I haven’t been to Summerjam in a minute, but this year’s lineup looked pretty hot. MTV has a pretty good recap
Here are some clips:
Kanye:
Red Cafe f/ Fat Joe, Jadakiss & Fabolous - Paper Touchin’ Remix
Alicia Keys, Raekown, Method Man
Lil Wayne & Kanye:
T-Pain, Rick Ross, DJ Khaled, Akon & Red Cafe:
Looks like Fab’s gonna go the American Gangster/Conceptual Album route on his next go-round:
Right about now, Fabolous says he’s “working hard and playing harder,” but all that is about to be reversed. He’s going in on his next LP and wants to have it out by August. He expects to drop a single or a warm-up record by May.
“I usually go around and just get with producers I feel I wanted to work with. This time I’m going off a theme,” he said. Fab’s concept for the project may sound a bit familiar. He’s been inspired by a film.
“I’mma put a theme together and just go off of that theme,” he said. “Sometimes producers get lost trying to figure out what they think is the best type of sh– for Fab. [They say,] ‘I got this commercial joint for you.’ So what I’m doing now, I seen a movie I want to theme the album after. Even take certain lines, different scenes out of the movie and make music behind that. At the same time, I can have the producer check the movie out, and he’ll have something he can take away from the movie and come back with some joints. I wanted to try that this time.”
“What Jay-Z did [with 'American Gangster'] … he took that Frank Lucas character and put it in the frame of his Jay character,” Fab opined. “That’s what I wanna do. I don’t wanna say I that I’m actually the character, but take some of his scenarios or some things I went through and tell it in my tone.”
Fab refused to disclose the movie he was patterning his album after, but he said it isn’t too old, though it is classic. He doesn’t anticipate too many cameos, and producers on Loso’s radar include DJ Toomp, Kanye West, Just Blaze and Polow Da Don. With a structure in place, he feels he can complete his opus at a more expedient rate than usual.
“I think it will make me a little faster for some reason,” he declared. “When I just go in with producer and just make music, I’m really going in. I don’t know what they are gonna play me. I don’t know what I’m gonna get off the beat. It’s pretty much whatever comes up. But this time I watched the movie myself, wrote some things that stuck out in my head and tried to make songs off that. This time it should be easier. Well, not easier, but faster.”
A single for Fab’s yet-untitled (at least to us) album should arrive sometime in May. But for now, he’s remixing himself into a frenzy. He just did new versions for Janet Jackson’s “Feedback,” Rocko’s “Umma Do Me,” Red Café’s “Paper Touchin’ ” and Britney Spears‘ “Break the Ice.”
From Mixtape Monday
Jay & Mary’s Heart of The City Tour kicked off in Miami. Special guests include Kanye, Young Jeezy, Fabolous, and Timbaland.
Check out more pics at Concrete Loop
Named after my joint of the moment, this mixtape is chock-full-of exclusives like the remix with 50 AND Fat Joe, that crazy joint with Mavado and Jigga, that new fiyah from Weezy, the Superstar Remix with Jeezy and T.I. (I even left lupe’s verse in there). Shiiiiiiiit, why don’t you just peep the tracklist?
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f/ 50 Cent, Jadakiss & Fabolous. i love this beat, shit is crazy….i need to drop a new mixtape soon…
Tracklist:
1. Intro
2. Niggas Know
3. Suicide
4. Fuck Wit Street Fam feat. Neo Da Matrix
5. We Do This Shit
6. Back To The Damn Thing
7. Here’s Another Hit
8. Paperman Feat. Neo Da Matrix
9. Taking Pictures Feat. Red Cafe, Paul Cain, Freck Billionaire
10. Mo Cars Mo Hos Feat Freck Billionaire
11. Hustlas Poster Child Feat. Cassidy
12. La The Darkman & Willie The Kid - Hand On My Glock
13. I’m Getting Money - Feat. Freck Billionaire
14. U Aint Saying Shit
15. Brooklyn’s Finest
16. Fuck Em All feat. Red Cafe
17. PaperTouchin - Red Cafe
18. Fall Back
19. I Came From Money
20. I Don’t See Nobody
21. I’m Da Main Remix Feat Red Cafe, Freck Billionaire, Paul Cain
22. Pimp My Blood
23. Say Hello
24. Outro
25. Dope Boys
The Village Voice has an article on Fabolous and his Street Family crew which has a rep of jackin celebs for they ice.
I think so. MTV talks to T-Pain about all his 07 collabos. Here are some excerpts:
Kanye West, “Good Life” “All I recorded for that song was hooks. We did five different versions [of the chorus]. And when you hear that [sings] ‘And my grandmama ain’t the only one calling me baby,’ that was a hook. Kanye put all them hooks together and created that song. When I heard the finished version, I was like, ‘This dude is a genius.’ ”
Chris Brown, “Kiss Kiss”"That song was originally for David Banner. I made that with him in mind, but Chris was in the studio with me and asked for some hip-hop beats. He heard it and asked for it. That song was originally called “Thick Thick.” [Sings] ‘That booty, girl, is thick, thick, thick.’ But then I remembered Chris Brown is like 12, and we changed it up.”
Fabolous, “Baby Don’t Go” “That already had the hook on it, actually. [I just had to] put my little part on it. I actually respect [Jermaine Dupri] for that because the song required Auto-Tune, and he was just like, ‘I don’t want to just use it. I’d rather have the person that’s famous for it right now.’ Because anyone can just use it, as you see everybody is doing that right now. But he was like, ‘I could have just used it, but that would have been disrespectful to somebody that’s bringing it back.’ I respect him for that, completely.”
Read more about his collabos with R. Kelly, DJ Khaled, Plies, and Bow Wow.
