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Bigg Boycotté cet été
at 7:01pm
Pour tous ceux qui se demandent si je vais faire des concerts cet été , je suis malheureusement contraint de répondre NON ,
Les raisons sont les suivantes :
Don Bigg wrote
at 7:01pm
Qui dit concert,dit festivals et tournées ou concerts privés ...
Pour ce qui est des concerts privés je ne peux pour l'instant défaut de temps ( a cause de la préparation de l'album ) et aussi défaut de moyens techniques. Donc reste l'autre option c à d les festivals et tournées :
Ceux la aussi sont devenus impossibles vù le boycott dont je fais objet ces temps ci c ainsi que vous ne m'avez pas vu au Boulvard et ne me verrais pas au Festival de Casa ni à Essaouira ni au hit parade a rabat ni à la Fête de la musique , ni au Festival de Chaouen ni à celui de Tanger et moin celui de Fes ni dans les Tournée de Meditel ni Wana ... ceci pour la simple raison que certaines personnes veulent etre glorifiés et léchés du cul et j ne suis ni serais jammais de ce genre .
Donc je m'exuse au près de ts les Fans d'ici la sortie de l'album
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Eminem chad f LL Cool J f téléphone
Oh shit, he’s alive! Em pranks Uncle L on Toca Tuesdays with Tony Touch.
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How lil wayne invaded the Game
Lil Wayne was in the middle of one of his all-night recording sessions when he had a breakthrough. "He called and said, 'Slim, come here,'" recalls Ronald "Slim" Williams, president and CEO of Wayne's longtime label, Cash Money Records. "He played 'Lollipop' for me, and I'm like, 'Play it again, I love this record.' He played that record about 10 times, and I said, 'That's it, Wayne, that's the record right there. We hit the lottery.'"
On "Lollipop," vocoder effects give Wayne's melodic singsong rhymes a sexy, futuristic vibe that combines with an echoey synth beat to make an irresistible pop hit: It reached Number One on Billboard's Hot 100 and has broken records as the fastest-selling ringtone in history. The song's massive crossover success is the culmination of a groundbreaking three-year promotional campaign, during which the rapper released hundreds of songs for free — and which has positioned his long-delayed record, Tha Carter III (out June 10th), as one of the most anticipated albums of the year.
Since his last official album, 2005's Tha Carter II, Wayne has released four double-album mixtapes, The Drought Is Over 1 through 4, on the Internet, leaked dozens of other songs and guested on more than 100 tracks by everyone from Jay-Z to Britney Spears. "The mixtapes were obviously very concerning to us as a label," says Sylvia Rhone, president of Universal Motown — the major label that is releasing the album in partnership with Cash Money — who predicts that Tha Carter III will be the label's biggest release of the year. "It really goes counter to what we would like our artists to do, but I think in this case we have this 'Wayne mania,' even though he hasn't released a record in over two years."
Wayne launched his underground assault after being disappointed with the sales of his last album."Tha Carter II was a great body of music, but it didn't have the big singles on it," says Katina Bynum, vice president of marketing at Universal Motown, who has been working with Lil Wayne since 1998. "So he was like, 'I'm not going away, I'm not going on vacation, I'm going to work. I have lots of music, I have things to say. I'm going to change the game.' And people always say they're going to change the game, but Wayne actually did it. He just worked his ass off for the last three years."
The task of selecting tracks for the album from among the hundreds Wayne recorded fell to Cash Money bosses Slim and Bryan "Baby" Williams. "We pick to make the album complete, just like a movie," says Slim. "You got action scenes, you got violence scenes, you have a love scene." In addition to "Lollipop," the latest disc includes "Mr Carter,"on which Wayne and Jay-Z — who share the last name Carter — trade verses over a sped-up soul sample, and "LaLa," with a spare nursery-rhyme beat by David Banner and verses by Busta Rhymes and Florida MC Brisco.
"Of all the rappers that I ever worked with, Wayne was the only one that really believed in his music," says Banner. "Wayne has given them so much fire, consistently, that it's built up. He gave away a million dollars' worth of shit so people can buy an album for $9.99."
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Lil Wayne "LOLLIPOP (Remix)" feat KANYE WEST!!
I got so much chips they call me Hewlett Packard
Lyrics :
Uh Huh (no homo) Young Mula Baby
I said he so sweet make her wanna lick the wrapper
remix baby
lollipop lollipop breasts is just like Dolly Parton
she ride my spaceship til she hit the top
that hit the spot
til she ask how many li-li-licks do it take til she get to shop
don’t worry while my wrist got so freeze
tell a girl like doritos thats nacho cheese
tell her friends like fritos I’m trying to lay
I can only have one and I ain’t trying to wait
this a song with Wayne so you know its gon melt
but you aint finna murder it like everybody else
I’ma rap like I got some type respect for myself
I don’t do it for my health man I do it for the belt
man I do it to the death til the roof get melt
that degrees drop the roof so the coupe don’t melt
man I flow so cold you can sue won’t help
we need 4 more hoes we need oh-whoa-whoa-oh
you know what it is when we outta town
we ballin 2-6 and you outta bounds
http://www.newlilwayne.com
so come here baby girl
you’re now fuckin with the best in the world
lollipop
the best in the world (Sh-sh-she lick me like a lollipop)
world, world (Sh-sh-she lick me like a lollipop)
CHORUS:
Shawty wanna thug
Bottles in the club
Shawty wanna hump
Ya know i’d like to touch ya lovely lady lumps
( Repeat 2x )
[Verse 2: Lil Wayne]
shawty say she wanna lick the wrapper
and she gonna lick the rapper
and I just wanna act like a porno-flicking actor
I don’t eat the bacon now she caught up in the rapper
I got so much chips I swear they call me Hewlett-Packard
I got so much chips you can have a bag if you’re a snacker
greedy mother fudge cake
now tell me how that fudge taste
I do it for blood’s sake she will think its voodoo hot
roof di-di-dissipate your girl wants to participate
she so so sophisticate cuz her brain is off the chain
and then my diamonds are in the choir because they sang from off my chain
and my nina just joined the gang because all she do is bang
like Ricky Martin when it
Kanye pick your poison if
that woman wanna cut
then tell her I am Mr. Ointment
http://www.newlilwayne.com
tell her make an appointment
with Mr. I-can’t-make-an-appointment
take my lollipop and enjoy it
remix
CHORUS:
Shawty wanna thug
Bottles in the club
shawty wanna hump
and you know i wanna touch ya lovely lady lumps
( Repeat 2x )
why would she she probably be
the I cookie in the plastic bag
http://www.newlilwayne.com
about to get crushed by a building
I’ve flushed out the feeling of
me being a shit
cuz I was leaving skid marks on
everywhere I sit
I am everywhere I’m it
like hide n go
and I can go anywhere
eeny meeny miney mo
I’m in yo
neighborhood area
CD thing tapedeck iPod
your girlfriend and she say I got great sex
safe sex is great sex
better wear a latex
cuz you don’t want that late text
that “I think I’m late” text hehe
so wrap it up
bu- bu- but he so sweet sh- she wanna lick the rapper
CHORUS:
Shawty wanna thug
Bottles in the club
shawty wanna hump
you know I’d like to touch ya lovely lady lumps
re-re-re-remix baby
li-lick me like a lollipop
she she lick me like a lollipop (lollipop)
she she lick me like a lollipop (lollipop)
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KING Legacy: Nasir Jones
In part one of our first-ever Legacy Q&A, God’s Son raps with our Senior Editor Thomas Golianopoulos about his eyebrow-raising new album, his heroes and the reason he dissed Tiger Woods.
NAS HAS AWFUL HANDWRITING—as in doctor’s-handwriting awful. I know this because, while he’s getting a haircut in another room, I’m down the hall snooping through a pad and some loose papers. It’s Nasir Jones’ book of rhymes.
There’s a title at the top of a page: “Memories of a Project.” It sounds fake—something off one of those bogus track listings that “leak” onto the Internet months before an album’s release date. But there are lyrics scrawled below the title—not that I can read them. I can only make out half a bar, “My skid-row barrio.”
I’m about to look closer, but I hear a voice booming from the hallway. “Come with me/Hail Mary, nigga run quick, see.” Nas strolls into the studio still reciting 2Pac, of course, over-enunciating the last syllable of every half bar, and takes a seat.
We’re at Westlake Studios on Beverly Boulevard, about two blocks from the Beverly Center, hangout to L.A.’s upper-middle-class mallrats. These are the dungeons of rap circa 2008. It’s where Michael Jackson recorded Thriller in 1982. It’s where Nas recorded his new album. The title? Yes, that word. Yes, ending with an “er.” It’s provocative, ambitious and kind of a risky move.
