Jadakiss Speaks On Album Features, Producers, Auto-Tune & More

New album "Kiss My Ass" coming on December 9th.

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Kanye West Speaks On New Album & More

New 45 + Minute Eminem Interview (Audio)

This interview was recorded today, he Speaks on EVERYTHING, a must listen for Eminem fans. Working with Dre for his album, rap music and a lot more.

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Joe Budden Speaks On Beef, Game, Album & Much More

DX: But there are plans to try to get into the studio together [ Game]?

Joe Budden: I mean, we wanted to try and do some mixtape shit together for Nu Jerzey Devil. But like I said, his album had come out around the time, [and] I was in the process of trying to complete two albums, so it hasn't had a chance to happen yet. But I'm sure it will one day.

DX: Well there's like a rumor circulating that he's gonna be on the new first single from Padded Room, any truth to that?

Joe Budden: That rumor has nothing to do with me. I don't know how it got out, don't know how it got put out, don't know who put it out. But like, Padded Room is in a vault somewhere, that album. Like, it's not leaking. [Laughs] Niggas ain't heard it. I think that somebody more so just...with the way that everything took place - me going to perform with him, me going out to Cali just to hang out with the nigga for a minute [and] get up...You know, me and him had a pretty...our beef was more than rap. Some people don't know, like [with] me and him it was more so [like], "Damn, when I see this nigga what am I gonna have to do to him?" So before you get into making records together you need to iron some things out. And that's what we did.

DX: Now you said in a statement that “Touch & Go” will no longer be Padded Room’s first single, and that “a better/bigger song” will be. Can you give us any hints as to what that song will be?

Joe Budden: Well that was the hint. [Laughs] I took [“Touch & Go”] off Padded Room [and put it on Halfway House] because I ended up making a record that in my opinion was bigger and better than “Touch & Go.”

DX: Let’s talk more about the release that song is now on, Halfway House. I really wish I could hear some of it to ask you questions specifically about it, but since I can’t can you give our readers just an overall summary of what they should expect from this new album before the album?

Joe Budden: I have no idea. I recorded the bulk of it in the span of like a week. And you know what? Dub-B [White Boy], who recorded the entire thing with me, he felt like it was better that way. He [calls] this my first “Hip Hop album” for some reason. I don’t know why, but he does. He said it was better that way because we were able to record and not even have time to think about what the fuck we were recording. And it came out sounding…it sounds good! It really does sound good. I impressed myself. And I probably overworked my brain. But I think the fans deserve [that], man.

DX: Can you elaborate on the sound and the content at all? Is it anything like Mood Muzik 3?

Joe Budden: No, no, no, no, this is more so…for me, I like to categorize it as ridin’ music, which Joe Budden doesn’t have too much of. Most of my music, you would never know who’s a Joe Budden fan because Joe Budden music is not meant for you to get in the car and turn it up all the way with the windows down. Like, my music is more so to actually listen to. This album I can turn it up. I been jammin’! So I’m pleased.

DX: Can you tell me how many Just Blaze produced tracks there are on Halfway House?

Joe Budden: None.

DX: I guess my only personal critique is I’d like to hear you on a more diverse bed of sounds. Like possibly – I know cost-wise it’s hard – more sample-driven stuff. I know The Klasix gave you a couple joints on MM3 that were sample-driven. I’d just like to hear you on a different grouping of sounds.

Joe Budden: Well so would I. I think it’s challenging for myself. But like, it was one point I reached out to 9th Wonder. He didn’t return any phone call. But he’s a nigga that’ll fuckin’ smile and dap you up in your face. So I mean a lot of these niggas is real phony, man. I’d rather stick with my fuckin’… Scram Jones, Ron Browz, that’s probably about as A-list as Joe Budden is gonna get. Or I’m gonna try to find the A-list niggas before they become A-list.

DX: And, I don’t know where I read or heard this but you’re supposedly already working on Mood Muzik 4, right?

