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HELLO MINDBENDER FANS AND FRIENDS:
I’m gonna actually be posting here until further notice:
THE OFFICIAL MINDBENDER DAILY THREAD
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LONG STORY… YOUR LIFE WILL PROBABLY BE BETTER WITHOUT AN EXPLANATION ON HERE. READ THAT THREAD FROM PAGE ONE AND YOU’LL SEE…
BUT YEAH, THAT’S WHERE I’LL BE DOING SOME ONLINE GOODNESS. AND OTHER SPOTS.
COMING SOON.
LOVE,
ADHIMUSIC

THE END IS JUST A TRANSFORMATION TO A NEW BEGINNING

THE BLOGGING ADVENTURES OF MINDBENDER SUPREME WILL CONTINUE ON WWW.STEADYBLOGGIN.COM
THANK YOU FOR YOUR CONTINUED SUPPORT! IT IS HEAVENLY TO ME.

TO EVERYONE WHO HAS SUPPORTED MINDBENDER FOR THE LAST FEW YEARS, AND GIVEN ME THE BELIEF IN MYSELF TO MANIFEST THESE DREAMS MADE OF MUSIC, AND I WILL DO NOTHING BUT KEEP BUILDING ON THE ORIGINAL PROMISE OF THE SUPREME BEING UNIT: TO KEEP US CONNECTED BY THE POWER AND SPIRIT AND DIVINITY OF MUSIC AND SOUND AND ENERGY VIBRATION, SINCE IT IS THE UNIVERSAL LANGUAGE. GODDESS BLESS YOU ALL FOR GIVING YOUR TIME TO ME, I PRAY THAT YOU HAVE RECEIVED AS MUCH AS YOU DESIRED, AND MORE…

MINDBENDER'S MIND

SO, WITHOUT FURTHER ADO, LET’S BEGIN TO END THIS… AND DON’T FORGET TO STAY TUNED TO MINDBENDER SUPREME DREAM RADIO TV!

MINDBENDER SUPREME DREAM RADIO TV! PEACE TO YOUTUBE 🙂
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DRIZZY DRAKE FREESTYLING ON THE FUNK FLEX SHOW. WORD HOMIE!
WHEELCHAIR JIMMY SPITTING
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Tell me whom you love and I will tell you who you are.
Houssaye
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I LOVE WU-TANG CLAN. NOW WHO AM I? LOL
RAEKWON: PURPLE TAPE 2009, COMING SOON!

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PEACE TO THE GOD SAUKRATES AND THE GOD METHOD MAN AND THE GOD REDMAN! YOU ARE MY HEROES 🙂

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When we are motivated by goals that have deep meaning, by dreams that need completion, by pure love that needs expressing, then we truly live life.
Greg Anderson
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I’M PART OF A WORLD-RECORD! WE COULD ONLY DO THIS IN TORONTO…

PEACE TO AMBER AND GRAPHIC NOVELS 😉
SPEAKING OF AMBER:
Love at first sight is easy to understand; it’s when two people have been looking at each other for a lifetime that it becomes a miracle.
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THIS IS ONE OF THE BEST ALBUMS I’VE HEARD IN THREE YEARS. YOU’RE WELCOME 🙂
SIA – SOME PEOPLE HAVE REAL PROBLEMS

cute, quirky and brillllllliant

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MIGHTY MOS DEF CHALLENGES THE BIG DOGS TO A KENNEL SCRAP. WORD!

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ROCK THE BELLS ’09!

i'll be there, yet again. third time's a charm, baby.

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The dream was always running ahead of me. To catch up, to live for a moment in unison with it, that was the miracle.
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THIS PICTURE IS JUST FUNNY:

LOLZ

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THIS IS ONE OF THE BEST THINGS I HAVE HEARD IN THE LAST 5 YEARS. CROOKED I IS A FUCKING MONSTER.
JACKIN FOR BEATS 2009
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‘THE PERFECT DAY REMIX’ VIDEO featuring MINDBENDER, D-RAY AND RYAN HANES, DIRECTED BY RAKEHELLROW. WORD UP, PEACE TO THE HOMIES AND EVERYONE IN THE VIDEO!

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WE HAVE COME FOR YOUR CHILDREN:

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THE BEAT FOR THIS IS GODLY. BUT THE LYRICS ARE EVIL. KANYE’S VERSE IS DECENT, WEEZY IS LAZY, AND RICK ROSS IS JUST BLECH. THE BEST PART OF THIS SONG IS T-PAIN ON THE CHORUS! MAYBACH MUSIC 2, PLEASE COME WITH AN INSTRUMENTAL SO I CAN MURK THIS SHIT LIKE A FUCKING MONSTER!
THE MAGIC.
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PEACE TO K-OS. I’LL BE HERE AT THE ‘YES!’ RELEASE PARTY.
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ONE OF MY FAVORITE SONGS OF ALL TIME IS ‘DEATH BY CHOCOLATE’.
SIA FURLER, YOU ARE A GODDESS TO ME.
YOUR NEXT ALBUM WILL PROBABLY MELT ME INTO PIECES.
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Nine-tenths of wisdom consists in being wise in time.
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i'd rather you not know my romantic politics, LOL

Later this month E! will premiere their latest installment of True Hollywood Stories focusing on rappers’ wives.

XXLMag.com has learned that the one-hour program will feature Mrs. Paul Wall, Crystal Slayton; Mrs. DMX, Tashera Simmons; Mrs. Uncle Luke, Kristen Cambell; Mrs. Mos Def, Alana Wyatt; and Mrs. Big Pun, Liza Rios. The show will include interviews with the woman as well as exclusive access into the hip-hop couple’s lives.

This will be the second time the cable network has profiled rappers’ wives. In 2006 Ice-T, LL Cool J, Snoop Dogg, Diddy and Big Boi were among the MC’s whose wives spoke on their relationships.

Rapper Wives: The E! True Hollywood Story airs on April 29. – Elan Mancini
www.xxlmag.com
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YOUNG BUCK IS BACK! NO MORE TAPPED PHONE CALLS, 50!

I LOVE YOUNG BUCK’S VERSE ON THIS:
“RAP NIGGAS GOT MY KIDS ASKING:/ “DADDY WHERE YOUR FRIENDS GO?” I’M LIKE, LONG STORY. SHIT HAPPENS!”
wowwww
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CAN YOU JUDGE A PORNO BOOK BY THE PANTIES COVERING IT?
GUESS HER MUFF!
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HELLO, HEAVEN.

WORK ME OUT ANYTIME YOU WANT, BABY

KIM’S COMING OUT WITH A ‘DON’T YOU WISH YOUR GIRLFRIEND WAS HOT LIKE ME?’ WORKOUT TAPE. I WOULDN’T MASTURBATE TO THAT, NOT WHEN THE RAY J TAPE IS ALREADY AVAILABLE, LOL, BUT IT’S STILL NICE TO KNOW SHE STILL WANTS TO TANTALIZE ME, HA HA…
Only have 30 -40 minutes to spare? Not to worry that is plenty of time, remember the intensity of the workout is much more important than the duration. So pull out your weekly calendar and go ahead and schedule 3 to 4 days a week that you can commit 30 minutes to a healthier newer you!

3-4 Days A Week (Strength & Cardio Mix)
5 min Warmup
Treadmill,Stairmaster, jump rope, run,

15 min Strength training
-use machines, light free weights or body weight
-some gyms will have circuit training areas already set up
-2 sets 15-20 of each exercise
-incorporate quick hits of cardio, 30,60,90 seconds worth between sets.(Jumping Jacks, Jump rope, burpees(google it),

10 min cardio(remember intensity, intensity, intensity)

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Good people are good because they’ve come to wisdom through failure. We get very little wisdom from success, you know.
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RAP IS OUTTA CONTROL. DAMN, HOMIE! IN HIGH SCHOOL YOU WAS THE MAN HOMIE. THE FUCK HAPPENED TO YOU, MC EIHT?

