Friday, April 30, 2010
0 Big Sean Interveiw w/ Honey Magazine (Video)
Big Sean sat down with Honey Magazine and spoke on meeting Kanye West, His relationships with Kid Cudi and Pharrell, covering XXL Magazine and "Finally Famous".
"People be like 'man you got lucky',[but] it's like if I was a whack ass rapper he would have been like alright 'peace. I feel like luck is when preparation meets opportunity. If that's the case then yes I'm lucky because I prepared for my moment". -Big Sean
Previously | Big Sean feat. Kanye West – "Whatever You Want" (Prod. by Kanye West) [Snippet]
0 Jay Electronica feat. Diddy - "The Ghost of Christopher Wallace" [CDQ]
New Jay Electronica, As promised!!!
Jay Electronica feat. Diddy - "The Ghost of Christopher Wallace" [CDQ]
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Thursday, April 29, 2010
0 Young Jeezy - Hood Politics (Music Video)
The good folks over at Your Audio Fix, just premiered Young Jeezy's brand new video presumably from his "Trap Or Die 2" Mixtape which should be dropping real soon.
0 Big Sean feat. Kanye West – "Whatever You Want" (Prod. by Kanye West) [Snippet]
Shouts to Perajok
0 New Music: Eminem – "Not Afraid" (Prod Boi-1da) [Tagged]
0 New Music: Drake - "Find Your Love" (Prod. By Kanye West)
Drake - "Find Your Love" (Prod. By Kanye West)
Wednesday, April 28, 2010
0 From The Vaults: Jay Z – "Maybach Music 2" (Lost Verse)
Here is an unreleased verse from HOV on Ricky's "Maybach Music 2"courtesy of Splash
"I Guess on the initial Maybach, I was way too official they ain't call Jay back"
0 Pac Div - "Don't Mention It" (Mixtape)
The Pacific Division follows up their classic "Church League Champions" Mixtape, with "Don't Mention It" boasting 13 all new tracks & collabs from the likes of Colin Munroe, Pill, Chip Tha Ripper and More.
Tuesday, April 27, 2010
0 B.o.B Feat T.I & Playboy Tre – "Bet I Bust" (Music Video)
B.o.B's debut album:" The Adventures Of B.o.B" is in stores today
0 New Music: J. Cole – "Who Dat" [Dirty] (Prod. Elite & J. Cole)
Flex dropped the bomb on this one and Miss Info, put it on the net. Unfortunately, this is the clean version. The explicit one should drop later tonight or tomorrow. Here is the dirty/mastered version courtesy of UHTN
Monday, April 26, 2010
0 DJ Skee x Game – "The Red Room" (Mixtape)
Here is the latest musical offering from Game,
featuring appearances by Lil Wayne, Birdman, Pharrell, Jim Jones, Jadakiss, Fabolous and More. hopefully this will hold you down until The Red Album drops.
0 How To Make A Classic Mixtape 101: w/ Drake (Video)
Drake spoke MTV's Sway on how he approaches Mixtapes vs. Ablums and along the way, he drops some some knowledge on what it takes to make a classic mixtape. Rappers takes notes!!
"I think that when creating a mixtape, you have to approach it with a selfless mind-set," Drake told us. "A mixtape can't be the songs that don't make your album, or songs that aren't good enough to make your album make your mixtape — unless you're that good...Before, I remember people used to be in the studio cutting songs, and they would be like, 'Oh, that song is OK. I'll just put it on my mixtape,' " he added. "Now a mixtape is an actual tool. It's a format you need. You don't necessarily need it, but it can be useful. Like with Fab and the other guys, I know they do a lot of rapping on other guys' beats. It's hard to tour like that, as incredible as it may be. Now Wayne, when the No Ceilings set comes on, it's ridiculous. It's hard to rap over other people's songs and have it be timeless. With So Far Gone, when I did flip other people's songs, half the time people didn't know what song it was. I tried to pick stuff that was new or rare or just like an album cut. But yeah, man, if I use somebody else's beat, I try to make a song out of it." -
0 New Music: Curren$y – Role Model (Prod. By Ski Beatz)
Curren$y – Role Model (Prod. By Ski Beatz)
Spotted @ 2DBZ via OS
Previously | Curren$y x Flying With Da Fishes Interview
0 T.I. – "I’m Back" (Music Video)
This is the first post-incarceration video we are seeing from Tip in support of his new album "King Uncaged". What y'all think?
