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Introducing Skrillex: Deadmau5’s ‘Little Goblin’

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Mau5trap signee has produced remixes for Lady Gaga and Bruno Mars. By Adam Stewart Skrillex Photo: MTV News If you’re a big EDM fan and you haven’t yet heard of Skrillex, you may want to listen up. The LA native has rapidly taken the electronica world by storm, earning praise from peers and fans alike. “He’s taking over,” Deadmau5 told MTV News in a recent interview. “I think he’s going to outdo me. I think he’s going to be the first artist on Beatport to eat my lunch and take over the top 10. I don’t think anyone in Beatport history has ever done it, but if he does it, I’ll be so proud of him, the little goblin!” While he didn’t quite capture all 10 spots, Skrillex did, at one point, own an impressive eight of the 10 — no small feat for a guy who until 2007 was more commonly known as Sonny Moore, frontman of post-hardcore/emo band From First to Last. “Throughout my years in From First to Last, I was always dabbling and making electronic music on my own time,” he told MTV News. “The first records I ever owned were crossover electronic rock, like Prodigy, Marilyn Manson and Nine Inch Nails. A lifelong fan of electronic music, his style slowly morphed into a dubstep-progressively-housey-hardcore hybrid that many, including the man himself, find difficult to actually peg. “I kind of want to do whatever I want to do and what I’m feeling,” he said. “I never set out to be part of a genre, because I listen to all types of music.” Before joining the Mau5trap label, Moore had been signed to both Atlantic and Interscope records to produce a variety of dance remixes for some of the biggest names in the business, including Lady Gaga and Bruno Mars. Since then, under the Skrillex moniker, he has released two EPs in less than 6 months. The first, “My Name is Skrillex,” was released in June as a free seven-track download. A short time later, the “Scary Monsters and Nice Sprites” EP was released, and it dominated the charts. Skril has even begun production on a music video for the title track, which he said will be centered around “3-D and CGI battles between ‘Scary Monsters’ and ‘Nice Sprites’ ” — something that in his post-hardcore days, may have been only a dream. “I want to continue to constantly put out great music, expand further and further with the live show and music that is attracting music fans from all over the place, not only for ravers or electronic heads,” he said. Much like Deadmau5, Skril has used technology, embracing it in his live sets. Along with a stunning visual display, he keeps distance from the traditional dual-CDJ setup, leaning toward his Ableton and M-Audio Trigger Finger array, which allows him to mix and transition seamlessly through wildly different styles of music. “I’m going from a 175-bpm drum and bass track to a 128-bpm electro track within a song from each other, and that’s really versatile for what I’m doing,” he explained. “I want to challenge myself more with the live show, not only in terms of great production but actually contributing to what the word ‘live’ means.” How would you describe Skrillex’s sound? Give us your two cents in the comments below! Related Artists deadmau5

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DJ Drama, Don Cannon Publicly End Beef For Mixtape

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Former Aphilliates tell Mixtape Daily about burying the hatchet for Young Chris’ The Re-Introduction . By Jayson Rodriguez, with reporting by Rahman Dukes and James “FLX” Smith DJ Drama and Don Cannon Photo: MTV News Don’t Sleep: Necessary Notables Mixtape : The Re-Introduction Headliner : Young Chris Co-Headliners : DJ Drama and Don Cannon Essential Info : Business partners fight, but brothers unite. That’s the case between DJ Drama and Don Cannon. The two unceremoniously parted ways a few years ago and went their separate ways, signaling the end to the Aphilliates crew that dominated the mixtape game with their jointly hosted “Gangsta Grillz” project. Drama continued to do his thing with the “GG” brand, helming projects by Gucci Mane, among others. And Cannon made a name for himself on the underground scene, championing acts such as The Cool Kids. The two friends buried the hatchet recently and rejoined forces on fellow Philly native Young Chris’ The Re-Introduction mixtape. “Dram called my phone and was like, ‘Let’s go sit down,’ ” Cannon told MTV News. “We sit down, and before you even know it, we didn’t even have to explain it to each other. We were like, ‘Let’s get it together. You got your thing going on. I got my thing going on.’ “You know when you get into an argument, and you got to explain what’s going on? We past that. We’re here. The reintroduction. We’re here for Chris, Philly, and this is a good platform for people to see what people can do when they come together and knock things out.” Although the two Clark University grads publicly reunited for Young Chris’ mixtape, the pair said they were back on good terms long before the project. “I remember last year when the situation happened on the radio with Jeezy and Gucci [squashing their beef],” Drama said. “And a lot of people were hitting my Twitter and said, ‘Now that they’ve resolved their issue, when will we see you and Cannon together? That’s what we really wanna see.’ ” Other Notables

