With heavy co sings from the biggest names in entertainment Kenny Smith's daughter snags a major deal with Interscope records. Kayla Brianna is bringing that new music to the teenagers.
Even Drizzy concedes he's overdosing on confidence, but the Young Money rapper doesn't seem to be phased by it. He told VH1 News that he would be willing to portray Barack Obama in a biopic if the opportunity were to arise.
"I hope somebody makes a movie about Obama's life soon because I could play him. That's the goal...I definitely pay attention and listen to the inflections of his voice. If you ask anyone who knows me, I'm pretty good at impressions," said Drake.
The rap mogul also claims to be writing with his pals, saying he's been reading scripts for a while and is already writing with some associates.
On Monday, January 30th @ 6pm/ET “106 & Park” will host a special episode dedicated to young, single parents. Now more than ever, young folks are struggling with the challenges of teen parenting and 106 & PARK is ready to tackle this issue.
106 will have experts, Dr. Michelle and Dr. Tartt in the studio providing guidance and answers to questions from our audience; along with rappers Don Trip (released the viral video “Letter To My Son”) and Tray Chaney who also has a strong video called “Fatherhood.”
1.Green Lantern Intro
2.Rare Breed
3.Last Of The Mohicans feat. Push!
4.Cream feat. T.I. And Meek Mill
5.Bout That Life
6.Something Special feat. Prodigy
7.Let it Fly rmx feat. DJ Khaled,Ace Hood,Meek Mill,Jim Jones,Wale
8.Pac And Big
9.Black Bandanna feat. DJ Paul
10.Soldier
11.See ya Later feat. Scarzeo
12.I still Love you feat. Audemar Twigg
13.Key to the City feat. Yo Gotti
14.Criminal
15.My Life
16.Certified feat. Jim Jones
17.Come-n-get me feat. Spin King.
18.Yes Yes Yall feat. Lloyd Banks
19.Unstoppable
20.Call me Hood feat. Roc City
21.I Am Who I Am
22.Stand Up!
1.SAY HELLO TO FOREVER (PROD BY DJ PAIN)
2.PRICELESS ft. RAEKWON (PROD BY ROC & MAYNE)
3.LET YOU GO (PROD BY XTREME BEATZ)
4.CANDYSTORE (ROC & MAYNE)
5.LOVE COME DOWN (PROD ROC & MAYNE)
6.IMPERFECTIONS ft. FRED THE GODSON (PROD BY BASSLINE)
7.SHATTERED PICTURE ft. TORCH (Y-NOT OF THE SOUND SMITH)
8.PROMISE LAND INTERLUDE (PROD BY MASSPIKE MILES)
9.HARD RAIN ft. SMOKE BULGA and LO-K3Y (PROD BY RED ON THE BEAT SARAH J)
10.DEPARTED (PROD MIKE MULAH FOR THE HIP HOP FRAT HOUSE)
11.MOONWALK ft. J RELL (PROD BY COZMO)
12.COVER ME {IM GOIN IN] (PROD FRANKINSTIEN)
13.FLATLINE ft. WIZ KHALIFA (PROD BY CARDIAK SARAH J)
01 2nd Chance
02 Shit Head
03 Somethings Got Me On It
04 Go Loco f. Tha City Paper
05 No Place For Me
06 Money In The Walls
07 Drug Related
08 Death Of Me
09 Touch The Ceilings f. Starlito
10 Personal f. Cruna
11 Car Clowdy f. The Outlawz
12 Think They Know
13 Closer f. Goapele & Hambino
14 Hate On Me
15 No Smiles
16 Touchdown f. CTN
17 21 & Up
18 Get It All
19 Dusted f. Bezzled Gang
20 I’m Ready
Dow Timo: Just grinding, turning these dreams into reality.
Spate: Before we get started tell us where you got your name.
Dow Timo: Dow Timo . Dow's my nickname from the streets and Timo's the first half of my gov- last name.
Spate: Now you're from Spring Valley, NY- What's up w/ the hip hop scene up there?
Dow Timo: There's a heavy hip hop scene over here, just like any place else. It's almost like a bucket of crabs tryna climb out and get seen.
Spate: How would you describe your style of music?
Dow Timo: I make music for the "FleetLife" (People who love to drink, party, get fly and get money) If that's you then come get with it.
Spate: Do you feel like where you're from has an impact on the music you create?
Dow Timo: It's definitely a crucial ingredient; If I'm rhyming about "my reality" who I am and where I'm from has to be felt.
Spate: What else do you do outside of music?
Dow Timo: I'm in the works of starting a web series called Fleetlife Tv to let my fans build with me on a different level.
Spate: Do you feel that it's important for indie artists to have a financial back up plan?
Dow Timo: Absolutely, that's with anything in life. Nothing is gaurneteed.
Spate: How long have you been in the game?
Dow Timo: I've been in the game professionally for about a year and change.
Spate: Is music something you see yourself doing long term?
Dow Timo: I'm here to stay, so bring a pillow [laughing].
