According to Shady president Paul Rosenberg, Eminem, who last Bad Meets
Evil's "Hell: The Sequel" with Royce Da 5'9 in 2011, is "far into the
process" of recording his untitled eighth studio album, due after
Memorial Day. "We fully expect to be releasing a new Eminem album in
2013. He's been working on it for some time," Rosenberg tells Billboard,
who was included on this year's Billboard Power 100 list. "It's safe to
say that it will be post-Memorial Day at some point, but we're not
exactly sure when. We've got some dates locked in for him to perform
live in Europe in August, so we're trying to see what else lines up."
Great song and video, but Affion, you gotta spare us with the super long damn intro. I thought the damn song was never gonna begin, shit took damn near as long as Detox.
I'm glad to hear Slaughterhouse will be on Summer Jam, but I can't go to that shit, so the most important part of this interview is hearing that Eminem has begun working on a new solo album! I'm sure we won't see it until some time in 2013, but I'm still already excited.
Also, shout out to Peter Rosenberg for standing up for Hip-Hop time and time again.
1) Kendrick Lamar
2) B.o.B
3) Big K.R.I.T.
4) Machine Gun Kelly
5) Tech N9ne
Bar for bar, I've got to give it to Kendrick Lamar. Dude is just nice. Next I have to give it up to B.o.B for showing everybody that he's a real MC, and not just a pop star (Side note: I wonder what B.o.B did at 3:32 when he was setting up that special needs line to make BET take the camera off of him? The retarded man bend wrist chest smack thing? Who's to know.) Coming in 3rd I have to give it up to K.R.I.T. He didn't go for punchlines and just spit some real nigga shit. Fourth is Machine Gun Kelly, who despite having a nice flow, made a couple of missteps (Rhyming "Cobain's back" with each other 3 times?). And bringing up the rear is Tech N9ne, who totally squandered his first appearance on BET since Sway and Tech's The Anthem back in 1999.
1) Busta Rhymes
2) Reek Da Villain
3) Ludacris
4) 2 Chainz
It was a close race between Busta Rhymes and Reek Da Villain, but I had to give it to Busta because he embodied exactly what you'd want from a cypher, from lyrics to delivery. Reek is clearly #2, and he's followed up by Ludacris at #3, who nearly loss points for his wild pronunciation of Zach Galifianakis' name. The #4 spot almost went to Premo's laptop or Luda's headphones because 2 Chainz brought pretty much nothing to the table here. Ultimately, I decided to just give him 4th place (and last overall) instead of 5th or 6th, but only because he changed his name from Tity Boi to 2 Chainz (even though for some reason he thought it'd be a good idea to rock 3 chains the day this was filmed).
1) Skillz
2) Lady Of Rage
3) Blind Fury
4) Dom Kennedy
You have to give this one to Skillz. You've just got to. In fact, it was almost predetermined he was going to have the hardest bars in his group as soon as BET called him to do it. Checking in at #2 is Lady Of Rage, who was shockingly quite impressive. Blind Fury did his thing as well, so he gets the 3 spot, and last was Dom Kennedy, who really didn't bring much to the table.
1) Pill
2) Meek Mill
3) Rick Ross
4) Stalley
5) Wale
The surprise upset first place goes to Pill! Who would've thunk it? Nobody, but he made it happen. Congrats. Next up is Meek Mill, though his raw Philly style carried him more so than his lyrics. I wasn't expecting much from Ross here, but he ripped it so he gets third. Stalley was nice, but he needed a little more energy, so that's good for 4th. Bringing up the rear is Wale. His verse didn't suck, he was just the 5th best on this occasion.
1) Lecrae
2) Nitty Scott
3) Estelle
4) Soprano
Lecrae blazed it and showed that a Christian rapper can be nice as hell too. He gets the #1 spot. Coming in #2 has got to be Nitty Scott, whom which I'd like to exchange numbers with and possible take out on a date. Third is Estelle, but it was by default because I refuse to sit and read Soprano's (I'm assuming) fourth place lyrics.
