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Giveaway: Tickets to see Juicy J this Friday at Showbox at the Market in Seattle
Posted by Andru Edwards Categories: Concerts / Tours, Site Announcements, Site Features, Hip-Hop & Rap,
Hip hop fans, Three 6 Mafia's award-winning Juicy J is on his way to Seattle's historic Showbox at the Market. If you're a fan of his hybrid music style, then you'll wanna be there this Friday, May 31st, to see him perform live in concert, and we are holding another concert ticket giveaway to get you there.
Lucky for you, our friends at Monster and AEG Live wanna get you in the building, and we have tickets to give away to get you there. How do you enter? Simply use the widget below! We've got a lot of ways for you to enter, but don't check off any that you don't actually perform. If you do, you'll be eliminated. Also, note that one of the options grants you ten entries. Might wanna give that one a look:
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Giveaway: Tickets to see Ozomatli this Sunday at Showbox at the Market in Seattle
Posted by Andru Edwards Categories: Concerts / Tours, Site Announcements, Site Features, Hip-Hop & Rap, Jazz, Latino,
Brewing a vital concoction of Latin salsa, urban hip-hop, and jazz-funk, Ozomatli is on their way to Seattle's historic Showbox. If you're a fan of their hybrid music style, then you'll wanna be at Showbox at the Market on Sunday, May 26th to see Ozomatli live in concert, and we are holding another concert ticket giveaway to get you there.
Lucky for you, our friends at Monster and AEG Live wanna get you in the building, and we have tickets to give away to get you there. How do you enter? Simply use the widget below! We've got a lot of ways for you to enter, but don't check off any that you don't actually perform. If you do, you'll be eliminated. Also, note that one of the options grants you ten entries. Might wanna give that one a look:
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Giveaway: Tickets to see Fabolous tonight at Showbox Market in Seattle!
Posted by Andru Edwards Categories: Concerts / Tours, Site Announcements, Site Features, Hip-Hop & Rap,
If you're in Seattle and you're a fan of hip hop, then you'll wanna be at Showbox Market tomorrow night to see Fabolous and Pusha T live in concert.
Lucky for you, our friends at Monster and AEG Live wanna get you in the building, and we have tickets to give away to get you there. How do you enter? Simply use the widget below! We've got a lot of ways for you to enter, but don't check off any that you don't actually perform. If you do, you'll be eliminated. Also, note that one of the options grants you ten entries. Might wanna give that one a look:
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Giveaway: Tickets to see Machine Gun Kelly tomorrow at Regency Ballroom in San Francisco!
Posted by Andru Edwards Categories: Concerts / Tours, Site Announcements, Site Features, Hip-Hop & Rap,
Machine Gun Kelly, the 23-year-old hip-hop sensation known for his unmistakable rapid-fire flow, is coming to the Regency Ballroom in San Francisco tomorrow night as part of the Lace Up Tour, and we are giving away two pairs of tickets to the show. Dude was named the Hottest Breakthrough MC of 2011, so you know he's got skills.
Now, our friends at Monster and AEG Live wanna put you and a friend inside the Regency Ballroom to experience MGK's lyrical prowess. How do you enter? Simply use the widget below! We've got a lot of ways for you to enter, but don't check off any that you don't actually perform. If you do, you'll be eliminated. Also, note that one of the options grants you ten entries. Might wanna give that one a look:
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Diddy says singing on Last Train to Paris was difficult
Posted by Andru Edwards Categories: Artist News, Upcoming Releases, Hip-Hop & Rap, R&B / Soul,
Diddy admitted singing on his new album was “nerve wracking”. The hitmaker - best known as a rapper and businessman - said his move to showcasing his vocal prowess on new album ‘Last Train To Paris’, released by his new group Dirty Money, was particularly daunting. He told NME: “There’s definitely nerves. It’s nerve wracking because there’s more singing for me, and being on tour with bandmates. You have a new concept, and it took people a while to buy into it. But as we’ve started performing they’ve started buying into the concept. And now people have expectations.”
Diddy - who is joined in the group by singers Kaleena Harper and Dawn Richard - added returning to the music industry after a four year break, some people have forgotten how strong a back catalogue he has. He said: “I think a lot of times people forget how many hits I’ve had. I take pride in having hit records that still play in clubs now. I take people on a musical journey, and when we bring that up to date, it just gets more intense.”
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Lil Wayne to face copyright infringement lawsuit
Posted by Andru Edwards Categories: Artist News, The Charts, Hip-Hop & Rap,
Lil Wayne is to be handed a court summons in jail. The rapper - currently incarcerated at New York’s Riker’s Island prison on weapons charges - faces a fresh legal battle after his expected release on November 4, as a producer has launched a copyright infringement lawsuit against him.
