Roc Nation’s J.Cole called up Shade 45 last week to speak with DJ Whoo Kid and XXL’s Vanessa Satten and Rob Markman about his budding career, love from fans, the XXL Freshmen cover feature and working with Jay-Z.

What has J.Cole learned from Jay-Z?  Are white kids really more into Hip Hop music these days? How is J.Cole dealing with newfound fame?  What did he learn in college about dealing with people like Whoo Kid? Has he been ghostwriting yet? Is he really related to Jay-Z? Is he deliberately trying to out-do rappers on their own tracks when he collaborates?

Find out in this RadioPlanet.tv exclusive!

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Beanie Sigel touches on allot of different and how he’s been explaining everything that has been going on for years through his music, even breaks down some of the lyrics.

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Beanie Sigel and 50 Cent chop it up on Power 99, Beanie Sigel is coming to G-Unit?

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Why do they all do that? The more you deny the more nosy people get, not that it’s anyone’s business but Ciara is a good look.

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50 Cent, Lloyd Banks, and Tony Yayo were on Angie Martinez show on Hot 97. They talk about Eminem, Jay-Z, Before I Self Destruct, Thisis50 fest and more.

“Jay-Z is the coolest punk in hip-hop”

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(11:45) I’m sick of myself. Seriously, I gotta shut down after this. I never been on radio or TV this much in my life. I’m sick of myself.

(9:30) [Angie: Where you at with those guys?] Yeah, I speak to Chris often. Freeway as well. I spoke to Beans when his grandma passed, we had a conversation. I don’t speak to Peedi at all, cuz he’s a psycho. [Angie: Jeez, that's harsh.] What? [Angie: That's not harsh?] No, he’s a psycho. That’s what I truly believe. Not trying to be funny or anything.

(14:20) My man OG [Juan], when we talked about Vol. 3, he told me “Man, I HATE that album.” This is my brother. Then I said, “You like ‘So Ghetto’?” He’s was like “Yeah.” “Big Pimpin? Yeah.” After seven, he’s like “Yeah, but that album was terrible.” He liked 7 records out of 14 and said it was terrible. Anybody else has three records, they’re phenomal. I have to have 14 for 14, or it’s terrible. Not even just a good album, it’s terrible. “I hate, hate, hate that album.”

(17:40) I read that you went to go see Shyne and nobody’s asked you about that.
Not true. A lie, gossip, whatever you wanna call it.

(0:25) I can’t freestyle anymore. I’m done. [Angie: Backpackers are gonna have a field day with you.] Finished. Back when I was nice.. [Laughs.]

(8:10) [After Angie plugs ThisIs50 Fest] Nobody invited me there, I’ll take a check. Somebody get at me.

Quotes to cleanup:

I’ll be honest. I almost took Reminder off at the last second.

Are there any subliminals? Nah, never… Couple landmines. Still check for other people’s subliminals? I stopped listening to records in that way.

Do you ever miss Damon? Rocafella was beautiful in its original state. That’s my answer.

On sale Sept 8th 2009, anyone planning on Copping it?

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“My favorite line on the song, though, is when Wayne says, ‘Life is such a roller coaster and then it drops/ but what should I scream for, this is my theme park.’ That right there, word-play-wise, that’s my favorite. But everybody does their thing. Kanye does Kanye. Eminem raps in a way where nobody might have heard him rap in a long time and says some things that are great for his fans to hear. I’m just proud to even be on the record. People are telling me they like my verse. I’m just happy I held my own.”
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So that record [potentially with Andre 3000 and Sade] is something important to me. Obviously [I'm gonna work with] Wayne. I’m out here really trying to get something special with Justin. Hovito [Jay-Z], we might need to get him. The track on this album was a real catchy joint. But people wanna hear us rap together. That’s one of my goals, to have that track with me and Jay. Maybe don’t even have a hook, maybe. Have just like you haven’t heard him in a minute, just going bars for bars. That might be something you’ll hear on the album.”

We got to work a couple nights, actually, we did a few joints and from what I hear we’re going back in to try and get some more stuff done.

Jay has been one of the most special people to me in this game. I don’t think I’ll ever forget the nights me and Jay had in the studio, and the things he’ll tell me and just the way he embraced me. It’s one of the best feelings in my life. Jay is one of those guys that you can say, ‘I look up to this guy,’ or ‘I like this guy’s music.’ I wanted to be Jay. That’s what they say about the best artists. To be a great rapper, men gotta wanna be you and women gotta wanna … you know.

I wanna be myself, but for me to say, ‘If I couldn’t be me, I wanted to be that man’ — that’s huge. … To have that man in my life and to be able to interact with him and talk to him and, best of all, work with him — there’s not a real sentence I can say to describe it. Hopefully Jay and Drake are as powerful as Drake and Wayne. I hope people see that union and it comes up more than once in the future.

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Swizz Beatz talks about the Ruff Ryders coming back together on Jadakiss’ “Who’s Real” remix. He also touches base on his art show coming soon, “Kasseem Dean presents, The Wildest Dreams.”

