// Monthly Archives: April 2008

Freestyle 101: Tha Alkaholiks (West Coast Legends)..

Tha Alkaholiks are legends on the West Coast, point blank. Over the course of their five classic albums they brought booze and beer to the otherwise smoke-heavy scene of hip hop via tracks like \”Hip Hop Drunkies,\” \”Only When I\’m Drunk,\” and \”All Night.\” They were one of the first hip hop acts to jump [...]

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Game: GTA IV – Grand Theft Auto IV..

The video game “Grand Theft Auto IV” has arrived in stores, and even if you don’t care about games, pay attention to this one. Gamers who have played early versions say “GTA IV” could reach a new milestone in video gaming’s ascent toward acceptance as interactive art. Yeah, they say, it’s that good. Based on [...]

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Audio: Grafh – Not Guilty (The Peoples Verdict)..

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Audio: Lil’ Wayne Feat. Young Jeezy – Lollipop Remix..

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Audio: Mobb Deep – Dirty New Yorker..

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Audio: Busta Rhymes – Where My Fuckin Money..

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Audio: CNN Feat. The Clipse – My Hood..

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Audio: LL Cool J Ft. Jim Jones, Method Man, KRS-One & Lil Kim – The 5 Boroughs Is Back..

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Audio: Jay-Z – Blow The Whistle..

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Download: Lil’ Kim – Rider Freestyle (Audio)..

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Young Chris (of Young Gunz): Talks Of State Property Reunion, Beanie Siegel, Lil’ Wayne..

If you didn’t get the hint from records like “Ocean’s Seven” and “Live in Effect,” State Property have officially reunited. Young Chris of the Young Gunz told us all it took was for everybody to sit down together and air out their differences like grown men. “We had good conversations,” said Chris, who just released [...]

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Lloyd Banks: Talks Of Young Buck, G-Unit’s Recent Allegations And His Artistic Plans..

Lloyd Banks is no team-jumper. The former “Boy Wonder” turned “Punch Line King” (hey, he’s 25 years old now it was time to switch it up) is adamant that he’ll never leave 50 Cent and Tony Yayo. “I’mma ride the wave when the fans are yelling, ‘G-Unit,’ and I’mma ride the wave when they saying, [...]

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Busta Rhymes: Titles New LP Album “Blessed”, On The Way Out Soon..

Busta Rhymes will return to his B.S. mode down the line. Although his upcoming album will be called Blessed, he hasn’t abandoned the title Back on My Bullsh**; that will be the next album. He recently shot videos for the songs “We Made It,” which features Linkin Park, and the MTV Mixtape Monday favorite “Don’t [...]

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Katt Williams: Teams Up With Snoop Dogg, E-40, MC Lyte For A Debut Rap Album..

Bobby Shaw, Money Mike and A Pimp Named Slickback, Katt Williams is the ultimate character. He’s made us laugh onscreen and onstage during his three straight years of touring. His latest outing has a title to mirror his debut rap album, It’s Pimpin’, Pimpin’. Yes, a rap album. We’ve heard him talk about it for [...]

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Verbal Murda – Sex Games

Name : Verbal Murda (Antoine Beard) Genre : Hip Hop/Rap Year formed : 1996 Hometown : York, Penssylvania (YC) Website : N/A Myspace : www.myspace.com/verbalmurda Label Type : Indie Featured Track : Sex Games Ft. Plies Sex Games Ft. Plies Biography Verbal Murda, AKA M.U., is from York, PA. M.U. is ready to start the [...]

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Smokie aka Smoke-A-Thon – Flawless

Name : Smokie (Smoke-A-Thon) Genre : Rap Year formed : 1998 Hometown : Chicago Website : N/A Myspace : www.myspace.com/smokeathon Label Type : Indie Featured Track : Flawless Flawless Biography Smoke-a-Thon was raised on the Southside of Chicago, Il. This area is notoriously known as the “Wild Hunits”. As a child and adolescent, young Smokie [...]

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Keldamuzik – Shows N Shoots

Name : Keldamuzik Genre : Hip Hop Year formed : 2000 Hometown : Bay Area Website : www.keldamuzik.com Myspace : www.myspace.com/keldamuzik1 Label Type : Indie Audio : Shows N Shoots Shows N Shoots Biography Oakland- “Diva” a debut album by Keldamuzik of Oakland is something to celebrate and for which to be thankful this Thanksgiving [...]

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Editorial: Things Need To Change..

You know, many times I try to steer clear of certain topics in the news. This one tho is something that has to be spoken about. The travesty of Sean Bell case is not only a complete mockery of the Justice system, but also reinstates the fact that we has a people are nothing to them. [...]

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Shawty Lo – Dunn Dunn / Foolish

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Editorial: Have You Ever Been To A Real Hip Hop Show?..

I’m not talking that sugar coated music that’s out there today. I’m talking about a show where the artists actually PERFORM and entertain the crowd? That’s exactly what I did last night. I went to Duck Down show at SOB”s (legendary spot in NYC) and honestly I had a really good time, not as a rapper [...]

