<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><rss version="2.0" xmlns:content="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/content/" xmlns:wfw="http://wellformedweb.org/CommentAPI/" xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom" xmlns:sy="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/syndication/" xmlns:slash="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/slash/" > <channel> <title>jay-z – FRESHEST FM</title> <atom:link href="https://freshestfm.com/category/jay-z/feed/" rel="self" type="application/rss+xml" /> <link>https://freshestfm.com</link> <description>The most Important station the net</description> <lastBuildDate>Sun, 21 May 2023 16:13:17 +0000</lastBuildDate> <language>en-US</language> <sy:updatePeriod> hourly </sy:updatePeriod> <sy:updateFrequency> 1 </sy:updateFrequency> <generator>https://wordpress.org/?v=6.7.2</generator> <image> <url>https://freshestfm.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/10/cropped-Freshest-FM-WHT-Logo-231x111-1-32x32.png</url> <title>jay-z – FRESHEST FM</title> <link>https://freshestfm.com</link> <width>32</width> <height>32</height> </image> <item> <title>Lance ‘Un’ Rivera Claims Jay-Z Was Not Responsible for His 1999 Stabbing</title> <link>https://freshestfm.com/lance-un-rivera-claims-jay-z-was-not-responsible-for-his-1999-stabbing/</link> <comments>https://freshestfm.com/lance-un-rivera-claims-jay-z-was-not-responsible-for-his-1999-stabbing/#respond</comments> <dc:creator><![CDATA[SOURCE]]></dc:creator> <pubDate>Sun, 21 May 2023 16:13:11 +0000</pubDate> <category><![CDATA[dfp-music]]></category> <category><![CDATA[dfp-music-other]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Featured]]></category> <category><![CDATA[jay-z]]></category> <category><![CDATA[lance-rivera]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Music]]></category> <category><![CDATA[News]]></category> <category><![CDATA[roc-a-fella]]></category> <category><![CDATA[stabbing]]></category> <category><![CDATA[tier-one]]></category> <category><![CDATA[videos]]></category> <guid isPermaLink="false">https://freshestfm.com/lance-un-rivera-claims-jay-z-was-not-responsible-for-his-1999-stabbing/</guid> <description><![CDATA[Lance “Un” Rivera claims Jay-Z was not responsible for his 1999 stabbing. The former music executive shed light on that fateful night during a new interview with VladTV. Jay-Z was accused of stabbing Rivera in December 1999 at an album release party for Q-Tip’s Amplified LP. The incident took place at the now-closed Kit Kat Club in Times […]]]></description> <content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><br /> </p> <div data-module="subbuzz-text"> <p><a href="https://www.complex.com/tag/lance_rivera" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Lance “Un” Rivera</a> claims <a href="https://www.complex.com/tag/jay_z" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Jay-Z</a> was not responsible for his 1999 stabbing.</p> <p>The former music executive shed light on that fateful night during a new interview with VladTV. Jay-Z was accused of stabbing Rivera in December 1999 at an album release party for Q-Tip’s <em>Amplified</em> LP. The incident took place at the now-closed Kit Kat Club in Times Square, and was allegedly over the bootlegging of Jay’s then-forthcoming third album <em>Vol. 3…Life and Times of S. Carter</em>.</p> <p>In October 2001, Jay pleaded guilty to a second-degree assault charge and was sentenced to three years of probation. However, according to Rivera, Hov wasn’t the one who stabbed him, though he won’t say who he believes did. </p> <p>“What happened that night… I showed up to [the party] to support [Q-Tip]. Jay, a bunch of us is in there. I ended up getting surrounded by a bunch of people. It was probably 10 knives that I knew of, and I ended up getting stabbed at the Kit Kat Club,” Rivera recalled.</p> <p>When asked if Hov stabbed him, Rivera said, “No. Jay-Z was not the guy that actually stabbed me that night.”</p> <p>Rivera maintained that he and Jay did in fact have an emotional conversation that night, with the latter telling him that he “broke my heart.”</p> <p>“Me and Jay-Z had a conversation right before I got hit in the head with a champagne bottle,” Rivera shared. “It was a brief conversation and I was looking at him like, ‘What are you talking about? You know you fucking the money up right now.’</p> <p>“He just kept saying, ‘You broke my heart. You broke my heart.’ And I’m like, ‘What are you talking about? You’re buggin’ right now, bro. You getting ready to fuck up everything.’”</p> <p>Rivera added, “I don’t know where people got Jay-Z stabbed me from because if anybody knows Jay-Z, Jay-Z’s a nice guy,” Un said. “He’s an artist, he’s a poet, he’s gifted and it’s never been his history. If JAY-Z had stabbed me, y’all wouldn’t have got <em>The Black Album</em> because through my whole history, I’m an eye-for-an-eye type of guy.”</p> <p>Watch Rivera’s full conversation about his 1999 stabbing in the video up top.</p> </div> <p><br /> <br /><a href="https://www.complex.com/music/lance-un-rivera-jay-z-not-responsible-for-1999-stabbing">Source link </a></p> <p> <a rel="follow" href="http://megatheme.ir/" title="قالب وردپرس">قالب وردپرس</a></p> ]]></content:encoded> <wfw:commentRss>https://freshestfm.com/lance-un-rivera-claims-jay-z-was-not-responsible-for-his-1999-stabbing/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>0</slash:comments> </item> <item> <title>Timbaland on Jay-Z & Drake Helping Him Through Darkest Moment of Addiction</title> <link>https://freshestfm.com/timbaland-on-jay-z-drake-helping-him-through-darkest-moment-of-addiction/</link> <comments>https://freshestfm.com/timbaland-on-jay-z-drake-helping-him-through-darkest-moment-of-addiction/#respond</comments> <dc:creator><![CDATA[SOURCE]]></dc:creator> <pubDate>Tue, 16 May 2023 00:55:06 +0000</pubDate> <category><![CDATA[addiction]]></category> <category><![CDATA[dfp-music]]></category> <category><![CDATA[dfp-music-hiphop]]></category> <category><![CDATA[drake]]></category> <category><![CDATA[drugs]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Featured]]></category> <category><![CDATA[friendship]]></category> <category><![CDATA[jay-z]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Music]]></category> <category><![CDATA[News]]></category> <category><![CDATA[producers]]></category> <category><![CDATA[recovery]]></category> <category><![CDATA[shannon-sharpe]]></category> <category><![CDATA[timbaland]]></category> <category><![CDATA[videos]]></category> <guid isPermaLink="false">https://freshestfm.com/timbaland-on-jay-z-drake-helping-him-through-darkest-moment-of-addiction/</guid> <description><![CDATA[Timbaland credits Jay-Z and Drake for being voices of reason during the darkest moment of his life. Timbaland spoke with Shannon Sharpe on Club Shay Shay, where he said around the 1:04:00 mark that his addiction started with Vicodin, which “made me feel like Superman, it made me get over everything.” The Verzuz co-founder later revealed he was taking 160 milligrams of OxyContin every day. “Everybody […]]]></description> <content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><br /> </p> <div> <p><a target="_blank" href="https://www.complex.com/tag/timbaland" rel="noopener">Timbaland</a> credits <a target="_blank" href="https://www.complex.com/tag/jay_z" rel="noopener">Jay-Z</a> and <a target="_blank" href="https://www.complex.com/tag/drake" rel="noopener">Drake</a> for being voices of reason during the darkest moment of his life. </p> <p>Timbaland spoke with <a target="_blank" href="https://www.complex.com/tag/shannon_sharpe" rel="noopener">Shannon Sharpe</a> on <em>Club Shay Shay,</em> where he said around the 1:04:00 mark that his addiction started with Vicodin, which “made me feel like Superman, it made me get over everything.” The <em>Verzuz</em> co-founder later revealed he was taking 160 milligrams of OxyContin every day.