0 New Music: Ice Cube – ‘I Rep That West’
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0 Wiz Khalifa Speaks On The Success of “Kush & Orange Juice”, Record Labels, Your Girlfriend & More w/ Complex
Complex: Good tip. For the people who don’t know, you’ve been in the game for a long time. What’s your writing process like and how has it changed over the years?
Wiz Khalifa: Really before I was on Prince of The City Vol. 1, and for a while after that, I would just hear a beat and go just write to it and just try to figure out a hook. I would write and just spit as hard as I could, which was cool for back then ’cause it really let people know that I was a good lyricist. Then after a while around like Star Power and Prince of the City Vol. 2, I started to really play with more melodies and singing and just trying to use different things, different swag. Just trying not to say stuff as hard, but be more about how I say it and then I kinda mixed those two [styles] together.
Now when I go in the studio I’ll hear a beat and really, I let the beat tell me whatever I want to talk about. I never really write my hooks, I just do those off the head like mixing melodies up. The singing style, that sort of developed itself cause at first I was kind of shy to sing because I didn’t think it was that tight. But people telling me that it was getting better and better. I kind of just stuck with the singing thing and now I’m at the point where I don’t write on paper anymore. I’ll just go in and I’ll lay like four bars and I’ll think about another four bars and come back and lay that, then put the hook together around that.
Complex: Do you think that there was a point where you thought, “Alright maybe this won’t work out. Maybe I should go to school and do some other stuff”?
Wiz Khalifa: I never felt like the music wasn’t gonna work ’cause I always worked hard at it and it always panned out for me. Every year it got better and better and even when I graduated high school my dad wanted me to go to college so he was like, “You got certain goals, but if you don’t get there by this time then you have to go to school, but if you do, then you’re straight.” So I kind of passed that [school] up way before he even expected.
Complex: First instinct is always the best. Switching gears, how long have your parents known you smoked? And what was their reaction?
Wiz Khalifa: [Laughs.] My mom…
Arthur Pitt [Wiz's PR/Marketing guru] interupts: You better be careful with mentioning your mom, I just got in trouble the other day. [Laughs.]
Wiz Khalifa: [Laughs.] Nah, nah, nah, she’s cool, she aight, she like that shit. [Laughs.] My mom knew I was smoking when I was 15. No, actually she knew the first time I smoked when I was in 6th grade, so around 13. I got in trouble for it and I thought weed was bad for a minute, but then I started smoking everyday! [Laughs.] So when I was like 15 she found out. She wasn’t mad about it. She was just like, “If you gonna be smokin’ give me some, nigga!” [Laughs.]
Sunday, April 25, 2010
0 Young Jeezy Feat. Plies - "Lose My Mind" (Music Video)
Friday, April 23, 2010
0 New Music: B.o.B Feat T.I - "Not Lost" (Prod. J.R. Rotem)
0 Drake Performs the 2nd Verse off "Fireworks"
Up until now, Drake had only performed the 1st verse off "Fireworks", which is the intro to his album "Thank me Later".
Previously | Drake - "Miss Me" (prod. Boi-1da) | Drake Perfoms "Fireworks"
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Thursday, April 22, 2010
Wednesday, April 21, 2010
0 No I.D Show's The Making of "Death Of Autotune" (Video)
Legendary producer and new appointed president of G.O.O.D Music, No I.D, shows how he made Jay-Z's D.O.A using his Native Instruments Maschine.
0 J .Cole Blogs About Life, Debut Album & More
"Karen finally caught up with a nigga. I was supposed to write this three months ago, but I’ve been so busy. Let me give you an example of how my day has been:
-I had to go to the studio on Thursday, so I got there around 5
-I get home around 5 in the morning
-Then I had to catch a 9 a.m. flight only to have a show in Georgia at 11 p.m. which ended at 1:30.
