Here’s the third leak from the Students of the Culture mixtape.
The Kid Daytona – It’s Getting Kinda Hot (prod. 6th Sense) [via imflashy]
Leaks: Shawn Chrystopher – Watching Me | Wale – Wonder Why (ft. Big Sean & Mike Posner; prod. 9th Wonder)
The other guests on the show were Bria Myles and Rosa Acosta.
Previously: XXL August Cover (Fabolous & The-Dream)
I wouldn’t use the word jealousy here, but he certainly does sound mad that Interscope didn’t put up 2 mill for him.
Previously: Curtis Talk New Mixtape w/ XXL (Video)
Maino’s If Tomorrow Comes… drops June 30th.
Maino feat. Lloyd Banks & Swizz Beats – Million Bucks (Remix) | Original
Previously: Maino feat. Swizz Beatz – Million Bucks (Video Shoot) | Pics
Notorious B.I.G. @ The Palladium
RR’s B. Dot was at legendary photographer Jonathan Mannion’s exhibit opening last night in NYC and got the man himself to speak on these classic shots.
The exhibit is at Milk Gallery (450 W 15th St) and runs until July 11th.
More vids after the jump.
Get Familiar: Jonathan Mannion Talks To MTV About Classic Shoots With Jay-Z, Eminem, Lil Wayne, etc
Jay-Z’s Hard Knock Life Outtake
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Last week, live at B.B. Kings.
KRS-ONE shocks a sold out Hip Hop Legends show at BB KINGS, NYC, by taking the stage with Buckshot to perform their new track, “ROBOT,” off their collaborative studio album, “SURVIVAL SKILLS,” in stores September 15th. The event, hosted by Funk Master Flex, also featured performances by Black Moon, Smif N Wessun, Raekwon, Busta Rhymes, Naughty By Nature, and more.
Previously: Hip Hop Legends Show at B.B. Kings (Video)
Here’s the first single from Shawn Chrystopher’s A City With No Seasons.
The reason why the song is untitled is because it’s a love story, and I felt if I gave the song any kind of “love” title it would already be looked at as ‘cheesy’ and ‘predictable’ before anyone got a chance to listen to it. So this way, people get to judge the song solely based on its production and lyrics (as they should anyway). Sort of like reading a book with no cover or synopsis on the back, just you and the art. [via IM-King.com]
Check out his MySpace to pre-order his debut album for free.
El Prez – Cop Trees
Here’s part 2 of BMUSE‘s last night of “6 Shows in 7 Days”.
More video from the Mountain Bar Show in LA on the 14th. Th final installment will be in your inbox by the end of the day today or tomorrow. Revolutionary Cali Muzik from El Prez and Basicali is new and will have a verse added by U-N-I when it’s finished.
Outasight was actually supposed to perform at this show as well but I heard there were some issues that kept him off the bill. Here are some shots from El Prez, Tunji, and Tiron. All three of these guys are putting out quality music. The Los Angeles scene is looking deep and is a force to be reckoned with.
Hit the jump for some more cuts from El Prez, TiRon and the homie Tunji.
El Prez & Basicali – Revolutionary Cali Muzik
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Rick Ross is working on album number four, and the title is Teflon Don. The Bawse told us exclusively in Atlanta during the Birthday Bash concert that it’s only right he reflect on his bulletproof success on his next project.
“You gotta understand, I feel like I overcame so many things,” Ross said before he got onstage for the show. “Not only in music, but in my everyday life — being a young black man, being an entrepreneur, being a father. I learned a lot of things. I’m turning right around, putting it back into music. It’s still a lot of things I deal with. Still a lot of negativity. That’s what it is, and that’s why I feel the title of my next studio album is so appropriate.”
Ross said we’ll get the CCC (Carol City Cartel) album Custom Cars and Cycles before his solo record. The collective just put out a remix video for “Yacht Club,” and the official single is coming in July. Deeper Than Rap is far from done, though. The next official single is slated to be “Maybach Music 2,” and a video will be ready as soon as he can get T-Pain, Kanye West and Lil Wayne’s schedules to line up.
I heard something about a remix to MM2..
via Shaheem // MTV (check out the Kevin Cossom piece if you’re into R&B)
Previously: Video: Rick Ross feat. Triple C’s & Magazeen – Yatch Club (Remix)
Last night, Kanye West surprised the audience at the Los Angeles Film Festival with the debut of the short film We Were Once A Fairytale, directed by Spike Jonze. What was initially supposed to be a music video for the 808′s & Heartbreak track that now has a mind of it’s own:
In the film, Kanye plays himself drunk at a club acting belligerent and boastful, telling starstruck club-goers that the song playing in the club is his. He wanders into a side room where he encounters a beautiful woman. They start having sex and then he passes out on her leopard print dress. When he comes to, he finds himself in the VIP room with his pants down – he was hallucinating and fucking the pillow. The realization startles him and he rushes to the bathroom where he vomits what look like rose petals.
Then it gets weird.
Kanye finds a bowie knife in the bathroom and cuts into his stomach, spilling a torrent of more petals. He digs in the knife deeper and then with his hand rips out a small furry rodent, like a demon, only its quite cute. When Kanye realizes it’s connected to him with an umbilical cord, he pulls it hard, ripping it out of him for good. He then puts the demon on the sink and hands him a tiny bowie knife to fit the critter’s scale who then uses it to commit hari kari.
They go on to say that the video takes what people like and hate about Ye’s persona and pushes it to the limit, the video also “walks the fine line between self aggrandizement and self mockery.” The piece also mentions that the song has beens remixed (sort of like Paranoid was) and that it was done by Spike Jonze’ brother, Squeak E. Clean of N.A.S.A.
Link: Kanye West, Spike Jonze debut bizarre short “Nightmares” film at LAFF (via FSD)
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