(AllHipHop News) Naughty By Nature founding member Anthony “Treach” Criss was arrested in New Jersey recently. According to NJ.com, the incident included a high-speed chase and officers drawing their guns at one point.
Treach is accused of driving by a police speed radar going 30 mph above the limit. Union City officers claim when they pulled out to stop his vehicle, Treach sped off leading to a nine block chase.
Once Treach finally stopped, police say he approached their vehicle forcing them to pull out their weapons and order him back to his own car.
Police cited Treach with reckless driving, speeding and driving with a suspended license. He was taken into custody and given a bail amount of $15,000.
The “O.P.P.” performer also had arrest warrants on file related to a child support hearing in Essex County and previous motor vehicle violations in Secaucus.
(AllHipHop News) Nas and Jay Z will forever be linked together in Hip Hop history thanks to the legendary rap battle that saw two of the culture’s greatest artists facing off. Thankfully, the two titans settled their issues years ago so that the music world can be blessed with iconic moments like the one that happened at the Coachella Festival this year.
God’s Son and HOV were on stage together once again. During Nas’ set he brought out his former rival for a performance of “Dead Presidents II.” Jay then went into his track “Where I’m From” off the In My Lifetime, Vol. 1 album.
Besides the historic union of the two New York rap kings, Nas also ran through cuts from his classic debut album Illmatic. He later brought out another Hip Hop legend when Diddy hit the stage during “Hate Me Now.”
(AllHipHop News) Pharrell Williams was among the many acts to hit the Coachella Festival this year. The N.E.R.D member and one half of the producing duo The Neptunes performed many of the hits he helped create including Nelly’s “Hot in Herre,” Busta Rhymes’ “Pass the Courvoisier, Part II,” Snoop Dogg’s “Beautiful,” and his own number 1 single “Happy.”
After the controversial outcome of Manny Pacquiao and Timothy Bradley’s first encounter, a Pocial.com decided that it would be a great idea to create a way that everyone can score the fight from their home and share those scores in real time on social media. Below you can make predictions, give your round by round scorecards in REAL TIME (just like the real judges do), submit them online and see how the world is scoring the fight. Our scorecard is below and how the rest of the world feels is right underneath that.
(AllHipHop News) Nas is set to re-release his classic debut album as Illmatic XX next Tuesday, but the Queens legend is also back in the lab working on another studio album. This is according to New York based producer Reefa who says he has worked with Esco on some tracks.
“Nas is working on his album,” says Reefa in an exclusive interview with AllHipHop.com. “I don’t know too much about it. I just know for a fact that we’ve been collaborating.”
Reefa previously produced Rick Ross’ “What A Shame” off Mastermind and The Game’s “It’s Okay (One Blood)” from Doctor’s Advocate. The head of the ATM production house is also working with Fabolous and Sean “Diddy” Combs on their respective forthcoming projects Loso’s Way 2: Rise To Power and MMM.
“I can’t really talk about that much, but I can tell you it’s going to be a movie,” says Reefa about Diddy’s next album. “It’s going to be fire. You’re going to expect, hopefully, something that can change the whole Hip Hop sound.”
MMM will be Diddy’s first studio project since Last Train to Paris in 2010. The next LP from Nas will be the follow-up to 2012’s Grammy nominated Life Is Good.
Blanco, The Jacka, Messy Marv team up with Nipsey Hussle for a hot new song called “Change” P###. by Tha Bizness. This is off the One Hunnid EP, releasing on iTunes on April 15th.
(AllHipHop News) There are a lot of great Hip Hop albums celebrating their 20 year anniversary in 2014. Among the noted projects that have reached the two decade milestone is Organized Konfusion’s Stress: The Extinction Agenda.
In an exclusive interview with AllHipHop.com, Pharoahe Monch says his sophomore LP with groupmate Prince Poe will be re-released this year as an instrumental project. Stress included production by the duo, Buckwild, and Rockwilder.
That instrumental collection is just one upcoming project from the native New Yorker. Monch also reveals he is teaming with singer/instrumentalist Georgia Anne Muldrow on a collaborative effort as well.