Roc Boys - Jay Z
Sensual Seduction - Snoop Dogg
Stronger - Kanye West
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Is 50 #1 because he bitched so much about MTV’s top 10 MC’s list? Or is it because he bitched so much he made finally made a hot song?
From MTV:
1. “I Get Money” by 50 Cent
The best beat of the year, unbridled stunting, endless riches and unplanned parenting to boot: “Have a baby by me, baby, be a millionaire/ I’ll write the check before the baby comes, who the f— cares.”
2. “Can’t Tell Me Nothing” by Kanye West
Easily the most relatable song of the year. Everybody needs to get their money right. Even A-Rod wants wanted more dough in 2007, and he was getting over $25 million a year. Kanye’s hardest street anthem to date and, line by line, one of his most lyrical songs ever.
3. “Int’l Players Anthem (I Choose You)” by UGK (featuring Outkast)
Andre 3000’s verse alone is worth the price of admission, although Pimp C probably rides the track the best (R.I.P. Sweet Jones!). Both legendary hip-hop pairs proved that skills and passion don’t necessarily deteriorate over the years.
4. “Make Me Better” by Fabolous (featuring Ne-Yo)
It’s fly to love your girl. Scratch that, it’s fly to love your girl and not be ashamed to tell her and the world she has you open. At least, that’s what Fab and Ne-Yo made everyone believe with their monster duet.
5. “It’s Me Bitches” remix by Swizz Beatz (featuring Lil Wayne, Jadakiss and R. Kelly)
Arguably the best rapper (Wayne), producer (Swizz) and singer (Kelly) in 2007 are featured on this track. No way to lose on this one. Of all the millions of Lil Wayne verses this year, this had to be the most fun to listen to. Weezy rapped in different languages, vernaculars and switched flows in less than 30 seconds.
6. “We Takin’ Over” by DJ Khaled (featuring T.I., Rick Ross, Akon, Lil Wayne, Baby and Fat Joe)
With a murderers’-row lineup like this, who dared dispute Khaled’s claim that “We da besss!”? Each MC tried to outdo the other, but everyone kept the competition friendly. Also, with this song, Khaled kicked off a plethora of songs featuring a combination of all-star guests.
7. “Duffle Bag Boy” by Playaz Circle (featuring Lil Wayne)
So compelling, it almost felt biblical. Tity Boi and Dolla Boy’s ode to corner couriers had the most legs on our list, terrorizing the underground for months until it recently erupted everywhere. Birdman Jr.’s hook captivated every club.
8. “Roc Boys (And the Winner Is …)” by Jay-Z
He’s in the howww, howww, howwwse! You know have a hit on your hands when you have black kids from the ‘hood yelling, “La chaim!” Hov’s celebratory second single from American Gangster was delivered with excitingly complicated wordplay and the Jigga’s trademark royal swagger. That type of talk is reserved only for the bosses.
9. “My Drink N’ My 2 Step” by Cassidy
Besides a dance partner, what else do you really need in a club besides what Cassidy called out in this song title? The Philadelphia MC snuck in a serious story about his downfall and comeback while drinking Patrón and enlisting Swizz Beatz for a simplistic but enlivening chorus.
10. “Wipe Me Down” by Lil Boosie, Webbie and Foxx
“Shoulders, chest, pants, shoes.” Who knew you could get so clean being dirty? Down-bottom bravado and bracing bass help the Trill Fam fortify their spots as popular Southern young guns.
Bonus! Top Hip-Hop Catchphrases
1. “(Insert superhero’s name here) that ho/ You’lll!”
After Soulja Boy blew up with his “Crank That” lyric “Superman that ho,” he spawned a nation of biters who made songs with choruses that replaced the Man of Steel with his day-saving peers such as Batman, Spiderman, Wolverine and the always-slept-on Aquaman.
2. “We da besssss!”
DJ Khaled once again proved that DJs don’t have to stay in the background, wearing headphones while scratching records. He turned himself into a bona-fied hip-hop brand name this year. “We” is probably the most apropos thing he could have said, because he brought together so many artists for his singles “We Takin’ Over,” “Brown Paper Bag” and the remix to “I’m So Hood.” He probably got offers to book talent for the Grammy Awards.
3. “Showwwtime”
Why? Well after the MTV News team shot a special segment called “A Day in the Life of Swizz Beatz,” just about half the people in our news room started saying it. Plus, Swizz had so many hits this year, you really couldn’t escape his slogan.
4. “Throw some D’s on that bitch”
All praises go to Rich Boy for not only giving us a fresh song with a hot hook, but for giving us a instant LOL punch line whenever we talked about something that needed to be fixed or pimped out. Sometimes it didn’t even have anything to do with a car. You got a bad perm from the hairdresser? “Throw some D’s on that bitch.” They put mustard on your sandwich instead of mayonnaise? “Throw some D’s on That B—h.” Equally nonsensical and humorous.
5. “Party like a rock star.”
Kanye West, Lil Wayne, the Diplomats — a bunch of hip-hop acts were bringing that rock mentality and swagger to rap this year. And it didn’t hurt that the Shop Boyz hit record “Party Like a Rockstar” exploded, either.
6. “Currr-tisss”
Oh, the hilarity started by Cam’ron. He began dissing 50 Cent by starting an antagonizing name-calling campaign on the Internet. 50, ever the business-minded messiah, figured that there’s no harm in people calling him by the name his momma gave him and turned it into the platinum-plus Curtis.
7. “This is why I’m hot.”
Unfortunately MIMS’ flame fizzled when his “This Is Why I’m Hot” single died down, but boy was he running with it when the record was at its peak. You could see the saying on T-shirts, blogs and coming out of the mouths of your favorite celebrities. Well, maybe you couldn’t really see the words coming out of their mouths, but you catch our drift.
