Showing posts with label Jay-Z. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Jay-Z. Show all posts
Wednesday, April 4, 2012
Friday, February 10, 2012
Jay-Z & Kanye West - Niggas in Paris (Music Video) FINALLY!!!!
Long Awaited...but worth the wait! This video is stupid dope! Its crazy how Kanye and Jay-Z continue to do things outside of the ordinary, and keep raising the bar higher and higher.
Thursday, October 27, 2011
Monday, October 3, 2011
Thursday, September 29, 2011
6 Reasons To Buy J. Cole's Cole World: The Sideline Stoy
Via: JukeBoxDC
1. J. Cole Is NOT An Overnight Sensation/No Gimmicks
You ask 100 J. Cole fans what’s there favorite song, you will get 15 – 25 different answers (Mine is “Losing My Balance”). He’s built his brand of music for the past three years with amazing lyrical content and smooth beats that touch your soul. Now compare J. Cole to a Kreayshawn, you can ask 100 of her fans (If you can find them), and all will say “Gucci, Gucci.” Not cool.Nevertheless, Cole World has a brand built on a foundation of quality music. In the words of Jessica Simpson, “This aint no fly by night.”
2. If J. Cole Wins, Jay-Z Wins
There’s no secret to this, but Jay-Z hasn’t been the greatest front office rep. From his fumbles at Def Jam with Joe Budden, Method Man and LL Cool J, Jay-Z has always had this dark cloud looming over him. Now at RocNation, Hov has been given the opportunity to start over and with his first chance, he hands it off to J. Cole. If the Sideline Story succeeds, Jay-Z won’t be claimed as a genius, but he will be able to take the monkey off of his back from prior years mistakes.
3. Storytelling Ability
Everyone loves a good story. When we were kids, we loved a good story. In hip hop, to get on legendary status, you must be a storyteller. That list includes the likes of Jay-Z, B.I.G. and Eminem to say a few. Now in this age, Cole provides his story for others to take in. Almost like an audio book where Sideline Story talks about abortion, heartbreak, fatherless children and the overall development of a kid just chasing his dreams in a not so perfect environment. You don’t see this type of story make it on to the mainstream scene. I suggest you listen and buy.
4. J. Cole Produced Over 75% Of The Album
Not only do you get an awesome rapper, but the man makes his own beats as well? This sounds too good to be true, but it’s indeed a fact. Not since The College Dropout have we seen such a phenomenal rapper/producer. Does that not want you to grab a copy right now?
5. J. Cole Can Rap
There’s no doubting how good Cole is lyrically. If you count his two latest mixtapes and his debut album, you can make a claim that J. Cole is one of the top ten down south lyricists ever (Same can be said about K.R.I.T.). Bar for bar, verse for verse, you can’t name five better lyricists than J. Cole that’s “out” right now (Dropped an album in the past 18 months).
Via: Fresh Bugle
6. J. Cole is from North Carolina
J. Cole is hands down the best rapper to ever come out North Carolina. Its great to have somebody from your home state that is getting this much respect in Hip Hop. It is a sign of hope and inspiration to other artist from North Carolina that if can beat the odds, that anybody has the opportunity to do so. NC StandUP!!!
Thursday, September 15, 2011
J. Cole ft. Jay-Z - "Mr. Nice Watch" (Audio)
This hot, and I know J. Cole has been waiting on that Jay-Z verse for a while. Props J. Cole this is really dope song.
Friday, September 9, 2011
Monday, August 15, 2011
Friday, August 12, 2011
Wednesday, August 10, 2011
Jay-Z Tops Forbes' Hip Hop Cash Kings w/ $37 Million
1. Shawn "Jay-Z" Carter, $37 million -- Hip-hop's reigning Cash King continues to reap the benefits of a 10-year $150 million Live Nation deal, as well as stakes in the New Jersey Nets, the 40/40 Club chain, ad firm Translation and others. This year marked the first time he out-earned wife Beyonce since their marriage in 2008.
2. Sean "Diddy" Combs, $35 million -- Music now accounts for less than 20% of earnings for the artist formerly known as Puff Daddy, thanks to big stakes in clothing lines Sean John and Enyce, record label Bad Boy and marketing firm Blue Flame. But it's his Ciroc vodka deal that led Forbes to estimate his net worth at $475 million this winter.
3. Kanye West: $16 million -- The self-proclaimed Louis Vuitton Don returns to the top three for the first time since 2009. His new album, My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy, hit stores in November, earned critical raves and quickly went platinum. His follow-up, Jay-Z collaboration Watch the Throne, debuted on August 8th.
4. Dwayne "Lil Wayne" Carter, $15 million -- The lyricist reportedly wrote his first song at age 8 and signed a record deal with Cash Money a year later. Today he's one of rap's richest, despite serving eight months in jail last year. His latest release, I Am Not A Human Being, made him the first artist since Tupac Shakur to have a No. 1 album while incarcerated.
4. Bryan "Birdman" Williams, $15 million -- The Cash Money chief continues to rake in cash from the label he cofounded, home to fellow Cash Kings Lil Wayne, Drake and Nicki Minaj. Excluded from previous lists because we deemed him more executive than rapper, Birdman was included this year because most of his peers now have a similar job description.
6. Marshall "Eminem" Mathers, $14 million -- Eminem doesn't tour as much as many rappers and his outside business interests are limited, but music alone was enough to blast him back into the upper reaches of the list this year. His album Recovery sold 5.7 million copies worldwide and earned 10 Gramm nominations. Normally non-commercial, he added to his coffers with Super Bowl spots for Lipton and Chrysler.
6. Calvin "Snoop Dogg" Broadus, $14 million -- The ageless wonder of the West Coast turned in another strong year, boosted by new album Doggumentary, heavy touring and endorsements with companies from Metro PCS to Pepsi Max. Icing on the proverbial cake: A verse on Katy Perry's smash hit "California Gurls."
6. Andre "Dr. Dre" Young, $14 million -- The man who launched the careers of fellow Cash Kings including Snoop Dogg, Eminem and 50 Cent keeps bringing in cash-namely from producer fees and Beats by Dre, his lucrative headphone venture with Interscope chief Jimmy Iovine.
9. Aliuane "Akon" Thiam, $13 million -- The Senegalese-American singer-songwriter-producer extraordinaire caked up on a string of international concerts from Australia to Zimbabwe, a lucrative World Cup spot with Pepsi, a host of business ventures and hit song "I Just Had Sex," which has garnered over 115 million YouTube views since its December debut.
10. Christopher "Ludacris" Bridges, $12 million -- The self-proclaimed Mouth of the South makes money from much more than just music. This year, he earned big on movie roles including Fast Five, No Strings Attached and New Year's Eve, as well as endorsements with Tag body spray and Trojan condoms. He also struck partnership deals to launch Soul By Ludacris headphones and a cognac called Conjure.
Photo credits: Getty Images
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Jay-Z H.A.M Lyrics Breakdown by Forbes
Jay-Z is not like the other rappers, he is actually telling the truth when he rhymes. In Jay-Z and Kanye's new song H.A.M. he boast lyrics such as:
“half a billie,” -Meanin worth a half a billion
"Really, you got baby money.” - A reference to Baby from Cash Money or Lil Wayne (Weezy F. Baby)
"(You) ain't got my lady's money" -They Don't Have Beyonce's Money
A while ago Baby from Cash Money said that he, and Lil Wayne made more money than Jay-Z. Well Forbes says that is wrong Jay-Z made $63 Million last year, and Lil Wayne made $20 Million and Baby didn't even make the list. The full article is at Forbes.
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