We’ve doing some spot dates for the 20th anniversary of the Stress album. We did a show in New York. We’re doing a 4/20 show in L.A., and we’re releasing a Stress album instrumental as a twenty year special thing. As far as recording a new album, I don’t even think Pharoahe Monch is going to be doing another traditional album. I’m going to drift more to projects.
I’m working on a project with Georgia Anne Muldrow and different specialty s**t. It allows me to be even more experimental than I already am without having to combine this long-playing thing. I feel like I can get the fans more music that way.
In the immediate future, Monch’s 4th solo album PTSD: Post Traumatic Stress Disorder is dropping on April 15th. PTSD features appearances by Talib Kweli, Black Thought, deNaUn, and Dr. Pete.
(AllHipHop News) Big Boi and Andre 3000 of OutKast finally reunited on stage at this year’s Coachella Festival. The ATLiens took over the event for 90 minutes as they ran through their classic songs like “B.O.B,” “Ms. Jackson,” and “SpottieOttieDopaliscious.”
“Relaxed confidence” might be the best phrase to describe Timothy Bradley’s mindset headed into his rematch with Manny Pacquiao this Saturday (April 12) on HBO. The anger and depression that characterized Bradley’s life after winning a controversial decision over Pacquiao back in May 2012 has long been erased courtesy of a remarkable 2013. That calendar year saw Bradley engage in one of the more brutal and dramatic fights in recent memory in barely surviving Ruslan Provodnikov via a split decision. Last October, he added Pacquiao-conqueror Juan Manuel Marquez to his ledger, out-boxing one the sport’s elite counter-punchers.
On Saturday, Bradley will go into the ring not as the paper champion many saw him as after the first bout. He now has the wins, skill and self-belief that command the respect, if at times grudging, of the fans. But will that be enough to defeat a Pacquiao vowing to return to his ferocious, merciless roots?
Knockout Nation: The selling point of this fight has been whether Manny Pacquiao can find his killer instinct. But considering that he’s been an active fighter since 1995, how much of the supposed “lack of fire” can be attributed to just aging and not being physically able to maintain that previous frenetic pace?
Timothy Bradley: No, I honestly don’t see any lack in his abilities. He’s a fantastic, dynamic fighter. I came to my conclusion [about his fire] from stuff I was reading from his own fans. I started paying attention to things Freddie and Manny would say as well. Freddie would say how compassionate he was getting and how he didn’t like to beat up his sparring partners. I was like “this is really weird.”
In the Rios fight he would engage, but he wouldn’t engage in a slugfest. In the last round he even stepped back when he was hitting him with every shot in the kitchen. In the HBO Face Off, he couldn’t even say he would knock me out. Are you serious? C’mon, man. Are you still a fighter?
KO Nation: Has this made you feel that you’ve had to carry the promotion?
Bradley: Pacquiao’s not really a talker and neither am I. I just state the facts. That’s all I did – the promotion piggy-backed off it and that’s great.
KO Nation: The one big question a lot of fans have about you is the recent decision to sign an extension with Top Rank. You’ve fought most of the top guys they have to offer; most of what’s left will be rematches. What made you stay with them as opposed to Golden Boy, who has more fighters in your division and also the most lucrative matchup for your weight class in Floyd Mayweather?
Bradley: That’s a really good question, man. First of all, I have a great relationship with Top Rank. I’ve been with them a few years and I’ve grown working with them. We cleared the air [on the first Pacquiao fight controversy].
I could fight a lot of guys from from Golden Boy. But if you look at their cards, they’re all stacked up. These guys are making money, but they’re not making my money [chuckles]. Top Rank pays the most, man. The fact that these cards are stacked all the time, it limits the budget. You gotta spread that love with all the other guys.
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There is no guarantee I would have got to fight Floyd Mayweather – look at Amir Khan. I wasn’t really secure on that when I weighed all my options. I really thought on it. I knew what I could get with Top Rank. I didn’t want to take that gamble [on Golden Boy]. I didn’t want to risk my family’s future. The last two years I’ve made a whole lot of money with Top Rank — A LOT of money. After that Amir Khan thing happened, I knew I made the perfect choice.
