Archive for April, 2009

RR Exclusive: The 50th Law Foreword Excerpt

Tuesday, April 28 2009 4:32 PM EST | Posted by: B.Dot | Posted in: True Story
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After the jump, check out the foreword of Curt’s book with Robert Greene. Considering 50′s success, maybe other rappers should rip a page out his book too. The 50th Law drops September 8th.

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New Video: J.Cole "Dollar & A Dream II"

Tuesday, April 28 2009 4:10 PM EST | Posted by: B.Dot | Posted in: Rap Radar Exclusives Video

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Here’s K.Civil’s homemade clip for  J.Cole’s “Dollar & A Dream II,” off his upcoming mixtape, The Warm Up.  2009 is Year of The Yella Nigga.  

“They say I’m the future, but i’m giving niggas flashbacks.”

Soulja Boy Spills The Beans On XXL Cover

Tuesday, April 28 2009 3:50 PM EST | Posted by: B.Dot | Posted in: True Story

 

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Loose lips sink ships, DeAndre. SMH. Dumb Young rappers need teaching.

 

Method Man x Redman: Blackout 2 Official Tracklist

Tuesday, April 28 2009 3:01 PM EST | Posted by: B.Dot | Posted in: True Story
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After the jump, check out the official tracklist for Reggie and Clifford’s upcoming effort, Blackout 2. In Stores May 19th.

1.      B.O.2 (INTRO)

2.      I’M DOPE NI**A

3.      A-YO – feat. Saukrates

4.      DANGERUS MCEES

5.      ERRBODY SCREAM – feat. Keith Murray

6.      HEY ZULU

7.      CITY LIGHTS – feat. Bun B

8.      FATHER’S DAY

9.      MRS. INTERNATIONAL (SKIT)

10.    MRS. INTERNATIONAL – feat. Erick Sermon

11.    HOW BOUT DAT – feat. Ready Roc & Streetlife

12.    DIS IZ 4 ALL MY SMOKERS

13.    LOCK DOWN (SKIT) – feat. DJ Kayslay

14.   FOUR MINUTES TO LOCK DOWN – feat. Raekwon & Ghostface killah

15.   NEVA HERD DIS B 4

16.   I KNOW SUMPTN – feat. Poo Bear

17.   A LIL BIT – feat. Melanie Rutherford
 

K.A.R. x Fat Joe "Oh Baby" Video

Tuesday, April 28 2009 2:37 PM EST | Posted by: YN | Posted in: Focus

Crack’s my mans, but I woulda told Pistol Pete to spend more dough on the video girls. Ha!

“Did you catch this classic reference on the hook? The kids don’t know.” (c) Danamo

 

 

Drake Talks About Wayne's Writing Process

Tuesday, April 28 2009 2:27 PM EST | Posted by: B.Dot | Posted in: Focus

I’m not buying this, but Drake talks to the 1515 Boys about Dwayne’s Jigga-like writing process and his own.

“Wayne does this thing and it’s scary and it’s unfair and I’m jealous of it for a million years. He sits there and you know they’ll be playing a record and he’ll just sit there like this and kinda be like, chilling and might get up, eat some candy and do whatever he does and then, it’ll take 40 minutes maybe if that, sometimes 15 and he’ll hop up and head right for the booth and lay like one or two or three of the most amazing verses that you ever heard with lines that’s like- What just happened did you just make a movie in your head like? Like what just happened? Cause you just painted the most colorful picture for this record. Wayne is so good at that, man. Like, I’m in awe of that dude…but for me, I take my time, I write.”

 

Update: Clipse Former Manager Charged In $10 Million Drug Ring

Tuesday, April 28 2009 2:16 PM EST | Posted by: YN | Posted in: True Story
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Whoa. Guess I gotta start being nicer to these guys. The Virginian-Pilot reports:

UPDATE: We got the papers, got the papers.

“The owner of a defunct Virginia Beach nightclub who has ties to the rap stars Clipse has been charged in U.S. District Court with leading a $10 million drug ring.

The 82-count indictment charges Gonzalez, 34, of Chesapeake and six others in a drug conspiracy that stretches from Hampton Roads across the country to South America and back. Police and federal agents were still searching for Gonzalez, also known as Geezy, as of late Monday

Federal agents recorded many of the drug sales, according to the indictment.

In one call, Gonzalez is told by one of his suppliers that, ‘I’m here with my boy and he’s giving me something right now… it’s really nice… like half in buds… half in shake,’ the indictment says.

In another recorded call, Gonzalez refers to himself as the “Last of the Mohicans” because he had not yet been caught, further stating, “They know that I ain’t crazy enough” to be dealing with “hand-to-hand stuff,” the court papers say.

Gonzalez oversaw some of the biggest drug shipments while underlings traveled the country making smaller deals, the indictment says. In one transaction, Gonzalez is accused of purchasing 625 pounds of marijuana for $540,000 in May 2007 from a supplier in Arizona. In another, he’s accused of buying 10 kilos of cocaine for $200,000.

Gonzalez had been the manager of the rappers Clipse at least through 2006, according to news reports. Clipse is brothers Pusha and Malice – Terrence and Gene Thornton – from Virginia Beach. Efforts to reach the rap stars were unsuccessful Monday.

Sidebar: Steven Victor is the group’s current manager.

Lil Wayne Cracks TIME's Most Influential Top 20

Tuesday, April 28 2009 1:29 PM EST | Posted by: B.Dot | Posted in: Newsstand Stan
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In TIME’s annual most influential list, Dwayne beat out folks like Barack Obama and Vladimir Putin to take the number 12 spot. 

“His Grammy-winning, multiplatinum album, Tha Carter III,

was the perfect showcase for Wayne’s raw, hilarious and often

outer-planetary rap style. And his Southern-gentleman act is legit, as

evidenced by his slightly flirty interview with Katie Couric.” 

He’s unstoppable.

Props: Broken Cool 

Sears Knocks Out LL's Clothing Line

Tuesday, April 28 2009 1:02 PM EST | Posted by: B.Dot | Posted in: True Story
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Today, Woooha reports that retail chain Sears is ceasing production of Mr. Smith’s clothing due to cut backs and an overall shitty economy. In the meantime, Sears is slashing the lines prices by 50%-70%. Look out David Brown, LL’s coming to join ya!

YN's Breakaday: The Bus-A-Bus

Tuesday, April 28 2009 2:47 AM EST | Posted by: YN | Posted in: Breaks

Can’t keep up with all the material Mr. Rhymes is unleashing until May 19th. But DJ Scratch made a believer out of me with this one. Joy minus the joystick. Pause. Ha!

“Respect my conglomerate/ I don’t even know what that word means.”—Fame up in Prospect

“The Game Room”