Posted by Mr.I Get It on September 7, 2010 at 5:47pm
After experimenting with a different sound and a superhero alter ego on her last album Fantasy Ride, Ciara is back with a new album Basic Instinct. Following the disappointing album sales of Fantasy Ride, the project never reached the heights expected. This new set of tracks sees Ciara returning to her roots musically and also ‘Giving the fans what they want’. The promotion for the new album has not been without incident; BET and a number of television networks have banned the video for RIDE ft Ludacris for being too explicit, while The-Dream, executive producer of Basic Instict, said to the media: “You only get so many times to, and I won’t say fail, but not achieve”. Ciara speaks candidly with Amaru on these topics, plus more. – AmaruCiara speaks to Amaru on her feelings on* Chris Brown B.E.T performance* Ride being banned from TV* The Dreams comments* Poor album sales for Fantasy Ride* Pondered Quitting the music businessREAD THE FULL INTERVIEW HERESource:ISHHRead more…
The lineup for this year's 2010 BET Hip Hop Awards Show cypher has leaked thanks to 2DopeBoys, and there's one major surprise.
One cypher will consist two living legends and their sons. Ice Cube, his sons OMG and Doughboy will be in the same circle as Rev Run and his sons Diggy and Jojo. That in itself should be pretty interesting.
The rest of the cyphers are listed below. According to Eazeest.com, two of the five will only be seen online.
Something is bugging me about this list though. Why the hell is Farnsworth Bentley even going to be near a mic? And why would they put one of the best young rappers in the game, Vado in a cypher with him?
The BET Hip Hop Awards airs Tuesday October 12 at 8pm Eastern, and will be hosted by Mike Epps.
Cypher 1: Reema Major, x Nick Javas x Laws
Cypher 2: Vado x Farnsworth Bentley x Raychester
Cypher 3: Raekwon x Yelawolf x Wiz Khalifa x Bones Brigante
Cypher 4: Rev Run x (and sons) x Ice Cube (and sons)
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The lineup for this year's 2010 BET Hip Hop Awards Show cypher has leaked thanks to 2DopeBoys, and there's one major surprise.
One cypher will consist two living legends and their sons. Ice Cube, his sons OMG and Doughboy will be in the same circle as Rev Run and his sons Diggy and Jojo. That in itself should be pretty interesting.
The rest of the cyphers are listed below. According to Eazeest.com, two of the five will only be seen online.
Something is bugging me about this list though. Why the hell is Farnsworth Bentley even going to be near a mic? And why would they put one of the best young rappers in the game, Vado in a cypher with him?
The BET Hip Hop Awards airs Tuesday October 12 at 8pm Eastern, and will be hosted by Mike Epps.
Cypher 1: Reema Major, x Nick Javas x Laws
Cypher 2: Vado x Farnsworth Bentley x Raychester
Cypher 3: Raekwon x Yelawolf x Wiz Khalifa x Bones Brigante
Cypher 4: Rev Run x (and sons) x Ice Cube (and sons)
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Video After The JumpWhat are the odds?Wanda Rodriguez, a 41-year-old assistant head nurse at New York's Calvary Hospital, had not seen her father since she was a baby.
Raised by her mother in the Bronx after her parents broke up when she was less than a year old, Rodriguez didn't know much more of her father than his name, Victor Peraza, and her mother's recollection that Rodriguez looked a lot like him.
But as fate would have it, on Aug. 25 a new cancer patient was admitted to Calvary, a hospital that administers care to the terminally ill. When Rodriguez learned his name while discussing his case with a colleague, she froze up.
"I thought, if he's my complexion, if he has green eyes, he could be my dad," Rodriguez told ABC News.
Summoning her courage, Rodriguez decided she had to find out if the man in the hospital bed was indeed the father she had never known.
"I needed to go to his room," she told the New York Post. "I had to see him. My mom said I resembled my dad very much. I go into the room. He looks right at me and I realize: He looks like me and I look like him."
Shaking from the revelation, Rodriguez asked Peraza if he had any children. Yes he did, Peraza told her: two grown daughters, one named Gina and the other named Wanda.
After composing herself, Rodriguez decided to lay her cards bare. "Hi, I'm Wanda," she told him. "I'm your daughter."
In fact, Rodriguez says Peraza seemed to have already realized who his nurse was. "I know you're my daughter," she recalls him saying.
Later, Rodriguez's mother confirmed Peraza's identity and even visited his bedside. It was their first meeting since the couple, who had married when they were in high school, split up.
In his visits with his daughter, Peraza, 60, has expressed his guilt for being an absentee father. Rodriguez has remained more focused on the present.
"Then he asked for forgiveness," Rodriguez told ABC "He said, 'I know I wasn't a good father. I regret the mistakes I made.' I said, 'I forgive you. Let's not talk about that now. I want to enjoy this time.'"