Joe Budden: Let me clarify that. When Padded Room was complete – before there was the idea of a Big Mike mixtape, before there was a Halfway House idea – I started recording joints for MM4. In the process of [recording for that] “Who” part 1-3 came out. “No More Innocent Hearts” featuring Heartbreak came out. Like, some music came out [because] I just hit the lab immediately. But then I stopped. I left it alone. I normally do that with Mood Muzik. I’ll start when I’m in the mood, then I’ll just leave it alone. So [Mood Muzik 4] is nowhere near being complete. I don’t wanna have the fans thinking something that isn’t.

Read all of this great interview here

Blu Interview With Complex

Complex: Do you have any plans of hustles outside of rap?

Blu: I don’t want to be a rapper for a long time. I’m trying to put out as much music in a time span that I have planned. I’m dedicating a certain amount of time to music, the same way I’m going to do with film. After that, I’m planning on writing books or something. When you change as a person, you‘re trying to let the people know where you’re at, but they think you’re somewhere else. Because my music is so personal, people think they know you based off of it.

Complex: Can you dispel the rumors about you getting an offer from Roc-A-Fella?

Blu: I think people are saying that because of my little line on “First Things First.” I said, “I ain’t trying to sign with the R.O.C.”

Complex: So a deal was never on the table?

Blu: My homeboy met Jay-Z and asked him why he ain’t worked with Dilla. That’s the closest I’ve ever got to Jay-Z.

Complex: What about signing with Death Row?

Blu: I was trying to get the deal back then. I told him [Suge Knight] I didn’t know shit about a contract. I just want a house and a car. He was like, “Aight.” [Laughs] I remember he brought me in a room all these niggas were watching TV, he shut off the TV, and he was like, “Bust.” And we just busted an a cappella. I kicked a hundred bars and he was like, “Okay.” That was that.

Complex: So where did that leave you?

Blu: He offered me a deal before he heard me bust because my cousin was engineering there. He heard my songs and shit. I thought it was about to go down—talking about signing lyricists, New West and all that. I was down. This is what happened: my boy was like, “Yo, I went back to Oakland. Don’t sign to Suge. Let’s work on this album this summer and you’re going to sign to the Roc by the end of the year.”

Complex: Do you like their music?

Blu: Yeah, I respect them man. I respect what they were doing, where they are trying to take their music. It’s just smart. Like XXL asked me what generation I thought it was better. 10 years ago. ’98 or ’08? I was like ’98. I’m just meeting some of these dudes now for the first time. I’m eager to see where everybody goes. It’s a lot of ill cats out there. And it’s a lot of ill cats I ain’t even heard.

Complex: Do you feel that you’re kind of ahead of the pack, artistically?

Blu: Nah, not at all man. I’ve got a lot of catching up to do, man. You got cats that were like, man I put out a mixtape a month for the last year. I was like, “What?” Yeah, everybody’s on they shit though.


Go check out his album, "Below The Heavens" if you haven't already, Classic.

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Fabolous Speaks On His Album, and Producers

In a recent interview With Hip Hop DX Mr. Loso revealed some details on his newest concept album "Loso's Way" loosely based on the movie "Carlito's Way".

"I'm theming it after the movie Carlito's Way, the principal I'm taking for that is how he was a street dude and tryna' make the transition from being a street dude into something more. So that's where I'm taking that from and molding it into my life."

Some of the producers Fabolous has locked for the project are, Jermaine Dupri, and DJ Toomp. Fabolous also made it clear that the album isnt about having giant producers, it's about having giant songs. "It's not just about big names, it's about hot joints. I'll work with anybody. They send me beats all day."

Full Jay-Z + Tim Westwood Interview

I posted a snippet of it a few days ago and here's the full 9 minute interview.

New Freekey Zekey Interview; Speaks On Dipset, & More

Sixshot.Com: All right Zeke; give us the real deal on what’s going on with Dipset. You know I had to ask.

