Month: June 2012

Justin Bieber Raps Tupac and Biggie on ‘Angie Martinez Show’

Justin Bieber may be one of the biggest pop stars in the world, but he still knows his hip-hop. During a visit to “The Angie Martinez Show” on Thursday, the 18-year-old singer shared his love for Tupac. “I grew up listening to different things,” he said. “My dad loved Tupac, so he introduced me to…


IGGY AZALEA TALKS INTERSCOPE SPLIT, A$AP ROCKY, & NICKI MINAJ

Iggy Azalea tackled the tough questions from Charlamagne Tha God, DJ Envy, and Angela Yee during her visit to Power 105.1’s “The Breakfast Club.” Noquestion was off limits—from whether she would make a sex tape to rumors that she’s dating A$AP Rocky. The Australian rap diva, who recently parted ways with her label and management team at Interscope, is waiting for T.I. to release his album Trouble Man before…


Usher Album Goes Gold

Usher can add another plaque to the wall.  Looking 4 Myself, Usher’s 7th studio album, sold 128,000 copies in its first week, hitting gold and #1 on the charts at the same time.  Compared to Usher’s older stuff, the first week sales don’t look too good but in today’s album sales climate, going gold in…


Meek Mill Announces Dreamchasers 2 Tour

Even though he isn’t allowed to cross the pond, Meek is bringing the trek across the states starting August 2 in Denver at The Fillmore Auditorium. Peep the dates below.


Lil Wayne Lands 100th Hit on R&B/Hip-Hop Songs Chart

Lil Wayne is going down in the history books. The Young Money chief scores his 100th entry on the Billboard R&B/Hip-Hop Songs chart this week. Weezy crosses the threshold as a featured guest on French Montana’s single “Pop That,” which debuts at No. 57. He is only the third artist and second rapper to achieve…


Statik Selektah Interviews Big K.R.I.T.

When Statik Selektah invited the whole Cinematic crew over, Big K.R.I.T. took the hot seat and chopped it up with the Showoff fam. In the interview they talk about K.R.I.T.’s new album, complimenting each others production skills, and his work ethic when it comes to albums vs mixtapes. For more great interviews, log on to…


Google Trying To Limit YouTube-To-MP3 Conversion

Bad news for all you pirates out there. Many of us are aware of the existence of a large number of websites out there which allow for the conversion of YouTube video streams to downloadable audio MP3′s, simply by providing the video’s URL. Well, Google is hip to this too. Google, which owns YouTube, has…


– Pensado’s Place : Into The Lair #4 – Dissecting the Mix “Shorty is a Weirdo” PART 2

Dave Pensado takes you through some tools he used on the mix for “Shorty is a Weirdo” by Mr. Midwest and Ray J. Get a behind the scene look at how your favorite songs were mixed and the tools that were used by Dave!


8 Simple Steps to Formatting a Proper Press Release

Here in the Cyber PR® offices, we quite frequently have musicians about to release albums this fall for press release writing services. We no longer write press releases for bands, but wanted to at least give you the basis for how to do so properly, should you still feel the need to release one yourself:…


iStandard iSitdown w/ Xtreme Beatz

iStandardProducers.com Co Founder J Hatch caught up with Chicago production pioneer Xtreme Beatz prior to judging a recent iStandard Producer Show in the Windy City. Xtreme took us back in the history of Chicago and chimed in on fellow Chi town icons No ID, Kanye West, R Kelly as well as his first placement and…