Posts Tagged ‘Jay-Z’

Steve Rifkind Talks Jay-Z, Dame Dash And What He’s “Sniffin”

Sunday, March 7th, 2010

Shoutout to the homie Sumit over at Hip-Hop Chronicle for sitting down with Steve Rifkind.

In this first part of the interview, I get Steve to break down a Duck Seazon lyric in which RZA says “Stev Rifkind must be sniffin”.

We then get onto speaking about Steve’s first encounters with artists.

He explains how Havoc (Mobb Deep) lit up a blunt during their first meeting and caused a fire alarm to go off.

Steve tells me about the first time he met Melanie Fiona and how he thought Melanie Fiona’s manager was “breathtakingly beautiful” and at the time he had just turned single! (Unfortunately for Steve she was married)

The Loud & SRC founder also describes a 16 year old Dame Dash as a “cocky motherfucker” who came into Steve’s office shouting and screaming with his cousin. Rifkind once thought Roc-A-Fella would be his competition.

Steve Rifkind then revealed he tried to sign Jay-Z before Def Jam but Chairman of BMG didn’t want to, so he decided to throw everything off the Chairman’s desk.

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Plug Into The Scene: @S_C_ & Beyonce Join @BarackObama For A Chat!

Friday, March 5th, 2010

Yesterday I told you about Jay-Z blessing the White House with his hip-hop presence. But I had no idea that the King of Hip-Hop would be looking so dapper.

And shoutout to Beyonce for keeping the “Sasha Fierce” moniker to the house.

Now you could choose ta Sit in front of your computa/Posin’ with guns Shootin YouTube up/Or you could come with me to the White House get your suit up” -”What We Talkin’ About”

This is definitely a “wow” photo. Who ever thought that hp-hop could take it this far.

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Random: S_C_ Visits White House, Brings Along @SongzYuuup For The Ride, Joint Album In The Works?

Thursday, March 4th, 2010

Trey Songz needs to send Chris Brown a box of condoms for all the blessings he’s been collecting this past year. If you haven’t realized it Trey Songz is officially that next dude to takeover the game. And its all because Brown had a temporary moment of “beat her down.”

Songz, who was a budding star in his own right has seemed to have the cloud of HOV hanging over his crown because it’s rumored that Jay and Trey Songz will be putting out a joint album. And I even hear that Jeezy could be attached to the project.

And if that’s not shocking enough, the most prolific rapper in the game decided to take up President Barack Obama up on his numerous White House invitations. But get this homie took Trey Songz along for the ride.

Songz couldn’t wait to get to his twitter page to tell his fans the good news:

“Had the honor of meeting Barack Obama today – Surreal – GOD bless The President and his family,”

I fux with Songz hard with the music, but what do y’all think about the musical homie getting the Jay-Z co-sign? Is it a set up to convert Songz into a truly untouchable star like he did with Rihanna? Something to think about, right?

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Lupe Fiasco Spits Truth, “I Don’t Want To Be Jay-Z And Be Worth 400 Million..”

Tuesday, March 2nd, 2010

Lupe Fiasco spoke some real truth recently as it relates to the music industry — particularly on Jay-Z.

Check out what homie had to say regarding artists value system in 2010. Good sh*t!

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Video: Beyonce Tries To Prove She’s Just A Regular Girl…

Saturday, February 20th, 2010

Beyonce tried to show her fans that she’s just a regular girl while in Trinidad recently by joining them on the dance floor. Club Zen was packed to capacity, but that didn’t stop the historic Grammy award winner from getting her party on with the people.

A noble idea indeed, but you could imagine the security risk. Especially seeing as though Bey was circled by security guards.

You gotta love the girl for trying, but I think it best she stop trying to come down to our level and just be the reigning Diva she is. Nothing is without sacrifice, and if I may be frank, she lost the right to party with us “regular” folk years ago.

Or am I just so anti-Beyonce that I’m blocked from seeing how cool this really is?

Pop the hood to see what Jay-Z had to say about his wife’s moves after the jump.

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Jay-Z Explains “W.A.T.W.2.0″ Snub, “We Are the World’ Is Like ‘Thriller’ To Me. I Don’t Ever Wanna See It Touched!”

Sunday, February 14th, 2010

With such notable stars attaching themselves — or some would say whoring themselves out for some media attention — to the remake of “We Are The World [The Remix]“ a few noticeable absences has drawn some criticism, particularly two of the biggest names in music — Mrs. Beyonce Knowles, and Mr. Jay-Z.

