In a conversation with AllHipHop.com, J. Cole clarifies what exactly Jay-Z meant when he used the word classic in reference to Cole’s forthcoming debut LP, Cole World: The Sideline Story which drops September 27th.
The Chigao Rap duo chimes in on Rep. Doug Lamborn’s racist comments regarding President Obama, how they got the name L.E.P. and their recent work with Mobb Deep. Look out for their album Now Or Neva coming soon.
While on CNN Game addressed the issue of the reported tweets sent out from his account that included a phone number for supposed perspective interns to call for openings at the LAPD. The volume of calls tied up the LA county Sheriff’s phone lines and made law enforcement very upset with the rapper. Game sets the record straight here claiming that the tweets were sent out by a friend as a prank and that the number and the fake internship opportunity were tweeted seperately and not connected. Whatever, nice publicity stunt Game, getting on CNN 6 days before your album drops is definitely a win for you and hip-hop.
The R.E.D. Album hits stores August 23rd.
The Hip Hop Chronicles sat down with Jay-Z’s super engineer Young Guru for a conversation about the “Otis” video, Watch The Throne and 9th wonder. He also touched on working with Bad Boy records, his long resume and the battle with Just Blaze at Bassline and what it did to his ego. Check out what the hip-hop vet had to say.
After stepping of stage in London last week, Big Sean had a lengthy convo with Tim Westwood, part of which covered his arrest in upstate New York about two weeks ago. Westwood makes an attempt to uncover some details but Sean Don was reluctant when talking about the matter, as his lawyer has instructed him not to. The two also speak on Big Sean not having tattoos and the show that just went down with some clips from the performance including Kanye West appearing on stage.
Big Sean sat down with VEVO and recalled being in Vegas for his album release day and talks about Kanye along with the differences between making mixtapes and albums. Finally Famous is in stores now.
Kendrick Lamar sat down with TMG to discuss a myriad of topics. Peep the summary and press play to hear what’s going on with K. Dot.
The Masked Gorilla recently caught up with Kendrick Lamar, backstage at one of his concerts, for the first installment of our ‘UNMASKED’ interview series. We spoke with Kendrick about: New School Hip Hop, The Freshman 2011 Cover, His EP with J. Cole, Working With Dr. Dre, When Detox Will Be Released, and a few other topics.
Nasty Nas talks about the making of his 5 Mic rated classic debut Illmatic and how the then young QB emcee crafted his breakout project.
In an interview with Green Lantern, Jim Jones discusses a joint album with Cam’ron titled Fly Boys. Hope we’ll be hearing real Dip Set music in the vane of Diplomatic Immunity.
By now you’ve surely seen a clip or two from the much talked about performances by Danny Brown and ASAP Rocky at ALife NYC over the weekend. Jungle Gym Magazine released some footage which takes us all throughout the crowd, performances and overall festivities from start to finish. Be sure to download Danny Brown’s brand new free album XXX.
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