Sunday, September 30, 2012
Eminem - Not Afraid
Music video by Eminem performing Not Afraid. (C) 2010 Aftermath Records
Wednesday, September 26, 2012
EXCLUSIVE: "I'M GLAD THAT EMINEM'S STILL GIVING PEOPLE JOBS & [EMPLOYMENT]"
Check out Ca$his' "You Think That I'm Crazy" below:
With his recent departure from Shady Records, West Coast rapper Ca$his hit up SOHH to give his take on longtime friend/mentor Eminem building up the label with acts like Slaughterhouse andYelawolf.
Tuesday, September 25, 2012
Monday, September 24, 2012
P!nk talks about "Here Comes the Weekend"
"This is a song that found me through Eminem; actually he found this song for us. And I did a song with him on his last record and the friendship swap was that he would do one on mine
and I've always been a huge Eminem fan. I think he's a BRILLIANT lyricist. He makes me laugh. And, uh.. I'm stoked that he's on my album. I got Eminem on my album! I'm awesome!
So, it's a fun song, it's definitely a fun song. It was gonna be the first single until I wrote 'Blow Me (One Last Kiss).'"
"Here Comes the Weekend" could possibly end up as one of the singles from Pink's album and if we're lucky, we could get a music video to go with it!
Do you think the song has chart-topping potential? Discuss below..
So, it's a fun song, it's definitely a fun song. It was gonna be the first single until I wrote 'Blow Me (One Last Kiss).'"
"Here Comes the Weekend" could possibly end up as one of the singles from Pink's album and if we're lucky, we could get a music video to go with it!
Do you think the song has chart-topping potential? Discuss below..
Rapper Mac Miller talks about meeting Eminem in Japan:
was wearing my cast, and Em comes out, and he was super funny. He walks out and he's like, 'So, what happened to your hand?’ And I was like 'I broke it, I punched a door.' And he was like 'that's pretty fucking sweet.' And then we chopped it up for a little bit."
Former Shady Records artist Cashis talks about Eminem reaching out to him during his drug addiction & shelved 'King Mathers' LP:
Exclusive: Cashis details what to expect from his upcoming full-length, "The Art Of Dying," and says it's a shame that fans never got to hear Eminem's shelved album, "King Mathers."
Former Shady Records artist Cashis talks about Eminem reaching out to him during his drug addiction & shelved 'King Mathers' LP:
"I was real arrogant at this time, so when he said it, I was like 'Man, I ain't weak. What do I look like goin
"I was real arrogant at this time, so when he said it, I was like 'Man, I ain't weak. What do I look like goin
g into some rehab?' And he's like 'Man, little dude, I'm watching you. You be going crazy'.. I was going hard at it & he just noticed. He knew what his problem was, and he had never seen anyone do it like how I was doing it.
I'm rapping about all these new pills and all these new drugs. He's like 'Well, what's this like?' and I'm telling him and all that, and he was like 'Wait a minute, man. You gonna need some help. If you ever feel like you wanna just talk, just come talk. I'll have it done discreetly. Won't nobody know. I know you're gonna think 'How the homies gonna look at me?' but you can't care about that.'
And I'm like 'Nah, I'm straight, man.' I walked away from that knowing that was my homeboy. He really cared about me. So the fact of him to pull me aside and let me know this wasn't just a record deal.. [showed] he really cared about me as a person. He never really called me Cashis. He always called me Ramone. He saw me as a person, and I thought that was cool."
"Em was just tight, man. I could be like 'Yo, Marshall, what's up? I'm in trouble. Somebody put some assault charges on me' or something, and next thing you know, I had a FedEx'd $10,000 check showing up. Or I could kick some verses in the studio, kick something crazy, and I got a check for $20,000 outta nowhere, and he's like 'It's a birthday gift.'"
"[Eminem] was telling me about [his drug problems] later on, but I wasn't gonna say nothing. He'd call and talk to my kids. I'd talk to him just about life problems... but his music was crackin'. I wish y'all could've heard the King Mathers album. It was so incredible, man."
