Monday, March 30, 2015
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T-Pain - The Iron Way (Free Mixtape Stream/Download)
T-Pain is back with a new mixtape entitled "The Iron Way." Features include The Dream, Bun B, Big K.R.I.T, Audio Push, Lil Wayne, Yo Gotti, Migos and more
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Young Buck - Push (Official Music Video) Prod. By Drumma Boy
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Friday, March 27, 2015
Thursday, March 26, 2015
Killed It! G-Unit Perform 'I'm Grown' On The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon (Video)
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While out on their promotional run for their new EP, The Beast Is G-Unit, 50 Cent, Kidd Kid, Tony Yayo, Lloyd Banks and Young Buck, together known as G-Unit, stopped by The Tonight Show Staring Jimmy Fallon on Wednesday, March 25.
With The Roots backing them they absolutely smashed their single, "I'm Grown."
The Beast Is G-Unit is available now on Itunes https://itunes.apple.com/us/album/the-beast-is-g-unit-ep/id958887610.
Wednesday, March 25, 2015
SMS Audio Becomes Official Headphones Of Disney And Disneyland
SMS Audio, the audio headphone company founded by 50 Cent, announced it is has entered into a strategic alliance with Walt Disney Parks and Resorts. As part of the agreement, SMS Audio is now the official headphones of Walt Disney World Resort and Disneyland Resort, as well as of the Official Disney Fan Club. It will also be a sponsor of "Star Tours - The Adventures Continue" attraction at Hollywood Studios, and a sponsor of the Avengers Super Heroes Half Marathon Weekend and Star Wars Half Marathon Weekend at Disneyland Resort.
SMS Audio's products are currently sold throughout the resorts, and the new Second Edition Star Wars collection will be available later this spring. Products will also featured at Disney's annual Star Wars Weekends, and SMS will participate in the D23 Expo 2015: The Ultimate Disney Fan Event, held this summer at California's Anaheim Convention Center.
Brian Hohe, SMS Audio president, said in a statement that the company plans to build upon the partnership even further. SMS's first Lucasfilms- (and thus Disney-) licensed products became available in May 2014. Nohe noted to TWICE a few months later: "A lot of people questioned why we'd do that, and the reason is there's a lot of Star Wars fans. They really appreciate quality product...We sold out of our first couple runs of Star Wars products, and it's doing fabulous."
Tuesday, March 24, 2015
Empire Distribution Wants Fox To Cough Up $8 Million To Use 'Empire' Name. Network Files Lawsuit
Fox is in a legal battle with record company Empire Distribution over the use of the name Empire for its hit television series.
ED contacted Fox and demanded they stop using the name because it diminishes their brand. Especially because a "homophobic drug dealer prone to murdering his friends" is a lead character.
But here's the catch. ED would back off if Fox pays them $8 million outright or $5 million if some of their artists become regular cast members on Empire.
Fox is not giving in to the demands. TMZ reports that the network has filed a lawsuit against Empire Distribution, asking a judge to rule that ED's demands have no merit because the company is obscure.
Executives at Fox don't want this to linger on into the second season of their show.
One thing Empire Distribution has going in its favor is that the company was founded in 2010, five years before Empire debuted.
How do you think this battle will be settled?
70-Years Old & Still Killing It: Patti Labelle & Artem Salsa To 50 Cent's 'In Da Club' On Dancing With The Stars (Video)
Patti Labelle can still get her groove on. The 70-year old "Lady Marmalade" hit maker and her partner Artem Chigvintsev did their thing on Dancing with the Star's "My Jam Monday." Patti knows exactly what song she wanted to dance to.
"This week is My Jam Monday, so I've chosen In Da Club by 50 Cent," she said. "It was my 70th birthday. My friends figured they would play some quiet, decent 70-years young music. After three songs I said, 'Cut it, put on In Da Club.' When they put that on, everybody moves.
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Tuesday, March 17, 2015
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Tuesday, March 10, 2015
Madonna - Rebel Heart (Album Stream) Ft. Nas, Nicki Minaj, Chance The Rapper & Mike Tyson
It's no secret that a lot of modern pop artists bit their whole style from Madonna. The music icon is still doing her thing as she releases her latest album entitled Rebel Heart.
