Another day, another Karmaloop TV interview. Shakedown founder, Red Cafe sat down to discuss the chemistry with Ryan Leslie, some of the moves he did wrong early on in his career, his thoughts on Kendrick Lamar and ASAP Rocky and more. I’m surprised he hasn’t heard more from K. Dot since he had such an [...]

The new Bad Boy crew took over NYC last week. Starting at 106 & Park, then Hot 97 with a dinner at Phillippe Chow following and finally to Greenhouse club. Cassie said her album is coming in May. Shouts to UPL. I’m real interested to see what the Bad Boy team can do in 2011. [...]

Bad Boy is looking like it’s poised for a comeback in 2011. Last night, they took over Hot 97 to premiere this joint. RR brings in the untagged. It feels like the same people continue to run the remix game. If you doing one, call Trigger for sure. Ha. This is as good as the [...]

The Chicago rapper King Louie travels to the two hottest cities doin it right now and recruits a few people to help give the remix treatment to his Mid-West banga. Song annoyed the hell out of me once I hit play, but Red Cafe had a few dope bars. Look for this on King Louie’s [...]

Shakedown, what else! Red Cafe grinding putting the finishing touches on his latest project, Hell’s Kitchen. Here is his new leak off the project and some visuals to go with it. Diddy, J.Cole, and a handful of others can been sen in this one. Look out for Hell’s Kitchen coming soon. Previously: Red Cafe Ft. [...]

Diddy just comes in at the beginning and the end to hype up the track. Also making the promise of Bad Boy 2012. With a roster of Red Cafe, Machine Gun Kelly and Cassie, he might be able to run the game. It’s Diddy so we know his history. No fingers crossed. Anyways, Red Cafe [...]

This is some comedy right here. XXL has a series going on called I Know Rap People. A little game show between two rappers and this edition embarks into the Brooklyn natives Maino and Red Cafe. They do drop some knowledge and share some laughs as well. XXL: After beating up a rapper, What does [...]

One of the hottest singles of 2011 so far. Ryan Leslie is an amazing singer/producer. He laced Red with a great record. If everything continues to pan out, we’ll get Red’s long awaited debut album on February 14. Fly away. Previously: Video: Red Cafe Ft. Lloyd Banks & Fabolous – The Realest

One, two, three, four, five. That’s how many videos Red Cafe has given us from Above The Cloudz. The work just doesn’t stop and his debut album is still set for February 14. The video for “Fly Together” is coming soon. Hit the jump for footage of the shoot. “Oh, man, this set is crazy. [...]

Now that I really think about it, Red should’ve been worked with Kanye. We can only imagine the magic that would be made in the lab. Hopefully in the future. For now, he hops on The Throne’s next single, adding a little bit of braggadocios mixed in with street lyrics. Shakedown! Red Cafe – Niggas In [...]