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GYM CLASS HEROES - Like Father, Like Son (Papa's Song) The Quilt (2008) ...so good...

I think they've made it more movie/story-like instead of bio-pic-like. Becuz of stories like this and becuz it's based off somebody we all know, everything about it predictable. It looks like a half-step up from a TV movie. I will say that it has a lil' bit of my attention now even tho' i'm not a fan of Biggie's. I'll still probably wait til it hits DVD tho.'

Very cool! U know how cool it must have been 2 be part of the focus group. If one of us was there we could have talked him in2 a new album once and for all.

CHILLI - Glidin' Bi-Polar (maybe) (2008)

HEAVY D - Never Did It Before (Unreleased) (2005) This joint is flawless!!! This is equally as good or even better than most of the tracks on L+F. Hev, drop that 2005 Hip-Hop album!!

Yeah, it waz 1st slated for October. The new issue of Vibe says November, the website says late January. It's gonna be some unreleased stuff with some "re-tooled" tracks from the limited edition, import-only Supernova from 2001. I've been talking with someone from Deathrow who has the few tracks she did when she was talking 2 them and he's gonna make them available on an underground level. D.R.I.P. The Gumph + LEFT EYE - Ease Back (Unreleased) (2002)

LEFT EYE - Wild Out Eye Legacy (Coming Jan '09)

I don't know, i think it was made this way 2 be non-mainstream. I wasn't sure if it was official or not so i checked the guy who posted the video and his other videos are all real. It says directed by LL...he was probably part of throwing the images 2gether.

Or random fools in the background going "ey" over and over again. Not 2 mention that the song has subject matter.

I agree...but Heavy D has always done reggae and dancehall tracks here and there. This isn't as shocking as when Latifah did jazz albums. Hev said he was doing a reggae album back in the mid-90's and it never happened. He'll be rhyming soon enough i'm sure.

I waz listening 2 LL when i saw this post. Very powerful and tasteful. I think it was wise 2 not really perform for the video. It just adds 2 it. Would this ever get play on TV tho'.?

Yeah, during the Lost + Found era, FP did a track for Elephant Man that also featured Redman. There's a handful of L+F trax (or at least songs he did during that time) that we've never seen hit the light of day. It sucks. They should release a version of L+F with those other trax mashed up with DJ Jazzy Jeff's remixes of the L+F trax he reworked.

MICHELLE WILLIAMS - Amazing Love Do You Know (Re-Issue) (2004)

On a random note, after reading this, i went Hev D crazy and just got a ton of stuff on ebay. Things i know about...a few things i didn't know about. One of them was a bulk of CD singles/promos. Soon i'll have remixes of "Nuttin' But Love," "Truthful" (one of my all time favz), and a Pete Rock Remix of "Sex Wit U." The real gems are singles i could never find off the Universal/Bad Boy 2005. Between 3 promos, i'll have the songs Don't Stop, Big Booty Girls, Never Did It Before, and another song that i can't remember the title of. Heavy D has always been in my personal top 3 (along with FP and LL). All u itunes Heavy D fans should check out that new album and tell us how it is.

***THIS IS NOT ABOUT THE NEW ALBUM COMING OUT...I WAZ JUST ON A DIGGING TRIP AND FOUND THIS ABOUT THE "NEW" ALBUM WE HEARD ABOUT A FEW YEARS AGO*** Heavy D Hires Hip-Hop Heavies For Comeback LP, H.E.V.Rapper returning to the game after taking time off to explore acting. By Jon Wiederhorn When you've been out of the spotlight for a while, one good way to make a triumphant return is to surround yourself with big names. The formula's not foolproof, as evidenced by Run-D.M.C.'s Crown Royal, but it sure worked for Santana, so heavyweight rapper Heavy D is willing to give it a shot. His new album, H.E.V., will feature appearances by Faith Evans, Loon and P. Diddy, who will also provide production assistance. The rapper only has three tracks left to cut, and he hopes to have the disc out early next year. On other fronts, Heavy D is working with Jay-Z on a track for the superstar's next album, and he's also been in the studio with Fat Joe. Heavy D left the rap world after 1999's Heavy to focus on his acting career (appearing in such films as "The Cider House Rules," "Larceny" and "Big Trouble"), and during that time the hip-hop scene gravitated away from the old-school funky grooves upon which Heavy D thrived. He's convinced the respite was healthy, and now he's returning to the game in an era that's more embracing of his trademark style. "The way music is now, it just fits what I do," he said. "It's melodic and really danceable and headed back to being fun, and I want to be a part of that." At the same time, Heavy D is making an effort to reach out to folks who grew up with his music but who might have abandoned hip-hop style as they've aged. "I'm making records to fit a generation that's kind of lost right now," he explained. "There are lots of people who are in their twenties and thirties who still are hip-hop fans, but now they're lawyers, they're doctors, they're schoolteachers, and they don't really get into the day to day slang of hip-hop right now. They're not gonna wear their jeans a certain way and they're not going to wear certain clothes. So I think I'm trying to reach out to that as well as the younger market. When you have the combination of hip-hop and pop, I think you can invite everybody to it." Songs on H.E.V. include "Just a Little Bit" (featuring Loon, with production by P. Diddy), "Would You Love Me?" (with Faith Evans and P. Diddy) "They Love Me California," "Heavy" and the reggae-tinged "Delilah." While it's too early to announce a single, Heavy D is especially proud of the cut with Evans, on which he raps, "If I never made a video/ If I never made all of this dough/ Would you love me?/ Would you still be down for me?" "It's me putting myself in this scenario where I'm going, 'What if I really wasn't this guy that I am now?' " Heavy said. "Would this crop of folks I've got around me eyeing me on a day to day basis still love me? Probably not." In addition to working on his own record, Heavy D has been busy with a slew of production and writing projects. P. Diddy recruited his services for a number of baby groups on Bad Bay, and he's also worked with Black Rob and G. Dep. The project he's buzzing the most about at the moment, however, is a track he's just written for the next Jay-Z album. "It's very different. I can't go into detail too much, but it's something very different, and people ain't expecting it," he said. "It's incredible. When I brought it to him, we sat in the car for like an hour just vibing to it. And he was like, 'I gotta do the record.' So, we're finishing up now." Heavy D has also been helping out his old friend Fat Joe. The two have frequently talked about collaborating, but it didn't happen until recently when Joe was having trouble with a few tracks for his next record. "He played me a couple of things that weren't flowing, so I was like, 'A'ight, by the time I get to New York I'm going to have one for you,' " recalled Heavy. "When I got in, I called him up and was like, 'Yo, check this out.' And he listened to it and was like, 'Yo, I have to do that.' So, we went to the studio and just laid it down."

Rap Legend Heavy D Goes Reggae With New Album by reggaewire | September 30, 2008 at 08:55 am | 153 views | add comment by reggaewire by reggaewire slideshow view all 2 Rap veteran Heavy D came out of the New York scene in the mid-'80s, finding fame for such hits as 'Now That we Found Love' and 'Got me Waiting,' as well as rapping on Michael Jackson's 'Jam' and doing the theme to the hit show 'In Living Color.' But the MC was actually born in Jamaica, home of reggae. And now Heavy is embracing the music of his birth land. "I have a brand new reggae album coming out Sept. 30 called 'Vibes.' And it's just me going back to my roots, my birthright," he tells the Boombox. "I went back into the '60s and '70s without a lot of the ska kind of feel and just [got] that rawness with the drums and the beautiful imperfections I like to call them, just where people get in a room and you have five dollars to make your album and that was it. I reached out to a lot of wonderful musicians and I think we came out with something extremely special." Having concentrated on his acting in recent years, 'Vibes' marks his first new studio album in nearly a decade. Why return with this album now? "It's just something I've been working on for quite some time, four or five years at least," he says. "I felt I got it to a place where it wouldn't be any better than it is." Given his pride in 'Vibes,' he is looking forward to sharing it live. "Yes you will [see me on the road], in a big way, with a band and everything," he says. "That's what I'm excited about, being able to perform with a band." There are a lot of great reggae fests around the world, but if he got to do his own with this album, he tells the BoomBox, it'd be a pretty amazing lineup. "If I could open up for the dream gig it would be Sting, Sade, UB40, and myself, cause that's kind of what this album represents, that level of reggae," he says. "And god bless Bob Marley." The Reggae News Agency www.riddimjamaica.net | www.riddimja.com

Heavy D Releases Reggae Album American hip hop artiste, Heavy D (real name - Dwight Myers), has released a brand new album titled Vibes. Heavy D is most famous for a number of chart topping rap songs in the 1990, however this new release is a full reggae album. Born in Jamaica (in 1967), he has previously collaborated with Jamaican artistes such as Super Cat, Buju Banton and Frankie Paul on dancehall / reggae songs, and even some of his rap music has shown the distinct influence of the music of the country of his birth. Vibes is however is first effort at a complete reggae album, and his first new studio album in nearly a decade. Vibes will be released this Tuesday (September 30) via iTunes, and on CD in early 2009. It features collaborations from Junior Reid, Barrington Levy among others.

Heavy D Returns with Hit Reggae Album Vibes 10.14.08, 1:15 PM ET Don't call it a comeback - more like a return to the righteous roots that nurtured him. Legendary Heavy D, (Dwight Myers) has found himself with one of the country's hottest new reggae albums, Vibes, released on his own Stride Ent. Label and distributed by Universal Music executives' Monte and and Avery Lipman's UMG brainchild, Federal Distribution, in conjunction with UMG owned subsidiary Fontana Distribution. Renowned record executive Jordan Katz is overseeing Federal Distribution and the rollout for Vibes. Hev's new album currently owns the #2 spot on the iTunes Reggae chart. Propelled by the top-requested single and digital favorite, "Long Distance Girlfriend," the album has become a mainstay of Reggae playlists after only a month of release. Currently, the new album is available in digital-only format. The physical album will be released on December 16th across the U.S. "The aptly named 'Vibes' has wonderful music and lyrics that will take Hev's fans and new listeners on a beautiful journey from start to finish," stated Mr. Katz. The versatile Heavy D is known as one of hip hop's most palatable and gregarious rap artists. On Vibes he has reignited his reggae pedigree on his latest and long awaited offering. Born in Jamaica, his family moved to Mount Vernon, NY when he was 8, but the charismatic artist has always seasoned his music with a peppering of reggae influences. Keeping busy the past decade with an array of production chores and an impressive acting resume, he was determined to clear the deck long enough to hit the studio and create music that would combine his noted production heft with the influential reggae rhythms he grew up loving. "Reggae's the first music I ever experienced," says Hev. "I've always mixed reggae and hip hop. But I came to a point where I felt I had put the exclamation mark on my hip hop career. I'm fortunate that I've been able to transfer the love, respect and passion I have for hip hop and reggae into my latest musical endeavor. Vibes truly is a labor of love. Hev crafted the songs on his own timetable, ensuring that the 'vibe' and 'tlc' he felt for the music would inhabit the songs when the reggae spirit moved him. Hev took great pains to imbue the album with an up-to-the-minute currency, but also anchors it with the kind of riveting authenticity that he has experience in his past collaborations with reggae giants such as Super Cat, Buju Banton, Josey Wales and others. "You can't fake this stuff," says Hev. "I learned a long time ago you go with the music that's in your heart or you don't go at all." "Long Distance Girlfriend," is the kind of nimble, horn-filled sonnet that grabs both avid reggae aficionados and mainstream music fans. Flexing his trademark repertoire of danceable rhythms, including the occasional 'Hev-mastered' signature hip hop beat (and even ska influences), songs such as "Love You Like This," featuring Barrington Levy, and the soaring "Queen Majesty," round out the hit album, with Hev's relaxed, confident manner shining through on every track. Emerging on to the underground hip hop scene while still a teenager, Heavy D & The Boyz became one of the most embraceable brand names in hip hop households in the mid-1980s, with classics such as "Mr. Big Stuff," and "The Overweight Lover's In The House," among other hits. 1987's Living Large, and its follow-up Big Tyme, are regarded as seminal hip hop albums, with the latter album delivering the hits "Somebody For Me," and others. Hev's lolloping sense of musical and strategic timing, coupled with his easy going demeanor, catapulted him beyond the world of music and into deeper entertainment waters. One of the first rapper-turned-label-chief/A&R execs, he eventually became President of trailblazing urban music imprint Uptown Records, helping to nurture the careers of artists such as Mary J. Blige and Jodeci, as well as a budding, streetwise mogul-in-the-making named Sean Puff Daddy Combs. Hev has also established a solid acting resume, by becoming an award winning theater actor and appearing in breakthrough movies such as Oscar nominated The Cider House Rules starring Tobey Mcguire and Charlize Theron, Life with Eddie Murphy and Martin Lawrence and Big Trouble directed by Barry Sonnenfeld, to name a few, parlaying his Hollywood success into memorable TV gigs such as his recurring role as Big Boy in the Emmy winning television drama Boston Public. Never abandoning his love for making music, his stellar production credits through the years include lending his touch to Jay-Z's masterful 2003 opus, The Blueprint 2.1, with "Guns and Roses" featuring Lenny Kravitz, Carl Thomas's "Summer Rain", and Beanie Siegel's "Feel It In The Air" from the 2005 album The B. Coming, among others. Also proud of the role he's played for several years now as a self proclaimed 'stay-at-home-dad,' Hev cites the full spectrum of experiences that have shaped his life as motivation for Vibes. "I've been blessed with family and work," he says. "I'm an artist by birth. When I reached for inspiration to make sure this album flowed with the kind of organic spirit I felt for this music - it was there. You can't ask for any more than that."

I read Ale's post and if that's what's the movie is about...i'm more hyped than before. It's it's not, i hope the idea is equally as good. I really am excited about this movie. I don't really get excited for FP's movies until they come out (unless they are something like Bad Boys). This movie however has me waiting!!

IN 2 da SANE!! i love this. It reminds me of the tags MTV used 2 air back in the early 90's. Just insanely creative and imaginative. Thanx 4 sharing this!!

I love the energy and swagga on this track. FP is hungry 2 get hype on this one. DJ Kool counters FP well.

Sometimes we don't have alot...but we always have hope.

THANX!!! THE FRESH PRINCE LIVES!!

KELLY ROWLAND - Like This (DJ Escape + Tony Coluccio Radio Remix) Like This (CD Maxi-Single) (2007)

Four Tops Frontman Levi Stubbs Dies AP posted: 10 HOURS 44 MINUTES AGOcomments: 85filed under: Music News, ObitsPrintShareText SizeAAA(Oct. 17) - Four Tops lead singer Levi Stubbs, who possessed one of the most dynamic and emotive voices of all the Motown singers, died Friday at 72. He had been ill recently and died in his sleep at the Detroit house he shared with his wife, said Dana Meah, the wife of a grandson. The Wayne County medical examiner's office also confirmed the death. Recently Departed Music StarsAP31 photos Levi Stubbs, Oct. 17: The iconic lead singer, second from left, who gave voice to Four Tops classics like "Reach Out I'll Be There" and "Baby I Need Your Loving" died at 72 from complications of cancer and a stroke. Abdul Fakir, far left, is now the sole living member of the original quartet.(Note: Please disable your pop-up blocker) Recently Departed Music Stars Levi Stubbs, Oct. 17: The iconic lead singer, second from left, who gave voice to Four Tops classics like "Reach Out I'll Be There" and "Baby I Need Your Loving" died at 72 from complication of cancer and a stroke. Abdul Fakir, far left, is now the sole living member of the original quartet. AP Nick Reynolds, Oct. 1: The Kingston Trio led the folk music uprising in the late 1950s, paving the way for the Dylans and the Baezs of the world. Reynolds, right with Dave Guard and Bob Shane, had been in the hospital with acute respiratory disease before his family took him off life support. He was 75. AP Norman Whitfield, Sept. 16: The Motown tunesmith responsible for anthems like 'I Heard It Through the Grapevine' 'Car Wash' and 'War' died shortly after awakening from a diabetes-related coma. He was 67. Michael Ochs Archives/Getty Images Richard Wright, Sept. 15: With Pink Floyd, he unleashed new sounds from his collection of synths and organs that gave the band its signature psychedelic sheen. Wright, who also wrote mammoth cuts like "Us and Them" for the band, died following a battle with cancer. He was 65. AP Jerry Reed, Sept. 2: He started off as a guitarist, eventually had a string of country hits and also made the jump to the big screen with successful turns in Burt Reynolds films like 'Smokey and the Bandit' and 'Gator.' Reed lost a battle to emphysema at 71. Doug McKenzie, Getty Images Steve Foley, Aug. 23: The bespeckled drummer from Minneapolis will always be known as the replacement Replacement for his brief tenure after Chris Mars left the beloved band in 1990. His death at 49 is being attributed to an accidental prescription drug overdose. He appeared in one video for the band, the visually quirky 'When It Began,' pictured. YouTube / Rhino Records LeRoi Moore, Aug. 19: As a founding member of the Dave Matthews Band, Moore's saxaphone playing helped propel the band's sound to major success. He was 46. AP Pervis Jackson, Aug. 18: Jackson provided the deep bass that was the foundation of The Spinners' many soul hits. He lost his battle with brain and liver cancer at age 70. Hulton Archive / Getty Images Isaac Hayes, Aug. 10: He branched out from his early start in soul music to help influence the sound of funk and disco. He also won an Oscar for his iconic Number One hit 'Theme From Shaft.' Hayes was 65. Getty Images Robert Hazard, Aug. 5: He wrote the Cyndi Lauper classic, 'Girls Just Wanna Have Fun,' and later had a hit with 'Escalator of Life' before revving up country outfit The Hombres. The Philly icon died after a brief illness. He was 59. Jonathan Wilson, Philadelphia Inquirer / MCT With Stubbs in the lead, the Four Tops sold millions of records, including such hits as "Baby I Need Your Loving," ''Reach Out (I'll Be There)" and "I Can't Help Myself (Sugar Pie, Honey Bunch)." The group performed for more than four decades without a change in personnel. Stubbs' death leaves one surviving member of the original group: Abdul "Duke" Fakir. Stubbs "fits right up there with all the icons of Motown," said Audley Smith, chief operating officer of the Motown Historical Museum. "His voice was as unique as Marvin's or as Smokey's or as Stevie's." The Four Tops began singing together in 1953 under the group name the Four Aims and signed a deal with Chess Records. They later changed their names to the Four Tops to avoid being confused with the Ames Brothers. 'I Can't Help Myself' 'Baby I Need Your Loving' They also recorded for Red Top, Riverside and Columbia Records and toured supper clubs. The Four Tops signed with Motown Records in 1963 and produced 20 Top-40 hits over the next 10 years, making music history with the other acts in Berry Gordy's Motown stable. Their biggest hits were recorded between 1964 and 1967 with the in-house songwriting and production team of Brian Holland, Lamont Dozier and Eddie Holland. Both 1965's "I Can't Help Myself" and 1966's "Reach Out" went to No. 1 on the Billboard pop chart. Other hits included "Shake Me, Wake Me" (1966); "Bernadette" and "Standing in the Shadows of Love" (both 1967). 'Wake Me, Shake Me' 'Ain't No Woman (Like the One I Got)' They toured for decades afterward and reached the charts as late as 1988 with "Indestructible" on Arista Records. In 1986, Stubbs provided the voice for Audrey II the man-eating plant in the film "Little Shop of Horrors." The group was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 1990 and has a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame. Original Top Lawrence Payton died of liver cancer in 1997. Renaldo "Obie" Benson died of lung cancer in 2005. Stubbs was born in 1936 in Detroit and attended Pershing High School, where he sang with Fakir. They met fellow Detroiters Payton and Benson while singing at a mutual friend's birthday party, then decided to form a group. "These are four of the greatest people I have ever known. They were major pros even before they came to Motown," Gordy said when the Four Tops' star was unveiled in Hollywood. Stubbs is survived by his wife, five children and 11 grandchildren.