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March 17, 2011
Legendary West Cost rapper-singer Nate Dogg (born Nathaniel Dwayne Hale) died on Tuesday in Long Beach, California from complications related to his 2007 and 2008 strokes. Nate Dogg was mostly known for his featurings on classics like Dr. Dre “The Next Episode” and Warren G “Regulate.” His last album “Nate Dogg” was released in 2008. [...]
August 12, 2008
Nelly’s “Brass Knuckles” album official track listing has surfaced online.The record will be released on September 16 via Universal Records.Guests on the project include Akon, Ashanti, Avery Storm, Chuck D, Ciara, Fergie, LL Cool J, Nate Dogg, Pharrell, Snoop Dogg, St. Lunatics, T.I. and Usher. 1. U Ain’t Him 2. Hold Up (featuring LL Cool [...]
August 10, 2008
Check out the track listing to The Game’s upcoming “L.A.X.” album,that will be released on August 26,via Geffen records.DMX is featured on the ‘Intro’ and ‘Outro’ of the CD.
August 19, 2007
Kanye West appeared few days ago,on a british show called “The Friday Night Project”,where he addressed his September 11th ‘war’ with the ‘Candy shop’ rapper 50 Cent . While in the UK,Kanye also participated on DJ Tim Westwood’s show on BBC Radio 1,he previewed two new songs of “Graduation”. Kanye West talking about releasing album [...]
August 1, 2007
Wyclef Jean is going after Lauryn Hill in the new issue of Scratch now being on stands. “What’s going on with the Fugees reunion, or lack there of? WYCLEF: I’m officially Paul McCartney from the Beatles now. If the Fugees wanna come back, and Lauryn wanna come back…you can’t break the format. Don’t come back [...]
June 21, 2007
Chicago rapper Twista is full of surprises on his upcoming album, “Adrenaline Rush 2007,” due Aug. 24 via Atlantic. The set, titled after his debut album, 1997′s “Adrenaline Rush” (“I want to let [them] know Twista is still the same,” he says of the title choice), not only features guest turns by Juelz Santana, Cee-Lo, [...]
June 5, 2007
‘Em ain’t put out an album in five years,’ rapper says. ‘It builds anticipation because he’s away.’ Is 50 Cent threatening to make like a long list of rappers before him — from Jay-Z to Master P to Too Short — and announce his retirement from the game? Not quite. He’s definitely not hanging up [...]
May 30, 2007
Common’s seventh LP, will be titled Finding Forever. He plans to continue working with Kanye West and alo plans to get with Dr. Dre and Djuan Edgerton. The album will be released on July 31st. Common has announced his single being, “The People” and has been performing portions at his shows. West has already predicted [...]
May 18, 2007
Mims: ’50 Cent Should Be Worried’…. Hip-hop newcomer Mims has challenged 50 Cent – insisting the rapper ‘should be worried’ about his rising talent. The star, whose This Is Why I’m Hot reached number one in the US, insists the In Da Club hitmaker is jealous of his new success. He says, “I can see [...]
May 14, 2007
‘It’s not just hip-hop, and that’s the thing that makes me mad,’ MC says of finger-pointing after Imus incident. NEW YORK — Eve’s still the illest pitbull in a skirt, but nowadays, there might be a little bit more lace on her skirt than before. For instance, on her forthcoming album, Here I Am — [...]