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AllHipHop At The Movies: Gangster Squad

By: Timsanchez818Category: Features

Gangster Squad, which takes us back to the 40’s/early 50’s in the city of Los Angeles when Mickey Cohan controlled the West Coast crime scene. The movie opens up with a “based on a true story” tag which is an automatic red flag that the writers have taken great liberties with the true actual story. You soon forget about that with the first scene of the film which goes to great lengths to establish the brutality and viciousness of Cohen, and it appears that this movie just might be on the right path. My hope was short-lived. Sean Penn plays the psychotic Mickey Cohen, and being one of the best actors of our generation, this role is tailor-made for his abilities. Josh Brolin is brought in to play his chief nemesis Sgt. O’Mara, a tough play-by-the-rules uncorrupted Policeman ordered by the mayor of Los Angeles to clean up the city. Ryan Gosling appears as O’Mara’s eventual crime fighting partner, Sgt. Wooters, although his character is a bit more reserved to tackle the Crime Syndicate since he’s tied up with them through his own vices. The beautiful Emma Stone plays Cohen’s red-headed vixen girlfriend, which eventually becomes the love interest of Gosling’s character. On paper this should be a great cast, kind of like my beloved Los Angeles Lakers, but aside from the Gosling/Stone romance, none of the characters are able to build real screen chemistry. The problem with gangster films is that the bar has been set so high with films where the story and dialogue are heavier than the action itself. With Gangster Squad, you get a movie with action but with very little dialogue for the actors to sink in to. Don’t go looking for a Godfather I & II, Goodfellas, Casino or Donnie Brasco. You can expect a movie more along the lines of Mobsters and The Untouchables (actually it’s too similar to The Untouchables). Anthony Mackie and Michael Pena are brought in as the token minority characters and aren’t given too much to work with either, which is disappointing since Pena really did an outstanding job in his last movie, End of Watch. If you can’t find anything else at the movies to watch, and you’re really hell-bent on seeing a Mafia genre flick, then by all means check it out. Just expect to see an embellished and glorified tale that has some decent action and dialogue sprinkled in here and there.

3 Questions With: “A DJ’s Best Friend,” Glasses Malone

By: Timsanchez818Category: Features

Watts, California, rapper Glasses Malone was touted as one of the rising West Coast stars as part of the New West Movement established in 2005. First signed to Sony Records for $1.7 million, and then later to a joint deal involving Cash Money Records and Mack 10’s Hoo-Bangin’ Records, Malone was set to fly with his debut project The Beach Cruiser. After several years of delays and musical changes to the project, Malone saw his debut album do disappointing numbers, while other young West Coast artists starting seeing the success that was once predicted for his career. However, instead of giving up and letting his disappointment get the best of him, Glasses took some time off to regroup and learn, and now he’s back with a single that’s taking off. AllHipHop.com caught up with Glasses Malone as he was preparing to release his new project Glasshouse for free download later today (his birthday, by the way): AllHipHop.com: Your new song, “That Good”, is a different sound for you. It’s like listening to a new Glasses Malone. You’re having fun with your new songs instead of being so serious like before. Glasses Malone: People are going to get mad at this, but I want to go on record saying that Y.G., DJ Mustard, and Ty$ saved the West Coast. They created a sound that was commercially viable. You could party to it, but yet it was Gangsta. When G-Funk stopped being popular on the West, Hyphy came in, and it was music that you could dance to. After that, Hyphy mutated into Jerk music because all of those kids were listening to the Hyphy sound. Jerk music wasn’t working, though, unless you were in high school, because it was a real young sound. There were no Gangster elements involved in it. Y.G., DJ Mustard, and Ty$ took things to another level by making Ratchet music popular. It gave life to the West Coast. Tyga was able to use that sound and run with it by creating “Rack City”. After that, Problem and Skeme hit the clubs with “T.O.” It’s also a sound that has connected Los Angeles and The Bay Area. Clyde Carson’s “Slow Down” mixes right into “That Good.” The song, “Function” with E-40, is mixture of L.A. and Bay Area terms. What we were trying to start with The New West Movement finally came into fruition. It was because of guys like Y.G., DJ Mustard, and Ty$, that I could make a song like “That Good.” AllHipHop.com: The Beach Cruiser was your baby, and it drastically underperformed. How were you able to deal with that and come back? Glasses Malone: First off, I was devastated. To sell only 3,000 copies the first week, was devastating and depressing. I was happy that I was finally able to put it out after all of that time, but it was not originally what I intended for people to hear. I took a lot of flak, and a lot of people were talking sh*t. People gave up on me but not my team. My boys DJ Hed, Tommy Gunz, and Fifth were there for me. Looking back, I didn’t deserve a record deal when I first got signed by Sony, and I didn’t deserve the Cash Money one either. I got signed off of the White Lightning project and that was just done off of pure skill, but I still didn’t understand music or the making of it. All I knew of it was that someone was going to give me a check for saying some rhymes over a beat. I didn’t understand the DJ’s roles in breaking and playing music, or tempos and frequencies – things you should learn before you become an artist. I don’t think I was an artist. I was just a street n*gga saying some raps over some beats, who happened to luck up and put together a great first project. I used to sell Sherm, and the only people that made money selling that stuff were the ones that knew how to cook it themselves or knew someone who could. I don’t know why I thought the music business would be any different. That’s why a lot of the biggest producers in rap are DJs or those who once were. I took a year off and just studied music and the making of it. I learned tempos and frequencies. I had to learn what was working with the audience and why it was working. I got some really great advice from some really great people. I wanted to put my own take on the sound instead of just taking it. That’s why “That Good” sounds the way it does. That’s my take on what people are listening to and people are coming around. I’m unplugged off of The Matrix. I’m talking to girls in the songs, and I don’t know why I never did before. I’m kicking myself in the a** for that. AllHipHop.com: Are you still with Cash Money Records and Mack 10’s Hoo-Bangin’ Records? Glasses Malone: Legally, yeah. The paperwork is still there, but we just have to figure some of it out. I’m not even sure if they know yet that I’ve figured out this music stuff. They probably think “That Good” is something that I just stumbled upon. When I took that record to the mixer meeting at Power 106, DJ FelliFel told me that he knew that the wheels were finally spinning inside of my head. I haven’t played anything yet for Baby, Wayne, and Mack. They only know what I’ve put out. Glasshouse is dropping on my birthday, and I’ve got bangers on it like “Let It Go” with Kid Ink and E-40. I’m just bonding with DJs now. I try to think like them when I put out a song. I want to make music that they can’t wait to play. I never got the memo on that when I first started. The streets broke my first songs, not the […]

