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Asshole (OFFICIAL VIDEO) ft. A-Town and FlyBoy Millz (HD)

2011-11-03T04:34:00.000-04:00

BUY FRESHman's YEAR EP NOW FOR ONLY $5 HERE!!!

2011-09-01T06:06:00.000-04:00

Jay YOUNG - Death At A Funeral #FRESHmanFRIDAYs(Week8)

2011-08-05T05:22:00.000-04:00

Jay YOUNG - Death At A Funeral #FRESHmanFRIDAYs(Week8)

Jay YOUNG
"FRESHman's YEAR" EP
COMING Sept. 1st

Jay YOUNG - Playin wit plugins #FRESHmanFRIDAYs(Week7)

2011-07-29T00:13:00.000-04:00

Jay YOUNG - Playin wit plugins #FRESHmanFRIDAYs(Week7)

Jay YOUNG
"FRESHman's YEAR" EP
COMING Sept. 1st

FRESHman's Year Release Flyer

2011-07-22T02:34:00.002-04:00

RARE, Capital DC, and Jay YOUNG - Appreciate Ya #FRESHmanFRIDAYs(Week6)

2011-07-22T02:29:00.000-04:00

RARE, Capital DC, and Jay YOUNG - Appreciate Ya #FRESHmanFRIDAYs(Week6)

Jay YOUNG
"FRESHman's YEAR" EP
COMING Sept. 1st

Jay YOUNG, Capital DC, and RARE - Bring It Back Freestyle #FRESHmanFRIDAYs(Week5)

2011-07-15T00:08:00.000-04:00

Jay YOUNG, Capital DC, and RARE - Bring It Back Freestyle #FRESHmanFRIDAYs(Week5)

Jay YOUNG
"FRESHman's YEAR" EP
COMING Sept. 1st

Jay YOUNG, Capital DC, and RARE - GoodLife #FRESHmanFRIDAYs(Week4)

2011-07-08T22:34:00.001-04:00

Jay YOUNG, Capital DC, and RARE - GoodLife #FRESHmanFRIDAYs(Week4)

Jay YOUNG
"FRESHman's YEAR" EP
COMING Sept. 1st

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2011-07-08T22:27:00.001-04:00

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Jay YOUNG ft. RARE - Lights, Camera, Action #FRESHmanFRIDAYs(Week3)

2011-07-01T06:06:00.001-04:00

Jay YOUNG ft. RARE - Lights, Camera, Action #FRESHmanFRIDAYs(Week3)

Jay YOUNG
"FRESHman's YEAR" EP
COMING Sept. 1st

Jay YOUNG - Gucci Rag Top #FRESHmanFRIDAYs(Week2)

2011-06-24T06:29:00.001-04:00

Jay YOUNG - Gucci Rag Top #FRESHmanFRIDAYs(Week2)

Jay YOUNG
"FRESHman's YEAR" EP
COMING Sept. 1st

Jay YOUNG's Music

2011-06-19T16:35:00.002-04:00

#FRESHmanFRIDAYs WEEK 1 "BodyBag" (Freestyle)

2011-06-18T00:02:00.001-04:00

Jay YOUNG, Capital DC, and RARE - Body Bag #FRESHmanFRIDAYs(Week1)

Jay YOUNG
"FRESHman's YEAR" EP
COMING Sept. 1st

Visit the Jay YOUNG artist page!

2011-06-09T01:06:00.002-04:00

Click HERE!

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Vote for Jay YOUNG to Perform at SUMMER JAMZ!!!

2011-05-24T19:32:00.003-04:00

Check out music from Jay YOUNG

2011-04-21T03:14:00.002-04:00

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2011-01-22T13:16:00.001-05:00

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Songz I'm On: Sleigh Bells - Kids

2011-01-09T16:47:00.001-05:00

Enjoy my freshies!

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Jay YOUNG ft. Epik - Head to the Sky

2010-11-26T23:06:00.000-05:00

Download this track for free HERE

Songz I'm On: V12 Mobb Ft. K-Deezy & Tone Tone - Represent (Video)

2010-04-02T12:32:00.000-04:00

Songz I'm On: Waka Flocka Flame (Feat. Diddy & Rick Ross) - O Let's Do It Remix (Video)

2010-04-02T11:31:00.000-04:00

Lottery Ticket (Starring Bow Wow, Ice Cube, Mike Epps, Teairra Mari & More) [Movie Trailer]

2010-04-02T11:29:00.002-04:00

Janet Jackson - Nothing (Video)

2010-04-02T11:25:00.000-04:00

Video is not that hot, song is beautiful. Mainly look at the WDIGM2 clips in the vid... can't wait to see this movie tonight!

Music Rundown 04/02/10

2010-04-02T11:14:00.000-04:00

Bishop Lamont - Gone (Feat John Mayer)
Flo Rida Feat Brisco and Billy Blue - Adios, Goodnight
Bow Wow - Texting Me
Yung Berg - Put Me On
Young Buck - Problems
Lloyd - Come This Way (Feat. Sean Garrett)
Gucci Mane - Beat It Up (Feat. Trey Songz)
Chrishan feat Chris King - Popular Girl
Hot Dollar feat Avatar & Ackrite tha Butcher - I'm A Gangsta
Detail feat Lambo Lux - I Don't Give a Fuck 4.0
Trai'D - I Got It Goin On
R. Kelly - She Knows What Shes Doin (Feat GLC)
French Montana - You Belong To Me
Pleasure P - Nocturnal
Raekwon - Disposable Gunz
Vado - Pointin' Fingers (Feat. Cam'ron)
Vado - Holla' (Feat. Cam'ron)
Shanell - Hear Me Calling
Static Major - Out Tonight
2 Pistols - Purple Smoke (Feat. Deca)
Reflection Eternal - Midnight Hour (Feat. Estelle)
112 - Lay Down (Feat. Sean Garrett)
Sheek Louch - I Just Wanna (Ft. Trey Songz)
Method Man, Ghostface & Raekwon - It's That Wu Shit
Yo Gotti - My Life (Feat. Gutta Twin And Mobie Mike

Nicki Minaj Ft. Sean Garrett - Massive Attack (Video)

2010-04-01T04:28:00.002-04:00

Throw It Back Thursdayz Joint: Mos Def Ft. Faith Evans Brown Sugar Extra Sweet (Video)

2010-04-01T04:27:00.000-04:00

Songz I'm On: Yo Gotti - M Town (Video)

2010-04-01T04:23:00.000-04:00

Mos Def On Yo Gabba Gabba....wow....

2010-04-01T04:17:00.002-04:00

Music Rundown 04/01/10

2010-04-01T03:57:00.000-04:00

Gudda Gudda - Small Thing to a Giant (Feat. Lil Wayne)
J Futuristic feat Zaytoven - That Aint This
Soulja Boy - Cool Me Off (On Fire)
Soulja Boy - Chick Magnet
Red Cafe - I'm Ill (Remix) (Feat. Ryan Leslie, Lloyd Banks, And Claudette Ortiz)
J.R. Writer - G.O.A.T. (Feat. Cassidy)
Bun B - All I Know
Crooked I & Royce Da 5'9" - Nobody Fucking With Us (Feat. Bun B)
Brisco - Bald Head Tasha
Pitbull - City Of Gods (Feat. Trick Daddy)
Ciara - Speechless (Feat. The-Dream)
Joe Budden - Unthinkable
Brooklyn - Dirty (Feat. Uncle Murda)
Maino - Good Shoe
Red Cafe - I'm Ill (Remix) (Feat. The LOX)
Rhymefest - Familiar Faces
Chaos - BK 2 NJ (Feat. Maino)
S. Rob - Take It There (Feat. Styles P)
Tony Moxberg - The Cypher (Feat. Styles P, Red Cafe, And Joell Ortiz)
Joell Ortiz - Project Boy

Songz I'm On: Usher Ft. Will.Iam - OMG (Video)

2010-03-30T21:27:00.000-04:00

C'mon Son 12

2010-03-30T21:14:00.002-04:00

Music Rundown 03/30/10

2010-03-30T21:13:00.000-04:00

Wiz Khalifa - Incompatible
Dirty Money - Hello Good Morning (Feat. T.I.)
Nicki Minaj - Massive Attack (Feat. Sean Garrett)
Jay Rock - Roll On (Feat. Kendrick Lamar And Major James)
Charles Hamilton And B.o.B - Paperbo
Sean Garrett - Get Right (Feat. Stat Quo)
Allie - Ghetto (Feat. Short Dawg)
Vado - I'm Up (Feat. Jae Millz)
Grafh - Bout That (Feat. Jim Jones)
Trina - Let Them Hoes Fight (Feat.. Lady Gaga)
Foxy Brown - BK Made Me

Songz I'm On: Fabolous - Body Ya (Video)

2010-03-29T18:51:00.000-04:00

Songz I'm On: Gucci Mane Ft. Rick Ross - All About The Money (Video)

2010-03-29T18:49:00.002-04:00

Music M. A. P. (Massive Ass Post)

2010-03-29T18:46:00.000-04:00

Jae Millz - Im Back
Jae Millz - Rude Boy
Flo Rida - Zoosk Girl (Feat. T-Pain)
Yung Berg & K-Young - Stilettos
Jody Breeze - Welcome To The Future
Rick Ross - Fontainebleau
Fabolous - Sell Dope (Feat. Plies)
Gucci Mane - Dear Diary (Feat. Waka Flocka Flame And OJ Da Juiceman)
Timbaland - Talk That (Remix) (Feat. T-Pain And Billy Blue)
Lloyd - Don't Stop
The Game - Diamonds (Feat. K-Young)
Lil Playboii feat Soulja Boy Tellem - Stupid Booty
Rihanna - Rude Boy (Remix) (Feat. Rick Ross)
Sammie - Too Slick For My Own
EightSet - Google Me (I’m Famous) (Feat Gudda Gudda)
Shawnna - Hide And Seek (Feat. One Chance And Sophia Fresh)
Jeezy - Momma Told Me (Feat. Ester Dean)
E-40 - Can't Stop The Boss (Feat. Too Short, Snoop Dogg, And Jazze Pha)
E-40 - Whip It Up (Feat. Gucci Mane)
Bone - Homegurl (Remix) (Feat. Bun B, Rick Ross, And The-Dream)
Ski Beatz - Aerials (Feat. Stalley, Currensy, Whosane, Terri Walker, And Mos Def)
Keri Hilson - First
Keri Hilson - Cut My Hair
Keri Hilson - Automatic
Bad Seed - Yankee Fitted (Feat. Talib Kweli And Mims)
Cassidy - Searching (Feat John Legend)
Cassidy - You Got Me Open (Feat. Ne-Yo)
Lil Scrappy - Swoop Swoop
Jim Jones - Penicilin (Feat. Shawty Lo, Sen City, And Chink Santana)
Jim Jones - Cocaine Dreams (Feat. Chink Santana And Joell Ortiz)
E-40 - Bitch (Feat.Too $hort)
Waka Flocka Flame, Ras Kass & 40 Glocc - Lambo Dis Summer (Remix)
Jackie Boyz - Sex Applause
Soulja Boy & Khleo - Victory
Jamie Foxx - Winner (Feat. Justin Timberlake & T.I.)
T-Pain - Ghetto Commandments (Feat. Snoop Dogg And Mack Maine)
B.o.B. - Bet I Bust (Remix) (Feat. T.I. And Playboy Tre)
Soulja Boy - Stomp (Prod. By Natural Disaster)
Yung Ralph - I Bought That (Feat. Nicki Minaj)
Lloyd - Let Me Know (Feat. Natasha Bedingfield)
Kid Magic - Sky High
Gucci Mane - Lemonade (Remix) (Feat. Trey Songz, Fabolous, And Nicki Minaj)
B.o.B - Nothin' On You (Remix) (Feat. Bruno Mars And Big Boi)
Bun B - Countin' Money All Day (Feat. Yo Gotti)
Hot Dollar - Go Hard (Prod by The Big Shots)
Drake - Shut It Down (Feat. The-Dream)
Snoop Dogg - Move Them Ropes (Feat. R. Kelly)
Llloyd Banks - Got Em Like
Bone Thugs-N-Harmony - Meet Me In The Sky
Cassidy - All The Haze Burnt Up
Jamie Foxx - Night Like This
Ryan Leslie - Rendez Vous
Boo-Bonic - Mr. Treat Ya Nose (Feat. Pharrell)

Mixtape Mondayz: Wale - The Fly

2010-03-29T18:31:00.000-04:00

Tracklist:
01. justice served
02. believer ft. drake
03. the flyest
04. want to love you (but can't)
05. bayonetta ft. skyzoo
06. howards plight
07. live 4 tonight
08. my sweet
09. did it overnight ft. drake

Nas & Damian Marley – Distant Relatives (Artwork)

2010-03-29T18:25:00.000-04:00

Here is the official artwork for the upcoming album Distant Relatives from Nas & Damian Marley, which is set for a May 18th release.

