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I got the word from Chilly Chill that Yo-Yo and Rick James collaborated on a song he produced for the upcoming Kool Keith release.

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9th Wonder: Producer Album kommt!

Mehr als gute News für alle 9th Wonder Fanatiker!!

The Hall of Justus League Music steht momentan in aussichtsreichen Verhandlungen mit dem Caroline Vertrieb, und so wie es ausschaut, werden neben Solo Alben von Big Pooh, L.E.G.A.C.Y. und The Away Team auch das lang herbeigesehnte Producer Album von 9th Wonder erscheinen!

Sicher ist jetzt schon, dass Jean Grae, Big Daddy Kane, Murs und Memphis Bleek gefeatured sein werden; des weiteren sind Black Thought, MOP, Mos Def und Latoiya Williams im Gespräch.

Das es dabei nicht bleiben wird, dürfte als sicher gelten, schließlich wird man sich mit einem Release wohl noch bis Anfang 2005 gedulden müssen...

J-Zone: Am 28.09. heisst es A Job Ain't Nuthin but Work

Bislang hielt er sich mit weiteren Infos zu seiner neuen Platte vornehm zurück, doch jetzt endlich gibt es die Details:

J-Zone wird "A job ain't nuthin but work" am 28. September raushauen, und wie gewohnt alle Tracks selbst produzieren und einrappen...

Als Features werden Celph Titled, Al-Shid, Devin the Dude und Dick $tallion vertreten sein!

Bereits im August wird Jay "The Pink Cookie Instrumentals EP" als Vinyl-Only droppen, des weiteren wird es Volume Two seiner "Ign'ant Mix" Serie geben.

Neues von Talib Kweli laut hiphopnews.de:


Talib Kweli: Das Album kommt... offiziell!
finally out... 21.september! Talib Kweli, der mit Bootleggern und Internet Tauschbörsen in den vergangenen Wochen alles andere als gute Erfahrungen mach durfte, wird aufatmen dürfen: Am 21. September wird nun endlich, so richtig offiziell, sein "Beautiful Struggle" in die Plattenläden kommen! Es ist davon auszugehen, dass die Platte mit der illegal veröffentlichte Vor-Version nicht mehr all zu viel zu tun haben wird, als Features sind Mary J Blige, Faith Evans, RES, Jean Grae, Anthony Hamilton, Common und Mos Def genannt! Neben den Neptunes, Organized Noize und Midi Mafia haben mit Kanye West, Dave West und DJ Hi-Tek auch ein paar echte Könner produziert...



Kleiner Seitenhieb in der Meldung: Die Neptunes, Organized Noise und Midi Mafia keine echten Könner...

Mobb Deep: "...they can't stop us."
Tuesday - July 27, 2004
by Carl Chery

After four albums with the now defunct Loud Records, Mobb Deep has made a new home with Jive Records. In this exclusive SOHH.com interview, Havoc and Prodigy speak on the album's setbacks and critics.

With "Got It Twisted" burning the airwaves, the M-O-B-B has once again provided heads with a summer banger. Yet, despite the magnitude of the record, the duo's 6th LP was pushed back from its initial June release date.

"The reason why it got pushed back was for our own benefit because we wanted the song to have momentum everywhere so we wanted to make sure everywhere was poppin. It might have been big in New York, but not necessarily everywhere," Havoc told SOHH.com. "We shootin' a new video next week for the new single, a song called 'Real Gangstas' with Lil Jon."

While the Queens duo has handled the bulk of their production in the past, they reached out to several producers to add flavor to this LP. Ironically, Kanye West, who produced Jay-Z's lyrical assault on the rap tandem, "The Takeover," is among the album's producers. The Mobb asserts the diss track didn't prevent them from seeking Kanye's sound.

"Nah, that ain't even come into our minds," Prodigy offered in between bites in the Jive Records' conference room. "We just thought he had some hot beats. We wanted some of that fire."

Shortly after Loud folded, reports surfaced that Mobb Deep was being courted by several labels including Shady Records. Prodigy dismisses the reports as rumors and takes on those who've pigeon-holed them as simply gun-talking emcees.

"I think they're not listening. They're just scratching the surface. We get a little deeper in our albums," P explained. Havoc adds, "Most of the critics... that's their personal opinion. We got a strong fan base so they can't stop us."

Despite pounding out hit-after-hit for Mobb Deep, Havoc has always been one of the game's most slept on producers. Presently, he is enjoying much success courtesy of his work on Jadakiss' "Why." Now after years of in-house production, he's ready to branch out.

"I definitely want to branch out. I was thinking about that the other day. And P encourages me. I felt like that for a long time, but I've always been involved with Mobb Deep," Havoc shared. "But I definitely wanna branch out and do some production for other artists cause it's a good feeling and I like the music. Right now I'm working on a couple of tracks with some other artists."

