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Jan
27

Jay-Z, Birdman, Lyor Cohen & More Land On Billboard’s Power 100 List

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News: Jay-Z, Birdman, Lyor Cohen & More Land On Billboard’s Power 100 List

Friday, Jan 27, 2012 6:09PM

Written by Cyrus Langhorne

Rap moguls Jay-Z and Birdman are facing off in a numbers game, however, albums are not in consideration as Billboard has included both hip-hop entrepreneurs in its 2012 Power 100 Index list.

Along with Jay and Birdman, former Def Jam president Lyor Cohen is also featured in the Top 50.

1. Irving Azoff

2. Coran Capshaw

3. Lucian Grainge

4. Martin Bandier

5. Doug Morris

6. Michael Rapino

7. Rob Light

8. Len Blavatnik

9. Tim Leiweke

10. Jimmy Iovine

11. Eddy Cue and Robert Kondrk

12. John Hogan

13. Shawn “Jay-Z” Carter & Beyonce Knowles

14. Lyor Cohen

15. Randy Phillips

16. Emmanuel Seuge

17. Frank Cooper

18. Barry Weiss

19. Rob Stringer and Steve Barnett

20. Arthur Fogel

21. Marc Geiger

22. Dan Mason

23. Bob Pittman

24. Roger Faxon

25. Ronald “Slim” Williams and Bryan “Birdman” Williams

26. Rio Caraeff

27. U2 and Paul McGuinness

28. Julie Greenwald and Craig Kallman

29. Daniel Ek

30. Lukasz “Dr. Luke” Gottwald

31. Lewis W. Dickey, Jr

32. Peter Grosslight

33. Charles Attal, Charlie Jones and Charlie Walker

34. Robert Greenblatt

35. Van Toffler

36. Monte Lipman

37. Antonio “L.A.” Reid

38. Joel Katz

39. Mark Campana and Bob Roux

40. Tim Westergren

41. Peter Edge and Tom Corson

42. Tom Poleman

43. Chip Hooper

44. Hartwig Masuch

45. Rob Cavallo and Todd Moscowitz

46. Cliff Burnstein and Peter Mensch

47. Nathan Hubbard

48. Jay Brown

49. Evan Lamberg

50. Jon Bon Jovi (Billboard Biz)

The remaining 50 listed industry heads ranged from rapper Lil Wayne‘s manager Cortez Bryant to Grammy-winning singer Lady Gaga.

51. Lia Vollack

52. Jan Jeffries

53. Steve Bartels

54. Scott Borchetta

55. Blaise D’Sylva

56. Neil Portnow

57. Dennis Arfa

58. Cameron Strang

59. Cortez Bryant/Gee Roberson

60. Sean Parker

61. Steve Moore

62. Paul Rosenberg

63. Tifanie Van Laar

64. Ryan Seacrest

65. Robert Kyncl

66. Lorne Michaels

67. John Butcher

68. Clint Higham

69. Randy Spendlove

70. Rich Lehrfeld

71. Peter Luukko

72. John Branca

73. Melissa Lonner

74. Raul Alarcon, Jr.

75. John Frankenheimer

76. Cary Sherman

77. Larry Marcus

78. Taylor Swift

79. Kevin Mayer

80. PJ Bloom

81. James L. Dolan

82. Jesus Lopez

83. Martin Karl “Max Martin” Sandberg

84. Lady Gaga

85. Mike Dungan

86. Fred Wilson

87. Jon Platt

88. Willard Ahdritz

89. John Ivey and Alex Tear

90. Jody Gerson

91. Chris Tsakalakis

92. Nigel Lythgoe

93. Richard Busch

94. Debra Lee

95. David Israelite

96. Steve Berman

97. Rich Bengloff

98. Gary Overton

99. Daniel Glass

100. Simon Cowell (Billboard Biz)

Following the Billboard honor, Cash Money’s Birdman issued a statement accepting the accolade.

“We got so much more we need to do,” Birdman says. “We dominate rap, but we need to dominate R&B. We need to dominate pop, gospel, country–we’re a brand, so we should be able to put out all these different types of music. We just got to keep grinding.” (Statement)

Rather than focusing purely on selling ability, Billboard’s Power list centered on business success and power moves.

