Lil B Returns With "Platinum Flame" Project

The Based God, Lil B, has risen again.

He released his new 28-track, self-produced project titled Platinum Flame on Friday (May 18). The cover art is in the same vein as the classic Pen Pixel covers from the No Limit Records and Cash Money Records days.

In a new interview with HipHopDX, he revealed that he produced, wrote, and engineered the entire album. In his words: “It’s like a movie.”

On the song “Billionaire,” he mentions the incident with A Boogie Wit Da Hoodie and PnB Rock in passing, rapping, “Do it look like I got jumped?”

Lil B’s last project was the highly anticipated (and well-receivedBlack Ken from August 2017.

Listen to the project and check out the tracklist below.

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1. Made Man Skit
2. Made Man
3. Extras
4. Big Dawg
5. Billionaire
6. Still Going
7. Shake It Like A Ho
8. Fake
9. Girl
10. Do The BasedGod
11. Stripper Pole
12. Platinum Flame Headquarters
13. Get High
14. Swag 4X
15. Love Me
16. Game Don’t Change
17. Can’t Go Back
18. Riding Skating Rolling Painting
19. Spend Money
20. Bay Area Based Freestyle
21. Project
22. Bitch Mob Vet
23. Net Worth
24. Lets Get ’em
25. Red Bull
26. Richmond Girl
27. P Flame Shoutouts
28. Lets Meet Outro

Article source: http://hiphopdx.com/news/id.46905/title.lil-b-returns-with-platinum-flame-project

Alex Da Kid Uses Spotify & IBM Tech To Select Rapsody For H.E.R.-Featured "Go" Single

New York, NY – Alex Da Kid, the man behind Eminem’s “Love The Way You Lie” and other Billboard hits has paired his platinum sound with the likes of Rapsody and H.E.R. as well as IBM and Spotify for a single titled “Go.”

Although putting both female musical talents on the same record not only seemed inevitable and a no-brainer, Alex Da Kid actually forged the record by using IBM’s AI technology, Watson to seek out Rapsody to complete the song’s puzzle. The unprecedented technology was able to learn the language of music from the producer’s natural speech.

IBM Developer Joshua Carr initially sat down with Alex to gain insight into his recording process and they crated Carr a custom Watson solution to aid the search.

Then, Tim Ganss of Spotify Music Intelligence provided a subset of Spotify data, enabling Watson to submit enormous amounts of unstructured data such as articles, social media, interviews and fan sentiment which led to the Grammy-Nominated Rapsody being selected to close out the record.

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Rapsody is coming off a stellar 2017 where she was awarded the #2 album on HipHopDX’s Best Albums of 2017 list and was recently featured on Netflix and Mass Appeal’s compilation Rapture soundtrack.

“Go” is said to be the first of many “game-changing moments” and singles that are birthed from using the Watson Artist Discovery Tool.

Stream the song up above.

Article source: http://hiphopdx.com/news/id.46906/title.alex-da-kid-uses-spotify-ibm-tech-to-select-rapsody-for-h-e-r-featured-go-single

Hip Hop Reacts To Fatal Santa Fe High School Shooting

Sugar Land, TX – Shots erupted at Santa Fe High School in Sugar Land, Texas on Friday morning (May 18).

According to CNN, the gunman — identified as 17-year-old Dimitrios Pagourtzis — entered an art school classroom and opened fire. Ten fatalities have been reported and 10 others were wounded. Two suspects, including Pagourtzis, are in police custody.

CNN reports retired Houston police officer John Barnes, who was working at the school, was one of the people shot at Santa Fe High School. Houston’s police chief tweeted that he visited the hospital where Barnes was being treated and that Barnes was “hanging in there.”

In a letter issued to the community, school district officials wrote, “Today is a day to be in mourning those we have lost and nursing those who are hurt. We are in this together.”

Social media erupted with reactions to the tragedy, including Bun B, Khalid and CHIKA.

Check out some of those below.

Man this world is going downhill fast. Lord help us. Prayers for the victims and their families, and the other students and faculty.

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Article source: http://hiphopdx.com/news/id.46907/title.hip-hop-reacts-to-fatal-santa-fe-high-shooting

Tekashi 6ix9ine Reportedly Seeking Snoop Dogg’s Help To Clear West Coast Beefs

Brooklyn rapper Tekashi 6ix9ine is reportedly hoping one of the California’s most celebrated artists will help him in his quest to clear his name on the West Coast.

That particular artist is Snoop Dogg and according to TMZ, 6ix9ine’s recent attempt at a one-on-one convo with the Long Beach lyricist didn’t go as planned.

TMZ reports 6ix9ine visited New York City’s 1 OAK this week with the hopes of speaking with Snoop, who was at the club for a DJ set.

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In addition to Snoop’s obvious ties to the West Coast, he’s reportedly an artist Tekashi looks up to.

Unfortunately for Tekashi, he wasn’t able to step foot inside the posh lounge given that cops were swift to block his attempt to enter.

Although Tekashi is no stranger to drama on either coast, he’s definitely had a rough time when it concerns West Coast artists, getting into online beefs with both The Game and YG and taunting L.A. gang members.

Article source: http://hiphopdx.com/news/id.46908/title.tekashi-6ix9ine-reportedly-seeking-snoop-doggs-help-to-clear-west-coast-beefs

A$AP Bari Reportedly Arrested For London Hotel Sexual Assault

London, England – A$AP Bari was reportedly arrested for sexual assault on Friday (May 18). According to TMZ, as the A$AP Mob affiliate was arriving at London’s Heathrow Airport, authorities intercepted and took him into custody.

Bari was sued last November by a woman who alleged she was sexually assaulted at a London hotel last July. In the lawsuit, the woman says Bari entered her room and screamed, “You fucked my assistant, now you are going to fuck me.”

The woman says she said no but Bari took the sheets off of her as a friend of his recorded the incident. She fled into a bathroom and he yelled, ‘I’m going to fuck you, you are going to suck my dick.”

The video made the rounds on social media, prompting the woman to speak up.

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Although the woman wasn’t raped, she says Bari threw her out of the hotel room and into the hallway naked.

London police reportedly asked Bari to come in for an interview prior to the arrest, so he was aware the investigation was ongoing but he decided to book a flight with a London connection anyway.

Bari was able to post bail but his passport was revoked. He currently remains in London.

Article source: http://hiphopdx.com/news/id.46909/title.aap-bari-reportedly-arrested-for-london-hotel-sexual-assault