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Music Video: Iggy Azalea – Team (Dance Video)
Iggy Azalea releases her next radio single, “Team” along with a new dance routine.
New Music: T.I. – No Mediocre (Feat. Iggy Azalea)
Riding high off her chart success, Iggy talks that talk on T.I.’s new single, “No Mediocre.” This will serve as the 2nd single off Tip’s upcoming album, Paperwork.
Music Video: Iggy Azalea – Fancy
Iggy Azalea is back to business and does her best to recreate “Clueless” in the new video for the single “Fancy.” Her debut album, The New Classic is set to drop on April 21st.
Iggy Azalea Covers Complex
In the October/November issue of Complex magazine, Australia’s own Iggy Azalea opens up on a number of topics including her hometown, relationship with A$AP Rocky and issues with major labels. Check out her complete Q&A with Complex!
You’ve been fortunate to be around veterans like T.I. at Grand Hustle Records and Nas, who you toured with. What are the greatest lessons they’ve taught you?
Nas encourages me to take risks. He’s made me be less afraid and even more unapologetic.
New Mixtape: 2012 XXL Freshman Class: The Mixtape
More than a month ago, XXL magazine released their most talked about cover of the year, the Freshman Class cover. This year’s class as every other year was debated, argued, praised, hated, and loved. Regardless of what you thought of these young new rappers, the buzz that comes along with the cover is certainly present. There were a couple of freestyle cyphers that dropped a few weeks ago and now we finally have the mixtape featuring original music from every member of the class.
New Video: 2012 XXL Freshman Freestyle Cypher #2: Kid Ink, Macklemore, Don Trip, Iggy Azalea
So this video dropped last week and I’ve been trying to find ways to embed it in this post, but I can’t so I am finally giving up. You can watch the video for it on XXL’s page here. Be warned: Kid Ink and Macklemore kill it! If you haven’t seen the first part of the cypher, watch that here.
New Video: Grand Hustle 2.0 Interview w/ DJ Drama
T.I. stopped by the studios of Hot 107.9 in Atlanta to introduce his new memebers of the Grand Hustle Records family to the world. In case you haven’t heard, T.I. recently signed Trae Tha Truth, Chip aka Chipmunk, and XXL Freshman Class member Iggy Azalea to be the new wave of Grand Hustle Records icons.
XXL Announces 2012 Freshman Class Cover
XXL has released their annual Freshman Class cover showcasing the hottest up and coming youngsters in hip hop. This year’s class includes:
- Future
- Roscoe Dash
- Kid Ink
- Machine Gun Kelly
- Danny Brown
- French Montana
- Macklemore
- Don Trip
- Hopsin
- Iggy Azalea
Although this list doesn’t guarantee the success of these youngsters (Lil B, OJ da Juiceman) it does put them with likes of such successful acts as J. Cole, Wiz Khalifa, Big Sean, Nipsey Hussle (2010 Class members), Mac Miller, Yelawolf, Lil Twist, Kenderick Lamar, Diggy Simmons, Meek Mill, & Big KRIT (2011 Class members). You may notice the absence of ASAP Rocky, possibly the biggest new name in hip hop. Well, that seems to be his own doing. Keep and eye out for the XXL 2012 Freshman Class Mixtape and until then bump the 2011 and 2010 tapes. There has already been tons of critical response to this list; both positive and negative. What do y’all think?
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