Pharrell "That Girl Remix" Feat. Rob Grimes (Audio)

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Awright then, I'm gonna be in and out this piece tonight taking care of business. I originally thought I'd be back earlier but got caught up with some thangs. Anyways, peep this new remix of Pharrell William's joint called "That Girl". It features a cool dude named Rob Grimes on the 1's and 2's whom we had on the set a while back. Dig It.

"That Girl" Remix (click to listen)

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Watch Eve's Video Shoot/Interview with The Rap Up (Video)

Posted at 9/08/2007 03:00:00 PM

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Ok, so I lied about not having another entry on until 7:30 today. Sue Me. Anyways, came across this cool, new interview/video shoot with EVE and The RapUp Magazine. Enjoy yo!

"EVE video shoot/interview"
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50 Flashes The Cash (Video)

Posted at 9/08/2007 02:39:00 PM

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Yo, I was just checking one of my online spots for a cool vid for u to peep and i came across the recent interview with 50 cent and MTV's Kash. In the spot, 50 talks about "Making It Rain". You got to check out the dollars he's holding son...maybe he stole the idea from his homie Floyd Mayweather, Jr. By the way, we got a cool interview with Will Smith's nephew, K. Smith and a couple of new artist features coming up around 7:30 EST tonight, so stay tuned.

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Get $5 in Free Cash a New Mixtape from HipHopRuckus!

Posted at 9/08/2007 10:57:00 AM

Word up, Yo. This your main man Destro coming at u . We're gonna run a little contest On HipHopRuckus that will end on 9/15/07. Here's how it goes. We will give $5/a piece and the new HipHopRuckus Mixtape to the address of the first 20 people that can get 10 of their friends to sign up and confirm their subscription to the Free HipHopRuckus Newsletter (sign up located by Lil Jon image up top). In order to do so, send me your name, email list and confirmation date your friends subscription. Contact me for more specifics by hitting me up at hiphopruckus2007@yahoo.com.

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Friday, September 07, 2007   MUSIC |  VIDEOS |  INTERVIEWS  | NEW ARTIST  | HOME

MTVu creates state of the art applications developed by College Kids!

Posted at 9/07/2007 10:05:00 PM

Offering college students a break as they settle into a new school year, mtvU and Cisco® have just launched five groundbreaking online applications conceived, developed and run by digital pioneers from within the college audience. To counter the hassle of buying books and adding classes, the new Digital Incubator projects give students a chance to crush opposing nerdcore rappers on campuses across the country or join in a mysterious game of mobile-phone-based espionage. Five new interactive projects from mtvU and Cisco’s Digital Incubator program, which each year offers students up to $250,000 in grants and a national platform to shine, launched today on http://www.digitalincubator.net/. The applications include:

RapHappy – New York University
http://www.raphappy.com/

This new online and mobile-phone-based hip-hop community enables members to easily record, collaborate on, search and listen to freestyle or written raps, without any need for software or file uploading. RapHappy can be used as a self-promotion tool for aspiring musicians, a communication tool for recording private audio messages for friends, or simply as an artistic medium. Members can dynamically collaborate with other artists, rate and comment on submissions, and participate in battles for a chance to collect cash and other prizes.

Osiris – Brown University
http://www.launchosiris.com/

From the phonograph to the PC, technology is constantly revolutionizing the way music is distributed and enjoyed, but very few technologies have ever tackled the visualization of music. That all changes with the launch of Osiris: a first-of-its-kind MP3 visualizer using song lyrics to dynamically generate music videos, using images pulled from Flickr and a user’s own hard disk. This free application gives users a whole new way to enjoy their music, using each song’s lyrical narrative to tell a visual story.

Casablanca – New York University
http://casablancathegame.com/

This free online and mobile-phone-based ice-breaker party game combines elements of social networking, espionage and alternative-reality gaming. In Casablanca, two teams square off, with members messaging each other online and off, making friends and forming alliances as they vie for control of a virtual city. Players begin with connections to four other people – whom they’ve never met – and use these contacts to create a social network that grows as the game unfolds. Members of the Resistance are trying to liberate the city by finding each other and organizing networks to identify the Occupation agents hidden in their midst; while the Occupation must infiltrate and undermine the Resistance networks. The game is played online, through text messaging and email. Anyone can start their own game at http://casablancathegame.com/.

Selectricity – M.I.T.
http://www.selectricity.org/

An online communal ranking technology, Selectricity focuses on preferential decision-making, shifting away from a winner-take-all paradigm to a more democratic standard. Using a drag-and-drop mechanism, users rank choices in order of preference and the Selectricity application generates a winner that is most acceptable to the group as a whole. Anyone can set up a Selectricity question in under 30 seconds and tap their friends to help settle daily dilemmas such as, “which restaurant should we eat at tonight?” “what bar does everybody most want to go to?” and, “who are the best indie rock bands out right now?”

How Do I Say This? – UCLA
http://www.howdoisaythis.com/

Building on a breakout pilot year, the award-winning “How Do I Say This?” re-launches better than ever today. The site is an interactive Web-based advice wiki, where users help script and create video messages for people with problems that have left them at a loss for words. A new topic is selected every month and members weigh in with advice and suggestions, in the form of user-generated videos, illustrations, photos, prose, poetry and cartoons. The feedback accumulates and inspires a final video, which is created by the student-led production team, and can then be sent to friends from the site (anonymously or not). Past episodes have addressed quandaries such as a user wanting to tell a friend he’s a terrible actor, a smitten student with a Valentine’s Day crush, and an ex still in love with an old flame. HowDoISayThis.com was so successful last year it has been greenlighted as an mtvU series, and short-form content from the first season – “How Do I Say This? I’m Gay” –is scheduled to start appearing on the channel in October.

Each of this year’s Digital Incubator teams has already received upwards of $30,000 in funding from mtvU and Cisco to get their projects off the ground. The teams have also submitted detailed business plans and are in the process of competing for a supplemental Digital Incubator grant of up to $100,000. The field will be narrowed to two in the coming weeks, and the finalists will be invited to pitch their projects and business plans to senior executives from MTV and Cisco. The $100,000 grant winner will be selected and announced in mid-October.

The Digital Incubator initiative was developed jointly by mtvU and Cisco. Digital Incubator 2.0 programs represent the most innovative ideas received in response to a call issued last year for new media games, applications, programming or any other original content that would thrive in the digital world. More info on the program is available at http://www.digitalincubator.net/.

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Music Nation announces finalists for Recording Deal and Brooklyn Hip Hop Festival Spot

Posted at 9/07/2007 09:49:00 PM

This week (week of 9/3/07) in the Music Nation online competition, it’s only down to two MCs. Philly native Hemo Brown and Chicago local Mick Luter have made it to the final round with an Original Signal Recordings/Epic Records recording deal on the line as well as a DJ Green Lantern mixtape and the chance to perform at the 2008 Brooklyn Hip Hop Festival. The judges responsible for choosing the winner, in combination with online fan voting are legendary producers/DJs Green Lantern and 9th Wonder, and rapper Saigon.

Philly native Hemo Brown (pictured on right) has a unique, versatile style, highlighted in the languid hooks of “Grown Man” and “Big Chips” or the rapid-fire rhymes of “It Is What It Is,” which is exactly what got him to the hip hop finals in the Music Nation online competition. Rapping since he was nine years old, Brown has long been honing his skills and it shows in other tracks like “Hustlers Don’t Sleep” and “Getten Money.”

Chicago local, Mick Luter (pictured on left), has an impressive flow, delivery, and presence, all his songs tight and focused – which is exactly what got him to the finals of the hip hop Music Nation online competition. Each song, like the smooth “Pimp Or Die” or old-school flavor of "How We’re Raised,” highlights his impressive lyricism. Luter has even performed alongside artists such as Lupe Fiasco and Yung Berg, among others.

Link to Luter’s page: Mick Luter: http://mickluter.musicnation.com/

Link to Brown’s page: Hemo Brown: http://hemobrown.musicnation.com/

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Peep the "Aunt Jackie Boys" + 2 New Tracks (Audio) - Harlems in the House!

Posted at 9/07/2007 09:21:00 PM

The Aunt Jackie boys, aka Hood Presidents which includes Jason Fox, Audi Rob and Black Cezar have been on two month tour (August - September) sponsored by X-Box. On this tour they are traveling to various cities to make nationwide buzz about their hit song entitled, "Aunt Jackie," which currently has over a million and a half hits on You Tube. In each city there is an Aunt Jackie Dance Off Contest; and the lucky winners receive a Coveted XBOX 360! In addition, fans of the song are encouraged to submit links of themselves and others doing the dance online at Island Urban Music website. The best four will receive XBOX's as well.

