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Law enforcement sources tell us L.A. County Sheriff‘s deputies pulled over the multi-platinum selling rapper and his wife in a Maybach on Sunset Boulevard around 10:30PM. Deputies say they smelled marijuana, and after searching the vehicle they arrested T.I. and Tameka.
I wonder who will take he wrap for this one
Update 9:42am: As we first reported, cops pulled over T.I.’s ultra-expensive Maybach on Sunset Blvd around 10:18 PM for a traffic violation and then smelled marijuana. During a subsequent search of the vehicle, cops say they found a controlled substance — we’re told it was not cocaine. The class of the controlled substance that was found includes methamphetamines and ecstasy.
TMZ got the scoop and got exclusive photos, including one of Tiny being put into a squad car.
BoB performs some cuts off his latest album The Adventures Of Bobby Ray, now on iTunes, Amazon and your local record store. Watch him perform “Don’t Let Me Fall” above, more after the jump.
Phonte & Nicolay are back with their critically acclaimed duo. Tracklist and bio below
“Authenticity” is the 3rd full-length from indie-soul duo The Foreign Exchange.
Picking up where their 2008 Grammy-nominated “Leave It All Behind” set left off, “Authenticity” is the group’s most diverse work to date, with a tight, 11-track song cycle spanning the duo’s trademark brand of lush electronic soul, to stripped down acoustic pieces that recall the heyday of 70′s singer-songwriter driven folk.
Lead single “Maybe She’ll Dream Of Me” is a playful, synth-driven hip-hop groove featuring a rapped verse from Phonte that evokes the band’s “Connected” era, while the epic opener “The Last Fall” finds some of the band’s most cynical lyrics to date (“Love is at worst an excuse/at best it’s a truce…”) over a frenzied Nicolay production jammed with layers of strings, guitars, and dense choral harmonies.
“I think every band reaches that point when they come into their own and find a sound that is distinctively theirs,” says Phonte in reference to the album’s title. “The title refers to me and Nic’s journey to find our own unique space within this vast musical landscape. The biggest challenge as a musician is to find that ‘thing’ that makes you who you are. But I think we’re getting there, and we’re finding our way more and more with each record.”
Featuring guest appearances from longtime contributors YahZarah, Darien Brockington, Zo! and Median, and also relative newcomers Chantae Cann and Jesse Boykins III, “Authenticity” hits stores 10/12 on +FE Music.
If you, like me, appreciate the genius of MF DOOM or in need of a crash course, the good homie Boney Starks has prepare this 90min tribute. Great for back to school hassles and boring classes.
Grammy Award winning producer DJ Toomp talks with Ben Styles about working with Kanye West in Hawaii, his placement on Jay-Z’s “American Gangster,” thoughts on Lex Luger and more.
This should be required viewing for anyone who is interested at all in production. After the jump another clip where Toomp discusses the differences between hardware and software.
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MTV speaks to Fat Joe and Preemo on the standout track on Joey Cracks “Darkside Vol. 1″ titled “I’m Gone”. The track was made the day that Guru died, a day Preemo admits to not wanting to work that day (Understandably) but joe was under deadline.
