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Tuesday, November 23, 2010

Rapper Common to Release New Memoir

This must be the year that all rappers release a memoir... I'm definitely not mad. Jay-Z just released "Decoded" on November 16th, Sha-Rock from the Funky Four +1 More released "Luminary Icon" earlier in the summer, and I'm sure I'm forgetting others.

Well now Common has joined in, and is now writing his own memoir called "One Day It'll Make Sense", also the name of his debut album. Common's memoir will be a collaborative effort with Adam Bradley who wrote "Book of Rhymes: The Poetics of Hip-Hop" and "The Anthology of Rap".

The book will take you from his days in Chicago rapping to his current status as a Hollywood star.

"One Day It'll Make Sense" is due June 2011.

Public Enemy Performing In South Africa For the First Time With Original Line Up

In other news about South Africa - People may have been disappointed with the "Winnie" Mandela film trailer, but South Africa is gearing up for a tour because Public Enemy is coming to town.

Chuck D, Flavor Flav, Professor Griff and the Security of the First World will play a series of shows in Johannesburg and Cape Town between December 3 - 9.

As part of the tour Chuck D will hold workshops in Cape Town and Johannesburg.
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Jennifer Hudson's "Winnie" Mandela Movie Trailer

Jennifer Hudson and Terrence Howard as Nelson & Winnie Mandela

There are a lot dissatisfied critics after viewing the trailer for the upcoming Winnie Mandela biopic. The film captures Winnie's life from childhood, to her marriage to revolutionary South African leader Nelson Mandela, and her survival after his imprisonment . The trailer has received flack about the acting, to Jennifer Hudson and Terrence Howard's attempts at "mastering" the South African dialect.

If you haven't seen the trailer you can view it below. Let me know if you think the critics are too harsh.

Monday, November 22, 2010

Wu- Tang ALL WEEK Old School Hip Hop Throwback of the day - Method Man Double play

Method Man - Bring The Pain

Method Man feat. D'Angelo - Break Ups 2 Make Ups

Music: Redman - Mic, Lights, Camera, Action

Redman - Mic, Lights, Camera, Action

Music: 2Win feat. Nicole Wray - Flying High

2Win feat. Nicole Wray - Flying High

Music: Marsha Ambrosius - Far Away

Marsha Ambrosius - Far Away

Music: Clinton Sparks feat. Big Sean and Mike Posner - Ambiguous

Clinton Sparks feat. Big Sean and Mike Posner - Ambiguous

Music: Keyshia Cole feat J.U.S.T.I.C.E. League - Long Way Down

Keyshia Cole feat J.U.S.T.I.C.E. League - Long Way Down

Wiz Khalifa Accepting Beats From Producers

Wiz Khalifa, is an American rapper based in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. He released his debut album, Show and Prove, in 2006, and signed to Warner Bros. Records in 2007. His techno-influenced single, “Say Yeah”, received urban radio airplay, charting on the Rhythmic Top 40 and Hot Rap Tracks charts in 2008. Khalifa parted with Warner Bros. and released his second album, Deal or No Deal, in November 2009. He released the mixtape Kush and Orange Juice as a free download in April 2010, which became a top trending item on Twitter and Google; he then signed with Atlantic Records.

send your hottest beats to Wiz Khalifa by emailing: jetsxtaylor@gmail.com.

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Music: Jazmine Sullivan - Don't Make Me Wait

Jazmine Sullivan - Don't Make Me Wait

Music: Kanye West feat Big Sean, Charlie Wilson, & Beyonce - See Me Now

Big Sean added in this latest version of "See Me Now"

Kanye West feat Big Sean, Charlie Wilson, & Beyonce - See Me Now

Music: Faith Evans feat. Ras Kass - They Wanna Know

Faith Evans feat. Ras Kass - They Wanna Know

Thursday, November 18, 2010

Bloomberg's Game Changers Turns its Focus to Jay-Z --- Bloomberg Television Tonight

Catch tonight's episode of 'Bloomberg Game Changers' on Bloomberg Television, 9:30pm ET, as they profile Jay-Z, the 'CEO of Hip Hop' and a corporate phenomenon.

Jay-Z, a multi-million dollar record seller, with more number one hits than Elvis. 'Bloomberg Game Changers' will highlight Jay-Z's business savvy and creative genius.

Interviews include: Def Jam co-founder Russell Simmons; Warner Brothers Records Chairman and CEO and former Def Jam CEO Lyor Cohen; Translation LLC founder and CEO Steve Stoute; Forbes staff writer and author of a forthcoming Jay-Z biography Zack O'Malley Greenburg; Jay-Z biographer Jake Brown; "New Jack City" screenwriter Barry Michael Cooper; childhood friends and fellow rappers Jaz-O and Mr Cee and Jay-Z's grade school teacher Renee Lowden.