The Music Minute With Mina SayWhat (9/17): American Idol Picks Judges – Freddie Gibbs Starts Label – Meek Signs Deal With Skull Candy Posted on September 17, 2012September 17, 2012 By Mina SayWhat – American Idol has completed their line-up and it looks like Mariah Carey and Nicki Minaj will be on the panel together. We’ll see how that goes. – Freddie Gibbs who is best known for being on Young Jeezy’s CTE label, has started a independent label of his own. The label is called ESGN and is a full embodiment of what Gibbs says he represents, which is music, film, fashion and more. He got a distribution company to distribute his first album on the label and he’s on his way. – Shouts to Miguel who’s going on tour before he drops his sophomore album “Kaladeiscope Dreams” on October 2nd. He’ll be at the TLA on September 27th. – Congrats To Meek Mill. He locked down a deal with Skull Candy so expect some Meek Milly headphones real soon. – G.O.O.D Music’s “Cruel Summer” drops tomorrow. Make sure you purchase it because the album is a gift to hip hop, for real. Listen to the Music Minute every day Monday thru Thursday on Cosmic Kev’s show at 7:45p ish et on @power99philly Music Minute
Music Minute The Music Minute With Mina SayWhat (10/10): Album Sales – Jay Z EP Pushed Back – Gucci Mane Plans To Drop 10 Albums Posted on October 10, 2012 – It’s Wednesday, so you know the numbers come out today. DJ Drama’s “Quality Street Music” sold 24,000 in his first week and my boy Miguel sold 70,000 copies of his album Kaleidoscope Dream in its first week. Meanwhile, “Adorn” sits at #1 on the Billboard R&B/Hip-Hop Songs chart for… Read More
Music Minute The Music Minute With Mina SayWhat (7/11) Posted on July 11, 2012July 11, 2012 – Congratulations to Chris Brown. His “Fortune” album which was released last week, debut at #1 on the billboard charts. This is his second #1 album in a row and he sold 134,000 copies in the first week. – After admitting that he was bi-sexual, Frank Ocean released his debut… Read More
Music Minute The Music Minute With Mina SayWhat (7/20): Rita Ora Album Updates – 50 Gets Release Date – J. Electronica Is Back! Posted on July 30, 2012July 30, 2012 – Congrats to Meek Milly. He’s covering the August/September edition of The Source and it’s his 1st solo cover. – Rita Ora, who is signed to Roc Nation and looks like she’s gonna be Jay-Z’s next Rihanna, has released the tracklisting for her debut album title “Ora.” Looks like J…. Read More