Poll After The JumpNicki Minaj is the toast of hip hop, and now even the pop world as Rolling Stone has given her the title of the "Queen Of Hip Hop" in it's upcoming issue
Nicki deserves all the credit she's getting right now. Her debut album 'Pink Friday' is expected to sell over 400,000 units its first week out. She's gotten co-signs from almost every major rapper out there from Joe Budden to Kanye West. But does she deserve the title of "queen" after only one album?.
Let's look at some other female rappers who should also be considered for that title.
Foxy BrownYears In The Game : 15Solo Albums : 4 (2 certified platinum, 1 certified gold)Group Albums: 1 "The Firm" Album With Nas, AZ & Nature - (certified gold)Missy ElliotYears In The Game - 19Solo Albums : 6 (1 certified double platinum. 4 certified platinum, And 1 gold)Group Albums: 1 with the group Swing Mob early in her career, that was never releasedLil KimYears In The Game: 16
Solo Albums: 4 (1 certified double platinum, 2 certified platinum)Group Albums1 Junior M.A.F.I.A album (certified platinum)EveYears In The Game: 16Solo Albums: 3 (1 certified double platinum, 1 certified platinum, 1 certified gold)Group Albums: Eve appeared on 3 Ruff Ryders complilation albumsLauryn HillYears In The Game 19
Solo Albums:2 (1 certified 8x platinum, 1 certified platinum)
Group Albums: 2 (1 Certified 6x platinum)
After taking a look at the careers of Foxy Brown, Eve, Missy Elliot, Lil Kim and Lauryn Hill, it would seem Nicki Minaj has some stiff competition for the title of "Queen Of Hip Hop"
Which one of these ladies would you give that title to?
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Video After The JumpThese B2K dudes are popping up everywhere for all the wrong reasons lately.
You got looney a** Raz B, telling anybody who will listen about the gay activities that went down with the group. Now here comes Omarion daing the Bhangra.
Before yall even start, I'm not dissing the style of music.
What I'm wondering about is the move Omarion is performing, starting at the 0:57 mark.
I read on Wikipedia that "the specific moves of Bhangra reflect the manner in which villagers farmed their land" in India.
That doesn't look like it has anything to do with farming to me, O looks too damn happy.
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If today you tried to log in to one of your favorite sites that allowed the downloading of pirated movies, music, music videos or sold counterfeit goods, chances are it's gone.
The Department of Justice, Homeland Security Investigations and National Intellectual Property Rights Coordination Center have been quite busy the last couple of days.
Lots of hip hop fans were in shock when they signed on to RapGodfathers,com and OnSmash yesterday, only to find the sites had been seized by ICE.
But those seizures were just tip of the iceberg. Dozens of other domains have fallen victim in the U.S. Government's latest attempt to shut down rampant piracy and bootlegging that is costing the record industry, movie companies and clothing manufacturers billions of dollars annually.
As you would expect, lots of domain owners were caught completely off guard.
“My domain has been seized without any previous complaint or notice from any court!” the owner of Torrent-Finder told TorrentFreak.“I firstly had DNS downtime. While I was contacting GoDaddy I noticed the DNS had changed. Godaddy had no idea what was going on and until now they do not understand the situation and they say it was totally from ICANN."Cori W. Baqssett, a spokewoman for Ice confirmed the seizures in a statement to the New York Times.
“ICE office of Homeland Security Investigations executed court-ordered seizure warrants against a number of domain names. As this is an ongoing investigation, there are no additional details available at this time," she said.
Check out the full list of seized sited below.