</p> <p>“Everybody that I know who done that have died, so I think I even died at one point in time,” he recalled. “I had an out-of-body experience where I was laying in the bed, and I saw myself laying in the bed. From that point on, God has changed my mind, and I didn’t go to a doctor. I did it cold turkey.” </p> <p>The legendary producer admitted that his addiction changed how he conducted himself in public. Jay-Z took notice, and advised him to avoid doing interviews. Drake also reached out to “check” him on his behavior, which he appreciated, saying, “those guys are special to the world.”</p> <p>“Now, once they give you the information, it’s up to you to use it,” Timbaland added. “I didn’t come out until the darkness, man, and that’s why I say, it’s all love with these guys. They helped me during my darkest moment.”</p> <section class="suitcase-ad" /> <p>About an hour into his discussion with Sharpe, Timbaland praised Jay-Z for not only helping him, but shaping their unique collaborative bond. </p> <p>“Jay-Z is a prophet. … God sent him,” he proclaimed. “I’ve never seen nobody like Hov. Hov actually raised me, and he don’t even know it. He raised me in the music business. He was so prolific, so wise beyond his age, that I was just amazed at just watching him. That’s why I had a different bond with Jay when it comes to my music. It was like we were rewriting the Bible, in a way. Or rewriting history as it was gonna be.” </p> </div> <p><br /> <br /><a href="https://www.complex.com/music/timbaland-jay-z-drake-helped-through-addiction">Source link </a></p> <p> <a rel="follow" href="http://megatheme.ir/" title="قالب وردپرس">قالب وردپرس</a></p> ]]></content:encoded> <wfw:commentRss>https://freshestfm.com/timbaland-on-jay-z-drake-helping-him-through-darkest-moment-of-addiction/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>0</slash:comments> </item> <item> <title>LeBron James Shares Jay-Z Lyrics After Lakers Defeat Grizzlies</title> <link>https://freshestfm.com/lebron-james-shares-jay-z-lyrics-after-lakers-defeat-grizzlies/</link> <comments>https://freshestfm.com/lebron-james-shares-jay-z-lyrics-after-lakers-defeat-grizzlies/#respond</comments> <dc:creator><![CDATA[SOURCE]]></dc:creator> <pubDate>Sat, 29 Apr 2023 19:02:14 +0000</pubDate> <category><![CDATA[anthony-davis]]></category> <category><![CDATA[basketball]]></category> <category><![CDATA[dfp-music]]></category> <category><![CDATA[dfp-music-other]]></category> <category><![CDATA[dillon-brooks]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Featured]]></category> <category><![CDATA[ja-morant]]></category> <category><![CDATA[jay-z]]></category> <category><![CDATA[lebron-james]]></category> <category><![CDATA[los-angeles-lakers]]></category> <category><![CDATA[lyrics]]></category> <category><![CDATA[memphis-grizzlies]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Music]]></category> <category><![CDATA[nba]]></category> <category><![CDATA[nba-playoffs]]></category> <category><![CDATA[News]]></category> <category><![CDATA[tier-one]]></category> <guid isPermaLink="false">https://freshestfm.com/lebron-james-shares-jay-z-lyrics-after-lakers-defeat-grizzlies/</guid> <description><![CDATA[After taking the high road throughout the Lakers’ series with the Grizzlies, which kicked off with Memphis guard Dillon Brooks calling LeBron old, King James celebrated L.A.’s series-clinching win over Memphis by letting Jay-Z do the talking for him. On Saturday, LeBron took to Twitter and threw shade at Brooks and the Grizzlies’ young core […]]]></description> <content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><br /> </p> <div> <p>After taking the high road throughout the <a target="_blank" href="https://www.complex.com/tag/los_angeles_lakers" rel="noopener">Lakers</a>’ series with the Grizzlies, which kicked off with Memphis guard <a target="_blank" href="https://www.complex.com/tag/dillon_brooks" rel="noopener">Dillon Brooks</a> calling LeBron old, <a target="_blank" href="https://www.complex.com/tag/lebron_james" rel="noopener">King James</a> celebrated L.A.’s series-clinching win over Memphis by letting Jay-Z do the talking for him. </p> <p>On Saturday, LeBron took to Twitter and threw shade at Brooks and the Grizzlies’ young core by sharing lyrics from “Trouble,” a track from Hov’s first post-retirement album, 2006’s <em>Kingdom Come</em>. </p> <p>“Unlike you [lil’ n***a] I’m a grown ass man/Big shoes to fill [n***a] grown ass pants/Probably hustled with your pops, go ask your parents/It’s apparent you’re staring at a legend who/Put a few [lil’ n***as] in their place before/Trying to eat without saying they grace before,” LeBron wrote.</p> <p><em>This story is being updated</em>.</p> <section class="suitcase-ad" /></div> <p><br /> <br /><a href="https://www.complex.com/sports/lebron-james-throws-shade-memphis-grizzlies-shares-jay-z-lyrics-after-lakers-series-win">Source link </a></p> <p> <a rel="follow" href="http://megatheme.ir/" title="قالب وردپرس">قالب وردپرس</a></p> ]]></content:encoded> <wfw:commentRss>https://freshestfm.com/lebron-james-shares-jay-z-lyrics-after-lakers-defeat-grizzlies/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>0</slash:comments> </item> <item> <title>Kendrick Lamar’s ‘Big Steppers Tour’ Becomes Highest-Grossing Rap Tour Ever</title> <link>https://freshestfm.com/kendrick-lamars-big-steppers-tour-becomes-highest-grossing-rap-tour-ever/</link> <comments>https://freshestfm.com/kendrick-lamars-big-steppers-tour-becomes-highest-grossing-rap-tour-ever/#respond</comments> <dc:creator><![CDATA[SOURCE]]></dc:creator> <pubDate>Sat, 29 Apr 2023 15:59:28 +0000</pubDate> <category><![CDATA[black-hippy]]></category> <category><![CDATA[concerts]]></category> <category><![CDATA[dfp-music]]></category> <category><![CDATA[dfp-music-other]]></category> <category><![CDATA[drake]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Featured]]></category> <category><![CDATA[future]]></category> <category><![CDATA[jay-z]]></category> <category><![CDATA[kanye-west]]></category> <category><![CDATA[kendrick-lamar]]></category> <category><![CDATA[live-performances]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Music]]></category> <category><![CDATA[News]]></category> <category><![CDATA[tde]]></category> <category><![CDATA[tier-one]]></category> <category><![CDATA[top-dawg-entertainment]]></category> <category><![CDATA[tour]]></category> <category><![CDATA[travis-scott]]></category> <guid isPermaLink="false">https://freshestfm.com/kendrick-lamars-big-steppers-tour-becomes-highest-grossing-rap-tour-ever/</guid> <description><![CDATA[Kendrick Lamar’s The Big Steppers Tour is now the highest-grossing tour in hip-hop history. According to Touring Data, Kendrick’s nationwide trek has earned $110.9 million in revenue from 929,000 tickets sold across 73 shows. Big Steppers gives Kendrick the most lucrative tour ever by a rapper as a headlining act, surpassing Drake’s 2018 Aubrey & […]]]></description> <content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><br /> </p> <div> <p><a target="_blank" href="https://www.complex.com/tag/kendrick_lamar" rel="noopener">Kendrick Lamar</a>’s <a target="_blank" href="https://www.complex.com/music/kendrick-lamar-big-steppers-tour-review" rel="noopener">The Big Steppers Tour</a> is now the highest-grossing tour in hip-hop history.