Birdman - I Get Money ft. Lil Wayne, Mack Maine and T-Pain |Mastered|

We finally get the official mastered version of Birdman‘s latest single titled “I Get Money” featuring Lil Wayne, T-Pain and Mack Maine, courtesy of HHNM! This version sounds a lot better than the previously leaked version, and this single will appear on Baby‘s forthcoming Bigga Than Life album dropping on July 7. You can listen and download the song below:

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Tyga - Lap Dance {Video}

Check out the official music video for Tyga‘s “Lap Dance” record above. This song will appear on Tygaman‘s forthcoming Black Thoughts Vol. 2 mixtape dropping on April 12th, and you can download the audio here! Lex Luger produced the track, and Alex Nazari directed the visual.

Lil Wayne Says His Sweat Used to Taste like Weed

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Yeah it’s a big difference. I almost jumped in the crowd, “said a relaxed Wayne to our own Sway. “I’m like I’m sober, I’m sweating. I’m tasting my sweat. My sweat taste different. My sweat used to taste like weed. But now it’s just, I’m like I don’t know what it is.” Weezy went on to add, “I’m out there, my eyes big, my eyes all wide. I had threw my glasses, I don’t even need these. I could see everything right now. But yeah man, it’s a great feeling.”

Above, you can watch Lil Wayne perform his new verse that he freestyled with MAYDAY! last year, and talk about his new sober outlook on life with MTV.

Jay-Z's Unauthorized NCAA Locker Room Visit Costs, NJ Nets Fined $50K

 

 

The New Jersey Nets have been fined $50,000 for Nets minority owner Jay-Z's presence in the Kentucky locker room after the Wildcats clinched a Final Four berth.

League spokesman Tim Frank confirmed the fine Friday before the Nets played the New York Knicks at the Prudential Center.

NBA rules prohibit team personnel from having contact with players who are not yet draft eligible.

The NBA's investigation, first reported by CBSSports.com, was triggered by a video showing Jay-Z visiting with various Kentucky players in their locker room at Prudential Center in Newark, N.J., after the Wildcats' quarterfinal victory over North Carolina.

Though the circumstances of the visit seemed harmless enough, with Kentucky players clearly more excited about meeting a world-famous rap mogul as opposed to a part-time NBA team executive, Nets officials were expecting a fine based on what happened to Boston Celtics general manager Danny Ainge in 2007.

Boston was fined $30,000 that year for "excessive contact with the family" after Ainge was spotted sitting next to Kevin Durant's mother at the Big 12 tournament.

Grammy Awards Cut Hip-Hop & RnB Categories for 2012 {SMMFH}

Though music industry vet Steve Stoute and Recording Academy president Neil Portnow vowed to work together to increase diversity at the Grammy awards -- as a result of Stoute's claim that the awards were "losing touch," it looks hip-hop and R&B artists are losing again.

The National Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences made more than 30 modifications to the awards on Wednesday, April 7, a move which Stoute has referred to as "a step in the right direction, but still a Band-Aid on the problem."

On the contrary, the newly restructured Grammys will be cutting down the amount of hip-hop and R&B awards, eliminating gender distinctions in the R&B categories and merging Best Rap Solo Performance and Best Rap Performance for a Duo or Group into one category.

By consolidating the male and female R&B awards, they have cut the number of R&B awards presented by half, ensuring that, despite Stoute's claims, hip-hop and R&B artists will be walking away with even fewer awards next year.

Meanwhile, the classical and American roots music genres have had an equal amount of categories trimmed without the support of a former industry heavyweight, losing four awards in each division.

At the 53rd Annual Grammy Awards earlier this year, Jay-Z won for Best Rap Performance for a Duo or Group for his work alongside Swizz Beatz on the track 'On to the Next One.' Eminem won Best Rap Solo Performance for 'Not Afraid,' a song off his Best Rap Album win, 'Recovery.' According to the recent change in awards categories, only one of the two would have walked away with a golden award under the new revisions had the new categories been put into effect this year.

