Billy Danze Reveals How Remy Ma Got On “Ante Up” Remix [Video]

M.O.P.’s Billy Danze explains the success of “Ante Up,” how Remy Ma got on the remix and why they had to remove Prodigy’s verse from the song. Danze says he and Lil Fame had an idea about the group in the 90’s but started to take it more seriously towards the end of the decade. Even though there were heroes in the game like Rakim, the group wasn’t inspired by the rappers at the time. While finding the group’s sound, Danze says hardcore rap was their playing field. Soon after, “Ante Up” was released and it became the group’s biggest hit. Danze says a lot of people doubted their success, so much so that the Brooklyn native believed that “Ante Up” wasn’t going to blow up. He also revealed that a few artists were considered for the remix, including Jay Z and Prodigy. Since the two had beef at the time, Prodigy’s verse was removed from the song. Since the group had a close relationship with Big Pun and Fat Joe, they went with Remy Ma instead.

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ASAP Nast: “TDE Is The Mob Of The West Coast” [Video]

In this VladTV exclusive, A$AP Nast and A$AP Ant speak on their future projects, how the Mob was put together and their close relationship with T.D.E. Nast released his single “Trillmatic” last year for the group’s debut album, L.O.R.D. The Harlem native plans to follow in the steps of the group’s popular members, A$AP Rocky and A$AP Ferg. Nast also explained the Mob’s come up happened organically and wasn’t planned. Since there’s so many members in the group, the fans called them a mob and “A$AP” transitioned into A$AP Mob. Nast also breaks down the group’s friendship with T.D.E. Nast says it was easy to get along with Jay Rock, Kendrick Lamar and the other members because they came into the industry at the same time.

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Joey Bada$$ – B4.DA.$$ [Album Cover & Tracklist]

Joey’s debut album “B4.DA.$$” is set to drop on January 20th. Here’s the projects artwork and tracklist. Tracklist 01) ‘Save The Children’ 02) ‘Greenbax (Introlude)’ 03) ‘Paper Trail$’ 04) ‘Piece of Mind’ 05) ‘Big Dusty‘ 06) ‘Hazeus View’ 07) ‘Like Me’ (feat. BJ The Chicago Kid) 08) ‘Belly of the Beast’ (feat. Chronixx) 09) ‘No. 99 ‘ 10) ‘Christ Conscious‘ 11) ‘On & On’ (feat. Maverick Sabre & Dymeond Lewis) 12) ‘Escape 120′ (feat. Raury) 13) ‘Black Beetles’ 14) ‘O.C.B.’ 15) ‘Curry Chicken’ 16) ‘Run Up On Ya’ (feat. Action Bronson & Elle Varner) (Bonus) 17) ‘Teach Me’ (feat. Kiesza) (Bonus)

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Royce Rizzy – Fat Fly Nigga [Mixtape]

SoSo Def recording artist Royce Rizzy has been steady gearing up for today’s release of the Zaytoven and Cassius Jay-produced project, Fat Fly Nigga over the past few weeks. Now that the time has come for the Atlanta rapper to present his new FFN mixtape, he’s brought along a few guest features from the likes of Wiz Khalifa, Scotty ATL, Cap 1, OJ Da Juiceman and a few others to provide for a solid release. Along with the mixtape’s arrival, Royce Rizzy preps to take the project on the road for a 10 city FFN Tour , that will see him making stops in Los Angeles, Virginia, Florida, North Carolina and Tennessee starting on December 5th and ending on January 18th. Stream and download Fat Fly Nigga below. via

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Elle Varner: “I Got Record Deal Less Than Year After Graduating” [Video]

Elle Varner opened up to VladTV about getting a record deal less than a year after graduating, and adds that she “wanted it all,” so she still went to college. The L.A. native also talks about the connection to Alicia Keys through their manager, Jeff Robinson. During the conversation, Elle also opens up about her debut album, “Perfectly Imperfect” coming out at number four on the Billboard charts, but admits that sales were lower than expected.

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Souls Of Mischief: “We Knew ’93 ‘Til Infinity’ Was Hit In Studio” [Video]

Souls of Mischief sat down with VladTV and discussed their big hit 93 ’til Infinity, and revealed that they knew it was a hit before it was released. The group also added that they didn’t know much about the music industry at the time, and thought the album would go “quadruple platinum.” During the conversation, the group spoke about how the track defined them as a collective.

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