Revive your Wardrobe with Kill It Clothing

2010-03-29T18:20:00.000-04:00

Article written by: Asmara Wreksono

Kill It Clothing stays true to its motto: Not the biggest, but the sickest. The Mixed Martial Arts-inspired clothing line has been consistently delivering quality goods to MMA fans everywhere, bearing wicked designs and awesome graphics.

Starting only about 14 months ago, Kill It is busting up the streetwear game with their apparel collection for men and women. You can find their detailed illustration t-shirts, denim lineup and accessories from caps to belts, all bearing the Kill It signature graphic works. Check their classic styles like “Stronger Than Hate”, “Death Before Dishonor” and “Respect Your Freedom”, bringing out the spirit of MMA matches. Visit their official website at KillItClothing.com to see the complete collection and decide: do you wanna kill it with the sickest designs from Kill It?

Music M. A. P. (Massive Ass Post)

2010-03-20T17:30:00.000-04:00

Lil Chuckee Feat. Roscoe Dash - What They Hatin' 4
Young Chris And Freeway - American Champion
Fabolous - Sell Dope (Feat. Plies)
Drake - Fall For Your Type
Gucci Mane - Atlanta Zoo (Feat. Ludacris)
Rick Ross - One Life (Feat. Rock City)
Rick Ross - That's Why We Do It (Feat. T-Pain)
Drag-On - Aww Man (Feat. The Dude And Swizz Beatz)
Shanell - Deadliest Catch (Feat. Lil Wayne & Mack Maine)
Young Jeezy - Never Again (Feat. Keyshia Cole)
Usher - Guilty (Feat. T.I.)
Rick Ross - Ashes To Ashes
Rick Ross - Sweet Life (Feat. John Legend)
Rick Ross - Pray For Me (Feat. Birdman)
Rick Ross - On The Run
Plies - You Ain't Nothing
Young Dro - Freeze Me
Slim - Is This The Way (Feat. 8Ball)
Roscoe Dash - Feelin' Like Dis
Snoop Dogg - Pronto (G-Mix) (Feat. Soulja Boy And Bun B)
Brisco - Wall (Feat. Lil' Wayne)
Jae Millz - Polo, Louie, Gucci
Lil Playboii (SODMG) - Make Her Mine
Rick Ross - Cocaine Music (Feat. Yo Gotti)
Chris Brown - Perfume (Feat. Tyrese & RichGirl)
Rocko - Maybe
Raekwon - Flawless Crowns

Fabolous’ Rich Yung Serves it Up for Fall 2010

2010-03-17T15:27:00.000-04:00

Article written by: Asmara Wreksono

Loving the V-neck tennis sweater
Watch that hot hoodie, add some eighties flavor to your swagger
Catch the retro-tennis feel of the bags and accessories

The line that was created by John “Fabolous” Jackson is now gearing up for bigger things this year, and giving more love to streetwear and urban clothing enthusiasts by producing more quality fashion pieces for this fall. The folks from Rich Yung are serious about adopting tennis as the main inspiration for their streetwear game for the Spring 2010 collection.

Fabolous in his menswear line Rich Yung

Rich Yung has also gotten love from the A-listers like Jamie Foxx…

The 80’s style is still going to be big, and Rich Yung is incorporating that influence in their tennis-inspired Spring collection. In fact it’s a pleasant sight to see a mixture of preppy and flashy in the Rich Yung collection lineup, which looks like a throwback from the glitz and glamour of the 80’s and today’s neo-classic look.
Here are some Rich Yung coolness available now:

Rich Yung Twill Button Down, was $125, now $94.99

Rich Yung Vintage Label Tee, was $55, now $24.99

Songz I'm On: Gudda Gudda feat Lil Wayne - I Don't Like The Look (Willy Wonka) THE DIRTY VERSION!!!!!!

2010-03-16T14:51:00.000-04:00

Gudda Gudda feat Lil Wayne - I Don't Like The Look (Willy Wonka) Download!

Songz I'm On: Lloyd Banks Ft. Juelz Santana - Beamer, Benz, or Bentley (Video)

2010-03-15T22:08:00.000-04:00

Songz I'm On: Trina (Feat. Diddy And Keri Hilson) - Milllion Dollar Girl

2010-03-15T22:02:00.000-04:00

Songz I'm On: New Boyz (Feat. Tyga) - Cricketz (Video)

2010-03-15T21:58:00.002-04:00

Video Vybe

2010-03-15T21:55:00.001-04:00

Playaz Circle (Feat. Lil Wayne & Birdman) - Big Dawg

Yung Berg - She's The One

Lady Gaga (Feat. Beyonce) - Telephone

E-40 (Feat. Too Short) - Bitch / Over The Stove

Music M. A. P. (Massive Ass Post)

2010-03-15T21:34:00.000-04:00

Talent Couture - The High 5 (Feat. Rockstar, Mucho Deniro, Nifty & Jay Burna)
Gudda Gudda Feat Lil Wayne - I Don't Like The Look (Willy Wonka) Clean
Bow Wow - Age Aint Nothing
Consequence - Don't Stand So Close (Feat. Styles P)
B.o.B - I Don't Know Ya
Lloyd - Set Me Free (Feat. Mystikal)
Meek Mill - I'm Clean (Feat. Young Dro)
Chris Brown - Sex
Lloyd - Bad Girl (Freaky Girl) (Feat. Twista)
New Boyz - Rockin' (Feat. Ya Boy)
David Guetta - World Goes On (Feat. Bruno Mars)
Ya Boy - Glocked Up
Young Jeezy - Never Again (Feat. Keyshia Cole)
Skeme feat 211 & Charley Hood - Hello
Omarion - Last Night (Kinkos) (Remix) (Feat. Snoop Dogg)
K-Mac - B.B.J. (Big Booty Judy) (Feat. Chris Brown And Ludacris)
Shawty Lo - WTF (Feat. Lil' Wayne)
Shawty Lo - Birds (Remix) (Feat. Birdman)
Jay Rock - Can I Roll (Feat. Ab-Soul)
Party Boyz - Flex (Remix) (Feat. T-Pain And Waka Flocka Flame)
Sean Garrett - Girls On Girls (Feat. Lil' Wayne)
Sheek Louch - Ain't No Half Steppin' 2010 (Feat. Red Cafe)
Young Chris - Think About It
Usher - Guilty (Feat. T.I.)
Usher - She Don't Know (Feat. Ludacris)
Soulja Boy - I Got Bitchez (Feat. Arab)
Ludacris - The First (Feat 4-Ize & Bobby Valentino)
Jim Jones - Haunted (Feat Gucci Mane & Sen)
Olivia - Take It Off (Remix) (Feat. Maino)
Bruno Mars - Her World Goes On
Young Jerz feat Rockstar & Nu Jerzey Devil - I Can Hear Ya Heartbeat
Lloyd - Set Me Free (Feat. Mystikal)
David Banner - Strange (Feat. Big Remo)
Currensy - Beeper Bill
Yung Berg & K-Young - Outerspace Pt 2
Bone Thugs-N-Harmony - I'm Gone
Wale - Who Don't (Feat. Fat Trel & Black Cobain)
Lil Twist - Big Brother (Lil Wayne Dedication)
B.o.B. - Bet I Bust (Feat. Playboy Tre)
Razah - Keys To The City (Feat Jim Jones)
Jim Jones - Make Music (Feat. Byrdgang)
Beanie Sigel and Freeway - Fresh Ta Def (Feat. Young Chris)

Music Rundown 03/11/10

2010-03-11T12:23:00.000-05:00

Ludacris - Rollercoaster (Feat. Dru Hill And Shawnna)
Young Chris - Still The Hottest (Feat. J. Cole)
Snoop Dogg - West Side Rollin' (Feat. Nipsey Hussle And Kurupt)
Tay Dizm - Loose Cannon (Feat. T-Pain)
Cassidy - Henny N Bacardi (Feat. Swizz Beatz)
Lloyd - Forever
Lloyd - I Need You
Mullage - XXL Freshman Class Snuff Response
Freekey Zekey - Home To You (Feat. Verse Simmonds)
Jason Derulo - In My Head (Remix) (Feat. Nicki Minaj)
Rock City - Bitter Sweet
Nu Jerzey Devil - Young Money Black Wall Gang (Feat. Mack Maine)
The Bangz - First Girl On The Moon (Feat. Lil Wayne)
Marques Houston - Noize
BigHoodBoss - Str8 Dumb (Feat Slim Thug)
Cassidy - Back In The Days
Problem - Hold On
Mary J. Blige - Each Tear (Feat. Jay Sean)
Richie Wess - Live From Tha Bottom (Feat. Brisco)
Chris Brown - Shoes (Feat. L.A. Tha Darkman)
Marques Houston - Do It Well
Ray J - 100
U-N-I - Land Of The Kings (Remix) (Feat. Bun B)
Cam'ron - Amber Lamps (Feat. Vado)
Christina Milian - Never Mind
Ju - Blow Money (Feat. Shawty Lo

Former Detroit Council Woman Sentenced To Three Years In Prison For Bribery

2010-03-11T12:16:00.000-05:00

Former Detroit council woman and wife to Representative John Conyers, Monica Conyers, has been sentenced to three years behind bars for bribery.

The latest person taken to trial for a Detroit corruption scandal wanted an appeal to have her previous guilty plea revoked after she says she was “badgered” to admit her wrongdoing.

Prosecutors say Conyers and her former aide took bribes to support a company's contract with the city worth $47 million a year.

She was previously tried for the case in June and pled guilty.

A federal judge reviewed the case Wednesday and dismissed her appeal however, sealing her fate in jail.
When prison officials attempted to escort Conyers out of the court room, reports say that she was heard yelling that she planned to appeal again.

Prosecutors say Conyers and her aid collected $69,500 in total from the under the table deals.

She could have been sentenced to up to five years in prison.

