Saturday, February 26, 2011
Wednesday, February 23, 2011
NEW MUSIC HYPE: Big Bank Black "Try It Out" ft. Kandi
Atlanta has always been a city with artists that has had strong movements that seemed to willingly put the streets on their backs. Rappers like Young Jeezy, Gucci Mane, Boyz n tha Hood, Shawty Lo and numerous others hold hip-hop down in the city and have transformed it into a breeding ground for great talent. Well if your ears are close to the streets, then you might be familiar with a new movement called Duct Tape Entertainment (DTE), founded by Big Bank Black and Alley Boy.
Hailing out of East Atlanta’s Zone 6, this family owned company has built enough buzz that the two main rappers finalized 50/50 deals with Atlantic in a 3 month span last year, with no Internet buzz or radio airplay. Impressive to say the least. While attaining numerous notable features on songs from Gucci Mane, CTE, Maino, Wacka Flocka and Rocko to name a few, they have also received cosigns from radio DJ’s across the nation. It’s clear that (DTE) is right around the corner from national success with a movement as strong as we have ever seen in Atlanta.
Lil Boosie Claims Louisiana D.A. Has Vendetta Against Him, Files Motion To Have Himself Removed From Murder Trial. #FREEBOOSIEBADAZZ
Lil Boosie is literally in a fight for his life, and he and his lawyers are doing everything they can to get him off the hook before the trial even starts.
Boosie claims District Attorney Hillar Moore III has a vendetta against him and only sought murder charges after hearing a song by Boosie dissing the D.A. titled "F*ck Em All."
"F*ck the D.A. and the lawyers/your racist ass is going to hell/You'll probably be dead when I come out of jail ya old b****," Boosie raps on the song.
Jason Williams, the attorney for Boosie whose real name is Torrence Hatch, has filed a motion asking that Boosie be removed from the case.
"Mr. Moore learned of these disparaging comments and within 10 days of hearing these remarks, he prepared a case against Torrence Hatch to bring before a grand jury when the individuals actually responsible for this crime had been in custody for quite some time," court papers read
Boosie and two others including a 17 year old, who was the alleged trigger man are accused of killing 39-year old Terry Boyd in a turf war.
The motion will be heard June 22 according to Contact Music.
Thursday, February 17, 2011
Tuesday, February 15, 2011
Sunday, February 13, 2011
Friday, February 11, 2011
Thursday, February 10, 2011
Wednesday, February 9, 2011
Curren$y Signs to Warner, Preps EP With The Alchemist
Indie favorite Curren$y is back on a major. XXLMag.com has learned that Spitta signed with Warner Bros. Records and is prepping his first release for April 20.
The New Orleans rapper’s manager confirmed with XXL that Curren$y’s first project on WB will be a 10-12 song EP, completely produced by The Alchemist called Covert Coup.
Spitta also secured a label deal with Warner for his imprint, Jets International. He has hopes to drop discs by his affiliates Fiend and Young Roddy, who have appeared on his Pilot Talk 1 & 2 albums, which both dropped in 2010 through a distribution deal with Def Jam. —Jesse Gissen
Meek Mill Signs to Maybach Music; Speaks on Deal and New Mixtapes
Rick Ross is continuing to beef up his Maybach Music Group, having just added Meek Mill to the roster earlier today (February 8).
“I’m feelin’ good—feelin’ great, man,” Meek told XXLMag.com shortly after letting the ink dry on the papers. “That’s why Twitter’s a good thing. You let people know what’s going on live and direct.”
After announcing the signing of Wale to the label earlier this week, Ross took to Twitter to announce his newest signee, Philly native Meek Mill. “EVERYONE WELCOME @MEEKMILL TO THE EMPIRE!!! #MMG,” Rozay wrote on the microblogging site late Tuesday afternoon. Meek then expressed his excitement on his own Twitter account, posting, “had 2 take my talents 2 south beach!!! mamamamammaybach!!,” playing off of LeBron James’ decision over the summer, when the basketball star announced he’d be leaving the Cleveland Cavaliers and “taking my talents to South Beach,” to play for the Miami Heat.
There had been rumors for the last couple months that both Meek and Wale would sign on with the Teflon Don before it finally became official this week. Meek, however, knew that it was about to go down. “Personally, I knew probably about a month ago,” he explained. “But I got a team [and] we had to all come to an agreement and find out how we was gonna do this and how we was gonna make this happen. We sat down, everybody got behind my decision, and we ready to roll.”
