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Lil Wayne Disses Pusha T On "Goulish" [LISTEN/DOWNLOAD]

Argenys Collado — Sat, 26 May 2012 02:05:39 +0000

The most significant shot in the G.O.O.D. vs YMCMB rift has just been fired by Young Money front-man Lil Wayne. A leaked snippet reveals a verse starting with some scathing remarks aimed at Pusha T for his veiled shots at Drake. The rest of the track can be heard on Swizz Beatz Limitless mixtape dropping soon.

Lil Wayne Disses Pusha T In "Goulish" [LISTEN/DOWNLOAD]

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Drake Says He Doesn't Mind Being Criticized [VIDEO]

Latifah Muhammad — Fri, 25 May 2012 23:04:47 +0000

It seems like critics (and tons of rappers) love to hate Drake, but he could care less. The Canadian MC, who recently got caught in Pusha T's line of fire, explained that getting dissed by the public is more of a gift than a curse. "There will be days when I walk in an arena and people will cheer and then there might be days when I walk in an arena and people might boo, but it all sounds the same to me because it's all just noise that lets me know that I'm relevant," he told MTV News.

Citing advice handed down to him by Floyd Mayweather, Drake revealed that much of the criticism comes from the Internet. "I don't get booed. I don't face that. I mean he [Mayweather] faces that challenge but my challenge is more with social media and open opinions and people just feeling like they need to talk."

No doubt Drizzy has become skilled in brushing off critiques. Although he once proclaimed "diss me and you'll never hear a reply for it," he's been known to go at some of his opponents, but he also knows when to admit defeat. When Common threw lyrical jabs at the 25-year-old, rather than letting the rift go too far, the beef was squashed after they ran into each other at this year's Grammy Awards.

Time will tell who else will attempt to slander the Young Money rhymer, but —if necessary— he can always call on Lil Wayne to fight his battles.

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2 Chainz Talks To Karen Civil About His Album, "Wanting" To Sign With G.O.O.D Music, and Other Topics [VIDEO]

Jarrett B. (@AOKJAY) — Fri, 25 May 2012 19:48:04 +0000

Courtesy of Civil TV, Karen Civil hosts an in-depth interview with arguably the hottest artist in the game, 2 Chainz. 2 Necklaces speaks on an array of topics, most notably his experiences on Drake's Club Paradise tour, fulfilling his A&R responsibilities on Ludacris' new album, his debut Based on a T.R.U Story, and where his focus is at when it comes to shows and features.

During this interview, Chainz speaks on his relationships with the powerhouses of the game and "wanting" to sign to G.O.O.D Music if the opportunity presented itself. Guess this is news to us. Enjoy the video

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French Montana On DJ Green Lantern's Invasion Radio [VIDEO]

Jarrett B. (@AOKJAY) — Fri, 25 May 2012 19:32:39 +0000

French Montana visits DJ Green Lantern's "Invasion" radio with Simone Amelia riding
shotgun on the interview held on Max B's birthday. French addresses Max B's current legal situation, the Velvet Room event, debuting "Pop That" featuring Drake, Lil Wayne & Rick Ross , and his relationship with Diddy & Rick Ross.

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Pusha T Talks Working With The-Dream On Debut Album [VIDEO]

Alvin aqua Blanco — Fri, 25 May 2012 13:32:37 +0000

Pusha T has the people going. The younger half of VA rap group the Clipse, and a soloist on Kanye's G.O.O.D. Music, Push A Ton's latest single "Exodus 23:1" is thought to be a not so veiled diss towards Drake. The track even inspired a "Fuk Pusha T" reaction from Lil Wayne. MTV News caught up with Push to talk about his recording work with R&B crooner The-Dream and coincidentally how the RicoBeats produced "Exodus 23:1" kicked off their working relationship.

"It really started as far as I went with this beat from Rico. We were like, 'Yo, Dream would just sound amazing on the record, period.'" recalled Pusha. "So we sent it out and it came back so quick... Personally, I never thought the record was going to come back this quick."

Peep the rest of the video below to see how The-Dream is helping Pusha with the songwriting on his forthcoming debut solo album.

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Drake ft. Chris Brown – "Yamaha Mama" (Unreleased) [LISTEN/DOWNLOAD]

Argenys Collado — Fri, 25 May 2012 04:02:48 +0000

This track was released 2 years ago as a Soulja Boy track, but Lowkey has unearthed the Drake version. So if you liked 'Yamaha Mama' and thought, "If only I can listen to this song without Soulja Boy and with Drake rapping" then for some reason you're in luck, and also, you have ESP.

Download: Drake feat. Chris Brown – "Yamaha Mama (Unreleased)

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The History Of The YMCMB vs. G.O.O.D. Music Cold War [PHOTOS/VIDEO]

Kazeem Famuyide (@RealLifeKaz) — Thu, 24 May 2012 16:54:09 +0000

Two of the most dominant, divisive and successful crews in Hip-Hop are G.O.O.D. Music and YMCMB. At one time, the two factions headed by Kanye West and Lil Wayne, respectively, were quite chummy. Somewhere along the way however, as their success grew and grew, their friendship went astray.

