industry climate, the number is dwarfed other similarly anticipated Hip Hop releases this year. Eminem's Relapse sold over 600,000 its first week, and Jay-Z's Blueprint 3 moved over 475,000 units in its debut
It's less than two weeks away from Game's thirtieth birthday. Few seem to realize that the youthful, energetic, and once death-defying rapper is reaching that benchmark in his life. But then again, looking at Ice Cube, Dr. Dre or Snoop Dogg, do gangsta rappers ever really grow old anyway?
If there's one sign that Jayceon Taylor is closing out the third decade of his life, it's his happiness. Speaking with HipHopDX on the evening of November 18 (seven hours prior to publication), the once evasive, sometimes confrontational and always outspoken rapper beams with a confidence and a care in his words. Yes, he still curses like a sailor in a tone reserved for a sidewalk executive, but Game isn't out to offend anybody this time around. Instead, just as the acronym for his R.E.D. album indicates, he just wants to re-dedicate himself to Hip Hop.
The father of two touches upon his recent reunion with one of his mentors, Dr. Dre. He explains why he refuses to "get murdered on his own shit" and why he's chasing down DJ Premier for a pan-am collaboration that he hopes will set Hip Hop ablaze. Two years removed from considering retirement, Game is smiling in the face of adversity. And this time it's sincere.
HipHopDX: I want to start where our last conversation left off, I think it was June, 2008. At that time, you weren't even sure you were going to make another album at all. But you told me, if you were, it was going to be D.O.C. - Diary of Compton. You were talking all these legendary guests and this theme. Maybe that still is a plan of yours, but at what point and why did it evolve to the R.E.D. album?
Game: The way it happened...I was starting to work on D.O.C., right? But, like I told you last time, in order to record The D.O.C., I need to be in the studio with D.O.C., with [Dr.] Dre, with [Ice] Cube, with Snoop [Dogg] - 'cause it's the Diary of Compton. I really want it to sound like...like, after you finish listening to The D.O.C., which will probably be recorded and put out by the end of my career, at some point, when I can get in with those guys and really focus on that project. I want you to feel like you're from Compton after you hear it. You felt everything that I felt and knew everything that I knew; I want it to just sound like you were me. I want you to feel like you grew up with me. You're from Compton [hearing Eazy-E for the first time]. I want you to be on The Diary Of Compton. I want it to be that intimate and that crazy. So to pull off that concept, the key elements were missing at the time when I started the album, so I stopped that project.
No, it's not what you think: a swash-buckling extra-legal pirate hunter with a musket, a clipper ship and letters of mark stalking the coasts of Somalia. It's about copyright piracy. And it's kind of sinister.
The British Secretary of State is proposing legislation that would give his position the ability to create anti-piracy legislation without Parliamentary debate. The goal is to crack down on copyright infringement in a big way.
Cory Doctorow at Boing-Boing broke the story:
"This is as bad as I've ever seen, folks. It's a declaration of war by the entertainment industry and their captured regulators against the principles of free speech, privacy, freedom of assembly, the presumption of innocence, and competition. This proposal creates the office of Pirate-Finder General, with unlimited power to appoint militias who are above the law, who can pry into every corner of your life, who can disconnect you from your family, job, education and government, who can fine you or put you in jail."
This comes as some see the music industry starting to recover from a hard decade of battling piracy. The Economist wrote last week that though sales across the industry are down a third, the music business is adapting successfully. And moving beyond suing the pants of off random downloaders. Viacom's chief counsel told a group of Yale law students that suing P2P users "felt like terrorism".
Well it certainly seems like the Brits are gearing up for the sort of extralegal powers we're used to over here with our War on Terror. ...But...wait...that's backward...the terrorists are....the lawyers? Ah, somebody'll figure it out.
Love it! A small town sports bar called Boomer’s Sports Cellar and Club in Idaho is in deep trouble for playing tunes without proper music licensing. Country phenom Taylor Swift’s copyrights have been violated, but no worries. The powers that be are all over the matter and will see that justice is served in the matter. http://www.bittenandbound.com/2009/11/19/if-you-steal-from-taylor-swift-you-will-pay/Love it! A small town sports bar called Boomer’s Sports Cellar and Club in Idaho is... more