Mobb Deep's Amerikka's Nightmare, featuring guest spots from Nate Dogg and production from Red Spyda, Lil Jon and Alchemist is in stores August 10th

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28.07.2004

Declaime: Conversations with Dudley -> NEUE LP!

"A Lil Light" (Stones Throw) ist Vergangenheit, "Conversations with Dudley" die Zukunft!

Declaime a.k.a. Dudley Perkins kehrt am 02. November mit einem nagelneuen Album zurück, und zwar über Up Above Records...
Unterstützen wird ihn dabei das Lootpack Team bzw. Umfeld, will heißen Oh No, DJ Romes und Madlib an den Beats; Wildchild am Mic!

Obendrein sind Features von Grand Agent und Lil' Dap (Group Home) im Kasten. In Anbetracht der Tatsache, dass es noch so einige Monate bis zum Release sind, könnte sich in dieser Hinsicht noch so einiges tun!

Jetzt schon könnt ihr in die beiden Tracks der ersten Maxi Auskopplung reinhören:

1. Heavenbound

http://www.upabove.com/media/heavensnip.mp3

2. Welcome to Reality

http://www.upabove.com/media/welcome2realitysnip.mp3

Hip-Hop screwballs De La Soul are set to release their eight album, The Grind Date, with a high-end signing to the Mathew Knowles-headed Sanctuary Urban Records Group. The album is slated for released on September 28.

De La Soul member Pos said that Knowles was attracted to De La because of their proven durability, consistency and their built-in fan base.

“We have shown a steady pace of longevity. Nowadays, people are so quick to want to blow up, but they burn themselves out very quickly instead of moving slow and steady. I’d like to think that De La Soul is like incense that’s burning slow and even by the time it’s fizzed out, it’s left a great aroma,” Pos stated.

DJ Mace said that the album’s title in indicative of their mantra after 15 years in the rap game and the industry’s mentality overall.

“To get to the point of releasing this new album it’s been a grind, but as a group we have never stopped working,” Mace said. “Over the past three years we have been busy traveling the world taking hip hop to places like Prague, Ireland, and Poland, as well as continuing to play in the mainstays such as London and the U.S.”

The Grind Date features a cornucopia of guest appearances like filmmaker Spike Lee, Bonz Malone, crooner Carl Thomas, Common, MF Doom, Sean Paul, Ghostface Killah. Production is being handled by JayDee of Slum Village fame, Dave West, Madlib, and Jake1.

Additionally, those that thought De La was dormant, Maceo revealed that the group had a few extraordinary dealings slightly outside of Hip-Hop’s conventional boundaries.

He said, “We have also been busy designing a new limited edition shoe with Nike called the ‘De La Dunk’ that is due to arrive in stores in the fall, and we are gearing up to teach a class a NYU (New York University) this fall on Hip-Hop, as well as working on our new album.”

Furthermore, the new deal with SURG also coincides with the group’s new record label, AOI Records.

Knowles, who is also Beyonce’s father, said that he was thrilled at the reality of joining forces with such a mainstay in Hip-Hop.

“Hip Hop’s dominance in the marketplace is sprinkled with a handful of creative, envelope-pushing artists, and De La Soul is one of them. I am happy to begin our foray into the Hip-Hop industry with veterans such as De La Soul…we are going to be very successful together,” Knowles said.

Concluding, Dave (aka Trugoy) concluded,” The most important thing to us is respect. We’ve never compromised ourselves or our artistic point of view and we, as people are just everyday people. You are never going to see us doing anything other that what we do. Being Dave, Pos, or Mace.”

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Lerne - und es werden dir Zweifel kommen.
Zweifle - und es werden dir Probleme kommen.
Stelle dich den Problemen - und es werden dir darüber Gedanken kommen.
Mache dir Gedanken - und du wirst Erkenntnis erlangen.

-Kaibara Ekiken-

Jus Got Through Listening To Tha Radio And Young Buck Called In............Of Course He Was Promotin His Album...........He Said He Jus Got Word That They Gonna Push Up His Release Date To August, 17 Again.......Due To All Tha Bootleggin

Then He Started Talkin About Tha "Stomp" Track...............He Was Like "I Aint On Nobody Side I Fucks With T.I And Luda"........He Said T.I Did His Verse And He Called Up Luda....And Luda Was Like "Let Me On That Shit"...............He Said He Got Word From T.I People That T.I Was Upset And Said If Luda Doesnt Change His Verse He Wont Sign Release Papers To Let His Verse On Tha Album....Because He Thought His Lil Beef With Luda Was Squashed.......................So Young Buck Was Like Its A Good Chance T.I Verse Wont Be On Tha Official Album...Cuz Luda Told Him He Aint Changein Shit........He Said He May Replace T.I Verse With His Homeboy D-Tay.........And Thats Real Talk Staright From Young Buck Mouth

PLEASE STAY OFF THE T.I.P. OF MY DIIIACK

was ne muschi

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Puff daddy beklaut !

