Diddy Launches Revolt Music Video Network

After last month news leaked that Diddy will be launching a Music video network, everybody has been wanting the details. Well finally Diddy has dropped his silence and gave us some info. In a recent blog video Diddy gave us all the info on his REVOLT Music Video Network.
"The revolution will be televised. Today is a very, very big day. I am here to announce my new cable network, Revolt. I'd first like to say thank-you to Comcast, the Comcast Diversity Council and NBC for recognizing the importance of minority ownership in cable television," Diddy said in a video. "When I was growing up, I used to watch television all the time and wonder, 'Why don't those people look like me?' ... So thank-you to Comcast, my hat goes off to you for being the first to step up and I would also like to encourage and invite Time Warner, DirectTV, Cable Vision and all the other distributors to come and get down with the get down because Revolt TV is bringing that revolution that television needs."

Top 10 Rap Albums - February 2012 Dive in for February's hottest new rap albums

2012 is off to a sluggish start. I skipped January -- as I've done for six years now -- because it's typically the weakest month of the year. There's no bigger insult than trying to convince a music lover to buy a bunch of middling projects by Z-grade emcees. That said, February isn't allout flames, either. But it offers the first real spark of the year, led by Big K.R.I.T.'s latest project, 4eva N a Day. Also out this month: new albums from Too $hort, Copywrite, and 40 Glocc. Peep game.

10. 40 Glocc - 'Big Bad 4-0: New World Agenda'

 Is there room for a tough-talking G-Unit rapper named after a semi-automatic pistol? 40 Glocc is willing to find out. His first proper LP has suffered more pushbacks than John Legend's hairline. This month, 40 will try again and he'll need all the luck money can buy.
Guests: Chamillionaire, Paul Wall, Prodigy, Cee Lo, Twista, Yo Gotti
Release Date: February 28, 2012

9. Too $hort - 'No Trespassing'

 This is album #19 (if you exclude collaborative projects, EPs, etc.). Number Eighteen was light on guests. This time, Short Dogg brought some famous friends, notably Fif and Snoop. And yes, that silly thing to the left of your screen is the official artwork. Only a rapper of Too $hort's caliber could get away with a circa 90s, No Limit-esque cover in 2012.
Guests: 50 Cent, E-40, Kokane, Snoop Dogg
Release Date: February 28, 2012

8. Knowledge Medina & Numonics - 'Never Enough'

 Numonics is the producer. Knowledge Medina is the MC. Together, they map the sound of hopelessness with depth and attitude. Numonics conceived the EP's mood in a hospital bed, while recovering from a heart attack. Their tale of triumph over tribulation fuels much of Never Enough.

Guests: Reks, Co$$, J NiCS, Jon The Barber
Release Date: February 7, 2012

7. Madlib - 'Medicine Show 13: Black Tape'

Still drunk on Madlib's 12-album Medicine Show series? How about a hangover treat? The revered beatmaker has summoned a 13th release as a bonus tape to round out the series. It's sixty minutes of Madlib stomping all over the playground.
Release Date: February 28, 2012 

 

6. Tyga - 'Careless World:Rise of the Last King'

No introduction needed for this Compton rapper with T.I. swagger. Just a disc full of hip-hop party anthems. Careless World is Tyga's second album and his first as a Young Money artist. He's joined on the album by mostly YMCMB cohorts. Beats by 40, Jess Jackson and others. For fans of Big Sean.
Guests: Pharrell, Soulja Boy, J. Cole, Big Sean, and every member of Young Money/Cash Money
Release Date: February 21, 2012

5. Ski Beatz 24 Hour Karate School Presents: Twilght Zone

 Producer Ski Beatz reloads his 24 Hour Karate School series with an 11-track album, his third in two years. The slick keys and thick drums on Twilght Zone will likely up your love for Ski.
Guests: Curren$y, Mac Miller, Murs, Tabi Bonney, and Olamide Faison
Release Date: February 14, 2012

4. Ja Rule - 'Pain Is Love 2'

The Prince of Rap & B returns with the sequel to his multi-platinum album. Part Two reunites Ja with 7 Aurelius who helped mold his sound in the early oughts. Seven produced PIL 2 in its entirety and calls it Ja's “most provocative and his most personal album to date.”
Guests: Kalenna Harper (of Diddy-Dirty Money), Leah Sigel, and Anita Louise
Release Date: February 28, 2012

