New Video: Plies “She Got It Made”

Friday, April 16 2010 5:36 PM EST | Posted by: B.Dot | Posted in: Blog, Focus

Plies tricks big bucks (again) in his latest video off Goon Affiliated. God, that hook sucks. Album drops May 25th.

Jay-Z & Beyoncé Performing At Coachella ?

Friday, April 16 2010 4:50 PM EST | Posted by: B.Dot | Posted in: Blog, Gossip, R&B

It’s not the surprise guest everyone’s hoping for, but word is Jigga’s bringing the wife to work tonight during his performance at the Coachella Music Festival. Only a few hours left.

Bangladesh Says He’s Better Than The Rest

Friday, April 16 2010 4:49 PM EST | Posted by: B.Dot | Posted in: Blog, True Story

Things are heating up on VIBE‘s greatest producer of all time bracket. Bangladesh says that within the “Mass Appeal” category, his beats reign supreme.

“I’m not disrespecting them because I was influenced by Timbaland and Neptunes and all of them, but your time came and went. There’s time for other things to happen…A lot of them producers, some have a sound and some don’t. I think Polow kinda does whatever, he doesn’t have a certain sound, he emulates other peoples stuff. To me, he’s probably a well-sought-out producer, but at the same time its about who you’re with, who you’re around, who’s getting you the work. I don’t have assistance so I’m not in Jimmy Iovine’s face. I don’t get all the Interscope work, I create the work. That makes me better because I don’t have people in my pocket. My sound is so powerful that the artist love it and it skips all the middle men. All my beats have been placed by getting it directly to the artist. I don’t really need nobody cosigning.”

Diddy & Mark Wahlberg Go Racing

Friday, April 16 2010 4:05 PM EST | Posted by: B.Dot | Posted in: Blog, Focus

Hollywood Boulevard was shutdown yesterday as part of the Toyota Grand Prix in Long Beach. Before the race kicks off this weekend, Puff and Marky Mark showed off their new set of wheels to Jimmy Kimmel. The pair are partners in a new beverage company called, AquaHydrate.

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New Video: Sauce Money “No Average Joe”

Friday, April 16 2010 3:50 PM EST | Posted by: B.Dot | Posted in: Blog, Focus

Good grief, Sauce Money’s looking more like a piggy bank these days. Anyway, here’s his new video in support of a new album dropping September 6th on Asylum Records.

57th Ave

Rick Ross On Losing Lawsuit To DJ Vlad

Friday, April 16 2010 3:00 PM EST | Posted by: B.Dot | Posted in: Blog, True Story

Yesterday afternoon, DJ Vlad was awarded $300,000 after Rick Ross set up an assault at the Ozone Awards in August 2008. Following the verdict, Ross placed a phone call to 1515 and spoke on the loss.

Pill Interview & Freestyle

Friday, April 16 2010 2:38 PM EST | Posted by: B.Dot | Posted in: Blog, Focus

DJ Infamous returns with another interview and catches up with Mr. P-I-Double. He says his new mixtape 4011: The Overdose should be dropping next month and puts in a request to have Scarface and Andre 3000 featured on his debut album The Medicine. Afterward, he kicks a lil’ sumfin, sumfin for the camera.

EV

Jay-Z Returns To Saturday Night Live

Friday, April 16 2010 1:43 PM EST | Posted by: B.Dot | Posted in: Blog, True Story

On May 8th, Jay-Z will join Betty White as the musical guest on Saturday Night Live. No word as to what Jigga will perform, but the taping marks the first time the 88-year-old actress has hosted the sketch comedy program. Above is one of Hov’s memorable skits from 10 years ago.

MTV

T.I. Compares New LP To All Eyez On Me 

Friday, April 16 2010 1:31 PM EST | Posted by: B.Dot | Posted in: Blog, Newsstand Stan

T.I. discussed his new album King Uncaged with Rolling Stone and said the project will be as significant as 2pac’s double masterpiece. In terms of content, don’t expect T.I.P. to brag about packing heat.

“Some songs talk about my time in prison — how I was affected by that, the way I’ve grown from that, things I see now that I may have not seen then. Sometimes I talk about love, some songs I talk about life, some songs I talk about me being the shit on every level.”

So far, T.I’s created over 60 songs and has been working with producers Jim Jonsin, DJ Toomp, and Buckwild.  Uncaged King’s due out August 24th.

Heads up: NR

Dame Dash’s Words Of Wisdom

Friday, April 16 2010 12:24 PM EST | Posted by: B.Dot | Posted in: Blog, Focus

Inside Dame’s DD172 art gallery, the Roc-A-Fella founder drops a jewel on commanding respect and the importance of artists (specifically Curren$y) having interstate relations.

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