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Swizz Beatz, Diddy-Dirty Money Get Their ‘Ass On The Floor’

Posted on November 29, 2010 by Benny Hollywood| Comments Off on Swizz Beatz, Diddy-Dirty Money Get Their ‘Ass On The Floor’

Swizzy drops Monster Monday track days after previewing new Haute Living cuts on Ustream. By Mawuse Ziegbe Swizz Beatz Photo: Johnny Nunez/ WireImage Following in the tradition of fellow production star Kanye West, Swizz Beatz has conjured up Monster Mondays to dole out free joints on the Web featuring some of his celebrity pals. His latest offering, “Ass on the Floor,” corrals Diddy-Dirty Money into the mix for a slickly atmospheric dance-floor-filler. Reinvigorating the rapid-fire drums made famous by Major Lazer’s 2009 party must-have “Pon De Floor,” Swizzy adds the spacey sheen of synth chords as the Dirty Money ladies croon about drowning their sorrows over a frustratingly volatile relationship. “You’re the love of my life/ But you hurt my heart twice/ Now I’m drunker than a motherf—– / Trying to find my way back to your heart you motherf—–,” Kalenna sings. Production duties aside, Swizzy plays hypeman, commanding the lovelorn souls to forget the drama and “get ya ass on the floor/ Them haters can’t tell you nothing!” The track’s amped-up rhythm is somewhat at odds with the melancholy lyrics, as Diddy also laments potent heartbreak in his verse. “That love’s gon’ get ya, motherf—– / Smoke weed, listening to Sade/ I left my pain in Paris/ Why can’t you see sh– my way?” Diddy spits. The vibe of the song definitely stays on track with the naked emotion the Bad Boy mogul promised on the trio’s long-delayed effort, Last Train to Paris. “One of the things we’re trying to represent is emotion,” Diddy told MTV News last year. “Not being afraid to show emotion on record. A lot of records out right now — no disrespect to them, but they’re all surface. It’s about what people have or a dance. All our records are gonna be about love, feelings and emotion. Last Train to Paris is a love story and the most vulnerable album I’ve ever been involved in. It’s raw emotion — you get a feeling, a vibe.” In addition to his Monster Mondays series, Swizzy has been staying busy in the studio and recently previewed some joints from his upcoming Haute Living album on Ustream. Tracks included a thumping midtempo banger featuring Chris Brown, and another song boasting the breathy vocals of his new wife Alicia Keys . What do you think of Swizz Beatz and Dirty Money’s “Ass on the Floor”? Let us know in the comments! Related Artists Swizz Beatz Diddy-Dirty Money

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How Did 30 Seconds To Mars Pull Off Ambitious ‘Hurricane’ Video?

Posted on November 29, 2010 by Benny Hollywood| Comments Off on How Did 30 Seconds To Mars Pull Off Ambitious ‘Hurricane’ Video?

