"I Got This," formerly released on Red Cafe's mixtape "Above the Cloudz" mixtape (free download) as Red Cafe featuring Lore'l, has been re-released as a Lore'l single with a new verse from Cory Gunz.
You can pick it up the dirty and clean versions for free, care of Red Cafe's Shakedown. The song was produced by Don Cannon.
HipHopDX's Paul W. Arnold files their full story, which they referred to as the "conclusion" of their report. Understandably, they previously published most of the eye catching allegations in their first story. This one elaborates on those details.
Cassie is featured on the cover of the 63rd issue of BLANK, a Panamanian magazine covering fashion, design, music and more. You can view the cover and the accompanying 8 page spread on their website. There is also an interview, in Spanish. The interview doesn't appear to feature anything new on her album, judging from a quick translation.
BLANK also allows you to download a free PDF copy of the issue, by clicking on the "DESCARGAR > PDF" button on the bottom right portion of the site.
According to Rap-Up.com and BBC News, Diddy and Dawn Richard came out in support of the Orange RockCorps Collective during a project at London's Toffee Park Adventure Playground and Youth Centre. Rap-Up.com has photos.
Orange RockCorps gives volunteers tickets to music concerts in exchange for time dedicated to serving the community. Diddy/Dirty Money will be performing at their concert at Wembley Arena in London on Tuesday.
In an interview with Bleu Magazine, Destiny of i SQUARE revealed that the group's debut album is "pretty much 95% done." She also discusses the album's direction, her style and shares he thoughts on being the only girl in the group.
In June, Jay-Z's debut album, "Reasonable Doubt," celebrated it's 15th anniversary. For the first entry in VH1's new monthly "album-versaries" series, they take a look at the making of the album. For part two, they discuss "Brooklyn's Finest," the Biggie featured song from the album, with Damon Dash, who executive produced the album and Clark Kent, who produced that song.
Fast forward 19 months and "Empress" has now been officially announced. According to Women's Wear Daily, care of The Scented Salamander, the new perfume will launch in August and will be available at Macy's stores.
"'Empress' is a crisp floral perfume," writes Marie-Helene Wagner of The Scented Salamander. "It opens on notes of key lime pie, mandarin imperial, starfruit and imperial french berry before developing a heart resting on raspberries, passion flower, peony, cardamom and ambrette seeds. The scent lingers on with vanilla, sandalwood, crystallized caramel and second skin accord."
It will be released in two sizes, a 1.7 oz. bottle for $57 and a 3.4 oz. bottle for $74. A 6.7 oz. body cream will also be available, for $38. What will be bottle look like? Check out the picture below.
In an interview with PunchBowl Blog, Janelle Monae discussed her touring, her mentors and more. Newsworthy: Monae will be playing guitar and piano on her new album and will be more involved production wise.
Missy Elliott's latest Biggie sampled (or, if you prefer, interpolated) production is Monica's "Anything (To Find You)" which features Rick Ross and Lil' Kim, with some vocals from Elliott herself, mimicking Diddy's vocals on The Notorious B.I.G.'s "Who Shot Ya."
The "Who Shot Ya" beat, itself sampled from David Porter's "I'm Afraid the Masquerade is Over," is also featured.