Posts Tagged ‘ Rapper ’
Trinidad-born NYC rapper Theophilus London follows up on the release of his latest single “Rio” with this music video. A chilled out track that features The Menahan Street Band, “Rio” draws on London’s diverse musical influences that include non hip hop genres such as funk and jazz. The self-directed video is hazy and dreamlike, which pairs well with the laid-back groove of the back track.
Big Sean decides to release something new off his upcoming sophomore album ‘Hall Of Fame’. He lets go of his collaboration with Common titled ‘Switch Up’, which is produced by Million $ Mano, No I.D. and Rob Kinelski. Expect ‘Hall Of Fame’ to drop sometime during the summer.
The Young Money president Mack Maine rounds up Talib Kweli and Lil Wayne to release a visual for their collaboration ‘Celebrate’. The clip also contains cameos from Birdman, Future, Jay Rock, Cory Gunz and more.
Miami’s 305 rapper Ice Berg links up with the Maybach Boss, Rick Ross for the visuals of “I Ain’t Got No Time.” Directed by MMG’s Jon J.
Iggy Azalea initially hoped to drop her debut album The New Classic last year, but in the time that’s elapsed since then, the Australia native got a chance to perfect her sound, resulting in new songs her official first single, “Work.” For the video, she tells MTV News that she drew inspiration from a classic Australian comedy and from OutKast.
Future’s hook writing ability has made him one of the most sought after rappers in the game. Here, Flo Rida taps the ATL rapper for his track, “Tell Me When You Ready.”
Miami based rapper Pitbull decides to let loose on Lil Wayne after the YMCMB rapper took shots at his home town. Although he was one the rappers we least expected to return shots, Pitbull is taking shots at Weezy on his latest remix to “Harlem Shake” in a track he called ‘Welcome 2 Dade County.’ “I’m self-made, I’m self-paid / I grew up with no daddy, I’m from Miami-Dade,” Pitbull spits on the track. “It’s a deposition / Watch what you speak / Who’s the definition of Miami? Me / I move cultures, don’t believe me? / Watch and see.”
This isn’t only time Pitbull mentions Cash Money on the track either. The rapper also opens up about Cash Money co-founders Birdman and Slim, alluding to them being the ones making money off of Wayne’s success. “You got money, yeah that’s sweet / But we all know Slim and Baby really eat / You talk Miami, yes you talkin’ Heat / Moral of the story, don’t shit where you eat.”
Alcohol (Remix) is the first single by The Cataracs, Niles “Cyrano” Hollowell-Dhar and David “Campa” Benjamin, from their upcoming album. This track is the first of five that’ll be released on a weekly basis from Berkeley hip-hop indie outfit.
The song features American singer, rapper, producer and DJ Sky Blu of LMFAO.
Juicy J drops an official video for his Lex Luger produced banger “She Dancin’“. This track is off his Blue Dream & Lean mixtape. Directed by Jonathan Andrade.
No Interruption came out almost a year ago by the independent American hip-hop artist and rapper Hoodie Allen. He has come out with newer music since then but I always come back to this song. The chorus is pretty catchy while the video is entertaining to watch as well. Check out his method below.
Tyga released an official music video for his song “Dope” featuring Rick Ross on his VEVO YouTube channel. The video is just over five minutes long and it features a high speed car chase. The video begins with Tyga walking up to a parked car and shooting the driver. Tyga then gets into his own car and drives away. Right as he drives away cops begin to follow him and a high speed chase around the city begins. The rest of the “Dope” music video switches between scenes of the car chase and Tyga rapping inside a mansion with Rick Ross. The song “Dope” is the lead single from Tyga’s upcoming third studio album, “Hotel California”.
Go behind the scenes of Xzibit’s video shoot for ‘Up Out The Way‘ featuring E-40, the lead single from his new album Napalm.
Tyga gives us a “Behind The Scenes” look at his new visual featuring The Game. The track titled, “Switch Lanes” comes fresh off of T-Rawww’s latest mixtape Well Done 3. Judging by the clip I’m sure that the video will be consistent with the Young Money rapper’s usual West Coast feel.
Lil Wayne has stunned fans with his latest piece of body art after having the word ‘Baked’ inked on his face. The “Lollipop” hitmaker has an extensive collection of tattoos, including the words “Fear” and “God” on his eyelids and teardrops on his cheeks, and now he has paid homage to Baker Skateboards with his new facial design. The rapper has had the skate company’s block letter logo etched on his forehead. Lil Wayne is an avid skateboarder, and even announced plans to take a break from music earlier last year to focus on his passion for the street sport. He explained:
I picked up the skateboard and I thought it’d be a hobby and what happened is it’s a lifestyle. You have to be fully committed because it’s super scary. In order to be fully committed you have to live that lifestyle. … It’s kind of putting rap on the back burner. So I’ll be on my skateboard in the meantime.
Rapper 2 Chainz throws some random into his new video for “I’m Different,” the latest single off his debut album Based On A T.R.U. Story. Not only does he rock yellow leopard print and his signature bling, he parties on the back of a boat while being towed down the streets of Miami. (As in, not in the water.) The video also features a police carjacking, topless car wash and plenty of hot girls.
“I wrote the treatment for that and I’m really excited to continue pushing the envelope and giving the fans something to see, some excitement again, really building that curiosity up with hip-hop again,” he told MTV. “I’m happy to be one of the frontrunners for that campaign.”
Rapper Snoop Dogg is reportedly releasing a smoke-able lyrics book called “Rolling Words”. The book’s content is entirely printed on rolling paper, made with the help of San Francisco-based agency, Periera & O’Dell. The book features lyrics of Snoop’s classic songs from “Gin & Juice”, “Nuthin’ Like a ‘G’ Thang”, “Beautiful” to “Drop It Like It’s Hot” and many more. “Rolling Words” is packaged in a hemp-like cover with the spine that doubles up as a match-striking surface. The pages are also perforated for easy tearing. The Doggfather himself said that he created the book for one reason: “So people can always remember, you can roll with an expert or you can roll with Snoop.”
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Kendrick Lamar dropped his debut album, good kid, m.A.A.d. city. The young rapper celebrated the release in his hometown of Los Angeles and stopped by Power 106′s studios to spit a freestyle for “Big Boy’s Neighborhood.” The flow ends up lasting five minutes, and in that time he raps about fucking your mom without a condom, The Lakers, and living in Compton (among other topics).
An appeals court has upheld the murder conviction and 75-year sentence given to Harlem rapper Max B for his role in a deadly 2006 robbery at a Fort Lee hotel. Max B, now 34, was convicted in 2009 after a jury found that he had dispatched Leerdam, his stepbrother, and his girlfriend Gina Conway to a Holiday Inn on Route 4 to rob two men, Allan Plowden and David Taylor. During the attempted robbery, Leerdam shot Taylor, killing him.
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Some of my older work, like the ‘The Mix Up‘ is very sample heavy, and uses certain catch phrases from the biggest rappers. When I was creating the collection, I had to dig through hours of acapellas to find the right samples to put into the songs, however, if I had known about “The Rap Board” a few years ago, I would have finished that project 3 months sooner. “The Rap Board” is essentially just a literal board of popular samples from main stream rappers to use as samples. Pretty dope, click the pic to check the method.
Check out the new single from B.o.B, High Life produced by The Aristrocrats.
Child exploitation is always something I’ve been apposed to. It takes a person time and experience to be good at what they do. Although it takes 1,000 hours to be an expert at your craft, some people seem to skip ahead. One of my best friends showed me a video the other day of a rapper named Lil Niqo. I was shocked to find out that the “Lil” in Lil Nio was nothing short of the understatement of the year. None the less, the people behind him have put a lot of effort into presenting him to the world. Check out his BMF freestyle, and feel free to share your opinion of it.
Becoming a growing force in the music industry is something that’s extremely difficult, and something that every new artist struggles with. People need every tool they can get their hands on to get a grip on their dreams, and as a talent manager, I’m always trying to help my clients get ahead. My boy Mike G. put me onto The All Access Music Conference (AAMC), and I was wowed. The conference brings together many of today’s most prominent and influential music industry executives to not only discover new talent, but to also help educate Up-and-Coming Artists, Producers & Songwriters. The AAMC is currently the only music conference created by actual INDUSTRY VETERANS with Major Label A&R experience. Conference participants include Unsigned Recording Artists, Record Producers, Songwriters, Independent Record Labels, Talent Managers and Entertainment Lawyers.
Submissions:
If you would like submit a track please use their Soundcloud page to do it. Click the pic above to learn more.
G.O.V.
I normally don’t do artist profiles unless that artist comes out with a new product in their own medium, but when my boy, the lyricist G.O.V. crossed over and started putting out themed interview episodes, I had to put them up. If you don’t remember G.O.V. from “Like A Cavalier” or “The Future“, then you sure will remember him from “The Vagina”. These video’s have nothing to do with crazy vocals, or ridiculous lyrical abilities, but are just as good. G.O sits contently in a room, and is interviewed about different topics related to… the vagina. Check the method below, and be warned, while these videos are quite informative, they are not for children.
Episode 1 – Keagles
Episode 2 -Why Men Make Women Crazy
Rob Scott is a versatile Brooklyn artist who’s many talents consist of singing, rapping, and acting. Throughout his career Rob Scott has performed with Will Smith at the 1998 Grammy Awards, done voice overs for Nickelodeon TV shows Dora the Explorer and Little Bear, and made appearances in ‘As The World Turns’ and ‘SNL’. As he grew older and, Rob’s main focus turned toward music and he plans to continue a very successful career in the music industry. After listening to Mike Posner’s track “Cooler Than Me” I was very impressed by Rob Scott’s re-imagining of the song titled “Never Gonna Get Me”, which featured a very unique style of singing, and demonstrated a versatile rap flow. To hear more of Rob Scott, click here, and click the pic below to download the song “Never Gonna Get Me”.
Click the pic to download "Never Gonna Get Me"
B.C.
B.C. is an unsigned artist out of South Plainfield, New Jersey, with a creative outlook on life that interprets itself into his music. His debut mixtape “The Kouf Era”, was named “The best unsigned artists project of [2009]” by Penn State Radio (DJ Dred, Jam 91). Click the pic below to check the crazy flow on the track “Cole Rockin’ It”
Click here to download 'Cole Rockin It.'