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CHARLES HAMILTON STAYS PRACTICING HOW TO BE MORE WACK:
FROM HIS BLOG:
Now I know the AllHipHop rumors section can be mythical, but I just wanna put this out there on some ill sh1t. I think 50 is losing this battle with Ross, and for a more entertaining feud on wax, he should diss someone who loses battles all the time. You know, like me. I mean, he can easily make the world laugh at me (again) with his hysterical post-track ad-libs. I just don’t think he can make ANYONE in the world say he’s lyrically better than me. Besides. He’s relevant enough to warrant a response fro me. Not only relevant, but he’s not some “old n1gga”, ie the old n1gga from Chicago that has a pointless issue with me. 50 could really damage me and whatever’s left of my credibility in this business.

Or face the same fate as this blog entry in a few sentences and get ended.

Damn. Imagine if Banks and Yayo got at me, too!!! Damn!!! NO ONE on ThisIs50 would like me. I mean, I might make friends with like Game and Buck, but Game and I are on shaky ground and Buck and I never met in person.

Either way, 50 Cent is a f*ckin bully. And I hated bullies in high-school. I always ended up cool with them in the end, but now that I’m kinda like the bully’s favorite victim’s bully, I wanna bully 50 for being a bully. I mean, he ADMITTED to it. lol

50, you don’t want no problems wit Harlem!!!

And if anyone thinks 50 would take it to the “guns” with me, you need a serious weed break. I think me and 50 verbally slap boxing would make WAY more sense than me being a PR person for someone who’s failed career hinges on my response to them.

And I still think Curtis is a great guy. It’s this 50 n1gga that needs a playpen…

“Charles, stop trying to start a beef just for attention! You only dissed Soulja Boy, Rhymefest chewed you up, Cory Gunz is nicer than you, and now you goin after 50? Is you retarded?”

THIS GUY IS THE DEFINITION OF ‘MEH’. YOU HAVE NO IDEA WHAT HIP HOP IS, KID. FALL BACK AND STOP EMBARRASSING YOURSELF.
PEACE TO RHYMEFEST.

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HEY CORNBALL, CHECK THIS stic.man VIDEO AND LEARN HOW TO DO THIS SHIT RIGHT:
MY S.W.A.G. IS UP BY stic.man
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Baltasar Gracian: Without courage, wisdom bears no fruit.
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At some point, highly intelligent people have to be willing to stand apart from and point out all of the shortcomings that can keep individuals, classes, and ethnic groups down. – Stanley Crouch.
EVERYTHING ELSE HE SAYS IS THIS IS QUESTIONABLE, IF NOT STUPID.
A GREAT BLACK ACTOR GOES LOCO
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GAY FISH!

KANYE WEST IS UNREAL.
“SOUTH PARK MURDERED ME LAST NIGHT AND IT’S PRETTY FUNNY. IT HURTS MY FEELINGS BUT WHAT CAN YOU EXPECT FROM SOUTH PARK! I ACTUALLY HAVE BEEN WORKING ON MY EGO THOUGH. HAVING THE CRAZY EGO IS PLAYED OUT AT THIS POINT IN MY LIFE AND CAREER. I USE TO USE IT TO BUILD UP MY ESTEEM WHEN NOBODY BELIEVED IN ME. NOW THAT PEOPLE DO BELIEVE AND SUPPORT MY MUSIC AND PRODUCTS THE BEST RESPONSE IS THANK YOU INSTEAD OF “I TOLD YOU SO!!!” IT’S COOL TO TALK SHIT WHEN YOU’RE RAPPING BUT NOT IN REAL LIFE. WHEN YOU MEET LITTLE WAYNE IN PERSON HE’S THE NICEST GUY FOR EXAMPLE. I JUST WANNA BE A DOPER PERSON WHICH STARTS WITH ME NOT ALWAYS TELLING PEOPLE HOW DOPE I THINK I AM. I NEED TO JUST GET PAST MYSELF. DROP THE BRAVADO AND JUST MAKE DOPE PRODUCT. EVERYTHING IS NOT THAT SERIOUS. AS LONG AS PEOPLE THINK I ACT LIKE A BITCH THIS TYPE OF SHIT WILL HAPPEN TO ME. I GOT A LONG ROAD AHEAD OF ME TO MAKE PEOPLE BELIEVE I’M NOT ACTUALLY A HUGE DOUCHE BUT I’M UP FOR THE CHALLENGE. I’M SURE THE WRITERS AT SOUTH PARK ARE REALLY NICE PEOPLE IN REAL LIFE. THANKS FOR TAKING THE TIME TO DRAW MY CREW. THAT WAS PRETTY FUNNY ALSO!! I’M SURE THERE’S GRAMMATICAL ERRORS IN THIS… THAT’S HOW YOU KNOW IT’S ME!”
04.09.2009″

LOL

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Six essential qualities that are the key to success: Sincerity, personal integrity, humility, courtesy, wisdom, charity.
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YUMMY.

I'M GOING TO BUY THIS 'KING' MAG BEFORE I BUY 'PADDED ROOM', LOL

REALLY, DOE.

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ONLY IN AMERICA.

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BIG UP TO BISHOP BRIGANTE! AND PEACE TO RAY LIOTTA 🙂
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PEACE TO DANTE BEZE AND DANIEL DUMILE:

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NO DISRESPECT TO THE GOD HOVA, BUT ARE THOSE JEANS MADE THAT COLOR, OR IS THE BIG BROTHER GETTING REEEEAL DOWN AND DIRTY WITH HIS BAGGIES? DAMN HOMIE! LOL

I WANT THOSE SHOES, YO

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GOD BLESS THE HARD TRUTH SOLDIERS
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THIS ONE’S FOR MERIC, MY LITTLE BROTHER:
THE DONNIE DARKO SEQUEL TRAILER:

DAAMN!
ME AND AMBER ARE GONNA WATCH THIS SOON 🙂
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BADGIRLSBLOG: LOVE THEM ALL.
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BOI-1DA IS FUCKIN’ DOIN’ IT. HE PRODUCED THAT ‘SET IT OFF’ THAT DR. DRE RAPPED ON? WORRRD.

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I’M JUST SAYIN: PARIS IS STILL BURNING BABYLON
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IS THIS LUPE AFFECTING A BRITISH ACCENT OR JUST A NEW GROUP CALLED ‘JAPANESE CARTOON’? YOU BE THE JUDGE:

THIS SHIT IS CATCHY, THOUGH.
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PEACE TO OKWERDZ! BIG UP ON THE ‘UNSIGNED HYPE’-NESS, BRIAN

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It is no longer enough to be smart — all the technological tools in the world add meaning and value only if they enhance our core values, the deepest part of our heart. Acquiring knowledge is no guarantee of practical, useful application. Wisdom implies a mature integration of appropriate knowledge, a seasoned ability to filter the inessential from the essential.
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COMMON LIKES THAT COMMERCIAL MONEY. WHO WOULDN’T?

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JIGGA’S PANTS ARE MUCH MORE FRESH AND SO CLEAN, CLEAN IN THIS ONE, LOL:

smoke 'em if you got 'em

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SUUUUU!
The Wu-Tang Clan Rapper Signs Deal With EMI Label Services To Release Follow-Up To 1995 Hip-Hop Classic This Summer in US, Canada

Only Built 4 Cuban Linx 2 Features The RZA, Dr. Dre, J Dilla, Others

(NEW YORK – April 15, 2009) – Ready to give his worldwide following what they’ve been waiting for, the Wu-Tang Clan’s rhyme slinger extraordinaire Raekwon is set to return this summer with Only Built 4 Cuban Linx 2.

Raekwon, whose 1995 platinum classic Only Built 4 Cuban Linx was universally hailed as a rap classic and has sold more than 1.1 million units in the US, according to Nielsen Soundscan, has signed a distribution deal with EMI Label Services for his ICEH20 Records label to release Only Built 4 Cuban Linx 2 in the US and Canada later this summer. EMI Label Services will also provide Raekwon with additional radio promotion support and licensing and synchronization services.