1) Kevin McCall
2) Tyga
3) Chris Brown
4) Ace Hood
I thought Kevin McCall was a singer? Clearly I had him mixed up with somebody else because dude is nice, and for that, he gets first place. Second goes to Tyga, who has improved more lyrically in the last 2-3 years than anyone I can recall. I mean, dude was completely wack back in 2008, but now he's almost nice. Next I'll give props to Chris Brown, who is 10x the rapper he is singer. Last place goes to Ace Hood, but it's not because he sucked, it's just because the others did better. Ace was just fine, and I'm just proud he remembered his rhyme this time.
1) Eminem
2) Joe Budden
3) Royce Da 5'9"
4) Crooked I
5) Yelawolf
6) Joell Ortiz
This is easily the greatest cypher in the history of the BET Hip-Hop Awards, and it's truly a shame somebody had to come in last in my rankings. For starters, Eminem is just out of this world lyrically. To this date, NOBODY can flip rhymes the way he can and that was on full display in this video. Coming in at #2 is Joe Budden as he remains the most underrated rapper, possibly ever. Royce is 3rd because not only did he murder his verse, but "Hi Rihanna" is still a trending topic on Twitter nearly 24 hours later. Crooked I gets 4th place for his killer bars, while Yelawolf and Joell Ortiz bring up the rear with sick verses that just weren't on the level of the lead 4, but still good as hell. Damn, that was tough.
Illest of the Night: Eminem Runner Up: Joe Budden
Wackest of the Night: 2 Chainz Runner Down: Tech N9ne
Surprise! Jay-Z made more money than anyone else in Hip-Hop over the last year. Hov topped the list with $37 million earned, followed by Diddy with $35 million earned, and a steep drop off to Kanye West at #3 with $16 million earned.
Check out the top 20 earners in Hip-Hop after the jump.
1) Jay-Z ($37 million)
2) Diddy ($35 million)
3) Kanye West ($16 million)
4) Lil Wayne ($15 million)
4) Birdman ($15 million)
6) Eminem ($14 million)
6) Snoop Dogg ($14 million)
6) Dr. Dre ($14 million)
9) Akon ($13 million)
10) Ludacris ($12 million)
11) Wiz Khalifa ($11 million)
11) Drake ($11 million)
13) Pharrell Williams ($10 million)
14) Timbaland ($7 million)
15) Swizz Beatz ($6.5 million)
15) Nicki Minaj ($6.5 million)
17) Rick Ross ($6 million)
17) 50 Cent ($6 million)
17) Pitbull ($6 million)
20) T-Pain ($5 million)
20) B.o.B ($5 million)
No Lil B? Damn, I thought I'm Gay was gonna change the game.
Besides Lil B's absence, another interesting thing about this list is how much records sales don't matter at all anymore. Eminem sold waaaaaaay more albums in the past year than anyone else on the list, but is only the 6th biggest earner, tied with Snoop Dogg (whose album flopped) and Dr. Dre (whose album is an ancient myth). Also, Nicki Minaj has sold nearly a million more albums than Wiz Khalifa in the past 12 months, but he made $11 million and she only made $6.5 million, just $500,000 more than Pitbull whose album was just recently released.
The lesson this list has taught us: Fuck album sales, tour, tour, and tour some more... or makes some crazy popular headphones (Dr. Dre)... or have Lady Gaga under contract (Akon).
Adele's 21 returns to #1 this week for her 11th non-consecutive week atop the Billboard 200. DJ Khaled's We The Best Forever debuts at #5 with 53,100 sold. Amy Winehouse's Back To Black re-enters the charts at #9 with 37,300 following a 3,140% sales increase. Not sure why it re-entered the Billboard 200 and not the Top Pop Catalog like Michael Jackson was forced to back in 2009? Remember, Billboard said any album more than 18-months old and below spot 100 was considered a "catalog album" and that's why MJ took over the Top Pop Catalog and instead of the Billboard 200 like he was supposed to? What happened, Billboard? Whatever, expect Back To Black to make a run at #1 next week.
