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The Kendrick Lamar "Control" Breakdown

By Nemmy Kim

                          

Everyone from Drake to Papoose to Styles P to Mark Batson reacted to Kendrick Lamar's verse on Big Sean's "Control." One year later, DX tackles the reasons why.

In today’s DX Daily Breakdown, we dig into the wide ranging reactions to Kendrick Lamar’s verse on Big Sean’s “Control” and investigate reasons why the song controlled the entire Hip Hop world

World Music Awards added 4 new photos.·

By Nemmy Kim

Maroon 5 to Perform on MTV Video Music Awards
MTV announces Maroon 5 on its lineup of performers for the 2014 Video Music Awards.
Adam Levine, back from his honeymoon, will join his bandmates on August 24 on the outdoor VMA stage at the Forum in Inglewood California. They'll perform a new song off their upcoming album, V which comes out Sept. 2.

Previously announced performers include Ariana Grande, Usher and 5 Seconds of Summer

Jay Z-Beyonce Divorce Rumors Impact On Ticket Prices For Their Tour?

By Nemmy Kim.

"It's the closest thing to love that we have in America, this marriage."

      

Jay Z-Beyonce Divorce Rumors Impact On Ticket Prices For Their Tour?

How has the tabloid attention affected secondary market ticket prices for...

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Rolling Stone Lists "20 Biggest Songs of the Summer: The 2010s (So Far)"

By Nemmy Kim

                                    

Songs by Nicki Minaj, Macklemore & Ryan Lewis and will.i.am made Rolling Stone's list.

Rolling Stone has complied a list of "20 Biggest Songs of the Summer: The 2010s (So Far)."  

Macklemore & Ryan Lewis featuring Ray Dalton’s “Can’t Hold Us” was included on Rolling Stone’s list. "Macklemore & Ryan Lewis released 'Can't Hold Us' as a promo single in the summer of 2011,” the article says, "but it wasn't until nearly two years later that the song followed 'Thrift Shop' to the top of the Hot 100."

Usher’s “OMG” single with will.i.am also made the list.

"Usher launched his 2010 album Raymond v. Raymond by topping the R&B charts with the ballad ‘Papers,' and conquered the pop charts with ‘OMG,' a will.i.am collaboration following the EDM template of Black Eyed Peas hits.”

Another rap song that was included on Rolling Stone’s list was Nicki Minaj’s “Super Bass.”

Wiz Khalifa f. Ghost Loft

"So High"

By Nemmy Kim.

                

Wiz Khalifa gets "So High" on his latest leak off "Blacc Hollywood."

Snoop Dogg & Kid Cudi To Headline North Coast Music Festival

By Nemmy Kim

North Coast Music Festival continues its tradition of merging Hip Hop with other genres of music, as Snoop Dogg and Kid Cudi join this year's bill.

Summer’s official music festival season will come to an end on Labor Day weekend at the fifth-annual North Coast Music Festival at Chicago’s Union Park. North Coast is a festival most noted for showcasing Electronic Music, but the festival has a history of giving props to Hip Hop; past performers at the North Coast Festival include Wu-Tang Clan, Nas, Common, Big Boi, Wiz Khalifa, Lupe Fiasco, Jay Electronica and De La Soul among others.
This year’s festival is headlined by Long Beach, California product Snoop Dogg. Snoop is currently in the studio working on the release of his thirteenth solo album, which is to be produced by Pharrell Williams. Another headliner for the three-day event is Cleveland rapper Kid Cudi. Cudi released his fourth album, Satellite Flight: The Journey to Mother Moon, February 25, 2014. The project was his first release since leaving Kanye West’s G.O.O.D Music label.

50 Cent's "How To Rob" Revisited By XXL

By Nemmy Kim.

                                  

XXL examines the making of 50 Cent's 1999 single, "How To Rob."

50 Cent said that he identified his targets as he was writing his 1999 single “How To Rob,” which included the Queens, New York rapper rhyming about Ol’ Dirty Bastard, Foxy Brown, Jay Z and Big Pun, among others.

“It wasn’t just random," 50 Cent said of “How To Rob” in a story that XXL published on its website today (August 8) and that was originally published in XXL Magazine’s December/January 2010 issue. "People came to mind based on what rhymes. Once I was able to say it in different orders, I said the verse to Rich Nice. Before I brought it to him, I’d been doing it over a Beanie Sigel beat, other tracks. I was just playing with the concept in my head… It wasn’t hard to come up with the concept of robbery, when you’re not in a great financial space. It kind of felt like I was being rejected during that time, while I was trying to make music. And after it got even worse.”

