Coachella 2012 Lineup Revealed

 The nation famous Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival has returned. Alot of big names, and soon to be big names are on the lineup. The festival is from April 13th-15th & 20th-22nd. If you're in the Indio, Cali area, I advise you to check it out.

100 Ways to "Save" Hip Hop by Henry Adaso

1. Stop playing the same 5 songs on the radio.
2. Stop listening to radio stations that play the same 5 songs.
3. Stop blaming Diddy.
4. Stop Diddy.
5. Stop dubbing every new jack “the next great” this and that.
6. Stop charging body parts for shows.
7. Stop fabricating feuds to sell records.
8. Stop putting Lil Wayne on every song.
9. Stop saying hip-hop is dead.
10. Stop hating Kanye for being weird.
11. More battles, less beef.
12. Stop biting Jay-Z’s flow.
13. Stop biting Biggie’s ad libs.
14. Stop putting weed carriers on your album.
15. Stop trying to please everyone.
16. Stop leaking entire albums song by song.
17. Stop making posthumous collaborations.
18. Stop getting arrested for dumb things.
19. Stop being homophobic.
20. Stop blaming record labels.
21. Stop whining about how much you miss the golden age of hip-hop.
22. Stop cluttering albums with corny skits, unless you’re Prince Paul.
23. Support creativity with your wallet.
24. Stop making 50-song albums with 90% filler.
25. Stop faking the funk.
26. Stop calling people who disagree with you “haters.”
27. Stop hating.
28. Stop kissing ass for favors.
29. Stop saying you miss “real” hip-hop.
30. Stop hating Jay-Z.
31. Stop saying you’re carrying ___ city on your back. That’s not even possible.
32. Stop acting too cool for school at concerts.
33. Stop rapping about the same three topics.
34. Stop rapping about UFOs.
35. Stop promoting sexual violence under the guise of hood reportage.
36. Stop defending misogyny.
37. Stop being a Twitter groupie.
38. Stop taking contrarian views for the sake of being different.
39. Stop hating people who disagree with you.
40. Stop dissing Soulja Boy.
41. Stop Soulja Boy.
42. Stop dissing people who make dance-tastic rap. It’s been around forever.
43. Support innovative DJs.
44. Actually make the effort to move the crowd.
45. Stop radio payola.
46. Stop blog payola.
47. Push the envelope.
48. Stop biting.
49. Stop yelling on mixtapes.
50. Stop blaming bloggers.
51. Make meaningful music.
52. Stop obsessing over airplay (or lack thereof).
53. Stop showering undeserving veterans with blind praise.
54. Stop sleeping on unsigned talent.
55. Stop hopping on trends.
56. Stop making everything a race issue.
57. Stop being so gimmicky.
58. Stop calling everything a concept album.
59. Stop making tinkerbell beats.
60. Stop blaming skinny jeans.
61. Stop blaming hipsters.
62. Stop explaining your art.
63. Let your music speak for itself.
64. Stop playing it safe.
65. Invest in better artwork and packaging.
66. Stop promoting ignorance.
67. Stop burning bridges over stupid things.
68. Stop bragging about sales.
69. Stop showing up six hours late to your own shows.
70. Stop blaming the South.
71. Stop putting people in a box.
72. Stop tossing “classic” around.
73. Stop congratulating yourself on every other song.
74. Stop trying to sell the same album twice.
75. Stop looking for the next 50 Cent.
76. Stop hating people who color outside the lines.
77. More rapping, less singing.
78. Stop wasting your budget on video hos.
79. Do tell me, how do you get in those jeans.
80. Stop getting murdered by Eminem on your songs.
81. Stop telling me to “bring that sh-t back!”
82. More improvised freestyles, less written freestyles.
83. More originality, less biting.
84. More RZA, less Bobby Digital.
85. More effort, less ghostwriting.
86. More albums, less mixtapes.
87. Stop using auto-tune to mask a lack of singing talent.
88. Stop making contrived girl songs.
89. Stop wearing obnoxious gold chains.
90. Stop calling everything a movement. Civil Rights = movement; Bugatti Boys = not a movement.
91. Stop shooting up the clubs.
92. Stop wearing jackets that look like LV handbags.
93. Stop nominating idiots for Hip-Hop Honors.
94. Stop handing out awards to the same 5 people every year.
95. Stop sending impostors to your show (I’m looking at you, DOOM).
96. Ban Diddy from Twitter.
97. Stop putting baby pictures on your album cover.
98. Be aware that the roof is not literally on fire.
99. Retire the word “swag.”
100. Stop trying to save hip-hop. It doesn’t need saving.

I have a simple solution...Listen to more Kendrick Lamar. 

HB-Hoes: The Good Show Killer

"Hung," "How to Make It in America" and "Bored to Death" have been canceled, the cable network announced today. Meanwhile, "Enlightened," starring Laura Dern and Luke Wilson, has been granted a season two.  - MSNBC

Sad day man. HBO gives the AX to 3 shows, including one of my personal favorites, How to Make It In America. It was a damn good show! Enlightened had the smallest audience of the four shows, it was a darling among critics. And last week, it was nominated for two Golden Globes: Best Comedy Series and Best Actress in a Comedy Series. Sounds like bullshit to me too.

