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Maino Says Kendrick Lamar’s “Control” Verse And Trinidad Jame$’ Comments Are Different
On Tuesday (Nov. 12) Trinidad Jame$ performed at Converse Rubber Tracks and went on rant claiming New York’s rap scene has fallen off and Atlanta runs New York musically. This sparked waves of responses from New Yorkers and artists, such as Smoke DZA and Hopsin, about the state of New York hip-hop. Jame$ has since then cla...
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Google Play Music Finally Available As An iOS App
Google Play Music became available today as a iOS application. The new Google Play Music app has the standard, free Google Play Music service and its All Access, Google's subscription streaming music service.
The free version of the app enables users to match and upload your music collection to the cloud allowing up to 20,000 songs to be uploaded to the cloud through multiple ways...
Frank Ocean Is Back In The Studio
The last time we heard anything from Frank Ocean, he suffered a small tear in his vocal chords while on tour in Australia. He was forced to cancel the rest of the tour and has been M.I.A. since then. Well, today he took to his Twitter to declare that he's officially "back to work...
Selfies Friday: Sevyn Streeter
Please tell me you know Sevyn Streeter? This talented singer/song writer is set to put out her debut album Call Me Crazy, But... on December 3.The Florida native is also mighty fine to look at. So as you enjoy your Friday, please go through today's Selfies Friday's list and check out the beautiful Sevyn...
Eminem On The Concept Behind “Bad Guy”
When Eminem chose to name his latest album The Marshall Mathers LP 2, he knew the amount of comparison between this album and his third studio album The Marshall Mathers LP would be immense. Many consider his original 2000 album a classic. Em chops...
Hopsin Adds Tech N9ne To Updated Album Tracklist
Just last week, Hopsin took to twitter to express his feelings about a couple of topics while also releasing the tracklist for his upcoming album, Knock Madness. The album, which drops November 26, will be 18 tracks featuring Jarren Benton, Dizzy Wright, SwizZz, Passionate MC and G-Mo Skee. Tod
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Rich Homie Quan Shines In First Performance In LA
Think It’s A Game Entertainment (TIG) introduced Rich Homie Quan to L.A. with a star-studded soiree at Supperclub in Hollywood Tuesday night. The Atlanta native was surrounded by the entire TIG family, spearheaded by label CEO FLY. Celebrity guests included Trey Songz, O...
Mathematics On The Original Version Of “C.R.E.A.M.”
This past Saturday (November 9) was the 20th anniversary of the iconic Wu-Tang Clan’s debut album, Enter The Wu-Tang: 36 Chambers. The album is stamped in hip-hop history, providing a number of hit records, most notably "C.R.E.A.M." This ...
Eminem Cautions He Will Pee On The Floor Before Interview
Remember how great Kanye West's interview was with BBC Radio One's radio personality Zane Lowe back in September? Well you can only imagine how great it's going to be with the "Rap God" himself Eminem. Fresh off the release of his new project, The Marshall Mathers LP 2 that sold 792,000 copies in it's first week, Slim Shady joins Zane for a four part interview which begins this coming Mo
Ice-T Tries Out Playstation 4 With Jimmy Fallon
Ice-T visits Late Night With Jimmy Fallon to chop it up. Ice talks about his days in the army when he was station in Hawaii. When asked if he thought he would spend his whole career in the army, Ice-T states "Not really, I was two years in, two years out. The firs...
Eight Eminem Albums Charted On Billboard 200 This Week
This is pretty cool. With the release of The Marshall Mathers LP 2 and it debuting at #1 this week on the Billboard 200 chart with 792, 000 copies sold. Fans took their love for Eminem to a different level. All of his seven other ...
Taylor Swift Covers Eminem’s “Lose Yourself”
Ok, this may be the single greatest thing you ever heard. Taylor Swift, superstar Grammy Award winning country singer, sang a cover of the iconic Eminem song "Lose Yourself" on The Danger Show on Froggy Radio in Pittsburgh, Pa. For a minute and ten seconds, Taylor sings and raps her own version of "Lose Yourself" and single handily invents country rap...