Bun B's Trill O.G: The Epilogue

R.I.P Pimp C. UGK inspired a lot of southern rappers with their albums from the 90s, and it is cool to see Bun B still doing his thing as a solo artist. His fourth album, Trill O.G: The Epilogue is scheduled to drop on the 11th of November (the same day Mariah Carey's new album drops), and the tracklist just hit the internet. He has a guest appearance from the late Pimp C on there...Check out the tracklist below.

1. The Best is Back
2. Care (Feat. Big K.R.I.T. & Pimp C)
3. Fire (feat. Rick Ross, 2 Chainz & Serani)
4. No Competition (Feat. Raekwon & Kobe)
5. Don’t Play With Me (Feat. Pimp C)
6. Gladiator (Feat. Royce da 5’9″ & Redman)
7. Eagles
8. Stop Playin’ (Feat. Raekwon & Kobe)
9. Triller
10. Off Top (Feat. Max Frost)
11. Dippin’ & Swervin’
12. On One (Feat. Gator Main & Devin the Dude)
13. The Legendary DJ Screw
14. Bye!

Tracklist Of Eve's "Lip Lock" Album

Eve used to be the first lady of the biggest rap movement of the late 90s, Ruff Ryderz...which included the whole L.O.X (Jadakiss, Sheek Louch & Styles P), DMX, Swizz Beatz, and Drag-On. She had a successful solo career back in the day (One Grammy win, one Gold selling album, and two platinum selling albums) , but she hasn't dropped a studio album since her third album, Eve-Olution dropped 11 years ago. She is back, and the first single off her Lip Lock album is titled "She Bad Bad."





Check out the tracklist of the album below-

1. “EVE” f. Miss Kitty
2. “She Bad Bad”
3. “Make It Out This Town” f. Gabe Saporta
4. “All Night” feat. Propain
5. “Keep Me From You” f. Dawn Richard
6. “Wanna Be” f. Missy Elliott and Nacho
7. “Mama in the Kitchen” f. Snoop Lion
8. “Grind or Die”
9. “Zero Below”
10. “Forgive Me”
11. “Never Gone” f. Chrisette Michele
12. “She Bad Bad (Remix)” f. Pusha T and Juicy J





I like that she made it just 12 tracks, it shows they is probably no album fillers in their. I would definitely check for it when It drops. By the way, the album is scheduled to drop May 14.

Ace Hood Updates Fans On Record Label Situation

It's hard to believe Ace Hood already has 3 albums under his belt, and  currently working on his fourth. He signed with DJ Khaled's We The Best Music Group back in 2007, dropped his first album the next year under Def Jam, and 2 more after that to complete his 3 album deal with Def Jam. And, now he is still under We Best Music Group, but Khaled has moved the label to Cash Money/Universal Republic.






Read up his recent update on his record label status below-

"The situation was over with Def Jam. What I have with them? I had three albums with them. My situation with them was up," he said. "We chose to take the label situation to another place, to another home. It's no knock to Def Jam, shout out to Def Jam. I will always be forever grateful to Def Jam for supporting my career and being there. I'm definitely a lot more happy with the situation I got now, in all honesty, because I'm able to do me. There's no pressure. Nobody's calling me, forcing an album on me or forcing this on me. It's what's your vision? What do you want to do? We're willing to do what you want to do."

That's great to hear. I always thought Ace Hood was just aii, but his last two singles have made me think differently. He has really gotten better, and I believe he would have a great 2013. He has two new singles out- I Need Your Love feat. Trey Songz and Bugatti feat. Future and Rick Ross. His 4th album, Trials & Tribulations is scheduled to drop later on in the year.

Eve Speaks On Her Upcoming Album- "Lip Lock"

Eve, former Ruzz Ryderz first lady hasn't released an album in 11 years. After her 3rd album in 2002, she took a detour to the movie world, but is about to get on the rap scene again after her long hiatus. This new album is going be her fourth studio album, and is titled "Lip Lock." She already got 1.2 million views on youtube with her "She Bad" song, which is like a teaser. The real album single, "Make It Out This Town" is dropping in a couple of weeks, and the album is set to be released on May 4th.





