Fat Joe is known for speaking his mind, so when he stopped by Ebro Darden‘s show on Beats 1 radio with Dre (of Cool and Dre) to promote their upcoming album it was no different.

While on the show, Ebro and Joe began discussing the current state of Hip-Hop and its progressiveness.
Ebro: Culture and things that matter in the moment many times because they are so forward people can see it. It’s too far out.

Joe: Yeah, I know all about it.

The conversation then transitioned to their thoughts and critiques on what needs to be changed in the game and the importance of loving the core of the culture, when Fat Joe pointed out Lil Wayne‘s influence on the new school of rappers.

“You hear all these little kids now who doing hip-hop music. Those is all Lil Wayne’s flows. Every last one,” Joe said. “Lil Uzi is a bad version of Lil Wayne. It’s not as good as Lil Wayne. Just to be honest with you. And he’s good and I like his songs.”

Although the critique seemed harsh, Fat Joe assures that his critique is not from a place of hate, but just an observation as a lover of the culture. Joe stated that he not only likes Uzi’s music but also purchased his XO Tour Lif3 album.

“Lil Uzi I got nothing but love for you. He ain’t as good as Lil Wayne,” Joe continued. “That’s impossible. Lil Wayne was considered — he’s one of the greatest. He’s a GOAT. Not only that he was lyrically considered the best rapper on earth for a couple of years. Lil Uzi Vert ain’t going to get that and it’s with no disrespect because I like Lil Uzi Vert and I like a lot of his records. I cannot front.  I actually bought his album.”

To clear up any confusion, Fat Joe made it clear that he is not dissing Uzi,  but instead used him an as example to back his argument of Lil Wayne’s influence.

“I didn’t sh** on Lil Uzi. I can’t say how much I appreciate him. I’m just saying Lil Wayne inspired generations of music,” Joe said.

Hearing of the ordeal, Lil Uzi Vert took to Twitter and responded to Fat Joe with a two-worded tweet:

Bad version 😈..

— Uzi London 🌎☄️💕® (@LILUZIVERT) January 24, 2018

In other Fat Joe and Dre news, the duo also stopped by Hot 97 while promoting their new album, Family Ties, and discussed the possibility of having 50 Cent, JAY-Z and Ja Rule on one album and eventually one stage.

“If 50 puts me on his album, I guarantee that I can make him the hottest rapper in the game,” Joe said. “It’s a gift I have. Look, I have been listening to 50 since Stretch and Bobbito, so I know where 50 as an artist is supposed to go.”

Catch the full Ebro Beats 1 Radio Show featuring Fat Joe and Dre today at 4pm.

Check out both clips below.

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MAJOR CLOTH ALERT!

This Friday, Dj Khaled premieres his radio show, We The Best Radio, on Beats 1 via Apple Music.The first sleeve up his trick? —  An exclusive debut of Future’s new album. Khaled appeared with Future, making the announcement via Snapchat. It’s lit!

new future album on friday on khaled's apple music radio show????? https://t.co/IdfXBm2NcB

— trey (@TreyfromNY) February 1, 2016

Beats 1 DJ Zane Lowe took to Twitter to confirm the news. Future’s new project will follow up last month’s Purple Reign tape.

We the Best Radio airs at 8 PM EST.

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King Push stopped by Beat 1 Radio to chop it up with Zane Lowe about many different subjects ranging from Pusha’s upcoming film Darkest Before Dawn, his project slated to drop April of 2016 entitled King Push, and his duties as the G.O.O.D. Music hefe. They also discuss his new album Darkest Before Dawn (The Prelude), as well as his new track “M.F.T.R.” featuring The Dream.

The acronym stands for “More Famous Than Rich”, which is exactly how Pusha T feels about most of these people in the game who stunt on social media without having the credentials to back it up. Boi-1da laces Push and The Dream with an instrumental that fits the duo perfectly. To put it simply, it’s a banger.

He even previewed the lyrics on Genius a few days prior to dropping the audio, the same move he made with the first track off the album called “Untouchable”. Needless to say, he is sparing no expense and leaving no stone unturned to make sure that his projects are at a high-level quality for his fans. Listen to the world premiere and full interview below.

Update: Pusha just dropped the CDQ via Youtube. Let the flames burst through your speakers.

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The exciting news about the alleged release date for Drake’s next album “Views From The 6” hit the ground and baby, it’s running. Drake fans worldwide unite as the Toronto music maven’s fourth studio album is seemingly ready for departure. Since its first announcement, Drake has launched a new radio show called “OVO Sound” on Beats 1 Radio and has released his computer graphic-laiden “Energy” video on Apple Music. By way of his website, there was a date and it read “September 24th”. We’re two months away from getting our hands on the album, if the speculation is true. Stay tuned.

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Oliver El-Khatib (OVO co-founder) and Drake put on an excellent set on the first episode of “OVO Sound Radio” on Beats 1. You can hear OVO exclusives in addition to straight fire from both sets. The songs featured range from Meek Mill to Justin Bieber; all the way to Popcaan and Sizzla. There’s great depth in each set as well content wise. Check the first episode out below.

https://soundcloud.com/cokamayne/ovosound-ep-1-oliver-x-papi-x-eric-dingus

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“OVOSound Radio” is currently on a roll on Beats 1. Amongst playing a multitude of exclusives, Oliver premiered Drake‘s remix to Ramriddlz‘ own “Sweeterman”. OVO season is upon us; peep the track below.

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Last night, OVO Sound’s own Majid Jordan dropped 20 minutes of pure bliss. Today, Zane Lowe premiered a new collaboration with Drake entitled “My Love” on Beats 1 radio. It’s what we come to expect from MJ, and we get to hear some R&B crooning from Drizzy. If this means that we’re going to hear much more material from the duo, we’re all here for it. You can listen to the track below as well as cop the single here.

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