The Billboard Power 100 list is about more than album and ticket sales; the artists featured are all actively involved in making impactful business decisions for their careers. In the case of Beyonce, she has recently been behind multi-million-dollar branding deals with L’Oreal, Coty and Target, and her clothing line House of Dereon continues to boast an international presence. Meanwhile, Jay-Z is one of the most celebrated artists to make the jump from the stage to the boardroom. He served as CEO of Def Jam Records and, in 2008, brokered a deal with Live Nation (said to be worth 0 million) to create Roc Nation, a management, music and entertainment company with a roster that includes Rihanna, J. Cole, Willow Smith and Ester Dean. His interests outside of music (Rocawear, Translation Advertising and stakes in 40/40 Club and the New Jersey Nets) have also grabbed headlines and helped to feed his bottom line. (Billboard)

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Dec
08

Kanye West, Jay-Z & Frank Ocean Land Album Of The Year Honors In TIME & Rolling Stone

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News: Kanye West, Jay-Z & Frank Ocean Land Album Of The Year Honors In TIME & Rolling Stone

Thursday, Dec 8, 2011 5:50PM

Written by Cyrus Langhorne

Grammy-winning rap duo Jay-Z and Kanye West along with music newcomer Frank Ocean have landed spots on renowned publications TIME and Rolling Stone‘s respective Top 10 albums of 2011 lists.

On TIME’s list, rap veterans the Beastie Boys‘ Hot Sauce Committee Part II also made it in the Top 10.

1. Adele, 21 2. Florence and the Machine, Ceremonials 3. Kanye West and Jay-Z, Watch the Throne 4. PJ Harvey, Let England Shake 5. Frank Ocean, Nostalgia, Ultra 6. tUnE-yArDs, W h o k i l l 7. Caitlin Rose, Own Side Now 8. The Beastie Boys, Hot Sauce Committee Part II 9. Civil Wars, Barton Hollow 10. Black Keys, El Camino (TIME)

Although Ocean did not make Rolling Stone‘s list, Jay and Ye’s Watch the Throne fell one slot shy from the number one slot.

1. Adele, 21 2. Kanye West and Jay-Z, Watch the Throne 3. Paul Simon, So Beautiful or So What 4. Fleet Foxes, Helplessness Blues 5. Radiohead, The King of Limbs 6. Lady Gaga, Born This Way 7. The Decemberists, The King Is Dead 8. Wilco, The Whole Love 9. Wild Flag, Wild Flag 10. Robbie Robertson, How to Become Clairvoyant (Rolling Stone)

To date, Jay and Ye’s new joint album has moved over 1.1 million copies.

Grammy-winning rap duo Jay-Z and Kanye West’s Watch the Throne moved down 12 notches to No. 42 with 20,000. After 17 weeks, their joint effort has sold 1,123,900 pieces. (SOHH Sales Wrap)

Ocean’s Nostalgia, Ultra project was released through Def Jam in mid-2011.

It was also 2009 Frank Ocean met the Odd Future and began writing music for the crew while making guest appearances on their mixtapes. In 2011, as Odd Future was making waves, Ocean broke out on his own with the Nostalgia, Ultra mixtape. Def Jam would condense the mixtape down to an EP and release Nostalgia, LITE that same year. (All Music)

Check out a recent Jay-Z interview below:

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Nov
01

L.E.P. Bogus Boys – Zombie Land (feat. Lupe Fiasco)

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L.E.P. Bogus Boys is joined by Lupe Fiasco on a new joint called “Zombie Land” off their  Now Or Neva mixtape hosted by DJ Green Lantern.

Available at Mixtapes.tv


Download: L.E.P. Bogus Boys – Zombie Land (feat. Lupe Fiasco) (DMCA Compliant)


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Oct
17

Young Money Prez Reveals Lil Wayne’s Upcoming Albums, “He’s In Martian Land Right Now”

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News: Young Money Prez Reveals Lil Wayne’s Upcoming Albums, “He’s In Martian Land Right Now”

Monday, Oct 17, 2011 11:11PM

Written by Cyrus Langhorne

Young Money President Mack Maine is keeping fans on their feet by announcing Lil Wayne‘s plans to drop follow-ups to last year’s I Am Not A Human Being and Rebirth albums.

While not giving out too many details, Maine said Weezy has taken his musical talent to another level for this set of projects.

Young Money Records President Mack Maine exclusively revealed to MTV News that not only is Weezy about to lay down tracks for a sequel to his Rebirth rock album, but the “How to Love” hitmaker is already knee-deep in recording a follow-up to 2010′s I Am Not a Human Being LP. “He’s, like, 12 songs in, and he went crazy. He went left. He’s in Martian land right now,” Mack said of I Am Not a Human Being 2. “On I Am Not a Human Being, he is definitely showing some weirdo, left-brain, I’m-not-from-here type side. He can say what he wants. There are no boundaries, there are no limits.” (MTV)

In late September, Maine said Weezy’s next retail project would be his joint LP alongside Dipset’s Juelz Santana.