Features on the project include Nas, Nicki Minaj, Chance The Rapper and Mike Tyson.
Listen to the entire project up top and order it now from iTunes
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Monday, March 9, 2015
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Friday, March 6, 2015
15 Celebrities Who Had A Twin from Centuries Ago. This is Kinda Creepy [Photos]
After you see these photos of today's celebrities that look ridiculously similar to famous people of the past, you'll begin to question everything you once knew to be true. Like are these celebrities human...or are they vampires!?!
1. Zach Galifianakis and Louis Vuitton
1. Zach Galifianakis and Louis Vuitton
Ya, Luis Vuitton...as in the French entrepreneur who was born in August 1821 and founded the Luis Vuitton brand (you know, those fancy brown purses all the stylish chicks have around their arms). These two look so alike that I'm inclined to say Louis is Zach, or Zach is Louis!?! Either way, this guy is 193 years old.
2. Jennifer Lawrence and Egyptian actress Zubaida Tharwat
Not only do these two look like twin sisters...but they both went into the same profession, acting. Tharwat was born in Alexandria in 1940 and retired from acting in the late 80s...and what happened in 1990? Jennifer Lawrence was born! To continue the acting legacy!?! Anything's possible...
3. Alec Baldwin and President Millard Fillmore
The resemblance between actor Alec Baldwin and 13th President of the United States, Millard Fillmore, is undeniable. Just look at those eyes, the nose...the chubby chin!?! Is it possible that Alec Baldwin was President of the United states from 1850-1853!?! I think so...reincarnation, read about it.
4. 21st Century Actor Jason Segal and 20th Century Actor Lee J. Cobb
The smile is what really ties these two guys together. Cobb was a famous actor back in the mid 20th century, and was best known for his roles in 12 Angry Men (1957), On The Waterfront (1954) and The Exorcist (1973). Seems like Cobb and Segal don't exactly play the same roles...but boy do they look similar!
5. Peter Dinklage and Diego Velazquez's "Portrait of Sebastian de Morra"
This is crazy! Not only do these two guys look alike...but they're both "little people." This portrait by Diego Velazquez is of Sebastian de Morra, a dwarf and jester at the court of Philip IV of Spain way back in 1645!
6. Maggie Gyllenhaal and Rose Wilder Lane
Looks like actress Maggie Gyllenhaal has a twin sister that was born in 1886. Rose Wilder Lane was an American journalist, travel writer, novelist, and political theorist...who is speculated to be Maggie's sister (not really...but maybe!?!).
7. Leonardo DiCaprio and Judy Zipper
Someone found this image of Judy Zipper in their grandmother's 1960s yearbook and posted it on Tumblr...now the secrets out...Leo may have been a woman at one point. But hey, he's still a damn good actor, so who really cares??? The resemblance is weird though, right?
8. Brad Pitt and Herman Rorschach
Ladies rejoice! Brad Pitt has a twin brother!!! Only downside...he was born in 1884. Ever heard of the Rorschach inkblot test? Ya, this Swiss, Brad Pitt lookalike psychiatrist is the guy who invented it. That's not that cool though, what's cool is he looks like Brad muthaf*ckin Pitt!
9. Orlando Bloom and Nicolae Grigorescu
You can't deny how much these two look alike. I mean, just look at those wavy locks...even the pencil thin pirate stash is identical! Nicolae Grigorescu was one of the founders of modern Romanian painting, he was also a writer...and of course, an Orlando Bloom stunt double...back in the 1900s.
10. Jay-Z and a Harlem man in 1939
Looks like Jay-Z has come a long way since his rough Harlem days back in 1939! I guess success takes some people a really, really long time. But you can't deny that he looks great...for 75.
11. Jimmy Fallon and Mahir Cayan
Mahir Cayan might look like Jimmy Fallon, but the two men couldn't be more different. Cayan was no comedian, he was a Turkish politician and the leader of People's Liberation Party-Front of Turkey. I guess it's hard to find humor while in the midst of a revolution.
