MTV’s Artist of the Year’s new record should be available for purchase next week. By Jocelyn Vena Katy Perry Photo: Steve Granitz/ FilmMagic Katy Perry has teamed up with B.o.B for a remix of her song “The One That Got Away” from her album Teenage Dream . Perry’s label, Capitol, has submitted the track to radio, and it should be available for Katy Cats to buy by next week, according to Billboard.com . Perry has achieved a record five #1 singles off the album to date. Michael Jackson is the only other artist to have done the same, with his Bad album. However, if “The One” goes to #1, Katy will become the first artist with six #1 Hot 100 singles off of one album. This is not the first time Katy has remixed one of her singles. Earlier this year, she worked with Kanye West on “E.T.” (the duo won a VMA for Best Collaboration for the video) and later, Missy Elliott got onboard a remix of Perry’s single “Last Friday Night (T.G.I.F.).” Perry’s chart dominance was one of the factors that helped make her MTV’s 2011 Artist of the Year . She also had the #10 song of the year with “Firework.” “Hi everyone at MTV! I just want to say thank you for this amazing award,” she said in a video message. “To be Artist of the Year , a whole 365 days, that’s pretty cool. I wasn’t really allowed to watch MTV growing up, so this feels really validating,” she said. “And I’ve had a fantastic year, a great tour and a great run, and you guys have been so a part of it and such a big reason why. So thank you so much. I really appreciate it.” Related Videos Best Artists Of 2011 Debate Related Photos Best Artists Of 2011 Related Artists Katy Perry B.o.B
Common is quite confident in his latest project, The Dreamer, The Believer , because he’s almost released the entire album one leak at a time. The latest preview is his collaboration with the legendary Maya Angelou , “The Dreamer.” Are Common’s Bulls Dreaming Of A Championship? I’ll go on record to say that I’ve liked everything that has come out from this album so far and this is shaping up to be Common’s best album ever. According to the tracklist this is the first song on the album and there is no better way to set the tone than with words from the a poem from Ms Angelou. “Once you find your shoulders dropping and your speech gets slow and hazy You’d better change your way of being before you found your brain got lazy You can build a better future when you join the winning team If you desire a bright tomorrow you must build a brighter dream Dare to let your dreams reach beyond you, know that history owns more than it seems We are here alive today because our ancestors dared to dream… ” RELATED POSTS: Who Keeps Common Looking So “Manly”? [EXCLUSIVE] Common Feat. John Legend “The Believer” [NEW MUSIC] Is Common The New King Of All Media? [EXCLUSIVE]
Founding members Nick Britsky, Russ Wolfe and Ted Hansen take us on a tour of i3, Detroit’s premier hackerspace. Although well appointed with extensive workspaces and every tool imaginable, i3 Detroit’s real strength is its members, its sense of community, and the collaboration that occurs when makers have a place to meet and work. Broadcasting platform : Vimeo Source : MAKE: Blog Discovery Date : 07/12/2011 14:30 Number of articles : 2
‘It seems to be taking form in a very organic way,’ Bobby Ray tells MTV News. By Rob Markman T.I. has definitely been making up for lost time. Since being released from prison in September, the King of the South has been working overtime in the studio releasing his own singles (“I’m Flexin’,” “Pyro”) and remixes of other artists’ songs (The Throne’s “N—as in Paris,” 2Chainz’s “Spend It”). For his next album, Trouble Man, Tip said he’s already recorded 45 songs. And then there is his collaboration album with B.o.B . During an October interview with Shade 45’s “Sway in the Morning,” the Grand Hustle CEO said he was “flirting” with the idea of doing a tag-team album with Bobby Ray . On the set of his “Strange Clouds” video, B.o.B. confirmed that the two are in the studio. “The joint album, it actually started as a joke,” B.o.B told MTV News. “Tip would always refer to me as the Martian, and in one of his lyrics, he said, ‘It’s the man and the Martian,’ and we said, ‘Man that could be an album title.’ “We kinda just played around with it. But it seems to be taking form in a very organic way,” he added. Just because they are recording together doesn’t mean things are finalized. In his October interview, Tip wouldn’t fully commit. “Even this, this is a conversation that we had, this is an idea,” he said about the possibility of a B.o.B joint album. “It’s not set in stone. It’s not concrete as of yet.” Before that, fans will most likely see solo LPs from each of the MCs. On Monday, B.o.B. released his mixtape E.P.I.C. (Every Play Is Crucial), and it’s safe to assume his sophomore LP, Strange Clouds, is next. “It’s all about the fusion between the outer limits and the inner limits, from the sky to the ground; it’s everything in between, above and below, so Strange Clouds, for me, it’s my ‘Twilight Zone,’ ” he told MTV News of his upcoming Adventures of Bobby Ray follow-up. What are you expecting from a T.I. and B.o.B team-up? Let us know in the comments! Related Videos T.I. And Red Cafe Shake Down ‘RapFix Live’ Related Artists B.o.B T.I.
