Did Rap Kill The Black Male Singer?

 

Props to my mom for sending this over to me. Word Mama Benhameen dropping knowledge on yall. Definitely a worthy read.

How many of you know who the best selling Black male singer in the world for 2008 was? I bet you’ll never get this right, without a few clues. Well, he’s 50 years old, considered washed up and too controversial to sell, plus the majority of his songs are more than 25 years old. It’s Michael Jackson, who sold more than Usher, Chris Brown, Ne-yo, John Legend, and Seal. The King of Pop sold nearly as many records worldwide as the #1 best-selling artist in the US regardless of race, Lil Wayne, whose genre of hip hop lost 19.8 percent in sales from the previous year. Michael Jackson’s song catalog sold 2.9 million copies with Thriller 25 topping over 2.3 million by itself, plus Michael didn’t even promote it and performed nowhere! Shocking isn’t it! (Lil Wayne sold nearly 3 million)

Wale – Word Play f. Curren$y & Tre (UCB)

Produced by 9th Wonder off  of Wale & 9th Wonder’s upcoming mixtape, Back to the Feature which Wale revealed drops April 24th. Hit the jump to check it out.

Sheek Louch HoodPromoTV Interview

HoodPromoTV sits down with D-Block’s Sheek Louch for an interview. Sheek’s Silverback Gorilla album is so underated. As a D-Block stan, I can’t wait for their album. HoodPromoTV DVD Vol. 4 in stores now

B.o.B – Mr. Bobby

New joint from B.o.B or should I say Bobby Ray?? Well whatever he goes by these days, check for his latest joint after the jump.

Fabolous – What It Look Like

Produced by Alchemist & DJ Khalil off of Fab’s Loso’s Way album. Check for it after the drop.

Jim Jones – Frienemies (Cam’ron & Max B. Dis)

New joint from Jimmy off his Pray IV Reign album which dops March 24th. Check for it after the jump.

Juvenile – Back, Back

Guess who’s back. New Juve. Clean version though. Check for it after the jump.

Fabolous ft. The Dream – Throw It In The Bag

Produced by Tricky Stewart and possibly the first single off of Fab’s upcoming album, Loso’s Way. Check for it after the jump.

Kanye, Taraji, & Sanaa on Family Guy Spin-Off

So it looks like it was confirmed that Kanye will be a character on an episode for the upcoming Family Guy spin-off, The Cleveland Show  after all. Sanaa Lathan, will be a regular on the show playing Cleveland’s wife, Donna. Also Taraji P. Henson will be playing a character on the same episode that Kanye will be featured on and that episode will air sometime in 2010.

And would the producers ever have Grammy-winning West back on the show? “We just recorded him in the booth and he was fantastic,” says Appel. “Once he read it a couple times through, he just owned the character, which I guess isn’t hard since he was named Kenny West. He said he’d be glad to [be back.]. I said we could write him in to the next 21 episodes!”

The Cleveland Show is set to premiere on FOX in the fall of 2009. As a Family Guy fanatic, I cant wait for this.

Public Enemy & The Roots on Late Night with Jimmy Fallon (Video)

Got a sick article to post but stupid wordpress is acting up. So here are the Roots and PE. Effing Classic.

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Video: Rick Ross – Jumpin Out Da Window (G-Unit Dis)

Here is the latest video from Detective Ricky, who was riding around NYC shooting the video for this a few days ago. Deeper Than Rap coming April 21st.

Video: CNN – Talk To Me (Big Tyme)

Directed by Rik Cordero, here is the latest video for Capone N Noreaga’s “Talk To Me (Big Tyme) off their Channel 10 album, which is in stores today.

Shoutout to OnSMASH of course

Happy St. Patricks Day from Alabama

This video NEVER gets old. Every single St. Patricks Day I always distribute this classic footage of a news report from back in 2006, when the people in Crichton, Alabama spotted a leprechaun. Every year, I watch it over and over again and die laughing like I have never seen it before. I can’t make this up. Happy St. Patricks Day Drink Beer Day!!

Maino Dares Nicky Minaj to Slap Him

 

As Maino says Lil Wayne’s “Pussy Monsta” sounds gay, Young Money artist Nicki Minaj defends Weezy. Maino, the infamous rapper slapper, dares Nicki to slap him. A lot of flirting going on here, but no surprise. I only posted this because I would do Nicki Minaj in a heart beat lol

P. Twitty TV Episodes #16 & #17 “THIS IS HOW WE DANCE & GET OFF!!”

The latest episode of P.TwittyTV letting everybody know to keep dancing. Looking at these Soul Train clips reminds me of watching this show back in the day. I even have a few episodes taped on VH. To this day, I still want to dance on Soul Train. Follow Diddy on his Twitter. Lets go people!! Episode #17 is after the jump,