Lil Wayne is constantly making moves in his career. Recently he signed on to co-star in a new major motion picture starring Forest Whitaker, called 'The Patriots'. The movie is about a basketball team that was made up of players from five different high schools before Hurricane Katrina destroyed New Orleans. Lil Wayne will play a character named "Lamont," who is a student of Al Collins High School. "Lamont" is skeptical of the newly formed team.
Forest Whitaker, who is currently staring in 'Street Kings' with The Game & Common, will play the coach of the team who is trying to lead them to a state championship. The movie is loosely based on a true story and was written by Robert Eisele who wrote 'The Great Debaters' which starred Denzel Washington. Tim Story, director of 'Fantastic Four' and 'Fantastic Four: Rise of the Silver Surfer', will direct the flim which is due in theaters around Thanksgiving.
Lil Wayne is currently on top of the music world with his single “Lollipop” currently #1 on Billboard’s Hot 100 Singles chart and on MTV’s 'TRL'.
Thursday, May 1, 2008
A Walk with 50 Cent & G-Unit thru Australia (Video)
...Watch as 50 Cent "talks" and takes pictures with Reggie Bush honey, Kim Kardashian.
Ludacris Talks New Album,
On set to being another impactful album to add to his collection, the DTP-front-man rapper looks to release Theater of the Mind this September. Not speaking vividly about the project, Ludacris did tell Billboard.com that it would be "theatrical" as it will focus on being a collection of his experiences up to this point.
Despite not having a first single chosen, he believes one will be coming out by June or July, Ludacris told Billboard. As of now, one track on the album is "Let's Stay Together" produced by DJ Paul from Three-6-Mafia.
Despite not having a first single chosen, he believes one will be coming out by June or July, Ludacris told Billboard. As of now, one track on the album is "Let's Stay Together" produced by DJ Paul from Three-6-Mafia.
Common Readies "Invincible Summer" For July Release
Roughly one year after releasing one of his most commercially successful and critically acclaimed albums, Common is ready for a change of direction. The Chicago native has his eyes on a mid-July release for his eighth album, which is tentatively titled Invincible Summer. After an eight-song preview of the upcoming work by Common himself, Billboard magazine described the sound as "electro-tinged" and "techno-inspired."
"I created this music for the summer time, it's about feeling good," says Common. "This is the type of music I felt was missing from my body of work."
While Kanye West and the late J. Dilla have provided production for both Finding Forever and 2005's Be, Common says both the need for a fresh sound and a lack of access to West led to the change in direction. The Neptunes and longtime Outkast contributor Mr. DJ provide all of the backing beats to Invincible Summer.
"Kanye was focusing on his Glow in the Dark show, so he hasn't been able to make it to the studio to weigh in," Common adds. "But it worked out well, organically. The Neptunes and Mr. DJ came up with a fresh sound for me."
Cee-Lo, Santogold and Chester French, who have recently signed to The Neptunes' Star Trak label, are all featured on the upcoming work. Invincible Summer could signal a return to the sound Common adopted for his 2002 release Electric Circus. The album also featured production by The Neptunes, and its experimentation with Rock and Electronica drew mixed reactions from fans and critics.
Preliminary track listing for Invincible Summer:
"Universal Mind Control (U.M.C.)"
"Make My Day" feat. Cee-Lo
"Punch Love"
"What A World" feat. Chester French
"Changes"
"Party Shit"
"Dreaming"
"Runaway" feat. Santogold
"I created this music for the summer time, it's about feeling good," says Common. "This is the type of music I felt was missing from my body of work."
While Kanye West and the late J. Dilla have provided production for both Finding Forever and 2005's Be, Common says both the need for a fresh sound and a lack of access to West led to the change in direction. The Neptunes and longtime Outkast contributor Mr. DJ provide all of the backing beats to Invincible Summer.
"Kanye was focusing on his Glow in the Dark show, so he hasn't been able to make it to the studio to weigh in," Common adds. "But it worked out well, organically. The Neptunes and Mr. DJ came up with a fresh sound for me."
Cee-Lo, Santogold and Chester French, who have recently signed to The Neptunes' Star Trak label, are all featured on the upcoming work. Invincible Summer could signal a return to the sound Common adopted for his 2002 release Electric Circus. The album also featured production by The Neptunes, and its experimentation with Rock and Electronica drew mixed reactions from fans and critics.
Preliminary track listing for Invincible Summer:
"Universal Mind Control (U.M.C.)"
"Make My Day" feat. Cee-Lo
"Punch Love"
"What A World" feat. Chester French
"Changes"
"Party Shit"
"Dreaming"
"Runaway" feat. Santogold
Madonna To Make HER First EVER 106 & Park DEBUT
Madonna will be making her first appearance on BET's 106 & Park on Friday (May 2) to introduce the premiere of her new video "4 Minutes," which features Justin Timberlake and is produced by Timbaland.
"4 Minutes" is the lead single off of the pop star's new album Hard Candy, which is her last album for Warner Bros. Records. Her next album will be for Live Nation, as she signed a multi-million dollar deal with them similar to Jay-Z's.
The Material Girl seems to have taken the Hip Hop route, as Hard Candy also features production from Pharrell Williams, Danjahandz and Kanye West.
Madonna, who is nearly 50, will judge yoga poses and dance moves done by co-hosts Rosci and Terrance J.
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