Say What's Real

T.I has some big changes coming up real soon including some jail time. Check out the interview up top he has some interesting things to say.

N.E.R.D feat. T.I – “Party People”

Nicki kicked in the door this year and no one has been able to look back since. Plus she got that good good and she wants to put it on your sideburns.

#7 Lil Wayne

My girl (and i split her with 50) chats it up with Banks on his upcoming album, working with Kanye, and touring.

Joe Budden feat. Lloyd Banks, Fabolous, Royce da 5′9″ – “Remember the Titans”

Jail hasn’t slowed this man down at all. Sorry for the lack of post by the way. It really is hard keeping up the blogging and having to do a 9-5 at the same time. Hit the jump for numbers 8, 9, and 10

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I tend to disagree with Nas on this one. He’s certainly in my list of all time greats but if my vote counted for a Hall or something Em would get the GOAT nod.

Hopefully they get it right this time and Em isn’t looked over again.

Last night at BAFTA in London, Kanye held a screening for his film Runaway. He collaborated the film with Vanessa Beecroft and producer Jonathan Lia. Here are some details.

• Selita Ebanks co-stars as a phoenix that falls to the ground and starts dating Kanye

• Kanye says he drew inspiration from Michael Jackson’s Thriller, The Wall and Purple Rain

• The film is narrated by Nicki Minaj, in a British accent.

• The version shown last night had French subtitles

• It feautures a bunch of songs from My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy

• It features an homage to Michael Jackson

After the screening, Yeezy held a nearly 2 hour Q&A with the audience. A few highlights:

• The film was shot in Prague over a 4 day period

• The term “toast to the douche bags” was inspired by a party in Stockholm.

• He helped Nicki Minaj with her verse on “Monster”

• Jay uses the Reasonable Doubt flow on his song with Pete Rock, and they’ll be visiting the south of France towards the end of the month to finish Watch The Throne, after Kanye hands in My Beatiful Dark Twisted Fantasy on the October 14th.

• Bon Iver, who he samples on “Lost In The World,” will be on 9 tracks from the album.

We’re doing things a little differently this month. After the jump you can check out all of the downloads, videos, ect. that we here at SWR thought were cool this month. There were just too many good songs to do just a top downloads. Up top I have the artwork for Kanyes “Runaway” song, which happened to be my top fave release of this month.

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This shit is hilarious. Clinton Sparks stuff his pants with socks before and interview with Em to make it uncomfortable for him. Em notices it right away and his face is hilarious.

Nicki Minaj jumps on the Octover/November issue of Complex magazine. She discusses her relationship with Lil Wayne and Drake, being celibate and her usage of “pause” and “no homo.”

Speaking of Young Money, did your labelmate Drake tell you he’d be mentioning wanting to marry you on his verse for “Miss Me” before you heard it?

Nicki Minaj: He told me he said something about me on a verse, but I didn’t think it would be anything like that. He let me hear it for the first time when we did Jay’s show at Madison Square Garden, the day before Wayne had to go to jail—that night he let me hear it on the headphones. But you know what else he told me he wrote for me? The Alicia Keys song “I’m Ready.” I happen to love the song. I never told anyone that, I hope he won’t get mad that I said that.

Then you have Wayne calling you his future wife.

Nicki Minaj: [Laughs.]

You’re gonna have Drake and Wayne fighting over you.

Nicki Minaj: You have no idea how much I love them. We joke around. That’s the thing about Young Money, we will say a lot of crazy shit in the press but we will get around each other and start cracking up laughing like brothers and sisters. Drake is a playboy. He probably told mad bitches he wrote them songs for ‘em.

Click here for the full story and there’s a behind the scenes video you can check out after the break.

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Cudi has allot of interesting things to say in this cover story. From his beef with Wale, to the new album, to his drug use. There is no holding back this time around. Check out the snippet below then go HERE for the full interview.

Complex: Forgive me, but we gotta start with some controversy. In “Mojo So Dope,” you say that you “live through words, not metaphors, so I pass to be the rest of the freshmen.” What did you mean by that line?

Kid Cudi: I didn’t want anybody to take it the wrong way, because it wasn’t a dis. But most of the rappers that everyone loves are rappers that use metaphors. That’s not my style of rap. I like to rhyme in a more poetic way. Sometimes you don’t have to use these…witty ways of trying. It just sounds like somebody is overselling shit.

Its Never Enough is the confirmed name for Drakes upcoming R&B mixtape.

Young Money is running the news today. So as of right now Nov. 5th looks like the release date for the Carter 3s follow up. Until then we have I’m Not a Human Being EP coming out Sept. 27th.