Birdman chopped it up with Complex about his YMCMB signees, in particular, Nicki Minaj, Drake, Lil Wayne, Mystikal and also about the possibility of signing new-comer Chief Keef.
Read what he had to say below.
On Signing Chief Keef:
“I like young boy Chief. I think he’s a great young talent. I sent my hand out to him. We’ll see what happens.”
On Letting Nicki Minaj Retire From Music:
“That’s her choice, her decision. I don’t think Nicki is ready to retire. She really just started. I don’t see that in the near future for her at all right now.”
On Drake’s Next Album:
“Drake is one of the most talented people I’ve gotten to know in my life. You never know with Drizzy. Drizzy’s such a special talent. You can expect him to be creative and do something that’s never been done. I think Drake is the future of music.”
On Lil Wayne Having ‘Fell Off’:
“We do music for people who appreciate it. That’s all we can do. Keep working hard, keep grinding. Everybody is entitled to their opinion but we do what we do. We sell millions of records. Ain’t nobody ever put up the numbers we put up. That’s one to a million. That don’t really matter matter.”
On Mystikal Returning To Prison:
“Shit happens, bruh. All I can do and all we can do as a brand is just support him. When a nigga doing time, it’s important that families be there. That’s when you see who means something to you in life, when you down. We gon’ be there with him. We been there before. We know how that go. We do as much music as we can before he go, if he have to go, but besides that, when he come home, it’s right back at it. The same day that concrete touch, the same day we putting out music.”
Jadakiss got a lots of features on the tape, from Lloyd Banks, Fabolous, Wale, Styles P, Meek Mill, Young Jeezy, 2 Chainz, Waka Flocka, Sheek Louch, Gucci Mane and much more. It will be released online on Friday.
Check out the tracklist below.
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50 Cent is being sued over a song which he released three years ago online for free.
50 Cent is being sued for a song sampled in a mixtape he released three years ago.
According to TMZ, the lawsuit was filed in New York by Robert Poindexter of The Persuaders. Poindexter claims that Fif used a snippet from the band’s song “Love Gonna Pack Up and Walk Out” on his song “Redrum.”
Because 50 posted the song online for free, Poindexter feels like 50 thinks he has immunity from any copyright claims.
Poindexter says in the suit, “Fifty Cents [sic] has not denied the infringement, but appears to be basing his defense solely on a frivolous and immaterial claim that the illegal version is not being commercially exploited, but is given away for free.”
Poindexter is suing 50 Cent for unspecified statutory damage and asking for $600,000 in punitive damages, plus interest.
by: Roselilah / HNHH / Source
Rick Ross’ boat was pulled over by officers who noticed the scent of marijuana.
TMZ reports that Rick Ross was close to getting arrested this past Thursday for marijuana.
A rep for Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission says that officers flagged down Rozay’s yacht on Thursday after noticing the smell of weed.
The cops boarded the boat and searched it, but found nothing. One of the Ross’ entourage admitted to smoking weed, however claimed he threw the marijuana overboard when he saw the cops.
It worked, since no weed was found, no arrests were made. There will be no further investigation.
While Suge Knight’s wild speculations that Tupac may still be alive earned him a lot of publicity today, it looks like that wasn’t the only memorable soundbite he dropped during his interview with 93.5 KDay.
The former Death Row head honcho also threatened to put hands on Rick Ross over his song “Tupac Back.”
Later in the interview with 93.5′s Tattoo and Cee Cee, Suge Knight said that he will “beat the dog shit out of Rick Ross” if their paths ever cross. He explained that while he’s not bitter to Rozay and actually enjoys his music, he feels it’s extremely disrespectful that the MMG rapper would make a song titled “Tupac Back” when he maintains ties to Diddy, who Knight attributes to the murder of Tupac.
“I can’t sit up here and say I’m bitter to Rick Ross, ‘cus like anybody else, we don’t know Rick Ross,” Suge said. “That’s a guy who uses somebody else’s name. This guy comes from being a correctional officer. I don’t got nothing negative [against him] personally, I just feel like he do do good music, and you can’t take that from him. That boy got bars, he’s gonna write…at the same time, I feel like there’s a line you cross, and Rick Ross crossed that line. If you’re gonna be with guy [Diddy] who killed Tupac, you can’t go turn around and do a record [called] ‘Tupac Back’…Rick Ross is a grown ass nigga. I’ll beat the dog shit out of Rick Ross for manipulating these people out here.”
