Usher Raymond Vs Raymond

Ushers new album drops today!!  Make sure you cop it, it’s hot!!  Here’s an insight video on the making and background to this album.

Drake album news

Drake Finally has a release date!!  But with all the push back release dates this might just be temporary:

It’s official. The most anticipated hip-hop album of the year finally has a release date.

Drake’s debut Thank Me Later will arrive on May 25, Rap-Up.com has learned. The Canadian singer-rapper has been in the studio with a who’s who list of collaborators including Jay-Z (“Light Up”), Kanye West, The-Dream (“Shut It Down”), Sean Garrett, and Boi-1da, who produced the first single “Over.”

The project, originally scheduled for an early spring release, has taken a little longer than expected as Drizzy strives for perfection. “This is my first album and it takes a lot for me to commit to a song and be like, ‘I like this enough that I’m gonna put it on the album,’” he told Rap-Up.com. “It’s gotta be something that I feel is timeless and is better than anything that I’ve ever done.”

Drake will travel across the country performing material from the album on his first headlining trek, “The Away From Home Tour,” kicking off April 9 at Penn State University, and wrapping in Houston on May 20, a few days before the record’s release.

“Over” is currently No. 17 on the Billboard Hot 100, while a video for the song, directed by Anthony Mandler, is set to debut in the coming weeks.

The Dream is shooting his new video Love King.

Here is a behind the scene scoop.  Enjoy.

E1 Music announced today (March 29) that they signed Fat Joe to their roster.

The new deal ends Joey’s distribution deal with EMI, which released his last three albums 2006’s Me, Myself and I, 2008’s The Elephant in the Room and 2009’s Jealous Ones Still Envy 2.

“It’s been a long time coming,” Fat Joe said in a statement. “I have a long history with Alan Grunblatt and everyone at E1. Although it’s a small label, they have the best marketing and promotion staff in the hip-hop game and I’m looking forward to working with then on my new album, The Dark Side.”

The LP is expected to be in stores June 28. The first single off the disc is “Slow Down” featuring Jeezy. —Brooklyne Gipson

Who is Alexis Jordan?  She is 17 year old new sensation signed to Roc Nation.  Check her new single coming soon.

Former ‘America’s Got Talent’ contestant Alexis Jordan has become the latest artist signed to Jay-Z’s Roc Nation imprint. The 17-year-old South Carolina native didn’t secure the winning spot when she appeared on the inaugural season of the show in 2007, but she impressed judges with her cover of Whitney Houston’s ‘I Have Nothing.’

Jordan later became a viral sensation with her YouTube covers of popular songs including B.o.B.’s ‘Nothing on You,’ and Jay-Z’s ‘Run This Town’ and caught the attention of executives at Stargate and Roc Nation. “I thought if they didn’t love me then they wouldn’t fly me all the way out to New York,” she said, after receiving the initial call from Stargate. “I knew I had a good chance. Once I got out there we recorded a few songs and Jay-Z came to the studio. I was so excited! And the next thing I knew I was signed to StarRoc/Roc Nation.”

Jordan recently debuted her upbeat single ‘Happiness,’ and revealed that her album will follow the same, youthful tempo. “I want to be really positive, no cussing, none of that,” she said. “I’m a young artist and I want to be a role model. A lot of songs are upbeat and some are ballads. There’s a little bit of that country vibe in it, and a little bit of that reggae vibe. My album has everything.”

Who is Jeremy Greene?  Well he is now signed to Bad boy so get in the knowing.

www.myspace.com/jeremygreene

R kelly New Video: Be my number #2. This is one of my favorite tracks from his new album untitled.  Peep out the video.  It’s simple yet effective.

Grammy-winning rapper Ludacris has revealed his admiration for Eminem and detailed his ghostwriting for Dr. Dre’s long-awaited album, The Detox.

“I always wanted to work with Dr. Dre and I got a chance to work with him and then Eminem, I’ve talked to Eminem so hopefully we can make that happen,” Luda said about collaborating with both artists. “I was definitely doing a little ghostwriting but you know, we’ll see what happens. He has a lot of different tracks that he has to choose from for the Detox album so it is what it is. I think he has the chemistry and exactly what everyone wants, it’s about staying innovative, being yourself and always have the good music. Good music will last throughout the ages no matter how things change and he always produces some good music.” (Young Hollywood)

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“Kanye West’s new album will make you confused rap n—- go back and listen to BEAT TAPES you’ve ignored,” tweeted DJ Scratch last weekend. “Trust me.”

Such a bold statement can only serve to make fans build their anticipation for the next move from rapper Kanye West.

With West fading into obscurity ever since his incident with Taylor Swift, there has been word from everywhere that the rapper has been steadily regrouping and preparing himself for his fifth studio album, Good A** Job.

As sources have stated that the Chicago native is heavily recording in Hawaii, there has been assurance that it will mark the return of West back to real rap and embracing his Hip-Hop principles.

And for those that were curious, there is word that there will be no Auto-Tune this time around as the phase of 808s & Heartbreak has come and gone, and the rapper is looking to bring things back to his core foundation.

In terms of sound, the rapper/producer will be enlisting the talents of legends behind the boards which can only result in that vintage sound.

“Talked to s’one who’s heard Kanye’s next album,” tweeted Toure yesterday. “Says it’s awesome, it’s ‘real hip-hop.’ Outside producers include Pete Rock, Q-Tip, RZA.”

With such an arsenal in the corner of the rapper, all West might have to do is just rap having such big names backing him up, which most other artists could only imagine as simply a wish list.

Still without an official release date for Good A** Job, or even any word of a potential single to look forward to, West is clearly looking to keep his upcoming project under wraps until the curtain raises and it’s time to start the show.

Jagged Edge, ATL’s resident super group of Brian, Brandon, Kyle and Wingo, is relishing in their success after being honored for their achievements in music.

The group was honored Thursday at the World Music And Dance Awards with a lifetime achievement award.

The group was given the esteemed honor for their “achievement in shaping, molding, and inspiring up and coming R&B Artist for their continuous success throughout their entire career.”

Alongside the innovators in rhythm and blues, the late Michael Jackson was also honored at last night’s ceremony, receiving a lifetime achievement award for his undeniable contributions and in influence music.

In attendance to see Jagged Edge accept their award was Lisa Raye, Omar Gooding, Cuba Gooding Jr., and John Legend.

Before receiving the honor, the group caught up with HipHopWired for an exclusive interview, dishing out details on their upcoming album, The Remedy. According to Brandon the album will be an exploration of freedom they feel at their new home of Slip-N-Slide Records.

“We got Brian Michael Cox on there….Drumma Boy….we produce a bunch of songs. We got our own producers on the album, Gorilla Tech, a wide variety of producers. Being at Slip and Slide you do have a little more freedom as far as branching out and reaching out to other producers so that’s been fun so far.”

ain’t nothing new but another hot track by joe beezay
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You ever wonder how a GetRight music session goes in the background?…. Here’s the inside scoop…lol… enjoy fam..

Jay Z Documentary – need we say more…. Peep the full video

Hey guys lot’s of new videos from the Getright music team

Logic interviewed by Traquio

Logic performing at CLub Zamumba N’ Culver City… sorry video is dark but place was bumpin

Jerrica “Do You Remember” – Jay Sean cover

Jerrica “just friends” musiq soul child cover

We’re Grinding people

In the new NY-Z Documentary brought to you by Absolut, Roc Nation general Jay-Z discusses song writing and how he goes about doing it. It’s quite interesting to hear Hova talk about his song writing process, because the way he writes songs is something like a rap urban legend, as he allegedly does not write any of his lyrics down on paper.