-via Danielle Canada

Songz I'm On: Big Boi (Feat. Too Short & George Clinton) - Fo Yo Sorrows (Video)

2010-03-10T13:15:00.000-05:00

Music Rundown 03/10/10

2010-03-10T13:07:00.000-05:00

Yung Joc - Drip (Feat. Lil Wayne)
Kid Magic - Put It Down
Usher - OMG (Feat. Will.I.Am)
Soulja Boy - Theme Song
Ludacris - How Low (Remix) (Feat. Chris Brown)
Maino - Ga Ga Ga
Red Rum - My Block (Feat. Ace Hood)
Cam'ron - Pandemonium (Feat. Vado & A-Mafia)
Travie McCoy - Billionaire (Feat. Bruno Mars)
Jeremiah - Paralyzed
Jay Sean - Ghost
Sterling Simms - My Ego

Jae Millz - The Flood (Hosted by DJ Ill Will & DJ Rockstar)

2010-03-10T12:26:00.002-05:00

1. Jae Millz - The First 48 Prod by Jahlil Beats (3:08)
2. Jae Millz - Angels (2:58)
3. Jae Millz - Lemonade (1:42)
4. Jae Millz - Ride Away (Snippet) Prod by I.N.F.O. (1:38)
5. Jae Millz - Hot In These Streets (2:58)
6. Jae Millz - Back 2 tha Yami feat Baby Prod by RMG (3:21)
7. Jae Millz - In the City feat Lil Wayne & Short Dawg (3:53)
8. Jae Millz - Just Begun (2:28)
9. Jae Millz - Mean Prod by Jahlil Beats (3:22)
10. Jae Millz - Money Gone Come feat Cory Gunz Prod by LG (3:11)
11. Jae Millz - Exhibit M (2:50)
12. Jae Millz - Do It Again Prod by Scram Jones (4:56)
13. Jae Millz - Talking 2 The Rain Prod by Kajmir Royale (2:36)
14. Jae Millz - Visions of Millions Prod by Dame Grease (2:59)
15. Jae Millz - World Famous (2:47)

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Songz I'm On: Soulja Boy - 2 Milli (Video)

2010-03-09T12:57:00.002-05:00

Songz I'm On: B.o.B (Feat. Bruno Mars) - Nothing On You (Video)

2010-03-09T12:47:00.002-05:00

God Of War 3 Nudity Trailer

2010-03-09T12:42:00.000-05:00

Songz I'm On: Teairra Mari (Feat. Gucci Mane & Soulja Boy) - Sponsor (Video)

2010-03-09T12:03:00.000-05:00

Freaknik: The Musical

2010-03-09T12:01:00.000-05:00

Music Rundown 03/09/10

2010-03-09T11:46:00.000-05:00

T.I. - Im Back
KiD CuDi - I Do My Thing (Feat. Snoop Dogg)
The OCS Feat. Glasses Malone, Jay Rock & X.O. - Hometown
Talent Couture - Leave The World Behind (Feat. Elise 5000)
Gucci Mane - Dear Diary
Ryan Leslie - Cant Stop Luvin U
Charlie Hustle - Coke Mobb (Feat. Max B And French Montana)
Big Sean - Abstain (Feat. Yung Boyz)
Johnta Austin - Wanted
Ne-Yo - What I'm Talking Bout

N-U-B Clothing

2010-03-09T11:34:00.001-05:00

Streetwear Spotlight: N-U-B Clothing

Article written by: Asmara Wreksono

Can’t live without hip-hop? Then you’re in for a new taste in hip-hop inspired streetwear. Check out N-U-B Clothing, which brings out the capital F in ‘Fresh’. Made for ladies and gents who are living the real life, N-U-B seeks to represent you the way you are. Lynell Ellis, the Founder and CEO of N-U-B Clothing Co. chatted it up with SoJones and tells you what N-U-B is all about.

Introduce yourself and describe how your brand was started?

Family, what’s good? My name is Lynell Ellis, Founder/CEO of N-U-B Clothing Co. N-U-B started off first, as an idea. I am real big fan of the Hip Hop Culture (my roots) I was always attracted to the art/designing side of Hip Hop,beside the music. Studying the other clothing pioneers,through out history. I felt the need for change, in the clothing industry and in 2005 N-U-B was born… “if they can do it, then I can do it to”

Describe this season’s theme for your line. Include any sources of inspiration (examples: 80’s punk, muses like Amber Rose, 70’s disco bands, Kanye, etc)

This year’s theme is called “New U Beginning” our motto. My inspiration for this theme has always been about U, the consumer. N-U-B represents the masses, that’s making an honest living and just trying to pay the bills. N-U-B represents the single parents (Mother,Fathers) who are putting food on their table for their little ones to make ends meets. New U Beginning is for our family and friends of Haiti.

Any product placements on celebs to keep an eye out for (examples: publicity photos, magazines, movies, music videos etc)

N-U-B Clothing has been feature in several publications, including U Soul magazine,with a full page interview. Busta Rhymes, to local celebrity who is making a difference. shouts -outs goes to rapper Foley in Memphis who will be rocking N-U-B Clothing. while,hosting a show on Fox 13 in Memphis call the ” Street Scene” which airs on Friday nights.

What has been a surprise fashion hit over the last year? (a particular piece, a look or even another brand)

There has been many surprise fashions in the past year, but the one that sticks out to me is the straight leg-tight pants, even though that style is not me. It was for all of Hip Hop back-in-day. Some of the younger dudes and ladies,seem to think that this style is somewhat new, but I am here to tell you: it’s a throwback style from the early 80’s when we use to rock suede Pumas with the fat orange shoe string laces. Remember that? LOL!

What current fashion trend would you like to see thrown overboard?

I hear in some states they are trying to pass laws to the way you wear your pants. Crazy. Trust me, family, we do not need a law or a fine to the way we wear our clothes. Although N-U-B could never tell you how to wear your own clothes, man-up! We can still be creative in fashion, and keep it real in the field of Hip Hop without stupid wannabe laws, like that one if it’s true.

What is/was one of your most prized fashion pieces, past or present?

I was attending the MAGIC Show last year in August. N-U-B Clothing was doing some major networking there and to my surprise I had the pleasure of meeting one of my idols, the God Father of the Clothing, Mr. Daymond John. To all of you who do not know, he’s the founder CEO of FUBU and now a shark on Shark Tank. To me that is one of my fashion prized, besides becoming a register trademark.

TuPac or Biggie?

Both. You cannot say TuPac with out saying Biggie, both were legends in the game of Hip Hop. I am very grateful to have seen, listen and watch them both, as they too, played an important part in hip hop fashion. From Pac wearing his famous bandana and tank tops, to Biggie Coogi down to the socks, remember fashion in Hip Hop was still young then. Now: New U Beginning,yeah!
Get N-U-B Clothing from their website at nubclothingco.com for a price range around $20.00. Check the cool designs and wear ‘em proud! Here are some SoJones-approved N-U-B gear for your references.

South Park Banned from Private School, Causes Fallout for Clothing Brand

2010-03-09T11:19:00.000-05:00

Article written by: Andre Sanchez

SoJones received an email from a concerned fashionista mom in Watertown, Wisconsin. She says the brand new South Pole sweatshirt she bought for her son is banned from his school. Why?
The principal of St. John’s Ev. Lutheran School mistook the logo for the raunchy Comedy Central cartoon “South Park”.

For comparison, here’s a typical South Park apparel item:

And here’s the South Pole sweater in question:

The student’s mom appealed and told the principal that South Pole is a popular apparel brand that is not associated with the irreverent and controversial cartoon series. However, the principal allegedly held fast and refused to rescind the ban on the grounds that it was easy to mix up the two.
So Mom wrote SoJones in a last-ditch appeal for reason:

“…I called (the principal) on the phone and asked him about the conversation regarding (my son’s) sweatshirt. He said that the sweatshirt wasn’t allowed because it was related to a bad TV show. I told him that the show was “South Park” and the shirt was “South Pole” to which he replied it would be easy for anyone to confuse the two just as I just did.

Also, I have been asking others about their children’s school dress code. A lady that I work with whose children attend a prominent area Lutheran High School stated that their school would have no problem whatsoever with the sweatshirt.

For the record, my son and a lot of his friends really like the sweatshirt. I have placed a phone call to a member of the Board of Education, with hopes of getting this resolved so that the kids will be able to wear South Pole to school…”

St. John’s is a private religious school. They certainly can mandate any dress code they wish. But the principal’s logic is a bit flawed. Should students wearing Jessica Simpson’s footwear be worried, lest the principal mistake them for a product of another tv cartoon, “The Simpsons”?

Probably the principal was embarrassed that he didn’t know the difference between South Pole and South Park and so insisted on upholding the ban (perhaps a fundraiser for a new eyeglasses prescription is more appropriate).
But what say you, reader? Did the principal do the right thing to play it safe and avoid potential misunderstandings at his school?

Songz I'm On: Jagged Edge (Feat. Gucci Mane & Trina) - Tip Of My Tongue (Video)

2010-03-08T10:39:00.000-05:00

Songz I'm On: Jae Millz - First 48 (Video)

2010-03-08T10:37:00.000-05:00

Music Rundown 03/08/10

2010-03-08T10:31:00.000-05:00

Birdman - Loyalty (Feat. Lil Wayne & Tyga)
Jay Burna - Can't Stop
Balance - Bootleg Liquor (Feat. Fashawn, Mistah F.A.B., Thurzday)
Lil Boosie & Lola Monroe - Boomerang
Redman - Lookin Fly
Ace Hood - Big Money (Feat. Dirty)
Plies - She Got It Made (Feat. Bei Major)
Mariah Carey - Ribbon (Feat. The Dream & Ludacris)
Pleasure P Feat. K-Boy - Luv Me Loingtime (Remix)
Joe Budden - New York Jersey Philly (Feat. Royce Da 5'9")
Fabolous - Tonight (Feat. Red Cafe & Lore'l)
Fabolous - All The Way Turnt Up (Feat. Trey Songz)
Fabolous - For The Money (Feat. Nicki Minaj)
Fabolous - Body Ya
Kidz In The Hall - Take Over The World (Feat. Just Blaze And Colin Munroe)
R. Kelly - Supa Stunnas (Feat Yo Gotti)
R. Kelly - Industry
Young Chris - Before I Die
Diddy - They Don't Love Me (Feat. The-Dream)
Pastor Troy - Rep Yo Side (Feat. Lil Jon & Bonecrusher)

Mixtape Mondayz: Fabolous - There Is No Competition 2 (The Funeral Service) (Hosted By DJ Drama)

2010-03-08T10:27:00.000-05:00

01. The Wake
02. I�m Raw
03. Body Ya
04. Hard Feat. Kobe, Paul Cain & LA The Darkman
05. Oh Let�s Do It
06. Suicide 2 Feat. Paul Cain & Freck Billionaire
07. It�s Goin� Down Feat. Freck Billionaire
08. Roger That Feat. Freck Billionaire
09. Love Come Down
10. Popular Demand Feat. Paul Cain
11. Mr. R.I.P
12. Body Bag Feat. Cam�ron & Vado
13. Beamer, Benz, or Bentley Feat. Lloyd Banks Juelz Santana
14. For The Money Feat. Nicki Minaj
15. Tonight Feat. Red Cafe
16. All The Way Turnt Up Feat. Trey Songz
17. Say Somethin� Nigga
18. Funeral Service Music Feat. Kobe, Paul Cain, Red Cafe & Willie The Kid
19. Bring Death To Em�
20. Exhibit F

Download This Mixtape

Russell Simmons Speaks On Diddy & Jay-Z & Expanding Jewish Partnerships

2010-03-08T10:24:00.000-05:00

Media and Fashion Mogul Russell Simmons is certainly speaking his mind in regards to fellow moguls these days. On his blog that he posted on his Global Grind website, Simmons is claiming that Jay-Z and P Diddy acquired many of their entrepreneurial skills from their "Jewish partners and suppliers."

