Mr. Hudson reminds me of the Orange men for some reason. Here’s his video for “Supernova,” alongside Kanye West off. It appears on Hudson’s album, Straight No Chaser, out October 5th.
LeToya is slowly trying to claw her way back into the game. Damn, I remember when she was just another disposable member of Destiny’s Child.
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Behold Solange Knowles serenading the crowd at the 2009 Gay Pride Parade in San Francisco. It takes balls to rock a flamboyant outfit like this. What did you think I was talking about?
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What you have before you is the final issue of Vibe magazine. It’s true, Vibe is closing shop. I was going to say that I called it months ago but, really, who didn’t see this one coming?
Says the New York Times:
Vibe, one of the nation’s leading popular music magazines, is closing immediately, a spokeswoman said Tuesday. Word leaked to music and media news Web sites early this afternoon, and the spokeswoman, Tracy Nguyen, said the Vibe staff would be formally notified in a meeting at 2 p.m. She said she did not know how many people would be laid off as a result of the closure.
Vibe’s closure leaves just one large-circulation magazine, The Source, focusing on hip-hop and R&B. The Source has had its own troubles, going through a bankruptcy and emerging under new ownership last year. A rock-focused magazine, Blender, folded last year.
It’s worth noting that Vibe’s demise says more about the collapse of print advertising than it does the decline of hip-hop or even the music business. Sadly, this one hits close to heart not only because I actually read it. Plus, I have some friends there who now have to go find new jobs in this sh*tty economy.
[Cover via: Rap Radar]
Attention Trappers! Gucci Mane will be in Houston, TX on June 30th at the Bar Rio. If you’re in the Bayou City area and would like to meet a real life trapper extraordinaire (or gangster, according to Nahshon’s Hip-Hop Lunchroom), then Bar Rio is the place to be on 6/30.
Mr. Rogers will be on the 1s and 2s, while MC Kane will handle hosting duties.
Pre-sale tickets — starting at $40 for general admission — are on sale at SF2 locations: 215 W Greens Rd, Houston, TX. (281-876-1600) and 7204 Southwest Fwy, Houston (713-995-4458).
I guess 50 was right about Universal’s strategy. Billboard is reporting that Universal won the bidding right (against who?) for the new hip-hop sensation, who was recently cosigned by Nas.
Says Billboard:
While sources close to the deal predicted Universal Motown was the closest to snagging him, the Toronto-born rapper officially signed to Young Money with distribution through another Universal label — Universal Republic — yesterday (June 29). His debut album, “Thank Me Later,” with reported collaborations with Kanye West, Lil Wayne and Jay-Z, is slated for a late 2009 release.
“Just know that whatever label we sign to it’ll be because they’ll add to what we’ve created on our own,” Drake, told Billboard.com last month. “I am very happy in my situation now, which is signed to Cortez [Bryant] and Gee Roberson at Young Money and management through ‘Hip Hop Since 1978.’ The most important thing for me is being around my team – they are stronger than any label.”
On a related note, proceed for a few pics from Drake’s “Best I Ever Had” video shoot.
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Look who crawled up out of the grave. It’s none other than one of Motor City’s finest, Obie Trice, with a low-budget video for his new song, “I Need You.” I wonder if “You” is referring to Eminem.
Nas has just snuggled up to the coziest seat on the increasingly crowded Drake bandwagon. In an interview with Omaha World-Herald, Esco was quoted as saying that hip-hop is “always looking for that one artist that changes rap into another direction and makes all the other artists follow.” He described Young Drizzy as that next guy. How original?
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