“The wait is finally over,” Raekwon says. “Words cannot describe how extremely happy I am to work with EMI Music to put out my album.”

Only Built 4 Cuban Linx 2 buzz single and video “The New Wu” features fellow Wu-Tang Clan members Method Man and Ghostface Killah and is getting mixshow airplay at radio stations across the country, including Hot 97 in New York. The album features a spectacular line-up of guest appearances and producers: The RZA, Dr. Dre, J Dilla, The Wu-Tang Clan, Jadakiss, Busta Rhymes, Bun B and The Game, among others.

“We are thrilled to have a chance to work with the legendary Raekwon,” said Dominic Pandiscia, Senior Vice President and General Manager, EMI Label Services. “He has had a massive impact on the history of Hip Hop and Urban music overall. Everyone at EMI is excited to be working on this record and continuing his legacy.”

Rap fans were mesmerized by Raekwon’s distinctive brand of street slanguistics when he emerged as a member of the Wu-Tang Clan. The Staten Island, New York rap group’s debut album, 1993’s Enter The Wu-Tang Clan (36 Chambers), was a landmark collection that introduced the group’s signature blend of kung-fu inspired reality rap. Raekwon established himself as a solo star in 1995 with the release of Only Built 4 Cuban Linx. The mafia minded album, which peaked at No. 2 on the Top R&B/Hip-Hop Album chart, unfolded like a cinematic crime caper, with such imaginative songs as “Criminology,” “Incarcerated Scarfaces” and “Ice Cream” propelling the album to platinum status.

Raekwon’s second album, 1999’s Immobilarity, was certified gold. To date, Raekwon has career sales of more than 1.6 million units in the US, according to Nielsen Soundscan.

Now, with the impending release of Only Built 4 Cuban Linx 2, Raekwon is ready to release his second masterpiece. “It’s been a long time coming,” he says, “and I’ve put my blood, sweat and tears into making this classic album for my fans.”

MORE OF THIS? YESSS.

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AND THIS TIMELESS MAGIC. I AM THIS SONG.

“…THEN LIFE WILL START ANEW.”
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We are made wise not by the recollection of our past, but by the responsibility for our future.
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ha ha. JIMMY’S RAP FROM DEGRASSI. PEACE TO DRAKE!


“WHO’S DRAKE AND WHERE’S WHEELCHAIR JIMMY AT?”

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SUSPENDED. KELIS. ETERNAL.

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KNOW THAT I LOVE YOU, MAMA AFRICA.
END THE CHILD SOLDIERS
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EMINEM
As Eminem gears up to release his highly anticipated album Relapse, the Detroit emcee opened up about several topics in an interview with XXL Magazine, set to hit news stands May 5.

Shady spoke on his widely publicized drug addiction, explaining, “I wasn’t ready mentally. I wasn’t ready to give up the drugs. I didn’t really think I had a problem. Basically, I went in, and I came out. I relapsed, and I spent the next three years struggling with it. Also, at that time, I felt like I wanted to pull back, because my drug problem had got so bad. I felt like, Maybe if I take a break, maybe this will help. I started to get into the producer role more… I can still be out there with my music, like with the Re-Up album, but I don’t have to be in the spotlight the whole time.”

Em also revealed his feelings about the death of his friend, Proof of D12. “Everyone felt his loss, from his kids, to his wife, to everyone,” he said of the late rapper, who died just over three years ago. “But, for some reason, in hindsight, the way I felt was almost like it happened to just me… Maybe at the time I was a little bit selfish with it. I think it kind of hit me so hard. It just blindsided me. I just went into such a dark place that, with everything, the drugs, my thoughts, everything.”

Eminem added that he is just now able to discuss the matter without becoming emotional. “Proof was the anchor. He was everything to D12. And not just the group-for me, personally, he was everything.”

Finally, Em spoke on the current state of Hip Hop, revealing that he had stayed current on the art form, but wasn’t necessarily impressed. “…without naming any names, it just felt like Hip Hop was going downhill. And it seemed like kinda fast. You know, in them three years, it was like everybody just cares about the hook and the beat; nobody really cares about substance.”

But not all hope is lost for Eminem, it seems, as a few names have kept him hopeful about the Hip Hop game. “But with this new T.I. album, with this new Lil Wayne album of recent, it seems like things are looking a lot better now. You can appreciate Lil Wayne using different words to rhyme and actually rhyming words that you know. Or T.I., where you hear shit and you’re like Whoa, ah, I wish I would have thought of that!”

Relapse is scheduled for release on May 19.

thanks for nixing the platinum blonde wig, Marshall

PEACE TO DESHAUN “PROOF” HOLTON

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SPEAKING OF…

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AND I GOTTA SUPPORT THOSE WHO SHOWED ME THINGS…
PEACE TO KHEAVEN, THE ALBUM RELEASE PARTY WAS FUN!

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AND THISSSS GUY. HE’S MY HERO/BIG BROTHER/CANADIAN IDOL LIKE FEW OTHERS (PEACE TO MAESTRO)
RICHARD TERFRY: HIP HOP GOD FROM TRURO, HELLIFAX, CANADA


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IF YOU DOWNLOADED MY DEBUT MOVIE I WILL STAB YOU, BUB

I DIDN’T WATCH THE ‘WOLVERINE: ORIGINS” PIRATED COPY. I SAW UP UNTIL THE SCENE WHERE RYAN REYNOLDS/DEADPOOL RUNS INTO A ROOM OF ASSASSINS AND CHOPS UP A MILLION FLYING BULLETS WITH HIS TWO SWORDS. DOPE ENOUGH FOR ME, I’LL STOP THERE AND WAIT TO SEE THE REST IN THE THEATER.
I -AM- WOLVERINE. HOW CAN I STAB MYSELF LIKE THAT?! LOL. I WILL HONOR PROFESSOR XAVIER AND DO THE RIGHT THING… READ THE LINK IF YOU WANT TO KNOW MORE ABOUT THIS WATERSHED MOMENT.
THERE’S NO SUCH THING AS A SOMALI PIRATE

snikt

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PEACE TO SOPHIA STEWART (MY LONG-LOST RELATIVE? LOL)
AND PEACE TO THOSE WHO ARE STILL TRYING TO ESCAPE THE MATRIX!
READ THIS IF YOU WANT TO FUCK YOUR ENTIRE HEAD UP 🙂
THE MOTHER OF ALL MATRIX SPOILERS
PEACE TO SEAN DEEZILL OF WWW.KEVINNOTTINGHAM.COM AND WWW.OKAYPLAYER.COM FOR THIS!

PEACE, GOD

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WE ARE LOVE,
ADHIMUSIC “MINDBENDER SUPREME” STEWART

keith is kool

i’m about to move on to a new blog. www.steadybloggin.com
third time’s a charm.

and I just did an interview with Kool Keith. ONE LOVE TO THE HOMIE!!!

I LOVE YOU ALL!
MINDBENDER

I SHOULD TELL YOUR MAMA ON YOU

MY FACE CAN’T BE FELT – JUELZ SANTANA AND SOME GUY NAMED LIL WAYNE. THIS THANG IS PRETTY GOOD, ACTUALLY.
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FUCK. I HATE TO DO IT, BUT I HAD TO DO IT.

I AFFIRM. NO DEVIL BOOK.
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Fran Lebowitz – “Life is something to do when you can’t get to sleep.”
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BUSTA RHYMES HAS A POINT HERE.

YES, HE’S RIGHT ABOUT TECHNOLOGY DEHUMANIZING US. DON’T TWITTER YOUR FUCKING LIFE AWAY, YO! GET REAL.
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DRO ROCK DIAMONDS.
I EXPECT BETTER FROM THIS GUY.
IT SUCKS WHEN DOPE RAPPERS DON’T TRY HARDER…
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A kiss is a lovely trick designed by nature to stop speech when words become superfluous.
Ingrid Bergman
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The whole point of getting things done is knowing what to leave undone.
Oswald Chambers
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THIS IS WHERE MY LIFE IS GOING NOW:

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I SHOULD TELL YOUR MAMA!

