Claudette Ortiz Hot97 (NY) Interview

Fresh from TV ONE's  hit show R&B Divas City High member Claudette Ortiz sat with the crew and discussed an array of topics.. Check it out.

Ebro Darden On Combat Jack Show

Looks like Ebro (the music director for NYC's HOT97) is getting drug to the carpet for his comment about HOT97 being the "Major Leagues" and certain artist..Sean Price..Joey Bad@$$ are for the Minor Leagues" I thought NYC should support their artist like other markets but I guess that is not the case. Check out the interview



As much as some wanna get mad at the ARTIST... CHECK THE MACHINE.. all that to say if you looking for the radio to give you good music.. you a lazy listener..

Is HOT97 (NY) FEELING THEMSELVES

I don't live in NY but I catch Hot97 on occassion.. I don't like Rosenberg or Ebro.. If NY rappers wanna see why they are not winning or get no support.. THIS IS WHY..Check it out..



Peter Rosenberg: …What’s up with Hot 97 supporting good local underground hip-hop?


Ebro: Oh so, he wants Flabush Zombies? Sean Price? Oh that’s what he wants? He wants Denzil Porter? Joey Bada$$? We support those records, but those are for the minor leagues right now, they still on the come up. We put them on Rosenberg’s Real Late show until they make it to prime time.

B.Dot responds

When it comes to airplay, there’s more politics in radio than on Capitol Hill. Songs just don’t get “added” into rotation. Record labels spend money for spins ad space, while programmers monitor AQH analytics. So no Ebro, that’s not what I want, nor expect. What I want is for New York radio to showcase more local talent during the course of a full business day.

Fuck a blog dog. DJs break records. And Hot 97 employs some of the game’s most notable for their mixshows (i.e.: DJ Camillo, DJ Enuff, Funkmaster Flex, etc.). On a mixshow, PD’s loosen the reigns and allow DJs to construct their own playlists—in other words: They get to play whatever they want. Unfortatanely, music from locals are and few. Hot 97 pacifies this problem with Peter Rosenberg’s Real Late on the dreaded, Sunday 10PM-12am (Ed correction 12 a.m.-2.am.) time slot.

Following a similar Twitter rant this summer, Flex and I formed Social Media Mondays. The spot was to air new music that sounded FM ready. But after a few weeks, the segment came to an abrupt end. Go figure.

This is bullshit. Hot 97 embraces artists only after they’re successful—or have money behind their songs. Later down the line, the station claims bragging rights as if they were ahead of the curve. Instead of being innovators, Hot has followed the playlists of other regions. Locals are now forced to play second string to outta town rookies like Trinidad James and Chief Keef.


I’d be first to admit that a lot of rotten music comes out of the Big Apple. Yes, artists have to put in the leg work and make quality music fit for the FM dial. But radio has to do their part too. It starts at home.

Big Boi Interview w/ HOT 97 Morning Show

Sir Lucious Leftfoot is BACK.. New album drops December 11th.. Check out this interview..VERY NICE.

The Breakfast Club Respond Back To Funk Flex

Looks like this shyt is getting outta hand.. smh..



NEW LEVELS.. I swear NYC is a whole nother beast.. Glad I'm in the south.. I'mma still enjoy this shyt tho..

Funk Flex Goes At The Breakfast Club

The Breakfast Club called Funk Flex their "Donkey of teh day" for that whole Nicki situation.. WELL.. he aint like that..

Hot 97 personality Funkmaster Flex didn't take too kindly to being named "Donkey of the Day" by rival radio show Power 95's Breakfast Club last week. The DJ took to the airwaves and launched a tirade against the morning show personalities.



"Yo, you're taking such a beating out here. All three of y'all are out here getting robbed," Flex boasted this weekend. "Retweet that! Man, I can't get that many records on, I'm so hyped. [plays 'How 2 Rob'] Oh, you thought I was going to play games this week? That's what you thought? That's what you thought, right? You thought people were scared of y'all? Summer Jam is going to be what turned your lights off. Three robbery victims, New York. I want you to know that you are witnessing frauds. Okay? These frauds are on the radio and Twitter talking tough but they're getting robbed, at finger point. I'm just telling you what they're saying, man."