Oh, before we go any further, check out these new tracks by the Aunt Jackie Boys!

"I Ain't Done" (click to listen)

"We Gon' Party" (click to listen)

In August 2007 the boys performed at three major functions which included the following:

A) On Friday, August 3rd they were featured on 106 and Park on BET. The live performance is available via the following website:

http://tbohiphop.net/jason-foxx-aunt-jackie-106-and-park-08-03-07/08

B) The 5th Annual Underground Music Awards held in Times Square at B.B. Kings. They won the UMA Party Track Of The Year! For more information, click on the site below:

http://www.hiphoppalace.com/

C) Harlem Day on Sunday August 19, 2007 (135th Street between Frederick Douglass Blvd and St. Nicholas Avenues), which was sponsored by Hot 97 and 98.7 Kiss FM.

It was hosted by Doug E. Fresh. Their show case included the Hood Presidents performing the smash hit “Aunt Jackie.” In addition, as part of the showcase Audi Rob performed his smash hit song entitled, "I Ain't Done," which was produced by GFC (Greedy For Cash) Entertainment.

In September 2007, look for the Hood Presidents to participate in the Annual African American Parade on Sunday, September 16, 2007. The event will begin at 2:00 pm and starts on 111th Street and Adam Clayton Powell Jr. Boulevard and ends on 142nd Street
in Harlem.

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Killer Mike - "What is 'Making it Rain'? (Video)

Posted at 9/07/2007 07:31:00 AM

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Makin' it rain is as easy as Bang! Bang! Bang! Just ask Killer Mike. Stay tuned as Mike shows you how to create a hurricane of cash on the ladies!

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JR Writer Signs Seven-Figure Deal with BabyGrande Records

Posted at 9/07/2007 07:16:00 AM

Babygrande Records is pleased to announce the signing of J.R. Writer to a seven figure, multi-album deal. With his 2006 Koch Records' debut, "History in the Making," Harlem native J.R. Writer cemented his place in the landscape of the newest generation of hip-hop stars. "J.R. is an
incredible artist. At 23, he has already accomplished so much and we will work closely with him to continue his success. His last album sold over 100,000 copies and if Koch Distribution can deliver again, we know we can."

J.R. Writer's first release on Babygrande will be "Writer's Block 5" on November 20th, 2007.

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Thursday, September 06, 2007   MUSIC |  VIDEOS |  INTERVIEWS  | NEW ARTIST  | HOME

ALI VEGAS Inks Deal with Lamar Odom's Rich-Soil Entertainment

Posted at 9/06/2007 04:34:00 PM

Hip Hop artist Ali Vegas is set to release his first self-titled album February 2008. As one of the most recognizable names in hip-hop Ali began is career in the late 90's and at only 25 years old this artist is sure to break ground with his lyrical dexterity. The self proclaimed "Prince of New York" hails from Jamaica, Queens and has is often compared to hip hop greats such as Nas and Jay-Z (see new videos, By Your Side & Many Mics)In 2006 Ali Vegas signed to Lamar Odom's label, Rich Soil Entertainment where he has worked with producers ranging from J Nice to Midi Mafia.

As a seasoned vet, Vegas began rapping at age 6 and since has had a string of hits including Gangsta Boogie, The Apology, and the Specialists which was featured on the 'In too Deep' soundtrack. Ali's new album will include collaborations with Nas, Omarion, Troubleman and new R & B artist Deemi. This album will present a more mature Vegas and bring hip-hop back to its lyrical days. "I am really proud of this project, through the course of this album I have grown personally and professionally my music reflects my life" says Ali.

Vegas has experienced his share of setbacks, having two unsuccessful deals with Trackmaster Entertainment under Columbia and Casablanca Records with Tommy Mottola before signing to Rich Soil Entertainment. He is more determined now than ever to live up to the hype. Vegas is outspoken, self-empowered and intelligent; he is one of hip hop's most gifted emcees with enough content and talent to secure his position as the "Prince of New York".

For more info on Ali Vegas please check out http://www.rich-soil.com/ and/or www.myspace.com/alivegas.

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Wednesday, September 05, 2007   MUSIC |  VIDEOS |  INTERVIEWS  | NEW ARTIST  | HOME

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