12. Bruce Willis and WWII General Douglas MacArthur
Douglas MacArthur was an American 5-Star general...Bruce Willis is a 5-Star bad ass. So it's no wonder the two resemble each other, heck...maybe they're the same person. I'm just saying...anything's possible.
13. Michael Cera and Adolf Hitler's Mother, Klara
I don't know what to say about this...it's just plain creepy. I just hope Cera doesn't give birth to another Hitler...ain't nobody got time for that!
14. Queen Latifah and Zora Neale Hurston
Zora Neale Hurston was an American folklorist, anthropologist, author...and apparently twin sister of Queen Latifah.
15. Sylvester Stallone and Pope Gregory IX
Looks like Rocky was once a Pope, way back in the 1300s...crazy resemblance right?
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Wednesday, March 4, 2015
Suge Knight Fires His Lawyers, Claims He's Going Blind In Jail. Taken To The Hospital Again
Former rap mogul Marion "Suge" Knight told a judge that he is suffering from blindness and other health complications moments before he was taken to a hospital Monday morning.
Knight told Los Angeles Superior Court Judge James Brandlin that he had fired attorneys handling his murder case and was receiving inadequate medical treatment while in custody.
The Death Row Records co-founder said he was blind in one eye and had only about 15 percent vision in his other eye during a brief court appearance on Monday. Knight said he was having difficulty comprehending the proceedings and told the judge he had been shot six times last year and had a blood clot in his lungs and other complications. He also said he had lost 35 pounds as a result of his injuries.
Brandlin transfered Knight's case to another judge, and he was taken for medical care before his case could be called in Judge Ronald Coen's courtroom. Coen said before calling the case that Knight had been taken to a hospital, but did not elaborate.
Knight has pleaded not guilty to murder, attempted murder and hit-and-run charges after he struck two men with his truck, killing one, on Jan. 29. He remains held without bail.
Attorney David Kenner, who has represented Knight since the case was filed, told Coen that his client has been jailed too long and a hearing to set bail should be convened as soon as possible. Coen ordered another hearing for Knight on March 9, although a bail hearing may not occur until March 20.
Deputy District Attorney Cynthia Barnes on Monday repeated a previous statement that she plans to introduce evidence of several crimes Knight was never charged with during the bail hearing.
Knight said he had fired David Kenner and his law partner, telling Brandlin, "I fired these lawyers."
Suge Knight fired his lawyer David Kenner (left) and spoke on his own behalf in court Monday. Monday's hearing marks the third time Knight has been taken from a courthouse for medical care since he was charged with murder in early February.
Knight repeatedly tried to speak during the hearing in Brandlin's courtroom, but the judge admonished him not to interrupt. Knight wore orange jail attire and glasses during the hearing, and he spoke while flanked by deputies.
Paramedics were summoned to look at Knight before the hearing, and deputies placed a trash can in front of him after he began his tirade about his health and lawyers.
Knight, 49, was shot six times at a nightclub in August. Within days of his release from the hospital, he was accused by a celebrity photographer of stealing her camera.
Prosecutors charged Knight and comedian Katt Williams with robbery over the incident, and both men have pleaded not guilty.
Knight faces up to life in prison if convicted of kiling Terry Carter, 55, during a confrontation at a Compton burger stand in late January. Kenner has said Knight was ambushed, but that assertion hasn't been made in court yet.
10 Years Ago Today 50 Cent Released 'The Massacre' (XXL Interview/Videos)
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A decade ago 50 Cent released his second solo album entitled The Massacre. Right out of the gate the album was an incredible success, selling over 1.14 million copies in its first week.
Led by the hit singles "Candy Shop," "Just a Lil Bit," "Disco Inferno" and "Outta Control," The Massacre went on to sell more than 13 million copies worldwide.
On August 25, 2005, 50 released a special edition of the album which included a music video for every song and included the remixed version of "Outta Control" featuringMobb Deep.
The G-Unit leader sat down with XXL to talk about the album. Check out the interview below.
