07 Dec
”I’m So Proud of This Alliance”
1:30PM ET November 17th, 2011
Contributor : Stephen Willis
A Rocky Williform Company
On the heels of his joining Cash Money Records, rapper Busta Rhymes has announced a partnership with Google Music to exclusively release his new single “Why Stop Now” which also features Chris Brown. His new album, E.L.E. 2: End of the World, through the platform.
“The experience has been extremely refreshing. I’ve been recording music professionally for 20 years this year. We put out my first album in ’91 with my first group, called Leaders of the New School, so in 2011, 20 years later, the same routine absolutely becomes redundant,” he said. “When you have the opportunity to be a part of something (pauses) It’s always great to be a part of something new, but it’s a whole other different dynamic and anxiety when you’re a part of the new revolutionary, groundbreaking turning point and shift in a climate for the world. Like, this isn’t just for music, this is for the world. It’s a statement.”
“[B]eing part of something like that is a milestone, and a turning point for me in my career. It says so much in so many different dynamics. I’m so proud of this alliance and this union and just being a part of the most powerful search engine in existence, and the fact that they are making such a conscious effort to provide and facilitate a platform for artists that gives us the empowerment and the strength for being that much more independently driven. It just really does a lot for the faith of the future of the music, not just creatively, but professionally.”
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06 Dec
”I Called Him A B*tch”
1:30PM ET November 17th, 2011
Contributor : Chris G.
A Rocky Williform Company
Field Mob’s Shawn J is claiming that Ludacris sent a subliminal shot at his group on Ludacris’ new mixtape “1.21 Gigawatts.” On the song “Say It To My Face,” Shawn feels Luda went after Field Mob. He also reveals that there are monetary disputes with the Atlanta superstar.
“I’m pretty sure for a fact he’s talking about me on ‘Say It to My Face.’ That bullsh*t. It’s crazy because I did that. This sh*t don’t hold no weight,” he said. “Gotta look at it like, when you’re an artist and doing TV or whatever, I’ve been sitting at home before watching BET and seen ‘So What’ ringtone come up on Jamster commercials. And then we weren’t getting them checks. So it left a sour taste in my mouth. And then it had a whole thing transpire with us anyways.”
“One minute, we were cool as f*ck. I pretty much understood that that’s how DTP rocks. They use you for whatever. When Luda ain’t got no hit songs, they godd**n milk you for your sh*t and then move onto the next project. That’s exactly what they did. I feel like he a f**k n***a. That’s how I feel. I know they whole system, I’ve been around. I’ve seen how other artists got treated just like that. Some real f*ck n***a sh*t. So I called him a b*tch, a b*tch a** n***a.”
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05 Dec
Special Retrospective Airing On MTV2
4:30PM ET November 17th, 2011
Contributor : Stephen Willis
A Rocky Williform Company
Beloved 80s-90s hip hop show “Yo! MTV Raps” will be returning in a new 30-minute special for MTV2. The show, “Yo! MTV Raps Classic Cuts,” will air on Sunday, December 4th at midnight. The program is a retrospective featuring former hosts Ed Lover, Dr. Dre, and Fab 5 Freddy, and artists like Busta Rhymes, Ice Cube, The Roots’ ?uestlove, Wiz Khalifa, Ali Shaheed Muhammad, Fat Joe and DJ Premier.
“In this Classic Cuts special, people will go back to a seminal time in hip-hop which many have called the ‘Golden Era’ – resulting in records that are as meaningful today as they were back then,” Fab 5 Freddy said. “In order to appreciate how far hip-hop has come, you have to pay respect to the songs and artists that helped catapult the genre from a small community of fans to world domination.”
“It’s a great moment to be re-connected with Yo! and examine the music that had a role in introducing hip-hop to music lovers globally,” Ed Lover said.
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