(AllHipHop News) Earlier today (November 30), Grammy Award-winning producer Bangladesh stopped by the AllHipHop.com offices to speak about his newly formed Bangladesh Records imprint, and he also spoke on his album which he plans to release sometime next year.
Bangladesh, the producer behind hits like Lil Wayne’s “A Milli” and “6 Foot 7 Foot” as well as recent records for Rihanna, Beyonce, Diggy Simmons, Nicki Minaj, and more, spoke specifically about two collaborations from his album that he cannot wait for the world to hear.
After previously working with Pusha T on the G.O.O.D. Music artists’ recently released Fear of God II: Let Us Pray project, he mentioned that the rapper will also be appearing on Bangladesh’s album.
“He did a song for my album which is dope,” Bangladesh told AllHipHop.com. “I got Jadakiss on there together and I’m looking to get T.I. on it. It’s called “100″ and it’s stupid!”
In addition, Bangladesh mentioned that he also recently completed a track for Pusha T’s official solo debut that features the King of Crunk, Lil Jon, on the hook.
He also spoke on another star-studded feature that he has already recorded.
“I got a song with Ice Cube and Kendrick Lamar and Snoop [Dogg] that’s just so crazy. I just can’t be on that one. It’s a West Coast theme and it’s stupid! Kendrick killed it, Ice Cube killed it,” he said. “When you hear the album you’re gonna be like ‘damn that’s Cube, he came hard!’ and that’s what to expect from this album; your favorite artists or artists that you didn’t think could spit are busting and really going in because they hear the beat and the beat influences them to go in, cause I never heard some of the artists rapping as good as they are on this.”
Not only will Bangladesh be handling the album’s production, he also plans on doing some rapping as well.
“I’m rapping on it, I’m making beats, I’m doing everything on there,” Bangladesh told AllHipHop.com. “I’m not rapping all over the album, but there are some songs I’m on and there’s some songs that I just don’t belong on so I didn’t get on them.”
When asked about the producer’s pattern of working with different artists across all musical genres, he said “everything I do I try to do where’s it’s not familiar for that artists. I try to do something that’s like ‘dang, Pusha T and Lil Jon?! Bangladesh and Ke$ha?!’ I try to always do things that no one expects.
“I think that’s the whole point of producing is to change the game,” Bangladesh continued. “I think it’s going to fill the void of buying an album with one or two joints on there. I’m a producer so I’m going to have all hits. I’ve got all your favorite artists on there so it just makes sense.”
by JP DelaCuesta
http://allhiphop.com/2011/11/30/grammy-award-winning-producer-bangladesh-shares-some-details-on-his-new-album/#1_undefined,0_
(AllHipHop News) Kanye West’s former manager and close associate John Monopoly and business partner Larro Wilson have launched a new Chicago-based record label, Lawless Inc.
John Monopoly and his company Hustle Period helped launch the careers of several major recording artists including Kanye West, Carl Thomas and Shawnna.
Coupled with his experience as VP of Producer Management at Violator, A&R at Jive Records, COO at G.O.O.D. Music Label, Monopoly looks to repeat his previous successes as he seeks to become the premier Chicago based record label.
Their debut artist will be King Louie, whose new single “Too Cool” has picked up across the net and is currently in rotation at radio stations in Chicago.
The remix is expected to be released soon, as well and will feature 2Chainz & Red Café.
Kanye West referenced Monopoly’s talent in The Source Magazine in November of 2006.
“He was meant to make power moves in this game, I owe a lot of my success to him,” Monopoly said.
by jakecrates
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(November 22), Chicago’s own Naledge and Double-O, more commonly known and referred to as Kidz in the Hall, will release their fourth studio album Occasion to the public via Braniac and Duck Down Records. The 16-track album features a wide range of eclectic guests including David Banner, Tabi Bonney, Bun B, Freddie Gibbs, Marsha Ambrosius, Curren$y, and many more.
In Naledge and O’s eyes, making music isn’t always about trying to top what you did the last time around, it’s about creating a unique sound that is fresh, maturing, and overall, feel-good. With the release of Occasion, they successfully managed to do all of the above, yet still provide fans and listeners alike with something truly worthy of being a Kidz in the Hall album.