Flex singled out Charlemagne's southern background for ridicule.


"You ain't got stamina like me, buddy," Flex added. "None of y'all. None of y'all. Now why don't you guys, Twinkle Toes, that's what I'm gonna call y'all from now on. Toes. Twinkled. Why don't you guys get jewelry and your money back? Stop getting toast to the face and stop getting robbed at finger point. ... Get Diddy's hardware out your mouth, because when he got you fired in Philly, you weren't talking tough. And then when Diddy came to your show up here, you had his [Ciroc] hardware all in your mouth. Holding a Ciroc bottle. You know how crazy you looked? ... Brutal today. I'm talking about you like this and your pops because I'm not scared of you, B. You are soft. You are baby bottom, doo doo soft, man. You don't go to the borroughs, you sneak in and out like a baboon when you're washing Carmelo Anthony and LaLa underwear. You run out to the laundromat, go back inside, shut up man. Out-of-town, fried chicken-eating, I bet you know all types of chicken, right? Lemon chicken. Soy chicken. One of those types of dudes, right? You're soft. You're cakes, man. Epic show tonight. The art of getting robbed. You guys are getting robbed."


The Breakfast Club themselves seemed to laugh off Flex's rants.

"Who can be angry on a beautiful Saturday evening before the game and the fight? Not me," she tweeted. "@bunyan71 @shade45 and I'm forever grateful to you! It changed my life"


"How about make drinks not war! RT "@bunyan71: @angelayee make babies not war.... Or something!" she added.


DJ Envy also weighed in. "For every 10 lies you tell I have 1 truth....Stay Tuned.... (Insert evil laugh here)," he tweeted.


For his part, Charlemagne promised he would address Flex today (June 11th) on the radio show.

Here is the audio...



I'll update when I get Charlemagne's response..

The saga continues..

Hot 97 DJs Angie Martinez and Peter Rosenberg both spoke at-length about the ongoing controversy surrounding Nicki Minaj pulling out of her set at this year's Summer Jam following Rosenberg's derogatory comments aimed at her.



Martinez says that she agreed with fellow Hot 97 personality Funkmaster Flex, who said that all sides are out of order in the incident.


"When [Flex] said that last night, I was like, 'And good night!' Grand opening, grand closing," she joked. "At some point, somebody could've stopped this. Behind the scenes, things happen all the time - it's the truth. Labels argue with the station, we argue with the artists, we kiss, we make up. We all are just trying to do our jobs…and provide for the listeners, the artists are trying to make music - we're trying to work together. Sometimes, we have disagreements. Most of the time, they get resolved; this did not get resolved. It happened in the middle of Summer Jam when Ebro is dealing with a hundred artists [and] a million backstage passes."


"I'm sure Nicki felt [disrespected] about [what Rosenberg said]…[Rosenberg] probably didn't realize it was going to be such a big deal, I think he was just in the zone," she continued. "In my personal opinion, maybe not the best time to have said that when she's coming to the building…but I still think they should have performed. It wasn't that serious, and honestly, they probably would've resolved it if everybody had just calmed down."


For his part, Rosenberg wasn't apologetic or contrite or even remorseful regarding his part in the entire debacle. He called out Minaj's boyfriend/sideman Safaree for statements he made on Twitter.


"Nicki's boyfriend went on Twitter and said he was gonna punch me in the face because I don't like a pop dance song that his girlfriend made," Rosenberg said on the air. "Word homie? That's your favorite song? Is that your favorite song? A girly a** dance pop song?," Rosenberg said. "I'll tell you what Nicki's boyfriend, you want to punch me in the face because I don't like pop dance songs? Please go right ahead. Yeah, and make that check payable to Peter E. Rosenberg. I got you! I got you! [You gonna sue?] Absolutely!"

Rosenberg is REALLY flexing.. he jewish and got lawyers.. so.. ehhh