XXL: The Massacre was your second album, coming off the biggest debut for a rapper in history. What was your mindset when you got back in the booth to start working on the followup to Get Rich Or Die Tryin’?
50 Cent: The first record that I wrote that was supposed to be my second album, I did it so fast. It was like three days, over a weekend. I recorded 12 records, but they were all two verses. They were incomplete songs and I knew I had to go back to come up with something to bring the lyrics all the way to standard, but I got what I was trying to get out. The concepts where there, the choruses were playin’, the outline for the album was there. But it had happened so fast that I was like, maybe I should just keep writing. It’s always good to keep writing until you actually meet the deadline, but I ended up flying to Los Angeles because [Interscope boss] Jimmy [Iovine] wanted to meet with me. They wanted to see if I would work with this other artist that Dre was working with, which was Game. And they said, “The kid can rap, but he’s not a great songwriter.”
50 Cent: The first record that I wrote that was supposed to be my second album, I did it so fast. It was like three days, over a weekend. I recorded 12 records, but they were all two verses. They were incomplete songs and I knew I had to go back to come up with something to bring the lyrics all the way to standard, but I got what I was trying to get out. The concepts where there, the choruses were playin’, the outline for the album was there. But it had happened so fast that I was like, maybe I should just keep writing. It’s always good to keep writing until you actually meet the deadline, but I ended up flying to Los Angeles because [Interscope boss] Jimmy [Iovine] wanted to meet with me. They wanted to see if I would work with this other artist that Dre was working with, which was Game. And they said, “The kid can rap, but he’s not a great songwriter.”
My song structure is the strongest portion of my writing habits. I learned to count bars and write music under Jam Master Jay. And because he was a producer, it was a consistent thing; it was like, training an artist to be a songwriter for other people, the way a songwriter would approach the studio like, “Every night let me write a few songs, two or three songs.” But I’m doing it for myself as an artist. A lot of the time the songwriters who are really talented get more excited about the person they’re writing [for] than they are about themselves. So they can write a hit record for Beyonce or for Usher but they ain’t gonna write that when it come time for them to write for themselves. And I was always intending to write music for me. So it just locked in.
When Jimmy called for me to do it I was like, “Alright, cool, I’ll fix it,” and I gave it [to Game]. I only worked with him for about, I think, four days. ‘Cause I had this album already planned so I was like, “Yo, just do this.” And one by one he went through, ’cause he can rap; he wrote the verses and stuff. And when I got back the only one that wasn’t done was “How We Do.” ‘Cause Dre produced that one, and when I got the record I made “How We Do,” but I was making it for me. And Dre, he got a problem with pushing the button; like, he won’t push the button for his artists for Lord knows how long they’ve been sitting there. He had Joe Beast, he had Brooklyn, Bishop Lamont, Rakim, Busta Rhymes, Raekwon. Slim The Mobster. None of them got out. He was in love with “How We Do” and I was like, “Yo, I’ll give him that if you put it out right now.” And we just put it out. Put it together. Sold about five million records for Game’s album [The Documentary] and then I came back.
I had to go re-write The Massacre, too. I was approaching The Massacre initially without writing anything sexual on the record. I was giving them “Hate It Or Love It” and these other things that didn’t have any sexual energy to them. Before I Self-Destruct was aimed at the street; I was making a street record. I wanted people to embrace it, but I’m making what I want to make, creatively. So that record is harder. The Curtis album is more like my actual personality. I did things creatively, I collaborated with people, worked with them. Me and Justin, No. 1 records, “I Get Money” and different things.
G-Unit was expanding at that time, too, with Mobb Deep, M.O.P., Olivia…
Right. G-Unit was already built, but those new additions were coming. I was building the aura of a company instead of 50 and his homeboys, you know what I mean? Like, D-12 grew up and was around Em prior to his career; those were his friends, so they received the opportunity based on them being friends. And the same for the St. Lunatics, and I point out Nelly because Nelly sold seven million records. That wasn’t no chump change, that was a big album, Country Grammar. The largest debut album prior to [Get Rich] was Snoop’s Doggystyle. And coming off of Get Rich Or Die Tryin’, the first record that I wrote, I didn’t give it to Game. It was “God Gave Me Style.” And I wrote that record because in 2003 if you asked me to make a wish, the only thing I’d ask for was for that record to be a success. Get Rich Or Die Tryin’ meant everything. You see what I’m sayin’?
