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Gillie Da Kid: Mr. Philadelphia

By: Grouchy Greg Watkins (@GrouchyGreg) Updated Category: Features
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As the self-proclaimed King of Philly, Gillie Da Kid may seem to be enduring an arduous reign. He has survived multiple gun shot

wounds, has experienced sordid beefs and has recovered from bogus record deals.

A candid chuckle reflects his resilient perspective when he says,

“I’ve never had a bad day in my life. You know, I just keep things moving.”

 

Gillie is in ceaseless motion; his hustle is as constant as

his breathing. “I come from a single-parent household. My mom worked two jobs,”

he reveals. “That’s just what I come from, nothing. But, when you come from

nothing the only way you’re gonna

get to something is with hard work.”

 

Da Kid’s latest mixtape, I Am Philly,

was just released on Figgas 4 Life Ent. and features the likes of Ace McCloud and Don

Cannon. Loving music too much to ever renounce his musical throne, Gillie

explains what circumstances led to him defecting from the anticipated

“Brotherly Love” concert that’s being organized by Beanie Sigel and Nike’s ACG

store. Amongst other topics.

 

 

AllHipHop.com: Why

aren’t you appearing at the “Brotherly Love” Concert?

 

Gillie Da Kid: Because, I’m shooting a movie called King of the Avenue in Puerto Rico. I

just got the call from Ving Rhames

and the director [Ryan Combs]. I have to fly out on Tuesday to start filming

the movie. I had every the intentions on performing next Thursday. Unfortunately

the schedules conflicted and I had to exclude [myself] and start filming for

this movie next week.

 

AllHipHop.com: Was

it purely last minute scheduling; it wasn’t any disrespect towards anyone?

 

Gillie Da Kid:  It’s

my hectic schedule… When I got the call about the whole Nike situation and the

whole concert…I agreed on it right off the back. They presented it to me and it

was something for peace on the streets. And I already got a lot to do around here with the “Put Down the Gun” campaign. I go around to

the schools and talk to the kids. I already do a lot of things in that

perspective around Philadelphia.

 Get Down on Da Ground – Gillie Da Kid

AllHipHop.com: Given

this scheduling conflict, do you anticipate any shenanigans to occur this

Sunday at your show with Cassidy at Transit nightclub? [Ed. Note: the show occurred Dec. 7, 2008]

 

Gillie

Da Kid: 

Me and Cassidy [are] good. We sat down, we talked, we good. It’s

going to be a beautiful situation. It’s just going to be a big concert. I’m

bringing a lot of artists out from Philadelphia with me. I know it’s not going

to be no type of shenanigans or no foolishness from my side. It should be all

love; a beautiful situation.

 

AllHipHop.com: What’s

your opinion about veteran MCs embracing the upcoming or unsigned talent within

Hip-Hop? Can MCs weather these slumping sales?

 

Gillie Da Kid:  To

me, the main reason why the industry is down on record sales is because of the

economy. But, another reason got a lot to do with these record labels. They signing

these motherf**kers that ain’t got no story. They don’t

have nothing about them; all they got is a hot record…

But, they’re gonna make a

million dollars in ringtones; they’re comfortable with that.

 

But everybody that got the

streets, everybody that has a story, everybody that has a following sells

records. Jeezy doesn’t have a problem selling

records, Rick Ross doesn’t have a problem selling records, T.I.

doesn’t have a problem selling records. Name any artist that has the streets,

they don’t have a problem selling records because they have a fanbase.

AllHipHop.com: Is

it essential for the public to be able to reach past the façade that’s created

for the artists by the record companies?

 

Gillie Da Kid:  You

gotta be able to identify with the artist. When we

were coming up, we listened to Biggie because we felt like we could identify with

him. I was on my way to school, I’m in the mirror, I’m

rapping. I felt like I could identify with him. Now, it’s no identification

[with MCs]… Yeah, you can sell ringtones but when his album come out how many

copies is he gonna sell 5,000? I sell 5,000 mixtapes. I sell 10,000 mixtapes

every time I drop a mixtape, 15,000 mixtapes in Philadelphia alone. I got over 35 million views

on YouTube. There’s a reason why I have close to 4 million plays on MySpace,

because I’m a hustler.

 

AllHipHop.com: Is

it okay for MCs to employ poetic license; speaking of things that they’ve never

experienced?

 

Gillie Da Kid: I mean, it’s all entertainment, so you know.

That’s 95% of these artists out here, speaking on stuff they never seen before.

 

AllHipHop.com: While

you were ghostwriting for Cash Money, did you ever envision Lil Wayne getting

as hot as he is now?

 

Gillie Da Kid: At the end of the day that’s a situation that

God put Wayne in. I’m happy for him. Me, I can’t hate on no n***a. All I do is

try to create my own lane.

 

Gillie Da Kid: Do you feel any sorta way about the supposed Hot Boy reunion?

 

AllHipHop.com:

Nah, nuh uh. I f**ks with everybody; I f**ks with Juvie, I f**ks with B.G., I f**ks with Turk. So, you know, it’s all love from me.

Them n****s need to go get they money.

 

AllHipHop.com: Recently

a major record company announced that their digital sales have surpassed their

retail sales. With that being said, what’s the most useful digital outlet that

you use to help promote your music?

 

Gillie Da Kid:  Man,

it’s so many websites and the Internet is so big. You know what I’m

saying? It’s kinda like, it’s a plus and it’s a

negative. Now artists can get hot from the Internet. But now the Internet has

provided artists [a platform] and now it’s not about talent anymore. Like this

Dirty Rik kid, that artist just

feel like he can use the Internet to get hot. And you got someone who’s

creating a buzz on something that doesn’t really [have] anything to do with talent.

The Internet helps you and it kinda

kills you. Because, at the same time now people aren’t going to stores, they’re

just downloading.

 

AllHipHop.com: Will

you be releasing any more PSAs via YouTube?

 

Gillie Da Kid:  With

that little f*** boy, the only reason why I did it was because he mentioned my

wife name in a rap. If he wouldn’t have mentioned my wife I probably wouldn’t

have said nothing about him. He’s not relevant… You’re

disrespecting me and you have 20,000 views in over a week and a half. That’s because

motherf**kers don’t care

about what you’re saying… If you disrespect someone in my

family or somebody that I have something to do very closely with, then I take

s**t like that personal. The actual rapping part of it, none of that

really bothered me. His credibility to my credibility is not even close.

 

AllHipHop.com: Once

he disrespected your wife, that’s when it became personal?

 

Gillie

Da Kid: 

Yeah, when you mentioned my wife on some rap s**t. And at the end

of the day I would have just seen him and slapped the s**t out of him. [It’s] like

he’s in hiding. I haven’t seen him in three years.

 

AllHipHop.com: What’s

the status of Major Figgas?

 

Gillie Da Kid:  The

Figgas is still on and popping. You feel what I’m

saying? It’s just that right now we’re all concentrating our efforts on Gillie.

Gillie’s gonna kick the door

in and then we’re gonna come with the Figgas album.

 

AllHipHop.com: You

mentioned earlier that you’re working on the movie King of the Avenue with Ving Rhames. Is your part in the movie based on life reflecting

art or art reflecting life?