Today Nas will address the new album, but in the inaugural KING Legacy Q&A, he also tackles his entire 17-year career: the feuds with Biggie, 2Pac and Jay-Z; It Was Written; his overzealous fans; “Ether”; success; and “Success.” And the answer to the million-dollar question: Is he the greatest of all time?
The hot rumor is that Def Jam will drop you if you don’t change the album title. Any legs to that?
Somebody told me that [one] about me getting dropped. That sounds funny, though. I guess that just stays a rumor. But I enjoy those rumors too, because that means there’s fear.
What will it say about the record industry if Def Jam drops you, 10 albums deep, over a single word?
That starts a revolution. It sparks something within the hip-hop community, within the streets, within the people outside the streets. It raises an eyebrow to the situation, you know? Nobody wants to deal with the word “nigger,” because what comes with the word “nigger” is a whole history where you show so much injustice, and you show so much that has not been fixed yet. So it’s a scary thing. But it’s also uncomfortable when I’m dealing with it. Like, no one can tell me what to do. None of the black leaders, none of these motherfuckers, record companies, none of them can tell me what to do. Because you can’t stop what I want to do, you understand?
Do you remember the first time you were discriminated against because you were black?
The first time I opened up a Superman comic book. The first time I saw Flashdance, with the light-skinned, beautiful bitch who’s chasing after some white cat, which…I don’t have nothing against interracial relationships—love ’em, actually.
Wait. On “These Are Our Heroes,” you mentioned Tiger Woods…
A lot of times, when people look at me, they look too deep into it. Tiger Woods standing up for this white lady who said something about him being lynched is a coon move to me. God bless the brother. I like to see him doing his thing, but that’s a flaw to his character. That’s an issue I would have with Tiger Woods; not who he is married to. I don’t even know who he’s married to.
I’m asking because you shouted out him, Cuba Gooding Jr. and Taye Diggs. They’re all married to white women.
I saw Cuba Gooding do a hand spin or some shit on an awards show—that’s very coonish to me. I can’t remember what Taye Diggs did, but I didn’t know he was married to a white woman. You know who my hero is? Richard Pryor. He was married seven times. My favorite wife of his is Debra, one of the white girls.
Who else were your heroes?
Muhammad Ali, Malcolm X, John Lennon, Bob Dylan, Yoko Ono.
Yoko?
Love her.
Why Yoko?
How could you not love Yoko?
She broke up the Beatles.
That was a great thing, ’cause then she gave us “Give Peace a Chance,” “Imagine.” When John Lennon left the Beatles, he was able to do that shit.
OK, on to your music. I’m not making this up: On the flight from New York, the person next to me asked why I was going to L.A. I said, “I’m interviewing Nas.” She said, and I paraphrase, “I like Nas, except when he rapped like he was a drug kingpin.”
Oh, that’s great, man. If you have a catalog, you go back to certain records guys did, and one record is for [one] crowd, another record is for another crowd. It shouldn’t all be the same thing; it should be all different dimensions of yourself. I was talking about coke on my first album because that’s what I was around. On the second album, you had to take it to the next level—that Escobar lifestyle with the hot shoes; a nigga was dressing up the way I always wanted to be. I kept it thorough with who I was. A lot of fans aren’t into gangster rap. They are going to listen to shit they like, and that’s cool.
Do your longtime fans have unrealistic standards for you?
I like to hear somebody else say it, ’cause I know I’m not crazy. Yeah, man, I got the craziest, most hard-core fans in the game, and I love them, man. I’m human and I show you that. I wear that on my sleeve. I’m honest to a fault most of the time. And if they hear you being honest about one thing, they think that’s all you are. Then you might touch on something else, and it’s, “Hey, what’s going on?” And they don’t really know. It’s like, I’m here recording, giving you guys a piece of me. I’m giving motherfuckers little bits and pieces of me.
If you stray from anything you did on Illmatic, it’s, “How dare you?”
That’s not me no more. If Preme got a track that I feel can fit on my shit, great. If Large Professor got a track that I feel can fit on my shit, great. But we did our project together. We done that.
Did you know that It Was Written would alienate your core fans?
I knew when we recorded “If I Ruled the World” that a lot of people were going to be thrown way off. That was the whole challenge of it. If you didn’t feel nervous in your gut, then you were bullshitting yourself. At that point, everyone was doing Illmatic. People were sounding like me also. So with that, it was, “Now, let me do something they can’t do.”
