Cash Money is an army, better yet…an army made up of washed-up recruits. Earlier this week, Bow Wow shocked the rap world when he announced that he has signed a new deal with Baby and Slim’s iconic New Orleans label. And a few months ago, Philly rapper Freeway also announced that he has inked a deal with CMR. Who’s next?
Since the label has started inviting refugees from other labels to join its roster, we decided to suggest some other artists in need of a career boost who could benefit from getting down with Cash Money. Check out the fake album covers and details behind our proposed projects below…
If you haven’t actually sat down and listened to Kenzo Digital’s hour-long audio movie City Of God’s Son, we suggest you attend one of the back-to-back screenings/listening sessions that’s happening next week (July 29/30) in New York City. In the meantime, watch this new video promo “City of God’s Son:Cinema for the Blind,” which features a group of various blind musicians talking about their unique experience while listening to the vivid story that stars Nas, Jay-Z, Ghostface, Biggie, Raekwon, and Samuel L. Jackson.
We interviewed Kenzo earlier this year when he released the project online, so click here to get some background on City of God’s Son. More info on the listening session below…
God’s Son searches the Harlem crowd for a rapper he hasn’t promised to do an album with.
Besides Dr. Dre’sDetox, there’s nothing more elusive in the world of hip-hop than the collaboration album. Rappers (not named Plies) have a hard enough time putting out one album, yet they keep promising to collaborate with other high-profile MCs on duet albums. 99% of the time, it ain’t happenin’.
But what about a reggae artist? It was reported today that Nas is going to record an album with Damien “Jr. Gong” Marley about “the 'hood and Africa.” Whether or not this is a good idea is beside the point, because the album probably won’t come out. In fact, this isn’t the first time Nas has promised to collaborate with another artist for a full-length LP. Check out our history of Nas’ ill-fated collaboration albums…
Guess Nas just can’t let Jay-Z have the last word, huh? Two years after Jigga teamed up with the U.N. to address the world’s water crisis, God’s Son is now doing his own part to raise funds to provide clean drinking water for impoverished peoples. Take that, Hova!
OK, we kid'Nas’s participation in the Nobody Wa s Thirsty project has nothing to do with rap. The charity was created by Australian denim brand Nobody, in collaboration with Hollywood’s Ivan Kane’s Cafe Wa s and charity: water. Each Nobody T-shirt sells for $60, which is enough to supply two people with clean drinking water for up to 20 years. Check the charity web site this Friday for info on buying the T-shirt. To spread awareness, Nobody enlisted photographer Mick Rock to shoot celebrities wearing the Nobody Wa s Thirsty T-shirt. For images of Victoria’s Secret model Selita Ebanks and a couple other philanthropic hotties rocking the shirt, read on…
So, “Team Blackout,” huh? Yeah, the group is a little cheesy and it features JoJo Simmons'son of Reverend Run, star of Run’s House'but c’mon, who can get mad at wholesome rap for the kids? We were totally fine with letting them live…until our inbox was bombarded with emails promoting the group’s Lights Out album, which dropped last Tuesday. Noooooooooope!!!(c) Jim Jones. Time for a lil’ kufi-smacking.
Like Jigga said'men lie, women lie, but numbers don’t. Sadly, Team Blackout didn’t even make the Billboard Top 200 album chart, so we had to hit our homey with Soundscan access to get us the first-week sales. The numbers? 210 units. As in: Two. Hundred. Ten. And that includes copies bought by the Simmons clan. Fuck, we could pull three rugrats off the street and move more units! Still, Team Blackout is hardly the first act to exploit family credentials en route to a failed rap career. We present the top 5 worst cases of rap nepotism below…
Everyone's been talking about Nas's forthcoming album, because, well that's what people do when the God’s Son preps new material. But this time around it was a little different. Nas's intention to name the LP N*gger generated a buzz that spread far beyond rap nerds into mainstream media and the political arena.
But after all the drama, the newly Untitled album is finally hitting stores on Tuesday. With the controversey finally laid to rest, we talked to Esco about the brightly-colored fashion shoot he did with Complex that had bloggers catching feelings, his new deal with Fila, rap's recession, and who he thinks saved hip-hop…