FLICKS: Behind the Scenes of Scoe and Xzibit’s “They Ain’t Ready” Video Shoot

By: Timsanchez818Category: Features

Scoe (formerly known as Roscoe), the younger brother of Kurupt, shot the video for his single “They Ain’t Ready” yesterday (November 4) in Hollywood, California, and AllHipHop.com was on hand. Xzibit came through to support and be a part of the shoot for the Nottz-produced song, which is off of Scoe’s upcoming album, The Influence. Check out the flicks below:

Nephew to the Blues: Rapper Skeme Releases New Album "Alive and Living"

By: Timsanchez818Category: Features

Inglewood, CA rapper Skeme released his new album Alive and Living on October 16 via iTunes. As a young artist on the scene, Skeme is quickly rising up in the ranks on the West Coast as a diverse rapper that can create club music for the party people and straight Hip-Hop for the lyrical heads. With guests like Kendrick Lamar, Iggy Azalea, Schoolboy Q, and Problem, Alive and Living definitely needs to be on your list of new albums to check out. AllHipHop.com recently caught up with Skeme for a few quick words: AllHipHop.com: I had no idea that the Blues and Rock ‘N Roll legend, Howlin’ Wolf, was your great uncle. Skeme: I’ve got the music roots, man [laughter]. I can remember my grandmother telling me that he was an honest man. If he said that he was going to do something, he either did it or was going to die trying. He was a good man from what I hear. AllHipHop.com: From what you know of him, was he accurately portrayed in the movie, Cadillac Records? Skeme: That seemed about right to me. That’s what most of my other uncles are like [laughter]. I definitely thought that was kind of dead on. AllHipHop.com: Music is on your blood, but you kind of got a late start in this game…. Skeme: Right. I started when I was about 16 or 17. AllHipHop.com: Compared to a lot of other artists, that’s late. Artists usually tell me that they started rapping during their early teenage years. Skeme: There wasn’t much to do but be out in the streets or go hoop when I was growing up, but I turned out alright. I just grew into [rapping]. Not to toot my own horn, but I’ve also got a hell of a work ethic. I’m in and out of the studio on the regular or as much as one should if they want to be good at this. Practice makes perfect. I practice my a** off with this rap sh*t, and try to become as good as I can possibly be. AllHipHop.com: Aside from practicing, what else do you think has helped you to catch on so quickly? Skeme: Having a presence in the streets and relationships with artists that are bubbling out here on the coast. Always being a real dude and being genuine. As life goes on, my raps are going to get better, because I keep things on the up and up. [youtube http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ux8miLDBSwg&w=420&h=315]

