Buzzed about mediocre rapstress, Azealia Banks, has decided to cancel her 18-city UK tour run, to focus on recording her debut album. Like many of her recent decisions, this one surely has left her UK fans with disappointment. Read More
Nelly Furtado enlists world-renowned Native American hoop dancers to help her explain why bigger is always better when it comes to hoop selection. Rodney “Darkchild” Jerkins produced “Big Hoops (Bigger The Better),” and it will appear on Nelly’s forthcoming album, The Spirit Indestructible (due out on June 19). Read More
Melody Thornton releases a behind-the-scenes clip of her upcoming video for “Bulletproof,” a La Roux cover that appeared on her mixtape, P.O.Y.B.L. (Piss On Your Black List). In the clip, Melody intensively rehearses with singer-choreographer Bobby Newberry. Read More
Nas flaunts the royalties from his well-deserved success in the video for “The Don,” a Heavy D-produced single from his 10th album, Life Is Good (due out July 17). In the video, the hip-hop legend balances the life of a tailored suit-wearing gentleman, and a New York hat-wearing hustler. It’s the life of the don. Read More
B.o.B has done some heavy Internet promotion for his sophomore LP, Strange Clouds. The album arrives next week and is preceded with releases “Strange Clouds,” “Play The Guitar,” “So Good,” “Where Are You (B.o.B vs. Bobby Ray),” “So Hard To Breathe” and “Ray Bands.”
It opens with an unexpected feature – Morgan Freeman. He tells HipHopNMore he chose the Oscar-winner as a feature on “Bombs Away” because “you know the title of the song and the song itself has a very epic vibe to it. Like a sinister, medieval meets modern day kinda vibe, so I felt like he will be perfect for narrating the track. It’s the intro and he’s narrating it.”
Kid CuDi takes a swig of Dennis’ whiskey and returns to his rap roots. This past February, the Cudder released WZRD, an album of rock-inspired songs.
He sampled Man on the Moon II: The Legend of Mr. Rager’s “Ghost” when producing the moody beat. It sounds like classic Cudi, minus the suicide-endorsing content. Stream below! Read More
Not her pants, of course.
Mateo has been bitten by the Lana Del Rey bug. Inspired by her uniqueness, he delivers a live interpretation of her melancholy gem, “Blue Jeans.” Watch the impressive cover below!
Nicki Minaj may be on the brink of another Twitter break if VEVO doesn’t upload her uploading her ”Starships” video soon. Earlier, the racy clip premiered on MTV, but it still hasn’t officially found its way online. Anthony Mandler directed the video, and it’s basically a rehash of the “Super Bass” video.
Until things are sorted out, check out Minaj’s non-HD derriere below. Apparently VEVO and Nicki have sorted the confusion. Check out her derriere in HD below.