3. Planet Asia - 'The Black Belt Theater'

Here it is, Planet Asia's long anticipated kung-fu album. Many rappers are quick to describe their albums as movie-on-wax, but Asia is one of the few with the chops to deliver. "I wanted to make the album like a movie, something you would see in a theater," he says. "That's why it has so many features. All the guests feel like different characters in the movie." That guest list is a mixbag of usual suspects (Strong Arm Steady, Talib Kweli), newbies (Fashawn, Torae), and plain weird surprises (Paul Wall). The album is produced almost exclusively by little known boardsman Dirtydiggs, with Oh No and Khrysis chipping in here and there.
Guests: Raekwon, Ras Kass, Camp Lo, Strong Arm Steady, Fashawn, Willie The Kid, Torae, Nio Tha Gift
Release Date: February 28, 2012 

2. Copywrite - 'God Save the King'

Walking human controversy Copywrite is back with a new batch of songs. This one has all the ingredients of a Copy album: ambitious concepts, fresh metaphors, multi-syllabic flows, robust production, etcetera etcetera. There's also an undercurrent of spirituality running through God Save the King. Yet, as is always the case with anything Copywrite these days, it's non-music stuff that's dominating the conversation. “I don’t want my new Christian audience to buy this album," he tells Allhiphop.com. "I don’t want people to think you can live on both sides of the fence. I’m even putting a disclaimer in the album. I’m not playing around with this." 

Guests: Heltah Skeltah, RjD2, Roc Marciano, Evidence, Torae 

Release Date: February 28, 2012 

1. Big K.R.I.T. - '4eva N a Day'

Mississippi rapper Big K.R.I.T. is wrapping up work on his Def Jam debut, Live from the Underground. That one is set for June (delayed because K.R.I.T. went sample crazy and the label needs time to scale the paperwork hurdle). Meanwhile, he's prepped yet another mixtape to keep fans busy. K.R.I.T. says 4eva N a Day is about the diverse group of people he's met throughout his music journey. "You meet a lot of people and learn about their stories and their lives, what touched them," he says. "I really wanna touch on that." 

Release Date: February 20, 2012

 

 

NEW MUSIC; "PADAWA Illrymz Feat Skales and Doctor Frabs @illrymz @youngskales @doktafrabz "

Olowu Bardia Adebola aka ILLRYMZ needs no further introduction as a Nigerian radio personality, model, television host, writer and producer. He is the Producer and host of Radio Outloud with Nokia & Ill; a PAN Nigerian syndicated reality radio show that airs on Beat FM & Cool FM in Lagos, Rhythm FM Abuja & Port Harcourt, BCA Umuahia and Freedom FM Kano. On television, Illrymz is the new host of Nigerian Idol alongside Tiwa Savage. 



Brand new music from  Illrymz, This track is cool, I think you wanna download it for your phone

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NEW MUSIC; Blaise – Iya Yin (If You Never Know)

Seen by many as Nigeria’s best female rapper, Blaise steps in with a new fierce joint “Iya Yin”. From what I hear, her mixtape FINALLY drops on the 23rd of March. The Queen is back!

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COUNDOWN TO 2012 GRAMMYs; Adele To Perform

Current nominee to make first appearance on the live stage since undergoing vocal cord surgery

Current GRAMMY nominee Adele will make her much anticipated return to the live stage on the 54th Annual GRAMMY Awards. This will be her first time performing live in nearly five months since being forced to cancel a sold-out U.S. tour to undergo surgery on her vocal cords. Additional performers, presenters and special segments will be announced soon.
"I'm immensely proud to have been asked to perform at this year's GRAMMY Awards," said Adele. "It's an absolute honor to be included in such a night, and for it to be my first performance in months is very exciting and of course nerve-racking, but what a way to get back into it all."
Two-time GRAMMY winner Adele has six nominations: Record Of The Year, Song Of The Year and Best Short Form Music Video for "Rolling In The Deep"; Album Of The Year and Best Pop Vocal Album for 21; and Best Pop Solo Performance for "Someone Like You."
Previously announced performers for the 54th Annual GRAMMY Awards include Jason Aldean and Kelly Clarkson; Glen Campbell with the Band Perry and Blake Shelton; Coldplay and Rihanna; Foo Fighters; Bruno Mars; Paul McCartney; Nicki Minaj; and Taylor Swift. Aldean, the Band Perry, Minaj, and Shelton will perform on the GRAMMY telecast for the first time, while Adele, Campbell, Clarkson, Coldplay, Foo Fighters, Mars, McCartney, Rihanna, and Swift are returning to the GRAMMY stage. LL Cool J, who has hosted "The GRAMMY Nominations Concert Live!! — Countdown To Music's Biggest Night" since its inception in December 2008, will be hosting the annual GRAMMY Awards telecast for the first time.
The 54th Annual GRAMMY Awards are produced by John Cossette Productions and AEG Ehrlich Ventures for The Recording Academy. Ken Ehrlich is executive producer, Louis J. Horvitz is director, and David Wild and Ken Ehrlich are the writers.
The 54th Annual GRAMMY Awards will take place live on Sunday, Feb. 12 at Staples Center in Los Angeles and will be broadcast in high definition and 5.1 surround sound on the CBS Television Network from 8–11:30 p.m. (ET/PT). The show also will be supported on radio worldwide via Westwood One/Dial Global, and covered online at GRAMMY.com and CBS.com, and on YouTube.