In a tragic twist, Peraza may not have long to live, but since his unlikely reunion with his daughter, the two have been spending a lot of time catching up. Peraza has been able to meet his three grandchildren and Rodriguez's husband.
"He's at peace," Rodriguez told the Post. "He's had closure. He said, 'Wanda, I've met you. I'm OK. I'm ready to die'."
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Versus will formally announce Tuesday that being outspoken or outrageous — or is it obnoxious? — can lead to getting your own national TV talk show.
Even while you're still an active NFL player.
Chad Ochocinco and Terrell Owens, new Cincinnati Bengals teammates whose respective VH1 reality shows recently wound down, will now move on to their own The T.Ocho Show, a taped talk show on Comcast-owned Versus that kicks off with a preview Tuesday night.
Ochocinco says the show will focus on football but might also touch on "baseball and hockey. With my love of soccer, I'll throw that in. And porn. I'm doing amateur porn, so I'll throw that in. … Do you understand how dangerous this is for us to have a stage like this?"
Says Owens: "There will be topics where Chad and I will get in trouble. We'll talk about issues that aren't talked about in the mainstream media. It's an opportunity for two of loudest mouths who've been in the league."
Well, yes, when you put like that. The show, billed as the first-ever weekly national talk show featuring active NFL players, will be previewed Tuesday night and run for the next five weeks on Tuesday nights with Owens and Ochocinco doing segments in Versus' The Daily Line show (11 ET). On Oct. 12, The T.OchoShow debuts as a stand-alone, to follow Versus' NHL games starting at 10:30 p.m. ET.
The idea for the show, says Versus programming vice president Andy Meyer, became obvious "the minute" that Owens signed with the Bengals and "their Batman and Robin relationship got going." That pairing, he suggests, will serve as a sort of booster rocket for two players who were already well off the media launch pad: "They'd already had significant accomplishments as personalities."
Meyer adds that "we'd love this to be the creation of a new genre of television" where athletes can speak "without layers of editors and beat writers filtering them out."
Owens sounds game. "Some guys get on TV shows and put on their media hats and turn their back on players," he says. "I'm not going to be a brown-noser for nobody. This is something probably a lot of people don't want to see. There'll be jealous people who'll criticize it, just like they criticized my reality show."
That reality show was so behind-the-scenes that viewers saw Owens in sessions with his therapist. The Versus show, he suggests, will also offer up subjects that usually stay behind closed doors. "I don't want to get into a race issue, but when you look at the media talking about (player) holdouts, it's usually about African-Americans," says Owens, noting heavy coverage of New York Jet Darrelle Revis' holdout before he signed a new contract Monday. "When do you see Caucasians shown just trying to get their money? Why is that never talked about? We'll stick out our chests and advocate for guys trying to get paid for what they deserve."
Owens says he's been told he's "a natural in front of cameras" but doesn't see himself going into sportscasting after retiring from the NFL. Ochocinco, who culled through 85 bachelorettes for his The Ultimate Catch VH1 reality show — "it's just what I do in offseasons, but with cameras following me" — figures he'll "go for the whole 9 yards" in post-football media. "Now, I'm setting myself up so I can do whatever I want."
But Ochocinco suggests for now, he and Owens have a unique angle: "What will be refreshing for everybody is we play the game. You'll live the game through us."
Or at least get a taste of its woofing.
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Video After The JumpKaty Perry loves wearing latex outfits, and she looks damn good in them.
The 'California Gurls' singer was in Germany Sunday, (September 5) promoting her new album 'Teenage Dream'.
Before her show, she posed for paparazzi in her skin tight PVC dressed covered with ice cream cones and talked about her candy-themed album.
Perry also revealed plans to apply for duel citizenship in Britain once she marries boyfriend, Russel Brand.
He's a Grammy Award-winning, multiplatinum hip-hop star who's scored a host of top 10 hits, collaborated with heavy hitters from T.I. to Tim McGraw, owns a label and a successful clothing line and is celebrating his 10th anniversary in music.
But for rapper Nelly's teenage daughter, the biggest validation that her father is still "cool" came only last week-from Taylor Swift. "I'm so in love with that new Nelly song," the country phenom tweeted about Nelly's latest single, "Just a Dream," produced by Jim Jonsin and Rico Love.
"My daughter was like, 'OMG!' " the 36-year-old father of two says about his daughter's shock at Swift's recognition. "I'm only cool to her because I know Chris Brown and Bow Wow, and now Taylor tweeted about me."
