New Video: 106 & Park The Backroom (Freestyle) - Shad

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Check out this really cool video of Canadian hip hop artist Shad repping Canada proudly with such a great lyrical freestyle on BET's 106 & Park The Backroom. All I have to say is DAMN!

Perhaps one of the most under-rated and slept on emcee's in all of Canada, if not all of hip-hop is Shad out of London, Ontario. Believe me, I don't say shit like that lightly, and I am aware that such a claim or statement is just a seed for a great debate of the best lyricists in hip hop. That being said, there is no denying that Shad is a lyrical genius who doesn't get enough credit.

Connect with Shad online: http://www.shadk.com | Facebook | @shadkmusic

*Yet another post that Eternal-Cadence beat me to. Thanks guys!*

New Video: Talib Kweli Freestyles on 106 & Park's The Backroom

The always dope and always relevant Talib Kweli recently paid a visit to BET's 106 & Park where he tore it up with this ridiculous freestyle in The Backroom.

Links: http://www.talibkweli.com | @TalibKweli | Facebook | YouTube

New Video: "The Back Room (Freestyle)" - Tito Lopez

Tito Lopez kills this. The "black guy with the spanish name" drops a disgustingly dope freestyle on BET's "The Back Room". Nothing else to say except: press play.

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New Video: "#MystikalMonday Episode 9 - Behind BET's 2012 Hip Hop Cypher"

Mystikal is an old school cat who brings an original flavour that is still unmatched by today's standards. An artist from the era of the Flava Flav's and Old Dirty Bastards' style of energy and performance, Mystikal continues to grind and stay relevant in the rap music business.

On episode 9 of his weekly #MystikalMonday video series, Mystikal takes us behind the scenes of the 2012 BET Hip Hop cypher, where he jumps into the circle with rising artists Mac Miller, Hopsin, and School Boy Q. DJ Premier and Stephen Hill also share some words on Mystikal's performance.

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New Video: Mac Miller 106 & Park Backroom Freestyle

No description needed, I think the title says it all really. Kicking it with DJ Clockwork, Mac Miller drops a freebie for all the fans watching on BET.

Eternia Featured on BET's Follow Friday (Video)

Check out Eternia in action on BET's Follow Friday series. In this clip, the dope female emcee from Canada discusses her start in the rap music business and how far she has come. She also drops a few bars of food for thought, Enjoy.

Hip Hop Group Trillogy Performing Live At B.E.T Music Matters Showcase, July 12th

Trillogy will be performing at B.E.T Music Matters showcase, this Tuesday july 12th. Watch as they perform live at Club Drom located at 85 Avenue A New York, NY at 7:30 pm! Independent hip hop group Trillogy continues to impress, landing high profile gigs and showcases and putting out quality joints and music videos.

Above is the music video for Trillogy's recent drop "Winner" which is Produced and Directed by Slick Jackson and GFCNY.

Rotimi's performance on BET 106 and Park Spotlight Plus New Single "Best Thing"

Check out singer, songwriter, actor, Rotimi in his live performance on BET 106 and Park Spotlight on May 25th, 2011. Also, download the new joint from Rotimi entitled "Best Thing", a rendition of Miguel's hit single, "Sure Thing".

Purchase Rotimi`s album "Beautiful Music" here:
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Trevante Releases Official Music Video For Debut Single "Be My Girl"

Check out the official music video release for the debut single "Be My Girl" from up and coming R&B artist Trevante. YOU can vote for this video, which is currently climbing the charts on BET's 106 & Park count down. Download the R&B radio jam "Be My Girl" by Trevante.

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Rap Recording Artist Bun B Makes Special Appearance On 106 & Park

The trillest of the trill was live on 106 and park on BET this week, and he had some great advice for the young people. Check out how professional Bun B is in the interview, this is how it's done

Jay-Z Scores Most B.E.T. Award Nominations In It's History

Rap music business mogul Jay-Z has been nominated for ten BET Awards, which is the highest number of nominations for any artist in the history of the BET Awards show. With nominations for "Lyricist of the Year" and "Best Live Performer", Jay-Z stands in a great position to take home atleast a few of this years awards.

Drake, Nicki Minaj, Lil Wayne, Eminem, Busta Rhymes, B.O.B., Rick Ross, Diddy, J. Cole, and others (including the Hip Hop giant AllHipHop.com) are all nominated for awards also. Hosted by Comedic-Actor Mike Epps, The BET Awards show will be broadcast on October 12th.

2010 BET Award Nominations Officially Announced, Jay-Z Leads All Artists & Justin Bieber Got Nominated?

The list of nominees for the 2010 BET Awards have now been officially been announced. The annual awards show will take place on Sunday June 27th in Los Angeles. Hosted by Queen Latifah, the impressive list of young performers includes: Drake, Nicki Minaj and Trey Songz.

Ahead of the pack of nominee's is heavy weight rap superstar Jay-Z. Here is Jay-Z's list of BET Award nominations.
Viewers Choice Nominees
Jay-Z Ft. Alicia Keys “Empire State of Mind”

Best Male Hip Hop Artist:
B.o.B.
Drake
Fabolous
Jay-Z
Ludacris

Video of the Year:
Jay-Z Ft. Alicia Keys “Empire State of Mind”
Jay-Z Ft. Kanye West & Rihanna “Run This Town”
(2 nominations in one category is pretty impressive)

What I can't seem to figure out is how the hell Justin Bieber got a nomination for the Black Entertainment Television awards. Can someone please explain this to me?

It's all in love though, you can't hate on Justin Bieber. The young Canadian pop star is tearing up the music business right now. This kid uploads a video on YouTube and it gets over a million views in one day! Little man got them social media skills I guess (haha).

Winners of BET's 2009 Hip Hop Awards

What do you think y'all, did I call it or bunk it ? It's time to see if any of my predictions came true. This post is strictly my opinion on the award winners, and who I think should have won.

Verizon People's Champ Award: Fabulous
Song: "Throw It In The Bag" feat. Dream

Fab wins by popular vote. Out of all the nominee's, I think Fab deserved the recognition, good pick by the people.

Best Hip Hop Collabo: T.I. and Rihanna
Song: "Live Your Life"

This award was no contest, the track between T.I. and Rihanna tore up the charts all year long.

Best Live Performer: Jay-Z

Some of my boys just caught the Jay-Z shows up here in Canada (London and Toronto), and they said his live performance is unmatched. When it comes to being a performer, Jigga really puts it down for his music fans.

Lyricist of the Year: Jay-Z

I think Jay-Z is always equipped with that lyric-wit. Seriously though, how do you not give Eminem this award ? Relapse was filled with clever rhymes schemes and incredibly intelligent lyrics from the mastermind himself, who somehow was over looked for this award. Good for Jigga though, who also brings deep thoughtful lyrics to the track.

Video Director of The Year: Hype Williams

Nobody can argue with this one. All other nominee's have artistically created some cool videos, but Hype Williams is the visionary that deserves this win.

Producer of the Year: Kanye West

Some great producers were nominated in this category. Cool and Dre, Tha Bizness, Ron Brownz and T Pain all brought the heat when it came to the beats, but still the award goes to 'Ye who produced a string of successful hits this year.

Rookie of the Year: Drake (called it.)

This kid had an amazing run this year, and short of Kid Cudi I didn't think any one else deserves this award as much as the young money millionaire Drizzy Drake.

Track of the Year: "Every Girl" - Young Money

Really ? Meh, you got me. I think that "Day N' Nite" by Kid Cudi should have taken the track of the year award.

CD/ Album of the Year: "Paper Trail" - T.I.

This album is great. Can't say I'm surprised it is the album of the year.

Best Hip Hop Video: "Live Your Life" T.I. feat. Rihanna

The song tore up the charts, the video did the same.

MVP of the Year: Jay-Z (bunked it.)

I really thought LiL Wayne was going to take this award. I believe Weezy had the hardest grind of the year, however, Jigga is a hustler in his own right. Guess thats why he won this, and the hustler of the year award.

DJ of the Year: DJ AM (Adam Goldstein, RIP)

There is no surprise here. After this young DJ tragically lost his life earlier this year, this award was posthumously given to DJ AM for his contributions to hip hop music.

Hustler the Year: Jay-Z (hard to argue)

This award seems to be very much like the "MVP" of the year award ? Maybe they just felt the jigga man deserved an extra one for his shelf.