The three traded verses on “Play Your Part,” off of Ross’ December mixtape Ashes to Ashes, as well as “Pandemonium,” a leak from January. In addition, Meek featured Ross on his December leak, “I’m A Boss.” The young spitter, who was a Show & Prove profile in the July/August 2010 issue of XXL, said that videos for all three of the songs have already been shot.
Now officially with a new team, the 23-year-old is ready to drop plenty of new music, saying he’s prepping two mixtapes for March—one over original production, and one over beats other rappers have already used. “I think the original one is gonna be called Dream Chasing,” he said, “and the mixtape on everyone else’s instrumentals is gonna be Flamerz 4. I’m supposed to be doing that with DJ Ill Will and DJ Drama, so we gonna try to make a movie out of that, too.”
“It’s a bidding war out here,” Meek said regarding the widespread interest that major labels have taken in Maybach Music Group. “This about to be the newest team. I’m Blake Griffin. I’m just slammin’ on people. Just think of Blake Griffin on a fast break.”
Tuesday, February 8, 2011
ENCORE UNSIGNED HYPE: KIDD RUSSELL "BACKYARD HEROES" VIDEO
“The Official video for "Backyard Heroes" the title song off Kidd Russell's album Backyard Heroes. The song is a reflective story similar to Rudy, The Sandlot and is about Kidd Russell & his best friends growing up. The story is centered around football. Kidd Russell's is a former college football player. Although, injuries cut his career short his best friend Aaron Moorehead went on to play in the NFL for 6 years. Another of his best friends Colt Cabana, seen in the video, went on the WWE & Kidd himself is a Alternative hip hop artist. This is a very American story that any athlete will relate too.
Unsigned Hype: "CANE" (CARTEL 4 LIFE RECORDS)
Cartel 4 Life Records based out of Bradenton Florida proudly presents, “CANE” The Hood’s Official “Young Gunner” has given the streets underground hits for almost a decade, As an Artist of Cartel 4 Life Records “Cane” has managed to remain Independent yet still hold his own amongst the majors, when it comes to marketing and promoting himself and his label. “Cane” is the epitome of swagger and his street credibility cannot be questioned. He’s been incarcerated 3 times and has fought several other arrests. Born and raised in the streets of Manatee County, He grew up on the roads of Palmetto, Florida and later moved to Bradenton Florida where he began to feed into the calling of music. His life is that of heart ache and Triumph in the cities notorious “Island” neighborhood. From Establishing himself as an Independent Rap Artist, to having it all almost Taken away by an arrest and ultimately a prison bid. Cane has a story to tell, we implore that you listen, it might change the way you think about certain things!
As a young rap artist, Cane first stepped into the limelight as a member of the now infamous “Island Boy Cartel”, or “IBC” as they were known. With the Streets realest trappers and killers spitting bars over top notch production, Cane was able to hold his own and flourish as an artist, influencing some of today’s hottest artist like Frank Lini, whom will tell you Cane and Chill The Million Dollar Man are two of the main reasons he started rapping. After most of the artist were either incarcerated or killed, Cane decided to Drop his first solo mix tape “Product Of the Street” Hosted By DJ J3, with gritty lyrics dropped methodically over harsh sounding 808 drums and neck snapping rhythms, Cane demanded the attention and respect of his peers in the business, landing him features with Platinum selling artist, FIELD MOB, GUCCI MANE, PLIES and more. After working his mix tape via the streets, Cane went back into the studio and emerged with the Real Nigga Radio Follow-Up “PRODUCT OF THE STREETS 2 THE RE-UP” Hosted By The Legendary “Bigga Rankin”. The streets unofficial General gave Cane the Co-sign that he needed to takeover Mixtapes and Venues all over the state of Florida. In the early part of 2009 Cane was arrested again and was sentenced to a year in Florida state penitentiary. Now here we are in 2010 and cane is picking up right where he left off. We invite you to listen and ultimately get to know, your new favorite rapper…. Cane is as real as they come and as serious as you will ever find. His passion for music and determination to be successful will make him one of the brightest stars to emerge from the Florida music scene to date. We thank you for taking the time to read about the Streets Own “CANE” aka Mr. Coca Cola, The Hood’s Official Spokesperson. Follow him on www.Twitter.com/cane941.
Thursday, February 3, 2011
Wednesday, February 2, 2011
Tuesday, February 1, 2011
Subscribe to:
Posts (Atom)