Krayzie Bone Breaks Away from Bonethugs-N-Harmony

Hmm! Krayzie Bone, one of the members of the rap group, Bonethugs-N-Harmony has officially left the group. This is crazy, cos i know krayzie used to be like the leader or something...not like he was the best, but he was like how RZA is to wutang clan. I think he feels the group don't have the same vision as he does. But to tell you the truth, they can't sell like they used to back in the days. I can remember the mid 90's, they had everybody going crazy. I was in High School, and i had there tape, from there second album, East 99, and i would bump it in my walkman all day. It used to be crazy to memorize their lyrics, but i made it my job, and i got a name from that. Because, they were the fastest rappers on the scene, and just generally new in their way of style.

Read Krayzie Bone's comment below-
"I will no longer be a part of Bone Thugs-N-Harmony," Krayzie revealed in a video. "Due to uncontrollable circumstances, it's basically time for me to move on and just start embarking on different endeavors I've already had planned in my life. Just trying to go to a whole other level in the music game, I am trying to grow and become greater at what I do." (Bone Thugs Promotion)

And there was also a word from Bonethugz as a group-
"Let's be clear, Bone Thugs n Harmony the band/brand did not and does not break up. A single member has parted ways on another mission in life and we wish him love and success," a spokes person told AllHipHop.com exclusively. "BTNH World Wide the brand continues to functions 307 days a year globally, and will continue to do so with respect to its business partners and the great Fan Family." (All Hip Hop)

Okay, that is still looking good, but krayzie, and maybe layzie were the most focused if you would ask me.

Rap Albums on The Billboard Charts

Whiz Khalifa's ROLLING PAPERS album is still the top selling Rap album on the charts. It sold 37,000 copies this week, bringing the total to 294,000 copies so far. I just hope he is able to go GOLD (500,000 copies sold) with this rate.

Lupe Fiasco's LASERS album sold 14,000 copies this week, and that brings his total sales so far of his third album to 334,000 copies sold. Hmm!!! I guess it is getting harder and harder for rappers to GOLD. I guess GOLD is the new PLATINUM...lol!

Diplomat member, Jim Jones sold 8,200 copies of his new album, CAPO. wow! I think that is low. He is now at a total of 29,000 copies sold so far of this album. Thank God it is on an independent label, so he is sure to make some pocket change off that; if not, it would be hard for him to recoup.

The grandfather of west coast rap, Snoop Dogg sold 7,8000 copies of his new album, DOGGUMENTARY, and the total now stands at 72,000 copies so far.

Drake's New Rugged Look

Drake has a new look; he is keeping a beared, and curly afro. I had been guessing he was trying to pull a jay-z stunt, and just change his outlook completely. Talking about rappers changing their looks, i remember when BOW WOW first dropped, and he could not wait to grow. And then, between his 2nd and third albums, he gained some dramatic height, and was as tall as Jay-D. But the thing is that he has remained at that height since then. Drake is just a year older than bow wow, but he could pass as his uncle...lol! Okay, i am exaggerating a little, but bow wow has a problem right now...even though he has dropped the "lil" from his name, people still look at him as a kid.

Anyway, back to the drake story, read more on it below-

Nicki Minaj then asked Drake about the beard-and-curly-hair look he's been rocking lately, and he revealed that it was for a film role. In January, it was reported that the former "Degrassi: The Next Generation" star was joining the cast of "Arbitrage," which is set to star Susan Sarandon and Al Pacino. However, Drake relayed that he has "decided to work on my album instead of doing that particular film." (MTV)

Lord of Ajasa Banned From The UK For 10 Years

Lord of Ajasa has been banned from entering the UK for 10 years. The Nigerian rapper, who grew into prominence in the mid 00's, has stayed relevant since then in the Nigerian music scene. I remember first hearing Lord of Ajasa back in college, i think 2005 or so. I thought he was brilliant, rapping in Yoruba. But, i think the heights he was meant to get to was attained by the late Nigerian rapper, Da Grin.

Read the full story below-

Apart from a perplexing dip in rating, indigenous hip hop act, Lord of Ajasa whose real name is Olusegun Osaniyi, is now confronted with another major problem that threatens to leave his career in the doldrums. The Akure, Ondo State native has reportedly been banned from entering the United Kingdom for the next 10 years! E-Punch sources say the artiste was banned when the British High Commission discovered that he presented fake travel documents when he first applied for a visa some time back but was denied.


A source close to the singer told E-Punch that a London-based music promoter had invited him over for a series of shows. They agreed terms and the unnamed promoter sent some documents which the singer was to present at the embassy. Sadly, he did not know the papers were fake. “When they denied him visa, he did not bother to appeal. He just took it philosophically that the trip was not meant to be. However, when he went back recently to apply for another visa, the embassy officials now brought out his file that he presented fake documents the first time. He was really very furious because he was innocent. It was the person in London that should be banned, not Ajasa.”