What constitutes a golden hip-hop moment? If you ask Busta Rhymes, it would be when he signed to Young Money this past week . The rapper born Trevor Smith signed to Lil Wayne’s label after walking away from his deal with Aftermath/Interscope Records. With his first official Young Money track, “Why Stop Now” featuring Chris Brown getting spins on radio, The Urban Daily offers up ten fun facts about a rapper who knows what longevity means. 1. He once held a record in the Guinness Book of World Records. It’s no secret Busta raps at excessive speeds. I mean really, how many times did you have to listen to his verse on “Look At Me Now” to catch the first three lines of his verse? In 2000, Busta Rhymes was entered into the Guinness Book of World Records for having said the most syllables in one second. The title belonged to voice-over actor, John Moschitta , previously. A little known rapper from Chicago stole the title back from the New York MC a few years later. 2. His rap name comes from a former football player. When Rhymes began rapping, he went along with the trend of hip-hop. Everybody who was anybody had “Ski” in their rap moniker. Busta Rhymes was no different. His first rap name was Chilly-O-Ski . Soon after giving himself that name, he and plenty of other people decided it was corny. Chuck D of Public Enemy rechristened him Busta Rhymes after the former Minnesota Viking, George “Buster” Rhymes . Could you imagine saying, “Yo, did you hear Chilly-O-Ski’s new song? That’s dope, son!” No? Us either. 3. He’s been featured on more than 300 songs. Remixes have become the norm in hip-hop. When a hot song drops, we sit and speculate who is going to be on the remix. More often than not, Busta is on the remix. Not only subjected to remixes, most of Rhymes’ biggest hits are tracks where he breezes in, drops a hot 16, and bounces. Case and point, The Pussycat Dolls’ first single, “Don’t Cha” got spins. However, when Busta hopped on it, the track became a Top 5 hit on the Billboard’s Hot 100 Singles chart in 2005. His collaborators range from people like house music sensation, Tiesto , to DMX . His wild energy and preciise delivery are a couple of reasons he lands on everyone’s track. 4. Busta Rhymes has only had one album debut at number one. Out of the eight discs he has released, five have gone platinum. Out of the five that have gone platinum, none opened at number one. 2006′s The Big Bang is Busta’s only disc to sit atop the album heap for at least a week. Ironically, The Big Bang is one of his lesser selling projects. In spite of hits like “Touch It” and “I Love My Chick, ” it’s only sold 613,000 copies after opening week sales of 209,000 copies. That means one third of total sales of this album came from the first week. Yikes! 5. He left Leaders of the New School before getting their record deal. Busta hit the scene as part of the rap group, Leaders of the New School. If you remember, the group ended on the set of Yo! MTV Raps . Many don’t know Busta and Leaders of the New School broke up and got back together before they got their deal. In an interview with VladTV , Rhymes recounted the tale of getting kicked out for not giving Dinco D and Charlie Brown a ride. “Me and Leaders of the New School weren’t getting along from before the first album. When you hear “Too Much On My Mind,” I don’t have a verse on it. They started recording while I was on the outs with the group and the person who wanted to sign Leaders of the New School didn’t want to sign us if it wasn’t the same members he saw perform months earlier. They asked me to come back and I agreed, but I had a few stipulations. The main one was that they had to let me use two of my solo songs on the album. So I did “Feminine Fatt” and “Show Me A Hero” by myself because of that.” 6. He was once a clothing designer. Everyone knows Busta Rhymes can rap and act, but what they scratched their heads about was if he knew anything about designing clothes. Rhymes proved he had a little bit of knowledge when