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Sunday, April 25th, 2010Snoop Dogg’s Voice Will Turn Your GPS Into A GPS-izzle
Sunday, December 13th, 2009Snoop Dogg, in association with VoiceSkins.com, announces the launch of Snoop’s GPS voice. As one of the best known and most recognizable voices in pop culture, Snoop Dogg’s VoiceSkin is now available for download by users of TomTom GPS navigation systems.
Bringing a whole new hip-hop swagger to TomTom GPS, the VoiceSkin contains ‘Snoop Speak’ such as: “Take tha third left, and while you’re at it, put in some of that Snoop Dogg!” “Turn around when possible and keep it ‘G’, ya d-i-g?” He also smoothes the way for TomTom drivers with Snoop-style guidance, such as, “Keep left ahead, and you’ll be bonafide”.
Nick Adler, Brand Manager for Snoop’s Stampede Management, said, “Celebrity voices for GPS are a hot new content category. Snoop is the first real megastar to lend his voice to GPS navigation. As Snoop is a trendsetter, he just had to have his voice tell us all where to go!”
Looks like another XXL Magazine Freshman Class of 09 dropout. Is Street Records Corp dropping Asher Roth?
Wednesday, December 2nd, 2009
XXL Magazine declared the freshman class of 2009 last year with acts like, Kid Cudi, Ace Hood, and Asher Roth leading the way. The class also featured Cory Gunz, Blu, Mickey Factz, and Charles Hamilton.
Labels are struggling to find revenue streams & many of the freshman aren’t making it to their Sophomore year.
Asher Roth’s expected hit with Keri Hilson flopped on billboard and he’s struggled to find the formula to move on from his one hit wonder “I Love College”. He’s put out three singles since, featuring the before mentioned Keri Hilson, Cee-Lo, and “Lark on My Go Cart” a colossal failure. Rumors put Asher on the job market as soon as Christmas, SRC isn’t happy with his flops and his image is noticeably absent from the label’s home page.
Charles Hamilton already beat Asher as a Freshman class drop out, Hamilton was dropped from Universal Records over three months ago. Universal determined he wasn’t capable of creating a hit song. The boot from Universal appears to have kicked off a Hamilton downward spiral, he was recently seen in a video getting punched in the face after he made some distasteful comments to a young woman.
Ace Hood, who was also on the Freshman list, was dropped not once, but twice, by two different major labels. He also failed to deliver a hit song even with the help of superstar Jazmine Sullivan on the hook of his song, Champion. Ace is set to deliver a release on DJ Khalid’s new label after both appear to be dropped from Def Jam.
Not on the Freshman list, but many said he should have been, was PA rapper Wiz Khalifa. His huge buzz at the time had many thinking he’d be the next to blow. Wiz has since been dropped from Warner Records.
The future does look bright from some including Blu who remained indie and is doing well touring and putting out his own music. Rapper Curren$y who could never get out of the light of Lil Wayne at Young Money Records, has left that label to make some great music released through Amalgam Digital. Kid Cudi is also finding success in touring and digital sales. Finally, Michael Barber is making some serious noise and is set for a European and US tour beginning in early 2010.
Barber, who recently signed a distribution deal via Hoopla Media and Universal Records, was quick to knock Asher on his way out the revolving SRC door. Michael is continuing lasting year’s beef by taking shots at Mr. Roth in his newly-released, self-produced single, ‘The Truth.’ The Truth is the second in a one two punch as a follow-up to last year’s Barber’s diss track ‘Asher’s Nightmare.’
Barber’s soon to be released ‘The Truth’ mixtape produced by the well-known, award winning DJ Fade from Nashville, is rumored to take more shots at Roth, Charles Hamilton and even the Black Eyed Peas. ‘The Truth’ is expected to released on over 200 websites as early as next week.
Big shouts to Those Chosen – a breath of fresh new hip hop
Tuesday, November 17th, 2009
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This month’s URB Magazine includes a great shout out to Those Chosen, a fresh trio makin’ a new kind of noise and gettin’ some positive press.
Happy to see some fresh, new voices in hip hop!
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Eminem Discusses his recent success Before MTV Movie awards
Sunday, May 31st, 2009UNIVERSAL CITY, California – Eminem is back. Selling an impressive 608,000 copies in its first week, his latest album Relapse announced the rapper’s comeback in a big way. And now, to further cement his return, Eminem will be hitting the MTV Movie Awards stage, for one of his first live-TV performances in years.
Eminem had a top-secret, closed-door rehearsal at the Gibson Amphitheatre late Saturday night for Sunday’s show, and MTV News’ Sway caught up with the Detroit MC on his way in to the theater to talk about his recent success and what has surprised him lately.
“I don’t know if anything’s really surprised me,” he said. “More so, I’m happy about the response the record is getting. I’m glad people have caught on to the concept.”
After his bumpy road with substance abuse, Em has some less harmful ways to get pumped up for a performance.
“Lots of alcohol and lots of prescription medications used to be the ingredients,” he told MTV News. “But now, it’s Diet Coke and Red Bull.”
Em, who is no stranger to movies, having starred in the acclaimed “8 Mile,” said he’s considering a return to the silver screen. “For a while, I guess, I wasn’t ready,” he said. “But I’m ready now. I’m just looking for the right script.”
Eminem will take the stage during Sunday’s show, which kicks off at 9 p.m. ET.
Will the vampires grab more trophies than the slumdog? What was the year’s ultimate onscreen WTF moment? It’s up to you to decide the winners of the 2009 MTV Movie Awards. Vote now, and tune in on May 31 at 9 p.m. ET, when the big show airs live from the Gibson Amphitheatre in Universal City, California.
Rapper Dollas Funeral in Pictures
Wednesday, May 27th, 2009hip hop news ..::.. hip hop opinion » Dollas Funeral in Pictures.
I had to post a link to this awesome tribute to the slain Rapper Dolla. Hip Hop Spy’s “Mr. Roderick Anthony Burton II’s final story in pictures:” gave me chills, big ups to them for a very thoughtful tribute.
I love the beautiful white celebration requested by Dolla himself. The lovely white reminds me of angels and light. As they said, I hope this sad set of events helps open some eyes about how senseless violence robs so many of us.
The last picture really got me – Dolla looks like such a little, baby angel face – no disrespect intended – the image just seems to highlight a side we might not know him – simple joy and innocence. A perfect way to end a sad post.
Some background info with a link to more details:
Up-and-coming Atlanta rapper Dolla was shot and killed in an altercation outside a shopping mall in Los Angeles on Monday, May 18th. He was 21 years old.
According to the Atlanta Journal-Constitution, Dolla was gunned down while he waited at the Beverly Center’s mall valet with rappers DJ Shabbazz and Scrapp DeLeon. Dolla’s publicist said that before the shooting, a man and woman were trailing the rapper. Police have “two persons of interest” in custody; cops picked up one man at the ticketing area of the Los Angeles International Airport with a gun in his possession.
