In between flirting with the Nokio’s baby mother, Aubrey called in to Hot 97 this afternoon and spoke on his upcoming tour with Jeezy, Lil Wayne, and Soula Boy Tell Em. Oh yeah, word on the tweets is that there’s only five days left until the ink is dry on an official recording contract.
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Fast Shout: Illroots
Ain’t nothing smile about when Killer’s around. According to Maurice Garland, “Pay Up” was originally written for Andre Young’s Detox. Bang, Bang Cha-Ching!
“My City”
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“Pay Up”
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Mo’ dopeness from Jigga’s past. Dame’s still the hypeman and Sauce Money and Foxy Brown join in on the fun. Those were the days © Archie Bunker.
Props: Lost Moments In Time
Previously: Vintage Jay-Z Live At The Apollo
Interview: Brian “B.Dot” Miller
Despite the recent drama, Young Jeezy’s been busy from the top to the bottom of the map. Last month, he dropped the mixtape, Trappin’ Ain’t Dead and announced the title of his fourth album, Thug Motivation 103. In part two of our interview, Da Snowman discusses his latest projects, Kobe, and LeBron.
The reception from your mixtape, Trappin’ Ain’t Dead has been real positive.
A lot cats thought it was an album, but I ain’t even look at it like that. When I do mixtapes, I don’t just do it like it’s just street music, I do it as if I was recording a record, a regular song. It came out good though. I got another tape about to drop with DJ Scream in a few and its called, I’m On My Way and I mean, that’s pretty much where I’m at now. I’m working on the album, Thug Motivation 103. This gotta be the one right here cause I’m going back to my roots. I just feel like it was an intervention thing. Everybody was like you need to do this, you gotta do that if you wanna be big. I was like, “man, I’m big in the hood,” I think that’s good enough. That’s who I’m supposed to be, feel me?
Asylum bumped his album up to Sept and Radric tells the 1515 Boys he ain’t go not title for it yet.
“It’s hard for me to come up with a great title,” he said of his LP. “ It’s so much going on right now. I gotta think of a good name. I thought it was coming out a little later than that, so I gotta get on my game. I’m going into the studio next week and make my whole album.”
Sidebar: Wait a minute, Snoop’s callin’ his album, Malice In Wonderland? Ha! FAIL.
Ok, I hate postin’ joints with tags but the opportunity to do three straight Miss Keri related posts was too tempting to resist. As John Brown would say, She’s a stunner.
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Interview: Brian “B.Dot” Miller
Early this morning, rumors hit the world wide web that Young Jeezy was stabbed at Luckie Food Lounge in Atlanta and later checked into Grady Memorial Hospital. Although two people were injured, Mr. 17.5 phoned in with Rap Radar to address the allegation against him. Jeezy ain’t dead…you nigga’s just lying.
Rumors are swirling that you and members of your CTE camp were hurt early this morning at Luckie Lounge in Atlanta. Care to clear it up?
Ah man, shout out to DJ Trauma. His 10th anniversary party was crazy. That was the most broads I seen in the city in a long time. The baddest broads I ever seen out in a minute. The party was off the chain.
Do you know what transpired?
At the party? We was at the bar. I know they said something broke out, but we ain’t catch nothing. We got up out of the building and we left. Headed back to the studio and kicked it.
Folks are saying that you were stabbed.
Someone like who? Something happened to me?
Uh, yeah.
Hell no! Niggas stab me? Ain’t no one dead is it? [laughs] Nah, we one hundred, quit playing. I’m a tell you something too man, you better quit listening to them TMZ-ass dudes, man. Com’on man. These internet gangstas—I mean, bitches. Nah, we good man. We one hundred. Everybody we left with was good. Club pretty much closed after that. I ain’t see nothing so I can’t tell ya. We had a ball, man. We got up outta there.
So I take it you didn’t check into Grady Memorial Hospital.
Me? I checked into a broad’s house. [laughs] If that’s the hospital, then we we’re playing doctor. I’m quite sure there’s some records, you go and check ’em. We good, all bullshit aside. Shout out to DJ Trauma for real. That was one of the flyest parties I been to in a while, man. That shit was crazy.
Great breakdown of Statik Selektah’s *Round Trip*! Honestly, this 2023 Mass Appeal release is pure boom-bap bliss from start to finish. Statik really outdid himself with those smooth, jazzy sample flips and turntable scratches, creating the exact kind of laid-back, golden-era hip-hop vibe you want playing in the background while relaxing at Denmark holiday cottages over a quiet weekend. The guest list alone is stacked—having legends like Posdnous kicking things off on the opener "Round Trip (For Dave)" alongside heavy hitters like Method Man, Raekwon, Ghostface Killah, and Inspectah Deck on "Unpredictable" makes every track feel like a proper event. Even the newer-school features like Benny the Butcher, Conway the Machine, and Joey Bada$$ fit effortlessly over the dusty, soulful production without a single wasted verse. Definitely one of his most cohesive projects in years and an easy front-to-back spin for anyone who appreciates real hip-hop craftsmanship.