Saving Hip-Hop: November 2007

Ghostface (Feat Meth & Raekwon) - Yolanda's House

Sean Paul - Watch Dem Roll

Snoop Dogg - Sensual Seduction [EXCLU]
Uploaded by PeteRock

better known as Sexual Eruption. The joint has been making the rounds for a few weeks well.

Wu-tang concert dates:

Nov. 30 - Oshawa, Ontario - The Big Sexy
Dec. 13 - New York, NY - Knitting Factory *
Dec. 14 - New York, NY - Knitting Factory *
Dec. 15 - Chicago, IL - Metro
Dec. 16 - Minneapolis, MN - First Avenue
Dec. 20 - Denver, CO - Fillmore Auditorium
Dec. 23 - Hollywood, CA - House of Blues Sunset Strip
Dec. 30 - Seattle, WA - Showbox SoDo
Jan. 3 - Las Vegas, NV - House of Blues
Jan. 9 - Baltimore, MD - Rams Head Live!
Jan. 10 - Philadelphia, PA - Electric Factory
Jan. 12 - New York, NY - Hammerstein Ballroom
Jan. 13 - New Haven, CT - Toad's Place
Jan. 18 - Richmond, VA - Toad's Place
Jan. 24 - Orlando, FL - Club Firestone
Jan. 25 - Miami Beach, FL - Jackie Gleason Theater
Jan. 26 - St. Petersburg, FL - Jannus Landing

* denotes GZA solo concerts

Miss Info and the Ghost

And here's part 2

sorry about the update lapse..
i was preparing for this

i had to get my music, muzak, & merrzik ready for that one.

Cube brings some serious comedy to the congregation in First Sunday

Katt Williams, Tracy Morgan, Ice Cube...
FIRE

Due to circumstances beyond my control, and LOTS of craziness, i have not been able to update recently.
here's the get right though:
1st off; i'm a pops.
hit me on the celly if u wanna get jelly.
2nd:

The leader of the Black Mafia Family (BMF) pled guilty yesterday (November 20) to heading a criminal enterprise...

including drug distribution and money laundering.

BMF co-founder Demetrius Flenory, also known as Big Meech, plead guilty in his hometwon city of Detroit, according to the DEA website.

The 39-year-old drug king pin said that from 1990 through 2005 he led BMF in large scale distribution of controlled substances, mainly cocaine, collecting millions of dollars in cash off the sales of narcotics.

He washed the money in real estate purchases and bought vehicles and jewelry with the cash

According to the terms of the plea bargain, Flenory agreed to pay back $270,000,000 and faces 30 years in prison. A sentencing hearing has not been set.

Flenory's brother, Terry Flenory and five other defendants are still scheduled for trial on November 26. 41 defendants have been indicted along with the brothers and 32 have pleaded guilty.

Kanye and the fake beef...... maybe pork??

Rapper Kanye West has admitted that his chart battle with rival 50 Cent was a publicity stunt that he dreamed up to sell more records.

West was declared the winner when the two stars went head to head in September after releasing their albums on the same day. But he now admits that he was responsible for creating the media frenzy.
[More over HERE]

After dedicating "Hey Mama" to his recently deceased mother, Kanye West broke down @ a concert in Paris on Saturday [Nov 17th].
[Scooped up @ People]

UPDATE: Heres video of the Kanye explosion.

Rick Ross (Feat Flo-rida) - Street Money
Trilla coming Dec. 18

Also....
Slim Thug (Feat Tyrese, Ginuwine & Tank) - Let Me Grind
Lil' Wayne (Feat Junior Reid) - Pum Pum

Okay, so it finally surfaced & i peeped it at Nah-Right
Also....Dj Drama 5000 Ones

I've always liked his style.

Plus grime is coming back in.

"The spin doctor, who's made a name for himself throughout the South with the success of his "Gangsta Grillz" mixtape series also expressed his dislike with what he feels is a lack of originality currently in the mixtape game.

