Lil Wayne Hits The Stage At Jay-Z’s BP3 Tour
Wednesday, March 3rd, 2010In a shocking turn of events, Lil Wayne’s court appearance and one year jail sentence for weapons charges was postponed due to a fire in the courthouse yesterday. Taking advantage of his free time, Lil Wayne hit the stage alongside Drake and Nicki Minaj during Young Jeezy’s set at Jay-Z’s Blueprint 3 tour in New York city last night. Weezy and Drake ignited the crowd performing “I’m Going In” for sold out Madison Square Garden. 5 more days of freedom! TUNECHI!
In related Young Money news, Drakes new single “Over” is set to hit the internet this Friday.
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Wednesday, March 3rd, 20101999 Howard Stern Interview With Eminem
Monday, March 1st, 2010Some vintage footage of Eminem on Howard Stern’s show from back in 1999, 2 weeks after The Slim Shady LP dropped. Howard clowns him for him “talking black,” they discuss his mother and childhood as well as ecstasy (the drug) and then they take calls from the audience.
Nino Brown: The Road to Rikers, Part 3
Monday, March 1st, 2010The Suzuki Busabeats MC Battle
Monday, March 1st, 2010
Suzuki Busabeats is gearing for their 2010 MC Battle for the streets. Head over to www.busabeats.com and submit your set of rhymes about the new Suzuki Hayabusa for your chance to win the grand prize of a customized bike by Nick Anglada (pictured above) and the chance to link up with a celebrity producer to get your music heard.
Prizes (below) will also be available the for runner ups.
Rockford Fosgate and Blue Mic will be providing an assortment of prizes for the 2nd place through 5th place winners including, and not limited to, 2-Way DJ loudspeakers, stands, punch plugs, Under Pressure Bass CD as well as an assortment of stylized Blue Microphones.
Lil Wayne’s New Pre-Jail Video
Monday, March 1st, 2010DJ Scoob Doo catches Lil Wayne behind the camera for a small PSA and explanation behind his nickname and new Twitter name. You can read more on the story over at MTV.
Ludacris Receives Platinum Plaque For “How Low”
Saturday, February 27th, 2010
L.A. Reid congratulates Ludacris for going platinum off his single “How Low.” Battle Of The Sexes will be in stores nationwide on March 9th!
Jay Electronica Praises Soulja Boy, Reveals Project With Nas
Friday, February 26th, 2010“It’s still Act II. Act III, the official album, which ‘Exhibit A’ and ‘Exhibit C’ are a part of [as well as] ‘Dear Moleskin,’ ” Jay said in Europe earlier this week. “Me and Mos [Def] have a project that we’re doing, me and Guilty Simpson have a project that we’re doing. I would like to do a project with Lupe — [Fiasco] we’re going to do a project at some point. Me and Nas have a project that we’re doing. I’m just trying. I’m in the process of working and connecting. I don’t really feel like a song or an album is the end-all, be-all to what we’re doing.
Jay still says Act II & Act III will be dropping this year and that Just Blaze will contribute about 65% of the production on the debut album. More on the story at MTV. In related Jay Electronica news, you can check after the jump for a beat he mad while on the Rockstar Games Beaterator for PSP.
Curren$y At Leaders Of The New Cool
Thursday, February 25th, 2010
Spitta! Here’s some show footage of what went down last night at the Leaders Of The New Cool showcase featuring Mikkey Halsted, ESSO, Stalley and more. Courtesy of Mikey Fresh.
OS REWIND: Curren$y & Don Cannon – Smokee Robinson [Mixtape]
Contest: Crowd Control Tour, NYC Tickets
Thursday, February 25th, 2010
We have 2 pairs of tickets up for grabs for this Sundays Crowd Control tour stop at The Highline Ballroom in NYC. For those wanting a shot to win, reply to onsmash.music@gmail.com with the names of all of Naledge’s previous mixtape titles. Winners will be picked at random.
CONTEST OVER: You can still get tickets at: http://www.highlineballroom.com/bio.php?id=1355
DJ Khaled “Road To Victory” Episode 16
Tuesday, February 23rd, 2010
Lloyd Banks Says ‘Beamer, Benz Or Bentley’ Is One Of Many Hits To Come
Tuesday, February 23rd, 2010Lloyd Banks spoke to MTV News recently and announced that “Beamer, Benz Or Bentley” is one of many more hits to come. For those who have been following PLK throughout the months that have transpired, you should know he’s been consitently dropping mixtapes, but the single is one of his first songs to hit mainstream in a while.
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Monday, February 22nd, 2010If you haven’t heard “Exhibit C” yet — what rock are you living under? Don’t forget Jay will be at this years Paid Dues festival rocking the stage in San Bernardino, CA as well as the Bonnaroo festival in TN. Hopefully we get to hear Act II and the album Act III by the end of the year.
ItsTheReal: Charles Discharged
Monday, February 22nd, 2010
Jay-Z Wants To Shoot Two More Videos From The Blueprint 3
Sunday, February 21st, 2010Jay-Z tells MTV he wants to shoot a video for the Timbaland produced “Venus vs. Mars” to wrap up the videos side for The Blueprint 3. He is also considering shooting a video for “Star Is Born.”
Alley Boy Definition Of Fuck Shit Mixtape Release Party
Sunday, February 21st, 2010
Travis Porter “Unbelievable” [Short Film Trailer]
Saturday, February 20th, 2010
Here is the official trailer for the short film by Travis Porter entitled “Unbelievable”, which premiers in Atlanta at Center Stage March 6th.
This short film tells the story behind the hottest independent group in the nation. It will be UNBELIEVABLE…
JoeBuddenTV: Archery At Its Finest
Saturday, February 20th, 2010
Nicki Minaj Covers TheFADER
Friday, February 19th, 2010
Nicki Minaj covers TheFADER for issue #66 alongside Yeasayer with cover stories by Julianne Escobedo Shepherd and Sam Hockley-Smith respectively. From observation, TheFADER loves them some Nicki, so it was only a matter of time before she graced the cover. As you may remember, Drake covered issue #63 back in August which featured Drake’s rise to fame and fortune.
Be on the lookout for the issue to hit newsstands March 2nd. They promised the downloadable digital version of the issue to be coming soon, so stay tuned. Young Moola baby!
428 Profile: Sucio Smash
Friday, February 19th, 2010
As condensed and shortened of an explanation as you can get (we know you people have no attention spans), Sucio Smash breaks down the history of NY radio, what happened to real hip-hop being played on FM dials and how it is affecting us today. He drops some gems, for those actually paying attention. Profile by photographer TONE.
You can listen to Sucio’s Squeeze Radio show every Thursday on WKCR 89.9 NYC.