he debuted his clothing line, Bushi , in the late 90s. Like most start up businesses, profit was damn near invisible for the first few years. As the profits continued to find their way to the rapper’s pockets at a snail’s pace, he became increasingly bored with the venture. Rhymes decided to cut his losses and close up shop. He donated the leftover merchandise to local charities and went back to being a rapper full time. 7. Getting a record deal was the reason for growing his dreads. Since entering the rap world in 1989, Busta has been seen with his trademark dreadlocks. Many attributed his locks to his Jamaican heritage. They would be wrong. The actual reason is far less cultural. When he got his record deal, he decided he wasn’t going top comb or cut his hair because he didn’t have to anymore. He hacked his locks off in 2005 when he left J Records to join Dr. Dre’s Aftermath stable. He said cutting his hair was symbolic of a new beginning at a new label. 8. Busta Rhymes is the Susan Lucci of rap music. Daytime soap actress, Susan Lucci , is famous for having been nominated for an Emmy 18 times since 1978 and only winning once in 1999. When it comes to rap, Busta is in the same boat. Despite having some of the most creative videos of the 90s, Busta Rhymes has never won a MTV Video Music Award. He’s been nominated 15 times. He is second to Britney Spears in shut outs. She was shut out of 17 nominations until she went home with three trophies in 2008. The Video Music Awards isn’t the only place Busta has been left out. With nine nominations, the Grammys have never recognized Rhymes for his work. This year might be different, with “Look At Me Now” being such a huge record, it’s bound to get nominated in the Best Rap/Sung Collaboration category. He has a pretty good shot at winning that one. 9. He would’ve rather been a member of A Tribe Called Quest. As mentioned earlier, the relationship between Busta Rhymes and the other members of Leaders of the New School was tumultuous. They fought over everything. Busta’s increasing popularity as a solo act was a big cause for arguments. Rhymes was getting so much attention as a solo act because he was featured on a handful of A Tribe Called Quest records without the other Leaders of the New School members. Busta gave an interview where he stated, “I always wanted to be in Tribe. I would always leave Leaders of the New School after a beef and call Q-Tip to find out what studio they were at. I have so many cameos on Tribe records without Leaders of the New School because Tribe always embraced me when I was going through my frustrations with Leaders of the New School. Tribe always considered me family.” 10. Sean Connery isn’t a fan of Busta’s lateness. Oscar winning actor, Sean Connery , is notorious for being extremely punctual. When shooting the film, Finding Forrester , Busta arrived on set two minutes late and was greeted by a late slip from the Scottish actor. Considering Sean Connery also served as one of the film’s producers, Rhymes couldn’t get too beside himself otherwise he would’ve been out of a job. The rapper did like 2pac when he got shot five times, he took the slip and smiled. RELATED POSTS: Busta Rhymes “You Ain’t Gotta Wait Till I’m Gone” [Heavy D Tribute] Busta Rhymes Calls Cash Money Deal “A Golden Moment For Hip Hop” [VIDEO]
Looks like we’ll finally get to hear some new Amy Winehouse . The album, Lioness: Hidden Treasures, drops December 6th and it will have previously unreleased songs and collaborations with the hitmaking producers Salaam Remi and Mark Ronson. It’ll be more of a compilation of her old work mixed in with some of the music she was planning on recording for her next album. She’ll have a demo version of her classic “Wake Up Alone” and “Tears Dry On Their Own”. The track we’re most excited to hear is her collaboration with Nas called “Like Smoke”. Are you excited for the release and will you be copping on December 6th? And do you think it will be a classic like “Back To Black”?
