Here ye, hear ye. T.I. is coming back with a vengeance on his new collaboration with Pharrell. The hip-hop stars go bar for bar on the lyrical street record produced by The Neptunes hitmaker. Tip said he and P have more collabos on the way and revealed the two potential titles for his next album.
“The first of two album titles I’m debating is Kill the King because in all that I’ve gone through I’ve observed how people respond to my circumstances, and I always wonder ‘Why y’all coming at me like this?’ But I thought, ‘How do you expect them to act?’” he told Rolling Stone. “Life is a game of chess and the object is to kill the king. If you anoint yourself king, you have made yourself a target. The second one is self-explanatory—Trouble.”
The Boyz are back. The ’90s R&B group resurfaced on Rosie O’Donnell’s new talk show to perform their 1994 classic “I’ll Make Love to You.” Nathan, Wanya, and Shawn handed out roses to ladies in the audience while grooving to the slow jam. The song, along with new material, will appear on their 20th anniversary album Twenty, due October 25.
It’s Jay-Z like you’ve never seen him before. The Roc Nation mogul makes a cameo as an animated version of himself on the “Secret Millionaires Club,” a new animated series premiering Sunday, October 23, at 1 p.m. EST on The Hub.
With guidance from billionaire investment tycoon Warren Buffett, “SMC” teaches kids financial literacy, entrepreneurship, and math skills.
In the debut episode, Jigga surprises the young entrepreneurs and offers them some encouragement and business tips. “If you put your minds to it, you can do anything,” he advises before telling them to go out and explore New York City. Hov knows best.
After appearing on Howard Stern’s radio show, T.I. made a visit to “The View” to chat with the ladies. Sitting in between Barbara Walters and Sherri Shepherd, Tip spoke about staying clean and sober, shielding his kids from his past, the importance of family, and writing his novel Power & Beauty while in prison.
“Nobody is tougher on me than I am on myself,” he said. “I’m not trying to make any excuses. I accept responsibility for everything that I’ve done. And people say, ‘Well, how could he just make a mistake again and again?’ It should be taken into consideration how long prior to me being T.I., how long I had been living the life I was living.”
He also denied rumors that he’s hanging up the mic. “Nah, there’ll be more music. I’ma do it as long as they want me to.”
After their serious conversation, Tip shot some hoops with Sherri and Elisabeth. “I don’t play ball,” he admitted before being dragged to the court.
Maino gives up the groupies and commits on “That Could Be Us,” a radio friendly cut off his upcoming album Day After Tomorrow, due November 22. Over a smooth R&B-driven beat, he imagines him and his girl leading a life like famous couples including Jay-Z and Beyoncé, Alicia Keys and Swizz Beatz, and Barack and Michelle Obama. Get in touch with the sensitive side of Maino.
Far East Movement makes it jiggle on “Jello,” the first single from their second major label album, due in 2012. The electro-hop group—Kev Nish, Prohgress, J-Splif, and DJ Virman—pop more bottles with Baltimore rapper Rye Rye on the rattling club banger. They have been in the studio with hitmakers including will.i.am, David Guetta, and Bangladesh.
Nicole Scherzinger takes to the rainforest to debut her new song and video for “Try With Me.” The Nervo-penned tune starts off slow with the “X Factor” judge playing the piano in the water before the pounding beat drops. The Hawaii-born beauty filmed the clip amongst the lush greenery and waterfalls of the Xilitla rainforest in Mexico.
The song will appear on a U.K. repackaging of her solo debut Killer Love, due November 14, featuring three new songs including “Trust Me I Lie” and “Tomorrow Never Dies.” The album arrives stateside on December 6.
Diggy Simmons caters to the ladies on “Do It Like You,” the new single from his upcoming debut album. The rap phenom showers his cutie with praise. “I know what they say/ Every rapper only want that sexual healing, Marvin Gaye/ Don’t believe it, girl, I promise/ I’ma treat you like my treasure/ A movement by myself but I know you’ll make me better,” raps the 16-year-old gentleman while Jeremih provides the smooth hook. Who said chivalry was dead?
