Isaac Hayes Passes Away at 65

Memphis, TN – Within this past weekend it seems like the good have been dying young, we just recently lost Bernie Mac at a young age and now we lost another. Legendary Soul artist, Isaac Hayes passed away this past Sunday afternoon (Aug. 10) at the Baptist East Hospital in his hometown of Memphis, Tennessee.

 

 

 

 


The man behind many groundbreaking hits and the voice behind the suggestive Chef in South Park was known for his versatile musical background ranging from Soul to Funk. Hayes was highly respected in the industry and laid the original theme for the top rated Shaft with Richard Roundtree during his heydays. Many Hip-Hop artists until this day have credited him with the utmost respect even when it came down to sampling some of his Grammy-award winning hits.He received the highest honor when he was officially inducted into the Rock N Roll Hall of Fame in 2002.

This past Sunday afternoon (Aug 10), one of Hayes relatives found him lying on the floor unresponsive near his treadmill in his Memphis home. When they rushed him to the hospital, he was pronounced dead at around 2:08pm. The cause of death is still unclear, however, Shelby County deputies are still investigating his death, but within their search, no foul play has surfaced so far.

At press time, Hayes recently made a cameo appearance as himself in the upcoming film ‘Soul Men’ starring Samuel L. Jackson and, coincidentally, Bernie Mac who recently passed on Saturday.

24hourhiphop.com sends our deepest condolences to the Hayes Family in their time of loss.

The saying goes, “Why do all the good die young?”I could never answer that question. Hayes death came so abruptly just like Bernie’s Mac’s as it happened in the same weekend, you tend to wonder, what the hell is going on?Our thoughts and prayers definitely go out to both families. We lost a great comedian and a talented musician. Our prayers go out to both families as talent like those two possess shall surely be missed.

Ludacris Discusses Theater of the Mind, Does track with T.I.P.

Atlanta, GA – It’s been a minute since the original ATLien released an album or yet alone any material at that for the fans to continue bumping to his music. After a long two year hiatus Ludacris is ready to release his sixth studio LP. With all the news circulating about this album and the recent release of his mixtape ‘The Preview,’ the most interesting news is the fact that he is collaborating with his, at one time, ATL rival T.I.P.

The lyrical feud between Luda and T.I. have been going steadily back and forth for some time now, even with the physical altercation with Chaka Zulu in L.A. several months back, somehow these two have squashed whatever beef they’ve had to walk into the studio together to record one track on Luda’s next anticipated album. That track in question is entitled ‘Wish You Would.’

These are some of lyrics taken from the track:

Ludacris: “Surprise, nigga. It was bound to happen sooner or later.”

T.I.: “They ain’t ready for this.”

Ludacris: “Yeah, I went green and 26s on the hybrid, smoke so much green that I can’t open up my eyelid. Wake up in London, go to sleep on Atlanta time, still, my paint got more candy than your valentine.”

T.I.: “I’m fly enough to fly away, trouble, I don’t shy away from it, I annihilate suckas in their driveway, in church on Sunday morning, praying ’bout what happened Friday.”

Both artists boost that the streets aren’t ready for a track of this caliber, nevertheless, this proves that Atlanta is united regardless of all the beef talk that was created amongst themselves.

Luda continues to discuss the work he put into this next album and who he has featured on it. He even includes a song with Chris Brown for the ladies entitled ‘What Them Girls Like.’

“Also, my man Sean Garrett is on there. Basically, we’re naming everything girls like, in a song. So when you hear it, you’ll understand exactly what I’m talking about. If you don’t know what girls like, then I’m going to tell you in this song. I’m going to let you know exactly what they like, just give you a couple points. It’s going to help you with the entire rest of your life. That’s what it’s going to help you with for sure. We’re in the works of doing a whole lot of very creative stuff. The whole album, Theater of the Mind, every song is a movie. That’s basically how it comes down. I don’t even have ‘features’ on the album. The first single is not even ‘featuring’ Chris Brown and Sean Garrett, its ‘co-starring’ Chris Brown and Sean Garrett. That’s what I have on this album. … It’s all-stars, basically. It’s co-starring people because it’s a movie. Every song is a movie creatively and conceptually. I think people are definitely going to understand that this is something that was very creatively put together. It took a minute, but every song is very serious.”

At press time, that album is set to be released on October 21st. He is also set to appear in four separated films set to be released sometime this year.

On the real, it has been a minute since a Luda album graced the selves; either way when that album does drop it’s quite obvious it will sell to an extent. It won’t go platinum the first week, per say, but it will eventually reach that level over time, definitely looking forward to that album when it finally drops.

New Jay-Z Album Blueprint 3 in the Works

New York, NY – The Carter of the South released his third installment to his best selling trilogy to later sell over 2 million units. The Carter of the North, Hova himself has been confirmed to be releasing his own third installment to
end his trilogy series. ‘The Blueprint 3’ is officially the confirmed title to Jay-Z’s eleventh studio album.

The news in the media have been buzzing like wildfire about ‘The Blueprint 3’ and word now is that Kanye West might be taking the helm on the production side instead of Timbaland. This will be the final album under the Def Jam imprint before he begins recording under Live Nation. West has been rumored to produce several tracks, if not, the whole album. Confirmed tracks so far include the leaked ‘Jockin’ Jay-Z’ and another entitled ‘Victory,’ which has been said to be a blazing track.

At press time, ‘The Blueprint 3’ has been rumored to be released sometime towards the end of the year, if not, the beginning of 2009.

Keep posted to 24hourhourhiphop.com for updated news as this situation develops.

It is definitely major news when Jay-Z is release another album. The fact that this is his eleventh studio LP is crazy. He is basically following the trilogy themes that Lil Wayne has been following for the longest. On the real, I’ve heard snippets of the track ‘Victory’ and that track is definitely blazing. Ya’ll already know, keep posted to 24hourhiphop.com for the exclusive download of the full track.