Rap Radar

Snoop and Wiz recently shot their video in L.A. and here’s a viral look at the video’s creation. The track will appear on their project, Mac & Devin Go To High School on December 13.

After chopping it up with Jay-Z, Steve Stoute kept the interviews going with Pharrell. He spoke on growing up in VA, working with Marc Jacobs and given tracks initially intended for Michael Jackson to Justin Timberlake.

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To celebrate her new album‘s release next week, MJB held a concert at Club Nokia and live streamed it for the world. Above, she brings out Nasir for their new duet.

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With the city behind them, Jeezy and T.I. put a face to the trappings of “F.A.M.E.”. Hey fake ass muthafuckas, TM 103 December 20th.

Ain’t what you know, it’s what you live and we live it.

Ty Kidd

Previously: Don’t Fret

Cudi let his fingers do the talking via his Twitter account this morning. First, he renamed his rock group with Dotdagenius and said he’s releasing their album in two months.

News update! Me and @DotDaGenius are no longer called 2 Be Continuum. The world will call us W Z R D, which is short for WIZARD. And heres the biggest news, the official release date will be January 30, my birthday. Had to push it back to get the proper time to mix and master, want it to sonically be where it needs to be. For your smoke sesh enjoyment!

Were gonna release a snippet of the first single soon. You will be pleased. Ladies, your gonna have something to shake those booties to.

Also, the WZRD album does not contain any profanity or the usage of the word “nigga”. A universal album for everyone. Haha man some of yall really upset theres no profanity?? You know songs can be written with out them right? Some of yall listen to so much ignorant shit that thats all you know or are accustomed to. My fans are smart, I know yall better then this.

Jeezy’s TM 103 is one month away, but here’s one of its highlights featuring Hov and 3 Stacks. Where you at Drake? Andre’s verse leaked over a year ago, but Jay’s is fresh out the box. Anyone like this? I do!

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UPDATE: Dirty version with no tags

Now that’s white power. VIBE closes out the year with two of Shady’s most wanted. Issue hits newsstands on December 6, but peep the excerpts of their interview with Erik Parker below.

Eminem, what advice do you offer, if any, on being scrutinized for being a white rapper. Do you guys ever talk about race in that way?  

Eminem: We make jokes about it, but I don’t think we talk about it in depth. As I was listening to his music, I am not even thinking about any of that shit. It’s just the music. That’s one of the things that’s great about it. I’m not even thinking about it when I hear the music.

Yelawolf: We do poke fun of it because it’s funny. Like, he calls me White Dog. 

 

Oh, you called him that on the BET Awards Cypher. I didn’t realize it was an ongoing joke?
EM: Yeah, or Beige Sheep. [Laughs]
YW: Cracker Nuts. Whatever, I think it’s kinda unspoken.
EM: We deal with it enough as it is. So now, let’s make music.
YW: Let’s make great records. At the end of the day, that’s all there is to do.

shot: Canon Eos 60d |The Dark Nyte

An intoxicated Pill headlined S.O.B.’s last night in NYC. After somewhat maintaining his composure, he performed some of his underground favorites. Missed out? Check out a quick clip or read a review on The Village Voice.

Man, nobody beats the Biz. Last night on Jimmy Kimmel Live! Biz remixed his classic cut as an ode to Facebook. Hard not to “Like” this.

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