AllHipHop.com spoke to both of the Kidz before the release of Occasion and got the guys to talk about the creation and recording process of the album, what is was like working with artists like Bun B and David Banner, their personal highlights from Occasion, the loss of Heavy D, who needs to buy this album, and much more:
AllHipHop.com: First off, I want to congratulate both of you guys on the release of Occasion, which is going to be your third album with Duck Down Records. What about your business relationship with Duck Down works so well for you guys and allows you to create the music that you want to?
Double-O: I think they just let us make the music that we want to make. We’ve never had to compromise ourselves at all and they’ve never asked us too.
AllHipHop.com: Last week, a few of us actually came to visit your video shoot in Brooklyn for “Pour It Up” with Bun B and David Banner. Can you guys explain the robbery concept we witnessed?
Kidz In The Hall: (Laughing)
Double-O: It’s about someone listening to my f*cking idea, that’s what happened. It’s basically like our version of Clerks, if you’re familiar with the original Clerks. You know that mundane kind of job but with that Kidz twist on it and some crazy sh*t goes down.
AllHipHop.com: Is there a specific reason why you guys chose to shoot the video in New York as opposed to your hometown of Chicago?
Double-O: We go to Europe on Monday, so it made more sense for Naledge to come here, cause I was already here, and then go off to Europe from New York, cause that’s where we’re leaving from. So really it was just a logistical thing.
AllHipHop.com: And what are you guys about to be doing in Europe?
Double-O: Shooting the second season of our reality show.
AllHipHop.com: Can’t wait to see that! We did get to speak to Bun B at the video shoot, and he was talking about the song being an homage to Pimp C. What can you guys tell me about your relationship with Bun, and how did you all link up for “Pour It Up”?
Naledge: Bun made a concerted effort as somebody who is more of a pioneer in the game to reach out to younger artists who are doing their thing and really make relationships with us and really network, and it’s crazy cause when you see someone who has accomplished so much and be willing to really put in their own groundwork. In our eyes, he’s giving us a blueprint. Bun is like family man, he’s like your uncle and lets you know in a cool way what’s going on; if you’re doing something right or you’re doing something wrong. He’s somebody who’s been there and done that and will always lend a hand and lend an ear. It’s just one of those things.
AllHipHop.com: So if Bun B is your uncle, what would that make David Banner?
Naledge: He’s like the crazy cousin. He’s the nicest dude you’ll ever meet, until you get on his bad side [laughter].
AllHipHop.com: I hear that. When do you plan on releasing the visual for “Pour It Up”?
Double-O: Whenever it gets done. I know that there’s going to be a little bit of a delay, but hopefully not too much.
AllHipHop.com: I’m not sure if it was two or three weeks ago, but you guys did something very creative and unique for your album listening session’s where you had party buses pick up passengers around the city to hear the album, party, and kick it with you guys. Whose idea was that, and overall, how did the experience go?
Double-O: Logistically, it’s always been about getting it to work, but we had actually been throwing that idea around from the time we had our first meeting with Duck Down back in 2007. So it was really just one of those things where this was the right time. There’s a very certain idea that we wanted to convey with the party bus.
AllHipHop.com: Well I think it was pretty genius to approach the listening like that and from what I’ve heard of the album, it certainly sounds like some of, if not your, best work to date, and definitely has a more up-beat sound to it. Would you agree or disagree?
Double-O: I mean, we always like what we just did, you know. We always like that newest thing that we made. So for a record like Occasion, that most people haven’t heard, and we’re like “this is the greatest sh*t ever!” I think that we try to improve with every album whether people think we need to or not. Sometimes, people get introduced to us in a variety of ways. There’s people who say that Attention is the best thing we’ve ever did and that was a mixtape that we put out such a long time ago but then, you know, there’s some people that really love School Was My Hustle and then there’s some people that love The In Crowd, and some who love Land of Make Believe. So we are always just trying to do something that is better than what we did last time but hopefully gain new fans also, and I think that’s what we’re doing.
Naledge: I think it’s one of those things where, at least me being the MC, I’m just talking about what’s going on in my life and I’m telling people where I’m at in my life. So some of out older material, it was like an older time, so I don’t really look back and I realized that somebody might be a fan of something that I don’t feel like making right now, so it’s like that’s cool, but there’s fans for what we’re doing right now, and right now everything is more me. It’s more of a place where I don’t feel like I have to prove certain things that I felt like I had to prove on our first couple of albums. I’m more interested in song structure than I ever was. I’m less interested in trying to prove to somebody that I’m dope. I know I’m dope. I don’t need to give you the most intricate rhyme pattern anymore to let you know that I’m dope. I play around with cadences more and I find nuances playing with the English language and playing with melodies, and just trying to create a feeling, and I think that’s what this album is about. It’s creating a feeling of an occasion and that’s how it came together.
