Monday, November 12th 2012
EXPLOSIVE VIDEO: GAME-I REMEMBER FEAT. FUTURE & YOUNG JEEZY
After dropping some real raps in his first #Offering to fans, his “Cough Up A Lung (New York Freestyle)”, Game’s latest #Sunday Service track is a big, ignorant strip-club anthem. The NSFW visuals for the new single, which you’d expect to see helmed by Tyga, Rick Ross or Wayne, show the L.A rapper sipping on Ciroc and enjoying the lapdance of his life, but he doesn’t sound at home musically. Over the beat, an “I’m On One/My Type of Party” cast-off, his attempt to switch up styles and flows never gets going. The guests sound more comfortable. Whilst Jeezy‘s verse is generic fare and Future‘s contribution to the hook might grate on many listeners, they at least know what they’re doing on this kind of cut, and I think the latter’s verse takes it by virtue of its sheer effortlessness
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Sunday, August 12th 2012
U.S. WRESTLER JAKE VARNER WINS GOLD MEDAL IN 96-K FREESTYLE AT 2012 LONDON GAMES!
LONDON -- Cael Sanderson spent the past seven years teaching Jake Varner how to be a world champion – and he was there Sunday when Varner joined him as an Olympic gold medalist. With Sanderson watching, Varner defeated Valerie Andriitsev of Ukraine 1-0, 1-0 to win gold in men's 96-kilogram freestyle. Coupled with Jordan Burroughs' win in the 74 kilograms Friday night, it gave the American team multiple Olympic gold medalists in men's wrestling for the first time since 1996. "Still not sure I'm in his league, but it's awesome to be coached by a guy like that," Varner said of Sanderson, a gold medalist at the 2004 Athens Olympics. "I owe him a lot. It means a lot to have him with me." Varner and Sanderson's relationship began in 2005 at Iowa State, where Sanderson coached before jumping to Penn State. The day after Varner graduated in 2010, he piled up the car and drove 15 hours to Pennsylvania to train full-time with Sanderson. Sanderson said last week that Varner had pounded on him during training sessions leading up to the Olympics. Varner showed that good form by winning four straight matches for gold. "He was going to get me to my ultimate goal, which was to win a gold medal at the Olympics – and that's what he did," Varner said. Varner will also collect a $250,000 bonus from the Living the Dream fund, which supports American wrestling. Sanderson said Varner was the same in the finals as in any other match. "That's one of the reasons he's so good," Sanderson said. "He has great composure. That, in addition to just living the lifestyle for a long time. He's the man." Throughout the Olympic tournament, the U.S. wrestlers received unfavorable draws in their unseeded brackets. They finally got lucky with Varner. Most of the top medal contenders were on the other side of the bracket, and Varner opened with a three-period win over Kurban Kurbanov of Uzbekistan and a decisive victory over Canadian Khetag Pliev. George Gogshelidze of Georgia beat Varner in the first period of the semifinals, and Varner appeared to be in serious trouble when the second period stayed scoreless after two minutes. But the ball draw that decided who would be on offense for the period tiebreaker went Varner's way. Varner took advantage of his good fortune with a takedown to force a third period in just one second. Varner then scored on a pushout to advance to the finals, where he he turned a potential deficit near the edge of the mat into the winning point. Andriitsev was the underdog against Iranian world champion Reza Yazdani in the other semifinal, but Yazdani hurt his leg just 28 seconds into the first period. Yazdani got off the mat in obvious pain, but he waved off the stretcher, to the delight of the large Iranian section of the crowd. He clearly wasn't OK, though, and the match was called because of injury after 77 seconds. Yazdani was the favorite. But it was apparent from the opening match that Varner was going to have a major say in who won gold. Varner fell to his knees once the clock ticked down to zero, soaking in the fact that he'd just accomplished the biggest goal of his life. He soon found Sanderson, embracing the friend who helped make it all possible with a leaping bear hug. "Jake watched Cael win a gold medal as a kid. Came to Iowa State because he had that same goal. When they were there, Cael mentored him, coached him and became his friend," U.S. freestyle coach Zeke Jones said. "From that moment, they had a dream together that said, 'I want to be the best in the world. I want to be the best in the world. And Jake did – and Cael got to be a part of that." Tatsuhiro Yonemitsu of Japan also won wrestling gold Sunday in men's 66-kilogram freestyle, beating Sushil Kumar of India to give the Japanese their first Olympic title in the sport in 24 years. Yonemitsu, runner-up at the world championships in 2011, beat Kumar 1-0, 3-1 in the first gold-medal match featuring an Indian wrestler. The win was Japan's fourth gold of the London Games. Three Japanese women won gold medals earlier this week. "It's unbelievable that I really did it," Yonemitsu said. "I think that every day's training paid off. If you did your best just on the day, it would not work. You need to train step by step."
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Wednesday, August 1st 2012
MICHAEL PHELPS BREAKS OLYMPIC RECORD WITH 19TH MEDAL IN SWIMMING!