Spate: With the various styles of music changing like the seasons, do you feel like your music is something that will continue to evolve with the changing tides?
Dow Timo: My music has been evolving since the first moment I blessed the mic. I can hear the difference from now and then.
Spate: Do you think it's important for artists to continuiously revamp the lyrical styles?
Dow Timo: Yes, It's good to stick to your own style, but the element of surprise is always a game changer. Lyrical evolution is a must.
Spate: What current projects are you working on?
Dow Timo: Right now I'm working on Fleetlife Tv , and The Fleetlife mixtape.
Spate: What should people expect from your projects?
Dow Timo: In one word versatility, I make music for everyone.
Spate: Do you have expectations of your music affecting the future of hip hop?
Dow Timo: Yes of course, I don't think there's any artist doing this seriously who doesn't hope their music leaves an imprint.
Spate: What are your views on how some of these major labels are treating the independent artist now- a- days?
Dow Timo: I feel their only major advantage is financial. If indies had the bank of majors there would be no competition.
Spate: Is there anything you would like our readers to know before we go?
Dow Timo: Look out for Fleetlife TV, visit our youtube and subscribe to Fleetlife TV. And make sure to check out the first episode of "Road 2 Madison".
Spate: Where can people keep up w/ Dow Timo?
Dow Timo: Definitely visit www.dowtimo.com, follow and like on twitter @dowtimo and facebook/dowtimo and subscribe to FleetlifeTV on youtube. Shout out to Antoine and SPATE Media.
Track Listing
Intro
Never Gon' Stop
Make That Money
Nino Brown
Need A Way Out (featuring Mista Raja)
Unstoppable
Gangstas Aint Dead (featuring Push Montana and Mouse)
Cream featuring (T.I and Meek Mills)
Let It Fly (featuring Roscoe Dash)
That Could Be Us (featuring Robbie Nova)
A Dream
Heart Stop
Heaven For A G
Messiah
Glad To Be Alive
Day After Tomorrow
Sean Combs, the entertainment impresario known as Diddy, is planning to launch a music-themed cable network, according to three sources with knowledge of his plans. The channel is called Revolt and is aiming to launch at the end of the year--12/12/12, to be specific.
Sources with knowledge of the Revolt playbook describe it as a music and music news channel with an urban skew. One described it as the old days of MTV, but for more of the African American audience. The venture is well funded, say the sources.
Former MTV programming chief Andy Schuon is involved with Revolt, according to sources. In 2006, Schuon headed up a music channel called International Music Feed (IMF), which was acquired by Ovation TV before being discontinued.
Comcast will provide distribution as part of its commitment to the FCC to help launch minority owned networks. In April, Comcast began soliciting proposals for "independent channels," according to its press materials. It plans to launch 10 over the next eight years, including eight Hispanic or African American owned channels, and began accepting proposals for the first three last spring.
Each of the 10 will be added to "select Comcast systems as part of the D1 digital tier," said Comcast; one source believed there would be around 10 million Comcast homes on board at Revolt's launch. Comcast announced its plans to launch an "American Latino"-operated channel by July 28, and an African American-owned one by January of 2013, which would fit Diddy's 12/12 timeframe.
A Comcast rep would not confirm Diddy's involvement, saying no announcements had been made on which among the "well over 100" proposals are getting the green light. The rep said discussions with the proposals' principals are ongoing, and that Comcast hoped to have an announcement soon.
A source said Time Warner Cable (TWC) will also be involved in Revolt distribution, which the source noted would mean around 18 million households, between Comcast and TWC.
A TWC spokesperson said the subscription TV operator has had "some discussions" regarding Revolt and Diddy, but did not have a comment at this time.
Diddy's Bad Boy Entertainment headquarters in New York did not respond to calls.
Diddy has had a variety of monikers throughout his successful career as a performer, producer and entrepreneur.
It's a banner time for networks targeting African Americans. The multicast network Bounce TV launched in September, while Kin TV and Soul of the South are aiming to debut in the spring.
B&C reported Jan. 19 that Charles Barkley is a co-founder at Kin TV.
James Brown, of CBS Sports, was recently named managing director at fledgling cable net Black Heritage Network.
Mac Miller announces new tour dates Buy tickets here
03/27/12 Norfolk, VA Norfolk State University
03/28/12 Clemson, SC Clemson University
03/29/12 Radford, VA Radford University
03/31/12 Fairfax, VA George Mason University
04/01/12 Loretto, PA Saint Francis University
04/03/12 State College, PA Penn State University
04/04/12 Ypsilanti, MI Eastern Michigan University
04/05/12 Kalamazoo, MI Western Michigan University
04/10/12 Green Bay, WI University of Wisconsin Green Bay
04/11/12 St. Louis, MO St. Louis University
04/12/12 Bloomington, IN Indiana University
04/14/12 Dayton, OH Wright State University
04/16/12 Charlotte, NC University of North Carolina Charlotte
04/17/12 Atlanta, GA Georgia State University
04/20/12 Orlando, FL University of Central Florida
04/26/12 Baltimore, MD Towson University
04/27/12 Clarion, PA Clarion University
04/29/12 Oneonta, NY SUNY Oneonta
05/18/12 Asbury Park, NJ Bamboozle Festival
05/29/12 Brussels Ancienne Belgique
05/30/12 Paris Le Casino de Paris
06/01/12 Amsterdam Melkweg
ASAP Rocky is joined by Jeremy Scott on the cover of Complex’s February/March issue. The cover story is up over at Complex and the behind the scenes footage from the shoot is below.