 

Gillie Da Kid:  Honestly,

to be all the way honest with you, I just think it’s a blessing from God. I

honestly feel in my heart feel that God knows that I work hard for everything

that I have. Just by the way me and Ving

met. He saw me on a DVD, he was out in Boston, he was filming a movie, and he

just so happened to walk into a store and buy a bunch of DVDs. The first DVD he

put in, I was on it. He seen me just off a DVD and decided, “I need to contact

this kid.” He felt as though this kid has talent that goes beyond rap.

 

AllHipHop.com: Was

that Marijuana High?

 

Gillie Da Kid:  Nah,

this was a DVD called Ghetto Report.

And for a guy that’s worth as much money as Ving Rhames to call Black Child, Black Child called my dad… My dad

gave him the number [and] Ving called me the next

day. And we talked on the phone everyday since that day; which has probably

been close to a year ago. I talked to him everyday. He flew me out to California, he gave me a house for $2.5 million. To me it’s

just a blessing…that I’m around somebody that has that type of power and that’s

not intimidated by me. I’m a presence and I’m gonna be me no matter who I’m around.

 

A lot of times when you’re dealing with the music industry

you’re dealing with these CEOs who are also rappers, when they get a guy like

me in front of them, who’s charismatic, who has a presence; they’re intimidated

by it. I was happy with the fact that Ving wasn’t intimidated, he was accepting to it.

He’s in a situation where I’m trying to get to.

 

AllHipHop.com: Are

you an MC that plans to retire from the mic to take up acting?

 

Gillie Da Kid:  As

of right now I got three movie roles. I got a movie I’m about to shoot King of the Avenue. And

there’s another movie called Thug

that I shoot, uh, I think in the beginning of February. I’m really trying to

get into the acting heavy. But, that was always my goal with the rapping, to

put my albums out and do me and eventually cross over. You can act until you’re

1,000 years old.

 

AllHipHop.com: Is

there anything else you’d like to elaborate on?

 

Gillie Da Kid:  Man,

I just want to tell people check me out on my MySpace, www.myspace.com/figga4lifeent, you know what I’m saying?  Shoot me a comment, show your boy some love. I got new mixtapes out and I’m coming to a hood near you.

 

Violator All-Star DJ’s Drop K-Swift Dedication Album

By: Grouchy Greg Watkins (@GrouchyGreg) Updated Category: News
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Violator All-Star DJs and M.I.A. are partnering with Koch Entertainment to celebrate and support the release of the late K-Swift’s Greatest Hits album.

 

K-Swift, real name Khia Edgerton, died in a tragic pool accident on July 21.

 

A growing star, Swift at the time of her death had the one of the top rated radio shows in the Baltimore market, a wildly popular mixtape series entitled The Jump Off and was an artist on Unruly Records.

 

The day of her death, Swift had signed a major deal to nationally distribute the series.

 

The new album drew the attention of international pop star M.I.A., who decided to temporarily suspend her music “retirement” to host the album.

 

As an artist whose music owes a large debt to Baltimore’s club music scene, M.I.A. felt obligated to contribute as much as she could to honor K-Swift’s legacy.

 

Violator DJs Scrap Dirty and AB Butler will do in store promotional appearances in New York, Chicago, Baltimore, and Philadelphia to promote the album.

 

For Dirty, his participation is the manifestation of a personal vow to keep K-Swift’s name alive in music.

 

“This project is dear to me and I think this will keep my lil’ sister K-Swift’s legacy alive,” Dirty explained to AllHipHop.com. “I will make sure that everyone will continue to feel her presence from here to eternity.”

 

Butler adds that in K-Swift, Baltimore has also lost a positive face and champion of their distinctive club music scene.

 

“Swift was very influential in the music area and definitely was the face of club music,” he explained. “I can’t begin to say how much we will miss her. I was an honor to have her as one of our own.”

 

A portion of the albums sales will go to K-Swfit’s non-profit seminary for inner city youth seeking scholarships in broadcast journalism and entertainment fields.

 

K-Swift’s Greatest Hits is available now at all music retail outlets.

Musiq Soulchild: OnAnotherLevel

By: Grouchy Greg Watkins (@GrouchyGreg) Updated Category: Alternatives
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It’s alright to admit that at least one of Musiq

Soulchild’s songs has moved you in one way or another. If he isn’t talking

about going “Halfcrazy” in one song, he’s serenading a lovely woman in another

called “Don’t Change.” Who could forget the most infamous ballad of them all,

“Love” where he showcases his feelings on that high octave note. It’s part of

the secret formula that makes Musiq one of the effective R&B/Neo Soul

artists out today.

Musiq is a man who bid his high school diploma

adieu to focus on his dream. With no money, no steady place to sleep, and a

burning hunger for success, Musiq spent many days singing A capella anywhere he

could to scatting at Jazz clubs. Since his discovery, Musiq’s voice and love of

the art has blessed the music industry since his platinum selling debut album Aijuswanaseing (2000). By going

platinum again with Juslisen (2002), Musiq solidified his place in the

industry. Even after hitting a few bumps in the road with SoulStar (2003) being his least

successful album and forgetting the words to the National Anthem in 2006, the

Philadelphia native returned with a banger. “B.U.D.D.Y.” pleasantly saturated

the airwaves along with “Teachme” on his fourth project named Loveanmusiq (2007). To date, Musiq

has earned accolades from MTV to Billboard and has received countless

nominations for his soulful albums, with nine Grammy nods.

Even without a Grammy win, Musiq continues to

deliver great music. Musiq fans will now embark on another pleasurable

experience called ONMYRADIO. Already hitting the airwaves are his new

singles “Ifuleave” featuring Mary J. Blige and “Radio” which show another side

of Musiq. For an artist who has remained consistent with his signature sound, ONMYRADIO is an album where he

takes creative risks proving to his fans that he’s more than an R&B/Neo

Soul artist.

AllHipHop.com Alternatives: What was the concept

behind this release as opposed to your other projects?

Musiq Soulchild: I guess the concept was

to try to incorporate all the things that I don’t think people would naturally

expect from me. I mean not stop what people expect from me, but do something

else as well. Like, I did a song called “Radio” that was basically a Crunk/Snap

song and I know people wouldn’t naturally expect that from Musiq Soulchild. I

try to incorporate other elements other than R&B and Neo Soul on this

project.

AHHA: I did notice “Radio” was a club record and

that’s not something your fans may be accustomed to hearing on your projects.

Musiq Soulchild: Yeah, but it’s not

anything new. It’s what you hear that’s pretty much on the radio all the time

anyway. I didn’t think it would be such a big deal because I chose to do it. It

actually shocked me that people were like, “What are you doing?” I’m like,

“What do you mean what am I doing? I’m making music according to what people

are listening to.” So you should be asking everyone else what they are doing.

AHHA: Because you’ve remained so consistent in your

career with your sound, have you found yourself confronted by people to alter your

sound to appeal to a wider audience?

Musiq Soulchild: I don’t think of it as

pressure. If the people want something then, in this business, you should give

them what they want. With me doing this song “Radio”, it’s not me trying to

conform or trying to change my sound, it’s actually me making additions. If you

notice after I put out “Radio” I put out the song with Mary [J. Blige called

“Ifuleave”], which is pretty consistent with what I’ve been giving. So, it’s

not that I wanted to completely change what it is that I do, I just want to add

to what I do. You already know to expect one thing now you can start expecting

something else as well.

