A pixie's everyday writing adventures
There were mixed emotions about the rumours of Drake executive producing Aaliyah‘s album. Now a single of Drake assisting the beautiful unreleased vocals of Aaliyah for Enough Said produced by Noah “40″ Shebib is released, I wonder what people think of this track? For me it’s a winner.
Trey Songz gives us the latest release off his Chapter V album due out this month. This one comes with features from Young Jeezy and Lil Wayne, and the video will feature cameos from Kevin Hart and reality TV star Stevie J.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Wd3jsigawvA&feature=player_embedded
Akala and English Frank join forces to create this hard hitting track, redefining the word thug (or tug) and stressing the importance that street rep and a glamourised gangster life style means nothing if you are uneducated, with no principles and stand for nothing.
Mz Bratt releases the video to Rocket Launcher, her latest Donae’o produced, dance floor smash. Filmed at this years LoveBox Festival & Charlie Sloth’s Fire On The Beach in Ayia Napa.
Due for release on iTunes on 06/08/12, the track has already gained support from Annie Mac, Toddla T, MistaJam and Trevor Nelson at Radio 1 as well as widespread support across BBC 1xtra and Choice FM. Make sure to watch out for the remix featuring D Double E.
Following on from their massive debut club smash Wine de Best ft. Busy Signal, Fatman Scoop & Kano still currently a hot fave with DJ’s, Orange Hill Productions return with their new single, this time collaborating with dancehall supremo extraordinaire, Vybz Kartel and Sneakbo. Continuing to push boundaries with their unique artistic vocal pairings, the dancehall influenced UK rap maestro Sneakbo provides that homegrown flavour on the first remix.
Snoop Dogg shows us his love for video game Tekken Tag Tournament 2 in this video. This will be the last one under the name Snoop Dogg, as he now goes by the name of Snoop Lion.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g-32UwmxSeQ&feature=player_embedded
Guvyer, Blaze and Zuz Rock come together for their new track Takeover, produced by Teddy Music and filmed and edited by DMan and Capes.
Mariah Carey gives us the first track from her 14th studio album expected to drop later this year. Produced by Jermaine Dupri and Bryan-Michael Cox, Mariah enlists MMG’s Rick Ross and Meek Mill to feature on the track.
“Working with Ross and Meek on the same record was incredible. Obviously Ross is a star and everybody loves him. I’m a fan of his music. I really, really wanted to work with him. I love the tone of his voice. I think the contrast of his voice and mine would be something special. I always like to do collaborations that people might think are different. Meek adds an excitement, a newness to the record that is pretty rare right now.”
Dre Films and Spiff TV direct Rick Ross‘ new video 911 the street track from album God Forgives, I Don’t. Ross’ album moved an estimated 200-225k copies and is set to be be No.1 on the album charts, he also features on Mariah Carey’s new single.
Head of Shady Records Eminem has started to work on a new LP, whilst also working on Slaughterhouse’s debut album welcome to: Our House.
“I actually started my album,” he told Channel 955 in Detroit. “But I haven’t fully went in yet because I’ve been finishing up this Slaughterhouse record. I’ve kind of been really hands-on with this album for the past year. This has kinda been a pet project for me. I’ve kind of been executive producing, producing, co-producing, mixing—very hands-on with it and just really involved. We’re actually finishing up today. We’re handing the album in today.”
There is no release date for Eminem’s new project, but he stated that he has had ‘fun’ listening to other emcees on the Shady roster such as Slaughter and Yelawolf liking their technical work.
However, he also had time to look back at his work with 50 Cent.
“Ever since we started making music with Fif, it was always like a mutual respect thing and we became friends outside of the music,” Shady shared. “50 is very big on the business aspects of his career. I would consider him a smart businessman. Not saying that I’m not, but I don’t get into as much of the technical aspect in the business sense. I have no idea what’s going on—ever. I don’t even know where I’m at right now.”
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