BEATBOX VOCORDER!!!
HOLY FUCK.
TIME FOR THE NEW STARS TO SHINE…
LOVE,
MINDBENDER

PEACE TO SHYNE

NEW MUSIC FOR YOU: ROCK ON!
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PEOPLE I LOVE:

FRITZ, WE’RE GONNA DO IT UP.
SO ARE WE, MOVIES.
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DIDDY ISN’T THE NEW YUNG BERG, IS HE? LOL! CHECK IT:

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SLAUGHTERHOUSE @ PAID DUES. PEACE TO MURS!

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SHARING IS CARING:

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HAPPY APRIL FOOL’S DAY, BABY!
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DO YOU WANT A NEW DEL COMPILATION? CLICK HERE: DEL IS STILL THE SHIT
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YOU THINK YOU’VE SEEN YOUTUBE AT ITS BEST? WELL, NOT UNTIL YOU’VE SEEN THIS. THIS WILL BLOW YOUR FUCKING MIND.

BOOM.
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WHY NOT?
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WU-TANG FOREVER.
THE GOLDEN CHAMBER MIXTAPE (PEACE TO DJ FRICKTION)
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50 CENT IS NOT A RAPPER ANYMORE, HE’S A MARKETING MONSTER. LEARN FROM HIM.
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I JUST DID.
LOVE,
ADHIMUSIC

PEACE TO FREEDOM AND CONSPIRACY. HERE WE GO.

I LOVE THIS GUY.

0183886
PEACE GOD

ONE ARM

A NEW FREE DEL ALBUM IS COMING… YES!!!!

GOD BLESS FUNK MAN!!!
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NEW WEEZY AND JUELZ – 1 ARM
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HAVOC!
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CUBAN LINX 2: COMING OUT ON EMI. YESSSS!

During a recent interview with Connecticut radio station 93.7, Wu-Tang rapper Raekwon revealed his new label home.

Rae told the “On Air Idiots” show that the long delayed sequel to his seminal 1995 solo debut Only Built 4 Cuban Linx is finished and will be released on EMI Records. “Project is vicious right now, it’s done,” he said. “I just closed my deal, you the first one to know, that I signed with EMI right now. I just signed off yesterday made everything official so EMI is the home right now. They the ones that’s paying me they gave me a nice piece of what I needed.” [Watch Below]

When asked if Ghostface Killah – his longtime partner-in-rhyme and co-star on the original Cuban Linx – will be involved, Rae said he wanted to give others rappers a chance to shine. “Ghost gonna be up but at the end of the day it’s gonna be raw hip-hop, B,” he explained. “When I made this album I made it to be a classic, I didn’t look at it as having Ghost all the way through it like that, because it don’t make it special if I don’t give other brothers a shot.”

OB4CL 2 has been in the making for several years now. At one point, Rae was even signed to Dr. Dre’s Aftermath Records with Busta Rhymes serving as the disc’s executive producer, but that eventually fell through.

Set to feature production by Dre, J Dilla, Pete Rock, Erik Sermon and Wu-Tang mastermind the Rza, the album is reportedly set to drop sometime this summer. – Elan Mancini

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http://www.freshselects.net/charleshamiltonstealsbeats

FRESH RANT
Charles Hamilton steals beats:
Black Spade’s “Shinin’”

Okay… so you guys know me, I usually play it cool on artists that I’m not into and instead, stick to supporting & promoting those that I do feel. But in this case, enough is enough – this Charles Hamilton shit needs to end already. And I’m not even tripping off of his personal life shit like a lotta people do – i.e. wearing pink, trying way to hard to make his fascination with Sonic characters sound deep when its not, his little schoolgirl blog writing style, etc. All of that is whatever to me – I’m talking strictly music and his career. Besides being massively underwhelming and suspiciously overrated as an “artist” – this dude has time and time again shown both a general lack of knowledge in hip-hop, as well as a arrogant disregard and overall lack of respect for it. You should already know how I feel about that wack ass mixtape he did over Dilla beats. And oddly enough, he left a comment replying to that post even though I never said his name in it and what he said just further confirmed that he is a newjack and doesn’t know what the hell he’s talking about. Saying that he “anticipate[s] buying a real CD if it should drop” over a year and a half after the CD’s release date… ?!!?? LMnonpinkAO.

But whatever, I said my peace in my reply back to him, stayed cordial and kept it moving. Since then, I’ve been hearing a lot of stories about him being on some overall shady shit – jacking different producers’ beats and saying he did them, showing up unprepared for gigs & trying to use the opening act’s live band for his own set, starting YouTube/blog beefs with more established rappers, etc. But the e-mail that I got this morning from St. Louis producer/MC and Fresh Selects alumni, Black Spade, was the nail in the coffin as far as my tolerance for this dude.

Basically, Charles jacked a beat straight from Black Spade’s MySpace player and rapped over it, released the song on one of his endless barrage of half-assed & disposable mixtapes, and ironically ended up performing the song right in front of Black Spade at SXSW the other week. So Spade approaches him after the show saying that he did that beat but liked what he did with it (his opinion, not mine), asked where he got it from, etc. So the jig is up, right? Nope! Aparently, this fool Charles still tried to act like he made that beat and even went on to say that it was HIM singing on there, when anyone who’s ever heard a Black Spade song can clearly recognize that voice as Spade’s.

So with Charles refusing to admit that he took the beat from Black Spade, I’ve decided to post both of them here for you to decide for yourself. Below is Black Spade’s demo beat and then Charles’ song – both of which are coincidentally called “Shinin’.” Besides the different mix, you’ll notice that Charles’ song also has an intro before the beat drops – that’s something that Spade only included on the track when he uploaded it to MySpace, which is how he knows thats where Charles got it from. I’ve included the full e-mail I received from Black Spade after the jump to further explain the story and to seperate his thoughts on Charles from my own.

Now I know beat jacking is nothing new – its probably as old hip-hop itself. But that doesn’t make that shit okay – especially if the thief in question can’t even own up to it when they’re not only caught in their lie, but even given props for the song. And this instance aside, the only reason this kid’s manufactured buzz has worked for him so far is because not enough people have been calling him out on his bullshit from the beginning. Thankfully, more people have been speaking out lately, namely Rhymefest, Xplosive World, and even former supporter, Karen Civil (although she quickly removed her post from her blog the same day it went up).

And I know this isn’t the only story of Charles pulling this type of shit with someone else’s beat – so if you know of a similar situation or just want to add your two cents on the issue, leave a comment and lemme know.

Black Spade’s version of the story
“Yo!

So this is the beat Charles Hamilton CLAIMS he created. In short, when I was in Austin to perform and check out SxSW, I caught his set. He performed one of his tracks, ‘Shinin,’ which I thought was dope. However, come to find out the instrumental that he used for that track is a beat I produced a while back. After he was done performing, I let him know that I produced the beat and asked him where he got it from. In the back of my mind I know that the only place he really could have gotten it from was off my MySpace page. When I told him I produced the track and liked his lyrics, he still continued to say that HE produced the track with some dude….FALSE. He said he cleared the sample and that he is the one singing ‘Shinin’ in the background and also that his homeboy was playing the keys on the track.

Now mind you, the background ‘Shinin’ vocals that he claims he laid were not laid in the studio at all. I know this because I sampled them by singing directly into the MPC.

Basically, the Frankie Beverly & Maze sample at the beginning is from when I put the beat up on MySpace. The whole point of putting that part in the track was to show that I was about to produce, from that part, my own version of the sample. So, if you don’t hear the Frankie Beverly & Maze sample in the MP3 I am sending you, that is why.

