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Peedi Crakk On Power 99

[vodpod id=Video.3500242&w=425&h=350&fv=] Peedi Crakk stopped by Philly’s Power 99 FM and gave his first post prison interview with Cosmic Kev. He speaks on his fallout with Jay-Z, Roc-A-Fella and blowing his $900,00 budget. Towards the end of the interview, he discusses his time in jail and says there was tension with Fat Joe from him using the name “Crack”. WSHH

Lupe & Alicia Keys Song Confusion

We knew it was too good to be true. Yesterday a song entitled, “Letter To The Beat” featuring Lupe Fiasco and Alicia Keys dripped onto the net. Unfortunately, the track isn’t authorized nor will it appear on Lu’s next album, Lasers. According to Alicia’s engineer Ann Mincieli, the song’s producer Chad Hugo secretly passed off AK’s Pro Tool sessions and vocals. Apparently, the recordings were leftovers from 2007. As retribution, Ann posted Neptunes drum kits to download via her Twitter […]

Lil Wayne On The Carter Documentary

In the new issue of Ozone, Wayne explains why he tried to thwart the release of last year’s documentary,  The Carter. According to the film’s director QD3, Weezy stopped supporting the project days before the Sundance Film Festival. There was some controversy over the release of The Carter documentary. Did you feel like they emphasized the drug addiction aspect too much? Is that the reason you didn’t want it released? The fact that we didn’t want it released was business; […]

YN Editorial: Undying Love

“Like straight up, as far as Premier’s beat style and my rhyme styles. That shit we own. You can’t duplicate that shit. Never in a fuckin’ million lifetimes.” DJ Premier speaks with his hands. “Scandalous, money, greed and lust. In this trife life, there ain’t nobody you can trust.” In deep concentration, Preem cuts the opening lyrics of Moment Of Truth‘s “Betrayal” which now have added significance. The scratches are slow and plodding. Kinda like a funeral march. But tears […]

Eve Explains Leaving Interscope Records

Eve announced earlier this year that she was severing ties from Interscope Records. She gives VIBE the reasoning behind her departure and broken promises. “They promised me the machine. The machine is basically the roll out. It’s ‘Yo, when [Flirt] comes out, we’ll give you this, we’ll give you that. And that’s what made me mad. It’d be different if we didn’t have a mtg where people promised me shit. If they were just like ‘Oh we’re going to put the album out and […]