AHHA: Do you have more songs on your album like

“Radio” or is this the only song like that?

Musiq Soulchild: That’s the only song

like that. There are other songs on the record that might be creatively bold

just like it, but sound wise I don’t have another Crunk record on there. That’s

a onetime thing, at least for this album. RADIO – MUSIQ SOULCHILD

AHHA: Who were some of the people you worked with to

make it?

Musiq Soulchild: I worked with my boy

Warren Campbell, J.R. Hudson who’s out in L.A., Dru Castro (“Radio”) and some

of the cats from the previous projects.

AHHA: Your new single with Mary J. Blige called

“Ifuleave” is an amazing collaborative effort. Again, a different move from

what we are used to because you haven’t done many collaborations throughout

your catalog. Have you done any more collaborations on this album?

Musiq Soulchild: I did a song with Damian

Marley called “Iwannabe” and it has a Caribbean feel to it. It’s not really a

reggae song, but it has that vibe to it though. I wanted to get somebody on

there and who better than Damian Marley.

AHHA: Juslisen is your most successful project to date,

something I know you are very proud of. Outside of what the music industry

tells us, was this project personally your most successful album?

Musiq Soulchild: That’s kind of hard to

say, because they all have things about them that I really dig. I will say this

though – my third album, SoulStar, I felt didn’t get a lot of attention.

So I would like to bring attention to that record and tell people to go get

that one because that’s the one that got away from everybody. Not everybody,

but a lot of people don’t know about that record. In the list of all my albums,

I would definitely rank SoulStar up top. Not as number one, but in the first

three.Musiq – HalfCrazy

AHHA: Do you feel pressure at times to match the

success of Juslisen or to do better?

Musiq Soulchild: No, I don’t get into

all of that. I just try to make the work good and I let the people let me know

how they feel about it.

AHHA: You’ve been able to touch a plethora of topics

throughout your projects. How important are concepts in your songs to your

music?

Musiq Soulchild: They are important

because I like for them to be as realistic as possible, that way when people

listen to them, it’s something that they could apply to their lives in real

time.

AHHA: Are there topics that you wish you could sing

about that you haven’t yet?

Musiq Soulchild: None that I could

think of off the top of my head, but I’m sure whatever it is out there I’ll try

to find it because there’s just too many things to talk about in life than just

the same stuff over and over again.

AHHA: Your songs have a way of wording emotions that

some people wish they could fathom, but we really don’t know much about you in

your personal life. Are some of these songs windows to your personal

experiences?

Musiq Soulchild: In a way. It’s more so

a window to my process of thinking when it comes to relationships, but they’re

not my personal life experiences, at least not as they went in my life. To me,

I just take the situation that I might have been through and I build a story

off of that, but it does start from something that I’ve experienced myself in

one way or another.Buddy – Musiq Soulchild

AHHA: This year has been an amazingly historic year

for all of us to witness. How do you feel about that?

Musiq Soulchild: I’m very excited about

that. I’m very proud to be a Black man in these days and times. In America, the

fact that Barack Obama has accomplished what he has is an inspiration to us

all. I don’t mean that as a blanket cliché term, I just mean that sincerely

because the fact that he’s achieved what he has – first of all there was

a time where that was unheard of. That was unimaginable. He basically

confirmed a miracle and I don’t think that should be taken lightly in any way.

I also think that aside from how people say that there’s a lot of

responsibility that’s going to be put on him by the Black community, there’s

always going to be responsibility put on by the Black community.

Now they say we don’t have any more excuses but

we never really had an excuse. It’s just that people never chose the

responsibility and they always chose to use things as an excuse. If you need a

Black President to confirm it even more that the responsibility is there and

the excuse never existed, then fine, so be it. I think that his accomplishment

is very inspiring and not only to the Black community, but to the whole world.

AHHA: I know in your career you had a bump in the

road with singing the National Anthem. Do you feel more pride in the National

Anthem now that the United States elected a man like Barack Obama into office?

Musiq Soulchild: [laughs] I don’t think

the National Anthem has anything to do with Barack Obama, not immediately at

least, but it does have something to do with the country. I get what you’re

asking me and I don’t know to either say “yes” or “no” because I don’t feel

either way about it. The National Anthem was designated to sing about pride for

the country and for me to say, “Yeah” it would have to be something that was in

the Anthem about Barack Obama. So I really don’t know how to answer that

question.

AHHA: Some people acquire more pride now that they

see progress within the country, so they might take more interest within the

country. Not to say that you never did, but they might look at it from a

different light. They might recognize possibilities that they never seen

before.

Musiq Soulchild: Hey, you might be onto

something there. I just might.

IfULeave (Feat. Mary J. Blige) – Musiq

Hip-Hop Rumors: Man Attacks Soulja Boy! Chris & Rhianna Move In?! K-Fed Disses Kanye? African Tip Drill?

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All content within this section is pure rumor and generally have no factual info outside of what the streets have whispered in our ear. Read on.

TODAY’S RUMORS!

THE DAILY TWO CENTS

All my people that saw something and said something, thanks! Click here for yesterday’s rumors.

IF YOU SEE SOMETHING, SAY SOMETHING – al*************@***il.com.

K-FED DISSES BLACK AMERICA?Here is the song: “Grape Soda”

K-Fed didn’t really diss Kanye. I can do better. Just as the Arab Nation is heated at Busta Rhymes, K-Fed is rumored to be looking to upset the U.S. Nation of African Americans. I am hearing a powerful, supreme rumor that K-Fed has a song called “Grape Juice. The song is an ode to acting like an ignorant Black person, drinking a lot of soda and pretending to be “Black.” Now, I haven’t heard the song, but I heard he makes references to smoking weed in the White House. I heard whatever label he is on is seeking to give it a strong push to radio. I guess this could be a diss of Kanye.  Stay tuned…

LL COOL J IS DONE WITH DEF JAM

I talked to the homey Esco on K97.5 in Raleigh and he got up with Uncle L. He said he was done with Def Jam and he wouldn’t be re-signing, as his contract is up. He also will apparently take a break from music and look to develop all his other ventures. LL was the first artist to release an album on Def Jam. The end of an era.

KHIA RECENTLY RAN DOWN A LIST OF PEOPLE SHE DISSED ON 08

She really did go at a lot of people.

1. Janet…….. Miss Jackson if you Nasty????

2. Trina… The Bullet Aint The Only Thang Dats Been in Dat B#### Mouf!!

3. S### Bucket Ass w##### Making It Bad for Real Queens Like Me

4. Wendy “Crackhead” Williams and Her Husband F###### Young Girls.

5. Vh1 Miss Rap Supreme

6. Mista Cherry

7. MC Serch non rapping ass and YoYo aka B-A-C-K Girl.

8. Lollipop Remix

9. Big Bat Broke Broke Ass Records

10.Be Your Lady Video Shoot

11. Nasti Muzik In Stores Now

12. Khia Done Outsold Her Husband Weezy.

13..DJ Cheron of Detroit and Deelishis Undercover Hatin Ass

14. Poor-sha Fox from V103

15. Stupid Stu from Tampa’s 95.7 The Beat

16. Greg “ Gay Ass” Street from V-103

17. Jamie Old Ass from Sister 2 Sister.

18. Puffy steals Danity Kane’s money and why the Hood is calling him a “PEDIFILE”

19. BET HIP HOP AWARDS

20. Beyonce at Hot 107.9, Dirty Awards, Fake ass Promoters and The Real Housewives of Atlanta.

BONUS. HIT EM UP TRINA DISS

JERMAINE DUPRI..NOT GOOD ENOUGH?

