Will all the chitter-chatter about the BP3 final tracklist, it reminds me of the stir that started when this ad first emerged for The Black Album. This woulda been a hell of a concept. Oh well. Props: THExKM1 Sidebar: We still haven’t got confirmation on the producers of the new songs. But of course, there’s a Wiki list. Let’s see if it holds up.
It’s deeper than Mad Max.
Director Anthony Mandler reveals the idea behind Jigga’s next visual:
“There’s a tone and feeling to the song, there’s a militia, a march and a kind of rambunctious energy to it that, for me, I immediately wanted to tap into. I showed [Jay] some references from the classic rebellious zones of the world. We live in very orderly society in America, but when you get into Brazil, you get into the Middle East, you get into Africa, you get into Eastern Europe, when you get into places like that, there’s a different sort of ‘we run this town’ [going on]. There’s less order and more chaos. So we looked at a lot of those references, new photos and historical photos, to capture that kind of falling-apart feeling.”
“We wanted you to feel uneasy throughout the piece,” he said. “We wanted there to be a constant layer of tension through the piece. Even in the way I shot — where the camera comes by Jay, it doesn’t stop on him, it goes to Rihanna — there’s kind of this chaos of revealing and covering and concealing. And things happen offscreen that you don’t see. I think people are really gonna flip on this.”
We better. Video drops tmw night at 8 EST on MTV.
Props: 1515 Boys
And if you’re so inclined. Another fuckin’ teaser. Smh. Can we stop stretching content? Geesh!
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Um, back in my day, we called this an EP. See: Show and AG/PR and CL.
That’s right, no Kanye clearances, Santigold or “Ignorant Shit” covers. Mr. You The Fuckin’ Best is hittin’ retail with just his very best on this reissue due Sept. 15th. These are the songs you hear on the radio ALL THE TIME. As you can see, “I’m Goin’ In” is even included. With no Jeezy? Don’t know about that. But at least we got the new “Fear” joint, hopefully it’s better than “The Winner.” I fucks with Tha Bizness but that track gives me the creeps.
Props: Rap-Up
Previously: Drake To Re-Release “So Far Gone”
Will all the chitter-chatter about the BP3 final tracklist, it reminds me of the stir that started when this ad first emerged for The Black Album. This woulda been a hell of a concept. Oh well.
Props: THExKM1
Sidebar: We still haven’t got confirmation on the producers of the new songs. But of course, there’s a Wiki list. Let’s see if it holds up.
[vodpod id=ExternalVideo.866642&w=425&h=350&fv=%26rel%3D0%26border%3D0%26] “Ah man, that was alright.” I didn’t even know there was an “Exhibit B”. Now this is some good hip-hop shit. Dante and the hometown boy delivered this past Monday. Just watch. Spotted: NR Update: It’s “Exhibit A (Remix)”. Clear? Cool.
[vodpod id=ExternalVideo.866643&w=425&h=350&fv=%26rel%3D0%26border%3D0%26] TMZ got some footage of Shaq in the ring with one of the greatest boxers of our time. If this is how Shaq’s reality show which debuted last night is, I might have to check it out. This is pretty entertaining.
Kelis has gone to great lengths to keep her and Nas’ child’s image from being snapped. But someone at a recent industry event she attended betrayed that trust. The Internets have no conscience. Props: Natasha Sidebar: Cute kid!
[vodpod id=ExternalVideo.866647&w=425&h=350&fv=%26rel%3D0%26border%3D0%26] Wow, there’s video of the craziness goin’ down in Croatia. Damn, let The Carters vacay in peace. Some of our media brethren don’t know how to act. Where’s Norm? Props: Necole Bitchie Update: “If he hits you with that camera, fuck him up.” (c) Hov D Dot got more footage. Update 2: Now ripped to YouTube. Put your late pass away. [vodpod id=ExternalVideo.866649&w=425&h=350&fv=%26rel%3D0%26border%3D0%26] Update 3: Hey, Julius toss a tripod, catch a case.
“Don’t call it a comeback. I’ve been here for years.”
Hey, does Whitney say something about “you think that your shit don’t stink” here? You wanna talk about attitude? Well, ole girl got it on her album’s closer. Call me crazy, but this sounds like the big fuck you to B. Brown.
“It took me all these years/ To realize that you don’t belong here/ I can do better/ You say I’d never do better/ Yeah, right whatever.”
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Sidebar: Tell Mr. Brown to blame Robert on this one. Here’s Kells demo version. And you say, Chi-City!
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[vodpod id=ExternalVideo.866652&w=425&h=350&fv=] The 18th Letter salutes the hometown but he’s not sleepin’ on Drizzy and the new generation. “You gotta give it up to Jay. He’s holding New York right now,” Rakim said. “You have brothers like Fabolous that’s holding New York right now. Rap is spread out right now. It’s like the NFL last year. A lot of the teams we thought was going to the Super Bowl last year didn’t make it. You have young teams that people […]
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