</p> <p>According to Touring Data, Kendrick’s nationwide trek has earned $110.9 million in revenue from 929,000 tickets sold across 73 shows. Big Steppers gives Kendrick the most lucrative tour ever by a rapper as a headlining act, surpassing Drake’s 2018 Aubrey & the Three Migos Tour, which pulled down $79 million in 2018 from a total of 678,410 tickets sold across 43 dates.</p> <p>Rounding out the top five highest-grossing tours are Drake and Future’s 2016 Summer Sixteen Tour, Kanye West and Jay-Z’s 2011 Watch The Throne Tour, Kendrick’s 2017 DAMN Tour, and Travis Scott’s 2018’s Astroworld Tour.</p> <section class="suitcase-ad" /> <p>Released in May 2022, Kendrick’s latest album earned the Compton rapper his fourth consecutive No. 1 LP and the biggest release week of 2022 so far with <em>Mr. Morale & The Big Steppers. </em>The album debuted atop the Billboard 200 chart last week after earning an impressive 295,500 equivalent album units in its first week of availability.</p> </div> <p><br /> <br /><a href="https://www.complex.com/music/kendrick-lamar-big-steppers-tour-highest-grossing-ever">Source link </a></p> <p> <a rel="follow" href="http://megatheme.ir/" title="قالب وردپرس">قالب وردپرس</a></p> ]]></content:encoded> <wfw:commentRss>https://freshestfm.com/kendrick-lamars-big-steppers-tour-becomes-highest-grossing-rap-tour-ever/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>0</slash:comments> </item> <item> <title>Nicholas Craven & Mike Shabb Talk ‘Shadow Moses,’ Sample Snitches, Jay-Z</title> <link>https://freshestfm.com/nicholas-craven-mike-shabb-talk-shadow-moses-sample-snitches-jay-z/</link> <comments>https://freshestfm.com/nicholas-craven-mike-shabb-talk-shadow-moses-sample-snitches-jay-z/#respond</comments> <dc:creator><![CDATA[SOURCE]]></dc:creator> <pubDate>Mon, 24 Apr 2023 18:59:11 +0000</pubDate> <category><![CDATA[canada]]></category> <category><![CDATA[complex-ca]]></category> <category><![CDATA[dfp-music]]></category> <category><![CDATA[dfp-music-hiphop]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Featured]]></category> <category><![CDATA[features]]></category> <category><![CDATA[griselda]]></category> <category><![CDATA[interviews]]></category> <category><![CDATA[jay-z]]></category> <category><![CDATA[metal-gear]]></category> <category><![CDATA[metal-gear-solid]]></category> <category><![CDATA[metal-gear-solid-v-the-phantom-pain]]></category> <category><![CDATA[mike-shabb]]></category> <category><![CDATA[montreal]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Music]]></category> <category><![CDATA[News]]></category> <category><![CDATA[nicholas-craven]]></category> <category><![CDATA[sample]]></category> <category><![CDATA[samples]]></category> <category><![CDATA[tier-two]]></category> <category><![CDATA[westside-gunn]]></category> <guid isPermaLink="false">https://freshestfm.com/nicholas-craven-mike-shabb-talk-shadow-moses-sample-snitches-jay-z/</guid> <description><![CDATA[Before meeting Nicholas Craven in the heart of the pandemic, Mike Shabb knew he had to make a change in his approach if he wanted to capitalize on his potential. Though his earlier music leaned heavily on what was trendy at the time, Shabb loved what Griselda was up to and realized he could make a […]]]></description> <content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><br /> </p> <div> <p>Before meeting Nicholas Craven in the heart of the pandemic, Mike Shabb knew he had to make a change in his approach if he wanted to capitalize on his potential. Though his earlier music leaned heavily on what was trendy at the time, Shabb loved what Griselda was up to and realized he could make a career of it. He conducted research on the group’s producers, eventually learning that Nicholas Craven was behind the production of some of the most prevalent rappers in the drumless-loop scenes. Shabb sent Craven a collection of beats similar to what the latter had been cooking for years. Craven immediately saw his potential and took him in, effectively beginning their mentor-mentee relationship.</p> <p>As time went by, Craven and Shabb became good friends. Craven would show Shabb some of his favourite shows like <em>The Wire</em> and Shabb would leave his mark on Craven by influencing him to incorporate skits on their long-awaited collaborative effort <em>Shadow Moses.</em></p> <p>“We’ve been friends for almost two years and a half,” Shabb said. “And we only dropped six tracks on our project. So we’re more than just artists working together.”</p> <p>Shadow Moses had been in the works for some time, but after Shabb released a pair of albums in 2022, Craven saw the growth in his protege and knew that some of what they had already recorded felt dated.</p> <section class="suitcase-ad" /> <p>“The oldest track on it is ‘Play for Keeps’ but we made maybe three times as many songs as those songs that ended up on the project,” Craven explained. “The first song we ever did was probably two years ago, in late March 2021. Shabb had just gotten to really focus on the sound.”</p> <p>Since then, both artists have gone on to release fully fleshed-out projects, either for themselves or for other artists. Craven teamed up with Boldy James, Akhenaton, and Tha God Fahim for entire albums, while Shabb produced Chung’s <em>See You,</em> <em>When I C U</em> album and “Switches On Everything” for Westside Gunn.</p> <p>Craven had already formed his sound and style, while Shabb was honing in on what made him special. 2022’s Sewaside II turned many heads, including Kevin Durant’s, who posted Shabb’s tracks on multiple occasions. </p> <p>Shabb wasn’t the only one catching attention. In a recent trip to Los Angeles, Craven shared a photo he took with Mach-Hommy and Jay-Z. While he couldn’t specify what the trip was about, he was happy to learn that Jay was down to Earth.</p> <section class="suitcase-ad" /> <p>Neither Shabb nor Craven is letting this get to their heads. <em>Shadow Moses </em>is only six tracks, but it exemplifies what makes the two special. Complex Canada met up with Craven and Shabb to discuss <em>Metal Gear</em>, sample snitching, Kevin Durant tweets, that Jay-Z photo, and <em>Shadow Moses</em>.</p> <p><strong>How did you guys first meet?</strong><br />
<br /> Mike Shabb: I was doing the whole trap shit, like 2-3 years ago. And then, I found out about Griselda and I was like, “Oh shit! So these guys are doing what I like to do.” And they can live off that and they’re like blowing up. I was like, “This is crazy.” When I did some research, I found out that one of the producers, Craven, worked with Fahim and worked with Mach-Hommy. And I heard those songs, you know? And then I was searching on Instagram and realized that Craven lived in Montreal. So I was like “Oh shit, we have a guy who produces for Griselda” and knew I had to meet him. So I just sent him a bunch of drumless beats that I’d made a week prior because I was going back to that and he took to it. And then we just went on from there basically. We’ve been just working since. He’s my mentor now. He’s teaching me a whole lot of stuff. He’s really like my big brother in this music shit.</p> <section class="suitcase-ad" /> <p><strong>What did Craven teach you that stuck with you the most?</strong><br />
<br /> MS: Everything business-related. Like the hip-hop drumless shit, the hip-hop Renaissance type shit, he showed me how to get money. I was basically chasing streams and show revenues and Craven taught me you could make money from selling vinyl records and having a pure fanbase. And artistically, he just wants me to work. “Just do your thing.”</p> <p>Nicholas Craven: I was smoking so much weed in that era that I remember Shabb just popped up here one day and was like “Yeah for sure.”</p> <p><strong>And over the years that chemistry must’ve developed too.</strong><br />
