JADAKISS TO WORK WITH 50 CENT.

With jadakiss's album, "the last kiss" dropping next week, april 7th, i don't know if this would help increase his sales, or reduce it. He is openly saying that 50cent called him up, and we could be getting a future g-unit, d-block collaboration(d-block consist of jada, styles, sheek louch, bully, and various underground rappers they are recruiting). He and 50 cent had a highly publicized beef in 2005, which came about when 50 spat some disrespectful lines at him on his "piggy bank" record.
This is what jada has to say about the whole situation. He also makes some remarks on the ungoing fued between 50 and rick ross.


"You gotta give Rob E Rob the credit, he got me and big homie on the phone," Jada explained. "It wasn't no real beef anyway. That was just one of his musical tools on that Massacre album to make sure he did those numbers outta the gate, he had to come holla at the kid. I made a lot of money too from shows and what not, but it was good for a minute. I'm sure in the future you will see Jada and 50, Lox and G-Unit. Anything that can make money as long as it's beneficial for both parties and it's good for the hood, we'll do it."


He's not lyrical," Jadakiss said of 50 in a March 2005 interview. "He makes good songs but he's not a better lyricist than me. Put all the money, the units, put everything behind us, plus the good old-fashioned lyrics and an instrumental, and I'll wear him out. You know that. The whole world knows that. I know and I'm humble."

"Picture 'Kiss not come out swingin'/It's like going to see 50 at a show and he don't come out singin'/Yeah, you got a felony, but you ain't a predicate/Never the King of New York, you live in Connecticut/You don't be in the hood, you be in the woods/F*ckin with me, is where you really gon' be for good/I hold the 4-5 myself, and hop out the Range on 1-4-5 myself/This is a true fact/Since when has it become cool to get shot and not shoot back."

Don't count Ross out," Jada said in an interview. "When I was going through it with 50, I'm glad he didn't have ThisIs50.com 'cause that's like a crazy outlet. He don't even gotta do no music, he can just do wild skits and put new stuff on there and new paperwork and everything and that's drawing in so much traffic and attention that it's almost like slaughter...We should try to keep it at the music as much as possible. It's good that he put wild skits and funny cartoons and stuff on the site...but the most theraputic for hip-hop is them to keep dropping songs. That'll keep the violence out of it. That'll make the people want it more."

JARULE SAYS HE TAKES SIDES WITH ROSS IN THE 50/ROSS BEEF.

Jarule has been on the lopw lately, since all the controversy irv had been connected with keneth "supreme" griffin, where 50 cent testified against them, saying they had something to do with his shooting in 2000.
Jarule is back, read what he say in this interview with sohh.com


"Yeah, it's f*cking hilarious," he said regarding 50 and Ross. "I'm sittin' back getting a good laugh and sh*t. But yo, check me on that 'Mafia Music' remix. Holla back. Ross, you know how we do, n*gga...X was cool. We used to run around and do everything together...He's locked up right now, I haven't spoken to him recently, but you know, I ain't got no beef with X. Me and X was real n*ggas. I don't think it's beef because X is not like that.


"New album coming real soon, I ain't gonna give nobody no dates," Ja said in an interview. "None of that 'We pushin' it back, we pushin' it back' so I ain't giving y'all no motherf*cking date. It's coming real soon. We finishing it up. It's f*cking crazy. Y'all n*ggas get ready. We gonna have a good time this year...[I got a] new jewelry line coming real soon.


"I didn't start this," Rule said in a previous interview. "I'm an artist who really went out there to make my records while asking myself, 'What can I do to elevate myself and do music?' People started making more records that had more feeling. All the artists came into it making records with feeling about different aspects of life beside the criminal aspect. And this is where the whole hatred really started for him and trickled down. I guess when he got his record deal, he felt the need to call my name and disrespect what I am doing, which is crazy"

T.I ON HIS WAY TO JAIL.

T.I, the self acclaimed king of the south is on the way to jail. Read the report gotten from hiphopdx.com.


Rapper T.I. was officially sentenced in Atlanta court today (March 27) to one year and one day in prison and was ordered to pay a $100,300 fine on weapons charges.
"I would like to say thank you to some, and apologize to others," said T.I. at his sentencing, according to CNN.com.
"In my life, I have been placed in the worst-case scenario and had to make the best of it," he said. "Most often, things I have learned have been from trial and error. I knew no way to protect myself than to arm myself."
The rapper was also sentenced to some property forfeiture, supervised release for three years following his prison sentence, 365 days of home confinement and 1,500 hours of community service. To date, T.I. has completed 305 days of home confinement and 1,030 hours of service. He could possibly be released from prison in as little as 10 months because of a plea deal he received. The plea deal will allow T.I. to qualify for credits that will reduce his sentence.
In addition, he must also "undergo DNA testing and drug counseling, cannot own firearms and must submit to reasonable searches and a financial audit."
T.I. was arrested in October 2007 in an Atlanta parking lot mere hours before he was set to headline the BET Hip Hop Awards. His arrest came as the result of a federal sting operation after his bodyguard (at that point working as an informant) delivered three machine guns and two silencers to him.
The rapper, who was not allowed to own any weapons due to a 1998 felony drug charge conviction, was arrested.

