"Still D.R.E" by Dre and Snoop. "Lean Back" by Fat Joe. "Candy Shop" by 50 Cent. All of these songs were produced by Scott Storch, who has worked with everybody from The Roots to Ice Cube to Lil Wayne. His latest is "Run It Up," another collaboration with Wayne and his first with Dame D.O.L.L.A. The single is the first off Confirmed (drops October 6th, 2017), Dame's follow-up to his critically-acclaimed 2016 debut #TheLetterO.

Here's a few of Dame's bars from the new single.

I'm the Daddy Mac, Mac Daddy with hoop and rappin'
Y'all be on your Kris Kross, uh, hustlin' backwards
All this game I'm givin' is prolly gon' be a caption
When the lights and cameras off I'ma still be 'bout that action

And for the past few days, he's been doing everything from dropping bars on Sway, a stairwell freestyle for Mass Appeal and a hilarious must-see interview with Joe Buddens and DJ Akademiks. You can check out all of it in the below playlist.

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Damian Lillard, who recently celebrated his 26th birthday by performing his first live rap concert, dropped another rap gem on (Freestyle) Friday with his submission to the #SoGoneChallenge.

The challenge was to freestyle over Monica's 2003 Missy Elliot produced hit "So Gone," and he killed it.

Now if only more rappers like Dame and production like "So Gone" would replace today's hip-hop.

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Above is a video of Shaq acting a fool and acting like he's auditioning to be on the NBA2k15 soundtrack which is "curated" by Pharrell Williams. The rap is intentionally bad but most people will probably think that's about as good as Shaq can get on a mic.  

I'm in the minority that doesn't think Shaq's that bad - especially compared to half of the rappers making music nowadays.  I helped contribute to his first two albums going platinum and gold and even bought the horrible Respect album (which featured a secret guest appearance from Kobe Bryant) and Steel soundtrack which probably didn't sell more than a few thousand units. I was even waiting for his never released Superfriends album.

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Damian Lillard is taking his music from #FourBarFridays to wax (well, digital wax). Just like the confidence he showed by competing in every All-Star event, the Blazer All-Star sounded the same when talking about doing something  that no other basketball player since Shaq in 1994 was able to do - sell a million copies of a rap album.

“If my profile continues to increase, I think I can go platinum with my music,” Lillard told CSNNW.com. “Not to knock anybody else who has done it, but I can actually rap. I have a story to tell. It’s not going to just be about basketball. I have more content than that. With the way I know I can get down, and the producers that I’ll align myself with, there’s no reason not to think I couldn’t go platinum. Shaq proved it’s possible.”

Shaq did show it was possible with great producers and guests (from Nas to Jay-Z to Rakim to Biggie) but he was also one of the most popular athletes in the world in the early 90s.  But with the exception of having Dr Dre release "Detox: The Damian Lillard Version" I just don't think he can get anywhere close to a million and that's not a knock on him but a knock on the current state of the music industry and buying habits of it's consumers.

But if Chingy and Soulja Boy can go platinum (note: during the ringtone years) then why not Damian?

HISTORY OF MUSIC BY NBA PLAYERS

A lot of people have mentioned that Shaq's debut album "Shaq Diesel" went platinum (1 million copies sold) back in 1994 but Shaq actually sold way more albums than most people think.  Both singles from that album "I Know I Got Skillz" and "What's up Doc (originally released as a Fu-Shnicken's song feat. Shaq)" are certified Gold (500k copies sold).   Shaq's follow-up album "Shaq-Fu: Da Return" also went Gold.

This might sound like the dumbest first question ever but the first time I encountered Shaq back in 1993, the first thing I said was "When is the Fu-Shnicken's album coming out" after seeing him perform on The Arsenio Hall Show.  He said "March" but it didn't come out until later.

Shaq then appeared on the 1994 compilation album "B-Ball's Best Kept Secret."  It was a flop but his next guest spot was on Michael Jackson's "HIStory" album and that sold over 6 million copies.  The song "2 Bad" was pretty bad but Shaq said the reason why he did was because Michael Jackson showed up to his house and personally asked him to be on it.  Who is going to say no to Michael Jackson?

