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- Drake's Music 'Doesn't Really Call For' Lil Wayne-Type Energy
- Justin Bieber Says He Thought 'Bad Thoughts' To Get Through 'SNL' Skit
- Asher Roth Serves Up 'Positive' Message On <i>Seared Foie Gras</i> Mixtape
| Drake's Music 'Doesn't Really Call For' Lil Wayne-Type Energy Posted: 12 Apr 2010 03:52 AM PDT 'It's more about me connecting with the audience,' MC says about being more laid-back onstage.
Drake has thankfully recovered from last year's knee injury — the 23-year-old Toronto native has been onstage all this week performing as part of his Away From Home Tour.
"I had an assessment a week ago," Drake told MTV News last week. "They told me that I'm definitely able to get out there and perform to the fullest. I'm still not going to be able to play basketball. I'm gonna stay far away from that, actually. But I'm ready to come back. I think I'm coming back with more maturity as far as connecting with the audience and less about running around. A lot of my performance energy before came from watching Lil Wayne. I always felt I needed to be just as energetic, running back and forth on the stage. In preparing for this tour, I realized my brand of music doesn't really call for that. It's more about me connecting with the audience and them enjoying the way we flip these songs around. I want them to walk away and be like, 'That was a great night.' " Drizzy has openers Francis and the Lights and K-OS on the road with him. "I chose these acts with Oliver who works with me," he explained. "They're on the tour because they're who I'm a fan of. I know I could have brought out other younger artists or rappers, but I want this to be an experience. I want them to be refreshed about music. Not like, 'Oh, I went to another rap show.' " What do you think of Drake's live show? Let us know in the comments below! Related Videos Related Photos Related Artists |
| Justin Bieber Says He Thought 'Bad Thoughts' To Get Through 'SNL' Skit Posted: 11 Apr 2010 01:46 AM PDT 'She's a really nice person,' Bieber tells MTV News of 'Saturday Night Live' host Tina Fey. 'And she's cute too!'
Justin Bieber and Tina Fey aren't necessarily the likeliest candidates to share screen time, but that's exactly what happened over the weekend, as the "Baby" singer was the special musical guest on the latest episode of "Saturday Night Live," hosted by the "30 Rock" star/writer.
In an exclusive interview with MTV News on Sunday morning (April 11) after the show, Bieber said he was thrilled to participate in "SNL," particularly alongside Fey. "It was fun, just acting [with Fey]," Bieber said. "It was cool to get to be a part of 'SNL.' " Musical guests on "Saturday Night Live" are traditionally relegated to two concert appearances over the course of the show, but Bieber happily joined in on several of the evening's skits. In one particularly memorable segment, Bieber played a mediocre science student named Jason Deeps, but what he lacked in academic knowhow he more than made up for with his "dreamy Christmas elf" looks, causing his teacher (Fey) to fantasize about a romantic life between the two of them involving panini sandwiches and "some Spanx to make her teeny." "It was hilarious and it was a lot of fun to do," Bieber laughed while recalling the skit. "I just tried to act and I thought of bad, bad thoughts [to distract myself]." When asked if he had an easy time flirting with Fey in the skit, Bieber smiled and answered: "Yeah!" "She's cool," he said of Fey, whose romantic comedy "Date Night" alongside Steve Carell premiered this weekend to strong box-office numbers. "She's a really nice person. She's really down to earth, not really like Hollywood. She's cool. And she's cute too!" Bieber said the chance to appear on "SNL" alongside Fey and the rest of the cast was a thrilling opportunity. "It was a lot of fun," he said. "I really had a great time doing it. Like I said, it was 'SNL'!" Tell us what you thought of Justin Bieber's "Saturday Night Live" appearance in the comments section below! Related Artists |
| Asher Roth Serves Up 'Positive' Message On <i>Seared Foie Gras</i> Mixtape Posted: 12 Apr 2010 03:52 AM PDT 'Hopefully, I'mma stick around for a decade and be a voice of the next 10 years,' Roth tells Mixtape Daily.
This Week's Main Pick Mixtape Maven: Asher Roth Holding It Down For: The Big Apple? He just moved to NYC Mixtape: Seared Foie Gras with Quince and Cranberry Real Spit: Asher Roth is in it for the long haul. He's not just trying to make a quick dollar and skate — although there are aspects to the game that frustrate him.
"I don't wanna be one of those dudes that's just like one, two three years, and I'm out," Roth said, sitting in one of his favorite eateries, Hotel Griffou. "Make a quick dollar. 'Let me go invest this in real estate.' I see the opportunity to affect lives in a positive way. I see these 13-year old kids that get a hold of me and be like, 'Yo, you changed my life.' Am I 100 percent fulfilled? No. Not even remotely yet. But that's a good thing. Hopefully, I'mma stick around for a decade and be a voice of the next 10 years. So when people look back, they said I actually added something instead of putting a pop song out that was popular." Roth, for the most part, raps over beats that are already out there on the tape. He gives props to each producer by noting who the beat is "served by" on the track list. As for that far-out title, he said he tried the delicacy before knowing that foie gras was actually force-fed duck liver. Joints to Check For » "F--- the Money" (featuring B.o.B and "served by" Kanye West). "The fifth joint on the mixtape, which is kind of the first song and really the only song that had a single vibe to it and kind of a real-song vibe to it," Roth said. "That came about, Bob and I went o the Great Hangover Tour in Virginia. We had finished first, and Cudi was going last. Bob was playing me some of his records that's coming out on his album. He played me the 'F--- the Money' joint, which had him all the way through. And just the chorus, anybody in the industry making moves in that sense can relate to the song, just through the chorus. I'mma make a lot of money and quit this crazy scene. It was a Joni Mitchell sample. Kanye had produced the song. I was like, 'If you do anything with that record, please send it over to me and let me put a voice on that.' "Of course, 8 o'clock at night, I had just finished shooting the Consequence video 'Childish Games.' [B.o.B] said, 'I'm putting out this mixtape which DJ Drama. We just got clearance on "F--- the Money," but I need this in two hours for Drama to finish the tape.' The whole record got laid out in 16 minutes. Sent it to Bob." » "Rick Smits" (served by Just Blaze). "That's one of those songs that provoke emotion. That just translates into live shows. When you hear that, it's like, 'Let me beast that.' It's funny, when I hear people say, 'Asher has no content. He only talks about weed and girls and getting effed up.' On this, I'm talking about pharmaceutical companies. Here they are, freakin' out about kids smoking pot, but here they are prescribing pills for pills.' They have kids on Ritalin, just because they have a bit of extra energy and they don't care when the teacher is talking about George Washington. I'm gonna keep doing my music and hope people catch on." » "Pubic Garden" (served by Pharrell Williams). "It's the braggadocio in hip-hop that will never go away," Roth said. "I like the nonchalant thing, the whole effortless thing. It's talking about the daily routine of how I feel. I wake up, get my day started with some tea. I'm like, 'I got this rap career. I don't know how that happened.' I sketch some notes, listen to some dope music. 'Let's get outside, mess around.' It's just throwing the ball outside and having fun with my career path. The beat is Pharrell, 'Teach You How to Hustle,' off the In My Mind album. Pharrell and I just linked up in Miami. Very good chemistry as far as creating music." For other artists featured in Mixtape Daily, check out Mixtape Daily Headlines. Related Videos Related Artists |
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