The story is that the second season lost a good number within the viewing audience. Now what do I look forward to for television on Sundays when Misfits just had their season finale this past week? Not to mention Alisha won't be in season 4...:/

Forbes: Hip-Hop's Top Earners

Forbes did a little list of whose on top, money wise, in the Hip-Hop world. Jay-Z tops the list, earning $37 Million this past year.

Full list below.

The success of hip-hop’s top earners shows just how powerful the genre has become as a commercial force. The top 20 on our list combined to earn $271 million; 13 different artists earned $10 million or more, taking home cash from live shows, recorded music, endorsements and a wide range of other entrepreneurial ventures. The top five combined to earn $118 million in 12 months.

1. Shawn “Jay-Z” Carter, $37 million;
2. Sean “Diddy” Combs, $35 million;
3. Kanye West, $16 million;
4. Dwayne “Lil Wayne” Carter, Bryan “Birdman” Williams, $15 million (tie);
6. Marshall “Eminem” Mathers, Andre “Dr. Dre” Young, Calvin “Snoop Dogg” Broadus, $14 million (tie);
9. Aliuane “Akon” Thiam, $13 million;
10. Christopher “Ludacris” Bridges, $12 million;
11. Cameron “Wiz Khalifa” Thomaz, Aubrey “Drake” Graham, $11 million (tie);
13. Pharrell Williams, $10 million;
14. Timothy “Timbaland” Mosley, $7 million;
15. Kasseem “Swizz Beatz” Dean, Onika “Nicki Minaj” Maraj, $6.5 million (tie);
17. William “Rick Ross” Roberts, Curtis “50 Cent” Jackson, Armando “Pitbull” Perez, $6 million (tie);
20. Faheem “T-Pain” Najm, Bobby “B.o.B” Simmons, Jr., $5 million (tie)

Nicki Minaj In The New Ice Age Movie

Nicki has been known to do multiple voice, along with her many personalities. Nicki will make an appearance in the new Ice Age movie, Ice Age: Continental Drift. More appearances will be made from Joy Behar, JB Smoove, Queen Latifah, Aziz Ansari, Jennifer Lopez, Wanda Sykes, and also Drake.

Here's a performance from Goodmorning Amercia.

If you would like to SEE some more goodies pertaining to Nicki Minaj, click here.

:) Today was a good day.

Happy Birthday President Barack Obama

We at "We Ain't Hollywood" would like to wish our 44th President Barack Obama a Happy Birthday. Our president turns the big 5-0 today. 

God bless you, and your family.

Still give em buckets.

Sorry Dr. King By Octavius (@MadeMonarch_O)

There's two sides to St. Louis, and here we have a representer of the positive side featured today. One fourth of the royal family the Made Monarchs, Octavius wrote a column apologizing to Dr. King. Octavius had this to say.

"I just want to take time out to say sorry Dr. King, but as a member of the young & black community, I feel we have failed you and what you had to offer us. What we gave you back in return???…. A smack in the face. Black on Black crime, white on black crime, war, segregation…all still exist because we can’t handle the easy route you worked for. When I say the easy route, I’m talking about peace with one another, honesty, loyalty, and brotherhood. This is what you wanted and what did we do?…… Nothing at at all but throw it back in your face. MLK day should be a day of celebrating a man who fought for our freedom. Not a day where you go out to the club, get loose, and shake your ass to Gucci ."

You can read more of this at MadeMonarchs.com

We have to do better than this--->Fuckery.

Eminem, Yelawolf & Slaughterhouse Cover XXL

Big news in the world of Hip-Hop. Shady Records score two new acts to the label. Slaughterhouse (Crooked I, Joe Budden, Joell Ortiz and Royce da 5’9”) and the 'Bama native Yelawolf sign with Eminem.

XXL Excerpt:

“Yelawolf and Slaughterhouse, it’s kinda phase two of Shady,” says Eminem. “It’s the new generation of Shady Records and as we’re trying to rebuild our label, it’s exciting for hip-hop and with all of these forces coming together and with what everybody’s capable of on the mic, it’s gonna be fun.”

Said Yelawolf: “Considering where I’m from and the shit I’ve been through, it’s hard to put into words what partnering with Shady means to me, my team at Ghet-O-Vision, and my state of Alabama. I can tell you that when you’re willing to give your life up to see a dream through, the reward is great. And now that I’ve become an apprentice to one of the greatest artists in the world, my potential reaches beyond anything I ever imagined. Let’s kill this shit.”

The March 2011 XXL Magazine hits the stands February 8, 2011.

15 Modern-Era Finalists for HOF

CANTON, Ohio -- First-year candidates Deion Sanders, Curtis Martin, Marshall Faulk, Jerome Bettis and Willie Roaf are among 15 modern-era finalists who will be considered for induction into the Pro Football Hall of Fame.

The other finalists: Tim Brown, Cris Carter, Dermontti Dawson, Richard Dent, Chris Doleman, Charles Haley, Cortez Kennedy, Andre Reed, Ed Sabol and Shannon Sharpe.

Selected in August as senior nominees are former Redskins linebacker Chris Hanburger and former Rams linebacker Les Richter.

The Hall announced 113 modern-era nominees in September. That group was cut down to 25 in November.

A minimum of four and maximum of seven new members will be selected.

Via ESPN.com