Freekey Zekey: I mean it has changed but it hasn’t changed. The main difference is that Cam started Dipset. I wanna give a shout out to Cam because without him there wouldn’t be no Diplomats. Shout out to Killa. As far as business went there was a lot of things that Jim and Juelz didn’t agree with. I was locked down at the time but I found out there was a lot of stuff they just didn’t agree with. Jim and Juelz basically detached themselves from Cam’ron. As far as business goes it’s not the same and that’s the change Dipset went through. As far and Juelz and Jim go they just feel like they can’t do business with Cam no more.

Sixshot.Com: So who’s officially running Dipset?

Freekey Zekey: Jim and myself but Cam is a Diplomat for life. I’m actually working on a situation to put out Diplomatic Immunity 3 so everybody can expect to see that. Freekey said it. It’s gonna be a situation between Jim, Dame Dash, and myself.

Sixshot.Com: And your new album is coming out on Big Cat Records right?

Freekey Zekey: I did sign with Big Cat Records. It’s more so a joint venture because they’re an indie label so what I’m doin’ and you gotta understand it is what a true president or true hustler would do. It’s a co-venture so I could launch my Dipset South. Big Cat is based out of Atlanta and their movement is stronger than any other region right now.

I stepped to him and he’s a dude who's in my zone like a street savvy cat with a corporate business sense. You got the million that you made and we got the million that we made so we might as well collaborate. Me signing there also brings Jim and Juelz, the whole Dipset basically.

Sixshot.Com: It sounds like an interesting situation. So what can we expect to hear on this album?

Freekey Zekey: Well first and foremost, let me school ya’ll. (Laughs) I got Blame It On The Henny out now. That’s the first mixtape I came out with when I first came home. That’s in local stores right now and I put that together dolo with my own money. I also got another mixtape that’s out right now called Henny And A Cigarette, you know what I’m sayin’? That was done by DJ Scream. Shout out to Scream. I got another mixtape coming out and I wanna get one of the Aphilliates on there, hopefully Drama but definitely one of the Aphilliates. It’s all family with us, shout out to Drama.

All that is gonna lead up to my album which is called Loyalty Is Everything. I named it that because if you take the first letter of each word it spells lie and a lot of times in life when you with family or people who you consider family they’ll be the ones to stab you in the back. As far as what you can expect on this album, it’s gonna be a whole lot of Freekeyism and when I say Freekeyism I say a whole lot of fun.

I’m a real serious dude but I don’t think you gotta walk around with a ice grill your whole life, you know what I mean? You might as well enjoy it while you can. Anything that could be a problem is gonna be addressed on there but we’re gonna flip it around and have fun too. I’m just tryna tell niggas that I know it’s fucked up out there but don’t be jumpin’ off the cliff.

Sixshot.Com: You also have the single with Jim Jones and Lil Wayne.

Freekey Zekey: Whaaaaaaaaat? Whooooooooooooo! That’s what you gonna say when that song come son in the club. I originally had that joint all by myself. I did three verses. We all been working so we ain’t really have a chance to listen to each other’s shit but when Jim heard it he started buggin’ out so he jumped on and he laid a verse down. Jim and me were at the studio one day and Jim told me that Weezy was over there. I approached Lil Wayne. You know he’s Dipset affiliated. I asked him to jump on the track. He told me if it was wack he couldn’t do it and I was like no doubt.

He came back with the shit like twelve minutes later and I thought he didn’t like it but he was finished, he had laid his shit down already. I been testin’ the waters with it and everybody is feelin’ it so everything is lovely. That shit is hard body right now but I’m not leanin’ on that one right there. I got another one with Gucci and that shit is crazy.


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Jim Jones Speaks On Nas, Cam'ron, Max B, T.I. & More

Now that you and Cam aren’t really on good terms, is there regret on your part that you went to bat for Cam and got into a beef with Nas?

