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Lady Gaga’s Least-Likely Little Monster? Rob Halford

‘She’s exactly what we need right now,’ Judas Priest frontman says, comparing Gaga to Madonna and praising her activism. By Jon Wiederhorn Lady Gaga Photo: Kevin Winter/ Getty Images Rob Halford, a.k.a. the Metal God, fronts one of the most influential heavy metal bands on the scene. Along with his Judas Priest bandmates, the leather-favoring singer spends most of his time on the road fraternizing with metal legends like Ozzy Osbourne, Motley Cr

Young Jeezy Gets The Last Laugh With New Mixtape

Boo Rossini says the Snowman’s much-delayed TM103 is ‘almost done cooking.’ By Jayson Rodriguez Young Jeezy Photo: Prince Williams/Getty Images Young Jeezy ‘s Spidey sense must have been going off. The Atlanta rapper’s abilities have been doubted lately, as the lead-up to his forthcoming album TM103 has been postponed several times. The rousing rapper has had his musical abilities questioned after a string of poorly received records. Then the Snowman dropped “Rap Game” and “Amen” earlier this week and turned the tables on his critics. On Tuesday evening, Jeezy delivered a new mixtape, The Last Laugh, via his USDA2Day website . The rapper’s U.S.D.A. affiliate Boo Rossini told MTV News on Tuesday that Jeezy is about to shock those who thought he slipped. “Right now, the main focus is Young,” Boo, who is promoting his new record “100 (Live By It, Die By It),” told MTV News. “He’s gonna kill them when he drops. He’s almost done cooking, so watch out for that. After that, we got the U.S.D.A. project, and I’m working this single. We going into the new year trying to smash it.” In May, Jeezy dropped Trap or Die 2: By Any Means Necessary with DJ Don Cannon. He’s also released the TM103 singles “Jizzle,” “Lose My Mind” with Plies and “All White Everything” featuring Yo Gotti . His album was slated for a September release, but the scheduled date has come and gone. According to Boo, the Snowman is on top of his game. “That ain’t nothing but motivation, though,” he said of the chatter. “That’s what we thrive off of. ‘Cause the odds, we always been the underdogs. … That does nothing but add fuel to the fire, that’s all that’s doing.” Have you heard Jeezy’s new mixtape? Give us your review in the comments! Related Videos ‘Glee’ Takes On Britney Spears Related Artists Young Jeezy

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Cam’ron And Vado Talk Boss Of All Bosses 2.5, ‘Speakin Tongues’

‘The song is about partying, living the Harlem life,’ Vado tells Mixtape Daily of his breakthrough single. By Shaheem Reid with additional reporting by Rahman Dukes Cam’ron and Vado, “Boss Of All Bosses 2.5” Photo: Gangsta Grillz Don’t Sleep: Necessary Notables Headliners : Cam’ron and Vado Co-Starring : DJ Drama Mixtape : Boss of All Bosses 2.5 Songs We Can’t Stop Playing : “Speakin Tongues,” “I Don’t Believe N—as” (featuring Fabolous) and “Amberlamps” Essential Info : If you haven’t heard Vado’s “Speakin Tongues” yet, find the MP3 on the Net or go to the club tonight. The record is going to be a summer anthem. The Cam’ron-assisted cut could be the young Harlem spitter’s breakthrough single. “I don’t know what nobody thought,” Cam laughed last weekend in Atlanta when asked about the song. “It’s me. This is what I do for a living. But shout to Vado. It’s his record. He got the beat and all that. I was like, ‘Nah, we gotta put that out immediately.’ ” “The song is about partying, living the Harlem life. Ballin’. You already know,” Vado added. Everyone is talking about that long-awaited Diplomats reunion , which Cam and Jim Jones are still trying to work out now, but Killa isn’t waiting. He’s still focused on his new clique. “Let me break it down: We’re the U.N. That’s the name of the team,” Cam described. “The U.N. is ‘Us Now.’ We got an album coming out in August that’s gonna be stupid. Vado’s solo joint, look towards December [for that one]. But I want everybody to be focused on that U.N. album, ’cause when that comes out, it’s gonna be bananas. Stupid. This August. [‘Speakin Tongues’], this is the first single off of it.” As of now, the U.N. is officially just Killa and Vado; they have three other artists who are down with them but not signed. Cam and company have 10 videos coming to the Web in the next several days, including “Ooh Baby” “Large in the Streets” and “Stop It Five.” Vado is going to put out his solo mixtape with DJ Drama, Slime Flu, soon, and that brings us the business at hand: Boss of All Bosses 2.5. “At first, it was like the lost tapes. Tracks that were throwaways, then we added more flavor to it,” Vado explained. “What happened with the 2.5, ” Cam clarified, “we gave Drama maybe 25 songs [for Boss of All Bosses 2 ]. He was like, ‘You might as well come back with 2.5 in two weeks.’ But we were doing so much new music, we might as well call it 4.8. It’s crazy. It’s about 20 songs.” Other Heat This Week