When E-Punch got across to the singer who burst into the music scene with his free-flowing, laidback lyrics delivered in unadulterated Yoruba language, someone who did not want to be named picked the call. He said it is true that Ajasa was banned from entering the UK but that he was working on getting a lawyer to appeal the ban. “If he had appealed the visa denial that first time, they would have told him his documents were fake but he didn’t and that is why this is happening. He has missed so many shows in London and that is the painful part. We will get a good lawyer to help us reverse the ban,” he says. Several attempts made to reach Lord of Ajasa on phone were futile.


By Adeshina Oyetayo
For E-Punch

Source

Producer of Lollipop is Sueing Lil Wayne For $20 Million

I can remember how big Lollipop was, and i think it ushered in the new Lil Wayne that took over the world in 2008. Now, the producer of that track is saying he has not been paid his due. I have been hearing about this issue for a while now, and i wonder why Cash Money would allow something like this escalate to this level. They need to consider what that track did for wayne. Of cos wayne has always been a fantastic rapper from the times of HOTBOYZ to his first two Carter albums, but Lollipop gave him that commercial break.

Read more of the story below, courtesy of hiphopdx.com-
In March of this year Deezle, the man who produced Lil Wayne’s hit “Lollipop”, filed suit against the New Orleans rapper and his Young Money/Cash Money label seeking $20 million. In the suit Deezle claimed that he was owed unpaid royalties from sales of the single and its parent album, Tha Carter III. Now, according to AllHipHop.com, Deezle has issued a statement regarding his lawsuit.

He says, in part, “After consultation with my team I have decided to make a statement as it relates to the litigation pending against Cash Money and Young Money. At this time I am owed a sufficient amount of money and will protect the rights afforded me by the State of New York. My team is of the opinion that the matter will be resolved in a timely fashion.” Deezle, born Darius Harrison, is also seeking $2.5 million in owed royalties for another Tha Carter III track he produced, “Mrs. Officer.”

In Deezle’s suit he states that Tha Carter III has sold six million copies, amounting to over $70 million dollars in revenue. Deezle won three Grammy’s for his work with Lil Wayne. Neither Wayne nor any of his representatives have commented on this new statement.

Old Jay-Z and DMX Battle

Okay, i don't have it, no one has it, but there was a rap battle between Jay-Z and DMX before both rap legends blew up. Sometime in the early 90's. Three people that were present have shared their views-

At some point in the mid-early '90s, at a small, smoke-filled pool hall in the Bronx, a Brooklyn-based emcee named Jay-Z battled an up-and-comer from Yonkers known as DMX. X, who cabbed in to town from Baltimore just for the event, stated in his 2003 autobiography that he had no original intentions of getting involved that night. He was there as a witness, who’d only enter the fray if absolutely necessary. And, soon enough, it was. “The people knew that were the top dogs of our crews,” he wrote, “and they wanted us to go at it and after a few more rounds, I just couldn’t stand to the side anymore. It was time to hold down the fam.”

To this day, details of the battle between Jay (who was an affiliate repping Original Flavor at the time) and DMX (who stood alongside an Uptown-based group called the Harlem Knights) remain murky. So HipHopDX caught up with three people who were in attendance—Original Flavor member Ski (n/k/a Ski Beatz), Jay-Z/Original Flavor associate Sauce Money, and Ruff Ryders co-founder Waah Dean—to learn more about what went down that night. Each of the three admitted that many of the specifics have faded from memory, but that they’d recall what they could.

Waah Dean: We did [the battle] on neutral grounds. Instead of doing it in Brooklyn or Yonkers, we did it in the Bronx.

Ski Beatz: When I rolled up, I was with Dame Dash, Tone Hooker, Jay-Z, and I think some of Dame’s people from Harlem—his crew called The Best Out. That was the name of his crew, from Harlem. I think Dame set [the battle] up. It was like a Brooklyn-Uptown/Harlem kind of thing. So we all met at the pool hall, in the Bronx.

Waah Dean: We heard some things about Jay-Z from Brooklyn, and from Dame, and we’d bump heads with their people every now and again. The word was out that we had these guys that was doing similar things—traveling to different areas and [battling]—so we knew in a matter of time we was gonna be in a place where somebody was gonna make the phone call, and say, ‘Yeah, we got this guy standing here, and they all wanna be here…’ and that happened. So we knew what was up. We didn’t really look for anybody, we just dealt with the situation as it was there. We knew [DMX] was one of the best, one of the greatest, so we wasn’t worried about no artist coming after him.

Sauce Money: Everybody who battled, I think it was myself, there might’ve been a girl—we had a girl, her name was Roughness—and T-Strong, and Jay. We had to get on top of the pool tables, so whoever’s battling, they’re standing on the pool table, going at it.

Waah Dean: There was no room in the building to stand at, so the only way to do it was to stand on the pool tables so everybody could see.

Sauce Money: The pool table was like a boxing ring. We were standing on opposite sides of the pool table going back-and-forth. While we were rapping, niggas were pulling out guns—all kinds of crazy shit.