50 Cent also said that he was not concerned about the reception the song would receive.

Dorrough Music f. Lil Boosie

 "Beat Up The Block"

By Nemmy Kim

 Dorrough Music returns with the first single, "Beat Up The Block" from his upcoming album, "Texafornia."

 

Justin Bieber Does the Shmoney Dance

Bt Nemmy Kim

From Beyoncé to Breezy, everyone’s doing the Shmoney Dance. Now Justin Bieber is taking part in the Vine sensation. Dressed in all black and shades, the “Confident” singer dances to Bobby Shmurda’s anthem “Hot Ni**a” while posted in the studio.
Bieber captioned the video: “shorty loves the way that i floss out.”

Kanye West ‘RoboCop’ Video Snippet Leaks Starring Amber Rose

By Nemmy Kim.

Just in time for Flashback Friday, a snippet of Kanye West’s “RoboCop” video has hit the net. The stop-motion clip, directed by Hype Williams, was filmed circa 2008-2009 for Kanye’s 808s & Heartbreak album, and stars ‘Ye’s then-girlfriend Amber Rose as his voluptuous robotic lover.
Wearing a plastic bodysuit, she hypnotizes a tuxedo-clad ‘Ye with her lady lumps against a pink backdrop.
The visuals were inspired by his love for video games. “I think that’s the holy grail, if you can make your video look as good as a video game, and not be computer generated, and just have that type of intensity coming off the screen,”

New Music: T.I. – ‘Hot Ni**a (Remix)’

By Nemmy Kim.

Locked and loaded. Fresh off his “Tonight Show” performance with Young Thug, T.I. adds some hot bars to Bobby Shmurda’s “Hot Nigga,” which has already been remixed by Juicy J, Lil’ Kim, and French Montana.
Over the sound of gunshots and alarms, the King boasts about his artillery and shouts out Meek Mill.
In addition to his own album Paperwork, Tip plans to drop a Hustle Gang mixtape.

Lil’ Kim Announces ‘Hard Core’ Mixtape Release Date

By Nemmy Kim
Mark your calendars. After several delays, Lil’ Kim’s mixtape finally has an official release date.

Hard Core 2K14, which borrows its title from the rapper’s 1996 debut Hard Core, will drop September 11.
Originally announced in July 2013, the project has experienced several delays since its Halloween 2013 release date.
But Royal Reign’s mother has been making up for her absence. In the past week, she has dropped remixes to Beyoncé’s “Flawless” and Bobby Shmurda’s “Hot Nigga,” and released the Nicki Minaj diss track “Identity Theft.”
Hard Core 2K14 marks the follow-up to Kim’s 2011 mixtape Black Friday.
She also plans to launch a tour to support the mixtape.

Video: Lil Wayne – ‘Krazy’ [Teaser]

By Nemmy Kim

In addition to dropping his new single “Grindin” featuring Drake, Lil Wayne has previewed 10 seconds of the video for “Krazy.”
The Young Money boss is dragged through an insane asylum while wearing a strait-jacket in the Colin Tilley-directed clip, which was inspired by the 1975 film One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest.
“This is the first video from Carter V. It’s not about anyone being crazy, although I guess some people think the things I do are crazy,” said Wayne.

New Music: Lil Wayne f/ Drake – ‘Grindin’

By Nemmy Kim
Just hours before they kick off their co-headlining “Drake Vs. Lil Wayne” tour in Buffalo, New York, Lil Wayne joins forces with Drizzy once again on his new Carter V single “Grindin.” Following their last collaboration “Believe Me,” the YMCMB all-stars share blood, sweat, and tears on the dark hustlers’ anthem, produced by Boi-1da and Vinylz.
After enlisting the services of Kobe Bryant and Floyd Mayweather Jr., Tunechi called on Kevin Durant to unveil the cover art on his Instagram account.

Fat Joe Likens Remy Ma To Michael Jordan, Explains Beef Resolution

By Nemmy Kim

                          

Fat Joe says Remy is one of the best lyrical female rappers in the world.

