“It wasn’t really a reunion,” he said. “I had a concert, but I got the offer to come. Pras was at the crib, so I said, ‘Pras, Lauryn wants me at Rock The Bells and I can’t make it.

So don’t you think you should just surprise her and pop up instead?’ So Pras shows up. And there’s two Fugees. Then they’re like, where’s the third? But that’s what happened.”
While he didn’t grace the stage with his former band members, ‘Clef didn’t entirely rule out joining forces with L Boogie and Praswell in the future.

“There’s an energy and a buzz about the Fugees that everyone likes,” he added. “I think that it would be exciting to see that happen again. I don’t know if it would be another album — but maybe a song!”

“Nas picked that sample. I didn’want to use it. I thought it was not what made me wanna do Ilmatic. I was already a fan. I had already heard ‘The World Is Yours.’ I was in the session,” DJ Premier explained. “I was watching every scratch on ‘The World Is Yours’…So Nas picked this sample and I was like, ‘Uhh.’ And he’s like ‘Yo, I need something that’s not like all the other stuff I got. I’ll kill that. Just put your rhythm to it.’ So I did it and he went in there and I liked what he did lyrically. The lyrics made me fall in love with it.”

DJ Premier later revealed that it was all about compromise when it came to creating “Memory Lane.”

“But it was my least favorite until he proved me wrong. And he did,” said DJ Premier. “If you could prove me wrong I’m cool cause I love a good fight in any situation you wanna put me in. Physical, mental, whatever…That’s a fight that I compromised once and he showed me that he was right that we did that song and used that sample. And shouts to Reuben Wilson for letting us clear it.”

Later in the interview Premier spoke on Will Sessions newer versions of both “Represent” and “Detroit State Of Mind.”

“If you fuck with that S.O.U.L. Tape, make some noise!” repeated Fab throughout the evening, standing almost entirely stationary throughout the set. A sea of cell phones captured guest stars like Vado and Lloyd Banks (“Mo Brooklyn, Mo Harlem, Mo Southside” ), Red Cafe (“Y’all Don’t Hear Me Tho” ), Freck Billionaire (“Pay Back Music”), Broadway and Paul Cain (“Drugs (Do This To Me)”) and Trey Songz (“Slow Down”).

“This has been a real nigga in the game a long time,” Trigga Trey told the crowd, motioning to Fab. “So what I wanna say right now is, you need to slow down.”

Watch clips of Fab, Vado and Lloyd Banks below, as well the performance with Trey Songz (via TheThoughtful1).

“We’re working on the In And Out Boyz [mixtape], we working on Wu-Block,” he continues, referencing his project with Ghostface, Raekwon and The Lox, “We working on the next group solo show, and the next Kiss solo show, we in the lab going. As far as The Lox projects, we’re just getting the paperwork ready.”

Returning to this own album, Style says that he keeps the focus on rhyming—“I represent lyrics”—which he explains further in his own words. “I put my foot into this,” he says. “I put my foot, back, everything into it and my ghost foot too.”

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Only the Beatles, who have fellow Hip Hop artist Jay-Z’s number in the most No. 1 albums category, have had more with 14 songs on the April 11, 1964 Hot 100.

Against an artistic interpretation of the French flag, the image features stark white lettering showing the artists’ names and song title, similar to that of the cover art for “Niggas in Paris.”

So far, the duo has released “H.A.M.,” “Otis” and “Niggas in Paris” from their LP. “Why I Love You” impacts radio on September 13th.

In a recent interview with FreeOnSmash, Jeezy revealed that he is planning to drop his latest mixtape The Real is Back 2 before his next album Thug Motiviation 103: Hustlerz Ambition hits shelves this September 20. He also added that the tape, which is to be hosted by DJ Drama, will hit the Internet within a few days.

“The Real is Back 2 – what if I told you that?” he said. “That was [an] unoffcial [announcement], but I’m saying it. Take it how you want to take it; I said it, I might mean it. [As] a matter of fact, I know I mean ‘cus I said it. The Real is Back 2 – give me a week…three days, that’s all I need.”

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The week after, La Coka Nostra’s own Slaine will drop A World With No Skies 2.0. Prior to 2.0 Slaine dropped the mixtape “State Of Grace” with producer Statik Selektah which included the punchy “Offensive Lines” with Action Bronson and Ill Bill. The third week of August offers Game’s long-awaited The R.E.D. Album on August 23rd. As of right now, Pusha T will be delivering Fear Of God Part 2: Let Us Pray that same day and a week later Lil Wayne’s Tha Carter IV is scheduled to be upon us.

September looks equally promising, with Swizz Beatz’s Haute Living on September 13th. Recently Swizzy dropped a mixtape of all of his “Monster Mondays” tracks. Young Jeezy brings Thug Motivation 103 on September 20th with the Queen of Hip Hop Soul Mary J. Blige bringing My Life II: The Journey Continues that date as well. One week later (on September 27th) finds J. Cole’s Cole World: The Sideline Story, Big K.R.I.T.’s Live From the Underground, and Yelawolf’s Radioactive all on that same day. ‘Wolf dropped the single “Hard White (Up In the Club)” with Lil Jon just last week.

