Tyga Speaks On Young Money & Lil Wayne’s Jail Sentence

Posted on 09. Mar, 2010 by Danny M.

RealTalkNY interviews Young Money’s Tyga about the whole Young Money group, how he met Lil Wayne, and how he feels about his jail sentence in the video above.

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Gudda Gudda On MTV News Mixtape Daily Talking About Guddaville

Posted on 07. Dec, 2009 by Danny M.

New Orleans native Gudda Gudda has a bunch of superstars in his camp, including Lil Wayne, Nicki Minaj and Drake. Dude might be next in line to blow. Gudda, who’s been down with Wayne for around a decade, has been lacing family records like “Thinking to Myself” (his verse about Kunta Kinte steals the show!) “Bedrock” and “Every Girl” with his laid-back, spoken-word flow. This week, though, Gudda steps to the front with his own mixtape, Guddaville.

“The theme behind Guddaville, I’m taking people on a walk through my eyes,” he explained. “Every time you heard me been a group project. Guddaville is just me expressing how I feel about a lot of different things, taking you in my world.”

Gudda — a New Orleans native — has been mentored by Lil Wayne. Weezy liked his look and wrote Gudda his first rap. After that, though, Gudda stepped his game up through the years. He’s going to be good money on Young Money. One of Gudda’s biggest inspirations has been N.O. hero Soulja Slim. He shouts him and former Hot Boys member Turk out on the mixtape.

“Soulja, any young dude, period, not just a rapper, any young guy from New Orleans, he was like our ‘Pac. So, you know, we all look up to him. I had to acknowledge him. We bumped heads in a lot of different places. It was sad to see him go. I’m gonna continue to acknowledge him. As far as Turk, we speak at least twice a week from jail. I always holla at him. Turk will be home soon.”

You can download Guddaville here. You can also keep up with Gudda on his Twitter page.

Joints to check for:

» “Welcome to Guddaville.” “This is the intro to my mixtape,” Gudda said. “On that song, I’m venting a lot. Just letting people know what’s going on at the time. What I been going through. Different things with different people. I just let it all out on that track. I had to put that all on paper. This is a good intro into my world.”

» “Always Love You” (featuring Nicki Minaj and Short Dawg). “Me and Nicki was in the studio one night trying to get something going. We heard the Whitney Houston sample, pulled the beat up, and Whitney was on the sample saying, ‘I will always love you.’ The obvious choice would have been to speak on a female or dude. We was like, ‘Let’s speak on our cities and how much we love where we from.’ I was like, ‘We could get somebody else on it.’ I ran into Short Dawg. He was like, ‘Let me hear the joint. … I love it.’ He put a verse on it. We did it. New Orleans, H-Town, New York.”

» “Getting to the Money” (featuring Tity Boy). “Basically, I was in the studio, I heard the beat. Instantly, the hook popped up, the lyrics started coming. The beat, I just had to do it. I laid it down and said, ‘It gotta have that ATL flavor.’ I said, ‘Let me call my homeboy and see if he’ll jump on it.’ I hit Tity up, he sent it back two days later. The rest is history.”

Via MTV

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Drake Reacts To Lil Wayne’s Jail Sentence

Posted on 30. Oct, 2009 by Danny M.

Weezy is not dwelling on his impending prison stint and is instead using his time to focus on what he does best, making music and money. “He’s dealing with it well. Wayne’s not usually gonna open up emotionally and tell you how he’s really feeling about anything,” Drizzy tells Rap-Up.com. “He’s kinda more concerned about getting as much music as he possibly can, so that when he’s in there, people are still satisfied musically with Lil Wayne product, and that’s just the mind of a true businessman.”

Drake, who’s set to release his debut album Thank Me Later early next year, will keep business booming in Weezy’s absence. “I’ll just do what I can to keep the whole Young Money/Cash Money team going, and I just want to play my part as a team member and keep the brand strong until the boss gets home.”

Despite the circumstances, Drizzy’s cohort remains in high spirits. “We spoke last night, but it wasn’t about that though. He was making jokes. He was in a good mood. He’s always in a good mood when he’s in the studiomaking music ,” shares the 23-year-old Canadian. “He’s like superhuman. I don’t think anything could really break his concentration or his zone when he’s in there.”

The rappers will link up next week when Young Money shoots the video for “Bed Rock.” “I get to see him next week, so hopefully I’ll be able to gauge where he’s at mentally, but I think he’s alright.”

The sentencing came as a surprise to Drake, but he believes the end result will be beneficial. “I definitely didn’t think this would be the outcome of it, but I hope it will add to him selling a million records again.” He has faith that Wayne can turn a negative into a positive. “It’s an unfortunate situation and I hope that he’ll be able to position it where his release is a day where everyone’s excited and they’re just excited about his new album. I hope he manages to market it the right way.”

Props Lil Wayne HQ via Rap-Up

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Video: Omarion Talks Not Signing With Young Money Entertainment

Posted on 07. Oct, 2009 by Danny M.

PS: We will be taking Omarion down from this website’s logo soon.

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Drake Is MTV’s #3 Hottest MC In The Game [Videos]

Posted on 05. Oct, 2009 by Danny M.

You can read why MTV choose Drake for number 3 here, and check out the video below where Drake calls in and speaks on getting the third spot.

The full list goes: #10 -- Raekwon, #9 -- 50 Cent, #8 -- Fabolous, #7 -- Young Jeezy, #6 -- Gucci Mane, #5 -- Rick Ross, #4 -- Kanye West, #3 -- Drake, #2 -- Lil Wayne, #1 -- Jay-Z.

A big congratulations to Drizzy Drake.

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Shanell Speaks On Lil Wayne’s “Rebirth” Album Delays

Posted on 08. Sep, 2009 by Danny M.

With the frequent delays of Lil Wayne’s Rebirth album and an unconfirmed release date, SOHH spoke with Young Money’s Shanell aka SNL, who penned “Prom Queen,” about the project’s unknown release.

Claiming the album will bring something new to the game, Shanell also said Weezy’s creativity has forced the album’s delay.

“It ‘does’ exist and it’s incredible in my eyes,” Shanell promised. “I really think it shows another side of Wayne and Young Money because everybody’s on it. Everybody’s been able to express somewhat an alternative side of themselves so it’s gonna be interesting, it’s going to be different. There’s a lot of rapping, but there’s a lot of other stuff. I just think the world is ready to hear some different music. He’s a creative person and you can’t rush creativity and as you saw even with Tha Carter 3 album, that was pushed back and pushed back and pushed back but when it came out? It blew up and it was a great album so I would say, you know, good things come to those who wait.”

Via: Lil Wayne HQ

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Shanell Speaks On Omarion’s Departure

Posted on 21. Aug, 2009 by Danny M.

With the recent departure of Omarion from Lil Wayne’s Young Money Entertainment, SOHH spoke with the label’s songbird Shanell who shared her reaction to the unexpected move.

In addition to speaking on the former B2K member’s exit, Shanell also expressed her excitement to have Bow Wow join Cash Money Records, which is Young Money’s imprint.

“I don’t know, everything happens so quick,” Shanell said about Omarion’s departure. “Everything happens so quick but I’ve always been a fan of Omarion. So whether he’s with us or not with us, I hope the best for his career. I haven’t been able to work with him yet…[With Bow Wow,] that’s the homie. That’s the homie. We’ve worked together before. He’s actually with Cash Money. It’s a whole family but it’s two separate situations. It’s Cash Money and Young Money.”

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