AllHipHop.com: What was the actual process like?
Naledge: We went to L.A., we rented a house, and we made music that felt good to us with no qualms. We weren’t reading no blogs, we wasn’t checking no websites, wasn’t listening to nobody else’s stuff in the Rap world, and just made what we fell like making, and this is the result. That’s what I love about this album is that it wasn’t contaminated by what’s going on on the radio, or BET, or MTV Jams, or none of that, so I love this record. I think it’s our best work. I think it’s our most palatable album period. I think it stands up to anything we’ve done before.
AllHipHop.com: Is it safe to say that you guys are less concerned with trying to top yourselves and the work you’ve done in the past and more focused on just creating the best music you can possibly make right now?
Double-O: Yeah, I mean, I think that’s definitely it. We just kind of realized, that with this reality show and the other branding opportunities that we’ve been getting, we can make new fans everyday and just be appreciative of the fact that we can do this for a living and just vibe off of that and make everything an “occasion.”
AllHipHop.com: So what is so significant about the album title, Occasion and the cover art as well?
Double-O: I mean honestly, like, calling the album Occasion, it was a little bit of a marketing thing because it was kind of like, we had a song called “Occasion,” that we felt a lot of what the album is, is really based around and we knew that it was one of those important records that we really wanted to push. You know, it’s really me that gets caught up in it sometimes I try to be a little too subversive, where there’s like a billion different layers. Like people were like “Land of Make Believe has all these different meanings,” and it’s supposed to be meaningful and all that and with Occasion its just an occasion. The song, the vibe, everything, is very simple but on the flip side, I got to be a little subversive with the artwork, I mean the artwork is essentially confetti falling. It was just a really dope picture that I found. One of the photographers we work with a lot in Chicago, he had it on his website and I was just like “this is what it needs to be. This picture represents everything about the celebration of this type of album. The occasion.” That’s really how the title and art came to be.
AllHipHop.com: That’s awesome. As far as the actual recording process, I know you guys said earlier that you got the house in L.A. and were recording there. You’ve got a wide list of eclectic features on Occasion, did any of the artists actually come to the house with you guys and record?
Double-O: I mean, some of them were around. Some songs were done a little earlier then when we were in L.A. You know, we had a lot of ideas prior to recording and we were just fleshing them all out and so what ends up happening is, you can listen to a song a billion times, but before you can complete it, you’re like “aw, this is who I need on it!” Or even saying, “this is what I need to make this song complete.” There were a lot of those kind of brainstorming sessions that we had alongside the demos that we had done that led to a lot of the features.
AllHipHop.com: Looking back, is there anything that sticks out as a crazy moment during the making of the album?
Naledge: We had a lot of hoes around man during the making of this album. The album talks about the life or a real person that gets hoes. Not like, “I’m a player or I’m out here pimping, etc. I go to the club, I walk right in and I got like 80 girls.” No, man, not at all. I fight with women, argue with them, but at the same time, I love women and I talk to them and have meaningful conversations with them; I invite them to the studio. I drink with them and sometimes they smoke me out, I smoke weed with them. That’s really what this is about; it’s an occasion! It’s not an occasion if bad women – bad meaning good – if you don’t have great women around the environment than you can’t create that type of music. It might be a laughing moment or a laughing matter, but it’s the truth. I don’t know any heterosexual dudes that can hang out and have a great time with music without women involved. That’s just real.
AllHipHop.com: So for someone who goes out and picks up a copy or two of the album, where would you say is the perfect place or environment to hear the album?
Naledge: Anywhere that bad b*tches reside at. You know what I’m saying?