<br /> MS: Yeah, but like at the same time, you see how we dropped like only 6 songs. We’ve been friends for almost 2 years and a half. And we only dropped 6 tracks on our project. So we’re more than just artists working together. I pull up on Craven and we’ll do zero music stuff. We’ll be listening to stuff or watching stuff. We got that connection, but all I’m saying is that it’s not a rushed process. We’re just chillin’ and making that happen, basically.</p> <section class="suitcase-ad" /> <p>NC: And I finally got him to watch <em>The Wire</em>. Shit like that is what’s more important to me.</p> <p><strong>Have you finished <em>The Wire</em> yet, Shabb?</strong><br />
<br /> MS: I’m about to hop onto that second season.</p> <p><strong>Curious to know how you feel about it. I loved it, but I know lots of people have it ranked at the bottom.</strong><br />
<br /> NC: I was watching it as a kid. But later in life, I was like, “Let me go see this shit again” and then watched the second season again when I wasn’t a young fucking suburban voyeur. That second season is insane. So fire.</p> <p><strong>I’m glad you agree! I generally think the fourth season is the best season of TV ever made.</strong><br />
<br /> NC: I think that’s my opinion. I think it’s the greatest season of television ever. I watched it again recently. <em>The Sopranos</em> is my favourite show ever and season six is up there but it’s not as airtight as season four of <em>The Wire</em>.</p> <p><strong>Both your individual and collaborative music has a cinematic feel, so I was wondering how much movies have influenced the way you approach making your art.</strong><br />
<br /> MS: I grew up in the 1990s so I grew up on movies like <em>Boyz N The Hood</em> and <em>Menace II Society</em>. That shaped my whole character movie-wise. The 90s gangster shit, that’s what I like to watch. I watch that shit every day. I don’t like to watch new movies. Like you see how Craven told you he got me to watch The Wire. I’ve just watched the same shit over and over all the time. That’s the same 10 movies also <em>New Jersey Drive</em>, all that good stuff.</p> <section class="suitcase-ad" /> <p>NC:<em> Menace II Society</em> is a unique movie because there’s like no story, it’s just sad shit after sad shit. </p> <p>MS:<em> Menace II Society</em> is a crazy movie. There’s no conclusion at all.</p> <section class="suitcase-ad" /> <p><strong>You can hear that ruggedness, especially in Shabb’s <em>Bokleen World</em>.</strong><br />
<br /> NC: You can absolutely hear it in <em>Bokleen World</em>. That’s what I was gonna say. Shabb isn’t even a big movie guy. Like if you wouldn’t know him, you’d think he is a big movie guy because of how important those few movies are in his life. So he’ll have like direct references to these classic movies in his raps.</p> <section class="suitcase-ad" /> <p>MS: I made a line about <em>The Wire</em> and I hadn’t even watched it. I just know a couple of things here and there and I can fucking rap about it. So like Craven said, the films I know, I know them by heart.</p> <blockquote><p>
</p> <div class="pullquote"> <p>It’s nice because a lot of times you don’t want to meet your heroes because you might get disappointed. It was the best confirmation of who I thought he was. Shoutout to Jay.</p> </div> <p>
 </p></blockquote> <p>NC: Watching new movies will inspire new beats, like it’s nonstop. Give me a Kurosawa movie, give me a Fellini movie, whatever. I watched <em>Eraserhead </em>for the first time since I was a kid. I didn’t know what the fuck it was. And then I rewatched it the other day not knowing that it’s this weird thing that I saw when I was a kid. “This is what that fucking movie was!” Just the experience of watching that movie made me approach beats differently the week after. Let me go David Lynch with these fucking beats you know?</p> <p>MS: That’s interesting, though. Most of the time, I’ll get inspired by like new music. Recently I heard the Larry June and the Alchemist tape and I was like, “Yo, these beats are so crazy.” And sometimes they don’t show until the week after in my beats. I don’t try to make Alchemist-sounding beats and I think that’s good. But I also think that’s not good at the same time. You’re getting inspired, but you’re not copying.</p> <section class="suitcase-ad" /> <p>NC: You gotta be careful to not be biting.</p> <p>MS: I try to listen to outside stuff the least possible, but sometimes I can’t help it because Alc is one of my favourite producers ever. I have to study what’s going on but I have to pay attention to not bite.</p> <p>NC: It’s always fun to get inspiration from other art that’s not the medium you’re doing. So like that way, there’s nothing to bite.</p> <p>MS: But it’s like when we came back from Detroit after working with Boldy James. The next few songs I made, I basically had the Boldy flow. I wasn’t trying but I heard him rap so much that week.</p> <p><strong>How did the Detroit trip go?</strong><br />
<br /> MS: I’d never really got out of Montreal like that. I went to New York a few times. I went to LA when I was like, 20-21 years old but that’s about it. When Craven brought me to Detroit, I saw the real ghetto for the first time in my life. I see the Montreal ghettos and I’ve been in that type of environment here but Detroit is. It’s the real deal. The people who think they’re real street here in Montreal would not understand how it is in Detroit. It’s not the same environment. Everybody’s cool over there. Nobody’s got to play that tough shit because everybody knows everybody. Everyone’s more genuine in their approach too. There’s not much fake energy, no one’s gotta prove themselves to anybody. It’s not touristy at all. There’s nothing there to see.</p> <section class="suitcase-ad" /> <p><strong>So Craven, speaking of trips. How did that LA trip go? More importantly, how did it feel to meet Jay-Z?</strong><br />
<br /> Pretty good. Very nice guy. Real hip-hop head. He’s a real lover of art and music. And just a real dude. He fucks with Mach-Hommy heavy. So we came through and he just showed us the same type of love and it was special. It’s nice because a lot of times you don’t want to meet your heroes because you might get disappointed. It was the best confirmation of who I thought he was. Shoutout to Jay.</p> <p><strong>Can you tell us a little bit about what you did on your trip there?</strong><br />
<br /> NC: No.</p> <section class="suitcase-ad" /> <p><strong>Had to try.</strong><br />
<br /> NC: All good, you’re just doing your job. Dump Gawd, that’s all I’m gonna tell you.</p> <p><strong>So I know how much you hate sample snitching and I’m wondering if that ever happened to you with your beats.</strong><br />
<br /> NC: No, I just heard DJ Premier, DJ Kool Herc, and Roc Marciano say it so I guess that’s the vibe.</p> <p>MS: That’s just a basic rule in hip-hop since it started. You can’t reveal your stuff. Even producers back in the day would do what they could to hide their samples. They’d put stickers on the records to hide them.</p> <p>NC: We’re literally out here spending years just looking for records. Why would we give up all the work? It doesn’t make sense to me to sample snitch. I get it if you’re a fan. I don’t blame anybody for doing it. Of course, the fan is gonna sample snitch. He doesn’t care. He’s not making it. But my job is to tell him not to do it. I’m not faulting anyone, I’m just laying down what was told to me. I think you shouldn’t and I’d prefer it if it didn’t happen.</p> <section class="suitcase-ad" /> <p><strong>I see a lot of debate between music journalists and how to approach writing about samples and the consensus seems to be that if the sample isn’t cleared and doesn’t show up on the credits, then leave it alone and just describe what you hear.</strong><br />