Shaq's next couple albums, including the underrated "You Can't Stop The Reign" failed to reach Gold status but still sold better than any other album put out by an NBA player.  His single "Men of Steel" off the "Steel" soundtrack featuring Ice Cube, B-Real, Peter Gunz, and KRS-One was a minor hit on the Rap & R&B charts but the OST did poorly - but not as poor as the film itself.

In 1998, Kobe made a memorable guest spot on the Trackmasters' track for Brian McKnight called "Hold Me."  The single was a hit on the R&B charts and the album did go platinum but I don't think Kobe deserves much credit for the album sales.

The next year Chris Webber dropped the album "2 Much Drama" which flopped but the single "Gangsta, Gangsta" with Kurupt of the Dogg Pound did make the top 10 on the Hot Rap Singles charts.

Columbia record then reunited Kobe and TrackMasters to record some new music.  The product was a single called "Thug Poet" which featured Nas and a pre-G-Unit 50 Cent.  The song was featured on the B-side of his official single "K.O.B.E" featuring Tyra Banks, but after the single bombed, Columbia pulled the plug on the album.

A similar fate happened to Shaq's final album "Superfriends" and Allen Iverson's debut album but Iverson's "Jewelz" record was put on the shelf due to controversy and David Stern not wanting it to see the light of the day

Ron Artest released an independent album in late 2006 called "My World" and as expected the album with a song called "Workin' The pole" and "I like my song" wasn't well-liked by anybody else.

Ex NBA player Rashad McCants under the alias King Suni Blac didn't get much hype for his hip hop music but he's been one of the most serious about making it.  The same can be said about Stephen Jackson who performs under Stak5 and even did a song with Kevin Durant in early 2013. Even with the presence of Durant, the song never got any attention.  The only video of Jackson rapping that did go viral was the one where he choked Steve Francis (who also had a rap record - Milli Vanilli style) during one of his performances.

Iman Shumpert released a free mixtape on Datpiff.com called "Th3#Post90s" and since December of 2012, it's only been downloaded 19k times and streamed 29k times.  Granted Iman isn't an All-Star like Lillard but he's pretty popular and likable and if he was only able to get 20k people to download his album for free then Lillard is going to have a real challenge getting 1 million people to buy his album.

MUSIC VIDEOS

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Check out this behind the scene footage of Rick Ross's latest video. The track is entitled "War Ready" featuring Young Jeezy and is a single off of Ross's highly anticipated album " Master Mind" which is set to release on March 4th, 2014. This is the first time these two have appeared on the same track since there dispute at the B.E.T awards.In case your unfamiliar with the incident Rick Ross and Young Jeezy entourages were involved in a physical altercation during the course of the awards. No arrest were made and no one suffered any critical damages.Nevertheless its great to see that these two have patched up there differences to provide us with great music.

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Check out this new joint by Good Music artist Big Sean. The song is entitled RWT and is a new track off of Big Sean's highly anticipated mixtape "Detroit". The mixtape is scheduled to drop later on today and is expected to reach the top of the charts upon its release.

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LiL Wayne is back with a new mixtape "The Dedication 4" which is a sequel to its predecessors Dedication 1-3. It's been almost 4 years since LiL Wayne has blessed us with one of his well put together mixtapes. The first dedication was a classic that took over the streets in a major way. The sequel, Dedication 2 did even better with record breaking number of downloads. In 2009 Rhapsody ranked the album at number fifteen on its 100 best albums of the decade despite the fact that it was only a mixtape. The tape featured appearances from some of the best producers and collaborations from some of the top dogs in the game like Kanye West, Swizz Beats, Pimp C and more. The dedication managed to sell over 65,000 copies even after it was made available for free download. Lil wayne and Dj Drama have been making history and dominating the mixtape game with every Dedication release. Download the mixtape below and let us know what you guys think.

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The west coast "Problem" is back again with another banger and another successful mixtape. A few months ago Problem released "Mollywood 1" which took over the streets when it first dropped. In less than a week the mixtape received over 30,000 downloads making it one of the featured mixtapes on the popular hip hop site dat piff.com. "Mollywood 2" the sequel to The first mixtape features a variety of artist such as Chris Brown, Young Jeezy, French Monatana and E-40 just to name a few. Ballislife personnel ran into "Dj Looney" over the weekend who happens to be the newest member of the "League of Starz" and Problem's official DJ. He informed us that their team has been grinding hard in the studio, promoting heavily on the web, and shutting down clubs these past few weeks in preparation of the release of "MollyWood 2". Please take a moment and download this hot new mixtape and give us your opinion.