-So I drive back to Atlanta. Get to the A at 3:30 to catch at 6 a.m. flight to Upstate N.Y.
-I then ride to Long Island and do a show there.
That’s the type of schedule it is right now. The type of chaos I’m pretty much going through, which, please don’t mistake me, I’m forever grateful for all of it. But it is somewhat overwhelming when you go from a nigga that was doing beats in his bedroom, to try and write songs and you kind of looking for things to do. It’s hectic but its all for the best and all of this work is going to lead to something that will pay off in the end.
I’m working on the album. Oh my god! I’m like getting more excited about the album everyday that goes by, every week that passes by. People around me and my team feel I have a classic on my hands. They always want to tell me like, “Yo you good, you don’t really need anything else.” Honestly, I don’t feel like. I feel that I can drop another song that was crazier than all the other shit that was on the album. So, the album keeps getting better and better mainly due to the fact I’m not satisfied because I know all the people that are coming out this year. This is an incredible year for music. There will be a bunch of big albums in 2010. I just have to put my best foot forward basically because if not, these dudes are going to try and crush me. Like, for example, I just keep thinking Kanye is coming with some shit. I already know he is gonna kill the game, so I just want to come out and make a splash. A big splash".
Tuesday, April 20, 2010
0 The Vancouver Observer x Drake Interview (Video)
The Vancouver Observer caught up with Drake at the 2010 Juno Awards to discuss his life after music.
0 New Music: Wale – "Kini Big Deal" (Freestyle)
Continuing with his #NoDaysOff campaign, Wale drops another track via his Twitter. This time, he adds some gasoline to to fellow Nigerian MC, Naeto C's "Kini Big Deal".
Wale – "Kini Big Deal" (Freestyle)
0 Soulja Boy Speaks On New Book, SODMG Label & More (Video)
@SOULJABOYTELLEM recently sat down with Billboard for a Q&A session during which he spoke about starting his own label, pushing his new artist: J-Bar, and Soulja also dished out the details about his new book "Teenage Millionaire", which sounds like it will be pretty interesting btw. For More of Soulja Boy and Billboard's Q&A Click Here
0 New Music: Young Jeezy - "Greatest Trapper Alive" (Prod. Needlz)
Young Jeezy - "Greatest Trapper Alive"
Previously: Young Jeezy x Don Cannon: "Trap Or Die II" (The Movie)
0 Rap Legend Guru Passes Away After Losing Battle With Cancer
After a nearly two-month hospitalization, legendary rapper Guru (best known as the frontman for Gangstarr) died Monday morning (April 19), after a long battle with cancer, reports DJPremierBlog.com.
He was just 43 years old.
Solar, Guru's business partner and sidekick in recent years, told the Yo!Raps (who's PR company had been coordinating press for Guru since his hospitalization) that the 43-year-old rapper had been suffering from a "malicious illness for over a year and after numerous special treatments under the supervision of medical specialists failed".
He had tried to keep the cancer diagnosis private, but in early March, news leaked that Guru had been admitted to the hospital, suffered a heart attack, and was recovering from a mystery illness. Previous reports said he suffered from Anoxia, effects from a lengthy history of asthma and lung problems, but these new findings reveal a much worst condition.
"The world has lost one of the best MCs and hip-hop icons of all-time -- my loyal best friend, partner, and brother, Guru," Solar said in a statement. "Guru has been battling cancer for well over a year and has lost his battle! This is a matter that Guru wanted private until he could beat it, but tragically, this did not happen. The cancer took him. Now the world has lost a great man and a true genius.
"For the fans that reached out with love and support, I can't tell you how much that meant to Guru and myself. Guru prepared this letter (read below) while he was in the hospital for the fans," the producer continued. "I hope now that Guru has moved on to a better place."...
Guru (real name: Keith Elam) rose to fame in the 80s as the frontman to the legendary rap duo, Gangstarr, also consisting of DJ Premier. The group released the classic single, "Words I Manifest," which was followed by their critically acclaimed debut, No More Mr. Nice Guy, in 1989. The group went on to release six official albums through 2003, before they split and went their separate ways.