I don’t know who the SLS Hotel in Beverly Hills think they are, but they must think they are the best thing ever! Why? They flew Jermaine into town with the expectation that he was bringing Janet with him. The new hotel hotel flew JD and thought they were flying Janet in too, I guess. Well, it’s a new hotel and this is the opening weekend, week or month. The hotel was HEATED, I heard, but JD was there to get them some publicity. JD also managed to kick it at all the clubs all weekend. Ahhhhh…the life of a baller.

DAMN – THE HOUSING SITUATION IS REAL!

American Idol winner Fantasia Barrino isn’t such a happy camper, I bet. Her home in Charlotte is up for foreclosure. The lavish home will be sold/auctioned off in about a week. First Clef, now this. 50 Cent loses a couple million. What next!?

THIS MAN HAS JUST WARNED SOULJA BOY OF AN IMPENDING ATTACK

They either already beat him up or have threatened him.

Stop snitching on yourself, people!

BRISCO IS MAD AT YUNG BERG…

I don’t know who went and upset Brisco, but I decided to just give the message straight minus dilution or edition.

ayy dis ya goon Brisco (Yung Money/Poeboy Ent.)

real goons dont do dis internet tabloid s**t but b***h n****s play games an u got get on they level

the media keep a n#### name in som s**t bein a n***a f##### with Wayne now but certain thangs a g cant let slide

yall lil site then crashed my name with allkind of true b***h n##### like Bergerboy and dis cockaroach Bugsy but i chose to get money and see n##### when i see them like a man do

the s**t wit Berger is personal b***h run his mouth 2 much an he kno he gota aswhoopin comin. dats on Opalocka!

i never had a problem with b***ha$$ Bugsy plus tha n#### Tyga saved da b***h a a##whooppin Memorial Day Weekend in miami when he came out there wit Flip tryin to pleabargain

now this b***h runnin round tellin folks me & Berger stole his bulls**ta$$ song

i been in da studio wit dat b***h 1 time never heard non his s**t

but he get on da internet and call me all kind of s**t in his blog like it dont getbac

got my city thinking i gota steal yo weaks**t

tell dat b***h please WE MAKE HITS OVERHERE

let the world know both them lil b***hes gota a##whoopin on da way

YUNG MONEY/POE BOY B***H!! 09 all Brisco!!

THE GET FRESH CREW 2009

I heard there is a crew coming out of New Orleans called The Get Fresh Crew. Just a reminder, there is/was a crew called that and they are closely affiliated with the legendary Doug E. Fresh. But this Get Fresh Crew is quite interesting, because one of Lil Wayne’s former rap buds is in it – Curren$y. Apparently, Curren$y has hooked with Monsta Beatz, Fly Society Inc., Nesby Phips and some other players in the game. One source says these guys are supposed to be the ones who put New Orleans back on the map since the old Cash Money and No Limit days. Also, Curren$y is  signing a huge deal with one of the majors some time this week in New York. Well, that’s nice. I know AHH helped, because he is all over the site! Still, I can’t help but think…How do Doug E. Fresh, Barry B and Chill Will feel about this?

BOW WOW STEALING SWAG?

Take this rumor with a grain of salt. I get these alllllll day! The cousin of a rapper named Lil Vinnie said that his phrase “on my momma” and his adlib (“Yummmm” – like a car speeding off) were stolen by Bow Wow! I guess Bow Weezy has a song called “On My Momma” and it runs down the alleged swagga jack. Lil Vinnie tried to fight it on youtube and they pulled the diss video.

Check out Lil Vinnie

CHRIS AND RIHANNA MOVING TO VIRGINIA?

The state motto of VA is “Virginia Is For Lovers.” Well, if any portion of this rumor is true, Rihanna and Chris Brown may have found their new residence. Its hard to imagine Chris Breezy and RiRi in any other city than NY or LA, but Chris was born and raised Tappahannock, Virginia. The word in the Richmond, VA area is that the pair was spotted in the area and RiRi went to the DMV for a driver’s license or ID. Could they be looking to make that move? Don’t know.

NO LOVE FOR THE UK, US RAPPERS?

Check out this letter I got.

Yo, basically I feel as though the industry is gettin more and more sloppy in many different aspects. And recently I’ve been gettin severely p##### off. Im from Manchester in the UK and the city usually does have gigs from mainstream artists on a regular basis. But….. recently its all gone wrong and I don’t know what the hell os goin on!!!!

In the past 3 months, 3 major gigs have been ‘postponed’ A.K.A. cancelled for no apparent reason except in one case.

When my friend and I heard about ‘Rock the bells’ comin overseas we copped the VIP tickets straight off for a chance to kick it with the likes of NaS, Mos Def and The Pharcyde. But, one week before this event, I get a text, ‘Rock the bells has been postponed.’- Thats all it said. No reasons why, but the London event still went underway so why where we cut outta the loop.

On the 18th of November, we get wind of Ghostface Killah and maybe even GZA as a special guest tearin up a venue for just 300 people. We copped tickets for that too. Get to the venue that night and get informed that Ghost has been arrested at Heathrow on arrival. A fair enough excuse for the gig to be stopped but whats up with the arrest? no reasons given again.

Now more recently, my friend and me copped tickets to see D-12, Obie and Royce Da 5″9 tear it up in town. The gigs this sunday so im buzzin even though Proof ain’t there (R.I.P), but today I get another txt, ‘its been postponed’- no f##### reason at all!!!!

The thing thats p##### me off is that why are they leavin the cancellations so late, I know that s**t can crop up but I think the artists are gettin sloppy. If they make committments they should fukin stick to em.

We are takin it a lil bit personal in Manchester and we just want answers.

I’ve copped a ticket to go and see The Game on the 19th, Im just waitin for that cancellation txt now.

Peace

EPIC FAIL OF THE DAY

Somebody sent this to me under the assumption that the police wronged some criminals. Unfortunately, I have to say that the police in Philly are some clever people and they gave me the fail[s] of the day. I will say that the person that sent this accused the police of being corrupt. That might be true, but this is interesting. Philadelphia police department (fugitive task force to be specific) sent out fake stimulus checks to criminals in the city that had outstanding warrants. To make a long story short, these accused criminals (see: accused) were lured out if hiding with the possibility of getting some “bail out” money. The whole thing was a sting by the police to get them out and about. I have been hearing the tension in the city is crazy between the people and police. I remember they were beating a dude’s tail on tape in Philly. On the flip side, the po po is probably trying to get vengeance for Cool C and Steady B.

SIGNS THE WORLD IS COMING TO AN END.

I don’t even know why this is a sign…it just seems like it.

Was that a man?