Apparently, Swift isn't the only one enamored with the track. "Just a Dream"-one of two lead singles from Nelly's upcoming "5.0" album from Derrty/Universal Motown (Nov. 16)-debuted at No. 12 on the Billboard Hot 100 and No. 8 on Hot Digital Songs, marking his first top 10 hit since "Grillz" topped the Hot 100 in 2006. Released concurrently with club track "Tippin' in Da Club," the midtempo, guitar-driven "Dream" is No. 7 on Hot Digital Songs and No. 13 on the Hot 100.
"When I did the song, I knew I had something; I loved the strings in it," the St. Louis-raised rapper says. "As an artist, you get those feelings, like when I did 'Dilemma' [with Kelly Rowland] and 'Over and Over' [with McGraw]. Me, Jim and Rico . . . we just felt it."
Jonsin points to the "super contagious melodies" and Nelly's strong fan base as key reasons behind the breakout success of "Dream." And Love agrees. "It just shows that people are still in love with great songs minus the bells and whistles," he says.
But Nelly's fan base hasn't always been as impressed with his work. His 2008 album, "Brass Knuckles," has only sold 223,000 copies in the United States, according to Nielsen SoundScan. In fact, "Dream"-about missing a former love-has already outpaced sales of "Brass," moving 252,000 downloads, according to SoundScan.
While Nelly was disappointed by the "Brass" outcome, he used it as motivation for his upcoming sixth album. "Like the 5.0 Mustang, it's going to be a classic," the rapper says. "This album is a lot more melodic than most of my previous albums. It has the power, energy and diversity that my fans have allowed me to [draw from] over the years, including pop, rhythmic, urban and even country."
In addition to "Dream" and "Club," the album includes "She So Fly." Featuring T.I., who also produced, the song is about having a second opportunity to impress someone you desire. "1000 Stacks" is another club track featuring Sean "Diddy" Combs and the late Notorious B.I.G. Other guests include Rowland, Baby, Plies, Chris Brown and Nelly's own St. Lunatics crew. The Runners, Polow Da Don, Dutch and Juke Box are among the set's producers.
Aside from "5.0," Nelly hopes to release a St. Lunatics project on the same date and plans to issue the accompanying video to "Dream" in the coming weeks. In between, he's been staging stateside in-stores in support of his Apple Bottoms fashion brand and recently acquired the rights to the Troop clothing line. He also continues to work on his nonprofit organizations, 4Sho4Kids and Jes Us 4 Jackie-the latter inspired by the loss of his sister Jackie to leukemia.
As the countdown to "5.0" begins, Nelly is savoring his return. "I was always told good artists are only one hit away from re-establishing themselves or becoming bigger than they were," he says. "I love the comeback. I love the triumph in it."
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Soulja Boy went in this morning (September 7) on Fabolous via Twitter.
Last week Fabolous dropped a freestyle on Funkmaster Flex's show and dissed Soulja in the process with the line, "pretty boy swag, never coke my nose though."
Soulja heard and is not taking that diss lightly.
"THIS NIGGA FABOLOUS SAID PRETTY BOY SWAG NEVER COKE IN NOSE NIGGA U LAME AS FUCK LOL FUCK U NIGGA WEAK ASS NY RAPPER U SUCK
FABOULOUS U LAME AS FUCK NIGGA LOL U MAKE ME LAUGH U WEAK ASS NIGGA"
"ITS OVER FOR YOU NIGGA @myfabolouslife
RIP @myfabolouslife
UMMA HANDLE YOU NEZT TIME I SEE YOU BOY 1 ON @myfabolouslife
SQUAD UP YOU WEAK ASS NIGGA ITS OVER FOR YOU @myfabolouslife
FUCK LYRICS @myfabolouslife WHEN I SEE U UMMA BEAT YO FACE IN BOY"
"UMMA GIVE YO BITCH ASS THE BLUES NIGGA @myfabolouslife GET READY YOU LAME ASS NIGGA CHIP TOOTH BITCH I HOPE YOU READY NIGGA"
Damn, sounds like it's about to pop off.
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Soulja Boy went in this morning (September 7) on Fabolous via Twitter.
Last week Fabolous dropped a freestyle on Funkmaster Flex's show and dissed Soulja in the process with the line, "pretty boy swag, never coke my nose though."
Soulja heard and is not taking that diss lightly.
"THIS NIGGA FABOLOUS SAID PRETTY BOY SWAG NEVER COKE IN NOSE NIGGA U LAME AS FUCK LOL FUCK U NIGGA WEAK ASS NY RAPPER U SUCK
FABOULOUS U LAME AS FUCK NIGGA LOL U MAKE ME LAUGH U WEAK ASS NIGGA"
"ITS OVER FOR YOU NIGGA @myfabolouslife
RIP @myfabolouslife
UMMA HANDLE YOU NEZT TIME I SEE YOU BOY 1 ON @myfabolouslife
SQUAD UP YOU WEAK ASS NIGGA ITS OVER FOR YOU @myfabolouslife
FUCK LYRICS @myfabolouslife WHEN I SEE U UMMA BEAT YO FACE IN BOY"
"UMMA GIVE YO BITCH ASS THE BLUES NIGGA @myfabolouslife GET READY YOU LAME ASS NIGGA CHIP TOOTH BITCH I HOPE YOU READY NIGGA"
Damn, sounds like it's about to pop off.