"For the younger DJ's or the ones that may not have the attention that DJ Drama has I would just say keep doing your thing and stop f**kin makin' Lil' Wayne tapes every other day," Drama explained. "I mean, it's not a comment on Wayne. You know Wayne is feeding the people so of course people are definitely interested in him, but from a DJ's perspective it's like by you putting Lil' Wayne on your cover every week and putting out the last songs that he's had out for the last three months, it's not doing anything for you. "
[Spotted @ SOHH]

PLUS:
MURS - Better Than The Best

i wont front, i hadn't seen the video until recently. heard about it.
heard about various cats getting in Eminem's ass before [no brokeback].

[personally i think 'Fest buried him alive]

i remember when 'super-soaking that ho' was only done during the summer.
This some bullshit. [couldn't even put the 'is' in there]

Possible Tracklist:
01. Isesha Poem (Intro)
02. Free Chilly (Interlude)
03. Go Gadget Flow
04. The Coolest
05. Superstar
06. Paris Tokyo
07. High Definition
08. Gold Watch
09. Hip Hop Saved My Life
10. Streets on Fire
11. Lil Weapons
12. Gotta Eat
13. Dumb It Down
14. Hello Goodbye
15. The Die
16. Put You on Game
17. Fighters
18. Go Baby
[peeped @ DefSounds]

HHN live interviewed Rampage 'The Last Boyscout' yesterday.
He spoke on Busta Rhymes, FMS, and why there is no more Flipmode Squad.

PLUS:
Mos Def set to perform J-Dilla tribute concert.
Ghostface (Feat Beanie Sigel & Styles P) - Barrell Brothers

R.I.P - Dirt McGirt

Funny Jokes at JibJab | Funny Videos at JibJab | Funny Satire at JibJab

...so now i have a reason to drop this
T.I. (Feat Rick Ross, Young Jeezy & Rocko - Megamix

Hi-Tek confirmed with new Reflection Eternal album.
[Full story at hiphopgame]
PLUS:
Katt Williams (Feat Mike Joes & Paul Wall) - Gotta Shine
The Pack - I Put My Camera On [Dj Predakon Edit]
Dre 3-Stacks - 30 Something [Freestyle]

Ghostface Killah makes a cameo in the upcoming movie “Walk Hard: The Dewey Cox Story,” a spoof on musical bio-pics from Judd Apatow, who wrote and produced the recent “Knocked Up” and “The 40-Year-Old Virgin blockbusters

[More from Miss Info]

I'm So Hood (Remix)

50 Cent (Feat Akon) - I Still Will

According to a recent article, Young Buck is admitting that he was involved with Trina during the time she was with Lil' Wayne. Never to be one to hold his tongue for anybody, Buck went on the record to explain it. As you may already know, 50 Cent had a song out where he said,
"When Trina was tellin Wayne, 'I love you, boo'/She was running games, she told Buck that too". Buck says it's the truth.

"It's the truth, it's the f---ing truth! 50 is not f---ing lying," Buck proclaimed. "You want me to tell you the truth? I'mma tell you the truth. I was messing with her while she was messing with [Wayne]. I would hear him on the phone [in the background] every now and then while she's laying right there. She knows it. 50 ain't doing nothing but speaking the truth."

Foul

'nuff said.

Golden Child, a cat from Nassau.
my dude [nohomo] J-Frozen turned me onto him.
he's kinda fresh.
read more about dukehere.

and a freestee:

Myspace

Donda West, mother to Chicago bred rapper Kanye West, has reportedly passed away.

The tragic news was broken by Hot 97's Miss Info via her blog.
Donda reportedly passed away in Los Angeles early today (November 11). Kanye, who was in London when the tragic news surfaced, is on his way back home.
The rapper has always publicly celeberated his close relationship with his mother and dedicated a song to her on his sophomore album, Late Registartion.

Donda served as Kanye's manager and was a former chairman of the English department at Chicago State University.
Earlier this year, she released a book titled Raising Kanye which detailed his childhood and her experiences as her son's manager.
Seen over at the Six Shot

Hip-Hop mogul Russell Simmons has teamed with the Humane Society of the United States and the BeKIND Foundation to create a public service announcement (PSA) speaking out against dog fighting.

Simmons, who has worked with agencies like People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA) in the past. In the new PSA’s, the Hip-Hop mogul is featured in the :15 - :30 second PSA’s with Humane Society President Wayne Pacelle and BeKIND founder Frances Hayward.