Right. G-Unit was already built, but those new additions were coming. I was building the aura of a company instead of 50 and his homeboys, you know what I mean? Like, D-12 grew up and was around Em prior to his career; those were his friends, so they received the opportunity based on them being friends. And the same for the St. Lunatics, and I point out Nelly because Nelly sold seven million records. That wasn’t no chump change, that was a big album, Country Grammar. The largest debut album prior to [Get Rich] was Snoop’s Doggystyle. And coming off of Get Rich Or Die Tryin’, the first record that I wrote, I didn’t give it to Game. It was “God Gave Me Style.” And I wrote that record because in 2003 if you asked me to make a wish, the only thing I’d ask for was for that record to be a success. Get Rich Or Die Tryin’ meant everything. You see what I’m sayin’?
And as it were, I actually went to my grandmother. I played my grandmother the song. It was the first time I was able to play her a record without kind of cringing. My whole life I had to be two people; I had to be 50 Cent outside and then I had to be Curtis inside with my grandmother. Some of the stuff that I say on the records are 50 Cent lines, and my grandmother looks at me and goes, [Pauses] “Where’d that come from?” So when I played that one she was like, “I like that one. Wow, you done made one for me.” [Laughs] Then she said, “Don’t forget why people like you.” She said, “I know what you’re doing, I know why you’re writing it, but don’t forget why people liked you to begin with.” And I was like, “Oh, s***,” and then next record that I wrote was “Curtis 187.” It was back to the darker [side]. And this is what they always want from 50 Cent.
You could get a "21 Questions" from Drake right now. He’d give you a dope one, some really dope s***. You can get that kinda content on other artists’ albums that we know do that particular style very well. And predominantly they’re that. And for me, there’s things that will get a little darker or harder, now a little more business-oriented, different things that you wouldn’t get from that other guy, you know what I mean? And it’s cool.
At that period… This is what people don’t know. I had a conversation with Jimmy Iovine. Jimmy said, “Wow, fuckin’ amazing. I don’t know how this has so much magic.” Talking about when music connects like that, to that level where everywhere you go, you can spin the globe and anywhere you stop you could say, “50 Cent,” and people would say, “Hell yeah, I like that.” It’s just worldwide. Everybody just likes the idea or the concept of the creator.
Now, you know, the climate has shifted so dramatically. I was hustling before the music started. And when I stopped hustling [the neighborhood] didn’t really understand. They were like, “What? You gonna rap? Whatchu gonna rap about?” I said, “‘Bout what we be doin’.” And they like, “Ugh, I don’t know if that works.” ‘Cause the rappers that they knew in the neighborhood were career rappers like [Mr.] Cheeks. He rapped since we knew him, period. We knew him for rapping, that’s it. So they were like, “Are you sure you can do that s***?” Like, they’d go in the spot and rap until you’d want to ask them, “Please get off the microphone, please go back and sit your a** on the side with everybody else and let’s just party. Play the records.” And they’d just keep kind of going and going and going. But I was already at the roof of what I could get out of the neighborhood. And I knew what come next, ’cause they gotta start trying to get you after that.
There’s only two ways that can go after that.
Yeah. So I’m lookin’ at that, and [rap] was a thing that I had passion for that I could put all of my energy into. And it worked. Particularly [with] The Massacre, I had a lot of fun on that record. I had “Ryder Music.” This was my way of doing a soulful song without actually… Like, now the artists are singing. I’m so happy I can say this now; that s*** that they’re doing now is singing. What I was doing back then was holding melodies, and it’s all flat monotone in my speaking voice; it’s Donnell Jones, “Oooh, say what say what say what,” it’s not muthafuckin’ Keith Sweat cryin’ and singin’.
