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2012 Grammy Awards... and the nominees are...

  Nominees And Winners

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1. Record Of The Year

Rolling In The Deep

Adele

Paul Epworth, producer; Tom Elmhirst & Mark Rankin, engineers/mixers

Track from: 21

[XL Recordings/Columbia Records]

Holocene

Bon Iver

Justin Vernon, producer; Brian Joseph & Justin Vernon, engineers/mixers

Track from: Bon Iver

[Jagjaguwar]

Grenade

Bruno Mars

The Smeezingtons, producers; Ari Levine & Manny Marroquin, engineers/mixers

Track from: Doo-Wops & Hooligans

[Elektra]

The Cave

Mumford & Sons

Markus Dravs, producer; Francois Chevallier & Ruadhri Cushnan, engineers/mixers

Track from: Sigh No More

[Glassnote Records]

Firework

Katy Perry

Mikkel S. Eriksen, Tor Erik Hermansen & Sandy Vee, producers; Mikkel S. Eriksen, Phil Tan, Sandy Vee & Miles Walker, engineers/mixers

[Capitol]

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2. Album Of The Year

21

Adele

Jim Abbiss, Adele, Paul Epworth, Rick Rubin, Fraser T. Smith, Ryan Tedder & Dan Wilson, producers; Jim Abbiss, Philip Allen, Beatriz Artola, Ian Dowling, Tom Elmhirst, Greg Fidelman, Dan Parry, Steve Price, Mark Rankin, Andrew Scheps, Fraser T. Smith & Ryan Tedder, engineers/mixers; Tom Coyne, mastering engineer

[XL Recordings/Columbia Records]

Wasting Light

Foo Fighters

Butch Vig, producer; James Brown & Alan Moulder, engineers/mixers; Joe LaPorta & Emily Lazar, mastering engineers

[RCA Records/ Roswell Records]

Born This Way

Lady Gaga

Paul Blair, DJ Snake, Fernando Garibay, Lady Gaga, Robert John "Mutt" Lange, Jeppe Laursen, RedOne & Clinton Sparks, producers; Fernando Garibay, Bill Malina, Trevor Muzzy, RedOne, Dave Russell, Justin Shirley Smith, Horace Ward & Tom Ware, engineers/mixers; Chris Gehringer, mastering engineer

[Streamline/Interscope/Kon Live]

Doo-Wops & Hooligans

Bruno Mars

B.o.B, Cee Lo Green & Damian Marley, featured artists; Dwayne "Supa Dups" Chin-Quee, Needlz & The Smeezingtons, producers; Ari Levine, Manny Marroquin & Graham Marsh, engineers/mixers; Stephen Marcussen, mastering engineer

[Elektra]

Loud

Rihanna

Drake, Eminem & Nicki Minaj, featured artists; Ester Dean, Mikkel S. Eriksen, Alex Da Kid, Skylar Grey, Kuk Harrell, Tor Erik Hermansen, Mel & Mus, Awesome Jones, Makeba Riddick, The Runners,  Sham, Soundz, Chris "Tricky" Stewart, Sandy Vee & Willy Will, producers; Ariel Chobaz, Cary Clark, Mikkel S. Eriksen, Alex Da Kid, Josh Gudwin, Kuk Harrell, Jaycen Joshua, Manny Marroquin, Dana Nielsen, Chad "C-Note" Roper, Noah "40" Shebib, Corey Shoemaker, Jay Stevenson, Mike Strange, Phil Tan, Brian "B-Luv" Thomas, Marcos Tovar, Sandy Vee, Jeff "Supa Jeff" Villanueva, Miles Walker & Andrew Wuepper, engineers/mixers; Chris Gehringer, mastering engineer

[Def Jam]

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3. Song Of The Year

All Of The Lights

Jeff Bhasker, Stacy Ferguson, Malik Jones, Warren Trotter & Kanye West, songwriters (Kanye West, Rihanna, Kid Cudi & Fergie)