2009jerseys.com
51607.com
amoyhy.com
b2corder.com
bishoe.com
borntrade.com
borntrade.net
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cheapscarfshop.com
coachoutletfactory.com
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discountscarvesonsale.com
dvdcollectionsale.com
dvdcollects.com
dvdorderonline.com
dvdprostore.com
dvdscollection.com
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dvdsuperdeal.com
eluxury-outlet.com
getdvdset.com
gofactoryoutlet.com
golfstaring.com
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handbag9.com
handbagcom.com
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icqshoes.com
ipodnanouk.com
jersey-china.com
jerseyclubhouse.com
jordansbox.com
lifetimereplicas.com
louis-vuitton-outlet-store.com
lv-outlets.com
lv-outlets.net
lv-outletstore.com
massnike.com
merrytimberland.com
mycollects.com
mydreamwatches.com
mygolfwholesale.com
newstylerolex.com
nfljerseysupply.com
nibdvd.com
odvdo.com
oebags.com
onsmash.com
overbestmall.com
rapgodfathers.com
realtimberland.com
rmx4u.com
scarfonlineshop.com
scarfviponsale.com
shawls-store.com
silkscarf-shop.com
silkscarfonsale.com
skyergolf.com
sohob2b.com
sohob2c.com
storeofeast.com
stuff-trade.com
sunglasses-mall.com
sunogolf.com
tbl-sports.com
throwbackguy.com
tiesonsale.com
timberlandlike.com
topabuy.com
torrent-finder.com
usaburberryscarf.com
usaoutlets.net
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Christina Milian has millions of reasons to smile today.
The L.A. Times is reporting the singer got nice chunk of change in her divorce settlement from The-Dream.
Dream has to cough up a limp sum of $4 million plus $5,000 a month in child support.
Not a bad payday for a marriage that didn't even last a year.
The pair were married in September 2009, but by July 2010, The-Dream was photographed all boo-boo up with his assistant.
In exchange for the settlement and continued support, Milian has reportedly signed a strict non disclosure agreement. So there won't be any books or talks dishing dirt on her ex.
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For all you dudes that have been under the impression that you're taking sufficent showers, Ghostface Killah has a message for you.
Pretty Tony took to his twitter the other day to let yall brothas know you need to step your personal hygiene game up.
"Thats not cleaning yourself. I don't give a f*ck how much soap you put on your little bird a** chest nigga. It ain't working my n*gga. Nah mean, get your a** in the shower son. Get between your toes n*gga. Wipe your a** n*gga.
"Don't wash your nuts and then wash your face. You feel me! You goin' backwards. A lot of y'all n*ggas ain't know that sh*t! Nah mean? And scrub hard! Scrub your b*lls hard n*gga, scrub your little dirt off your ankles that when you was a lil kid u couldn't get em off & shit. Shit kept sticking there even tho how hard you tried haha. For y'all n*ggas that got that sh*t, y'all niggas ain't clean man. Word up man!
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"Where my ring? Knew you had it cause you took too long as Micky, Annie and the girl who bought it looked on. Huffing and puffing, gun in my hand told you to step outside. Hoping you said no, but you hurt my pride. Made our way down the steps, maybe you thought it was just a threat. Or maybe your life was just that crazy and you was begging for death. Tried to justify this in my young mind, but the adrenaline and my ego hurt combined drove me berserk. Saw the devil in your eyes, high off more than weed, confused, I just closed my young eyes and squeezed. What a sound, opened my eyes just in time to see you stumbling to the ground. Damn, what I done now?" Jay-Z "You Must Love Me"
I remember the the first time I heard Jay-Z's song "You Must Love Me." A joint that describes several incidents he was involved in as a youth, that he later came to regret. Acts Such as selling crack to his own mother, using a young girl as a mule to carry cocaine (she gets popped by the police), and shooting his own brother.
I often wondered if any of it was true or just typical rap boasting from Hov, trying to add "realness" to the song.
In an interview with the UK Guardian, Jay-Z admits at least one of the scenarios is %100 fact. At the age of 12, he shot his crack addicted older brother over a stolen ring.
"I thought my life was over. I thought I'd go to jail for ever." Hov said "It was terrible. I was a boy, a child. I was terrified."
Luckily the bullet hit his brother in the shoulder and wasn't a life threatening wound. When Hov visited him in the hospital, his brother apologized for stealing the ring and didn't press charges against him.
In the interview Jay goes on to describe how prevalent guns were at that time in his neighborhood of Brooklyn, New York. A problem that has only gotten worse in every hood across America.
"Guns were everywhere. You didn't have to go far to get one. Just everywhere," he said. "Guns were around every day. There were shootouts, but I never shot anyone else. Most people in shootouts don't get shot."
Jigga claims he was shot at three times, but never hit. "It's like there was some rogue angel watching over us," he said.
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Video After The Jump(CBS) "Even if the world comes crashing down," go his lyrics. "I stand tall proud back against the wall."