I'm rapping about all these new pills and all these new drugs. He's like 'Well, what's this like?' and I'm telling him and all that, and he was like 'Wait a minute, man. You gonna need some help. If you ever feel like you wanna just talk, just come talk. I'll have it done discreetly. Won't nobody know. I know you're gonna think 'How the homies gonna look at me?' but you can't care about that.'
And I'm like 'Nah, I'm straight, man.' I walked away from that knowing that was my homeboy. He really cared about me. So the fact of him to pull me aside and let me know this wasn't just a record deal.. [showed] he really cared about me as a person. He never really called me Cashis. He always called me Ramone. He saw me as a person, and I thought that was cool."
"Em was just tight, man. I could be like 'Yo, Marshall, what's up? I'm in trouble. Somebody put some assault charges on me' or something, and next thing you know, I had a FedEx'd $10,000 check showing up. Or I could kick some verses in the studio, kick something crazy, and I got a check for $20,000 outta nowhere, and he's like 'It's a birthday gift.'"
"[Eminem] was telling me about [his drug problems] later on, but I wasn't gonna say nothing. He'd call and talk to my kids. I'd talk to him just about life problems... but his music was crackin'. I wish y'all could've heard the King Mathers album. It was so incredible, man."
Sunday, September 23, 2012
Demi Lovato channels Eminem via Twitter: “Guess what’s back, back, back, back again…
Demi Lovato channels Eminem via Twitter: “Guess what’s back, back, back, back again….. BANGS are back, back, back tell your friends….,” she wrote to the tune of Eminem’s “Without Me" after expressing her considerable interest in collaborating with the megastar MC. Should Em collaborate with Demi Lovato or not? Opinions wanted.
Friday, September 21, 2012
50 Cent Confirms Features With Ne-Yo, Chris Brown, Eminem & Trey Songz For 'Street King Immortal,' Talks His New Fitness Book 'Formula 50' & More [Audio]
Audio After The Jump
50 Cent called into Monterey, California radio station 102.5 KDON recently to talk to Eric The Funky 1. He opened up about the features on his upcoming album Street King Immortal.
"[People] can expect me, Eminem... I did a song with Chris Brown on the record, Trey Songz," 50 said. "I did a song with Ne-Yo. In the process I recorded with half of [the] music culture. I worked with everybody. In the past I hadn't reached out to artists and worked with them as much because 'Get Rich or Die Tryin' didn't have anyone that wasn't in house."
Erik congratulated 50 on the enormous success of Get Rich or Die Tryin, and said that when he throws on "In Da Club" it still gets the crowds pumping in the nightclubs almost 10 years later.
The conversation then shifted to 50's new movie Freelancers. The G-Unit boss talked about how great it was to get the chance to work with Forest Whitaker and Robert De Niro.
"I always wanted to keep myself associated with projects that have artistic integrity that I can be proud of, " 50 explained. "And having two Academy Award winning actors around me in the actual picture, you can't have more support than that."
Other topics covered included Street King energy drink, SMS Audio headphones, his workout routine and his upcoming fitness book Formula 50, which will be released on December 27 via iTunes and Hardcover.
Check out a description of Formula 50 below
Thursday, September 20, 2012
Eminem as a Role Model
Eminem has had much success in the music industry. He is considered one of the greatest rappers of all time. Since he has been on the scene Eminem’s rise to fame has had its ups and downs. The rapper was a former drug addict, struggling with his baby’s mother, and his relationship with his mother. Despite all of these issues Eminem has worked through his problems by way of his music.
As a performer in the music industry there is a certain appeal that one has to have to captivate fans and executives in the business. Being that Eminem is a white rapper in Hip Hop it would be sufficient to say that he has double 
trouble in regard to the latter. Not only has he had to pay his dues in a heavily populated industry that is comprised of African American rappers, Eminem was given a pass and has used it to the fullest in the industry.
trouble in regard to the latter. Not only has he had to pay his dues in a heavily populated industry that is comprised of African American rappers, Eminem was given a pass and has used it to the fullest in the industry.