Track from: My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy

[Roc-A-Fella; Publishers: Very Good Beats/Hip Hop Since 1978]

The Cave

Ted Dwane, Ben Lovett, Marcus Mumford & Country Winston, songwriters (Mumford & Sons)

Track from: Sigh No More

[Glassnote Records]

Grenade

Brody Brown, Claude Kelly, Philip Lawrence, Ari Levine, Bruno Mars & Andrew Wyatt, songwriters (Bruno Mars)

Track from: Doo-Wops & Hooligans

[Elektra; Publishers: Mars Force Music/Bughouse, Music Famamanem/Toy Plane Music/Art For Arts Sake/Late 80s Music/Westside Ind. Music/Studiobeat Music, Warner Tamerlane, Andrew Wyatt, Downtown DMP Songs]

Holocene

Justin Vernon, songwriter (Bon Iver)

Track from: Bon Iver

[Jagjaguwar; Publisher: April Base Publishing]

Rolling In The Deep

Adele Adkins & Paul Epworth, songwriters (Adele)

Track from: 21

[XL Recordings/Columbia Records; Publishers: Universal-Songs of Polygram/EMI Music Publishing]

4. Best New Artist

The Band Perry

Bon Iver

J. Cole

Nicki Minaj

Skrillex

December Agenda #freebeats #freemind

December Agenda


2011

@Legionmnm:

We plan on releasing one #freebeats every Monday & Thursday in the month of December. The purpose of this is to get the creative juices flowing from artists out there. Some (beats) may have a tag or two in the track. We are hoping artist can use them (non-commercially) for promo and to enhance their creativity and awareness of their talents. As well, we encourage & invite other producers/beatmakers/musicmakers to follow the ideas in this campaign #freebeats.

We also encourage peeps to put their non conventional and origional thoughts out there. We are not encouraging radicalization, just thoughts that maybe out of the norm/mainstream. Thoughts that may get people thinking, whether they agree or not. You may ask, "why?" I'd respond, "why-not?" #freemind
Invite as many folk to participate in the "campaign." Artist, Producers, & Free Thinkers.

As more people join and enjoy the campaign, we will update.

Boi-1da Speaks On Drake, Forever & More (Video)

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2010 Grammy Nominees

Eminem Leads 53rd GRAMMY Nominations
Eminem earns 10 nods; Bruno Mars scores seven; and Jay-Z...

Eminem topped the nominations with 10; Bruno Mars garnered seven; and Jay-Z, Lady Antebellum earned six nods. Jeff Beck, B.o.B, David Frost, Philip Lawrence, and John Legend received five each; and Alex Da Kid, the Black Keys, Drake, Cee Lo Green, Ari Levine, Katy Perry, Rihanna, the Roots, Dirk Sobotka, and Zac Brown each earned four nominations.

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Following are the nominations in the four General Field categories:

Record Of The Year:
"Nothin' On You," B.o.B Featuring Bruno Mars
"Love The Way You Lie," Eminem Featuring Rihanna
"F*** You," Cee Lo Green
"Empire State Of Mind," Jay-Z & Alicia Keys
"Need You Now," Lady Antebellum


Album Of The Year:
The Suburbs, Arcade Fire
Recovery, Eminem
Need You Now, Lady Antebellum
The Fame Monster, Lady Gaga
Teenage Dream, Katy Perry

Song Of The Year:
"Beg Steal Or Borrow," Ray LaMontagne, songwriter (Ray LaMontagne And The Pariah Dogs)
"F*** You," Cee Lo Green, Philip Lawrence & Bruno Mars, songwriters (Cee Lo Green)
"The House That Built Me," Tom Douglas & Allen Shamblin, songwriters (Miranda Lambert)
"Love The Way You Lie," Alexander Grant, Skylar Grey & Marshall Mathers, songwriters (Eminem Featuring Rihanna)
"Need You Now," Dave Haywood, Josh Kear, Charles Kelley & Hillary Scott, songwriters (Lady Antebellum)