Jared Leto labored day and night to finish eventual 13-minute-plus short film. By James Montgomery 30 Seconds to Mars’ Jared Leto in “Hurricane” Photo: EMI In early November, following his band’s performance of “Hurricane” with Kanye West at the 2010 MTV Europe Music Awards and months of adjective-filled hyperbole about the single’s accompanying video, Jared Leto finally unveiled 30 Seconds to Mars’ “Hurricane” clip on Monday (November 29). OK, “short film.” The singer decided to provide the sneak peek during an impromptu (though well-catered) screening for a handful of folks — including MTV News — in his bedroom at the ME Hotel in Madrid. It was very late at night (or very early in the morning, depending on how you choose to look at these sort of things), and Leto was extremely clear about the fact that this was still “a very rough cut” of the video, playing the thing on a MacBook Pro and pausing every few frames to explain where a CG effect would be inserted or how the sound design would be shaped. But despite those facts (or, maybe, because of them), everyone left that bedroom thinking the exact same thing: “How the heck is Jared going to pull this off?” You couldn’t blame them, because just weeks later, the final, 13-minute version debuted on MTV.com, and it did, indeed, contain a number of impressive CGI effects of the type you might see in a Hollywood superhero summer movie, not to mention enough NC-17-rated material to make “Eyes Wide Shut” look like “Love & Other Drugs” by comparison. At the time, not only was “Hurricane” clocking in at around 20 minutes , it was sort of insane, too: a nightmarish rumination on sex and violence and secret fetishes that not only featured plenty of fight scenes (and nudity), but didn’t shy away from politically loaded imagery. Among the ones that made the cut was one in which a rabbi, priest and imam are seen tossing their holy prayer books onto a blazing pyre in a dank alley and another in which Leto battled a leather-masked foe in a courtyard littered with American-flag-draped coffins. (Spoiler alert, someone you know ends up in one of those coffins.) Part snuff film, part BBC World report, it was, in short, filled with the kind of stuff that makes censors cringe, in an era where that’s increasingly difficult to do. Following some cuts, the finished product contains a number of scenes seemingly too-hot-to-handle, which are dispatched with a big black “censored” bar. Though given the copious nudity, S&M play, barely there fetish gear and one quick-cut image of a woman spitting into another’s mouth, you kind of have to wonder what was so deviant that it couldn’t make the cut among all these dark fantasies? Add in the fact that Leto was attempting to weave three separate narratives — the members of 30STM each battling their personal demons and unlocking secret fantasies — in between all that sex and blood and book-burning, and you have the makings of a major undertaking. Considering that, according to his label, the video was due to premiere at the end of the month, Leto was then cutting the thing full-time, in the midst of a world tour, with the help of a team of editors that traveled with him everywhere he went. It seemed that, in just about every conceivable manner, “Hurricane” was a monster, an ode to not only Leto’s ego, but his unyielding ambition and utterly unmatched enthusiasm, which, in theory, made it not unlike everything he’s ever attempted with 30 Seconds to Mars. But everyone who saw it that night in Madrid knew differently. “Hurricane” may very well have been Leto going too far, pushing too hard. It seemed practically destined to remain forever unfinished. But, like the song’s guest rapper West, Leto is a hard man to deter, and he clearly got his way, delivering a 13-minute mind-bender that involves secret keys that unlock dark fears, treachery, seduction, submission, an unexplained cockroach cameo, a silver sexual aid on a platter and enough creepy masks to make Slipknot shudder. Somehow, by Monday, Leto had wrangled all those dark thoughts and visions into one dizzying whole and brought “Hurricane” home for its premiere. It would have been hard to find many people in the room that night who would have put money on “Hurricane” coming ashore in such record time. Well, except Leto. He knew. What did you think of the “Hurricane” video? Share your reviews in the comments! Related Artists 30 Seconds To Mars

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Nicki Minaj, Russell Brand, Others Remember Leslie Nielsen

