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- <i>Watch The Throne</i> Fans Rave Over Pop-Up Store, 'Otis' Vid
- Jay-Z And Kanye's 'Otis' Video: What Does It Mean?
- Slaughterhouse To Release Single By December, Says Royce Da 5'9"
- Jani Lane Recalls 'Cherry Pie' Criticism In Vintage Video
- Kaskade, Steve Aoki, Nervo, More Kick Off 'Crazee' Identity Festival Tour
- Jay-Z And Kanye West's 'Otis' Maybach Work: How Much Did It Cost?
- Kanye's 'Otis' Beat Gets A Statik Selektah Makeover
- Lil Wayne, Drake Insist 'She Will' On New Single
- Common, Nas Make 'Ghetto Dreams' Come True In New Video
- 'Glee: The 3D Concert Movie': The Reviews Are In!
- Jay-Z, Kanye West Open <i>Watch The Throne</i> Pop-Up Store
- Lil Wayne And Drake To Drop Joint Album
- Miranda Cosgrove Bus Accident Details Emerge
- Rihanna Opens Up About Her 'Battleship' Role
- Feist Returns With 'How Come You Never Go There'
- Coldplay Announce New Album Title, <I>Mylo Xyloto</I>
- Demi Lovato Reveals Album Title, <i>Unbroken</i>
| <i>Watch The Throne</i> Fans Rave Over Pop-Up Store, 'Otis' Vid Posted: 12 Aug 2011 06:21 AM PDT MTV News crashed Jay-Z and Kanye's pop-up store in NYC to speak to Throne fans.
NEW YORK — "We were at our office and one of my colleagues said, 'I just saw on Twitter that there is a new pop-up shop that's selling Watch the Throne," said a man identified only by his Twitter handle @hiprobbie. "So we ran down here to check it out." And just like that, fans scurried down to 201 Mulberry Street, in the SoHo section of Manhattan, to celebrate the physical retail release of Jay-Z and Kanye West's combo album.
Things started off slowly at first. MTV News was on the scene at approximately 11:30 a.m. ET and the storefront, which was wrapped in a gold Riccardo Tisci-designed print, was barren out front. It wasn't until noon, when MTV broke the news and folks from Kanye's camp began to tweet about the surprise retail space, that fans started to show up. At about 1 p.m. ET, fans were let in to the surprise store, where the Throne album was sold and the album's art was displayed. The biggest attraction: the chopped-and-screwed Maybach from Hov and Yeezy's "Otis" video, which premiered on MTV on Thursday. "That's the first thing you see when you get in the store is the Maybach, and it's all tore up," hip-hop fan Max Lockie said. "The engine's exposed, the doors are ripped off, the trunk's split open so you can see the inside of it." Dorian Talker was equally excited to see the tricked-out whip, which will eventually be auctioned off for charity, though he did express just a bit of disappointment. "I would've liked it better if Jay-Z and Kanye had been in the car, but, you know, you get what you get," he said. See what car expert Myles Kovacs estimates the Maybach's work cost. The pop-up store caps off an exciting week in which fans waited until Monday's early morning hours to purchase the album on iTunes. Then on Thursday, Throne fanatics got to see WTT first visual component when the "Otis" video debuted. On Friday, folks were still buzzing. "It was dope. What I liked about the video most was it seemed like they were having a good time," Jonas Guerrero said. "They were stuntin' on a whole 'nother level. The whole big Riccardo Tisci flag on the back, and they were all smiles ... I haven't seen a video like that in a long time." What did our panel of tastemakers have to say about the "Otis" vid? Check it out here. Talker agreed. He applauded the video's director for letting Jay and 'Ye just let it all hang out. "I think Spike Jonze just allowed Kanye and Jay-Z to do their thing," he said. "It wasn't overly conceptual, which I think was a benefit to the video." What do you think of the "Otis" video? Tell us in the comments. Related Videos Related Photos |
| Jay-Z And Kanye's 'Otis' Video: What Does It Mean? Posted: 12 Aug 2011 02:01 AM PDT MTV News gathers a group of tastemakers to break down the clip, which features a mutilated Maybach, fireworks and a huge American flag.
Who knew destroying a Maybach could be so fun? In Jay-Z and Kanye West's new Spike Jonze-directed video for "Otis," the Throne give the luxury vehicle the chop-shop treatment and then do doughnuts with reckless abandon.
