Devil In a Blue Dress

J.Cole feat Drake

'In the Morning" off his new mixtape FRIDAY NIGHT LIGHTS

ON THE SET- DJ Khaled feat Rick Ross, Weezy, and T Pain

No Ma really give the drummer some

Ashes to Ashes- 10 bricks

Make it Rain (Remix)

NEW MUSIC

Jim Jones feat. Omega- We Represent



Clinton Sparks feat.Bun B, Game, and Jim Jones- Favorite DJ


Showbiz feat KRS- ONE and Fred Godson

Madea's Big Happy Family

Plot synopsis:

Madea, everyone’s favorite wise-cracking, take-no-prisoners grandma, jumps into action when her niece, Shirley, receives distressing news about her health. All Shirley wants is to gather her three adult children around her and share the news as a family. But Tammy, Kimberly and Byron are too distracted by their own problems: Tammy can’t manage her unruly children or her broken marriage; Kimberly is gripped with anger and takes it out on her husband; and Byron, after spending two years in jail, is under pressure to deal drugs again. It’s up to Madea, with the help of the equally rambunctious Aunt Bam, to gather the clan together and make things right the only way she knows how: with a lot of tough love, laughter…and the revelation of a long-buried family secret.

(courtesy of ybf)


Cast Includes:

Shad “Bow Wow” Moss, Loretta Devine, Cassi Davis, Lauren London, David Mann, Tamela Brown Mann, Isaiah Mustafa, Rodney Perry, Shannon Kane, Natalie Desselle Reid and Teyana Taylor.

Rihanna ft. J Cole- S & M

Nicki Minaj feat Rihanna- FLY

video coming soon

Timbaland Thursdays

Dr Dre- I Need a Doctor

The Lies We Tell

If I made about 80 something million last year to be honest I wouldnt care enough to lie, and sell an image it would be apparent that I already have the publics backing. Therefore, I would continue to give you all what has sold already ME. An icon to say the least, arguably top 5 baddest women alive- yeah- I said it. She's the total package is she not. Who wants to debate about that?

Whats not debateable, although she would want it to be are these latest statements...Todays edition of 'The Lies we tell':

"People would be surprised as to the lack of experiences I've had,' she says. 'When I was 12, 13 I had my first boyfriend, and he was my boyfriend till I was 17. At that age, that was a long time. I've always been very loyal and a little more mature.

Though I was too young for it to really be a boyfriend - we didn't live together, we didn't, you know . . . That was my only experience with a guy, and since then I've only had one other boyfriend in my life - Jay


Three words- KNOCK IT OFF

This Cant be life

"Im in the matrix" words of Joe Buddens during the performance. Now let the record be clear that I support rappers who arent too big for their britches. I think more up close and personal appearances should be made, therefore bringing back that element of the fans identification with artists and their music. That has been lost amongst other things. Rap has left the solar system in a lot of ways- artists becoming aliens, andnot in the same context as Lil Wayne's admittance of not being a human being.

Wealth amongst people is few and far in between. Most people are trying to make it, and the ones who used to live like these rappers talk- are non existence. Forgive me for being harsh, they're either buried or in jail; the only two stops made on that yellow brick(PUN) road. With that being said, theres no relation, and if they're is- then there surely is no need to put your money in your pocket when you're just like me (hypothetically speaking) because if you remember correctly the objective is to be the hustler not the customer.

Now to the facts, with a Shady Records deal in tact, who would imagine the itinerary reading "perform on couch in a club in North Philly" I highly doubt Joey signed up for that. Much more respect is due to the fans FIRST, and I applaud Budden's recognition of that, and to the caliber of MC that he is now with a bigger machine behind him- that being the entire INTERSCOPE/SHADY/AFTERNATH umbrella. You may be tensing up just thinking about it- imagine how he feels living it..Roll the videotape please.




By the way Mood Muzik 4 is available now.

Lady Luck and Hollow da Don

NEW J.LO feat Pitbull

SAIGON FREESTYLE

Coachella Music Festival

The 3 day annual festival @ Polo Fields in Indio, CA organized by Golden Voice (subsidiary of AEG LIve) is getting a heavy dose of hip hop this year. Normally centered around Rock and Alternative Music as well as Electronic Music. Intertwined is the concentration on sculptural art, which brings about a very creatively driven weekend. With its desert setting (Indio, CA is apart of the Colorado Desert) the setup is greaT with multiple tents/ stages setup throughout the ground playing live music.