“The next project he’s working on is I Can’t Feel My Face with [Juelz Santana],” Maine revealed in an interview. “Elz is talented man. He’s a young legend. [Wayne's] back working in the studio. He has that and the Young Money album.” There is no release date for that long talked about effort, however, Mack says that another Wayne spearheaded disc will probably drop before the end of this year. (XXL Mag)

Last year, Weezy’s I Am Not A Human Being album debuted within the Top 3 nationwide music releases.

Imprisoned rapper Lil Wayne’s digital-only I Am Not A Human Being release debuted on the chart this week at No. 2 while Kenny Chesney‘s Hemingway’s Whiskey opened atop the competition with 183,500. According to Nielsen SoundScan, Wayne’s album has sold 110,300 copies in the past seven days. (SOHH Sales Wrap)

Months prior, the Louisiana rapper’s Rebirth rock album also debuted at No. 2.

Grammy-winning rapper Lil Wayne’s Rebirth debuted on the charts landing at No. 2. After seven days in retail stores, the rapper’s experimental rock album was able to shell out 176,000 records. (SOHH Sales Wrap)

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Jun
19

Diddy & Jay-Z Land On Forbes’ 25 Highest Paid Musicians List

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News: Diddy & Jay-Z Land On Forbes’ 25 Highest Paid Musicians List

Sunday, Jun 19, 2011 10:23AM

Written by Cyrus Langhorne

Music moguls Jay-Z and Diddy have once again reigned supreme against their hip-hop competition becoming the only two rap acts to land spots on Forbes‘ 25 Highest Paid Musicians list.

While they both missed out in Top 10, Jigga and Puff shared the remainder of the list with R&B singers Beyonce, Usher and Rihanna.

1. U2 2. Bon Jovi 3. Elton John 0 million 4. Lady Gaga million 5. Michael Buble ( million) 6. Paul McCartney ( million) 7. Black Eyed Peas ( million) 8. Eagles ( million) 9. Justin Bieber ( million) 10. Dave Matthews Band ( million) 11. Toby Keith ( million) 12. Usher ( million) 13. Taylor Swift million) 14. Katy Perry ( million) 15. Brad Paisley ( million) 16. Tom Petty & the Heartbreaks ( million) 17. Jay-Z ( million) 18. AC/DC ( million) 18. Sean “Diddy” Combs ( million) 18. Beyonce ( million) 18. Tim McGraw ( million) 18. Muse ( million) 23. Rascal Flatts ( million) 24. Kenny Chesney ( million) 25. Rihanna ( million) (Forbes)

Earlier this year, Jay and Puff earned spots on Forbes‘ Top 5 Wealthiest Rappers list.

When it comes to net worth, Jay-Z is number two. The top spot goes to Sean “Diddy” Combs, who tops our accounting of rap’s richest with a fortune of 5 million, fueled by his interests in Sean John clothing, Bad Boy Worldwide record label and, most significantly, his Diageo joint-venture vodka brand Ciroc. Jay-Z ranks a close second, with 0 million. Super producer/rapper Dr. Dre ranks third with 5 million, fueled by past earnings generated from his own career and by helping to launch those of Snoop Dogg and Eminem. Curtis “50 Cent” Jackson, a onetime Dr. Dre protege who reaped a nine-figure payday from the sale of Vitamin Water to Coca-Cola, rounds out the top five in a tie with Cash Money Records co-founder Bryan “Birdman” Williams at 0 million. (Forbes)

Diddy later came forward and downplayed the recognition.

“To be honest, on that list, I was on the cover of Forbes back in ’98,” Diddy explained in an interview. “I been on that list. I don’t really get caught up into the list. I think people think that I have that money actually sitting at home in the basement…It’s really like if I sold all my companies, and I take pride in [building] something as a black man that’s worth that much…To everyone calling me for a loan today, I do not have that money today! … It helps inspire people and it shows the power of hip-hop.” (MTV)

Despite making it into the Top 5 list as well, Cash Money Records’ co-founder Baby recently argued his projected worth.

“I don’t know how they tally up,” Baby said in an interview with Uptown Angela referring to Forbes’ list.”To my knowledge I thought it was down. They said I made a 0 million dollars. I don’t know where they get that sh*t from. I’m banking in more than a 0 million. That’s a low number for a n*gga like me. But it’s cool. For anybody to recognize anything is respected. We know what to do. The goal in our life and my life is to be a billionaire. I’m flipping hundreds. I ain’t that far. I’m about eight steps.” (Urban Radio NO)

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Oct
30

Freedom Land

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