Vinny Kumar

Sep 30

MTV’s First Date: Future

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via freeonsmash. Check out the video below.

In the newest segment of MTV’s “First Date” with Ryan Backer, she meets with ATL’s biggest thing out right now, Future, to have a nice talk over chicken & waffles. They dive into what turns him on, how he ‘dates’ and she even sings the hook to “Tony Montana” to impress him. – Legend/freeonsmash

May 10

MTV’s Flip Book Animation With Balloons

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MTV Brazil created this incredible animation using balloons on a railway track as a flip book… after each balloon bursts, it makes its way to the next frame… which is on another balloon. Check it out below.

Sep 14

Kanye West feat. Pusha T – “Runaway”

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Here’s the CDQ audio version of Kanye West’s “Runaway” featuring Pusha T of the Clipse… this is the song they performed on the MTV VMA’s on Sunday. PURCHASE: iTunes | Amazon

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Aug 06

T.I. x Kanye West (Video)

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“I just left Hawaii with Kanye,” Tip said last night in Hollywood on the red carpet for the world premiere of “Takers.” “We did six records.”

The King of the South recently told MTV News how excited he was about going in the lab with some other track emperors. “We got a few big, big, big sessions coming up next week: Timbaland, Swizz Beatz,” T.I. revealed. “I’m trying to show up and show out every time.” – MTV

Jul 27

Travis Porter Are Top 5 Finalists For MTV's "Hottest Breakthrough MCs Of 2010"

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MTV just announced their first breakthrough MC that made the Top 5, narrowing the list down from 20.

Jul 13

Mike Judge Outlining 30 New Episodes of Beavis and Butthead for MTV?

Posted by vinnykumar | Television | 2 Comments

Rumor has it that “Beavis and Butthead” creator Mike Judge is “outlining” 30 new episodes of the series for MTV. The last episode of the series aired on Nov. 28th, 1997… over a decade ago! According to AintItCoolNews, MTV Execs are trying to move away from the “reality tv” format, and back to scripted programming.

Jul 12

MTV's "When I Was 17" with Pharrell Williams

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MTV’s “When I Was 17” with Pharrell Williams…

Apr 26

Video: Drake on the Evolution of Mixtapes

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via MTV. Drake sits down with Sway from MTV to discuss the evolution of the mixtape game.

Excerpt: “I think that when creating a mixtape, you have to approach it with a selfless mind-set,” Drake told us. “A mixtape can’t be the songs that don’t make your album, or songs that aren’t good enough to make your album make your mixtape — unless you’re that good. There aren’t that many people that are that good. I’m not that good. That mixtape [So Far Gone] is me working my hardest. It wasn’t ‘Oh, here are the songs I’m gonna give away to you ’cause I have better songs coming.’ A mixtape has become an album.

MTV