Adele #WeAreMusic 54th GRAMMY Awards Campaign - The 54th Annual GRAMMY Awards LIVE Feb. 12, 2012 on CBS #grammys #wearemusic

Coming soon; Wizkid Feat Skales- Baddest Boy @wizkidayo @youngskales

The highly anticipated simgle is expected to be out as soon as possible, you can expect this to be a dope, Wizkid is the biggest export in the African entertainment scene and Young Skales is Notorious for his solid punchlines.

Beyoncé Pays Tribute to "Fearless" Etta James

The death of Etta James was a hard hit to the music world, but few felt the loss as much as Beyoncé.
"Etta James was one of the greatest vocalists of our time. I am so fortunate to have met such a queen," the new mom wrote on her blog.
James passed away early this morning from complications of leukemia at age of 73.
What else did Bey have to say about the "At Last" songstress?

Swizz Beatz' Megaupload Ship Goes Down—Is He Going Down With It?

This is some confusing shizz.
You know when you have to send huge files to someone, but your email won't let you, so you need a third-party site to upload your file to—so that the intended recipient can then download it to his computer?
OK, so it turns out that hip-hop producer Swizz Beatz is the CEO of one of these file-sharing sites, the Hong Kong-based Megaupload, which yesterday was shut down by the U.S. Justice Department after seven executives and software programmers were indicted on racketeering and other charges.
Does this have anything to do with Megaupload's really neat promotional video featuring Beatz' wife, Alicia Keys, Kanye West, Chris Brown, Will.i.am and a bunch of other hot music stars?

Madonna: 'Lady GaGa is raw, fresh, ballsy, very talented'

Madonna has reserved high praise for Lady GaGa.

The 'Material Girl' icon lauded the Born This Way hitmaker in an interview with BBC chatshow host Graham Norton last night.

"I liked her rawness and there was something fresh about there and ballsy.

Madonna on The Graham Norton Show

 "And when she spoke to the audience, she sounded like she had a similar sense of humour to me, quite ironic, and I liked her. So I do think she is very talented."

Recalling when she first encountered GaGa, Madonna added: "I saw her performing at a very small club in Manhattan a couple of years ago, maybe it was like three years ago.

"I was actually really impressed by her. I thought she was really cool and she did remind me of me back in the day."

The 53-year-old claimed in a separate interview earlier this week that GaGa's single 'Born This Way' is a copy of her 'Express Yourself'.

Rihanna, Cheryl Cole to record duet this week

Cheryl Cole and Rihanna will reportedly record a duet together this week.

The pair have been rumoured to be planning a collaboration for some time and Rihanna is said to have agreed to record a "party anthem" with Cole for the Girls Aloud singer's upcoming third album.

Fresh reports have since claimed that the singers will meet at an LA studio later in the week to work on the project.

"Cheryl's flown to LA to put the finishing touches to her album and is due to meet Rihanna to record their duet," a source told the Daily Star Sunday.

 "It's been a long time coming and something both their management teams have been trying to arrange. But with their busy schedules and Rihanna's tour dates, they haven't been able to until now."

Cole is also said to be in talks to record collaborations with Eminem and Nicki Minaj for her new album, which was recently described as her best yet.

Cole's new single, which is rumoured to be co-written by herself and Taio Cruz, is apparently due for release in March.

Rihanna reclaims US Billboard number one with 'We Found Love'

Rihanna has returned to the top of the Billboard Hot 100 with 'We Found Love'.

The singer notches up a ninth week at the summit, after being ousted by LMFAO's 'Sexy And I Know It' last week, which falls to two.

Meanwhile, Adele leaps from eight to four with 'Set Fire To The Rain', and Jason Mraz debuts at number eight with 'I Won't Give Up'.

