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, Wiz Khalifa and Ty Dolla $ign collab on an album, Nicki Minaj does not approve of IHOP’s reference to “No Type,” and #RapAlbumsThatCausedSlavery is created to parody rap album titles.
Top Dawg’s Top Dog Has Set A Goal For “TPAB” To Go Platinum In The First Week
we have 2 put that goal out 2 the universe.. what u think is wit u get…. I'm thinking 1 week 1 mill #TDE#LetsGetIt
— dangeroo kipawaa TDE (@dangerookipawaa) March 15, 2015
Ambitious isn’t quite a word for that. The last time that happened? Lil Wayne’s Tha Carter III in 2008. Every year since sales have gotten worse for Hip Hop, culminating in last year’s epically disappointing album sales numbers where not one single Hip Hop album went platinum during the entire year.
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Ab-Soul Says Long Term Mentality 3 Is Likely Delayed
We have decided as a family that #LT3 is a bit ahead of its time, so…
— Ab-Soul (@abdashsoul) March 14, 2015
Soulo seems to be pushing back LT3 and dropping a project before that happens. Since LT3 is too far ahead of its time, maybe the intermittent record will allow us to catch up?
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Six People Stabbed At Migos Show In Albany
THIS AINT GOT NUN TO DO WIT US STOP HATIN ON US @TMZpic.twitter.com/N9ltxIT59n
— MIGOS™ (@Migos) March 8, 2015
@QuavoStuntin FELL IN THE CROWD LOL ? ALBANY NY. LUV YALL #YRNTHAALBUM
— MIGOS™ (@Migos) March 7, 2015
Migos may have hyped the crowd too much, as a Migos concert in Albany resulted in a brawl on March 6. Albany police found two of the injured members at the venue while two more arrived at a local emergency room themselves. The final two victims, aged 16 and 22, called police from a private residence after the show. Migos is quick to defend their name.
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Obama Speaks At Selma’s 50th Anniversary
YouTube the President's speech if you didn't just watch it live. It really was special. #Selma50
— John Legend (@johnlegend) March 7, 2015
LOVE to everyone in Selma today! LOVE LOVE LOVE
— Talib Kweli Greene (@TalibKweli) March 7, 2015
An absolutely beautiful and inspiring speech from @BarackObama#Selma50
— Russell Simmons (@UncleRUSH) March 7, 2015
On March 7, President Obama attends and speaks at the historic Bloody Sunday March in Selma, Alabama. Others present in celebrating its 50th anniversary were civil rights leader John Lewis, 103-year-old, civil rights activist Amelia Boynton Robinson, and former president George W. Bush. The speech can be found on Youtube.
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Pharrell Supports Bullied Dancing Man
Anyone know this man or who posted this? There's a huge group of ladies in LA who would like to do something special pic.twitter.com/DGbu3AXOrB
— Cassandra Fairbanks (@CassandraRules) March 5, 2015
Just woke up to be greeted with so many more kind words. Big thanks again and am sure the charity will appreciate it as well. Thanks again
— Dancing Man (@Dancingmanfound) March 7, 2015
Hey @CassandraRules keep me posted about your dance party! @Dancingmanfound, never be ashamed of yourself. You are both truly #OTHER?
— Pharrell Williams (@Pharrell) March 6, 2015
@CassandraRules@Dancingmanfound@Pharrell we would love to donate the "worlds greatest stadium" for the worlds greatest dance party!
— LA Memorial Coliseum (@lacoliseum) March 7, 2015
“Sean from London” was initially shamed on the online message-board 4chan in February after a user posted an image of him dancing. After taking over Reddit and other websites, the image attached with bodyshaming went viral thanks to a response campaign from a writer named Cassandra Banks. Support comes from the likes Moby, Ellie Goulding, and Pharrell.
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Wiz Khalifa And Ty Dolla $ign Collab On EP
Me and @tydollasign are dropping an ep later this month call "Talk about it in the morning". Here's the first single http://t.co/uSHnPE8bQw
— Wiz Khalifa (@wizkhalifa) March 10, 2015
This just in. Wiz Khalifa and Ty Dolla $ign will be joining forces to release an EP titled Talk About In The Morning. Wiz provides fans with a link to the lead single of the project “Post Up.” So far, it is slated to be released at the end of this month.
