New Video: Just Blaze Talks Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles Video Game

Taste-maker and heavy-weight hip hop producer Just Blaze is always working on the coolest projects. His newest contributions include lending his skills to help the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles in the new game "TMNT: Out Of The Shadows" from Activision.

If you're up for a little light reading, check out this cool article on HipHopDX where Just Blaze goes into further detail about creating music for the "TMNT: Out Of The Shadows" video game, which drops near the end of this month.

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New Joint: "Shout The Winners Out" - Duck Down All Stars 2 Feat. Skyzoo, Smif N Wessun & Pharaoh Monch

Duck Down All-Stars 2 "Shout The Winners Out" by duckdown

Just the other day, 2K Sports released NBA 2K12. It features new music from Skyzoo, Smif N Wessun and Pharoahe Monch entitled “Shout the Winners Out” produced by !llmind.

Ice Cube Lends His Voice Acting Talents To TreyArch For Release Of CoD: Black Ops

Entertainment mogul and artist entrepreneur Ice Cube has lent his voice acting talents to video game designer TreyArch for the highly anticipated game release of Call of Duty: Black Ops. Ice Cube also has music featured on the games soundtrack.

The marketing team at Ice Cube's enterprise do a master job to keep the rap artist/actor & film maker working on successful projects.

Indie Rap Artist Illecism Releases New Track Entitled "Akira" [Free Download]

New track "Akira" from Illecism: http://www.mediafire.com/?wt9k16n3uoyq58w

Illecism's upcoming Molotov mixtape, "Coinstar," will be released on 11-13-2010. You can download the mixtape from illthy.com on the 13th and receive a bonus rack from the Molotov mixtape for free download as well.

Check out Illecism's "Coinstar"

Also, if you haven't already heard Illecism's "Fly High Friday's" then here is the video for Rufio & Illecism's "Captain Save A Flow"


Thee rest of Illecism's Fly High Friday releases can be found @ www.weareflyhigh.com

Hip Hop Producer 9th Wonder To Score New Line Of NBA Video Games

EA Sports is changing the titles from NBA Live to NBA Elite for their line up of National Basketball League franchise video games. The video game developer has tapped the talents of acclaimed hip hop producer 9th Wonder.

By working on a project of this calibur, producer 9th Wonder significant increases his income by adding another revenue stream from outside the norm. These other streams of revenue from outside projects such as; selling beats or earning royalties from music, are absolutely essential to achieving a successful career in the rap music business.

Rappers Drake and Ice-T Added To Cast Of Voice Actos For "Gears of War 3"

A great way for rap artists to stay in the in entertainment industry is by branching outside of the rap music business into other lucrative opportunities.

Take for example voice acting in video games. Next year's highly anticipated video game release, "Gears Of War 3" which is scheduled to be released by Microsoft's Xbox 360 in 2011, will include two rappers casted as characters.Legendary west-coast rapper/actor Ice-T has landed the role of "Griffin", which is the lead character of the extremely popular game trilogy. One of hip hop's freshest rising stars, Drake is also casted for a significant role in the "Gears of War 3" game.While acting is nothing new to either of these rappers, voice acting for this game will be an impressive addition to their resumes. Drake came up on the show "Degrassi" and Ice-T has starred in many movies over the years. Ice T is also a mian character on the TV series "Law & Order:Special Victims Unit".

What do you think about these two rappers joining the cast of voice actors for this video game?

Eminem Track Used By Microsoft Xbox360 Commercial For C.O.D. Modern Warfare 2

"Til I Collapse" written and performed by Eminem featuring Nate Dogg is from the album "the Eminem Show". This particular track is used here to promote the new blockbuster game Call Of Duty Modern Warfare 2 by the Xbox360 of Microsoft Corporation.

Having the funds to properly market this already highly anticipated game, it's no surprise Microsoft decided to use an Eminem song to promote their new million dollar baby. The rap superstar has an unmistakable voice, catching viewers attention instantly. I know this.

How, you ask ? I just so happen to be sitting in the living room, working on my laptop, when I heard the rap artist's song coming from a TV commercial. It caught my attention immediately, considering the last TV commercial I saw which featured an Eminem track was for the iPod by Apple, who wound up getting sued and settling out of court with the rapper's music publishing company.

For more details on that, check out my article on the subject: 8 Mile Style Lawsuit Against Apple

Hopefully Microsoft acquired the proper synchronization license, or else they are going to run into some legal trouble. What do you think ? Leave your two cents.

50 Cents Dips Back Into The Video Game Market With C.O.D. Modern Warefare 2

The rap music business mogul has lent his voice to the new blockbuster game Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2. Curtis Jackson is no stranger to the video game world, having already released his very own video game entitled "Bullet Proof", featuring himself as the main character. The game also brought the release of new music (at the time) as the soundtrack, which included tracks released by 50's G-Unit Records imprint.

With a new record release, more video game voice overs and prominent movie roles, the entrepreneur continues to profit from his efforts inside and out of the entertainment industries. I made a post not long ago about 50's new brand of cologne, and before that there was another post about his book venture "The 50th Law" with noted author Robert Greene.

50 sure knows how to pick the project, not all successful mind you, his efforts to pay off large when they do, which is quite often. Modern Warfare 2 is a game that is currently breaking sales records and boasting great reviews, quite possibly could be named the game of the year by critics. Even to be associated with such a project is a great result.

Choosing the right business ventures can be incredibly tricky, especially for artist entrepreneurs trying to break through the music industry. 50 Cent has proven over time that he can pick good ventures to associate himself with. The man is a business beast, period.