Double-O: [laughter]
Naledge: Car, strip club, party. You could be at your job right now and a bad b*tch could be at a cubicle next to you, and you might just be playing our song and that might get you in the mood to go rap to it like “let’s go hit this happy hour real quick.” (laughs) That’s who we are. That’s who Kidz In the Hall are. We understand that nine to five, office mentality. We’re those guys, who although we were pegged to be that if you look at our resume, we took it and made it to rap music. So I still hang out with people that graduated college and work that nine to five, but I’m like the coolest motherf*cker to them. We have always been – when people go right, Kidz In the Hall go left – so the music reflects that; it’s a fun time and we’re fun people and we found a way to mesh our wittiness and tongue-in-cheek humor into having fun and also attacking real issues. Did I mention that bad b*tches should buy the album?
AllHipHop.com: At least twice [laughter].
Naledge: For real. Attention all bad b*tches, buy Kidz in the Hall’s album. We are the leaders of the bad b*tch movement!
Double-O: (Laughs).
AllHipHop.com: Do each of you guys individually have a song on Occasion that is a personal favorite?
Double-O: For me, I love the way the whole album kind of rocks. I think what we did with this album was rather than try to tell a story or connect dots, we just picked our 14 favorite records and just put it on there.
AllHipHop.com: Ok.
Double-O: So I think that kind of like, this is the best of our life, right now. I think that’s why it maintains a certain amount of energy throughout the whole thing cause we just did the reverse of what people kind of tell you to do.
AllHipHop.com: Naledge?
Naledge: “Pour It Up” to me is the jewel of the album, only because, like, the way it came together, not necessarily because of Bun being on it or because of David Banner being on it, it celebrates the life of legends that passed away, but in a way that’s a little bit different. I was talking to Bun about the fact that down South, when people pass, you don’t get sad, people have a party for them, so that’s kind of what the idea of pouring out a little liquor for the homie or pour it up and toasting to the homie. That’s what we’re doing is toasting to the homies that we lost and toasting to the legends that we lost and we found a way to integrate that into a lifestyle. If they were alive, they’d be in the club and pouring it up and having fun. That was the energy that they exuded when they were here. So Pimp C, Biggie, and Tupac were the three legends that came to mind immediately but I really wanted to shed light on the memory of Chad Butler, specifically because I feel that Pimp C, you know, everything aside, the large character that he had, like he was a very, very talented individual.
AllHipHop.com: Absolutely.
Naledge: It just permeated really deeply in the Rap industry and I think it largely went unnoticed when he was alive.
AllHipHop.com: Well, even more recently the world lost Heavy D, and it is just amazing to see how iconic these people were and the legacies that they leave for people to hold onto for years and years after they pass away.
Double-O: It’s unfortunate and this goes even outside of Rap, I mean, we don’t celebrate people, unfortunately, until they’re gone a lot of the times because we’re forced to reflect on how important they really were in our life or just in the world. So with Heavy D, it’s just crazy. It’s wild sometimes how you can just go to sleep and wake up the next morning and look on Twitter and you find out somebody is gone. And the way that we look at death now, I think is about to evolve in such a wild way over the next couple of years.
AllHipHop.com: How so?
Double-O: You have kids growing up in an era where if someone passes away, there’s still a digital footprint of them. How many people were retweeting Heavy D’s last tweets you know? It’s a wild thing and just a very interesting concept of what death is nowadays.
AllHipHop.com: That’s very true. Just to finish up, looking ahead to next year, what do you guys have planned and in store for the fans and the industry in general?
Double-O: We’re definitely going to be working on solo stuff. There’s going to be the second season of the reality show and I think that with that, we’re going to have some new music. It’s funny too cause originally Occasion was going to be an EP and then it turned to an album, which seems to always happen, so I can say right now that I know we have a couple of songs that we’re going to attach to the show’s new season. Whether or not it will be an album, I don’t know, but it could be.
AllHipHop.com: Looking forward to hearing the new stuff, and congratulations again on the album’s release.
Kidz in the Hall: Thank you!
by JP DelaCuesta
http://allhiphop.com/2011/11/22/kidz-in-the-hall-celebrate-a-very-special-occasion/#1_undefined,0_
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(AllHipHop News)On Sunday, December 4th at midnight, MTV2 will be airing a 30-minute special called “Yo! MTV Raps Classic Cuts,” following the airing of the channel’s Sucker Free Awards show.
The retrospective episode will feature hosts Ed Lover, Dr. Dre, and Fab 5 Freddy, as well as artists like Ice Cube, Busta Rhymes, The Roots’ ?uestlove, Wiz Khalifa, Ali Shaheed Muhammad, Fat Joe and DJ Premier, who will be remixing the show’s theme song.