"Have you ever seen Jay-Z look that young or that happy?" Jeff Rosenthal from the sketch-comedy group It's the Real said when MTV News gathered a group of tastemakers to preview the "Otis" video, which premiered Thursday on MTV. "I like that it definitely has that Spike Jonze look. I like that they totally make a Batmobile out of a Maybach," his brother and comedy partner Eric added. "They do have a lot of fun, which is awesome." Read what some hip-hop DJs had to say about "Otis" as an unconventional single. Model Tahiry José knows a thing or two about video sets herself, having appeared in 50 Cent's "Think About Me" and Fat Joe's "(Ha Ha) Slow Down" clip. Initially, she wasn't impressed with the video, but the longer she thought about it, the more she appreciated the video's carefree attitude — especially after rumors surfaced that the Throne weren't seeing eye to eye. "It must've not been easy in the studio," she said. "But they do look like they're having a lot of fun." Yes, tearing apart a car that costs at least $300,000 is a gaudy display — even more so after considering the current economic crisis the U.S. is facing. New York's Power 105 radio host Charlamagne Tha God saw some meaning behind Hov and Kanye's actions in the video. "That's what I think the whole stripping down of the Maybach represents: the fact that, 'Yo, we're stripping down this whole luxury that's around us, this whole super aura that's around us, and we're just strippin' it down to the bare bones.' " See what industry experts predict Watch the Throne will sell in its first week. Ultimately, the song's lyrics, which Kanye described as both "luxury rap" and "sophisticated ignorance" in his second verse, is just a reflection of the duo's reality. The display of wealth doesn't bother the radio host. "What do you want Jay-Z and Kanye West to rap about — being broke? They're rich!" Charlamagne said. AllHipHop.com CEO Chuck Creekmur appreciated the video's minimalist vibe. Aside from the tricked-out 'Bach, there were a few pyrotechnics, a large American flag, a few models and not much else. "A lot of times you can overdo it and have a bunch of special effects and blue screens, green screens," he said. "I thought it was cool that it was just Jay and Kanye and they looked like they were genuine, just having regular fun like extremely wealthy people do, destroying things out of all of our price range like it was nothing." Brian "B.Dot" Miller from hip-hop blog Rap Radar likened "Otis" to Jay-Z's 1998 video for "Money Ain't a Thing," in which he and Jermaine Dupri raced expensive whips for cash. "I liked it. I think that was probably the most expensive low-budget video of all time," he joked. "The Maybach alone paid for the video itself. It looks like they had a good time. Makes me want to go home and take the roof off the Nissan." Another key scene has Hov and Yeezy in front of an America flag, similar to the one Givenchy designer Ricardo Tisci used in the design for the "Otis" single cover. As they stand, with red, white and blue in the background, Jay and Kanye trade rhymes and playfully shove each other while holding up the diamond sign, a hand symbol synonymous with their early Roc-A-Fella Records days. "They're two brothers that made it in this country, so why not represent our flag?" Charlamagne said. Creekmur agreed, stating that the "Otis" video in all its in-your-face lavishness is nothing more than a celebratory dance after all the duo's regal accomplishments. "I think the American flag represents the possibilities, if you look at Jay-Z's history, Kanye's history and how much they've overcome," he said. What did you think of the "Otis" video? Share your thoughts on Facebook or tweet your reactions and videos @MTVNews with the hashtag #MTVOtis! Related Videos Related Photos Related Artists |
| Slaughterhouse To Release Single By December, Says Royce Da 5'9" Posted: 12 Aug 2011 08:08 AM PDT 'Hopefully, we'll have a single out by the end of the year, if not the album,' Royce tells 'RapFix Live.'
With Kanye West and Jay-Z's Watch the Throne in pop-up stores and a joint Drake and Lil Wayne album on the horizon, hip-hop collaborations are the latest buzz topic. A four-man collective that should be in the discussion is Slaughterhouse, consisting of Crooked I, Joe Budden, Joell Ortiz and recent MTV "RapFix Live" guest Royce Da 5'9". Royce revealed on RapFix that the next Slaughterhouse album — their eponymous debut dropped in 2009 — may arrive by year's end.
"Very soon, very soon," Royce said when asked about the next Slaughterhouse project's status. "We're working on the project right now. We're actually going to Atlanta on Thursday [August 11]. All the guys, we're all getting together and going in with some heavy-hitting producers. Hopefully, we'll have a single out by the end of the year, if not the album." At the top of the year, the supergroup of veteran MCs signed a recording deal with Eminem's Shady Records. Four distinct personalities and voices could mean inevitable dissension, but Nickel Nine insists that is far from the case. He detailed how one particular difference of opinion among the group was mediated. "Never that," Royce said. "The last discussion we had where people didn't agree — it wasn't an argument, but it was just us talking — was where we were going to record at because the last two times was in Detroit. I never want to make them feel like they have to come to Detroit just because me and Marshall [Eminem] are there. So I'm always willing to compromise in that way. Crooked wanted to go and take advantage of having Marshall in our corner. Joey wanted a change of environment — he wants to go to Atlanta. Joell was just in the middle. That's what happens when you have four different people. We just got on the phone and it ended up being Atlanta. We take votes, we do everything fair." Finally, Royce assured fans that new music is definitely on the way, saying, "It'll at least be a single, I guarantee you that," by December. "Because we got one right now that I think can go. I think it can be the first thing we can go out there with," he added. Related Videos Related Artists |
| Jani Lane Recalls 'Cherry Pie' Criticism In Vintage Video Posted: 12 Aug 2011 12:04 AM PDT 'We thought it was a pop-art video,' singer said of sexy clip featuring model Bobbie Brown.