"Both Jay Z and Puffy are truly creative entrepreneurs, and both have learned a lot of these skills from their Jewish partners and suppliers."

Simmons also commented that Diddy and Jay had achieved great success by expanding their interests beyond music.
Read more after the jump!!! [More]

"While I have many firsthand experiences in records, jewelry (sic), fashion, internet, TV, film, financial services, and much more, I have also noticed Jay Z, Puffy, and most of Hip-Hop out-branding the record business that is dying its own death, and building partnerships in areas previously reserved for white men.”

If anyone knows about out of the box partnerships, it's Russell. Simmons started Def Jam in 1982 with his former partner, Jewish DJ/producer Rick Rubin.

Eventually, Rubin left Def Jam in 1988 and went on to start Def American where he signed some of the largest acts in Heavy Metal and on the Hip-Hop front, signed the Geto Boys.
Rubin also recently signed The Clipse and Jim Jones to Sony/Columbia Records. He also produced Jay-Z's “99 Problems” a few years back.

Simmons did a follow-up blog entry further explaining his statement:

"There is no question about the well documented history where the Black and Jews have stood together in their fight for civil rights, equality and political power. But, not so much is said about the creative alliances in business where Blacks and Jews are and have been forging new businesses and ideas that have helped enable Blacks and Jews to enter the mainstream in American business. These are the partnerships that have and will create goodwill and change the future."

-via Tffhthewriter

8 Teens Shot At Waka Flocka Flame Concert

2010-03-08T10:18:00.000-05:00

Police in Gary, Indiana were called to the scene of a concert headlined by Waka Flocka Flame Friday after a fight broke out leaving 8 people shot and injured.

As previously reported, Waka got into a fight of his own Thursday at a popular Atlanta clothing store with members of Young Jeezy's entourage that left him with his eye blackened.
Now police report that things almost turned deadly at one of his concerts in the Midwest.
According to the Post-Tribune a hype man for Waka Flocka might be to blame for the incident. The unidentified man took to the stage at World of Skates before the rapper came and reportedly pitted the eastside of the city versus the westside.

That's when police say fighting ensued and patrons were told to leave.

Shots were fired outside of the club leaving Shaquille Hughes, 15, shot in the right side; Marcus Ratliff, 14, shot in the right wrist; Justin Bodley, 16, shot in the leg; Junan Washington, 18, shot in left ankle; DaVonte Biddings, 16, shot once in the back; Marquel Croock, 16, shot in the stomach; Kesean Philon, 14, shot in the left leg; and Stephan Danzy, 17, shot in the left leg

One of the teens says the shooter was a Black man holding a rifle. He reportedly wore a red hat and had dread locks.

Activities for people under the age of 21 have been cancelled until further notice.

-via Danielle Canada

Teachers Suspended For 'Lap Dance' in Gym Pep Rally (Video)

2010-03-08T10:12:00.000-05:00

Songz I'm On: Drake – Over

2010-03-04T19:26:00.003-05:00

Thanks to my tweeps we got this hot single earlier than announced!!!

LISTEN AND DOWNLOAD HERE

Throw It Back Thursdayz Joint: Eamon - Fuck It (I Don't Want You Back)

2010-03-04T15:59:00.002-05:00

Songz I'm On: Kevin Rudolf Ft. Birdman, Jay Sean & Lil Wayne - I Made It (Cash Money Heroes)

2010-03-04T15:55:00.000-05:00

Young Money - Girl I Got You

2010-03-04T15:53:00.000-05:00

Music Rundown 03/04/10

2010-03-04T15:52:00.000-05:00

Ludacris - Tell Me A Secret (Feat. Ne-Yo)
Mucho Deniro - Aye You!
Young Rook feat Ab-Soul & Dubb - Halle Berry
Rockstar feat Casely - Its Whatever
Tay Dizm - Space Ship
Sean Kingston - Eenie Meenie (Feat. Justin Bieber)
Consequence - Down This Road (Feat. Maino)
Stefon4U feat Khleo (SODMG) - Teachers Pet
BigBang feat Mistah FAB - Roll
B-Ezzy feat Mistah FAB - Check My Fresh
Young Jerz feat Young Simmons - After This
Ludacris - I Know You Got A Man (Feat. Flo Rida)
Ludacris - Party No Mo (Feat. Gucci Mane)
Ludacris - My Chick Bad (Remix) (Feat. Diamond, Trina, And Eve)
Rock City - All The Time The World
Ill Fletch - This Feeling
LB - Come Over (Feat. Lloyd)
Rockstar feat K-Young & Yung Berg - Aye
Gucci Mane - Tired of You

Drake Dropping “Over” Friday

2010-03-04T15:41:00.000-05:00

Since the release of So Far Gone, rapper Drake has made major movements trekking his climb in the music industry.
Moving to Young Money records to being featured on countless records, the Canadian native may have had one of the most eventful 2009's, which was topped off with Grammy nominations.
Still waiting for the release of Thank Me Later, the rapper is set to give a glimpse of what he will deliver with his first single “Over” which is set to drop Friday.
Boi-1da, the man responsible for "Forever" and "Best I Ever Had", will be handling the production for the track.
With the original release date set for March, the first offering is now being expected to hit shelves sometime in the spring, although the exact date has yet to be determined.

"It's gonna be bigger, it's gonna sound happier," he said. "More victorious, 'cause that's where I'm at in my life," said Drake during an interview with Rap-Up.

Probably the most pressured of all the new generation of rappers, tomorrow will serve as the sink or swim moment for the rest of his debut album.
Hoping to sport features such as Andre 3000 and Eminem, and already scoring guest appearances from Jay-Z and Kanye West, the young sensation is putting his best foot forward and might be searching to make the first project a classic.
Already making the statement that he studies Nas' work before working on his own album, could we have an Illmatic of the new age?

-via Justin T. Stewart

Stage intruder during Jay-Z BP3 Tour

2010-03-04T15:35:00.000-05:00

Tokyo Five Clothing

2010-03-04T15:14:00.000-05:00

Introducing Tokyo Five Clothing

Article written by: Asmara Wreksono

SoJones spotted Tokyo Five Clothing brand at the MAGIC fashion trade show in Las Vegas last month, and we had to find out more. Their tees and cut and sew line represent an American spirit fused with Japanese-inspired accents.

Best piece: flannel shirt with Japanese iconic embellishment details
Philosophy t-shirt: a great conversation starter
Jeans made from Japanese denim. HOT

Known as a denim and sportswear lifestyle brand, Tokyo Five weaves in Japanese sensibilities such as their Hanya logo, which was taken from a Japanese samurai mask dating back to feudal Japan. The brand’s Bushido philosophy: Bravery, Honor, Loyalty, Respect and Wisdom, are portrayed vividly in each of Tokyo Five’s designs.

If you like Tokyo Five, here are some of our favorites. You can get them at TokyoFiveBrand.com for a price range of $40 up to $70.

Songz I'm On: Travis Porter - Bananas

2010-03-02T05:24:00.000-05:00

Songz I'm On: Young Money - Roger That

2010-03-02T05:22:00.000-05:00

Music Rundown 03/01/10

2010-03-02T05:18:00.002-05:00

Ya Boy - Play To Win (Feat. Dubb, Cik.Money & 211)
Tyga - Tie Me Down (Remix)
Lil' Wayne - Age
Lil Chuckee - Feel Good Music
Young Lo - Boss Im Suppose To Be (Feat Tyga)
Yung Joc - Please Believe
Yung Joc - Meet Me In The Back
Yung Joc - With The Lights On
Usher - Somebody To Love
Usher - Lingerie
Sway - Just A Matter Of Time (Feat. Akon)
Ciara - I'm Up In The Bank (Feat. The-Dream)
Hot Rod - Back It Up (Feat. Trey Songz)
Johnta Austin - So Many Hearts, So Many Lies
Cam'ron - Vintage
Drag-On - South Bronx
Drag-On - Robo Dra
Johnta Austin - Don't Stop

Songz I'm On: Ludacris Ft. Nicki Minaj - My Chick Bad (Video)

2010-02-19T20:34:00.000-05:00

Songz I'm On: Mon. E.G. & Freeway - Death 2 My Opponent

2010-02-19T20:31:00.002-05:00

Songz I'm On: Rick Ross Ft. Birdman - Addicted 2 Money (Video)

2010-02-19T20:30:00.003-05:00

Streetwear Spotlight: CRUNK CLOTHING CO.

2010-02-19T20:29:00.000-05:00

Article written by: SoJones Asmara
Posted on: February 17, 2010

A seasoned player in the urban streetwear game, CRUNK CLOTHING CO.™ stays true to its roots while expanding the brand into new frontiers such as Mixed Martial Arts, Football, Skate, BMX and Dance culture. Creating such bold move is not easy, even for a brand with a solid street cred. If you’re a fan of original streetwear designs or maybe an aspiring clothing designer, get your inspiration here, as Maurice “ENY$E” Rutledge, founder of CRUNK CLOTHING CO.™ shares his humble background and his success with SoJones.com.
Introduce yourself and describe how your brand was started?
I’m the Founder, Maurice “ENY$E” Rutledge. CRUNK CLOTHING CO.™ was founded in 2001. We are a full fledged Denim & Sportswear Brand. We target street-level tastemakers with discriminating tastes age 18-35.
Oddly enough, I started the brand during my sophomore year at UNLV with $200 that was supposed to be used to pay my light bill. I was tired of working for Polo Ralph Lauren for an 8% commission on sales and strived to create my own brand that payed me 100%. I was an underdog in society, so I wanted to create a brand that represented their voice and personified their aspirations.
Describe this season’s theme for your line. Include any sources of inspiration (examples: 80’s punk, muses like Amber Rose, 70’s disco bands, Kanye, etc)
The theme for my Spring 2010 Collection is MAYHEM. The Inspiration comes from Atlanta Hip Hop Icons. There is popular street slanguage that rappers like Young Jeezy use, in the context of “Going Hamm” on all the competition. It’s riveting and forceful and I applied this approach while creating my Spring 2010 MAYHEM Collection. And of course Lil Jon, The King of Crunk!!!

XTREME SPORTS DIVISION (CRUNK XSD) - Expanding our brand presence into the fastest growing segment(s) of the sports industry: Mixed Martial Arts (MMA), Football, Skate, BMX, & Dance Culture.
Our tag line: Culture . Energy . Triumph, encompasses the philosophy and mission of the brand. Our mantra is simple; Do You, Take Action, and Live Triumphantly!
Any product placements on celebs to keep an eye out for (examples: publicity photos, magazines, movies, music videos etc)
We current have a Spring 2010 Ad with DJ Aaries “The Hulk” Voted 2009 “Impact DJ of the Year” and Nominated in 2010 for “#1 DJ in The South” by the Southern Entertainment Awards (SEA Awards). He is most notably known for winning Roc-A-Wearsnational “I Will Not Loose Campaign” in 2008.
Sin City’s #! Mixtape Series Hustler’s Pair-A-Dice is the brain child of the designer/owner ENY$E. I basically used my design skills to create a brand of mixtapes that promotes National & Local artists in an un-restricted format. Volume 3 drops Tuesday Feb 16th.