#RIP Guru
0 Little Brother - Curtain Call (Music Video)
This first set of visuals to accompany Little Brother's final album: "Leftback", which is in stores now.
Monday, April 19, 2010
0 New Music: B.o.B. Ft. Eminem & Hayley Williams - “Airplanes II”
This is probably the most anticipated track off B.o.B's "Adventures of Bobby Ray" album and will be the last I post on FWDF. If you like it you can purchase the album by clicking here or you can cop a physical copy on 4/27/10.
0 DJ Booth x Young Scolla -" Venting" (Freestyle)
Detroit emcee, Young Scolla steps into the DJBooth for the 158th entry of their DJBoothFreestyle Series. Scolla is currently working dillagently on his DJBooth/Refinedhype/Rocksmith-sponsored Potluck mixtape, set to drop in late May.
Young Scolla -" Venting" (Freestyle)
Previously Young Scolla - "Give Me A Sign Ft. Boaz & S.Money"
0 Young Jeezy x Don Cannon: "Trap Or Die II" (The Movie)
I was in Oakhurst Park [in Decatur], about this time of year in 2005, playing basketball on the blacktops. ‘You ain’t never heard of Young Jeezy?’ my homie Brandon Stephens screamed as he blasted some music out of his white box Chevy Caprice. That was when I was introduced to Trap Or Die 1. Let me introduce you to Trap Or Die 2. Press Play.
Sunday, April 18, 2010
0 Nelly Puts Kat Stacks In Check Live On Air (Audio)
Part 2
This is hilarious!!! Kat Stacks called into VIP Saturdays on Shade 45 last night and got into her usual 'I slept with such&such' rant, however this time when she mentioned Nelly's name, she got a pleasant little surprise.... I heard of dudes lying on "the stick", but lying on "the cat" is just pitiful! SMH "We don't believe you, you need more people". Shouts to Young Sav
0 New Music: Drake - "Miss Me" (prod. Boi-1da) [Tags]
According to Drake's camp, this is a rough and unfinished song off of "Thank Me Later". The finished version features Lil Wayne and you can watch a clip of Drake in the studio making the song by by clicking here. On a side note: Drake was recently in Jamaica shooting his second single "Find your Love" Produced By Kanye West.
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Friday, April 16, 2010
0 Big Sean Speaks On Debut Album, Detroit, Working With Kanye & Pharrell, Label Politics & More w/ Complex Magazine
G.O.O.D Music's own Big Sean, recently sat down with Complex Magazine to discuss growing up in Detroit, his debut album: "Finally Famous", dealing with the politics of the game, Meeting Pharrell & Kanye West, that infamous incident in Chicago & More
Complex: On the UKNOWBIGSEAN mixtape, Pharrell talked about how you were pretty timid in the studio before you guys got acquainted, but impressed him with your presence on the track. Are people pleasantly surprised when they meet you?
Big Sean: I’m really the most humble, nice person. [Laughs.] My grandma always told me, “Boy, you better act right, because just as fast as you get something, you can lose it twice as fast.” Plus, nobody likes a fucking asshole. That’s the worst shit ever. The boastfulness on my raps is just confidence, it’s not necessarily asshole-ish, I’m not trying to be…well, I feel like you should be confident in whatever you do, and a lot of my new music [that’s coming out] I want people to judge more so than the music I’ve put out recently, because I feel like it’s really changed a lot. I just always stay honest with myself. All my stuff isn’t boastful, but some of it is. But that’s just the music, the art. When Kobe go on the court, he’ll talk all the shit he want, but when he’s in person, he may be a nice guy, you know?
Complex: Were you a fan of P’s production before you got in the studio with him?
