Jay-Z and Rihanna Set to Headline “Hackney Weekend” As Part of 2012 London Olympics
JAY-Z AND RIHANNA SET TO PERFORM ACROSS THE POND AT THE 2012 SUMMER OLYMPICS
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Paypa Drops New Mixtape “Henny On the Rocks 2: The Bottle”; Talks Recording Process and Working With Raekwon
(AllHipHop News) Earlier today (April 26), Chicago-bred, California-raised MC Paypa released his new mixtape, Henny On the Rocks 2: The Bottle, for free online. Henny On the Rocks 2: The Bottle features 11 tracks and boasts guest appearances from the likes of Raekwon, JD Era, Shontelle, Naledge, Chip Tha Ripper, Theory Ole, Nick D’s, and Emilio Rojas. The S.R.C./Universal lyricist drops his new project just six months after the first Henny On the Rocks was released, which featured Chris Brown, Marcus Manchild, Ya Boy, Malik Yusef, and Nipsey Hussle. About the project and his creative state of mind while recording, Paypa told AllHipHop.com, “H.O.T.R. 2 was really easy for me to put together, because I knew where I wanted to go. I had so much bottled up, hence the name “The Bottle” – so much stuff that I wanted to say and wanted to talk about and get off my chest. “There were things that bothered me and I just went in and elaborated on all of it.” Paypa continued, “I had a lot of time to think while I was out on the road and on tour and that was a huge learning experience for me. The last year has been such a year of growth and development and I just wanted to pour it all out.” Paypa also told AllHipHop.com how he decides who he wants to work with on a song: “It all starts with the music for me, man. I go in the studio and just pick a beat and figure out what the beat is saying and how I want to approach it, and I come up with the record. Then I sit back and figure out who would sound good on it.” “I choose to collaborate with people that I’m fans of and admire their work,” Paypa said. “I’ve got Emilio Rojas on this tape who is an up and coming MC who’s absolutely incredible. Raekwon’s on there who is an absolute legend, and who I’m just lucky to have the opportunity to have on my mixtape.” Check out the tracklisting and download Henny On the Rocks 2: The Bottle below: Check back tomorrow for AllHipHop.com’s full interview with Paypa.
Spike Lee’s “Do the Right Thing” Spin-Off – “Red Hook Summer” – Set For Summer Release
“DO THE RIGHT THING” & CHECK FOR SPIKE LEE’S FILM “RED HOOK SUMMER”
EXCLUSIVE: Knocking Madness, Hopsin Talks Travis Barker and Childish Gambino Dreams
HOPSIN READIES “KNOCK MADNESS” ALBUM; COLLABORATES WITH BLINK-182’S TRAVIS BARKER
El-P Announces Tour Dates With Killer Mike and Mr. MFN eXquire in Support Of “Cancer4Cure” Album
(AllHipHop News) Brooklyn native and one-third of Hip-Hop group Company Flow, El-P, has announced tour dates in support of the release of his upcoming fifth solo studio album, Cancer4Cure. The 21-date tour is being presented by Karmaloop and will feature such openers as Killer Mike, Mr. MFN eXquire, and Despot. In addition to the tour announcement, El-P also released a new album track for fans to preview titled “Tougher Colder Killer”, which premiered on Pitchfork and features tourmates Killer Mike (for whom he just produced an entire album) and Despot. “Tougher Colder Killer” finds El penning an apology to the mother of a man he killed on the battlefield, and descends into a savage back-and-forth between himself and his fellow MCs. El-P’s upcoming album, Cancer4Cure, is set for release on May 22 through Fat Possum Records. This is the Brooklyn native’s first album with the label, as his past solo projects were released through Definitive Juxx. He will host an album release party/tour kickoff event on May 21 at Santos Party House in New York City. Check out the dates below for the tour presented by Karmaloop: 5/21 – New York, NY (Santos Party House) *# 6/19 – Atlanta, GA (Masquerade) 6/20 – New Orleans, LA (House of Blues) 6/21 – Dallas, TX (Granada) 6/22 – Houston, TX (Warehouse Live) 6/23 – Austin, TX (Mohawk) 6/25 – Phoenix, AZ (Crescent) 6/26 – San Diego, CA (Casbah) 6/28 – Los Angeles, CA (Echoplex) 6/29 – San Francisco, CA (Regency) 6/30 – Portland, OR (Hawthorne) 7/1 – Seattle, WA (Neumo’s) 7/2 – Vancouver, BC (Fortune) 7/5 – Minneapolis, MN (Fineline) 7/6 – Chicago, IL (Bottom Lounge) 7/7 – Cleveland, OH (Grog Shop) 7/8 – Ann Arbor, MI (Blind Pig) 7/9 – Toronto, ON (Hoxton)*# 7/11 – Boston, MA (Paradise) 7/12 – Providence, RI (The Met) 7/14 – Philadelphia, PA (Trocadero)* 7/15 – Washington D.C. (Rock and Roll Hotel) [*No eXquire; #No Killer Mike] El-P’s Cancer4Cure album will be released on May 22.