What has been a surprise fashion hit over the last year? (a particular piece, a look or even another brand)
I really dig Supra kicks. They are forward thinking and they don’t alienate themselves by excluding street-level tastemakers. They are a great source of inspiration as far as their creativity and knack for business.
What current fashion trend would you like to see thrown overboard?
Skinny Jeans…lol. Please lighten up fellas. Only Coal turns to Diamonds with compacted pressure, your balls unfortunately do not…lol

What is/was one of your most prized fashion pieces, past or present?
Our CRUNK XSD tee is our most prized piece. After 9 years in the fashion business it shows our growth potential and expands our market reach to include MMA fans, undeniably the fastest growing fan base in the world.
TuPac or Biggie?
TuPac, he empathized with his audience and he was the ultimate Underdog. His success made us all feel as tho we can reach higher goals one day if we harness our talents and never compromise our ideals. Money only sustains you for so long…
Feelin’ CRUNK CLOTHING CO.™ yet? You can view the full collection at the brand’s website at http://crunkonline.com. Here are a few of SoJones.com’s favorites from the 9-year strong brand:

Ludacris "My Chick Bad" Behind The Scenes Vid.

2010-02-19T20:27:00.000-05:00

My Chick Bad BTS from DTP TV on Vimeo.

Music M. A. P. (Massive Ass Post)

2010-02-19T20:24:00.000-05:00

DJ Khaled - Rocking All My Chains On (Feat. Birdman, Bun B, And Soula Boy)
The-Dream - Love King
Sean Kingston - Hot Like The Summer
Drake - Here We Go (Remix) (Feat. Twista)
Cassidy - Gucci, Loui, Fendi (Feat. Jag)
Rich Boy - Cover Girl
Crooked I - Backfire
RL (of Next) - Do What You Do
Slim Thug - I Rep (Feat. Ludacris, Dre Day, And Kez)
Audio Push - Put It On Ya 2010
Snoop Dogg - I Wanna Rock (West Coast Remix) (Feat. Daz, Kurupt, Crooked I, Rass Kass, Mr. Silky Slim, Nipsey Hussle, And 2Eleven)
Rihanna - Rude Boy (Remix) (Feat. Cassidy And Jag)
Snoop Dogg - I Wanna Rock (Interstate Trafficking Remix) (Feat. Rick Ross, Yo Gotti, Maino, Rosco Dash, And OJ Da Juicem)
T-Pain - Wit My Money
T-Pain - Left Hand Girl (Feat Travis Mccoy & Detail)
Shawnna - Hide and Seek (Feat. One Chance and Sophia Fresh)
Trey Songz - Absolute Heat
Ludacris - Hey Ho (Feat. Lil Kim & Lil Fate)
Snoop Dogg - Fresh Like Me
Mario - Lay Down In Your Lap
Waka Flocka Flame - I'm An Illlusion (Feat. La Chat)
Slim Thug - Throwed (Prod by Beanz N Kornbread)
Stack Bundles - Please Forgive Me
Kevin Rudolph - Love Letter
Waka Flocka Flame - Lock My CEO Up
Juice feat Slick Pulla & Push Montana - Money By The Boatload
Gorillaz feat Mos Def & Chiddy Bang - Stylo (Remix)
Shawty Lo - Ringtone (Feat. Soulja Boy)
Baby Boy - Yards (Feat. Young Dro)
Rich Boy - Game Proper
Wiz Khalifa - Cabin Fever
Charley Hood - Girls Are Like Buses
Johnta Austin - Fill Up My Cup

Chris Brown - Bad (Feat. Soulja Boy)
Chris Brown - No Bullshit
Soulja Boy Feat Lil B & Arab - 30 Thousand 100 Million
Bow Wow - Turnt Up Freestyle
Balance - Swagga Jackin (Remix) (Feat. Erk tha Jerk, Messy Marv, Clyde Carson, Big Rich, Keak Da Sneak
Crooked I - Fireflies Freestyle

Songz I'm On: Erykah Badu - Jump Up In The Air (Stay There) ft. Lil Wayne (Video)

2010-02-13T11:24:00.000-05:00

We Are The World 25 for Haiti (Video)

2010-02-13T11:21:00.000-05:00

Throw It Back Thursdayz Joint: K-Os - Superstarr, Pt. Zero

2010-02-11T12:17:00.000-05:00

Music Rundown 02/10/10

2010-02-10T19:17:00.000-05:00

Jadakiss - Searchin' (Feat. Sheek Louch)
Freeway - Follow My Moves (Feat. Birdman)
Freeway - Sho' Nuff (Feat. Bun B)
Freeway - Stimulus Intro (Feat. Beanie Sigel)
Lupe Fiasco - Proceed
Lupe Fiasco - Lean
Mario - She Was Her
KRS-One, Redman, And Mims - How To Be An Emcee 2010
DJ Khaled - Victory (Feat. Nas & John Legend)
Bone Thugs-N-Harmony - Pay What You Owe
Raheem DeVaughn - Microphon

John Mayer's Gutsy Playboy Interview

2010-02-10T19:11:00.000-05:00

via The Pages of Playboy Magazine
PLAYBOY: Is this the last John Mayer interview?

MAYER: No, though I have fantasies of it. And that doesn’t come out of pretension or laziness. It’s difficult for me to explain my life to someone without sounding like I’m complaining, which I’m not. I have no problem saying I’m in a bit of a strange time in my life.

PLAYBOY: What’s strange about this time in your life?

MAYER: In one way or another, people probably know my name now. I’m squarely nestled in the crosshairs of their criticism and media reproach. I originally played music because I was an underdog, because I didn’t want to be in school, and it always had this quality of an uprising. When you first start out, you want people to know you. There is a quality of the unknown that is very sexy—like thinking, There might be a girl in this crowd who will have a conversation with me because she knows my music. For me, it has never been about fucking lots of girls. I could have fucked a lot more girls in my life if I hadn’t been trying so hard to get them to like me. If I have a conversation with a really hot girl that lasts all night and she says, “Wow, I had no idea I was going to like you this much,” that is the equivalent, for me, of getting laid.

PLAYBOY: So how has that changed?

MAYER: I’m no longer playing music so I can walk into a party and talk to chicks, because people know who I am now. In fact, now I have a sort of negative connotation with that. [laughs] It’s a headache, you know?

PLAYBOY: Meeting girls is a headache? You have to explain that.

MAYER: I hate being the heartbreaker. Hate it. If I date somebody and it doesn’t work out, it’s another nightmare for me. I don’t like the way the odds are stacked. If I date nine more girls before I get married—which I think would be completely appropriate—that would be nine more spats of character assassination. I don’t equate sex with release, I equate it with tension. It’s given me a lot of pause. Somewhere in my brain it has probably really fucked me up.

PLAYBOY: But who cares if people assassinate your character?

MAYER: I do. I just do. I consider myself a good guy, with the best of intentions. Anybody who has been in a relationship with me would stand by the fact that I’ve never been callous. I’ve never been a bad boy. I may have taken someone through the wringer psychologically, but I’ve never been sinister.

PLAYBOY: So you’ve lost the motivation of playing music to meet girls.

MAYER: If I was playing it so I could meet hot chicks, I’ve met hot chicks, quote unquote. If I was playing it to make a ton of money, I’ve made a ton of money. If I was playing it to be well-known, I am well-known. Once you put aside girls and money, it forces you to realign your motivation for being a musician. Now I’m not a have-not but a have. Which is interesting, because music has to come from a have-not sort of place. And there are many places where I have-not.

PLAYBOY: What motivates you now?

MAYER: My motivation is to prove people wrong, to confuse them. I enjoy the challenge—I must be addicted to the challenge. I’ve gone from being a musician to being a celebrity. And when people do that, their work usually suffers. There are tunes on Battle Studies that are more applicable to other people’s lives than anything I’ve ever written before. This whole time I’ve stayed vulnerable, stayed frustrated, stayed confused. This record is the trade-off to having sort of brutalized myself for a few years. So if people see that over the past couple of years I actually got a firmer grip on writing songs about the ups and downs of life, they might go, “How did he have the time to make a record? Was he writing ‘War of My Life’ in the middle of me thinking he was a douche bag? Did I ever actually know him? Maybe he’s a pretty solid guy.”

PLAYBOY: What if you were to google the phrase John Mayer is a douche bag?

MAYER: You’d get a lot of hits. It’s this whole perception thing about tabloids, where 85 percent of the stories are not true. If you align yourself to be exactly who you know you are and to have dignity, maybe through that distorted lens you look askew to everyone else. I’ve done away with feeling aloof and trying to seem suave and bulletproof. I’ve resigned myself to being slightly awkward and goofballish.

PLAYBOY: It seems as though you realize that celebrities who complain don’t generate much sympathy.

MAYER: I have never once said “I wish the press would leave me alone.” With Twitter, I can show my real voice. Here’s me thinking about stuff: “Wouldn’t it be cool if you could download food?” It has been important for me to keep communicating, even when magazines were calling me a rat and saying I was writing a book.

PLAYBOY: Who did that?

MAYER: Star magazine at one point said I was writing a tell-all book for $10 million. On Star’s cover it said what a rat! My entire life I’ve tried to be a nice guy. The best I ever felt was when friends’ parents would say, “John can come over any time. We love that kid.” When I date a girl and find out her friends approve of me, I love it. I love being liked! I’ve given microscopic dedication to doing the right thing, taking the high road, and all of a sudden Star magazine says, “He’s a rat.” I can’t tell you it didn’t give me that much more bloodlust to do what people thought I couldn’t do.

PLAYBOY: It sounds simple, but it’s not: Battle Studies is an album about love.

MAYER: Sure. It’s an album about love in this day and age, and at my age, 32.

PLAYBOY: What do you mean by “in this day and age”? There aren’t any references in the songs that would have been unclear 20 years ago.

MAYER: I’m a self-soother. The Internet, DVR, Netflix, Twitter—all these things are moments in time throughout your day when you’re able to soothe yourself. We have an autonomy of comfort and pleasure. By the way, pornography? It’s a new synaptic pathway. You wake up in the morning, open a thumbnail page, and it leads to a Pandora’s box of visuals. There have probably been days when I saw 300 vaginas before I got out of bed.

PLAYBOY: What’s your point about porn and relationships?

MAYER: Internet pornography has absolutely changed my generation’s expectations. How could you be constantly synthesizing an orgasm based on dozens of shots? You’re looking for the one photo out of 100 you swear is going to be the one you finish to, and you still don’t finish. Twenty seconds ago you thought that photo was the hottest thing you ever saw, but you throw it back and continue your shot hunt and continue to make yourself late for work. How does that not affect the psychology of having a relationship with somebody? It’s got to.

PLAYBOY: You seem very fond of pornography.

MAYER: When I watch porn, if it’s not hot enough, I’ll make up backstories in my mind. My biggest dream is to write pornography.

PLAYBOY: How did you become a self-soother?

MAYER: I grew up in my own head. As soon as I lose that control, once I have to deal with someone else’s desires, I cut and run. I’m pretty culpable about being hard to live with. I have had a good run of imagining things into reality. I’ve got a huge streak of successes based on my own inventions. If you tell me I’m wrong or that I’m overthinking something, well, overthinking has given me everything in my career. I have a hard time not looking at anxiety disorder as being like an ATM. I can invent things really well. I mean, I have unbelievable orgasms alone. They’re always the best. They always end the way I want them to end. And I have such an ability to make believe, I can almost project something onto my wall, watch it and get off to it: sexually, musically, it doesn’t matter. When I meet somebody, I’m in a situation in which I can’t run it because another person is involved. That means letting someone else talk, not waiting for them to remind you of something interesting you had in mind.

PLAYBOY: Masturbation for you is as good as sex?

MAYER: Absolutely, because during sex, I’m just going to run a filmstrip. I’m still masturbating. That’s what you do when you’re 30, 31, 32. This is my problem now: Rather than meet somebody new, I would rather go home and replay the amazing experiences I’ve already had.