Fat Joe and Remy Ma haven't always seen eye-to-eye, but the two reconciled their differences over the years. Today, Fat Joe says, he has no beef with Reminisce.
"She called me up and we made peace," he says in an interview with XXL. "It was cool with me. I never had a problem. I never hated Remy. I mean, my feelings was hurt with whatever transpired between us. I never hated her. I wished her the best. I'm still rooting for her right now."
After listening to Remy's first post-prison track, "They Don't Love You No More (Remix)," Fat Joe says Remy hasn't missed a beat.

A$AP Rocky Tours with Rihanna, Recalls First Rap in ‘SVDDXNLY’ Documentary

By Nemmy Kim

From Harlem to Hollywood, A$AP Rocky chronicles his rise to becoming one of hip-hop’s brightest stars in his feature-length documentary SVDDXNLY, produced and directed by Noisey.
In Part 1 of the five-episode series, the “Fashion Killa” prepares for his opening slot on Rihanna’s “Diamonds World Tour.”

Tyga’s Mom Reads ‘Rack City’ Lyrics on ‘Jimmy Kimmel Live’

By Nemmy Kim

Tyga’s mother made her late-night TV debut on Monday’s “Jimmy Kimmel Live.” As part of Kimmel’s “Words From Your Mother” series, she recited the explicit lyrics to her son’s hit “Rack City.”
“Whew, that’s my bookie. I love him,” she said while standing in front of pictures of the Young Money rapper.
Tyga tuned in and tweeted, “Watchin my mom on Jimmey Kimmel. Haha.

New Music: Beyoncé f/ Nicki Minaj – ‘Flawless (Remix)’

By Nemmy Kim
Goddamn, goddamn, goddamn. The reigning queen of rap, Nicki Minaj, joins Queen Bey herself on the official remix to “Flawless.”
On the Hit-Boy-produced ladies’ anthem, Beyoncé declares herself “the shit” and speaks out about the infamous elevator fight between Jay Z and Solange.

New Music: Beyoncé f/ Nicki Minaj – ‘Flawless (Remix)’

By Nemmy Kim
Goddamn, goddamn, goddamn. The reigning queen of rap, Nicki Minaj, joins Queen Bey herself on the official remix to “Flawless.”
On the Hit-Boy-produced ladies’ anthem, Beyoncé declares herself “the shit” and speaks out about the infamous elevator fight between Jay Z and Solange.

Chris Brown Readies ‘X’ for September.

By Nemmy Kim.

The wait is almost over. After several delays, Chris Brown’s X has an official release date.

The R&B superstar will drop his long-awaited sixth album on September 16, he announced on Instagram.
The follow-up to 2012′s Fortune was originally due in July 2013, but was pushed back several times because of Brown’s legal issues and jail sentence.
X has spawned the platinum hit “Loyal” featuring Lil Wayne and Tyga, and the follow-up “New Flame” with Usher and Rick Ross. A video for the latter is set to premiere this month.
He has also collaborated with Nicki Minaj (“Love More”), Kendrick Lamar (“Autumn Leaves”), Brandy, Kelly Rowland, Wiz Khalifa, and B.o.B., as well as producers Timbaland, Diplo, Polow Da Don, Danja, Pharrell, and Drumma Boy.

Video: Rick Ross – ‘Supreme’

By Nemmy Kim. 

Rick Ross adds some sunshine to your Sunday with the summery video for “Supreme.” The Miami kingpin chills poolside with Meek Mill and shows us around South Beach in the feel-good clip, which features palm tress, yachts, and exotic whips.
The Scott Storch-produced single, featuring vocals from Keith Sweat, can be found on Rozay’s latest album Mastermind

Wiz Khalifa Shares His Inspiration in ‘Blacc Hollywood’ Trailer

By Nemmy Kim.

The countdown is on to Blacc Hollywood. With over two weeks to go, Wiz Khalifa presents the trailer for his third major label album. The Taylor Gang leader speaks about his inspiration as he performs for fans all over the world and FacesTimes with his son Sebastian.

New Music: Remy Ma – ‘They Don’t Love You No More (Remix)’

By Nemmy Kim.

The Ruler is back. Fresh out the pen, Remy Ma jumps on the remix to DJ Khaled’s “They Don’t Love You No More,” and she’s taking no prisoners. The Bronx bombshell unleashes a lyrical tirade on the competition.