Tuesday, 09 March 2010 13:35
T.I. is BACK!
On the day the hip-hop nation lost one of its beloved and prolific megastars, another one has returned.
Just hours after Lil Wayne was sentenced to one year in prison on weapons charges, T.I. gave the world notice that he's returning with a vengeance. The King of the South announced to a select group of DJs in a conference call that his new album is coming out on August 24 — and, as expected, he released his new single, "I'm Back."
"I ain't never let you down, I'mma shine on sight," Tip raps on the song. "Keep your mind on your grind and off of mine's, all right?/ Hard, I'mma ball on those squares, I flow/ A quarter million dollar cars everywhere I go ... No matter what they doin' they don't do it like me ... recognize I'm back."
Later in the first verse, Tip lays the fiery, brash delivery he's beloved for.
"You ain't got a pimp bone in your body," Tip chastises, throwing thunder at fraudulent MCs. "I can tell you ain't never bought a key or caught a body/ N---a probably just seen Wayne, Gucci Mane, me and Boosie all go to prison/ Now he flip his whole image/ N---a trippin'/ Listen, dude, for you that ain't in the cards." The song was helmed by new Grand Hustle producers the Trackslayerz, and is available for download right here on PartySpree.com.
An hour before the song hit the Internet, Tip held the conference call, for which he did not take questions but reflected on the song and announced his album's release date, according to audio of the call posted on DJ Judge Mental's Web site. There is a title for the LP, but he declined to reveal it.
"I appreciate the support and how hard I was going in during the brief hiatus," Tip said. "The support don't go unnoticed and I don't take it lightly. This marks a special day for us, because we putting out the first song off the album — not an official first single, just something to keep the streets warm. It's properly entitled 'I'm Back.' It's a lot of things that needed to be spoken on. In my absence, it was a lot of things that went down, a lot of matters that needed to be addressed. This was the greatest platform for me to do it. It was the first song I did when I came home. You get me fresh out the box going in. I'm sure you guys will enjoy it."
Tip spoke for a little over three minutes. He said that he should be traveling from city to city this summer.
"It ain't gonna be long before all this is behind me," he promised, referring to his prison sentence on weapons charges, which is expected to end within the next few weeks; he was released to a halfway house in December and last month made his first public appearance since heading to prison. "Middle of April, beginning of May. Y'all gonna start seeing me. Y'all already know, once again it's on. Like we always do this time."
The call ended with a final pledge of excellence from Tip.
"As long as there is air in my esophagus, champ, I'mma keep going," he said. "Nothing is gonna stop that. Nothing short of a 12 gauge is gonna stop me from doing what I do, champ. I just wanna say thank y'all and we gonna keep movin' on."
On the day the hip-hop nation lost one of its beloved and prolific megastars, another one has returned.Just hours after Lil Wayne was sentenced to one year in prison on weapons charges, T.I. gave the world notice that he's returning with a vengeance. The King of the South announced to a select group of DJs in a conference call that his new album is coming out on August 24 — and, as expected, he released his new single, "I'm Back."
Tuesday, 09 March 2010 13:28
Serani on a Hype
Dancehall singjay Serani is keeping himself current with some recent remixes with overseas artistes.
On the social networking site, Twitter, P Diddy announced that the dancehall remix of Angels with Dirty Money
, Notorious B.I.G and Serani was ready for download.
When contacted Serani said the song was recorded in October, after Diddy's camp made contact with his A&R.
"A totally different beat was made and sent to me and I just fit in at the right places to suit the vibe," he said.
And, he is very proud of doing such a collaboration.
"I love it. I've been listening to Diddy since I was a teenager. I am proud to work with him. I like the remix too," Serani said.
Adding, "Basically, it does give me a hype and keeps my buzz going. Doing remixes keep you current."
Serani said he also did a remix of I Get It In with Omarion and Gucci Mane last year and that has been released. He also did a song with US-based DJ Webstar called Tipsy. There is also Hot Like Pepper with Machel Mantano, which Serani said is already doing well.
With the many successes coming his way, Serani said he is pleased with the direction his career is going in.
"It's going pretty great. I have a brand new number one with Skip To My Luu. So, I'm really proud of that. I'm working on my mixtape to just keep the buzz. You can't take a break at this minute. If you take a break, somebody is ready to take your place," he said, noting that the mixtape will be released this week.