August 8
Jay-Z & Kanye West – Watch the Throne

August 9
Ace Hood – Blood, Sweat & Tears
Gucci Mane & Waka Flocka Flame – Ferrari Boyz
Royce Da 5’9″ – Success Is Certain
Ski Beatz – 24 Hour Karate School 2

August 16
Median – The Sender
Slaine – A World With No Skies 2.0
Slim Thug Presents… – Boss Hogg Outlawz – Serve And Collect Part 3 (Immahogg)

August 23
Apathy – Honkey Kong
Game – The R.E.D. Album
J-Live – S.P.T.A. (Said Person Of That Ability)
Pusha T – Fear Of God Part 2: Let Us Pray

August 29
Lil’ Wayne – Tha Carter IV

August 30
BK-One – Tema Do Canibal EP
Blu – J e s u s
DJ Drama – Third Power
Glasses Malone – Beach Cruiser
Ja Rule – Pain Is Love 2
Soopafly – Best Kept Secret
Timbo King – Babylon To Timbuktu

September 6
Oddisee – Rock Creek Park

September 13
Bronze Nazareth – School For the Blindman
Kurupt Presents – The Academy
Shawn Chrystopher – Silent Films For the Blind
Swizz Beatz – Haute Living

September 20
DTMD – Makin’ Dollas
G-Macc – The Opera/Angels & Demons
Mary J. Blige – My Life II: The Journey Continues
Tragedy Khadafi – Thug Matrix 3
Young Jeezy – Thug Motivation 103

September 27
9th Wonder – The Wonder Years
Big K.R.I.T. – Live From the Underground
Cormega – Mega Raw/Greatest Hits
J. Cole – Cole World: The Sideline Story
J-Live – S.P.T.A. (Said Person of That Ability)
Phonte – Charity Starts At Home
Yelawolf – Radioactive

This week, Meek Mill will finally deliver “Dream Chasers” on August 11th and Bow Wow jumps in the ring next Monday with “Greenlight 4″. Two of Hip Hop’s favorite rappers, Styles P and Young Jeezy will deliver mixtapes prior to their albums. Styles will drop “The World’s Most Hardest MC” due some time next week in anticipation of his album Master Of Ceremonies slated for September. Jeezy will drop “The Real Is Back 2″ as a teaser for Thug Motivation 103 coming September 20th.

Following in the steps of fellow R&B crooner Chris Brown (minus the rapping), singers/songwriters The-Dream and Ne-Yo will both deliver mixtapes of their own. The-Dream’s “Terius Nash Est.1977″, being called a “free album” arrives on the last day of August, while Ne-Yo works on “101″ hosted by comedian Kevin Hart.

August 8

Jurrarri – “Southside Rrarri”

August 11

Meek Mill – “Dream Chasers”

August 12

OJ Da Juiceman – “R&B Juice”

August 15

Verse Simmonds – “Sextape Chronicles Pt. 2″

Bow Wow – “Greenlight 4″

August 17

GLC – “I Know Who You Pimped Last Summer”

August 31

The-Dream – “Terius Nash Est.1977″

TBA

Styles P – “The World’s Most Hardest MC”

Young Jeezy – “The Real Is Back 2″

Ne-Yo – “101 (Hosted by Kevin Hart)”

Drag-On – “The Crazies: Part 3″

French Montana, Three 6 Mafia & Project Pat – “Cocaine Mafia”

Cam’ron and Vado – “Boss of All Bosses 3″

Consequence – “Movies On Demand 3″

Zaytoven – “Zaytown 3″

Wale – Untitled

Raekwon – Untitled

Ludacris – Untitled

Kyle Rapps – “On Air”

DJ Holiday – “Holiday Season Vol. 4″

OJ Da Juiceman – “The Lord of the Rings”

SL Jones – “The Number 23: Editor’s Cut”

Jackie Chain x Nick Catchdubs – “After Hours”

DJ Spinatik – “Street Runnaz 60″

Freddie Gibbs – “A Cold Day In Hell”

Maffew Ragazino – “Rare Gems: The Collection Pt. 2″

“I gotta be a dad…I gotta be at home with the fam and hold it down,” Game explained of his time away between albums. “Then I gotta tour—pay my bills. But even when I’m away, I’m still working.”

After telling XXLMag.com during a July interview that he was considering either moving to Cash Money Records or merging his Black Wall Street imprint with the label, Game revealed that he talks to Cash Money co-founder Bryan “Birdman” Williams a few times each week. When asked about his plans when his deal with Interscope is up, Game played things closer to the vest.

“You know Interscope/Aftermath, that’s my label and I’ma hold it down for them forever,” Game said. “I’ve been there for four albums, and I’ve got one more album before I’m a free agent. We’re gonna try and turn that one around real quick, then I’ll make the executive decision on what I’ll do with the rest of my career. I might get into acting, I might go over to Cash Money. You never know.”

