Every now and then you come across a track from a somewhat unknown creative who really should have more airplay, Nick Moods is one of those guys. Last week he dropped a new track that you just wanna *MWAH* kiss on the chops
Tag: HipHop
“Noisey introduces you to Australian female rapper Iggy Azalea as she plays her first ever gig in the UK at Birthdays in Dalston. Before performing one of the sweatiest gigs in history, Iggy opens up about being told she was too fat to be a model, having beef with Azealia Banks, and being white.”
This Spring/Summer season LACOSTE L!VE introduces you to Unconventional Talents in New York, assigned by Lacoste Doper than Cream Photographer Mark Hunter better known as The Cobrasnake shoots young emerging talents from New York for the Lacoste Live “Unconventional” Spring 2012 campaign. Featuring street tape artist Aakash Nihalini, Amanda Warner from the electro duo MNDR and Leyla Safai from punk hiphop group HeartsChallenger, the images are shot in Brooklyn. Have a look also below to Watch incredibly talented people rocking some dope items such as doper than cream Cardigans, Jackets, Sweatshirts, T-Shirts, Glasses, Bags After the jump Tell us Who you influenced you the most and which items pleased you the most or which pieces you would rock with.
2 Chainz causes a riot in the video for Riot the first track from 2 Chainz’ Def Jam debut titled Based on a T.R.U. Story expected August 14th.
Presented by Taylor Gang’s Wiz Khalifa the young Mc collaborate with Def Jam’s signee for 2 Chainz. This track does not feature on his new project “Taylor Allderdice” but might end up on one Artist album.
For the first edition of his web series, “The Tanning Effect,” presented in partnership with AOL BlackVoices, Steve Stoute interviewed Jay-Z. In this latest edition, Stoute sits down with Interscope’s iconic executive, Jimmy Iovine. From Bruce Springstein to Dr. Dre to Eminem to Lady Gaga Iconic Iovine has fostered massively successful acts from all across the musical divide. In this interview Iovine discusses the unlikely structural similarities between “Satisfaction” by rock & roll titans “Rolling Stones” and Hip-Hop Living Legends Dr. Dre and Snoop Dogg’s hip-hop anthem, “Nuthin’ but a ‘G’ Thang.” He also describes how he convinced Rolling Stone Magazine that Snoop and Dre were the new Mick Jagger and Keith Richard which led to them becoming the first rap act to grace the cover of the Worldwide recognize magazine.
Watch the full interview after the break
Old School Cat and Hip-Hop pioneer Heavy D passed away at age 44, Born Dwight Arrington Myers, Heavy was the first act signed to acclaimed record label, Uptown Records. He is best known for the commercially successful albums such as Livin Large, Big Tyme and Nuttin’ But Love among others. He also appeared in movies like Life, and Big Trouble, as well as television series, “Livin’ Single,” and “A Different World.”
While popular singles “Girls, They Love Me,” “Now That We Found Love,” “Nuttin’ But Love,” and “Is It Good To You” are forever embedded in rap history, “The Overweight Lover” is perhaps best remembered for becoming hip-hop’s first Big sex symbol paving the way for The Notorious B.I.G and Big Pun. He embraced his weight and mentioned it often in his rhymes, removing the stigma that being slim was required to be attractive.
Rest in peace, Heavy D. You will be missed.