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Video After The JumpLil Cease been around for a minute, holding it down ever since he was Notorious B,I.G's right hand man.
Cease chopped it up with Major Moves DVD about what he's been up to and put a rumor to bed.
Cease said he's dropping a new mixtape next month hosted by DJ Kay Slay "Everything Is Hardbody" with features from Styles-P, Peedi Crakk, Sheek Louch, Raekwon, Papoose, Jay Rock, Fabolous, Bustah Rhymes, Young Chris, Shawty Lo and Mr Fab
Rumors that Cease is a snitch have been bouncing around since he testified at Lil Kim's trial a few years back. He says nothing can be further from the truth.
"I don't like talking about no more...it's like this. My paperwork is public record, my name is James Lloyd. Go the building, get my case number and you'll have your own judgment," Cease said. "If a n*gga got a problem with me and wanna address, I'm out on my block, I aint hard to find. I caught plenty cases and never talked, ner ratted on a n*gga"
Cease also sais that he has no more beef with Maino and dismissed Bunk S.A (the dude that recently offered to fight Maino for 10G's, who also called Cease a snitch). Cease says Bunky is one of those disloyal dudes that bounces from crew to crew.
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Video After The JumpLil Cease been around for a minute, holding it down ever since he was Notorious B,I.G's right hand man.
Cease chopped it up with Major Moves DVD about what he's been up to and put a rumor to bed.
Cease said he's dropping a new mixtape next month hosted by DJ Kay Slay "Everything Is Hardbody" with features from Styles-P, Peedi Crakk, Sheek Louch, Raekwon, Papoose, Jay Rock, Fabolous, Bustah Rhymes, Young Chris, Shawty Lo and Mr Fab
Rumors that Cease is a snitch have been bouncing around since he testified at Lil Kim's trial a few years back. He says nothing can be further from the truth.
"I don't like talking about no more...it's like this. My paperwork is public record, my name is James Lloyd. Go the building, get my case number and you'll have your own judgment," Cease said. "If a n*gga got a problem with me and wanna address, I'm out on my block, I aint hard to find. I caught plenty cases and never talked, ner ratted on a n*gga"
Cease also sais that he has no more beef with Maino and dismissed Bunk S.A (the dude that recently offered to fight Maino for 10G's, who also called Cease a snitch). Cease says Bunky is one of those disloyal dudes that bounces from crew to crew.
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Posted by Mr.I Get It on September 6, 2010 at 5:52pm
Last night, Rihanna made a surprise visit to the chatbox over at Rihanna Daily and she revealed some details regarding her new fragrance as well as her upcoming single ‘Only Girl’ and untitled album:Regarding her new album: “I didn’t want to go backward and remake ‘Good Girl Gone Bad’. I wanted the next step in the evolution of Rihanna, and it’s perfect for us”. As for her new, Stargate-produced single: “’Only Girl’ is a bigger sound than ‘Rude Boy’.” The singer also revealed she is finished recording for her new album.‘Only Girl (In The World)’ is set for released tomorrow.Source:YK2Read more…
Posted by Mr.I Get It on September 6, 2010 at 5:26pm
Over the past few years Interscope has been cleaning house. With the recession and all of the cutbacks that major labels had to make in order to stay a float, many artists formerly signed to majors were left with no home and were forced to go independent. But while many were cut, others strategically remained in place in hopes that they would be able to realize the full potential they were initially expected to meet. Ca$his is one of those artists.