Made You Look Award: Kanye West

No doubt, with all the stunts he pulled this year. That Taylor Swift stunt really takes the cake though, and thus you have the made you look award winner Kanye West.

Best Hip Hop Blog Site: All-Hip-Hop

These guys run a tight ship, and have the hottest information source in hip hop, bar none. All the hip hop blogs/sites that were nominated do great work and in a way deserve this award. Although, since there can be only one winner, it is no surprise that the best site received the honor.

BET Hip Hop Awards Aims To Be Highlight Of October

Hip hop events are unlike any other, but one in particular is always regarded highly above most. The BET Hip Hop Awards show is where most hip hop, R&B and rap recording artists would love to receive recognition from their peers and the industry.

Most of the hip hop discussion this month will no doubt be about the awards show nominee's, performers and celebrity host plus guest list. This event takes place on Tuesday October 27t, being held in Atlanta Georgia. This year's ceremony will be led by the hilarious and talented Mike Epps will will surely kill it.

The page on BET.com features a count down as we draw closer to the show. Who are some of your favorite nominee's and/or artists performing ? Here are some of my predictions or three of the categories that interest me most.

I'm thinking that Rookie of the Year award is going to be no contest. Drake's year in the game has made him a household name in the popular rap music genre, making a large commercial impact. The other rap artists in this list made significant gains as well, I believe he will win. Kid Cudi cannot be counted out, I'm thinking he will be the runner up if not the actually award winner. Wale, B.O.B. and Dorrough get honourable mentions.

The list of nominee's for MVP of the Year '09 is all heavy hitters (save Drake, who has had a breakthrough year), but who's going to take it ? Jay-Z, T.I., Kanye West, and Lil Wayne all had a great year, but I'm going to put my chips on Wayne for this one, just got that feeling.

As for a category close to my heart (lol) the hip Hop Blog of the year. This one is a tough call, seeing as all of the sites/bogs listed are extremely credible and provide readers with quality posts. WorldStarHipHop.com, SOHH.com, ThisIs50.com, and NahRight.com are visited by this blog author frequently, but I have to say my favorite above all is AllHipHop.com. I think AllHipHop is taking this award home this year.

Post up some of your predictions.

Urban World Film Festival

HBO and Black Entertainment Television (BET) networks present...

The 13th annual Urban World Film Festival. This festival highlites films which tailor to the worldwide urban film market as well as feature soundtracks that are primarily hip hop and R&B. The film fesitval will begin September 23rd and run through the 27th in the beautiful New York City.

BlackPlanet.com is also presenting a "spoof this contest", where contestant can submit in their own movie spoofs for a chance to win a $1,500 cash prize as well as two VIP all access passes to the festival.

Currently in the movie circuit, big crowds of celebrities and fans alike are gathering at the 34th annual Toronto International Film Festival which starts Friday September 10th and will end September 19th.

How is this relevant to rap music business ? Everything ! If you are trying to get your songs placed in the movies, these festivals are the perfect opportunity for artists and manager to connect with music supervisors who choose which songs are placed in movies. Hit up a film festival near you to make these valuable network connections.

BET Hosts Competition To Name Voters For Hip Hop Awards Show

BET is having a contest to find 75 voters to judge their upcoming Hip Hop Awards 2009 show. The idea is genius actually, attract die hard rap music fans and enthusiasts by testing their knowledge on certain elements of the genres, such as history and trivia.

This is an interestingly fun and interactive way for music fans to become involved with the process of deciding the artists most deserving of the awards. Contestants can submit an application directly through BET.com, although members who receive the BET newsletter are e-mailed a link to the applications.

The application features questions such as:

"In your own words, how do you define hip hop ?"

"Finish this lyric...."

"Can you name all of the hosts of BET's show Rap City ?"

This is a great marketing strategy that should surely build up an interesting buzz leading up to the show, which will be broad casted live to millions of viewers on BET Thursday October 27th. The Hip Hop Awards show will be hosted by comedic actor Mike Epps, as well as feature such artists as Jay-Z, LiL Wayne, Drake, Busta Rhymes, Jadakiss among many others! Go to BET.Com to find out more.