Ski Beatz: People came in there strapped; people from the Bronx had guns, and people from Harlem had guns. Luckily it didn’t go down like that, but the atmosphere was Hip Hop, [and] at the same time, it was gangsta.

Sauce Money: I battled some nigga real quick, I don’t remember his name though.

Ski Beatz: I battled, man. They had me battling some kid. Some little boy. I wasn’t a gangsta rapper; I was just a rapper. This little kid was just talking about his trials and tribulations from the streets, so it was a weird battle. I can’t remember if I won or lost, [but] it was just a weird battle. I’m rhyming about Hip Hop stuff like microphones, and mic devices, and shit like that, and this kid is talking about crack and guns. And I’m like, "Yo, you’re like 10. What are you talking about?" They had us battling kids. That’s crazy! Young kids from the hood that were hungry. I’m pretty sure one of those kids that was battling is probably someone in the game now.

Waah Dean: [The opening battles] set the tone for the big dons to come in and do the job. It was a good look. A couple of guns were flashed, and things got a little extra with that, but it went well. It was a very intense environment. Jay and X went for hours, going in. DMX came all the way from Maryland for that battle.

Ski Beatz: It was dope. DMX, at the time, I had never really heard of DMX. I didn’t know who this kid was. But to hear him rhyme live, I was like, "This dude is really ill." He was really good. But the battle was good. Jay did his thing; DMX did his thing. You could tell people from DMX’s side were feelin’ Jay, and you could tell people from Jay’s side were feelin’ DMX. It was a mutual, "Okay, both these guys are dope."

Waah Dean: Jay-Z spoke a little bit more, X flowed more. Jay-Z more talked in his rhymes. Both came out on top at the end. They learned from each other a lot of different styles. When they left, it was a mutual respect. That battle lasted for about four or five hours.

Sauce Money: I think it went three rounds. Yeah, they did three rounds.

Ski Beatz: It was both of their styles at their purest forms. DMX was definitely on that barking, that whole thing. That was his whole persona. His voice was just raw. Jay was the big willie, hustler poster child king. Everything he was saying was just vivid, street shit that was incredibly well thought out and well put together. You know how Jay-Z is with his word choices. You know he’s street, but at the same time you could feel that he’s super intelligent, which just made it crazy. Both their styles was just coming crazy in that battle.

Waah Dean: It was so close that we kept it mutual. They would’ve gone on an extra five hours if we had let it be.

Sauce Money: It was more about what style of fighter you liked, was what would [decide] the outcome. We were kind of in X’s backyard. They said it was a tie, but that was bullshit. Jay ate that nigga. You can tell when somebody won a battle, when you’re in somebody’s backyard, and they’re calling it a draw. When you’re in somebody’s backyard, even when that person lose, they’re saying he won. Jay got so busy on that shit, they tried to say it was a draw. But it wasn’t no fuckin’ draw.

Ski Beatz: [One side is] gonna say DMX won, then [the other is] gonna say Jay-Z won. In my opinion, to me, Jay-Z just had a little more finesse because of his style. But DMX was incredibly dope. He could not take that away from DMX. [DMX] was a fuckin’ star.

Waah Dean: Dame had a little footage, but at that time we didn’t have anything copywritten and all that stuff, so we didn’t want our stuff out there like that.

Sauce Money: It was pandemonium. It was crazy, just crazy. It was almost like going to Vegas and watching the Mayweather-Paquiao fight.

Waah Dean: The best battle in the world took place between X and Jay-Z in the birthplace of Hip Hop, the Bronx. Cats that came from two different boroughs, came to the Motherland, and did their thing. You know?







Hmm! I think, judging from having listned to both artist for over 10 years, i think jay is more of a freestyle artist, But i do not know how they were back then, and i can not say who would have won.

Prodigy Talks About Squashing Beef With Nas

Prodigy of the Super Rap group, Mobb Deep had beef with Nas around 2001. I still don't know what caused the beef as they had been cool through out the 90's. In fact, they made a lot of beautiful songs in the 90's...from Family on Nas's Nastradamus album; to It's Mine on Mobb Deep's Murder Muzik album, and a whole lot of other great tracks.

Read what Prodigy had to say about squashing the beef below-
"We've beent talking since I've been home," P told DJ Whoo Kid referring to Nas. "We put that to the side to do this music. This music is crazy right now that we're working on. We did a couple of joints, you know what I'm saying? It's coming out crazy, man. The music is more important than anything, all the little petty bullsh*t, you know what I'm saying? So we good on that...It was all love, because n*ggas came up together. So it's nothing but love when we see each other..." (Radio Planet TV)

Rap Albums on The Billboard Chart

Whiz Khalifa's latest album, Rolling Papers sold 59,000 copies this week, bringing the total sales of the album in 2 weeks to 257,000 copies. That is half way to GOLD status; i wish him luck on getting to 500k copies sold.

