Archive for July, 2010

B.Dot On The Star & Bucwild Show

Wednesday, July 21 2010 9:52 AM EST | Posted by: B.Dot | Posted in: Blog, Focus

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Last week, yours truly was a guest on the world-famous Star & Bucwild Show. Star had a heavy influence on my career, so it was an honor to be invited. Along with co-host White Trash Helene, we discussed how Rap Radar came to fruition and the Internet’s impact on the game.

New Mixtape: Laws 5:01 Overtime

Wednesday, July 21 2010 8:57 AM EST | Posted by: B.Dot | Posted in: Blog, Mixtapes

Regulation period is over. Now, Laws kicks it into overtime, with the re-release of his mixtape, 4:57. The no-DJ tape features four new tracks, hence the extra four minutes on the title. Download here. Tracklist after the jump.

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Rick Ross Performs “Live Fast, Die Young”

Wednesday, July 21 2010 8:31 AM EST | Posted by: B.Dot | Posted in: Blog, Live Show

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If you want something done, you got to do it yourself. And that’s exactly what Rick Ross did as he performed “Live Fast, Die Young” without Kanye West. Teflon Don out now.

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Dame Dash Village Voice Feature

Wednesday, July 21 2010 8:17 AM EST | Posted by: B.Dot | Posted in: Blog, Newsstand Stan

Now that Dame Dash has bounced back like round ball, The Village Voice has a feature on his resurrection. Below is an excerpt in which Dame discusses his separation from former business partner, Jay-Z. Read the rest here.

Jay signed a three-year contract to become president and CEO of Def Jam—a position he would leave in 2008 for Live Nation. He offered the rights to the name “Roc-a-Fella” to Dash and Biggs in exchange for the recording masters to Reasonable Doubt, but the pair wouldn’t make the deal. “We all earned those masters,” Dash says.

This turn of events remains bewildering. “The people that I was helping, once they realized their dreams, they did what a criminal would do,” Dash continues. “They stabbed you in the back. Think about the frustration of building a brand for years that should be taking care of your family, and then the person that was the closest to you saying, ‘Nah, you can’t have no parts of it,’ and flushing it.”

Diddy Goes On The Record With Fuse

Wednesday, July 21 2010 7:59 AM EST | Posted by: B.Dot | Posted in: Blog, Focus

Touré got all up in Diddy’s business last night for the latest episode of On The Record.  Puff discussed his Dirty Money crew, Biggie, business portfolio, and his father Melvin Combs. He says his pops didn’t work for hustlers Nicky Barnes nor Frank Lucas and that his murder deterred him from the streets. Interesting enough, there’s an article in the latest issue of VIBE that focuses on his ol’ man as well.

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New Video: Glasses Malone x The Cataracs “I Get Doe”

Wednesday, July 21 2010 7:30 AM EST | Posted by: Big Homie | Posted in: Blog, Focus

Glasses Malone takes us on a high speed chase with the boys in blue in his video for the first single off his delayed,  Beach Cruiser. Spoiler alert: He gets caught. Ha!

New Video: Nicki Minaj “Your Love”

Wednesday, July 21 2010 7:24 AM EST | Posted by: YN | Posted in: Blog, Focus

Let’s try this again. Yes “Massive Attack” was wack but now Minaj gets to get her martial arts on with actor Michael Jai White. Wait, she’s fuckin’ dead? Damn, damn, damn.

On The Set: Bun B x T-Pain “Trillionaire”

Tuesday, July 20 2010 11:56 PM EST | Posted by: Big Homie | Posted in: Blog, Paparazzi

Trill O.G. drops August 3rd and earlier today, Decatur Dan was on hand to capture images of Bun and T-Pain as they shot the album’s next video. More flicks after the jump.

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Khujo Released From Jail

Tuesday, July 20 2010 11:24 PM EST | Posted by: Big Homie | Posted in: Blog, True Story

The reason for Khujo’s incarceration was on the hush, but Big Boi did confirm last week he was doing time. As you can see his Dungeon Family was in full support during his release today and took to Twitter to celebrate. Maybe now we can get that Goodie Mob reunion on and poppin’.

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Music Preview: Kid Cudi “Mr. Rager” x “Mojo”

Tuesday, July 20 2010 11:04 PM EST | Posted by: Big Homie | Posted in: Blog, Music

Like we said before, we hate snippets. But we’ll make an exception here. We heard “Mr. Rager” live, but a preview of the studio version with Kanye on the beat has emerged and it’s nice. “Mojo” isn’t bad neither. How long until the full versions appear? Hopefully Mr. Rager is on his mojo and let’s it loose.

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“Mojo”

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