In 2011, Warrant's video for "Cherry Pie" hardly seems very controversial. But when it was released in 1990, the kitschy clip, featuring model Bobbie Brown dancing around in super-short cutoffs and a red halter as the bandmembers drool after her, earned them a bit of flak.
Following the death of frontman Jani Lane on Thursday, as fans remember Warrant's biggest hit, MTV News looked back into the archives to find Lane's defense of the clip and song, whose lyrics aren't exactly talking about baked goods. "We put out the 'Cherry Pie video [and] we had a girl in it, she wasn't completely [naked but] she didn't have a parka on, so right away we got labeled as a sexist bunch of kids," he said in 1991. "But we did it because we thought it was a fun video. We thought it was a pop-art video. It was a fun song. Click for photos of the life and career of Jani Lane. "I don't think all music has to have any political significance or a deep religious meaning," he noted. "You can have fun rock and roll. That's the roots of rock and roll. Chuck Berry wrote about cruising around in the car, in the back seat with a girl, so that's what 'Cherry Pie' was, and you can take it for what it's worth." Lane and Brown later married and had a daughter together before divorcing in 1993. Lane was found dead in his hotel room in California on Thursday. He was 47. Share your memories of Warrant's Jani Lane in the comments below. Related Photos Related Artists |
| Kaskade, Steve Aoki, Nervo, More Kick Off 'Crazee' Identity Festival Tour Posted: 12 Aug 2011 07:10 AM PDT EDM artists hope to collaborate with each other on their down time between cities.
America's first touring electronic dance music fest, the Identity Festival, officially launched in Noblesville, Indiana, on Thursday, and the crowd was treated to sets from the likes of Kaskade, Steve Lawler, Chuckie, Steve Aoki, LA Riots, Manufactured Superstars and many more.
And from the looks of it, the fans that came out to the Verizon Wireless Music Center were giving the artists as much energy as they were receiving. "INDIANAPOLIS ravin it up in the cornfields, awesome...& thank you!" tweeted Kaskade. "indiana i love u.... thanks for the fun first show for @identityfest my first time with my live show!" Steve Aoki wrote. Producer Rusko tweeted: "Indiana was crazee fun. Tons of bouncing and singing along as the sun went down. Maximum energy!!" And Chuckie sent a message to MTV News saying, "Indiana was epic! Was the perfect start to this crazy ride!! Lesss goooo!" N.E.R.D.'s Chad Hugo, Afrojack, Nervo, Avicii, Skrillex, Pete Tong, Nero and Britney's Femme Fatale Tour openers Jessie and the Boy Toys are also among the featured artists that will be performing at dates on the tour. In addition to getting big names in the EDM world out to previously underserved markets, the festival also offers the prospect of some of the scene's stars using the tour as a chance to collaborate with each other. Clearly, Steve Aoki already has big plans for the road. "On the bus, I'm outfitting it with my own studio," he recently told MTV News. "I'm rigging my monitors. So it's gonna be a productive month." And the other creative minds on this tour all seem to be in tune. "Something tells me the Steve Aoki bus is gonna be a fun bus to be on!" Liv Nervo told MTV News. "And the Manufactured Superstars! We'll definitely be crashing their buses." "I'm really looking forward to hanging out with these guys," Kaskade said. "Everyone from Skrillex to Rusko to Avicii. I've never really hung out with Avicii. "I mean we got some downtime," Kaskade continued. "It'll be like, knock knock. 'Hey Avicii, I got this melody. Let's work something out.' So hopefully some cool stuff will come of it." The Identity Festival moves onto the DTE Energy Music Theatre in Clarkston, Michigan, on Friday (August 12). For a complete line-up, and list of tourdates head to IDfestival.com. Related Artists |
| Jay-Z And Kanye West's 'Otis' Maybach Work: How Much Did It Cost? Posted: 12 Aug 2011 03:17 AM PDT Kanye West and Jay-Z could have spent up to $150,000 trashing the $350,000 car for the video.
How much swag do Kanye West and Jay-Z have? Enough to trash a $350,000 Maybach in their "Otis" video and laugh about it. The conspicuous-consumption-loving clip is a lesson in the dynamics of hip-hop power, with two of the biggest names in the game flexing their muscle by taking one of the world's most expensive luxury cars and essentially turning it into a torn-up plaything that's probably not even street legal, according to Myles Kovacs, president and co-founder of DUB magazine.