Jim Jones just dropped a new album titled Capo, and he did 21,000 in stores after a full week. I never even really heard about this album; that is all i can say about it.

Lupe Fiasco's Lasers sold 17k, this week, and is now at a total of 320,000 copies sold. Snoops Doggumentary sold 14,000 copies this week, bringing the total after 2 weeks to 64,000 copies sold.

Reakwon's Shaolin vs Wu-Tang album sold 2,700 copies this week, bringing the total sales to 52,000 copies sold.

Jay-Z and Gwyneth Paltrow Discuss

Apparently, Jay-Z is working on a new lifestyle website, and he got together with actress, Gwyneth Paltrow to discuss interests they have in common. Hmm! It is cool that jay is no longer ghetto, and he is making all these big moves, but what would his old fans think of all this...anyway, i think he has made it clear on the path he has chosen to take.

Below is more on the time they spent together.

Last Week, Jay-Z celebrated the launch of his new culture and lifestyle website Life and Times. Now, to usher in the launch, Hov has linked up with Gwyneth Paltrow, star of films like Iron Man and Se7en and wife of his "Beach Chairs" collaborator Chris Martin, to interview each other for their respective websites.

Paltrow's interview of Hov begins with him explaining his recent Internet endeavor. Although he's shyed away from social media networks like Twitter and Facebook in the past, Jay said that he's always wanted to to start a website that covers interesting and sometimes off-beat issues.

"I started working on it in its various incarnations over a year ago," he explained. "I've thought about it forever. You know how it works, seeing other sites and being either inspired or saying, 'That's shit. I would do it like'...there is a basic metric for what we cover but, more importantly, I believe it's how we cover it. The DNA is to basically let the subject speak for itself. We don't want to tell you what to think. As far as how personal? I would say it has to pique my interest."

During Jay's interview for his site, Paltrow revealed that she has been an avid Hip Hop fan for the majority of her adult life. She explained that not only is she a fan of acts like revered Public Enemy and LL Cool J, but that she is obsessed with N.W.A. She even said that at one point, she knew every lyric that Eazy-E, MC Ren, Ice Cube and Dr. Dre rhymed on their seminal debut Straight Outta Compton.

"I first was exposed to hip-hop when I was about 16 [in 1988] by some boys who went to collegiate," she explained to Hov. "The Beastie Boys were sort of the way in for us preppie kids. We were into Public Enemy, Run-DMC and LL Cool J. But then I went to LA the summer between my junior and senior year of high school and I discovered N.W.A., which became my obsession. I was fascinated by lyrics as rhythm and how [Dr.] Dre had a such different cadence and perspective from say, Eazy-E, who I thought was one of the most ironic and brilliant voices Hip Hop has ever had. It was an accident that I learned every word of Straight Outta Compton and to love something that a.) I had no real understanding of in terms of the culture that it was emanating from and b.) to love something that my parents literally could not grasp. But I was hooked. I can’t remember what I ate for dinner last night but I could sing to you every single word of N.W.A’s 'Fuck Tha Police' or [Rob Base & DJ E-Z Rock's] 'It Takes Two.' Go figure.

Nas and Damian Marley- Land of Promise Video

I just copied the the link to the Nas and Damian Marley new video, Land of The Promise, off the Distant Relatives Video. I was really glad to see this video up, after seeing the video for Sabali (patience), just last month. Finally, the album is getting some recognition through all this videos.land of promise

Check out the video and tell me what you feel. This one, and sabali were both shot in Afrrica. Both artist are on a worldwide tour, and are in Africa right now. 

Rap Albums on Billboard Charts

New comer, Whiz Khalifa is at the top this week, selling 198,000 copies of his new album, Rolling Papers. His is the second biggest selling rap album opening for this year- lupe fiasco's lasers sold 204k copies in it's first week last month. I still love that Black And Yellow song, but i have not really heard enough material from him to say much about him.

Snoop Dogg is next with his new album, Doggumentary, which sold 51,000 copies after 7 days in stores. I think his sales have been on the low lately, so this isn't really a surprise. Old rappers don't sell that much anymore, even when they try to align with new rappers...maybe asides from Jay-Z, and maybe Nas. Busta Rhymes tries so hard, and still doesn't move huge units. When i say old rappers, i am referring to rappers that started rapping during the Biggie and Pac Era...the early 90's.

Lupe Fiasco's Laser's album sold 23,000 copies this week, bringing the total to 303,000 copies sold after a month in stores. I hope he can make it to 500k, because it would be disappointing for him to have a big first week sales and not make it to GOLD status.

Sorry, but i do not see what people like about this next artist- E-40. Anyway, his new double CD...or more liek two separate CD's that dropped the same day last week sold a cumulative 27,000 copies. Revenue Retrieving; Graveyard shift sold 14k, and Revenue Retrieving; Overtime Shift sold 13k.

