Lil Wayne to Drop The Carter 4 at Midnight Following The Video Music Awards

Lil Wayne to Drop The Carter 4 at Midnight Following The Video Music Awards

Lil Wayne is going to dabble in a little midnight madness. Scheduled to perform at the 2011 MTV Video Music Awards on Sunday, Weezy has now announced that he'll also be dropping his highly anticipated new album, Tha Carter IV, at midnight, right after the Video Music Awards Show.

"I am extremely excited to be the first artist to utilize such an amazing idea. I hope that I can open the door for others," Lil Wayne said in a press statement regarding the Carter 4.

The YMCMB rapper's latest will be released digitally via iTunes, Amazon and other legal MP3 download destinations at 12 a.m. on August 29. Those still dedicated to physical CDs need not worry since the album will be in retail stores later that Monday.

The release of Tha Carter IV will be the capstone to a big night for Weezy, who is also up for Moonmen in the Best Hip-Hop Video and Best Collaboration categories. And despite Wayne's skateboarding accident over the weekend (he tweeted that he needed nine stitches for a gash over his eye), he is sure to take the Nokia Theatre stage by storm this week.

"The MTV Video Music Awards are one of the most watched and respected shows in the industry," Ronald "Slim" Williams, CEO of Cash Money Records, said in a statement. "Wayne is one of the most respected and prolific artists in the industry. By pairing the release of Tha Carter IV with the VMAs, it will certainly add to the overall anticipation and excitement for fans everywhere for what will surely be an unforgettable evening."

With Jay-Z and Kanye West throwing a wrench into traditional album-release strategies with their Watch the Throne project, Lil Wayne has chosen to make his own release an event by coinciding with another. "Lil Wayne continues to change the game; this time with a new release strategy that demonstrates the power of the VMAs to grab the attention of music fans," MTV President Stephen Friedman said. "After our millions of viewers experience the VMAs, they can go online at midnight and download the album they've all been waiting for."

Tha Carter IV's latest single is "She Will" and features appearances from, T-Pain, Tech N9ne, Rick Ross, John Legend, Jadakiss, Nas and Busta Rhymes, among others.

The 28th annual MTV Video Music Awards will air live Sunday, August 28, from Los Angeles at 9 p.m. ET/PT, following the Selena Gomez-hosted pre-show at 8. See the list of nominees, revisit last year's highlights and vote for Best New Artist at VMA.MTV.com.

Lil Wayne is also Scheduled to perform several concerts across the US including One tonight
at Irvine Meadows / Verizon Wireless Amphitheater, Irvine, CA Fri, Aug 26, 2011 Tickets available at www.LiveNation.com 

On Tuesday Lil Wayne performs for the KS107.5 FM Back To School Jam at The Comfort Dental Amphitheater in Denver Colorado on Tuesday August 30th alongside Rick Ross, Keri Hilson, Far East Movement and Lloyd. Tickets available at www.LiveNation.com

KS107.5 Back 2 School Jam ft Lil Wayne, Keri Hilson, Rick Ross, Fare East Movement and Lloyd

This concert will be followed immediately by a concert at The Hard Rock Casino in Albuquerque New Mexico on Wednesday August 31st 2011 again with Rick Ross, Keri Hilson, Far East Movement and Lloyd. Tickets available at www.LiveNation.com

- Trent W. Great Hip Hop Music Blog

DJ Big Spade Ear Candy and White Party Mixtapes

DJ Big Spade Ear Candy Volumes 1 & 2

Story by: Trent Williams

DJ Big Spade has been busy all summer Deejaying for Denver's hot celebrity parties and nightclub events at Club 303, Theorie, Sutra, and other locations as well as doing Fly Magazine's special event parties and Fly Girl of the month calander parties.

With DJ Big Spade's busy nightclub schedule and his pursuit of yet another College degree it's hard to imagine him finding the time to produce some hot mixtapes. Yet DJ Big spade does accomplish just that, producing several hot mixtapes each year the most memorable being the White Party mixtape, his Obama Mixtape and the Ear Candy Mixtape.

Now who could ever forget the cover on DJ Big Spade's Ear Candy Mixtape? Made a brother start wondering how the hell can I hook up with this bad CGI model chick other than in my fantasies! LOL

In any case, DJ Big Spade put out a hot R&B mixtape called Ear Candy Vol. 1 (Unwrap the R&B) which featured a really hot album cover design and a great mix of R&B hits and blends mixed by DJ Big Spade. A special blend remix of Jamie Foxx's mega hit "Blame it on the Alcohol" is featured on this hot mixtape as is Bobby Valentino and Lil Wayne's "Miss Officer" and Keri Hilson's "Turning Me On"

The first volume of Ear Candy has been out on the streets making the rounds for a little while. Now DJ Big Spade is scheduled to release another hot R&B mixtape, the second volume in the series which features a Spearamint Green Mint Version of the original mixtape cover. We eagerly await the arrival of this mixtape and will also be looking forward to even more hot mixes by DJ Big Spade.

