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John Salley: “Eminem is great but Snoop Dog is hip-hop”

John Salley has recently set down with DJ VLAD where he talked about Eminem and Snoop Dogg situation. During the interview, VLAD asked the veteran basketball player what if Snoop Dogg responded Eminem with a diss track..

“Eminem’s response was dope! But if Snoop Dogg dissed Eminem, it would be the biggest mistake of his life. Snoop is hip-hop. Jay-Z is great. NAS is great. Biggie is great. Tupac is great. Eminem is great. Hip-Hop as it is as we see, it’s Snoop Dogg, to the point where everybody knows that. So when you walk in and you see Snoop you think we and hip-hop. He changed everything. Biggie said I wanna sell records like Snoop. So for him to reply to that, nah, Eminem just said you are like God to me. So Gods can do whatever they want.”

“Just do not go after Eminem. He’s too lyrical. Prowess to this young man. I love hip-hop. When I hear lyrics and I just get caught up in the wordplay, that’s why I like J. Cole. That’s why I like Kendrick, Logic, Joyner Lucas. I still listen to Nas and Jay-Z to this day. 2 Chainz is probably my favorite next to Eminem and Royce Da 5’9″, of course Andre 3000 too but Eminem putting words together like nobody. Nah, don’t do that.” said John Salley

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Ja Rule on 50 Cent: “He is king of cap”

In a new interview with HipHopDX, Ja Rule talked about his mortal enemy, 50 Cent, and is offering $10,000 to anyone who can corroborate 50 Cent’s claim of buying out all 2500 tickets to one of his 2018 concerts to make sure the venue be empty.

In an interview, Ja Rule says: “It’s cap, yo! Cap! Such cap! How my ni**a Bobby Shmurda did it? He’s capping. King of cap, ni**a. I tell ni**as, I say, ‘Yo, I got 10 stacks right now for anybody that can find footage of this foolery that this ni**a is talking about.’ Listen, we live in a world of f**king, everything is on video. Come on, man. Stop with the foolery, man!”

“Even the thought of it is still stupid, because ni**a, all you did if you did that, was put money in my pocket. And what you think the promoter is going to do? Have an empty venue? You let ni**as in free or charge them again! It’s the dumbest shit ever, yo. But yeah, it’s cap. Never happened.” – adds Ja.

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Eminem shouts out Nas, Lil Wayne, Kendrick, Cole, Joyner & talks golden age hip-hop

Eminem has set down with Zane Lowe on Apple Music’s Beats 1 one to promote his latest release, the deluxe edition of Music To Be Murdered By: Side B.

In the interview, Eminem shows off his incredible cassette collection of classic rap and talks about Run DMC, Beastie Boys, LL Cool J, Nas.

He also shouts out Lil Wayne, Kendrick Lamar, J. Cole and Joyner Lucas.

The interview is currently being transcribed.

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Young Buck reveals one 50 Cent’s song that forever changed his life

Before Young Buck and 50 Cent started their beef, they were chasing the same dream while being on G-Unit group together.

In a recent interview with VLAD TV, Young Buck remembers one of their all time classic collaborations that had a life-changing influence on him.

“That record ‘Blood Hound’ changed my life. 50 Cent gave me that opportunity to become a part of G-Unit based off of that one record.” – says Buck

According to him, ‘Blood Hound’ was originally his song, but he sold it to Fifty, who kept one of Buck’s verses on the song and added his own. Soon after, he was offered a place in G-Unit group.

“Out of nowhere I got this call bro, from Sha Money, through CeeLo. CeeLo had called me and was like, ‘Yo bro, Sha Money just called and asked about some record you was playing.’ And I was like, ‘The record I was playing on the bus?’ He was like, ‘Yeah, bro. 50 wants to buy that record and put it on his album. I never in my life sold a record. I did not know what the f**k to charge him or ask for in regard to that. At that time, I was like, ‘Hell yeah bro, let’s do it.’ CeeLo kind of played manager in a sense of setting that record up with them and that record ended up being ‘Blood Hound’ from 50 Cent’s Get Rich Or Die Tryin’.” Buck added.

