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Jay-Z Suits Up For ‘Gatsby’ Premiere As ’100$ Bill’ Debuts

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Jay Z Suits Up For Gatsby Premiere As 100$ Bill Debuts

By Maurice Bobb

If you “understand the intelligence that Jay-Z has,” you already knew that the hip-hop cash king wouldn’t stop his upwardly mobile quest for black excellence at hanging out with Warren Buffet and President Barack Obama. The Roc Nation Sports agent was bound to go Hollywood and he’s done just that with his latest move: scoring one of the year’s most lavish set pieces to date, Baz Luhrmann’s “The Great Gatsby.”

Hov showed up dapper in a charcoal grey bespoke suit to the film’s New York premiere Wednesday (May 1) and rubbed elbows with Hollywood’s elite, including Leonardo DiCaprio, who, according to him, introduced the Watch the Throne MC to the movie’s director.

In addition to scoring the movie that centers around a Midwestern war veteran that finds himself drawn to the past and lifestyle of his millionaire neighbor, Jay also served as executive producer to the soundtrack, which, of course, features a new song by the man himself, “100$ Bill.” The song was previously released as a 90-second snippet last month, but can be heard in its entirety today as part of NPR’s First Listen. 

On the chopped and screwed track, Jigga channels his wife Beyonce’s hometown flow, spitting, “I write like Mark Twain, Jay Gatsby I park thangs/ Yellow cars, yellow gold, like Slick Rick, still tip/ On four-fours, fo-fos at the four-O, four-O,” before peppering the beat with calculated opulence with lines like, “Carter, new Kennedy, no ordinary Joe, you will remember me/no prohibition for my coalition, Colin Powell, general admission.”

And lest you forget that Marcy Projects’ favorite son knows how to get grimy with it, he serves up bars like this: “You all welcome, new Malcolm, of the talcum, by any means, AK looking out the window screen, uh/Let’s get it on new Marvin, you wanna become my hundredth problem, semi-automatic or revolve him, semi-automatic I’ll solve ‘em.”

In addition to Jay, the project will also feature songs by will.i.am, Lana Del Rey, Fergie, Q-Tip, Andre 3000 and the Queen of the BeyHive.

“It’s not the typical soundtrack, or a standalone piece,” Jay says of the soundtrack. “The songs are pretty much in the film, so it goes hand in hand with each other. It had to fit pretty snug, it wasn’t an afterthought.”

Lana Del Rey’s ‘Young And Beautiful’ From ‘Great Gatsby’ Soundtrack Online

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Lana Del Reys Young And Beautiful From Great Gatsby Soundtrack Online

Apart from the stunning visuals presented in the previews for Baz Luhrmann’s “The Great Gatsby” adaptation, viewers have fawned over the film’s stacked soundtrack, which includes original tracks from the likes of Beyonce, Jay-Z, and Florence Welch.

The song from controversial vocalist Lana Del Rey, “Young and Beautiful,” however, was featured prominently in the third trailer and instantly struck a chord with people looking forward to the film.

A series of snippets, previews, and teasers of the movie’s entire soundtrack have given us a little more for each of the songs, including “Young and Beautiful,” but now the full song is available to stream online (via Vulture).

Listen to the song after the jump!

“Young and Beautiful” falls very much in-line with what Lana Del Rey‘s fans have come to expect from the 26-year-old singer. Soft and dreary vocals play over an epic backing, making it easy to see how this song would fit within the world of the decadent 1920s.

Longer previews for two of the soundtrack’s other most anticipated songs, Beyonce and Andre 3000′s take on Amy Winehouse’s “Back to Black” and Jay-Z’s “100$ Bill,” also appeared online over the weekend, and you can listen to those with the links from above.

Luhrmann is responsible for one of the most popular movie soundtracks in recent memory with “Moulin Rouge,” so expectations are understandably high for his next big musical effort. The entire soundtrack for “The Great Gatsby” hits store shelves on May 7.

“The Great Gatsby” opens in theaters on May 10.

What do you think of Lana Del Rey’s “Young and Beautiful”? Let us know in the comments below and on Twitter!