The XXL team spoke to some of those closest to Big for an in-depth look into his life and death. From his kids T’Yanna and Christopher “CJ” Wallace and their mamas, Jan Jackson and Faith Evans, to his closest friends like members of Junior M.A.F.I.A. and others, many got their chance to share stories and more to pay homage to the beloved MC. Most even disclosed rare, never-before-published photos of Biggie from their personal collections, which are featured in this month’s issue. Since Big was one of the most swagger-jacked rappers of all time, there’s a list of the 100 best Biggie bites, a look a what The Notorious One might have looked like at 40-plus, and much more.
Do you plan to see Red Tails this weekend? If not, you should.. And Here’s why!
It took George Lucas 23 years to get ‘Red Tails’ — the story of the Tuskegee Airmen, the first all black aerial combat unit during World War II — produced and in theaters. The film, which Lucas calls his passion project, included not only an all black cast, but black screenwriters, a black director, and a black film scorer, something that he says Hollywood was not trying to support or finance. Many thought that this movie would never see the light of day, but with an all star cast including Cuba Gooding Jr., Terrence Howard, Tristan Wilds, Ne-Yo, Method Man, David Oyelowo, Ryan Early, and Kevin Phillips, we finally have the first blockbuster all black action movie that not only brings drama but drops knowledge about an important part of history.
There is already a prequel and sequel to the film in the works, however, those movies will never be released if people do not go out to the theaters this weekend and prove to Hollywood that there is still a market for black films. George Lucas revealed on The Daily Show recently that he had to finance the film himself and that even with his track record of franchises like Star Wars and Indiana Jones, the movie industry wasn’t convinced that an action movie with an ‘all black cast’ would do well.
“[The studios] said [Red Tails is] not green enough. It’s because it’s an all black movie. There’s no major White roles in it at all. It’s one of the first all-Black action pictures ever made. It’s a reasonably expensive movie. Normally, Black movies—Tyler Perry movies or something—they’re very low-budget,” George said. “This cost more than what those movies make, so they figure…They don’t believe there’s any foreign market for it.”
George also revealed that he put up $60 million of his own money for the film (which had a $93 million dollar budget) because he felt it was an inspirational story for teenage boys.
I wanted to make an inspirational for teenage boys. I wanted to show that they have heroes. They’re real American heroes. They’re patriots that helped make the country what it is today. It’s not Glory where you have a lot of White officers running these guys into cannon fire.”
Meanwhile, Tyler Perry, who has been heavily criticized for his ‘stereotypical’ films over the years, encouraged his following to go out and support the film because ‘black films’ are becoming extinct. He posted on his website:
Unfortunately, movies starring an all African American cast are on the verge of becoming extinct. THAT’S RIGHT, EXTINCT! Ask any executive at a Hollywood Studio why, and most of them will tell you one of two things. The first thing they’ll say is that DVD sales have become very soft, so it’s hard for a movie with an all black cast to break-even. Secondly they’ll say, most movies are now dependent on foreign sales to be successful and most “black” movies don’t sell well in foreign markets. So what that means is you will begin to see less and less films that star an all black cast. Isn’t that sad in a 2012 America? Somewhere along the way we still haven’t realized that we are more alike then not.
George decided to take a huge risk by entirely funding the movie and releasing it himself. What a guy! For him to believe so strongly in this story is amazing. I think we should pull together and get behind this movie. I really do! Not just African Americans, but all of us
Check out the trailer and make sure you go out and see the movie this weekend!
Bronx born rapper Darq brings great visuals to his latest video R.A.W (Risk it all willingly). After watching this video you can't help to be excited about his up and coming projects. The video shows the rapper loosing his job but before he walks out the door he does the unthinkable, check the vid below.
With most popular rappers like Drake and Lil Wayne choosing to go with the clean look, rappers like Freeway choose to keep the full beard. Freeway and Tone Trump are Muslims so that's why they choose to rock the full beard but it is becoming a popular look in hip hop. We forgot to mention Action Bronson who also rocks a full beard. As more and more rapper turn to Islam you will see more artists choosing the bearded look. Well here are a few rappers we like.
The Grammys haven’t had an official host in seven years. But this year they’ve named LL Cool J as this year’s MC. Whoever thought hip-hop would take it this far?! The 54th Grammy Awards will air February 12th at 8 p.m. ET/PT on CBS.
“I’m thrilled to be part of Music’s Biggest Night. I will always have fond memories of my first Grammys Awards and to now be hosting the Grammy show, in the company of so many other incredible artists, is a dream come true.”