When asked about the new special, former host Fab 5 Freddy said the show will take viewers back to a bygone era in hip-hop.
“In this Classic Cuts special, people will go back to a seminal time in hip-hop which many have called the ‘Golden Era’ – resulting in records that are as meaningful today as they were back then,” Fab 5 Freddy said. “In order to appreciate how far hip-hop has come, you have to pay respect to the songs and artists that helped catapult the genre from a small community of fans to world domination.”
Ed Lover, one of “Yo! MTV Raps’” other hosts, couldn’t be happier with the announcement.
“It’s a great moment to be re-connected with Yo! and examine the music that had a role in introducing hip-hop to music lovers globally,” Ed Lover said.
Yo! MTV Raps has often been credited as one of the sole mainstream influences that introduced Hip-Hop on a national level to households, through television.
The show, which aired on MTV between 1988 and 1995, introduced artists and acts like N.W.A., Wu-Tang Clan, Public Enemy, Ice-T, and more to viewers and potential music consumers across the country.
“Yo! MTV Raps Classic Cuts” will air at midnight on December 4th, 2011
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According to various reports we might be getting closer to finally seeing Chris Tucker reprise the role that put him on the map.
According to Ice Cube, he's working out a deal with New Line Cinema for a fourth Friday movie.
"The 4th Friday movie is in the works. Working out a deal with New Line Cinema," Cube wrote on Twitter yesterday (November 16).
While the rapper/actor/director made no mention of Tucker, Tiny Lister, who played neighborhood bully Deebo in the original 1995 film told TMZ that Tucker and Cube are in discussions.
"There's a lot of conversations that will hopefully go down next week with Ice Cube and Chris Tucker, then we're gonna do one more Friday," Lister said. "This is gonna be the big one."
In August 2010 Cube talked about his desire to have Chris reprise his role as "Smokey."
“That’s my dream. I hope so, I even want Chris Tucker in it. I think that’s what everybody wants to see,” Ice Cube stated. “They want to see all of us together. I’'ve been campaigning trying to put that together. I’m going to keep campaigning until the idea is so old nobody wants to see it.”
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Busta Rhymes is the newest member of the Cash Money team. He's not alone as Mystikal has also signed with Birdman, according to Miss Info.
Busta spoke with MTV at last night's launch of Google Music to explain why he made the move to his new label home.
"Google/Cash Money/The Conglomerate, it's un unbelievably ground breaking deal. There's never been a deal done like this before where the most powerful search engine in the world combines with the most powerful record company in the world," Busta said. "It's just amazing to see that they understood what Busta Rhymes means to the music, what Busta Rhymes means to the culture, what Busta Rhymes means to the embodiment of authentic hip hop. I'm very proud to be aligned with Google. I'm extremely proud to be aligned with Cash Money."
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Producer Erick Sermon has suffered a heart attack according to longtime affiliate DJ Scratch.
"Erick Sermon had a heart attack today," Scratch wrote on Twitter Saturday November 12th. "He's ok, but still send your prayers. He is not on Twitter."
Also known as the Green Eyed Bandit, the 42-year old Sermon is one half of the legendary group EPMD along with Parrish Smith. In addition to his success with EPMD, Sermon scored a big solo hit with the Marvin Gaye sampled song "Music" and is also a member of the Def Squad along with Keith Murray and Redman.
One half of the legendary hip-hop duo EPMD, Erick Sermon was also among the genre's most prominent producers, deservedly earning the alias "Funklord" with his trademark raw, bass-heavy grooves. Born in Bayshore, New York on November 25, 1968, Sermon -- a.k.a. E Double, the Green-Eyed Bandit and MC Grand Royal -- teamed with rapper Parrish Smith in 1986 to form EPMD, an acronym for "Erick and Parrish Making Dollars"; signing to the tiny Sleeping Bag label, they soon released their debut 12-inch, "It's My Thing," which went on to sell an astounding 500,000 copies. In the years to follow EPMD emerged as one of rap's most vital acts, their hard-edged beats and Sermon's mumbled, monotone delivery becoming a great influence on the burgeoning gangsta movement. In addition to producing their own material, the duo also helmed records for the extended family of performers dubbed the Hit Squad, whose ranks included Redman, K-Solo, and Das EFX. In early 1993, EPMD disbanded, and Sermon soon resurfaced with his solo debut
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Hynaken of True Stories Radio caught up with the trillest in the game, Bun B, during his recent visit to Brooklyn, New York.
