Bad Boy Records artist, Machine Gun Kelly just released a video for World Series, one of the singles off his new album, General Admission. The video is a short film, and like a parody of the movie, Snatch. It's a interesting watch.
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New Video: World Series (A Short Film)- Machine Gun Kelly
Bad Boy Records artist, Machine Gun Kelly just released a video for World Series, one of the singles off his new album, General Admission. The video is a short film, and like a parody of the movie, Snatch. It's a interesting watch.
50 Cent Reveals How Much Diddy Wanted For Mase Contract
Mase was one of the most successful rappers of the 90s, and even when he went off to be a pastor in 1999, he was still signed to Diddy's Bad Boy Records. His contract had not expired, so when he tried to join G Unit in 2005, he still had obligations to Diddy contractually. In this recent interview on the Funkmaster Flex Show, 50 Cent revealed how much Diddy wanted him to pay for Mase's contract.
"I was like, 'What you looking for for that?' He said two million. I'm like, 'Ma$e ain't worth two million with two million in his pocket. Are you crazy?' This is right before we went on that [G-Unit] tour. The principal is more important. ... He was a million over what Dep was supposed to [make]. He could have made a million dollars out of it but he's saying two million. ... We could have did it for the million dollars. He could have got that back."
"I was like, 'What you looking for for that?' He said two million. I'm like, 'Ma$e ain't worth two million with two million in his pocket. Are you crazy?' This is right before we went on that [G-Unit] tour. The principal is more important. ... He was a million over what Dep was supposed to [make]. He could have made a million dollars out of it but he's saying two million. ... We could have did it for the million dollars. He could have got that back."
Hmm! I think Diddy should have gone with a million for that Mase deal; that would have been a good deal. Anyway, that was about 9 years ago...time sure does fly. What's Mase up too right now? He keeps coming and going, like he is unsure of what he wants to do with his life.
Lil Kim Speaks on Direction She Wanted to Go With Her Notorious Kim Album
In 2000, Lil Kim dropped her second album, Notorious Kim. She was on Atlantic Records at the time, but was managed by Puff Daddy, so she was basically on Bad Boy/Atlantic Records. In a recent interview with Billboard, she spoke on the conflict of ideas she and Puff had with Atlantic Records on what direction the album should go. Nevertheless, the album was still a success. It has sold 1.8 million copies to date in America, and 4.6 million copies worldwide.
Still one of my favorite albums from her. I didn't really get to listen to Hardcore (1996), but La Bella Mafia (2003) and The Naked Truth (2005) and Notorious Kim were super dope albums to me. I find it hard to listen to albums from female rappers, but Lil Kim is just so different. Hardcore (1996) still remains her best selling album, with over 2.4 million copies sold to date.
King Los Speaks on His Departure From Bad Boy Records
It was announced yesterday that King Los was now officially off Bad Boy Records. Just when I thought Diddy was going to build Bad Boy up again, he loses one of his best artists. Below is what Los had to say (during his recent interview with Sway Calloway on MTV) about his departure from Bad Boy Records.
"I know some things about that. I love the mystique of this, so I'ma let this play out a little bit, but boy, your intuitive skills. Nah, I had something to do with it. I won't say that he was...He knows how to prepare moments and in those moments, have something rollin'...I will say this. I have the full conversation. That's only bits and fragments that y'all heard...There's much more. Man, listen, there was more devastating things said." (MTV Interview)
"I know some things about that. I love the mystique of this, so I'ma let this play out a little bit, but boy, your intuitive skills. Nah, I had something to do with it. I won't say that he was...He knows how to prepare moments and in those moments, have something rollin'...I will say this. I have the full conversation. That's only bits and fragments that y'all heard...There's much more. Man, listen, there was more devastating things said." (MTV Interview)King Los Speaks on Learning to Make Songs
Bad Boy artist, King Los spoke recently about learning to make songs. I have always said there are rappers that can rap their asses off, but can't make a song to save their lives. I'm glad this dude knows that, and is taking time to learn that aspect of rap music. Other ignorant rappers in the game complain all the time about Hip Hop being dead, instead of working on their song making skills. Check out what King Los had to say about the art of making incredible songs.