Simmons' PSA's will be released via the Internet and traditional outlets.
[Spotted at AHH]

If you're Big Boi from OutKast, you won't have to. He's getting the pair free, compliments of Atlanta retailers Laced Up Boutique and Priyya and Chintans Diamonds. First of a kind, they say.
Artisans in Mumbai, India, are putting the finishing touches on the sneakers, featuring diamonds studded around the famous swoosh logo.
[Get Right]

T.I. has reportedly dropped a request to host a Thanksgiving dinner at his Jonesboro home as he awaits trial on federal weapons charges.
The Associated Press reports that T.I.'s lawyers dropped the request today (Nov. 8) due to the strong opposition from prosecuting attorneys.
Prosecutors said that T.I. wasn’t appreciative of “the generosity of the court granting his release and the gravity of the charges lodged against” him. They also felt the list of 95 names of requested visitors’ T.I. has submitted has been burdensome for court officials to run background checks which are far from complete.
Remember that I'm that nigga that brought you the Info

Apparently the M.I.Yayo native named the album after the Michael Jackson multi-million selling LP Thriller. Thrilla...Trilla. heh..
Interesting
PLUS:
Memphis Bleek - Breakfast

Larry Smith, the seminal producer for acts like Run DMC, Kurtis Blow and Whodini, has suffered a stroke that has hospitalized him.

The debilitating stroke has rendered the 50-something Smith bedridden and the St. Albans, Queens native is currently unable to speak
[More]

Erykah Badu - Honey
Freeway (Feat 50 Cent) - Take It To The Top
[Via Different Kitchen]

50 Cent's modified Pontiac G8 is on display at the SEMA show this year.
50 Cent's Pontiac G8 was built by Unique Autosports owned by Will Castro.
This modified Pontiac G8 is powered by an LSX 427 engine dyno-tested to more than 500 horsepower.
[More here]

i hit up & got hit back by Kid-Cut UP of theNo Request Sound System Empire & Infamous Record Breakers
Vinyl Gauntlet Sessions [Part 1]
Vinyl Gauntlet Sessions [Part 2]

Styles P spoke regarding J-Hood’s situation at D-Block.

“Fall the fuck back and come speak to us like a man before you go to the internet. Stop being corny. I told him he was off the label and then he went and got disrespectful by dragging the chain and disrespecting what we built. I told him then I wished him the best. Why the fuck should I let him off? Tell him to tell me why. He was off before he did the dumb shit. He can get off if he makes a public apology on the internet. Make that apology nice and humble.”

J-Hood made headlines yesterday when he said he still hadn’t received his release papers from D-Block.
More info when it becomes available.
[Spotted @ HHG]
PLUS:
Saigon (Feat Jay-Z & Swizz Beats) - Come On Baby
Bone Thugs - So Many Places (From their new album T.H.U.G.S)

...i fucks with this dude. not only because he's a phenomenal dj, but also his grind is ridiculous.
peep the skills

Mistah F.A.B - C.I.A

minus the white chick......
Philadelphia rapper Dice Raw has teamed with The Roots’ front man Black Thought to form a new group, The Money Making Jam Boys, which also features rappers Truck North and Porn.

Dice Raw, Karlos Jenkins, has been putting in long hours in the recording studio preparing material for MMJB’s upcoming debut release, in addition to a slew of his own solo projects.

"It’s pure East Coast Hip-Hop in the tradition of the greats who came before us, breaking some rules and creating new ones as we go along," Dice Raw told AllHipHop.com. "MMJB is pure East Coast fire, it’s a mindset and a way of life."

In addition to recording the untitled follow up to his 2000 solo debut album Reclaiming the Dead, Dice Raw will expand his musical horizon’s with his New Wave/Hip-Hop project, Nouveau Riche.

"It‘s new world music [with] so many influence, fans can expect almost anything," Dice Raw stated. "It’s a labor of love and we do what we got to do to get it done."

In the coming weeks, Dice Raw will be featured on a new song featuring Black Thought and Peedi Crack, which will be accompanied by a video.

Dice Raw will release a number of digital tracks next month from his solo project, MMJB and Nouveau Riche.