Yeah. So I’m lookin’ at that, and [rap] was a thing that I had passion for that I could put all of my energy into. And it worked. Particularly [with] The Massacre, I had a lot of fun on that record. I had “Ryder Music.” This was my way of doing a soulful song without actually… Like, now the artists are singing. I’m so happy I can say this now; that s*** that they’re doing now is singing. What I was doing back then was holding melodies, and it’s all flat monotone in my speaking voice; it’s Donnell Jones, “Oooh, say what say what say what,” it’s not muthafuckin’ Keith Sweat cryin’ and singin’.
These n***** hittin’ notes now. It’s a whole other thing going on. I enjoy it. They’re using street content. Our formats are merging. Nobody’s paying attention to it, but R&B and hip-hop are one thing.
That’s why we had R&B on our Freshmen cover last year; the line has blurred more than it ever has.
Yeah. And when you got artists like Chris [Brown], young male solo artists are hip. So they’re writing content that matches the lifestyle. It’s coming in and it’s actually effective, it’s working. The s*** Trey [Songz] is doing is dope. Jeremih is one of those guys, he’s the sleeper, he’s the one who’s gonna get there whether people want it or not. "Down On Me,” there was no reason for me to do the record, they couldn’t pay me. I did the record because I knew what he was gonna be. Ask YG; I did his first record, "Toot It," because I knew what he was gonna be. You see what I’m saying? It takes time for an artist to develop.
Yeah. And when you got artists like Chris [Brown], young male solo artists are hip. So they’re writing content that matches the lifestyle. It’s coming in and it’s actually effective, it’s working. The s*** Trey [Songz] is doing is dope. Jeremih is one of those guys, he’s the sleeper, he’s the one who’s gonna get there whether people want it or not. "Down On Me,” there was no reason for me to do the record, they couldn’t pay me. I did the record because I knew what he was gonna be. Ask YG; I did his first record, "Toot It," because I knew what he was gonna be. You see what I’m saying? It takes time for an artist to develop.
A big window of time, if you was in love with hip-hop, you know who you saw right at the head of it with no confusion at all. I don’t think [new artists] can be like 50 Cent. I don’t think they’ve been forced to be under as harsh circumstances as I’ve been under. So they can’t beat me at what I was doing at that point. That was me being me; there’s people who can be better at you than things, but not better than you at being you.
So the initial basis of The Massacre was given to Game for The Documentary.
Right; that was my first shot at The Massacre. And then I came back around and I wrote “Ryder Music” and I wrote pieces that I felt like were… I make music that’s personal and then the depth of the storytelling becomes next level. Like, some of those things Drake is telling you on those records, he experienced. Some of it is good writing but the other s*** is part of his experience, because he wouldn’t have those details he has in it in his process.
Right; that was my first shot at The Massacre. And then I came back around and I wrote “Ryder Music” and I wrote pieces that I felt like were… I make music that’s personal and then the depth of the storytelling becomes next level. Like, some of those things Drake is telling you on those records, he experienced. Some of it is good writing but the other s*** is part of his experience, because he wouldn’t have those details he has in it in his process.
And that leads to somebody finding the girl who worked at the Hooters on Peachtree in Atlanta.
Right, that he knows. Yeah, it’s real s***. The process is a beautiful thing when you can look at it and see it and appreciate it. ‘Cause I had the opportunity to take a step back and watch it. And I see where it’s going. It kind of got to “Kumbaya, my Lord,” like everybody was trying to be friends by the fire. Our culture is competitive, it’s not everybody friends by the fire. You haven’t even heard artists have a dispute. If they do, it’s a couple punch lines and then they disappear, everybody fades; it’s so subtle. Don’t think they all like each other, ’cause they don’t.
Right, that he knows. Yeah, it’s real s***. The process is a beautiful thing when you can look at it and see it and appreciate it. ‘Cause I had the opportunity to take a step back and watch it. And I see where it’s going. It kind of got to “Kumbaya, my Lord,” like everybody was trying to be friends by the fire. Our culture is competitive, it’s not everybody friends by the fire. You haven’t even heard artists have a dispute. If they do, it’s a couple punch lines and then they disappear, everybody fades; it’s so subtle. Don’t think they all like each other, ’cause they don’t.
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