Exclusive: Dogg Pound Member Kurupt Leaks "Money (Do It For Me)" From New Mixtape

By: Timsanchez818Category: MOBILE

(AllHipHop News) West Coast legend and Dogg Pound member Kurupt is teaming up with L.A.’s prominent mixtape DJ, DJ Nik Bean, for his new mixtape entitled Money B*tches Power. Guest features on the mixtape include E-40, Crooked I, Masta Killa, Ty $, Joe Moses, The Rejects. and more. With a release date of November 7, Money B*tches Power will serve as a reminder that Kurupt is still “The Kingpin” in the rap game. Kurupt is also preparing his next solo release with producers Knotch and Battlecat, along with the next Dogg Pound album “Alumni” with Executive Producers Dr. Dre and Snoop Dogg. Money B*tches Power is due on November 7. Hear the first leak from the mixtape below, exclusively on AllHipHop.com: LISTEN: KURUPT’S “MONEY (DO IT FOR ME)” FEAT. RBX

VIDEO: J. Cole and Immortal Technique "Rock The Bells" in Southern Cali

By: Timsanchez818Category: Features

J.Cole and Immortal Technique were just two of many artists who tore down “Rock The Bells” on the festival’s first stop in San Bernardino, CA last weekend. J. Cole had the ladies screaming and shouting, and Immortal Technique had his conscious Hip-Hop crowd all charged up. Check out video of these two as they brought their own unique styles to the “Rock The Bells” stage: [youtube http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-0Pj5_M_3i8&w=560&h=315] “Rock The Bells” hits Mountain View, California, then its off to New York City for some East Coast love. Check the lineup and shows here.

AllHipHop At The Movies: “The Campaign” Delivers A Timely Election Laugh Fest

By: Timsanchez818Category: Lifestyle

What’s an election year without an election-themed movie? With the 2012 election coming up in November, it’s only obvious that Hollywood is going to attempt to make a buck off of it. However, if it has to be done, why not design a comedy and pair two actors that have made an artform out of playing hilarious movie morons? That’s exactly what Warner Bros. did with their new comedy, The Campaign, starring Will Ferrell and Zach Galifianakis which opened in theaters nationwide on August 9. The story takes us to a small district in North Carolina, where a longtime Congressman named Cam Brady (Will Ferrell) is looking to breeze to another term unopposed, while he campaigns on slogans that are heavy on Jesus and patriotism. A major moral screw up by Congressman Brady opens the door for two billionaire siblings – the Motch Brothers (an obvious spoof on the real life conservative Koch brothers) – to search for a puppet politician to unseat Brady. The Motch brothers are convinced that anybody they throw their money behind can win the election, so they choose an odd-ball named Marty Huggins (Galifianakis) to face off against the vulnerable incumbent Brady. [youtube http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k7yC0iiK7a4&w=560&h=315] Even with Brady’s hysterical screw-ups, Huggins has a difficult time keeping up in the polls because of his own weird ways and so enters Dylan McDermott’s character as his ruthless campaign manager, who nearly steals the show from Ferrell and Galifianakis. The Campaign is non-stop hilarity with joke after joke coming one right after another. There are a few moments where the pranks go a little too far and seem forced – but like a good prize fighter throwing a lot of power punches, many connect. Aside from the digs at big business, the Koch brothers, and religion, the movie kind of stays away from the Democrat vs. Republican theme, and makes it more about two idiot Southern politicians doing anything ridiculous to get elected. For their first pairing, Ferrell and Galifianakis deliver the laughs as intended.

Exclusive: Sneakas Drops Off His New Single “Gimme The Loot” Featuring Boldy James

By: Timsanchez818Category: Features

A while back, AllHipHop.com premiered the track “Neighborhood Watch” by New York artist Sneakas featuring Bishop Lamont, which highlighted the Trayvon Martin shooting. Now MC Serch’s Serchlight Media is once again teaming up with AllHipHop.com to bring you the latest single by Sneakas titled “Gimme The Loot” featuring Boldy James. The song, which borrows from the classic Notorious B.I.G. original, is from Sneakas upcoming project, There’s A Rapp For That, due to be released this summer. The video for the song is expected to be released in the next few weeks. Click here to download “Gimme The Loot” by Sneakas featuring Boldy James  

EXCLUSIVE: Brother Ali Drops Off His "Stop The Press" (Produced by Jake One)