PLUS:
Dice Raw (Feat Black Thought & Malik B) - Thin Line Between Raw & Jiggy

Travis: I’m a huge, huge Lil’ Wayne fan and I wanted to do a remix of one of our songs, so I thought let’s get Weezy on and we sent him a song on Friday evening and Wayne sent it back on a Saturday morning completely finished and I was like, “Holy sh*t, this dude’s crazy.”

We’ve spoken to each other a few times, and I met him last year at the MTV VMA’s and then we bumped into each other a few times after and he asked me to be on his new record and I said, “Fo sure.”
I think his record is more eagerly anticipated than both Kanye’s or ‘50s were.

AHHA: So have you heard Lil’ Wayne’s new material for his new album?

Travis: I’ve heard some of it. It’s f**king brilliant. Absolutely f**king brilliant.
Read more
[Spotted @ All Hip Hop]

More on the Joe joints.

Jay-Z (Feat Beanie Sigel & Obie Trice) - Ignorant Shit (Remix)

Lil' Wayne - One Night Only
and

Dave Chappelle in London

[Spotted @ Nah Right

PLUS:
Dame sounds off on "Big Brother"

Cremated son turns up alive

watch for Jada throwing up the 'Dynasty Sign'!!

WTF???!?!?!?!

....Nuff Said

Click the pics to get right.

[Part I]

[Part II]

Shameless Muh-Fuggin' Plug

Big Business...
Good Business...

Washington: A teenager captured in a police sting operation appeared in court on Friday charged with plotting to murder his parents after they threw him out of the house for misbehaving.

Cory Ryder, 17, appeared before St Mary's Court in Leonardtown, Maryland, on two counts of the attempted murder of his mother, Shannan Troiana, and stepfather, Joey Troiana. If found guilty, he cannot be held beyond the age of 21 because he is being tried as a juvenile.

The prosecution said that Ryder offered an undercover policeman, whom he believed to be a hit man, his stepfather's new pick-up truck as payment for his work, telling him: "Two bullets is all it takes."

[Seen over @ Gulfnews]

It all started with a charity freestyle battle @ S.O.B's, but now what at first looked like ~~a massacre~~ ~~Royce da 5' 9" getting his ass handed to him~~ a simple loss has escalated into beef.

Exhibit A)

Score
Mistah F.A.B - 1
Royce - 0

Exhibit B)
Royce da 5' 9" - Blue Magic [Freestyle]
Score
Mistah F.A.B - 1
Royce - 1

Exhibit C)
Mistah F.A.B - Royce da 5' 9" Diss
Score
Mistah F.A.B - 2
Royce - 1

Exhibit D)
Royce da 5' 9" - Who Got Bodied?? (Ask About Me)

...i dont think Fabby Davis Jr. can come back from that.

Bryan "Baby" Williams also known as the Birdman, in a recent interview discussed his feelings on his ability to rap, problems that met his Cash Money label, new album, and his son Lil Wayne.

According to the Miami News, Baby discussed in a move that's rare in the unabashedly arrogant culture of hip-hop, admits he was aware of his flaws. "I felt like I couldn't rap, and I was around these li'l niggas and I felt like they could bag me up with rappin'," he says. "The only thing to do was for me to shine. I felt like I needed to be a jewelry nigga, a car nigga, to stand out from everybody." He and Fresh flaunted mega-mansions and fleets of cars on MTV's celebrity pissing contest, Cribs, but when Fresh departed in 2005, claiming still-unsubstantiated monetary misconduct, once again Birdman was left holding the bag. But to a guy who has consistently proven his skill of making cake out of shit, change is always good.

Speaking on his label, Birdman stated that all big labels met their demise such as Master P's No Limit, Diddy's Badboy and NWA. Cash Money Millionaires were no different. Around 2001, original members BG, Turk, and Juvenile all jumped ship amid allegations of financial mishandling. Birdman was handed the blame. But several years later, it seems there's no love lost on his part.

"I'ma tell ya this here, bebe. Hopefully I'ma put that shit back together," he says. "And I'll do it just to show that you know a nigga ain't trippin'. I'm a hustla, I'm grown, you know. I been doing this. They need a nigga, ya heard me. They out in that world drownin' like a mothafucka, ya heard me."

