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Nov

M.I.A. f/ Blaqstarr - S.U.S (Save Ur Soul) (Video)

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Categories: MIA and Video

Nov

Daily Recap - 11/3/08

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Categories: Jay Z, Jim Jones, Lil Wayne, MIA, Rick Ross, TI and Young Jeezy

Jim Jones To Tell Life Story In Musical

Lil Wayne Isn’t Inspired By Today’s Music; Rick Ross Borrows Beats From Jay-Z, T.I., M.I.A. For New Tape: Mixtape Monday

Young Jeezy Casts His First Vote; Mobbed By GA Voters

Hip-Hop Stars Stump For Obama In Florida

Oct

Daily Recap - 10/13/08

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Categories: 50 Cent, Barack Obama, Beyonce, Cipha Sounds, Donda West, Fat Joe, Kanye West, Lil Wayne, Ludacris, MIA, Peter Rosenberg, Politics, Rick Ross, T-Pain and Young Jeezy

Fabolous Channels Al Pacino On Upcoming CD, “Loso’s Way”

Young Jeezy Talks About Presidential Election, Aptly Titled LP The Recession

T-Pain Co-Signs On New Kanye West LP; Fat Joe Talks Working With ‘Rock Star’ Lil Wayne: Mixtape Monday

M.I.A. Confirms Pregnancy: ‘I’m Creating A Baby’

Beyonce’s Very Different New Videos: One Has Dancing, One Has Relationship Problems

Cipha/Rosenberg: 10/13/08

Rick Ross On Board For Dr. Donda West Benefit Concert

Gang Bangers Get Down With Voting In Compton

McCain Advisor Dropped Over Racist 50/Ludacris/Obama Column

Oct

M.I.A. & Pharrell Live

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Categories: MIA, Pharrell and Video

@ Diesel’s 30th Anniversary Event in Brooklyn

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Oct

Jim Jones Explains His ‘Swagger Like Us’ Response

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Categories: Jay Z, Jim Jones, Juelz Santana, Lil Wayne, MIA and TI

Jim Jones tells Complex, he’s got a new song called “Jackin Swagger From Us” with Juelz, Weezy, and a re-sung hook by MIA and guess what? Surprise, surprise he goes at Hov & TI.

““No one on the corner got swag like you we don’t Rocawear that’s for fags like you.” [Laughs.]”

“And look at the Vibe cover. Tell me who Jay-Z looks like in there? Did you see the picture of him? With the Louis Vuitton scarf and all that. Who did that resemble? You can say it. But he did it wrong; he had a Gucci belt with a Louis Vuitton scarf. Who does that? You smell me? That’s like wearing one Nike and one Puma; how you going to get away with that? But I didn’t take the song as a shot, because I don’t feel like none [besides Weezy] of them possess any swag.”

On T.I.:

“I don’t feel like he possesses any swag. Not like that. It’s fabricated. They’re watching other people, then they try and do it. You know people that dress like T.I.? You know people that go out and say let me get a T.I. outfit or do you know people who say “yo, you’re looking like Jim Jones?” Which one? Lemme hear it! When the bitches want to fuck you and the niggas want be like you, who got the swag? Niggas with money and fame always going to look like they doing something ’cause they got the camera in front of them. But the cool dudes always stick out no matter where they at.”

I guess he didn’t go in on Ye cuz he’s still hopin for a beat…

Peep Complex for a snippet of Weezy verse

Sep

Daily Recap - 9/8/08

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Categories: Bow Wow, Chris Brown, Eminem, Jay Z, Kanye West, Lil Wayne, MIA, Russell Simmons, Steve Stoute, T-Pain, TI and The Game

Kanye Debuts New Song; Lil Wayne Wins At VMA’s

Russell Simmons, T.I. get political at MTV Awards

Steve Stoute Inducted into Advertising Hall of Fame

T-Pain Proves His Rap Skills On Pr33 Ringz; M.I.A. Has A Fan In Kanye West: Mixtape Monday

Cipha/Rosenberg: 9/5 & 9/8

Game And Bow Wow’s ‘Madden 09′ Face-Off: Who Came Out On Top?

Lil Wayne Calls Out Eminem, Talks Jay-Z, Carter IV

Chris Brown busy writing songs for Britney Spears

Sep

M.I.A., ‘Paper Planes,’ and coasting to fame on ‘Pineapple Express’

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Categories: MIA

ENTERTAINMENT WEEKLY: So how did a rap song that satirizes society’s fear of immigrants wind up on the trailer of a stoner action-comedy?

M.I.A.: They were really keen on the song and approached [my label] Interscope, and Interscope asked me and I was, like, well, since it’s just the trailer, that’s cool. I didn’t really think twice about it.

Would you have thought twice if they wanted to use it in the actual movie?

Yeah. Trailers just come and go. But if it was in the movie, I would have had to scrutinize what scene they were using it in and stuff like that.

You had to cancel a festival appearance last year because you couldn’t get a U.S. visa. Is it true that “Paper Planes” was partly inspired by your problems with the immigration folks?

Yeah, they’re always giving me a hard time. When I wrote it I’d just gotten in to New York after waiting a long time and that’s why I wrote it, just to have a dig. It’s about people driving cabs all day and living in a s—ty apartment and appearing really threatening to society. But not being so. Because, by the time you’ve finished working a 20-hour shift, you’re so tired you [just] want to get home to the family. I don’t think immigrants are that threatening to society at all. They’re just happy they’ve survived some war somewhere.

What is the significance of the gunshots and the cash register rings on the track?

You can either apply it on a street level and go, oh, you’re talking about somebody robbing you and saying I’m going to take your money. But, really, it could be a much bigger idea: someone’s selling you guns and making money. Selling weapons and the companies that manufacture guns — that’s probably the biggest moneymaker in the world.

That’s a lot of stuff for a pop song.

It is, but you only have three minutes to put in your thesis.