Eminem narrates “Be Like Mike” new campaign by Gatorade

Thanks to Gatorade, a week filled with journeys down memory lane comes to a satisfying conclusion. Eminem serves as emcee, and his 2010 track “Won’t Back Down,” featuring P!nk from Recovery album bubbles up, too. But the Detroit legend’s participation is just one nostalgic element of a :30 from the PepsiCo brand.

We’re also treated to way-back commercial footage of Michael Jordan — with the “Be Like Mike” jingle reverberating from more than 30 years ago to rock our brainpans.

Titled “The Way to Be Great,” and developed with TBWA\Chiat\Day L.A., the spot serves as a bridge between generations, a merging of past, present and future. Clips of sports legends in their prime segue into footage of contemporary athletes. Along with M.J., Serena Williams and Lionel Messi appear, plus Jayson Tatum, Elena Delle Donne, Sydney McLaughlin and more.

“We know our brand has everything athletes need to fuel Greatness. We have fueled the greatest athletes of all time over the last 60 years, and ‘The Way to Be Great’ is an anthemic campaign meant to bring to life what greatness has been, and what greatness looks like in the future.” – says Anuj Bhasin, chief brand officer at Gatorade.

In the Gatorade video, Eminem says: “You wanna be like greats? First, believe yo are. Greatness requires drip. Not like that, like this! The Greats are not afraid to fail. They fuel by it. Trophies require greatness but greatness does not require trophies because greatness is not about what you have done, it’s about what you do next!”

You can watch the video below:

 

Busta Rhymes, Kurupt, The D.O.C. & Kxng Crooked react to Snoop Dogg & Dr. Dre’s upcoming album

So, Snoop Dogg is preparing new album with Dr. Dre this summer.

Earlier this year, the iconic Long Beach rapper took to Instagram to share a throwback picture of himself and Dre, while confirming that new material from them will be released in the coming months. “Dynamic. Duo, Music comin summer 23.” he wrote in the caption.

The teaser came just few months after Snoop Dogg announced that he and Dr. Dre are working on a new album together called The Missionary, which will serve as the spiritual successor to his debut album Doggystyle.

At that time, in an interview, Snoop Dogg said: “I’ma tell you this, you’re the first one to hear this: me and Dr. Dre have been working on an album And it will be done in November. It’s entirely produced by Dr. Dre.”

In a recent interview with AllHipHop magazine, Grammy Award-winning producer who goes by the name of Smitty said: “It’s gonna be great music.What people will not expect is the level of execution that Snoop is committed to. Snoop Dogg called me and he said ‘Man, this is Snoop. I have not seen Dre this excited since The Chronic album. He’s really excited about what we’re doing.’”

Yesterday, Snoop teased fans again with a new Instagram post from the studio session with Dr. Dre. “Coming soon” – he wrote in the caption. In the comment section, Kurupt wrote: “#RIGHT”, Busta Rhymes also commented exploding head emojis. The D.O.C. replied “Let’s go.” And King Crooked said: “What I heard was pretty crazy.”

Check out all the details in the video below and tell us how much you are excited for Snoop Dogg’s new album in the comment sections of our social media accounts.

Snoop Dogg & Dr. Dre give an update on “The Missionary” album from the studio

Snoop Dogg is preparing new album with Dr. Dre this summer.

Earlier this year, the iconic Long Beach rapper took to Instagram to share a throwback photo of himself and Dre, while confirming that new material from them will be released in the coming months. “Dynamic. Duo,” he wrote in the caption. “Music comin summer 23.”

The teaser came just months after Snoop Dogg announced that he and Dr. Dre are working on a new album together called Missionary, which will serve as the spiritual successor to his 1993 debut album Doggystyle.

“I’ma tell you this, you’re the first one to hear this: me and Dr. Dre have been working on an album for the past two months,” Snoop said at the time. “And it’ll be done in November. It’s produced by Dr. Dre, it’s our 30th anniversary to Doggystyle. And the name of the album is Missionary.”

In a recent interview with AllHipHop magazine, Grammy Award-winning producer who goes by the name of Smitty, who has previously worked with both Dr. Dre and Snoop Dogg, gave some insight into the studio sessions and overall energy surrounding Snoop’s forthcoming album titled Missionary, which is being entirely produced by Dr. Dre.

“It’s gonna be great music. That’s not even the given. What people won’t expect is the level of execution that Snoop is committed to. Snoop’s in his bag. I was in Hawaii working with other projects last week. Snoop Dogg called me and he’s like ‘Man, this is Snoop. Little bro, I ain’t seen Dre this excited since The Chronic. He’s really excited about what we’re doing.’”