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Ryan Seacrest, Tony Hawk and Slash also take to Twitter to remember the late ‘Naked Gun’ star. By James Dinh Leslie Nielsen Photo: Lisa Lake/ WireImage News of Leslie Nielsen’s death has sparked sadness and sorrow throughout Hollywood as stars have come forward to pay their final respects. The longtime comedian and actor passed away on Sunday in Fort Lauderdale, Florida, at the age of 84 after being treated for pneumonia. (For photos of the late funnyman throughout his career, click here.) Nicki Minaj may be known to most as a rapper, but the Young Money star has always had a knack for the craft of acting, so it wasn’t a surprise that she expressed sympathy for the Canadian-born actor’s death, tweeting , “R.I.P. Leslie Nielsen ~ one of the funniest and amazing actors of all time.” Fellow comedian Russell Brand remembered the late funnyman with a pun using the actor’s iconic line from his 1980 disaster spoof “Airplane!” tweeting , “RIP. Leslie Nielsen. Shirley, he will be missed.” Swapping out jokes for affection, “The L Word” actress Marlee Matlin wrote , “A lovely man and acquaintance passed away today – Leslie Nielsen. What a lovely, funny, talented man. He will be missed. RIP.” “Sad to hear about Leslie Nielsen passing,” “American Idol” host Ryan Seacrest said on his Twitter account. “To this day ‘Airplane’ is still one of my favorite comedies ever.” Skateboard superstar Tony Hawk was grateful for the humor provided onscreen by the actor, saying, “Goodbye, Leslie Nielsen. Thank you for all the laughter. Please pay him proper respect and don’t call him Shirley.” Film critic Roger Ebert kept it simple, writing, “Leslie Nielsen, RIP,” and posting four film clips, including his screen test for “Ben Hur.” And guitarist Slash confessed that “The Naked Gun” star would be dearly missed, tweeting , “RIP Leslie Nielson, one of my all time favorite comedians. U my friend, will be missed big time. Wow, what a loss. Iii|: (,” adding, “& don’t call me Shirley.” What are your favorite Leslie Nielsen roles? Tell us in the comments below. Related Photos Leslie Nielsen: A Life In Photos Related Artists Nicki Minaj

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Leslie Nielsen: A Fan’s Appreciation

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Read a tribute to the ‘Airplane!’ and ‘Naked Gun’ funnyman, who died Sunday at age 84. By Eric Ditzian Leslie Nielsen Photo: Paramount Pictures Owning a VHS tape of “Airplane!” was utterly pointless. The disaster-flick spoof played on what seemed like a near-constant basic-cable loop, available to feed the insatiable need for a first grader to hear Leslie Nielsen quip, yet again, that while everyone on his ill-fated flight was served steak or fish, he managed to dine on lasagna. But there was a certain comfort in knowing that I had access to the movie any time I needed a quick fix. And I needed it often. For me, there was simply nothing else like it. I didn’t know movies could do what “Airplane!” did. A glue-sniffing, pill-popping air-traffic controller? A little girl who takes her coffee black, just like her men? And what the heck was Kareem Abdul-Jabbar doing there? (For photos of the late funnyman throughout his career, click here.) “Airplane!” is a deeply strange movie, and its strangeness had the effect, even after countless viewings, of keeping the film endlessly surprising. How is that even possible? I knew every line and still it felt like anything could happen at any moment. It never got old. Nor did Nielsen, so it seemed. He remained almost unfairly frozen in time — with that same white helmet of hair, that same doughy-skinned face he sported in “Airplane!,” and then later in the “Naked Gun” trilogy. He was a man without a past. It would be decades before I learned of his previous work as a dramatic actor. I knew only what I saw on screen: one of the funniest damn people in the world. And so it was with great sadness that I read of Nielsen’s passing on Sunday at the age of 84. My first encounters with “Naked Gun: From the Files of Police Squad” were a shock to the system. My thinking went something like, “You mean to tell me there’s a funnier movie than ‘Airplane?’ ” As Lieutenant Frank Drebin, Nielsen just slayed me. The scenes where he crashes a major league baseball game, impersonating an opera singer named Enrico Pallazzo and then stepping into the role of call-botching home plate umpire remain some of the funniest stuff I’ve ever seen. At least that’s the way I remember it. It’s been a while since I’ve seen a “Naked Gun” flick. For that matter, “Airplane!” no longer seems to be on TV constantly. And where that original VHS tape is, I have no idea. But these are movies that are sewn into my pop culture DNA. There’s a certain comfort in that. What are your favorite Leslie Nielsen movie moments? Tell us in the comments. For breaking news, celebrity columns, humor and more — updated around the clock — visit MTVMoviesBlog.com . Related Photos Leslie Nielsen: A Life In Photos