Michael ‘Mali Boi’ Bradford is claiming for unpaid royalties he believes he is due for creating the beat to Wayne’s single ‘Mrs. Officer’. He says he came up with the rhythm five years before it was reworked by Deezle, who is credited as the producer of the track. Deezle is also reportedly launching legal action, saying he has not been paid royalties for the 2008 single, from Wayne’s breakthrough ‘Tha Carter III’ album.
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Kanye’s all-star album line-up for My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy
Posted by Andru Edwards Categories: Collaborations, Upcoming Releases, Hip-Hop & Rap,
M.I.A, La Roux and Alicia Keys, among others, are set to appear on Kanye West’s new album. The ‘Runaway’ rapper announced his fifth album will be called ‘My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy’ earlier this week, and while Kanye has previously confirmed certain stars will appear - including Jay-Z, RZA and Beyonce Knowles - it seems his guest list is much longer than previously thought. As well as those previously mentioned, Kanye said he’s also been in the studio with Kid Cudi, Mos Def and Santigold and that indie musician Justin Vernon is “all over” the album.
One track which has already been leaked, ‘Lost In The World’, features Justin’s vocals. Kanye’s celebrity album cast could be part of his striving to fill the gap left by ‘King Of Pop’ Michael Jackson’s sudden death last year, a role he sees himself in line to fulfill. He told the Daily Mirror newspaper: “With the passing of Michael Jackson, I feel a responsibility to bring things to our generation that can inspire and bring real culture to pop culture. I don’t sleep anymore thinking how we are going to fill this gap, and create something to inspire on the level he did.”
Although Kanye has mentioned a large number of people involved with ‘My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy’, he lines are blurred between which artists will appear on the commercially released album and who will appear in his G.O.O.D Fridays series, which has so far seen mainly extended and remixed versions of tracks from the albums featuring a number of rappers and producers. ‘My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy’ will be released on November 22.
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50 Cent Exploring the Dance Genre
Posted by Andru Edwards Categories: Artist News, Upcoming Releases, Dance, Hip-Hop & Rap,
50 Cent, who previously claimed that hip hop is “dwindling away,” has already started to record a dance album inspired by club music he’s heard while touring Europe.
“I went to a nightclub after party. It was different music after a while. The music they were playing before they were playing the music I created was more up-tempo, more dance,” he explained. “I wanted to make a song like that, so I went into the studio. Because I’m traveling with my live band, I took the band with me and we sequenced it and recorded the actual record while we was out there.”
The “Baby By Me” rapper said he hopes the new record - working title Black Magic - will show his full diversity as an artist to people.
“I won’t allow myself to be placed in a box where I can only do one style, or do one kind of music,” he added. “They should expect the unexpected on this one. If they can understand how I enjoy different genres of music and different styles, for the people who have various tastes in music, they’ll really like it.”
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Jay-Z Working to Stay Relevant
Posted by Andru Edwards Categories: Gossip, Hip-Hop & Rap,
Jay-Z fears he is growing too old for hip-hop.
The “99 Problems” hitmaker admits he is aware that most artists in the genre are under 30, and as he approaches 40, staying relevant is harder - unless audiences change. He said:
“Hip-hop saved my life. When someone does something for you, it’s only right you repay that tenfold, and that was what hip-hop did for me. How could I not protect that or leave it in a good place for the next generation? The reason you turn off the hip hop as you mature is because there’s not enough of what you’re going through in your life currently. There’s not a lot of people who have come of age in rap because it’s only 30. As more people come of age, hopefully the topics get broader and then the audience will stay around longer. But it’s so much viewed as a young person’s sport right now at this present moment that it’s very difficult. You want to get on the radio, and you’ve got to make a jingle that’s catchy, that sounds like everything else that’s on the radio. Not me, the other guy.”
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Quote of the Day: Natalie Portman on Obscene Hip-Hop
Posted by Veronica Santiago Categories: Gossip, Hip-Hop & Rap,
“Really, really obscene hip-hop. I love it so much. It makes me laugh and then it makes me want to dance. Those are like my two favorite things, so combined . . . I’ve been listening a lot lately to “Wait (The Whisper Song)” by the Ying Yang Twins, where the lyrics are like, ‘Wait ’til you see my d***—which is just amazing because it’s whispered. [whispers] “Wait ’til you see my d*** . . . ” [laughs] Crazy. So I just listen to it like I’m a five-year-old, like, ‘Oh my god! I can’t believe he just said that!’”
-Natalie Portman talking to Jake Gyllenhaal about her current musical preferences for Interview magazine.
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