<br /> NC: I get that. There’s a big debate I hear in journalism, like, “Oh, should a journalist reveal what the sample is in the thing?” Why is this a question? We just told you what the rule is. Just follow it or don’t. This is the thing: if a journalist sample snitches and wants to be in hip-hop, then he’s going to have a hard time. If a journalist doesn’t sample snitch and wants to be hip-hop, then he’s already doing some good for the people. At the end of the day, even if you don’t agree with it, us over here, we all agree with it. We’re doing all the shit you like so you can’t find any good producer who thinks sample stitching is fun. But like you guys aren’t in our club. You guys aren’t doing this type of music.</p> <p>MS: Craven, you see that Russ video where he grabs a sample from YouTube and he shows the process and then drops the song after?</p> <section class="suitcase-ad" /> <p>NC: Exactly. That’s why Russ isn’t in the club. He goes out of his way to put people on his albums and shout out to Russ and makes great music. But people aren’t putting Russ on the list with Sadhugold, Nicholas Craven, Fahim, Mike Shabb etc. These guys were not sample snitching and I don’t want to speak for anybody. I’m just assuming but it’s just from what I can gather like, it doesn’t seem like something that’s very popular amongst this niche.</p> <section class="suitcase-ad" /> <p><strong>So what do you look for in a record when you want to sample it?</strong><br />
<br /> NC: Something that makes me physically react. I gotta feel it in my heart or something.</p> <p><strong>How did you land on the title <em>Shadow Moses</em>?</strong><br />
<br /> NC: It just sounds cool. You know that Isaac Hayes album <em>Black Moses</em>? So it’s like Shabb’s “Shadow Moses.” It’s like <em>Metal</em> <em>Gear Solid</em>. I’ve always loved the name. I know there’s Bring Me the Horizon who have a fucking gigantic hit called “Shadow Moses” also. So any time I Google it now it’s the first thing that pops up and I’m like, “Huh.” But shout out to them because that name is crazy. It’s Shadow Moses, man. I mean, to me, it’s like when we talked about art influencing me for music like movies and shit. One thing that definitely influences me is video games. And <em>Metal Gear Solid</em> influenced the shit out of me. I got beats with tons of <em>Metal Gear Solid</em> shit and references. I’ve got an instrumental series based on the character of <em>GTA IV</em>.</p> <section class="suitcase-ad" /> <blockquote><p>
</p> <div class="pullquote"> <p>Next thing I know I grab my phone and it says “easymoneysniper is now following you.” Then a month later, I see he posted “Blood Bath” which is crazy.</p> </div> <p>
 </p></blockquote> <p><strong>The burning question is if you were a fan of Metal Gear Solid V: The Phantom Pain?</strong><br />
<br /> NC: Not that much. It’s really the only one that I wasn’t very pressed to play. I haven’t finished it. I haven’t touched it in two years probably. I like the stories. And that one story kind of sucked. Gameplay-wise, it’s like fucking a work of art. Kojima is a goddamn nut but they went to HAM with the gameplay. The gameplay has always been super complicated, but relax, you don’t have to make it 20 times more complicated.</p> <p><strong>Shabb, you got multiple shoutouts from Kevin Durant. How did that feel?</strong><br />
<br /> MS: It feels crazy. I used to be a fucking kid and watch Kevin Durant play ball. Him, LeBron, of course, Wade and Bosh. He’s in my top five. So seeing him post my shit several times is crazy. Shout out Craven for that. He’s the one who put KD on. People don’t know about that! KD’s been fucking with Craven, they talk to each other. So he basically put my name out there one day and KD just followed me. We had just got off the plane to Detroit and KD calls Craven and he just put my name out there. Next thing I know I grab my phone and it says “easymoneysniper is now following you.” Then a month later, I see he posted “Blood Bath” which is crazy. Then after that he tweeted that “Ketchup & Mustard” song on Twitter. That’s when I was like, “Okay, yeah, this guy fucks with me.”</p> <section class="suitcase-ad" /> <p><strong>Did you get a chance to speak with him one-on-one?</strong><br />
<br /> MS: I DM’d him, but we haven’t really had a one-on-one. We’ll react to each other’s stories, but I can’t wait to meet him.</p> <p><strong>So I know you guys had been working on this for a while, and obviously, you can’t rush great art, but what were some things that you had to tweak or retool along the way?</strong><br />
<br /> NC: The oldest track on it is “Play for Keeps” but we made maybe three times as many songs as those songs that ended up on the project. The first song we ever did was probably two years ago, in late March 2021. Shabb had just gotten to really focus on the sound. We were working on it but there was <em>Sewaside II</em>, so we were also working on that. We got “Island Boy” then we keep going and there’s <em>Bokleen World</em>, there’s the Chung tape. Take the <em>Bokleen</em> tape. I saw it from the first song he created for it until its completion. The focus had to switch. The priorities had to switch. Even the idea of making an EP is something we only thought of later. Because we were like, “Yo, we have to make it as airtight as possible.” It was just a long time to find what we want to do with this. What’s the kind of colour we want for this?</p> <section class="suitcase-ad" /> <section class="suitcase-ad" /> <p>MS: The thing with me is I’m a producer too. I produce all my own shit so working on other beats feels like an extra effort I gotta put in. I was working on<em> Sewaside II</em>, then the Chung tape, then <em>Bokleen</em>, and I was still making music with Craven between all that. We got way more songs. We got at least seven or eight more. We kept the best songs with the same colours and decided to make an EP instead. It’s less filler. </p> <section class="suitcase-ad" /> <p>NC: I personally think that there’s nobody who makes beats better for Shabb than Shabb. The same way I don’t think there’s anybody who makes better beats for Fahim than Fahim. The same way I don’t think there’s anybody who makes better beats for Marci than Marci. Even though I really like <em>The Elephant Man’s Bones</em> and it’s maybe my second favourite tape he has ever made, I’m still a <em>Reloaded</em> guy. And the <em>Reloaded</em> beats that he produced are my favourite joints. Because of that, I have to make an extra effort for a dude like Shabb. Something like “Save the Joker,” I made that beat for him. I didn’t send it to anybody else. Nobody else heard it. I made the beat and I said, “Here you go.” That’s maybe the only song that was made like that on the whole album. Because it’s very hard to find that. There was also a lot of triage. A lot of just going through everything I got and finding what’s Shabb in what I got. </p> <section class="suitcase-ad" /> <p>I thought this was gonna be easier at first. I’d think, “Oh, he’s like, he doesn’t really do this sound so he’s just gonna take the beats he likes and we’re just gonna make a tape and boom, boom, boom, we’ll put this out in a few months. </p> <p>But then I saw him drop Sewaside and I started hearing the beats and I’m like, “Oh fuck, this found his own sound.” The sound he has now in his beats is the same sound he had when he used to do other types of hip-hop. It carries over. All of that put together has made it so that every time we have something, we got to make something better. It was to a point where he was evolving so fast that by the time we were doing new songs eight months later, or a year later, he just got better at everything. Now Shabb is better at picking beats, he’s better at rapping, better at everything. He’s better at understanding what we’re doing. He’s making me understand shit that I didn’t even understand. So we make new songs because the other ones sound dated. I hear an evolution from <em>Sewaside</em> to <em>Bokleen</em>.</p> <section class="suitcase-ad" /> <p><strong>I wanted to ask you guys about your opinions on the use of AI in art and some of the implications that come with it.</strong><br />