Hynaken mentioned that he once had an interview with Slaughterhouse where they said if they were to ever include a down south artist it would be Bun B. Bun was more than open to the idea.
"I f*ck with Slautherhouse," Bun said. "Joe, Joell, Royce, Crooked are some of the greatest lyricists in the game right now. Having all them four cats together with Em and Yela. They got a mean line up over there at Shady Records. I respect them dudes... I respect their grind, and I respect their hustle, and I respect their talent. If I could get down with a league of gentlemen like that I wouldn't be mad at all."
Bun also spoke on the current Penn State child sex abuse scandal.
"We gotta protect kids at all costs," said Bun. "I'mma be real. Penn State got a big game against Nebraska this weekend, but who give a f*ck man. They over there letting n*ggas touch kids. So at the end of the day I respect Joe Paterno and his legacy. I respect Penn State and everything that they have done. But what I don't and never could respect is n*ggas letting children be out there. They trusted this man (Jerry Sandusky). You can't f*ck up that trust. Kids can't protect themselves. A 10-year old kid can't fight a grown man if he tried to sexually abuse him."
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(AllHipHop.com News) Red Bull is giving eleven DJs from across the U.S. the chance to compete in the 2011 Red Bull Thre3style National Finals.
The event challenges DJs in a battle tested format, where turntablist must mix in a party like atmosphere, while spinning at least three genres of music.
The DJs will fight for the crowds affection at the Rain Nightclub inside the Palms Casino Resort in Las Vegas, Nevada this Thursday, (November 10).
The winner of the competiton will represent the US in the Red Bull Thre3style International Final in Vancouver, B.C. in December.
The DJ’s include Goldenchyld (San Francisco), M2 (Phoenix), Dynamix (Los Angeles), Vajra (Boulder), Fishr Pryce (Dallas), Epps (Miami), Jelly (Atlanta), GetLive (Brooklyn), Jahsonic (Washington D.C.), Deception (St. Louis) and Big Once (Chicago).
The competition will be hosted by DJ Hapa (Scratch Academy) and DJ Hollywood (The Beatclan), and will be judged by DJ Vice (top international DJ), DJ Momjeans (A-list DJ, aka Danny Masterson), Sujit Kundu (founder of SKAM Artists), Matt Adell (CEO at Beatport) and Clark Warner (VP of Music Services at Beatport).
This is one of several events that Red Bull sponsors to showcase hip-hop and other genres of musical talent across the globe.
The Red Bull Emsee Competition and Red Bull SoundClash concert series have featured the likes of Snoop Dogg, Eminem, Bun B, Talib Kweli, Wale, Trae tha Truth, Erykah Badu, DJ Jazzy Jeff and many other acts.
Hip-hop's original overweight lover, Heavy D parlayed an eminently likable persona and strong MC skills into a surprisingly lengthy career, in tandem with his backing group the Boyz. Weighing in at over 250 pounds, his girth could easily have become a one-note premise, but he varied his lyrical concerns to include positive message tracks and fun-loving party jams, and exuded a genuine warmth and respect for women without getting too graphic or sentimental. Musically, his appeal was just as broad -- he was able to mix elements of R&B, reggae, dance, and pop into his music, but his raps were quick-tongued enough that he avoided the accusations of selling out that dogged many other crossover successes of his era. Moreover, he was an all-around talent -- an agile dancer, a naturalistic actor, and an astute businessman who eventually became a label executive. Even after his tenure as a pop hitmaker had effectively ended, he maintained a solid, steady level of popularity all the way through the '90s, and his albums kept on going gold.
Heavy D was born Dwight Errington Myers in Jamaica in 1967 and moved with his family to Mt. Vernon, NY, as a young child. He discovered rap music at age eight and by junior high was making his own demo tapes. He later formed the Boyz with high-school friends DJ Eddie F (born Eddie Ferrell), Trouble T-Roy (born Troy Dixon), and G-Wiz (born Glen Parrish). Their demo tape found its way to Def Jam executive Andre Harrell, who was in the process of forming his own label, Uptown. Harrell made Heavy D & the Boyz the first artists signed to Uptown in 1986, and they released their debut album, Living Large, in 1987. The singles "Mr. Big Stuff" and "The Overweight Lover's in the House" established Heavy D's image among rap fans, and "Don't You Know" was a crossover hit on the R&B charts, narrowly missing the Top Ten. All told, Living Large was a gold-selling hit.
