BET 106 & Park had a huge lineup on their show today. Up top are Baby and Mack Maine who are fresh off the release of their new video ‘Dark Shades‘. After the jump, Kendrick Lamar speaks on his style of music, working with Dr. Dre and upcoming joint work with J. Cole while Ace Hood talks working with DJ Khaled and deal with Cash Money.
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I like this new series from Fuse. The latest guest is B.o.B who reveals his childhood name, other nicknames, his musical guilty pleasure and much more. His sophomore LP Strange Clouds is in stores now.
In third and final part of 50 Cent’s interview with Thisis50‘s Young Jack Thriller, they discuss Street King’s success and the 4.5 million people he has been able to provide meals to. Hilarity ensues when 50 plays a clip from his phone and Jack Thriller finds some pictures of Martin Luther King, Jr. and Malcolm X which 50 says he keeps to remain positive.
About 10 days ago, Meek Mill tweeted a photo from the studio with Nas and hinted at the final product landing on his debut album Dreams & Nightmares. He called YN on his EVR show earlier today and confirmed the title of the song, ‘Maybach Curtains’.
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Tim Westwood interviews are always worth watching. Up top, he interviews Cassie and talk about her upcoming album, partying, shaved head, relationship with Diddy & Ryan Leslie and more.
After the jump, Drumma Boy stops by the studio. They speak on his various hits over the years, working with Kanye in the future, upcoming plans, other producers biting his sound and more.
50 Cent and DJ Drama are doing a lot of press & promotion for their The Lost Tape mixtape. They sat down with DJ Enuff yesterday to discuss the new project dropping on the 22nd, why it took them so long to do a Gangsta Grillz together, Precious Paris, 50′s last album as per his original Interscope Records contract and more.
The highlights are at the 3:00 mark when DJ Enuff appreciates Precious Paris’ ‘DJ Bring It Back‘ track and at the 5:40 mark when 50 & Dram reveal that they would probably do a full Gangsta Grillz series together. “Whoo Kid, you’re fired“, they all joked.
50 Cent addressed the Wiz Khalifa tweet during his interview with Peter Rosenberg yesterday and also revealed that he will be getting on the phone with him soon. Now it looks like that call has already happened as 50 tells MTV that the collaboration is likely to take place. The song will probably appear on Wiz Khalifa’s upcoming sophomore album O.N.I.F.C. This should be interesting.
Heads up: 57th Ave
T.I. had everyone talking a few days ago when he told MTV that his artist Iggy Azalea was a free agent and not signed to Interscope, as believed widely by fans. XXL caught up with the femcee at her SOBs show on Thursday night to seek her comment on the controversy. Iggy says though she isn’t formally signed to the label, she is still managed by them.
“I wasn’t dropped by Interscope, I’m still managed by [Interscope], but when T.I. came on board and it became a Grand Hustle thing. We were working on restructuring and we worked down to the final deal. There’s things that change when other people get involved. For me, I choose my involvement with Tip because that’s my family over other things, so I’m thankful that I have him and he can kinda get me out of that situation; now it’s just strictly Grand Hustle.”
“This has been this way for about two months now. Me or Interscope didn’t really feel it was necessary to speak on it because we have a great relationship still. Everyone in that building is my friend and there’s a mutual respect there and nobody wants to do anything that makes anyone feel uncomfortable about anything else. There’s no bad blood between me and Interscope of course, they still manage me. So they play a big part in my career; but I can’t sign something that I don’t feel, you know, is 100% right. So I did what was best for me and they did what was best for them business-wise.”
