Archive for January, 2010

Raekwon On The Mo’Nique Show

Friday, January 22 2010 6:55 AM EST | Posted by: B.Dot | Posted in: Blog, Focus

Last night, Rae made a guest appearance on Mo’Nique’s show. The Chef spoke on relocating to Atlanta, interior decorating and his Raekwon grill—wait, a Raekwon grill?! How bizarre.

New Music: Nas x Damian Marley “Strong Will Continue”

Friday, January 22 2010 6:54 AM EST | Posted by: B.Dot | Posted in: Blog, Music

Word on the curb is that this is the first single from Nas and Damian’s long-awaited collaboration, Distant Relatives. The folks at HHNM say the album’s pushed back until April 20th. So for now, enjoy the track below, my yut.

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New Music: Trey Songz “I Wanna Rock (Freestyle)”

Friday, January 22 2010 6:53 AM EST | Posted by: B.Dot | Posted in: Blog, R&B

Trey becomes the latest artist to rock over Snoop’s instrumental. And of course, he doesn’t disappoint. Even, Tha Doggfather approves. Yuuup!

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New Music: Styles P x AP “D-Block Radio”

Friday, January 22 2010 6:53 AM EST | Posted by: Big Homie | Posted in: Blog, Music

Ghost and AP heat the streets over the Eric B. & Rakim classic boom. This is off DJ OP’s  mixtape, dropping the same day as The Green Ghost Project. D-Block takeover.

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Rick Ross & John Legend Reunite

Thursday, January 21 2010 9:45 PM EST | Posted by: YN | Posted in: Blog, True Story

Looks like the Teflon Don is sticking to the script. So magnificent.

Swizz Beatz Speaks On “Stranded”

Thursday, January 21 2010 9:18 PM EST | Posted by: Big Homie | Posted in: Blog, True Story

Swizz Beatz spoke with Rolling Stone earlier today on how his musical tribute to Haiti with Bono, The Edge, and Jay-Z came about. He also dishes out some more details of the song and why he added Rihanna into the mix.

“I knew that Jay would be able to tell a story and that Bono would be able to sing and bring it home,” he said. “The last component that I added was Rihanna, and she’s kinda like the angel that’s on the track, softening it up and giving it that caring feeling, because this hook is so powerful.”

You already know who debuted the title first.

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Mos Def x Talib Kweli “Respiration” (Highline Ballroom)

Thursday, January 21 2010 8:25 PM EST | Posted by: YN | Posted in: Blog, Focus

Photo: Mel D. Cole

Here’s some soundboard audio from the Black Star reunion that went down at Mos Def’s show this past Sunday. Anybody seen my Rawkus record bag? Ha.

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Previously: Mos Def Highline Ballroom Show Flicks

Steve Stoute’s Target Commerical

Thursday, January 21 2010 8:05 PM EST | Posted by: B.Dot | Posted in: Blog, Focus

To commemorate Black History month, Steve Stoute speaks on his transition from record label exec to advertising CEO as part of Target’s Dare.Dream.Do. campaign. The commissioner’s all bossed up.

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New Music: Jaheim “Finding My Way Back” x “Till It Happens To You”

Thursday, January 21 2010 8:02 PM EST | Posted by: Big Homie | Posted in: Blog, Focus, Music, R&B

Jaheim is two for two with his next single off his February 9th release, Another Round, and another soulful track. Sometimes you just got to slow it down, right?

“Finding My Way Back”

“Till It Happens To You”

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Sidebar: Behind the scenes look at his upcoming visual for his collab with Jada below.

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New Music: Joe Budden x Royce da 5′9″ “40/40″

Thursday, January 21 2010 8:01 PM EST | Posted by: Big Homie | Posted in: Blog, Music

“That muthafuckin’ beef ain’t new to us/ Get off my computer nuts”

Both Joey and Nickel Nine slaughter the hell out of this one. And yep, you guessed it. Royce is firin’ shots and Mouse sounds mad raspy. Screwface rap.

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