News: Lil Wayne Reunites W/ Hot Boys On Stage, "We Got A New Project"

Written by Cyrus Langhorne
Monday, June 8, 2009 09:11:41
Footage of Lil Wayne reuniting on stage with former Cash Money Records group Hot Boys has begun to circulate online and shows Weezy promising a collaboration album.
The video shows Weezy bringing out his past labelmates and informing audience members of their reunion.

"Say y'all wanna see some Hot Boys sh*t, right?" Wayne asked. "So for 2009 we gonna go on with the new Hot Boys sh*t...Make some motherf*cking noise for the Hot Boys! Hot Boys is B.G. Lil Weezy. Young Turk. I will pray to you [Turk]. Juvenile. Young Moolah baby. We ain't finished though. Since we got everybody out, we gonna celebrate. Let me hear the song ['Pop Bottles']. Young Money, Cash Money make noise!" (Forbez DVD)
B.G. recently said the Hot Boys reunion would be one of the biggest movements in music history.
"You can look forward to that [reunion] coming real soon," he said in an interview. "Real, real, real soon. We tying up the loose ends of the paperwork right now, and hopefully we'll have that out this year...It's going to be bigger than The Beatles...You know, at one point in time, you couldn't get me to talk about it... You know, people go through things, family go through things, but they sit down, talk it over, be real about it, acknowledge their mistakes and move on." (Vibe)
The rapper also spoke on the reunion earlier this year.
"It's gonna be all the original members, it's gonna be me, Lil Wayne, Juvenile, Turk is supposed to be coming home March 16th," B.G. said in an interview. "We're gonna do it regardless because the streets keep asking for it...Mannie Fresh created the Hot Boys sound; it's only right that Mannie Fresh gives us that heat...Wayne made the deal; he came to us. He had a deal for a soundtrack, and he wanted to make it a Hot Boys soundtrack. He reached out to me and Juvenile...Before the reunion album, we're gonna' do an album which is inspired by a motion picture." (Word of South)

News: Jay-Z On T-Pain's Unexpected Summer Jam Cameo, "I Thought He Was Coming To Hug Me"

Written by Cyrus Langhorne
Monday, June 8, 2009 17:37:09
After making a surprise guest appearance at Hot 97's Summer Jam concert last night (June 7), Jay-Z said his on-stage presence with T-Pain was not planned and completely unexpected.

Talking about performing "Death of Autotune (D.O.A.)," Jigga spoke with radio personality Angie Martinez to say his record was not a diss towards Jim Jones and describe Pain's appearance.

"This is crazy, 'cause I didn't know where T-Pain came from," Jay revealed. "I look and I see somebody to my right and I swear I thought it was a fan and he was coming to hug me. I'm not even lying, not trying to be funny or take shots. I thought this person 'cause I didn't see who it was 'cause he was coming to hug me and I thought all right, that's some cool rock star stuff and then I seen people move again and I look back again and think 'Is that...' I guess he wanted to get close like 'Not me.' But it's really not him. It was a little awkward and it was cool. I don't mind sharing a little bit...He didn't mean any harm, he was just embracing the record...I'm not saying autotune is wack...I'm not saying that, I just put a soundtrack to it, I put a voice to it. If people wasn't feeling this way then the record wouldn't work the way it would...The culture is bigger than the politics." (The Angie Martinez Show)
Jay hit the Giants Stadium stage along with other rap stars.
"Young Jeezy...Jeezy brings out Drake. Crowd flips...'Best I Ever Had' Now 'Put On' Jay-Z on stage. Jigga. Hova. Crowd. Flipping. 'Death of Autotune' This is the death of autotune, moment of silence. T-Pain...Maino, 'All the Above.' Lil Kim." (XXLStaff's Twitter)
His new song caught the attention of Jones who addressed Jay via Twitter.
"Above all Summer Jam was dope," Jones wrote via Twitter. "And I got to see Jay-Z who refused to get out of his van when he saw my pretty face. We was mobbin', he's still a sucka...A old sucka. lol. We back and if he killed autotune then we must be Easter the resurrection. lol Shouts to Soulja Boy Tell Em, he ripped...I saw Jay-Z and Tata they didn't say nothin but sit they a** down when they saw the Spartan 300's lol...I'm glad to see I got everyone on Twitter's attention. I love Twitter, it's trouble maker, good morning everyone." (Jim Jones' Twitter)
The track debuted last Friday (June 5) via Hot 97 deejays Funkmaster Flex and Mister Cee.
"Good-byyyyeeee," Jay raps in the chorus. "Only rapper to re-write history without a pen/No I.D. on the track let the story begin, begin, begin/This is anti-autotune/Death of the ringtone/This ain't for iTunes/This ain't for sing-a-longs/This is [Frank] Sinatra at the opera/Bring a blonde, preferably with a fat a** who can sing a song/Wrong, this ain't politically correct/This might offend my political connects/My raps don't have melodies...May get your chain token/May do it myself, I'm so Brooklyn/I know we facin' a recession, but the music y'all makin' gon' make it the Great Depression/Or your lack of aggression/Pull your skirt back down...This ain't a No. 1 record/This is practically assault with a deadly weapon/I made this just for Flex and Mister Cee, I want people to feel threatened." (Hot 97)