Ab-Soul Talks Sipping Lean, Death Row & Not Being Signed To Interscope [Video]

Ab-Soul’s third studio album, These Days…, hits stores in less than a week. It’s been a long time coming for the Carson, California rapper who saw his last project, the critically acclaimed Control System, come out in May 2012. Since then, Soul has seen his label, Top Dawg Entertainment, become one of the hottest labels in rap and watched his label mates, Kendrick Lamar and ScHoolboy Q, shoot to stardom. That’s not to say Soul hasn’t been putting in work. When he hasn’t been on tour, he was in the lab cooking up a collaborative album with JMSN called Unit 6 (which unfortunately got shelved) as well as his latest effort. For our first installment of Complex’s new series, Fire Conversation, we wanted to to get down with Ab to talk about his album and what inspired it. But as often is the case with Ab, it got much deeper than that. Soul clarified that he’s not actually signed to Interscope, talked how he enjoys sipping lean, and even found time to compare TDE to Death Row. Check out the interview above.

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2Pac – Dear Mama (J. Period Remix) [Stream]

In celebration of the groundbreaking new Broadway musical “Holler If Ya Hear Me,” J.PERIOD is pleased to announce HOLLER IF YA HEAR ME: REMIXED, the latest in his award-winning music-meets-narrative remix series, premiering Tuesday, June 24 at FADER.com and JPERIOD.com. Listen to the project’s first release above, a re-imagining of Pac’s classic tribute to his mother, produced by J.PERIOD.

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Joell Ortiz Talks Total Slaughter Battle TV Show, Solo Career & How He Went From Nerd To Drug Dealer [Video]

Member of Slaughter House, Joell Ortiz stopped by Sway in the Morning to talk about his new album and Slaughter House’s exciting TV show “Road to Total Slaughter.” Ortiz spoke about the battle rap show “Total Slaughter” which is on Fuse TV every Wednesday at Midnight and how all of these battle rappers have to compete to over a series of episodes in order to reach the live battle of Joe Budden vs. Hollow Da Don and Loaded Lux vs. Murda Mook on July 11th. Ortiz went on to speak about his up and coming EP, House Slippers due in stores in September. Ortiz went on to discuss how he has lost about 50lbs and how it has improved his stage performances. Finally, he discussed how he went from a nerd in school to a drug dealer and how he felt when only had $130 in his pocket when Dr. Dre called.

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TrackBlasters Radio: 20.06.14

Da Fat Friday Afternoon – The Official Soundtrack To Your Weekend Host: DJ P.R. TGIF and enjoy the show! Record Of The Day: Mike Will Made-It feat. Future, Lil Wayne & Kendrick Lamar – Buy The World Playlist X Ambassadors & Jamie N Commons feat. Jay-Z – Jungle (Remix) Puff Daddy feat. Meek Mill & French Montana – We Dem Boyz (Remix) **Record Of The Day** Mike Will Made-It feat. Future, Lil Wayne & Kendrick Lamar – Buy The World Future feat. Andre 3000 – Benz Friendz (Whatchutola) T.I. feat. Young Thug – About The Money T.I. feat. Iggy Azalea – No Mediocre Lil Wayne feat. Drake – Believe Me Drake – 0 To 100 DUBB – Believe 50 Cent feat. Mr. Probz – Twisted Usher feat. Twista – Good Kisser (Remix) Fabolous feat. 50 Cent – Cuffin Season (Remix) Troy Ave feat. Puff Daddy, Mase & T.I. – Your Style (Remix) Game – Bigger Than Me [audio:http://www.trackblasters.com/radio/shows/radioshow 20.06.14.mp3] Download here

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