Tuesday, February 28, 2012
Young Jeezy Says He Wanted Kanye West On The "I Do (Remix)"
by DANIELLE HARLING
Young Jeezy talks "Thug Motivation 103: Hustlerz Ambition" collaborations, says he edited "SupaFreak" for 2 Chainz appearance.
Atlanta rapper Young Jeezy revealed an interesting bit of news about his most recent album, Thug Motivation 103: Hustlerz Ambition, during an on-air interview with DJ Whoo Kid. According to Young Jeezy, Drake was initially on the earlier version of “I Do” and on top of that Kanye West was originally intended to be on the remix of the song.
“Actually he [Drake] was on the earlier version man,” Young Jeezy explained to DJ Whoo Kid. “And I told him I wanted to do a remix with him and Kanye so I was really waiting on the Kanye verse to come back, but then the record was so close to being number one I was like ‘Fuck it. I’mma just have to let it go like this.’ That mothafucka number one now so I can’t do no complaining.”
On top of attempting to recruit Kanye West for the “I Do (Remix)" Young Jeezy also revealed that “SupaFreak,” his TM: 103 track featuring 2 Chainz, initially featured three verses from Jeezy but one was dropped in order to fit 2 Chainz’ verse.
“2 Chainz one of them cats man you know he kinda went through the grind so you kinda gotta respect his grind because he really got out there and got on the right records and made the right records,” said Young Jeezy. “The reason why he was my first choice is because those are the types of records he’s really been fuckin with lately. And those are the types of records I was doing a lot in the beginning of my career. Now it’s like ‘Cool, he do them type of records. Let’s do one together.’”
Young Jeezy also went on to explain that there will likely be a music video for the “I Do (Remix)" and that it’s really a matter of getting everyone together as well as solidifying a treatment for the video.
Lil Wayne To Release His First Signature Shoe Line
by STEVEN J. HOROWITZ
Lil Wayne plans to put out his first line of kicks, though he didn't reveal which company will release them.
Lil Wayne has revealed that he plans to release his first signature shoe line.
Speaking with VIBE.com, Weezy remained relatively mum on the details, but said that the shoes will not be released on his Trukfit fashion shingle. Instead, he plans to partner with a major brand, though he wouldn’t reveal which one.
“I do have a shoe coming out soon but it won’t be Trukfit,” he said. “I have [a] shoe with a well-known company. I just don’t want to say yet because I haven’t dotted the line yet. But it’s done.”
He responded to speculation that the line could be coming out on Supra, but would not confirm. “Nah, it’s not a Nike or Reebok, I can tell you that much,” said Wayne, addressing a possible Supra collaboration. “Uh-oh. Watch out.”
Monday, February 27, 2012
French Montana "Excuse My French" Release Date Revealed
by STEVEN J. HOROWITZ
French Montana eyes a summer release for his debut album.
Rick Ross has revealed the release date for French Montana’s Bad Boy Records debut, Excuse My French. The Teflon Don took to Twitter last night to announce that French’s first studio LP will arrive on July 17th.
French previously revealed that Maybach Music Group was his first choice after Bad Boy Records for a record deal, which is why he is making Ricky Rozay executive producer of the LP.
“I love MMG. If I wasn't going with Bad Boy, I definitely would have gone with MMG," said French. "That's why I had to make Ross executive producer on my album. Me and him got the same vibe. He's definitely been involved with everything I've been doing, giving me some good advice, and helping me out. You always need a mentor."
50 Cent Says Trip To Africa Has Inspired Him To Record New Music
by STEVEN J. HOROWITZ
50 Cent explains how his trip to Kenya was "enlightening."
50 Cent recently took a trip to Africa earlier this month to further his mission to alleviate hunger - a visit that has inspired him to hit the studio. During an interview with theAssociated Press, Fif said that his lyrics are motivated by his experiences in Kenya but that fans will have to listen closely to interpret his message.
"I've put portions of my experience there in the actual songs, but it's so small that they'll have to listen to get it," he said. "I wanted to keep the record, creatively, in a space where when people listen to it, they just enjoy it before they can really understand what it was I'm saying; there's things on it that have double meanings."