Best New Artist:
Justin Bieber
Drake
Florence & The Machine
Mumford & Sons
Esperanza Spalding


Following is a sampling of nominations from the GRAMMY Awards' other 29 Fields:

For Best Pop Collaboration With Vocals, the nominees are "Airplanes, Part II" by B.o.B, Eminem & Hayley Williams; "Imagine" by Herbie Hancock, Pink, India.Arie, Seal, Konono No. 1, Jeff Beck & Oumou Sangare; "If It Wasn't For Bad" by Elton John & Leon Russell; "Telephone" by Lady Gaga & Beyoncé; and "California Gurls" by Katy Perry & Snoop Dogg.

Nominees for Best Dance Recording are "Rocket" by Goldfrapp; "In For The Kill" by La Roux; "Dance In The Dark" by Lady Gaga; "Only Girl (In The World)" by Rihanna; and "Dancing On My Own" by Robyn.

For Best Rock Song, the nominees are "Angry World" by Neil Young, songwriter (Neil Young); "Little Lion Man" by Ted Dwane, Ben Lovett, Marcus Mumford & Country Winston, songwriters (Mumford & Sons); "Radioactive" by Caleb Followill, Jared Followill, Matthew Followill & Nathan Followill, songwriters (Kings Of Leon); "Resistance" by Matthew Bellamy, songwriter (Muse); and "Tighten Up" by Dan Auerbach & Patrick Carney, songwriters (The Black Keys).

The nominees for Best R&B Performance By A Duo Or Group With Vocals are "Take My Time" by Chris Brown & Tank; "Love" by Chuck Brown, Jill Scott & Marcus Miller; "You've Got A Friend" by Ronald Isley & Aretha Franklin; "Shine" by John Legend & The Roots; and "Soldier Of Love" by Sade.

Nominations in the Best Rap/Sung Collaboration are "Nothin' On You" by B.o.B Featuring Bruno Mars; "Deuces" by Chris Brown, Tyga & Kevin McCall; "Love The Way You Lie" by Eminem & Rihanna; "Empire State Of Mind" by Jay-Z & Alicia Keys; and "Wake Up! Everybody" by John Legend, The Roots, Melanie Fiona & Common.

The Best Country Song nominees are "The Breath You Take" by Casey Beathard, Dean Dillon & Jessie Jo Dillon, songwriters (George Strait); "Free" by Zac Brown, songwriter (Zac Brown Band); "The House That Built Me" by Tom Douglas & Allen Shamblin, songwriters (Miranda Lambert); "I'd Love To Be Your Last" by Rivers Rutherford, Annie Tate & Sam Tate, songwriters (Gretchen Wilson); "If I Die Young" by Kimberly Perry, songwriter (The Band Perry); "Need You Now" by Dave Haywood, Josh Kear, Charles Kelley & Hillary Scott, songwriters (Lady Antebellum).

Nominees for Best Americana Album are The List by Rosanne Cash; Tin Can Trust by Los Lobos; Country Music by Willie Nelson; Band Of Joy by Robert Plant; and You Are Not Alone by Mavis Staples.

This year's Producer Of The Year, Non-Classical nominees are Rob Cavallo, Danger Mouse, Dr. Luke, RedOne, and the Smeezingtons (Bruno Mars, Philip Lawrence, Ari Levine).

The 53rd Annual GRAMMY Awards will be held on "GRAMMY Sunday," Feb. 13, 2011, at Staples Center in Los Angeles and once again will be broadcast live in high-definition TV and 5.1 surround sound on CBS from 8–11:30 p.m. (ET/PT). For updates and breaking news, Follow @BR_101

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Nicki Minaj BILLBOARD Live Q & A

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T Pain Exclusive Interview

T Pain Exclusive Interview, Future Star Dj's conference call full.