T.I. will be taken into custody no earlier than May 19, and his CNN interiew is available in HipHopDX's Video

BILLBOARD TOP TEN RAP ALBUMS (27/03/09)

10. PROJECT PAT- REAL RECOGNISE REAL.

9. YOUNG JEEZY- RECESSION.

8. CAPPONE-N-NOREAGA- CHANNEL 10. (4,100)

7. LUDACRIS- THEATER OF THE MIND. (5,965)

6. SOULJA BOY- ISOULJABOYTELLEM.

5. PLIES- DAREALIST.

4. LIL WAYNE- CARTER 3 (11,584)

3. T.I- PAPER TRAIL. (20,700)

2. TWIZTID- WICKED. (23,000)

1. GORILLA ZOE- DON'T FEED THE ANIMALS. (31,257)


T.I has finally been knocked off the top of the top spot of the billboard top ten rap albums chart, after several weeks of reign at that spot. The new number one is bad boy records rap artist, gorilla zoe. Coincidentally, today, 27th of march, is the day t.i heads off to serve his jail sentence. His album paper trail has done very good so far, and we wish him all the best. The album is at a total sales of 1,816, 700, almost double platinum.
Elswhere on the charts, we see cappone n noreaga entering the charts with their new collaborative effort, channel 10 which sold a lousy 4,100 copies.

RAP CATEGORY IN THE UPCOMING HIPHOP WORLD AWARDS.

The rap category in the upcoming hip hop world awards comprises of four album nominations, and i can tell you it is not going to be an easy pick. The four rap albums nominated for album of the year are, "lord of ajasa's" "second turning to the left", modenine's "paradigm shift", m.i's "talk about it", and naeto c's "you know my p" album. I have personally listened to this four albums, and i can say they are all classic material.
All the four artist killed it in their on zone, or accomplished what they had in mind when they set out to make the album, perfectly. Naeto c is the swagger rapper, with songs you can bump in your car(good production all through the album). Lord of ajasa brought that yoruba mixed with english rap style, and i can say he killed it with the stories he has on the album, and catchy choruses(i actually thought i was going to get bored listening to the album, but i did not skip one song.). M.I, Mr Incredible, came with the lyrically proficiency all through the album mixed with a lot of whitty rhymes. You would wonder how he manages to cook up so much lyrics in such a short verse. And each song has that high point where you would want to shout WHAT!!! Last, but definately not the list, Modenine, the lyrical messiah of rap in Nigeria. You would know this guy had fallen in love with words early in life. It's like he has a dicionary in his head. Mr lyrically, KRS ONE of our Generation, the metephorical genius. The album achieves what i felt he had lacked on his previous albums, he had interesting topic matters, and he utilized his lyrically ability better than ever.
The awards are not untill May, so we still have some time to analyze this albums untill then. So i am going to review the four albums one after the other starting with naeto c's album. That would probably be tomorrow.

WHY DO NIGERIAN RAPPERS ALWAYS TRY TO SOUND FOREIGN.

We are Nigerians, we are Africans, even if english is our lingua franca, it does not mean you have to sound like the americans. You hear rappers talking with a foreign tone when they are being interviewed, but when you check them on their own, probably with their people, they sound so different. Why must you want to be like another people. Why can't you be proud of where you are from, and let people differentiate you from the rest of the world. Instead, you hear our rappers saying nigger in their rap, or talking about using guns, tell me, how many of them carry guns around. And you here them saying things like "ya mean", and stuff like that. They talk about drinks they can not afford, or have not seen. Drinks like "ace of spades", "crystal", "hypnotic" just to mention a few.
I am not saying you have to rap in broken english, or rap in your native language, but at least give the audience stories of what is really going on around you. When an american rapper is talking about 64 chevy's, and impala's, and gang banging, it's because that is what they are going through and what they see and are cars they drive in the hood. That is what they are exposed to at that very point in time. American rapper, "jadakiss" said in his rap, "why ain't you a thug by choice". What he was trying to say was that the gangsta rappers rap about the situation, or the environment they were put in. They are put in housing projects that house thousands of people, with bad facilities, and don't get to get good jobs. So to live well, they are forced to live a life of crime. That is what jadakisss was trying to say. If they had a choice, they would live a better life.
So what is the case with the nigerian rapper. I really want to know.

THE WHITE MAN'S GAINS FROM RAP MUSIC.