The track is slated to hit digital retailers, the web and radio airwaves on Monday, August 8th.

With Misdemeanor on the cut, the song could become the pop star’s fifth song from her sophomore album Teenage Dream to hit No. 1 on the chart.

That would put her in the same company as Michael Jackson, who stands as the only other artist to notch five number ones from the same album. MJ accomplished that feat with his 1987 release Bad.

Perry previously hit number one with her singles “Teenage Dream,” “California Gurls” featuring Snoop Dogg, “Firework” and “E.T.” featuring Kanye West.

“To me, it’s definitely not a joke. There’s a lot of real stuff going on out here, in this world. Secret societies are real. It’s definitely really obvious that they’re at work and it’s at play in the music industry, in the food industry, politics, everywhere you turn, it’s everywhere. You just gotta read the signs, the writing on the wall. It’s right in front of your face. Once people just learn about it and do a little research about it all, they’ll be like, ‘Yeah, I understand what’s going on.’”

Though he feels passionately about this topic, Prodigy is aware that others don’t share his sentiments. He acknowledged this by saying that others are brainwashed, so he and others who speak about conspiracies may not be effective with their messages.

“This plan that they got into effect for hundreds of years or whatever, I think it’s so embedded in people’s brains now. They got people so brainwashed in this world that they don’t even really care anymore about people like Alex Jones, people like Prodigy. They’re like, ‘Go ahead, tell these people what you want. We got these people so brainwashed, there’s nothing you could do about it.’”

Analyzing his role in Hip Hop and how other elements play a part in the formation of the culture, Prodigy said he is unhappy with how his friends and others are “brainwashed.”

“In the Hip Hop community,” he added, “In the urban communities, where I come from, they have us so brainwashed with fashion, jewelery and sex, that we don’t even care to think about what’s going on. A lot of the people I’m around, I look at them sometimes and all they’re concerned about is, what I just said, fashion, jewelry and sex, all stuff that’s materialistic and it’s not going to do nothing for their souls or their lives.”

“I got to a point in my life and in my career where, it’s easy to get caught up in that lifestyle with fast money, sex, drugs and rock and roll. I started slipping at some point and I had to catch myself…I got to the point where I got fed up and pissed off and I said, ‘I’m not rocking jewelery no more. I’m not doing certain things anymore.’ I did it to make a statement.”

While not fully rehashing the now infamous feud he had with Jay-Z, Prodigy did speak about the Brooklyn emcee, saying that he feels Jay-Z has “chosen sides” in the game. He added that Jay-Z took a different route, which is why he has more money and power within the music industry.

“Jay-Z is just one example and one of the biggest examples of artists in the music industry, because he’s so popular and so big…He knows what time it is, he just doesn’t promote it. From the looks of things, it looks like he has chosen sides. He’s chosen a side and the side he chose is money, power and he doesn’t really care to spread the information that might save some body’s soul.”

Shifting his focus to the United States’ current president, Prodigy spoke about President Obama as well. Saying that he is a part of a conspiracy, “whether he knows it or not,” he added that he is a part of a plan to “rule the world.”

“My view on [President Obama] is that, number one, you can’t be a president of the United States unless you’re a part of this bloodline that they got going on that goes all the way back to European royalty. So, they got this bloodline going on and whether people believe it or not, it’s very real. You will not be an American president unless you are linked and a part of this bloodline. Obama is.”

“From what I see, whether he knows it or not, he’s down with this whole conspiracy to rule the world. He’s a part of it. To brainwash people, to kill people, genocide, everything that goes on out here that’s so fantastic you really don’t want to believe it, he’s a part of it.”

Daz Dillinger, Kurupt, RBX and The Lady of Rage have announced the formation of N’Matez, a nod to being Death Row “inmates” in the 1990s.

In conjunction with the group’s announcement, N’Matez has released its first single “Trajical” produced by Daz.

The group has also released a music video for the cut that was filmed in London, England.

Additionally, N’Matez is prepping the release of its upcoming debut Stay of Execution, which is without a release date.

Roth, a native of the Philadelphia, Pennsylvania area has known Bieber for some time, as both artists are managed by Scooter Braun.

Whether consumers of Roth’s LP will get the singing Bieber or rapping Mane is unknown, though the teenager hash-tagged the latter in a tweet this week.

Previously, Asher Roth expressed desire to work with the likes of DJ Premier and Pete Rock on his second go-round, in addition to work already completed with Q-Tip, Organized Noize and Pharrell.

“OK, I’m not faulting BET for this alone,” he said. “They aren’t the only network that makes room for just about any party song, mine included. But since this company professes to be a proponent, an agent of help and change for the African-American community, I think they also have a responsibility to air a voice like mine when I have something to say on behalf of the working class and the working poor.”

He also explained that the institution is most likely not going to change its attitude towards taboo themes in serving as the “community voice.”

“Honestly, I am so tired of the whole BET conversation,” he continued. “BET is what it is and has been what it is for 20 years, and BET is not going to really change in any substantive ways because BET makes a hell of a lot of money using the business model that it uses.”

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