Exclusive Call: Kia Shine sets the record straight on co-writing Drake's, "Best I Ever Had"

Part 1


Speaks on past projects, incl. Drumma Boy, Yo Gotti, Ludacris, 'n More.

Part 2

Speaks on Media twist the truth, Drake, 'n More.

Part 3

Sets the record straight!

Part 4

Rap up with IDJA's Crazy Eddie & Rapstarpromo

Video: Forever – Drake ft. Kanye West, Lil Wayne, Eminem (Prod. Boi-1da)

Directed by Hype Williams. Drake featuring Kanye West, Li'l Wayne, & Eminem produced by Toronto’s own, Boi-1da.

The BET HIP-HOP AWARDS '09 Nominees Are...

NEW YORK, Sept.16 /PRNewswire/ -- The BET HIP-HOP AWARDS '09 nominations were announced earlier this evening on 106 & PARK, along with the highly respected renowned rapper, actor, screenwriter, film producer and director Ice Cube who will receive this year's "I AM HIP-HOP" Icon Award. Hosted by actor and comedian Mike Epps, the hip-hop event of the year returns to Atlanta's Boisfeuillet Jones Civic Center on Saturday, October 10 to celebrate the biggest names in the game - both on the mic and in the community. The BET HIP-HOP AWARDS '09 will premiere Tuesday, October 27 at 8:00 PM*.

(Logo: http://www.newscom.com/cgi-bin/prnh/20070716/BETNETWORKSLOGO )

The Hip-Hop Awards Voting Academy which is comprised of journalists, industry executives, and fans has nominated rapper, producer and style aficionado Kanye West for an impressive nine awards. Jay Z and Lil Wayne follow closely behind with seven nominations, and T.I. rounds things off with six nominations. Additionally, BET has added two new nomination categories to this year's show -- "Made-You-Look Award" (Best Hip Hop Style) which will go to the ultimate trendsetter and "Best Hip-Hop Blog Site," which will go to the online site that consistently keeps hip-hop fans in the know non-stop.

ABOUT ICE CUBE

Veteran rapper, Ice Cube pioneered the West Coast rap movement back in the late 80's. His originality and endless creativity helped pave the way for a new and enticing sound for hip hop as well as a successful career in film and philanthropy. The "I AM HIP-HOP" Icon Award recognizes those who have made notable contributions of outstanding significance to the hip-hop community. Ice Cube will join the BET HIP-HOP AWARDS' Hall of Fame as the fourth "I AM HIP-HOP" Icon Award honoree. Past recipients of this prestigious award include Grandmaster Flash, KRS ONE and Russell Simmons.

Known to be one of the most important figures in the rap game, Ice Cube began his career with the West Coast rap group N.W.A two decades ago. At the height of the group's success, Ice Cube broke away to start his own solo career. Soon after, Ice Cube became a major Hollywood force. He is the star, producer and catalyst for the "Friday" and "Barbershop" film franchises, all released through his own company, Cube Vision; and has become one of the most bankable actors thanks to his charismatic turns in box office hits such as "First Sunday," "Are We There Yet?," "Are We Done Yet?," "Boyz N The Hood" and "Three Kings" to name a few. Besides rap and film, in 2007 Ice Cube partnered with the prestigious McNally Smith College of Music in St. Paul, Minnesota to establish an annual music scholarship, which annually awards one student who exemplifies creativity, talent and skill in developing a song based on the elements he provides them with. Also in 2007, Ice Cube and long time collaborator DJ Pooh announced the launch of UVNTV.com, the world's first real-time streaming television network online. Ice Cube's latest album "Raw Footage," made it to 1 on the Hip Hop/R & B charts, selling 69,234 units in its first week and 5 on overall Top 200 Album sales chart.