Isn't it ironic how the white community keep blaiming all the violence in the society on black music, when they make the must gains from the industry. Not to even add that rock is a more demoralizing genre of music than rap and the the music style is dominated by whites.
What i mean by the title i gave this post is that, if you check out the people that stand to gain from every black artist/rapper that comes up, it's the white man. And the black man keeps on handing their had earned money over to the white man. Whether they know it or ignorant about it, they are still like slaves working for the white man, but with a little freedom. I mean a little freedom, cos once they cross the line, the white man finds a way to throw them in jail.
Isn't it funny that the everything the black man uses the money he makes from the music business to buy, profits the white man 100% of the time. The black rapper gets an advance of about $200,000 dollars, and what does he do, he goes out and gets a big ass car, like a range rover, or a cadilac, even if he is still living with his mom, and who gains from this, the car company. Who owns the car company? The white man. Or he goes and buys and buys jewels from someone like jacob arabo, who makes money from that? Certainly not the black man.
He never thinks of something on the long run, he just wants to feel good and have all what he does not have now. He spends on crystal, hennessy, all sorts of expensive drinks, that he should not be buying right now, cos he does not have any money put down for investing in the rainy day.
Then the worst part of the story is that the black rapper, after decades of being in the music industry still allows the black man rule him, and get his money when it comes to getting money from record sales. If you check it, all the major labels that your favorite artist like 50 cent, t.i, rick ross, and the likes are on are all owned by white men. Jive records, intescope records, just to mention a few are owned by white men, and they hand down peanuts to the artist under their labels, and they get the mighty share. Imagine artist on major labels get as low as 35cents on one cd sale. That is 35cents out of a cd sale of 16 dollar. How pitiful is that.
And yet they keep condeming the rappers. When nas wanted to drop his nigger album last year, they put so much pressure on him, that he had to change the title. Accusing him of promoting violence, but they give movie directors that make movies like "kill bill" and "grind house" oscars, and celebrate them.
The black race needs to wake up!!

BILLBOARD TOP TEN RAP ALBUMS.

10. JOE BUDDEN- PADDED ROOM.

9. DJ DA JUICE MAN- THE OTHA SIDE OF THE TRAP.

8. NOTORIOUS- SOUNDTRACK.

7. PROJECT PAT- REAL RECOGNISE REAL.

6. YOUNG JEEZY- RECESSION.

5. SOULJA BOY- ISOULJABOYTEELEM.

4. LUDACRIS- THEATER OF THE MIND.

3. PLIES- DAREALIST.

2. LIL WAYNE. CARTER 3.(12,200)

1. T.I- PAPER TRAIL.(23,300)

a liltle on the aftermath dynasty

dre is planning to drop his detox finally sometime this year, after we have waited 5 years. Eminem is also planning to drop his album, plus an extra cd. that got 50 cent thinking, cos he is thinking of also dropping two albums this year. I wish him all the luck with that idea.
Eminem's single,crack a bottle, broke download record as it was downloaded over 400,000 times in its first week in sales, but sadly, flo rida broke the record the next week, with doownloads of over 600,000.
50 cent is using his beef with rick ross to stay relevant, and maybe it would help him.
I wish the three legends the best, in this new world with the t.i's and the wayne's.

BILLBOARD TOP TEN RAP ALBUMS.

10. NOTORIOUS- SOUNDTRACK.

9. G.UNIT- TERMINATE ON SIGHT.

8. NELLY- BRASS KNUCKLES.

7. PROJECT PAT- REAL RECOGNIZE REAL.

6. SOULJA BOY- ISOULJABOYTELLEM.

5. young jeezy- recession.

4. plies- da realist.

3. LUDACRIS- THEATER OF THE MIND.

2. LIL WAYNE- CARTER 3 (13,900)

3. T.I- PAPER TRAIL (23,600)

M.I'S INTERVIEW ON TOP FM.

Rapper M.i was on the top of the morning show on top fm, wednesday morning. He answered some questions on his upcoming album, who he is listening to right now, what he has in stock for fans, his new mixtape(illegal music), but what really caught my attention was the question on the modenine and ruggedman beef.
The ever energetic presenter, tosin, asked him his oppinion on the mode and rugged beef, trying to make him take sides. He tried answering in a very diplomatic way, but it was more on what he says about the two mc's that caught my attention.
He said the two are the greats in hiphop in nigeria, i am okay with that. But when he compares Modenine with the late notorious big, now that is blasphemy. Biggie was very versatile compared to mode. Mode is more of a krs one. Mode is a lyricist, but he can't be compared to big, i aint buying that, and trust me, i do a lot of shoping. He now went on to compare rugged man with tupac. Tupac was a poet, and a revolutionary rapper, nothing like what rugged man is doing right now.
I am a big fan of m.i's rap, but i am not riding with him on this one.

KILLER MIKE'S TOP FIVE DEAD OR ALIVE.

CHECK OUT KILLER MIKE'S TOP FIVE DEAD OR ALIVE FROM ALLHIPHOP.COM

By: Isha “Ice” Cole

Atlanta-bred lyricist Killer Mike is known for spewing knowledge both on and off the microphone. During last year’s AllHipHop Social Lounge, moderated by our own Chuck “Jigsaw” Creekmur, Killer Mike wowed the audience with his witty, street, yet educated point of view. He’ll admit that its taken some time to realize that being smart is also cool.





The former Morehouse scholar can engage in a discourse of a wide variety of topics from politics to the streets to Hip-Hop. So of course when it comes talking about his Top 5 Dead or Alive Emcees, expect nothing less but the realest.




This list of artists is also indicative of Killer Mike’s versatility, which is evident on his album I Pledge Allegiance to the Grind Part Two, which is in stores now. Killer Mike recently joined forces with T.I. in a joint venture so the King of the South recognizes Mike’s talent. Its not a stretch that Mike names himself as an honorary member of Hip-Hop’s elite. He beckons doubters to listen to three specific songs: “Good-bye,” “Pressure,” and “Woke Up This Mornin’.”