Eminem’s music is not what you call kid-friendly nor can his music just be turned on in a classroom and heralded as an art form to teach. But, what is important in regard to Eminem is his life’s struggles and how he surpassed them by therapy and long suffering. There are not many rappers that will get up and tell the world about their true problems and issues that they deal with on a daily basis. Eminem is a role model for this very reason. His music speaks to this as well.
Time and time again white rappers tried to migrate into Hip Hop with the notion of trying to rap like Black rappers. It has always been an epic fail; just ask Vanilla Ice. Yet, Eminem never approached the music in this way or the lifestyle. He has always been his own man that could battle anyone on the microphone. Check out the film 8 Mile if you are unsure of his lyrical capabilities. He is that good! The rapper, actor, and producer have made it a point to change his life and let the world see his progression.
On the track I’m Not Afraid, he allows the world to enter into his zone in regard to where he is in life right now. And, it is clear that he has come full circle with his downfall with drugs and issues with his family. Life has a way of challenging you to become the individual you are supposed to be and Eminem has stepped up to it!
Staff Writer; atlas brown
Cashis Details Album Delay, Relives Moment Eminem Offered To Help Him With Drug Rehab
Exclusive: Cashis details what to expect from his upcoming full-length, "The Art Of Dying," and says it's a shame that fans never got to hear Eminem's shelved album, "King Mathers."
Five years is a lifetime between albums, especially in the Internet age. Yet in the case of former Shady Records artist Cashis, those five years brought about plenty of much-needed life change and insight. Once a hard-partying gangsta rapper addicted to pills, Cashis has since come clean and found himself liberated from his former addiction. He's also starting fresh musically, having recently been let go of his Shady contract. The focus is no longer on being a great artist, he admitted; it's now about being his own boss.
October 30 will see the release of his debut full-length, The Art of Dying, an album that was originally set to drop in 2009 but was held up for a variety of reasons. Even then, he understood the major label game, but he now admits he was frustrated with the hold up. However, he was quick to point out that there is no animosity toward Shady Records or Eminem. As he told me, “I still got big Shady tattoos on me. They ain't going nowhere. That's forever.”
I caught Cashis by phone while he was down in Austin, Texas last week, and during our conversation he relived the moment Eminem offered to help him go to rehab, explained that breaking ties with Shady helped him grow as a business man and artist, and admitted that delaying his album until 2012 has set him up better for sustained success.
Cashis Discusses The Patient Creation Of The Art Of Dying
HipHopDX: I wanted to start off with The Art Of Dying, which is set to drop October 30.
Cashis: Yeah, that's my baby right there.
DX: Yeah, man. It's been a long time coming. What can the people expect from this upcoming album?
Cashis: I think they can expect a definite well-rounded, more universal approach. With The County Hound, I was a kid. I was just angry at everything, and that's what you got. [With The Art Of Dying], I've been really on my money, so that's what it's about. Like I did with The County Hound, I talked about my kids. I talked about my battles with depression and thoughts of suicide and all of that. If I was to get killed or something right now, I would be proud that the world could listen to and know who I really was with this album. There's a different approach to each record but they all go together. I get to showcase all the stuff that [Eminem] was proud of me doing that I didn't get to do because I only dropped an EP.
DX: How has that transition felt for you? County Hound dropped back in '07 and you're now getting a chance to drop your first full-length five years later. What's it been like trying to let fans know you're at a different place since you last dropped a project? Has it been hard to bridge that gap?
Cashis: Yeah, a little bit. Certain people, they wanna just hear my style in the same vein the whole time. It took a while for people to just understand and even view me and hear my style different. I used to record and do like seven, eight stacks on every vocal. I don't even record the same way now, so people have to adapt to my new sound and my new approach. Now, people actually know that I got bars. Before, everybody thought I was a gangsta rapper. I'm definitely from the street and have a street vibe to me, but I'm a rapper. I listen to lyrics and punch lines and all that stuff just like everybody else.
