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CHAMILLIONAIRE READY FOR HIS NEW ALBUM 2007-04-09 12:56:00 Chamillionaire is ready for publishing his new album. Rapper who had last years hit single "Ridin", 24. of April in America is publishing his new album "Ultimate Victory" with appearance of Kelis, Snoop Dogg i Busta Rhymes who take part in first two singles "Not a Criminal, Part one" and "Not a Criminal, Part two". On list of guests there are also Dr. Dre, Scott Storch, Akon, Swizz Beatz, Three 6 Mafia, Pimp C, Lil' Wayne among others.
COMMON AND LILY ALLEN 2007-04-11 20:15:00 Rapper Common works with Lily Allen on new album. Common announced list of guests which will appear on his new album 'Finding Forever', planned for 10. of July. Apart from his colleague rappers D'Angelo, Kayne West and will.i.am, who worked off part of production, gust on one song is young British star Lily Allen. Lily is appearing in song 'Driving Me Wild', but that song isn't the first single that will come out. The first single will be the song 'The People', which produced Kayne West.
KRS-One - Kill A Rapper 2007-04-13 21:25:00 New single of KRS-One "Kill A Rapper
" of his new album produced by Marley Marl!What do you think about this song?
Fabolous once again reset the release of his new album 2007-04-15 16:36:00 The Brooklyn rapper Fabolous
has once again reset the release date for his Def Jam debut, "From Nothin' To Somethin'." The album is now due June 12. It was originally expected before the end of 2006, then pushed to February and most recently to March 27.He will service his second single, "Make Me Better," produced by Timbaland and featuring Ne-Yo, to radio this week."From Nothin' To Somethin'" also features production from Just Blaze, Jermaine Dupri, Polow Da Don, Jazze Pha, and Steve Morales. Rihanna, Akon, Swizz Beatz and Lloyd make guest appearances.First single "Diamonds" featuring Young Jeezy is No. 3 on Bilboard's Bubbling Under R&B/Hip-Hop Singles chart.Fabolous was previously signed to Elektra and Atlantic.
The Notorious B.I.G. death and successful 2007-04-13 21:45:00 Just like his deceased rival Tupac Shakur, Notorious
B.I.G. is continuing earning money after death
. Biggies first "Greatest Hits" album is his second album after death.You ain't nobody 'till somebody kills you, said legendary rhymes which clearly is suggesting that dead rappers for many people are more gainful than alive ones.Dead rappers become everything - icons and sufferers, images on t-shirts of their faithful followers but before everything they are gold mines for music businessman's.Second Biggies after death album is his firs Greatest hits album, it contains two until now unpublished songs - Running Your Mouth and Want That Old Thing Back. This album came out in occasion of 10 years anniversary of till today unsolved murder that shocked world in April 1997. Notorious B.I.G., known also like a Biggie Smalls,was born as Christopher Wallace in Brooklyn, New York City,and with his Ready To Die single from 1994. he became one the most important rappers of the east side and a mai
No visa for Snoop Dogg 2007-04-27 22:56:00 Snoop Dogg has been refused entry into Australia because of his extensive criminal record. This is the second time this year the rapper has been barred from entering another country.Snoop Dogg, whose real name is Cordozar Calvin Broadus Jr., was due to fly into Sydney this week to co-host the MTV Australia Video Music Awards. Snoop Dogg's visa was canceled because he had failed to pass the country's strict character test, which takes criminal convictions into account.The rapper now has 28 days to protest the decision.Earlier this month, Snoop Dogg was sentenced to five years' probation and 800 hours of community service after he pleaded no contest to felony gun and drug charges in California.In March, Snoop Dogg and fellow rapper Sean "Diddy" Combs were forced to cancel a tour of Britain after authorities denied Snoop Dogg a visa. Read more:Snoop
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50 Cent is publishing new album 2007-04-27 22:26:00 50 Cent has announced coming out of his new album. Popular rapper once again has involved his friends Eminem and Dr. Dre for his new studio material which will be named "Curtis" and will officially be published at 25. of June. The first single is song "Straight to the Bank" which is already coming up at American top chart. With Dr. Dre and Eminem, who and this time have done the production, on new album of 50 Cent guest appearance have also Timbaland, Akon, Justin Timberlake, Mary J. Blige, Robin Thicke and Nicole Scherzinger from Pussycat Dolls. Album "Curtis" ,which is named after real name of 50 Cent, Curtis Jackson, is his first album after "Massacre" which came out in 2005. and has been sold in seven million copies.