Originally from Chicago, and signed to Shady Records, Ca$his is one of the few remaining artists left on Shady Records, a lineup that only now only includes Eminem, D-12 and 50 Cent. But why did they decide to keep Ca$his? What was it that Em saw in this troubled rapper that could make him worthy of staying at Shady Records?Beefs with Royce da 5’9”, Freddie Gibbs, Chamillionaire, Game and the G-Unot camp, jail, drugs, having 11 kids and just wilding out in general, nearly put Ca$his’ career at a standstill. But he is emerging out of the clouds of smoke with a new state of clarity, which is clean and focused.Ca$his is ready to hit the game with some of the best music of his career. Coming out with music for 8 weeks in a row now, a new video and with his manager/long time friend and producer Rikinati by his side, Ca$his is ready hold of his career and the game. Take a look at AllHipHop.com’s up close and personal sit down with one of the game’s most intriguing spitters.AllHipHop.com: So pretty much you are one of the few artists still signed to Shady Records?Ca$his: This is 100% correct.AllHipHop.com: Can you talk to me a little bit about what that is like and how you feel about your experience at Shady Records thus far?Ca$his: It’s a real good feeling man. Being signed to Shady is a real good feeling. It feels good to me to have been here when things were going down and now still when things are going up, just I think for the loyalty that it shows. Because you know a lot of people counted us out and during that time we only got better. And I don’t mean by anyone leaving the label that we improved. Like Obie and Stat, I still consider them part of the team like to me they never left. You know I don’t handle anyone else’s business but from the friend and camaraderie side, nothing has changed and we all are part of the same squad still.To me its good I can reach out from the personal and from the music side how to really deal with music and life a little bit and its made me mature being on Shady Records man. It’s real good on Shady man. I think it’s a blessing and that’s why I’m still here. Never leaving, never planned on it, never was even close to that.AllHipHop.com: That’s what’s up man, its been a rough couple years in the music industry. There were a lot of rumors circulating Interscope and the state of the label. Can you talk about what it was like during that time and how that affected you?Ca$his: Yea I mean I was affected by random people asking me questions that had nothing to do with me and my name being out there in a place it wasn’t. It made me want to go in on my music and just show it wasn’t true what I can do, and I have contact with my label and I know what’s going on and I am glad I got a chance to put something out there.AllHipHop.com: Yea in this industry not many people, even the artists sometimes understand that labels have a budget and that it’s a business.
Ca$his: You can get X’d off a label, not because you are wack but just for budget reasons. Thankfully and luckily that didn’t happen for me because I keep us relevant with a buzz on the internet and on mixtapes and that’s what I do and my job. When Em comes out he makes a big splash. That’s a blessing and that’s what my job has been. To do whatever it takes to keep us visible, until it’s my time to come out. I knew as long as I did my part we were cool.People think this is an emotional business and its really not. Me that’s what I thought and I used to act impulsively and on emotion and not act on strategy. But now it makes it more fun and more complex also. I know a lot of artists that are free agents that are cool artists, and its not because they aren’t talented. Its just because labels aren’t offering those big deals and people think its going to be a Bump J or 50 Cent type deal or some million dollar record deal. That was at a time when more people in the general society were spending more money and making more money. So you have to do what you can to keep yourself at a low cost to your label and to remain highly effective. People miss the real hip hop, but if you Hollywood with it and you think you gonna be sitting on 10, 15, 20k a month with Ferraris and you aren’t selling Ferrari numbers then you forever gonna be on that street corner, and life is short on that street corner.AllHipHop.com: So you are originally from Chicago huh? Bulls fan, White Sox, Y’all just got Manny Ramirez.Ca$his: (Laughs) Oh yea 79th Street, South Side, Southeast Side. Definitely White Sox, Bulls and BlackHawks, everything man.AllHipHop.com: Talk to me about how Chicago shaped your style and how you’ve taken it to the West coast.Ca$his: Well like Chicago inspired me as a person, that makes me who I am, is Chicago. I grew up listening to Phsyco Drama, and Twista, Crucial Conflict, Young Buk from Psychodrama, Common Sense and I kind of learned how to formulate my rhymes like that. Its more melodic with your voice but also like witty with your words. Its like that soul feeling and that zone where I can just mash out on a track or whatever.AllHipHop.com: So you said that you pretty much have been wildin out in the music. Can you elaborate on what you meant by that?Ca$his: I was wilding out, and you can hear it in the music, you can see it in my face. And, I’m a big influence on a lot of people. A lot of times (pauses)… I believe that’s why I smoke weed, to maintain my sanity. Cause I’m always going through ups and downs, a lot. It’s crazy. So, that depression and that inner anger, that feeling of uncertainty, because when I feel that uncertainty, and fear, I just get angry. I just don’t act out like a little kid. Or get nervous. You would never tell that, and you would have to know me, to understand that. Because that’s when I become completely irrational, and do some of the things that I may rap about. From that, I was a negative influence on my kids , my older and younger homeboy’s; my relatives. On everything. It was a part of me, and its in my blood, and musically, I had to change that, because that’s what came out.Then it came to omitting the word ni**er. Not just from my normal vocabulary, because that is kind of hard for us to do, but as far as my lyrical content. Just musically, I won’t say it because I feel that I don’t need to say it. You know the crowds that opens up? The doors that opens up? Because, you know, I’m from Chicago man, and ain’t no way anybody black can roll down my hood singing, “ Imma lay that ni**a out”. Cause its gonna be a problem. And not I'm saying that it should be a problem. I’m just saying that it could be a problem because that is just how people are.
