Nicki sits down with Chelsea Handler to talk about her fake butt, working with Slim Shady on “Roman’s Revenge,” her many alter-egos and more.
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Jay-Z sits down with Charlie Rose for a conversation on his newly released book, Decoded, last month at the Brooklyn Museum. Shouts to Yardie for the rip.
N.E.R.D’s 97 Seconds, courtesy of Hot 97, after the jump.
N.E.R.D took over PAPER and AOL‘s Art Basel 2010 with Miami-based artist duo FriendsWithYou this past week in Miami, Florida. PAPER caught up with the trio for a quick interview. P speaks after the jump.
Here’s what I think may be the stand out track on Ciara’s brand new Basic Instinct album. It’s probably because I’m a Tricky Stewart and The-Dream fan boy. Radio killa!
Anyway, you can pre-order this album on iTunes now.
DOWNLOAD: Ciara – You Can Get It (prod. Tricky Stewart & The-Dream) | Mediafire
Ciara talks hugs, Michael Jackson and her Janet Jackson envy on MTV’s Buzzworthy after the jump.
Chelsea continues her usual “flirting with black dudes” thing.
AllHipHop‘s Gina Torres catches up with Just Blaze to talk about BET’s “Master of the Mix,” the reality show and his thoughts on Jay Electronica signing to Roc Nation (after the jump).
“When we were creating the Slaughterhouse album I got a beat from Emile; real talented guy, I love him,” Joe Budden said. “I recorded to it right there on the spot. I planned on using it for The Great Escape but that didn’t happen at the time. So I said let me put this out on Mood Muzik 4. I love the record, I’d love for the fans to hear it.”
According to Budden, despite repeated calls he wasn’t able to reach Emile to get proper permission to use the track but decided to use the record anyway figuring the producer’s consent was a no brainer. It wasn’t until the album was already pressed up, and while Budden was boarding a plane heading overseas, that he finally heard back from Emile, who told him that it was actually Just Blaze that produced the track. So Budden’s reunion with Blaze, who produced the biggest hit, “Pump It Up” from off the rapper’s self-titled first album, was totally unintentional.
“In my head I’m like, ‘Am I in the f–king Matrix or some shit?’ ” asked Jumpoff Joe. “I haven’t got a beat from Just Blaze since who knows how long, this can’t be his beat.”
Shortly after Blaze’s Twitter tirade the two spoke on the phone and chalked up the situation to a misunderstanding. Budden apologized and was sympathetic to the producer’s concerns.
“Just also comes from that school of integrity,” Budden said. “He just wants the music to be heard the way that it’s supposed to be heard.” via RapFix
Nicki tells us how she got her name, her voices (Nicki, Roman, etc.), working with Eminem on “Roman’s Revenge,” working with Kanye, Rick Ross and Jay-Z on “Monster” and old Nicki verses new Nicki.
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