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Freestyle 101: Buckshot (One Of Tupac\’s Favorite Rappers)..

Ever since Buckshot made his hip hop debut as a teen in 1992 with Black Moon on the hits \”Who Got The Props?\” and “I Got Cha Opin,” the BDI Thug has been known as a MCs MC. He was one of Tupac\’s favorite rappers, he was picked by super-producer 9th Wonder to be his [...]

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50 Cent: Replies To Young Buck’s Response On The Track “My Interview”..

Young Buck did release a retort record called “My Interview,” it wasn’t filled with disses, just talk of the situation. “I knew he was gonna do that,” 50 said on Sunday on the Brooklyn set of the G-Unit‘s videos for “I Like the Way She Do It” and “Rider Pt. 2.” “Well, Buck, he doesn’t think [...]

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Download: Jadakiss Ft. Mello – What Goes Up (Audio)..

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Download: Jadakiss – From Now Till Then (Audio)..

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Audio: D12 Feat. T-Pain – Biggest G (Remix)..

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Audio: Ice Cube – It Takes A Nation..

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Young Buck – My Interview

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50 Cent: Makes A Couple Of Allegations Against Young Buck And Why He Left..

Last week, 50 Cent announced that G-Unit member Young Buck had been relieved of his duties as part of the crew but was still signed to G-Unit Records as a solo artist. On Tuesday, Fif revealed that Buck is still contractually bound to be in the group as well but, for the most part, will not [...]

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Audio: Scram Jones Ft. Nino Bless, Saigon & Crooked-I – Third Degree..

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Cassidy – A Millie (Freestyle)

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Young Buck – Kill Me A Nigga

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The Game Ft. Keyshia Cole – Pain

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50 Cent: Why Has He Lost So Much Weight Recently? Found Out..

For somebody who was in the headlines a few months ago for alleged ties to a steroid scandal, 50 Cent sure doesn’t look like the beefy 200-pound-plus MC we’ve been accustomed to seeing shirtless onstage the past five years. Now tipping the scales at around 185 pounds, Fif obviously is no lightweight and still in [...]

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Freestyle 101: B-Real (Frontman of Cypress Hill)..

Cypress Hill frontman B-Real knows hip hop and knows weed! Which is why he is the perfect MC for our special 420 Freestyle 101. One of L.A.\’s biggest rap groups ever, Cypress Hill practically put smoking on the hip hop map with their 19991 debut CD and hits like \”Stoned Is The Way of the [...]

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Ne-Yo: Talks Of His Latest Video And Upcoming LP “Year Of The Gentleman”..

Ne-Yo literally had the women lying at his feet. Six of them. Dressed in black tops and white pants to match his pearly hard-bottom shoes. When director Ms. Melina yelled, “Action!” Ne-Yo walked around the ladies, who rose, spinning in concert with the singer until the action was halted by a “Cut!” Ne-Yo promised that [...]

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Slim Thug: Disappointed By Interscope, Ready To Be A Boss Of His Own..

Slim Thug didn’t name his upcoming album Boss of All Bosses for nothing. The H-Town rapper with the booming baritone plans to release his next solo project independently. “If I’m supposed to be the mutha****ing boss, then I should be putting my own sh** out,” he explained. So he met with Star Trak/ Geffen/ Interscope [...]

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Editorial: Standing In Queue Line At The Post Office..

Isn’t this one of the most annoying things in life. Usually when you go there there are a couple of clerks and like 50 customers. On top of that it seems like EVERYONE moves so slowwwww haha. This is just one of those times in life where patience is needed. It kind of reminds the [...]

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Vic Damone Feat. Lil Wayne – Hey Lil Mama (Official Remix)

Vic Damone Feat. Lil Wayne – Hey Lil Mama (Official Remix)

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Foxy Brown: To Be Released From Jail This Friday, Reality Show And New LP In The Works..

When Foxy Brown‘s fans have talked about “Gotta get you home” over the past several months, they haven’t been paying homage to her decade-plus-old song. They meant they would like to see the Brooklyn MC out of the confines of Riker’s Island, where she has been serving out a year sentence for parole violation since [...]

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Lupe Fiasco: Reports Leaving The Music Industry After His Last LP, 85% Sure..

Lupe Fiasco recently told MTV Base that he was 85 percent sure his next LP would be his last full-length solo set. “I don’t want to say I’m 100 percent sure, like, ‘Yeah, this is it.’ But 85 percent,” he revealed. “That 15 percent is the X factor. That could be bills. Like, ‘Lupe, you [...]

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Audio: Usher Ft. Young Jeezy & T.I – Love In This Club Remix..

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Killer Mike: No More With The Outkast, Now Boss Of His Own..

Ladies and ghetto-men, Killack Obama. “If you have a boss, and you don’t like your boss,” Killer Mike began, “fire your boss, and be a boss! If you don’t have an idea, lay down, develop a dream, wake up, have a vision, get to the money. Feed your immediate family; provide jobs in your community. [...]

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Fabolous: Makes A Band “Fab Five” For Live Stage Performance..