AllHipHop.com: What, if any, is the projected release date on the album that your working on? Or are you just focusing on building up the buzz right now?Ca$his: The album is 75% done. This is my plan. I about to unveil my grand plan, just for ya’ll baby [ in his Midwest accent]. My plan is just to go super hard. I went in super, crazy hard on this 12 song project that we putting out through Shady/Aftermath. This is all original material, and I gave my all on each record. From the production, to the A&R, I mean, everything lined up perfectly. And I honestly feel, that this is gonna destroy a lot of stuff. Honestly, I think, that if its tight enough, and the people want it, and they feel about it the way that I feel about it, I could just give them the top 5 songs off the CD, and package it up, and that can be a CD. I’m telling you! It’s real, and the music that I have been recording right now is just real.AllHipHop.com: That’s what its all about. I think that even that way with my writing and stuff. I think that once I lose that love for what I do, its not the same. Its not what you originally started doing it for.Ca$his: Exactly. I started doing this for money. When I first started doing this, I was doing it for nothing. [sarcastically] And with that, I gotta bring a quarter pound of weed with me, 12 guns, 3 vest, and mob dudes giving out neckties, and I thought to myself…..wait a minute, wait a minute, I ain’t getting none of this money. Man, hell nah. That’s when my music started becoming better, and my music started becoming better. And, I started remembering this is what its about. Now that im starting to do better again, I still just focus on the music. When you take away the hype of it, and the publicity stunts, its just about the music.AllHipHop.com: With that being said, what kind of stuff are you listening to?Ca$his: Man, I listen to…(pause), Honestly dog, I don’t listen to nobody. I listen to the stuff that I do. I mean, I do music so fast, and so much, that I don’t even have time to listen to my shit. I’ll record something, and for like 3 days, ill be rocking with it, and then it will be another studio session, and that’s old to me now, and I don’t care about it. If we in the car, and we may be going on a ride or something, I definitely bring that Twista, I listen to a lot of R. Kelly, cause he from my home. I bump a lot of Chicago shit, like Crucial Conflict, their second album, stays on repeat. A lot of Scarface. But I also ride out, and listen to a lot of old school R&B, like Frankie Beverly and Maze; all that music that was before me, but when I sit back and listen to it, it’s relaxing.AllHipHop.com: Speaking of those dudes, do you still have any contact with G-Unit at all?Ca$his: Yeah, I mean everything is still cool. It was never like, we just hanging around each other all day everyday. But everything is still cool. It’s a business. I don’t know. I mean I’m on Shady. They do what they do. But its still like, we on the same team. I know when I came out, I thought it was like a gang. I’m like “ woo, woo, woo..” and chasing people out clubs, wearing G-Unot T-Shirts. And I got talking to my brother Kino, and he was like, “ What are you doing? You putting your life on the line.” I was like "I’m riding." But, you know, I still have a line of communication with them, but its not like we chilling together, or doing all that. I’m concerned about getting my money, and they concerned about getting they money too. They getting hot again, to where they trying to do a takeover. I’m doing the same thing. I don’t have all the bread they got, but I’m getting my money in, and I’m getting super hot. And it makes sense. Cause I don’t ever want to have to pay anyone to do a record with me. If I can do a record with Em, we just trade art. You respect me, I respect you. But I just want people to see that I’m going somewhere, and so that way, we can make some money to where it’s a favor for a favor.AllHipHop.com: One of the things that I wanted to touch on throughout this interview is that whole situation. I know you were pulling people out with G-Unot T-Shirts and all. But this is the hip-hop game. People have beef. Can you talk about your beef with Freddie Gibbs, or Chamillionaire, or Royce da 5’9?
Ca$his: Alright. Let’s start with Royce. Man, straight up that was some bulls**t. Some weak ass shit. That’s crazy, cause I didn’t know. I was all Xanied out; not saying that I wouldn’t have did it sober, but I saw something when he called my man a cracker. I was like, “ F**k you mean, ni**a, you with racism? F**k outta here homeboy! ” . That s**t pissed me the f**k off. So, I probably would have done that s**t sober too. But, that was just me not having restraint. Cause I called to check and see what was going on. I didn’t know that the s**t was mad old, and all that. You know, and the end of the day, I just let it ride. I reached out to the muthaf**ka like, “ Yo, what’s up with the record? “ But he respected it. But he also know ain’t no hoes over here. I ain’t scared of s**t. Not saying that Im the biggest, baddest, toughest muthaf**ka, but you wouldn’t be able to tell that. And I got a big ass family, and we go after it. But, he know I’d ride for him that same way. We ended up doing bomb ass music together. Now we on the same squad.