The Preface:




"The way I regulated my list was, rappers that no one ever threw a stone at, with the exception of maybe one. Nobody ever f**ks with these rappers because you know their going to f**k your life up," says Killer Mike.




Andre 3000









Killer Mike: Andre 3000 is southern lyricism; he is the blueprint for a southern lyricist. Whether you’re talking about B.O.B or Bobby Creekwater, two great up-and-coming MC's out of Atlanta, their absolutely wonderful, Andre 3000 is in their DNA; he's in the DNA of all of us. He's only preceded by 8 Ball and MJG. He is the standard of southern Hip-Hop in terms of being cool and early in his career in terms of that dope boy type shit.




He has all the superstar qualities of a rapper; the girls like him and when he puts a turban on his head guys want to be like him. He’s smooth, his music is impeccable, introspective and he’s so around the corner educated. He is our Langston Hughes rap wise. Langston took the language of the common people and he made intellect so simple, easy, emotional and valuable that equals people from all levels; from working class and all the way up. So Andre 3000 works on all levels.


Killer Mike suggests: ATLiens album.





Cee-Lo Green









Killer Mike: Actually as a rapper, Cee-Lo Green is better than Andre 3000. Bar for bar at being introspective, whimsical, funny, everything as an MC. He never took himself outside of the human experience. Cee-Lo said I wonder if they put the gates up to keep the crime out and our a**es in, that's the type of s**t you discuss at the barbershop. The thought of separating humans according to class, that's something you done heard about at Morehouse when I was there, you hear about at Howard; but that s**t is on a rap record.




This is the same guy that has such a beautiful musical voice, but he gave over ten years to rap before he used it. Nobody ever tried him and nobody ever will, because bar for bar he will crush, he will kill. Cee-Lo Green is the epitome of what an MC is. He will get on stage, he will grab a microphone and for the next two hours, you will be duly entertained. You will not only be entertained, you will be edu-tained.


Killer Mike suggests: Still Standing [Goodie Mobb] album.







Eminem









Killer Mike: I know a few people have named Eminem, a lot of them were just d**k sucking, they just wanted to name another rapper that was better than them. They're d**k riding because it’s a white guy and it would be cool to say. I say Eminem because bar for bar he is the super manifestation of super rapper. He attempts and succeeds at cramping so many syllables at different times. If you’re not talking about Kool G Rap or Big Punisher, you're not talking about anyone else in this league. When you talk about the speed knot flow, the precision, the harmony within the flow, because Eminem uses harmony a lot too- people don't give him his credit for that.




I love Eminem because he made us understand what the white kids who were attracted to the energy of rap, what their life was like. Beyond that, he confident enough in his own skill to sign an artist who could have possibly overshadowed him, had he been a weaker ego of man like a lot of the black contemporaries are. He was so passionate about making sure rap is still dope that he signed 50 cent. He is the prototype of how every rapper slash fan should be, someone who loves rap enough to do what's right by rap. Him giving the world 50 cent, he did what was right by rap and I really mean that.




Bar for bar no one is touching him, bar for bar no one is fucking with him and dudes know it. He does his white boy shit and pulls me into another world. Eminem takes me to not only Detroit and Eight Mile, but what it’s like to grow up f**king crazy and white in America. Now that's dope music!


Killer Mike suggests: The original “Renegade” Featuring Royce da 5'9.





Scarface











Killer Mike: No one has talked about death like Scarface; he talked about the human toll of death. From the black community you get used to death lines you can hear his mama crying, his mama said why yall take my baby away. But when Scarface talks about a father having to identify his son, as a man you feel weak when you cannot protect your own flesh. When he said they want peace in our community, but ain’t no open opportunity for unity, he talks about they killed Martin Luther King because he had dreams. He talks about by the time you finally figure out the science of life you're owned, your mind done cracked and you done gone crazy. That’s real, that's stuff that only someone who is truly mentally disturbed can write. He's writing from a place of hope and hopelessness at the exact same time and that's bigger than self pity.





If you’re talking about that gangster s**t and I don't mean that shoot ‘em up bang bang, I mean that what it’s like to be in sixth grade and the teacher tells your mom your selling dope like Face rapped about. Also and this is not to offend, because we have a lot of legends and a lot of egos. When you're talking about who has consistently played great not good, name a 20 year veteran whose music in this particular way has been relevant all the way through. Scarface fans can name you a record on every Scarface album, his core audience is devoted; he has grateful fans and the bulk of his core audience are rappers.





I remember watching the “greatest of all time” Jay-Z, on television doing an interview with Toure’, talking about Scarface. When you’re the greatest commodore in the world, who makes you say wow he is great and Scarface is that. He is the bar for a great rapper. Fans argue over who the greatest rappers are, the greatest rappers argue over Scarface.





Killer Mike suggests: Untouchable & The Fix albums.





AZ











Killer Mike: AZ is the perfect hybrid of Jay-Z and Nas; he has all the swagga, the flavor and a damn good dresser. Nas is one of the sickest dressers in the game and he has all the slickness and fly s**t of a Jay-Z of a Big Daddy Kane, of a Brookyn fly n***a. He has the mental of the Five Percent(ism) and the Egyptian mysticism of Nas or the Queens movement. I think AZ is on tier with Nas and Jay-Z, it’s only because of beat selection and one producer producing the whole album that he don't get his just due.