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Royce 5’9″ talks producing for Eminem, Grammy nod, Lil Wayne’s legacy & more

On 9th day of HotNewHipHop Presents: 12 Days Of Christmas, Royce Da 5’9″ talks on his discography, producing for Eminem, learning production from Dr Premier and Denaun Porter, his first Grammy nomination, Lil Wayne’s legacy and much more.

Interviewer: I am loving your production. I remember you showcased a few beats on your Instagram hinting at a little bit of a Bad Meets Evil vibe, I was pretty into that.

Royce 5’9″ : I sent Marshall some stuff here. I always send him stuff. I mean, so my first placement I got was on his album. So that was a dope accomplishment. And I love when I can send him something and he gets excited, man, it makes me excited. It makes me want to work. Sometimes I need that, you know?

Interviewer: Oh, definitely. And it showcases some versatility too. Like the sounds that you were kind of working with on Music To Be Murdered By were pretty different than the ones on Allegory. So it showed that you’re able to adapt to other artists. I mean, obviously, you’re familiar with working with Eminem but did it open a new dynamic? Was it new territory?

Royce 5’9″ : So it is always a new dynamic, because you never know what he is gonna be on. It all depends on what headspace he is in, you know? You can do so many things and like, whatever he chooses to do, he is going to be great at it. He is going to strive to put his best foot forward. The competition level of just what you have to put into it in order to be able to coexist from a competitive perspective is distressing. I mean, that is pretty much what my experience is like whenever I am working with him. I am a new producer, so having to– producing his first single is stressful, because, like, it is on the same album as a Dr. Dre beat.

So it is just a level of stress that is fun. And I am up for that challenge. But it is definitely on a different mind frame. And then like, with those beasts that I gave him for that album, that was my first time working with somebody where when I come around, I have to find out where I fit, and occupy that space, and not go past that. You know? Because that’s his ship. I am just here to help. So I am just here to do my part. Actually, I did not even get summoned here to help. I am just here as a friend. And I am playing him stuff, and he is liking it. So like, now I got to just adapt to that.

For the full interview, visit HotNewHipHop here and also make sure to support Royce’s latest album, “The Allegory.”

Kxng Crooked: “Lots of people try to push Eminem out of culture, but they always fail”

HotNewHipHop launches The Twelve Days of Christmas. For the next twelve days as we lead up to Christmas, they will be dropping a new interview with a different figure in the hip-hop and pop culture. They kick it off on Day #12 with KXNG Crooked. Check out the interview below:

There really have been a lot of great verses this year. Who would you say, in this hypothetical verse of the year battle, who would you predict to be your biggest competition?

Something from Royce, something from Eminem. You know, they call us the holy trinity of lyricism, me, Royce, and Em. They put the church emoji when they talk about it. So definitely something from Royce, something from Em. I think Benny got it in this year. I think Black Thought got it in this year. That verse Black Thought did, well, any verse Black Thought did. The verse Black Thought did on Russ’ project, that’s a stellar verse. Benny too. So you got a lot of dudes out there who drop some killer verses.

Eminem is always in the talks. I don’t care, they love to hate him. And a lot of people have been trying to push my homie out of the culture. They been making sly remarks – people with platforms. And this ain’t just me speaking from a homeboy level, this me speaking from a fan and a technician myself. You can’t push Marshall out the game. He’s one of the greatest pens to ever exist in Hip-Hop, and it ain’t gon change no time soon. They always get me when I talk about Em. But Eminem is one for sure. Royce got nominated for a Grammy, so you know his pen was going crazy.

Obviously, I liked the Abraham Lincoln scheme. “I Will” has a lot of great things, but from Music To Be Murdered By? Verse of the Year level, I don’t know. In terms of Em’s what verse I would nominate…Verse 2 on “Marsh” was pretty good.

Yeah, that one’s dope.

