Nas and Damian Marley on 106 & Park talking about there album.
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Nas sits down with the Life.Files to discuss politics, movies, the evolution of the internet and Gurus Passing. Take a look.
Big Boi’s Advice For The Next Generation of Hip Hop from DJ Smallz on Vimeo.
DJ Smallz catches up with Big Boi at Stankonia Studios to get some advice for rap’s next class of future superstars. Sir Luscious Left Foot: The Son Of Chico Dusty drops July 6.
After various reports surfaced from concerts Lupe was performing that he announced a new mixtape was coming, many were sceptical. He later confirmed it via his We Are Lasers twitter account and also briefly spoke with MTV News at the red carpet for Diddy’s birthday.
“The last six months, it’s been like, ‘I gotta really, really go out there and show that I’m nicer than all of them,’ ” Lupe said. “It’s like, ‘All right, so be it. If it takes three more albums to do it, then so be it.’ That’s what I got left with Atlantic. Three more after Lasers. I’m already done with two. The mixtape is coming Thanksgiving. It’ll be another mixtape after that and an album after that. It’s really to get that status and lock it in and [and have people] be like, ‘Look at this positive dude, the underdog. The positive one who came and murdered all these dudes. And he’s there, and he’s good.’ “
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Hump Day is here and what a better way to get over it than by getting some new tracks for your music library. Today’s “Daily Downloads” features the remix to Consequence’s “Whatever U Want”, a cut from Birdman with Lil Wayne and Kevin Rudolf called “I Want It All”, and a Ne-Yo song called “That’s Entertainment”. Also included is new music from Wale, Chris Brown, Sheek Louch, Theophilus London, and more. (more…)
Gucci Mane sits down with Miss Info to talk about his new track “My Own Worst Enemy” and about Young Jeezy. In other news, just minutes ago, Gucci was just sentenced to 12 months in prison for a probation violation.
Jay-Z sits down with Time Magazine about working with Kanye on The Blueprint 3 and about joining Eminem on the Renegade version of the recently released video game DJ Hero. He also compares being a real DJ and to playing the game.
David Banner and 9th Wonder are putting out an album called Death Of A Pop Star. He’s says that they will give it away for free. (more…)
The Press Play Show’s own Christopher Truth talks with Mike Posner and Big Sean after their show. They talk about doing school and music, and their label situations.