"It's a great gimmick and it looks 'Mad Max'-ish. ... They're clearly rich enough that they can take something most people could never dream of owning and tear it up," Kovacs said of the dismantling of the car that takes place in the clip. Experts dissected the meaning of "Otis" and the Maybach for us. What starts out as a mint vehicle is quickly stripped down in the Spike Jonze-directed clip. With the glass roof tossed to the side, the doors ripped off and welded to the back, the front grill removed and stuck on the tail end and fender walls created out of sheet metal, Kovacs said the actual work done on the car was minimal, but the damage was maximum. "If it's just for show or to make a movie car, it's pretty simple," he said. "You're just trashing the car, bolting on fake bumpers, pushing the wheels out, removing doors, cutting the roof off and adding flame throwers on the exhaust. But these guys are crazy to spend money to ruin a car like that." The Maybach is on display at the Watch the Throne pop-up store, and MTV News was on the scene. While 'Ye and Jigga are clearly having a blast driving the chopped and screwed 'Bach in "Otis," Kovacs said at this point the frame of the car is probably buckling and it's folding up "like a taco," because it appears that the center roof supports have been taken out. He originally guessed that a job like this might cost $150,000 and take two to three weeks if you were aiming to have the car be street-legal and reinforce the frame. Making it just safe enough for the video would set you back $100,000 or so. But if all they did was cut the doors and roof out and do some welding here and there, the right tech could do that in a week. Add another for painting and the right shop could get the job done for $20,000 or so. "The thing is, the value of that car is nothing now, you couldn't drive it on the street," he said. "It would start malfunctioning big time." That's something to consider for anyone thinking about taking the car off their hands. The last frame of the video declares, "The vehicle used in this video will be offered up for auction. Proceeds will be donated towards the East African drought disaster." Their heart is in the right place, even if their grill isn't. Related Videos Related Artists |
| Kanye's 'Otis' Beat Gets A Statik Selektah Makeover Posted: 12 Aug 2011 04:38 AM PDT DJ explains to Mixtape Daily how he re-created the sample for Jadakiss and Styles P.
Behind the Beats: Statik Selektah When the Throne's "Otis" premiered on New York radio in late July, rap fans weren't the only ones who took notice. MCs like the LOX's Jadakiss and Styles P wanted in on a piece of the action as well, so they sought out the Otis Redding-sampling instrumental. Only problem is, with all the secrecy that surrounded the recording and subsequent release of Watch the Throne and its singles, most knew that 'Ye was keeping the beat he produced very close. Luckily for the Yonkers, New York, wordsmiths, their friend DJ Statik Selektah is a wizard on the beat machine.
"I was literally on the way to my Shade 45 show, and I saw Styles and Jada on Twitter going back and forth like, 'I'm trying to get the instrumental, I'm trying to get the instrumental,' " Statik told Mixtape Daily. "Everybody knows how crazy it would be if they got it." Statik, who has produced for Bun B, Nas and fellow Bostonian Termanology, was leaving his Showoff Bassment studio space on his way to his radio gig but decided to take a few minutes to lend a helping hand to 'Kiss and Styles. Read how Jadakiss and Styles P came up with their version of "Otis." The first order of business was locating Redding's 1966 version of "Try a Little Tenderness," the sample which Hov and Yeezy's "Otis" is built upon. "I'm not gonna front, I didn't know what Otis Redding song it was, but I went on Google and just typed it in and it came up," Statik admitted. "I looked up the song, brought it up and just through the song, found that part of the song that they used and just put it in [software program] Serato and then looped it." After chopping up and recording the sample, he added an extra note to mirror Kanye's original production, and five minutes later, he had his own version of "Otis." While the beat was close to Yeezy's musical concoction, there was one thing missing, Statik admits. "He added an ill 808 under there," Stat said of the main difference between his and the Throne's version of the beat. "That's how you know there are a lot of fake Otis instrumentals because there is no 808 on any of them." He then emailed the beat to Styles and Jadakiss. "He sent it over nice and looped up, so then once we got it, [it took] maybe like 24 hours [to record]," 'Kiss said. Related Videos Related Artists |
| Lil Wayne, Drake Insist 'She Will' On New Single Posted: 12 Aug 2011 01:14 AM PDT Slow groove features crafty verses by Weezy and a memorable Drake refrain.
Jay-Z and Kanye West are not the only rap duo with clout. Lil Wayne and Drake have their own collaboration in the works, and fans just got a bit of a preview with "She Will," the latest single from Weezy's forthcoming Tha Carter IV.
