Flo Rida To Release A Double Disc Album For Next Project

After touring all over the world with the success of such number one hit singles as "Low" and "Right Round", Flo Rida is getting back in the studio to record his new album. Only this time, he's dropping two.

Disc one: Only One Flo
Disc Two: Only One Rida

Guest appearances on the album feature: Ludacris, Lil Wayne, Gucci Man and a R&B group named IMG recently signed to Flo Rida's label.

The double disc release has been done before and has worked for many rappers. Off the top I'm thinking 2pac and Outkast. Does Flo Rida have the goods to pull it off? Time will tell, but for now this blogger will not count him out!

Most Paid For Digital-Download, Song of the Decade According To SoundScan

Flo Rida's smash hit single "Low" feat. T Pain is the single most paid for digitally downloaded song in the past decade of internet pirates and media content junkies (i.e. your average music fan).

"Low", the first single released by Flo Rida upon his emergence in the rap music business, quickly made the rapper famous. It also made him rich, the song was one of the most popular ringtones which was purchased and digitally downloaded by millions of music fans directly to their mobile phones.

What do you think about Flo Rida's fast rise to success in the music industry ? Will he fall off, or continue to ball ? Right now the rap artist is on top of the world, having released seven seperate singles in the passed three years, and seeing most of them hit number one on the Billboard Hot 100 Charts.

There's lots of money out there selling rap music, especially when you begin to re-invent ways of marketing directly to your fans. Flo Rida is the prime example of a rap artist who concentrated on creating popular music, putting on exciting performances and satisfying the fans taste for a new sound in hip hop.
Here's the single most paid-for-downloaded song of the decade ya'll !

Big Week for Hip Hop On The Billboard

HIP HOP AIN'T GOING ANY WHERE !

At least that's what I yell at anyone who questions hip hop's future, or rap music's successful status in the music industry. You can't argue with the stats when they come out, so here it is, this week's top 10 on the Billboard hot 100 charts...

1. Black Eyed Peas - "Boom Boom Pow" *
2. Lady GaGa - "Poker Face" (yes, still !)
3. Jamie Foxx featuring T Pain - "Blame It" *
4. Pitbull - "I Know You Want Me (Calle Ocho)" *
5. Kid Cudi - "Day N Nite" *
6. Beyonce - "Halo" *
7. 3OH!3 - "Don't Trust Me" ~
8. Flo Rida featuring Wynter - "Sugar" *
9. Jeremih - "Birthday Sex" *
10. Soulja Boy Tell em featuring Sammie - "Kiss Me Thru The Phone" *

The *'s mark the 8/10 songs on the top 10 that I think are hip hop/urban music. That's a pro dominant 80% of hip hop presence in the top 10 ! What I also got from this was learning of a new music duo from Colorado.

I had to look up the 7th listing, "Don't Trust Me" by 3OH!3 on YouTube just to hear the track for the first time. It wasn't half bad actually it was pretty f'in hilarious when I watched some of the video while listening to the song. Check it out for your self and let me know what you think. I thought it was decent enough.

Anyway the whole point of this rant is hip hop continues to run shit in the main stream music sector. It's the most competitive genre during these times in my opinion, due to the fact that hip hop culture is fun and right now during rough times everyone can use some fun. Music is fun that's why there are so many hip hop/rap artists today as the number continues to sky rocket (believe me, I've dug deep into the depths of the million of hip hop producers and rap artist's MySpace pages).

Everybody wants to rap, live breath and love hip hop, it's a fun culture. It is a permanent fixture of entertainment, in our movies, TV shows, mags and video games. Plus if you are talented or even an entertaining artist that can be related to by millions, you can build a profitable music business.

That's the beauty of the hip hop world, I think, it promotes self improvement, success and good quality of life. At least that is the impression that I get when I look at a Billboard top 10 that is pro dominantly 80% HIP HOP MUSIC ! We aint going anywhere baby, HIP HOP WE IN HERE !

Hip Hop's Billboard Dominance

Check out this week's Billboard Hot 100 Charts, specifically the top 5. What do you notice ?

http://www.billboard.com/bbcom/charts/chart_display.jsp?JSESSIONID=XMw9JhvPGJpByp51n1HQ0dS13f6nnmfhDl5ppfQhGvf8Jy02pkjJ!654684368&g=Singles&f=The+Billboard+Hot+100

HIP HOP'S DOMINATION !!!

After just 3 weeks on the charts, Flo Rida's newest single"Right Round" has peeked at the number 1 spot, jumping from 58th last week. "Dead and Gone" by T.I. featuring Justin Timberlake has jumped from the 9th spot to 2nd overall during it's 11th week on the charts. The momentum of "Crack A Bottle" by Eminem featuring Dr.Dre and 50 cent has slowed considerably, dropping from the top spot to number 3 in it's 5th week on the Billboard. Still hanging on in the 4th spot is "Heartless", the follow up single to "Love Lock down" by Kanye West, which has been on the charts for 15 straight weeks now.

Aside from Lady GaGa's catchy dance hit "Just Dance" featuring Colby O'Donis which in it's 28th week and currently sits at number 5 on the Billboard charts, the top spots are all being held by hip hop/rap artists. That's pretty one-sided, don't you think ?

Now I am hip hop/rap music through and through, that's my preference. Although thinking about it, something is seriously wrong in the music business (which we have known for quite some time already). While the Billboard charts show us which songs are the most popular, most played and earn the most money, the variety of the Billboard's music pallet seems to be lacking even more then usual.

On a side note, this has been a great week for the label Atlantic Records. This is the third time in the label's history that they have been able to simultaneously secure the top 2 spots on the Billboard charts. (Flo Rida's "Right Round" and T.I. feat. Justin Timberlake "Dead and Gone").

Peep both of these tracks/videos...

"Right Round" - Flo Rida
http://www.musicloversgroup.com/flo-rida-right-round-lyrics-and-video/
"Dead and Gone" - T.I. feat. Justin Timberlake
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ENpeiakUnu4