Nah. F*ck Nas. I don’t give a f*ck about Nas. He’s a rapper that just lost his pizazz. When I was in high school, he was the sh*t. He was the n*gg* that got us hype. “New York State Of Mind,” Illmatic, and all of that.

Is there any possibility of a reconciliation?
What kind of reconciliation? I was never cool with him. I seen Nas a few months ago in L.A with Dame. We was staying in this hotel right above the Ferrari Dealership. Dame seen him and was talking to him. I was laying back on a couch laughing. He didn’t know what to do. I was looking dead at him. [Laughs]. And then Dame was like, “You know Jim?” He started [stammering], “Ah? Ah?” Dame is just burnt out. He not thinking about none of that frivolous [beef] sh*t. Me neither for the most part. Nas was never on my level ever. Ever.

Former Byrdgang member Max B has been posting videos taking shots at you and saying an alteraction took place between you two. What are you thoughts on these?
There’s one thing about YouTube, people get up there and say what they want, but there’s never, ever any proof. If there was anything I’ve ever done, believe me, somebody validated would tell you about it. And besides, I own him. From the crown of his head to the soles of his feet. So you tell me when his album’s gonna come out? He sold his publishing to me for like 100 stacks for whatever the bail was when he was cryin' to me to get out of jail. That's my sneaker money. So he sold his publishing [to me] for whatever the bail was. I own him. He signed to me. Not no Asylum. He won’t be coming out with an album anytime soon.


So any deal he does, he has to go through you?
Yeah I’m the Don Dada. You gotta come speak to Daddy. I’m Steinbrenner in the situation. Who’s your daddy? Dada. Padre. Me. Let’s get to that. Did he look good showing the car that was tore up? How would that story go? Like, I would never wanna show my car being tore up, there’s no way around it. Like, how did it get tore up like that. “I was trying to get away from crashing cars.” You sound wild. I don’t know what happened that day, you smell me? [Laughs].


Who do you feel like right now is holding it down for New York?
All these n*gg*s have been around and they still not doing nothing. They trying to catch up to me right now, literally. I’m the point of interest right now. Who’s been more relevant than me the past 3 years as far as New York is concerned? As far as style, fashion, speakin’ my mind, political awareness, and stuntin’ on n*gg*s. Ladies love me. Police know my name on a first and last basis. They respect me for a [being a] G. They ain’t trying to lock me up for weed so I’m having a ball. I probably smoke like a half an ounce a day. N*gg*s know how instrumental I am to New York. There’s no one gonna be able to do what I’ve done as far as the work I’ve put in and the things I’ve accomplished and the things I’ve escaped unscathed for another 20 years. I don’t have to have nothing out and I still shut shit down. Me and Juelz go on any stage in the world and shut the whole thing down.


Wow his arrogance on that last question is shameful, read the whole interview here

New Jay-Z Interview; Speaks On Blueprint 3, Khaled/Fat Joe Diss

DJ Envy Interviews Saigon

Please Saigon go with Mark Ronson onto Interscope and RELEASE THAT ALBUM!

New Nas Interview

FC: Let’s start with the song from your latest CD targeting Fox News called “Sly Fox.” What prompted you to make that song?

NAS: I kept hearing terrible things about FOX News. I never trust media outlets, so FOX News—when I heard bad things about them—I expected it to be real. But they didn’t really get on my radar until last year when I was supposed to do a concert for Virginia Tech University. Bill O’Reilly had three shows on me—he’s trying to do what he did to Ludacris and take away Ludacris’ Pepsi deal. So he had three shows on it. And, I said, “All right. I’m going to get him back,” you know? “I’ve got something to say too. I’ve got listeners the same way you got listeners”—except my listeners are more of a threat in today’s world. His listeners represent the Old Word, the old Republican, the old way of thinking about America. That is played out. And he doesn’t even know that most Whites don’t even think the way he thinks. But he has his ratings, right?

Read The Rest of The Interview HERE