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T.I. & Drake Are “Poppin’ Bottles”

11.29.10 | No Comments

T.I.’s No Mercy is scattered all over the net by now. Of the many features on the album, is one with Drake. The track entitled “Poppin’ Bottles” was produced by T-Minus (Ludacris “How Low” & Nicki Minaj’s “Moment 4 Life”).

The song is another song for the clubs; it lacks in areas of depth but name drops all the hottest alcohol and what not.

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MUSIC, Unreleased

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Nicki Minaj Feat. Drake VS. Drake Feat. Nicki Minaj

11.18.10 | No Comments

It seems like a handful are returning the favor to Nicki Minaj for her Pink Friday debut. Earlier this year, Minaj was the feature one of Drake’s tracks on his debut, Thank Me Later. Now, Drake is the feature on Minaj’s album, in a song entitled “Moment 4 Life.”

In the Boi-1da-produced “Up All Night” from Thank Me Later, it was a refreshing moment. Nicki Minaj toned down the antics and became serious; spitting heavy rhymes to match the urban production. She came through and added some extra heat for Drizzy.

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VS.

“Moment 4 Life” is the new one and we’ll let Minaj explain this one for you:

Moment 4 Life is about 2 kids that grew up on the same block. They shared their dreams of making it as rappers. They laughed together, they cried together. One day they realize that their dreams have come to fruition. Though they know all things come to an end, they celebrate. They wish that they could have this moment 4 LIFE.

Oh yeah barbz, ‘Moment 4 Life’ features Drake! I was really looking forward to our collaboration and it lived up to every one of my expectations. It feels like a marriage made in heaven

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Ahhh this is a tricky one because in unbiased opinion they both are really good tracks. We call this one a tie.

In other news Drake announced the title of his sophomore album to be Take Care and just like Drake, Nicki Minaj will have her own MTV documentary. Check out a preview after…

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MUSIC, Unreleased

Tagged: drake, moment 4 life, nicki minaj, pink friday, thank me later, up all night
Oh Na Na, Rihanna’s Her Name… Rihanna/ Drake #1 On Billboard Hot 100

11.10.10 | No Comments

And the hits began to flow from the LOUD era. That’s right, the Ester Dean-penned and Stargate-produced “What’s My Name” featuring Drake lands at the #1 spot on this week’s Billboard Hot 100. The island gal moved 235,000 in digital downloads and increased by 30% for radio airplay amongst listeners.

RiRi bumped Far East Movement’s “Like a G6″ to #2 and to add to it, Rihanna still holds the #4 spot for “Only Girl (In the World).” This makes it the red head’s 3rd #1 single for the year: “Rude Boy” and “Love the Way You Lie” precedes.

Say what you want about abomination that is the stage performer Rihanna but her niche is making hot ass singles for us to get addicted to. However, we cannot deny that she had a sparkle recently during her Italian X Factor performance of “Only Girl (In the World),” SEE HERE.

Music Media, NEWS

Tagged: billboard hot 100, drake, rihanna, what's my name
Video Premieres From Nicki Minaj, Nelly, Katy Perry, Robyn, T.I. & Dirty Money

10.29.10 | No Comments

Over the past few days that we were missing a handful of videos premiered from some of today’s hottest artists.

First up is the Diane Martel-directed “Right Thru Me” lifted from Nicki Minaj’s Pink Friday. In the video, Minaj tones things down a great deal and is expressing her emotions to her lover, played by model Will Monfret.

Next up is Nelly’s video for the Marc Klasfeld-directed “Move That Body” featuring Akon and T-Pain. The single is lifted from 5.0. The video revolves around some urban underground setting with some sexy chicks battling it out.

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Music Videos, VIDEOS

Tagged: akon, diddy, dirty money, drake, firework, indestructible, katy perry, love you no more, move that body, nelly, nicki minaj, right thru me, robyn, t-pain, t.i., video premiere, ya hear me
OFFICIAL: Rihanna ‘LOUD’ Tracklist

10.20.10 | No Comments

Firstly, we would like to apologize for posting that fake tracklist the other week which had us under the impression that there would be a Lady GaGa x Rihanna collaboration. Well DefPenRadio is just about as official as it comes, pertaining to Rihanna. The trustworthy site released the official tracklist just a few short moments ago. The album will contain three features: Drake, Nicki Minaj and Eminem. It also turns out that the reports are true; “Love the Way you lie (Part II)” will be apart of the album. The David Guetta-produced “Who’s That Chick” will appear as a bonus track. View the tracklist after…

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Music Media, NEWS

Tagged: drake, eminem, LOUD, love the way you lie part 2, nicki minaj, rihanna, tracklist
Listen: Rihanna & Drake Collab On “What’s My Name”

10.15.10 | 2 Comments

A few weeks ago Rihanna took to the streets of New York City to shoot the Philip Andelman-directed video for her second single, “What’s My Name,” from LOUD. Reports later surfaced that current Hip-Hop superstar Drake would appear on the remix. Well today that collaboration leaked.