I don't think that anybody wants it with him and I don't think anybody wants it with anyone I named on this list. The s**t he says is just phenomenal, he use words like their women, words just bend themselves to dude, it’s like they love him. I looked at the line when he said ni**gery caligraphy. Who the f**k thinks to say that? When you think about gutter and ignorance, you think of the word n****r. When you think of beauty and opulence, you think of calligraphy. Who says I'm gonna put them on a date in the middle of my verse? That's why n****s don't want it with him.





If Jay-Z and Nas are the ying and yang, he is the lining in the circle that connects them. Dude is absolutely amazing!




Killer Mike suggests: Doe or Die or S.O.S.A (Save our Streets AZ) album.

SOME NEWS ON NAS.

Nas has just finished works on the remix of his legendary track, "if i ruled the world". The original track was a single off his 1996 album, "it was writtten", that was 13 years ago. He works with marsha of floetry on this one.

On other related sories, Nas is doing some charitable work by granting a 13 year old kid his dream.

Read more.

Nas has had a variety of awards and accolades for his rhyming. He's obtained the attention of millions as the center of scrutiny and praise. Something he isn't that well known for has been charitable work. While the rapper has done some work, it isn't as talked about as his beef with Jay-Z or marriage to Kelis. Recently, news broke that Nas will continue to help others in connection with the Make-A-Wish Foundation.
Darnell Hicks, a 13 year-old young man with Muscular Distrophe from The Susquehanna Township of Pennsylvania, is ready to meet his hero. He is now in Los Angeles as part of a three day stay. During this visit, he will be visiting landmarks and theme parks including Universal Studios Hollywood and Disneyland.
The main purpose for this trip, however, is a meeting with Nas at one of his shows. This is something he's been gearing up for with anticipation. When he and his grandfather Milton Watson spoke with Pennlive.com, the young man was planning questions for his idol.
"He even got his hair cut," Watson said, laughing. "He said 'Pop-Pop, I have to get my hair cut, so I have a fresh cut for Nas.'"
"I got my hair cut," he said. "I think he's going to say he likes it."

Joanne Watson, Darnell's grandmother, is pleased to see her grandson's wish come true.
"I'm so happy they were able to grant him the wish and have everything laid out for him. For once, all we'll have to do is ride. That's a relief."

COOLIO BUSTED AT LAX WITH CRACK COCAINE.

Just a couple of days ago, my friend and i were listening to gangstas paradise, and thinking, what ever happened to coolio. How is coolio making a living now, and stuff like that. I guess our question has been answered. Coolio, a west coast veteran rapper was busted at lax airpot in california with possesion of crack cocaine.
You would think this rappers/gangstas would learn. Coolio is almost 50 and this is the type of example he chooses to se for the rst of he black community.

NAS'S BABY MAMA, CARMEN, IS RELEASING A TELL ALL BOOK.

I know you heard the stories of jay-z sleeping with nas's baby mama, carmen, well she is releasing a book to deal with all the rumour out there, and all her affairs with hiphop acts. She is not denying any of the rumours, she is just explaining why what went down, went down how it did.

Here are some of the things that would be in the book.

Posted By: LDNZPRINCE | 15 minutes ago

said Nas cried when Pac and Big died

said Nas didn’t like Jay-Z from day one, and that was why she chose Jay, she knew it would make Nas mad

talks about a lot of industry cats, says she had an affair with Pete Rock, that’s part of the reason Nas and Pete Rock don’t see eye to eye

said Allen Iverson thing is just a rumor, they were at a party together and people started talking

said she and Nas fucked while Kelis and Nas were dating, but not after they were engaged



she also says that AZ made a pass at her when her and Nas were together and that Nas cheated on her with a chick from the group Allure and that’s why she did Jay-Z

said that there’s been over 20 songs written about her

BILLBOARD TOP TEN RAP ALBUMS. (06/03/09)

10. LL COOL J- EXIT 13.

9. SOULJA BOY- ISOULJABOYTELLEM.

8. NELLY- BRASS KNUCKLES.

7. YOUNG JEEZY- THE RECESSION.

6. PLIES- DAREALIST.

5. LUDACRIS- THEATER OF THE MIND.

4. PROJECT PAT- REAL RECOGNIZE REAL.(8,900)

3. JOE BUDDEN- PADDED ROOM. (13,900)

2. LIL WAYNE- CARTER 3.(14,800)

1. T.I- PAPER TRAIL.(25,300)

The paper is really trailing behind t.i, as his album still stands at the top of the rap album chart and number 11 on the top 200 r&b and hiphop albums. He is almost 2 million in sales, and he is on his way to jail to serve a jail term any moment from now. The total sales of the paper trail album is at 1,749,100.
Wayne still hold it down on the charts after more than 7 months on the charts. He has gone tripple platinmun, that means he has sold more than 3 million copies of his latest album. That is the highest he has ever sold in his 6 album career. I wish him all the best. The album moves 14,800 units this week. He is at a total of 3,044,600 with the album.
New entry this week on the charts comes from new york rapper, joe budden, with his latest work, "padded room". He didn't have a club banger single, and he has not dropped an album for a while now, so we can pardon his low first week sales. His album sales 13,900 this week.