Now, Chamillionaire. I ain’t got no beef with Chamillionaire. We got a bomb ass record together too. He cooler than a muthaf**ka. I actually like his material. But, it was like, he had this video. And he was like “ Ca$his, how you man? “ . He had this black dude in the video with white make-up on. Running around like, Cashis Bonds. And I had just came out, so I thought that it was distasteful. And my songs had already been released before that video came out. And I was like Ca$his, that’s not your name, who are you dissing? And I had to call my manager at Suave House, like yo, homey, let him know. And Suave know how I am, and he was like whoa! It would have been a problem if I seen him on my scene. Cause I felt threatened. I am straight from the streets. I was like oh, you burning , you making jokes, and you got people laughing, using my name? Oh, I’m on you, dog. But I let him know, and his people said that it was no problem. But we reached out to each other, and did a record together with the homie Talito. It wasn’t like I was like I’m sorry, I was just like, yo let’s do some music. I just felt like we grown, and that was some bulls**t. If turned out to be good thing, which was a blessing.
As far as Freddie Gibbs, I don’t even know that dude. I don’t know. I don’t know what to say, like straight up. I wasn’t even aware of him until like 2 days before he dissed me. One of my A&R’s had hit me like won’t I do this record with this dude Freddie Gibbs. He is out of the Midwest and went to California like you. I’m like, okay, that’s what’s up. He from the Midwest, I’ll f**k with him. So, the next day I went in the studio, and laid down a dope ass record, and was gonna hand it over to him. The next day, I get an e-mail from my A&R like don’t do the record with the dude, and I look in the e-mail, and homie [Freddie Gibbs] is talking mad s**t in the e-mail.And I’m like, Oh my God, that was the ultimate slap in the face, cause I’m really working harder than a muthaf**ka to be good. To do good. I been telling people that I don’t diss people in my music, I’m tryna stay out of jail. Then this dude come with that. So, I’m like alright. I didn’t know what to do, so I just won’t respond. Because he called me a buster, which means that he wasn’t talking about rapping. So, I’m not talking about rapping. So, he gone have to prove that I’m a buster. I ain’t gonna go looking for that ni**a, because I don’t know him. And I would have wished him the best, but it seems like we are cut from a similar cloth, or he’s mimicking. One of the two. Because we both have a Pac sort of influenced style. We both went from the Midwest to California. We both supposedly like guns and all this crazy s**t. So, either we are similar or someone is copying someone. And I know its not me, because I came out first.I feel as though we should have done something to unify the Midwest. And to help them be stronger in California. I don’t bang any California gang, so I can go anywhere. I got a whole gang of Latino homies, I got a gang of homies from 60’s [*known Crip area], I got homies everywhere. From Bloods to Crips, I got a lot of homies, and I’m not even into that type of thing. I do my own thing. But you called me a buster; I got a 13 year old, a 12 year old, 11 year old. My kids read that. My momma read that. I got enemies that read that whom I probably did something to for less. As a man, that threatened me. You called me a buster. So, I would never threaten or respond in rap. Because, I don’t think that the people need that from me. I feel like the best way to address a hip- hop beef is to put out better music. And I know I put out way better music than Freddie Gibbs.I mean, I am about to put out a dangerous album, that you[ Freddie Gibbs] had a great opportunity to be a part of, and gets some fame off of. And I just don’t understand why someone would diss someone that is trying so much to change his ways. That’s like the devil. Satan. And for a minute I was playing Satan’s angel. Save other people dissing, cause for a minute, I was doing that. It got me nowhere. I got poor publicity, and it got me nowhere. And now I’m on the other side, so my karma is good. And I am never gonna reply back musically.AllHipHop.com: Did any of the situations Eminem went through with his decision to go to rehab, did that influence your decision to change your life?Ca$his: No, because I didn’t know he was going to rehab. They kept it a secret from everybody. Because we used to talk everyday, than it became less and less. And I just thought that he was working, then he came out, and we talked about it, and it was so eye opening, and was like oh shit. But me, I used to go in the studio with like 80 valium, literally 80 valium, and record. And my speech used to be all slurred. Like, I couldn’t annunciate for nothing. What did it for me is that I kept getting in trouble. I kept getting cases, and it caused me to keep losing everything. I had looked up, and I had almost lost my family. My girl had came to me, and said look what you doing to yourself, baby. Like you don’t even know your kids, you don’t even know yourself. That’s not you. You becoming a walking zombie.