Michael Phelps has always said he wanted to do something that no one has ever done before. He’s all by himself now, and ready to go for more. The world’s greatest swimmer cruised through the anchor leg of the 4×200-meter freestyle relay to earn his record 19th career Olympic medal and 15th gold on Tuesday night, etching a place in history as the most decorated Olympian of all time. “It has been a pretty amazing career but we still have a couple races to go,” he said. Now his remaining four days in the pool at the London Games are all about putting that mark even further out of reach. Phelps has three events to go — the 200 individual medley, the 100 butterfly and the 4×100 medley relay. He won’t be racing for a medal on Wednesday, when he competes in the preliminaries and semifinals of the 200 IM. The big race on Day 5 of the swimming competition will be the men’s 100 freestyle. James “The Missile” Magnussen of Australia owns the leading time going into the final. Nathan Adrian of the U.S. is next on the list, followed by Cuba’s Hanser Garcia. Other top contenders are world record-holder Cesar Cielo of Brazil and Yannick Agnel of France. Kosuke Kitajima will try to make some history of his own in the 200 breaststroke. The Japanese star could become the first maleswimmer to win the same event at three consecutive Olympics, although he’s a long shot after qualifying fifth-fastest for the final. Kitajima’s earlier attempt at a threepeat in the 100 breast fell short. Leading qualifier Kathleen Hersey goes for the first U.S. gold medal in the women’s 200 butterfly since 2000, when Misty Hyman stunnedSusie O’Neill in Sydney. Hours after Phelps earned his 18th medal — a silver in the 200 fly — and his 19th with the relay gold, well-wishers ranging from soccer great Pele to Los Angeles Lakers star Pau Gasol to fellow Olympians and teammates past and present tweeted their congratulations. “To be a part of that is something I’ll tell my kids about,” relay swimmer Ricky Berens said. “It’s just incredible to go down with him.” Phelps tied the record for career medals held by Soviet gymnast Larisa Latynina by finishing second in the 200 fly, getting out-touched by South African Chad le Clos at the wall. Phelps angrily tossed his cap in the water, a scowl on his face. About an hour later, he returned with his teammates in tow for the relay. Ryan Lochte led off, followed by Conor Dwyer. Berens gave a lead of nearly 4 seconds to Phelps, who churned through the water and touched in a cumulative time of 6 minutes, 59.70 seconds for his first gold of these games. When Phelps and the others huddled up before the relay, he told them he wanted “a big lead” going into his anchor leg and they delivered. “I started smiling with like 20 meters to go, the first time I think I’ve ever done that in a race,” he said. “I knew we had gotten it.” Phelps has 15 golds in his career, six more than anyone else, to go along with two silvers and two bronzes. Latynina won nine golds, five silvers and four bronzes from 1956-64. The 77-year-old gymnast was in the stands at the Aquatics Centre on Tuesday night and watched Phelps break her record, and she said she was happy for him. “I saw him swim, and I saw my record swim away,” Latynina told The Associated Press in a telephone interview. “He’s very talented — no doubt about that.” Lochte called Phelps “one of the toughest racers and one of the best swimmers ever to live. It’s pretty awesome.” In the stands, Phelps’ mother, Debbie, and two sisters cheered his feat. Wearing his 19th medal during the victory stroll, Phelps stood on a plastic chair and reached up to take a small U.S. flag from them. With tears in her eyes, Debbie blew a kiss to her only son. Phelps’ night started out on a sour note in his signature event, one that is especially meaningful to his family since his sisters once swum it, too. He hadn’t lost the 200 fly at the Olympics or world championships since Sydney, when he finished fifth as an unknown 15-year-old. Phelps, after leading the entire race, tried to glide into the wall instead of taking one more stroke. Le Clos took that extra stroke and beat Phelps by five-hundredths of a second. “I was on the receiving end of getting touched out,” he said. “Chad swam a good race. I’ve gotten to know him a little over the last year. He’s a hard worker, he’s a tough competitor and he’s a racer.” Le Clos pounded the water when he saw the “1” beside his name. “He has always been an inspiration to me and a role model,” le Clos said. “I’ve watched all his races a million times and I’ve run the commentary over and over. Now, I guess I can watch my race.” Phelps hung on the lane rope and buried his face in his hands, disgusted with himself for having squandered what looked like a sure gold. Le Clos won South Africa’s second swimming gold of the games in a time of 1:52.96. Phelps finished in 1:53.01, while Japan’s Takeshi Matsuda took the bronze in 1:53.21. “It’s obviously my last one,” Phelps said. “I would have liked to win, but 1:53 flat isn’t a terrible time. When you look at the picture of it, it’s a decent time.” The legacy of his achievements is pretty decent, too. But the kid who always said he simply wanted to be the best Michael Phelps hopes someone else is out there dreaming as big as he did. “Nothing is untouchable,” he said.