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Lady Gaga, Kim Kardashian Stage Online Death For World AIDS Day

Posted on November 29, 2010 by Benny Hollywood| Comments Off on Lady Gaga, Kim Kardashian Stage Online Death For World AIDS Day

Alicia Keys recruits Justin Timberlake, Usher, Ryan Seacrest, more for Buy Life campaign. By Gil Kaufman Lady Gaga Photo: Getty Images If you see headlines this Wednesday about Lady Gaga and Kim Kardashian giving up on social media, don’t be alarmed. Along with Usher, Elijah Wood, Justin Timberlake, Khloe Kardashian and Jennifer Hudson, they’re participating in a stunt to promote World AIDS Day in which they will kill off their cyberselves for one day as part of a Digital Life Sacrifice. The idea was hatched by singer Alicia Keys to raise money for her charity, Keep a Child Alive , and as part of the Buy Life promotion the celebrities will urge fans to donate to the charity in order to buy back their online presence. Fans can text the first name of the celebrity they are mourning to 90999 and $10 will instantly be donated to the cause. Kardashian is among the participants who have posed for a poster to bring attention to the effort. In it, she lies in a casket while wearing a cocktail dress and clutching her cell phone. Celebrities such as mega-tweeter Ryan Seacrest have agreed to sign off all social networks on Tuesday until they raise $1 million for World AIDS Day. Seacrest has even videotaped a “Last Tweet and Testament” representing his digital death for his Facebook page that will be linked to from his final tweet early Tuesday morning. In another taped plea, Jennifer Hudson says, “Come on, y’all. Buy my life back. Go on a shopping spree and buy as much of it as you can.” Keep a Child Alive helps provide money for medical care and support services for children and families impacted by HIV and AIDS in Africa and India. Janelle Mon

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Fred The Godson’s Armegeddon Goes For ‘Golden Years Of Hip-Hop’

Posted on November 29, 2010 by Benny Hollywood| Comments Off on Fred The Godson’s Armegeddon Goes For ‘Golden Years Of Hip-Hop’

‘It’s really a punchline to the end of all wack tracks that’s out there now,’ Bronx MC tells Mixtape Daily. By Jayson Rodriguez, with reporting by Rahman Dukes Fred the Godson Photo: MTV News Main Pick Street King : Fred the Godson Holding It Down For : The BX Mixtape : Armegeddon Real Spit : To hear Fred the Godson’s doctor explain it, his talent is a blessing. In fact, that’s how the Bronx bomber got his MC name. The hefty rhyme-spitter suffers from a number of ailments, including high blood pressure, kidney failure, asthma and diabetes. So when he told his doc he would be performing at a talent show a few years back, she thought it wasn’t such a good idea. ” ‘Listen,’ ” he recalls telling his medical practitioner. ” ‘I been practicing, and for some reason when I’m practicing, the ailments don’t really bother me.’ She didn’t believe me, so she asked to come to the show. I gave her a flyer and a ticket and said, ‘Come through.’ I didn’t think she would, but she came.” Fred rocked out, and his doctor was so impressed, she ran up to him right after the show. “She was like, ‘That’s crazy. I can’t believe you went through it. It’s like you’re God’s son. It’s like God was looking over you,’ ” he explained. “So I just kept it: Fred the Godson.” The crafty lyricist’s foes might need the Lord’s blessing after listening to his debut mixtape, Armegeddon . The title is a nod to sub-par rhymers. “It’s really a punchline to the end of all wack tracks that’s out there now,” he said. “I’m trying to bring it back to Biggie, the Reasonable Doubt s, Illmatic s, Big Puns. I think it’s a mixture of all those things together. I’m really trying to pattern my material after those great albums of the ’90s. “I really aim for back then,” Fred added. “The golden years of hip-hop.” Joints to Check For