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Nicki Minaj Is Not Happy With IHOP Quoting Rae Sremmurd
I ain't got no type. Pancakes are the only thing that I like.
— IHOP (@IHOP) March 11, 2015
Sit dat ass down pls sir/ma'am > RT “@IHOP: I ain't got no type. Pancakes are the only thing that I like.”
— NICKI MINAJ (@NICKIMINAJ) March 11, 2015
Nicki Minaj seems to take an issue with the International House Of Pancakes’ tweet. Quoting “No Type” by Rae Sremmurd, we’re not so positive what the problem might be. The YMCMB rapper appears on a version of the song.
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#RapAlbumsThatCausedSlavery Parodies Titles Of Famous Rap Albums
Straight Outta Europe #RapAlbumsThatCausedSlavery
— jamilah lemieux (@JamilahLemieux) March 11, 2015
Late Slave Registration #RapAlbumsThatCausedSlavery
— .los SPURS (@TooSoonJunes) March 11, 2015
People's Intercontinental Travels and the Paths of Sugar #RapAlbumsThatCausedSlavery
— Open Mike Eagle (@Mike_Eagle) March 11, 2015
The hashtag #RapAlbumsThatCausedSlavery started after Morning Joe hosts Brzezinski and Scarborough suggest that rappers are the cause of University of Oklahoma SAE fraternity brothers chanting racist phrases. We have N.W.A’s Straight Outta Compton, Kanye West’s Late Registration, and A Tribe Called Quest’s People’s Instinctive Travels.
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Fake Kanye West’s “So Help Me God” CD Cover
Don't even have snapchat heh
— HudsonMohawke (@HudMo) March 13, 2015
So crazy ppl pretending to be me ?
— HudsonMohawke (@HudMo) March 13, 2015
Fake accounts everywhere. Hudson Mohawke confirms that an alleged leak of information about Kanye West’s So Help Me God CD packaging was fake. A Snapchat user masquerading as the Scottish producer teased a photo last night of what looked like the album packaging for Ye’s next release.
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Wiz Khalifa Stops By WWE Raw
Thanks wwe for showin the pothead some love. pic.twitter.com/rd4WqjRXyK
— Wiz Khalifa (@wizkhalifa) March 10, 2015
Weeks away from WrestleMania 31, Wiz Khalifa stopped by WWE Raw on March 9 as the wrestling troupe took over the CONSOL Energy Center in Pittsburgh. He showed support for wrestler Damien Mizdow as the Raw competitor rapped to his challenger The Miz ahead of a planned WrestleMania singles match. At this moment the hashtag #Wizdow was born, as Khalifa went on to perform a medley at the show.
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Wale’s Multiple Album Covers For “The Album About Nothing”
http://twitter.com/Wale/status/576143489156706305
Wale has been putting on for his upcoming project “The Album About Nothing,” slated to be released on March 31. In addition, he has also been putting on for the 3 different album covers for the album. After revealing 2 of them, is this the 3rd? Regardless, he stays with the Seinfeld theme.
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The Return Of Charles Hamilton
Humbled by yall showing love thank you
— Charles Hamilton (@charleshamilton) March 12, 2015
#ICYMI@charleshamilton dropped an INSANE freestyle for @HOT97: https://t.co/GinrYKJaRc
— Republic Records (@RepublicRecords) March 11, 2015
Some of you may remember Charles Hamilton for his hit single “Brooklyn Girls.” Now, the New York rapper is back. With recent interviews with Hot 97 and Sway in the Morning, Charles touches on the hardships he faced when he stepped out of the game. He recently teams up with Rita Ora for a track called “NY Raining.”
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Freddie Gibbs Releases “Pronto” EP
Pronto https://t.co/V5HyQ97F4C#pronto#whiterange#diamonds#ESGN
— Freddie Gibbs (@FreddieGibbs) March 9, 2015
The best new music is the ones that are unannounced. In the middle of the night, Freddie Gibbs takes to Twitter to release his latest EP Pronto. Gibbs steers the three-track EP primarily himself, with the title track produced by Mikhail & Pops. Meanwhile, the Indiana rapper is for prepping his sophomore studio album Lifestyles of the Insane.