PLAYBOY: You’d rather jerk off to an ex-girlfriend than meet someone new?

MAYER: Yeah. What that explains is that I’m more comfortable in my imagination than I am in actual human discovery. The best days of my life are when I’ve dreamed about a sexual encounter with someone I’ve already been with. When that happens, I cannot lay off myself.

PLAYBOY: There are some angry, accusatory songs on the record, but there are also self-critical songs. It goes through all the changing moods you have on the worst night of your life.

MAYER: Yeah, Battle Studies is that feeling between 10 p.m. and two a.m. when you have this wild level of arousal and optimism. It’s about the things people do to each other during those hours. I have wasted four hours of my life refusing to masturbate and believing that somehow the phone would ring and I’d get a call from somebody I hadn’t talked to in years.

PLAYBOY: The phone will ring and your life will change?

MAYER: Yeah. It’s like looking for a fix. I’ll spend four hours not even putting anything into motion, just believing somehow it’s going to come my way.

PLAYBOY: You talked before about being an underdog. What were you like at 16?

MAYER: I wasn’t paying attention in school. I would come home and play guitar, playing for all the moments I had that day when I couldn’t feel alive. I visualized I was a superhero with an alter ego: “By day, a gawky, zitfaced 16-year-old boy.…” I would sleep with my guitar because I thought it would make me play better. I had a 100-disc CD player in the basement, and I would load it up with Charlie Parker, John Coltrane, Miles Davis, Kenny Burrell and Bill Evans and play CDs while I slept on the floor. Like somehow, by osmosis, the music was getting into me. It was the only way I could build enough armor to go back to school the next day.

PLAYBOY: How many hours a day were you playing?

MAYER: Three to four hours a day when I was in school, and in the summertime five to six hours a day. I wasn’t smoking cigarettes or drinking, and I wasn’t trying to hook up. I wasn’t going to parties. I remember being in my room when there was a party across town, sitting in my room and pretending I was at the party and playing for them. I remember saying to myself, If I have to sleep on a pool table every night on tour, I’ll do it. I always had that desire to be a rock star.

PLAYBOY: Were you one of those smart kids who hated school?

MAYER: I would act up and get sent to the dean’s office and talk to him as though I was an adult. “I’m not trying to upset anybody, sir. With all due respect to you and your staff, I’m just not supposed to be here. It’s quite difficult for me to sit in class, because I’m supposed to be a guitar player, sir.” I was very cocky. But from the outset, there was opposition. My parents were not the biggest fans, to put it diplomatically. I grew up saying, “You’ll see. I can’t explain it yet, but you’ll see.” Early in my career, when I was 19 or 20, I’d meet presidents of record companies and refused to give them my demos. I’d say, “We’ll see each other again sometime.”

PLAYBOY: That is really cocky.

MAYER: It was incredibly cocky. I was so tempered in opposition that when the opposition went away, I started to look like a total asshole. When my first record came out, I was still saying, “You’ll see. Check out what I did. Eat it.” It gave me this reputation for being really arrogant. I probably should have stood on top of a roof and yelled, “Fuck you!” That “I’ll show you” instinct is still alive and well. Now, instead of “We don’t think you can do it,” it’s “We think you’re a douche bag.”

PLAYBOY: Do you still have a chip on your shoulder?

MAYER: Yep. I have an extremely tall antenna that reaches high into the sky and brings in a lot of cool stuff but also a lot of unnecessary stuff. If I hadn’t had my upbringing, I would have probably been like, “Yeah, this is fun. Cool.” But right now I still have “See? See, motherfucker?”

PLAYBOY: You put in a lot of hours playing the guitar, but it also seems you were quick to pick up music theory, harmony, composition.

MAYER: I’m wired for it. I’m lucky I found a thing I was wired for, and I found it at 13. I’ve already won one of the biggest gambles of all time, which was to forgo an education so I could pursue a real all-or-none scenario. I look pretty fucking smart for having done that, though it doesn’t change the fact that it was crazy.

PLAYBOY: You have a level of self-consciousness that seems like it could be exhausting.

MAYER: Maybe that’s the douche bag part of it. Maybe I’m so meta-aware that it’s off-putting to people. But I’m old enough to know I need to change. I’m getting tired of the illusion of control. I think I’ve made my best record now, at my lowest point of confidence.

PLAYBOY: You wanted to become a rock star, and now that you are one, it’s ruined your confidence? That’s odd.

MAYER: Lately I’ve realized it’s okay to enjoy being a rock star. Like, it might actually be fun to wear sunglasses in the airport and sit in the first-class lounge as a fucking rock star who’s about to go on a world tour. I had related it to something so painful, so frustrating, so confusing, that it would give me a tension headache. Being a famous musician seemed to have brought misunderstanding and strife and a fist in the back of the head when I read something about myself. I wrote this line yesterday: “Someday soon these will just be things we used to do.” I’m sort of making a list of all the things I know I’m going to laugh at myself for taking so seriously.

PLAYBOY: So you can already imagine your future?

MAYER: This is going to sound odd, but sometimes I meet the 40-year-old me and say, “What do I do?” And 40-year-old me says, “Don’t do every scheduled interview. Go to the zoo instead. You’re going to be fine, you knucklehead. Stop overthinking what people say.” I’m trying to fold over time, to see it as a random-access hard disk where I can move to any point in time and change the way I see today.

PLAYBOY: What you describe sounds like a conversation between a father and a son. Can you talk like that with your dad?

MAYER: My dad is 82. I love him so much, but the way I communicate with him is by fixing his printer or the closed-captioning on his TV. These are the bonding moments we have.

PLAYBOY: Did kids make fun of the fact that your dad is almost 20 years older than your mom?

MAYER: No, they’d just say, “Your grandfather’s here.”

PLAYBOY: Is your heritage Jewish?

MAYER: I’m half Jewish. People say, “Well, which side of your family is Jewish?” I say, “My dad’s.” And they always say it doesn’t count. But I will say I keep my pool at 92 degrees, so you do the math. I find myself relating to Judaism. One of my best friends is Jewish beyond all Jews—I went to my first Passover seder at his house—and I train in Krav Maga with a lot of Israelis.

PLAYBOY: You said there are still things you don’t have. What are those things?

MAYER: I could make anybody understand that my life is not all rainbows and unicorns, but why would I want to? I’m sort of selling them the idea that it’s rainbows and unicorns. I could explain that, in fact, I’m not a douche bag, but that would be at the expense of believing in magic. I don’t want to tear down the facade. People want to imagine that if they get a record deal, they can buy a Ferrari. People need that. I don’t want to take that away from people. Anything I don’t have is a direct descendant of the things I do have. I mean, let’s say there’s a 12 percent chance I’ll never marry and have kids because the music career fucked me in some way. If that’s the case, I still know it’s my calling. I hold out hope that there’s a way to be a supernatural being onstage and an extremely natural being at home.

PLAYBOY: Why are you so anxious about never getting married?

MAYER: What if I meet a woman and it’s love at first sight, and this woman has the greatest night of her life by telling me to fuck off because she knows my reputation? I always say, “Turning me down is the new sleeping with me.” What is a guy supposed to say to a girl who says “You do this all the time”? Girls always say that. Sometimes they say “I’ve been warned about you.” But I can undo that in a couple of days. I have a line for that: “Keep your warning for a while; let’s take it slow.”

PLAYBOY: Were you one of those people who thought fame would be rainbows and unicorns?

MAYER: I had a conversation about fame with Jen [Aniston] before we ever really stepped out in public. She said, “Do you understand what this entails?” Two weeks later I had people outside my house. I was smart enough to know it would probably make me a salable item for the paparazzi. I knew I’d have to move to a home that had a gate. But that pearl of possibility that lives in your heart when you meet somebody you want to know more about has such a different molecular density than everything else that you have to pursue it. And I wouldn’t undo it, man. Because if it had worked out, I would have reaped the benefits. I would be sitting here saying, “What I have when I go home is the thing I’ve always wanted.”

PLAYBOY: Has Jen heard Battle Studies?

MAYER: Yes. I played it for her as the record was being made.

PLAYBOY: What did she say?

MAYER: Look, there’s a level of honesty in that record that probably made her uncomfortable, but I couldn’t let that change the way I wrote songs. There were moments when she said, “What’s that line?” Like, “That’s not about me, is it?” While I was going out with her she was on the cover of GQ wearing nothing but a tie. These are occupational hazards. When she heard Battle Studies she just wanted to be able to say “I want to know that you hold me correctly in your heart.”

PLAYBOY: What percentage of the album is about Aniston?

MAYER: I don’t want to say. I feel bad because people think “Heartbreak Warfare” is about her. I want to go on record saying it’s not. That woman would never use heartbreak warfare. That woman was the most communicative, sweetest, kindest person. When people hear the record, I hope the songs make them think about their lives, not my life. Like, when you listen to Coldplay, do you think about Gwyneth Paltrow? I don’t write songs in order to stick it to my exes. I don’t release underground dis tracks. [laughs]

PLAYBOY: You’ve rarely talked about Aniston. She has rarely talked about you.

MAYER: We just have a regard for each other’s feelings that is pretty intense. It’s been a deep relationship, and it’s no longer taking place at all. Have you ever loved somebody, loved her completely, but had to end the relationship for life reasons?

PLAYBOY: Did you send Aniston a copy of the CD after it was done?

MAYER: No.

PLAYBOY: Maybe she’ll download it from BitTorrent.

MAYER: If Jennifer Aniston knows how to use BitTorrent I’ll eat my fucking shoe. One of the most significant differences between us was that I was tweeting. There was a rumor that I had been dumped because I was tweeting too much. That wasn’t it, but that was a big difference. The brunt of her success came before TMZ and Twitter. I think she’s still hoping it goes back to 1998. She saw my involvement in technology as courting distraction. And I always said, “These are the new rules.”

PLAYBOY: You mean the rules of celebrity have changed since Friends made her a star?

MAYER: I said, “Tom Cruise put on a fat suit.” That pretty much sums up the past decade: Tom Cruise with a comb-over, dancing to Flo Rida in Tropic Thunder. And the world went, “Welcome back, Tom Cruise.”

PLAYBOY: What’s the moral there?

MAYER: You have to show that you don’t take yourself seriously. Once you do that, people will say you’re cool: “You know what? I gotta say I never liked him until he made fun of himself, and now I like him.”

PLAYBOY: If you didn’t know you, would you think you’re a douche bag?

MAYER: It depends on what I picked up. My two biggest hits are “Your Body Is a Wonderland” and “Daughters.” If you think those songs are pandering, then you’ll think I’m a douche bag. It’s like I come on very strong. I am a very…I’m just very. V-E-R-Y. And if you can’t handle very, then I’m a douche bag. But I think the world needs a little very. That’s why black people love me.

PLAYBOY: Because you’re very?

MAYER: Someone asked me the other day, “What does it feel like now to have a hood pass?” And by the way, it’s sort of a contradiction in terms, because if you really had a hood pass, you could call it a nigger pass. Why are you pulling a punch and calling it a hood pass if you really have a hood pass? But I said, “I can’t really have a hood pass. I’ve never walked into a restaurant, asked for a table and been told, ‘We’re full.’"

PLAYBOY: It is true; a lot of rappers love you. You recorded with Common and Kanye West, played live with Jay-Z.

MAYER: What is being black? It’s making the most of your life, not taking a single moment for granted. Taking something that’s seen as a struggle and making it work for you, or you’ll die inside. Not to say that my struggle is like the collective struggle of black America. But maybe my struggle is similar to one black dude’s.

PLAYBOY: Do black women throw themselves at you?