But to understand how it went all bad, you have to remember that at one time it was all good (or G.O.O.D.). Hip-Hop Wired takes a look at the long and storied history of the YMCMB vs. G.O.O.D. Music Cold War. Whose side are you on?

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Lil Wayne Says "Fuk Pusha T And Anybody That Love Em"

Jarrett B. (@AOKJAY) — Thu, 24 May 2012 15:05:35 +0000

Finally, a name has been said! After countless subliminals between both Pusha T and Drake over the last year, Lil Wayne steps up to the plate in defense of his artist. "Fuk pusha t and anybody that love em," tweeted Lil Tunechi last night after Push A Ton's latest track, "Exodus 23:1," thought to contain shots at Drizzy, started making the Internet rounds.

The irony of this move by the YMCMB general is that he and the Clipse have had disagreements dating back to the We Got It For Cheap series and Hell Hath No Fury days. Who do you think "Mr. Me Too" was about people? Shouts to @GillieDaKid on the video cameo. That's a whole different story.

Pusha has claimed on numerous occasions after Wayne was released from jail in November '10 that their differences have been settled since. Personally, I never believed this to be true as a serious Clipse supporter. Since the release of Tha Carter IV August '11, Pusha found himself on the defensive for his G.O.O.D brother and CEO, Kanye West.

The source of disrespect stems from the "It's Good" record, which included direct shots at Jay-Z . Drake admitted in an interview with Funkmaster Flex during his "Take Care" promo run that he was aware of Wayne's actions and didn't have a problem with them. Depending on who you ask, Drake's opening bars on the record can be interpreted as shots as well. He recites lyrics which claim certain rappers have gotten "too comfy" in this game. It can be argued the alliance against "The Throne" was formed then. According to BET, Drake made it clear that he understood there was a competition that existed between both Wayne and Hov.

In September and December '11 respectively, Pusha stepped to the plate to address Drake via his "Dreams Money Can Buy" and "Sweet" freestyles. One of Pusha's more memorable direct subliminals was featured on the "Dreams Money Can Buy" freestyle, where he says "Rappers on their sophomores, actin' like they boss lords/Fame such a funny thing for sure when n—as start believing all those encores."

Fast forward to February 2012; Wayne took to the stage to celebrate both his and Drake's album success at his Las Vegas Cash Money Pre-Grammy event at Paramount Studios. After announcing that Christina Milian was the newest signee to YMCMB, Wayne delivered another round of shots at Jay-Z and Kanye West. He ensured those in attendance that his red bone didnt want "to watch the throne." By this time, Drake and G.O.O.D's Common were just finishing up a quick lyrical war, which was offically squashed after the two bright skin brothers met at the NBA All Star Game.

This brings us to Pusha's "Exodus 23:1" record from last night. He returned to throwing shots at the Canadian rapper with The-Dream riding shotgun. Forgive the speculation, but does anybody else find it ironic that Pusha picked The-Dream for the chorus? It is documented that the crooner has a minor issue with The Weeknd, who's connected to Drake.

Now that Wayne has stepped up and said Pusha's name with Drake somewhere penning a batch of new subliminals, it's likely this will be one of the more entertaining "wars" in recent memory if anything comes from it. There is too much history between this love triangle for nothing to happen now. We should be in store for some G.O.O.D Music.

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Drake Preps New Music While On Tour [VIDEO]

Latifah Muhammad — Thu, 24 May 2012 00:58:12 +0000

Drake is a busy guy. His last album hasn't been in stores for a full year and he's already prepping new music. The Toronto MC recently took time out from his Club Paradise tour to deal with a family matter, but before stepping away, Drizzy told MTV News that he's ready to get back in the lab.

"I'm really excited to start working on new music. I start like June 18," he told MTV correspondent, Sway Calloway. "I got a studio bus out here so me and 40 started working on a couple joints the other night. Just getting warmed up. I did like the 'Amen' track for Meek [Mill] and I did 'No Lie' for 2 Chainz. "I'm on French Montana's single; me, him, Ross and Wayne, which is a crazy lineup, and then on Justin Bieber's record. I wrote a song for him as well."

Drizzy has yet to announce when the third album will be out, but in the meantime fans can look for him on Bieber's Believe release, dropping June 19.

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Justin Bieber's "Boyfriend" Remix Will Feature 2 Chainz & Mac Miller [VIDEO]

Kazeem Famuyide (@RealLifeKaz) — Wed, 23 May 2012 21:19:18 +0000

Justin Bieber (also known as "Shawty Mane" and "Bieber Da Gawd") will be dropping the official remix to his hit single "Boyfriend," with 2 Chainz and Mac Miller. "To celebrate the #BELIEVEtour coming ... I might need to drop this #BOYFRIENDremix @2Chainz @MacMiller," Bieber tweeted. Bieber's new album, Believe (also known as BF103: Thug Motivation...okay we were kidding a little bit), will be hitting stores June 19th and will feature Kanye West, Drake, Nicki Minaj, Big Sean and more. Hit the jump to see 2 Chainz talk about the Bieber collaboration.

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