August 24, 2010

Random News Shit: Hip-Hop Headlines Edition

Kanye West performs 'Power' at the 2010 BET Awards in Los Angeles June 27, 2010.
1) Kanye West Declares Every Friday A G.O.O.D. Friday
So Kanye is gonna be dropping new tracks every Friday until Christmas?? That's 18 tracks worth of Fridays! This is great news. Hopefully he doesn't leak too many album tracks because I don't want the experience to be ruined (I've spoke on this before, but I hate hearing albums when I've already heard 70% of it through leaks). It looks like Kanye can use Twitter for good after all.

2) Eminem To Perform At VMAs
This decision to watch the Cowboys game or watch the VMAs is getting harder and harder with each passing day. FUCK!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

3) Diddy Denies Doing Former Artists Dirty
First off, why is Cassie on the cover?? She does know her music career is over, right??

Anyway, Diddy does kinda have a point here. Rappers lifespans are generally short, BUT most of those labels he named either don't even exist anymore or are not relevant anymore. Even still, those labels launched major artists who went on to do major things, and it always seems like former Bad Boy artists just completely disappear. That's the real problem. Bad Boy is short on Kanye Wests, and Eves, and Rihannas, and long on G. Deps, Black Robs, and Shynes.

So no, I don't think Diddy is a crook or anything, but would I sign with Bad Boy?? Hell FUCK no lol.

4) T.I. Prepping Animated Series, 'Lil Homies'
Welp, maybe T.I. will be the first rapper to successfully pull this off, because as far as I know, Andre 3000 and David Banner's cartoon shows are no longer on the air. I guess will have to wait and see.

How funny would it be if Tip was shopping "Lil Homies" to Nick Jr.?? That'd be classic.

5) Lil Boosie Releasing New Album From Prison
And but of course the new album is entitled Incarcerated. The album is due out September 28th, and if his legal shit goes how it's expected this won't be his last album released from behind bars.