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9th Wonder Gets In Twitter Fight With J. Dilla Affilliate, House Shoes

(AllHipHop News) Neptune must be in retrograde or everyone’s plans for weekend  crapped out  but the claws have come out. While Gucci Mane attempts to sell Waka Flocka like old fruit at a Farmers Market and TMZ reports on Lil Wayne’s ICU visit, 9th Wonder gots into a heated Twitter disagreement with Detroit producer and longtime  friend of the late J. Dilla,  House Shoes. The digital sparring came as a result of disparaging remarks House Shoes (birthname Michael Buchanan) made about the Zulu Nation. After 9th Wonder’s tweet to House Shoe (apparent fulfilling his prophecy) the former Little Brother producer began challenging the outspoken House Shoes’ opinion on the Zulu Nation: According to a September 2010 interview 9th Wonder had with The Examiner, the prolific producer has been a member of the Zulu Nation since Rock The Bells 2010. He was inducted by co-founder of Zulu Tribe Radio, DJ Mark Luv. House Shoes is referred to as the “Detroit Hip Hop’s Ambassador” and was the resident DJ at famed Detroit club Saint Andrews Hall. He has worked with rappers such as Guilty Simpson, Danny Brown, Elzhi and a bevvy of others. From 1994 until Dilla’s unfortunate 2006 death, House Shoes remained a working relationship with Dilla, breaking all his new music at the popular establishment and striking up a personal bond. House Shoes released his first full length project on June 19th, 2012 entitled Let It Go. [ALSO READ: 9th Wonder Recalls Making “Threat” Beat For Jay-Z]

eLHzi Announces 23-City World Tour; Schedules Fall Release For Third Solo Album “The Feed”

(AllHipHop News) Often heralded as one of Detroit’s and Hip-Hop’s best MCs, former Slum Village member eLHzi has announced cities and dates for his upcoming 23-date tour. The tour kicks off on July 12 in Ottawa, Ontario and will continue to hit cities worldwide, including Philadelphia, New York, Detroit, Warsaw, and London, before coming to a close on August 18 in Biel, Switzerland. eLHzi will also be performing at the Soundclash Festival in Toronto, Ontario on July 14 and on August 17 at Hip-Hop Kemp Festival in the Czech Republic. The hailed MC is also prepping his third solo album, The Feed, for a Fall release. He will also be premiering a number of material from The Keep on his upcoming world tour. Earlier this month, eLHzi spoke about The Feed with HHDX, saying, “I got an infinite amount of pieces; I’m trying to make [The Feed] better than ELmatic. I got music in the vaults but I’m still looking for the right tracks, I still want the right concepts to be able to put together as a collective to call it an album. I’m in like the beginning stages right now.” Producers for the album have been rumored to include Mad Lib, 9th Wonder, Black Milk, Phonte, and Alchemist. “I know Alchemist is down to put something on the album. I spoke with Phonte, and Phonte said he’s got my back on the feature side, so slowly but surely the album is coming together. But I don’t wanna rush it, I wanna make sure I got all the proper pieces and make sure it’s worthy for the fans to hear,” said eLHzi. Check out a full list of tour dates below: July 12 – Ottawa, ON – Ritual July 13 – Hamilton, ON – Casbah July 14 – Toronto, ON – Soundclash Festival July 16 – Philly, PA – Silk City July 17 – Boston, MA – Middle East July 18 – Providence, RI – Fete July 19 – New York, NY – SOB’s July 20 – Pittsburgh, PA – 720 Café July 21 – Detroit, MI – St. Andrew’s July 24 – Kalamazoo, MI – Poppa Pete’s July 25 – Grand Rapids, MI – Intersection July 26 – Chicago, IL – Sub-T July 27 – St. Louis, MO – Lola July 28 – Toledo, OH – Mickey Finn’s August 1 – Phoenix, AZ – Chaser’s August 2 – Los Angeles, CA – Key Club August 3 – Oakland, CA – New Parish August 7 – Seattle, WA – The Crocodile August 8 – Vancouver, BC – Republic August 14 – Warsaw, Poland – Miasto Cypel August 15 – London, UK – Cargo August 17 – Hradec Kralove, Czech Republic – Hip-Hop Kemp Festival August 18 – Biel, Switzerland – Royal Arena Festival For tickets and more information visit eLHzi.com.

Mike Posner Releases Music Video For New Single, “Looks Like Sex”

Earlier today (January 9), Mike Posner released the visual for his sophomore album’s first single, “Looks Like Sex.” Fans first got a taste of the electro-pop song this past November when Posner included a short teaser of the track on his mixtape, The Layover. The 21-track mixtape includes both original music as well as a few covers and was meant to hold fans over until Sky High‘s release. Joining him on The Layover are a number of Hip-Hop artists, such as Bun B, CyHi Da Prynce, Big K.R.I.T., Elzhi, Slim Thug, and more. “Looks Like Sex” was co-written and co-produced by Posner and Mason Levy. Check out the the Jason Beattie directed music video for “Looks Like Sex” below: [youtube http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fKR5CL1Ml44&w=560&h=315] [Click here to read the latest AllHipHop.com interview with Mike Posner.]