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Yeah there's a lot of crap out there from all areas but there's a lot of good stuff out there too, if you're a fan of true hip-hop you gotta ignore that weak stuff and focus to all the great stuff out there, working up and complaining about what's wrong instead of sheading light on what's right is what's keepin' the true artists from shining and the wack artists on top, fans need to get it together for real, if they appreciate quality music they need to support, sitting around praying for the radio to play something great is not gonna work, fans need to take action, don't like the radio, don't listen, buy albums and play them instead, I think record sales been in a slump 'cause people want to see better artists out there, a lot of that crap you're complaining about don't even go gold if you check the charts recently where garbage used to sell 5 million, people are responding, progress is slowly being made, the music industry is crumbling, these fool A&R's are paying for what they've been doing, it's time for them to give the people want they want, real artists, if they want to keep their jobs, many execs from Sony are jobless this holiday now, things are looking up, I'm optimistic, sooner or laterreal artists like me, Brakes, Fuq, and Acecould get in the game and sell millions and be the ones to turn it around very soon,btw there's nothing wrong with a fun dance record like "Walk It Out", you don't ever go to the club AJ, it ain't like "Switch" is lyrical genious right? Not everything has to be serious, there should be a fun element to hip-hop but there needs to be balance...

Girls love that sensitive stuff, omg that just gave me an idea, lol, Will knows how to hook a playa up

i didn't see the film yet since i been so busy but lookin' forward to it, knowin' how emotional i get i'll probably cry

Snoop Youth Football League Player Receives Achievement Award By Chris Richburg Date: 12/18/2006 10:30 am The Snoop Youth Football League (SYFL) honored one of its own Saturday (Dec. 16) at its All-Conference game at Citrus College in Glendora, CA. Cenyon Usher, a Lawndale, CA seventh grader, received the first It's In Your Hands achievement award from league sponsor Cutter Gloves. The award, given to a player each year, is based on academic progress, sportsmanship and character. Usher, a tight-end for the Woodcrest Giants Pee-Wee Division, was awarded with a $1,500 scholarship fund and an all-expenses-paid trip to the Snooper Bowl, which is set to take place Feb. 3, 2007 in Miami. The Rogers Middle School student, who has never received anything lower than a B in school, cited his mother Imani Westbrooks as his motivation for aiming high. His future plans include attending college and studying sports medicine or becoming a pro football player, while setting "a good example" for his younger brother. "My mom is my hero ... I know my mom is proud of me, but I want to make her even prouder," said Usher, who said he aspires to "become first a good and honest man" when he gets older. Finalists for the 2006 award included Thomas Laster, Gregory Earl Adams, Jr., Caylin L. Moore, and Darrell Hunter II. Founded in 2004 by Snoop Dogg as a way of making football and cheer more accessible to kids, the SYFL is comprised of 50 football teams for boys and girls ages 7-13. The SYFL's alliance with Cutters, a leader in high performance sports gloves for football, baseball and golf, reinforces Snoop Dogg's goal of providing an alternative for youth. "We couldn't do this without people like [Cutters] who believe in the Snoop Youth Football League," Snoop said. "It's easy for a kid to join a gang -- we need to make it easier to play football. The SYFL is on to something so fresh and productive for our youth, and we are also all about helping the boys and girls off the field. We thank Cutters for being a part of it."

Well I think some people take songs like that "Ghostwriter" song that Skillz did too seriously, I don't he meant to hurt anyone's feelings, it was just something he was having fun with there

Well why can't Will+ Jeff+ Kel do an album together then? It could be a 2 MC's + 1 DJ thing like Run-Dmc

Well in 2008 Will's probably gonna release another album anyway if he keeps up with that album every 3 year pattern he's been on lately, maybe him and Kel should do a group album then, it'd be a big album if that happened, now Kel if you read this post and like this idea let me be a guest on it, lol

