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Singer & Song writer Cocoa Sarai spoke with The King Celeb on her new album, The Black & White’, the singles, “Raining In My Room” and “Anything” w/ Fred The Godson. Her sound and being in love after interview Cocoa Sarai decides to give us a exclusive acapella plus more.

Jay-Z and actress Gwyneth Paltrow traded interviews on their respective websites. For Life And Times.

SC: Personally I was very surprised at your extensive knowledge of hip-hop songs. Particularly how you can sing ’90s hip-hip songs word for word. I can’t even do that! How does a girl from Spence discover hip-hop?
GP: I first was exposed to hip-hop when I was about 16 (1988) by some boys who went to collegiate. The Beastie Boys were sort of the way in for us preppie kids. We were into Public Enemy, Run-DMC and LL Cool J. But then I went to LA the summer between my junior and senior year of high school and I discovered N.W.A which became my obsession. I was fascinated by lyrics as rythym and how Dre had a such different cadence and perspective from say, Eazy-E, who I thought was one of the most ironic and brilliant voices hip-hop has ever had. It was an accident that I learned every word of Straight Outta Compton and to love something that a.) I had no real understanding of in terms of the culture that it was emanating from and b.) to love something that my parents literally could not grasp. But I was hooked. I can’t remember what I ate for dinner last night but I could sing to you every single word of N.W.A’s “Fuck Tha Police” or [Rob Base & DJ E-Z Rock's] “It Takes Two.” Go figure.

As for her site, Goop , she asks Hov five questions including his musical inspirations.

As someone who has walked through museums with you, eaten with you, heard music with you, I know firsthand how creativity in all areas lifts your consciousness. Do you feel that as a cultural figure of importance it is part of your responsibility to share what inspires you?
I think it’s every human’s job to inspire others, to feed one another’s senses. Inspiration begets inspiration times infinity. Imagine if the person that was inspired to create the phonograph didn’t share it with the world.

J-Zone over at egotripland unleashes a 20-year-old never-seen before clip of The Genius, Prince Rakeem and Ason Unique on Public Access TV.

MTV‘s Rya Backer gets Lil B to spill his turn-ons and his ideal first date.While chowing down Chinese cuisine.

Michael Rappaport tells MTV how disappointed he was that Phife Dawg was the only member of the group in attendance for A Tribe Called Quest documentary that premiered at Sundance Festival in Utah on Saturday. 

“The last time I was with Q-Tip, he was fawning over the movie, [saying] ‘I love the movie. I think it could do this, I think it could do that.’ His feeling about the movie was even higher than my feelings about the movie. It’s disappointing that the rest of the group isn’t here. They were offered everything they needed … to get here. They chose not to be here. I felt like Phife last night at the world premiere handled himself as a gentleman and was so honest and sweet and vulnerable, the same way he is in the movie.”

The group issued the following statement below.

“Thanks to our fans for their support through the years and for the enthusiasm around the documentary. We hope that the film’s perspective conveys our love of hip-hop culture. We could not attend Sundance, but we want to express our love and appreciation for the support that we have received in advance of the film’s premiere tonight. We hope that it is well received.”

AHH talks with Saigon as he speaks on ending his beef with Joe Budden and their collaboration, Bring Me Down Pt.3.The Greatest Story Never Told is arriving on February 15th.

MTV has started a new series called “Behind The Beats”. For their new edition, Lexus speaks about his evolution as a beat maker, how it was hard to catch a break at first and how he got his big break when he heard Waka’s “Hard In The Paint” for the first time on the radio in the ATL.

Lupe Fiasco is currently in New Zealand and did an interview with One News.he explains the artistic expression behind the cover of Lasers.the album drops March 8th.

Here’s the full eight minute documentary on Nas’ relationship with TDK cassette tapes. Directed by photographer Jonathan Mannion.

Nas goes deep reminiscing about cassettes, mixtapes and musical influences (Tribe Called Quest, MC Shan, Kurtis Blow & Queen, just to name a few) while reflecting on his early life in the Queensbridge housing projects.

Joe Budden speaks on Slaughterhouse signing with Shady Records and what we can expect on their next project.