{So....Lil Wayne will b the last nigga to win ah grammy lik shit..thas terrible

I wonder what the fuck is going to happen next..

I say we just ditch the grammys this year

 no black people perform,

 give out and award,

host, no nothin

4real, niggas shouldnt even go.!!}

Raheem DeVaughn - Heemy Taught Me {Mixtape} | Download n Listen |

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50 Cent Gives His Take On Mr. Cee Arrest

 

Fif speaks on Mr. Cee in an interview with Hot 97.

The Hip Hop community has had a wide range of reactions to the controversial arrest of Hot 97's Mr. Cee.

Rap heavyweight 50 Cent weighed in with Miss Info on the public lewdness sex arrest on Hot 97, explaining his relationship with the deejay and record producer.

"It's only entertaining because he means that much to Hip Hop culture and his association to it," explained 50 to Miss Info. "I recognize Mr. Cee as the guy who offered us Biggie. So he means that much to the culture. A lot of the kids who hear the radio don't hear him the same way. I've played my albums for Mr. Cee. Every album before it came out to see what he thought. When this type of stuff happens, you keep pushing."

"When I said, 'take the Tiger Woods route,' means...say 'I retire.' Why? Why go that route? ...I would've played the next tour! They can say what they want about it, how about if you say, 'I'm Rick James, bitch.' [laughs] How about if you say. 'I don't care?' Who is to judge you other when there is an audience that's probably one of the strongest audiences if you look at Lady Gaga's career that says that that's fine. If you say it's not fine, then you're gonna get attacked. You're gonna write apology notes."

Miss Info has declined to personally address the matter.

After a week of speculation, TheSmokingGun.com provides material proof of Mr. Cee's arrest for indecent exposure.

Over the weekend, various news outlets reported New York police caught influential Hip Hop deejay and Hot 97 radio personality, Mr. Cee receiving fellatio from a 20-year-old male. The allegations were largely ignored, or in some cases refuted—as was the case with Mr. Cee’s peer, Funkmaster Flex. Wednesday, TheSmokingGun.com furnished the original police report, which names Mr. Cee—real name Calvin Lebrun—as a defendant.

“On March 30, 2011 at about 03:55 hours on the corner of Watts Street and West Street in the County and State of New York, the defendants intentionally exposed the private parts of his body in a lewd manner and committed a lewd act in a public place and in provate premises...” the report read.

Authorities added that Lebrun was found exposed and naked receiving oral sex from the co-defendant, Lawrence Campbell. Both men were charged with a Class A Misdemeanor. In New York State, the maximum penalty for a Class A Misdemeanor is one year in jail. Mr. Cee has remained on the air since the allegations broke, although he has not publicly addressed them. In addition to his work at Hot 97, Mr. Cee worked with Notorious B.I.G. and extensively as Big Daddy Kane’s deejay. TheSmokingGun broke similar stories about Akon’s criminal past and Rick Ross’ background as a correctional officer.

Hip Hop Album Sales: The Week Ending 4/3/2011

 

"It's Pittsburgh pimpin'," as Wiz Khalifa meets massive expectations and Mac Miller sells over 10,000 digital EP units. Snoop Dogg scores a Top 10, and E-40 gas-brake dips with three new chart spots.

Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania emcee Wiz Khalifa's major label debut, Rolling Papers sold approximately 200,000 first-week units as projected. The DXnext alum and Atlantic/Rostrum Records scored 198,000 overall units on the album which features Too Short, Curren$y and production from Jim Jonsin. The release came in at #2, behind only Britney Spears' Femme Fatale, which sold an additional 80,000 units.

Chris Brown continued to enjoy his F.A.M.E. The Jive Records release passed the 350,000 benchmark, on an album that features emcees Ludacris, Busta Rhymes and Tyga.

West coast Hip Hop icon Snoop Dogg scored a Top 10 debut with his eleventh official solo album, Doggumentary. The Long Beach, California emcee included production from Kanye West and Scott Storch, on an album that includes names like Eastsidaz' Goldie Locc, Devin The Dude and Kokane.