Fabolous has a band. Before he left last week for a college tour with One Republic, Loso told us it was time for his stage performance to evolve. “I thought it was something that needed to be done,” he explained at SIR studios in Manhattan. (Coincidently, Missy Elliott was in the room across the hall, [...]

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Audio: Cassidy – Umma Tru G (Money Right)..

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Young Buck – I’m Not OK (Mind Ain’t Right)

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Audio: Donny Goines – Play Out In The Rain (Prod. By Remot)..

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Editorial: 1000 Yard Stare (Military Technique)..

This was a technique I learned in the military. When we would stand in formation we would have to be absolutely still, you couldn’t even make facial expressions. At first, this was one of the most difficult challenges that I faced in boot camp (anybody who knows me, knows that I’m always smiling) and it [...]

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T.I: Says Recent Leaked Track “Hunt Em’ Down” Is Not A Paper Trial Record..

T.I. says an unreleased song of his that just leaked wasn’t intended for public consumption. On the track “Hunt ‘Em Down,” which just hit the Net, Tip is seeking the ultimate retribution. “Why these p***y n***as runnin’ around?/ Hunt ‘em down,” he raps. “I want they head, I want ‘em now.” The King of the [...]

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Audio: The Game Ft. Omar Cruz & BlackwallStreet – Our Turn (G-Unit Diss)..

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Papoose – A Fair One (Fat Joe Diss)

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Freestyle 101: Ice-T (One Of The Most Influential MCs)..

Filming a Freestyle 101 with the mighty Ice-T was like jamming with Miles Davis, riffing with Jimi Hendrix or crooning with Frank Sinatra. The man is a master of his craft, one of the most influential MCs in the game, fronted one of the best (and first) rap-metal bands ever, is a terrific actor, and [...]

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Nas: Would Love To See Barack Obama Be The Next President Of America..

Nas is also hush on whom he’s supporting in the Democratic presidential primary. Similar to 50 Cent, who initially endorsed Hillary Clinton and is now undecided, Nas didn’t want to commit to one candidate when he’s still feeling out their platforms. But he did say he was particularly fond of Barack Obama. “This election year, [...]

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Jay-Z And Beyonce: Did They Get Married On This Past Friday???..

There was no official announcement at press time, but after six years of will-they-or-won’t-they speculation, celebrity power couple Beyonce Knowles and Jay-Z finally tied the knot in a private wedding ceremony at Jay-Z‘s New York apartment, People.com reported early Saturday. “It happened earlier this evening. Jay wanted it to be a really private affair, close [...]

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Kanye West: Talks About “Glow In The Dark” Tour, Its Going To Be Crazy..

We are full of first-looks today. Over at his excellent blog, Kanye West just posted a preview of what his Glow In The Dark Tour stage is gonna look like. Plus, he posted the following note, which, characteristically, is humble and keeps everything in perspective: I can\’t take it anymore. I have to show you [...]

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Jay-Z: To Sign A 150 Million Dollar Deal With Live Nation..

What’s good enough for Madonna and U2 is good enough for Jay-Z. Actually, what’s good enough for Jigga is whatever those superstars get and more. According to The New York Times, the hip-hop kingpin is about to close on a deal that would have him leave his longtime record label, Def Jam, and sign with [...]

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Nelly: Talks Of Upcoming LP Album “Brass Knuckles”, Appearances By Akon, Fergie..

Nelly and girlfriend, Ashanti might make sweet music together as a couple, but when it comes down to literally making music, the two artists have only ever collaborated on one track, “Switch,” a song slated for Ashanti’s upcoming album, The Declaration. Nelly says he’s unsure if the two will work together again on his Brass [...]

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5th Flow – Quarter To A Half Mixtape

1. 5th Flow – They Callin My Name 2. 5th Flow – The Reign 3. 5th Flow – In This 4. Effed Up Moment No. 1 5. 5th Flow – Quarter To A Half 6. 5th Flow – Simple As That 7. 5th Flow – Aint No Half Steppin Ft. C-Note Baby 8. One Tone [...]

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Freestyle 101: Chill-E Will He? (April Fools Day)..

Ladies and gents, despite it being April Fools Day, we here at Freestyle 101 are intent on keepin\’ it real. Very real. Very, very, very real. So real, in fact, that we have invited the greatest rapper on Planet Earth down to The Engine Room in Hollywood to spit a freestyle so dope, so complex, [...]

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Game: 50 Cent And The G-Unit – Blood On The Sand..

Three years ago, 50 Cent was “Bulletproof.” Now he’s leaving “Blood on the Sand.” The hip-hop star is getting a new video game this year, one that takes him to new platforms, a new game developer and a whole new role. And for anyone who wasn’t satisfied with 2005′s multimillion-selling “Bulletproof,” the game’s producer hears [...]

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Editorial: I Feel Like An Old Soul Sometimes..

Although I’m only 27 sometimes I feel like I’m more closer to 50 or 60 haha. I don’t know, everything around me nowadays just seems very much catered to a younger demographic and I’m not just talking music either. Television, magazines, books, etc. all seem to be a little out of touch to me and [...]