Reakwon's Shaolin vs Wu-Tang sold 4,600 copies this week, bringing the total to 50k sold so far. And Pharoache Monch' W.A.R (We Are Renegades) album sold 4k this week, and is now at a total of 14,000 copies sold.

Who's Hot, And Who's Not

I got to know from you guys- who is hot in hiphop right now, and who is not? There is a lot of talk about rick ross being the hottest right now, and i think i can buy that, but i want to hear from you guys. Please, remember that i said HOT, not the most lyrical or the person who has sold the most rap albums, but just plain simple- who's hot.

I know people will still get me wrong and start mentioning eminem, and jay-z and them. When last did you hear a song from those guys on the radio? And when was the last time they featured on someone else's track and made an impression. I just want to know who you think is hot right now.

I would like to mention some other people that are on the scene and making waves. Nicki Minaj still has her buzz from last year, although i can't say it is on the level it was last year. Maybe lil kim was right- maybe she is just a burning match. But, i think otherwise, because she is very versatile, and skilled.

Lil Wayne? I still don't get that his 6 foot 7 foot song- i think it is not hot  enough to be an album single- and the first single at that. But he is still moving units from his EP I Am Not A Human Being, so that gives you an idea that people are still waiting on new material from him.

Drake? I don't know...i guess he is just aight right now. But i do believe he still has a lot to give.

Whiz Khalifa is definitely hot right now, and his album just dropped- Rolling Papers. I haven't gotten it yet, so i can not rate it. I am going to know how much it did in its first week in stores today. But already, estimations don't put him above the first week of lasers.

Yeah, that takes me to LUPE FIASCO. Lupe is not the type to jump on so many songs, because of his style, but he is doing pretty good. The official first single off the album (LASERS) "The Show Goes On" has already been certified GOLD; that means it has sold 500,000 copies as a single. I think that is pretty good. So, as for this year, Lupe Fiasco still has the highest selling rap album- that is for rap albums that dropped this year.

Yeah, you got to mention the guy who put lupe on- Kanye West. Kanye still has the buzz from last year, but i was really thinking he was going to own the first quarter of this year with that ALL OF THE LIGHTS track. That track is a banger, and i thought it would performance better than it is doing so far.

Wale is also hot, and a lot of people are complaining about his move to Rick Ross's Maybach Music imprint. Me, i think it is a smart move. He signed with the label this year, and he is already everywhere...i am just happy he is not going to end up like J.Cole. Cole has a lot of talent, but i guess jay-z does not have his time, because seriously, he is meant to have dropped his album by now. I guess the Roc Nation is not going to be as strong as jay planned it to be.

I got to mention my man GAME, even though he is more or less bubbling under the radar. He has been dropping dope mixtapes for the last 24 months or so, but i think we need an album from him, so he needs to work on that. He was widely complemented on the dopeness of his last mixtape- Purp and Patron, which was a double cd mixtape. I downloaded it and i got to say it was beyond what i expected from game. But, i think he needs to focus more on getting his album out.

Okay, those are all the artist i recognize...artist that made my radar, pls feel free to add yours. Thank you.

Mobb Deep and Nas on New Collabo Track

It is wonderful to know that Mobb Deep and Nas can actually work together again after feuding for considerable number of years. Back in 2001, it was a crazy war...Jay-Z was going at Nas and Mobb Deep, Nas was going at Jay-Z and Mobb Deep (more at Prodigy than havoc), and Mobb Deep was going at Jay-Z and Nas. It was just really crazy, but what surprised me was the Mobb Deep going at Nas issue. I have always been a nas fan and became a mobb deep fan because of the collabos they did together...LIVE NIGGER RAP on Nas's It Was Written album back in 1996, and on that same album, havoc did the hook of a track titled The Set up...Then you had them together twice in 1999; first on Mobb Deeps Murda Muzik album on a track titled It's Mine, and later on Nas's 4th album, Nastradamus on a track called FAMILY.

When i now heard about the beef, i could not believe it, because they had always been good together. And when mobb deep signed with 50 cent, who was going at nas at the time, Prodigy continued throwing shorts at nas. I am glad nas didn't reply him. Anyway, it is all good now, and they have a track together titled "dog shit". Prodigy just got out of jail last month, and has been doing a lot of collabs...i guess getting locked can make you reflect on your life.

Click on the link to listen to the track- mobb deep ft nas- dog shit

Game Needs 50 cent- That is What Sha Money XL is saying

Producer Sha Money XL, at a recent interview said that Game needs 50 cent at this point in his career. I think the reason people keep saying this is because they made beautiful music together, and the songs they made became big hits. But i do not think that game really needs them...he might need a formula for making a banger...like a club/radio smash, but not necessarily 50 cent. Before game went back to Interscope and started having problem with getting a release date for his album, he was doing good. Doctor's Advocate was dope...L.A.X was super dope, even though it sold the least from his 3 albums.