And if that wasn’t enough, check out this big dude remix Busta’s “Arab Money,” but I like to call it “”McDonald’s Money.”

ILLSEED’S QUICKIES

Toni Braxton is coming out with a new album in 09 on Atlantic Records, rumor sources say.

Yung Berg has reportedly left Sony to sign with Universal Motown with Busta Rhymes.

Click here for the “African Tip Drill.” Eat your heart out Nelly. Not safe for work, if you aren’t 18, if your baby moms or moms is around.

Not to start beef, but rumor has it, Jim Jones doesn’t think it was so smart of Kiss to go the The Roc/Def Jam and that just proves that he cant make any moves alone. I hear Max B is on Kiss’ CD…could be that.

Young Chris of the Young Guns is supposedly going to Roc Nation with Jay. Joining him is rumored to be rapper P.O.R.N. from Philly and Saigon.

If you were interesting in what happened to True Life, here is a song with him, Uncle Murda, Gucci Mane, Memphis Bleek called “That’s the Recipe.”

T-Pain and Ron Browz have reportedly ended their “beef.” LOL. 2008 Beef: Somebody stole from somebody that stole from somebody and they squash it.

Scratch Will Smith off the list. It’s looking like George Eads (of CSI fame) will be the next Captain America.

Ciara had a label called C-Era Music Group, but I heard she’s shut that operation down at the moment. Not sure if that had anything to do with her CD getting pushed to 09.

It looks like Max B just might really be going to G-Unit! Dude is in talks with 50 and it seems like a lot of it rests with Jim Jones.

Jennifer Hudson has reportedly filmed a new video for her Grammy nominated CD. Glad to see her get it popping.

Some damn fool is doing a p### version of the Cosby show. SMH. Trash.

I don’t usually plug an artist’s release, but I have to say that Brandy’s Human CD drops tomorrow. Why? I’ve been informed that some good friends of AllHipHop produced a couple songs on the CD. Shout out to Medinah Ent.

IF you are a snitch, this is your lucky day. Rat out DMX and you could be $5000 richer! The cops issued a reward to help bag the Dog.

HANG MICHAEL VICK?

Rob from Matchbox 20 seems to be a cool dude as far as dealing with the papz, but did he have to advocate Mike Vick getting hanged or the electric chair?

Damn…dude.

RANDOM QUOTES

First Rupert Murdock endorses Obama and denounces Bill O’Reilly and now he disses myspace:

“If you’re on MySpace now, you’re a (expletive) c#####. And you’re not only a (expletive) c#####, but you’re poor. Nobody who has beyond an eighth grade level of education is on MySpace. It is for backwards people.”

T.I. Talks about signing Young Buck (loves the idea! MTV):

“Buck is a personal partner of mine. We’ve spoken, about a month or two ago, but we didn’t iron out no particulars. I would definitely be willing to speak to Buck about that, but I haven’t. I haven’t even started the conversation with, ‘What would it take to get you over here.’ That’s just the conversation that’s been floating around the rumor mill. When I spoke to him, it was more, ‘Hey, how you doing?’ speaking as partners. We didn’t speak professionally. Just him making sure I was all right. Him asking me how I’m feeling, me asking the same of him.”

Killer Mike might be Grand Hustle too!

“Killer Mike, on the other hand, I have been speaking to about connecting and moving forward professionally together. Mike is an outstanding lyricist and phenomenal talent and very intelligent individual. We get along very well. Always have. It’s a real organic fit.”

SHELZ CHECKS IN : NO BEEF WITH DRAMA AND JEEZY

Luda and Soulja Boy Together?

The pair headlined a free concert here in Atlanta over the weekend after the SEC Championship game. It’s an odd combo to say the least, but the show was packed and I understand pretty decent. Oh, SB also made the cover of Billboard and dropped a video showing off the cover and thanking folks like he won a Grammy. Guess he’s practicing the acceptance speech. You know, just in case.

More Arab Money Controversy?

Some DJ in the UK was recently suspended from his morning show gig for playing this song that I understand has “sampled” the Qur’an. When Busta was asked about all the controversy in a recent interview he had this to say:

“I really only respect the Arab culture,” Rhymes said. “I ain’t really trying to pay no attention to, ya know, these little people in political positions and executive positions that ain’t Arab culture oriented people because a lot of the times, what are you really showing all of this concern for?”

I’m not really sure what that means, but hopefully he is suggesting he will take the offended folks opinions into consideration. Click here for the response by an Arab rapper.

DJ Drama Not Interested in Beef

This is what he had for Jeezy and the CTE folks in a recent interview:

“If there are things me and Jeezy need to speak about, that’s for us to do. It’s not for the public. I heard La’s interview when he was on the Internet. Again, we’re not here to escalate anything or condone anything, we’re here to make good music. I’m gonna speak highly of everybody, because we’re in Atlanta. How does that look to the fans? How does that look to the people if DJ Drama and Young Jeezy are beefing? That’s not what we’re here for. People wanna see us make history again.”

T.I. has agreed to play moderator between the pair, but Drama doesn’t believe a moderator is needed because it’s not that big

BROOKLYN: WE GO SOFT!

No disrespect to BK, but there are other spots than places like Brownsville and Flatbush. What about the people going hard in Williamsburg?

Just kidding, BK. D-Ware goes hard too.

COMMON STUTTERS AND STAMMERS ABOUT SERENA…and forgets Venus’ name.

Peep the full interview.

KANYE WEST TWITTER IS FAKE!

I knew this twitter blogger was fake, because he didn’t follow me but Twitter deleted the account!

As you know, Kanye had been beefing with Stephen Colbert and Colbert launched into “Operation Humble Kanye” campaign, a move that ultimately helped move Colbert’s X-Mas CD to #3 on iTunes. Kanye’s slid from 1 to 4.

SORRY KELLY!

Beyonce was looking good at the Kennedy Center Honors!

 

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OBAMA, WE LOVE YOU!!!

They keep us talking, but if we stop talking about them then they should worry!

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EXCLUSIVE: Arab Rapper Calls Out Busta Rhymes

By: Grouchy Greg Watkins (@GrouchyGreg) Updated Category: Features
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IRAQI MC The Narcicyst has jumped into the storm surrounding

Busta Rhymes’ controversial new single “Arab Money.” The rapper has released a

stinging response to the song, hitting back at what he calls straight out

racism.

 

 

The Narcicyst says he was stunned when he first heard the

track—and has been flooded with calls from the Arab Hip-Hop community who

are furious that Busta has made what they deem a high profile error and poked fun at

their culture.

 

 

“Immediately I got that screeching sound in my head

like, ‘Whooaa.’,” says the Narcicyst. “Once again, Arabs are represented as

these arm flailing, oil rich, loft having, private jet taking, c######## lady

bangin’, desert camel riding, bearded sand men.”

 

 

He continues, “And to come from Hip-Hop was just

disappointing. All that and the title. I started reading up on the lyrics,

watching the YouTube videos and that just took my feelings to a whole other

level.”

 

 

So perturbed was the Narcicyst the he took a break from

shooting a feature film in Dubai, UAE,

and immediately hit the studio to record “The Real Arab Money,” a stinging response to Busta Rhymes’

single.

