Archive for 2005

Kanye’s Heard Em Say Video

Friday, December 16th, 2005

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Here’s the fruity X-Mas version of Kanye’s Heard ‘Em Say video that was shot in Macy’s Herald Square. I guess it’s better than the other cartoon version, but it’s so cute it just makes me want to kill myself.

Watch the video

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Irv Gotti on BET

Thursday, December 15th, 2005

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From BET.com:

In his first interview since his acquittal on money laundering charges, music mogul Irv Gotti speaks out to BET.com exclusively.  Surrounded by friends, celebrities, and his music industry family, the Inc. CEO took a celebratory sail around Miami to toast the Gotti brothers’ freedom.  BET.com caught up with him as he detailed everything from the defense’s strategy to 50 Cent‘s role in the investigation of Murder Inc.  This is one you won’t want to miss.

If you go to here, there is like a 2 1/2 minute snippet of the interview. 

"One definite thing that he did which was like a great form of dry snitching was like he said "I ain’t gonna tell you who did anything to me,  just listen to my record!." – Irv when asked if he thinks 50 snitched on him to the Feds.

The interview airs tomorrow on Rap City at 4:00 ET/PT.

Kanye & Jamie Foxx Interviews

Thursday, December 15th, 2005

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RollingStone.com has two quick and dirty interviews with Kanye and Jamie Foxx who’s album Unpredictable leaked last week is due out December 20th. I’m not a really an R&B kind of guy, but from what I’ve heard so far this album sounds pretty decent. Incredibly, Kanye made it through the interview without showing his ass.

Jamie Foxx Interview

Kanye Interview

(via Music Filter)

Jamie Foxx ft Ludacris – Unpredictable 

Jamie Foxx ft. Snoop and The Game -  With You

Jamie Foxx ft. Kanye West – Extravaganza (Old I know, but crazy)

50 Cent vs. Robbie Williams

Thursday, December 15th, 2005

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Earlier this month 50 called Robbie Williams ‘a sucker’ after the British pop singer complained to management at the Ritz Carlton in Germany where they were both staying about the level of noise the rappers entourage was making late at night.  Apparently, 50 wasn’t talking so tough when the two met up on German TV recently. As you can see from the picture above, Williams is clearly ice grilling 50 while the Queens rapper nervously fidgets with his watch and wonders how come they wouldn’t let him bring his security on stage with him. Let this be a lesson kids: your favorite rapper is probably not as gangsta in real life as they claim to be on record.

Previously: 50 Punked by British Pop Singer Lee Ryan

Papoose – Menace II Society 2

Wednesday, December 14th, 2005

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1. Papoose – DJ Kay Slay (Intro) (1:24)
2. Papoose – Menace To Society Part 2 (6:57)
3. Papoose – Flashback (Produced By Thug-A-Cation) (2:52)
4. Papoose – You Made Your Choice (Produced By DJ Kay Slay) (2:47)
5. Papoose –

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(Feat. D-Block, Mcgruff, Black Rob & Razah) (Produced By DJ Kay Slay) (5:43)
6. Papoose – The Hardest Out (Feat. Hell Rell & Remy Martin) (Produced By Amadeus) (2:20)
7. Papoose – Fashion Statement (Produced By N Tellect) (3:13)
8. Papoose – Streetsweepers (Interlude) (You Know You Done Fucked Up) (1:43)
9. Papoose – Street Rules (Produced By DJ Green Lantern) (3:26)
10. Papoose – Hummin’ Like A Slave (Produced By Eminem) (3:18)
11. Papoose – New Era (Produced By Ron Browz) (4:14)
12. Papoose – You Can’t Ride Like Me (Produced By Emile) (2:38)
13. Papoose – Lyrical Murder (Feat. Thug-A-Cation) (3:59)
14. Papoose – Streetsweepers (Interlude) (Tat Tat Wut The Fuck Man) (1:34)
15. Papoose – Touch The Sky (Produced By Bink) (2:01)
16. Papoose – The Beast (Feat. Talib Kweli) (Produced By Keezo) (3:47)
17. Papoose – License To Kill (Produced By DJ Green Lantern) (4:41)
18. Papoose – Streetsweepers (Outro) (DJ Kay Slay’s Answering Machine) (1:17)

Papoose – Menace II Society 2 – Link is good for 7 days, so get it while it’s hot. 

Stray Shots

Wednesday, December 14th, 2005

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What’s this about…Ed Lover wanted for punching a chick in the face?

Kanye isn’t so sure he deserves Album of the Year anymore.  

Incredible. Eminem releases a compilation of songs we’ve all heard, two shitty new joints and one decent Hailie song and does 440,000 in a week.  

Ludacris vs. Oprah?

Lil Wayne vs. Nas and 50?

Every month in Ozone Magazine they publish stories from groupies about your favorite rappers. This month there are a couple of not so flattering stories from the G-Unit tourbus.   

Short Nas interview from this months XXL.  

4 men murdered in Boston rap studio.  

Who is Ice Cube talking to on his new track ‘Child Support’

After a very high profile flop in theaters last month, 50 now wants to get into movie production. Well, at least he didn’t say he wants to direct. Any Hollywood exec that lets him anywhere near a movie set is out of their damn mind.  

Why Arnold killed Tookie.  