I just knew that I was moving too fast. You know, I was kind of hostile all the time. That ain’t a good influence on Eminem. Cause I’m sitting here popping pills, and he’s trying to get clean secretively. He can’t be around me, because I’m professing it. I got Xanax bars tattooed on me. I’m like we got them everywhere we go, pills by the hundred. Obviously, you would want that around someone who is trying there best to get clean. So, I started going through my own things, and started to get well. It just so happen that it was at a similar time that Em did. So, when I popped up in New York, and I was like what’s up, they were shocked because they could see a clear difference. And they were like, aww man, he’s back. Everything has been lovely every since then, and the music has been speaking for itself.Source:AllHipHopRead more…
Posted by Mr.I Get It on September 6, 2010 at 5:25pm
Ludacris scrolled through his Rolodex for his 5th Annual LudaDay Weekend, a weekend-long event meant as a platform to give back to the community. The Atlanta MC took over Morehouse Gym at Forbes Arena yesterday (Sept. 5) for a celebrity basketball game, where stars including Nelly, Chris Brown, Bow Wow, Chris Paul, and Polow Da Don squared off on the court while Ne-Yo, Kelly Rowland, and Teairra Mari watched from the sidelines. Ballin’!
Posted by Mr.I Get It on September 6, 2010 at 5:13pm
(AllHipHop News) Rapper 50 Cent continues to shake up the "Twitterverse" with a series of tweets today that drew the scorn of celebrity blogger, Perez Hilton.The rap star took to his Twitter page today (September 6th) and took aim at Perez Hilton, who labeled 50 Cent a "douche bag" in a tweet.Today, 50 Cent addressed the issue when he jokingly tweeted that he had a friend shoot up a gay wedding, along with a link to a picture of people fleeing a tragic scene.Hilton immediately noticed the tweets and replied."50 Cent joking about violence towards gays is about as expired as the days when he used to be musically relevant," Perez Hilton tweeted.50 replied that he wasn't scared of the "pink mafia," an alleged underground powerful group of gay Hollywood movers and shakers.The rapper posted another link to a man on a subway doing a split with the quotation: "You're dead 50! Dead! We are looking for your ass!"50 Cent then urged Hilton to calm down."Stop being so sensitive its a joke," 50 Cent tweeted. "Your acting like a big baby have a nice day…And my next song will make your sweet ass dance lol chill out."Perez Hilton insinuated that 50 Cent might be a homosexual, accusations that were also levied at the rapper by openly gay singer, Rufus Wainwright in an April issue of Details magazine."50 Cent joking about my sweet ass confirms my suspicions about 50 Cent. And scene!"50 Cent and Perez Hilton have a combined total of 5,514,142 followers.Source:AllhipHopRead more…
Video After The JumpWhat's worse than watching ur friend get his a** kicked? You jumping in the action and getting knocked the f*ck out for your troubles.
Looked like a simple one on one scrap with one guy badly over matched, but hey it's like that sometimes.
His friend gets all amped up and decides he was gonna put it down for his people and represent, by fighting another guy himself.
Captain Save Em rips his shirt and the fight is on, Captain Save Em tried some week a** kick that got met with a fist the face. Dude fell like a face first on the concrete. Flawless Victory!
I respect both the dudes that lost, they fought fair, but they just need to be doing something else. Like playing tennis or something. This fight game ant for everybody.
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Video After The JumpWhat's worse than watching ur friend get his a** kicked? You jumping in the action and getting knocked the f*ck out for your troubles.
Looked like a simple one on one scrap with one guy badly over matched, but hey it's like that sometimes.
His friend gets all amped up and decides he was gonna put it down for his people and represent, by fighting another guy himself.
Captain Save Em rips his shirt and the fight is on, Captain Save Em tried some week a** kick that got met with a fist the face. Dude fell like a face first on the concrete. Flawless Victory!
I respect both the dudes that lost, they fought fair, but they just need to be doing something else. Like playing tennis or something. This fight game ant for everybody.
Read more…
Video After The JumpWhat's worse than watching ur friend get his a** kicked? You jumping in the action and getting knocked the f*ck out for your troubles.
Looked like a simple one on one scrap with one guy badly over matched, but hey it's like that sometimes.
His friend gets all amped up and decides he was gonna put it down for his people and represent, by fighting another guy himself.
Captain Save Em rips his shirt and the fight is on, Captain Save Em tried some week a** kick that got met with a fist the face. Dude fell like a face first on the concrete. Flawless Victory!
I respect both the dudes that lost, they fought fair, but they just need to be doing something else. Like playing tennis or something. This fight game ant for everybody.
Read more…
Video After The JumpWhat's worse than watching ur friend get his a** kicked? You jumping in the action and getting knocked the f*ck out for your troubles.
Looked like a simple one on one scrap with one guy badly over matched, but hey it's like that sometimes.
His friend gets all amped up and decides he was gonna put it down for his people and represent, by fighting another guy himself.
Captain Save Em rips his shirt and the fight is on, Captain Save Em tried some week a** kick that got met with a fist the face. Dude fell like a face first on the concrete. Flawless Victory!
I respect both the dudes that lost, they fought fair, but they just need to be doing something else. Like playing tennis or something. This fight game ant for everybody.
Read more…
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