Read what sha had to say below-

"Game is cool, I think he just needs me," Sha said in an interview with radio host EI8HT. "I gave him 'Hate It Or Love It,' I gave him that record. He needs 50 [Cent], he needs us, he needs a Unit. And you see he tried to make a play to get back to us. I hand delivered that record, 'Hate It Or Love It,' so he just needs that banger and he'll be all right. He can rap but he needs to stop shouting out so many names in the songs and just rap. He's got that sh*t. He comes with it, but, he's like Nas, they don't pick the right beats sometimes." ("Street Disciplez Radio")

Why do people keep saying nas selects bad beets? Well, if he does and can still be TOP FIVE DEAD OR ALIVE, then he is something else. Back to game, i think he needs to drop that album a.s.a.p. What the hell is he waiting for? 

Lil Kim and Nicki Minaj did not Squash Their Beef

First of all, i must apologize for bringing you news that lil kim and nicki minaj had squash their beef, it was an april fools' joke that sohh.com played on its readers, and since i got the story from their, i thought it was  true. They are a very reliable source, and i didn't think they would joke with something as crucial as that, and jeopardize loosing their credibility. I am sorry once again, and i have to say it was not really my fault, because at the time i was posting the news up in here, i thought it was true. So, let me say it again, the 2 female rappers, lil kim and nicki minaj have not squashed their beef.

In fact, nicki minaj is about to release a new beef song aimed at lil kim, and people are saying it is going to be featured on lil wayne's carter 4. I wonder why that is so, but i am sure this is no april fool's joke.
Below are some lines from the track-
"Eh yo, Pink Friday, Eminem, 8 Mile," Nicki raps, "It must hurt to sell your album off PayPal/Especially when you're in the game, 15-20/You was hot when Shaq teamed up with Penny/Man, you was 'Magic', I mean/Look at you now, h*e, you're just tragic/You a tragedy, you a parody/Last name Ann, first name Raggedy/These goofy b*tches is stupidity personified..." ("Tragedy")

Hmm! Why is she releasing it now, after people have started to forget about the whole thing...i just wonder.
More on the news below-
Just when you thought it was over, Nicki Minaj swings back at Lil' Kim on a new diss record. A snippet of the unfinished track made its way to Funkmaster Flex, who reports that it may end up on Lil Wayne's Tha Carter IV. This time, the Young Money Barbie doesn't beat around the bush, taking direct shots at the Queen Bee. Hit-Boy confirms that he produced the marching beat and that the final version will also feature production from Boi-1da. It will go by a title other than "Tragedy" in its final form. (Rap-Up)

Okay, so we would have to wait and see how things turn out.

Shyne Comments on Drake's Success

Okay, i am glad i am reading something positive from shyne- he currently said drake has serious potential to go down in history of rap. After all the rick ross bashing, i think it is uplifting to read this.

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"I think the Drake kid has serious potential to go down in the history of rap," Shyne explained in an interview. "I definitely get inspired. He's not really a rapper. He's a musician, you dig? He sings and he makes great music. I'm inspired by what he does...Most of the people I interact with are honest people. They are who they are. Drake is a kid that says 'Listen, I'm not from the streets. I'm just making good music.' Kanye's a dude that doesn't try to be anything other than who he is. [Lil] Wayne is really off the block...All the kids I respect and admire are truthful people. I like the kid Lupe Fiasco. I think he's extraordinary. I'm really about truth, man. If you're being honest and you have integrity, I'm all for you." (Superstar Radio)

Hmm! I still feel some tension there...like he is indirectly going at rick ross for being a Correctional Officer.

Shyne Questions Rick Ross's Street Credibility

Former Bad Boy Records artist, Shyne, who got out of jail last year, after servicing a 10 year bid has been questing the right Rick Ross has to be rapping about all the Gangstar stories he be putting in his songs. He has been dissing rick ross, on track, and on interviews since he got out, and this is getting me thinking maybe he is just looking for some attention. I know rick ross has not replied him, and he (ross) just goes on making his money- in line with ross making money, he was paid $100,000 by soem parents in my country (Nigeria) just to appear at their kid's 10 year old birthday party- you can check it out here- Nigerian parents pay rick ross $100k.

I can remember the week shyne got out of jail, rick ross showed nothing but love, and extended a hand in anything shyne might want to get into musically. I think the negative energy shyne is carrying around is what has not made him drop anything sensible since he got out. I wish him all the best.

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"The difference between me and everybody else, I was talking to Fat Joe the other day when he was like, 'Yo, it's entertainment,' and I was like, 'That's the difference between me and a former correction officer or any of these other dudes.' It's not entertainment for me. You dig? Whatever I give you, is me...[I'm definitely talking about] Rick Ross. Absolutely. He's the only officer I know that's a rapper. I don't know anybody else that used to be a cop that raps...Hip-Hop comes from the gutter, it's from the struggle, from the dudes that's in prison so for a dude that used to lock dudes in, for the dude that used to be like, 'Yo, on the wake up! You got a visit,' for that dude to turn into the biggest gangsta rapper is like shocking to me. I don't even understand that. That makes no sense to me..." (Superstar Radio)

He even had a chat with FAT JOE, about the matter, and he is still being negative...come on son! It is all entertainment. Shyne, you just said it yourself, rick ross is the biggest gangstar rapper, i guess that is the real reason why you are mad,a nd i guess that is the reason YOUNG JEEZY is also mad at the kid. I am 30, and have been listening to rap since i was 14, and i know that not all what the rappers say is true, so i can not be offended by rick ross, as long as he keeps dishing out good music. That's all i got to say.