Pharrell is writing a travel book with designer Medda, called “Pharrell: Places and Spaces I’ve Been,” the cover has just been revealed.
The cover for Pharrell Williams‘ travel book, “Pharrell: Places and Spaces I’ve Been,” has been revealed.
The book is set to be released on October 16th, and will feature contributions from Jay-Z, Ambra Medda, Nigo and Takashi Murakami
Pharrell had previously spoke to GQ about the book, saying, “It’s just things and people that have moved me and inspired me around the world and that I am also honored to know.”
You can pre-order the book here.
Check the cover below.
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Smoke DZA’s upcoming album “Rugby Thompson” is set to drop June 19th.
Smoke DZA‘s upcoming album Rugby Thompson, is set to drop this summer through High Times Records, which is the record label associated with High Times Magazine.
The album, which is produced entirely by Harry Fraud, will drop June 19th. Action Bronson, Curren$y, Domo Genesis and more will have features on it.
Of the album, DZA says, “I’ve been a fan of High Times Magazine since I smoked my first joint. It’s an honor to be partnering with them on Rugby Thompson. Rrrright.”
By Roselilah / HNHH / SOURCE
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DJ Khaled reveals that he has another song with Kanye West, set to appear on his forthcoming album “Kiss the Ring.”
Following Kanye West and DJ Khaled’s massive hit “Way Too Cold,” DJ Khaled reveals he has another record with Kanye.
Although he didn’t share too many details on it, he says the song will appear on his upcoming album, Kiss the Ring.
Khaled told MTV, “Me and Kanye West went back in the lab and we made another record and got some features on there too. I can’t really talk about it, so expect another monstrous earthquake to hit the streets.”
by: Roselilah / HNHH / Source
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French says Ma$e sounds good, sound like he never left
The Internet was buzzing this morning after a picture was released on Twitter of rapper Ma$e with French Montana, Rick Ross Omarion and more.
We were all wondering if this means Ma$e is yet to make another comeback.
XXLMag reached out to French Montana for some details about the picture and here’s what he had to say:
“We were in a Miami studio last night and Ma$e just stopped by, we were just working on my album. We recorded two songs together—me, Ross and Ma$e. You might hear [Ma$e] on either my album [Excuse My French] or Ross’ [God Forgives, I Don’t] or both.”
He also mentioned that Ma$e hasn’t missed a beat and still sounds great: “Ma$e sounds good, sound like he never left. His flow is crazy. We’re going to let the world hear soon enough. Stay tuned. Just stay tuned.”
For the full article, head over to XXLMAG
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Prodigy of Mobb Deep talks about the supposed beef with group member Havoc, saying it’s not real.
Prodigy has now spoken out about the supposed Mobb Deep beef, which has been in the news recently.
It all started with Havoc, Prodigy’s group member in Mobb Deep, taking shots at Prodigy on Twitter. The whole thing was pretty ridiculous, Havoc confirmed, then denied that it was actually him tweeting.
Prodigy recently sat down with Cipha Sounds and Peter Rosenberg for their Morning Show on Hot 97, and Rosenberg confronted him about what actually happened, asking if it was all a publicity stunt, because Prodigy has a book and two new singles coming out.
Prodigy says, “I can’t even tell you how it happened. All I can say is that, when we got down to the bottom of it, me and Hav realized what was going on, we knew it was all bogus you know what I mean. So we kept kinda quiet, we ain’t say nothing about it, we ain’t get up on Twitter and be like yo,right away it’s bogus, so that’s probably why people think we set it up or something, you know what I mean. But we just waited for a minute.”
Prodigy clarifies that all the original tweets from Havoc were fake (i.e. not tweeted by Havoc), upon Rosenberg asking.
“Me and Havoc’s businessmen,” explained Prodigy. “We stepped back and was like, ‘Alright, how can we use this to our advantage?’” Admitting they kept quiet about the “beef” on purpose.
“We were like, ‘Alright, we got a record about to drop,’” he added.
Rosenberg responded, “So you’re acknowledging that once it became big, you said, ‘We might as well milk it for what it’s worth,’” which Prodigy then confirmed.
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