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2Pac fans need 2 pick up the current XXL magazine with 2Pac on the cover. While i still have some of it 2 read, it's timeline on "everything 2Pac" from his death til now is excellent. It brought 2 my attention a few things i had missed. Anyways, on page 112, in the 1997 part of the timeline, it features that JJ+FP picture from the Grammys where FP is accepting his win for "MIB." The caption next to it says... 1997 February 25: In his acceptance speech after winning a Best Rap Solo Performance Grammy for "Men In Black" (a catchy ode to "galaxy defenders") Will Smith dedicates the award to the memory of Tupac and Biggie."

Updated:2006-10-03 Judge Orders Bobby Brown Arrested CANTON, Mass. (Oct. 3) - Being Bobby Brown ain't easy these days. A family judge ordered the singer arrested if he steps foot in Massachusetts after Brown failed to show for a hearing Monday over delinquent child support payments. Brown's attorney said it's a "very difficult time" for Brown, 37, whose tumultuous marriage to Whitney Houston is coming to an end. She filed for a legal separation earlier this month. "Whether or not he's going through a divorce doesn't negate the fact that he still owes child support relative to his two children that he had prior to his marriage," said Norfolk Probate and Family Court Judge Paula Carey. Kim Ward, of Stoughton, the mother of two of Brown's children, says Brown owes two months' support, or $11,000. In June 2004, Brown was sentenced to 90 days in prison for missing three months of payments. That sentence was immediately suspended after Brown made back payments totaling about $15,000. Brown's attorney, Phaedra Parks, would not say where Brown, a Boston native, is currently living. "It's just a very difficult time for him, as you can well imagine," said Parks, an Atlanta-based entertainment lawyer. "The media is very aware of this very public divorce that's going on right now. It's unfortunate we find ourselves back in Boston on this matter." Brown gained fame as a member of New Edition and for his 1988 hit solo album.

2PAC - All About U Live At The House of Blues (1996/2005)

SNOOP DOGGY DOGG, WARREN G, NATE DOGG - Ain't No Fun (If The Homies Can't Have None) Doggystyle (1993)

Yeah, i'm with Max. I remember an interview where FP talked about how he believes that drugs were purposly introduced 2 the ghettos by racist polititions 2 wipe out the people living in them. Now whether some people believe that or not, at least FP talked about the topic in a mature and knowlegable mannor. He talked about the research he had done on it. Even if someone disagreed with his statement, they probably wouldn't insult his intellegence becuz of how he spoke on it. That's what Kanye is missing. Unless u talk intellegent, have a back up reason for what u say, u come off with no credibility. "George Bush doesn't care about black people" is just a stupid statement. I could say 'George Bush doesn't care about white people' and neither statement is more powerful than the other. Kanye doesn't come off as a very intellegent person 2 me and when he said that, he looked like a fool...period. Even people who agree with him probably shook their head like "what an idiot...he's not furthering anything 2 result in change. Besides, holding 1 person responsable for something hundreds of people would take 2 work on is just rediculous. I hate political topics...so i'm signing off 4 this post.

Very cool...when it comes 2 DJ's...Jazzy Jeff, Jam Master Jay, Grandmaster Flash, and DJ Premier are my favs...and also the top DJ's ever in my opinion.

TRISTAN PRETTYMAN - Love Love Love Twenty Three (2005) Gettin' my acoustic on...

Hip-Hop is all about the lyrics. If i can't undstand the lyrics, the track will be wasted on me. A few years ago i got my hands on some Hip-Hop CD singles from 2000ish and it waz interesting 2 hear Hip-Hop in other languages...but after one listen, i waz done.

BEYONCE - Upgrade B'Day (2006)

This post reminds me of the good old days when all the Jiggy Will Smith fans wanted everything right now. If u ask me...it's Time To Chill.

I guess i can see where she's coming from, but i hate when i hear people praising him for that comment. Like i said before, he came off like an ignorant 10 year old the way he said it. If he actually sounded educated while making a statement like that, it wouldn't bug me.

Just adding on 2 what Ted said...Beefing is weak. These petty immature beefs are embarssing and stupid. The emcee battles of the 80's were interesting and worth following. Battles and beefing are 2 different things. LL and Kool Moe Dee waz a battle....50 Cent and Ja-Rule is beefing. Back on topic, i guess them resolving things is a good thing...but like fuq said...irrelevant. Ja-Rule has been a joke for years and Ja waz never a theat 2 X...so i don't see this doing anything. I like that DMX stayed by his original statement.

I'll give the album a listen but Ludacris has never been my fav. I liked him when he 1st did his thing on Timbland's solo album. Shortly after, i lost interest. His current single isn't bad. The Neptunes laced him with the best beat his ever had for a single and his flow is better. The only think that really turns me off 2 him still is that i read how he's gonna come with relevant lyrics for once and then i hear trash like "U know i got it, if u want it, come get it, stand next 2 this money like 'ey 'ey 'ey."

