New Music: Cube, Jay-Z, Ross, Nas, 50

July 27, 2010

Ice Cube – Drink The Kool-Aid

Usher feat. Jay-Z – Hot Toddy (Radio Rip)

50 Cent – Talk Is Cheap

Music Videos + New music: Rick Ross, Jay-Z, Currency..

July 10, 2010

BONUS:

Rick Ross ft. Jay-Z & John Legend – Free Mason (prod. The Inkredibles) [CDQ]

Em presents Dr. Dre with ASCAP founders award + Jay-Z & Em perform on roof top!

June 27, 2010

Dre fought back tears when thanking his mother, who became pregnant with him at 15, and shouted out his wife. “I’m probably gonna get something real special tonight for this,” he joked.

Hit the jump to see more performances by Em and Jay-Z!

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Jay-Z & Eminem on Letterman

June 24, 2010

Eminem & Jay-Z perform in NYC

June 22, 2010

Updated Dre Track with No Tags!

Dr. Dre feat. Jay-Z – Under Pressure

Drake’s Numbers are in + Bonus track by Drizzy

June 22, 2010

1 DRAKE YM/CASH MONEY/UNIV MOTOWN 462,989*

So Drake didn’t sell a billion copies of Thank Me Later huh. I can’t say I’m all that surprised. I figured he’d probably do a respectable 500-600K, but I was also prepared for him to do something completely ridiculous like 2 million. Over saturation can either work for you or against you and this seems to be a case of the latter. Not that I blame his handlers/Universal for flooding the market. That’s what your supposed to do with an artist that’s buzzing right? I suppose. I think there’s a balance that needs to be struck though. You don’t want people to walk into the record store and say “who the fuck is this guy”, but you also don’t want them thinking, “not this fucking guy again”.
Hype is a helluva drug. It clouds the judgement of rappers, fans and critics alike. It can also hurt just as much as it can help, if not more. If Drake wasn’t so over hyped, this 462K he did would seem like an epic debut. But with expectations what they were, anything short of a million first week will be viewed by many as a failure. Which is completely absurd. To put things in perspective, Jay-Z, arguably the most famous rapper living, did 475K his first week out with Blueprint 3. And you’re out of your mind if you think this Drake album isn’t eventually going platinum. source

*these #’s are from HitsDailyDouble, and they’ve been known to be off by a few thousand, so that number may change by tonight when Soundscan reports*

Bonus Track/ Leaks:

Drake – Greatness

Drake – Still Got It

Drake – You Know, You Know (prod. Kanye West) [No Tags]

T.I.’s Interview on CNN

June 21, 2010

It’s finally here! Dr. Dre ft Jay-Z – Under Pressure

June 17, 2010

Dr. Dre feat. Jay-Z – Under Pressure (NMC Tags)

Whoever put the tags on the track needs to be fisted up the bun hole.

Sounds like a club banger, but the Mortal Kombat theme music/beat is a no-go.