Philadelphia rapper Cassidy wants more than just his flowers. The hip-hop veteran has surprisingly emerged from the rap game shadows to seemingly expose rap crooner Tory Lanez for possibly “stealing” his lyrics for a series of freestyles. Cassidy Sparks Unnecessary Beef Cass struck first by lighting up his social media pages with side-by-side footage showing […]
Sometimes, healthy competition can escalate in a blink — and given that we’re currently looking at a combined thirteen minutes of bars from newfangled rivals Royce Da 5’9″ and Lupe Fiasco, it would appear that this one is only getting started.
After finding themselves at odds over lyrical superiority among other factors, Lupe tested the waters with an Instagram freestyle, taking a few potshots at Nickle in the process. Royce then decided to take it to the booth, setting the stage with “The Silence Of The Lamba,” a highlight-reel rap clinic designed to make his foe second guess himself. Evidently, Lupe Fiasco is trained to tune out all distractions. Now, the martially-proficient has decided to match his competitor’s stride, though not without first dipping his blade in poison.
Enter “Steve Jobs,” a six-minute retaliatory track that directly addresses many of the claims made on Royce’s “Lambda.” Off the bat, it’s clear that Lupe is looking to pick his opponent apart. “I think that n***a scared, he never leave Heaven cause he already dead,” spits Lu, over a ghoulish synthesizer. “We both wear glasses,” he continues. “The difference is I was in school thinking it was cool, you were thinking of skipping classes / listening to your track record I can see you were skipping classics.”
There’s certainly more where that came from, as Lupe made sure to up the ante on a personal level. “I wish they would have left Biz here, and fuckin took you,” he raps, with a battle rapper’s energy. Give “Steve Jobs” a listen now, and don’t be surprised to see Royce square up for round two sooner than later.
In seven minutes he did it,
If he knew how to freestyle he coulda rented Heaven for seven minutes
And been done what needed to be done by the second sentence
All this extra innings may come across as master — but my impression’s apprentice
Your penmanship has the fingerprints of a gimmick
An affection and an intimacy of impressions of that n***as you friends with
I ain’t gotta say it to say it,
I can’t even blame you, the n***a’s one of my favorites
R&B singer Summer Walker isn’t going to leave fans waiting long before possibly becoming pregnant again. The popular crooner has shared a batch of new pics highlighting her and producer London On Da Track‘s mini-me and revealed plans to welcome more life sooner than later. Summer Walker Knows How Soon She Wants Another Baby Walker […]
Congratulations are in order for Mr. and Mrs. Blackson. Comedian Michael Blackson stopped by The Breakfast Club on Thursday morning and at the end of the interview, he called his girlfriend Rada over to him before getting down on both knees and proposing to her. The beautiful moment was picked up by all of the cameras.
Speaking about his love for Rada during the interview, Michael Blackson called his girlfriend over at around the 33-minute mark. Charlamagne Tha God joked that they were discussing marriage, which prompted the comedian to pull out an engagement ring from his bag and get down on his knees.
“Bye, side bitches!” proudly exclaimed Rada after getting her ring. When Angela Yee asked Michael to confirm that he would also be saying goodbye to his sneaky links, the actor said that “90%” of them would be getting the boot. Rada was seemingly okay with that.
The unplanned moment sparked excited reactions from everyone in the room, especially since this is the first time that somebody has ever proposed on The Breakfast Club. There have been plenty of noteworthy moments on the show, but never a proposal. There’s a first for everything!
“I’ve never had a woman that’s this loyal to me,” said Michael before revealing that Rada was there to comfort him while he was recovering from COVID-19.
Once again, congratulations to the happy couple!
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Although they may not get as much love and credit as lead artists for making some of popular culture’s favorite tunes, producers are the backbone of the music industry. As a result, Billboard has taken a moment to recognize some of the greatest contributions by record producers to the evolution of popular music throughout the 21st century.
According to HipHopDX, The Neptunes’ massive collection of hits — including No. 1 singles such as Nelly’s “Hot in Herre,” Snoop Dogg’s “Drop It Like It’s Hot,” Gwen Stefani’s “Hollaback Girl” and Ludacris’ “Money Maker” — have earned them an impressively high spot on Billboard’s new producer feature. In fact, Pharrell and The Neptunes were both proclaimed to be the second-best producers of the entire 21st century, falling short of the #1 spot and ultimately bowing to Swedish stalwart Max Martin.
Ranked at #2 behind a generally pop-focused producer, Pharrell and The Neptunes were essentially proclaimed by Billboard to be the best Hip-Hop producers of the 21st century. For context, six of the remaining producers mentioned within the top ten were Hip-Hop and R&B-focused producers. In order from top to bottom, Timbaland, The-Dream and Tricky Stewart, Mike Will Made-It, Kanye West, Just Blaze, and Noah “40” Shebib took the third through eight positions in Billboard’s producer ranking.
Where do you think Pharrell and The Neptunes rank in terms of the greatest producers of the 21st century? Do you think any other Hip-Hop producers have had more of an impact on popular music than Pharrell Williams and Chad Hugo?