To read the full interview of Kxng Crooked , visit HotNewHipHop here or watch the video below:

Slipknot’s Corey Taylor says he’s a massive Eminem fan

A lead vocalist and lyricist of the bands Slipknot and Stone Sour, Corey Taylor has recently set down with Bert Kreischer on 441st episode of the Bertcast.

The two talked about why Corey quit drugs and alcohol, the old music business versus the new music business, fame, horror movies, his new solo album, the story behind the Slipknot masks and much more.

During the interview, Corey Taylor said that he is a massive Eminem fan and also revealed that he loves Prince and generally, many artists from Midwest.

“I am a massive, massive Eminem fan, man. And I loved anybody from the Midwest because I still considered Michigan the Midwest. I love anybody from the Midwest who made it. So not only was I into Eminem, but I was also into Prince because Prince was Minneapolis.” said Corey.

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This was not the first time Corey fanned out on Eminem. Few years ago, in an interview RockSverige, the singer revealed that Eminem is his dream collaboration.

“I would love to do something with Eminem. I would love to trade some stuff back and forth with him, because I love the way he writes and the way he flows and the attitude; you know, the emotion that is in it. And I am very, very attracted to that. And I would love to do something where we kind of go back and forth. Will it ever happen? Probably not. But, you know, it is still a dream.” said Corey Taylor.

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Murda Mook uses Eminem & Jay Z as examples of battle rappers becoming successful artists

In the latest episode of Drink Champs, N.O.R.E. and DJ EFN teamed up with battle rap legends Murda Mook, Loaded Lux and Math Hoffa.

They discussed legendary Hip-Hop battles, the evolution of battle rap, the art of battle rap and much more! They also brought up Eminem’s name in the conversation. Check it out below:

N.O.R.E: “I can’t give Eminem, I can’t give Busta Rhymes and I can’t give Jay Z the level of battle rap respect that I give you all (Murda Mook and Loaded Lux). Let me tell you why. I’m not saying they are not battle rappers. What I mean is, I’m not taking anything away from Busta, Jay Z and Eminem but the level of disrespect they didn’t go through that. They didn’t go to training camps.

DJ EFN: “I feel like Eminem comes from that. That’s where he comes from! That’s what he was doing in Detroit back in the days. Em was doing battling!… Em was in that league. Em was the part of all of that.”

N.O.R.E: “But that was not Eminem.”

DJ EFN: “Of course it was Eminem, what hell you talking about?! That’s exactly where he came from. Eminem was the part of that. He had all those.”

Loaded Lux: “I’m with you, I’m with out on that [DJ EFN]”

N.O.R.E: “I’m with you too but they didn’t do the level of disrespect.

After few minutes, they talked about if a battle rapper can make a hit record or a classic album.

Murda Mook: “LL Cool J, c’mon man, you are wildin’, KRS-1..”

N.O.R.E: “KRS-1 is not a battle rapper…”

Loaded Lux: “EMINEM!!!

Murda Mook: I just wanna say this, Eminem had the setting of a Dr. Dre. So, his mind in the frame or the architect work of a battle, I know what I need to set up to make a hot battle rhyme. Now, I can take that same genius mind, and program it over here to make a record, so I am gonna give you the variables to make a song. C’mon, Jay Z, all them ni**as come up raw battling. They came up raw battling, then they got in the studio and the ni**a told them to, ‘Go like this,’ so they can make a record now.”

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Kid Cudi talks how the collaboration with Eminem came together

In a new interview with Zane Lowe on Apple Music’s Beats 1, Kid Cudi talked his upcoming album Man on the Moon III, and how he wanted “to be respected as an emcee.” You also talked about how a collaboration with Eminem on “The Adventure of the Moon Man and Slim Shady” happened:

“Yo, who do I f**ing get? Who do I f**ing spar with? Who do I go bar-for-bar with? Eminem! I tweeted at him. It was not even in the DMs. Just my timeline. It was public. I was like, ‘Yo Rap God, help!’ And we are really close with Eminem’s manager Paul Rosenberg and he was able to connect us and we were able to get it done.”