MARIO VAZQUEZ - Everything I... (self-titled) (2006) This is a new track from SoulPower!!

I don't think Jermaine Dupri's influence hurt the album. Infact, i think Jimmy Jam and Terry Lewis are probably the blame. I actually think their stuff over the past few years has gotten weaker. JD makes trax with all kinds of different sounds. If he produced the songs by himself, i would expect quality at the same level of Mariah's and Usher's new stuff.

Exactly...what family thinks "we'll sit on our butts doing nothing"...especially after such a loss. U adjust and move on with life.

I just picked up Janet's new album...and while i've only listened 2 half of the album thro'...and skimmed thru' the whole thing twice, i gotta say this is her weakest album. To me, it's basically i watered down version of All For You and Damita-Jo. Her voice and lyrics are true 2 her style. The production is average the whole way thru.' I mean, every song is good, but there isn't anything on here that she hasn't done before...and better 4 that matter. It's just that lite R-N-B sound. If u ask me, she needs 2 get back 2 that heavier urban sound...reminiscent of 1993's janet. album. In comparison, that album had alot of different flavas and guest spots by Chuck D and MC Lyte (on a remix). This new album features wack rappers Nelly and Khia...and even worse, these new songs all have the same vibe, making the album kinda repetative. And since it's similar 2 some of the trax on her last 2 albums...it's repetative stuff that we've heard for 5 years. I love Janet, but she needs 2 regroup when it comes 2 her sound. Silky vocals and down-to-earth lyrics will only take u so far. She needs 2 get some edge back in2 her music.

It's been a rough week for Run-DMC.

I really didn't like reading that. I like the idea of the Run-DMC camp being closer 2 each others families...but that speech was very unecessary. I read years ago how Run-DMC split their money 3 equal ways, so i find it hard 2 believe that Jam Master Jay's family was struggling. I think his wife and kids would have mentioned it back in 2002 if that were the case...maybe. In a perfect world, Run-DMC would be taking care of Jay's family, but the family should be well off. I don't think they are really obligated 2 do that unless Jay's family really is in money trouble. No matter the situation, i think that speech waz just wrong. She shouldn't have tarnished the Run-DMC legacy by putting that out there like that. If they wanted help from DMC, they should have contacted him. Who says he had any idea they wanted support. After all, Jay waz his boy...not Jay's family.

LUPE FIASCO - He Say She Say Food + Liquor (2006)

Thanx 4 finding that...i'll try 2 read it 2nite. While the comment didn't bother me, i still had a feeling she shouldn't say something like that in the way the article tried 2 make it sound. p.s. Max, Lerkot hates God, the US, and all music outside of JJ+FP and OutKast...don't get offended by what he says...cuz he doesn't like much of anything.

Yeah, Left Eye dropped the artsy Supernova album in 2001 (which still isn't released in the US...tho' u can find imports fairly easy) and alot of collabos. Left Eye did a really good song with her group Eygpt (who were in the SUV with her when she had the accident). I heard the song and it's good...but their album is probably never coming out. There is also a doctored song that Raindrop (Left Eye's sister) is putting on her album. T-Boz has also done a handful of soundtrack songs and collabos with talks of a solo album. Her most recent collabo is on the YoungbloodZ new album. I don't like them, but i got the CD just 4 the track with her...she sounds good on it. Chilli has only done one song outside of TLC project and that waz with the R-N-B group Vega. They were a very talented group but their album never came out. The single "Mommie" (i think that waz the title) had a snippet of the song with Chilli on it. I, however, found a promo copy of the album with the full song and the song beautiful. After hearing about T-Boz's and Chilli's solo albums for so long, it's good 2 know that there is finally something coming out.

Yeah, it's that time of year where alot of albums are gonna be coming out non-stop thru' about March. Over the summer and early fall, there were a few weeks where there were no CDs coming out that i wanted.

TLC, JERMAINE DUPRI, + CRAIG MACK - Kick Your Game (So So Def Remix) (Unreleased) (1996)

That comment waz stupid and ignorant..but whatever. I don't really see it as racist or offensive. I still like her music...espeically that Desinty's Child stuff. She probably feels she needs 2 say stuff like that after all the pop appeal she's gotten over the years and how she's isn't as gritty as artists like Lyfe Jennings and Keshia Cole. While we are on this topic tho'...let me say that when Beyonce tries 2 come off 2 urban, it just doesn't feel right. I remember when i 1st heard Wyclef's remix of "Bug-A-Boo" and she starts off yelling on the track something about keeping it "raw"...i kinda laughed. When it comes 2 R-N-B musicians who are Hip-Hop artsits, u think of Mary J. Blige, TLC, and so on. When u think of a full on R-N-B group, u think of En Vogue and Destiny's Child.