Yesterday, Snoop teased fans again with a new Instagram post from the studio session with Dr. Dre. “Coming soon” – he wrote in the caption. In the comment section, Kurupt wrote: “#RIGHT” and Busta Rhymes commented exploding head emojis. Check out the post below:

Research: Dr. Dre’s iconic single is one of top 5 songs that Americans want to learn on piano

It turns out that one of the songs that every pianist aspires to perform in 2023 is Dr. Dre’s iconic single Still D.R.E., featuring Snoop Dogg.

According to new research data by Ukulele World, the 1999 chart topping hit single is one of the top searches among Americans looking to learn tunes on the piano. The track’s iconic riff was composed by legendary Scott Storch, who explained how he came up with it when he spoke to Rap Money in 2022:

“I was thinking all night about something like, kind of like a piano piece that’s wrong but ‘right’, you know what I mean? Where it’s kind of off-beat, and I was like ‘oh s–t, it goes kind of with this drum pattern’. And I started playing ‘bling bling bling bling’… the notes were kind of like, I was playing it sloppy on purpose, and Dre just ran in the room like ‘That’s it man! That’s the f–king thing right there!”

Still Dre has an average of almost 20,000 monthly ‘how to play’ searches among pianists in the United Sates, but there are songs that are even more popular. “Jingle Bells” tops the list with an average of more than 28,000 searches – weighted heavily towards late November and December, we assume – followed by Beethoven’s perennial favorite “Fur Elise.| John Legend’s “All Of Me” sneaks into third place, with “Still D.R.E.” and JVKE’s “Golden Hour” rounding out the top five.

“Still D.R.E.” is a lead single from Dre’s multi-platinum second solo studio album, 2001, released in 1999.

Anchored by a memorable staccato keyboard vamp, the single was popular, helping the album reach multi-platinum status and announcing Dre’s return to the forefront of the hip-hop scene. “Still D.R.E.” debuted and peaked at number 93 on the Billboard Hot 100 in 1999 before re-entering and peaking at number 23 in 2022. It was more successful in the United Kingdom, where it reached No. 6.

The song has been performed live numerous times by both Dr. Dre and Snoop Dogg. Notable performances include the 2000 Up in Smoke Tour and as the final song in the Super Bowl LVI halftime show on February 13, 2022, alongside fellow American rappers Eminem, Mary J. Blige, Kendrick Lamar, 50 Cent. and Anderson .Paak, with the latter on drums.

Mark Batson celebrates Eminem’s “Relapse” going No. 1 on Billboard chart 14 years ago today

On this day, 14 years ago (June 7, 2009) Eminem’s Relapse album debuted at No. 1 on the Billboard 200 chart with 608,000 sold in its first week of release. The album included the No. 1 Hot 100 hit song “Crack a Bottle,” featuring Dr. Dre and 50 Cent and top 10 hit “We Made You.” The album became the best selling rap album of the year.

The 14-year anniversary post was shared by Chart Data on Twitter and retweeted by Mark Batson with the caption: “And nothing was ever the same. #eminem #drdre #relapse.”

Legendary Aftermath and Interscope producer Mark Batson produced and wrote almost every track on Relapse, including: “3.A.M.” “Hello,” “Medicine Ball,” “Old Time’s Sake,” featuring Dr. Dre, “Must Be The Ganja,” and “We Made You” single version. He also wrote and produced “Hell Breaks Loose,” featuring Dr. Dre from Relapse: Refill album.

You can revisit the album below:

Skylar Grey shows support to Hailie’s podcast & buys her merch

Yesterday, Eminem’s long-time friend and collaborator Skylar Grey shared a video of herself sitting in the car and wearing sweater that she received from Hailie Jade’s Just A Little Shady podcast merchandise. “Love my @justalittleshadypodcast fits @hailiejade” wrote Skylar in the caption with the heart emoji.

Last month, Hailie announced a new venture. The 27-year-old influencer revealed her new clothing line associated with her podcast, Just a Little Shady. “Get ready with me to launch my very first merch line,” announced the host on social media while doing her makeup. She detailed working on the brand “for like almost a year at this point,” adding the products could be worn as “regular” clothing, not just merchandise for her audio show.

Items include a hat, jogging pants, a sweatshirt, and a t-shirt. Prices range from $34.99 to $62.99. Fans can also purchase stickers for $5.