Earlier this week, Tunechi released a video, shot by DJ Scoob Doo, that showed behind-the-scenes footage of him recording "She Will" with Drake providing feedback over the phone. The final product, released on Friday (August 12), features a bass-heavy, reverb-bloated slow groove provided by producer T-Minus. The song's title makes it seem like it's an ode to a, er, willing woman, and indeed portions of it are. But the "How to Love" rapper/singer also drops savvy bars that don't necessarily match the theme. "What goes around comes around like a hula hoop/ Karma is a bitch, but just make sure that bitch is beautiful/ Life on the edge, I'm dangling my feet/ I tried to pay attention but attention paid me," raps Wayne on the first verse. Drake doesn't drop a verse on the song but performs its chorus, part singing and part rapping, "Do it for the realest n---as in the f---ing game right now she will/ Maybe for the money and the power right now she will," on a portion of the memorable refrain. Birdman recently told XXLMag.com that Lil Wayne and Drake's collaboration is definitely a go, though it will have to wait until after their upcoming solo efforts. Drake's sophomore set, Take Care, is due in stores October 24, while Weezy's much delayed Tha Carter IV will finally be available on August 29. The latter's track list was also recently released, revealing featured performers including T-Pain ("How to Hate"), John Legend ("So Special") and Bun B, Nas, Shyne and Busta Rhymes on "Outro." Drake, along with Jadakiss, appears on another song on Tha Carter IV titled "It's Good." Related Artists |
| Common, Nas Make 'Ghetto Dreams' Come True In New Video Posted: 12 Aug 2011 02:53 AM PDT The two lyrical MCs fantasize about a cocoa-skinned beauty in 'Boyz N the Hood'-inspired video.
Ghetto dreams do come true. On Thursday, Common dropped the video for his Nas-assisted single "Ghetto Dreams" and, apparently, when the rappers go to sleep at night, it's video actress Bria Myles who prances around their black-and-white subconscious. The Matt Alonzo-helmed visual starts with both rappers sitting on a couch nodding off while watching the 1991 classic "Boyz N the Hood" on T.V. The scene playing on the screen is the one in which Chris (played by Regi Green) tells Doughboy (Ice Cube) that church is the best place to pick up women. "I give y'all a hint," Chris says, "Everybody's been there."
Then the No I.D. beat drops and the dream sequence begins with Myles emerging from bed wearing a tank top and a pair of derriere-revealing gym shorts. Both MCs are now sitting on a grimy staircase, where Common begins to rap the lyrics to the first single off of his upcomingThe Dreamer, The Believer album: "I want a bitch that look good and cook good.' The chocolate-skinned beauty acts out the song's lyrics, flipping pancakes in the kitchen, smoking a marijuana-filled joint and counting her money as Common's verse progresses, calling out each action. "I wrote it about someone in the neighborhood that got a dream of reaching a higher level and they're in that process," Com recently told MTV News. "Their woman is really like the correlation and the parallel and the symbol to that progress. It was coming from me, but it was also the voice of many others." In the video, Nas shares a similar affection for the kind of multifaceted girl Common describes in the song. As the Queens MC's verse rolls in, he sits on the same staircase, dressed in a jacket, white shirt and tie, spitting his verse. "Had explicit experiences I shouldn't mention/ For me, getting women turned from sport to addiction," Nas raps, as Alonzo cuts back and forth between performance scenes and Myles applying makeup as she gets ready to attend a Sunday service — or so the viewer is led to believe. By the time the beat fades out, the dream is over. It's at this point that the two MCs give each other a look that seems to say they realize that although they may be fantasizing over the perfect love, in the end, they're just two dudes on a couch. What do you think of Common's "Ghetto Dreams" video? Tell us in the comments! Related Artists |
| 'Glee: The 3D Concert Movie': The Reviews Are In! Posted: 12 Aug 2011 12:48 AM PDT Is it as good as the show? Completely gratuitous? Worth the 3-D effects? Read what the critics have to say.
For the "Glee"-obsessed out there counting down the days until the start of the hit TV show's third season, your wait has been temporarily abated with the arrival of "Glee: The 3D Concert Movie."
Here at MTV News, we've been celebrating the arrival of the 88-minute music-filled extravaganza with several fun moments with castmembers, including a "Glee"-style musical recap of the film and a hilarious list of superlatives. But now, with the movie finally out, it's time to analyze the nuts and bolts of the film by way of critical mass — it's currently posting a 61 percent "Fresh" rating on Rotten Tomatoes. Read on for the "Glee: The 3D Concert Movie" reviews, pro/con style. The Setup "Even Gleeks who love to watch seasoned showbiz belters pretend to be high school kids on the hit TV series 'Glee' may wince at the cheesy marketing angle of 'Glee the 3D Concert Movie.' And I report this as a former geeky high school alto who is, if not a Gleek, at least 'Glee' friendly. ... The positive power of a TV show to encourage tolerance and compassion among its viewers is a wonderful thing. But these 'success stories' tilt uncomfortably toward self-congratulation on the part of the producers; certainly they register as overkill for the intended audience, who presumably already know how awesome it is." — Lisa Schwarzbaum, Entertainment Weekly The Performances "Another of the movie's strengths is the showcasing of cast members with dance training, like McHale, Heather Morris and Harry Shum Jr. The gifted Shum gets favored by the camera frequently during choreographer Zach Woodlee's dance routines, while Morris — whose deadpan timing as ditzy cheerleader Brittany is a show standout — shines in her pumped-up version of Britney Spears' 'I'm a Slave 4 U.' " — Robert Abele, The Los Angeles Times The Final Word "The movie is entertaining and, admittedly, completely unnecessary. Yes, it works well enough in theaters. But it also would have worked just as well as a heavily promoted special television event broadcast over Thanksgiving weekend. ... In the end, 'Glee: The 3D Concert Movie' is actually a perfect representation of 'Glee' the TV show: At its best, it's joyful, uplifting and even, occasionally, moving. And at its worst, it's a propaganda piece designed to win our undying loyalty to a TV show/cash cow that advocates for the little guy even though it's clearly turned into a diva." — Jen Chaney, The Washington Post Check out everything we've got on "Glee: The 3D Concert Movie." For young Hollywood news, fashion and "Twilight" updates around the clock, visit HollywoodCrush.MTV.com. Related Videos |
| Jay-Z, Kanye West Open <i>Watch The Throne</i> Pop-Up Store Posted: 12 Aug 2011 09:07 AM PDT Superstar duo will sell copies of their brand-new album from shop in New York's SoHo neighborhood.