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Though Royce Da 5’9″ and Lupe Fiasco previously hosted a podcast together, it would appear that such arrangements are more volatile than once believed. The two elite lyricists have since found themselves embroiled in a heated back-and-forth over lyrical superiority, and last night, both emcees decided to take it to the booth.
Royce has since come through with “Silence Of The Lamba,” a lengthy six-minute salvo designed with a singular purpose: to assert undeniable dominance over his rival. Over a slow-burning, soulful instrumental from longtime Nickle beatmaker Carlos “Six July” Broady, Royce proceeds to put on an absolute clinic, delivering more hard-hitting bars in one song than some artists fit into a single album. While he doesn’t quite hit Lupe with the same ferocity he once gunned for D12 or Mistah Fab, Royce skillfully raises the stakes with enough sly jabs to leave a mark.
It’s admittedly surreal to reflect on how this feud has escalated, but it’s certainly refreshing to see emcees settling their differences through their craft. Fun though the occasional online back-and-forth can be, Royce and Lupe are a cut above when it comes to penmanship, and a swordfight between two masters will always prove more entertaining than even the wittiest heckler.
We do this for Kanye, if you can relate that’s Drake
We come shooting for Conway, Ruger your face back straight
A hundred and seventy on the dash, all the felonies and the demonic acts
With devils like Vlad always selling me all the trauma back
I speak to cabarets as a deviation of drama
Pastors in wave caps as a recreation of honor
Glad to appreciate black abbreviations of genre
Battle me A$AP, that’s for PDA with Rihanna
The second posthumous album has arrived from Brooklyn rapper Pop Smoke, and as Pusha-T suggested on the third track “Tell The Vision,” he can already see a platinum plaque starting to form in the clouds. One of the most commercially successful members of the Brooklyn drill community, Pop Smoke was well on his way to becoming a global superstar. The tragic end to his life marked one of the most depressing days in modern hip-hop history, but the rapper’s team has been emptying out his vault to share his greatness with the world. Every release has been bittersweet, but Faith has angered even some people within Pop’s close circle.
The album is expected to debut at #1 on the Billboard 200 next week and Pop’s estate is doing everything to secure that pivotal starting point, releasing a deluxe edition on Wednesday morning and uploading the official music video for “Coupe” later that day.
The video was filmed primarily at a basketball court in Pop’s neighborhood, which was filled with people from his city, enjoying his music and remembering the young icon. Canarsie was outside for this shoot and it looks like they had a great time.
Watch the music video for “Coupe” above.
Lil Uzi Vert is one of the most unpredictable characters in the rap world and this week, he proved that the air of mystery constantly surrounding him is a thing of permanence. According to a recent conversation between the Eternal Atake rapper and artist Grimes, Lil Uzi is allegedly very close to becoming the first human to legally own a planet.
A creative thinker and innovative mind, Lil Uzi just upped his game, allegedly completing the required documentation to purchase a planet. The rapper has a close relationship with Grimes, the girlfriend of Elon Musk, who claimed that Uzi is close to making the historic purchase.
“Apparently @LILUZIVERT owns this planet – just a heads up,” said Grimes on Twitter, responding to a picture of WASP-127b, a gas giant exoplanet larger than Jupiter.
“I tried 2 surprise everyone,” replied Uzi. “Still working on it.”
“Documentation almost complete for @LILUZIVERT to legally claim wasp-127b – this is huge! First human to legally own a planet,” wrote back Grimes.
Between this and the $24 million diamond that Lil Uzi allegedly bought to insert in the middle of his forehead earlier this year, nobody knows what could be next for the hip-hop superstar. We’ve known for a while that Uzi was out of this world, but we never could have predicted that he would buy an entire planet.
Let us know what you think of this. We’ll keep you posted with more information as this is confirmed.
In the world of Kanye West, things tend to go from 0 to 100 quickly. Last weekend, with no warning, there was a listening event for Donda, and now the album is set to come out tomorrow. Now, there are two major live events on the horizon: West is hosting a listening event at Atlanta’s Mercedes-Benz Stadium tonight, and it looks like he’ll be performing at Rolling Loud Miami this weekend.
Rumors of this performance have been circulating for a few days. On July 20, West’s longtime collaborator Consequence shared notepad drawings of a pyramid, seemingly in reference to West’s stage design, and noted that West will be performing at the festival on Sunday. Now, we have something closer to official confirmation of West’s appearance, as Billboard reports (citing “a source close to the situation”) that it’s happening.
Kanye West will perform his new album “Donda” this weekend at Rolling Loud. pic.twitter.com/ilvj1XZ2Nx
— Rap Alert (@rapalert4) July 20, 2021
Meanwhile, West shared what appears to be the tracklist for the album via an Instagram post last night, which shows song titles written on a whiteboard. As NME notes, there are some differences between this tracklist and the one West shared a year ago. While there are a number of songs that have stuck around, tracks like “Pure Souls” and “We Made It” are new to the album.
New York rapper, Cardi B doesn’t play when it comes to her bag collection. This week, Bardi finally let us get a glimpse into just how many designer bags she has. Spoiler: it’s enough to fill a museum. Cardi B’s Birkin Bag Collection Is A Must See B went online to share some pictures of […]