And below is what he said in october last year-
"Why wouldn't I?," Shyne asked in an interview about dissing Ross on his "Belize" record. "I mean, you know, I don't get that. I don't get an ex-prison guard being the #1 gangsta rapper. I don't get that at all my man. I'm not saying you gotta feel the way I feel, but please, please have some compassion [for someone like me who is back home] from just doing ten years and going to war with the cops...you bangin' on police because they trying to talk to your girl, or they trying to touch ya mama in the wrong place. So I deal with crooked cops my whole life. Ain't nothing worse to me than a crooked cop. That's the worst thing you can do is use your badge to get ahead. I'd rather a cop just be a cop. And I respect where you stand, and you respect where I stand. But how a cop gonna profit from the life that I live? Uh-uh, I ain't jackin' that. So yeah, I just want people to be clear, "No, not the C.O." Nah, that ain't me." (Hip Hop DX) 

Rick Ross Talks Genesis of 50cent Beef

The better part of 2009 was Rick Ross going at 50, and 50 making funny videos to address the beef, and letting Lloyd Banks handle the real lyrical war. If you ask me, i would say Rick Ross won the war. Anyway, Rick Ross recently addressed the issue, and give his reason for going at 50cent first.


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"It boiled down to what really was going on. It wasn't nothing at the time that was personal against 50 Cent, but he was attacking people, and began attacking people closer and closer to me, to a point where I had to make a decision. I felt I was gonna be next on that list. So I took the offensive." (RESPECT)
"N*ggas gotta study history. The mob bosses always get whacked at the end. Sometimes by someone of lesser value, of lesser importance, you feel me? So, on that note, you gotta understand there's always n*ggas that's willing to make that sacrifice on some real sh*t. When you really step out there, and you want to get into some sh*t, you've got to be on your A-game. My goal is to deliver hit records. But don't get it mistaken, we are the muscle--we are the muscle." (RESPECT)

Hmm! I think i understand why he had to make that move...kill or be killed. But i have to give it to ricky though, as his career has blown up since after that. He has dropped two albums after the beef, Deeper Than Rap & Teflon Don, which have been fantastic albums. And the move he made with signing WALE is just wonderful, even with just wale, i think he has a stronger Camp.

Rap Albums on The Billboard Charts

No new rap album this week, so lupe fiasco is still untop with his lasers album. He moved 29,000 copies this week, bringing the total to 280,000 copies sold so far. Gucci is up next with his latest mixtape, Return of Zone 6. I don't understand how this guy keep dropping, whether it is EP, or mixtape, or album, like every 6 months. Although he don't sell massive units, but the cumulative sales must add up to something. His latest mixtape sold 25,000 copies in its first week. That is how many copies some people's albums sell.

Kanye West is still on the charts with his 5th album, My Beautiful Twisted Dark Fantasy. He sold 10,000 copies this week, bringing his over all total to 1,095,000. I was really thinking the song with Rihanna, ALL OF THE LIGHTS, would have a heavy buzz and give the album a boost, but i think i guessed wrong.

Lil Wayne's I Am Not A Human Being EP is still selling, and i am wondering why this album is still selling- who is buying it? I have had it in my store for so long, it is gathering dust...in fact i am ready to give it out to the next person that comes in. I am just kidding. But seriously, i am really surprised that it is still selling. Anyway, its sold 9,800 copies this week, bringing the total to 827,000 copies sold so far.

Pharoahe Monch just dropped a new album, W.A.R (We Are Renegades), which sold 9,700 copies after a week in stores. Raekwon's Shaolin vs Wu-Tang album album sold 6,500 copies this week, bringing the total to 45,000 sold.

Game and R.E.D Album

I was listening to one of game's tracks that hit the internet the other day; Rough, featuring Yelawolf, and there was a part he was like- Detox, Red/M.C's Dead; referring to both his and Dr Dre's up coming releases. H e kinda meant that mc's would have there burials after he and the good doc dropped. I think i might agree with him, because most of the rappers are just sounding the same at this point, or they are kinda not creative enough, and from what i have heard from game so far, i think his album is going to get a lot of attention.

What i just want to know at this point is when is it dropping? Come on! Game, you need to drop that album A.S.A.P. He already has a single, RED NATION, with Lil Wayne that is getting radio airplay, so i do not know what he is waiting for. He needs to shoot the video pronto, and get a release date for the album, so he can start building up anticipation.

