Sway Calloway and King Tech are back with “The Wake Up Show Un-plugged” and decided to showcase the skills of Long Beach bred emcee Crooked I with an impromptu performance. Backed by a live band, take a look as the West Coast legend and COB boss demonstrates his lyrical skills when he decides to drop an on-the-spot live freestyle for cameras for close to six minutes.
Rapper Ransom stops by Sway In The Morning and fills listeners in on what his current relationship with Nicki Minaj is like after their recent back and forth comments on Twitter. The New York bred lyricist also touches on his new collaborative album with DJ-producer Statik Selektah. Ransom also shares details with Sway on how he was able to record the project with Statik in only four days after their chemistry in the studio immediately took off. Speaking candidly with Sway and Heather B, Ransom opened up about losing his father as a young teen and explained his philosophy for always finding the positive in any negative situation. Take a look as Ransom also kicks an exclusive freestyle he prepared especially for Sway In The Morning.
ScHoolboy Q recently paid a visit to Shade 45 for a lighthearted interview with Sway Calloway to discuss TDE and the recent 2013 BET Hip Hop Awards. Calloway opens things up by inquiring about TDE’s latest signing with Tennessee bred rapper Isaiah Rashad while Q gives details on meeting the young artist on the set of A$AP Ferg’s video for “Work (Remix.” As the conversation continued, fans tuning in were treated to a special moment when Q decides to phone Kendrick Lamar so that Sway can have the opportunity to ask the Compton rapper to clarify if his BET cypher verse was aimed at Drake. ScHoolboy also shares his thoughts on his BET cypher verse being voted as the worst showcased from the TDE camp and much more.
G.O.O.D. Music’s Pusha T pays a visit to the Sway In The Morning show on SiriusXM radio for a candid interview. Watch as the rapper details how he had to re-tune his listeners to become accustomed to his style of rapping from his solo efforts early on. Pusha T also points out his contribution to Hip Hop’s focus back on lyricism, breaks down his drug inspired bars and explains how his rise in the music industry worked.
King Push links up with Sway Calloway on Sway In The Morning and discusses his approach to recording music. The Clipse member explains to listeners tuning in that he allows the instrumental to speak to him before sitting down to write and create. Pusha continues the candid conversation by revealing it him some time to finish the song “40 Acres” because of how important it was to him to get it right. The My Name Is My Name rapper also clarifies what he means behind some of his more questionable lyrics directed towards women on his new album. Watch as Pusha T shares the story behind how his parents caught his older brother selling drugs and how he eventually got caught himself after having an altercation outside of his parents home over money which resulted in a gun going off. Push keeps things honest and also touches on the disappointment he caused his parents.
Sway Calloway links up with Lowkey from YouHearThatNew.com, DJ Wonder and Rich Nice for the latest edition of The A&R Room on Sway In The Morning. Watch as the blog giant speaks on the origins of this website’s name, the focus that was necessary in order to build his brand and how he was able to cultivate connections throughout the music industry over a number of years. The small panel also takes a listen to and discusses new music from the likes of Dead Prez, Da Mafia 6ix and Asia Sparks. Afterwards, everyone weighs in on the music and even listeners are allowed to phone-in and share their two cents. Check out how it all went down live on Shade 45.
Wiz Khalifa stops by Shade 45 to visit Sway Calloway and Heather B for the Sway In The Morning show. Khalifa shares his thoughts on the VMA’s and points out to Sway that everyone at the award show appeared to high. The Taylor Gang front man also reveals for listeners that he’s recently signed a young artist out of Chicago named JR. With the roster fresh on his mind, Wiz breaks down each artist that’s signed under his imprint and transitions into an impromptu performance of his new track “Look What I Got On.”
In part two below, Wiz Khalifa talks becoming a parent and answers a series of random questions about his new family.
Part three of Wiz Khalifa’s sit down on Sway In The Morning finds the rapper giving insight behind what he thinks of his skills and his creative process in the studio. Khalifa also gives up details surrounding his latest business venture with shoe brand Converse and shares details on his new model.
Brooklyn, NY native The Incomparable Shakespeare delivers a new 14-track mixtape titled #InvincibleDream. Compiling his generous freestyles released over the summer, the MC decides to re-release one cohesive project to keep fans up-to-date while finalizing his upcoming By Any Dreams Necessary project. Hosted by MTV’s Sway Calloway, Shakespeare shows off his lyrical wordplay over meshed classics and keeps it gritty.
The mixtape also includes Shakespeare’s recent impromptu freestyle session on Sway In The Morning alongside rapper Maffew Ragazino over original Scott Storch production. The Incomparable Shakespeare also includes a digital booklet that showcases information behind each track featured on #InvincibleDream. CLICK HERE to download the latest offering from The Incomparable Shakespeare with #InvincibleDream.
Also, take a look at footage below to see how it all went down live on Shade 45 when Shakespeare and Ragazino went in over unreleased Scott Storch beats.
Danny Brown hits up Sway In The Morning and drops an ill freestyle for the listeners. After declining to participate in Sway Calloway’s “5 Fingers of Death” challenge, the Detroit native decided to let his bars do the talking and proceeded to kill it. Watch Danny hold it down live on Shade 45 below.
Sway releases additional footage from his interview with radio guest Just Blaze. Live for fans listening to Shade 45, Just gives up details behind Jay Z’s “Song Cry 2” and says that one day he’ll convince Hov to liberate the song. The talented producer-DJ also takes the time to answer random questions from callers and speaks on being the executive producer for Slaughterhouse’s upcoming album. Just Blaze also reveals the squad of producers that were handpicked to contribute.
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