Climbing three spots to #13, Rihanna's  Loud  pushes well past platinum. Lupe Fiasco fell six spots to #16. The Chicago, Illinois emcee may have had his share of disagreements with Atlantic Records over the content and direction of his third album, Lasers, however Lasers pushes past 300,000 units, the first 2011 Rap album to do so. Lupe's album features label-mate Trey Songz and longtime 1st & 15th singer Sarah Green.

* Please note: figures below approximated to nearest thousandth.

Top 200 Album Sales (Top 5 Hip Hop/R&B) 

Rank	Artist	Album	This Week	Est. Total
2	Wiz Khalifa	Rolling Papers	197,000	198,000
4	Chris Brown	F.A.M.E.	91,000	362,000
8	Snoop Dogg	Doggumentary	50,000	51,000
14	Rihanna	Loud	24,000	1,139,000
16	Lupe Fiasco	Lasers	23,000	303,000

Vallejo, California emcee E-40 took three spots on the chart. For the second straight year, 40 Water released two albums on the same day - complete with a combo pack, all of which charted. Revenue Retrievin': Graveyard Shift sold slightly better than its counterpart, by less than 1,000 units. The work features Bun B, Slim Thug, T-Pain and Click band-mate B-Legit. Meanwhile, Revenue Retrievin': Overtime Shift features the entire Click, Devin The Dude and R.B.L. Posse's Black C.

Another Rostrum Records artist, DXnext alum and Pittsburgh emcee impressed the charts with a #54 debut. Mac Miller's On And On And Beyond EP was a digital-only release with little marketing, but the independent project cleared 10,000 first-week units.

Chef Raekwon fell 50 spots to #133 with Shaolin Vs. Wu-Tang, a concept in development since 2007. The album has achieved 50,000 overall units. Released on his own IceH20 imprint, and distributed through EMI, the Wu-Tang Clan member's fifth solo work features Jim Jones, Black Thought and a reunion with Nas. Producers include Evidence, Oh No and legendary House deejay Kenny Dope.

Queens, New York emcee Pharaohe Monch's first album since 2007, W.A.R. (We Are Renegades) fell 95 spots to #149. This is Monch's first album in conjunction with the legendary Duck Down Records imprint, and features production from longtime collaborator Diamond D, Exile and D12's Mr. Porter. The independent release sold another 4,000 units.

Rank	Artist	Album	This Week	Est. Total
40	E-40	Revenue Retrievin': Graveyard Shift	14,000	14,000
42	E-40	Revenue Retrievin': Overtime Shift	13,000	13,000
54	Mac Miller	On And On And Beyond EP	11,000	11,000
133	Raekwon	Shaolin Vs. Wu-Tang	4,600	50,000
149	Pharoahe Monch	W.A.R. (We Are Renegades)	4,000	14,000

Can Jim Jones score a Top 25 debut with Capo? Will Brotha Lynch Hung grab the Top 10 his fans claim he deserves? Stay tuned to HipHopDX to find out.

Jay Z Launches "Life and Times" Website

This week, Jay Z  launched his new website titled “Life and Times.” The site is set up in a blog-style format with brief articles about art, style, fashion, music, etc.. Among the various authors, is of course Jay Z, himself. The “about” page reads simply “I want to make the extraordinary ordinary.” We can’t wait to read the knowledge that Mr. Carter drops, going forward via Life and Times.

Lil B Considers Himself a "Human Sacrafice"

Lil B opened up to Complex about his rise to fame and the struggle of "doing everything yourself."

As one of the most prolific up and coming artists Lil B is enjoying the success that he as encountered while being an independent artist. While balance isn't always easy to find, he says "the benefit of doing everything yourself is that you get a major payoff. Nobody can say they made you...I’m a human sacrifice." Lil B's hard work has paid off for him this year, with Live Nation supporting him on a string of tours on the East Coast and Midwest. The ambition that got him the success that he is reveling in today is what turns him off against signing to a label. His view on labels is: "Going to a label is like having a job. It’s like, 'I’m about to go work for somebody.' You got a boss." 

