Lil’ Wayne has had a great week, with his album The Carter IV breaking records for most iTunes downloads in one week. The album sold 300,000 units within the first four days of its release, surpassing Watch the Throne’s 290,000 downloads. So far the album has sold 895,000 units and counting, making for the biggest […]
In this exclusive interview with TheUrbandaily, producer Ski Beatz talks about his latest project 24 Hour Karate School 2, working with Dame Dash‘s son and what he thinks of Jay-Z and Kanye’s Watch The Throne album. Ski was one of Jigga Man’s first producers, providing the beats to “In My Life Time,” “Feelin It”, “Politics […]
During his in-depth interview At: Guitar Center’ podcast, T-Pain spoke on working with Kanye, and his influence for penning their hit “Good Life.” On the podcast, pain breaks down what inspires him to write lyrics during a collaboration and reveals just what he was thinking about when writing to the Chi-town MC’s song. “Really, it’s […]
Lil’ Wayne came out with a diss about Jay-Z and The Carter 4. Jay-Z responds with the Carter Jr.! Jay-Z wins. Check out Beyonce showing off her baby bump around 4:20 and a very proud future dad right after. Best moment of the night! Hands down!
Someone else other than Kanye is giving the artist his kudos. If you happen to be in Australia from September 5-7, you can catch a Kanye West-themed musical. Here’s the word from the school: “The Musical draws from actual event in his life but it is not a biographical rendition of Kanye’s life. This is […]
As the summer season makes its exit, so are men and women leaving summer romances. Depending on the people, most break ups are hard but you get over them fairly easily. In other cases, you’re distraught and can’t contain the outpouring of emotion. That’s fine. Do what you need to do to get over a […]
The legedary record label founded in the dorm room of Rick Ruben and Russell Simmons that recorded rap superstars and groups like Run DMC, LL Cool J, DMX, Public Enemy are op landscape, recently downsized, laying off more than 20 employees. According to All Hip Hop.com, staff members and music industry executives like Chris Hicks and Jonathan McHugh were let go, […]
According to Rolling Stone magazine has stated Eminem as the “King of Hip-Hop.” Several factors were considered in their “crowning” of the Detroit rapper. Rolling Stones used album sales, chart rankings, YouTube views, concert grosses and more. Before the arguement begins about “The King” only being a male only one woman, Nicki Minaj, appears on the list. Slim Shady […]
Jay-Z and Kanye West’s Watch The Throne collaborative album released exclusively to itunes last week Monday August 8. According to several reports, the album has broken a itunes sales record. Jay-Z and Kanye beat out Coldplay for the best first week sales on itunes. Watch The Throne moved 290,000 copies breaking Coldplay’s previous record with […]
Kanye West joined the legendary Prince on stage in Sweden. Prince allowed Kanye to rock out with him and the The New Power Generation at the way out west festival this past weekend. Several great artist has joined Prince on stage on his recent tour stops. Whitney Houston, Alicia Keys, Chaka Khan, and Mary J. […]
Looks like Jay Z and Kanye does have their swagger back! Today (Friday August 12) Jay-Z and Kanye West opened a pop-up store to sell copies of the album in Manhattan. The store-front is wrapped in gold, just like the album cover art, the real attraction however is inside. Hov and Ye put the tricked-out the black Maybach from the “Otis” video. On […]