By: Timsanchez818Category: MOBILE

(AllHipHop News) Rhymesayers has teamed up with AllHipHop.com to bring you the exclusive premiere of Brother Ali’s new single, “Stop The Press”, off of his upcoming album, Mourning in America and Dreaming in Color. AllHipHop.com caught up with Brother Ali last month and spoke to him about the upcoming album and his theory on having “heart block” rather than writer’s block. Listen to the new Jake One-produced single below. Brother Ali’s Mourning in America and Dreaming in Color album hits stores on August 21. CLICK HERE TO LISTEN TO BROTHER ALI’s “STOP THE PRESS” (PRODUCED BY JAKE ONE) 

Behind The Scenes of Warren G's "Party We Will Throw" Video Set

By: Timsanchez818Category: Features

This past weekend, on the outskirts of Downtown Los Angeles, Warren G shot a new video for his song “Party We Will Throw” featuring Game, which is the new single off of Warren’s collaboration EP with Nate Dogg. AllHipHop.com was on hand to get a little behind the scenes footage. Check out our pictures and video below: [youtube http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mXWsVGrk1xA&w=560&h=315]

“Rack City” Producer DJ Mustard Personifies Ratchet Music for a New Hip-Hop Generation

By: Timsanchez818Category: Features

For the last year and a half, West Coast producer DJ Mustard has been killing the clubs and the radio waves with a sound that the streets of Los Angeles have named “Ratchet Music.” Having produced hits for the likes of Tyga and Y.G., DJ Mustard has become one of the most sought out new producers with artists looking for his heavy bassline and snap sound. All in all, Ratchet Music is simplistic and even a reworking of previous musical trends, but there’s no denying its popularity, especially with the females. AllHipHop.com caught up with the young rising California producer to talk about his sound and style: AllHipHop.com: What made you decide to roll with DJ Mustard as your moniker? DJ Mustard: Dijon is my first name. One day, my cousin was playing with a Mustard bottle, and he started calling me Mustard. It’s stuck with me ever since. AllHipHop.com: No other name before that? DJ Mustard: I’ve always been Mustard. AllHipHop.com: I’m looking at a picture of you right now and you’ve got a huge gold and diamond Heinz Mustard bottle as a chain. Is that “Rack City” money right there? DJ Mustard: [laughs] Almost. AllHipHop.com: How long have you been making beats? DJ Mustard: Probably like two and a half years. AllHipHop.com: Say what? You’re still new to this then. DJ Mustard: Yeah, I’m real new. AllHipHop.com: There are dudes who have been making beats for years, and they haven’t been on the radio yet. DJ Mustard: I just take it as a blessing. I’ve been DJ’ing since I was a child. My uncle let me DJ at a family party when I was like 11 years old. It was all older music, but I was familiar with it because of previous parties. After that, I started to frequently DJ more as I got older. As for beats, I watched a lot of my producer homies, and then I was able to grasp on to it. I just kept trying and trying, and then one day, I finally got it. That process took me like a year. [youtube http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AE3yia1AJeQ&w=560&h=315] AllHipHop.com: What led you to create the style of music that you are known for? DJ Mustard: Los Angeles wasn’t known for dancing and having a good time. For years, the music had been gang oriented. I just wanted to make music for people to have fun to and to bring the party back to L.A. I want people to have fun and not to worry about fighting. I do this for the crowd. AllHipHop.com: You’ve worked heavily with Y.G. How long have you two known each other? DJ Mustard: For about six years. AllHipHop.com: Did you know that he was going to one day become a young rap star? DJ Mustard: Kind of. When I first started working with him, he had a lot of haters. He still does somewhat, but there were a lot more back then. Now here on the West Coast scene, people are a little more happy. There’s less hating going on between the artists. We aren’t doing this to be violent. We are doing this to bring the West Coast back to the spotlight. AllHipHop.com: I can imagine the resistance that you felt at first with your music, because a lot of West Coast rap fans probably felt that you weren’t being true to the West sound. DJ Mustard: I felt some of that hate, but it never bothered me. I knew that it was going to catch on, and that people were going to roll with it. If the streets roll with you, then you don’t ever have to worry about anybody else. [youtube http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FwL3UeQ0ECU&w=420&h=315] AllHipHop.com: You use snaps in a lot of your beats, and they’ve been around forever, but your snaps are super crisp with an echo sound. DJ Mustard: For a lot of my beats, I use the same snap and the same 808s. I hardly ever use anything different. Those two things together just make people want to dance. You can’t resist it. It’s ear candy, and when you hear it, you want to dance. These things have been around like you said, but when you present it in a different way, it rejuvenates everything. AllHipHop.com: I’ve seen people criticize the “Rack City” song, but the beat has received a lot of praise. DJ Mustard: It started off as a fast beat. I was in the studio just making a beat for YG, and I never thought that it would become what it became. Tyga was looking for beats, and I didn’t know what to send him. I ended up sending him the “Rack City” beat and he had the song done in less than two days. I mixed it the following day and we put it. The song took off from there. AllHipHop.com: I love the bassline for that track. DJ Mustard: I listen to a lot of country and western, so that’s an inspiration sometimes. I also love that old school sound like the way that DJ Battlecat makes his beats. I want to try to capture all of that but in a new way. AllHipHop.com: The style has been called, “Ratchet Music.” DJ Mustard: “Ratchet” can mean a good thing or a bad thing. The way that I see it as far as the music is concerned, it’s people having fun. You can go to a turned up party, and that can be “Ratchet.” AllHipHop.com: You’ve made hits for YG and Tyga. Who else have you produced for? DJ Mustard: I just did tracks for Red Cafe, Bow Wow, and Meek Mill. There’s a lot of other artists, too. The phone’s been ringing a lot. People want stuff that sounds like “Rack City”, but I also do other type of beats. I can make R&B and serious tracks – not just the club bangers. Every time I send an artist those type of tracks, they tell me that they want the stuff that I make […]