DJ Big Spade mixtapes are available at DJBigSpade.biz
and at most DJ Big Spade nightclub events and special parties.

You can catch DJ Big Spade in some of Denver's hottest nightclubs or touring around the US in Cities like New York and Atlanta. for tour dates visit DJ Big Spade's Website DJBigSpade.biz or his myspace page http://www.myspace.com/djbigspade1

To Book DJ Big Spade Call 303-257-3033

The Graphic Design for the mixtapes and poster were created by the Graphic Design Teams at www.djemir.com/design-services.html call 303-995-0875 for graphics

To Book DJ Big Spade Call 303-257-3033

For Album Cover Designs, Flyer Designs and Graphic Design Call 303-995-0875

- Trent Williams Contributing Journalist

Jadakiss & DJ Green Lantern Bury Their Beef and Are Back in the Lab

Jadakiss & DJ Green Lantern Bury Their Beef and Are Back in the Lab

This week was supposed to see the release of Jadakiss' The Last Kiss album, and since that project has been pushed back until April 7, your boy couldn't leave you without any stimulants. He has a mixtape out, so pucker up — Jadakiss is going to tell you to kiss his ass and there's just no escaping that. Although he had to change his official album's title to The Last Kiss, the Yonkers monster mouth used his original title idea for his latest mixtape, the sequel to his classic 2004 mixtape with Big Mike and Green Lantern, The Champ Is Here.

"Green is impeccable with blending and mixing, taking an acappella of a record that had a previous track to the next level," Kiss said of reteaming for Kiss My Ass: The Champ Is Here Pt. 2.

"A lot of DJs just want a couple of freestyles [when you make mixtapes]. Green wants some freestyles, a cappellas. He wants to do his thing and he wants some drops or whatever," Jada continued. "And he presents you with records. When you're working with him, you know what you're getting, and he's bringing some things to the table. He's really in there working. He's making it like a real album. He's gonna master it. It was definitely a good thing getting back with him."

To the dismay of fans — not to mention the two gentlemen involved themselves — Kiss and Green had a serious falling out on the heels of making the first Champ, one of the all--time great street CDs (no gas here, it was that damn good. A phone conversation between the two popped up on a street DVD. They were discussing Jada's then brewing battle with 50 Cent. In the aftermath of the footage going public, Green stepped down as Eminem's DJ.

Green Lantern has since gone on to spin at shows for the likes of Nas and Jay-Z. In fact, it was during an American Gangster tour stop in NYC that Kiss appeared onstage as Jay's special guest, but the Yonkers ripper and the Evil Genius had no synergy onstage. Kiss wanted to rock one of his hits, but Green Lantern only had "It's All About the Benjamins."

"I reached out to Green," Jadakiss said of how the two came to put this current mixtape together. "He kept 100. He came to Y.O. by himself. We sat at a restaurant and just kicked it. Ventilated. He said what he wanted to say, got off his chest how the whole thing went down."
As for the concert, Jada explained, "A lot of people thought it might have been some funny money, but one of the things we talked about at the table, he was like, 'Don't think I was doing you greasy.' He didn't have none of my music in his replay. I can't get mad at that. It's a Hov show. Hov made him put 'The Benjamins' in there. I just didn't want to perform 'The Benjamins.' "

Now on the same page, the two are already plotting to drop another Kiss My A-- CD. And if you're wondering why this current Kiss My A-- CD is a little shorter than expected, Jada said he's just looking out for his official release in April. The potency of the first Champ Is Here mixtape hurt sales of his official The Kiss of Death album.
"That's why I had to make this one tight, but not too much a full-length album, because [fans] will just sit with that and not want to get your album. ... Interscope spent a lot of money on that Champ Is Here [and it ended up hurting The Kiss of Death]. They made a lot of copies and put it in every region in the world. It was good and bad. That's why I went light. But we got volume two of the Kiss My Ass. I got more music I'm gonna let go in a couple days for you."
Jada said after his album drops in April, fans can expect a D-Block compilation followed by a LOX album at the end of the year.

Jadakiss' dropping even more new joints too

"Child Abuse." "That's a beat that Swizz used before," Jada explained. "I heard a lot of people that rocked over it. [Lloyd] Banks rocked to it. Ransom, Stack Bundles — rest in peace — before he passed, he ripped something on there. I said, 'This is a beat for MCs. I wanna get on that, let them know I got my ear to the streets.' 'Child Abuse'! Just some lyrical fun, smackin' the track around."

"Hard Times" featuring Barrington Levy. "That should be on the LP," Jada said. "I don't know. It's in the batch. It rings off in the club and I get a good look from all the yardies. They love the boy Kiss, respect. Barrington is raw. They call him 'The Mayor' over there [in Jamaica]. He's a real dude. ... He's making real music. He's trying hard to get me [to do the video] over there in Jamaica. I might pay for a video — shoot half over there, shoot half in Jamaica. It was a good look. I never did a reggae joint, and I did it with Barrington. I'm supposed to be hooking up with Beenie Man too this week while he's in town."