 

 

Explaining why he had to hit back on the mic, The Narcicyst

says: “The remix they all did took it to a whole other level. People are

getting suspended for playing the song in the UK, when that song came out you

should have seen the reaction.”

 

 

“How you gonna have Qu’ran in a song about Money? The

new chorus is the opening to every time you read a su’ra from the Qu’ran. Arabs

do not take that lightly at all. Then you got cats talking about women, cars,

houses? What does “In the name of God the most beneficent the most

merciful” have to do with you being able to buy whatever you want? That

right there really really really really really p##### me and a lot of fellow

Arab MCs Off. ”

 

The Narcicyst, who immigrated to Montreal with his family

after Saddam Hussein’s regime destroyed Iraq, adds: “We need to rise up

together as society against the evils that bring us down. We need to speak our

minds freely and expand on the knowledge we were gifted to have. I hope that’s

how it came off. And to explain myself fully, my song is about everybody to

relate to what it feels like when someone called me a ‘sand n****r’ or a ‘dirty

desert rat’ or someone who told me to go back home when I immigrated to Canada.

Enough is enough man.”

 

 

And the Narcicyst, who is set to release his new album PHATWA in early 2009, also explains how

it was even harder to hear Busta’s track when his own homeland Iraq is war-torn

and in total poverty despite having huge oil reserves.

 

“If the hook was in Arabic… If they got an Arab to do

the hook and didn’t call us ‘Ay-rabs’… Trust me, I would have probably been

fine with it. S**t, I would have been proud! Besides the whole beards looking

weird and that it’s possible to fly a Lear jet to go lounge in Baghdad. Baghdad

ain’t no joke right now. My country is f**king dead. It’s not somewhere to be

glorifying as ‘Arab Money.’ That’s the last thing people need. They need

security.”

 

 

Moreso than anything, the Narcicsyt was stunned to hear one

of his Hip-Hop idols insulting his culture.

 

 

“I just didn’t understand,” he says. “I know Busta is

not ignorant, I know he’s not a racist. Then where does it come from?”

 

 

He continues, “It’s my duty to speak on this, to give

my opinion on ‘Arab Money.’ Don’t even get me started on Ron Browz, that dude

should put away his auto-tune cuz T-Pain and Kanye did it better than anyone

else. To have a young man my age, putting random syllables together and calling

it Arabic is completely and utterly racist. It wouldn’t go down any way if a

non-African American did a song about African culture and made up some random

gibberish about the language. It’s not funny anymore.

 

 

“You would think, at a sensitive time like this, that

if anyone knew what it felt like to be boxed in it would be the African-American

community in America. We are of the same strife. Public enemy number one is now

Arab/Muslim males. What did they try to do to Obama during his campaign to

destroy him? They made him out to be a closet Muslim. Like that is a bad thing,

to be a Muslim. Its’ all one big f**k-up, as you can see, its deeper than the

song itself, its the principle.”

 

 

Though upset at the situation, the Narcicsyt does now want

to cast Busta aside. He goes as far as to he will still support his fellow MCs

career.

 

 

“I want to say this to make it clear, Busta Rhymes is a

lyrical idol of mine. I have always had mad love for his lyrical ability, his

style and his grace as an artist. His albums are opuses and his delivery is

absolute bananas. He was actually one of the first MCs I saw on stage and I was

blown away. I will most probably buy B.O.M.B.

I’m not making this make me not listen Busta anymore. Busta is dope dude. Busta

had Stevie on his last album. Busta did “Woo-hah,” he was on “Scenario,”

Leaders of the New School.

 

 

“My track is not a diss song, this was a response. I

ask you this, How would Busta feel if I came out doing a song about Black People

with some stereotypical s**t on the hook?

 

 

“As a person of his stature, I would have expected more

and would have loved to see our people celebrated for our culture and not our

money. I just think the song wasn’t calculated right. Get an Arab dude on the

hook, talk about the reality. I respect that it was an attempt at bridging the

gap, but unfortunately it did the total opposite.”

 

 

The Narcicsyt has also contributed to a full remix featuring

a host of Arab rappers including Omar Offendum, Cilvaringz, Salah Edin,

Palestine – which is set to be leaked within a few days.

 

 

For more check out: www.myspace.com/euphrates 

 

 

Grandmaster Flash Enlists Snoop, Q-Tip, Busta for New Album

By: Grouchy Greg Watkins (@GrouchyGreg) Updated Category: News
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Pioneer Hip-Hop turntablist Grandmaster Flash is set to kick off 2009 with a brand new studio album entitled The Bridge: Concept Of a Culture.

 

Backed by Strut Records and Flash’s very own Adrenaline City Entertainment, the LP marks the DJ’s first major label release of all original material since 1988’s On the Strength, the last album that featured the original Furious Five lineup.

 

A student of fellow Hip-Hop legends Pete “DJ” Jones and Kool Herc, Flash is credited with popularizing the groundbreaking turntable technique known as “cutting,” where phrases, edits, and overlays are done simultaneously between two records.

 

The technique was prominently displayed on the seminal 1982 street single “The Adventures of Grandmaster Flash on the Wheels of Steel,” which created a blueprint for a whole generation of turntablists, and solidified the DJ’s status as the backbone of early Hip-Hop culture.

 

Last year, Flash and the Furious Five became the first rap group to be inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame.

 

Aware that the new album represents his introduction to a new generation of fans, Flash meticulously worked on the project for the last two years.

 

The purpose was to craft an album that reflects Hip-Hop’s current uniting power as a worldwide phenomenon, and Flash’s 30 plus years as an ambassador of the culture.

 

“As a DJ, I’ve been blessed to see many different people, places, and styles,” Grandmaster Flash explained. “The album title represents all the bridges I’ve crossed worldwide.”

 

The Bridge boasts an impressive list of contemporary and veteran artists including KRS-One, Snoop Dogg, Busta Rhymes, Q-Tip, Red Café, Mr. Cheeks, Princess Superstar, Grandmaster Caz, Big Daddy Kane, and Supernatural.

 

The Bridge: Concept Of a Culture hits stores on March 3, 2009.

Andre 3000 Sued Over ‘Class of 3000’ Cartoon

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A new lawsuit filed in a Boston courtroom claims that the Andre 3000-created Cartoon Network series Class of 3000 was not as original as the rapper, or the network would have viewers believe, the Boston Herald reports.

 

Former art student Timothy McGee is suing the Outkast star, as well as Cartoon Network and its parent company Turner Broadcasting for $2 million in damages, citing copyright infringement, breach of contract and misappropriation of trade secrets in the creation of the award winning show.

 

He is requesting compensation in the form of all the profits from the show, as well as court fees and any other payment the courts may see fit.

 

“We’ve requested $2 million in damages thus far,” said McGee’s attorney Jerrold Neeff. “The rest remains to be seen.”

 

According to 33-year-old McGee, in 1997 he submitted a show idea to then Cartoon Network vice president of programming Michael Lazzo about a show following the lives of a group of young musicians, “as they try to break into Atlanta’s burgeoning music scene.”

 

At issue for McGee, the lawsuit says, is the impression that the “characters, artwork, storylines and concepts” he developed for his show were heavily borrowed upon for Dre’s show, which aired from November 2006 to May 2008.

 

McGee’s show, for which he proposed Babyface as the young musicians’ mentor, included “a young corporate type” who aspired to be a music producer, a “tough full-of-attitude female executive, a young techno-whiz sound engineer, a talented young Asian singer and a central energetic young singer/rapper,” the suit explains.

 

Class of 3000 featured Dre as Sunny Bridges, a musical genius who left his hometown of Atlanta to pursue a recording career, only to return after experiencing the corruption of the business.

 

Sunny becomes the new music teacher at the Westley School of Performing arts where his students include an would-be music producer, a “tough, brash full-of-attitude” female student who plays the harp and guitar, a “technological genius bass player, and talented twins of Asian ethnicity,” McGee’s lawsuit said.

 

“The artist known as Andre ‘3000’ Benjamin was credited with the creation, executive production and starring role in ‘Class of 3000,’” the suit continued. “The similarities between the expression of Mr. McGee’s work in ‘The Music Factory’ and that of ‘Class of 3000’ are sufficiently detailed and pervasive.

 

The show’s co-creators and developers, Thomas W. Lynch and Patric M. Verrone, don’t seem to have been named as co-defendants.

 

Class of 3000 was cancelled in December 2007 due to budgetary constraints, but not before snagging the 2007 Emmy Award for Outstanding Individual Achievement in Animation.

Topps and Funkmaster Flex Create First DJ Card

By: Grouchy Greg Watkins (@GrouchyGreg) Updated Category: News
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Influential New York DJ Funkmaster Flex has announced a brand new partnership with The Topps

 

Company to unveil the Funk Master Flex autographed card, the first ever awarded to a DJ.

 

Topps has remained the leading name in sports cards since debuting in 1938. The company now manufactures cards for Major League Baseball, the NFL, and the NBA.

 

Also a giant in the confectionary market, Topps’ brand names include Bazooka bubble gum, Rung Pop, Push Pop, Baby Bottle Pop, and Juicy Drop Pop.

 

Since breaking open New York’s radio market in the early 80’s, Flex has gone on to have one of the most successful DJ careers in Hip-Hop history.

 

He hosts a decade and counting top rated mixshow on Hot 97 and creates custom cars for companies such as Spike TV and Ford.

 

Through his extensive brand partnerships, his team the Flip Squad (now the Pitbulls), and memorable parties at New York’s legendary Tunnel venue, Flex helped usher in a new era where DJs could become autonomous entities on the level of their emcee counterparts.

 

According to Topps Director of Product Development Clay Luraschi, these achievements enticed Topps to secure Flex for the launch of their Mayo Football line, due out next month.

 

“Funkmaster Flex is an icon in the Hip-Hop world and we’re excited to be able to incorporate him into our new Topps product,” stated Luraschi to AllHipHop.com.” “The autographed Funkmaster Flex cards are sure to be a hot collectible and give fans yet another reason to be excited for our new Mayo Football product coming out in January.”

 

The Flex card will be included in rare packs of the new line, which is a re-design of the first ever football product from the turn of the century.

 

The 2009 Topps Mayo Football line will retail for $3 per pack.

Hip-Hop Rumors: Kanye Disses K-Fed?, Real Chance Winners!, Russell Simmons’ New Cutie

By: Grouchy Greg Watkins (@GrouchyGreg) Updated Category: Rumors
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DISCLAIMER:

All content within this section is pure rumor and generally have no factual info outside of what the streets have whispered in our ear. Read on.

TODAY’S RUMORS!

MY DAILY TWO CENTS

Here is my 2cents…sloooooow weekend for rumors. For the rest of the world, it popped off. But there were some shining stars in other areas.

“Punisher: War Zone”

Foxy Brown’s Wardrobe Malfunction

Efil4zaggin Vs. The Chronic

OJ Simpson Busts “A Gangsta Rap”

Also shout out to Oscar de la Hoya and Manny Pacquiao. Pacquiao destroyed Oscar, but somehow the former champ managed to quit with class.

As I said, I need your eyes and ears to help the rumors to pop properly. I’m not into biting off other people and whatnot. Shout out to all the people that hit me up from Australia, the land “up over!” Email me at al*************@***il.com.

LUPE FIASCO RUMORS

Lupe Fiasco is quietly making moves as he movies towards his last opus, a triple album. This really isn’t a rumor, but since its not news, it’s a rumor. Lupe’s triple album is going to be three different albums, coming out on three different dates. Not sure if that means it’s a true triple album, but anyway. The first LupEND album is going to come out is the Fall of 09. I don’t know when the other two will drop. Also, he said all the bloggers and haters can kiss his a**.

Lupe stans: check out www.lupethefiasco.blogspot.com…

IF YOU WATCH “REAL CHANCE OF LOVE” DON’T READ THIS

I don’t watch the mess, buf if you do, just skip this section. It’s a spoiler. I got the word on how the end goes down. I heard Real picks “Cornfed” and Chance picks nobody. That’s right, NOBODY. Now, what is interesting, I heard they are already working on the second season of the show to jux you into wasting more time. Regardless, I find is crazy that a pair of gay-looking brothers are picking women. They should at least mix some men in there.

ILLSEED’S QUICKIES

I have to ask: WHERE THE HECK IS TRU LIFE?

The late Heath Ledger gets the thumbs up for an Oscar. But for now, he was awarded the Australian Film Institute’s international award for best actor. Huge honor. I hope there are more coming.

I heard Keith Sweat is the singer behind those McNugget commercials…is this true?

Toni Braxton had surgery to have a lump removed from her breast. It wasn’t cancerous and didn’t have anything to do with her implants either. She reportedly missed the “Dancing With the Stars” finale or something.

Fortunately, the lump turned out to be benign. We wish Toni a speedy recovery – this poor gal has been through it this past year.

Brandy, Beyonce or Rhianna should slike Keyshia Cole their publicist’s business card. She looked a lil’ crazy at the De La Hoya fight. She was all the rage and the talk of the town though. Here it is:

Another vid:

RANDOM QUOTES

Akon on working with MiJac:

“He only works at a certain time and keeps a lot of stuff hidden. He’ll launch it off a certain way and wants to surprise people.”

Common on the rumors around that super group with Q-Tip (read the whole interview here):

“Yeah, we still gon’ make it happen. It’s called The Standard and Tip got his album and once my album come out and we get to getting that material out there… We just talked and said man we got to start doing it. We had the idea and then we both started doing our thing. I believe it’ll be happening soon, like at some point in the next year I believe we’ll have some songs ready to put out.”

Yours truly asked Prodigy about the New World order and this is what he said (read the whole interview here):

Everybody that acting like, “Oh P talking all this s**t because he locked up now,” or, “He think he Malcolm X because he in jail.” N***a get a life and do some homework, do some research ‘cause you’re dumb ass would put your foot in your mouth if you knew that Prodigy been on it like this and your just a dumb a###### who just talk s**t; just a hater.

J-KWON IS NOT IN JAIL

Well, I made a mistake (aka got some bad info), but my mistake is good news for J-Kwon. Not only does he get another mention on the Infamous AHH Rumors Page, but he gets positive information. He is not in jail and nothing drug related is stopping him from doing his next projects. He is working on Hood Hop 2 and some mixtape projects via his Hood Hop entertainment. Good news.