MAYER: I don’t think I open myself to it. My dick is sort of like a white supremacist. I’ve got a Benetton heart and a fuckin’ David Duke cock. I’m going to start dating separately from my dick.

PLAYBOY: Let’s put some names out there. Let’s get specific.

MAYER: I always thought Holly Robinson Peete was gorgeous. Every white dude loved Hilary from The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air. And Kerry Washington. She’s superhot, and she’s also white-girl crazy. Kerry Washington would break your heart like a white girl. Just all of a sudden she’d be like, “Yeah, I sucked his dick. Whatever.” And you’d be like, “What? We weren’t talking about that.” That’s what “Heartbreak Warfare” is all about, when a girl uses jealousy as a tactic.

PLAYBOY: You said that song isn’t about Aniston. Why is it important for people to know that?

MAYER: I’m very protective of Jen.

PLAYBOY: Do you still love her?

MAYER: Yes, always. I’ll always be sorry that it didn’t last. In some ways I wish I could be with her. But I can’t change the fact that I need to be 32.

PLAYBOY: Last June she was given an award from Women in Film. In her acceptance speech she pointed out that the titles of her films closely parallel her private life. Then she asked if anyone in the audience had “a project titled Everlasting Love With an Adult, Stable Male.” It seems as if she was referring to you.

MAYER: I imagine I’ve got something to do with that. Parts of me aren’t 32. My ability to go deep with somebody is old soul. My ability to commit and be faithful is old soul. But 32 just comes roaring out of me at points when I don’t see it coming. I want to dance. I want to get on an airplane and be like a ninja. I want to be an explorer. I want to be like The Bourne Identity. I don’t want to pet dogs in the kitchen.

PLAYBOY: That’s not so weird for a 32-year-old.

MAYER: Right. For a long time I was asking, “What’s wrong with me?” I spent hundreds and hundreds of dollars on therapy for people to say, “Nothing is wrong.” I had seen splitting up with her as akin to burning an American flag. Do you know what I mean? I considered myself a villain.

PLAYBOY: How did you feel like a villain?

MAYER: I felt as though I’d done something wrong and was going to be punished for it. When the media picked up on it, it was the worst fucking week of my life. I found notes at my front desk: “I work for Us Weekly; I’d like to talk to you.” I’m working out at the gym, and next to me on the elliptical trainer I see a woman I think already approached me and said she was with In Touch. But wouldn’t that be paranoid to think? I’m going insane. I haven’t slept. I’m about to go blind—you know the phrase blind rage? All I can remember is that I was about to lose my vision. My emotional tissue was about to tear. So after I left the gym I said “Come here” to all the reporters and paparazzi. I was on the verge of crying and also on the verge of punching someone.

PLAYBOY: This was August 2008, when you said you had ended the relationship “because I don’t want to waste somebody’s time if something’s not right.”

MAYER: It really, really upset her. I wanted to take responsibility for having ended it because I saw it as such an offense. But a lot of people felt I was saving face. This would serve to begin the period of my life I’m just exiting, when love made me feel guilty and people called me a rat, a womanizer and a cad.

PLAYBOY: You’ve also been called a man-whore.

MAYER: I feel like women are getting their comeuppance against men now. I hear about man-whores more than I hear about whores. When women are whorish, they’re owning their sexuality. When men are whorish, they’re disgusting beasts. I think they’re paying us back for a double standard that’s lasted for a hundred years.

PLAYBOY: What does the word womanizer mean to you?

MAYER: Well, wouldn’t a womanizer have dated more than two girls in two years?

PLAYBOY: You and Aniston got back together and broke up again in 2009. How many women did you sleep with in the eight months after the breakup?

MAYER: I’m going to say four or five. No more.

PLAYBOY: That’s a reasonable number.

MAYER: But even if I said 12, that’s a reasonable number. So is 15. Here’s the thing: I get less ass now than I did when I was in a local band. Because now I don’t like jumping through hoops. It’s been so long since I’ve taken a random girl home. I don’t want to have to submit myself for approval. I don’t want to audition. I’d rather come home and edge my shit out for 90 minutes. At this point, before I can have sex I need to know somebody. Unless she’s a 14 out of 10.

PLAYBOY: You have been very up front about your fondness for masturbation.

MAYER: It’s like a vacation—my brain gets to go free. It’s a walk in the park for my brain. Pull the shades and let your mind go without having to answer for it.

PLAYBOY: The way you talk about being 32 sounds as though you were too immature for Aniston.

MAYER: No, the actual day-to-day was fantastic. I have to explain this so people don’t say, “Sure, you’re 32, and you want to fuck other chicks.” If you say I’m not adult and stable, it sounds as though I’m someone who’s watching football and playing Xbox. I have this bond with infinite possibility—when I go out to dinner, I bring another shirt, a flashlight, a knife, a hard drive, a camera. It’s not like I wanted to be with somebody else. I want to be with myself, still, and lie in bed only with the infinite unknown. That’s 32, man.

PLAYBOY: In 2006 you began dating Jessica Simpson, and the paparazzi started stalking you, turning you into a tabloid fixture. Certainly you knew that was going to happen.

MAYER: It wasn’t as direct as me saying “I now make the choice to bring the paparazzi into my life.” I really said, “I now make the choice to sleep with Jessica Simpson.” That was stronger than my desire to stay out of the paparazzi’s eye. That girl, for me, is a drug. And drugs aren’t good for you if you do lots of them. Yeah, that girl is like crack cocaine to me.

PLAYBOY: You were addicted to Jessica Simpson?

MAYER: Sexually it was crazy. That’s all I’ll say. It was like napalm, sexual napalm.

PLAYBOY: But before you dated her you thought of yourself as the kind of guy who would never date Jessica Simpson.

MAYER: That’s correct. There are people in the world who have the power to change our values. Have you ever been with a girl who made you want to quit the rest of your life? Did youever say, “I want to quit my life and just fuckin’ snort you? If you charged me $10,000 to fuck you, I would start selling all my shit just to keep fucking you.”

PLAYBOY: So at this point—

MAYER: Pardon me for interrupting. I love Jen so much that I’m now thinking about how bad I would feel if she read this and was like, “Why are you putting me in an article where you’re talking about someone else? I don’t want to be in your lineage of kiss-and-tells.”

PLAYBOY: At this point, what’s your ideal relationship?

MAYER: Here’s what I really want to do at 32: fuck a girl and then, as she’s sleeping in bed, make breakfast for her. So she’s like, “What? You gave me five vaginal orgasms last night, and you’re making me a spinach omelet? You are the shit!” So she says, “I love this guy.” I say, “I love this girl loving me.” And then we have a problem. Because that entails instant relationship. I’m already playing house. And when I lose interest she’s going to say, “Why would you do that if you didn’t want to stick with me?”

PLAYBOY: Why do you do it?

MAYER: Because I want to show her I’m not like every other guy. Because I hate other men. When I’m fucking you, I’m trying to fuck every man who’s ever fucked you, but in his ass, so you’ll say “No one’s ever done that to me in bed.”

PLAYBOY: Do you do something different in bed than other guys?

MAYER: It’s all about geometry. I’m sort of a scientist; it’s about being obtuse with an angle. It’s sort of this weird up-and-over thing. You gotta think “up and over.”

PLAYBOY: Maybe that’s easier at your height. You talked about listening to Miles Davis and Bill Evans in high school, but that’s not the kind of music you make.

MAYER: I make mainstream music. I don’t believe in guilty pleasures; I believe in pleasures. I know where I stand when I hear Miley Cyrus’s “Party in the USA” or “The Climb”—which may be the best pop song of the past year.

PLAYBOY: It’s a little surprising that you like Miley Cyrus so much.

MAYER: I took a friend and his kids to see Miley Cyrus in Vegas. After the show I said to her, “That was fantastic. Fantastic.” I said, “Take $100,000, put it in a shoe box and bury it in your backyard.” I walked away thinking, That may be the strangest thing I’ve ever said. It just means put a little away. Have something nobody can ever take away from you.

PLAYBOY: Keep a secret fund in case you wake up at three a.m. thinking, Screw this, and you need to disappear?

MAYER: Exactly. That’s what I do with my blackjack winnings—I keep them safe and sound.

PLAYBOY: Among the things we’ve read about you online is this: You’re gay. Have you ever kissed a man?

MAYER: The only man I’ve kissed is Perez Hilton. It was New Year’s Eve and I decided to go out and destroy myself. I was dating Jessica at the time, and I remember seeing Perez Hilton flitting about this club and acting as though he had just invented homosexuality. All of a sudden I thought, I can outgay this guy right now. I grabbed him and gave him the dirtiest, tongue-iest kiss I have ever put on anybody—almost as if I hated fags. I don’t think my mouth was even touching when I was tongue kissing him, that’s how disgusting this kiss was. I’m a little ashamed. I think it lasted about half a minute. I really think it went on too long.

PLAYBOY: Perez describes you on his site as a womanizer, a word you don’t like. Is it fair to say you have a love-hate relationship with him?

MAYER: I used to. Now I believe we’re fully into fighting with breakaway chairs. I think he’s pretty much inert at this point. Perez is to hating as Richard Simmons is to health and well-being. [laughs] You can print that. Perez is so authentically off his rocker he will not let you finish a sentence. I think he has some dark things in his past. I think he comes from a little bit of hurt, and I say that with an understated tone. At the end of the day I go to his site, but I don’t see him as a threat. The impact of his tone is beginning to wane. I give a lot more credit to Harvey Levin at TMZ.

PLAYBOY: Would you kiss Harvey Levin?

MAYER: I would rim him, probably. I can’t just repeat the kissing trick.

PLAYBOY: From following your Twitter feed we’ve learned about many of your interests. For instance, you love the Toto Washlet bidet.

MAYER: God, I want one.

PLAYBOY: But you already have platinum records and stardom.

MAYER: A platinum record is not going to wash your ass for you.

PLAYBOY: Good point. A Washlet isn’t that expensive. Why don’t you have one?

MAYER: It speaks to my level of transience. I’ll get a Washlet when I finally find a shitter I’m going to be at for a good block of time in my life. [laughs] I’m really going to enjoy that. That’s what is waiting for me on the other end of this crazy rocket ride—a warm seat and an adjustable bidet.

PLAYBOY: You said you were just exiting the phase of your life when relationships make you feel guilty. What’s the next phase?

MAYER: People are lining up around the block right now to watch me play music tonight. If some kid called me a douche bag on his terrible blog, I don’t really care. I’m letting myself out of my own prison. I’m not going to be a prisoner to a warden I can’t see. From now on I’m just going to pretend that people really dig the shit out of me. I’ve been so afraid of rocking the boat that I’m not sailing anywhere. I’ve been trying to prove to people I’m not a douche bag by not dating, by keeping my name out of Us Weekly. That’s fucked up, man. I’m not dating. I’m not even fucking. So now I’m going to experiment with “fuck you.” In 2010 my goal is to get more mentions in Us Weekly than ever.

