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VIDEO TEASER: EMINEM FT LIL WAYNE – ‘NO LOVE’

I never post music video teasers, but today I decided to post this teaser from Eminem featuring Lil Wayne for the new single No Love. I laughed out loud when I heard Em’s latest mainstream rap mush for the first time today.  He  sorry correction producer JUST BLAZE (even worse) sampled Haddaway’s cheesy early 90s Euro dance hit single  What Is Love. Wow.. these Stateside artists and producers are really starting to embrace that Poppy Euro dance sound… almost 20 years too late. Check []

UK NEWS: DIZZIE RASCAL SAYS HE’S ‘NO SELL OUT’

Dizzee Rascal wants us to know that he is not a ‘sell out’, and has dismissed claims that his new single ‘Dirtee Disco’ is mainstream cheesy trash. He disclosed to the ridiculous Daily Star that, “People say I’m selling out but it doesn’t get to me anymore. It depends on what people mean by selling out, and who’s saying it. “Some people think it’s morally wrong of me to not ‘keep it real’ but a lot of the time this is coming from drug dealers and robbers. Talk []

UK HIP HOP FLASH BACK: THE WEE PAPA GIRL RAPPERS – ‘WE RULE’/’HEAT IT UP’

What can I say about siblings The Wee Papa Girl Rappers….   They were the poor man’s Salt ‘n’ Pepa UK style.  They were MAINSTREAM!!!!! I wasn’t a fan at all! But they did manage to walk away with two top ten hit singles under their belts back in the late 80s, and if my memory serves me correctly their debut album didn’t do too badly either…… ‘We Rule’ Circa 1988  ‘Heat It Up’ Circa 1988 I wonder where they are now……