The social media star launched the Just A Little Shady  podcast in July 2022, playing on her father’s Hip-Hop nickname Slim Shady. On the show, she and her cohost Brittany Ednie discuss their personal lives, childhood, careers, and pop culture.

Check out Skylar Grey’s story below:

Watch: 50 Cent & Megan Fox in new “The Expendables 4” trailer

50 Cent is in the fourth installment of Expendables series!

The Expendables 4 is an upcoming action film directed by Scott Waugh, with a script co-written by Kurt Wimmer, Tad Daggerhart and Max Adams, from an original story by Spenser Cohen, Wimmer and Daggerhart. The fourth installment in The Expendables franchise and the sequel to The Expendables (2010), The Expendables 2 (2012) and The Expendables 3 (2014), it stars an ensemble cast including Sylvester Stallone, Jason Statham, Dolph Lundgren and Randy Couture reprising their roles from previous films, alongside 50 Cent, Megan Fox, Tony Jaa, Iko Uwais, and Andy García.

Statham, Avi Lerner, Les Weldon, Yariv Lerner, and Kevin King are serving as producers; the film is retaining an R rating like the first two films in the franchise. The film is scheduled to be released in the United States on September 22, 2023, by Lionsgate.

“It’s time for some new blood. Watch the official trailer for #Expend4bles – only in theaters 9/22
@expendables” wrote 50 Cent on social media while sharing the new trailer of the movie.

You can watch the trailer below:

50 most streamed hip-hop artists on Spotify

The list of most streamed hip-hop acts on Spotify has been unveiled and Drake absolutely dominates the rankings with an impressive 80 billion streams, followed by Eminem with 40 billion and Kanye West with 35 billion streams.

Check out the full list of most streamed hip-hop artists below!

1. Drake
2. Eminem 
3. Kanye West
4. Juice WRLD
5. XXXtentacion
6. Travis Scott
7. Kendrick Lamar
8. Future
9. J. Cole
10. Nicki Minaj

11. Lil Uzi Vert
12. 21 Savage
13. Lil Baby
14. Lil Wayne
15. Wiz Khalifa
16. Young Thug
17. Pop Smoke
18. Cardi B
19. Mac Miller
20 DaBaby

21. Metro Boomin
22. Migos
23. YoungBoy Never Broke Again
24. Tyga
25. Gunna
26. Tyler, The Creator
27. Kodak Black
28. Polo G
29. Trippie Redd
30. G-Eazy

31. A$AP Rocky
32. A Boogie Wit Da Hoodie
33. Logic
34. Jay-Z
35. DJ Khaled
36. Swae Lee
37. Big Sean
38. 50 Cent
39. Kid Cudi
40. Macklemore

41. 2Pac
42. Childish Gambino
43. Roddy Ricch
44. Playboy Carti
45. Russ
46. Megan Thee Stallion
47. Jack Harlow
48. Tory Lanez
49. Lil Durk
50. French Montana

Eminem has recently released EMINEM, Level Up playlist on Spotify which you can stream below:

Kendrick Lamar channels Eminem with Primavera performance in Barcelona

Kendrick Lamar just channeled Eminem with a clone-filled performance at the Primavera Sound festival in Barcelona over this weekend.

K. Dot headlined the Spanish festival on Friday night with the help from his cousin Baby Keem and a bunch of Kendrick lookalikes who danced around the stage as the duo performed the song “Savior.”

Of course, fans had plenty to say about the clones closing out the show as footage of the performance went viral.
“The tiktok conspiracy theorists are about to have a field day with this one,” one person commented on Kendrick fan page on Instagram, while another said: If you’re the real KDot please stand up, referencing Eminem’s iconic single The Real Slim Shady.

Kendrick’s performance may have been a nod to Eminem’s iconic performance at the 2000 MTV Video Music Awards, where he was followed around by dozens of bleach-blond doppelgängers inside New York City’s Radio City Music Hall while performing “The Real Slim Shady,” off The Marshall Mathers LP album.

K. Dot has made no secret of the fact that the Detroit rap icon is one of his biggest influences, speaking with GQ magazine back in 2016, Kendrick said: “I got my clarity just studying Eminem when I was a kid. The day I heard The Marshall Mathers LP, I was just like, How does that work? What is he doing? How is he putting his words together like that? And then I was like Why don’t you go in the studio and see? So I do that. Then it became, How are his words cutting through the beat like that? What is he doing that I’m not doing. His time is impeccable. When he wants to fall off the beat, it’s impeccable. These are things that, through experience and time, I had to learn.”