T.I. and Ludacris Set to Headline “2012 Atlanta Music Midtown Festival” This September
(AllHipHop News) Organizers for the 2012 Music Midtown Festival have announced T.I. and Ludacris as participating headliners for their two-day event, to take place on September 21-22 at Piedmont Park in Atlanta, Georgia. T.I. will be one of the headliners on Saturday, September 21, along with indie rock band The Avett Brothers and the 11-time Grammy Award-winning Foo Fighters. Ludacris will headline on Sunday, September 22, along with Pearl Jam, mash-up DJ Girl Talk, and Florence + the Machine. Others acts slated to hit the stage over the course of the festival include Joan Jett and the Blackhearts, Van Hunt, Civil Twilight, O’Brother, and LP. The Music Midtown Festival was first held in 1994 and for the next 11 years, until 2005, when organizers put the festival on a hiatus due to declining attendance and ticket sales. The festival was relaunched last year as a successful one-day concert, and will return this September as a two-day event. Tickets can be purchased beginning on April 28 at 12PM as part of a limited-time-only “early-bird special” – one-day passes are $55 and two-day passes are $100, and will increase to $65 and $120, respectively. V.I.P. and Super V.I.P. tickets will also be available for purchase. For tickets and more information, visit MusicMidtown.com
Nas Announces Release Date For 10th Album, “Life Is Good”
(AllHipHop News) Def Jam Recordings and Nas have officially announced a July 17 release for the rapper’s tenth studio album, Life Is Good. In a recent interview with MTV, Nas spoke on the ideas behind the music itself and some of the unexpected collaborations that he was involved with during the recording process. “A lot of the tracks have been my ideas – like I would take an idea from one of the guys that I’m working with, and try and put it together with a different sound that I had in my head with someone else and just try to get people to collaborate that really aren’t used to working together and to get something different from me.” It’s been four years since Nas’ last album, Untitled, which received mostly positive reviews. Untitled included the singles “Hero” featuring Keri Hilson and “Make the World Go Round.” The first single from Life Is Good, “Nasty,” hit airwaves last August and sparked the much-talked about notion that Nas would be releasing his new album before the end of the calendar year, which came and went. Nas’ next single, “Daughters,” which was produced by No I.D. will be released on May 1, four days after the visual for his current single, “The Don,” hits the ‘Net. “This album is, of course, it’s been a long time, it’s been five years since I released a [solo] studio album, so this record is everything,” he told MTV. “This is everything that I’ve got to say…I guess you got to live a little, sometimes not all the time, but you’ve got to live a little and you put that in your music and it’s coming from my life.” Life Is Good will be released on July 17, 2012.
Reks On Reteaming With Statik Selektah For “Straight No Chaser”; Album Available Now
ONE OF PREMIER’S FAVORITES, REKS DROPS HIS STATIK SELEKTAH-PRODUCED “STRAIGHT NO CHASER”
Salute the Spin Doctors!: DJ Jazzy Jeff Reminds Us Why the World Needs DJs…and His Signature Pro-Keds Sneaker
HE’S THE DJ, NOT THE RAPPER…”SALUTE THE SPIN DOCTORS” CATCHES UP WITH DJ JAZZY JEFF!
Video: The “Top 5 !llmind Beats That !llmind Is Most Proud Of”
!LLMIND BIGS UP HIMSELF AS HE LISTS HIS TOP 5 SELF-MADE BEATS…READ THE LIST!
Hip-Hop Rumors: Forget Cars, Rick Ross’ YACHT Gets Pulled Over For Smelling Like Weed!
