Ness recently appeared on Batcave Radio, on Philadelphia's 100.3 The Beat radio station, to promote his upcoming battle with Arsonal. Watch the clip below for a freestyle from Ness.
Ness will battle New Jersey rapper Arsonal on July 24 in Philadelphia, according to a flier posted on Ness' Twitter profile. You can purchase advance tickets at pcradiolive.com, though that link is currently down for me. Watch a pair of trailers for the battle below.
"I Just Want the Paper," a song by U.K. rapper Bigz, is generating traction online thanks to a posse cut remix featuring Chipmunk, SAS, G FrSH, Sincere and Smiler.
Both the remix and the original version feature a sample from The Notorious B.I.G.'s "Dead Wrong," which serves as the chorus. The visuals of the video pay homage to Craig Mack's "Flava in Ya Ear (Remix)" music video, one of the definitive posse cuts in rap history. Bigz opens his verse with a line from Junior M.A.F.I.A.'s "Gettin' Money (The Get Money Remix)."
To start his verse on the original version, Bigz begins with a line from The Notorious B.I.G.'s "Gimme the Loot," while the music video features Bigz on a throne reminiscent of the one that appears in the visual for the Biggie classic "One More Chance/Stay With Me (Remix)."
Free downloads are available for both versions of the song. The original is on Bigz's "Starman" EP while you can find the remix on the newly released "Quantum Leap" mixtape. Watch the music videos below.
BBC's iPlayer has video of Janelle Monae's performance at the Glastonbury festival. It appears that you may be able to download the clip, as well. But, I am in the United States, so I cannot confirm that. The video will only play if you are based in the United Kingdom.
Via Lauren Hamer, who says that the video will be taken offline tonight.
On his blog, former Bad Boy A&R Geno Sims discusses the making of "Godfather," a mid-2000s cut that Sims says was one of the early songs created during the recording process for Diddy's "Press Play" album.
The song at the time just had Dep's verse on it and a couple bars from Black Rob," Sims says of when he first heard the record. "I was like 'hold up, stop the press!' Puff walked in and was like 'what's this playing?' Then he kept talking about how hot G. Dep is lyrically. What people may not know [is that] Puff is into lyrics. Puff can dissect and analyze lyrics with accuracy of a sharp shooter."
Sims offers a free download of the song, which was produced by Bink! In the end, the song was not released officially as they could not clear the sample.
The Publik Eye has an interview with Kalenna of Dirty Money. Topics include the BET Awards 2011, working with Diddy and if there is a new Dirty Money album in the works. She says that solo projects are the focus right now, but that there is a lot of material left in the vault.