I think people got to hear that more from me leaking records, but on this project, The Art Of Dying, it's a whole new world. I'm more than just a new artist off the block now. You can definitely know that I was taking my time, [that] I know what I'm doing musically. I'm impressed with it from beginning to the end – the intros, the outros, the skits. Everything is 100% authentic and it goes together and dictates the story of my life.
Monday, September 17, 2012
Photos: Celebrity birthdays today, Sept. 17; Eminem sued by his mom
It’s a bad day when even your mom sues you. On this day in 1999, Eminem was hit with a $10 million lawsuit, brought by none other than Marshall Mather III’s mother, Debbie Mathers-Briggs.
Comments the rapper had made about his mother had caused emotional distress and sleepless nights, harm to her credit rating, and even loss of her mobile home, the lawsuit claimed. She won a $1,600 settlement.
— Lisa Legge
Comments the rapper had made about his mother had caused emotional distress and sleepless nights, harm to her credit rating, and even loss of her mobile home, the lawsuit claimed. She won a $1,600 settlement.
— Lisa Legge
Saturday, September 15, 2012
Thursday, September 13, 2012
Producer No I.D. says that he'll be working with Eminem
No I.D. knows a thing or two about producing for rap greats. With a discography which already includes unforgettable tracks with the likes of Common ("I Used to Love H.E.R."), Jay-Z ("Run This Town") and Nas ("Daughters"), the Chicago beat wizard and Def Jam executive looks to get in the studio with another primetime hitmaker: Eminem.
"I definitely sat down and spoke with Eminem about working and we agreed to get in the studio and see what we could do," No I.D. told MTV News on Wednesday in Los Angeles while he attended a G.O.O.D. Music party in the Moet Rosé Lounge at Bagatelle. "He's one of the best, I want to work with one of the best and try and give some music contributions. I think that would be one of the next steps in that lineage of what I'm trying to do."
So what exactly would a No I.D./Eminem record sound like? "Hip-hop," he said with a brimming confidence.
If fans are lucky, they may be able to hear the results of that session sometime soon. Last month, Eminem confirmed that he is working on hisseventh major label studio album and his Bad Meets Evil partner Royce da 5'9" is already impressed. "Marshall is the studio right now, laying the most awesome lyrics in the world," Nickel Nine said when he and Slaughterhouse appeared on "RapFix Live" on August 30. "I'm not so sure how the world is going to respond from some of the things that I've heard from him."
What do you think of a No I.D./Eminem collaboration would sound like? Let us know in the comments!
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"I definitely sat down and spoke with Eminem about working and we agreed to get in the studio and see what we could do," No I.D. told MTV News on Wednesday in Los Angeles while he attended a G.O.O.D. Music party in the Moet Rosé Lounge at Bagatelle. "He's one of the best, I want to work with one of the best and try and give some music contributions. I think that would be one of the next steps in that lineage of what I'm trying to do."
NO I.D. Collabo With Eminem On The Horizon
So what exactly would a No I.D./Eminem record sound like? "Hip-hop," he said with a brimming confidence.
If fans are lucky, they may be able to hear the results of that session sometime soon. Last month, Eminem confirmed that he is working on hisseventh major label studio album and his Bad Meets Evil partner Royce da 5'9" is already impressed. "Marshall is the studio right now, laying the most awesome lyrics in the world," Nickel Nine said when he and Slaughterhouse appeared on "RapFix Live" on August 30. "I'm not so sure how the world is going to respond from some of the things that I've heard from him."
What do you think of a No I.D./Eminem collaboration would sound like? Let us know in the comments!
Slaughterhouse Discuss Their Competition And Favorite Tracks
Unposted News: Crooked I speaks on SH signing to Eminem
Slaughterhouse, Paul Rosenberg Talk 'Welcome to Our House' Album & Success
Tim Mosenfelder, Getty Images Entertainment
Rap supergroup Slaughterhouse doesn't quantify success in numbers. Following its self-titled debut on E1 Records in 2009, the quartet started work on its sophomore album, "Welcome to Our House." Consisting of Royce Da 5'9", Joe Budden, Crooked I and Joell Ortiz, the group-signed toEminem's Shady Records in January 2011-believes mainstream acclaim is secondary to what it has already accomplished.
