GRIP makes his directional debut as he drops the music video of the song “Numbers” from his latest project STILL (5 & A F*** You) Deluxe.
“My directorial debit! “Numbers” vid OUT NOW! S/O @95ekbgod for helping execute the vision and many thanks to everyone that played a part. Go run this s–t up!” the Shady Records artist tweeted.
“STILL (5 & A F*** You)” is the follow-up of GRIP’s 2022 project “5 & A F*** You.” Unlike the first installment, the new project comes with no features.
“STILL (5 & A F*** You),” which is a deluxe version, includes 11 tracks. Production is done by Scalez, TU!, DG, Super Myles, Swoope, Came One, Leon Michels, Marco Benevento, Reggie Gordon, Tae Beast and Chris Keys.
You can stream the new album here and watch the new music video below:
After 7 months break from his YouTube channel, 50 Cent is back with the new video upload.
Its seems 50 Cent is preparing for 20-year anniversary for his classic debut album Get Rich or Die Tryin’, released in February 6, 2003. Fif has just re-released remastered version of his “Back Down” music video. The instrumental is composed by Dr. Dre and it was originally intended to be used on Rakim’s debut Aftermath album, titled Oh My God, but due to creative differences it was not released.
In the song, Fif takes a blatant break from rapping about the dangers of life for a gangster and decides to direct his attention to addressing his fellow New York City rapper, Ja Rule, who he was beefing with him at that time: “Jay put you on, X made you hot, Now you run around like you some big shot, Ha ha, pu–y.” Referring to Ja Rule’s track “It’s Murda” which features Jay Z and DMX. After getting the features from big time artists he must’ve thought he made it in the music industry. Later, “Back Down” was listed on XXL magazine’s list of the greatest diss tracks of all time.
After re-releasing “Back Down” video, couple of hours later, 50 Cent dropped another re-mastered video, this time, from Massacre album. “God Gave Me Style” is produced by Needlz and it is about how much 50 feels blessed by the Lord, even with all the struggles he had to go through in his life.
Grammy-nominated music video “The Heart Part 5,” by Kendrick Lamar, that was released alongside the song on May 8, 2022, almost featured an Eminem deep-fake.
In the video, K. Dot performs the song against a red wall, while using deep-fake technology to transform himself into 6 modern Black American figures: in order, they are former football player and convicted felon O. J. Simpson, rapper Kanye West, actors Jussie Smollett and Will Smith, former basketball player Kobe Bryant, and late rapper Nipsey Hussle.
In a recent interview with The New York Times magazine, it was revealed that Dave Free and Kendrick Lamar collaborated with South Park creators Trey Parker and Matt Stone, who both own a company specializing in the deep fake technology. The famous TV duo lent the technology to the pgLang pair, who were the first artists to use the technology in their music video.
“You see Kendrick turned into Tupac, Kendrick turned into Kanye, and I think we had Eminem and we were like ‘What if we did the Jussie Smollett!” Eminem didn’t make the final cut, and K. Dot ended up on deep fakes of Kanye West, Nipsey Hussle, Will Smith, Kobe Bryant, OJ Simpson and Jussie Smollett.
New Jersey rapper who goes by the name of AK took to social media shortly after the video dropped to accuse Kendrick of stealing his idea. Austin Kassabian claimed Kendrick copied the deepfake concept from his “Family Tree” video, which was released back in September 2020. The black-and-white clip shows AK rapping into the camera in front of a blank backdrop as his face transforms into some of the biggest names in hip-hop: Lil Wayne, Missy Elliot, Eminem, MC Lyte, Tupac, Snoop Dogg, Kendrick Lamar, Nate Dogg, T-Pain, J. Cole, Nas, Rakim, Andre 3000, 50 Cent, Jay-Z and Drake.
