Lebron James wasn’t expecting for the NBA Finals to end the way they did. And when things concluded without James clutching that trophy, James let a couple jabs fly at his haters. Were they warranted? Are the spectators playing to rough with King James? What would Jordan do? Mr. Mecc, Valerie Lora, Jas Fly and Yours Truly sound off on Mr. South Beach.
RESPECT: JOTV
Being the first day of summer, this new jam is perfect. Grab a homie, put the windows down and cruise to this smooth joint by the dude Asher Roth featuring Quan with Nottz behind the beat.
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DOWNLOAD: Asher Roth ft. Quan – Summer Time
RESPECT: IllRoots
Big Dog lets go some black and white visuals of the opening track from his recently released mixtape The Real Is Back. TM103 is on the mufucking way.
Finally, we get more info on what we can expect from Cole this year. Today, he tweeted the album name, Cole World: The Sideline Story and the release date, which will be September 27th. Ok Jermaine, show us what you got!
RESPECT: RR
Oh? Ok! This video is dope. The catchy joint is off their recent album Mania. If you haven’t copped that yet, you can do so right here.
PAPERMAG caught up with Swizz Beatz for their Summer Music issue that will hit stands Wednesday. The entire piece can be read here. Below are some highlights that stuck out.
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On being married to Alicia:
“Being married to a public figure made people take a second look at me.”
On the album:
“With this rebirth of work that I’m doing, people will seethe big picture,” “You can hear on this album, those beats aren’t 15-minute beats.”
On colab-ing with Jay-Z, Kanye & Lil Wayne for the album:
“I thought that it was time people know who my friends are and who I’m affiliated with.”
Here’s a little insight of what Fabolous’ was up to Memorial Weekend 2011. With performances in both Miami and Las Vegas, Fab had guest appearances from Red Cafe for “Yall Don’t Hear Me Tho” and Kobe joins for “Imma Do It.”
Budden was at the Beats By Dre compound recently and here’s some footy of him doing his thing over the Hit-Boy produced beat which was originally for Pusha‘s track “My God.”
RESPECT: Karen Civil
Check out the dope visual for My Closet done by the fam over at IllRoots. The track is off Big Sean’s Finally Famous 3 and also on SayItAintTone’s tape, SayItAint. Tone swags it out in some Gucci while Big Sean stunts in some pink mink!