Big Sean: Oh hell yeah! The thing was, I met Pharrell when we were in Japan. Kanye took me to Japan with him right when I signed to Def Jam for the Bathing Ape World Tour that they do over there, so it was N*E*R*D, Kanye, Teriyaki Boyz, Nigo, those guys. I absolutely love BAPE and BBC, so I was excited. I never met Pharrell, Nigo, or none of those guys. So I remember the first time I met them, and I was nervous. P didn’t know who I was at all, but he was like, “What’s up, what’s good,” and the next day after the first show, there was a BAPE photo shoot for their lookbook. Kanye was talking to Nigo and was like “Man, you should let my new artist Big Sean take some pictures.” Nigo heard some of my music because Kanye started playing some of my music, and he was like, “Yeah, I fuck with it. Let’s do it,” so I was in the BAPE lookbook. Pharrell was there too, and Pharrell was talking to Kanye like “Man, who is that kid, what’s up with him?” [Laughs.] Kanye was like, “Aww, nigga, he a BEAST!” He was like, “Aight, Nigo, Teriyaki Boyz, come here. Everybody come in the huddle!” I was like, “What the fuck is he doing?” He’s like, “Spit that shit! Don’t spit no wack shit!” [Laughs.] So I spit my heart out. Pharrell was really into it, and then he started listening to the music because we were playing it there, and he was like, “Man, I wanna work with you on your album! Let me get down with you.” I used to ride to school listening to these guys, so it’s a dream come true.
Complex: That’s a lot of love right there. Switching topics a bit, I’ve noticed that in the past there’s been a bunch of delays regarding your stuff, from videos to mixtapes…
Big Sean: Oh yeah, the “Getcha Some” video took like a year and a half to come out, and when it came out I was pissed off because I don’t even like the song anymore. I’ve grown as an artist so much that I’m like, “I don’t even wanna see this shit.” My style has changed more, my clothes, but I understand that it’s all politics. Def Jam is a great label and I’ve just learned certain things you gotta do to get all your shit in order. It’s nobody’s fault, it’s just the way it happens. That’s what it is with that. You live and you learn, man. I’ve learned you can’t wait on anybody. You have to raise your awareness yourself, because then they’re gonna jump on anyway. Whoever, your label, your people, they’re gonna recognize the difference from when they go to your show and everybody’s just staring at you, and they go to your show and motherfuckers is saying the words and getting hype for you. They see that, and I’ve been working harder than anybody. It’s just perfect timing man, with the XXL cover thing, people over at Complex showing me love, all these magazines, MTV and BET, I can’t even tell when I’m sleep no more. [Laughs.]
Click Here To Read The Full Interview
0 New Music: The Dream x T.I.- "Love Again"
So DJ Drama & T.I are putting together Tip's first post-incarceration project, a mixtape called "Fuck A Mixtape". All Hip Hop just leaked the first joint off of it, thus it has a few tags.
0 First Date With Wiz Khalifa And Curren$y (Video)
Wiz Khalifa & Curren$y speak on how they met, their favorite hobbies, what type of chicks they like and more
Previous |Wiz Khalifa - Kush & Orange Juice (Mixtape)|Curren$y Interview w/ FWDF | Wiz Khalifa Interview w/ FWDF
Thursday, April 15, 2010
0 Plies – "Goon Affiliated" Cover Art
Previous | Plies Ft. Bei Maejor - "She Got It Made"
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Wednesday, April 14, 2010
0 Wiz Khalifa - Kush & Orange Juice (Mixtape)
0 From the Vaults: J.Cole - “We On”
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0 Eminem Reneging on "Relapse 2"???
I saw this posted on Eminem's twitter account this morning. I think he may just be clearing up the fact that "Relapse 2" was "The Refill" and so his next album is going to have a different title......I think lol
Tuesday, April 13, 2010
0 Game Ft. Pharrell - "Must Be Me" (Prod. by The Neptunes)
This is supposed to be the first single of of Game's "The Red Album", which will feature Dr. Dre, Pharell and Justin Timberlake just to name a few.
Props OS
0 New Music: Young Scolla - "Give Me A Sign Ft. Boaz & S.Money"
Detroit's Own Young Scolla links up with Pittsburgh Titans GOV (Boaz & S.Money) for an instant classic at I.D Labs Produced by Big Soji & Young Scolla called " Give Me A Sign". This track will appear on Young Scolla's "Potluck" mixtape. Plus footage of super producer Beewirks, Fab 5 Ent & Producer/Engineer Big Jerm.
0 Don Cannon x Young Jeezy - Trap Or Die 2 Mixtape (Trailer)
Watch as @DonCannon gears up to host Jeezy's long awaited mixtape, Trap Or Die 2. The sequel to Trap Or Die, arguably Jeezy's greatest work yet. Press Play.
