LL Cool J – Girl If I (Feat Trey Songz)
Uncle Todd lays his mack down over an R&B-styled beat, while Trey Songz rides shotgun. “Girl If I” is rumored to be a single from Exit 13, which is probably not the most anticipated album on Def Jam’s Summer Schedule.
[Salute: Mr. Get It Poppin']
GZA performing “4th Chamber” and “Shadowboxing” live.
Makes me want to bust out my copy of Liquid Swords.
Is there even any doubts that Liquid Swords was the illest rap album of 95?
[Raise one to Arsenal at SP1200 for the video link]
According to Billboard, this is going to be the cover for Nas’ untitled album.
Although the album won’t be titled “N*gger” as originally planned, its cover — an image of Nas’ bare back with welts similar to the ones slaves endured from lashings — “speaks for itself. It says ‘n*gger’ real loud,” he said.
That image was on display in the room during the screening last night but at the time was not being trumpeted as the official cover. A Nas spokesperson confirms it will be used as such.
Yawn.
The latest video from eMC’s criminally slept-on album, The Show.
Prince “Creep” performance at Coachella
Not hip-hop related, but this adds an interesting twist to the digital copyrights debate.
The story goes that Prince covered Radiohead’s hit song “Creep” at Coachella to the amusement of many. This being the Internet age, a video of Prince’s performance soon flooded YouTube. But when Radiohead members rushed to YouTube for a peek they were met with that annoying “video no longer available” message, seeing as Prince’s label NPG had blocked it.
According to the Associated Press, Thom Yorke was surprised that Prince had blocked a video of their song: “Really? He’s blocked it? Surely we should block it. Hang on a moment. Well, tell him to unblock it. It’s our … song.” NPG’s argument that the video of Prince performing a Radiohead song, which was shot by a fan, had violated copyright laws makes you wonder who was doing the violating. Was Prince trying to take credit for adding his own touch to the song? Or was he trying to avoid any legal dust-off with Radiohead by deleting the videos?
When Yorke was finally able to see Prince’s “Creep” cover he found it “hilarious.” I didn’t. Prince’s version does nothing for me. He didn’t enhance the song in anyway. But that’s OK, he’s still a legend in my eyes.
Lil Wayne – “Mr Carter” (Feat Jay-Z)
Here’s the much anticipated collaboration between the two Carters: Dwayne Carter (Lil Wayne) and Shawn Carter (Jay-Z). The execution is better than some might expect. Too bad, I can’t say the same for much of the Carter 3. I mean, this jokestar even had the nerve to swagjack Beyonce on “Comfortable.”
“Mr. Carter” appears on Tha Carter III, out June 10.
[Shout out to nation, Ayinde, Banna, and everyone else who sent me this last night]
Sacha Jenkins of Mass Appeal TV interviews Killer Mike.
Nas dedication mixtape put together by DJs Scream, Dub and Furious Styles. I’ll go ahead and give them a pass on this, mainly ‘cuz of Nas’ heavyweight catalog.
