Z-Ro, who has recently changed his Twitter account picture to the (possibly final) Meth album cover, recently tweeted that his next album is scheduled for a May release date.
According to the NY Daily News, the sister of the late rapper is lobbying to have a street named after the East Coast legend. Nicole Rodriguez is making a second attempt to secure naming rights to a street in Brooklyn’s Longwood. Read More
The Billboard 200 this week reveals that Chris Brown’s latest commercial effort has slotted right into the top spot — and quite easily so. Selling 270,000 copies, he beat Jennifer Hudson (in second) who was about 100,000 units off the pace. Read More
The Mississippi emcee’s second mixtape will be downloaded, bought and shared among the massive fanbase built after the release of his critically acclaimed debut tape, K.R.I.T. Wuz Here. Read More
Marco Polo gives us some tips on creating beats with the MPC, laying down drums and bass, and more.
Bangladesh (aka Mr. Bangladesh) shows us how he created the rough draft for Lil Wayne’s “6 Foot 7 Foot” track, complete with vocal chant drops.
Bangladesh has a varied production resume since getting his first break in 2000 (Ludacris’ “What’s Your Fantasy”), with songs such as “A Milli” (again for Wayne) and Gucci Mane’s “Lemonade” standing next to collaborations with well-known pop artists such as Beyonce (“Diva”) and Ke$ha (“Sleazy”).
Ryan Leslie is back with a video of himself and Jasmine Villegas recreating the song, Hello.
It may not be the best hip-hop beat he’s ever made (actually, it most certainly isn’t) but at least this video offers us some insight into the way Jermaine Dupri operates as a producer.
Everybody makes the odd terrible beat, so let’s give JD a pass for this one. Besides, I think it’s quite brave to face the camera (knowing that fans the world over will be scrutinizing what’s about to transpire) and create something hot off the cuff, with nobody else to vibe with. He is a producer after all, and probably feels more comfortable with other creative minds around — minds that he can interact with, inspire and instruct. I bet he feels even more comfortable when the camera is turned off and tucked away.
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