Did you doubt Steve Stoute’s vision for your career?
Nah, that was the whole point. When we met, it was both of our decision to take on the world. We needed to step into the million-dollar bracket now, and that’s what we did together, along with TrackMasters. Everybody else had a squad, a team. The players in the game at that time were Puff and Biggie, RZA and Wu-Tang, Dr. Dre and Death Row. It only made sense for us to come together. Steve used to say that I’m scared of success. We would be doing stuff top of the world, and I would be like, “Nah, man, that’s too much.” I was straight out the projects. I wasn’t used to dealing with these industry folks. I wasn’t with it.
What did he want you to do?
Just go kill the game. That’s not what I wanted to do. I done seen my pops come up and do his music thing and have his life. Around that time, people like Mase started to become really big, a lot of people were becoming really big, and it all seemed phony to me. I felt like I could maintain. I watched Scarface’s career at the time, and he was doing a million off the underground, the streets. It was like the way I grew up listening to N.W.A., the streets, no radio. It started to get too big for me. The second album, the third album, it was starting to get too big.
Did you make bad decisions artistically?
Nah, I was holding it down. I would do a Primo track, “Nas Is Like,” for the lead single and then come with “Hate Me Now.” I was playing the game, but there were other parts of the game that I had to play. I wasn’t trying to show up for nothing—endorsements, tours. You couldn’t put a gun to my head and make me tour.
Check back on Thursday for part two of KING’s Q&A to hear Nas’s opinions on Jay-Z and Biggie and his answer to the question, “Do you think you’re the best ever?”
mercredi 30 avril 2008
Busta Rhymes ( New Crazy Videos)
Busta Rhymes - Don't Touch Me
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Em & Royce back on a track
BREAKING: Eminem And Royce Da 5'9" Squash Beef
Detroit’s two most prominent emcees, Royce Da 5’9” and Eminem, have officially resolved their longstanding differences.
“I been talking to Em,” Royce revealed to HipHopDX.com exclusively today. “I didn’t even really wanna tell nobody [yet]. That was kinda like a secret thing. I don’t really know where it’s gonna go. Right now we’re just really focusing on repairing the friendship. That’s the most important thing to me.”
And what did the two old friends discuss in their first conversation in years? Not music, says Royce, “We just been talking about intangible shit like movies, our favorite movies, just realizing how much shit we always had in common. That first conversation we had we talked for like two hours, just about everything. We did a lot of catching up.”
What the two original “Renegades” have rumored to have newly in common is a reunion track produced by DJ Premier, but Royce explains that a new recording session between the two has yet to take place. “We haven’t really spoken in-depth [yet] about anything creative,” says Royce. “That session hasn’t happened yet. He told me he had some of the best shit recorded right now that he’s ever done in his life. I ain’t even got a chance to get with him to hear it yet. He ain’t heard what I got [new], and I ain’t heard what he got [new]. That’s kinda like what our friendship is, it’s always been real competitive. It’s always been that we motivate each other. And I think we at a point in our careers where we both need that.”
Em and Royce’s long overdue reconciliation was ironically initiated by one of Slim Shady’s newest rhyme partners taking shots at one of his oldest. “The Cashis thing was like a blessing,” says Royce of the recently released video interview wherein which Cashis threatens Royce over alleged insults made about Eminem. “That [situation] is what got me and Em [back] together. That’s why I didn’t really [address Cashis' comments]. He was just talking, not knowing who he talking about. I wasn’t gonna move [on him] until I found out what Em’s thoughts were [on the situation]. We done been through too much.”
Royce’s current feelings about Eminem’s newest protégé are thankfully all positive. “My thoughts on Cashis is I don’t have no problem with him,” says Royce. “I think he felt he was doing good. He felt like he was ridin’ for Em. But I’m just glad it didn’t get to [be beef]. So if I see Cashis, I’ll show him nothing but love because Em vouched for him. He told me that Cashis said he was sorry, and I can’t really say nothing after that.”
Since squashing that potential beef via his reconciliation with Eminem, Royce has been hard at work putting the finishing touches on his highly anticipated next mixtape, The Bar Exam 2, hosted by Green Lantern, as well as his two forthcoming full-length releases, The Revival and Street Hop, both executive produced by DJ Premier. With all that on deck, Royce is sure to be a force to be reckoned with in ’08. “Trust me, man, it’s ‘bout to be crazy,” he aptly notes. “I’ma call [Eminem] today. I’ma stay on him and once we past… As soon as the creative part gets back into our relationship, I don’t know what’s gonna happen. I felt like I never had beef with him. It was more of a falling out between two brothers. It was just two brothers not speaking to each other for a minute. But now we speaking again. So sky’s the limit on what’s gonna happen from there.”