Sean ‘P.Diddy’ Combs has been the victim of a high-end heist. About 7.2 million in jewelry was stolen from his New York office, according to a number of published sources. No suspects have been found at press time, but those close to the situations feel the thief/thieves have access to the mogul. Bad Boy employees have been rumored to be taking polygraph lie detector tests.

Kommt auf die Versicherungsbedingungen an, vielleicht also doch Grund zur Freude !

In an interview with Hot 97’s Morning Show staff, Mase, Jim Jones and Cam’ron engaged in a heated debate, with the two Dip Set members questioning Mase’s authenticity.

On air, Mase recalled the cause of his split with Cam’ron, with whom he once rapped with. The incident started when Mase claimed he offered to split a $50,000 fee for appearing in Cam’s 1998 hit song “Horse-n-Carriage,” instead of him doing the song for free.

Diplomat CEO Jimmy Jones called the show enraged, “I will do it to you duke. I don't like you. You shouldn't have came out your mouth. I'll put some dentures in your mouth. Go back down south with your congregation. Tell the truth. For you to sit there and lie...you are a reverend.” Jones also charged that Mase left the game due to pressures from individuals in Harlem who extorted him.

Mase eventually gathered himself and denied the charges that he was forced out of Harlem. Mase explained that he had already purchased land in Atlanta, Georgia and was planning to move.

Continuing, he stated, in his slow tone, that after a close friend was stabbed, he headed down south and that it had nothing to do with unsavory characters forcing him to leave.

“People grow up, I don’t have time for that,” Mase said. “[During commercial break] I was praying for Jimmy, I love them dudes. It’s just sad when people don’t understand.”

Angry like Jones, Cam’ron called in shortly afterwards, questioning Mase’s motives for returning to the rap game.

“I’m just not into the lies and the truth and that’s it. The only thing you did was took me to counseling, you broke out on everybody and left. That’s what you do, you did it before and you’re gonna do it again,” Cam stated on air.

“I’m not a chump like that. [Mase], tell them how you called me and asked me to do an album last week,” Cam told Mase. “[Diplomats are] gonna make $150 million off the liquor. There aint no money in this rap game. I just do the music because I am nice. I was you the best, but tell the truth.”

Jones even called Mase a fraud and said that he had a tape of one of Mase’s sermons, where he said rap music “is the devil.”

“You’re a reverend lying. I was there. You said rap is the devil at his speeches in church. I got it on tape…and [now] you’re rapping [again],” he said. “The reverend is up there lying. I wish you the best of luck, stop lying.”

Mase rebutted, calling the rappers thin-skinned. Mase did admit to Jones’ allegations, but said, “When I think about how the people need what I have to say [I changed my view]. It’s just like money. The same money that buys marijuana, buys bibles. Rap is not really of the devil, it’s what people say in it.”

“I cannot not express the truth because they’re sensitive,” Mase said. “I don’t have any problems with them. Even in the bible when a person knows that you come to say something powerful, they try to discredit your name. One word from God can wipe out years of wrongdoing.”

Mase, who said that he was going on the road with Usher to promote his new album, closed his appearance on the Hot 97 show with a prayer: “In the name of the Heavenly Father, I thank you today for forgiving me for all my wrong doing and shortcomings. I thank you for dying for the cross for all of my sins. I am healed, I am delivered and I am rich. Amen.”

Incidentally, Mase and Jim Jones released albums on the same day, August 24

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Oh No (Stones Throw) ist momentan weiterhin damit beschäftigt, sein bislang unbetiteltes Debüt Album fertigzustellen, als Release - Termin wird weiterhin dieser Herbst angepeilt.
Oh No wird den Großteil der Produktionen selbst in die Hand nehmen, des weiteren sind Madlib und J Dilla im Spiel!

Die ersten Vorgeschmäcker gibt es aber jetzt schon: Die limitierte "Disrupt Massacre" Vinyl Only erscheint bereits dieser Tage. Die erste offizielle LP - Auskopplung, "The Ride" (feat. Meadphoar), soll wohl Ende Sommer kommen...

Um keine Langeweile aufkommen zu lassen wird in Kürze außerdem noch eine von Oh No gehostete und DJ Double Dose gemixte Mix CD namens "Disrupt Chronicles V.2" rauskommen. Darauf enthalten: 25 allesamt von Oh No produzierte und teils unveröffentlichte Tracks!