Juvenile Responds To 50′s Katrina Comments

Tuesday, December 13th, 2005

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You may remember the ridiculous comments 50 made after Hurricane Katrina:

"The New Orleans disaster was meant to happen. It was an act of God.

"I think people responded to it the best way they can.

"What KANYE WEST was saying, I don’t know where that came from."

Well Juvey, who lost his house and has been very outspoken on the slow reaction by the government had this to say in response:

"I ain’t know 50 said that," Juvey told SOHH.com in disbelief. "If he believe they did the best they could, you wrong like a motherfucka. You got it twisted homie. You make it bad for yourself man. You’ll lose all records sales down here with that stuff. I ain’t know that’s what he said. People from New Orleans don’t know that.

"I mean the tsunami was an act of God," he added. "The way they reacted towards that…I’m looking at them spend maybe five to six billions of dollars every month on a war that ain’t even ours over somebody else’s oil. You’re telling me that you can’t fund [a] part of your country with the right amount of money to take care of these people. New Orleans ain’t even a big city so how could you have that problem. I heard that the families [of 9/11] got funded. And that ain’t even a whole city. That’s really one building that had two branches. It’s [New Orleans] a whole city, so you’re telling me they did the best they could?"

Young Buck = Not That Gangsta

Monday, December 12th, 2005

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Today, Young Buck managed to weasel his way out of jail time for the stabbing of dude at last years Vibe Awards. His lawyers managed to use video footage of the brawl along with, get this, DNA analysis of the knife used in the attack, to prove that it wasn’t in fact Buck who stabbed son. They argued that although Buck can clearly be seen on tape lunging towards the man, he was actually holding a fork, not a knife and wasn’t responsible for his wounds. From MTV News:

"The allegation was that he used a knife and caused injury — that was dismissed," Levine said. "What he did admit to doing was having a fork and getting involved in some action with Mr. Johnson. He didn’t cause any injury, he didn’t stab him, but he had the fork. He takes responsibility for that, it was wrong, and he wants to move on now."

What does that even mean? He had the fork, was involved in ‘some action’ but didn’t stab him? But yet, money had a stab wound. And what difference is there really between a fork and a knife anyway? What if it was a spoon? How about a  spatula?

Wow, it must be great to walk into court on charges like this when you have money. This is all great for Buck and everything, but at the end of the day the only thing I’m convinced of is: G-Unit=Not That Gangsta. You mean to tell me that after their boss got snuffed in front of half the Industry, the heaviest hardware Buck could find was a goddamn fork? And then he all did was (no homo) get "involved in some action with him"? This dude belongs on the Food Network, not the cover of XXL.

No Clemency for Tookie

Monday, December 12th, 2005

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Well, Gov. Schwarzenegger has denied the bid for clemency for Tookie Williams. Although many people think the Governors decision was the last chance for the Crips co-founder, there are actually two things that can happen to prevent his execution. A panel of appeals judges can take a vote and if a majority of the group of 25 judges vote for a re-hearing, the case can be re-examined. The other option is a review by the US Supreme Court. Realistically though, this story is probably over. In all likelihood, Williams will be put to death by lethal injection tonight at 12:01.

I don’t believe in the death penalty. It makes absolutely no sense to me how it can be wrong to murder someone, but it’s ok to murder someone who murdered someone. It’s a tough subject though, because I know if it was somebody I loved who was a victim I would probably want somebody dead. It happens that it’s not someone I love this time, so I can argue against it.

I don’t know if Williams is innocent to be honest with you. It is entirely possible that he did kill those people. But the hypocrisy in this country is incredible. Death for Tookie, but Bush can murder 2000 of our soldiers and God knows how many innocent Iraqi’s and sit in the Whitehouse. The other day a cop in NY who killed an innocent African immigrant was sentenced to probation. Fucking probation. If there’s anybody I’d like to see get a lethal injection it’s that guy. Anyway, God bless this man’s soul. God bless all of our souls for taking his life.

Moby, You Can Get Stomped By Obie

Monday, December 12th, 2005

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From MSNBC:

Moby is re-igniting his feud with Eminem.

The techno musician made headlines a few years back when he accused the rapper of promoting homophobia with his songs. Now, Moby is telling Eminem and anyone who promotes his “misogynistic” music: “you have blood on your hands.”

Moby’s outrage stems largely from a recent case in which an Eminem fan and impersonator recently was convicted of murdering a woman and stuffing her in a suitcase. The man had just finished a karaoke performance singing Eminem’s music. In his video, “Stan,” Eminem murders a woman he put in the trunk of a car.
 

Let me say first off that in no way do I condone violence towards women. I have a daughter and I do not play that shit even a little bit. That said, I think Moby is reaching a little bit with this one to say the least. Normal people just don’t do that type of shit. Sure normal people may flip out and kill somebody every now and then, but for the most part they don’t stuff the remains into a suitcase in homage to a music video.

For Moby to insinuate that Em ‘has blood on his hands’ is in a way minimizing what this idiot did and transferring uneccessary blame to an entertainer. He also calls out the band Prodigy, as well as radio and MTV program directors, saying they should all feel responsible for this woman’s death. That is such bullshit. Why is a song any different from a movie where a woman (or anybody for that matter) gets killed? Am I also to assume that I won’t be seeing any Moby videos on MTV ever again, by his choice and not because of a blacklisting because of these comments?