“I’m still learning how to make songs. I’ve been in the music industry for two years, that’s it. [Laughs] I had a deal, lost it…even the year that I did have a deal, no one taught me how to make music…I had three minutes of straight bars, no hooks, no nothing. I didn’t understand the concept of what a song meant. While you focusing on how to make songs, you forget how to rap your ass off, because you can’t do both at the same time. You have to balance putting your energy into something. You can’t just be like, ‘OK, I’m the master at bars and I’m going to make songs better than Drake.’ That’s not realistic. Learn the cadences. Learn the melodies. Learn notes. Learn tones. Learn what people are receptive to in what ways. Learn what is soothing to the ear, what is stimulant. You got to learn so much about this shit. In the midst of learning all those things, your bars and your metaphors still ain’t going to be on point, they just ain’t cause that’s a tool you got to sharpen daily. You’ve got to balance out.” (HipHopDX)
Very true analysis there. This is the reason Drake will always sell big and always make people hit songs, when he is featured on their songs...he can rap, and can also make quality songs. People overlook this, and just say he makes pop music, blah! blah! blah!
King Los had one of my best Control verses (Kendrick Lamar Response) last year, so I am rooting for dude. Let's see what he makes of himself in the next couple of years.
“I’m still learning how to make songs. I’ve been in the music industry for two years, that’s it. [Laughs] I had a deal, lost it…even the year that I did have a deal, no one taught me how to make music…I had three minutes of straight bars, no hooks, no nothing. I didn’t understand the concept of what a song meant. While you focusing on how to make songs, you forget how to rap your ass off, because you can’t do both at the same time. You have to balance putting your energy into something. You can’t just be like, ‘OK, I’m the master at bars and I’m going to make songs better than Drake.’ That’s not realistic. Learn the cadences. Learn the melodies. Learn notes. Learn tones. Learn what people are receptive to in what ways. Learn what is soothing to the ear, what is stimulant. You got to learn so much about this shit. In the midst of learning all those things, your bars and your metaphors still ain’t going to be on point, they just ain’t cause that’s a tool you got to sharpen daily. You’ve got to balance out.” (HipHopDX)Very true analysis there. This is the reason Drake will always sell big and always make people hit songs, when he is featured on their songs...he can rap, and can also make quality songs. People overlook this, and just say he makes pop music, blah! blah! blah!
King Los had one of my best Control verses (Kendrick Lamar Response) last year, so I am rooting for dude. Let's see what he makes of himself in the next couple of years.
Some Inspiration From Diddy
First he was just Sean Combs, then Puff Daddy, then he became Puffy, then P.Diddy, before he was known as just Diddy. The man has been around the music scene for more than 23 years. He has been around for 3 decades, and he brought us so many supper star musicians like Craig Mark, the late Notorious B.I.G, Carl Thomas, Faith Evans, The L.O.X, Mase, 112, Lil Kim, Black Rob, Young Joc, Cassie...the list is endless. He went from being an Intern at Uptown Records to building a $580 million empire with his various businesses. He recently launched his new TV channel, Revolt TV, and during a recent interview on The Breakfast Club radio program (on New York radio station- Power 105.1FM), he spoke on his come-up, and dropped some inspiration.
"It was less than 200 years [ago] that we were slaves. I was really affected by that movie ['12 Years a Slave'] and you gotta understand, I started out as an intern, man. I started out getting coffee, cleaning bathrooms. I started out sneaking on the train from Howard University, and this is really a dream come true. It’s bigger than me. There’s a lot of people out there that want to be somebody, and it really shows that if you put that hard work into it, you can really get it. I got the same 24 hours as y’all do. We all got the same 24 hours. I just want this network to inspire people all over the world that it can be done."
"This is the most fearless generation of all time. They’ve basically said, ‘Eff everything. We gon’ go out there and get it on our own,’ and we want to embrace that whole movement. I used to walk around and just talk to myself, walking from one job to another and I would just be talking to myself. Talking about the things that I [dreamed] and that I wanted to be. This right here goes out to all the people, y’all know who y’all are, and y’all know what I’m talking about. Talking to yourself about how you want to get it and what you want to be and this is something that’s big. People don’t have networks."
