Nas Fans Create Online Petition For Def Jam To Release "Lost Tapes 2"

Lupe Fiasco fans aren't the only supporters attempting to pressure major labels into action, and nearly 700 have already signed.

Earlier this year, Queens, New York emcee icon Nas said in an interview that he had plans to release a second installment of his Lost Tapes. The September, 2002 release featured previously unheard songs by Nas, produced by the likes of Alchemist and L.E.S.

Whereas the original collection of songs came by way of Nas' then-label Columbia Records, the emcee alluded that his post-2006 home, Def Jam Records, would be responsible to release The Lost Tapes 2. Based on leaked emails, and interviews since the first announced in June of this year, the project has been delayed by the label home to Kanye West, The Roots, Rihanna and Ghostface Killah.

Fans siding with Nas have created WeNeedLostTapes2.com, a petition side hoping to sway the New York-based label into releasing the collection of songs.

The site states, "We the fans of Nasir Jones, have been waiting for the follow-up to the 2002 classicLost Tapes. This was a record of compiled tracks that did not make Nas albums, but put together for the sake of the fans. Since its release almost a decade ago, it has received critical acclaim and quickly became a fan favorite.

It has come to our attention that Nas has in fact completed the follow-up, titled Lost Tapes 2, and is waiting for you (Def Jam) to green-light the project and give it a release date. We do not like to go into speculation and rumors, but it seems as though you do not want to release Lost Tapes 2because you don't want it to count as an official album since Nas only has 2 more albums left to fulfill his contractual obligation to Def Jam."

At press time, 677 signatures had been collected.

Nipsey Hussle Speaks On Going Black Independent

Nipsey Hussle: Honestly, I was always independent before I signed to Epic [Records]. The way that Epic heard about me was thru our movement as All Money In: what we was doing in L.A. as far as mixtapes…as far as the touring we was doing just in our region. So when we got with Epic it was kinda like we started working together. But, just to keep it completely 100, I’m in the process of negotiating my release right now. And we just gonna go back to doing what we been doing, as far as an independent company and serving our region. But it wasn’t really no big fallout with the label or nothin’ like that, it’s just Epic went through internal changes: they fired the president, Amanda Ghost, [after] actually becoming a subsidiary of Columbia [Records]. Half of they staff is gonna be laid off or fired. And the original staff that brought me in the building, that shared the original vision of really what Nipsey Hussle was, they’re all gone. So, being fair, it ain’t really nobody in particular that we can point the blame on, it just kinda was like a [dissolving] of the core team that started on the project. So it serves both interests for us to just go back to what we was doing originally. I’ma walk away with all my masters; I’ma walk away unobligated, with my brand built. And it’s all love and respect for everybody at Epic. We took a chance together. It was a lot of money spent, a lot of success together, and it’s no hard feelings.
Full Interview: HipHopDX

Ashanti Gives Nelly A Special Performance

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Wiz Khalifa Q & A Session

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During a brief Q & A session, PIttsburgh's Wiz Khalifa reminisced on his early childhood days. He admits that he was always a joke telling, charismatic child and getting into music was a natural progression for him.

Wiz Khalifa Announces New Single, March 2011 Album

Although he still has no title for his debut album, Wiz has announced that "Roll Up" will be the title of his next single.

After "Black & Yellow," Wiz Khalifa has green on his mind. The young emcee recently announced that his next single will be "Roll Up," a song that will be on his upcoming debut. For now, that album remains untitled but it seems it will get a release in March of 2011. 

"I'm definitely looking forward to my next single coming out," Wiz told MTV recently of "Roll Up." "I'm looking forward to my album dropping in late March, which is gonna be exciting for me and the Taylors worldwide. Like I keep saying, always keep building on top of my brand, keep doing what I'm doing and make new fans."

As for "Roll Up," Wiz said he came up with that song after speaking to his people about "a look."

“The next single is called ‘Roll Up,’ surprisingly. Really, I just needed another single and we were trying to come up with a look and then me and [my manager] talked about it,” Wiz added. “We talked about it for three minutes. And then I came up with that song.”

It seems Wiz is close to coming up with a title for the album. In the video version of the MTV article, Wiz asks someone off camera if he could announce the album title, but it seems the answer was, "No." 

Obama Signs Don't Ask Don't Tell Repeal

President Barack Obama brought the 17-year-old political struggle over the military's "don't ask, don't tell" policy to a close Wednesday, signing legislation that end the ban on openly gay men and women serving in the armed forces.

The president signed the repeal in front an jubilant crowd of supporters at the Department of Interior. “[The repeal] will strengthen our national security and uphold (America's) ideals,” Obama said. “No longer will tens of thousands of Americans in uniform be asked to live a lie.”

Celebrities were also in support of the repeal and expressed their feelings via Twitter over the weekend shortly after the repeal was announced.

“Can't hold back the tears+pride. We did it!i Our voice was heard + today the Senate REPEALED DADT. A triumph for equality after 17 YEARS,” Tweeted Lady Gaga.

Katy Perry retweeted the following from singer Pink:

“SUPPORTING ALL OUR TROOPS! RT @Pink: Congrats 2 US!!! REPEAL of DADT & 17 years of allowing Human Rights Violations. There’s hope after all!”

Kathy Griffin and Ellen DeGeneres were also vocal about their support.

Fabolous- In The Morning (Remix)

Fabolous raps over J. Cole's "In The Morning." Should have seen this coming. Do your thing Fab.