Jay-Z, Beyonce, Andre 3000 Snippets From ‘Great Gatsby’ Soundtrack Leak

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By Maurice Bobb

Baz Luhrmann’s film “The Great Gatsby” may have Leonardo Dicaprio as its leading man, but it’s Jay-Z, the executive producer of the film’s soundtrack who is making the most noise, figuratively and literally. After dropping his first solo song in nearly a year last week with “Open Letter,” Hov is back with another, “100$ Bill,” one of the 14 songs from the soundtrack, which is due out on May 7.

Fans will have to wait a bit for the full version of the track, but a 90-second snippet hit the Internet Monday (April 22), and from the chopped and screwed sound of it, the Roc Nation Sports agent, who also helped to score the movie, is back to doing what he does best: boasting and toasting to his enormous success.

The “No Church in the Wild” MC keeps up the opulent heme so expertly displayed on his joint LP with Kanye West, Watch the Throne, on this one, rhyming that he’s “Carter, new Kennedy, no ordinary Joe, you will remember me/no prohibition for my coalition, Colin Powell, general admission,” before adding another politically-charged rant, “dollars fall on the skin, some might call it sin, politicians all move for the money, what the hell we callin’ them?”

Jigga’s not just channeling Kennedy, though. He’s also unabashed like Malcolm and smooth like Marvin, spitting, “You all welcome, new Malcolm, of the talcum, by any means, AK looking out the window screen, uh/Let’s get it on new Marvin, you wanna become my hundredth problem, semi-automatic or revolve him, semi-automatic I’ll solve ‘em.”

Keeping it in the family, Beyonce also adds to the excitement with a snippet of her collaboration with Andre 3000, “Back to Black,” which is a cover of Amy Winehouse’s song of the same title. Mr. Three Stacks sings this time around, crooning, “I know a hundred times I go back to her,” before the Queen of the BeyHive adds her sultry vocals, however briefly, before the teaser ends.

In addition to Jay, Bey and Andre 3000, the project will also feature songs by will.i.am, Lana Del Rey, Fergie and Q-Tip.

‘The Great Gatsby’ Trailer, Now Featuring Fergie

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The latest step of the “Great Gatsby” marketing campaign seems to be to release trailers that feature the various awesome songs on the movie’s soundtrack, and we’re totally okay with that. We already got one featuring Beyonce and Florence + the Machine, and now a new teaser has been released featuring Fergie.

The trailer comes courtesy of NewNowNext, which awarded Fergie the Always Next Forever Now award at its recent awards show. The hip beat of the song featured here goes along with director Baz Luhrmann‘s frenetic filmmaking style, and we love the irony in the line “a little party never killed nobody.”

In fact, the track itself is called “A Little Party Never Killed Nobody (All We Got),” and it features Fergie, Q Tip and GoonRock. Fergie’s Black Eyed Peas cohort will.i.am also has a song on the soundtrack (“Bang Bang”), as do Lana Del Rey, Jay-Z, Jack White and Gotye.

“The Great Gatsby” stars Leonardo DiCaprio, Carey Mulligan, Tobey Maguire, Isa Fisher, Joel Edgerton and Jason Clarke. It’s due in theaters on May 10.

What do you think of this new “The Great Gatsby” trailer? Do you like Fergie’s song for the movie? Tell us in the comments section below or on Twitter!

‘The Great Gatsby’ Trailer Shows Off Epic Soundtrack

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The Great Gatsby Trailer Shows Off Epic Soundtrack

Here’s the thing: we’re totally obsessed with the new “The Great Gatsby” trailer. It doesn’t matter that it’s a little bit disjointed as it tries to showcase its newly announced and absolutely incredible soundtrack because the visual feast director Baz Luhrmann has provided absolutely makes up for it.

The trailer highlights the complicated relationship between Carey Mulligan’s Daisy and Leonardo DiCaprio’s Gatsby, but it’s really only here to show off the movie’s soundtrack. By watching the video, you can hear snippets of Beyonce and Andre 3000′s cover of Amy Winehouse’s “Back to Black,” Lana Del Rey‘s song “Young and Beautiful” and Florence + The Machine’s “Over The Love.” Check out the trailer and the full track listing after the jump.

