Author: Paul “Big Homie” Duong

New Music: Drake “You Know, You Know”

Drizzy premiered a verse from this Kanye produced track last month during his San Fran show, but here’s the Thank Me Later throwaway in full. It’s tagged for now, but you know how that goes. karla via sermon Sidebar: Karla also says the “9am In Dallas Freestyle” will be mastered by 40 come June 15th as a bonus on Thank Me Later. Here’s the artwork for it by Darkie

Game Album Delayed ‘Til Late Summer

What a cruel summer. For the third time in less than a month, Chuck’s The R.E.D. Album has been pushed back due to the overwhelming releases in June and July. No exact date has been announced except for “late summer”. In the meantime, he plans to head back to the lab. His JT collab is expected to hit iTunes tomorrow. Nevermind. hhdx Sidebar: DJ Envy Interviews Game Previous Push Backs: 1 l  2

Story Behind Last Train To Paris Cover

The story goes a lil’ something like this. The cover art for Last Train To Paris is actually a photograph taken in 2008 by Australian blogger, Jarrod “Jrod” Kimber at the Centre Georges Pompidou in Paris. When Interscope reached out to purchase the photo, Jrod was oblivious that it was going to be used for Diddy’s album. “Obviously I am not a professional snapper or anything. This was taken on a holiday while waiting for my wife (who can be seen under the G) […]

Raekwon On Headlining Rock The Bells

The Wu has made previous appearances at the Rock The Bells, but this year, they will give fans 36 Chambers in its entirety. Rae tells 1515 he’s looking forward to performing the debut album for the first time ever. “We never did that before. We never sung the whole album, the 36 Chambers. That’s gonna be interesting to see these cats do some of the records that really bust hip-hop’s cherry open. I can’t wait to see this because I never […]