He is a one-of-a kind rapper, reports CBS News correspondent John Bentley.
That's because this artist - who goes by Signmark - was born deaf. In an art form rooted in the spoken word, Signmark doesn't say a word. Instead, he signs his way through his songs.
"Those two words, music and deaf, they've never gone together," signed Signmark
Deaf and hearing music fans haven't gone together before, either. Signmark bridges that gap with the rapper Brandon, who gives voice to his lyrics.
Signmark recently performed in New York City as part of International Deaf Awareness week, during his tour of the U.S. But he hasn't always been interested in rap. He got his musical start at 7-years-old translating Christmas carols.
"We felt kind of isolated when they started singing Christmas carols and I felt it wasn't fair so I said to my grandmother, stop playing the piano for a minute, look at me, let me try to read your lips, and I'll try to interpret what you're saying to my parents so we can participate," said Signmark through a translator.
As a teenager, rap appealed to Signmark because he identified with rappers feelings of having no voice in society.
"They want equality, they're fighting for rights from the government, fighting for information, that was right up my alley and I said that's what I want to do," said Signmark.
In 2009, Signmark became the first deaf rapper ever to land a record contract. Even though Signmark can't hear the music, he literally feels the beat; his fans can feel it too.
"You can go to a concert with earplugs and you'll feel it, you'll then notice that you feel it in your body," said Signmark
His sign language becomes part of his performance; a new art form that creates a shared experience for the hearing and the deaf, with neither side being left at a loss for words.
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Audio After The JumpLeading up to the potential "Fight Of The Decade" we've heard a lot of different reasons for why it might not happen. Everything from money, to Olympic Style Drug Testing demanded by the Mayweather camp, to tension between the two promotors, Bob Arum and Golden Boy Promotions. All have been cited as possible stumbling blocks to what would be the most lucrative boxing match in history.Floyd Mayweather Sr has come up with one I have never heard of before. He told "On The Ropes Radio" that he has concerns for his son's life if the fight takes place.
"I’m just saying this right here, my concern is for my son’s protection. My concern is for my son’s life, that’s why. If my son’s fighting that little man, I’m concerned about my son’s life. That’s what I’m telling you." Floyd Sr said.
During the interview, it's clear that Floyd Sr suspects Pacquiao is doing something illegal to gain an advantage. Although he doesn't come out and say it directly.
He also says that Pacquiao pretended to be hurt by a body shot thown by Antonio Margarito in their match last weekend. Floyd Sr thinks some kind of ruse unfolded during the fight because both men are managed by Bob Arum."I think well you know, both of them are with Bob Arum and I think that he didn’t care about one as much as he cared about the other one. That’s what I believe, and I believe that he didn’t care about one as much as the other one. I believe that Pacquiao, to me there was no doubt anyway. I told everybody that Pacquiao is going to beat him up real bad or stop him, and that’s what he did. Pacquiao caught myself I believed, when the guy hit him to the body, I can’t say who told Pacquiao to act like he did, like he was hurt. Man, he wasn’t hurt. Believe me. He might have been hurt before when he got his ass whopped by one of them little bitty fighters when he was fighting in a smaller weight class when he got stopped when a guy hit him to the body. But now, when he got hit this time by a much, much, much bigger man, he got hit solid. If another smaller guy hit him like that and he put him on the ground and he couldn’t even get up, how is a big old man this big, way, way bigger than him with way, way more weight and hit him to the body and then he just comes out of it. He was hit to the head a few times by some good straight right hands. It never moved him. So I don’t know. If somebody don’t see what’s going on, I don’t know what. What’s in my mind stays with me and there it is"Me myself personally, if they had the fight I’d tell my son not to fight him! Not because my son can’t beat him, because my son could beat him easy. He’s nothing big. He’s nothing hard to find. He can be found, and even Margarito showed you can hit him when you want to hit him. How in the hell is Margarito hitting somebody as big and slow as he is? He couldn’t hit me in my sleep. So how in the world is he hitting this man now? I know my son is different. He’d tear him apart, but the whole thing is I’m like this right here. If I was my son, I have my reasons why I would not fight that man. I would have my reasons for not fighting that little bitty man. I got my reasons why, and I ain’t got to tell nobody nothing. Everybody knows what time it is."
