It was announced in December 2013 that
Williams had been nominated for seven
Grammy Awards, including Producer of
the Year. In the same month, a press release from Columbia Records announced
that Pharrell had signed a contract with
the label and is releasing an album in
2014, featuring the single “Happy” from
the Despicable Me 2 soundtrack. For
this song, Pharrell has been nominated
for the Academy Award for Best Original
Song.
mixtape Overly Dedicated. The next year,
he released Section.80, his first independent album to critical acclaim; released
exclusively through iTunes and instantly
ranked as one of the top digital hip hop
releases of the year.[5] Early in his career,
before releasing his major label debut,
Lamar amassed a large internet following,
and had already worked with Dr. Dre,
Game, Drake, Young Jeezy, Talib Kweli,
Busta Rhymes, E-40, Warren G and Lil
Wayne, among other popular artists.
In February 2014 Major Lazer announced
they would be releasing a five-track EP
titled Apocalypse Soon on the 25th of
that month. The EP, released via Mad Decent and Secretly Canadian, will feature
Pharrell and Sean Paul, among others.
The first single off the EP, which features
Pharrell, is titled “Aerosol Can”. Pharrell
contributed a verse to Future’s February
2014 single “Move That Dope”, which
also featured Pusha T and Casino over
production from Mike Will Made It.
On February 28, 2014, it was revealed
during an interview with Billboard that
Lamar is planning to put out a new
album in September 2014. The TDE
camp has remained very tight-lipped on
a new Lamar album, and this is the only
confirmation we’ve received on the LP
thus far. During the same interview with
Lamar, ScHoolboy Q, Anthony “Top
Dawg” Tiffith and Dave Free, it was also
revealed that there may be a debut effort
from the Black Hippy collective (composed of Lamar, ScHoolboy Q, Jay Rock
and Ab-Soul) in 2014.
APATHY: GRAND LEVELER
Demigodzapathy, demigodz, Smoke The
World, Dirty Version Records, Connecticut Casual‘ rhymeslayer, Apathy channels
his inner preacher in his latest video, The
Grand Leveler (produced by Smoke The
World). Apathy paints a picture of him
taking matters into his own hands and
doing what he feels is necessary, leveling
and creating. words.
LISA ALXZANDRIA
Lisa Alxzandria is an R&B Singer and
Actress from Pennsylvania. The young
artist made her debute in 2013, when she
starred in the S. Charli Production’s stage
play “BLUE”, which ran at the Independence Seaport Theater in Pennslanding
In November 2013, Lisa Alxzandria
signed to Mami Muzik Label. Working
with Lord Algie Dewitt, publisher of
Mami Magazine and Producer of Mami
Muzik. This new collaboration is going
to take Lisa Alxzandria to the next level
on her journey to a successful career
in the entertainment industry. You can
catch this artist performing in public
showcases, watch videos on YouTube,
listen and download music on ReverBnation and iTunes.
kendrick lamar
Kendrick Lamar Duckworth
(born June 17, 1987), known simply as
Kendrick Lamar, is an American hip hop
recording artist from Compton, California. Initially signed to independent
record label Top Dawg Entertainment, in
2012, Lamar and the label signed a joint
venture deal with Aftermath and Interscope Records. Lamar is also a member
of West Coast hip hop supergroup Black
Hippy, alongside label-mates and fellow
California-based rappers Schoolboy Q,
Jay Rock, and Ab-Soul.
Lamar first began to gain major attention
in 2010, after the release of his fourth
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