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Eminem and Dj Premier , what you know about that?
New Eminem Produced By DJ Premier???
Back in the 90’s it seemed that in order to be somebody you couldn’t possibly do an album without the legendary DJ Premier stamping his trademark production. From Nas to Jay-Z and everyone in between, a DJ Premier track made every artist worth talking about official. These days, those calls have dwindled as the younger crop of emcees have opted to go another route while Premier nurtures a new batch of emcees.
But there’s one person that needs that extra punch to make his comeback official and he picked up the phone to make that call…
Marshall Mathers aka Slim Shady aka Eminem
"I just got a call from Eminem," Primo revealed exclusively to HipHopDX.
The song, titled “Keys To The City,” will indeed be on Eminem’s upcoming album (possibly leaked as the street single) and will be the first time Slim Shady will put his signature flow over a DJ Premier backdrop.
“It’s a song that he actually produced and he wasn’t crazy about the track,” Premier says as he recalls the conversation between he and Em. “(I told him) as long as I can strip it clean and do what I do with your vocals it will be dope,” and the final result according to Premier? “It’s dope!”
The former Gangstarr producer explained that he thought the initial song Eminem did with his own production was great but Eminem called, wanting that “DJ Premier sound.”
But how exactly will the two sound together?
“Man…Eminem is back,” Premier continues. “He attacked the track with a new style, just fucking ridiculous, kind of like how he came with ‘The Way I Am’ but even more lyrical like the old Eminem.”
With a legend like DJ Premier saying that the song is “ridiculous” what more can you expect? Be on the lookout for “Keys To The City” off of the as-yet-titled Eminem album dropping this year.
lundi 10 mars 2008
The Game quitte la cellule après 8 jours seulement et épargne ses 100 000 dollars
The Game is out of jail after serving just eight days out of a possible 60, TMZ has just learned.The rapper -- real name Jayceon Taylor -- walked out of Twin Towers Correctional Facility, according to his lawyer Shawn Chapman Holley, after serving less than a fifth of his sentence for pleading no contest to a felony charge of possession of a firearm in a school zone.
Steve Whitmore, L.A. County Sheriff's Department spokesperson, tells us The Game was released early due to overcrowding.
vendredi 7 mars 2008
Street niggas making Big Money now
Laughing Straight to the Bank
Posted by Drew Ricketts on Thursday, March 6th, 2008 at 2:44 pm.
Ha..ha-ha-ha-ha-haaaa. The Wall Street Journal reports that the top richest per cent of America just got even wealthier. What this means for those of us who are not hundred-millionaires is that our tax burden just got a little lighter. Whew. Hip-hop moguls and go-getters have also made being rich the new black. When reached for comment, several of the super-rich were visibly happy.
Others were not so happy because their income brackets had not shifted. Toying with new strategies for selling records, marrying rich and buying out the bar has not yielded the same capital gains for some.
Still, the music industry is a comeback story waiting to happen. Digital sales and sponsorship means new money for any rapper willing to “do him.” Fat Joe gave his take on the explosive nature of a ringtone single like his “Make It Rain.”
“Got a handful of stacks better grab an umbrella…ahhh…genius hides behind these rolls of neck fat. I mean, what do I say? I’m pleased. I decided to recreate the magic for Elephant in the Room by writing Crack House with Weezy in mind. One out of two ain’t bad…” Joe then pulled out and flipped a stack of ones claiming he had a business meeting in a few minutes.
Fat Joe appears courtesy of Bacardi
If anything, some folks were ready to make adjustments now that all the money is drifting uphill. Lil Wayne is now charging one million dollars for a guest verse. He explains, “Weezy Baby…they call me Young Baby…my money 360, you only 180: half! Yezzir!”
For him to be quoted for this piece, he demanded an up-front payment and no cameras were allowed. His manager had this to say: “Wayne is a commodity in a deflated market. The mortgage crisis is peanuts compared to what Hip-Hop would be without the Best Rapper Alive, the Rapper Eater…We are responding with the best tactics we can. No more songs with R&B singers not named Usher. Inflation had us going a little crazy…blessing Trey Songz with a verse. Two thousand dollar a day drug habits don’t exactly fund themselves. We’ll be doing things a bit differently ongoing.”