It's important to note that Floyd Sr does not speak for his son. Yes they have reconciled recently after not talking for years. But Floyd Jr is trained by his uncle Roger, and his management team does not include Floyd Sr.
There's much more to the interview so check out the excerpt below.
To hear the interview in it's entirety go to www.EastSideBoxing.com.
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Video After The JumpNot satisfied with being the best female singer R&B has to offer, Beyonce is hard at work creating her own 'genre of music.'
While on the set of her new Vizio television commercial, Beyonce talked to ET about what she's working on.
"I'm here with Vizio shooting a commercial now, so it's great. I love to dance, I love to sing, and I'm actually in the studio writing songs and producing. I have a lot of live instruments that I'm putting into the tracks to try to change the sound and make my own genre of music," Beyonce says.
There have been many genre's of R&B music. Everything from funk, neo soul, new jack swing and classic soul to name a few. It will be interesting to see what B's new style will be dubbed.
B is also staying busy outside of music. Vizio is just the latest in a long line of products the super popular singer is endorsing. She looked genuinely excited, as she talked about the concept of the new commercial.
"The concept today is, basically someone is watching the television, and I decided to step in their living room and perform especially for them. And the tv looks so wonderful they're ignoring me," she explains. "So I'm stepping it up and I'm trying to perform harder, and it doesn't matter, the TV is better!"
Cool concept, although we all know, no sane man could ignore Beyonce.
The commercial debuts on Thanksgiving Day.
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Video After The JumpHip Hop mogul Russell Simmons stopped by 'Naughty But Nice With Rob' recently for an interview. During one segment he was asked about his good friend Kanye West.
Simmons said he hadn't spoken with Ye in a while, but expressed disappointment with Kanye's apology to George Bush during a Today Show interview with Matt Lauer.
"I'm a little disappointed he apologized to George Bush. I felt like why do that sh*t? Russell said. "We have to accept that celebrities have great power. And some of them have great voices, and poets have always had great power. Kanye says things that people think but don't always get to say, so when he says 'George Bush don't like black people,' it was what millions of Americans thought and felt."Read more…
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1. The Re-Introduction
2. Break Em Down f. Rico Love
3. Philly
4. Take a Picture f. Rico Love
5. Street Secrets f. Freeway
6. My Money f. Busy Signal
7. None of Dem f. Emjay & Rico Love
8. I’m Choosin
9. Top Notch f. Billy Blue & JW
10. Air Out
11. Harder to Leave
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Video After The JumpThe video shoot for Dr Dre's "Kush" video just went down in Los Angeles.
A lot of Cali love was on deck, as Roccett, E-40, Glasses Malone and more showed up for the shoot.
West Coast rapper Rockett says he has a newfound respect for G-Unit boss 50 Cent. As Roccett tells it, 50 rolled up on a group of crips, showing no fear and asked for directions to the video shoot.
"I don't know what issues certain n*ggas got with other n*ggas, I don't get into all that," Rockett said. "But I know right now [at that moment], I'm on the corner with the crips straight up. I don't know 50... 50 don't know me. The n*gga drive by us, we don't know who he is, so we looking at the car like 'who cuz?' He pull off [and] u-turn back and pull up like 'where the video shoot?' We like 'cuz this n*gga gonna double back?'. I got respect for cuz period [after that]. The way he did that, most rap n*ggas wouldn't have doubled back. Most rap n*ggas would have been like 'is that 15-20 n*ggas on the corner? I aint turning around.' "
Roccetts' homie chimed in. "He doubled back with his head out of the car [sunroof]. Most n*ggs wouldn't have done that. We respect him for that."
50 once again proves he really is the realest dude in the game.
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Video After The Jump(Reuters) - Actor Wesley Snipes was ordered on Friday to start serving a three-year prison sentence for failing to file income tax returns by a federal judge who rejected the Hollywood star's bid for a new trial.
"The defendant Snipes had a fair trial ... The time has come for the judgment to be enforced," U.S. District Judge Terrell Hodges said in his ruling.
Revoking bail for the 48-year-old star of the "Blade" trilogy, the judge ordered him to report to prison as directed by the U.S. Marshals Service or Bureau of Prisons.
