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Where art thou, Mr. Lupe Fiasco? We’ve been waiting for LASERS since you’ve been releasing previews on Twitter. We were tantalized again when the single “I’m Beaming” started to get beamed onto radio stations. And then there was the announcement you made on Twitter—you had turned it over to your label, Atlanta Records. That was in April. Five months later, there still isn’t an album.
Your last album, “The Cool,” was a good album. Some considered it better than your first “Food and Liquor” debut. Both were great pieces of Hip Hop music! You were abuzz, and even though you didn’t achieve the same mainstream appeal that perhaps Kid Cudi or Kanye achieved, you had a very loyal fan base. Fast forward two years, and we’ve been blessed with one single. One single! We were told to wait, that it was their decision. Five months later, it’s still their decision. Someone even started a petition on Twitter, directed towards Atlanta Records, demanding the release of your album. That was in May I believe, and still no new album. Where are you, Mr. Lupe Fiasco? If you don’t do something soon, you will fade into obscurity and your fan base will evaporate.
What should you do? Do Something! Start twittering about your label issues loud and clear! Rouse the angry emotions of your fans and direct them to action! Release some mixtape albums or singles! Show the record company that you are in demand! Do Something! Don’t let them screw you like they tried to do with B.O.B.! Do Something! Luckily, your Twitter feed was just fixed here on Rap Tweets, so your Tweets will be appearing over the broad Internet. Get cracking! Don’t wait for it to be too late.
Everyone in Hip Hop has heard of Kat Stacks. She’s the favorite girl that EVERYONE likes to talk negative about (do a search on this site).
So WHY would Souljaboy even think about taking her to a hotel room and having sex with her? He’s got a major book deal, his own production company, a loyal fan base, and respect from other mainstream Hip Hop artists. Alternatively, he’s mostly looked down upon by other Hip Hop fans as not being a real rapper and producing garbage music. Anything he does would give them energy to hand him bad publicity and reviews.
In light of all this, he courts Kat Stacks. The female infamous for trashing other rappers she’s slept with. Infamous for fucking lots of different people (and possibly catching something). He claims that it wasn’t him, but the person in the video clearly resembles him. And the video shows him sending Direct Messages to Kat Stacks. And how does Kat Stacks trash him? She disses his sex skills, shows coke powder on the dresser, and goes out of her way to make fun of him. I started to wonder if this is one of his tricks to get buzz (like when he deleted his Twitter account and claimed it got hacked). If it was, he failed badly.
So, what can Souljaboy do? If it wasn’t him in the video, then he needs to SUE!!! Doesn’t matter if he collects money or not, if he can show proof of slander it’ll clear his name and reputation. Otherwise, he needs a sit down from other rappers and businessmen. Then he needs rehab! There’s nothing wrong with weed, but coke will mess him up big time! Nothing good comes from celebrities who have developed a habit around strong drugs (see Whitney Houston).
I’m always searching for more ways to make this website much more easier to navigate! First, I dumped the ugly plain-text letter logo and designed a more professional, informative logo. Then I completely revamped the layout, giving more readers a chance to see other features of this site—Best Tweets, Special Offers, and the infamous Quick Search menu. Then I added the ability to let users vote on Tweets. Now I’m adding another new feature. This will allow you to view Tweets much more easier! Introducing the new “RSS” page.
Muslims are Americans too! This was basically exclaimed by mayor Michael Bloomberg when he agreed that people can build a mosque near the former site of the World Trade Center. And why not? Religious freedom is a right guaranteed under the Constitution, applied equally to all religions and not solely to certain (Christian) groups. Some people have attributed the horrible act of terrorism on 9/11/01 to Muslims, but not all people of Islam are violent extremists. Many just want to worship their Allah and co-exist peacefully with their neighbors, and use the many opportunities that the United States offer. They have rights also, and that’s why I say–-build the mosque!
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Little tweaks are coming to the website (well, they’re already here). The biggest—Bi-Weekly Updates are gone. I might start a newsletter in the future and post daily updates there. Or I’ll bring it back in the future. Don’t know yet. I’m going to be posting more Special Offers to give my readers updates on special promotions happening on the web (music-related). And expect more articles to be posted in the Blog section—I have lots of opinions, and it’s time I share them. Well, that’s it for now. I’ll be back with more later on.
