November 27, 2024

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Beyonce’s ‘Drunk in Love’ Vs. Future’s ‘Good Morning’: Who Did It Better?

Beyoncé's hit single "Drunk in Love" has had girls — and a few boys, as well — grinding on that surfboard for months now, but did Queen Bey snatch that catchy beat right out of Future's hands? The Atlanta-based rapper/producer says he didn't know that Mrs. Carter actually planned to use the melody after he previewed it for her.

During at performance at SXSW last week Future performed a new song called "Good Morning," which sounded surprisingly like "Drunk in Love."

"I was recording with this producer by the name of Detail. We were working on 'Drunk in Love,'" Future explained to fans before getting into the track. "We started working on this other record at the same time, and then once 'Drunk in Love' came out it pushed this song to the side."

Future paid a visit to "The Wendy Williams Show" on Monday (Mar 24), where he further elaborated on how he lost the track to Bey.

"I demoed the song with the producer. I demoed it first for her to listen to," he said. "I guess she had done the record and she was saving the record. I had did another version, 'Good Morning,' because we didn't know when she was going to put the album out."

"Then she put it out [in] December, after I was supposed to put my album out in November, it just pushed my song to the side.

Though it's unfortunate that "Good Morning" got scrapped from Future's upcoming album, Honest, it seems unlikely that his version would've been as big of a smash ...

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Is Diddy Going By Puff Daddy Again? See His ‘Big Homie’ Trailer

Diddy makes everything look epic — even shopping at a bodega. On Monday (March 24), the Bad Boy head honcho opened the preview clip for his music video with an aerial shot of Times Square, before cutting to a super slow motion shot of himself walking through a local grocery store aisle.

Oh yeah, he also may or may not have changed his name back to his original Puff Daddy moniker, depending on how much trust you put into the trailer's credit roll.

A small piano pounds as Puff struts passed a shelf holding dinner napkins, Ziploc sandwich bags and powdered hot chocolate mix. If you think the multimillionaire has grown frugal on his way to a billion, don't fret: He provides plenty of ostentatious moments in the 57-second clip.

In just under a minute, Diddy takes a ride through Harlem with Meek Mill in a Rolls Royce Wraith, dons a fur coat and flashes his diamond-encrusted jewelry in front of the camera.

Puff released the first release from his upcoming MMM album last month and alongside rap friends French Montana and Rick Ross, reminds listeners of all his Diddy-ness. "Diddy go to any hood, big rollie/ Top down on any block, n---as know me/ The only one that's topping Forbes,I'm getting lonely," he brags.

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Down With The Crown: Check Out The Menu At Kim And Kanye’s Burger King Franchise

Kanye West just got Kim Kardashian one Whopper of a wedding gift.

According to reports, 'Ye is giving his soon-to-be-wife 10 Burger King franchises throughout Europe, in the hopes of diversifying her portfolio and giving her career options once the reality TV cameras stop rolling (which surely has to happen one of these days, right?!?)

"She owns all the jewels anyone could ever want, so he is taking the practical route by investing in businesses for her instead ... Kanye wants to buy her 10 restaurants, making her a real international businesswoman," a source supposedly told the UK's ever-reliable Daily Star. "he knows the fast food industry is reliable and lucrative, plus BK is international so he thinks it's the perfect fit for Kim."

Hope nobody told the folks at Carl's Jr!

Kanye, of course, already has fast-foot experience, entering into a partnership with Fat Burger in 2008 (sadly, the first franchise he opened in the Chicago suburb of Orland Park closed in 2011), so a BK deal seems like the next logical step.

That said, give the source of the story, we're pretty sure it isn't true ... which is a bummer, considering all the potential menu additions KimYe could've brought to Burger King (they're both geniuses, after all) Here are some of our gut-busting favorites, beach bods be damned.

The Angry Kanye

The Kris, Kourtney, Khloé, Kendall & Kylie Kroissan'wich

The Big Kim Deluxe

Sad-isfries

My Beautiful Dark ...

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Neon Trees Frontman Tyler Glenn Comes Out As Gay

Neon Trees frontman Tyler Glenn follows in the footsteps of Ellen Page, Jason Collins and the like in this month's issue of Rolling Stone, coming out as gay and commending others in the public eye for taking the same plunge. "I really love all of the... ...

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How ‘Divergent’ Stacks Up To ‘The Hunger Games’ And ‘Twilight’

The YA curse has been broken, and it was Tris and the cast of "

The Shailene Woodley-led adaptation has been hailed as a success in industry circles and won the box office for the weekend, but how well did it do in comparison to "Twilight" and "The Hunger Games"?

Here's a closer look at the opening weekend number for "Divergent."

$56 million - How much "Divergent" made in its opening weekend
Here's the number you've probably seen associated with "Divergent" a lot today. This was the big number that "Divergent" hit this weekend, almost exactly on-target with what analysts had predicted. Solid, though nothing earth-shattering, but good enough to make it the second biggest opening of the year behind "The LEGO Movie."

