THERE IS A LOVE HATE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN MIXTAPE DJ'S & RECORD LABELS!
I'LL BE THE FIRST ONE 2 SAY IT!
IT'S LIKE THIS, THEY WILL PAY TO HAVE SONGS BLASTED OUT TO THE DJ'S. DJ'S PLAY THE SONGS ON THEIR MIXTAPES,… Continue
In a recent interview with
VIBE Magazine, Baby made an outrageous claim. Speaking on Lil Wayne Baby said:
“He can rap, he can sing, he’s just an artist,” he says. “I don’t think no one will ever be greater [than Wayne] because I don’t think no one puts in the time or the quality. If someone do come along, can you imagine what he’ll have to do? He got to put out on thousand mixtapes, do a thousand records… Continue
This weeks Soundscan Numbers shine a little light on the Current State of the Music Industry. Jim Jones' fourth solo album, Pray IV Reign sold 42,982 copies in its first week. Slim Thug's second solo album, Boss of All Bosses, sold 32, 721 copies in its first week.
Jim Jones is signed to major record label, Columbia Records while Slim Thug is signed to independent label, Koch Records. The marketing dollars for… Continue
Revered Atlanta rapper Andre 3000 was arrested outside of Atlanta on Saturday (March 28), for driving his 2007 Porsche Carrera at speeds so excessive police called him “an accident waiting to happen.”
According to a report by local ABC-affiliate WSB-TV Monday afternoon (March 30), the Grammy Award winning rapper/actor was arrested by a member of the Henry County Police Department’s Highway Enforcement of… Continue
Blender Mag shuts down...it is now confirmed..after six years and 50 issues .. KING magazine is done too.
Blame it on the tough economic times.
The final issue will hit newsstands April 21 and will feature Joe Budden's wifey, Tahiry.
Rihanna reportedly wants Chris Brown, who has been charged with felony assault and making criminal threats following his alleged assault on the Barbadian singer in February, to apologize to her on "The Oprah Winfrey Show". She believes the 19-year-old hunk should appear on Oprah Winfrey's famous show to publicly denounce his behavior, Look magazine reports.
"Oprah suggested Rihanna tell Chris that despite… Continue
When an artist gains across-the-board success, naysayers are quick to write him off as a "one-hit wonder." Such was the case with Soulja Boy, whose 2007 multi-cultural hit phenomenon Crank That, from his debut Souljaboytellem.com, literally spawned a mini industry of remixes, imitators and admirers.
With fans at his side, and the continued support of his label Collipark Music/Interscope, Soulja Boy hunkered… Continue
An Atlanta federal court sentenced T.I. to serve 1 year & 1 day in jail. The 28-year-old rapper was found guilty on federal weapons charges related to buying machine guns and silencers.
The personal computer may soon be not-so-private, with the U.S. and some European nations working on laws allowing them access to search the content held on a person's hard drive.
President Obama's administration is keeping unusually tight-lipped on the details, which is raising concerns among computer users and liberty activists.
Almost everyone today owns a music player and a laptop. But what if the Government decided to allow itself to access… Continue
A few days ago the tax man paid a visit to rapper Method Man’s house and repo’d his brand new Lincoln Navigator. Well according to the NY rapper there’s a perfectly good explanation for what happened.
Meth claims that he would have paid the tax money … but he was consistently high for the last 5 years … and so he forgot.
Here’s what he told the NY Daily News:
“Myself, I’m a pothead … It’s no secret. Everyone knows that. I go on the road and forget… Continue