The following are the nominees and categories for the 2009 BET HIP-HOP AWARDS:

Best Hip-Hop Collabo
Jim Jones & Ron Browz f/ Juelz Santana - Pop Champagne
Lil Wayne f/ Bobby Valentino - Mrs. Officer
Rick Ross f/ John Legend - Magnificent
T.I. f/ Rihanna - Live Your Life
Young Jeezy f/ Kanye West - Put On

Best Live Performer
Busta Rhymes
Jay-Z
Lil Wayne
T.I.
Kanye West

Lyricist of the Year
Drake
Eminem
Jay-Z
Lil Wayne
Kanye West

Video Director of the Year
Gil Green
Anthony Mandler
Mr. Boomtown
Chris Robinson
Hype Williams

Producer of the Year
Ron Browz
Cool & Dre
Tha Bizness
T-Pain
Kanye West

Track of the Year
Day "N" Nite - Kid Cudi
D.O.A. (Death of Auto Tune) - Jay-Z
Every Girl - Young Money (Lil Wayne, Drake, Jae Mills, Gudda Gudda & Mack Maine)
Live Your Life - T.I. f/ Rihanna
Turn My Swag On - Soulja Boy Tell'em

CD of the Year
Eminem - Relapse
Q-Tip - The Renaissance
T.I. - Paper Trail
Kanye West - 808 & Heartbreak
Young Jeezy - The Recession

Rookie of the Year
B.O.B.
Dorrough
Drake
Kid Cudi
Wale

Best Hip-Hop Video
Dorrough - Ice Cream Paint Job
Eminem - We Made You
Jay-Z - D.O.A. (Death of Auto Tune)
Kid Cudi - Day "N" Nite
T.I. f/ Rihanna - Live Your Life

MVP of the Year
Drake
Jay-Z
Lil Wayne
T.I.
Kanye West

DJ of the Year
DJ AM
DJ Drama
DJ Khaled
DJ Tony Neal
DJ Greg Street

Hustler of the Year
Diddy
Drake
Jay-Z
Lil Wayne
Kanye West

Made-You-Look Award (Best Hip-Hop Style)
Jay-Z
Kid Cudi
Lil Wayne
Soulja Boy Tell'em
Kanye West

Best Hip-Hop Blog Site
All Hip Hop
Nah Right
SOHH
This Is 50
World Star Hip Hop

People's Champ (Viewers Choice)
Dorrough - Ice Cream Paint Job
Fabolous f/ The-Dream - Throw It In The Bag
Kid Cudi - Day "N" Nite
Soulja Boy Tell'em - Turn My Swag On
Kanye West f/ Young Jeezy - Amazing
This year, BET once again teams up with Cossette Productions, the famed producers of the GRAMMY Awards(R) and the seven record-setting BET AWARDS shows, to handle production of the telecast. Stephen G. Hill, BET President, Music and Programming, along with Lynne Harris-Taylor, BET Vice President of Specials, are executive producers of the telecast.

Tickets for THE BET HIP-HOP AWARDS '09 are by invite only and not available for purchase.

Interested media outlets, who would like to cover the BET HIP-HOP AWARDS '09 red carpet arrivals, should visit the BET PR website at www.bet.com/pr for important information on how to properly submit your media credentials request. The media credentials deadline to submit requests is Friday, October 2, 2009.

*All times ET/PT
SOURCE BET Networks

reposted from: http://newsblaze.com/story/2009091616290200001.pnw/topstory.html

JAY Z VS. DRAKE ~ You Decide

Tuesday, September 8 ~ 2009

"Last name Ever, 1st name Greatest". Who is this, Jay or Drake?
Jay-Z: ...Drake's up next, see what he does wid it. (A Star is Born)
Drake: I never cried when Pac died. But I probably will when Hov does. And if my tears hold value, then i would drop one for every single thing he showed us. (Fear)

Some say that this is between The Freemason vs. The Next Generation. Sagittarius vs. Scorpio
Some say it's the battle of North America, the winner gets (or retains) ownership of Alaska. These are the rumors we've been hearing.
And if that's not all, GSP has decided to be Drake's corner man, while Jay... what more can I say, Hova!


