Jay-Z recently talked to MTV where he discussed how he wants to shoot two more videos for The Blueprint 3 before he begins working on a new album.
“I wanna shoot ‘Venus vs. Mars,’ ” he told MTV News last weekend in Dallas. “I may shoot two — I shot ‘Run This Town’ [and 'D.O.A. (Death of Auto Tune)'], I been shooting two at the same time. I’ll probably shoot ‘Venus’ and maybe ‘A Star Is Born.’ But I definitely wanna shoot ‘Venus’ — I got an amazing concept in my mind.” (MTV)
Jay also said that he’s in the beginning process of working on a new album, but that the concept has not been fully developed yet.
“I don’t know,” he said. “I didn’t really start yet. I got a couple of scraps and I got a couple of ideas. I didn’t really go into the studio yet. I’ve been toying with ideas and direction and things like that. “I got one crazy record. To be honest with you, it’s crazy. I got one and we’ll build from there. Whether it comes out this year or next year, it depends on the music and how it’s coming out. I don’t really have any dates.” (MTV)
Jay-Z kicked off his BP3 tour last weekend in Houston, TX which will continue through March and wrap up at the Staples Center in Los Angeles, CA on the 26th.
Ludacris has just released the video for his second single, “My Chick Bad” featuring Nicki Minaj from his upcoming seventh studio album, Battle of the Sexes. The video is a pretty basic Hip Hop video with girls dancing in the background, except for Nicki Minaj who decides to channel a bit of Freddy Krueger during her verse. I would expect nothing less from Ms. Minaj.
In a recent interview with the Associated Press, Akon announced that Dr. Dre has been working on a dance record.
When discussing his labels leading lady, Lady Gaga, Akon said he was also excited that some of Hip Hop’s biggest players were creating dance music.
“You got some straight, hardcore Hip Hop guys actually moving into the dance realm,” Akon said. “And that’s shocking when you got someone like Dr. Dre about to do a dance record…that’s crazy.” (AP)
Akon said that he has heard the Dre record, and was blown away by what Dre did with it.
“It actually sounds great. He played it for me. I was shocked. So I was like ‘Wow, that’s dope. When the world hears this, they might go crazy.’ … When you’ve got the two worlds mixed together, clashing, it’s going to be a monster.” (AP)
Dr. Dre has been busy working on his highly anticipated project, Detox, but there is no word on whether the dance track will be included on the album.
It seems as if Lil Wayne’s postponement of his incarceration date in order to take a trip to the dentist was a bigger deal than initially expected. The Young Money leader reportedly went in for oral surgery on Tuesday, and received eight root canals.
According to TMZ, the surgery took over eight hours, and other than the root canals Weezy also had tooth implants inserted, others redone, and his remaining teeth restored.
A judge granted Wayne a temporary postponement of his jail sentence for gun charges early this month, after he complained of dental problems and insisted he needed surgery.
The southern rapper is now expected to begin his prison sentence next month.
So Icey artist Waka Flocka Flame plans to release 20 albums by the year 2011.
Yes, you heard that right.
According to Vibe, so far, the rapper has three albums in the works which include, Murda Man Flocka, Salute Me or Shoot Me Volume 2, and Salute Me or Shoot Me Volume 3.
It seems like kind of a far-fetched goal, but we’ll see if he’s able to reach it.
Waka Flocka’s current single “O Let’s Do It” has been climbing up the charts, and his second single “Rumors” is scheduled to be released within the upcoming month.
The 23-year-old, who acts as 1/5 of the group 1017 Brick Squad, along with Gucci Mane, Frenchie, Wooh Da Kid, and OJ Da Juiceman, made headlines in January after being robbed and shot outside of a car wash in Atlanta, Georgia.
Upcoming rapper B.o.B. recently announced in an interview with Rap-Up TV that he collaborated with T.I. on a new song.
B.o.B. gave a few details on how to collaboration came together stating, “[T.I., Lil C and I] were all collaborating in the studio with the beat,” the newcomer revealed. “You know, I brought my little guitar over, Tip was on the MPC, Lil C was on the keys and we were just vibed out—rocked out a bit—and we came up with a pretty dope song called ‘Fifth Dimension.’” (XXL)
Other than working on his debut album, B.o.B. said he also made some music for T.I.’s next album.
“We did some stuff for his album, my album and really just got in there to get the vibe… Since he’s been released… he has something to prove now. I feel like he has a deeper fire, his whole approach; he has more motivation.” (XXL)
B.o.B.’s debut album, The Adventures of Bobby Ray, will be released on April 27. There is no scheduled release date at this time for T.I.’s album.
It looks like the official artwork and tracklist has surfaced for the Method Man (Meth), Ghostface Killah (Ghost), and Raekwon (Rae) album, Wu-Massacre. I guess they decided to go the comic book character route for the artwork this time around, which isn’t half bad. The 13-track album will hit stores on March 9. Check out the tracklist and artwork below:
Tracklist:
01. Criminology 2.5 f. Raekwon & Ghostface Killah
02. Mef vs. Chef
03. Ya Moms (Skit)
04. Smooth Sailing (rmx) f. Ghostface Killah, Method Man & Solomon Childs
05. Our Dreams
06. Gunshowers f. Method Man, Ghostface Killah, Inspectah Deck & Cappadonna
07. Dangerous
08. Pimpin’ Chipp
09. How To Pay Rent (Skit) f. Tracy Morgan
10. Miranda
11. Youngtown Heist
12. Break Breaka (It’s That Wu Shit)
13. Made Men (Bonus)
Bone Thugs N Harmony have released a video for their current single “Rebirth” off of their upcoming ninth studio album, Uni-5: The World’s Enemy, which is scheduled to be released on April 20. “Rebirth” serves as the follow-up to the groups lead single “See Me Shine (feat. Lyfe Jennings, Phaedra & Jay Rush).”
Many reports have been circulating that Shyne has signed to Def Jam Records.
According to AllHipHop, Shyne, who was recently released from prison after serving eight years for his participation in a 1999 club shooting, has repotedly signed a multi-million dollar deal with his former label, and putting to rest a bidding war between Def Jam, Aftermath, and Interscope Records.
While incarcerated, Shyne released the album, Godfather Burried Alive, under the direction Def Jam but then had a falling out with L.A. Reid over the albums lack of promotion.
The Belize native is currently working on new material for his upcoming album, which he was trying to record in the UK last week but was denied entry due to complications with is immigration papers.
Southern producer Mike Dean recently leaked the news to HipHopDX that he is indeed working with Scarface on a new album.
“I’m working on Scarface’s album,” Dean told HipHopDX. “It’s sounding good. We just scored a feature from John Legend on there. I hooked him up with John, making shit happen. I don’t know what’s up with the album or a release date or anything, we’re just working on a few songs right now. For the last few albums, I haven’t had much on his albums because we haven’t been in the studio together. He’ll do music somewhere else and bring it to me” (HipHopDX)
Dean has down a lot of production on Scarface’s albums in the past including 1994’s The Diary, 1998’s My Homies, 2000’s The Last of a Dying Breed, 2002’s The Fix, and many more.