What do you think, was Kendrick Lamar performance inspired by Eminem? Check out the video below and let us know your thoughts in the comment sections of our social media accounts.

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Young Buck is selling his entire catalog to pay debts to 50 Cent

The music catalog of David Darnell Brown, popularly known by his stage name Young Buck, is heading to the auction block to pay debts to his creditors and that includes his former G-Unit mate, 50 Cent.

AllHipHop.com can confirm that the catalog, comprised of performance royalties, mechanical royalties, publishing royalties, and song copyrights, was valued at over $700,000 by SongVest, a brokerage firm specializing in selling music royalties.

Trustee Erica R. Johnson believes that the catalog sale will generate sufficient funds to pay off all creditors, including 50 Cent, to whom Young Buck reportedly owes $250,000.

As part of the plan, SongVest will be engaged to facilitate the sale to a private network of approximately thirty investors.

It seems Young Buck is not worried about it. Yesterday, he put up a story on Instagram, saying he’s richer than ever and announced future plan with former Eminem’s Shady Records artist, Yelawolf.

“Real TRUE FRIENDS Are Really Rare. I Have A Lot Of Associates… But Only A Few TRUE FRIENDS!! Today I’m Giving My Brother/Real Friend @yelawolf His Flowers!! Thanks For EVERYTHING‼️ You Have Motivated Me To Keep Going No Matter What I’m Going Thru…Or Been Thru!! And I Can Honestly Say… THE BEST IS YET TO COME FROM BOTH OF US!!! Now Stay Tuned.‼️‼️‼️‼️ – he wrote on Instagram.

Check out the details in the video below:

Eminem to tour in Australia this year!

According to Daily Mail, Eminem is preparing for the Australia tour later this year.

On Tuesday, an unidentified caller claimed to have heard about the great news from a source at Ticketek Australia on 104.7 Triple M. The caller claimed that Eminem would perform at Adelaide Oval, which has the capacity about 53,000 people.

“I heard a big name is coming to town at the end of the year and it’s Eminem.. a friend of a friend let it slip from Ticketek. They are currently working with Adelaide Oval to sort out a venue.” – the caller claimed.

The last time Slim Shady toured Australia was back in 2019 when he performed in Sydney, Melbourne, Perth and Brisbane as a part of his Rapture Tour. For more details, visit Daily Mail here.

Damizza recalls how Eminem’s “My Name Is” broke out on West Coast radio stations

American radio executive, record producer, artist and author Damizza has recently sat down with Mr. Criminal where he recalled the stories about Mariah Carey, Dr. Dre, Eminem, Snoop Dogg, Nate Dogg and much more.

Damizza was ranked by The Source Magazine as one of the five most powerful people in Hip Hop in 1999, with his ties to radio as the senior director of programming and artist relations at Power 106 in Los Angeles.

During the new interview, Damizza told the untold story of how Eminem’s “My Name Is” first aired on west coast radio stations.

“I almost got fired so many times it was stupid. When Dr. Dre called me and invited me at his house he said ‘I need some advice’ I was like ‘DR. DRE CALLED ME FOR ADVICE? WHAT THE HELL!’. I showed up and he points to Eminem in the booth and says ‘how do I break the white boy?’ And I’m like ‘Dude, you tell me the story of N.W.A. from beginning to end and I’ll break the white boy for you.” Damizza said.

Then he continues: “I sat on his washer and dryer, he sat on his little stairs from like midnight to 6 a.m. he told me whole story of N.W.A. and Eminem comes out about six o’clock in the morning from the studio tired of waiting and he looks over and says ‘I’m going home’ and I said ‘No, you are not, you are going Baker Boy’s show on Power 106. You are going to announce that you are doing Friday Night Flavors 10th year anniversary. Give me that record, Hi My Name Is.”

“My boss said ‘put that white boy on stage and you are fired! Dr. Dre is over! That white boy…have not you heard of Vanilla Ice!?’ and all that kind of stuff. Everybody was looking at me like ‘are you really going to put white boy on stage? You crazy?’ I said ‘It’s Dr. Dre’s new artist.’ They all looked at me so before I knew it everybody’s on side of the stage. I’m there with Coolio, rest in peace, all of these guys are there and watching. Eminem got through the first part of that song ‘F–k You’ and that place went to s–t!”

“I walked in the office next morning. I literally had a box and I was putting my s–t in the box thinking I’m getting fired and then my boss came in and she was like ‘you are lucky that white boy killed it, bring me the record.’ And then we played Hi My Name Is. That’s how Eminem got started.” Damizza added.

You can watch the interview below:

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