<br /> NC: Have you heard of the shit that you rap a verse then put it into AI and you’ll get Kanye’s voice on it? That technology is pretty good. It’s pretty insane. Like Hit-Boy was like playing a song that he’s put through the algorithm and it’s Kanye rapping his song. And it’s like crazy, crazy, crazy. on point. You would have played me that in 2006 and I would have never argued that it’s Kanye. I’m not gonna use it, but I’m not gonna tell anyone how to do anything. You can’t draw a line, it’s gonna go past that line.</p> <p><strong>Do you think there’s a distinction between using AI tools to help and using solely to craft a whole artistic persona?</strong><br />
<br /> NC: I’ll buy the robot that goes to the record store and digs for me. A C3PO that’s really good at scanning album covers and he can look at the record and scan the grooves and know what the sample sounds like. I’ll get that one. But until then. I wouldn’t draw a line. You can use it for world domination if you want. Go ahead.</p> </div> <p><br /> <br /><a href="https://www.complex.com/music/nicholas-craven-mike-shabb-interview">Source link </a></p> <p> <a rel="follow" href="http://megatheme.ir/" title="قالب وردپرس">قالب وردپرس</a></p> ]]></content:encoded> <wfw:commentRss>https://freshestfm.com/nicholas-craven-mike-shabb-talk-shadow-moses-sample-snitches-jay-z/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>0</slash:comments> </item> <item> <title>Lil Durk Talks Going to Therapy, His Relationship With India Royale</title> <link>https://freshestfm.com/lil-durk-talks-going-to-therapy-his-relationship-with-india-royale/</link> <comments>https://freshestfm.com/lil-durk-talks-going-to-therapy-his-relationship-with-india-royale/#respond</comments> <dc:creator><![CDATA[SOURCE]]></dc:creator> <pubDate>Sat, 22 Apr 2023 06:56:09 +0000</pubDate> <category><![CDATA[dating]]></category> <category><![CDATA[dfp-music]]></category> <category><![CDATA[dfp-music-other]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Featured]]></category> <category><![CDATA[india-royale]]></category> <category><![CDATA[inspirational]]></category> <category><![CDATA[jay-z]]></category> <category><![CDATA[lil-durk]]></category> <category><![CDATA[mental-health]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Music]]></category> <category><![CDATA[News]]></category> <category><![CDATA[relationships]]></category> <category><![CDATA[tier-one]]></category> <guid isPermaLink="false">https://freshestfm.com/lil-durk-talks-going-to-therapy-his-relationship-with-india-royale/</guid> <description><![CDATA[As fans await the arrival of his forthcoming album The Voice 2.0, Lil Durk sat down with XXL for a wide-ranging interview in which the Chicago rapper opened up about going to therapy, his relationship with India Royale, and being inspired by Jay-Z’s business empire. While discussing how he copes with stress and coping with the tragic loss of his brother and […]]]></description> <content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><br /> </p> <div> <p>As fans await the arrival of his forthcoming album <em>The Voice 2.0</em>, <a target="_blank" href="https://www.complex.com/tag/lil_durk" rel="noopener">Lil Durk</a> sat down with<em> XXL</em> for a wide-ranging <a target="_blank" href="https://www.xxlmag.com/lil-durk-interview-the-voice-2-0-album/" rel="noopener">interview</a> in which the Chicago rapper opened up about going to therapy, his relationship with <a target="_blank" href="https://www.complex.com/tag/india_royale" rel="noopener">India Royale</a>, and being inspired by <a target="_blank" href="https://www.complex.com/tag/jay_z" rel="noopener">Jay-Z</a>’s business empire.</p> <p>While discussing how he copes with stress and coping with the tragic loss of his brother and King von, Durk revealed he has started going to therapy. </p> <p>“I got a therapist so I cope different,” he shared. “You know, it don’t just gotta be I’m finna go take all these drugs, or I’m finna go get my feelings like this. I got my family, I got my girl, I got a therapist, I got my kids and I got the studio.”</p> <p>Durk says his desire to begin therapy stemmed from a struggle to deal with and process his emotions.</p> <p>“You gotta be careful how you tell people, what you tell people, because they can use it against you. They can find out your weaknesses,” he explained. “By me doing that, for all these years, I got used to it. So now, when I talk to the therapist, then it start getting more emotional. But like somebody on the street, you’ll never even see me shed a tear.”</p> <section class="suitcase-ad" /> <p>Elsewhere in his discussion with <em>XXL</em>, Durkio shed light on his relationship with longtime girlfriend India, while shutting down rumors that he got another woman pregnant. “She always gonna be my girl,” he said. “We always gonna be together. That’s who I’m dying about right there.”</p> <p>Durk continued, “What me and her go through in the house, we go through in the house. Everything that you see on the internet about me and her is fake. Like the having a baby on her, all that shit, that’s not nowhere near reason that we be having our little problem.”</p> <p>While discussing his goals and which rapper he views as a measuring stick for future success, Durk named Jay-Z, before sharing a story about an interaction he and Hov had that left Lil Durk at a loss for words.</p> <p>“Shit, look what he did,” Durk said about Jay-Z. “Résumé speak for itself. He used to be in this position. He used to be the underdog. The streets used to take him under. And he bossed up, nah’m sayin’?”</p> <p>During a run-in at a party thrown by Michael Rubin in 2022, Durk recalls Jay telling him that he looks to the Chicago rapper for motivation.</p> <p>“I seen him at [businessman] Michael Rubin’s party [in 2022] and he like, ‘Man, you motivate me,’” Durk shared. “Man, fuck me up. I forgot my reply to him, ’cause it was on a walk-by. The reply ain’t make no damn sense ’cause it shocked me. I’m like, What the fuck? Damn, that’s hard.”</p> <p>Durk added, “It’s just motivation. Everything happens for a reason. It was for a reason I was standing right there when he walked past at the time.”