Rap stardom stretches well beyond radio and record sales. Flavor Flav, Snoop Dogg, Salt n’ Pepa and Reverend Run have all used television shows based on their lives to create new buzz and, more importantly, plenty of ad dollars. Flavor Flav will be endorsing a new brand of toothpaste for sensitive gold teeth. Reverend Run has plans for a new megachurch in the Atlanta area, sure to bring celebrity followers. Snoop Dogg has already bankrolled his own flavored rolling papers, rims, adult film series, cars and dog toys but hopes to add a bath and linens line at Wal-Mart and other major retailers.
“It’s for those times when you need to put a towel under the doorway for some privacy. Having kids can really blow a high so I stress privacy in my household. I know a lot of Americans be in the same position. Plus, imagine blue velvet towels hanging off yo muthaf*cking towel rack nephew. Can you say classy?”
For the failed entrepreneurs, there was also a sigh of relief. Not having to keep up with the likes of Diddy, Hov, Russell and Lyor has made living a little easier for them. Damon Dash has talked openly about slowing the pace in the next decade.
“When you enjoy that kind of come-up, there’s nothing left to do but go down. It’s more exciting. I love new challenges. I used to be a Cake-a-holic by my own admission. Now, I’m a Life-a-holic. I’m high on life, and I’ve seen enough to know the opportunities will always be there.” Dash says his plans for expansion include a hot dog stand in his former Harlem neighborhood as well as a stint on Donald Trump’s Celebrity Apprentice.
Dash: I can still live off of my wife’s clothing line.
But the real winners in all this could arguably be Koch Records. Execs at Koch have turned into the bottom-feeders in a world full of broke rappers with high profiles. Koch has changed its motto to reflect the market saying “Where there’s bankruptcy, there’s money to be made” and airing nonstop commercial blocks targeting rappers without a home. Founder Michael Koch is proud of their acquisitions and the flexibility they allow. “Someone buys a sh*tty rap record every 2 minutes…why shouldn’t it be a Koch sh*tty rap record?” Telling words from a wise man. The rich get richer.
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les soldats US en irak
putain laisse tomber koi, NONN!!!! pas le chien!!! putain!!!
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Jimmy Iovine drops some music industry science
Have you ever wondered what it's like in the executive suites of the major labels? The fast thinking that goes on there, the lightning-quick decisions that get made, the sheer mental power that's exhibited every time one of the handsomely paid people at the top opens their mouth? Well, get ready to get disappointed! The above video is a 20-minute interview with Interscope/Geffen/A&M chairman Jimmy Iovine, and throughout, the bigwig not only looks like he needs some extra coffee, he accuses ungrateful artists of wanting to emulate Shaggy and calls will.i.am a "genius." For those of you who would rather watch outtakes of the Gene Simmons sex tape than slog through the whole thing, I've compiled a few highlights after the jump!
On how the record industry has failed
"This business has never had a relationship with its customer."
On stoking hopefuls' needs
"It's not hard to get a record deal. The heat has to come with it. It has to be really, really good ... or someone has to believe it's really, really good."
On the present-day nature of the business
"The reason why music is in trouble on the Internet is 'cause it's the best app, 'cause it flows through that thing like water."
On the future of the business
"Whatever it is, there'll be someone to organize it and put it together, and it'll be called a record company."
On staying current with his label's priorities
"Four million people watched Soulja Boy." (NB: The official "Crank That" video currently has 32 million-plus views.)
On who should take the blame when an album flops
"The hardest thing for any artist to do is look in the mirror and say [the reason for the album flopping] was me.... Everybody wants to be Shaggy and say, 'It wasn't me.' .... 'My album was great, it wasn't me, it was that building.'"
On why albums do flop
"A lot of times, the music's stupid."
On the soul-crushing sameness of present-day rock radio
"If you put on alternative radio, the guitars sound exactly the same ... a lot of people blame the record companies for that, but it's not the record companies. It's got to do with the lack of imagination that we're going through right now in certain areas of music, and kids think they're supposed to copy things on television, or on the Internet."
On that note, the current musicians who Iovine thinks are geniuses
Pharrell, Timbaland, Dr. Dre, Akon, and the "still not on the Billboard 200 despite everyone else getting a Grammy bump" will.i.am. (So wait, is it always the music that's stupid, then?)
