RESPECT Magazine’s Brandon ‘Scoop B’ Robinson discussing pop culture, sports and entertainment at New York’s Power 105.1 FM. Photo Credit: The Scoop B Brand

Kyrie Irving requested a trade from the Cleveland Cavaliers in July. As a result, the Cavs struck on a deal with the Boston Celtics that shipped Irving to the Celtics in exchange for Isaiah Thomas, Jae Crowder, Ante Zizic and the Brooklyn Nets’ 2018 first round pick.

I checked in with Ben Troupe and B.J. Bennett of ESPNCoastal’s “3 and Out” out in Brunswick, Georgia and broke down the trade.

NBA All Star point guard Kyrie Irving and sports and entertainment journalist Brandon ‘Scoop B’ Robinson. Photo Credit: The Scoop B Brand

While on the show I informed the crew that while many are discussing a potential LeBron James Cleveland Cavaliers exit, to greener pastures in Los Angeles with Lonzo Ball, Brook Lopez and Magic Johnson; don’t sleep on the possibility of a LeBron return to south Florida with the Miami Heat.

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Since it began in 2010, the ONE MusicFest has brought premier talent to the Atlanta, GA area. Every year, the festival is bigger than the previous, so it was no surprise thag each stage featured an all star lineup. RESPECT. was in the house to capture the show as it went down. Check out our photo recap below and watch for our video mashup this week!

Photo Credit: Ms. Lauryn Hill/TheYBF.com /Anthony “Truth” Gary/Albrica Tierra Photography/Oz Shaw

SZA, One Music Fest 2015

SZA, One Music Fest 2015

SZA, One Music Fest 2015

Big K.R.I.T., One Music Fest 2015

Big K.R.I.T., One Music Fest 2015

Big K.R.I.T. and Dj Dibiase, One Music Fest 2015

Scareface, One Music Fest 2015

Bun B, One Music Fest 2015

A$AP Rocky, One Music Fest 2015

Photo Credit: TheYBF.com/ Anthony “Truth” Gary/Albrica Tierra Photography/Oz Shaw

Raury, One Music Fest 2015

Raekwon, One Music Fest 2015

The Internet, One Music Fest 2015

Ryan Leslie, One Music Fest 2015

Photos: Robin Martea Johnson 

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Along with the fire album, there’s no doubt that it came with a fire album cover right ? Right! According to MTV News,  the bursting colors amongst the cover was actually the artwork of a  Sanja Tošić (a Slovenian artist) who sold the image for less than $80  on Shutterstock. Although the Slovenian artist is aware that the Georgia rapper used her artwork, she claims that she is not about it but then again why would she? Considering the amount of love and attention that the cover is getting on social media, I think it’s safe to say that Sanja will probably be receiving a boost in sales soon if not already thanks to Future.

If you’ve heard the album, you may have noticed that there’s a song called. “Thought It Was A Drought” that holds a golden line. The line that you may have already heard while riding in your car or at the intro of a concert simply goes: ” I just fu**ed yo bi** in some Gucci flip flops!”. If you haven’t taken full advantage of this song yet, it might be essential for you to listen as soon as possible. Although it’s possibly one of those lines that will get tweeted repetitively for the next two weeks, it is nevertheless one of the catchiest and most memorable lines off the album.

Last but not least, you have Future’s single “Freak Hoe” that’s practically on everyone’s  playlist . Not only do the words and the hype beat go hand in hand, but I think we can all agree that this song has already landed at our nearest strip club. Although I’m not sure if it’s ever gonna take the spot of Too $horts’ Shake That Monkey at the club being that it’s only been out for 3 days, there’s no doubt that there’s going to be space cleared for the booty-bouncing single . This goes to say,get ready for new twitter videos, insta videos, and vines because this song is definitely here to stay , for now anyway.

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Billy Danze (M.O.P.) is arguably rocking with some of the hottest up-and-coming and lasting emcees on his We Build Hits roster; state to state and out of the country. We Build Hits artists are setting it off properly with the legendary Dj DooWop on this eight minute old school hip-hop excursion. Short introductions to each verse emulating the Ruff Ryders’ 2000 classic “WW3” was a good twist here, as we can all reflect how much we loved that record.

One thing we can all admire about Billy Danze‘s movement here is the artistic freedom in which he allows each artist to obtain and work with. In a more recent interview with Dread Solo he specifically noted the freedom aspect and how important that was to him, and the artists.

Getting into description on each artists verse is unnecessary, as the track speaks on its own. Nonetheless, Los Angeles’ Reign Major sets it off over BDP‘s “The Bridge is Over“, jumping into Tona‘s verse which canvases Black Moon’s 1993 classic “How Many MC’S”. By this point if you are not convinced, or sold, on We Build Hits as a movement, you may consider re-evaluating your standards. Philadelphia’s promising emcee Lucci Loner closes out over Pete Rock‘s “T.R.O.Y.”. Be sure to keep up with each artist on an individual basis, as they are all making pretty major moves separately as well as a collective with Billy Danze’s blueprint in effect.

Reign Major | Tona | Money Mark | Demorne Warren (D-Dub) | Eyeznpowa | Ronve | Caktuz | Lucci Loner

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Rittz the rapper eater, Yelawolf’s fellow Slumerican, releases this stirring visual to “WISHIN”, sampled from The xx’s Fantasy off of the their outstanding self-titled debut album. Also check RESPECT’s interview with Rittz for more on this peculiarly intriguing artist budding out of the Peach State.

Rittz “WISHIN'” from 3 Little Digs on Vimeo.

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