NEW YORK — Watch the ingenuity. In what has already been an unorthodox album roll-out, Jay-Z and Kanye West are keeping the surprises coming during the record release for their tag-team LP, Watch the Throne. On Friday afternoon (August 12), the duo erected a pop-up store to sell copies of the album in Manhattan's trendy SoHo neighborhood, and MTV News was among the first inside.
When the album dropped on Monday as an iTunes digital exclusive, it seemed that Friday's physical release of the LP would be nothing more than an afterthought. Not so! The store-front, located at 201 Mulberry Street, is regally wrapped in gold, just like the album's Riccardo Tisci-designed cover art, the real attraction however is inside. As if slinging albums weren't enough, Hov and Yeezy are putting the tricked-out Maybach from their "Otis" video on display inside of the retail space. Read what some hip-hop DJs had to say about "Otis" as an unconventional single. The black luxury vehicle sits there in all its remixed glory: hood on the trunk, trunk on hood, doors ripped off. Unfortunately, there is a strict no photo/no video policy in the store, but visitors are allowed to walk right up to the 'Bach-mobile and can even touch it. On a large overhead screen, the Spike Jonze-directed "Otis" plays on a loop. There are even rumors that Hov himself will make an appearance sometime tonight and the store will be up until Sunday. For fans stopping by the Mulberry Street store, it will be open on Friday until 10 p.m. ET, on Saturday from 11 a.m. to 8 p.m., and on Sunday from 11 a.m. to 6 p.m. Jay, who doesn't take to his Twitter often, posted the SoHo address this afternoon. So much of the Watch the Throne release has been shrouded in mystery. Other than "H.A.M.," which was released in January and the LP's first official single "Otis," fans had heard nothing from Hov and Yeezy's project until it was released Monday morning. Who knows what they will come up with next. What did you think of the "Otis" video? Share your thoughts on Facebook or tweet your reactions and videos @MTVNews with the hashtag #MTVOtis! Related Videos Related Artists |
| Lil Wayne And Drake To Drop Joint Album Posted: 11 Aug 2011 11:28 PM PDT 'That's definitely going to get done,' Cash Money honcho Birdman confirms to XXLmag.com.
Move over Jay-Z and Kanye West, here come Lil Wayne and Drake. While Hov and Yeezy have pretty much dominated the hip-hop conversation this week with the release of their collaborative Watch the Throne, Cash Money CEO Bryan "Birdman" Williams took it up a notch when he confirmed on Friday (August 12) that Weezy and Drizzy Drake will also be joining forces on an upcoming project. "Wayne and I recently talked about [the Weezy/Drake collabo album]," Baby told XXLmag.com. "That's definitely going to get done." Birdman is himself no stranger to joint LPs: In 2006, the #1 Stunna shared billing with Wayne on their Like Father, Like Son album. Now, in 2011, the tag-team trend appears to be gaining even more traction. Eminem and Royce Da 5'9" got together as Bad Meets Evil on their Hell: The Sequel EP in June. Of course, there's Jay and 'Ye's Throne, which dropped this week, as did Gucci Mane and Waka Flocka Flame's Ferrari Boyz LP. Back in January, during a radio interview with the U.K.'s Tim Westwood, Drake spoke on his plans to work with Wayne on a joint project. "We still got to do that album," he said. "I heard some other guys are coming out with an album too. There's two other rappers that are coming out with an album together. ... I don't know where they got that idea but ..." Hear why Royce Da 5'9" thinks tag-team albums are good for the game. Baby drew a clear distinction, however, between the Throne's sound and the sound that Drake and Weezy will be coming with. "It's older versus younger," he said. "I listened to a few songs [off Watch the Throne], and it feels like an older feel to me. I think with Drake and Wayne, they young, they young cats. You got 23 and 28. Then you got Jay-Z and them, who are older and really on their way out the game. Then you got Wayne and Drake and them, who are still youthful to the game. So it's two different types of music all the way across the board." Baby did acknowledge the mark that Jay and Kanye have made on the music industry with their WTT release. "But what they're doing is great. I think it's great for the game, great for the business, great for retail as a whole," he continued. "I just think when Wayne and Drake get together, [it's] going to be something real special also because we more youthful." With songs like "Successful," "Miss Me" and "Right Above It" already under their belts, there is no doubt that Wayne and Drake have developed a chemistry, but as for when the duo would actually drop the project, Birdman couldn't say. Wayne's Tha Carter IV is due on August 29 and Drake's sophomore work, Take Care, drops just two months later on October 24, so it may be some time. Are you excited about a Lil Wayne and Drake joint album? Tell us in the comments! Related Videos Related Artists |
| Miranda Cosgrove Bus Accident Details Emerge Posted: 12 Aug 2011 08:17 AM PDT 'iCarly' star's driver was the most seriously injured in the 'life-threatening' crash.