Here’s the movie’s full soundtrack listing:

1. “100$ Bill” – JAY Z
2. “Back To Black” – Beyoncé x André 3000
3. “Bang Bang” – will.i.am
4. “A Little Party Never Killed Nobody (All We Got)” – Fergie + Q Tip + GoonRock
5. “Young And Beautiful” – Lana Del Rey
6. “Love Is The Drug” – Bryan Ferry with The Bryan Ferry Orchestra
7. “Over The Love” – Florence + The Machine
8. “Where The Wind Blows” – Coco O. of Quadron
9. “Crazy in Love” – Emeli Sandé and The Bryan Ferry Orchestra
10. “Together” – The xx
11. “Hearts A Mess” – Gotye
12. “Love Is Blindness” – Jack White
13. “Into the Past” – Nero
14. “Kill and Run” – Sia

In addition to those big reveals, a new poster for “The Great Gatsby” has been released that finally gives Isla Fisher her due. You can see it below.

The Great Gatsby Trailer Shows Off Epic Soundtrack

What did you think of the new “The Great Gatsby” trailer? Are you as obsessed with it as we are? What do you think of the soundtrack listing? Tell us in the comments section below or on Twitter!

A$AP Rocky And Chanel Iman Crash A$AP Ferg’s NYC Show

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A$AP Rocky And Chanel Iman Crash A$AP Fergs NYC Show
via Chanel Iman instagram

By Sowmya Krishnamurthy

Has A$AP Rocky found his real life “Fashion Killa?” The rapper with a love for all things fashion was spotted last night, during New York Fashion Week, with supermodel Chanel Iman. The attractive pair stopped by fellow A$AP Mob rapper, A$AP Ferg’s, NYC concert at S.O.B.’s.

Around midnight, Rocky and Chanel walked into the packed house. Pretty Flacko hopped on stage to turn up the crowd with tracks like “Kissin Pink” and the buzzy street song “Work.”

Rocky and Chanel’s blossoming relationship has made its way onto social media. Last week, Chanel shared an Instagram photo, hugged up with her rapper while wearing matching Air Jordans. Rocky was unofficially linked to fellow rapper Iggy Azalea last year; she even got his name tattooed on her fingers.

On-screen,  last year A$AP heated things up with Lana Del Rey for her “National Anthem” music video in which they played the President and First Lady. Rocky recently shared that he has a musical crush on Brit singer and MTV Artist to Watch in 2013 Jessie Ware. “I knew about her since last summer … I’m going to work with her. I want to bad. I don’t care about her being a star, I just think she has a beautiful voice and a lot of talent,” A$AP said. “I haven’t got the chance or honor to meet her yet — I just love her art.”

Psy, Alicia Keys, The Killers Added To EMA Performer Lineup

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The 2012 MTV EMA are less than a month away, and we’ve got a host of new performers who’ll be heading to Frankfurt, Germany, for the big show.

Psy, Alicia Keys, the Killers and Pitbull have just been confirmed to take the stage at this year’s EMA, set for November 11 in Frankfurt’s Festhalle. South Korean sensation Psy will, of course, be bringing his global smash “Gangnam Style” to the show,” while Keys will perform a track off her upcoming Girl on Fire album. The Killers will return to the EMA stage in support of their recent Battle Born album, and Pitbull will debut a song from his new Global Warming.

“Since this is my first time to not only be nominated for an international award but perform in front of a worldwide audience, I am excited to give up my international virginity to the MTV EMA!” Psy said in a statement to MTV.

Those four artists join previously announced performers Taylor Swift, Muse, No Doubt, Carly Rae Jepsen, Fun. and Rita Ora in Germany, where supermodel Heidi Klum will handle the hosting duties.

Swift and Rihanna head into the show as the most-nominated artists, with six and five nods apiece, respectively. Justin Bieber is close behind with four noms, followed by Lana Del Rey, Jay-Z and Kanye West and One Direction, who pal Ed Sheeran is already picking to win everything.

The 2012 MTV EMA will air in the U.S. on Sunday, November 11, at 11 p.m. ET/PT on MTV2, and voting is now open in all categories at. Polls close at 11:59 p.m. CET on Friday, November 9.