Peace,
Black Spade aka Stoney Rock”

that talentless punk ass answer
Charles Hamilton
Posted March 28, 2009 at 10:42 pm / Permalink
The name of the record is “Golden Time Of Day” by FB&M, the song was recorded in 2007, I have the beat file/folder to prove it, as well as the ProTools session. I have no reason to lie, as well as be on this site, so that’s how you know how serious I take such accusations. Yes, I seen homie, but when he wasn’t able to answer some pretty clear questions about the “production” of the beat, I ruled it off as someone possibly sampling the same part and confusing it. Now it looks like a reach for attention. I’m not mad at anyone, including the writer of this article. I just know I got proof that the beat is mine. Thanks for the love, holla back… and thanks for not spending your blog entries spitting venom about how much you don’t like me, and instead moving on to music/art you do like. Blessings…

~~Charles Hamilton~~
***beep***

I think my “schoolgirl” form of blogging is pretty on point, don’t you?

Read the rest of the comments @ http://www.freshselects.net/charleshamiltonstealsbeats#comments
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TO END ON A BETTER NOTE, LET’S GO WITH SOME LYRICS BORN:

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THE LION IS OUT. YOU’VE BEEN WARNED.
LOVE,
ME

FUCK IT AND JERK IT

SORRY HIP HOP. THERE WILL BE NO MORE OF THIS:

BECAUSE CAM’RON JUST OFFICIALLY KILLED THE DIPSET:

“Look, I hear the DJs, I hear the fans, I hear everybody. I’m not doing a Diplomats album. I’m not rhyming with Jim or Juelz or nothing. I wish them all the best of luck. Accept it people. The people don’t wanna seem to accept it. I don’t have time to do that, it’s not happening, I’m not doing it. That’s why I called you [NowWutTV] here, cuz I know you’ll get it across the world. And hopefully the people will get it in their head. Cam is doing Cam. I’m not doing no Diplomat Immunity 3 album. I hope they’ll do it and I wish them luck. Stop dreaming. Stop hoping. Stop wishing. Stop imagining. I’m not doing it. Official. What’s today’s date? Thursday, March 26th, 2009: Cameron Giles, aka Spacely Sprockets aka Jaffe Joe aka Killa Cam aka KFC, whatever you wanna call me, I am not doing no Diplomat 3 album. That’s it.”

NYC HIP HOP IS WORSE NOW, WITH NONE OF THIS:

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LEARN MORE:
We promise according to our hopes and perform according to our fears.
Francois De La Rochefoucauld 1613-1680, French Classical Writer

One of the strongest characteristics of genius is the power of lighting its own fire.
John W. Foster 1770-1843, British Clergyman, Essayist

The ultimate inspiration is the deadline.
Nolan Bushnell American Businessman, Founder of Atari Computer

There is only one way… to get anybody to do anything. And that is by making the other person want to do it.
Dale Carnegie 1888-1955, American Author, Trainer

You cannot raise a man up by calling him down.
William Boetcker

If you do not wish a man to do a thing, you had better get him to talk about it; for the more men talk, the more likely they are to do nothing else.
Thomas Carlyle 1795-1881, Scottish Philosopher, Author

There are two levers for moving men — interest and fear.
Napoleon Bonaparte 1769-1821, French General, Emperor
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MOS DEF IS A FAN OF MF DOOM

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PEOPLE ARE NUTZO:

IS IT YOU?

The person behind 50 Cent’s popular Twitter account has emerged, alleging the rapper has assistance with the latest social networking tool.

With over 200,000 followers, Fif’s associate Chris Romero is reportedly responsible for the G-Unit leader’s Twitter presence.

On March 1, he shared this insight with the more than 200,000 people who follow him: “My ambition leads me through a tunnel that never ends.” Those were 50 Cent’s words, but it was not exactly him tweeting. Rather, it was Chris Romero, known as Broadway, the director of the rapper’s Web empire, who typed in those words after reading them in an interview. “He doesn’t actually use Twitter,” Mr. Romero said of 50 Cent, whose real name is Curtis Jackson III, “but the energy of it is all him.” (New York Times)

Fif’s Twitter followers have grown over the past month as he’s kept fans in-tune with his rap beef with Rick Ross.

“Tia told me….,” Fif previously wrote unmodified. “New video “A Psychic Told Me” – DJ Khaled Diss…New Diss Song – 50 Cent, Lloyd Banks, and Tony Yayo – “I’ll Be The Shooter”…Check this video!! Never seen before music video of “Creep.” (50 Cent’s Twitter)

Kanye West recently revealed the hired staff he uses for his popular daily blog.

“I might [blog for] two hours in a day, it might be fifteen minutes in a day,” Ye said in an interview. “I have two people that I hired and I tell them exactly what I want — it’s just like how a designer would work. I tell them, yo know, Surface Magazine, Wallpaper, Architectural Digest, Hypebeast, Bossip, go to these different blogs and keep on pulling information. And then they send it to me, and I get like 80 e-mails, and I have to check and go through them. And sometimes I’ll have my own stuff where I’ll just be in a cool place, like if I had mycamera right now, I’d like photograph this stuff and go home and be really excited to blog it.” (New York Magazine)

Ye was previously questioned last summer after reports of a ghost blogger emerged.

Sure Kanye wrote that one outburst on his blog, but no, he doesn’t find all those neat gadgets or post those videos and photos from the road. Someone else does all that for him. That someone else is Marcus Troy, Kanye’s “Ghost Blogger” – a term Marcus coined to describe the service he provides for a few celebrity blogs. If you ask Marcus whether he ghost writes for Kanye, of course he’ll deny it. Because that’s what ghost writers do: they stay in the cut while giving others the glory. (Sandra Rose)
WWW.SOHH.COM
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PEACE TO BIG DADDY KANE! AND SUBSTANCE GROUP, YOU RULE.
AND PEACE TO MY SISTER ISIS OF THUNDERHEIST. FUCK IT. JERK IT!

I LOVE YOU ALL!
ADDI

AUGUST IS GOING TO BE AMAZING THIS YEAR. FUCKING AMAZING 🙂

BDK OMG LOL

AYAH! I LOVE YOU!

MAD PEACE TO SLAKAH THE BEATCHILD. WHO KNEW YOU DIRECTED VIDEOS? PEOPLE GOTTA STOP SLEEPING ON THIS CAT, HE’S ILL.
AND AYAH KNOWS MY NAME IS NEAR THE TOP OF HER FAN CLUB LIST, LOL. I BEEN LOVING AYAH FROM TIME, BWOY. WHATCHU KNOW ABOUT ‘IN MY LIFETIME’, SON? HA HA, ENJOY.
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SAIGON IS THE COOLEST:

BANG BANG YOURE DEAD 50 BULLETS IN YOUR HEAD

DJ Booth: What’s goin’ on everybody? It’s your boy “Z,” doin’ it real big, and joining me inside the DJ Booth is an emcee who has yet to tell us his great story, however, just last week he did manage to showcase 24 hours’ worth of work. Please welcome, for the second time, the Yardfather himself—Saigon, how you doin’?

Saigon: What’s up, Z? What’s poppin’, baby?

DJ Booth: Congratulations on the digital release of All in a Day’s Work. It’s doin’ great at iTunes, man!

Saigon: Yeah, it’s killin’ ‘em right now. We’re in the top five after like one week—no promo or nothing, just the love of real hip-hop, people are going and picking it up. And anybody who went and picked it up, thank you very much; I appreciate the support and hope you enjoy it, real talk.

DJ Booth: I listened to the entire album. It’s solid all the way through. Here’s the question, though: had you taken two or three weeks to complete the project… ?

Saigon: Oh, it would’ve been killer, it would’ve been so much better.

DJ Booth: What would you have done differently?

Saigon: The songs would’ve been longer. I probably would have done two more concept records. And more Saigon records, ‘cause I do a lot of records like “Pain in My Life” that have stories and concepts. I think it was lacking that a little bit, and I probably would’ve done one more up-tempo [record]. But for one day, I think it’s pretty damned good!