"Eminem is arguably one of the most successful artists in the whole fucking world," Crooked I says. "And he signed Slaughterhouse. You can't get much more successful than being signed to that guy. Wherever the project goes, that's where it goes. Hopefully people will feel the music. I know we put our best foot forward."
On "Welcome to Our House," due Aug. 28 through Shady/Interscope, the foursome builds on its prior projects-including last year's Slaughterhouse EP-with marquee production from No I.D. and AraabMuzik, as well as guest slots from Cee Lo Green, Busta Rhymes, Swizz Beatz and Eminem, the lattermost also producing and mixing the majority of the LP. For Shady Records president Paul Rosenberg, signing the group aligned with the label's respect for rappers who care more about lyricism than scoring a hit.
"The goal is to make a great album and, obviously, if we can get some wider acceptance in the process, we want to do that," Rosenberg says. "I really believe that the [members are] in a group because they are the type of artists they are and make this type of core lyrical hip-hop that not everybody else is making these days."
Under E1, the group had six days to knock out the debut LP, which has sold 77,000 copies, according to Nielsen SoundScan, and debuted at No. 25 on the Billboard 200. Shady allowed the members to take their time in laying down tracks for the album and have a hand in determining a release date. The four artists scheduled breaks from their solo careers to record "Welcome to Our House" together in a studio, as opposed to shipping verses through the Internet. The benefits of signing with Shady became immediately evident.
"We were just allotted everything with a much greater scale this time," Budden says. "There was much more support and a bigger budget, more brains, more ideas, more people invested." Royce Da 5'9" adds, "This is the first project that I was involved in that I didn't feel was rushed. We made time to get together to record the album together. The fans will actually hear the cohesiveness of that."
Following Yelawolf's 2011 debut, "Radioactive," Slaughterhouse is the first in a line of Shady acts with albums in the queue. In conjunction with Aftermath/Interscope, the imprint has already put out 50 Cent's "New Day," featuring Alicia Keys and Dr. Dre, which precedes the November release of 50's next album, "Street King Immortal." Eminem has begun work on the follow-up to 2010's "Recovery" and last year's "Hell: The Sequel," a collaboration with Royce Da 5'9" under the name Bad Meets Evil. There's a deal in place with Casio and G-Shock in connection with Slaughterhouse and Eminem (both acts kicked off G-Shock's 30th anniversary with a special show in New York in early August), and the label is considering the possibility of a Shady 2.0 tour for next year as long as it makes "financial sense," Rosenberg says.
The label's resurgence is part of a rebranding effort known as Shady 2.0, signaling the imprint's return following a prior incarnation that featured acts including D12, Ca$his and Obie Trice. Mike "Heron" Herard, who co-manages Slaughterhouse with Crystal Leslie, acknowledges Shady's efforts to promote the album through an online video series (the group's YouTube channel has more than 1.7 million views) and international touring.
"It's not about spending a lot of money," Herard says. "They're not expensive. But people are caring to put effort into making things happen. You get on these conference calls and endless shit with things never happening. But someone will follow up with you. It's pretty amazing stuff."
Prior to its Shady debut, Slaughterhouse released a comic book to iTunes on Aug. 14, as well as the single "Throw That" featuring Eminem on Aug. 21. The group also released its DJ Drama-hosted "On the House" mixtape featuring all original music. The penchant for releasing free songs speaks to the respect that the group holds for fans' patience. "If we do something today, we feel like it's old. So we want this mixtape to be fresh, and we're getting it done," Ortiz says. "We want this to be the pregame to the Super Bowl."
While members of the group tease focus on solo careers post-album release, the quartet stays unified-but is willing to cut loose along the way. "As soon as the album comes out, you can find me at the local strip club, hanging off of the Hollywood sign," Crooked I says. "We'll probably do some shows, go out there and have fun with the fans. No doubt."
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