Former Bad Boy Recording Artist ‘G. Dep’ Interviewed From Prison On ABC’s Nightline (Video)
September 26, 2013
Nightline’s Deborah Roberts had G. Dep on recently via remote interview from prison – Elmira Correctional Facility (New York). During the interview, he talks to Deborah about his robbery/murder, his rise in music (getting signed to Bad Boy), his cold case confession to murder, his time in lockup, and more.
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Tags: Bad Boy, G-DEP, MURDER, Nightline, Rapper, robbery, Trevell Coleman | 
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BBC Radio 1 Live Lounge: “Shake Your Body (Down To The Ground)†With Justin Timberlake (Video)
September 26, 2013
Justin Timberlake covers the Jacksons’ “Shake Your Body (Down To The Ground)” in the BBC Radio 1 Live Lounge. As Michael Jackson is the King of Pop, an icon like Justin – who’d be heir to that throne – should rock a Jackson hit whenever opportunity presents itself.
Posted in Dance, Performance, R&B, Radio, Rock, Television, Videos | Tags: BBC, BBC Radio 1, BBC Radio 1 Live Lounge, Down To The Ground, Jackson 5, Jackson Five, Jacksons, Justin Timberlake, Justin Timberlake covers the Jacksons' Shake Your Body (Down To The Ground) in the Live Lounge, Michael Jackson, MJ, MJJ, Shake Your Body, The Jacksons | No Comments »
Evidence x Alchemist (StepBrothers) – “Nothing To See / Hear”
September 26, 2013
Evidence and Diamond Supply Co. have their clothing collaboration. In support of it, Evidence taps producer/emcee Alchemist to drop a collaborative instrumental – “Nothing To See / Hear” – as the duo Step Brothers. Now, the Step Brothers also have a LP coming entitled “Lord Steppington” (due out November 19, 2013); which has nothing to do with this FREE download.
DOWNLOAD: STEP BROTHERS (EVIDENCE X ALCHEMIST) – NOTHING TO SEE / HEAR
Posted in Hip-Hop, Instrumental, Music | Tags: Alchemist, EVIDENCE, Nothing To See / Hear, Nothing To See Here, Nothing To See/Hear, Step Brothers | No Comments »
Lord Jamar Of Brand Nubian Speaks On How The Music Industry Is Pushing A Gay Agenda (Video)
September 26, 2013
‘Rap is gay-friendly. Rap is rich-friendly… There’s a lot of people with money that happen to be homosexual.’
– Lord Jamar (of Brand Nubian)
Wow. Suffice it to say, Lord Jamar speaks his mind. He says rap ‘speaks for the haves, where Hip-Hop speaks for the have-nots.’ Above, the emcee speaks VERY deliberately about the difference between ‘rap’ and ‘Hip-Hop’ and about what Hip-Hop is and is not. He also declares who has the right to say what Hip-Hop is and those who do not. Jamar apparently sees rising music star Macklemore as an avatar for what he’d call the gay agenda in rap. Watch the clip as Lord Jamar speaks (plainly) for himself.
Posted in Hip-Hop, Opinion, Videos | Tags: DJ Vlad, Gay Agenda, Lord Jamar, Lord Jamar: Macklemore's Pushing Gay Agenda, Macklemore, Vlad TV, VladTV | No Comments »
VICE: Japanese Boyfriends For Hire (Video)
September 26, 2013
“In Japan, it’s not uncommon for successful women to pay attractive young men huge sums of money for a few cocktails and an hour of platonic companionship. VICE in conjunction with Schweppes sends correspondent Joel Cornell to Shibuya to explore this strange world and to find out if he can cut it as a professional boyfriend for hire.”
– VICE
Posted in Human Interest, Lifestyle, Travel, Videos | Tags: Boy toy, Boyfriends, Boyfriends for Hire, Boyfriends for Hire in Japan, Boytoy, Tokyo Toyboy, VICE | 2 Comments »
Lupe Fiasco – “Pound Of Flesh (Paris, Tokyo 2)”[Pound Cake RMX]
September 26, 2013
So, we posted the L.O.X. taking a run at Drake’s joint “Pound Cake.” Now, Lupe Fiasco takes a turn. His version is called “Pound Of Flesh (Paris, Tokyo 2).”