“I’m like waiting, I’m waiting. And I’m like, “Oh s**t. They are asking me questions. They do not say he is going to do it just yet. They are just asking me questions. And I am like, so this means he is going to do it. Right? Because they are asking me questions. And literally it was like every day I was like, ‘Is today going to be the day? Is today going to be the day?’ And, I got it, and I was like, ‘Holy s**.'”

“It was something for me to get the validation from Eminem by doing that record. Him doing that record let me know, like he was telling me like, ‘Yo, I f**k with you as an artist fully, even your bars are dope.'” says Kid Cudi

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Kxng Crooked talks chances of Joe Budden & Eminem reuniting, Slaughterhouse, Dr. Dre & more

Kxng Crooked has recently set down with Premier Live TV to talk about Dr. Dre, Slaughterhouse, Joe Budden, Eminem, Snoop Dogg, Death Raw Records and more. You can check out the interview below:

On why YouTube removed his interviews, including an interview with Eminem.

“Shout out to Marshall Mathers. When you doing an interview and if you flash to some music or video that you don’t own the copyright to, sometimes you can play it for like 10 seconds. We played a clip for like 11 seconds and they called Google and they were like ‘we want this video out of here!’ and they yank my whole channel up. But it’s cool. People still can go to Crook’s Corner YouTube channel for all the different interviews that I’ve been doing. When you are with Marshall, you are here big fish. You attracted too much attention, you can’t do that with Marshall Mathers.”

On Eminem naming him in the list of Top 10 greatest rappers of all time.

“To have somebody like Marshall Mathers, Eminem, who recognizes you and says you are the most underrated artist in the world and you are my top 10 greatest rappers of all time. It means a lot. Because he’s technician. Not saying it wouldn’t mean as much from someone else but I think it means a little more coming from somebody who understands how to write, who understands how to deliver, who understands breath control, who understands live performance, who understands metaphors, punchlines, similes, storytelling. So when you got somebody on that level who gets it and says you are my top 10, it means a lot.”

On Joe Budden and Eminem situation.

“This is what I always tell Joe. You have a huge voice in the game. So if you say something, that s**t’s gonna resonate. If he says something I disagree with, as far as how s**t went down on Shady Records, you say ‘it happened like this’ and I say ‘naah, id didn’t quite happen like that.’ He just gotta be careful. His voice is big. And one day, I’m hoping him and Em will be able to sit down. They don’t gotta be friends again, they don’t gotta do none of that. Just be men and sit down. Because they cut from the same cloth. They are really deep artists. They love their craft. If you listen to Eminem Stan and Joe fan it’s lot of similarities. They are two good dudes trying to do right things. All that happened for no reason. I really wish they sit down. It might happen. But anyways I think Joe will get back to the booth.”

Kxng Crooked also talks about Slaughterhouse, Dr. Dre, Death Raw Records and more. You can watch the interview below:

Fat Joe says he turned down $10 million offer to fight 50 Cent when they had beef

Couple of days ago, Fat Joe took to Instagram Live where the rapper claimed that he was offered huge money to fight 50 Cent at the peak of their beef.

“I would not do it. When I had beef with 50 Cent, people were, like, fake offering me $10 million dollars, $5 million, to go fight Fifty one-on-one. I’m not scared of Fifty. I’d fight him for free at that time! But to get knocked out maybe, on TV, it is tough.” says Fat Joe.

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https://youtu.be/KXX4W1lwcvk

As you know, 50 Cent was Fat Joe were beefing back then. On the song “Piggy Bank,” 50 disses Fat Joe, Ja Rule, Jadakiss, Shyne, Kelis, Lil’ Kim and Nas. He also mentions Tupac Shakur, Jay-Z, Mobb Deep and Michael Jackson in the song, but not in a negative way. 50 and Joe finally squashed their long-time beef and now they are cool.