A LOOK AT THE BILLBOARD CHARTS THIS WEEK.

There are no new rap albums out, and the old ones are slowly moving downward, or completely off the charts. T.I is still a name to reckon with after several weeks on the charts. His album, paper trail is still on the number 1 spot of the top 50 rap albums, and number 11 of the top 200 hiphop & r&b album charts. The album moves 25,335 copies this week, bringing the total sales so far to 1,749,142. Wayne's album, carter 3, which emerged the album of the year at the just concluded grammy awards, has sold over 3 million copies,and moves 15,000 copies this week.
Nelly is at a really slow pace this time around, more like a shadow of his old self. His "brass knuckles" album sold just 3,392 copies, and total sales of the album is at 202,192.

YOUNG BUCK SPEAKS ON HIS SITUATION.

I remember hearing "the game" making comments like buck would be the next to leave "G-Unit" after he left in 2005. The thing is, everybody kind of knew that if any other person was to leave the camp, buck would be that person. Buck left the unit last year(2008), after claiming he had not gotten proper payments so far from the label.
Shortly after he left the camp, 50 released a recorded phone conversation he had had with buck a couple of months prior to buck finally living, where buck cries and begs 50 not to kick him out of the group/label. It's been almost a year, and buck has been a bit low-key, asides from a couple of diss records he dropped to address the issue, he has not said much on it. Finally, he gives a full lenght interview with hiphopdx.com. This is what it went like.....



HipHopDX: On “Did U Miss Me” [click to listen] you announce that you’re back, but you sound like you don’t really wanna be in the rap game anymore – that you’re disgusted by it, with the fakeness in it. So as of February 24, 2009 where is Young Buck at with this rap shit?
Young Buck: Well just to be honest, I know I wanna be in the rap game. I know this is what I wanna do. I will say I’m not just pleased with a lot of the material that’s out there – a lot of the gimmick rappers I should say. I put real life, reality rap, into my music. I write about what I’m going through on a day-to-day basis, and give it to the fans. Because I feel like, the only thing that’s gonna keep [them connected to me] as an artist is to give ‘em the truth. And the truth is real… I see a lot of artists right now that speak on the life they wish they lived, or somebody else’s life that may be around ‘em. I’ve just had the experience in my time where I’ve seen both sides of it. And I’m just real enough to say, “Okay, this is where I’m at right now,” and give it to you real [rather] than sugarcoat my shit and say, “Everything is all gravy.” I’m not a muthafucka out here without by far. But you know, I’m struggling just like half of the rest of [America] whether it’s through the recession or just everything else. I feel that shit just like you do. I’m not getting that [realness] out of a lot of artists. T.I. [click to read] bringing it to the table, [Young] Jeezy [click to read], [and] it’s a few more out there I’m really feeling. east coast-wise; I like Maino…. But for me, I just feel like keeping the fans updated with where I stand at and where I’m at [is the most important thing].

DX: And speaking of that, at the end of “Did U Miss Me” you candidly note that “I ain’t really had contact and seen no money from this rap shit in about…a year or so.” So what is your connection to the industry at this point? Are you still signed as a solo artist to G-Unit/Interscope Records?
Young Buck: Yeah. See the situation that I’m going through is kinda odd. Because, most of the times you would have seen an artist that’s on a label have the [inaudible] with the CEO. Most of the times they part ways, and [usually] the CEO says, “You go on. I kicked you [off the label] totally.” In my situation, it’s more humiliating to me I think in 50 [Cent]’s [click to read] eyes to hold me as long as he can before I’m actually able to fulfill the albums I have left [on my contract]. So eventually I’ll be able to come around and do another album… I think [50] knows that if he was to say, "[You’re released from G-Unit]," everybody and they mama waiting on the kid. It’s a check waiting for me the minute that [he decides to do that]. So with me not having no contact with him within a year or so [that leads] me to feel [that’s what he’s doing].

As far as me not seeing no money from this rap thang, yeah I haven’t had nothing on the shelf, no material that’s [commercially available]…When I made that line, I’m pretty much referring to I haven’t seen no Interscope money, no label money. But as an artist, hey man, I’m surviving. I’m out here pushing… My shows stay packed up. And I’m doing everything that I possibly can to work around the situation, being that I’m being held up on droppin’ an album.

