Month: August 2012

Mystikal Released from Jail

August 4, 2012
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Mystikal is a free man once again. After serving 81 days behind bars for violating his probation, the New Orleans rapper has returned to the free world. According to TMZ, the 41-year-old MC, born Michael Tyler, was released from the East Baton Rouge Parish Jail in Louisiana on Friday, where he had been incarcerated since…

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Tracklisting: Slaughterhouse – ‘welcome to: OUR HOUSE’

August 4, 2012
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Crooked I, Joe Budden, Joell Ortiz, and Royce da 5’9”, known collectively as Slaughterhouse, invite you into their world with their Shady Records debut welcome to: OUR HOUSE, due August 28. The standard edition of the album contains 16 tracks, while the deluxe adds four, with three appearances from Eminem, plus guests Skylar Grey, Busta…

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Bruno Mars Purchases $3.2 Million Hollywood Hills House

August 4, 2012
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Bruno Mars is moving on up. The “Just the Way You Are” singer has splurged on a lavish 4,000 square foot home that’s perched in the Hollywood Hills with city views of Los Angeles. Bruno, who is readying the follow-up to his 2010 debut Doo-Wops & Hooligans, spent $3.2 million dollars on the mid-century showpiece,…

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Drake Set To Receive H.S. Diploma

August 4, 2012
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Summer school’s certainly in session for Aubrey. During his interview with NOW, he says, he spent most of the past few months working on his diploma and is 1 credit away. Hooray! “I’m actually spending my summer graduating high school. That’s my main focus after OVO Fest. I only have one credit left, and I’m really excited…

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Kendrick Lamar On 106 & Park

August 4, 2012
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K. Dot swung by 106 today to premiere his new video. He spoke on the concept, holding it down for the West Coast, his tour, convos with Dr. Dre, and his TDE clothing line. Amaya will take a double-X. Ha! –Rap Radar

An Interview with Guitarist and songwriter Ray Parker, Jr

August 3, 2012
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Guitarist and songwriter Ray Parker, Jr. has had a long and varied career as a guitarist backing up the Temptations, Stevie Wonder, The Spinners and Gladys Knight and the Pips; as the leader and chief songwriter for the chart-topping group Raydio; and as a writer of hit songs for artists like Rufus and Chaka Khan,…

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Pensado’s Place #76 – Charlie Clouser (Engineer, Mixer, Producer, Composer)

August 3, 2012
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In the 76th episode of Pensado’s Place, Dave and Herb are joined former NIN member, engineer, producer, mixer, and composer for such films as Saw, and the TV series Las Vegas (NBC) – Charlie Clouser!

A$AP Rocky And Schoolboy Q Interview Each Other

August 3, 2012
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A$AP Rocky and Schoolboy Q take bong rips, rip on Danny Brown, and announce their upcoming tour. Oh, and A$AP reveals the identity of his fiance. – Noisey

Rap-Up TV: Machine Gun Kelly Talks Diddy, Album Guests, & Eminem

August 3, 2012
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“The hardest part of being an artist wasn’t before I was signed. It was once I got signed,” says Machine Gun Kelly during his candid conversation with Rap-Up TV. The Cleveland “Wild Boy” admits that his rise to superstardom has taken a little longer than he had hoped. He chronicles his journey to achieving the…

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Jay-Z “Marcy To Barclays” Rocawear Ad

August 3, 2012
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Hov’s come a long way from 5C. And for his new Roc-A-Wear commercial, he journeys from Marcy projects to the opening of the Barclays Center in Brooklyn.