EPIC FAIL OF THE DAY

This is a candidate for idiot criminal of the day. Muncie Police in Indianapolis thought they had a routine traffic stop when they pulled a local woman over. Well, the woman made a simple request. Honesty Knight, 32, asked Trooper Eric Perkins if she could smoke. Perkins, being fair, said “Sure.” The lady named Honesty then proceeded to pull out and light a marijuana joint. Perkins took the “bud” and saw there was no tobacco in it. Honestly, in being SOOOOOOOOOOOOO honest was arrested and charged with possession. WOW.

Good deal, Dion!

SIGNS THE WORLD IS COMING TO AN END

The NYPD didn’t get the “change” memo apparently, because it appears to be business as usual. Michael Mineo alleges members of the NYPD forcibly sodomized him and the state has charged three officers in the alleged sexual assault of the Brooklyn man. According to local ABC news one officer will be charged with using his baton to rape Mineo and the other pair of police stand accused of holding the man for the deed to occur. Her is how is went down according to New York’s ABC News:

For nearly two months, a grand jury listened to Mineo describe, in disturbing detail, what he says happened on October 15. He claims that officers approached him for supposedly smoking marijuana outside the Prospect Park subway station and them chased and assaulted him. What followed, the 25-year-old says, was an attack that involved an expandable police baton being forced in his rectum.

“I think the city owes this cop, who broke the blue wall of silence and did his job,” Al Sharpton said. “I think that the mayor and others ought to salute this policeman.”

The tide turned after officials also learned doctors said Mineo’s internal injuries were consistent with his claim. But critics say the most troubling thing is the fact that while a grand jury is on the verge of handing down criminal charges, internal affairs initially dismissed the claims.

Glad I live in Delaware. Those NY Cops are lawless, it seems!

NAS AND KANYE ON TOUR

My dude Luke from Australia hit me up and gave me the scoop on the Glow In the Dark Tour with Nas.

Yo, just got home from Kanye West’s Glow In The Dark Tour in Brisbane, Australia. As usual Yeezy killed it. At the start, Kid Cudi and Consequence performed, then came Scribe, followed by Nas who killed it, repeatedly saying “f### the radio”. After Nas Kanye came out and was on for about 2-2.5 hours, with a long speech in the middle, including a long shout out to Nas and how he is a hip-hop legend. Kanye also was heard saying Elvis who? John Lennon who? Basically Kanye killed it, ending with Love Lockdown. Other favourited were Goodlife and Stronger, and during Diamonds, the whole crowd was throwing up the Roc. Enjoy.

Another reader also saw the show in “the land down under,” but he offered some other details.

But of course, Kanye caused controversy. His show was AMAZING, but what would a Kanye show be without those diva moments? Firstly, while performing ‘Put On’, he went into some kind of auto-tune-freestyle. Basically what he was saying was that people don’t want him to change, people don’t want him to grow, they’d rather see him do exactly the same thing over and over again.

Then, he went into a rant; saying that the media had stripped him of real life and explaining his daily pressures of being a celebrity. Then, he randomly started talking about Britney Spears, claiming that she spazzed out because K-Fed took advantage of her to better himself.

But, the best was yet to come. Kanye decided to close with Love Lockdown. He restarted the song three or four times (i lost count). The first time, I don’t think he was in-sync with his musicians…so 30 seconds in he told them to stop and start again. The second time, Kanye said ‘Nah you guys f#$ked it, start again’ and stormed off the stage, the musicians kept playing through the chorus and only stopped afterwards…which was awkward as Kanye wasnt even singing.

The third time, Kanye got about half-way through the song and stopped it once more. Kanye then came out and said “I’m supposed to have another f*cking outfit for this song, but they’ve taken it back to the dressing room. But f*ck it, Let’s just do it”. He was pretty angry lol, but all the fans were laughing haha. He then managed to get through the whole song without stopping..needless to say…i dont wanna hear Love Lockdown again…lol.

Anyway i thought he didnt need a stylist since he shops so much that he can speak Italian…LOL. it was mainly a good show anyway.

That was a lot, but a lot of color…hey…interesting.

Here is a vide on it:

RUSSELL SIMMONS KEEPS A BAD BABE

He dumped his ex and he’s on to the next.

JOE BUDDEN SAYS, “F**K NY” AND EXPLAINS

WHAT THE HELL?

Something isn’t right with this dude.

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Common: Universal Mind Control (Album Review)

By: Grouchy Greg Watkins (@GrouchyGreg) Updated Category: Reviews / Music
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How does an artist who spent most of his career as a diamond in the rough MC stay relevant for several years before finally enjoying commercial success? Common has managed to do so with ease.

 

Finally getting his long overdue mainstream recognition with the assistance of his successful acting career, Common’s eighth studio release, Universal Mind Control (Geffen Records) is not necessarily an improved sound for the veteran lyricist, but rather the same standard he has always been known for with an attempt to give it a fresh twist.

 

Produced entirely by the Neptunes, the album features a combination of laid-back lyrical stylings like the days when he was known as Common Sense, as well as more up-tempo tracks in which some come off a bit desperate to fit into a commercial category.

 

The album’s attention grabbing lead single “Universal Mind Control”, which samples Afrika Bambaataa’s “Planet Rock”, is destined to get major club spins. It’s the only club-ready track on the entire album in which there’s a perfect transition from the typical lyrically infused tracks we’re used to hearing from the Chicago rapper.

 

“Punch Drunk Love” follows with fellow G.O.O.D. artist Kanye West on the hook which adds another record to the Neptunes’ catalog of perfectly crafted beats. The merging of hi-hat sounds with electric organ interjections make this easily one of the top three tracks on the album.

 

Things dwindle down a few notches with the doo-wop inspired but still very mediocre “Make My Day”. Additionally, the similarly ordinary “Sex 4 Suga” features Common sounding as though he used a combination of an 80’s style flow over a recycled late 90’s Neptunes beat. “Announcement” takes things back to the days of Like Water For Chocolate with Common claiming the title of being the ‘Alex Haley of this Rap sh*t’ over a simplistic organ infused conga rhythm.

 

Listening to “Gladiator” gives an atmosphere of classic Wu-Tang over a more modernized Hip-Hop bounce as “Changes” eases things down to a slower melodic tempo with assistance at the end by Assata Lynn, Common’s daughter. On “Inhale”, we’re reminded why Common is one of Hip-Hop’s jewel MC’s as he describes his deep flow and still being one of the most slept-on rappers. 

 

The album wraps with “What A World” and “Everywhere” where the former sounds like it would be better fit for the next N.E.R.D. LP. The latter which features British vocalist Martina Topley-Bird, just wasn’t a strong enough closer and seems to have just been a last minute addition.

 

Although the album is stacked with both hits and misses, it’s still worth a listen as he opens himself up to a wider audience. One thing certain is that Common remains true to his craft and doesn’t compromise the essence of originality in Hip-Hop as so many others continue to do.

 

Common Featuring Pharell

“Universal Mind Control”

Universal Mind Control – Common

Common Featuring Kanye West

“Punch Drunk Love”

Punch Drunk Love (Feat. Kanye West) – Common