Below is what he had to say about the album-
"The 'R.E.D.' album is going to remind everybody of what hip-hop is supposed to be in its prime," says Game. "The 'R.E.D.' album will be the best album this year hands down. There's nobody putting out an album this year that will even be able to compete with the skill level-- the bar is gonna be set after this album drops. I guarantee it now from start to finish." (Billboard)

Hmm! I like this...but, as i said earlier, what is he waiting for?

Rick Ross Busted for Marijuana Possession

Rick Ross, the boss of Maybach Music was busted for marijuana possession over the weekend, but was released after a couple of hours. The police found just a gram of marijuana in his possession.

Big night for the coppers down in Shreveport, LA -- rapper Rick Ross and Philadelphia Eagles star Jason Peters were both arrested last night in separate incidents. First, let's talk about Ross -- according to police, he was busted last night for possession of marijuana. Cops say they detected a strong odor of marijuana coming from his hotel room and when police investigated, they spotted approximately a gram of it in plain view. (TMZ)

That's how i got the story off sohh.com. What do i have to say about this? What the hell is a gram of marijuana...why should that be a big offense? It was probably be for personal use. And what were the cops doing by his hotel door? Where they patrolling the whole hotel corridor or something? This is just absurd to me. I mean, a lot of people die of overdosing on Cocaine, and you are tripping over someone smoking a herb? Common! Artist have been known to use one form of stimulant or the other since the time of Elvis Presly, and weed is not even addictive like them other drugs. Unless they were trying to get him on something else, i do not see the necessity in this bust.

Facts About Jay-Z

I was surfing through the net and i came across this information  about jay-z on hiphopdx.com, and i thought it would be interesting for people to know some things they do not know about him. I have always respected jay for his business acumen, and as an entrepreneur myself, who believes anything is possible, i like to study his past, ans the mindset he had while coming up.

Read top ten facts that hiphopdx.com got from a newly released book about jay-z, titled- "empire state of mind".

This month, Forbes' Zack O'Malley Greenburg released his book Empire State of Mind: How Jay-Z Went From Street Corner To Corner Office. The biography of Shawn Carter looks at Jay's personal and business relationships, through comprehsive archival interviews and new and rare insights from the likes of mentor Jaz-O, paternal hustler DeHaven, Dame Dash, MC Serch, DJ Clark Kent, Branson and others.

The staff of HipHopDX thought we knew a lot about Jay-Z, but in the interest of supporting Hip Hop literacy, we thought we would share 10 things about Jay-Z from Empire State of Mind.

1. Jay-Z maintains that his name comes from a childhood family nickname of "jazzy," not the popular belief that it was taken to match mentor Jaz-O's name, or the J and Z train lines that stop at the Marcy station in Brooklyn.

2. Sauce Money, often mistakenly considered a Roc-A-Fella Records artist, was a collaborator suggested by DJ Clark Kent to try and get demo recognition. Additionally, Sauce was managed by then-NBA star Dennis Scott. Jay and Sauce would appear together on Big Daddy Kane's Daddy's Home album, a time in Jay's career that Empire State of Mind sheds new light on.

3. Jay-Z would have likely been murdered during a 1994 shooting - if the assailants gun did not jam. Both DeHaven and Jaz-O, Jay's then-musical and street guides, recall the event. One of them alludes to 'making that problem go away' too.

4. During his Def Jam presidency, Jay-Z helped collaborators The Roots clear a Radiohead sample, just hours before the clearance had to be made. Jay accomplished this through his direct relationship with the British band.

5. Jay-Z never forgets. The book interviews producer A Kid Called Roots, who's known for his work with artists ranging from Memphis Bleek to Sha Stimuli. AKCR provides an anecdote claiming that during a Japanese performance, Jay recognized the Roc-affiliated producer in the crowd, and invited him to the stage for his then-hit, "Do My..."

6. Champagne wishes. Although it's never formally said, Empire State of Mind suggests a number of interesting things about Jay-Z's switch from musically-endorsing Cristal to Ace of Spades. The chapter includes revelations that longtime friend, collaborator and mid-'00s Island Def Jam executive Jermaine Dupri had a business relationship with the same people responsible for Ace of Spades, although Jay-Z has always maintained that there are no business ties to Armand De Brignac, Ace of Spades' producer.

7. Jay-Z invested in Carol's Daughter, a cosmetics line. While we hear about various Jay backings, this one slipped under the Hip Hop radar.

8. Jason Kidd was the first person that suggested to Jay-Z that he explore New Jersey Nets ownership. Count it.

9. MC Serch of 3rd Bass fame was responsible for making "the Jay-Z Jeep" nearly happening. An artistic contemporary of Jay's, Serch presented the idea to both sides, although it never happened - a deal and series of events that the book delves into.

10. Jay-Z is still earning from Roc-A-Wear. Although the brand changed ownership, the book estimates that Jay receives close to $5 million dollars yearly off of the brand that he, Dame Dash, and Kareem Biggs started over a decade ago.

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