During his time in Atlanta, Wiz Khalifa sits down with Josh Cubas for a Fab5Ent.com exclusive interview at Wish Boutique. The young rapper speaks on several topics including his mixtape with Curren$y and his thoughts on rap’s new generation.

He previews “We Run The City”, & talks about Chris Brown and The Game, He responds to The Game diss by saying, “Tell Groupie to get over it”.

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Drake speaks on Rihanna, working with Pharrell in Miami (see photo above), the album, he also threw little G at Angie that caught her a little off guard, lol. During the WPGC phonecall ( around the 2:55 mark) he reveals that he will announce the big secret of which label he’s signed to in about 5 days.

Angie Martinez Phoner

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WPGC Phoner

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Slaughterhouse, they went had a little interview with DJ Envy and they also dropped a 40 bar A Capella freestyle. It’s diet Pepsi compared to the Shade 45 freestyle they did yesterday though.

Interview and Freestyle

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Just the Freestyle

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50 cent is crazy yow, he’s actually quite entertaining when he’s like this, he should be this way more often.

The Slaughterhouse stop by Shade 45 for a interview and also laid down a freestyle….

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Jay-Z speaks on leavng Def Jam(00:30), D.O.A. (2:00), DJ Webstar catching feelings on Twitter (2:53), his motivation (3:35), Barack Obama (4:40), NBA (5:33), Rihanna (6:33), Nets coming to Brooklyn (7:15), Jay-Z’s Top 5 all time (8:11), lack of female MC’s(8:30).

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Jay-Z’s Top 5 MCs:
Notorios BIG
Tupac Shakur
Scarface
Eminem
Andre 3000

Damn no Nas?

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Summer Jam round up, I’m not going to make a whole bunch off posts about Summer Jam, this is my consolidation post about the whole event. This was the first time I think Summer Jam didn’t sell out but given out current state it’s not too surprising. There is also a Jay-Z interview that went down earlier today where he speaks on the Summer Jam among other things.

Jay-Z Interview with Angie Martinez

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“Expect great music. That’s all I ever want them to expect from me,” Wayne told us after the MTV Movie Awards. “I wanted to grow and show my growth as well,” he added. “It’s a difference from when you go in a room and come out and you’re better and everyone says, ‘How did you do that?’ So with this album, I wanted everyone to see my growing pains.”
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“It’s almost like where Outkast was when they made Aquemini,” he continued. “It’s still a rap album, but was it really a rap album compared to all the other rap albums at that time? Andre Benjamin was evolving artistically to where he’s at now — Wayne is doing the same thing, and he’s not afraid to show you his growth. It’s one thing we respect about him, and we feel it’s something that everybody else should respect about him … he shows no fear. To put himself out there, you’re watching someone as they progress in their career.”

Rebirth is slated for release August 18.

With its mix of singing and rapping, Drake’s buzz-building mixtape So Far Gone has drawn comparisons to Kanye West’s latest effort 808s & Heartbreak. For his part, Drake said the Chicago lyricist had a huge impact on his music and even described ‘Ye as “the most influential person” in shaping the young rapper’s sound.

“Before I ever got the chance to meet him, Kanye West shaped a lot of what I do, as far as music goes,” Drake told MTV News on Tuesday night before his show at S.O.B.’s. “We always, always, always took the time to listen to Kanye’s music and appreciate it beyond. We searched the samples and we find out where his inspiration came from, because he has one of the best ears in music, period. He knows how to recognize great music that’s not his. He knows how to utilize great sounds and great music. So before I met him, I had the utmost respect for Kanye West. I’d even go as far as to say he’s the most influential person as far as a musician that I’d ever had in my life.”

Drake said he and ‘Ye initially met in Hawaii, where West has been working on music recently. The interaction was brief at first, but now the two are expected to collaborate on Drake’s upcoming debut album. ‘Ye attended Drake’s New York show this week, and one of West’s managers, Gee Roberson, acts as a co-manger for Drake.

Over the weekend, West returned the accolades in a post on his blog, saying that one of Drizzy’s lines on Young Money’s “Every Girl” is the rhyme of the year.

“Drake said, ‘Do you like girls like I do?? Les-bi-honest!!!!!’ Best line of the year so far!” West wrote in all caps.

As an upstart, Drake said the comment was hilarious and flattering. “I feel like it’s funny, because that’s something he might have said,” Drake said about the line. “[But] it’s an honor that he’s even looking at me as somewhat of an equal, somewhat of a peer. I think he’s one of the greatest to ever do it.”

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“I have a lot to prove – to myself and people, period. I released this mixtape and it’s kinda like: ‘Now you really have to release an album. That’s what artist’s do.’ “Can excitement last from May or June all the way till the end of this year? ’Cause that’s when the album’s going to come out,” he says. “How do I maintain that excitement?”

Full Interview: Much Music

See this is the problem with labels, they are always dragging there asses and I have no idea what having a buzz is and how it’s maintained. Buzz is something when you loose it you rarely get it back. Were going to need a So Far Gone part 2 if the album is dropping next year.

Drake hits up Hot 97’s Peter Rosenberg and Cipha Sounds to clear up the Rihanna make out rumors.

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