Sometimes Hip Hop can move at a pace too frantic for even the most devoted fan to keep up with. Albums and mixtapes are released at breakneck speed, careers are made and broken with the swipe of a pen, and somewhere in between all the madness actual music (the quality of which vacillates between excellent and god awful) is being made. Twitter provides a nice summary of everything 140 characters at a time. And if you’re the type that would rather not be bothered with stepping into the Twitterverse to catch up on the latest in Hip Hop, we’ve filtered through the top rapper’s tweets and consolidated all the week’s events into one convenient feed.
This week, Seth Rogen becomes Waka Flocka Flame’s new blunt roller and Theophilus London shares that he crafted his album while in the sky on Kanye West’s private jet.
Jay Z & Beyonce Working On New Album, According To DJ Skee
DJ Skee broke some big news on Dash radio this week. According to Skee, Jay Z and Beyonce have begun recording a joint album, following their On The Run tour. “The biggest couple in music, maybe entertainment, maybe the world, they’re working on an album together,” Skee said. “You know who I’m talking about, Jay Z and Beyonce. I have confirmed and talked with a couple sources. Now we all know what Jay Z did Samsung last year. We all know how Beyonce came out of nowhere. But this secret would top all of them, even that new U2 album.” For the rest of the story, click here.
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Kendrick Lamar Reveals “i” Single Artwork
TDE’s Kendrick Lamar takes to Twitter to release the cover art for his upcoming single “i.” The image resembles a person dressed in red facing a person dressed in blue, both making the same hand gesture. The track is labeled as “new music” in an e-mail from Top Dawg, while some call it a single. All we know is that Kendrick is busy working on the follow-up to his still highly acclaimed good kid, m.A.A.d city album that dropped nearly two years ago.
Nas Tweets Happy Birthday to Amy Winehouse
Sharing the same birthdate (September 14), Nas sends birthday wishes to his late friend Amy Winehouse. Nas turned 41 this year, while Winehouse would have been 31 years old this year. She passed on July 23, 2011 due to alcohol poisoning. Although primarily a singer, Amy was a huge fan of Hip Hop, forming a rap group with her friend called Sweet-N-Sour at the age of 10. In her 2006 track “Me & Mr. Jones,” the singer addresses her crush on the Queens rapper. She was also featured on “Cherry Wine,” a track from Nas’ album Life Is Good.
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Theophilus London & Kanye West Made Music In The Sky
Theophilus London flexed for Twitter when he shared that he and Kanye West worked on his album while in the air on Kanye’s private jet. He shared that he wasn’t a fan of sampling and instead had the actual subject in the studio, for example, his Leon Ware collaboration. “”Instead of sampling Mr Leon Ware. I invited him to write and teach and grace me with authentic Vibes and stories,” he wrote in a different tweet.
Seth Rogen Takes On A New Gig
Seth Rogen tweeted Waka Flocka Flame after Waka expressed interest in hiring a blunt roller for the awesome price of $50,000. Seth, who is a rap fanatic, has already smoked out with Snoop Dogg (which should always be a requirement) and has learned how to roll the perfect cross joint. His skills will be appreciated. And if he can’t make his commitments, there’s always James Franco.
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Shmoney Dancing Worldwide
Shmoney dancing is slowly becoming a worldwide phenomenon as DJs continue playing Bobby Shmurda’s track in cities all over the world. DJ and producer Mark Ronson played “Hot N*gga” for the Spanish crowd in Ibiza. Roughly 93%, according to Ronson, hadn’t been exposed to the track, but judging from the rest of the DJ’s tweet, the “shmoney dance caught on quick tho.”
Jhene Aiko’s Souled Out debuts at No. 3
Twelve years deep in the music game, R&B singer Jhene Aiko finally releases her debut studio album Souled Out. This album reached the number 3 spot on the Billboard 200, following rapper Lecrae’s Anomaly in the number one spot. Her album is the chart’s second-highest debut with 70,000 copies sold. The success doesn’t stop there. It tops the charts at number 1 on Top R&B Hip-Hop Albums and R&B Albums. Give this album a listen, you won’t regret it.
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Common, Vince Staples, Jay Electronica Collab On A New Remix
Common, Vince Staples and Jay Electronica gave the BET Hip Hop Awards audience a preview of the remix for the Nobody’s Smiling single “Kingdom.” The track hasn’t been officially revealed as an mp3 to the public but fans are waiting anxiously to hear a rare verse from Jay Electronica. The BET Hip Hop Awards air on October 14, so if the single doesn’t drop by then, you’ll be able to hear the remix next month during the broadcast.
ScHoolboy Q On The Remix For Disclosure’s “Latch”
Disclosure’s Sam Smith-assisted “Latch” has been garnering radio spins for a while now and has finally dived in the rap pool for an appropriate remix with ScHoolboy Q. Many people thought that it was Q who jumped on “Latch,” but he set the record straight when he revealed that the English electronic duo reached out to him to do the remix. As for his incorrect spelling of Disclosure, blame the iPhone. He tweeted, “Disclosure my bad god damn… I Have a iPHone leave me alone!!! And I got t-mobile and sprint, 60 dollarz a montH on da bill.”
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Common Brings Mike Brown’s Parents To 2014 BET Hip Hop Awards Stage
While the award show hasn’t officially aired yet, pictures and homemade videos provided teasers for the soon-to-be aired event. One of the powerful moments that were captured in photographs at the 2014 BET Hip Hop Awards, filmed Saturday (September 20), was when Common asked the parents of Mike Brown, the unarmed teenager who was shot and killed in Ferguson, Missouri by a police officer, to join him on stage. According to CBS, there was a moment of silence for Michael Brown.
