Author: B.Dot

Hi-Tek Reminisces Over Rawkus

[vodpod id=Video.2945480&w=425&h=350&fv=] Hi-Tek reflects on his days at Rawkus Records with XXL. He says he left the label after getting stuck for his paper. “It was an issue for me, a big issue for me at a point in time, with Rawkus because I was producing a lot of [their] records. I wasn’t making no money so we kinda had a little business fall out, but I love Rawkus for what they did for me and my career. I take […]

Freddie Gibbs Followed 50’s Blueprint

[vodpod id=Video.2944901&w=425&h=350&fv=configParams%3Dvid%253D476441%2526uri%253Dmgid%253Auma%253Avideo%253Amtv.com%253A476441] Gangsta Gibbs tells MTV that he followed 50 Cent’s mixtape hustle to get signed to Interscope Records in 2005. Unfortunately he was dropped two years later. “I locked myself on the fourth floor of Interscope — there wasn’t no development, there was nobody telling me what to do, how to write hooks. Every lyric came from me, every concept, just a depiction on my life,” he explained. “There was no telling me how to do this, proper etiquette […]

50 Cent’s BISD Strikes Gold

Despite the slow start, 50 Cent’s latest album Before I Self Destruct, earned him another plaque. Released last November, the LP earned its RIAA gold certification last week. It also became the third most successful rap album of ’09. Congrats, Curtis. Examiner

Lupe Concurs With Bill O’Reilly

[vodpod id=Video.2941879&w=425&h=350&fv=configParams%3Dvid%253D476401%2526uri%253Dmgid%253Auma%253Avideo%253Amtv.com%253A476401] Speaking with MTV, Lupe addresses Bill O’Reilly‘s comparison of Chicago’s South Side to Haiti. Pardon Bill’s hyperbole, but nothing comes close to the conditions in Haiti. Prior to the quake, the nation was (is) the poorest in the Western Hemisphere. In 2008, 80% of the population lived under the poverty line. Obviously, that number’s since increased. Third world democracy, indeed. LupeEnd