Lupe Fiasco prognose new album for October 2007-05-01 19:11:00 Rapper Lupe Fiasco
will hit the studio this week to begin recording his second album, "The Cool." He has desire to round up members of Pink Floyd to make a guest appearance on the project.His first album, last year's "Lupe Fiasco
's Food & Liquor," earned three Grammy nominations.He has also recently worked with Japanese rapper Big O on the track "City Wings," a remix of Musiq's "Buddy" and on a track from Atlantic labelmate Kevin Michaels' upcoming debut. Read more:October
MIX UP FROM BEASTIE BOYS 2007-05-01 18:53:00 New album from Beastie Boys will be named "The Mix Up". On their new album Beastie Boys announce radically different sound. First of all, explaining by Mike D, it means turning back to live instruments without sampling. Mike D, Ad Rock i MCA new album planned present on many European festivals as well as on Live Earth concert 7. July. New album is coming out in June.
Busta Rhymes Arrested 2007-05-05 10:47:00 Busta Rhymes
was arrested on a drunken driving charge on the early morning of May the third in New York, police said.Officers stopped Rhymes at about 12:40 a.m. because the sport utility vehicle he was driving had overly tinted windows. Officers then smelled alcohol on the rapper's breath.Rhymes, 34, was taken into custody on a charge of driving while impaired. An arraignment was expected later today. A lawyer for Rhymes, Scott Leemon, declined to comment, saying he would address the charges in court.Rhymes, whose real name is Trevor Smith, has had several law enforcement run-ins since last year. He is tentatively scheduled to go to trial Tuesday on two assault charges. Read more:Busta
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Bow Wow and Omarion teaming for a joint album 2007-05-11 18:15:00 Rapper Bow Wow
and R&B singer Omarion
are getting ready to start work on a joint album, a two-CD set the two plan to release before the end of the year.They expect to hit the studio before the end of May.The two performers also worked before together and are anxious to get in the studio together and start recording.Bow Wow is currently touring to promote his fifth album, "The Price of Fame."
No More Tupac 2007-05-11 17:50:00 There wont`t be any new materials of Tupac
. Official of deceased rapper confirmed that Tupac`s seemingly unfailing source of constantly new records has finally come to the end and that probably won`t be any new music published under the name of Tupac Shakur.Wealthy archive of recorded material, which left back after the dead of legendary rapper, till now has been continually published over and over on new albums which from his death reached the number of seven published albums.The last one under the name "Pac`s Life" has been published this year and includes performers like Young Buck, Ludacris or Ashanti.Tupac Shakur has been murdered 1996. at age of 25.
Busta Rhymes Rejects Plea Deal 2007-05-09 20:21:00 Rapper BustaRhymes
turned down a plea deal that would have sent him to jail for one year.Rhymes has been arrested four times in 10 months, most recently on May 3 on suspicion of drunken driving. He also faces two charges for assault and one for driving with a suspended license.In exchange for pleading guilty, Rhymes would have served one year for the assault charges, been fined $1,500 and forced to participate in an anti-drunken driving program.Rhymes' lawyer has been quoted in press reports as calling Rhymes' arrests "payback" for refusing to cooperate in the investigation into the fatal 2006 shooting of Rhymes' former bodyguard, Israel Ramirez. The case remains unsolved. Read more:Busta Rhymes
New Three 6 Mafia Album delayed To July 2007-05-09 20:14:00 After first being announced in for an April release and then moving to late May, Three
6 Mafia
's new album, "Last 2 Walk," is now on target to arrive July 3 .The moves have come to better coordinate the album with the rap duo's new MTV reality show, "Adventures in Hollyhood.""Last 2 Walk" have guest appearances by Lyfe Jennings, Paul Wall, 8Ball & MJG, Akon, the Game, Lil' Jon and Lil' Wayne.First single "Doe Boy Fresh" featuring Chamillionaire topped out last month at No. 54 on the Billboard Hot 100 and has since fallen off the chart. Read more:Album
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Kanye is finishing album 2007-05-14 15:00:00 Kanye West is getting ready to conquer the world once again. Famous rapper will publish his new album on 18. of September under the name "Graduation". Expectations for new material are very high, because of his last two albums 'The College Dropout' and 'Late Registration' have been sold in several million copies and won six Grammy awards.Anyway, without any fake modesty, Kanye West and this time is announcing the best album on the hip hop scene, hoping that it will be in nominated for Grammy award for best album of the year.Although album is coming out after the summer, Kanye has already record materials for two music videos, songs "Homecoming" featuring Chris Martin from Coldplay and "The glory" featuring Common. Read more:Kanye
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The Game Arrested 2007-05-13 16:23:00 Rapper The Game was arrested in Los Angeles on suspicion of making criminal threats after police searched his home for more than three hours. The arrest was related to an incident that occurred in February. Los Angeles Police Department declined to elaborate.The rapper, whose real name is Jayceon Taylor, was booked at the police station, and bail was set at $50,000. It was not immediately known whether the Game had hired an attorney.He was arrested in November in New York after authorities said he told a cab driver that he was an undercover police officer, persuading him to run a series of red lights.