$96 million - How much more "The Hunger Games" made
Summit Entertainment and its parent company Lionsgate, from the very start of "Divergent" was hoping to recreate the phenomenon that erupted out of the Jennifer Lawrence-led movie with a similarly themed adaptation starring an up-and-coming actress. Ultimately, this may have come down to the public's familiarity with "The Hunger Games" and its much more straightforward story at the time of release.

$13 million - How much more "Twilight" made
This is where Summit should see some good signs. The first installment in the Kristen Stewart and Robert Pattinson vampire saga opened to the tune of $69 million all the way back in 2008. (Remember 2008?) With the next two movies in the "Divergent" series already schedule, Summit has some room to grow.

69 percent - The female portion of the audience
Since this is ...

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50 Cent Talks About The ‘Fear Factor’ That Made Him Leave Interscope

In recent years, 50 Cent has voiced his frustration with Interscope on multiple occasions, but it may have been what he viewed as their inextricable link with Beats By Dr. Dre headphones that factored into his decision to leave the label.

In February, 50 announced that he was leaving the label, which had been his home since the release of his 2003 debut album,Get Rich or Die Tryin'.

Instead, his June 3 album, Animal Ambition, is due out on Caroline, an independent arm of Capitol — which also happens to be under the same parent umbrella (Universal Music Group) as Interscope.

50 sat down with MTV News on March 17 at Eminem's Shade 45 radio station, the same night he taped a SIRIUS XM Town Hall special with fans which will air on the station on March 31. Fif opened up about his issues with music executive Steve Stoute and the current state of his G-Unit rap group. Then, of course, there was his split from Interscope.

"Not that there wasn't a whole lot of support, but just an actual fear factor created from the aura of respect that Jimmy[Iovine] has within the Interscope system," Fif began to explain. "When you see Interscope turn into Beats Records, where everyone that you see is actually marketing Beats headphones — you don't even see a music video without Beats headphones in it."

The push to market Beats headphones may have been particularly off-putting for 50, who not only doesn't have any stake in Beats, but actually owns a competing outfit. In ...

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The Black Keys Burning Up With New Single ‘Fever’ — Hear It Now

The Black Keys had a little help announcing their new album, Turn Blue, relying on Mike Tyson and, uh, some creepy hypnotist guy to spread the news.

But when it came time to premiere the first single off that album, they decided to let the song speak for itself.

On Monday (March 24), the Keys unveiled "Fever," a track that takes their tried-and-true formula — Dan Auerbach's fuzzed-out guitars and hangdog howls, Patrick Carney's heavy-handed work behind the drumkit — and punches it up with a psychedelic groove, adding keening organs, bells and a suite of studio effects to the mix.

In essence, "Fever" strikes a balance between the hard-charging riffs of 2011's El Camino and the headier spaces explored on 2010's Brothers and some of frequent collaborator Danger Mouse (who co-produced Turn Blue with Auerbach and Carney) recent work, most notably Broken Bells. And while purists may decry the duo's turn away from their raucous, blues-indebted roots, well, there's still hope yet.

An accompanying press release notes that Turn Blue was produced in a trio of studios (including Sunset Sound in Hollywood and Auerbach's own Easy Eye Sound in Nashville) and hints that, while the Keys are definitely headed in different directions on their new album, they haven't forgotten the past, either.

"We are always trying to push ourselves when we make a record, not repeat our previous work but not abandon it either," Carney says in a statement. "On this record, we let the songs breathe and explored moods, textures and sounds. We're excited for the world to hear Turn ...

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Jay Z Teaches Drake A Lesson On Jay Electronica’s ‘We Made It’: What We Learned

Jay Electronica doesn't drop music very often, but when he does, the New Orleans MC packs more than hot rhymes into his tracks: He also teaches a lesson or two. Take his recent pairing alongside Roc Nation boss Jay Z on their "We Made It" freestyle. Here's what we learned:

1. Hov Didn't Appreciate Drake's Rolling Stone Interview
Remember when Drake criticized Jay Z for his art-inspired raps in Rolling Stone? Yeah, Hov didn't forget either, and he throws a line to the OVO spitter. "Sorry Mr. Drizzy for so much art talk/ Silly me rappin' 'bout sh-- that I bought," Jigga raps.

2. He Also Reminds Drizzy That He's On Another Level
When Jay Z sold Roc-A-Fella to Def Jam, the business-savvy MC was able to retain ownership of all of his master recordings. It's a boast that most artists can't make, including Drake. On Drizzy's version of "We Made It," he rapped about visiting Universal Records just to make sure they weren't missing any payments; Jay, however, doesn't have those problems. "I own my masters, you know I ain't missing no royalty statements," he raps, using Drake's original rhyme style.

3. Jay Elec Is The Rap Game's Farrakhan
With his raps, Jay Elec has often referenced Five-Percent Nation and Nation of Islam teachings, so when he declares himself the "Farrakhan of rap," the boast doesn't sound too far-fetched. The New Orleans rapper not only compares himself to the Nation of Islam leader, he also says he's the son of NOI founder Wallace Fard Muhammad.

4. Jay Z's Pronunciation Of ...

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