 Below is what she has to say about her "Lip Lock" album-

"There are so many great tracks on the album," says Eve who ran Billboard though her favorites: "'Eve' is one of my favorites. I'm obsessed with it! 'Mama in the Kitchen' is the one with Snoop on it. I love that! Those and 'Make it Out This Town' -- which is a very positive record -- are probably my top 3."

The "Let Me Blow Your Mind" rapper refers to her latest endeavor as more musical than her past releases. "It's everywhere. There's some club stuff on there, there's some mid tempo stuff, there's some slow stuff on there," she revealed, adding, "It's not the sound that people are used to."

Regardless of her stylistic changes, Eve is confident that she'll still appeal to her loyal fans.

"One of the biggest things that I wanted to do on this album was make people realize why they fell in love with me in the first place and then take them on a journey to where I am now musically. My ear is different but I think people will recognize me. I think you'll hear that I'm in a happy place. I miss my music. My hunger is different than the first time around." (billboard.com)

Eve has, 2 Platinum albums (one of which is a number 1 album), and one Gold album.

Jadakiss Speaks On Upcoming Album

Immediately after Jadakiss (one third of The L.O.X) dropped his 3rd solo album in 2009- The Last Kiss, he said he was already working on a 4th album, and that we might even get it in the same year. But, it's 2012, 3 years later, and we still haven't gotten the album. Don't get me wrong, I'm a Jadakiss fan, and I love anything new from that whole L.O.X movement, cos I have been a fan of theirs' for more than a decade, but I just like when rappers stick to their words. Of cos they don't have all the say as to when their albums drop, but they can try to give the news when they are atleast 80% sure.


Anyway, below is what Jadakiss had to say about his 4th album, which goes by the title- Top 5 Dead Or Alive...

"It's coming baby, first quarter. Anywhere, February, March, April... You know, somewhere around there where it feels right," he said. "It's halfway finished now. When I finish this tour, I'll go home and finish the rest of it and then we strategize the marketing plan and get that thing out to the people."



The last album from his group, The L.O.X (along with Sheek Louch and Styles P) was 12 years ago, We Are The Streets: they are planning a sequel to that, and Jada said they have recorded about 7 songs for it already.

 "Hopefully, [next] year sometime," he said. "We probably got like six or seven songs done for that as well."

Lupe Fiasco Speaks on Food & Liquor 2

I have been a Lupe Fiasco fan ever since i heard Him on Kanye's Touch The Sky (2005) track, off the Late Registration album. 3 albums, and 7 years later, this man has not disappointed me once. His debut, Food and Liquor had that Illmatic feel; flawless verses back to back...Second album, The Cool was just out of this world...Lasers was a more politically conscious Lupe, mixed with some feel good songs...Lupe Fiasco just confirmed that his 4th album, Food and Liquor 2 will be a double CD and the first single would drop on May 2nd, but the album release date is not official yet.










"Food & Liquor 2 is the follow-up, the sequel to my first album Food & Liquor. This is my fourth album, and this is actually a part one and part two, it’s a double album. With this record, I wanted to go back to the essence of what made that record so special, the frame of mind I was in when I did Food & Liquor the first time," he explained. "It’s the Lupe Fiasco I want to be, without the industry constraints, without the trying to please the hardcore fans or get the new fans. It’s just what I would do for myself if nobody ever heard it. This is the kind of music I would make. It’s a masterpiece. It’s real fucking good."







"There’s a joint on there called ‘Form Follows Function’ that is a monster. It’s a monster. Nobody’s fucking with that, I just put that out there. Any other records I give other rappers and musicians, you could possibly do a better song than those. But ‘Form Follows Function,’ rappers ain’t fucking with that. That’s how good it is. I’m not being egotistical or anything. You just can’t fuck with that."