AllHipHop At The Movies: “Dark Shadows”

By: Timsanchez818Category: Lifestyle

Warner Bros. has reached into the past and brought back to life the story of the cursed Barnabas Collins and his family in their new release, Dark Shadows, which opens today (May 11) in theaters nationwide. Once a television soap opera type series in the 1960s, Dark Shadows is the story of the wealthy Collins family that leaves the Old World for the New World in the 18th century to broaden their riches by starting a fishing business in Maine. As the family prospers, the Collins family builds an amazing 200-room palace dubbed Collinwood Manor, and due to their business being the main source of income in their area, the city is named Collinsport. Young Barnabas Collins, enjoying the fruits of his family’s wealth, galavants around Collinsport as the town’s playboy. Unfortunately for Barnabas, he becomes romantically involved with a young female servant of the house and breaks her heart. Why is this bad? Well, it turns out that the young maid is also secretively a very powerful witch. So powerful, that she causes Barnabas’ parents to die in an “accident” and puts a spell on his new love, Josette, that makes her leap off of a steep cliff to her death. If that isn’t punishment enough for the heartbreak, the young witch also puts a spell on Barnabas that turns him in to a vampire, and leads the town in condemning him to a chained coffin in which he’s buried alive. [youtube http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ePV8WGngJRQ&w=560&h=315] Fast forward 200 years later, Barnabas is freed from his grave and returns to Collinsport in the “groovy” 1970s and sets to return his family (distant relatives that took over Collinwood Manor) to prominence. Johnny Deep, who has a history of choosing odd roles, once again teams up with director Tim Burton who has a history of choosing to make odd movies. It’s the duo’s eighth movie together, in fact. So how does Dark Shadows fare under them? To be honest, it is a very ridiculous story, but Depp and Burton use that to their advantage to create a humorous two-hour experience. The makeup heavy Depp (a la “Edward Scissorhands”) gives Barnabas Collins a touch of charm as the vampire rediscovers life, love, and vengeance in the ’70s. Helena Bonham Carter, also one for odd roles and a frequent collaborator of Burton films, brings delightful life to her role as Dr. Julia Huffman, the family psychiatrist. Without Depp and Bonham Carter, the movie wouldn’t survive, as they are truly experienced in giving strange characters the right amount of charm, humor, and drama. Another standout is the young Chloe Grace Mortez who plays Carolyn, the rebellious teen of the house. Although a 15-year-old playing a rebellious teen isn’t too much of a stretch, Chloe (who was marvelous as “Hit-Girl” in the Kick-Ass movie) does a good job of bringing teen angst to the ’70s hippie-era Carolyn. Michelle Pfeiffer has some decent moments as Elizabeth Collins Stoddard, the current family matriarch, as well as Eva Green as the witch and antagonist of the movie. Director Tim Burton also does a splendid job of visually capturing the feel of both 18th and 20th Century of coastal New England, and musical director Danny Elfman scores the movie with music from the likes of Curtis Mayfield, The Carpenters, and Alice Cooper to give it a broad ’70s feel. I found Dark Shadows to be a fun and pleasant movie, and I feel that most audience members will, too, if they can allow themselves to get past some of the oddness and even ridiculous elements of the story.