The follow-up album, 1989's Big Tyme, was the group's real breakthrough, however. Like its predecessor, it featured production from both Marley Marl and new jack swing guru Teddy Riley. By this time, though, there was a bit more depth to Heavy D's persona, and he was also hitting a peak of consistency as a songwriter. "Somebody for Me," "We Got Our Own Thang," and "Gyrlz, They Love Me" were all significant R&B hits, with the former two reaching the Top Ten; plus, "We Got Our Own Thang" attracted some attention from MTV. Big Tyme went all the way to number one on the R&B album charts and made the Top 20 on the pop side; it was also certified platinum. Unfortunately, tragedy struck on the supporting tour: Trouble T-Roy was killed in an accident on July 15, 1990. He became the subject of Pete Rock & C.L. Smooth's elegiac hit "They Reminisce Over You (T.R.O.Y.)" as well as a tribute cut on the next Heavy D & the Boyz album, 1991's Peaceful Journey.
Peaceful Journey was another platinum-selling hit, thanks to the single "Now That We Found Love," which made Heavy D a full-fledged mainstream success; it reached the R&B Top Five and just missed the pop Top Ten. "Is It Good to You" and the posse cut "Don't Curse" were also popular with hip-hop fans, and he was also a weekly television presence via his theme song for the sketch comedy series In Living Color. 1992's Blue Funk was a tougher effort that broke somewhat with Heavy D's well-established image, and perhaps as a result it suffered from underexposure; nonetheless, it managed to go gold, and the singles "Truthful" and "Who's the Man?" scored with rap audiences. In the meantime, Heavy D had been working on establishing a concurrent acting career and landed his biggest role yet as a recurring supporting character on the Fox sitcom Roc in 1993; around the same time, he became the vice president of A&R at Uptown. Over the next few years, he would also appear as a recurring character on another Fox sitcom, Living Single.
Heavy D & the Boyz returned to platinum status with 1994's Nuttin' but Love, which spawned hits in "Black Coffee," the R&B Top Five "Got Me Waiting," and the title track; it also became their second album to top the R&B charts. 1996 was a big non-musical year for Heavy D; he briefly served as president of Uptown Records and made his off-Broadway theatrical debut starring in the one-act play +Riff Raff, which was written and directed by Laurence Fishburne. In 1997, he returned to music as a solo act, releasing Waterbed Hev to surprising commercial response; it made the Top Ten on both the pop and R&B charts and produced a Top Five R&B hit in "Big Daddy." His seventh album, 1999's Heavy, became his seventh straight to reach the R&B Top Ten. In the meantime, he appeared in the 1999 Eddie Murphy/Martin Lawrence comedy Life and landed a prominent supporting role in the Oscar-nominated drama The Cider House Rules. In 2000, he landed a recurring role as a counselor on the Fox high-school drama Boston Public, which lasted for the next several years. Steve Huey, Rovi
It's been thirteen years since Talib Kweli and Mos Def released their only collaborative album. It appears the duo is teaming up to reform Black Star and drop a new project. "Me and Mos are focused on independence and quality of sound," Talib told MTV. "We’re really into a Madlib/Dilla thing right now. Anything you hear from us is probably going to be that type of sound. And it’s about independence, so we are trying to find out the right mediums to get the songs out. When you heard “Fix Up” on Colbert, it wasn’t even mixed; it was something we recorded a week before. Now we’re at the mixing stage of the song and we are going to put that out ourselves. We have a bunch of songs recorded. We are just trying to figure out the best way to release them, whether it’s going to be one by one, EP or album. Right now, the plan is to release “Fix Up” and then Yaasin is working on a Yaasin Bey Presents project and then we’ll see how it goes." Talib plans releasing the new Black Star project in 2012. "[Pause, then slowly] I am working to put out a Black Star project for people to buy sometime next year."
FROM : http://www.thisis50.com/profiles/blogs/talib-kweli-announces-black-star-project-dropping-in-2012
