Posted 8/18/11 8:37 pm EST by D.L. Chandler in Music News
Lil’ Kim has been making moves of late with her name buzzing amid reports of a new major label deal and other behind the scene moves for the popular Brooklyn rap diva. Although the Queen Bee had to duck some recent jabs from fellow BK bombshell rapper Foxy Brown, it hasn’t slowed down Kim’s growing momentum nor dulled the passion of her loyal fan base. Lil’ Kim jumped into a time machine recently with old friend 50 Cent to recreate some, um, magic during a recent show in Australia. Read More...
Posted 8/18/11 7:48 pm EST by D.L. Chandler in Interviews, Music News, RapFix Live
Yesterday (August 17) on “RapFix Live,” Pittsburgh spitter Mac Miller graced the couches with our own sway on the best live Hip Hop talk show around. As part of MTV Jams’ “Fab 5” along with Big K.R.I.T., Future, Big Sean and Meek Mill, a humbled Mac graciously spoke with Sway about his career ascension, some of his recent clothing purchases and his upcoming fall album Blue Slide Park.
Ahead of dropping his album in November, Mac Miller announced plans to debut his new video and single from his upcoming album “Frick Park Market” today (August 18) with Sway and promised a new side of himself that fans haven’t been privy too. Hitting the Web earlier this evening, the clip finds Mac Miller and his crew working at a local deli where Mac serves a patron with a funky tux and blond afro – played by Miller himself. The humorous clip features some confident and well-timed raps from the young rapper with the fun-loving track mirroring the good times seemingly had in the video
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Posted 8/18/11 3:03 pm EST by D.L. Chandler in Music News
In the battle of Brooklyn rap diva supremacy, rap vixens Lil’ Kim and Foxy Brown have been in verbal clashes several times over the course of their respective careers. With new rap queen Nicki Minaj getting most of the attention in the arena of female rappers, Foxy and Kim have both been quietly rebooting their careers – but not without a few choice words exchanged between them. Foxy has once again launched a salvo in the direction of Lil’ Kim recently. Read More...
Posted 8/18/11 10:32 am EST by D.L. Chandler in Music News
The numbers are finally in, and after the most exciting build-up in recent rap memory, Jay-Z and Kanye West's Watch the Throne debuted at the #1 spot on the Billboard albums chart this week, selling 436,000 copies. With Lil Wayne's much-anticipated Tha Carter
IV dropping in less than two weeks, we here at RapFix wonder how many units Weezy can sling in his first week. Can the Young Money CEO best the Throne's debut sales number?
Comparing the two projects, however, is no easy feat. When placed side-by-side WTT and Tha Carter IV couldn't look more different. Jay and 'Ye's roll-out was unconventional as far as rap albums go. There was no big radio single or video that led up to the album and the Throne's exclusive digital drop prevented the CD from being in physical stores for a full four days. Wayne on the other hand, will be releasing digitally and physically simultaneously and he is currently ruling the airwaves. Read More...
Posted 8/18/11 8:28 am EST by D.L. Chandler in Music News, Things That Aren't Hip-Hop ... But Are
After a Twitter prank gone awry, Compton rapper The Game has been cleared of any wrongdoing by the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department amid reports that the LASD would seek possible criminal charges. The Dr. Dre mentee made headlines on August 12 after sending a tweet to his 580,000 followers that was masked as a public offering of an internship with the rapper. The number was actually the direct emergency line for the LASD, with heavy call volume from Game’s fans jamming the phone number for a reported several hours. Read More...
Posted 8/17/11 3:15 pm EST by D.L. Chandler in Interviews, Music News
G.O.O.D. Music rapper Big Sean is currently doing big things now that the release of his Finally Famous has hit the shelves. With the rapper traipsing across the pond, Big Sean caught up with DJ Tim Westwood and discussed a bevy of topics including his first ever solo show in London on Monday (August 15), the adoration from fans and also mentioned fellow rapper Drake supposedly borrowing his punchline rhyme scheme.
The G.O.O.D. music signee said about Drizzy, “Drake is my homie, he just shouted me out a few days ago, said Big Sean. “As far as that flow thing goes, He just borrowed an element of a flow that I made up in 09 on [mixtape] Uknow Big Sean. That same cadence I used he used on the song “Forever,” but he admitted he was like, ‘yo I got that style from Big Sean.’ ” Read More...
Posted 8/17/11 1:33 pm EST by D.L. Chandler in Things That Aren't Hip-Hop ... But Are
Sultry tennis superstar Serena Williams has had several confirmed and rumored high profile relationships, including being linked with director Brett Ratner and rapper-actor Common. The latest news to hit the mill was a rumor stating that Canadian rapper Drake and Williams were an item.
After Drizzy was seen supporting Serena at a recent tennis match in his hometown of Toronto and news surfacing of the pair vacationing in Florida, the Web was ablaze with chatter of the two being a new power couple. Read More...
Posted 8/17/11 9:06 am EST by D.L. Chandler in Music News, Things That Aren't Hip-Hop ... But Are
Canadian superstar and Young Money fixture Drake has been slowly preparing his fans for his sophomore album Take Care but continues to make headlines with leaked singles, collaborations with YM boss Lil Wayne and appearing onstage with label mate Nicki Minaj in his native Toronto. The 24-year-old heartthrob has once again made news with the recent announcement Drake receiving a high honor due to his work in entertainment.
Drake will receive the Allan Slaight award, which is given out to Canadian individuals that exhibit excellence in the realms of sports, literature, music and the performing arts. Drake will collect a $10,000 honorarium in which he will gift and present to Dixon Hall, a service that helps to provide assistance to low income neighborhoods and their residents in and around Toronto. Read More...
Posted 8/16/11 6:54 pm EST by D.L. Chandler in Interviews, Music News
Eminem has been an iconic figure in the rap game since the Detroit bad boy with the blistering rhymes dropped his smash Shady/Aftermath debut album The Slim Shady LP back in 1999. In 2011, the Michigan wordsmith continues to sell plenty of albums, with 2010's Recovery still blazing the charts.
With two diamond-selling albums, sell-out festival spot dates and a side project with longtime friend Royce Da 5’9", Eminem and his fame have grown tall while many of his peers can only dream of his fame. Eminem now has another accomplishment to add to his towering résumé with his recent crowning as “King of Hip-Hop” by Rolling Stone magazine, which did a recent tally of rap powerhouse acts and their importance to the genre. Read More...
Posted 8/16/11 4:09 pm EST by D.L. Chandler in Music News
Just ahead of West Coast vet The Game and the oft-delayed fourth studio release The R.E.D. Album, a new track from the album has leaked to the Web and finds the Compton native enlisting some lyrical assistance from one of the newest and brashest voices in Hip Hop right now – and the track takes no prisoners on their pop culture and musical targets.
The de facto leader of West Coast Hip Hop collective Odd Future Tyler The Creator joins Game and Lil Wayne on the track “Martians vs. Goblins” with the Young Money captain providing just the hook for the song. Game and Tyler don their bad boy hats and go in on what seems to be the entire entertainment industry with some blistering putdowns, with Game known as a master of the dis rhyme format. Tyler picks up the slack with his typical foul mouthed flair on the help out. Read More...