And while Beyonce has yet to offer up why she was a no show to the an event that is poised to save Haiti, Jay is finally speaking on why he turned down the offer to be apart of history, which he offers above:

‘We Are the World’ is like [Michael Jackson's] ‘Thriller’ to me. I don’t ever wanna see it touched. I’m a fan of music. I know the plight and everything that’s going on in Haiti. I applaud the efforts: [Millions have been raised] through text [donations] to Haiti. So I appreciate the efforts and everything, but ‘We are the World’ is [musically] untouchable like ‘Thriller’ is untouchable. Some things are just untouchable. It was a valiant effort, but for me, it’s gonna be untouchable.”

I have to agree with the King of hip-hop. The remake has in my mind permanently damaged a classic record, especially after hearing that damn autotune. And let’s be honest with Jay creating the smash record, “D.O.A.” wouldnt’ we have all pounced if he had showed up to be apart??

The world is throwing money at Haiti so much that the entire country is set to get a face-lift, so why touch a musical gem? And if I can speak more candidly, I was VERY disappointed to see the lack of diversity that made the original one of the biggest humanitarian records in all history. Not to mention that a lot of the artists like Fergie, Mary J Blige, Janet Jackson and Sugarland’s Jennifer Nettles had to be edited in because I’m assuming they had better things to do.

But will Jay’s snub of his musical peers effect his position in the game? It’s doubtful, but I would have probably liked it a whole hell of a lot more.

Props to Rapradar

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Notable Quoteables: 50 Cent Threatens Jay-Z In New GQ Interview [What a LOSER]!

Sunday, February 7th, 2010

50 Cent continues to come at Jay-Z in hopes of getting some much needed attention thrown his way now that his new album “Before I Self Destruct” is officially a commercial failure.

The bully of hip-hop opened up about his feelings towards the top selling and cultural defining MC we all know as Jigga in the new issue of GQ:

“Jay-Z’s not smart enough to be afraid of me. We’re big rivals. If it ever came to an actual altercation he’d know what it’s like to be afraid.”

Color me a hater, but Fiddy’s attempts of going at Jay-Z [again] and Jay not responding to a single jab makes Curtis look like one desperate, sad loser.  Hey Curtis, why don’t you focus more on saving what little rap career you have left then to threaten hip-hop royalty.

If Jay-Z is considered to be the king of Hip-Hop then you my friend is clearly the Court Jester. #imjustsayin

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Jay-Z Sues Over Hotel J Deal That Went South!

Thursday, February 4th, 2010

Remember the well publicized Hotel J that was supposed to elevate Jay into a whole other level of entrepreneurial ship? Well it looks like the deal has TOTALLY BLOWN up right in the MC’s face.

Per the Wall Street Journal [or at least while its free]:

The lawsuit, filed in U.S. District Court in Manhattan, alleges Highland Capital and NexBank SSB have attempted to “bleed additional funds” from Shawn Carter, who performs as Jay-Z.

The $52 million loan related to a property, to be known as the J Hotel, that he hoped to develop on West 21st Street in Manhattan’s Chelsea neighborhood, according to the lawsuit.

The hotel has since been put on hold because of the real-estate crash in the U.S. and a general lack of available project financing.

Carter, as one of the guarantors on the loan owned by Highland, wasn’t responsible for the principal amount on the loan, but he and two other guarantors have personal liability for interest and other carrying costs on the loan, according to the lawsuit.

It sound like a whole bunch of drama going on. Hopefully Jay can dabble into hotel ownership once the market recovers. And lets hope he gets back is 3.5 million dollars back. I mean hell, though its peanuts to Jigga, I’m sure the principle is at stake.

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PDA Alert: Beyonce and Jay-Z Show Their Love For Each Other And Oranges!

Sunday, January 24th, 2010

Now that its rumored that Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie is just about over, Beyonce and Jay-Z are about to officially become the biggest couple in the world to watch. The superstar couple were spotted in France yesterday showing a rare glimpse of PDA.

While I know I throw my dirt on both Jigga nd Bey, they really are my most favorite couple. And though there’s no denying that Beyonce assisted Jay in become more mainstream with the white people, they both seem to be authentically enjoying each other which is so rare.

In case you missed it check their separate Haiti telethon performances below.

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#EpicFail: The Diss Seen Round The World, @NickCannon Gets Dissed By @S_C_ @Songzyuuup and Young Jeezy!

Thursday, January 21st, 2010

There’s embarrassing and then there’s this.

Mariah Carey’s hubby Nick Carey got dissed hard when he attempted to flex his meager celebrity muscle amongst music’s elite. Check out what happens when Carey tries to show us all how “big” he is when he tries to roll out with Jeezy, Trey Songz and Young Jeezy. As a blogger I find it hilarious.

Epic Fail Nick. But I’m still an immense fan of you’re hillarity so please keep it coming.

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