0 Preview of Drake x XXL Magazine Cover Story
XXL: What are your thoughts on this cover?
Drake: It’s great to me. I’ve never done XXL, so it’s exciting. And to be doing it with Nicki, man, that’s my dog. That’s more than my dog. That’s, like, we have the most interesting relationship, ’cause it’s so multilayered. That’s my co-worker, my peer, my family. But, at the same time, on any given day, she’s, like, the love of my life… Nicki’s a very intriguing character. To be doing it with her is great, man.
XXL: So since the success of your mixtape So Far Gone you’ve become rap’s golden child. Has it been hard getting your debut together, to live up to that hype?
Drake: Not hard. If you’re not struggling, then there’s something wrong. If it was effortless, then I’d be scared. If I was like, “Yeah, this is it, this is the one.” I’m still listening to it, and I’m like, “Man, I don’t know, it could be better.” But that’s just me. That’s just the artist in myself competing with myself. And now it’s so crazy, because, to be in the industry, a lot of people start playing you their music. You start hearing other people’s hits and sound, and you start thinking, Wow, okay, this is all the music that’s coming out this year. And you start thinking about yourself fitting into that, you know? Like, last year, other than Blueprint 3, it was a pretty dry year for hip-hop, as far as, like, the legends. But this year it’s way different. You know, you’ve got OutKast rumored to be coming out.
XXL: Do you know something we don’t?
Drake: I don’t. I just read what I read. Even from, like, [Santogold] is coming out again, MGMT. You’ve got Jeezy. You’ve got T.I. Carter IV’s gonna drop as soon as Wayne gets out. So it’s a great year for music. But when you’re in it, you also start thinking about, Well, I can’t get lost in that. And I make R&B, and hip-hop, so I’m not only thinking about the rappers—I’m thinking about the Dreams, the MGMTs, just great music on a whole. That’s the best part about it, because that’s what makes my music better and pushes me to keep working on it, as opposed to just being, like, “Okay, it’s done.” I wasn’t confident when I dropped So Far Gone, neither. I thought I had made the biggest mistake of my life.
0 Snoop Dogg Ft. Kid Cudi - “That Tree” (Music Video)
Here is the music video for Snoop Dogg & Kid Cudi's weed anthem.
0 New Music: Big Sean - "Bullsh*ttin" (Prod. By The Olympiks)
Not sure if this is album or mixtape material, but your definitely BSN If you don't take a listen
Big Sean - "Bullshittin" (Prod. By The Olympiks)
Monday, April 12, 2010
0 New Music: B.o.B. Ft. Hayley Williams - “Airplanes”
Everything I have been hearing from Bobby Ray has been crack. This track is no different. The sequel to this ("Airplanes Part 2"), features no other then Slim Shady himself. B.o.B's debut album: "The Adventures of Bobby Ray" is in stores April 27th, but for now just enjoy this.
0 Drake - "Over" (Music Video)
The wait is "Over", here is the first visual for Drake's debut album.... Thank him later, Thank ME now. .....
Friday, April 9, 2010
0 New Music: Wale - "Break Up Song"
Wale - "Break Up Song" (Prod. By Lolo)
0 Big Sean Interview w/ Academy Printwear
Detroit MC @Big_Sean speaks on getting his hustle on with his "Finally Famous" merchandise, The hold up on his Finally Famous Vol 3 mixtape, working Rick Ross & The Clipse and whats fans can expect to hear from his album.
Previously| Big Sean "Finally Famous Vol. 3" Artwork?
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Thursday, April 8, 2010
0 New Music: Swazy Baby - "I Sang"
0 Fabolous – I’m Raw (Music Video)
Fab and Complex Magazine present the lastest set of visuals to Fab's "There is No Competition 2" Mixtape, which you can download "Drama Free" by Clicking Here.
0 New Music: Jadakiss - "Till It All Falls Down"
Brand New J to The Muah for ya, off his upcoming "The Champ Is Here PT 3" Mixtape.
Jadakiss - "Till It All Falls Down"