DX: Have you been told what needs to be done before you can stop being held up? I mean, has anybody [reached out] through your manager or anybody [and] said this is what you gottta do, or this is what needs to be done?
Young Buck: I’ma be real with you, [months] before the phone conversation was leaked [in June 2008] from 50 Cent on me [click to read], I was [reaching] out [to] 50. Because I was aware through my manager at the time, Sha Money [XL] [click to read], that [50] was feeling a little awkward about me speaking and saying that I’ve never seen a royalty check [click to read]. So my whole thing then was to [try to reach] out to 50 and make him understand, being that it was an interview I had did a month prior to when it was released [via Yo! Raps Magazine on March 17, 2008]… I [tried to reach] out to [50], just trying to let him understand, “Look my man, I spoke this and said this – I’ve never seen a royalty check in my career – because it’s the truth.” I didn’t say it to say 50’s taking money from me, or he’s cheating me… I’m the only one that’s recouped over there. It’s the truth. And I tried my best to get in contact with him and make him understand - man-to-man, and have my conversation with him – “Look dude, this is an old interview that had been put out.” But, I never heard from him [after that interview was published].
And [so] then Sha Money was [reaching] out [to] me [at that time]. I’m [reaching] back at Sha Money like, “Yo, have you talked to him?” [And] he’s like, “Nah, he ain’t answering my calls.” [And] at that point Sha Money felt like he had to do something, and try to make the situation as best as possible, to kinda like keep things on board. We was trying to get shit back together. Because [a prior] separation had came from when [G-Unit] was putting out mixtapes and I wasn’t on the cover…and moving around without me. So [50 and me] had got back on line with each other [after that], and then that’s when [the interview was published].
Wasn’t getting no conversation from 50, [and so] Sha Money felt like, “You know what? Let me go out here and put a statement out on our behalf.” And that’s when he hit [the web], and he put out the statement [on March 21, 2008] saying Buck has made over 10 million dollars in his career, [and] he’s waving the G-Unit flag [click to read]. And from that point, once I read that statement, I got right back at Sha Money and my first words to [him] was “Ten million dollars, Sha?” And I got a lot of respect and a lot of love for Sha because I know the decisions that’s being made right now is decisions that actually he chose to make [but are] things he has to do. But I’m the best man in Sha’s wedding. So I can’t just sit here and act like I don’t have no love for him when at the end of the day I do. But he went and said what he said just trying to clear things up with 50 ‘cause we couldn’t get a conversation from 50.

And [then a few weeks later, in early April 2008] I got a call from my partna G.I. and he was like, “Yo bruh, go look at this on the computer. 50’s kicking you out.” That’s when [50 Cent] went out [and spoke to] I think it was Miss Info, and he was like, “Yo, Buck’s no longer a part of the group G-Unit, but he’s still an artist signed to the label.” So I’m like, “Wow.” ‘Cause like I said, [there] wasn’t no conversation [with 50 Cent]… After Fif went out on the radio and said I’m no longer a part of G-Unit, I still maintained my [composure] and just kept calling the cat's number, just trying to get this conversation out of him and let him know, “Okay, well that’s done the way it’s done, [but] how do we move forward from here? And what it is then that you saying I’m still an artist signed to [G-Unit] but I’m no longer part of the group?” And [we] just never had no conversation.

I understand [why Sha Money XL said what he said in his statement]. He didn’t wanna make people feel like we ain’t made no money, being as successful as G-Unit is. And I’ve seen a lot of money with Fif. But 10 million? It’s simple, I can let you know what I’ve made. I’ll just put out my tax statements since I signed with G-Unit… I haven’t received 10 million dollars, or jacked off 10 million dollars. I’ve never paid a million dollars in taxes…

And the conversation that I had that got taped and leaked was a conversation that I had sitting in Sha Money’s car on Sha Money’s cell phone in Phoenix, Arizona [a few weeks before the Yo! Raps interview was published]. [And] it was emotional. I’m an emotional type of dude. I deal with people from the heart. And I looked at 50 from a brother prospective… I looked at him as a big brother. And I felt like whatever it takes for me to get myself back in position [and] making things work the way [they’ve] always been, let me do that… And [during that conversation] it was a point in it where yeah I became emotional about it. But see, one thing I want everybody out there to understand is every man got an emotional side to him, whether he choose to show it or whether he choose to hide it. That don’t make you lesser of no man. I’m a real muthafucka. I poured my emotions out dealing with dude because I dealt with him from the heart, not the hand. And I don’t look at it as a mistake on my behalf because that’s the way I was raised… It’s hard to just look at a person as this is only business, [especially] when we dealing with real life or death issues. With all these beef situations, [that] shit wasn’t no bullshit. [I can’t] look [at it] like, “Okay, this is my homie from nine-to-five.” Nah man, we got real life shit going down… That’s the way I was brought up, you deal with muthafuckas from the heart, not the hand. [But] in this business what I’ve learned is this is business. So I don’t fault him for just looking at me as business, but I will say that I think we coulda handled shit in a different way.
[But] it still hasn’t been no conversation. My [new] manager [Michael "Blue" Williams] has been back and forth trying to get conversation. He’s been [in touch] with their lawyers. And [it’s] pretty much been at a standstill. Just here lately I’ve been given word to go ahead and submit a budget and go from there, as far as going in and making another album.

DX: [Are you] saying that [you’re] trying to get a budget from Interscope, or that Interscope already cleared a budget for you?
Young Buck: I had went to Interscope – me and Blue and G.I. We was actually supposed to I think meet with Jimmy [Iovine], and we was directed to the cat under Jimmy. And from the conversation that I got from him, it was pretty much “Who you wanna work with on this project? We ready.” They didn’t really speak on nobody else, but they stressed the fact that, “We will do another Young Buck album.” [So] we was pretty much told that we was going in [to begin work on the album] right around New Year’s. [I was told], “After the new year, [once] the holidays is over with, you’ll hear from us.” I ain’t heard from them [yet]. And I think a lot of that’s [because of] the fact that 50’s pushing his album back.