In the song, AK raps: “I am AK, I am not the next Em / But everybody telling me that I’m the next him / But understand there will never be a next Em / You’ll probably twist my words and say I don’t respect him / I always preach to keep it real so I’m about to now / Em did not influence me ’cause I was not allowed / To listen to him, my parents said I was just a child / I wondered why and I look back and I got it now / My young mind back then probably wasn’t ready / To hear the shit that he talked about, they said he was too edgy / I couldn’t listen to anything, younger me, he was begging / I couldn’t wait to hear the song about his momma’s spaghetti / His influence on me was indirect / ‘Cause I was listening to Hopsin, I was obsessed / I come to find he was the same way when it came to Em.” (via Genius)
Back in October, GRIP dropped a mixtape called “5 & A F*** You,” the follow-up project of his Shady Records debut album “I Died For This?!,” featuring guest appearances from AHYES, Marco Plus, Wara and Tate228.
The East-Atlanta rapper originally intended to record an EP in a week, but instead ended up extending the project to mixtape length, letting it run its proper course. You can feel the emotion in his voice when he raps: “The day Em spit me my lyrics, I knew I really made it / To have him and Royce on my album, that shit feel amazin’/ ‘Cause they giants in my eyes, residin’ where I aim to be / Remember buyin’ they CD and now they give me game for free.”
After “Cook Up” and “The F Word,” GRIP dropped the music video of “94 Flow,” featuring AHYES yesterday. The song is produced by Latrell James and its chorus references to A Tribe Called Quest song, titled “Oh My God.”
Shady Records’ Westside Boogie is capitalizing on his momentum and dropped a LIMITED EDITION of MORE BLACK SUPERHEORES album with six new tracks, which includes three live recordings of previously recorded tracks.
The deluxe edition features live versions of album cuts “KILLA MODE,” “NONCHALANT,” and “CAN’T EVEN LIE.” Their inclusion makes sense, considering their popularity on the album with live instrumentation, but Westside Boogie doesn’t stop there. He also delivers a few new soulful, smooth, and intimate tracks that fit snugly in the tracklist.
There are two solo cuts “FLOAT” and “CONTRADICITONS,” And there’s the Rapsody and Alex Isley-assisted “HALFWAY RIGHT,” on which Boogie and Rhapsody spit from differing male and female perspectives on a failing relationship. Both try to understand why they feel so frustrated and point out hypocrisies in both parties’ behavior. Alex Isley provides the hook.
Boogie has also just released the music video of “NONCHALANT,” featuring Mamii. You can watch it below:
Shady Records’ signee shares visuals for “Cook Up” song, produced by Latrell James and Tedd Boyd, from his latest project called “5 & A F*** You.”
In the song, the East Atlanta emcee raps: “Paint the Sistine wit 16 bars / Wit 32 I’m magic / My first 48 will do you tragic / A 64 it’s caskets / Perhaps its taken it too far / I’m 2pac in a 2022 car.”
A typical rap verse contains sixteen bars (lines). GRIP compares his sixteen bars to the amazing work of art on the ceiling of the Sistine Chapel in the Vatican City. Doubling up to thirty-two, GRIP describes his lyrics as magical, while referencing Magic Johnson, a former NBA player who played for the LA Lakers while wearing the number #32 on his jersey.
The Markee Ruffin-directed music is a standard affair, following the ATLien throughout his travels on the road. You can watch the clip below:
Eminem and 50 Cent are back with the animated video of recently released single, titled “Is This Love,” from Eminem’s greatest hits album, Curtain Call 2.
“Is This Love” is an unreleased song from 2009, most likely recorded for Relapse 2 but kept in the vault. This track is one of two recorded by the duo Eminem and 50 Cent in 2009, with the other, “Psycho”, being put on 50’s album called “Before I Self Destruct.” The song contains re-recorded vocals by both artists.
Eminem has just dropped the visualizer for the song which shows tiny animated men with the classic slim shady blonde hair, causing mayhem in the city. Some of them are running after people with chainsaws, while others have rocket launchers.
You can watch the video clip and read some theories from the fans after the jump below:
“Crack a Bottle” is a song by Eminem, featuring Dr. Dre and 50 Cent. The song was released as the lead single from Eminem’s album Relapse back in 2009.
