Hype Williams has directed some horrendous videos during the last few years but Busta Rhymes inspired him to return to form. Teaming with the famed director and elastic entertainer Chris Brown, Rhymes has issued the accompanying visual to his latest single, ‘Why Stop Now’.
will.i.am has always been the mastermind behind the Black Eyed Peas but many people wondered if he would succeed a viable solo act. However, the electro-voiced rapper has enlisted several of music’s biggest stars for his upcoming ‘#willpower’ to help him achieve his quest of silencing his detractors.
Ashanti promised that she would release the lead single from her next studio album later this year and she has kept her word. ‘The Woman You Love’ featured Busta Rhymes – the man who helped Chris Brown to forge a major comeback with one of the biggest-selling singles of 2011, ‘Look At Me Now’.
The action-packed 2011 BET Hip-Hop Awards aired this evening. Filmed at the Boisfeuillet Jones Atlanta Civic Center and hosted by Mike Epps, the showed featured performances and cyphers from Chris Brown, Eminem, T.I., Rick Ross and others.
Adele spent 7 weeks atop the Billboard Hot 100 with her smash hit ‘Rolling In The Deep’ and now she has returned to the chart summit, this time with ‘Someone Like You’. Fueled by her show-stopping performance at the 2011 MTV Awards, the song has vaulted from #19 to #1.
This week’s Way Back Wednesday takes us back to 1999 with ‘What’s It Gonna Be?!’ by Busta Rhymes and Janet Jackson. Released as the 2nd single from the Rhymes’ ‘E.L.E. (Extinction Level Event): The Final World Front’, both the song and video are among the most memorable productions in of the last 25 years.
The 2011 BET Awards are currently underway at the Shrine Auditorium in Los Angeles. Of course, The Lava Lizard will be providing you with all of the performances moments after they’ve occurred! Check out all the action below: