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J. Cole - Lost Ones

Did we give up on this? :mmph:

The rain has always been one of my favorite songs. Wish I could hear him do the song live, that would be great!

Summertime pt2, what's that all about? Thanx 4 the article!

Keep dreamin' Brakes! :laugh:

Same here Tim...I seriously believed it! Let's hope he will do some more music!

It's time to change the title of this topic....the Fresh Prince is not back!

You gotta love it! That's great!

Dope verse and video Brakes! Nice job!

I must say I agree with most of the things this guy says! _____________________________________________________________ The Fall of Eminem Author: Adam Bernard Eminem is one of the most polarizing artists hip-hop has ever seen. I remember first finding out about him when The Slim Shady EP was making its way around the internet. I became an instant fan and loved his first three full length albums. Then he started to slide. It's a slide that's been constant, and, in my opinion, may have bottomed out with his most recent work, and the Super Bowl commercial for iced tea that turned him into nothing more than a caricature of himself. Em was actually featured in two Super Bowl commercials. There was the one for Chrysler, which was also essentially an ad for Detroit, that was classic Eminem. He was reppin his hometown. I thought it was great. Then there was the one for Lipton's Brisk iced tea that featured a claymation Eminem ranting about how he didn't do commercials and was angry that Lipton wouldn't rename the tea after him. This, my friends, is rock bottom for Eminem. I have no problem with rappers making money doing commercials. Common's Gap ad - fine. I'm sure he wears Gap clothing. The classic Sprite ad from the 90s with Pete Rock & CL Smooth - brilliant. They actually found a way to rep hip-hop in it. Eminem taking the character he used to use to subtly hide his messages, and stripping it of its meaning to sell iced tea? Sorry, but I'm not cool with that at all. Some people would argue that he was just being funny, like he's always been, but his humor used to have a point to it. The people who argue that he was just funny have completely missed the point of his music. Yes, he had his one song on each of his first three albums that was made solely to appease the label and get radio airplay, but even those songs had a political and societal lilt to them. There's a reason "My Name Is" starts with the line "Hi kids, do you like violence." He's telling the world not just who he's addressing, but what he's addressing them with. He's saying if you aren't teaching your kids, there are a host of other people, people who may not have strong morals, that will. This is all wrapped around a humorous song to help the medicine go down, because if he said it straight up he'd be an annoying preachy rapper that no one would want to listen to. Need another example of this? Listen to "My Fault" and really pay attention to the lyrics. Em managed to be humorous, at some points downright hilarious, while talking about an ex-heroin addict, who was sexually abused by her father, overdosing on mushrooms. Turning that situation into something humorous takes a lot of talent, and to say it's just a funny song is to miss the point of it entirely. The easy way to tell this kind of a story would be to make a depressing song, but Em didn't take the easy route. Now he is. Eminem used to destroy pop culture. The great poetry of his most pop songs was that they were anti-pop culture. He made pop music that criticized pop music. It was really genius. Knowing he was getting played alongside the likes of Christina Aguilera what did he do? He tore her a new one in his music. He knew radio would play them in the same set of songs. Pure brilliance. Unfortunately, Eminem has gone from ripping the pop world to working with it. A decade ago Eminem would have made an artist like Rihanna a punch line (no pun intended). Now he's getting her to sing the chorus on a song. The same goes for Pink. These are artists that should be subjects of Eminem songs, not part of the liner notes. People, unfortunately, have reacted well to it. Em was nominated for album of the year at the Grammys. You just won't see me spinning it. At this point I think Marshall Mathers is alive and well, but Eminem is dead. Getting back to Eminem's iced tea commercial (that phrase alone has to grate on you if you're an Eminem fan), I also have an issue with the anger displayed in it. Em used to be angry about society. He used to be angry about the way he had been treated growing up, both by his mother and his peers. He used to be angry at a world that relied on entertainers to raise their kids. Now he's angry about not having iced tea named after him? Really? I'm supposed to believe that the same Eminem that wrote "Just Don't Give a ****" suddenly gives a **** about, of all things, his name being on an iced tea bottle? Excuse makers will say he's grown out of that phase of his life. I have no problem with emcees growing. What I have a problem with is emcees selling their soul, and it really feels like Em has wiped himself clean of the essence of who he was in an effort to prolong his career. His botox infused face that's so line-free it's downright scary is yet another indication that the man who once ripped everything Hollywood related has become pure Hollywood. I still hold out hope that Eminem can be resurrected. I view him in the same way I view Andre3000. Andre3000, in my opinion, has made some horrible missteps in his career - the terrible Prince wanna-be experiment, and meaningless "Hey Ya," being two of the worst offenders. That being said, verses like the ones he laid down on the remix to UNK's "Walk it Out," and the remix to Ke$ha's "Sleazy," prove that he's still one of the greatest emcees of all-time. I'm waiting for Eminem to have that kind of a moment. He came close with the "Airplanes" remix, but I'm still waiting to hear Eminem, the REAL Eminem. The Eminem I haven't heard since The Eminem Show. I'm hoping Marshall Mathers still has it in him to be that creative and witty, although I'm afraid we're more likely to see him battling an Old Navy mannequin over a pair of cargo shorts. We can only imagine what the old Eminem would say about an artist making a move like that.