I'm not sure how LMFAO's bullshit ass song stays at #1, but it does. Then again, one glance at numbers 2-4 let's you know America is clearly lost musically. Anyway, Bad Meets Evil's Lighters featuring Bruno Mars finally tracks the top 10 at #10. The Billboard 200 1-10 first week debuts in bold
1. Adele - 21 (3-1) 2. Kidz Bop Kids - Kidz Bop 20 (2)
3. 3 Doors Down - Time Of My Life (3)
4. Beyonce - 4 (5-4) 5. DJ Khaled - We the Best Forever (5)
6. Blake Shelton - Red River Blue (1-6) 7. 311 - Universal Pulse (7)
8. Jason Aldean - My Kinda Party (7-8) 9. Amy Winehouse - Back To Black (9)
10. Selena Gomez & The Scene - When The Sun Goes Down (10-10)
1. LMFAO - Party Rock Anthem (1-1)
2. Katy Perry - Last Friday Night (3-2)
3. Pitbull - Give Me Everything (2-3)
4. Nicki Minaj - Super Bass (5-4)
5. Adele - Rolling In The Deep (4-5)
6. Lil Wayne - How To Love (6-6)
7. Hot Chelle Rae - Tonight Tonight (9-7)
8. Lady Gaga - The Edge Of Glory (7-8)
9. OneRepublic - Good Life (8-9) 10. Bad Meets Evil - Lighters (17-10)
Jay-Z and Kanye West's (or The Throne as they're now being called) Otis debuts at #47. This marks the first time Otis Redding has appeared on since 1969, 2 years after his death in 1967 at age 26 (damn, he missed the "27 Club" by 273 days).
Pitbull's Rain Over Me featuring Marc Anthony flies 22 spots 81-59.
Drake's Marvin's Room finally debuts at #68.
50 Cent's Outlaw debuts at #87. Take that Interscope!
Big Sean wildly overrated Marvin Gaye & Chardonnay with Kanye and Roscoe Dash debuts at #88.
Miguel's Quickie debuts at #95.
DJ Drama's Oh My featuring Fabolous, Roscoe Dash, and Wiz Khalifa debuts at #100.
No, not "first Hip-Hop album to sell 1 million downloads," the first album to sell 1 million downloads. For an artist who has sold as many records as Eminem, that number might not seem like a lot, but to convince over a million people to buy something they could easily get for free on the same thing they used to buy it is major.
Anyway, this reminds me that I completely forgot to buy Bad Meets Evil. I'm fuckin' up!
I'm not sure why they held onto this video for so long, but I'm glad its out because it is amazing. And that's not to mention it was my favorite song on Recovery. It's a shame they can't show it on TV because he blows his brains out twice, but it's GOT to be nominated for something at the VMAs.
Adele 21's loses its #1 spot again as Bad Meets Evil's Hell: The Sequel debuts in the top spot with 171,100. Of course this is Eminem's lowest first week sales ever, but at the same time, it's Royce Da 5'9's best. Either way, it's damn good for an EP. Ledisi's Pieces Of Me debuts at #8 with 36,000 sold.
Despite losing her top billing on the Billboard 200, Adele's remains atop the Hot 100 for a 7th week with her smash hit Rolling In The Deep. Joining the top 10 this week is Katy Perry's Last Friday Night, which skyrocketed 27 spots 31-4. The Billboard 200 1-10 first week debuts in bold
1. Bad Meets Evil - Hell: The Sequel (1) 2. Jackie Evancho - Dream With Me (2) 3. Adele - 21 (1-3) 4. Lady Gaga - Born This Way (2-4) 5. Jason Aldean - My Kinda Party (7-5) 6. Owl City - All Things Bright & Beautiful (6) 7. Barry Manilow - 15 Minutes (7) 8. Ledisi - Pieces Of Me (8) 9. Brad Paisley - This Is Country Music (8-9) 10. Original Cast Recording - The Book Of Mormon (3-10)
Gorilla Zoe's King Kong debuts at #56 with 10,300 sold.
1. Adele - Rolling In The Deep (1-1) 2. Pitbull - Give Me Everything (2-2) 3. LMFAO - Party Rock Anthem (3-3) 4. Katy Perry - Last Friday Night (31-4) 5. Katy Perry - E.T. (4-5) 6. Lady Gaga - The Edge Of Glory (7-6) 7. Jason Aldean - Dirt Anthem (9-7) 8. Nicki Minaj - Super Bass (10-8) 9. Bruno Mars - The Lazy Song (5-9) 10. Lupe Fiasco - The Show Goes On (11-10)
Bad Meets Evil's Lighters featuring Bruno Mars debuts at #16. Not sure what's everyone's beef with Bruno Mars, but this is a good fucking song.