On February 12, 2009, the song broke the first week digital sales record with 418,000 downloads, topping the previous record held by “Live Your Life” by T.I. featuring Rihanna and the song won the Grammy Award for Best Rap Performance by a Duo or Group in 2010. “Crack A Bottle” is also one of Eminem’s five No.1 hit songs on Billboard Hot 100.
Now the song will be included in the second installment of Eminem’s greatest hits album called ‘Curtain Call 2′ which releases this Friday.
During an interview for MTV, 50 Cent originally told that there were plans to make an animated music video for “Crack a Bottle”, which was to be shot along with a music video for 50 Cent’s song “I Get It In”. On February 25, Eminem’s manager Paul Rosenberg posted on his blog a still frame from the music video illustrating a homeless person holding a bottle wrapped in a brown bag. According to Rosenberg, it is directed by Syndrome and was planned to be released within a couple of weeks. The music video was playing on TV in Eminem’s music video “3 a.m.”, which has been directed by Syndrome as well.
On May 7, 2009, an unfinished version of the video was released via TheRelapse.com, featuring Eminem’s verse and chorus. Later during the same day, 50 Cent’s rapped verse of the video was released via ThisIs50.com as well. This was added to the unfinished video on therelapse.com. A month later, on June 7, 2009, Cashis posted a link on Twitter to the full video in which he makes a cameo appearance. The music video portrays each rappers’ style; Eminem’s chaotic style, Dr. Dre’s West Coast style, and 50 Cent’s more club oriented style. None of the performers are featured in the video.
Today, Eminem released the video officially. You can watch it below:
Eminem and Snoop Dogg drop their new single “From The D 2 The LBC” (From Detroit To The LBC) and music video came with it! The song was first premiered on the stage at the Bored Ape Music Festival.
Reportedly it’s Eminem’s song even though Snoop Dogg has been promoting it as a Mount Westmore single for an year now.
Few months back, Snoop Dogg talked about the single: “There is Snoop Dogg and Eminem song on my Westmore album. It is called “From Detroit to the LBC.” That motherf**ker slapped. That s**t is HUH! It was very challenging for me. Eminem really f**king shot at me. He shot his shot and as a rapper that’s what you want when you get a feature, to have to work you f**king a** off. He is going that hard because he knows I’m going to match him on the same level and that’s what it is when you making records with people that you love. It’s competitive but for the right reason. To bring the best out of each other.”
The song is now out on all streaming services. You can bump it below!
Shady Records’ Westside Boogie returns with new single “Stuck,” featuring his two alter egos Superblood Boog and Ratchet Boog.
The new track arrives after Boogie confirmed that his Shady Records second album will be titled More Black Superheroes, the follow-up of his 2019 release, Everythings For Sale.
A release date for the project has yet to be revealed, but “Stuck” and news about More Black Superheroes both arrive after Boogie connected with Shelley fka DRAM for their recent collaboration, titled “Aight.”
It appears Shady Records’ Westside Boogie is on an album mode!
The Compton rapper drops new single “AIGHT,” featuring Shelley fka DRAM , produced by Darttny Ellis and Keyel and music video came with it.
Some of the quotable lyrics include: “In my bitty, I’m that n***y / I was broke and still was picky / Let the bi**hes have the Fendi, rock Balencis with the Dickies, uh, ho , She spilled her heart and I just was like so, I called my ho, she can bring me more hoes.”
GRIP releases the music video for his latest single “Emo Stick.”
“Emo Stick” is a standalone lyrical exercise displaying some of the traits and talents GRIP has at his disposal. In the song, GRIP sends a message to the weak rappers who think they are on his level.
Some of the quotable lyrics from the song include: “A local throwing jabs but, s**t, I know this ni**a lame, What, your s**t flopped? So now you gotta troll to get a name? Better than who? Boy, ya moment was over when it came, You see the lows that ni**as stoop to for exposure in this game?”