Today Sept. 8th: Jay-Z's Blueprint Moved Up To Tuesday Release (Buy on itunes)
The release date for Jay-Z's highly anticipated album The Blueprint 3 has been shuffled due to bootlegging and leaks on the Internet.

The new album will now be released this Tuesday (September 8) as opposed to the original date of Friday, September 11.

Over the past two week, songs from The Blueprint 3 - mainly those produced by Timbaland - landed on net.

More recently, the entire album was leaked, prompting Jay-Z to address the issue in an interview.

"I may be the most bootlegged artist in history," Jay-Z told MTV News during a press conference. "It’s a preview. I’m excited for people to hear the album. I’m very proud of the work I’ve done, so enjoy it."


Jay-Z's benefit concert supporting the New York Police and Fire Widows’ and Children’s Benefit Fund will continue as planned on September 11.

Drake goes under the knife for his ACL basketball injury, videos for Forever & Money to Blow being shot. Word is, the surgery has been successful. See where it all began here in Aubrey Drake Graham unscripted: http://vids.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=vids.individual&videoid=12877201 Drake's So Far Gone EP Drops Sept. 15th.

Now its your chance to decide! WE have clean EDITS so our radio professionals can download them from us and put them on their next playlist and make history in your market.

TRACKLIST
(PLAY MIXTAPE)
Jay Z ft Drake - Off dat (produced by Timberland) * CLEAN
Drake ft Kanye West, Lil Wayne, & Eminem – Forever (produced by Boi 1 da) *CLEAN
Jay Z ft Young Jeezy - Real as it gets (produced by The Inkredibles) * CLEAN
Drake ft JD Era - Rock n Roll (produced by Boi 1da) * CLEAN
Jay Z ft Kanye West - Hater (produced by Kanye West) * CLEAN
Mary J Blige ft Drake - The One (produced by Darkchild) * CLEAN
Jay Z ft Alicia Keyz - Empire State Of Mind (Produced by Kanye West & No I.D.) * CLEAN
Drake ft Yung Joc & Trey Songz - Successful rmx (produced by 40/40) * CLEAN
Jay Z ft Beyonce - venus vs mars (produced by Timberland) * CLEAN
Fabolous ft Drake – Throw it in the bag remix (produced by Megaman) * CLEAN
Jay Z ft J.Cole - A star is born (Produced by Kanye West) * CLEAN

Bonus (explicits):
Drake ft Nipsey Hussel - Killa (produced by boi 1da)
Lil Wayne ft Jay Z, Drake and Gif Majorz – Warriorz (produced by Swollen Members)
Drake ft Kardi - the last hope (produced by Rich Kidd)
Jay Z – Young Forever (produced by Mr. Hudson)
Drake - Fear (produced by Dj Khalil)
Jay Z – Reminder (produced by Timberland)
Drake – Damaged (exclusive)
S.Colli - ooh im a foo (produced by S.Colli)***
You decide!


Boi 1da, Rich Kidd, & Megaman are all from the T-Dot, Swollen Members from Van City... Canada eh!

***S.Colli aka Mr. Star Quest is a very talented Mc, Producer, and Graphic Artist (he designed the Jay Z vs Drake cover above). S. Colli is from Naptown, a town known more for its football team, racetrack and its corn, and is part of the super independent label 1 hundred ent that will have 20 mix tapes come out this quarter including one by Mr. Southern Smoke himself. S. Colli was recently featured in The Midwest Leak Magazine and has been networking and mixing it up with the biggest DJ’s in the game at the Core Dj Retreats – Atlanta, Houston, and Las Vegas in November. His debut single was picked up by super dj coalition the Hittmen Dj’s and his new single featured as a bonus track on Jay Z vs Drake has already confirmed that Murphy Lee, Field Mob, and Cap 1 are going to be on the remix. I mean come on with lyrics like these it’s no wonder S.Colli is being deemed the hottest artist in the Midwest period.
Heres a sample of his flow (courtesy ooo im a fooo)

im on he'll "sale" with no boat
beating em bad look i got em stuck on ropes
yeah im on stage but no colli dont tell jokes
thats why haters can not stand me like both legs broke
laugh choke cough cough .. my fault ugh
i just swallowed a diamond
with no himlick he got the glow inside him
so explain.. how you gon stop the shit from shining