After news broke on Thursday that Miranda Cosgrove had been injured in a tour bus accident, new details are emerging about what is being described as a potentially "life-threatening" accident. The "iCarly" star and her fellow passengers, including her mother, were shaken up by the crash, according to multiple reports. On Friday (August 12), Cosgrove, who had yet to comment publicly on the accident, took to Twitter to let her fans know she's doing fine and appreciates all of their support."Thank u so much for all your messages," the teen star tweeted. "They mean so much to me. Yesterday was extremely scary & I'm just so happy everyone's gonna be okay." TMZ reported that it was dark out when Cosgrove's bus came across a semi-truck, en route to Kansas, the next stop on her Dancing Crazy Tour. The singer/actress' bus driver decided that instead of trying to swerve out of the way of the truck, he would hit the brakes and face the vehicle head on. He was the most seriously injured of the group, and was airlifted to a local hospital, where he received as many as 45 stitches. He is currently in stable condition, according to sources. Photos from the crash show extensive damage to front of the bus and the semi-truck appeared to have overturned onto the side of the road. "Miranda's mom was on the bus with her and got really beaten up by the crash," a source told People. "She's expected to fully recover, but it's scary because the driver was hurt, too, and he's in really bad shape." The source added that the teen star was "really shaken up" by the crash. "A piece from the tractor-trailer went straight through the windshield and the driver's arm was sliced all the way through," according to the magazine's source. Cosgrove had been sleeping on a couch at the front of the bus when the accident occurred. Those sleeping in the bunks farther back were not injured. Leave your well-wishes for Miranda Cosgrove in the comments below! Related Artists |
| Rihanna Opens Up About Her 'Battleship' Role Posted: 12 Aug 2011 08:31 AM PDT 'I didn't know what I was doing,' she says of first foray into acting.
Rihanna certainly knows a thing or two about military couture; anyone who has seen her "Hard" video knows that. But in "Battleship," her fatigues are anything but high-end. In a chat with UGO.com, the singer opens up about her butt-kicking role as Raikes, saying that her character knows nothing about the glamorous things in life, only the dangerous things. "It's really cool, it's easy. You don't have to think about what you want to put on, or how cute you look," she says of wearing the uniform in the Peter Berg-directed action flick. "She doesn't like boys. She doesn't like girls either. She's just about her weapons and her work." Rihanna has always had a tough-girl persona, so when it came time to make her film debut, she knew that this girl was the right one to play. And she made sure she did her research. "We worked with real military people, you know, people in the Navy, people who have fought in Iraq before. They pretty much came and drilled me. This one man, Donald, he pretty much drilled me, yelled at me, cursed me, 'Ow!' Made me do pushups. Everything," she recalled. "Like, my best friend was there the second time we worked together, and I said to her, 'OK, I'm about to do acting class, but you're going to want to kill this man, so just stay in the bedroom. Don't listen to anything he's saying to me right now, just don't kill him, Melissa, just stay in the bedroom.' "And I remember she just kept walking around, and she would just glance at me, 'Are you OK? Did he just say 'f--- you' to you?' But I mean, it really got you in the mentality, that's the things they really go through, you know, when they first sign up," she continued. "It's not a walk in the park." Her first encounter with Berg was equally jarring — Rihanna describes the sequence of events as "weird." "And [Peter Berg] just walked out and said, 'Hi, come in,' and I'm like, 'Where is Christa, my manager? Where is my manager?' She wasn't there, and I walked in and all I saw were these little alien mock-ups, these little dolls. And he just started saying, 'Yeah, these are the thugs, he's a thug,' " she said of the meeting. "I laughed and then I realized that he wasn't laughing, and I was like, 'This is weird. Why are there pictures of aliens all over this room?' "And it was just crazy because he was just really super enthusiastic about it, and he was so sure that I could pull it off and I didn't even know that he was the director of the film, I didn't know anything," she added. "I didn't know what I was doing, where I was going, why." Check out everything we've got on "Battleship." For breaking news, celebrity columns, humor and more — updated around the clock — visit MTVMoviesBlog.com. Related Photos Related Artists |
| Feist Returns With 'How Come You Never Go There' Posted: 11 Aug 2011 11:36 PM PDT The first single off her upcoming Metals album premiered late Thursday.