"I have made a lot of connections. The links are there, so as long as I'm staying current, things will happen. Music is not something you rush. Expect a lot of big things from DASECA."
Dancehall singjay Serani is keeping himself current with some recent remixes with overseas artistes.On the social networking site, Twitter, P Diddy announced that the dancehall remix of Angels with Dirty Money, Notorious B.I.G and Serani was ready for download.
When contacted Serani said the song was recorded in October, after Diddy's camp made contact with his A&R.
"A totally different beat was made and sent to me and I just fit in at the right places to suit the vibe," he said.
And, he is very proud of doing such a collaboration.
Tuesday, 09 March 2010 01:29
DEA informant paid US$35,000 in case against Buju
The defence team representing jailed entertainer Buju Banton says it has dug up more dirt on the informant who helped United States (US) federal agents build a drug case against the reggae artiste.
A report in the Tampa Tribune newspaper quotes Buju’s lawyers saying that the informant has been paid US$3.3 million for helping US law enforcement in numerous cases over several years.
Buju’s lawyers made the revelation in a Florida court on Thursday.
An attorney for the entertainer whose given name is Mark Myrie Buju Banton, whose real name is Mark Anthony Myrie, says he plans to argue that the singer was entrapped by the informant, who pestered him for months to join him in a cocaine deal.
Buju is being held without bail on charges of conspiring to distribute cocaine as well as aiding and abetting his co-defendants in possessing a firearm during the course of cocaine distribution.
The US Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) has said in court filings that Banton contacted a confidential informant about a possible cocaine purchase.
The next day, Buju and other men met with the informant at a restaurant, where the DEA and local police had set up video and audio surveillance.
Defense attorney David Oscar Markus told U.S. Magistrate Thomas Wilson on Thursday that prosecutors have not provided enough information about the informant for him to be prepared to cross-examine him at Buju’s trial scheduled for April 19.
Mr. Markus outlined information that the government has given him about the informant that he was paid more than US$35,000 for his cooperation in the case against Buju Banton and is also paid on a contingency basis, receiving a portion of the money the judge orders the defendant to forfeit.
The informant was convicted in South Florida in 1993 of distributing cocaine in a case that brought a minimum mandatory prison sentence of 10 years.
He transported large amounts of cocaine and marijuana from 1984 to 1993 and is a legal, permanent resident of the US from Colombia.
It was also revealed that the informant is in involved in a tax dispute with the IRS.
He has also worked with the prosecutor in Myrie’s case for more than 10 years.
But Mr. Marcus says he needs more details, such as details about the tax case, information on other cases the informant has worked and specifics on his criminal history.
The defence team representing jailed entertainer Buju Banton says it has dug up more dirt on the informant who helped United States (US) federal agents build a drug case against the reggae artiste.A report in the Tampa Tribune newspaper quotes Buju’s lawyers saying that the informant has been paid US$3.3 million for helping US law enforcement in numerous cases over several years. Buju’s lawyers made the revelation in a Florida court on Thursday.
Tuesday, 09 March 2010 01:09
Blak Ryno’s departure from Gaza causes headaches
On February 25, one day after it was officially announced that Ryno, whose real name is Romane Anderson, had left the Gaza, his Waterford home was sprayed with bullets, but fortunately no one was injured. According to media reports, Ryno relocated his family to an undisclosed location days after the incident occurred.Following the shooting incident, Yardflex.com posted an article on its website, headlined “Anyone Who Does Anything to Ryno Has to Answer to Me”, in which Kartel is quoted as saying, “I condemn today’s shooting in Waterford, and I condemn any attack made on Blak Ryno.
Monday, 08 March 2010 07:47
D'Angelo Busted for sex solicitation
It wasn’t a good day for D’Angelo. The R&B singer-songwriter was arrested March 6 in New York for soliciting an undercover policewoman $40 for oral sex.
According to reports the 36-year-old artist who released the critically acclaimed platinum albums Brown Sugar and Voodoo, was cruising the West Village in his Range Rover when he spotted a woman he thought to be a prostitute.
According to reports the 36-year-old artist who released the critically acclaimed platinum albums Brown Sugar and Voodoo, was cruising the West Village in his Range Rover when he spotted a woman he thought to be a prostitute.