Kicking off on friday April 15th with performances by Cee- Lo Green and Lauryn Hill

The April 16th lineup includes: Erykah Badu, Raphael Saadiq, and Lil’ B taking the stage with several other acts.

April 17th M.I.A. protege Rye-Rye, Wiz Khalifa, and Naz hit the stage with Kanye West closing out as the headline, joining elite company Jay Z and Beastie Boys to be the only Hip Hop acts to ever headline the festival.


for tickets: www.coachella.com

Ace Hood - Hustle Hard (Remix)

PLAQUES OF THE YEAR

Courtesy of HipHopDx

FLOCKA

New Bow Wow

Lil Kim feat I.R.S. 6 foot 7 remix

53 rd Annual Grammy Awards

BROADCASTING LIVE FROM L.A. FEBRUARY 13TH 2011 ON CBS


NOMINAIONS:

Album of the Year
» Arcade Fire - The Suburbs
» Eminem - Recovery
» Lady Antebellum - Need You Now
» Lady Gaga - The Fame Monster
» Katy Perry - Teenage Dream

Record of the Year
» B.o.B (featuring Bruno Mars) - "Nothin' on You"
» Eminem (featuring Rihanna) - "Love the Way You Lie"
» Cee Lo Green - "F--- You"
» Jay-Z and Alicia Keys - "Empire State of Mind"
» Lady Antebellum - "Need You Now"

Best New Artist
» Justin Bieber
» Drake
» Florence & the Machine
» Mumford & Sons
» Esperanza Spalding

Song of the Year
» Ray LaMontagne - "Beg Steal or Borrow"
» Cee Lo Green - "F--- You"
» Miranda Lambert - "The House That Built Me"
» Eminem (featuring Rihanna) - "Love the Way You Lie"
» Lady Antebellum - "Need You Now"

Best Pop Performance by a Duo or Group With Vocals
» "Glee" cast - "Don't Stop Believin' (Regionals Version)"
» Maroon 5 - "Misery
» Paramore - "The Only Exception"
» Sade - "Babyfather"
» Train - "Hey, Soul Sister (Live)"

Best Pop Collaboration With Vocals
» B.o.B, Eminem and Hayley Williams - "Airplanes II"
» Herbie Hancock, Pink, India.Arie, Seal, Konono No. 1, Jeff Beck and Oumou Sangare - "Imagine"
» Elton John & Leon Russell - "If It Wasn't For Bad"
» Lady Gaga and Beyoncé - "Telephone"
» Katy Perry and Snoop Dogg - "California Gurls"

Best Dance Recording
» Goldfrapp - "Rocket"
» La Roux - "In For The Kill"
» Lady Gaga - "Dance in the Dark"
» Rihanna - "Only Girl (In the World)"
» Robyn - "Dancing on My Own"

Best Rock Performance by a Duo or Group With Vocals
» Arcade Fire - "Ready to Start"
» Jeff Beck and Joss Stone - "I Put a Spell on You"
» The Black Keys - "Tighten Up"
» Kings of Leon - "Radioactive"
» Muse - "Resistance"

Best Hard Rock Performance
» Alice in Chains - "A Looking in View"
» Ozzy Osbourne - "Let Me Hear You Scream"
» Soundgarden - "Black Rain"
» Stone Temple Pilots - "Between the Lines"
» Them Crooked Vultures - "New Fang"

Best Rock Song
» Neil Young - "Angry World"
» Mumford & Sons - "Little Lion Man"
» Kings of Leon - "Radioactive"
» Muse - "Resistance"
» The Black Keys - "Tighten Up"

Best Alternative Music Album
» Arcade Fire - The Suburbs
» Band of Horses - Infinite Arms
» The Black Keys - Brothers
» Broken Bells - Broken Bells
» Vampire Weekend - Contra

Best R&B Performance by a Duo or Group With Vocals
» Chris Brown and Tank - "Take My Time"
» Chuck Brown, Jill Scott and Marcus Miller - "Love"
» Ronald Isley and Aretha Franklin - "You've Got a Friend"
» John Legend and the Roots - "Shine"
» Sade - "Soldier of Love"