By: sasa
RICK ROSS – TEFLON DON
Album rating - 8.5 out of 10
Well, I must admit I didn’t expect too much out of this album. When I first saw track list seemed to me like there are waay too many guest appearances, but then again I had to admit he brought some of the finest names in the game, from producers to rappers. We can all agree that one name in the game clearly stands out H.O.V.A. and best belive he unleashed pure fire on provocative “Free Mason” with John Legend. Let’s not get carried away.
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By: Jason Knight
If you want to know how to promote your music and get music contracts, you might feel like you’ve hit a dead end. Maybe you’ve been playing with your band for awhile. Maybe you even have a local following and everyone seems to love your music and has a good time at your shows. But if you want to make it big in the music industry, it can feel like an elusive dream. You want it to happen, and you have a burning desire to make music your full time passion . . . but how do you get there?
In the afternoon of July 26th, Twitter was abuzz with news that young rapper SouljaBoy deleted his Twitter account. Simultaneously, a Twitter topic targeting him was started. “#ifsouljaboysarapper” was trending higher than the World Cup. People were taking jokes at him. Therefore, a lot of people concluded that SouljaBoy deleted his Twitter account. His last Tweet, before the deletion, was him promoting his website: http://www.sbeezy.com.
Of course, who didn’t want to believe it? This situation looked very similar to Chris Brown deleting his Twitter account last year, after Tweeting about music stores refusing to sell his music. Plus, SouljaBoy has said statements before about possibly quitting.
So, what actually happened? According to SouljaBoy himself, his Twitter account got hacked and deleted. He didn’t delete the account himself. He’s operating under a new username: @CEOSouljaboy. Currently, this website is showing Tweets from his new Twitter account.
Personally, I find it hard to believe that his account was hacked. Either this is a publicity stunt, or he changed his mind and is now trying to reverse his decision. I don’t believe that he would easily allow his account to get hacked. Of course, if he needs online security tips then I’m eager to help. He can visit my other blog—E-Breach.Com—and read a lot about online security. I suppose we’ll see what unfolds.
By: Roze
When rap first became available to consumers in the 1980′s, artists were initially perceived to be a rarely seen neighborhood urban legends. Compared to the traditional genres artists were being marketed in, rap artists names were spread by street credibility and word of mouth. The artists job was easier to focus on the art and individuality their music, and the demand of image maintenance, promotion as seen today were not as relevant due to the popularity of hip-hop not yet being an international billion dollar industry. While many perceived the explosion of Hip-Hop record sales to be the end of the “street poet” form of expression, recently there has been a resurgence of faceless artists among music aficionados.
In honor of 2Pac’s birthday, Datpiff.com has put together a Mixtape Collection of Tupac’s songs. You can access it by clicking here:
Producing slick sounds and memorable vocals are goals for anyone in the music industry. For Darkchild Entertainment’s C.E.O. Rodney Jerkins and his crew of songwriters, producers and mix engineers, it’s an art. Jerkins, aka “Darkchild” and his team have worked with a lengthy list of multi-talented artists, including Michael Jackson, Whitney Houston, Kirk Franklin and TLC. For Jerkins and his team, 2010 is about releasing mind-blowing music and celebrating with fans worldwide.
Here are some snippets from “Hip Hop Honors 2010: The Dirty South.” It was a great show and a lot of old school classic were performed. Craig Robertson got an introduction Southern crank, record labels who created the Dirty South were honored, and artists jammed to their favorite old school hits. Here are some snippets from the show below:
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In the midst of the dull Atlanta streets lurks certain death, a gross arrest of boredom, and the inescapable lackluster party but last night a DJ saved my life. His decadent sounds of blood pumping; mind-numbing euphoric energy was love at first sound! I get butterflies when I hear him play, a killer he must be to cause such fear and excitement; the excitement of being there and the fear that it will end. Then I must be a sadist, no a masochist to wait in the dark for him to slaughter the night, to kill it. If caught by him it will be painless, in actuality it is a lethal injection of pure exotic sinful pleasure. I’m talking about DJ Kash “Da Club Killa “.
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“Tricknosis”—this post is dedicated to a Tweet that was posted by Talib Kweli (http://raptweets.net/?p=39119). Mexicans versus Blacks. A co-worker asked me a long time ago what I thought of Latinos. I responded with a very simple answer: African-Americans and Latinos got the same problems. We have more in common that we do have in differences, but unfortunately society in general sometimes makes us forget that fact.
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