For weeks now, she's been teasing fans with snippets of her upcoming Metals album, but late Thursday night, Feist finally gave us all the real deal: a full audio stream of the record's first single, "How Come You Never Go There." The song — a sultry piano ballad infused with staggering guitars, smoky vocal harmonies and a few bars of stabbing horns — finds Feist lamenting a love who, as the title implies, just won't "go there," leaving her feeling alone and lost as a result. It's the first taste of her much-anticipated Metals (due in the U.S. on October 4), the follow-up to her 2007 Grammy-nominated breakout The Reminder. And while the song is a departure from the pastel-colored sonics of that album's biggest hit ("1,2,3,4") it still brings to mind other Feist songs, like the propulsive "My Moon My Man" or the sepia-tinged "Brandy Alexander." In other words, we expect long-suffering fans to be very happy with what they hear ... and it only makes the anticipation that much greater for Metals' debut. The new album will feature 12 tracks, including "The Bad in Each Other," "Cicadas and Gulls" and "Get It Wrong Get It Right" and finds her re-teaming with producers Chilly Gonzales and Mocky, who produced much of The Reminder. Feist has been posting a series of vignettes documenting its recording on her website, and will hit the road in support of the disc beginning in October. Related Artists |
| Coldplay Announce New Album Title, <I>Mylo Xyloto</I> Posted: 12 Aug 2011 07:04 AM PDT Cryptically titled LP is due out on October 25.
After teasing fans with previews of half a dozen new songs on the road this year — including five at last weekend's Lollapalooza festival in Chicago — Coldplay have finally announced the name and release date of their anticipated fifth album. The cryptically titled Mylo Xyloto (pronounced my-lo zy-letoe) will hit stores in the U.S. on October 25. The album, which features production by Markus Dravs, Daniel Green and Rik Simpson, as well as additional compositional help from ambient-music legend Brian Eno, is the follow-up to 2008's multiplatinum Viva La Vida. After releasing a color-splashed video for the dance-y rock tune "Every Teardrop Is a Waterfall," the band will follow with the first official single, "Paradise," due out on September 12. Among the new songs the group played at Lollapalooza were "MX/Hurts Like Heaven," one of their classic revved-up emotional anthems, as well as the strummy, U2-like push-pull rocker "Major Minus," the gentle ballad "Us Against the World" and the expansive "Charlie Brown." According to Billboard, the album will also feature the bass-heavy "Up in Flames." Another tune they've played live, "Moving to Mars," may or may not make the cut. Guitarist Jonny Buckland described the musical theme of the new record as "letting loose musically; louder drums, louder guitars, more contrast. Then we wanted to go down to the most intimate moments, then back to the biggest we've ever been. We wanted to contain as many interesting ideas as we could fit into 42-and-a-half minutes." The band's manager told Billboard that a brief arena run in the U.K. and U.S. is slated for December, with a full world tour expected to kick off in the spring. Related Artists |
| Demi Lovato Reveals Album Title, <i>Unbroken</i> Posted: 12 Aug 2011 08:02 AM PDT LP will be released September 20.
Come September 20, Demi Lovato is declaring she's Unbroken. The singer took to Twitter and Facebook to formally announce that as her forthcoming album title. On Thursday, Lovato teased her followers with a string of tweets that read, "Do you guys want to know my album title....??!!!? Are you ready because I'm about to announce it.......... In.......," she wrote. She then launched into a tweeted countdown before revealing, "#UNBROKEN !!!!!!!!!!!!" and tweeting a glammed-up photo of herself in a long black skirt and fur jacket, wearing red lipstick. She then started the hashtag "#Unbroken920." She made a similar announcement on Facebook, adding, "I'm happy to announce the title of my new album: Unbroken!" The title is a reference to her personal strife over the last year. Lovato was released from treatment back in January after seeking help for cutting, eating disorders and bipolar disorder. She launched her comeback single, the equally empowering "Skyscraper," earlier this summer. The track, she says, hit her on an incredibly emotional level. "I doubled over," she told Elle of recording the emotional song. "Tears streaming down my face. It was a sight to see." She's been spotted in the studio working on tracks with Missy Elliot, Timbaland and production team Rock Mafia (who have also worked with Miley Cyrus). She's set to perform at the VH1 Do Something Awards later this month for her first public performance since opening up about her personal issues. With so much anticipation for her latest venture, she is now looking to the future. "I'm not going to be perfect, but ... if I can make it through the day, that's all that matters," Lovato said. "It's a daily journey, and it's definitely going to be a struggle that I'll have to deal with for the rest of my life." Related Photos Related Artists |
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