In relation to the highly-publicized Slaughterhouse incident, Ray Benzino explains, “I mean it’s like this, I think it was kind of misconstrued you know what I’m saying. I think they took it the wrong way with the whole video thing. It all started because Royce Da 5’9’s manager [Kino] is the husband of Kim Osorio. [...]
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Diddy – Dirty Money – Angels (Remix) (feat. Rick Ross)
Saturday, January 16th, 2010
Directed by Parris, this is the music video for the official “Angels” remix featuring Rick Ross that was leaked on November 19, 2009.
One rap verse by B.I.G. is replaced by Rick Ross. This track was heard on the trailer of the January 2010 apocalyptic fantasy movie, Legion.
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Icandy Presents: 2010 – Lyrical Contest
Friday, January 15th, 2010
Illest Lyrics has teamed up with iCandyClothing.com to bring you our first contest of 2010.
The rules are extremely simple, and go as follows, you must release a track that is under 3 minutes in length on the topic of hip hop fashion.
The track will be due by February 15th.
The winner will receive a $150 [...]
Posted in Hip Hop News
Snoop Dogg ft. Jay-Z – I Wanna Rock (The Kings G-Mix)
Wednesday, January 13th, 2010
Snoop Dogg and Jay Z reunite for “The Kings G-Mix”. Both of them have albums in stores right now, Jay Z with “Blueprint 3″ and Snoop Dogg with “Malice in Wonderland”.
Snoop Dogg ft. Jay-Z – I Wanna Rock (The Kings G-Mix)
Posted in Hip Hop Music
Wyclef Jean – Haiti Earthquake
Wednesday, January 13th, 2010
Wyclef calls for a national state of emergency after an unforgiving 7.0 earthquake hit Haiti. Unfortunately, thousands are feared dead and anybody who has the money to support the Haitian people should really donate. I’ll put a safe link at the bottom of this post to help the cause.
Red Cross
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Twista – Bed Rock Freestyle
Monday, January 11th, 2010
Twista will be releasing a new freestyle everyday for the foreseeable future. Its great to see freestyles like this from Twista, who I will personally admit has disappointed me with his last couple albums as we all know the true potential the guy has, but I’m not saying that is a definitive opinion, and the [...]
Posted in Hip Hop Music
HiPNOTT – 2010 Takeover (Mixtape)
Monday, January 11th, 2010
A new mixtape with a whole lot of lyrics and brilliance behind it. Hip Hop DX, DJBooth.net and Kevin Nottingham are responsible for this mixtape.
Cover
Tracklist
01. Intro [prod by Nobody Famous]
02. Chris Young – Dead Man Freestyle [prod by Faust]
03. Kyle Lucas – Queen of Apologies [prod by Patrick Stump and Simon Illa]
04. Trav Williams – [...]
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Crooked I – Mr. Pigface
Monday, January 11th, 2010
The official music video for Crooked I’s track ‘Mr. Pigface’ off his EP entitled Mr. Pigface Weapon Waist that is currently available on ITunes, which is a prelude to his 2010 album.
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