Amir held out for a whole year thinking he was fighting Floyd and then Floyd was like “Uh uh, you gotta go beat my little brother. Go do this and this…” Wow, are you serious? That’s the main reason why I made my decision. When you look at the numbers game, I’d have to fight 4-5 guys to make what I’m getting on April 12.
Director Of “Manny” Documentary Validates Concerns Of Pacquiao’s Lost Killer Instinct
Much has been made about Manny Pacquiao and the perceived loss of his killer instinct. With his upcoming rematch with Timothy Bradley right around the corner, many see this as Pacquiao’s opportunity to prove that he’s just as determined as ever to finish opponents before the final bell. However, with Pacquiao’s last knockout coming against Miguel Cotto back in 2009, there is concern that the Filipino has a little too much compassion for his foes.
Timothy Bradley has been needling at Pacquiao that the man he defeated controversially in 2012 simply doesn’t possess the fire that he once had. Even though Pacquiao insists that he is still the killer he once was, someone close to him believes that the eight-division world champion has definitely changed.
Ryan Moore, director of the Pacquiao simply titled “Manny,” suggests that there is some truth in that theory. And considering that he’s spent the past five years filming Pacquiao both in and out of the ring, Moore seems like quite the reliable source.
“The first sign of Manny’s killer instinct dissolving was against Shane Mosley,” Moore explained to Knockout Nation. “When we were filming him and Mosley I saw the way they interacted and they are really nice people. So when he knocked Mosley down in the second round, it looked like he was ripe for the kill but he held back. That was a sign of Manny evolving as a human being.”
Moore says the shift is natural for a fighter who has spent 20 years as a professional. But it isn’t necessarily because Pacquiao isn’t as hungry as he once was. Rather, it has more to do with Pacquiao’s evolution from a fighter to a humanitarian who considers himself a servant to the people more than anything else.
“When you consider how blessed he feels, there’s only so much of that intensity in the ring that he can put out. When you become a family man and have kids, you mature emotionally,” Moore continues. “Before it was black and white: go and knock people out. Now you are carrying the hopes and dreams of 100 million people when you fight, and after the final bell rings you are serving them. Emotionally that does a lot to people.”
Moore won’t go as far to say that it has become a hinderance in the ring, but he does seem to agree to a certain degree with the criticism. He also says that the upcoming film actually documents Pacquiao’s shift in personality and will give viewers a better idea of when Pacquiao began to change.
“There was an event that occurred for sure after the third Marquez fight (that changed Manny) but there has been a gradual journey that has changed him from one of the most celebrated boxers to the humanitarian and public servant,” Moore says. “The turning point is included in the movie so you can get a better understanding what the big event was that changed him.”
Will it play a role in Saturday’s fight? Moore isn’t so sure because he believes that Pacquiao truly wants to please the fans more than anything else. And ff that leads to a knockout, so be it. But there is no doubt in Moore’s mind that Pacquiao’s growing responsibility to represent so many people both in and out of the ring has changed him.
“I think his dream of being a public servant took over right and he dove into that. What he didn’t do in the ring was represented by what was going on in his personal life.”
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With the Manny Pacquiao v Timothy Bradley II fight set to communes on April 12th, AllHipHop.com’s DJ Hustle get some exclusive talk-time with the boxing legend. After Pacquiao experienced a controversial loss back in June 2012 from Bradley, there are a lot of questions that this upcoming fight will answer about Pacquiao.
Odds makers currently have Pacquiao favored but, we ask about his odds on winning the fight, his training methods and plans after boxing.
(AllHipHop News) Benzino is trying to turn blood into art. Less than two weeks after Benzino was allegedly shot by his nephew, he releases the first song addressing the incident, “Walk Away”.
On the song Benzino addresses the the shooting with his nephew and even uses a snippet from Rick Ross’ lyrics “n*ggas shot up the car, walk away like Benzino” for the song’s chorus. The obviously enraged Benzino implicatively compares his nephew to the devil:
Tried to spill my blood, but couldn’t handle it/speeding to the church, yo keep those candles lit/wake me momma, feel like it’s a fantasy/Sitting with the devil, drinking Hennessy.
Check out the full version of Benzino’s “Walk Away” below:
