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Bow Wow, aka Mr. 106 & Park, steps back to the mic on his Jahlil Beats-produced track “Nah,” where he calls out posers and claims his own spot in the game. In the visuals, directed by BoyEazy, the YMCMB rapper/TV host tosses money and talks tough as a New York City skyline accents his spitting of the song’s lyrics.
Rapper Nicki Minaj has never shied away from making a statement — and with her latest video, the rapstress is back in the crosshairs of controversy. The clip, for her new single “Lookin Ass Nigga,” has drawn mixed reviews so far, but what’s sparked a debate isn’t the track itself — but, rather, her unofficial cover art, which uses an image of Malcolm X holding a gun.
West Coast rapper The Game recently signed to Lil Wayne and Baby’s Cash Money Records, after fulfilling his last deal with Interscope Records. But The Game isn’t finish promoting his last album just yet as he provides a new visual for his song “All That Lady” from his latest album Jesus Piece.
New York’s bourgeoning emcee Black Dave spooks the web with a Brandon Kuzma-directed video for the Black Bart cut “Million Man March.” The Shy Beats-produced anthem is given a treatment that sees the young rapper spitting his motivational 16s against a slew of backdrops, from the streets of NY with his comrades at his side to a rail yard in a blood-drenched T-shirt.
The new video for Eminem’s “Survival,” the track thatrecently premiered as part of the “Call of Duty: Ghosts” video game, has arrived, and it finds the Detroit rapper tagging and bragging once again. Eminem shows up spray-painting a ghostlike face onto the side of a building as he raps about what sounds like his journey through the music world, which he characterizes as a fight between fame and artistic expression.
From expensive clothes to gaudy chains and customized rides, wealth has always been a major talking point in the hip-hop community – especially in rap lyrics. As Jay-Z chides on Magna Carta… Holy Grail‘s “Versus” track, “The truth in my verses versus your metaphors about what your net worth is.” Thus, Businessweek recently launched an inside look into hip-hop’s dubious tales of extraordinary wealth. The results confirm Hov’s skepticism of rap’s tried-and-true rags-to-riches narrative – one in which Jay has taken part in the truest sense while others’ claims to a cache of prosperity are, in truth, mostly unrealized.Here, Businessweek hilariously ousts some of the industry’s worst offenders – and most “humble” lyricists – with a telling “Actual Wealth vs. Alleged Wealth” comparison.
Enlisting the great Pharrell Williams for vocals as well as producing credits, 2 Chainz premiered his upbeat single “Feds Watching”.
Sean Garrett has been working behind the scenes, producing for Brandy and Mindless Behavior, but he returns to the mic with his new single “Twilight Zone.” Sean Garrett calls on a rapping Trey Songz and an Auto-Tuned Future for the freaky record, which is set to appear on his Gangsta Grillz mixtape, The Inkwell 2, tentatively due in July.
Brand new single from T.I. “Wit Me” Ft. Lil Wayne, check it out below.
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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