It was not clear when or where Snipes would begin serving his time behind bars, however. His lawyer, Daniel Meachum, has said he would appeal if a new trial was denied.
Meachum told the Orlando Sentinel the ruling was shocking.
"Wesley is very disappointed but staying strong and positive," the newspaper quoted Meachum as saying.
Snipes had already lost his appeal of the prison sentence stemming from his 2008 conviction in Hodges' Ocala, Florida, court on three counts of "willful failure to file tax returns" for 1999 through 2001.
Snipes was found not guilty of five other counts in the high-profile felony tax case.
In seeking a new trial, Meachum had argued that jurors in the original trial were biased and that the prosecution's star witness had his own criminal problems.
At his sentencing, prosecutors said Snipes, a resident of Windermere, Florida, had earned more than $38 million since 1999 but had filed no tax returns or paid any taxes through October 2006.
Although he is best known for his roles in action films, Snipes has also had critical success in comedies like "White Men Can't Jump" in 1992. He played the lead in director Spike Lee's interracial drama "Jungle Fever" in 1991 and also played the jazz saxophonist in Lee's "Mo' Better Blues" in 1990.
Eric Thompson, a supervisor in the U.S. Marshals Service office in Orlando, Florida, said the Bureau of Prisons would notify Snipes and his lawyer of a surrender date.
"He'll probably get it by certified mail," Thompson said.
He declined to say what prison was likely to be selected for Snipes except to say that it would not be in Florida.
A listing for Snipes already posted on the Federal Bureau of Prisons website says his prisoner ID or registration number as 43355-018, his location is "in transit" and his release date is "unknown."
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The Game's latest album has been pushed back to Nevuary. So that's left the Compton MC a lot of time to sit on twitter and beg G-Unit boss, 50 Cent for a reunion.Fif hasn't responded back directly, but Capo, Tony Yayo fired cannon shots yesterday at the bi-polar mc. And let him know in no uncertain terms there will be no G-Unit reunion.
That tweet sparked off a war of words between the two former associates.
The Game: 1st of all @tonyyayo when I was talkin bout a G-Unit reunion I wasn't talkin to you "YOU F*CKIN PUPPET" I was talkin to CURTIS MAN 2 MAN! But keep "TRYNA STUNT" & I will RE-BRAKE every bone in yo CAREER like I did da 1st time N*GGA !Tony Yayo: @thegame u the puppet Henchmen had his hand up your a** for years. And now that u don't have hits out how u gon feed them Blood n*ggas
Yayo was referring to Game's manager Jimmy Henchman, who was recently exposed by the New York Daily News as being a federal informant.
The war of words didn't end there. Yayo kicked more dirt in Game's face. He brought up the infamous concert footage that shows an audience member throwing beer on Game and his young son. The Compton rapper doesn't even retaliate, instead he just walks off stage.
Tony Yayo: This my last thing Ima say cuz real Gangsters don't beef on twitter I know u soft your last show niggas threw beer on u n ur kids "P*ssy"The Game: @tonyyayo The n*gga dat threw beer @ me & my kids got "STOMPED DA F*CK OUT" but dat wasnt nothing but THE DEVIL. I walk wit GOD clown !Tony Yayo: @thegame Everybody look at the old footage of him sayin "Free Yayo" D*ckridin. U called me for your first album Stripper
The Game : @tonyyayo U IGNORANT MY N*GGA. @youngbuckmarley I guess they just don't make REAL NIGGAS like they used 2 BUCK. I tried to BE KOOL #deadDAT. But on sum REAL N*GGA SH*T from me 2 u, Stay up homie & if we EVER cross PATHS... We can SWING IT whichever way you want. ONE LOVE
After all that, Game still ended up kissing a**. He's gotten so used to doing it lately, he can't seem to help himself.
The Game: @50cent when you wanna HOLLA, u know how 2 find me. @lloydbanks KEEP MAKIN HITS nigga. @tonyyayo GROW UP nigga & maybe as MEN we can chop it
Yayo closed the show by throwing a shot at Young Buck just in case he wanted to jump into the action.
Tony Yayo: I know @youngbuckmarley aint talkin. I can buy his 615 piece now and as for @thegame Interscope wasting their money. That's it I'm done for the day. See me when u see me StripperRead more…
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