Big Sean's My Last hops 9 spots forward as his debut album is set to hit store this Tuesday.
Pitbull debuts another new record, this time it's Rain Over Me with Marc Anthony at #75.
I actually just listened to the album and it's certified hot shit. The swiftness with which this project came together and was released kinda makes me pissed off at everybody always talking about their grinding but hardly ever dropping shit. Whatever though.
Anyway, I'm surprised they didn't employ this guy to say anything on the album, I think that would've been tight (Side note: I'm pretty sure the guy in this video is not the guy from the skit). I'm still copping it regardless, but I'm just saying it would've been cool.
This was such a great idea! The only really bad part about it is that they whipped this together before Jay-Z and Kanye could even finish a 10 or 11 track album they were already a good 4 or 5 songs in on. Oh well, June 14th is the date.
Adele's 21 remains #1 with another 155,200 sold. I guess I can't blame her ex for trying to get some of that money. The Beastie Boys' Hot Sauce Committee Part 2 debuts at #2 with 128,200 sold. Jennifer Lopez's Love? begins at #5 with 83,100 sold. Sade's The Ultimate Collection starts off at #7 with 37,600 sold. Musiq Soulchild's MusiqTheMagiq debuts at #8 with 34,800 sold.
Adele's 21 has spent 7 non-consecutive weeks at #1 on the Billboard 200, now it's time for her to try her hand at #1 on the Hot 100, as her hit single Rolling In The Deep rises 2-1 this week. Lady Antebellum's Just A Kiss debuts at #7, and Pitbull finds himself with another top 10 as Give Me Everything jumps 13-8. The Billboard 200 1-10 first week debuts in bold
1. Adele - 21 (1-1) 2. Beastie Boys - Hot Sauce Committee Part 2 (2) 3. Various Artists - Now 38 (3) 4. Fleet Foxes - Helpessness Blues (4) 5. Jennifer Lopez - Love? (5) 6. Stevie Nicks - In Your Dreams (6) 7. Sade - The Ultimate Collection (7) 8. Musiq Soulchild - MusiqTheMagiq (8) 9. Mumford & Sons - Sigh No More (3-9) 10. Sixx: A.M. - This Is Gonna Hurt (10) The Billboard Hot 100 1-10 first time top 10's in bold
1. Adele - Rolling In The Deep (2-1) 2. Katy Perry - E.T. (1-2) 3. Jennifer Lopez - On The Floor (7-3) 4. Black Eyed Peas - Just Can't Get Enough (4-4) 5. Bruno Mars - The Lazy Song (5-5) 6. Britney Spears - Till The End (3-6) 7. Lady Antebellum - Just A Kiss (7) 8. Pitbull - Give Me Everything (13-8) 9. Rihanna - S&M (6-9) 10. Chris Brown - Look At Me Now (10-10)
Kelly Rowland's Motivation featuring Lil Wayne rises 12 spots 43-31.
Eminem and Royce Da 5'9" (or as Billboard recognizes them as, "Bad Meets Evil") watches their new track Fast Lane debut at #32. Ohh, so that's what happened when Bad met Evil.
Miguel's Sure Thing flies 14 spots 56-42 this week.
Nicki Minaj's Super Bass soars a whooping 50 spots, 98-48.
Big Sean's My Last featuring Chris Brown finds a new peak jumping 9 spots 63-54.
Chris Brown's She Ain't You hops 19 spaces 74-55.
The New Boyz Better With The Lights Off with Chris Brown debuts at #61.
Jennifer Lopez's I'm Into You featuring Lil Wayne enters the Hot 100 at #72.
After debuts at #100 last week, Maroon 5's Never Gonna Leave This Bed jumps 17 spots to #83.
1) Eminem & Royce Da 5'9" Announce EP Niiiiiceeee! The Bad Meets Evil EP is supposed to be dropping June 14th, so fingers crossed for its timely arrival.
2) Serena Williams...The Rapper? From rackets to rapping, this shit is insane! I pray Serena isn't really considering a music career, because that really really wouldn't be a good look....and mostly likely not a good sound either. Somebody get Bryant McKinnie back on the football field before he fucks up Serena's good name.