Amidst rumors of signing Ma$e and having Suge Knight vocally admitting that he wants to “beat the dog sh*t” out of the MMG head, Mr. Rozay is having no problem staying in the headlines. TMZ reported that Ross and a number of his “pals” were pulled over during some partying they were doing in Miami…on a boat! Get this, it wasn’t even the Miami Police that “pulled” Ross over. It was the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission who claimed “the odor of weed” as grounds for them to see what was up on the boat. According to TMZ, “cops” boarded the vessel and conducted a search but found nothing, and word has it that the only reason Rozay and Co. were let go is because one of the yacht-travelers did what any rationally thinking person would do, which is throw that sh*t overboard! At the end of the day, all is well for Rozay as “the officers didn’t find any marijuana on board, no arrests were made and no further investigation will be conducted.” [youtube http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k8F3UE9qFsg&w=560&h=315]
Lil Kim Ready to Kick Off Her “Return of the Queen” Tour on May 11 in Texas
THE “QUEEN BEE” IS SET TO TOUR FOR THE FIRST TIME IN YEARS…CHECK THE DATES & CITIES HERE
Video: Skillz Speaks On the Current Role of the DJ and Previews His “2012 Rap Up”
EXCLUSIVE: SKILLZ SAYS HE ALREADY HAS PLENTY OF CELEB DRAMA FOR HIS 2012 RAP-UP!
Video: XV Headlines First NYC Show; Talks Working With Just Blaze On Debut Album
MIDWEST UP-AND-COMER XV HITS HIS FIRST NYC STAGE TONIGHT. CATCH UP ON HIM!
AllHipHop.com Presents “Five of Guru’s Most Slept-On Songs”
OUR LIST OF FIVE SLEPT-ON GURU SONGS – R.I.P. TO THE GANG STARR GENERAL!
Video: !llmind On The Beat Society Effect, Schooling NYU, and Bringing Korean Music to the U.S.
PRODUCER !LLMIND TALKS BEAT SOCIETY AND THE ILL-NESS OF HIS NEW “B.L.A.P.” PROJECT
FLICKS: Future’s Celeb-Packed “Pluto” Album Release Party in Atlanta
EVEN L.A. REID WAS AT FUTURE’S V.I.P. “PLUTO” RELEASE PARTY IN ATL! CHECK THE FLICKS!
EXCLUSIVE: Rap Legends Kurtis Blow, DMC Talk the Passing of “American Bandstand” Host and Icon Dick Clark
HIP-HOP LEGENDS WEIGH IN ON THE PASSING OF “AMERICAN BANDSTAND” HOST DICK CLARK
Wiz Khalifa and Mac Miller Announce “Under the Influence of Music” Tour with Kendrick Lamar, Schoolboy Q, and Chevy Woods
(AllHipHop News) Rostrum Records labelmates Wiz Khalifa and Mac Miller have teamed up to present the “Under the Influence of Music Tour,” set to travel across most of the U.S. this summer. “I’m really excited for this tour, for the fans, and as a fan of music myself. It’s gonna be trippy!” said Wiz Khalifa, who is preparing to release the first single off of his sophomore Atlantic Records album, O.N.I.F.C., in the coming weeks. Joining Wiz and Mac on the “Under the Influence Tour” will be Taylor Gang General Chevy Woods, as well as TDE’s Kendrick Lamar and Schoolboy Q. The “Under the Influence of Music Tour” kicks off on July 26 at the Riverbend Music Center in Cincinnati with stops in Chicago, Toronto, Boston, New York, Philadelphia, Detroit, and Pittsburgh, the city in which both artists hail from. “I’m excited to go on a tour like this because it brings a group of individuals together to move across the country as a unit to showcase great music,” adds Mac Miller. Beginning on Thursday, April 19, fans that visit LiveNation on Facebook and RSVP to the presale will have early access to tickets. General admission tickets for the “Under the Influence of Music Tour” will appropriately go on sale at 4:20PM local time on April 20 at Ticketmaster.com and LiveNation.com. Check out a full list of tour dates and cities below: July 26 – Cincinnati, OH Riverbend Music Center July 27 – Chicago, IL First Midwest Bank Amphitheatre July 28 – Indianapolis, IN Klipsch Music Center July 29 – Toronto, ON Molson Canadian Amphitheatre August 01 – Boston, MA Comcast Center August 02 – New York, NY Nikon at Jones Beach Theater August 03 – Philadelphia, PA Susquehanna Bank Center August 04 – Pittsburgh, PA First Niagara Pavilion August 05 – Detroit, MI DTE Energy Music Theatre
Mystikal Violates Probation, Returning To Prison For Three Months On May 14
MYSTIKAL HEADED BACK TO PRISON AFTER VIOLATING PROBATION