</p> </div> <p><br /> <br /><a href="https://www.complex.com/music/lil-durk-discusses-therapy-relationship-with-india-jay-z">Source link </a></p> <p> <a rel="follow" href="http://megatheme.ir/" title="قالب وردپرس">قالب وردپرس</a></p> ]]></content:encoded> <wfw:commentRss>https://freshestfm.com/lil-durk-talks-going-to-therapy-his-relationship-with-india-royale/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>0</slash:comments> </item> <item> <title>Listen to Jay-Z’s “Empire State of Mind” Remix f/ Gil Scott Heron</title> <link>https://freshestfm.com/listen-to-jay-zs-empire-state-of-mind-remix-f-gil-scott-heron/</link> <comments>https://freshestfm.com/listen-to-jay-zs-empire-state-of-mind-remix-f-gil-scott-heron/#respond</comments> <dc:creator><![CDATA[SOURCE]]></dc:creator> <pubDate>Mon, 17 Apr 2023 14:58:10 +0000</pubDate> <category><![CDATA[dfp-music]]></category> <category><![CDATA[dfp-music-hiphop]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Featured]]></category> <category><![CDATA[gil-scott-heron]]></category> <category><![CDATA[jay-z]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Music]]></category> <category><![CDATA[new-york]]></category> <category><![CDATA[News]]></category> <category><![CDATA[remix]]></category> <category><![CDATA[tier-one]]></category> <guid isPermaLink="false">https://freshestfm.com/listen-to-jay-zs-empire-state-of-mind-remix-f-gil-scott-heron/</guid> <description><![CDATA[Jay-Z has dropped the remix for his classic “Empire State of Mind” with Gil Scott-Heron. The song, “New York (Concept de Paris)” combines Hov’s 2009 hit with Scott-Heron’s 2011 song, “New York is Killing Me.” The remix arrived following Jay’s Celebration Concert at the Fondation Louis Vuitton in Paris on April 14. Hov performed for […]]]></description> <content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><br /> </p> <div> <p><a href="https://www.complex.com/tag/jay_z" target="_self" rel="noopener">Jay-Z</a> has dropped the remix for his classic “Empire State of Mind” with <a href="https://www.complex.com/tag/gil-scott-heron" target="_self" rel="noopener">Gil Scott-Heron</a>.</p> <p>The song, “New York (Concept de Paris)” combines Hov’s 2009 hit with Scott-Heron’s 2011 song, “New York is Killing Me.” The remix arrived following Jay’s Celebration Concert at the Fondation Louis Vuitton in Paris on April 14.</p> <p>Hov performed for the Basquiat x Warhol. Painting Four Hands exhibition, which was sponsored by Tiffany & Co. According to HipHopDX, Jay-Z’s set included songs like “Can’t Knock the Hustle,” “Never Change,” “Heart of the City (Ain’t No Love),” “Excuse Me Miss,” “Can I Live” and “U Don’t Know,” and the “Empire State of Mind” remix. The original song was included on the rapper’s 2009 album <em>The Blueprint 3</em>.</p> <p>Listen to “New York (Concept de Paris)” above or stream it on Spotify below.</p> <section class="suitcase-ad" /></div> <p><br /> <br /><a href="https://www.complex.com/music/jay-z-gil-scott-heron-empire-state-of-mind">Source link </a></p> <p> <a rel="follow" href="http://megatheme.ir/" title="قالب وردپرس">قالب وردپرس</a></p> ]]></content:encoded> <wfw:commentRss>https://freshestfm.com/listen-to-jay-zs-empire-state-of-mind-remix-f-gil-scott-heron/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>0</slash:comments> </item> <item> <title>Young Guru Shares Concern Over AI-Generated Jay-Z Verse</title> <link>https://freshestfm.com/young-guru-shares-concern-over-ai-generated-jay-z-verse/</link> <comments>https://freshestfm.com/young-guru-shares-concern-over-ai-generated-jay-z-verse/#respond</comments> <dc:creator><![CDATA[SOURCE]]></dc:creator> <pubDate>Fri, 31 Mar 2023 22:00:10 +0000</pubDate> <category><![CDATA[ai]]></category> <category><![CDATA[dfp-music]]></category> <category><![CDATA[dfp-music-hiphop]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Featured]]></category> <category><![CDATA[jay-z]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Music]]></category> <category><![CDATA[News]]></category> <category><![CDATA[tier-one]]></category> <category><![CDATA[young-guru]]></category> <guid isPermaLink="false">https://freshestfm.com/young-guru-shares-concern-over-ai-generated-jay-z-verse/</guid> <description><![CDATA[After expressing concern over a clip of an AI-generated Kendrick Lamar voice filter, Young Guru has once again highlighted the worrying power of AI with a fake Jay-Z verse. “I’ve been trying to tell everyone that this is where we are now with AI. For some reason this one got everyone’s attention,” wrote the prolific […]]]></description> <content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><br /> </p> <div> <p>After expressing concern over a clip of an <a href="https://www.complex.com/music/young-guru-ai-kendrick-lamar" target="_self" rel="noopener">AI-generated Kendrick Lamar voice</a> filter, <a href="http://www.complex.com/tag/young-guru/" target="_self" rel="noopener">Young Guru</a> has once again highlighted the worrying power of AI with a fake <a href="http://www.complex.com/tag/jay-z/" target="_self" rel="noopener">Jay-Z</a> verse.</p> <p>“I’ve been trying to tell everyone that this is where we are now with AI. For some reason this one got everyone’s attention,” wrote the prolific audio engineer and producer alongside a clip that showcases an AI-generated Jay-Z verse. “So what do we do. On one hand I’m well aware that you can’t stop technology. Once the genie is out of the box you can put him back in. On the other hand we have to protect the rights of the artist. Not only artist but everyone in society.”</p> <p>Similar to the previous time he shared the use of AI, Guru suggested the AI-generated verse should ring alarm bells over the un-permitted use of someone’s audio likeness. “People should not be able to take your Name, Image and Likeness without permission,” he continued. “We have to add the voice to this law. We have to learn from past mistakes. You would be a fool to chase every person that is going to do this. We learned that lesson with Napster. The only way I see to deal with it is to change the law. There are so many different opinions. We could change the United States law tomorrow but the internet is world wide. What a time we live in!!”</p> <section class="suitcase-ad" /> <p>In his previous post about the exponential advancement of AI, Guru admitted the technology is impressive but raises many questions about ethics and legality. He argued that the dangers come not from the tech, but “the evil that men do with the tech.” As he noted last month, there’s still states in the country that don’t have laws against revenge porn, for instance. “Imagine the repercussion on our kids when 5 years from now some high school kid gets mad at his ex girlfriend and creates a whole ‘deep fake’ that sounds and looks real,”</p> <p>Over 1,000 tech leaders around the world, <a href="https://www.complex.com/life/a/backwoodsaltar/elon-musk-tech-leaders-open-letter-ai-pause-risks-to-society" target="_self" rel="noopener">including Elon Musk</a>, recently signed an open letter calling for a pause on AI technology development due to the “profound risks to society and humanity” it presents. AI has begun to pose a threat to various job sectors in the country, and there’s even <a href="https://www.complex.com/pigeons-and-planes/a/michael-epstein/how-will-ai-change-the-music-industry" target="_self" rel="noopener">concern about how it might impact art and music</a>.</p> </div> <p><br /> <br /><a href="https://www.complex.com/music/young-guru-concerned-over-jay-z-ai-verse">Source link </a></p> <p> <a rel="follow" href="http://megatheme.ir/" title="قالب وردپرس">قالب وردپرس</a></p> ]]></content:encoded> <wfw:commentRss>https://freshestfm.com/young-guru-shares-concern-over-ai-generated-jay-z-verse/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>0</slash:comments> </item> <item> <title>Lil Wayne Releases Career-Spanning ‘I Am Music’ Compilation</title> <link>https://freshestfm.com/lil-wayne-releases-career-spanning-i-am-music-compilation/</link> <comments>https://freshestfm.com/lil-wayne-releases-career-spanning-i-am-music-compilation/#respond</comments> <dc:creator><![CDATA[SOURCE]]></dc:creator> <pubDate>Fri, 31 Mar 2023 12:51:20 +0000</pubDate> <category><![CDATA[albums]]></category> <category><![CDATA[compilation]]></category> <category><![CDATA[dfp-music]]></category> <category><![CDATA[dfp-music-hiphop]]></category> <category><![CDATA[dfp-music-other]]></category> <category><![CDATA[dfp-music-rock]]></category> <category><![CDATA[dmx]]></category> <category><![CDATA[drake]]></category> <category><![CDATA[eminem]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Featured]]></category> <category><![CDATA[jay-z]]></category> <category><![CDATA[kendrick-lamar]]></category> <category><![CDATA[lil-wayne]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Music]]></category> <category><![CDATA[News]]></category> <category><![CDATA[songs]]></category> <category><![CDATA[swizz-beatz]]></category> <category><![CDATA[tier-one]]></category> <category><![CDATA[travis-barker]]></category> <category><![CDATA[young-money]]></category> <guid