Speaking on Fresh leaving the label, Baby says, "I think it was a gift and a curse."" The curse is 'cause I never would have wanted it to be like that, 'cause I came up with him. But the gift was once I let the shit go, it gave us an opportunity to start molding our talent," he says. "Now we get to pick what we like and what we think people like."

Since then, "we" has meant Birdman and Lil Wayne, the last original Hot Boy standing. Wayne was never a Lil like Bow Wow or Romeo. He was always a manchild, even at the age of 11, when Birdman took him under his wing. And Birdman insists he always knew Wayne would be a star.

"Wayne never stopped," he explains. "He take it like a professional; he never stop working and that's why he where he is. And besides that, the li'l nigga super gifted, extra-smart, talented like a mothafucka. You know it's possible that they can have another Wayne come out, but what he 'bout to do is a miracle for us to see. We was fortunate to grow up on Tupac, but he died young. This shit Wayne got bigger that. Bigger than Tupac, bigger than Biggie and Jay-Z. It's crazy."

In 1999, when Wayne went on record and told grown men to "separate me from the fake" and that they "better vacate the premises," it seemed he was issuing a call to foes in the street. But looking back, it was clear that Wayne's statement was prophetic and that he was talking to cats in the game right now. Currently his career is unparalleled. Now 13 years in the business without having fizzled out, he boasts a voice that is flooding Top 40 radio stations as well as tracks featuring him alongside Beyoncé and Britney. And he still maintains the underground cred that made him famous.

With the release of his latest album, 5 Star, slated for release December 18, and his contract with Universal up at the end of the year, more changes are undoubtedly on the horizon. But one thing he promises won't change is his presence in the industry. "This is our way of life, so this shit ain't goin' nowhere. We want it so bad, so we gonna go real hard regardless.

not 100% new per-say, but its got Fat-Lip in it [so its got my stamp of approval]

here's the mp3 its CDQ [ofcourse]

The identity of a waitress who was assaulted with a liquor bottle by Da Brat at an Atlanta nightclub on Wednesday (October 31) has been revealed.

According to My Fox Atlanta, the woman Da Brat attacked is 24-year-old Shayla Smith who works at Studio 72, where the incident occurred. She is also a cheerleader for the NFL’s Atlanta Falcons.

As reported earlier, Brat got into a heated dispute with Smith before picking up a bottle
of rum and hitting her.

An Atlanta police spokesperson said the squabble began after Smith accidentally bumped into Da Brat. At some point during their heated exchange, Smith walked away and was then hit in the face with the bottle.

Smith sustained a deep laceration to the cheek and some swelling on the forehead.

Smith, who is recovering and facing possibly surgery, has refused to comment on the incident.

Da Brat was arrested on the night of the incident and was released on $50,000 bond on Thursday night (November 1). She has been charged with is facing aggravated assault charges.

Jive Records has issued a statement explaining the arrest of superstar producer/R&B singer T-Pain.

T-Pain, born Faheem Najm, was stopped driving a Lamborghini Gallardo in June, but his license had been revoked for being a habitual traffic violator, officials reported.

Police issued an arrest warrant on June 15 charging the rapper with a non-moving traffic violation and driving with a suspended license.

"He is a habitual offender," Tallahassee Police Department spokesperson Kathy McGhin said. "This is his third charge."

T-Pain surrendered voluntarily Friday morning (November 2).

"T-Pain was given a few traffic tickets several years ago for minor infractions [a speeding ticket, running a stop sign, failure to pay]" a representative for Jive told AllHipHop.com. "These were mistakes that Pain made as a young man that just received his driver's license. He did not have the money nor the knowledge at the time to take care of them."

Jive shot down reports that T-Pain was arrested and clarified that he voluntarily turned himself in and scheduled his surrender with a local attorney and law enforcement officials.

"There was no bail and he was released on his own recognizance within a few hours…He will not miss any scheduled engagements."

T-Pain is scheduled to play at Florida A&M University’s (FAMU) homecoming tonight (November 3) at the Civic Center from 8-11 PM.

Other artists on the bill include Lil Wayne, Musiq Soulchild, Webbie, and Plies.

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[Scoped @ Complex]

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