French Montana was shooting the video for his single off Mac & Cheese Part 2 (Hosted by DJ Drama) at the Trump Hotel in NYC on Wednesday and Bun stopped by.
Related: Bun B Leaves Asylum for Universal [XXL]
Bonus: The Best Part: These Are The Breaks [XXL]
After the jump, Bun also tells VIBE about his new album Trill OG and DJ Premier wanting to get on it and having two songs from Drake.
If you would have asked me this two years ago, I would have said lyricism was lacking. Like somebody would say Soulja Boy … you would say he’s not a lyricist, right? If you took a poll and said, ‘Is Soulja Boy a lyricist?’ People would say no, right?
But it’s not the words, it’s energy of what he does that’s the lyrics. It’s not the lyrics — the energy of it is the connector. The energy of it is greater than the words of it. In a sense, lyrics has been lacking in the contest of grammar and vocabulary, but the spirit and energy of it is never gone — or else the complete genre of hip-hop is gone.”
In the written piece, he lists all his separate upcoming projects with collaborators Nas, Lupe Fiasco, Mos Def, and Guilty Simpson. All of which he says you can expect this year.
Along with the album, Act III, this year too… Don’t hold your breath.
Previously: Jay Electronica: “My Dreams Are Coming True” [MTV]
The track’s producers, Hit-Boy & Chase N. Cashe, show the process of making the “Drop The World” beat.
Here’s another leak from our NahMean mixtape with John Public that’s dropping sometime next week. Stay tuned.
This track was both incredible and a gigantic pain in the ass to make. I got the original sequence from Goodwill Beats and spent literally months refining the flow. When I finally got it recorded at Willow Street, the engineer (Dave Entwistle) layered some guitars and we jacked Hendrix’s riff from “Purple Haze” as the lead melody, thinking it was a wrap. Numerous spins later tho, it felt too busy, so we stripped out the lead melody bells (which also had the original bassline in it). I sent it with just the drums, vox and flutes to my homie Jordan Scannella, and he laid a new bassline, added some Rhodes and piano stabs. Then I hit up DJay Cas to sequence some new drums. This joint was inspired by the Sensationalist Journalism episode. I think the third verse is pretty awesome.
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The project’s track list can be found after the jump.
Unkut.com released this mixtape to celebrate 6 years of Internets. In true Unkut fashion, Robbie’s ensured that this is truly a mixed tape by dropping it as one track (.mp3 file) that has been mixed by with DJ Doo Wop – for those who’ve been missing that format.
Find the track list and download links after the jump.
Previously: Capone feat. Lord Nez – Gangsta/Gangsta | Prospect – My Religion
Laws takes his flip camera on his 1st trip to LA for Grammy week. He visits DJ Khalil in his studio and plays “Hold You Down” for DJ Khalil from the Don Cannon hosted 4:57PM mixtape.
Previously: Laws – Hold You Down (prod. DJ Khalil) [NoDJ] | J.U.S.T.I.C.E. League & Don Cannon present Laws – 4:57PM (Mixtape)
Art by Shake
From the AOK Collective member formerly known as P. CASSO.
Track list + download link after the jump.
This drops later tonight. It’s a Prelude to the Vizzy’s Zone mixtape.
XV – Warmup Freestyle | Mediafire
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Previously: XV – Lift The Game + 30 Minute Layover (Cover x Tracklist)
#10. XXL’s “New Breed Of Hustlers” issue hits newsstands March 16th.
Previously: Donnis | OJ Da Juiceman | Freddie Gibbs | Big Sean | J. Cole | Fashawn | Nipsey Hussle | Wiz Khalifa | Pill
The Kid Daytona and Comunity J.U.I.C.E. present The Beach Boy Chronicles: a new series of documentary style shorts documenting his life while he records his mixtape with LRG (The Interlude,) his album, live performances along with life in New York City.
In the first episode I take VIMBY to the South Bronx, where I grew up… Check some of the homies, and talk about some of the things I used to get into back in the day. Then later I go check out this loft party for the “Girl Soldier” event with LOLA and Gin Lane. And lastly I give you a sneak peak of what me and Legendary Producer Bink! have been cooking up in the studio!
Previously: The Kid Daytona feat. Tiara Wiles – The Minimum (One Shot)
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