Best Contemporary R&B Album
» Chris Brown - Graffiti
» R. Kelly - Untitled
» Ryan Leslie - Transition
» Janelle Monáe - The ArchAndroid
» Usher - Raymond v. Raymond

Best Rap/Sung Collaboration
» B.o.B (featuring Bruno Mars) - "Nothin' on You"
» Chris Brown, Tyga and Kevin McCall - "Deuces"
» Eminem and Rihanna - "Love the Way You Lie"
» Jay-Z and Alicia Keys - "Empire State of Mind"
» John Legend, the Roots, Melanie Fiona and Common - "Wake Up! Everybody"

Best Rap Song
» Jay-Z and Alicia Keys - "Empire State of Mind"
» Eminem and Rihanna - "Love the Way You Lie"
» Eminem - "Not Afraid"
» B.o.B (featuring Bruno Mars) - "Nothin' on You"
» Jay-Z and Swizz Beatz - "On to the Next One"

Best Rap Album
» B.o.B - The Adventures of Bobby Ray
» Drake - Thank Me Later
» Eminem - Recovery
» Jay-Z - The Blueprint 3
» The Roots - How I Got Over

Best Country Collaboration With Vocals
» Dierks Bentley, Miranda Lambert and Jamey Johnson - "Bad Angel"
» Dierks Bentley, Del McCoury and the Punch Brothers - "Pride (In the Name of Love)"
» Zac Brown Band and Alan Jackson - "As She's Walking Away"
» Blake Shelton and Trace Adkins - "Hillbilly Bone"
» Marty Stuart and Connie Smith - "I Run to You"

Best Country Song
» George Strait - "The Breath You Take"
» Zac Brown Band - "Free"
» Miranda Lambert - "The House That Built Me"
» Gretchen Wilson - "I'd Love To Be Your Last"
» The Band Perry - "If I Die Young"
» Lady Antebellum - "Need You Now"

Best Country Album
» Dierks Bentley - Up on the Ridge
» Zac Brown Band - You Get What You Give
» Jamey Johnson - The Guitar Song
» Lady Antebellum - Need You Now
» Miranda Lambert - Revolution

Best Americana Album
» Rosanne Cash - The List
» Los Lobos - Tin Can Trust
» Willie Nelson - Country Music
» Robert Plant - Band of Joy
» Mavis Staples - You Are Not Alone

Best Traditional Blues Album
» James Cotton - Giant
» Cyndi Lauper - Memphis Blues
» Charlie Musselwhite - The Well
» Pinetop Perkins and Willie "Big Eyes" Smith - Joined at the Hip
» Jimmie Vaughan - Plays Blues, Ballads & Favorites

Eminem to perform @Grammy's

Leading the way with 10 nominations including song of the year and album of the year, Eminem (11-time Grammy winner) has been announced as one of the first batch of perfomers for this years @ 8pm.

Other perfomers thus far includes Lady Gaga (6 nominations), Katy Perry (4 nominations) Arcade Fire, Miranda Lambert, and Cee- Lo Green.

Timbaland Thursdays

featuring missy- Take ur clothes off

PHILLY BEEF...Oschino Vasquez shares the facts

T REX vs DNA

Happy Birthday and Congratulations

Birthday girl / new reality tv star ( VH1 Love and Hip Hop) Mashonda celebrated her b day @ le Petite Maison in NYC.

Some notables showed up like NBA Baller Dante Jones with his boo Valeisha Butterfield founder of WEEN ( Women in Entertainment Empowerment Network,
Alesha Rene, and Power 105.1 breakfast club star Angela Yee also attended.

check out some pics

Nicki in V Magazine

Ciara- Fantasy Ride

The album will be released May 5th. It features production by Ciara Harris, Christopher “Tricky” Stewart, The-Dream, Danja, Jasper Cameron, Polow da Don, Ne-Yo, Justin Timberlake, The Y’s. It also features Ludacris, Chris Brown, Young Jeezy, The-Dream, Missy Elliot and Justin Timberlake.