Further down the chart, Snoop Dogg, Wiz Khalifa and Bruno Mars advance from 14 to 11 with 'Young, Wild & Free', Jessie J's 'Domino' jumps from 21 to 17, and Kelly Clarkson re-enters at 57 with 'Stronger (What Doesn't Kill You)'.

will.i.am, Jennifer Lopez and Mick Jagger's 'T.H.E (The Hardest Ever)' vaults 90 to 62, The Black Keys lift 79 to 69 with 'Lonely Boy', and Florence + the Machine's 'Shake It Out' shifts from 89 to 73.

The Top 10 singles in full :

1. (2) Rihanna ft. Calvin Harris: 'We Found Love'
2. (1) LMFAO: 'Sexy And I Know It'
3. (4) Bruno Mars: 'It Will Rain'
4. (8) Adele: 'Set Fire to the Rain'
5. (5) Flo Rida: 'Good Feeling'
6. (3) Katy Perry: 'The One That Got Away'
7. (7) Jay-Z & Kanye West: 'Ni**as in Paris'
8. (*) Jason Mraz: 'I Won't Give Up'
9. (6) LMFAO ft, Lauren Bennett & GoonRock: 'Party Rock Anthem'
10. (9) Adele: 'Someone Like You'

New Video; Idris AbdulKareem Naija My country (Jaga Jaga Part 2) @Idris_abdulkarm

Idris Abdulkareem has done it again! He is one artist that never stops addressing issues affecting the masses, Jaga Jaga is still fresh in the heart of every Africans, now here is the part 2, Addressing the Fuel Subsidy removal by the Nigerian federal Government. This is a good initiative by the veteran artiste, and the tune is good. ENJOY!!!

Adele Still Lined Up for Grammy Appearance

She underwent vocal chord surgery to fix her impressive pipes back in November, and word has it, Adele will be well enough to attend this year’s Grammy Awards after all.
The “Rollin in the Deep” songstress is up for six Grammy nominations, and according to a source although she will be in attendance, she most likely won’t be able to perform.

“Producers of the Grammys would love to have Adele perform, and open the show, but she isn't able to give them an answer yet. She won't be able to give them an answer until the beginning of February, and they completely understand,” the insider said.
Ms Adele, who had the surgery to stop vocal cord hemorrhaging, is up for Album of the Year, Record of the Year and Song of the Year.

Birdman Signs "American Idol" Alum Chris Richardson To Cash Money Records

Baby inks a deal with the singer-songwriter, who appeared on the sixth season of the reality show competition.

Baby inks a deal with the singer-songwriter, who appeared on the sixth season of the reality show competition.

Birdman has announced the signing of American Idol alum Chris Richardson to Young Money/Cash Money Records.
In a PSA revealing the news, Birdman shares his love for Richardson, who recently appeared singing the hook on Tyga’s “Far Away.”

“You might have saw him, he started off the way we recognized his talent, on American Idol. Somebody who knew him, knew us and Josh connected us,” he said. “That’s how this started, us watching his talent on TV.”
Richardson, who plans on releasing his YMCMB debut in May, recently released his video for his single “In the Name of Love.” The 27-year-old initially appeared on AI’s sixth season, finishing in fifth place.
“Being part of this team, I’m really family-oriented so just having the comradery of everyone in this label is just something so special. I can’t even explain it. But it definitely is inspiring. Every day I come into the studio and I go until I stop, really. I’m so inspired to all my label mates, everybody here are still here doing the same thing.”

Lupe Fiasco & Pharrell Williams To Release Joint Album

Lu and Skateboard P plan on dropping a collaborative work.

Lupe Fiasco and Pharrell Williams are set to release a collaborative album.
According to a post on LupeFiasco.com, the frequent collaborators are working on a joint LP together. “Food and Liquor 2 coming soon,” read the post. “Lupe and Pharrell album coming soon.”
Though the details surrounding the album are scarce, Lu and Skateboard P have worked together several times in the past. With Kanye West, the pair formed CRS (Child Rebel Soldiers) and planned to release a group LP, but the project failed to materialize.
spicesofafrica.com will keep you updated.

Tyga ARRESTED IN VEGAS

Rapper Tyga was locked up in Las Vegas this weekend ... after cops discovered the 22-year-old had an active warrant out for his arrest ... TMZ has learned.

Law enforcement sources tell us ... Tyga -- real name Michael Stevenson -- was initially flagged on a routine traffic violation ... but during the stop, cops discovered the warrant stemming from 4 other traffic incidents.

According to KSNV in Nevada ... Tyga's prior issues include driving without a license, registration violations and unlawful acts of financial responsibility.

The "Rack City" and "Coconut Juice" rapper was hauled to the Clark County Detention Center where he was booked and tossed behind bars. He was released the next day on his own recognizance.

Story developing ...