“Now I gotta shift the energy,” 50 added. “I gotta make them follow me. After they follow me, they’ll be able to make real hip-hop records and make them successful. I have to have a successful project with really good hip-hop music to make these people go, ‘OK, we can make [a real hip-hop album].’ I have to be successful to make the record companies go, ‘We can support this guy that wrote a rap album’ instead of feeling like ‘We need him to go on this record with Ne-Yo or Dream.

Full Story: MTV

Hardcore Hip Hop had its run but the game has changed now. Your going to have to adapt or be left behind. You can still have hard core tracks but it has to be mixed with tracks for the ladies and clubs. Drake had great songs on his mixtape but, “Best I Ever Had,” is the one that made him blow up.

Kelis is asking the judge to order Nas to pay spousal support, child support, all pregnancy-related expenses, and one-half of all medical expenses after the child is born. She also wants $3,500 for the baby nurse after the child’s birth, and $20,000 for strollers, cribs and other baby supplies.

Kelis says she’s entitled to maintain the lifestyle to which she became accustomed during their marriage — they have five homes, fly first class, go to fancy restaurants, and on and on. My engagement ring is an approximately nine-carat cushion-cut diamond solitaire.

Full Story: TMZ

I don’t know how people go through expensive weddings, buy an expensive engagement ring and then go on to get divorced while a child is on the way! Make sure you really, reaaaaallllyyy know who you are marrying.

Grammy Award winning, multi-platinum selling artist Lil Wayne headlines this summer’s Young Money Presents: America’s Most Wanted Music Festival. Lil Wayne will be joined by artists Young Jeezy, Soulja Boy and Drake for the twenty one city tour through the United States and Canada. Tickets for the tour will go on sale June 20th and are available via Ticketmaster, Live Nation and venue ticketing systems depending on venue.

The Young Money Presents: America’s Most Wanted Music Festival will be the follow up to Lil Wayne’s very successful “I Am Music Tour” playing a total of 47 arena dates across the US. After an opening act, Drake will perform, followed by Soulja Boy and Young Jeezy’s sets with Lil Wayne closing out the show.

This looks to be the hottest tour for the summer along with Jay-Z w/Ciara & Beyonce. Check out tour dates below.
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1. “I Line N—as”
2. “Talking in Codes”
3. “OK, Alright”
4. “Redrum (Murder)”
5. “Cream 2009″
6. “I’ll Do Anything”
7. “London Girl”
8. “AK”
9. “Get the Message”
10. “I Gotta Win”

What I fell in love with and inspired me to get into hip-hop is dwindling away. I’d like to be a representation of that, because there isn’t much of that left. I think people are so conscious of the numbers they’re not being creative anymore.

Source: Billboard

Agree or disagree? Some would say 50 helped start the trend of pointing out album sales.

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Hip-hop, more so than any genre, evolves so quickly that news regarding the music is considered “dated” minutes after it is released to the masses. Millions upon millions of minutes have passed since June 11, 2007, when Byrdgang member and Far Rockaway Queens native, Rayquon Elliot, better known to the hip-hop community as Stack Bundles, was gunned down as he entered his apartment building early that morning. With time has come healing, but the memory of Bundles, considered arguably the most talented member of Jim Jones’ Brydgang imprint, still illuminates brightly.

Full Article: Karen Civil

Still waiting for pics from the party, a lot of people cam through.

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