Songz I'm On: Wale Ft. Gucci Mane & Weensey - Pretty Girls (Video)

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Music Rundown 02/09/10

2010-02-09T07:01:00.000-05:00

Mullage - Mile High (Feat Jason Lyric)
Mullage - Forever Yours (Feat Jason Lyric)
Ludacris - Plenty Money Freestyle
Curren$y - I Don't Fucks With Em (Feat. Nipsey Hu$$le & Wiz Khalifa)
Curren$y - Mazaltov (Feat. Nesby Phips & Wiz Khalifa)
Mullage - So Long So Wrong (Feat. Ya Boy)
Rick Ross - Veterans Day (Feat. Lil' Wayne And Birdman)
Da Kid Dank feat Terry Kennedy (TK), Young Life & Khao - Neva Goin Broke
Ne-Yo - Impossible
Big Pun - Resurrection
Waka Flocka - Test Our Diamonds (Feat. G4 Boyz)

Drake Announces Eco-Friendly College Tour

2010-02-09T06:55:00.001-05:00

For college students eagerly waiting for their chance to see Young Money's golden child they're in luck.
Right before his commander in chief leaves for jail, Drake is announcing a 25 date college tour around the country.
His first solo tour dubbed the “Away From Home” tour will be part of the 5th Annual Campus Consciousness Tour.
The tour produced by Pretty Polly Productions and non-profit environmental organization Reverb promotes eco-friendly tours around the country.
In support of the cause Drake will be using biodiesel fuel in his tour bus and biodegradable and recycled products on his bus and backstage.
Joining Drake onstage will be another Canadian rapper, K-Os and synth-pop band Francis & The Lights.
The tour kicks off April 6 at Eastern Illnois University with stops at the New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival as well as Penn State, Furman and New Jersey's Bamboozle Festival.
For more information and tickets visit Prettypolly.com
The tour dates for Drake's “Away From Home” tour are below.

4/06/2010
Charleston, IL
Eastern Illinois University

4/07/2010
Columbus, OH
Private Location

4/09/2010
State College, PA
Penn State University

4/10/2010
Boston, MA
Private Location

4/11/2010
Lock Haven, PA
Private Location

4/14/2010
East Lansing, MI
Michigan State University

4/15/2010
Rochester Hills, MI
Oakland University

4/16//2010
Morgantown, WV
West Virginia University

4/21/2010
Orlando, FL
University Central Florida

4/22/2010
Greenville, SC
Furman University

4/23/2010
TBA

4/24/2010
New Orleans, LA
New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival

4/26/2010
Kansas City, MO
University of Missouri – Kansas City

4/27/2010
Lexington, KY
University of Kentucky

4/29/2010
Lowell, MA
University Mass Lowell

4/30/2010
Syracuse, NY
Private Location

5/01/2010
Boston, MA
Private Location

5/01/2010
East Rutherford, NJ
Bamboozle Festival

5/04/2010
Worcester, MA
Holy Cross

5/05/2010
Towson, MD
Towson University

5/06/2010
Cheney, PA
Cheyney University

5/07/2010
Ithaca, NY
Private Location

5/08/2010
Plymouth, NH
Private Location

-via Danielle Canada

Big Face Dunny Ft. Gillie Da Kid, Meek Mill, Oschino & Black Dinero - Wassap Gmix (Video)

2010-02-06T15:07:00.000-05:00

(Peep The tats on ole' girl)

Music M. A. P. (Massive Ass Post)

2010-02-06T14:54:00.000-05:00

Mullage - Elementary Games
Gucci Mane - Top Chef (Feat. Akon)

Trey Songz - Til The Day I Die

Lloyd Banks - Beamer, Benz, Or Bentley (Feat. Juelz Santana)

Lil' Wayne - Girls On Girls

Lil' Wayne And Birdman - Mafia Music
The-Dream - How Low (Remix) (Feat. Ciara)
Gucci Mane - Nah Nigga (Feat. Pharrell)
Problem - F@#k Yo Man
Mary J. Blige - Fancy (Feat. Swizz Beatz)
Usher - Daddy's Home (Remix) (Feat. Juelz Santana)
R. Kelly - Trouble Man
USDA - All About Money (Feat. Magazeen And Swazy Baby)
Pinney Woods - Paperchase (Feat. Bobby Valentino)
Chamillionare - Warn You
Gorilla Zoe - Smile For Me
Gorilla Zoe - Oh No
Fat Joe - Ha Ha (Slow Down) (Feat. Young Jeezy)

Tity Boi - Can't Be Broke No Mo (Feat. M. Beezy And Trae)

Webbz - Presidential (Feat. Rick Ross)
Jay Rock - Real Bloods
Ludacris - My Chick Is Bad (Feat. Nicki Minaj)
Young Rook - For The Money
Chamillionaire - Pursuit Of Cream
Young Jeezy - The Takeover (Feat. Bigga Rankin)

Lil' Jon - Miss Chocolate (Feat. R. Kelly And Mario)

Game - Shake (Prod. By Cool And Dre)

Cavie - Hustler (Feat Bun B & Crooked I)

Young Jerz - No Gimmicks
Drake - Overdose [Unreleased Verse]

Ricky Jewelz - Jealous (Feat. Gucci Mane)
Cory Gunz - The Ultimate (Feat. Curren$y, Mickey Factz, Smoke DZA, And Nakim)
Phreshy (formerly Ayo) - October 21st
Slim Dunkin And Waka Flocka Flame - Same Shit (Remix) (Feat. OJ Da Juiceman)
Big Rich - Sugar (Feat Ya Boy)
Skeme - You Already Know
The Pricks - Wake Up
Supa Chino feat Mr. CG - U Can Get It
Waka Flocka Flame - O Let's Do It (Remix) (Feat. Diddy, Rick Ross, And Gucci Mane)
DJ Kay Slay - Hustle Game (Feat. Bun B, Webbie, Lil' Boosie, And Nicole Wray)

Throw It Back Thursdayz Joint: Nelly - Hot in Herre

2010-02-04T02:55:00.002-05:00

Music Rundown 02/04/10

2010-02-04T02:40:00.001-05:00

Game - Pussy Fight (Feat Ray J & Ester Dean) (DJ-less)
Young Ca$h Feat. Brisco, Ace Hood, Iceberg, Piccalo, JT Money, Ballgreezy, Billy Blue, & Chaos - Where They Do That At (Exclusive J Remix)
Ludacris - How Low (Remix) (Feat. Ciara & Pitbull)
Mistah F.A.B. - Ungrateful (Feat. Lil' Kev)
Bun B - Put It Down (Feat. Drake) (Snippet)
Red Cafe - Have It Your Way (Feat Drake)
Lil' Wayne - Fuck Today (Feat. Gudda Gudda)
KiD CuDi - Highs N Lows
K Young - Roladex
OJ Da Juiceman - Touchdown
OJ Da Juiceman - It's A Go (Feat. David Banner)
OJ Da Juiceman - Gunshots (Feat. Jay Rock)
DJ Khaled - Ball (Feat. Jim Jones & Schife)
Gorilla Zoe - Emotion
Gorilla Zoe - Wee (Feat. DJ Bobby Black)
Gorilla Zoe - Go Hard
Gorilla Zoe - Zoe Amazing
JW - You Already Know (Feat. Jagged Edge)
Slim - Break U Down (Remix) (Feat. Red Cafe)
Dre Day (Of Boss Hogg Outlawz) - Puppet Master (Remix) (Feat. MUG)
Fantasia - Even Angels
Jaheim - Bed Is Listening
Jaheim - Whoa
Ne-Yo - Heroes
Ryan Leslie - Get Closer
Mr. Georgia Black - Tractor Trailer (Feat. Gucci Mane)
Mr. Georgia Black - Bill (Feat. Gucci Mane)

Songz I'm On: Brick Squad - Candy Lady (Video)

2010-02-03T08:33:00.000-05:00

Songz I'm On: 8Ball & MJG - Ten Toes Down (Video)

2010-02-03T08:29:00.002-05:00

Music M. A. P. (Massive Ass Post)

2010-02-03T08:25:00.002-05:00

The Game - Pussy Fight (Feat. Ray J & Nicki Minaj)
T-Pain - Reverse Cowgirl (Feat Young Jeezy)
Tyga - YM (I Wanna Rock)
Lloyd - Bedrock Part. II (Feat. Lil Wayne & Drake)
DJ Khaled - All My Life (Feat. Akon, Shyne & Mavado)
Flo Rida - Star (Prod By The Runners)
B.o.B. - Fool For Love (Feat. Charles Hamilton)
B.o.B. - Fuck The Money (Feat. Asher Roth)
B.o.B. - Gladiators (Feat. J. Cole)
Spitfiya - Drop Freestyle
Star Murphy feat Waka Flocka - Swagg On
Talent Couture feat Rockstar & K-Shawn - Poppin Off
Da Kid Dank feat TK & Young Life - Blessed
G5 tha Jett - Good Money
Lil Wayne - Runnin (Remix) (Feat. Mickey Factz & Shanell)
DJ Kay Slay - God Forgive Me (Feat. Joell Ortiz, Jae Millz & Saigon)
2 Pistols - Where Are You Now? (Feat. Kevin Rudolf)
Avery Storm - I'll Do Anything
Benzino - World On My Shoulders (Feat. Made Men & Ed OG)
Memphis Bleek - Still Ill
Major Lazer - Halo (Feat. Elephant Man)
Georgia Black - Cola (Feat. Gucci Mane)
DJ Khaled - All I Do Is Win (Feat. Ludacris Snoop Dogg, Rick Ross, And T-Pain)
DJ Kay Slay - The New West (Glasses Malone, Stacee Adamz, Big Y, Lock Smith & Jay Rock)
Cassidy - Mic Please (Feat. Jag)
Rockstar - Sex Drugs N Rock & Roll (Feat K. Young)
Rockie feat Kafani & Mistah F.A.B. - Re-Loaded
Trey Songz - If I Die Tonight (Snippet)
Styles P - Born In These Streets (Feat. Tre Williams)
YG & Ty$ - Pop Painkillaz (Prod by Skin & Bones)

Styles P - Hoody Season (Feat. A.P.)
Kyle Christopher - Emergency
The Dudez - Spaceship
Knuck - Bet Ya Didn't Know (Feat. Young Cash)
Paul Wall - Smoke Weed (Feat Devin The Dude)
Yung L.A. - I Got Money
Freeway - Time (Prod. Jake One)
Big Sean - Supa Dupa Lemonade Freestyle
Jason Derulo - Outta This World
Henny - I'm A Freek (Feat. Pill And Yelawolf)
King Phaze - Realer Than U Think (Feat. Jadakiss)
King Phaze - It's Legendary (Feat. Sheek Louch)
Billy Blue - Real Nigga Wayz
Lloyd Banks - The Bottom

Ludacris' “Battle of The Sexes” Cover Art, Tracklisting Revealed

2010-02-03T08:16:00.002-05:00

Ludacris is still adding more fuel to the promotional fire surrounding his forthcoming Battle of The Sexes album.
As previously reported, the original concept to make an album of battling between Luda and DTP rapper Shawnna was scrapped reportedly due to Shawnna's new Nappy Boy records affiliation.
Now with a collaboration album in place Luda is set to battle some of female rap's top contenders including Lil Kim, Eve, Trina and Nicki Minaj while he's recruited Neyo, Plies and Flo Rida to come to his aid.
As Battle of The Sexes prepares to be released a week earlier than anticipated on March 9, Luda is continuing his promotional campaign and has released the cover art and tracklisting for the album.
While Luda says that the tracklisting is subject to change with additional tracks to be added, both are available below.

1.Hey Ho" featuring Lil Kim
2. "Tell Me a Secret" featuring Ne-Yo
3. "My Chick Bad" featuring Nicki Minaj
4. "Got a Man" featuring Flo Rida
5. "Can't Live With You, Can't Live Without You" featuring Monica
6. "How Low" (Remix) featuring Ciara, Pitbull, Rick Ross, Twista
7. "Sex Room" featuring Trey Songz

-via Danielle Canada

Local Heat: Nate Jones - I BE GRINDIN (Video)

2010-01-30T00:17:00.000-05:00