I haven't been posting much new music lately and there's a good reason for that: I haven't been listening to any of it. Now, if that has got you hyped for an awesome collabo, think again. I actually accidentally stumbled upon this song in my email a little while ago and didn't to give it a whirl. Its a throwaway from a recent Eminem album, but it definitely wasn't Recovery. Just check it out and you'll figure it out.
Figure the album out? I'm sure you did. This record is definitely cold...and not in the hot way (if that makes any sense). Matter of fact, I'm not sure why I'm posting it other than because this is FiyahMuZik.com and I hardly ever post music anymore. Give me a few weeks to catch up with everything and we'll try again.
1) Eminem Signs Slaughterhouse And Yelawolf Rumors have been swirling about Slaughterhouse signing with Shady Records since they dropped their self-titled debut album in 2009, so I'm not too surprised they were finally signed up. But Yelawolf? I had no idea he was even in discussion with Shady. I feel like I should've saw it coming though, they're basically of the same ilk, so it makes sense Em would be attracted to him when he heard him. Well, hopefully this rebuilding of Shady Records goes better than the first phase (Obie Trice and Stat Quo) and definitely better than the second phase (Bobby Creekwater and Cashis). Then again, having Slaughterhouse and Yelawolf (2 already established acts) is a different horse than trying to bring along relative unknowns.
(Side note: I wonder if it's gonna be awkward when Joell Ortiz encounters Dr. Dre??)
Let's be honest, if anybody was gonna buy a $180,000 watch of themselves, it was gonna be Kanye West. Also, if anybody was gonna buy a $180,000 watch of Kanye West, it was gonna be Kanye West. Either way, no one should be shocked, stunned, or surprised.
Okay, take a look at this bad boy:
3) "The Game" Returns To 7.7 Million Viewers It would be simple to say, "If all you fans of 'The Game' watched it on the CW, you wouldn't have had to wait all this time for season 4." That is true, but it's not that simple. I don't think "The Game" started building a real following until BET started showing re-runs of it all day.
For example, my uncle was in prison when "The Game" started in 2006, but he became a fan of the show after coming home and watching the re-runs on BET. Now, I'm not saying everyone was in prison in 2006, but obviously if its fanbase was as massive then as it is now, it would've never gotten canned in the first place.
And with that being said, you know the fine folks at the CW are looking so sick right now lol.
Welp, the holiday season is over, all the Christmas albums dropped like a rock, and all the cream rose to the top. Nobody sold more than Taylor Swift's Speak Now's 77,000, and that's why she starts the year at #1 despite a 72% sales decrease. Up to #2 is Eminem's Recovery with 63,000, despite a 54% loss. I think you get the point with how this is going this week. But in other Eminem news, Recovery was the top selling album of 2010 with 3.42 million sold.
Nothing really going on on the Hot 100 side of things. Nelly's Just A Dream (12-10) returns to the top 10, and Trey Songz's Bottoms Up exits once again. The Billboard 200 1-10 first week debuts in bold
1. Taylor Swift - Speak Now (1-1) 2. Eminem - Recovery (7-2) 3. Rihanna - Loud (10-3) 4. Nicki Minaj - Pink Friday (8-4) 5. Kanye West - My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy (19-5) 6. Daft Punk - TRON: Legacy sdtk (27-6) 7. Bruno Mars - Doo-Wops & Hooligans (20-7) 8. Mumford & Sons - Sigh No More (34-8) 9. Katy Perry - Teenage Dream (12-9) 10. Keyshia Cole - Calling All Hearts (9-10)
1. Katy Perry - Firework (2-1) 2. Bruno Mars - Grenade (1-2) 3. Ke$ha - We R Who We R (3-3) 4. Rihanna - What's My Name (4-4) 5. Pink - Raise Your Glass (5-5) 6. Enrique Iglesias - Tonight (I'm Lovin' You) (7-6) 7. Black Eyed Peas - The Time (Dirty Bit) (9-7) 8. Wiz Khalifa - Black & Yellow (6-8) 9. Bruno Mars - Just The Way You Are (10-9) 10. Nelly - Just A Dream (12-10)
