Kanye West’s new single “Cant Tell Me Nothing”
Sunday, May 20, 2007
News For 5-20-07
50 Cent disses Master P, refuses to "tone down" lyricsIn the aftermath of the Don Imus controversy, many a Hip-Hop artist has taken the step to attempt to tone down their language in music. 50 Cent was asked by reporters at a BET Awards press conference about the situation, and had some sharp words to say in return.
“Are you familiar with politics? Are you familiar with the President’s No. 2 man? You’re familiar with him resigning based on him using, maybe what we’d call a dating service? Maybe he’s hanging out with hoes that we mention in the music. If that doesn’t make you aware of a situation that exists….”
“Music is a mirror, and hip-hop is a reflection of the environment that we grew up in. It’s the harsh realities that end up in the music,” he added. “If I ask you to paint a picture of the American flag and not use the color red, you’re gonna have a difficult time. To capture what we try to capture in the art form, I’m sure some conservative Americans can’t [identify] with it because of their lifestyle and the way they’ve actually been brought up, and they haven’t been exposed to those realities.”
When Master P, who is among those who have agreed to drop the vulgarity, was used as an example, 50 laughed, saying: “Well Master P doesn’t sell CDs anymore.” “You can tell him I said it. Cameras is rollin’ right?...Curtis, June 26.”
50 Cent Speaks on Imus and Oprah @ BET
Fab spoke to MTV recently about his new Def Jam album “From Nothin To Somethin”, and his upcoming plans for the project, and what life has been like for him in between albums. “We got to work with a lot of people we felt would make the album better. Production-wise, the lineup is like the Yankees: Timbaland, Akon, Jermaine Dupri, Just Blaze, Polow Da Don, Neo ‘The Matrix.’ ... We got great features, too. Each person, I could hear them making the song better. Lil’ Mo, Cassidy … we got a very deep, well-rounded album.”
“I been through situations I never been in before in my life…I got shot, been arrested, been in a relationship. I’m past really rapping for my block or my projects. I’m trying to grow. We been working really hard. I took two months and worked in Miami , then I came back to New York and worked another three months.”
Fabolous shared the sentiment, adding: “It’s a great record… We get a lot of love across the country everywhere we play it. It leans towards the ladies, but it’s a swagger record. The fellas could dig it too. The fellas are picking up lines from it. They telling ladies, ‘I’m cool, but you make me a better person.’ I’m happy everybody is receiving it well.
“When you make a relationship song, it’s relatable…A lot of people have been in the position when you’ve been the main person or the mistress. Or maybe you had somebody on the side … at least once in their life. It’s just relatable music. Same thing with ‘Make Me Better.’ You find that person in your life, then the haters, their antennas go up.”
Scheduled to drop on June 10th, This looks to be one of F-A-B’s most promising albums.
Kanye West’s new LP “Graduation” is scheduled to release on September 18th, and even his mom is pleased with the outcome. In a recent interview with MTV, Kanye and his mother spoke about the new album. “This Graduation album is his best ever — musically, as well as the lyrics,” she said. With that kind of support, and videos with Hype Williams, Kanye might just do as he says. “We already shot two videos,” “Me and Hype [Williams] went out, we shot nine days. We were out in Japan, we were out in the desert. We’re taking it serious.”
Kanye kept a lid on song titles, but he did confirm that a few of the rumored collaborations for the album were true. He has Coldplay’s Chris Martin on a few tracks, such as “Homecoming” and “The Glory”, the latter of which was originally set to appear on Commons new LP.
“I’m graduating from a school called ‘Universe City,’ ” West explained of the Graduation concept. “I think the sound is bigger this time. It’s bigger and simpler, where the notes really connect with you and I say lines … I know the power of my words, so when I rap, I know it’s gonna impact the world. I know I’m gonna be performing anywhere from the Summer Jam stage [at New Jersey’s Giants Stadium] to [New York nightclub] Speed to the House of Blues in L.A., to London to Brazil to Ireland. ...
I’m making music for somebody sitting in a car on their way to work trying to get through traffic and my music is helping them zone out, to a 60,000-seater where I’m opening up for the Rolling Stones or U2. I’m not talking about you two — I’m talking about U2 the group. Like I say, ‘Why would I do a song with you two when I just got offstage with U2? I’m not even talking to you two.’ That’s how I feel.”
“I’m ready to take over the world once again,” he added. “I have a lot to say. I got a lot more music to make. I’m still going through stuff. People are still going through stuff. I make music people can relate to every day. My music just isn’t about my story. ... There’s not one artist in the world that has as much responsibility as me. When I deliver a piece of music, it has to connect with the most genres of music. I don’t care who you name.
If you name rap artists, their only responsibility is to rap crowds. If you name a pop artist, their only responsibility is to a pop crowd. If you name some French dance music, their responsibility is to the cool crowd. But I have to deliver songs. All these people are looking at me from super-middle America to the hipsters like, ‘What’s he gonna do next?”
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