"The People" featuring Styles P. "We were just spazzin' on the Common beat," Jada explained. "I'm a big fan of Common. You probably wouldn't know, since we're [such] different artists, but Common's a spitter since back in the day. He gets it in with anybody, any type of song. I was big fan of that single when he dropped it, 'The People.' The cadence is crazy. Green had thrown SP on there in the middle of the track. I said, 'That ain't gonna work, Green. You can't just chop them verses up like that. You gotta let the whole thing rock, then let P come after that.' It came out tremendous."

All and all this will be a big year for Jadakiss and we wish him the best.

- The Great Hip Hop Music Blog Spot

Iron Man Mixtape Review 2 by Jay

Review 2 of The Ironman Mixtape CD by DJ Emir



Like its predecessor, The Transformers Mixtape, DJ Emir's new monster hit mixtape, the Iron Man Mixtape is making a huge splash in the mixtape circuit. After going all out on the previous mixtape and recieving several awards including the honor of VIP Nightclub Magazine mixtape of the year, DJ Emir simply had to go all out and try to out do his previous Nine mixtapes.

The monster mix session known as The Iron Man Mixtape is a monumental movement to bring back the true essence of real mixtapes, that is bring back mixtapes that are actually mixed. Real scratches, transforms, mixes, juggles, remixes, blends and dope overall DJ skills, yes folks, that's what real mixtapes are made of. Gun Shots, excessive yelling, lack of creativity and compiling songs just to get them out faster than the other guy... That's what fake mixtapes are made of.

Time and Time again DJ Emir manages to put out some of the best Real mixtapes we've ever heard. He mixes so fast and hard that Emir plays, as KRS One put it in his song the DJ "Only One to Two verses, just keep the party moving" Emir's mixes are hard fast and smooth, the entire mixtape flows from one song to the next with dope transitions and even tighter remixes. How else do you fit 62 tracks on One CD?!

Some of the remixes are so much better than the original songs that they actually became our new favorite songs of the moment. For example, DJ Emir's remix of 50 Cent Get Money was straight fire especially the spots where Emir caught the accapella and cut up the track with his scratch skills. Dude seriously was killing it on that remix! Same with his crazy intro.DJ Emir's Iron Man Mixtape is a 10 as far as DJ skill and overall entertainment go. Our advice to DJ Emir, just keep 'em coming! - Jay of The Great Hip Hop Blog

Mixtape Volume 8: Hip Hop Mixtape

Mixtape Vol8
Track Listing:
1 DJ Emir - Mixtape Vol 8 Intro
2 Mims This Is Why I'm Hot
3 The Game - It's Alright (One Blood)
4 Junior Reed - One Blood
5 DJ UNK - Walk It Out Remix Ft Jim Jones & Andre 3000
6 Crime Mobb - Knuck If You Buck Intermission Beat
7 Lil Scrappy - Money In The Bank
8 T.I. - What You Know About That
9 Ruff Riderz - Intermission Beat
10 Young Dro - Shoulder Lean
11 Danity Kane - Show Stopping
12 Letoya ft Mike Jones - Torn Remix1
13 Letoya ft Jermain Dupri- Torn Remix2
14 Crime Mobb - Rock Ya Hips
15 Jibbs - Chain Hang Low
16 Jibbs - Chain Hang Low Remix
17 Notorious B.I.G. - Spit Your Game
18 Duece Poppi - Did I Do That?
19 Lil Jon - Snap Ya Fingaz Intermission
20 MIMS - Black Train (DJ Emir Remix)
21 Monica ft Franchize Boys - Everytime The Beat Drops
22 Snoop Dogg ft R Kelly - That's That
23 Young Capone - What It Is
24 Yung Joc ft Playalitical - It's Going Down Remix
25 Yung Joc - It's Going Down
26 Yung Joc ft Playalitical - It's Going Down Remix
27 36 Mafia - Side 2 Side
28 50 Cent - In Da Club (DJ Emir Remix)
29 Jim Jones - We Fly High (Ballin)
30 Ali N Gipp - Go Head
31 Don Omar - Dale Don Dale Remix
32 LL Cool J - Hush Reggaeton Remix
33 Shakira - Hips Don't Lie
34 Shakira ft Fat Man Scoop - Hips Dont Lie Remix
35 R Kelly ft Sean Paul - Slow Wind Remix
36 Ice Cube - Why We Thugs
37 India Arie Ft Akon - I Am Not My Hair (Konvict Remix)
38 Akon ft Snoop Dogg - I Wanna Love You
39 E40 ft Candy Girl - U N Dat
40 Snoop Dogg ft E40, Eightball - Candy
41 E40 - Tell Me When To Go
42 Rashard ft T-Pain - Tell Em What They Want To Hear
43 J Shin ft T-Pain - Send Me An Email

Mixtape Vol8