Do you agree with Lil B? 

source:hiphopdx.com

Behind the Scenes of Gucci Mane's Source Mag. Cover Shoot

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Birdman - I Get Money ft. Lil Wayne, Mack Maine and T-Pain |Video Shoot|

Check out some behind the scenes footage from Birdman‘s “I Get Money” video shoot featuring Lil Tunechi, Mack Maine and T-Pain above. This will be another green screen visual, and most of the YMCMB fam will be making cameos!

Videos: Lil Wayne Talks Nicki Minaj’s Success & Gets Another Lap Dance From Nicki

“I really didn’t get on my knees to give praise, but then I remembered we had a crowd out there,” Wayne playfully told Mixtape Daily. “I got on my knees to do something totally different, but I was like, we got a crowd out there, so let me just give praise.”

“I promise to God, you know what I thought about? When I saw her up there just walking and everybody singing her stuff and she making all those facial expressions, I was just like, I remember watching that DVD,” Wayne said. “When shorty was in the tub. I remember watching that and where she came from and just to know that not that I did that, that she did that. I mean, it’s a beautiful thing.”

In the video above, Lil Wayne talks to MTV about Nicki Minaj‘s success and calls it “a beautiful thing”. After the jump, you can watch Weezy get his second lap dance from Nicki on the “I Am Still Music” tour, which took place last night (April 5) in Sunrise, Florida.

I AM MUSIC TOUR 2 - ACE HOOD & LIL WAYNE PERFORM "HUSTLE HARD" from My Inception of Prosperity

Peep The Sneaks: Nike LeBron 8 V/1 - HS Colorways

Apr 6 · Nike LeBron 8 V/1 – SVSM PEs | Detailed Images

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Every year the Nike LeBron signature shoe is released in a number of colorways, a plentiful amount that will satiate the appetite of any serious Nike LeBron collector. However, it’s the hands-off-to-the-public PE colorways that really get our blood boiling, like the LeBron 8 V/1 St. Vincent – St. Mary PE that some say are the best LeBron 8 colorways of the year. Sneaker News showed you both the Home and Away version, but these beauties deserve another look; the ‘Home’ version features white leather uppers with blue Flywire/carbon fiber panels, while the ‘Away’ utilizes a gorgeous green suede, matching the aptly colored Flywire panels. With zero plans of a release, the SVSM LeBron 8 V1 PEs should fetch a high dollar if one of the pairs that made its way out of the Nike headquarters happens to go up for sale. A release would be nice, no? Check out this new detailed gallery below and let me know which of the two you like better. via dsicle.

Peep The Sneaks: Supra Henry ~ Black Full Grain

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The above pictured boot from Supra’s new top-tier Royal Collection may as well be called the ‘John Henry’ cos they’re rugged enough to be worn by a “steel drivin’ man”.  But we’re fine with the shorter name, cos no matter what you call it, the Supra Henry is one of the dopest boots to emanate from a sneaker brand in recent memory.  These joints manage that perfect balance between lifestyle look and rugged workwear appeal, this newest release crafted in rich black full grain leather with white accent stitches to match the deceptively comfy soles.  Click through to get a better look and grab yours before they’re gone from Factory 413, but be advised they’re only taking phone orders on this limited release.

10.DEEP – Spring 2011 Look Book – Delivery Two

Delivery One from 10.DEEP Spring 2011 collection was based on the theme of “the war abroad”, however for the Delivery Two the focus has shifted back to “the war at home”. Military inspired products dominated the first drops and these new releases feature a handful of work shirts, 3/4 jerseys and a wide range of border t-shirts inspired by outlaws in our home turf. A beautifully shot look book gives styling ideas and the collection stands out against the cluttered art store backdrop. All of these pieces will be hitting the 10.DEEP online store on Friday, April 8th and a full preview of the look book can be found after the jump.