DJ Booth: No complaints from my end, I’ll tell you that much!

Saigon: [laughs] I see people who go in there for eight months who can’t make that sh*t, you know, man?

DJ Booth: Absolutely—or longer.

Saigon: I’m patting myself on the back, to be able to accomplish that. And Statik Selektah, of course, who impressed the sh*t out of me.

DJ Booth: Let’s talk about that. Up until this point, there was only one producer with whom you were synonymous, and that’s of course Just Blaze. Describe the similarities and the differences between your work with [Just] Blaze and your new collaborative partner on this project, Statik Selektah.

Saigon: I’ll go as far as to say Just Blaze is my mentor in this game, as far as makin’ records. He taught me a lot, so when I’m with Just in the studio, I’m more like a student. At the time when I went in there with Statik, I went in there with the swag, like, “I know what the f*ck I’m doin—I’ve worked with Just Blaze!” I had a little bit more confidence, and it came out. Statik let me do me, like, “Yeah, man, do what you feel.” Just is gonna be like, “Change this, change that!” But it worked; with me and Statik, the chemistry was automatic, just like with me and Just. It was automatic chemistry, and I think that’s why the music came out well. And the fact that we were both drunk as sh*t. [laughs] We weren’t really carin’ about much; it was just like, “Throw on another beat! Let’s do another one! Sh*t, let’s do another one,” until we came up with the 10 or 11.

DJ Booth: Well, like I said, I think the project turned out great, and you just explained that it was done in a carefree atmosphere. Do you think that that would translate better in the future, for your studio sessions?

Saigon: Yeah, absolutely, man. When you go in there thinkin, “I’ve gotta make a hit record,” it’s too much pressure; you start overthinkin’ the situation. When you go in there like, “F*ck it,” you don’t have a care in the world, everybody’s vibin’, drinks, you know, sh*t comes out better, ‘cause it’s feels more real. [It isn’t] forced.

DJ Booth: The idea of creating new music and then making it available digitally immediately thereafter is something few artists have attempted, at least successfully. What do you think the success rate could be for artists to do this in the future?

Saigon: Well, in a few years, they ain’t gonna have a choice—they’re gonna have to do that to be able to sell music. The reason why I did it is, I wanna be ahead of the curve. I want people to say, “Saigon was one of the first ones to do that.” No other artist has done that. I didn’t even promote this sh*t at all; we didn’t spend one dollar on promo. We just went in there and said, “People want music; let’s make it available to them.” CD sales decline, every day they’re goin’ down—I give CDs another two year to be relevant-

DJ Booth: If that.

Saigon: If that. ‘Cause Virgin‘s shuttin’ down. Best Buy and Wal-Mart are the biggest sellers of music right now, for CDs. And who the f*ck is goin’ to Wal-Mart to buy a CD?

DJ Booth: You’re right. If you’re goin’ to Wal-Mart, you’re probably picking up an iron or some saran-wrap, and then you just so happen to see the CD, and you’re like, “Eh, I’ll get it.”

Saigon: “Eh, what the f*ck!’ Exactly!

DJ Booth: You mentioned that no promotional dollars were spent on this release, and you’re very familiar, unfortunately, with a lack of label push, at your former label home over at Atlantic. Moving forward in your career, how does Saigon get properly promoted? How can you be best promoted?

Saigon: I’m gonna have to be creative, man. The thing about the Internet is, it’s free. You can upload your own videos. It’s all about content now. What you do sets you apart from people. Videos are dead—no more Rap City, TRL is gone, 106 and Park is on its way out-

DJ Booth: It’s a damned shame!

Saigon: Yeah! You’ve gotta find a new way to introduce yourself to the fans, and it’s the Internet that’s comin’ up with creative content and creating excitment, and I’m gonna have to continue to do that to keep myself relevant and keep makin’ great music. At the end of the day it’s about the music. And I’ve always believed the best form of promotion is word-of-mouth, because when I hear about something from five different people, that arouses my interest, like, “Damn, somebody else was just talkin’ about that!” Then I start getting curious, inquisitive, and I wanna know more and more about it. So I figure that’s how I’m gonna get promoted. It’s not gonna be so much of a money thing. I can do a lot with a little bit. Dealin’ with Amalgam, like, on this Warning Shots project, they are gonna put up some promotional dollars, and some damn good ones, too! I’ll be able to compete with a major artist, and I think what’s gonna give me the edge is the music.

DJ Booth: Well, you know what? If they don’t, tell ‘em I’m gonna be knocking down their damn door!

Saigon: All right, I’ll tell ‘em, “Better watch out for DJ Z!” They’re probably listening in there.

DJ Booth: I hope they’re listening. We’re gonna test out whether or not they put their deodorant on this morning. I’m serious!

Saigon: [laughs]

DJ Booth: I wanna focus on one of the songs on the new album, it’s called “So Cruel.” You spit a line, “I could be richer than Phil Drummond and still bummin’.” There’s an old saying, I’m sure you’re familiar with it, “Money makes the world go ‘round,” and, as we both know, in the rap world it certainly makes it go ‘round—do you feel like your ideal about money not equating to happiness is something that is shared by any of your industry colleagues?

Saigon: Not in the music, but in real life they know. ‘Cause I know a lot of rich motherf*ckers who’s miserable, probably a few days from blowin’ their brains out. And they have all the money in the world. Money’s just like anything else: once you’ve got it, it don’t have the same allure like when you’re broke. You get used to it; you’ve driven every car, had every kind of fake b*tch around that only wants you for your money, and you start to realize nobody really like you they just like you ‘cause you’re rich. And then you start to really get more problems that you thought you had in the first place. What rap’s become is a big commercial for Gucci and Louis Vuitton. I’m sure whoever owns those companies is so happy that we’re in this phase of rap. These guys get so much free advertising from rappers, you would swear they own a percentage in the company! [laughs]

DJ Booth: It’s unbelievable!

Saigon: F*ckin’ unreal!

DJ Booth: We already know that you are capable of recording a complete project in 24 hours, but what could you go 24 straight hours without doing?

Saigon: I can go 24 hours without sleep.

DJ Booth: Okay, well, we knew that, because that’s how long it took to record the album—what else?

Saigon: Something else? I can go 24 hours without eating.

DJ Booth: Okay, but a lot of people have to fast because of religious purposes, so what else? Give me something else.

Saigon: I can go 24 hours without using my cell phone.

DJ Booth: That includes Email?

Saigon: No Email, no texts, nothing. The next day I’m out of the loop, I’ve got some catchin’ up to do, but I can do it. ‘Cause there have been times when, to focus, I’ve had to turn off my cell phone for the whole day, and then the next day you’re behind on so much sh*t, like, “Johnny got shot last night! Someone’s in the hospital!” So, it’s f*cked up afterward, but I can do it.

DJ Booth: DJ Booth: Let’s flash back for a second—last time you joined me inside the DJ Booth was July of ‘07, and you had just created an online firestorm when you wrote an open and honest MySpace blog entry about possibly quitting rap. The timing is interesting, because just last week Kid CuDi revealed on his blog that he’ [been] unhappy since signing, and he [planned] to retire after releasing his debut. What do you think it is specifically that can change an artist’s mind that quickly?

Saigon: Have you ever heard the saying, “Be careful what you wish for, [because] you just might get it?” A lot of people don’t know, when you come into this business, what you’re doing is you’re putting yourself out there for ridicule. People feel like, hey, you’re public property now, because you’re an entertainer. Your job is to entertain us, and if we’re not entertained, we’re gonna build you up to break you down. You’ve gotta have thick skin to deal with it, especially now with the Internet where you can go on and read these comments; you don’t know who they’re coming from, but they still have an effect on you. So you’re sittin’ there reading this sh*t, like, “This motherf*cker don’t know me!” and if you ain’t built for that, that sh*t’s gonna eat you up. Me, I never wanted the whole fame part of this sh*t. I’m not big on that; I’m too much of an introvert and too secretive to want that kind of sh*t, and I think he might be like that as well.