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Sunday, May 27th 2012
2012 ROCK THE BELLS PRESS CONFERENCE [FEATURING RZA, DOM KENNEDY, MURS, DJ QUIK, BONE THUGS -N- HARMONY, DJ LANCE ROCK]
Last week at the Los Angeles House of Blues, Live Nation and Guerilla Union held a press conference to announce this year's line up for the annual Hip-Hop concert series Rock The Bells. Along with the CEO of Guerilla Union to make the announcements are the legendary multi-platinum group Bone Thugs - N- Harmony. Who were honored as the surprise headliners of the tour as they make their reunion performing their iconic LP E.1999 in it's entirety. Other artists to answer press questions were DJ Quik, RZA, Dom Kennedy, Fashawn, Murs, and surprisingly DJ Lance Rock from the hit children show Yo Gabba Gabba, who will also be announced as a new addition to the concert. Other big announcements was the extension of the concert now being two days in every city on the bill. Check out all this and more during the video, an amazing freestyle from Supernatural. Tickets for Rock The Bells are on sale now.
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Saturday, May 5th 2012
KABOOM! EXCLUSIVE: BIG K.R.I.T. INTERVIEW W/ BRYSON PAUL [SPEAKS ON ALBUM HIATUS, TODAYS MIXTAPES, & WHY HE HAS NO FEATURES ON 4EVA NA DAY}
It's safe to say that Mississippi producer/emcee Big K.R.I.T. is a new King in this world of Hip-Hop. Rather it be proclaimed by Hip-Hop legends (Bun B, T.I., and Ludacris) or simply drawn out into recognition through his name K.R.I.T. alone (short for King Remembered in Time). The Def Jam signee has been boiling hot for the pas two years now and continues to deliver through his slew of mixtapes, production credits, and highly popular southern rhyme features. As he finally prepares to release his long overwaited debut album; Live From The Underground. We caught up with K.R.I.T in New York on the eve of the release of his new mixtape 4Eva Na Day. Via phone, K.R.I.T. drops some thoughts on the current mixtape game, touring versus recording, frustrations with sample clearing, and the treatment behind 4Eva Na Day. Musicians of all genres definitely need to pay attention to what this Underground King has to say, he's about to show the world a thing or two about making the smart choices in your career.
Interview by Bryson Paul
4eva Na Day was a project you pushed back like an album. Is it the same type of feeling of disappointment you get for a mixtape push back like an album being pushed back?
Big K.R.I.T.: I pushed it back because I wanted to add more songs to it for one; you know what I’m saying. That was extremely important to me to add more records. A lot of people don’t realize, that all this; the way I came about, from Return of 4Eva. I hadn’t dropped a mixtape or album yet. I treat these projects just like albums. From the roll out, to shoot videos to em, it’s like all that is extremely important. It’s all original music as well. It’s no freestyles or anything like that at all. It’s all original songs. Just trying to take it like an album, I never want to short the people. I never want to throw a half way project out there, I want to take on every project like it’s my last, you know.
You have said upon announcing the new mixtape that you are treating the tape like a free album. Who are some of your main collaborators on 4Eva Na Day?
Wow, that’s a first for a lot of mixtapes.
How do you balance the satisfaction between what you want and what your fans want musically on 4Eva Na Day?
Big K.R.I.T.: I think just making music that is true to myself. I had no idea what people wanted from me in the first place, I came up with a project and it worked, you know what I’m sayin. Even with Return of 4Eva, I was like I’m just gonna be myself, make music that I enjoy to listen to and pray that people relate and dig it too. That’s kind of the same way with 4Eva Na Day man, you know never really know, you just got to stick with your gut and make quality music at the end of the day. I think as long as its quality, it makes sense, such amount of content; people gonna dig it.
Do you feel like it is taking 4Eva Na Day to complete the clearing of material for your debut Live from the Undergound?
King Pt.2 is an incredible record. Anything from 4Eva Na Day you wanted to place on your debut album?
Being you are always on the road, how does the affect your recording?
How supportive is Def Jam as far as it comes to you making mixtapes whereas making an album?
Big K.R.I.T.: Creatively it’s an if it ain’t broke don’t fix it kind of thing. I’m making content that people really relate to, its working. To be able to make a “Country Shit” record but at the same time people like that and then a record like “The Vent”, they [Def Jam] see that the growth is going to be organic, ya know and that’s cool. It takes time to really build up people’s confidence to actually go out and buy an album out the store. I don’t want just be like oh I got a single and my album ain’t right. I want to put together the best possible album I can. The singles all make sense and that’s what were working for right now.
Big K.R.I.T. is currently finishing up his college tour with J. Cole and prepping for the release of his debut album Live From the Underground (Def Jam/Cinematic Music Group). K.R.I.T.'s debut is scheduled to hit shelves June 5th 2012. Until then make sure you grab your copy of the 4Eva Na Day today for free through your favorite music websites.
Pick up your copy of 4Eva Na Day here:
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Big K.R.I.T. - 4 Eva Na Day [Mixtape]: Click Here
Also pick up a copy of the EP version of 4Eva Na Day: Road Less Traveled Edition
4Eva Na Day (Road Less Traveled Edition) Tracklist:
1. Boobie Miles
2. Man On Fire
3. Sideline
4. Insomnia
5. Red Eye
Available on iTunes
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