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Oddisee – “Own Appealâ€
September 26, 2013
Oddisee leaks this FREE self-produced cut, “Own Appeal†(download link below). This will be on the “Tangible Dream” mixtape, a FREEbie you get for purchasing “The Beauty In All” instrumental LP (due out October 1, 2013).
DOWNLOAD: ODDISEE – OWN APPEAL
The Gun That Aims Itself: New Smart ‘Robo-Rifle’ Technology Can Turn Anyone Into Skilled Snipers (Video)
September 25, 2013
Texas-based TrackingPoint Solutions has released the first ever precision-guided firearm (PGF) – basically a long-range, laser-guided robo-rifle. Soon beginners will be endowed with the kill-at-will skill of trained snipers (e.g. one-shot kills at extreme distances) in no time! Talk about taking gun control in a whole other direction! Well… TrackingPoint CEO Jason Schauble refers to it as a step in the evolution of firearms. Um, yeah.
Watch the video and ask yourself this question: Has killing become too easy?
READ: LONG SHOT – INSIDE THE SCOPE OF SMART WEAPONS (MOTHERBOARD)
Evan Holt – “In The City” (Produced By Thelonious Martin)
September 25, 2013
Thelonious Martin airs out Marvin Gaye’s “Inner City Blues†to give Evan Holt some space to drop in some vocals on his own ‘heavy groove.’ Check out the latest single from the forthcoming Thelonious Martin x Evan Holt collabo project entitled “The Temptations.”
Slaughterhouse Puts ‘Numbers On The Boards’ In The U.K. (Video)
September 25, 2013
‘Fire in the Booth’ was a regular British artist feature on BBC 1 Radio… until the first American act came across the Atlantic to score points in the UK. Joe Budden, Royce Da 5’9″, Crooked I and Joell Ortiz showed ’em Slaughterhouse’s power… doing a freestyle to Pusha T’s “Numbers On The Boards” on Charlie Sloth’s show.
Posted in Hip-Hop, Radio, Videos | Tags: BBC 1, BBC 1 Radio, Charlie Sloth, Crooked I, Freestyle, Joe Budden, Joell Ortiz, Numbers On The Boards, Pusha T, Royce Da 5’9″, SlaughterHouse | No Comments »
Fat Joe – “MGM Grand” (Video)
September 25, 2013
Fat Joe going hard as of late. Legal troubles aside, The Don is still one of the best at banging out street credible incredible music. Check out the vid for his latest exhibit “MGM Grand.” Get this and other hot Joey Crack rocks on his mixtape “The Darkside 3” (link to earlier post for that here).
The ‘Willy Wonka’ Of Weed (Documentary)
September 25, 2013
“Anybody can make a ‘pot brownie’…”
– Tripp Keber
The National Geographic channel brings us a different kind of eye candy… for all you tokers’ taste buds. Legal weed is a coming business reality y’all. Bet on it. Pot entrepreneur Tripp Keber is. He creates pot-infused candy, sodas and other potent edibles in Colorado – since it’s been legalized in the state. He’s been dubbed ‘The Willy Wonka of Weed.’ (like “Willy Wonka” ain’t a ‘weed movie’ already). Watch Keber trying to give us a different way for folks to get a ‘mile high’ in the state of Colorado mind. Check out the Nat Geo clip above.
Posted in Film, Human Interest, Videos | Tags: Colorado, legal weed, Pot entrepreneur, Tripp Keber, Weed Edibles, Willy Wonka, Willy Wonka of Weed | No Comments »
Jill Scott Stops By The Breakfast Club To Promo Her New Movie, Talk About Music, And More (Video)
September 25, 2013
Jill Scott doing the promo rounds on radio. We posted her interview at Hot 97, and now we got that Power 105 chit-chat with The Breakfast Club on Power 105 for you. She talks about her upcoming “Baggage Claim†film (which also features Paula Patton, Adam Brody, Djimon Hounsou, Taye Diggs, Christina Milian, and Derek Luke), about a recent trip to Africa, about her acting, her music and more.
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Kev Brown – Brazil Dedication EP (Preview)
September 25, 2013
‘Kev Brown recently traveled to Brazil to do some shows. He planned to stay for a week or two … but things changed, and Kev ended up sticking around for two whole months! While he was out there, he made this dope instrumental record.’
– Redefinition Records
Producer/emcee Kev Brown will be dropping his instrumental EP “Brazil Dedication” on October 1, 2013, via Redefinition Records. Stream four minutes (snippets) of what you’ll get below.