"It was less than 200 years [ago] that we were slaves. I was really affected by that movie ['12 Years a Slave'] and you gotta understand, I started out as an intern, man. I started out getting coffee, cleaning bathrooms. I started out sneaking on the train from Howard University, and this is really a dream come true. It’s bigger than me. There’s a lot of people out there that want to be somebody, and it really shows that if you put that hard work into it, you can really get it. I got the same 24 hours as y’all do. We all got the same 24 hours. I just want this network to inspire people all over the world that it can be done.""This is the most fearless generation of all time. They’ve basically said, ‘Eff everything. We gon’ go out there and get it on our own,’ and we want to embrace that whole movement. I used to walk around and just talk to myself, walking from one job to another and I would just be talking to myself. Talking about the things that I [dreamed] and that I wanted to be. This right here goes out to all the people, y’all know who y’all are, and y’all know what I’m talking about. Talking to yourself about how you want to get it and what you want to be and this is something that’s big. People don’t have networks."
Former Bad Boy Rapper (Loon) Heading to Prison For 14 Years
It's most unfortunate that when Loon decided to get clean was when his past caught up with him. His was Diddy's biggest investment after Mase turned to Christ in 1999. Loon started off with Mase's Harlem World clique in 1998, but became Puff's right hand man around the early 00s, writing most of Puff's rhymes. He converted to Islam in 2009, changed his name to Amir Junaid Muhadith and started giving lectures all over the world on how Islam helped him leave a life of crime. He was arrested in 2010 at Brussels Airport in Germany...he was in Germany to give a lecture.
He had been held since then on a drug related crime, and was finally sentenced to 14 years in prison a couple of days ago. Below is a transcribed message from a video recording he did in prison-
“I want to explain to you, in detail, the charge that I was charged
with and the federal indictment from the Eastern District of North
Carolina as well as the conspiracy charge which I was charged with,
conspiring to possess with intent to distribute one or more kilo of
heroin. … In 2008 — some individuals had crossed my path who were
interested, at one point, in the music industry. At one point, these
individuals called me in relation to something totally different than
the lifestyle I was living. But the fact I answered placed me under the
umbrella of conspiracy and therefore, once these individuals were
apprehended by the United States government, they chose to implement in
the situation and tried to implement in the leadership role. … But
because of the way the United States government works, they used the
information of the informant and put together an elaborate story to make
it look like I had a leadership role.”
That's most unfortunate. And it is really funny that most rappers that has one time or the other signed to Puff Daddy's (Diddy's) Bad Boy records end up in bad situation. Black Rob has been going in and out of jail for a while; G-DEP is in jail; Shyne recently got out after serving a 10 year bid; Mase became a pastor, came back to hip hop, went back to the church world, and is back again (he is confused); now Loon is about to begin serving a 14 year bid....I don't know men! People say Diddy always make his artist sign shitty contracts that pays him more. Most of rappers are always hungry for the limelight, they sign without a lawyer.
He had been held since then on a drug related crime, and was finally sentenced to 14 years in prison a couple of days ago. Below is a transcribed message from a video recording he did in prison-
“I want to explain to you, in detail, the charge that I was charged
with and the federal indictment from the Eastern District of North
Carolina as well as the conspiracy charge which I was charged with,
conspiring to possess with intent to distribute one or more kilo of
heroin. … In 2008 — some individuals had crossed my path who were
interested, at one point, in the music industry. At one point, these
individuals called me in relation to something totally different than
the lifestyle I was living. But the fact I answered placed me under the
umbrella of conspiracy and therefore, once these individuals were
apprehended by the United States government, they chose to implement in
the situation and tried to implement in the leadership role. … But
because of the way the United States government works, they used the
information of the informant and put together an elaborate story to make
it look like I had a leadership role.”That's most unfortunate. And it is really funny that most rappers that has one time or the other signed to Puff Daddy's (Diddy's) Bad Boy records end up in bad situation. Black Rob has been going in and out of jail for a while; G-DEP is in jail; Shyne recently got out after serving a 10 year bid; Mase became a pastor, came back to hip hop, went back to the church world, and is back again (he is confused); now Loon is about to begin serving a 14 year bid....I don't know men! People say Diddy always make his artist sign shitty contracts that pays him more. Most of rappers are always hungry for the limelight, they sign without a lawyer.
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