Jadakiss Drops Consignment Mixtape

Posted 4/27/12 3:50 pm EST by in Mixtape Daily, Music News

Jadakiss released his Consignment mixtape this week, hosted by DJ Drama. HipHopDX caught up with Kiss and he explained how the collaboration came about. "I did The Champ Is Here Part 3 as a partnership- Gangsta Grillz/Invasion - which had [DJ] Green Lantern and DJ Drama, but this is actually my first Gangsta Grillz with just me and Drama," The Lox rapper explained. "It was kinda like a mutual thing, but I reached out to him because I had a lot of "Down South" features and it just seemed like it coincided to have the hottest mixtape deejay from the South. "  Read More...

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Azealia Banks Featured On Lana Del Rey 'Blue Jeans' Remix

Posted 4/27/12 3:17 pm EST by in Music News

By Carter Maness

Oh, Internet! Sometimes your favorite artists come with such great treats that you are hard to resist. Today's is a remix of the ubiquitous "Blue Jeans" by 'gangster Nancy Sinatra' Lana Del Rey done by Foster The People members Mark Foster and Isom Innis under their new DJ guise Smims&Belle and featuring a verse from rookie hip-hop artist Azealia Banks. Read More...

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Chris Brown Targeted By Animal Rights Groups For Selling Dogs

Posted 4/27/12 1:02 pm EST by in Music News

By Carter Maness

Once again, Chris Brown is making headlines for something other than making records. The ever-controversial artist is back in the public bullseye for starting a puppy mill– a move that has drawn a stern rebuttal from animal-rights organizations. They are imploring the singer to promote adoptions instead.  Read More...

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Cissy Houston Writing Whitney Houston Tell-All Book

Posted 4/27/12 12:41 pm EST by in Music News

By Kate Callahan

Cissy Houston, mother of Whitney Houston, is looking for publishers for her tell-all book about her daughter. "It's going to be the bad, it's going to be the good," says Houston of the book. The New York Times reported that Ms. Houston met with publishers at the St. Regis Hotel in New York this week to discuss publishing deals for the book.  Read More...

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Drake's Third Album Will Be Influenced By Move To Los Angeles

Posted 4/27/12 12:23 pm EST by in Music News

By Rob Markman

By the time Drake drops his third album, fans should expect that his musical content will have evolved far from what he put out on his breakout 2009 mixtape So Far Gone. His sophomore LP Take Care certainly showed growth from 2010's Thank Me Later, and so the pattern will continue on his next project, Drake says.

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Rihanna Mans The Guns In 'Battleship' Trailer

Posted 4/27/12 12:07 pm EST by in Music News

Rihanna is set to appear in the summer blockbuster "Battleship" and in the above clip, fans can catch the singer-turned-actress manning the guns on her ship. Although some critics were originally skeptic of Rihanna's role in the film, director Peter Berg, told MTV News that, "she was great" and that "she has a very strong part."  Read More...

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Nicki Minaj's 'Starships' Video: Best Still Shots

Posted 4/27/12 10:09 am EST by in Music News

Nicki Minaj premiered the video for her "Starships" single on MTV last night, and the clip finds the YMCMB star hitting the beach in Hawaii in a neon pink bikini by day and partaking in an glow-in-the-dark dance party by night. If fans thought "Super Bass" was a colorful video, this one takes it above and beyond, and Nicki bares plenty of skin and then some. Take a look at the best still shots from Nicki's 'Starships' video. Read More...

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Wiz Khalifa Has No Beef With Waka Flocka Flame

Posted 4/27/12 7:30 am EST by in Music News

By Rob Markman

Wiz Khalifa has no issue with Waka Flocka Flame. The Pittsburgh rapper maintains that he's in too much of a positive space to even entertain the notion of beef. "I don't have problems with people, because if I do, I address it," he said during a Wednesday appearance on "RapFix Live." "If I feel someone disrespected me or if I feel like somebody was mentioning me in an indirect way I'ma find out how to talk to that person and then we'll squash it from there." Read More...

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Nicki Minaj Hits The Beach In 'Starships' Video

Posted 4/26/12 8:48 pm EST by in Music News

By Rob Markman

Nicki Minaj has teased us with photos from the set of her "Starships" video for a few weeks now, and on Thursday night (April 26) the full clip finally premiered on MTV, giving fans a look at the YMCMB star in all of her bikini-clad glory.  Read More...

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Nas Releases 'Daughters' From Life Is Good Album

Posted 4/26/12 6:05 pm EST by in Music News

By Andrés Marín

Nas has released the follow up to his recent Life is Good single “The Don." On the new track, "Daughters," the Queens legend gets poetic, sharing the feelings that fathers have, instinctively wanting to protect their own girls. Of course, he does it in his straight-forward polemic tone, putting his uncanny lyrical ability on display. (Listen here) Read More...

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