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| Rihanna Admires The 'Very Bold' Lady Gaga Posted: 07 Dec 2009 03:51 AM PST 'I have so much respect for original artists and artists who aren't afraid to do what they want to do,' she tells MTV News.
Rihanna and Lady Gaga have a lot in common. They are both innovative pop stars with a concrete vision for their music and image. They are both fashionistas with a love for forward-thinking style. And they certainly both have swagger. Maybe that's why Rihanna has so much respect for her contemporary. "She has a very bold, fearless image," Rihanna told MTV News on the set of her "Hard" music video.
Rihanna also admires Gaga because she doesn't apologize for those bold moves. "I have to say, I have so much respect for original artists and artists who aren't afraid to do what they want to do," Rihanna said. "That's what I respect most, so she's awesome." Recently, everyone from frequent collaborator RedOne, who described Gaga as "very talented, very ahead of the curve," to Smokey Robinson have been praising the new pop diva for her individuality and her ability to take over the charts and garner five Grammy nods this year. "I think that Lady Gaga is so different and she has taken the world by storm," Robinson told MTV News on Wednesday at the Grammy nominations concert. "I enjoy her music. So I think that she's unique. Unique always has a chance." Related Videos |
| Lil Wayne Protege Gudda Gudda Introduces Himself On New Mixtape Posted: 07 Dec 2009 03:51 AM PST 'Guddaville is just me expressing how I feel about a lot of different things,' he tells Mixtape Daily.
This Week's Main Pick Street King: Gudda Gudda Holding It Down For: Young Money/ Cash Money Mixtape: Guddaville Real Spit: New Orleans native Gudda Gudda has a bunch of superstars in his camp, including Lil Wayne, Nicki Minaj and Drake. Dude might be next in line to blow. Gudda, who's been down with Wayne for around a decade, has been lacing family records like "Thinking to Myself" (his verse about Kunta Kinte steals the show!) "Bedrock" and "Every Girl" with his laid-back, spoken-word flow. This week, though, Gudda steps to the front with his own mixtape, Guddaville. "The theme behind Guddaville, I'm taking people on a walk through my eyes," he explained. "Every time you heard me been a group project. Guddaville is just me expressing how I feel about a lot of different things, taking you in my world." Gudda — a New Orleans native — has been mentored by Lil Wayne. Weezy liked his look and wrote Gudda his first rap. After that, though, Gudda stepped his game up through the years. He's going to be good money on Young Money. One of Gudda's biggest inspirations has been N.O. hero Soulja Slim. He shouts him and former Hot Boys member Turk out on the mixtape. "Soulja, any young dude, period, not just a rapper, any young guy from New Orleans, he was like our 'Pac. So, you know, we all look up to him. I had to acknowledge him. We bumped heads in a lot of different places. It was sad to see him go. I'm gonna continue to acknowledge him. As far as Turk, we speak at least twice a week from jail. I always holla at him. Turk will be home soon." You can download Guddaville on HotNewHipHop.com. You can also keep up with Gudda on his Twitter page. Joints to Check For
» "Welcome to Guddaville." "This is the intro to my mixtape," Gudda said. "On that song, I'm venting a lot. Just letting people know what's going on at the time. What I been going through. Different things with different people. I just let it all out on that track. I had to put that all on paper. This is a good intro into my world." » "Always Love You" (featuring Nicki Minaj and Short Dawg). "Me and Nicki was in the studio one night trying to get something going. We heard the Whitney Houston sample, pulled the beat up, and Whitney was on the sample saying, 'I will always love you.' The obvious choice would have been to speak on a female or dude. We was like, 'Let's speak on our cities and how much we love where we from.' I was like, 'We could get somebody else on it.' I ran into Short Dawg. He was like, 'Let me hear the joint. ... I love it.' He put a verse on it. We did it. New Orleans, H-Town, New York." » "Getting to the Money" (featuring Tity Boy). "Basically, I was in the studio, I heard the beat. Instantly, the hook popped up, the lyrics started coming. The beat, I just had to do it. I laid it down and said, 'It gotta have that ATL flavor.' I said, 'Let me call my homeboy and see if he'll jump on it.' I hit Tity up, he sent it back two days later. The rest is history." For other artists featured in Mixtape Daily, check out Mixtape Daily Headlines. Related Videos |
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