DJ Booth: If they’re talking about you, obviously you’re doin’ something, ‘cause if it wasn’t important or you had nothing to offer, your name would not be in their mouth.

Saigon: That’s not true, ‘cause just as well as being famous, you can be infamous. You can’t walk around with a booger in your nose, when you get to a certain level!

DJ Booth: Otherwise you’re gonna be all over YouTube and TMZ the next second…

Saigon: Like, “Oh my God, look at Halle Berry’s booger!”

DJ Booth: If you’re Halle Berry, though, I don’t think she cares about the booger thing. She’s got everything else goin’ on for her, right, so what’s a little booger?

Saigon: But if she gets the booger, you don’t understand: they’ll talk about it so much, like, “She’s not human!” If she has that crust in her eyes when she wakes up and somebody catches a picture of that, they’re gonna go crazy with that.

DJ Booth: I think we both would agree: she doesn’t have to wash up, take the boogers out of her nose or the crust out of her eyes.

Saigon: No, she can rock with me with a booger any day of the week. I might pick it out, like, “Excuse me, can I have this? Can I frame this?”

DJ Booth: Keep it as a souvenir, exactly!

Saigon: [laughs]

DJ Booth: I wanna go back to our other interview for another second. I asked you what would it mean for you to release your debut album, The Greatest Story Never Told, and you stated very clearly, it’d be better for the whole world. We both know that this world needs a lot of healing.

Saigon: Yeah, yeah, it needs healing bad, and I got it for ‘em, I got that medicine. It’s like I’ve got the cure for cancer and AIDS, but I can’t get it approved by the FDA. Even if I know it’s harmless, I’ve gotta get with the right pharmaceutical company and the right business has to come into play, ‘cause they need to make their money off the top. And that’s what it’s become: it’s corporate.

DJ Booth: That medication analogy was brilliant—did you think of that off the top of your head just now?

Saigon: Yeah, I swear to God.

DJ Booth: That was really good!

Saigon: That was brand new, baby!

DJ Booth: The album was supposed to drop like five years ago, so when it does get released, how much of it is going to be the original story, if you will, and how much of it is going to be newly-written?

Saigon: 95 percent is original. We’re refurbishing it. There were probably two or three lines where I needed to go back. But we’re talking about adding another song, ‘cause Just be comin’ up with these ideas, so we might add another song to it and take one off, just to keep it up to date. And you don’t wanna sound too outdated, but it’s classic, it’s timeless music. ‘Cause I’ve been hearin’ it for three years, and I still love it, it’s still my favorite album.

DJ Booth: Well, it’s on rotation for you; it needs to be on rotation for everybody else…

Saigon: Yeah, I know.

DJ Booth: I know that everyone’s pretty jazzed up about the fact that they have the opportunity to go out, support you, and purchase one of your projects, which is out right now, digitally-available. Tell everybody right now why, if they’re concerned, they shouldn’t be, and they can rest assured 2009 will officially be your coming-out party.

Saigon: Because I’m working and thinking like a businessman as well as an artist. Amalgam Digital has put me in a situation to release music and get the proper funding and the proper marketing that I needed, that I never had before, to get me from point A to point B. I think my future’s pretty bright in this sh*t. I think I still have a great chance to make something out of it.

DJ Booth: As I tell everybody, the music needs to speak for itself, and in your case it does just that.

Saigon: Thank you Z, thanks a lot.

DJ Booth: You’re very welcome. Give everybody, Sai, a website, a MySpace page, something so they can find out more about you and how they can pick up a new digital copy of All in a Day’s Work.

Saigon: You can pick up All in a Day’s Work at amalgamdigital.com or itunes.com. Check me out at myspace.com/saigonthayardfather. I’m just gettin’ up on Twitter, I know I’m the last Mohican, I’m a little late, but I’m on Twitter now, sayin’ what’s up to the people.

DJ Booth: I thank you again for takin’ the time to join me inside the DJBooth.

Saigon: Thank you, my pleasure, man. Thanks a lot.

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BLACK TIGER, MOTHERFUCKER. COMMANDO. EVEN CASTLEVANIA!!! WOW. WHAT A GREAT TIME TO BE ALIVE.
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TONIGHT. KING ASIATIC NOBODY’S EQUAL RISES AT THE PHOENIX. I SAW RAKIM HERE A FEW YEARS AGO, AND SAW ICE-T HERE TOO… WE’LL SEE WHO TAKES THE CROWN 🙂

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THAT’S ENOUGH? NO, IT’S NEVER ENOUGH. MORE TOMORROW 🙂
LOVE, MINDBENDER SUPREME

SWOLLEN WITH POTENTIAL

TUPAC IS ALIVE?!
HOLY FUCK, LOOK AT THIS SHIT.
TUPAC @ LIL WAYNE SHOW
RAP IS OUTTA CONTROL!
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SOULJA BOY IS GAY, SO SAYS MEAGAN GOOD… LOL!
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I SAW HIM PERFORM AT WRONGBAR... IT WAS COOL, NOTHING SUPER AMAZING

KID CUDI WILL NEVER BE AS BIG AS KANYE. HE’S JUST NOT AS GOOD WITH THE WORDPLAY. AND KANYE’S NOT EVEN PHARAOHE MONCH LEVEL, BUT KANYE SURPRISES WITH HIS WIT OFTEN ENOUGH… I LIKE ON A NEW LOVE SONG I HEARD HIM SAY “WHAT ARE WE HAVING: DESSERT OR DISASTER?” 🙂
ANYWAYS, HERE’S A GOOD KID CUDI ARTICLE, COURTESY OF COMPLEX
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WHAT THE FUCK IS THIS COBRA COMMANDER? THE G.I. JOE MOVIE LOOKS LIKE IT’S GONNA BE WEEEEEEIRD IF THIS IS THE COBRA LEADER.
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50 CENT LOVES TO INSTIGATE:

FUCK YOU, PAY ME. AND EMINEM, DROP YOUR ALBUM FIRST, PLZ K THX BAI

50 Cent thinks Jay-Z is too old to continue touring.

The ‘Candy Shop’ rapper believes the hip-hop mogul signed his recent deal with Live Nation – which sees the company handle all of his records, touring, merchandising and marketing – because he is at an age where he doesn’t feel he needs to continue negotiating different aspects of his professional life.

50 – real name Curtis Jackson – explained: “Jay is in a different space in his career. He may be tired of running around and negotiating each individual deal. The deal would be actually putting that in someone else’s hands.

“I’m comfortable doing it the way I’ve been doing it. The difference between him and me is obvious.

“He’s married to Beyonce, he’s getting ready to be 40 years old. He’s in a different place, he might not want to run around, and even touring may soon be out of the question. He might want to be in the office and run one of the companies.”

50 also claimed another hip-hop star, ‘Missing You’ singer P. Diddy, has not released a good song for years – but says he is still one of the leading lights of rap music.

He added to KING-mag.com: “Puffy has the best model for staying relevant, because he does it without a song. He’s been able to maintain an interest and stay in a space to executive produce television and film projects, and stay relevant to hip-hop culture.

“What was the last record that made you feel like, ‘Oh, my God, Puffy is on fire?’ You don’t need it.”
HELLO POT, MY NAME IS THE KETTLE, LOL.
50, I RESPECT YOU BUT YOUR LAST SONG TANKED TOO. ‘I GET IT IN’ WANTED TO BE ONE OF YOUR OLD HITS, BUT IT WASN’T. YOU SHOULD DROP SOMETHING LIKE ‘SEE ME BLEEDIN’

IF YOUR NEW ALBUM SOUNDS LIKE THIS… IT’S GONNA BE GOOOOD!
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SPEAKING OF…

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AND SPEAKING OF…!