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James Franco, Anne Hathaway May Host The Oscars

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Actors reportedly have been asked to host and it ‘looks like’ both have accepted. By Eric Ditzian James Franco and Anne Hathaway Photo: Jon Kopaloff/ Jim Spellman/ FilmMagic/ WireImage In an unexpected Oscar turn two years ago, Anne Hathaway joined host Hugh Jackman onstage for a parody of “Frost/Nixon.” And James Franco ‘s entire career, from starring in “General Hospital” to appearing as a pillow-humping version of himself in “30 Rock,” can be filed under the category of “What will that dude do next?” Well, as unexpected as it may be, next up for both Franco and Hathaway might be jobs co-hosting the 83rd Annual Academy Awards next year. Deadline Hollywood reports that the actors have been offered the gig and it “looks like” both have accepted. MTV News’ requests for comment from the Academy and Franco and Hathaway’s reps were not returned as of press time. Whether or not Franco hosts the show, he figures to play a prominent part in the ceremony. The 32-year-old is considered a lock for a best-actor nomination for his turn as a trapped hiker in “127 Hours,” the Danny Boyle-directed drama that’s also expected to nab a Best Picture nod. Hathaway, 28, meanwhile, remains a long-shot in the best-actress category for “Love & Other Drugs,” a film that received mixed reviews and reeled in just $14 million over the extended Thanksgiving holiday. Hiring Franco and Hathaway as hosts would certainly mark a strategic turn by the Academy, which has long been accused of being out-of-touch with the young pop-culture mainstream. A quick scan of the last two decades of Oscar history shows that not one host has even been as young as in his or her 30s when emceeing the show. Most recently, 64-year-old Steve Martin and 51-year-old Alec Baldwin assumed hosting duties, notching the show’s best ratings in five years.

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Lady Gaga Says Born This Way Will Be ‘Greatest Album Of This Decade’

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Singer also says there may be up to 20 new songs on the new album. By James Dinh Lady Gaga Photo: Paul Morigi/ WireImage It has been months since Lady Gaga first started hyping her forthcoming album, Born This Way , and the pop visionary recently raised the stakes. During a Monster Ball tour performance in Poland on Friday, the always bold singer promised fans that she’d deliver “the greatest album of this decade,” with possibly up to 20 new tracks. She also revealed that Born This Way doesn’t follow current trends. “I promise you, I’ll never let you down. And not for nothing: The album’s finished and it’s f—ing really good,” Gaga tearfully told the audience , who simultaneous held up signs that read “Born This Way” backward. “So whatever this is, whatever you just did for all of us … I promise to give you the greatest album of this decade, just for you.” The singer, who is prepping a promotional campaign for the album, also touched base on what sounds like a possible dig at her pop competitors, saying, “The funny thing is that some people have reduced freedom to a brand. They think that it’s trendy now to be free. They think it’s trendy to be excited about your identity. When in truth, there is nothing trendy about Born This Way . ” Describing the new album as “a spirit” and “this connection that we all share,” the pop star confessed that her new music “is something so much deeper than a wig or lipstick or an outfit, or a f—ing meat dress. … Born This Way is about what keeps us up at night and what makes us afraid.” Gaga isn’t the only who has been talking up the new material, as everyone from the singer’s manager , Akon , Elton John and Monster Ball opening act Semi Precious Weapons have also gushed about the album. While the songstress told the crowd that the LP will consist of mostly “f—ing sledge-hammering dance,” she’s still unsure of the length of Born This Way, but plans to give fans as much music as possible. “I’m still deciding, the album could be longer than you would imagine … I’m not sure,” she said. “I can’t decide, really, because I think that times are different, you know. It used to be kind of a faux pas to put out too much music on your album, but I feel like you guys deserve all of the records I do, ’cause I work hard on them. So who knows, you might get, like, 20 new Gaga songs .” Do you think Gaga’s new album will live up to her promise? Share your thoughts in the comments. Related Photos The Evolution Of: Lady Gaga Related Artists Lady Gaga

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