1. Oh No - The Intro
2. Kali Wild - The Knock*
3. Grand Agent - Behind The Wall*
4. The Infamous MC - Intricate*
5. Disrupt - Mary Break*
6. LMNO - Time Flies*
7. Kazi & Oh No - Have U Seen*
8. Aloe Blacc - Long Paper*
9. Supernatural feat. Wildchild - Victory (Remix)
10. Disrupt - Victory (Bonus Beat)*
11. Oh No - Chump
12. Parable & Ason Loyal - Forever Infinite*
13. Kali Wild - Authentic Hip Hop
14. Sauna feat. The Infamous MC - Eyes Wide Shut
15. Cornbread - Character
16. Vega - (Un)united Streets*
17. Disrupt - Blaze Bonus*
18. Declaime ft. Grand Agent & Lil’ Dap - Welcome To Reality*
19. Que D feat. Frank - Cash Flow (Remix)*
20. Disrupt - Bonus Beat*
21. Large Professor - Radioactive (Remix)*
22. Wildchild - Movement Pt.2
23. Visionaries - Good Things
24. Prodigy - Keep It Thoro (Remix)*
25. Oh No - Outro*
* unveröffentlicht

Freddie Foxxx Und 2Pac ?

Album News von Bumpy Knuckles und Pharoahe Monch!

Beginnen wir mit Pharoahe Monch! Dessen Wechsel zu Eminem's Shady Records ist zwar noch immer nicht in trockenen Tüchern bzw. von offizieller Seite bestätigt, alle Anzeichen sprechen jedoch seit geraumer Zeit dafür.
Einen Titel für die neue Platte hat Pharoahe zwar noch nicht, dafür ließ er jetzt jedoch wissen, dass neben zwei selbst produzierten Cuts auch Beats von Jelly Rolly, Denaun Porter und The Alchemist am Start sein werden.
Man darf also sicher gespannt sein auf das Ergebnis dieses einzigartigen Flow Gotts...

Neues gibt es auch von Freddie Foxxx a.k.a. Bumpy Knuckles zu vermelden. Dieser hat nämlich unter seinem Synonym mittlerweile sein drittes Album der Bumpy Serie fertiggestellt. Viele Details dazu gibt es leider noch nicht, bekannt ist nur der Titel, und der lautet "American Black Male".
Bumpy ließ jedoch obendrein in seiner bekannten Manier verlauten, dass es auf der LP dieses Mal keine Big Names wie beispielsweise Kanye West geben wird. Vielmehr vertraut er einem Haufen unbekannter Newcomer.
Des weiteren plant Bumpy nach Album Release die Veröffentlichung aller drei Bumpy Alben in einem Set, als Bonus soll es eine DVD und unveröffentlichte Tracks mit Treach und 2Pac geben!

Three 6 Mafia, Lil Wyte, Frayser Boy, Warner ink agreement
By Bill Ellis

July 30, 2004

Million-selling Memphis rappers Three 6 Mafia have signed a distribution deal with Warner Music Group for the right to license projects on the act's Hypnotize Minds label.

"It's lovely, a sweet, sweet deal," said Jordan 'Juicy J' Houston, half of the Triple Six production team with DJ Paul (Paul Beauregard).

Hypnotize Minds releases would come out on a new Warner division, as yet unnamed, according to Todd Moscowitz, a partner at Violator Management.

Three 6 Mafia signed this spring with Violator, home to Missy Elliott, 50 Cent and Busta Rhymes.

The first recording in the WMG arrangement will be Finally Famous by Bluff City rapper Lil Wyte, due in October according to Houston. Frayser Boy's next album, Me Being Me, will follow.

Other possibilities are two films that have been scripted, "The Clean-Up Men" and "The Streets of Memphis."

Three 6 Mafia as a performing group will remain with Columbia Records, which put out 2003's Da Unbreakables and its smash single "Ridin Spinners." A sequel to their best-selling 2001 film "Choices" also is planned for a fall release on the Sony-owned label.

The popular gangsta rappers have the latitude, however, to farm outside projects to either WMG or locally based distributor Select-O-Hits, which has handled Hypnotize Minds records for years.

"They're really smart -- they know how to work both the independent and major label sides," said Select-O-Hits executive Johnny Phillips.

Past releases by Lil Wyte (Doubt Me Now) and Frayser Boy (Gone on That Bay) have been regional hits through SOH.

Houston would not disclose financial arrangements of the WMG deal, but said he was very pleased.

Warner Music Group is the second-largest music company in the world, according to recent Nielsen SoundScan figures.

Labels under the mega-entity include Warner Bros., Atlantic, Maverick and Rhino

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Game wird T.I.'s Part auf Stomp ersetzen von der verkaufs version des Young Buck Albums

t.i.

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