Posts belonging to Category 'Videos'

Rick Ross shines bright in black and white, demonstrating crystal-like clarity in the stunning visual accompaniment for “High Definition” off his Rich Forever mixtape. Donning an Adidas jumpsuit, Rozay defends his heavyweight hip-hop title following an introduction from boxing champion “Iron” Mike Tyson. The monochromatic clip also features appearances from super-producers Timbaland and Pharrell Williams, as well as MMG’s Wale.

Author: @illLetterC
Editor: @MuziksMyLife

A$AP Rocky took Michigan by storm on Sunday. Following his meet and greet at Motivation, Pretty Flacko performed a sold-out show at Ann Arbor’s Blind Pig. The Harlem rapper, who’s currently on the “Club Paradise” tour with Drake and Kendrick Lamar, amazed fans when he brought out Detroit’s own Danny Brown for “Blunt After Blunt” (not featured above).

Sidenote: Photos below, courtesy of CliffSkighwalker.

Author: @MuziksMyLife

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Odd Future members experience their wildest fantasies in the bizarre video for “Rella,” the first single off the collective’s upcoming album The OF Tape: Vol. 2. Hodgy Beats is cast as Master Chief, who has the ability to shoot lasers from his groin turning onlookers into cats, while Domo Genesis terrorizes the neighborhood as a bully. Tyler, the Creator, who’s alter ego Wolf Haley directed the gleefully-nightmarish visuals, stars as a centaur with a terrible drug habit.

Author: @illLetterC
Editor: @MuziksMyLife

Juicy J takes his Taylor’d exploits global in the video for “This Bitch By My Side,” a cut off his mixtape Blue Dream & Lean. While in a Vietnamese hotel room, the Taylor Gang signee gets trippy with a stunning local as he lays his vocals over this Lex Luger-produced banger.

Author: @illLetterC
Editor: @MuziksMyLife

Rick Ross hustled hard in 2011, building a hip-hop empire in his Maybach Music Group imprint, shining through features on countless hit singles, and transforming himself into hip-hop royalty en route to being crowned MTV’s No. 1 “Hottest MC in the Game.”

Touring through the year as part of Lil Wayne’s “I Am Still Music” tour, Rozay was simultaneously promoting MMG’s Self-Made Vol. 1 compilation album while recording his fifth-studio LP God Forgives, I Don’t. Two in-flight seizures in October were proven “minor setbacks,” as Ross answered the delay of his solo album with the release of the stellar Rich Forever mixtape to cap a truly magnificent year in the life of a Bawse.

Author: @illLetterC

Drake undeniably made “headlines” with his sophomore album Take Care, selling over one million units. With the success of his cross-genre flow of hip-hop and R&B, Drizzy’s proven that he is a game changer who is here to stay. For that, he has earned himself the title of MTV’s No. 2 “Hottest MC in the Game.”

Author: @danaenayswag

Kanye West’s 2011 was more beautiful and less of a dark, twisted fantasy as the hip-hop super-producer headlined Coachella before returning to helm the boards on some of the year’s biggest hits. Yeezy continued to challenge hip-hop conventions by teaming up with his “big brother” Jay-Z to record the game-changing album Watch the Throne, touring with Hova through the holidays and ballin’ his way to No. 3 on MTV’s “Hottest MCs in the Game” list.

Author: @illLetterC

Nicki Minaj made her moments last a lifetime in 2011, accompanying Lil Wayne and Britney Spears on their highly-successful tours, simultaneously releasing chart-topping singles and solidifying herself as a mainstay in both hip-hop and pop music consciousness. Moving up a spot from her 2010 standings, the Harajuku Barbie claims the No. 5 spot on MTV’s “Hottest MCs in the Game” list.

Author: @illLetterC

After spending the majority of 2010 in the penitentiary, Lil Wayne turned to the pen in 2011, only this time to free his thoughts and write his chart-topping album Tha Carter IV. Throw in one of the highest-grossing concert tours of the year in the “I Am Still Music” tour, and you have millions of reasons why Weezy has been named MTV’s No. 5 “Hottest MC in the Game.”

Author: @illLetterC

Juicy J gets trippy in the video for “Drugged Out,” a cut off his mixtape Blue Dream & Lean. With weed and syrup in full supply, the Taylor Gang signee makes his way from club to club, studio to studio with Kreayshawn, Future, Tyga, and The Weeknd in the hallucinogenic clip.

Author: @Jrbelcher310
Editor: @MuziksMyLife

Wale’s doing Big things in the video for “Slight Work.” Mr. Folarin and Big Sean team up with Chris Brown, who co-directs their Diplo-produced collaboration off Ambition. With visuals that resemble Breezy’s own “Look At Me Now” video and Wale showing off his dance moves, this one’s putting in the right work.

Author: @danaenayswag
Editor: @MuziksMyLife

Jay-Z continued to cement his legacy as one of the greatest hip-hop icons of all-time in 2011, and has placed his crown atop the No. 6 spot on MTV’s “Hottest MCs In The Game.” Moving in silence for the first part of the year, Hova came roaring back with the Kanye West-assisted collaborative album Watch The Throne, as well as a sold-out cross country tour with Yeezy.

Author: @illLetterC

Chris Brown shows off his spectacular moves in the thrilling video for “Turn Up The Music,” the lead single from his upcoming fifth studio album Fortune. After hailing a futuristic hover taxi, a sharp-dressed Breezy finds himself at a masked rave, moving from room to room while performing various eye-popping dance routines that pay tribute to his idol, the late Michael Jackson.

Author: @illLetterC

Gucci Mane has jungle fever in the video for “I’m In Love With A White Girl,” a collaboration with Yo Gotti off his mixtape Trap Back.

Author: @MuziksMyLife

Meek Mill has yet to release a solo album, but his Dreamchasers mixtape and contributions to the Self Made Vol. 1 compilation set the tone for the streets in 2011. Establishing himself as a key element in the rise of Rick Ross’ MMG empire, the Philadelphia rapper has been honored as MTV‘s No. 7 “Hottest MC In The Game.”

Author: @Jrbelcher310
Editor: @MuziksMyLife