Young Jeezy ‘Knocked Out’ The ‘(Ha Ha) Slow Down’ Hook, Fat Joe Says

‘We was sitting there, vibing on the verses,’ Jeezy tells Mixtape Daily of making the Darkside track. By Shaheem Reid Fat Joe Photo: EMI The O.D.: A Mixtape Daily Exclusive Young Jeezy was always going to be on Fat Joe’s The Darkside ; he just wasn’t always on deck for their club banger “(Ha Ha) Slow Down.” Jeezy had agreed to get on a record called “Dope Boys” for Joe, but when he got to the studio, DJ Khaled kept raving about the Scoop DeVille-produced “Slow Down.” The Snowman asked to hear it. “He played it for me one time,” Jeezy, said on the song’s video set in Harlem last week. “We was sitting there, vibing on the verses. I went in there and knocked out the hook.” “He knocked that hook out quick,” Joe marveled. “I told him we were using that ‘Slow down, son, you’re killin’ ’em,’ then he started with that ‘We came in this bi— tonight to murder things. And we gonna leave this bi— tonight a murder scene.’ ” “Two seconds,” Jeezy added his speed on the booth. “We in Harlem now. This is where it got us.” Joe’s video takes the viewer into the party. “The video is going down movie-style, if the hip-hop police let us,” Fat Joe said. “We in Harlem. We gonna touch that town. Me and Jeezy gonna have Puff surfin’ on the ‘hood of the Phantom Drop. That New York Diddy bop. Jeezy coming through with that A-Town stomp.” Speaking of Young, he said he’s going to remain just that, refuting online reports that he dropped the first word of his moniker. “Nah. I’m ‘Young,’ man,” he declared. “I’mma stay Young till I ain’t Young no more. I don’t know why they trying to make me old. But this is ‘Young Jizzle from the bottom of the map.’ This is the name they gave me. I gotta rock till it’s over with.” Young said his album Thug Motivation 103 is now slated for July, while Joe’s The Darkside is on schedule for June 29. Meanwhile, Jeezy’s Trap or Die 2: By Any Means Necessary mixtape is coming soon. Fat Joe is also contemplating a tape prior to his LP’s release. The Streets Is Talking: News And Notes From the Underground Just because they sing doesn’t mean that they don’t want to feed the streets and Net. Look out for a wave of mixtapes by R&B singers. Bobby V just released a tape with DJ Drama called 60 Mins. Dram also has one in the cooker with The-Dream named #lovesessions. Meanwhile, So So Def newbie Dondria is planning to follow up her Dondria Duets with a sequel in the near future; DJ Envy hosted the original. Queens’ Super Star Jay is in the lab with one of our all-time favorites, Faith Evans. Faith already dropped a freestyle to Snoop Dogg’s “I Wanna Rock” beat last week. We hear Trey Songz may be dropping another tape as well, and we know for sure former G-Unit princess Olivia has Under the Radar coming this weekend. Last but not least, sexy singer Shanell is stepping into the forefront with her recent release Shut Up and Listen. The girl can sing! For other artists featured in Mixtape Daily, check out Mixtape Daily Headlines or follow the Mixtape Daily team on Twitter: @shaheemreid and @mongosladenyc . Related Videos Mixtape Daily: Asher Roth, Tity Boi

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