It is what it is. I’m patiently waiting. But, I can’t sit here and let my fans become that eager to hear Buck to the point where they feel like, “Well damn, Buck [must be] fucked up.” Or, “He’s on drugs.” Or, “He jacked off all this money.”

I’m not here to beef with 50 Cent or go back and forth with [G-Unit]. I’m here to make good music and keep it moving. It is what it is, as far as G-Unit and me. I don’t really see myself actually ever being a part of G-Unit again. But I do see myself trying to fulfill those albums that I got left over there, because that’s only business. I’m only following up what was [stated by 50 Cent], and that was you no longer part of G-Unit as a group but you still an artist signed to the label. And I’m trying to actually do it without having to take the legal [route]. That’s what’s [taken] so long. I’m a street nigga. And I pretty much felt and know that damn 50, you a street nigga too. I ain’t legally trying to play this game with this nigga. So I’m thinking well damn, maybe he’ll come off this shit after awhile and we’ll give conversation towards each other or however it may go so we can get an understanding.

DX: Can you clarify the rumor that T.I. was kinda trying to extract you from [your G-Unit] contract?
Young Buck: Nah, Tip ain’t never tried to extract me from [the] contract. Tip has only just lent me genuine knowledge and genuine support… Tip always just gave me real knowledge that he’s learned in the business, things that he feel like can help me through the situation. Not only Tip, but Jeezy also. Those are the two cats that I’ve pretty much had conversation with the most. Tip has always been there, and Jeezy been there before anybody as far as dealing with Young Buck.

DX: Do you still have the deal with Sony Red for Cashville Records?
Young Buck: Without a doubt. Sony Red know what they got. They ain’t no fools. You think they gonna let my situation go? You know what I just came up with off of having conversation with you?

DX: What’s that?
Young Buck: The name of my next album.

DX: Go ahead, hit me with it.
Young Buck: The Ca$h Cow. And that just hit me right now. That’s the name of my next album because that’s what 50 knows I am, that’s what you know I am, the streets know I am. So that’s what I’ma deliver.

DX: So what happens to the situation though for Cashville Records?
Young Buck: I feel like [first] I want to work my situation out [with G-Unit/Interscope] as much as it's gonna get with being able to release another album. I didn’t wanna be on a record from one of my artists, or one of the projects that I been working on [to] release through Sony Red and Cashville Records and deal with a problem of 50 saying, "I’m not clearing him." ‘Cause I kinda ran into that with the DVD that I was due to put out [in June 2008], the A Billion Bucks DVD. Well he didn’t clear me for it. So I said before I have to go that way [of clearing projects], I’ll just sit here, toss this music out to the streets [and] keep me relevant until we get some type of understanding business-wise.

DX: In the meantime, while you’re dealing with these label issues, like you said you’re still determined to serve the streets. And on “Did U Miss Me” you note that “Freeway Ricky Ross be home end of March,” and I understand that Rick is hosting a new Buck street release?
Young Buck: Yeah, I got a mixtape coming with Bigga Rankin. And Freeway just a real individual. I pretty much was connected [to him] through another person dealing with him. I haven’t dealt with Freeway Ricky Ross through the streets or [in any way during] the years of my life when he was [free], it’s just that I think he understands me through conversation and through the music. But he was honorable enough to host my mixtape. And I’m honored and thankful for that, being that the life that he come from I just feel like he can tell it the realest. Things you go through in life make you who you are. [And] he done went through things for real. And like I say, I’m trying to base my music and my career and my life and everything that I do around reality.
DX: And you know I gotta ask, is Buck working with the real Rick Ross a sign of your intention to enter the battle between the rappin’ Rick Ross and 50 Cent?
Young Buck: I mean, I got respect for Rick Ross [click to read]. [But] that’s not my situation. I feel like at this point [50 Cent] got his own situation, I got my own situation, so who am I to comment on anything dealing with ya man?

DX: Since your split with G-Unit you publicly aligned yourself with former foe The Game - appeared in his “My Life” video. And I know that you’re on Nu Jerzey Devil’s upcoming solo debut [click to read]. So I was wondering where your relationship with The Game and the Black Wall Street crew stands today?
Young Buck: Me and Game [click to read] never really had a real street beef outside of this rap shit, the rap beef that was there when I was amongst G-Unit. So when I was exited out of G-Unit, Game was the first one to reach out to me. [He] was like, “Yo, we ain’t really have no real situation.” And I knew we didn’t, so we seen eye to eye. And it is what it is at this point. I ain’t got no problem with dude, and I’m sure he ain’t got no problem with me…

I’m [just] moving, man. I’m definitely in the studio everyday. I’m working on my album, my new album The Ca$h Cow, which I just came up with right now live right here on HipHopDX.

And I just wanna say I appreciate all the love from the fans, the ones that stayed down with Buck through the ups and downs… It’s well-appreciated over this way. And one thing that I know, the fans know, 50 Cent know, and everybody out there knows is that when I’m given the opportunity to drop another album I am gonna do the damn thang.