Lil Wayne Responds To Luther Campbell
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News Last week, Luther "Uncle Luke" Campbell criticized Diddy, DJ Khaled, Young Money and Lil Wayne for living in Miami, Florida but not contributing enough to the community. After Luke appeared last night on DJ Khaled's Miami radio show, Lil Wayne took to Twitter to speak his mind. "This Nigga Luke trippin!!! I ain't feelin khaled rite now neither," he wrote. |
Rick Ross Talks Working With Just Blaze.
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News As Rick Ross gears up for his next album, God Forgives, I Don't, the Miami emcee offered up some details about some of the records on his new project, as well as the next installment in the Self Made series. During a conference call, the Bawse spoke on recording with Just Blaze, who produced the rapper's latest song, "I Love My Bitches." “I just want to tap back into that ’90s vintage Hip Hop sound… put a spin to it, and bring that back,” said Ross of the producer, notable for his collaborations with Jay-Z, and dozens of other artists. |
50 Cent Fed 2.5 Million People & Finished New Album.
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News After announcing that his Street King venture has fed more than 2.5 million people, 50 Cent also recently announced that his album is completed. The G-Unit emcee phoned in to his own G-Unit Radio to speak about these two parts of his life. He also shed some light on why he's "growing in different areas" and how he credits the growth to traveling. |
Jay-Z & Kanye West Reach Gold With ‘Watch The Throne’
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News In its second week on the charts, Jay-Z and Kanye West’s Watch the Throne has become one of the few Hip Hop releases this year to achieve gold certification for moving more than 500,000 units. The album, which holds court at the top of the Billboard 200 for the second consecutive week, sold an additional 177,000 copies, upping its overall cume to 613,000 albums sold since its release. This also marks the first week that both digital and physical editions of the LP were available for the entirety of the sales period. |
Game Breaks Down Every Track On ‘The R.E.D. Album’
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News With his latest release The R.E.D. Album finally in stores, Game recently chopped it up with Billboard.com’s The Juice to break down the entire LP track by track. Of the highlights, he touches on “Martians vs. Goblins” featuring Lil Wayne and Tyler, The Creator and “Drug Test” featuring Dr. Dre, Snoop Dogg and Sly. |
Ms. Hill reminisces on recording her 1998 solo debut.
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News As one of the headliners for this year’s Rock the Bells 2011 Festival, Ms. Lauryn Hill is treating crowds to a full performance of her classic solo debut The Miseducation of Lauryn Hill. In an interview with Reebok Classics, the former Fugee reminisced on the album’s impact and what it meant to pour herself into her music. |
T.I. Plans On Releasing A Book.
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News With nearly a month before T.I. is released from prison, DJ Drama explained that he’s been emailing with him and that he has a few new projects in the works. During an interview with Montreality, Mr. Thanksgiving revealed that upon completing his bid, Tip will release a new book. “Tip’s good, we talked via email about two weeks ago. I told him I had a record for him. He should be home in a couple of weeks, he’s ready to get back to work,” he said. “I know he has a book in the works, and definitely the music, expect some good records.” |
Watch The Throne Track-By-Track Breakdown
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News Since Kanye West first announced Watch the Throne on Twitter in August 2010, the tag-team LP with Jay-Z had been shrouded in mystery. In the months leading up to the album's August 8, 2011 release, details remained sketchy. There was no loaded press run, super radio push, music video or album leaks leading up to the drop. In fact, "H.A.M" and "Otis" were the only songs released to the general public; beyond that there was nothing. |
Kanye West, Jay-Z’s Watch The Throne Scores Huge On Billboard
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News The Throne will get a royal reception on the Billboard 200 albums charts next week. Watch the Throne, the superstar hookup between Kanye West and Jay-Z, sold more than 436,000 copies in its first week, according to figures provided by Nielsen SoundScan, putting up the second-biggest debut sales week of the year so far, behind Lady Gaga's Born This Way, which moved 1.1 million. |
Game Explains The Origin Of His Dislike For Jay-Z.
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News Game has lashed out at Jay-Z several times in the past, most recently firing shots at Hov on his diss track “Uncle Otis.” But what fans might not know is that his attitude towards Jigga stems from an incident that soured his respect for him. “I think that’s where my short-lived hatred came from. Yeah, man. |