Rihanna, Stargate and Ester Dean stuck to what worked with “Rude Boy” and slightly reworked the formula for this not-so-obvious future smash. On first listen the song doesn’t hit as hard as “Rude Boy” but the second time is a different story. Drake drops his verse over the bouncy production before the melody switches up to the blazin’ middle 8 and certifies the song as a hot one.

P.S. We’re feeling this song much better than “Only Girl (In the World).”

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MUSIC, Singles

Tagged: drake, LOUD, philip andelman, rihanna, what's my name
Drake Leaks “I Get Lonely Too,” Has Lunch With Sade, Further Discusses R&B Mixtape + More

10.05.10 | 4 Comments

With the leak of “I Get Lonely Too” we can be sure that Drake’s R&B Mixtape , It’s Never Enough, will be here sooner than later. Drake also takes us on a trip down memory lane as he samples TLC’s late 90′s title track, “Fanmail.” The song is everything we like about R&B Drake: mellow, smooth and has that seductive flow. Drake just recently described the mixtape as “This is like shirt-off-in-the-rain type R&B.“

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Drake has also been making his rounds in NYC, first stopping by CBS studios for a special interview with Katie Couric and then heading over to Hot97 to have a nice chat with Angie Martinez. Listen to Drake’s Hot97 interview after…
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MUSIC, Music Media, NEWS, Singles

Tagged: drake, fanmail, i get lonely too, tlc
“Deuces”: The Chris Brown Mega Remix + Ciara’s Take…

10.03.10 | 1 Comment

So a great deal of you have probably been bumping the official remix of Chris Brown’s “Deuces” which features Drake, T.I., Kanye West, Fabolous, Rick Ross & Andre 3000. The #1 R&B song in the US receives major support with this All Star Hip-Hop line-up.

Honestly, we fully understand and support this because let’s face it, the remix is pure heat and some sponsoring by a crop of today’s top-of-the-pack rappers is great for Brown’s popularity. However it’s the original song that won over a mass of people and this remix drowns out Breezy. It’s like “Deuces” by Various Artists instead of Chris Brown featuring… Point is, the remix is deadly on its own song but the simplicity of the original is where it’s at, DEUCES! Listen to Ciara’s cover after…

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Covers, MUSIC, Remixes

Tagged: andre 3000, chris brown, ciara, deuces remix, drake, fabolous, kanye west, rick ross, t.i.
More Details Emerge On Rihanna’s ‘LOUD’ Album… Nicki Minaj…

09.29.10 | No Comments
It was just a year ago when Rap Radar’s Elliott Wilson posted his thoughts after sitting in on an album listening session of Rihanna’s Rated R in L.A. Reid’s office. This year popular blogger Just Jared is tweeting about Rihanna’s LOUD after his listening session in L.A. Reid’s office:

Some new facts:
- LOUD will contain 10 to 11 tracks
- The album is her “best to date,” contains many “club bangers” and “#1 singles”
- The sound is all Pop with lots of “island flava” and “dance”
- There is a song entitled “Man Down” that starts with sirens
- Nicki Minaj will be featured on the album in a song entitled “Raining Men”
- It’s still unclear, but Drake is apart of the album
UPDATE:
- “Cheers” samples Avril Lavigne’s “I’m With You.”
- The Doritos’ “Who’s That Chick” will in fact be apart of LOUD
- Other songs on the album are “California King (Bed),” “S&M,” and the confirmed second single, “What’s My Name?”
Music Media, NEWS

Tagged: drake, just jared, keep it going louder, l.a. reid, nicki minaj, rihanna
Drake Gives Details On ‘It’s Never Enough’ R&B Mixtape

09.15.10 | No Comments

MTV VJ, Sway, caught up with Drake on Saturday, during his VMA rehearsal, to discuss his forthcoming mixtape entitled It’s Never Enough. It seems that Drizzy is giving this new ‘tape the same amount of effort he did with his So Far gone ‘tape:

“It’s feeling really good, man,” Drizzy said of the tape. “It’s a lot of great music that we all enjoy listening to as a team… I’m really excited about It’s Never Enough. I might pick a beautiful woman and shoot a video. I have some ideas.”

Drake also stated that nothing R&B that has leaked from him in the last month or two will appear on the mixtape but he did announce the first track to be lifted from the project:

“It’s all new music,” he said of It’s Never Enough. “All the R&B stuff that recently leaked, that’s not for the tape… One record he did say he was excited for people to hear is a record called “I Get Lonely Too. It’s actually the first song on the mixtape,” he said. [SOURCE]

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Music Media, NEWS

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