Tracklisting:


“Ciara to the Stage” (Tricky Stewart)
“Love Sex Magic” (featuring Justin Timberlake) (The Y’s)
“High Price” (featuring Ludacris) (Tricky Stewart)
“Turntables” (featuring Chris Brown) (Danja)
“Like A Surgeon” (TBA)
“Never Ever” (featuring Young Jeezy) (Polow Da Don)
“Lover’s Thing” (featuring The-Dream) (Tricky Stewart)
“Work” (featuring Missy Elliot) (Danja)
“Pucker Up (Kiss My Swag)” (Darkchild)
“G is for Girl” (A-Z) (Polow da Don)
“Keep Dancin’ On Me” (The Dream, Jasper Cameron, Tricky Stewart)
“I Don’t Remember” (Ne-Yo, Jasper Cameron)

WELCOME TO HOLLYWOOD

Check out the homegirl Amber Rose car shopping- certified come up of 2009 and 2010

NEW Ace Hood

Joell Ortiz- FIRE FLAME

Pay Close Attention

Just in case you all forgot what Mr Buddens is capable of:

NEW Wiz Khalifa- STONED

http://soundcloud.com/djradio718/wiz-khalifa-stoned-prod-by-stargate

NEW Swizz Beats feat Rick Ross

Purp & Patron the mixtape

download available at:

http://soundcloud.com/skeemusic/the-game-im-the-king

Behind the Scenes: birdman feat Lil Wayne

FIRE FLAME (REMIX)

NEW jay Z and Kanye West- H.A.M

Diversity

is key especially in a portfolio. The rich say you can't put all your money into one pot. Take it from Hov himself, you do with everything else: from music to clothes to swag in general. Now you can take tips on what to eat. Buffalo Boss Wings & Things is the next installment in the Jay Z empire. teaming with his sister, Andrea and mother Gloria Hov has invested in a restaurant in hometown BK; partially owned by cousin Jamar White reaches out to the community be giving honor roll middle school students free food.

WE LOVE THE KIDS. Watch and Learn how to get this paper.

Cuban Chronicles

Teach yall how to rhyme:

Timbaland Thursdays

Timbaland is giving the people something new, starting this Thursday
he brings to you a weekly installment of free audio giveaways on his
website. The series will kick off with the release of "take ur
clothes off" which features an unnamed special guest. Tune into to
lynx to find out who it is.

See you thursday

NEW Lloyd Banks feat.Jeremih

Curren$y

SKULL GANG

Ricky Ross: Ashes to Ashes Mixtape

NEW single: "straight off the iphone"

NEW Jae Millz feat Chris Brown

NEW Verse Simmonds feat Vado and Jae Millz

NEW MUSIC

On the Philly side of things:

NEW Marsha Ambrosius

DREAM BIG if you gonna dream @ all

We Can't all do it, but it dont hurt to live it out through the music...#BillGates swag:

New Young Dro feat T.I., Gucci Mane

When you got a lot going on around you that you wanna avoid, especially some things that you feel are irrelevant...hit em with this 2011 #swag:

Rick Ross feat Rocko

They say a wise person always saves for a rainy day....Call it "Just In Case" :

Pledge Allegiance to the swag

"I got a ----- named superhead" - Jadakiss

And let Karrine tell it, so does Hov. Rumors been twirling that the self-proclaimed,(then again I'm not sure cause who actually gives themself that name); well however you wanna call it, Miss Steffans has been letting on that she and the kid H to the izzo was shagging just a few years ago; right before Hip Hops King and Queen tied the knot. Now history has served that this woman has more lines than some looseleaf, not all which have been true; and I know a buzz-seeker when I see one, but in this case I'll leave the verdict to yall. At the end of the day everyone does say the name speaks for itself, u seen her in action- DON'T LIE.

T.I. in Solitary

Can you blame a man who spends his entire day around other men, and not by choice...sheesh give the guy a break; Now wall know T.I. And Tiny haven't been making the best decisions (I.e. The drug possession that got Tip violated and back in the clink for 11 months) but hey doesn't the notion "in love" count for anything? The modern day Bonnie and Clyde, and not just on record but in real life, have struck again!

Sadly the homey T.I. is the SHU (special Housing Unit) or solitary for those who know. Word has it that on the visit he and Tiny got a little too comfortable, and at some point his zipper was down and she was making it happen with her hand (trying to keep it as PG as we can). As I said that has landed Tip in the hole. Wonder if it was worth it? Tip said "No Mercy" bet the staff aint have no problem accomodating that request