Part two of Zane Lowe’s intimate interview with Kanye West hits the net with the G.O.O.D. Music head honcho picking up right where he left off. Watch as Ye discusses his inspiration to break down barriers in the music industry and the public’s demand for his highly sought after limited Nike shoes. Yeezus also explains his frustration with the lack of big corporations willing to collaborate with him, says classism is racism’s cousin and shares his desire to expand his talents far beyond music.
It was a Bone Thugs-N-Harmony takeover on episode nine of AXS TV’s SKEE Live. The legendary group took the stage at L.A. Live’s The Conga Room and turned the energy up as they took audience members down memory lane with hit after hit. In fact, Bone even took the opportunity to pay homage to Eazy-E, Biggie and 2Pac with short performances of “Foe Tha Love of $,” “Thug Luv” and “Notorious Thugs” during their set. It should be noted that Bone Thugs-N-Harmony holds the title as the only group to have collaborated with each artist while they were still alive. Tune into SKEE Live every Tuesday at 7 p.m. (PST) and 10 p.m. (EST).
BBC and Zane Low release part one of their intimate interview with rap star Kanye West. Watch as Yeezy shares his personal philosophy on life and pursuing goals, speaks on the uniqueness that Yeezus and 808’s and Heartbreaks share and argues that My Dark Beautiful Twisted Fantasy could be considered a perfect album. Kanye also shares the inspiration behind his desire to create music organically and against the common formats practiced throughout the music industry. Before the conclusion of the part one, the G.O.O.D. Music leader discusses Rick Rubin, explains that Yeezus is what frustration sounds like and aggressively tells Lowe that Rap is the new Rock before claiming he’s the biggest of them all.
Slaughterhouse recently took their act overseas and linked up with Charlie Sloth over at Radio 1. Watch as the Joe Budden, Royce Da 5’9″, Joell Ortiz and Crooked I each hopped on the microphone for an off-the-top freestyle over Pusha T’s instrumental for “Numbers On The Boards.”
Drake pays a visit to the Ellen show and performs his hit new single “Hold On, We’re Going Home” off his anticipated Nothing Was The Same LP which is slated to drop this Tuesday. Singer Majid Jordan joins Drake on stage as the YMCMB artist serves as the episodes special guest.
Big Sean took the stage on the latest episode of the The Arsenio Hall Show and treated the crowd to a performance of his singles “Beware” and “Fire” featured on his new Hall of Fame LP. Watch as Sean performs “Fire” below for the viewers at home while also treating the in-studio crowd to “Beware.”
Murder Inc veterans Ja Rule and Irv Gotti sat down with Angie Martinez at HOT 97 for an exclusive interview. After finally being released from prison recently, Ja Rule took the opportunity to fill everyone in on what he’s been up to and share what life behind bars. Speaking candidly with Angie, Rule opens up on what it was like to transition from state to federal prison, slimming down after being released, using the time alone to reflect and mature and making the decision to join the general population rather than the hiding in the safety of protective custody.
Emilio Rojas pays a visit to Showoff Radio with DJ Statik Selektah on Shade 45 and delivers a freestyle live on-the-air for listeners. Take a look as the New York native goes to work over Mobb Deep’s classic “Shook Ones Part II” instrumental and drops bars straight off the dome for close to a minute.
Loaded Lux takes his act to ThisIs50 Radio and decided to go in with lyrical tirade over JAY Z’s energy packed “Picasso Baby” instrumental. Watch as the New York native drops some impressive bars off the top of the dome live on-the-air for listeners tuning in.
Kendrick Lamar sits down with late-night talk show host and television veteran Arsenio Hall. The TDE artist and Compton native speaks on his controversial “Control” verse, touches on Black Hippy and explains what it’s like to receive credit and praise from the likes of Ice Cube and Pharrell.
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