50 Cent, T.I. Speak Their Minds On Lyric Censorship 2007-05-21 07:20:00 Top rappers 50 Cent and T.I. spoke their minds about the recent controversy over inappropriate language in hip hop.A group of urban leaders has urged the music industry to censor the words "b*tch," "ho" and the "N-word" from future hip-hop albums.50 Cent said: "It's not really a tragedy to me that that's happening.I think for a moment a lot of people forgot that our country's at war. They'll point to usage of content in music like hip-hop and say it maybe influences violence on some levels and not point to actual films that are released and have similar content. I personally believe on every level that it's easier to attack an individual than it is to go after a corporation. They'll go after a specific hip-hop artist as opposed to a Paramount or a Columbia Pictures."He also point out: "Music is a mirror and hip-hop is a reflection of the environment we grew up in, the harsh realities. If I ask you to paint a picture of the American flag and not use the color red, you'd have a di Read more:Censorship
Eminem is recording new album in secrecy 2007-05-25 12:39:00 The thing what Eminem
didin`t want to share with the public, his friend and close associate has done for him. "He doesn`t want to be known but he is working on a new album. The man is born to rap," reveals 50 Cent.Last album "Encore" Eminem published 2004. and last few years he spent working on production on albums of other performers.Rapper 50 Cent told in interview for magazine America's Blender that he is impressed with the new material that will find place on Eminem`s fifth album."He is preparing new album. He doesn`t want to say it but he is creating new music", said 50 Cent.On question is new album angry or goofy, 50 Cent responded: "Both. You know Michael Jordan was born for basketball, Floyd Mayweather to box and Eminem was born for rapping."
50 Cent Album Postponed From June To September 2007-05-25 12:30:00 The release date for 50 Cent's new album, "Curtis," has been postponed from June 26 to September
4 to allow the artist more time to complete the tracks. So far, radio has been slow to pick up on the singles "Straight to the Bank" and "Amusement Park."The promo blitz for "Curtis" is well underway, with videos for "Straight to the Bank" and "Amusement Park" already garnering airplay and a humorous new TV ad for Vitamin Water that finds 50 relieving a symphony orchestra conductor of his duties, installing DJ Whoo Kid on first viola and leading the musicians through a rendition of "In Da Club."50 will perform June 26 on the BET Awards. Read more:Album
Mims Hit With $7.5 Million Dollar Discrimination Lawsuit 2007-05-29 11:51:00 Rapper Mims has been hit with a $7.5 million civil lawsuit, claiming he reneged on a deal because of his "discriminatory" attitude towards women.The New York Post reports that Marquitta Blair, 22, filed the lawsuit in Rockland County Court.In the lawsuit, Blair claims she sent a $2,500 down payment to Mims' agents for a performance at Eugene, a nightclub in Manhattan.According to Blair, the rapper failed to show because of his misogynistic views towards women, which are a "pattern of conduct involving the belittlement and degradation of females as 'b***hes and hoe's."Blair even quotes Mims' lyrics in the lawsuit.The rapper's lyrics also came under fire in the aftermath of the Don Imus controversy, just as his single "This Is Why I'm Hot" sat on top of the Billboard charts for 15 weeks. Read more:Dollar
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Boyz N Da Hood Are Releasing New Album 2007-05-31 06:24:00 Southern rap outfit Boyz N Da Hood will release its second album, "Back Up N Da Chevy," at 7. of August.The group, which formerly featured Young Jeezy, is joined by several high-profile guests on the upcoming effort. Among them are Bad Boy labelmate Yung Joc, who appears on "We Ready" and "Nothing Is Promised."Elsewhere, Ice Cube guests on "Choppas," while Rick Ross takes the mic for "Paper" and "Table Dance." The new album is the follow-up to Boyz N Da Hood's 2005 debut, which has been sold in 383,000 copies in the United States. Read more:Album
New Kanye Album Coming Sooner Than Expected 2007-05-31 06:13:00 Kanye West's forthcoming album, "Graduation," is coming sooner than expected. The album, originally due in September, has been pushed slightly ahead to a late August release.West leaked the news through a recently released, 25-track Internet mixtape called "Can't Tell Me Nothing," which features him rapping over such intriguing samples as Daft Punk's "Harder, Better, Faster, Stronger" and Peter Bjorn & John's indie hit "Young Folks.""Can't Tell Me Nothing," the first single from "Graduation," was co-produced by West and DJ Toomp. A Hype Williams directed video for the song debuted last Friday on West's Web site.The new album will also include a collaboration with Coldplay frontman Chris Martin on the song "Graduation." Read more:Album
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