DIPSET MIGHT AS WELL REUNITE. WHAT ARE THEY GONNA DO APART? A HOMIE OF MINE JUST TOLD ME THE JIM JONES ALBUM IS SHIT. SURPRISE, SURPRISE. LOL!
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AND PEACE TO PHARRELL, I FUCKING LOVE THIS:

APPLE PIE! SAY IT, GIRL. SAY APPLE PIE!! LOL!
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LET’S END OFF THE DAY WITH SOME MAGIC: MARY J BLIGE, KRS-ONE AND BUCKSHOT SHORTY… KILLLLLING IT:

THAT ALBUM’S GONNA BE FUCKING BANANAS!
AND K-NAAN IS ON IT!!!!!!!!
IT’S TIME.
LOVE, MINDBENDER

cakeaholics are starving

Music never abandons you. It never judges and is always there for you. It gives more than it asks for, and never finds you lacking. Music is the perfect lover.
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ALWAYS REMEMBERED.

J$P = LOVE

By now most everyone is familiar with the story of musical legend J Dilla. The quiet, prolific producer collaborated with everyone from Eryka Badu to Common to Janet Jackson to Prince. Dilla was just beginning to capitalize on his cult status when he sadly passed at age 32 due to Lupus-related complications. Jay Stay Paid is a 25 track collection of unreleased Dilla beats mixed and arranged by Pete Rock. While mostly instrumental, “J$P” also offers a few guests vocals from artists that Dilla worked with or admired including Black Thought of The Roots, MF DOOM, and M.O.P.

Curtailing any notion of jumping on some sort of Dilla bangwagon, Jay Stay Paid was executive produced by Dilla’s mother Maureen Yancey (aka Ma Dukes) along with the musical supervision of Dilla’s only real musical idol, Pete Rock. “It wasn’t rushed and it wasn’t haphazard,” explains Ms Yancey. “This album combines what he did in the beginning of his career, what he did in some of our early hospital stays, which was very deep, and some stuff pulled from old floppy disks & DATs. Its mind blowing…this is like the missing links to Dilla’s legacy.”

The format of the album plays like a radio show with Pete Rock as the program director. With regards to Pete’s involvement, Ms. Yancey gets very excited, “Dilla wanted to pattern himself behind Pete. His dream was to become as close as possible to what Pete stood for. Pete meant everything to him. Dilla would have just been flabbergasted! ” Pete’s sentiments were the same toward Dilla, “Dude was amazing. He just kinda came outta nowhere and the more you heard his beats the better they got. He may not be here with us, but it’s all good we’re going to keep his music alive and well.”

In the late 80s, Dilla founded the seminal rap group Slum Village and put Detroit hip-hop on the map, while the 90’s saw him playing a major role in the production team The Ummah with Q-Tip and Ali Shaheed Muhammad doing extensive work on Tribe Called Quest’s last two albums.

Jay Stay Paid will be released on June 2nd on Nature Sounds.
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BECAUSE ME AND RHINOCEROS WERE TALKING BUN B YESTERDAY, AND ELLIOTT WILSON IS THE HOMIE:

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KANYE WEST SPEAKS:
‘He has the comfort to have a forum to express himself,’ Noah Callahan-Bever says.

By Jayson Rodriguez

Warning to all rappers who try to dis Kanye West: He’s not gonna respond. Writers who cover the Chicago superstar, however, are an entirely different matter.

“I feel like I’m playing on the same intellectual level of a journalist and not a rapper,” a laughing ‘Ye said in the April/ May issue of Complex magazine. “I feel like if a rapper disses me, they’re just trying get a rise out of me and get me to play in their field to find some way that they can beat me. I feel like there’s a lot of rappers that can beat me in ignorance. So why would I play a sport that I’m not particularly trying to get better at or beaten in? There’s a lot of rappers that can beat me in ignorance, but there’s only a few that can play with true intellect. How f—ing perfect is that f—ing answer?!”

One writer West has set his aim on in the past is Complex Editor in Chief Noah Callahan-Bever. A profile he wrote about West in Vibe wasn’t met with enthusiasm by the rapper, who skewered the journalist and magazine. “It takes more than a magazine to kill my vibe,” West rapped on his 2005 hit “Diamonds From Sierra Leone.”

Callahan-Bever told MTV News that the two now share a healthy respect for each other that’s led to a less combative but more rewarding journalist/subject relationship.

“At no point was it tense. It was just like, ‘Yo, let’s have a real conversation,’ ” Callahan-Bever said last week. “It’s just that thing where there is a respect. I’ve written about him enough times to where I’ve written things about him that he’s liked and things he hasn’t liked, but there’s a comfortability in our professional relationship. There’s always an issue with him feeling misunderstood by the media, but I think for him, this was an opportunity to do something that’s absolutely journalistically credible. It’s not a puff piece, but he has the comfort to have a forum to express himself in a way that he feels represents himself in the way he absolutely means.”

In the revealing interview, West admits to being depressed during the recording of his recent album, 808s & Heartbreak. The project was recorded in the wake of his mother’s tragic death and his breakup with his fiancée Alexis Phifer. He also apologized for his infamous award show tirades. He even expressed remorse over his rant following the 2007 VMAs. (Thanks, ‘Ye!)

Throughout the piece, a gracious Kanye gives credit to his support team, even going so far as to admit his road manager, Don Crowley, has better taste. He also said Don C is the person he trusts most now that his mother is gone.

Callahan-Bever called the interview West’s most “self-critical.”

“To most of the kids who follow Kanye, he could have easily taken the credit for being this incredible tastemaker,” he said. “But to be able to say, ‘This dude, who is my really good friend, one of my best friends and my partner in this — he is actually one of the guys that I trust the most,’ I thought was really humble. And as he points out in the piece, it kind of flies in the face of the picture that’s been painted of him as this total egomaniac. That’s not to say that the guy doesn’t have a very healthy ego, though.”

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AND LAST, (SADLY) IS MY CAKEAHOLIC KINGPIN. IRONICALLY, KANYE WEST IS SHINING HIGHER THAN EVER, WHILE THIS GUY IS STRUGGLING NOW:

SO LAST YEAR

He’s got no money, but he sure does have mo’ problems.

Roc-A-Fella Records and Rocawear co-founder Damon Dash has been slapped with divorce papers by wife Rachel Roy, the Daily News has learned.

The stunning fashion designer piled onto Dash’s already sizable stack of lawsuits when she filed for divorce from her husband of four years this month in Manhattan Supreme Court.

Ed Hayes, a lawyer for Roy, declined comment, and a Dash spokeswoman did not return calls or e-mails.

An electronic record of the case says the divorce is for “nonmonetary relief” and should be resolved by February.

Dash and Roy, who put her own name on a women’s fashion line, got hitched in Mexico in January 2005. They met when Roy was working at Rocawear and have two daughters.

The breakup is the latest legal mess for the has-been hip-hop titan, whose empire – which he once pegged at “about $50 million” in a New York magazine profile – has crumbled under massive debt, bad business deals and one suit after another.

Dash, who in 2005 sold his stake in Rocawear to Jay-Z for $20 million, owes $2 million in state taxes, and a bank has started foreclosure proceedings on his two Tribeca condos.

A Manhattan judge even ordered the city to seize his luxury Chevrolet Tahoe SUV last year when he couldn’t make the $714.99 monthly payment. He’s also being sued by law firms and landlords for not paying his bills.

The fall has been a spectacular one for Dash, who sipped Champagne on a yacht in Jay-Z’s video for “Big Pimpin'” – then emptied his bottle of bubbly onto bikini-clad beauties in a hot tub.

“He’s broke, he’s got nothing left,” a source said.

Dash debuted last year as a theater producer with the “Hip-Hop Monologues,” an Off-Broadway account of the life of his latest protégé, rapper Jim Jones.

The production is set to resume performances tonight at 37 Arts in Manhattan.

While he may have been short on cash, Dash wasn’t short on confidence when he hyped the show in New York magazine and vowed to make a splashy return to the music business.

“And when I come back, I’m gonna change the economy as well,” he said.

jmartinez@edit.nydailynews.com

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