Fiddy has made it his mission to stop hunger in Africa, donating proceeds from sales of his energy drink Street King to the cause. He explained how seeing hunger firsthand has inspired him and that he’s provided more than 3.5 million meals so far.
"It enlightened me in different ways," he said. "To actually see people under the circumstances that I saw was a totally different experience. I don't think you can prepare yourself for that, no matter how many times you've seen the images."
Drake Responds To Beefs With Pusha T, Ludacris And Future
by SEAN RYON
Drake airs out his publicized feuds with a bevy of Hip Hop's biggest acts in the latest issue of Vibe.
Drake and Common may have squashed their highly publicized beef, but that doesn't mean that the Young Money rapper is finished airing out his dirty laundry in public. Now, the rapper addresses several other feuds he has going with Pusha T, Ludacris and Future.
In the February/March issue of Vibe, Drizzy spoke on his past beefs with rappers Future, Ludacris and Pusha T. Beginning with Future's comments that Drake's absence from the video of the "Tony Montana" remix was "a slap in the face," Drake said that he has no issues with Future.
"I’ve got no issues with [Future]," he said. "I’m happy I got on the song ['Tony Montana']."
Drizzy then turned his focus to Ludacris, who attacked him and Big Sean on his song "Badaboom" over their hash-tag style of rap. He chalked up the diss record to an attempt on Luda's part to capitalize off his fame.
"[Ludacris,] that’s a case of someone trying to use my marketing money to get things going again for themselves," he said explained. "That didn’t affect my day, my month, my year. I didn’t take any of that seriously."
Finally, Drake tackled the subject of Pusha T's supposed diss on the song "Don't Fuck With Me," which featured lines like "The talk don’t match the leather/The swag don’t match the sweaters" that sparked speculation among listeners. The YMCMB star couldn't explain the reason for the possible shot, postulating that, "maybe that guy is bored."
"[As for Pusha T's subliminal shots,] I’ve been really open about my love for the Clipse. I don’t know [why he dissed me], maybe that guy is bored,” he touted.
Birdman Explains Signing Limp Bizkit To Cash Money
by SLAVA KUPERSTEIN
Birdman discusses signing the Nu Metal band.
Cash Money turned heads last week when the label signed late 90s-early 2000s Rock-Rap band Limp Bizkit.
Now, label head Birdman explains what spurred the surprising move.
“Fred [Durst] reached out, bruh,” Birdman said in an interview with XXLmag.com. “It was weird how it happened. He was like, ‘Stunna, what’s good?’ I was like, ‘What’s poppin, 5?’ [Fred said] ‘I wanna join the team.’ Whoa! For real? He didn’t have to say it twice. I was already a fan of him. When the opportunity came, we really was supposed to announce it at the Grammys. Wayne was going to announce it at the Grammys, but he did it when he felt like it.”
Birdman added that the group's first single features Lil Wayne and will come out next week.
“He’s a visionary, he a great artist,” Birdman said of Durst. “Also, I want him to be a part of our staff and take over the rock department and bring us over more talent because that’s what he does. I think with having Limp he brings a lot."
Before releasing Gold Cobra last year to mixed reviews, Limp Bizkit's last album was 2005's The Unquestionable Truth (Part 1).
Wednesday, February 22, 2012
Young Jeezy Says Def Jam Tried To Block "TM101" Intro Track
by STEVEN J. HOROWITZ
Young Jeezy explains how he had to go to war to get the track on his debut.
Young Jeezy recently chopped it up with Shade 45'sStatik Selektah about everything from his latest albumTM103 to how he promoted his mixtape Trap or Die by handing out 700,000 copies. During the chat, he also revealed that he had to fight to get the intro track "Thug Motivation 101" on TM101 on the album and how his label, Def Jam, tried to block it from the LP.
"Crazy story with that shit. I was fighting to get that song on the record. The label wanted to take it off. I was like, y’all fucking crazy. It was one of those things. In the beginning, a lot of motherfuckers didn’t know where I was going with it. I had to stand on that. It was one of those win or lose things, and I feel like I won, you feel me? It was a dark time, but it was a lot of money.
Watch the two-part interview below, where he also speaks on CTE, the ban on Snowman shirts in schools and more.
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