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Check out this new video by 2 Chainz featuring Kanye West called birthday song.This is one of the singles off of the rising stars latest album Like majority of 2Chainz music This track is an official club banger.

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Check out some behind the scenes footage of The Game's new video "Celebration". The track features some of the heavy hitters in the game such as Wiz Khalifa, Tyga and platinum recording artist Chris Brown. The video was filmed on the streets of Los Angeles to capture that California lifestyle heavily promoted in Game's songs. A couple of other artists stopped by to show their support and respect like Compton Menace, Kevin McCal, and hip hop legend Warren G.

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To his defense this is the arena anthem for the Chicago Bulls, at least that's what it says in the video description on youtube.

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Rick Ross is never lacking confidence, check out this brand new promo for his "God Forgives, I Don't" album where he starts off playing a little one on one game in his backyard while talking a whole lot of smack. The album is set to drop on July 31st.

Rick Ross

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There is a lot of good talent coming out of the West Coast this year.Some might even say this is the start of a new begining for coast who's been in a slight drought in the music industry,With only a few of the OG artist such as Game,E-40,Snoop Dogg,Too Short and a couple others holding it down for the West.It was a time where you heard more out town artist on the local LA radio stations more then you heard west coast artist.Times has changed for the better for the home of gangster rap and violent lyrics.

In this new day and era the West Coast artist have a different swag then the original gangster baggy clothes and explicit lyrics.In Today's music there's still the same violent and gangster lyrics but in a more artistic way.One of the artist who's responsible for this change comes straight for the streets of Leimert Park and goes by the name "Dom Kennedy".

Since 2008 Dom has been making noise in LA and creating a name for his self in the music industry.He has been releasing mix tapes after mixtape every spring consistently to solidify his self in the game as one of the elites.Just last year in the fall he teamed up with the LA Leakers to produce his last project "Best After Bobby" which received 10,000 downloads in the first hours of the release.Now Dom is back to flood the streets with his complex flow and geechi swag on his latest Mix tape entitled "The Yellow Album".The mixtape features a couple Big Names in the game including TDE recording artist Kendrick Lamar,another West Coast artist who has been taking over the game since the release of his latest project #section80.Dom also received a blessing from the Boss Rick Ross On a track entitled Gold "Alphinas".When asked about his feature on the "Yellow Album" and his relationship with Dom the boss replied "Im a fan of his music he makes good quality music and i respect his hunger and grind".Also according to Ross Dom definitely has the talent to join the MMG Power Circle.Not only has he caught the third eye of his peers and competition but he has also gained a broader fan base.In less than a week the Yellow Album has already been downloaded over 50,000 times on Hot New Hip.com,
And is being discussed on other major hip hop sites.Check out this new video by Dom and Click on the link Below to download his latest project the Yellow Album.

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Under first year coach Donnie Boyce, Proviso East won their first 32 games. With so many talented perimeter players, Brown sacrificed his game for the good of the team most of the season before shining brightly in the state final. Led by Brown's game-high 25 points, they were 5 points ahead 3 quarters through game 33 before two-time defending Class 4A state champion Simeon (Chicago) ended the run 50-48 in the Illinois title game.
Proviso East finished the season ranked #15 in the USA (ESPNU).

Sterling Brown averaged 13 points, 9.5 rebounds, and 4 assists for the season.

Thanks to everyone at Proviso East High School.
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Check out this song by YG-FEAT MEEK MILLZ =IM A THUG. and download Yg latest mixtape 4 HUNNID DEGREEZ

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Check out the latest video from Jay-Z and Kanye West Watch the Throne Album "Ni**s in Paris" Does this video display Masonic Symbols.

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With the lockout still going on, Kevin Durant has some extra time on his hands to fine-tune his rhyme skills.

Here's KD rap debut in the Nike "DOn't Critisize, Hyperize" commercial.

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Wale's much anticipated sophomore effort "Ambition" was released today and it has been greeted by nothing but positive feedback. The album has a great balance between the old Wale and a Wale who is more appealing to the mainstream crowd. All in all Wale's sophomore release is definitely one of the better albums of the year.

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