Picked up my copy a couple days back. I think it has some great songs. "Words I never said", "The Show goes on", "Break The Chain", "Beautiful lazers" and "Letting go" are some of my favorites.

More bad news about MIIIB! Source: yahoo.com Will Smith’s Beef With MIB III Shooting on the big threequel has been delayed because its lead star wants to see some changes, according to the new issue of The Hollywood Reporter (now on newsstands). Though the script’s original draft (penned by Tropic Thunder writer Etan Cohen) found favor with the studio, Sony Pictures, director Barry Sonnenfeld and producer Walter Parkes, Smith wasn't wild. "He's become very enamored with aspects of screenwriting," says a source involved with the production. Nevertheless, in an unprecedented move, Sony started shooting in November — with only one act of the script completed. Sony spokesman Steve Elzer tells THR the studio came up with the unusual shooting plan because it feared the New York incentive program would expire at the end of December. (Instead, it was extended for five years.) The studio also has said the hiatus would allow outdoor scenes to be shot in New York in spring. But several observers suspect the studio moved ahead with production largely because all of the key players -- including Smith, Tommy Lee Jones and director Barry Sonnenfeld -- were finally ready to go, and a delay might have jeopardized that. It had built in a break in production that was scheduled to last from late December through mid-February, during which the remainder of the script was to be finished. The problem still hasn’t been resolved – and now the hiatus has been extended until March 28 as a new writer David Koepp (who did uncredited work on the first MIB) is brought in for revisions. Koepp has hit work cut out for him. MIB III calls for Smith's character, Agent J, to go back in time - 1969, to be exact – where he encounters famous figures of the day, like Yoko Ono, as well as a younger version of Jones' Agent K (played by Josh Brolin). The nature of the project has made it difficult to get the screenplay right, a key player on the film tells THR: "Any movie involving time travel seems to be difficult if you want to make it work and have no b-s loopholes, which has taken longer than we thought it would.” But shooting that first act without the remainder of the script in place has only compounded the issues. "It's hard because you're locked into the beginning of the movie," a production source acknowledges. "It creates problems that are just kind of crazy." One former studio chief is not surprised that Sony did not come up with a script that passed muster with Smith in the time allotted. "If he wasn't satisfied after it's been years in development, how are you going to fix that at Christmas?" this person asks. And though the prolonged pause in production is costing Sony millions, Smith is under no pressure to approve a script that is not 100 percent to his liking. (The sequel was released in 2002 and, despite a drubbing from critics, grossed more than $440 million worldwide.) According to a source with firsthand knowledge of the situation, Sony expected to save more than $35 million thanks to the New York tax program. But that will be reduced because the hiatus has gone on longer than anticipated. (MIB has a budget that will easily pass $200 million.) PHOTOS: Hollywood’s New Young Guns Sony maintains that the extra costs are not substantial. "Because we extended the hiatus from the holidays, few people were on the payroll, so this was a relatively inexpensive decision that has had an insignificant impact on the budget," Elzer told THR in an e-mail. Elzer says Koepp has already delivered a revision of the script. Assuming Koepp can solve the script issues, and the film makes its March 28 re-start deadline, MIB III will hit theaters in 3-D on May 25, 2012

Happy B-day man!

Game just released two mixtapes but no Will track! I wonder if it will be on his new album.....or will we never hear it! :boxedin:

The DVD art doesn't look bad....thanx 4 posting!

More news: Source: http://www.billboard.com/column/the-juice/jay-z-partners-with-will-jada-smith-for-1005012802.story#/column/the-juice/jay-z-partners-with-will-jada-smith-for-1005012802.story Will Smith, Jada Pinkett-Smith and their partners at Overbrook Entertainment have formed a joint-venture with Shawn "Jay-Z" Carter to develop and produce major motion pictures. First up? A remake of the Broadway musical "Annie," in which Will and Jada's daughter, Willow -- who recently signed to Jay-Z's Roc Nation label -- will star in. Although the project is in its preliminary stages, it will be developed with Sony Pictures Entertainment and produced by Overbrook and Jay. The partnership between Will and Jada and Jay-Z began when the three decided to invest in the beauty line Carol's Daughter. Their next venture together was when they joined forces again to co-produce the Broadway play "Fela!" Since then, Willow, who is managed by Overbrook's Miguel Melendez, has signed to Roc Nation and released first single "Whip My Hair." "The Overbrook Entertainment family and I have a unified vision. We've already produced a Tony Award-winning play and we're developing a true superstar in Willow," said Jay-Z in a statement. "This venture into film development and production is a perfect next step with teams that are accomplished, creative and innovative."

That's good news!

Yeah, that's something that has been missing since they released the first season. I don't understand why can't give us some deleted scenes or some behind the scenes stuff...

That's great news!

Happy 2011!! Let's hope we get some new music from Jazzy and the prince!

Cool...just signed it! Let's hope they will release it!

Can't see why he should be doing this show.....give us some news music or Bad Boys instead!

Nice 2 c you're still alive man! And good to hear that you have been busy with school and work....you're living the real life now! :laugh:

Seems like everybody in the family is doing music except for the man himself!

They released it in Belgium. Bought my copy yesterday! Can't believe there aren't any extras on it!