isPermaLink="false">https://freshestfm.com/lil-wayne-releases-career-spanning-i-am-music-compilation/</guid> <description><![CDATA[Lil Wayne celebrates his decades of hits on the new I Am Music compilation, out Friday. The compilation, which spans Weezy’s career and marks the first-ever release of its kind for the artist, opens with the recently released “Kant Nobody” featuring a sample from the late DMX. This is followed in the sequencing by the […]]]></description> <content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><br /> </p> <div> <p><a target="_blank" href="http://complex.com/tag/lil-wayne" rel="noopener">Lil Wayne</a> celebrates his <a target="_blank" href="http://complex.com/tag/songs" rel="noopener">decades of hits</a> on the new<em> I Am Music</em> compilation, <a target="_blank" href="http://complex.com/tag/new-music" rel="noopener">out Friday</a>.</p> <p>The compilation, which spans Weezy’s career and marks the first-ever release of its kind for the artist, opens with the recently released “<a target="_blank" href="https://www.complex.com/music/lil-wayne-dmx-kant-nobody-stream" rel="noopener">Kant Nobody</a>” featuring a sample from the late DMX. This is followed in the sequencing by the 2008 <em>Tha Carter III</em> hit “Lollipop.”</p> <p>Also featured on the 18-track project are “A Milli,” “Drop the World” with Eminem, “She Will” with Drake, “Blunt Blowin,” “Fireman,” “Mr. Carter” with Jay-Z, and more.</p> <p>Dive into the full <em>I Am Music</em> experience below on <a target="_blank" href="http://complex.com/tag/apple-music" rel="noopener">Apple Music</a> and Spotify.</p> <section class="suitcase-ad" /> <p>The comp arrives ahead of the kickoff of Wayne’s <a target="_blank" href="https://www.complex.com/music/lil-wayne-toronto-welcome-to-tha-carter-tour" rel="noopener">Welcome to Tha Carter tour</a>, which begins next week at the Fillmore in Minneapolis. All told, Wayne is set to hit 28 different cities on the tour with additional planned stops including New York, Atlanta, Birmingham, Nashville, Austin, San Francisco, and much more. See the tour’s full routing below.</p> <figure class="image"> <div class="fimage-container"></div><figcaption>Image via Publicist</figcaption></figure> <p>In February, Wayne spoke with <a target="_blank" href="http://complex.com/tag/zane-lowe" rel="noopener">Zane Lowe</a> on Apple Music 1 about the just-released “Kant Nobody” and the ambition behind the upcoming sixth entry in his <em>Tha Carter</em> series.</p> <p>As Weezy said at the time, he “never even imagined” the series would still be going strong so many years after the original dropped.</p> <section class="suitcase-ad" /> <p>“I can’t believe we’re at <em>Carter VI</em>,” <a target="_blank" href="https://www.complex.com/music/a/tracewilliamcowen/lil-wayne-dmx-kant-nobody-stream" rel="noopener">he told Lowe</a>. “My fans know I give my all. Go listen to my last feature and know it’s gonna be a thousand times better than that.”</p> <p>For now, no official release date has been set. In the meantime, enjoy <em>I Am Music</em>.</p> </div> <p><br /> <br /><a href="https://www.complex.com/music/lil-wayne-i-am-music-compilation-stream">Source link </a></p> <p> <a rel="follow" href="http://megatheme.ir/" title="قالب وردپرس">قالب وردپرس</a></p> ]]></content:encoded> <wfw:commentRss>https://freshestfm.com/lil-wayne-releases-career-spanning-i-am-music-compilation/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>0</slash:comments> </item> <item> <title>Ed Sheeran Shares Why Jay-Z Turned Down “Shape of You” Guest Spot</title> <link>https://freshestfm.com/ed-sheeran-shares-why-jay-z-turned-down-shape-of-you-guest-spot/</link> <comments>https://freshestfm.com/ed-sheeran-shares-why-jay-z-turned-down-shape-of-you-guest-spot/#respond</comments> <dc:creator><![CDATA[SOURCE]]></dc:creator> <pubDate>Wed, 29 Mar 2023 07:58:08 +0000</pubDate> <category><![CDATA[collaborations]]></category> <category><![CDATA[dfp-music]]></category> <category><![CDATA[dfp-music-hiphop]]></category> <category><![CDATA[dfp-music-pop]]></category> <category><![CDATA[ed-sheeran]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Featured]]></category> <category><![CDATA[jay-z]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Music]]></category> <category><![CDATA[News]]></category> <category><![CDATA[pop]]></category> <category><![CDATA[tier-one]]></category> <guid isPermaLink="false">https://freshestfm.com/ed-sheeran-shares-why-jay-z-turned-down-shape-of-you-guest-spot/</guid> <description><![CDATA[Jay-Z nearly appeared on Ed Sheeran’s 2017 smash hit “Shape of You.” In an interview with Rolling Stone, Sheeran revealed Hov turned down the chance to contribute a guest verse. Released as the first single off Sheeran’s third studio album, 2017’s Divide, “Shape of You” would go on to top the Billboard 100 for 12 non-consecutive […]]]></description> <content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><br /> </p> <div> <p><a href="http://www.complex.com/tag/jay-z" target="_self" rel="noopener">Jay-Z</a> nearly appeared on <a href="http://www.complex.com/tag/ed-sheeran" target="_self" rel="noopener">Ed Sheeran</a>’s 2017 smash hit “Shape of You.”</p> <p>In an <a href="https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-features/ed-sheeran-interview-jay-z-sword-hot-sauce-bruno-mars-1234704439/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">interview</a> with <em>Rolling Stone</em>, Sheeran revealed Hov turned down the chance to contribute a guest verse. Released as the first single off Sheeran’s third studio album, 2017’s <em>Divide</em>, “Shape of You” would go on to top the Billboard 100 for 12 non-consecutive weeks, earning the British singer-songwriter a Grammy for Best Pop Solo Performance.</p> <p>“We were in touch,” Sheeran told <em>RS</em>. “I sent him the song, and he said, ‘I don’t think the song needs a rap verse.’ He was probably right. He’s got a very, very good ear. He usually gets things right. It was a very natural, respectful pass.”</p> <p>Although Sheeran is still waiting for his first guest verse from Jay-Z, the singer already collaborated with Beyoncé on the 2017 remix of his single “Perfect.”</p> <p>Last July, Jay-Z opened up about his process of choosing guest features in <a href="https://www.complex.com/music/jay-z-answers-kevin-hart-question-whether-he-is-retired" target="_self" rel="noopener">a conversation with Kevin Hart </a>on Peacock’s<em> Hart to Heart.</em> </p> <p>“Pretty much every song that I’m on, I’m asked to be on,” Jay shared. “I don’t ask people to be on their songs.” </p> <p>“Sometimes it slips through the cracks,” the 53-year-old added. “Sometimes I want to do it, and my life is in a certain place, and I’m moving and I can’t do it. But I typically try to be straight up with people.”</p> <section class="suitcase-ad" /></div> <p><br /> <br /><a href="https://www.complex.com/music/ed-sheeran-jay-z-turned-down-shape-of-you-guest-appearance">Source link </a></p> <p> <a rel="follow" href="http://megatheme.ir/" title="قالب وردپرس">قالب وردپرس</a></p> ]]></content:encoded> <wfw:commentRss>https://freshestfm.com/ed-sheeran-shares-why-jay-z-turned-down-shape-of-you-guest-spot/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>0</slash:comments> </item> </channel> </rss>