Mack Maine was reluctant to green-light a second Wayne/ Bow Wow track, producer Detail tells Mixtape Daily. By Rob Markman Lil Wayne Photo: FilmMagic Behind the Beats: Detail Bow Wow has a bone to pick with the industry. After breaking into rap as a kid at the age of 13 in 2000, the now grown-up Bow is feeling a little Underrated, as the title of his upcoming December 6 Cash Money album suggests. For his latest single, “Sweat,” the now 24-year-old Bow Wow recruited Lil Wayne for a feature and producer Detail for the track. “Obviously everybody knows I got a very diverse sound — I can do pop, I can do rock, I can do hip-hop, R&B,” the very confident “How to Love” beatmaker told Mixtape Daily. “For me it’s just a matter of studying the artist and kinda coming up with a formula that’s more natural for them.” On “Sweat,” Detail laid a slow-rolling, pulsating pop track for Bow, who often seems to struggle with getting fans to accept that he is no longer the little pup he once was. Bow sings in Auto-Tune over the track, creating an aura of sexual seduction with his explicit lyrics. Wayne of course adds his unique brand of flirtatious, double-timed raps. As good as the single sounds, Detail told Mixtape Daily that the collaboration almost didn’t come to pass. Wayne and Bow Wow had already cut a record together, and Young Money president Mack Maine was in no big rush to make a second track. That changed when Detail sent him the beat after the two talked at Wayne’s Tha Carter IV release party in Los Angeles. “At Lil Wayne’s Carter IV release party, I was talking to [Maine] about the ‘Sweat’ record. He hadn’t even heard [it]. He was like, ‘[Wayne] already got a record with Bow Wow,’ ” Detail recalled of his and Mack’s conversation. Given Detail’s track record for crafting hit singles with Young Money, Mack agreed to listen to the beat, which the producer sent him right away. “He hit me back and said, ‘Damn that bitch is a beast,’ ” Detail said. “So when he said that, I knew off the top that this motherf—er gonna go.” For other artists featured in Mixtape Daily, check out Mixtape Daily Headlines .
Prince Harry sure knows how to make splash in the U.S. Having arrived in California for military training, the Prince of Wales proved himself quite the hero on a night off, coming to the rescue in a poolside bar incident. Harry and his Army buddies were watching an England rugby match on TV at the rooftop pool of San Diego’s Andaz Hotel, when someone got the bright idea to toss another bar-goer, Lindsay Swagerty, into the water – fully clothed . ” Prince Harry was the first to notice me when I got out and he wrapped his towel around me to keep me warm,” Swagerty, 23, said after her unexpected plunge. “It was such a gentlemanly thing to do.” The young professional not only kept Harry’s towel as a souvenir, but the next night she and her friends met up with him and his friends for beer and shots. Says Swagerty: “He is probably the most charming man I’ll ever meet.” He is single, from what we’ve heard … sorry, Chelsy Davy . Which begs the question: Who should Prince Harry marry?
Take this, Ashton Kutcher! While new details emerge about the night that actor slept with 22-year old Sara Leal – TWICE! – Kutcher’s better half continues to remain silent, letting her beauty do the talking in a newly-released ad for Ann Taylor. Ogle it out now: The images for the company’s holiday campaign were shot in a Los Angeles studio by Norman Jean Roy and will appear in December magazines such as Vogue and Elle . “It has been a true pleasure to continue my collaboration with Ann Taylor,” says Moore. “I loved working with Norman Jean Roy. He was an amazing collaborator. His creative vision, direction and ability to create the magical winter wonderland scene was remarkable.”
Josh Hutcherson turns 19 today. And it may be the final birthday this actor celebrates before he makes the leap to A-list status. The young star, previously best known for briefly dating Vanessa Hudgens , has been cast as Peeta in The Hunger Games , a role that is sure to bring him a legion of rabid fans. Most of the female persuasion. Hutcherson has also appeared in The Kids Are All Right and Journey to the Center of the Earth . But neither of these films can compare to the popularity of The Hunger Games. Wish Josh a happy birthday now and then view the first official trailer for the first movie in this planned trilogy. [Photo: WENN.com]