KEV BROWN – BRAZIL DEDICATION EP (PREVIEW) | PRE-ORDER FULL EP
Posted in EP, Instrumental, Music | Tags: BRAZIL DEDICATION, BRAZIL DEDICATION EP, Kev Brown, Preview, snippets | No Comments »
The L.O.X. – ‘Hood Cake’
September 24, 2013
Jadakiss, Styles P, & Sheek Louch get busy over the instrumental to Drake & Jay-Z’s popular ‘Pound Cake’ collaboration. I have to admit I like this D-Block version better than the original. D-BLOCK!!!
Posted in Hip-Hop, Music | Tags: D-Block, Hood Cake, JADAKISS, Pound Cake, Sheek Louch, Styles P, The L.O.X., The LOX | 1 Comment »
Drake – “Hold On, We’re Going Home” feat. Majid Jordan (Video)
September 24, 2013
I haven’t heard Drake’s new album “Nothing Was The Same” yet, but I do know I really dug this particular soulful single called “Hold On, We’re Going Home”. Great choice to release a brand new video for this song. This mini-movie features cameos from rapper ASAP Rocky as well as actor Steven Bauer who famously starred as Al Pacino’s right hand man “Manolo” in the movie “Scarface”. I still dig the song although this mini-movie didn’t fit what I mentally pictured for such a great R&B record.
Posted in Hip-Hop, R&B, Videos | Tags: Drake, Hold On We're Going Home, Majid Jordan, Nothing Was The Same | 1 Comment »
Drake On ‘ESPN First Take’ With Stephen A. Smith & Skip Bayless (Video)
September 24, 2013
Now that Drake’s new album ‘Nothing Was The Same’ is getting some play on people’s sound systems he’s now making the media rounds at various outlets like ESPN’s First Take with Stephen A. Smith & Skip Bayless. In the clip above the Toronto kid speaks on his relationship with controversial Texas A&M quarterback Johnny Manziel. There’s more video below as he also speaks on his relationship with Lebron James…
Posted in Hip-Hop, Sports, Videos | Tags: Drake, ESPN, ESPN First Take, First Take, Skip Bayless, Stephen A. Smith | No Comments »
Black Milk – “Dismal”
September 24, 2013
“Hold up / How you go from ‘being on’ to having no riches / Hoes all in your phone to having no b!tches / Used to be high roller now look how you sittin’ / Thinking that your life is over out here trying to make a living”
Alright, the song is “Dismal.” Detroit (Michigan, USA) Hip-Hop producer/emcee Black Milk, in prepping for the release of his LP “No Poison No Paradise” (due out October 15, 2013), leaks track number 9 off the project, “Dismal.”
Talib Kweli – “Turnt Up” [Video]
September 24, 2013
Take the bassline for Eric B & Rakim’s “Paid In Full” and ‘turn it up’ for 2013. Good idea from Talib Kweli. Producer Trend freaked the beat for “Turnt Up” – the latest single Kweli laced with lyrics for his “Prisoner Of Conscious” LP (out now, linked in our earlier post here). Video Directed By Talib Kweli and Kenzi Sonoda.
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Jill Scott Talks About Her New Movie ‘Baggage Claim’, Future, A$AP Rocky, & Reflects On Her Start In Music Business (Video)
September 24, 2013
Jilly From Philly! Peter Rosenberg (and DJ Cipha Sounds) recently welcomed soul songstress Jill Scott to sit and chat on Hot 97’s The Juan Epstein Show. During the chat Jill plugs her upcoming movie “Baggage Claim,” reveals that she has actually been acting for decades, that she thinks Future and A$AP Rocky are beautiful, that she wrote the hook for The Roots’ “You Got Me” (uncredited, sang by Erykah Badu), ultimately getting her real start in music while staining wood at DJ Jazzy Jeff‘s studio… Great interview. The above video is only part of the interview. Audio for the full interview is available for streaming below.
DOWNLOAD: JILL SCOTT’S INTERVIEW ON HOT 97’S THE JUAN EPSTEIN SHOW
Posted in R&B, Radio, Soul, Videos | Tags: DJ Cipha Sounds, Hot 97, Jill Scott, PETER ROSENBERG, THE JUAN EPSTEIN SHOW | 1 Comment »
