Archive for May, 2011

New Video: Keri Hilson x Nelly “Lose Control”

Friday, May 20 2011 9:20 AM EST | Posted by: Big Homie | Posted in: Blog, R&B

Contain yourself. Directed by Colin Tilley, Nelly joins Keri in the desert and turns up the heat in her new music video. Guess the freaks really do come out at night. No Boys Allowed in stores now.

Diddy Renames Himself

Friday, May 20 2011 9:04 AM EST | Posted by: B.Dot | Posted in: Blog, Focus

This is what happens after one too many coconut Cirocs. If you’re looking for Diddy on Twitter, good luck finding him. He’s taken the liberty of renaming himself, “Swag”. Good grief. Follow him here—or to Hades.

New Music: Mac Miller “Love Lost”

Friday, May 20 2011 8:21 AM EST | Posted by: Amaya | Posted in: Blog, Music

After hitting 400,000 followers on Twitter, Mac keeps his promise and gives us a new track, produced by Black Diamond.

New Music: Drake “Dreams Money Can Buy”

Friday, May 20 2011 7:52 AM EST | Posted by: YN | Posted in: Blog, Music

Here’s the first release off Take Care. We’ll let Drizzy tell it:

A song that I felt the need to share. Not my single. Just a piece of my story. Hear me out though…

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Sidebar: “Wildfire (Remix)”

Behind The Scenes: Pill x Rick Ross “Pac Man”

Friday, May 20 2011 7:42 AM EST | Posted by: YN | Posted in: Blog, Focus

We showed you some flicks, but now comes an inside look at what MMG is cookin’ up for its latest visual. Self Made is 3 days away! Jamie Foxx is ready.

Bun B At Sneakerpedia Launch Party

Thursday, May 19 2011 9:53 PM EST | Posted by: Amaya | Posted in: Blog, Live Show

This past Tuesday night, Foot Locker held a launch party for their new sneaker encyclopedia website, Sneakerpedia with Bun as the musical guest. Up top is some footage from his set and under the cut Rap Radar gets a shout at around the 9:40 mark. What’s YN doin’ on stage? Ha!
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Nicole Scherzinger & 50 Cent Perform On American Idol

Thursday, May 19 2011 9:12 PM EST | Posted by: Amaya | Posted in: Blog, Live Show

Tonight, the special guest performers on American Idol were Nicole Scherzinger & 50 Cent. They both took the stage to perform their brand new collabo, “Right There”. Nicole’s new LP, Killer Love will be in stores August 16th.

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Pharrell On CNBC’s Power Lunch

Thursday, May 19 2011 8:25 PM EST | Posted by: Big Homie | Posted in: Blog, Focus

Karmaloop’s CEO Greg Selkoe and KarmaloopTV’s new creative director Pharrell both appeared on Power Lunch today to discuss what they plan to bring to the table on Verge Culture. Don’t watch P, watch TV.

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Breaks: Uma Thurman

Thursday, May 19 2011 6:26 PM EST | Posted by: YN | Posted in: Blog, Breaks

Next door to Mr. Green Thumb.

Ty Kidd

Previously: Leaving On A Jet Plane

The Check In: Swizz Beatz

Thursday, May 19 2011 5:51 PM EST | Posted by: Amaya | Posted in: Blog, Focus

The Rosenthal Brothers sat down with Swizzy for the inaugural episode of their MTV series, The Check In. In the clip, Swizz speaks on Bono’s recording process and tells a funny-ass DMX story.

Sidebar: Swizz and Bootleg Kev