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Successful, behind the making of Best I Ever Had & Forever~Boi 1da

I chopped it up with Boi 1da, the producer of Drakes, Best I Ever Had, Killa (w/ Nipsey Hussle), Forever (w/ Ye, L'il Wayne, & Eminem), Im Still Fly (w/ Page); to name a few.

We went thru the process of creating hits with Drake. Boi 1da goes in to describe their usual process of Drake recording hooks on his Berry, sending them to 1da, and Boi 1da inturn creates/produces around Drakes hooks.
This was how Best I Ever Had came about for instance. "I was going thru a sample folder and came accross the Hamilton Frank and Joe sample. I flipped that sample and finished the beat in FL," says modest Boi 1da. And the rest they say is history.

The song, Forever was based on a beat that Boi 1da sent to Drake. "I thought the beat was hot, so I sent it to him." And by the way if you don't know, Drake & 1da have been a team for awhile, ie. ATF, Octobersveryown (see the interview with Boi 1da, in Megacity Producers for more info). Back to Forever. If the hook sounds familiar to those in the Dot, it is basically a remix with Em', Ye, & Weezy which is gonna be on the LeBron James, More Than A Game soundtrack.

When I asked 1da what we should be looking out for from him, he said," The (Drake) album, Thank Me Later." Release, slated for...

Original post can be found on the Producers Manual.

Breaking Records: Drake Edition 2 with Legion Music and Media & www.stopbeefinradio.com

A SPECIAL MESSAGE FROM DRAKE!

People often ask me the craziest part about becoming “famous” and I’ve never had an answer until yesterday.

“You’ll spend half of your time defending yourself and the other half trying to stay sane resulting in you being forced to find time to be creative”

I often wonder in a time where new artists exist in a impersonal cyber world of instantaneous information, if we will ever have another rap legend that can manage to maintain the image that our idols had prior to this method of promotion. I am not suggesting that this person should be me, I am just urging a generation to understand that in order to have anyone of any significance in our lives that we can look up to there will be things that we must look past. There are people that buy sell and trade evil on a daily basis…when u believe in their brand is when they win.

“Even photoshop couldn’t change me”
- Me

I also want fans to know that I am only releasing this EP so that everyone involved in the project can hold a physical copy of the CD in their hands and see it in the store. And for anybody else who feels that So Far Gone marked a moment in time I just wanted to give you the option to have the disc. If you got it for free and want to keep it that way than by all means I urge you too. That was a gift from me to you…Thank Me Later.

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DRAKE FREESTYLE BARRY BONDS (FIND OUT WHY YOU DON"T BATTLE DRAKE)
http://sti.podOmatic.com/entry/2009-08-25T20_38_40-07_00

DRAKE ft CLIPSE - DO WHAT YOU DO REMIX (prod by Boi 1da)
http://sti.podOmatic.com/entry/2009-08-25T20_35_56-07_00

DRAKE ft NIPSEY HUSSEL – KILLAS
http://sti.podOmatic.com/entry/2009-08-25T20_30_09-07_00

BIRDMAN FT. LIL WAYNE & DRAKE - MONEY TO BLOW
http://sti.podOmatic.com/entry/2009-08-25T19_51_25-07_00

JAY Z ft DRAKE - WE OFF DAT (prod by TIMBERLAND)
http://sti.podOmatic.com/entry/2009-08-25T06_08_26-07_00