Well AJ has an aritcle of Will in the Source back in '98 where he said that he had Nas help him with some lines on "Big Willie Style" 'cause his slang was originally too ol' school on the rhymes he originally wrote for the album, he wanted to bring more current phrases, he knew Nas was a younger dude that had his ear to the streets more than he had lately, he wanted to make his comeback album to hip-hop proper, Nas said that basically in an interview with Carson Daly that he was just vibin' with Will in the studio, he said Big Will had all of his rhymes tight, he was just there to support really, man it'd been even more proper if they did a song together in the process, I wonder if there was some unreleased stuff they did together, they should do a motivational song together to celebrate the release of "Pursuit Of Happiness" and "Hip-Hop Is Dead" all in the same process, that'd be a really great idea but too bad those guys don't think like us, lol.... Now really I look as music as entertainment, sure the whole rap industry wrote on Diddy's album but it has some hot songs on it, "The Chronic" was a tight album even if Dr. Dre didn't write much on it, btw doesn't Jazzy have "help" on some beats he gets credit for? What's the difference between Will getting help and Jazzy getting help? Pharrell helped Teddy Riley produce Rump Shaker right? Didn't Scott Storch help Dre produce some on his latest beats? Music is music to me really, Marvin Gaye didn't write much lyrics but he's the voice of a generation, Mary J. don't write her lyrics either on the mostpart I notice, now speaking of Ice Cube didn't his cousin Del "help" him write "No Vaseline? "Jesus Walks" was originally Rhymefest's song right? Basically every rapper has had "help" at one point or another, at least 90% of the industry I read in an article, I don't really care though if the music is tight, Jaz-O used to write for Jay-Z back in the days too, really Jay-Z should get back with Jaz-O 'cause I don't feel much of his rhymes these days, lol...

Well really on the real I just namedropped on this song 'cause it fit the mood of the song, I normally don't name drop though on the most part except a couple times where it might fit, I thought it was just a fun line to say they'll be calling me the Game of the east coast

Game seems a lil' crazy at times but he really does have a lot of heart though

Rakim and Will are very similar mcs, especially in the earlier days, their most recent stuff sounds different though, there's songs on "Rock The House" that Rakim could've done, there are songs on "Paid In Full" that Will could've done...

I sure ain't happy about it but if it's gonna keep Will rapping longer than why not is what I'm saying? Really what does he have to prove at this point? He made his mark in rap already, he's just doing songs for fun at this point but he don't have to, now rappers like Eminem and Luda still have a lot to prove, most of their songs are weak whether they wrote them or not, good music is good music, bad music is bad music, there really ain't much difference between rapping and singing, it's about performance really, you have to bring the lyrics written to life, not everyone could do that, they're recording artists, besides the majority of the rap game has ghostwriters anyway but you wouldn't know since a lot of rappers hide it 'cause they got real big egos, Will's a humble dude and don't really care...

LL, Mos Def, and all them ain't on Will's status of acting though, they don't major roles all the time, they do a lot of smaller roles, memorizing a million lines from a script and then writing a whole album in 3 years might be harder right? Is Mr. 30 million dollar film man gonna do a small role in a film to have more time to write lyrics? It might take a few more years to wait for albums if he did all the lyrics himself, now Ice Cube dropped his first album in 6 years this time around, it might be like that for Will, I'd rather have another album in 2008 than 2011, who cares about ghostwriters as long as the music's good, come on now, my favorite Boyz II Men songs were written by Babyface, do I really give a damn?

So when is this Kel Spencer album dropping y'all? If that Who Is Kel Spencer? mixtape was an actual album it'd be one of the top 5 albums of the years in the rap game, that "The Streets Know That" mixtape is pretty hot too, I don't know why he thought "U Can Have It" would be offensive, I wrote a much more explicit rap about r&b chicks back in 2002 that I might be a lil' more ashamed of, lol, I said stuff like "I'mma make that Southern Hummingbird Tweet scream "Ooh" when I'm hitting that p---y, I know I could get Foxy hot when she's on top of my c---" really I'm trying to go away from being explicit these days as I'm getting more spirtual myself, I want to put out profanity free albums like FP and Kel do, I like bumpin' gangsta stuff like Ice Cube but that don't reflect my personality, I don't like using much profanity in real life so why put that in my music? The music has to represent me....

No. I'd rather Will write ALL of his rhymes ALL of the time. He's proved he can do it throughout his JJFP era so why stop now? :shrug: Well you want him to do movies still right man? He ain't Superman, either he becomes a full time mc and gives up acting, or he does albums every 3 years in between with some help from others, what do you want?

So you'd rather see Will not do anymore albums and just do movies if he don't write all his rhymes? Hell I want to see Will rap at 60 years old even if I write the whole damn album for him myself, the music does represent who he is though, basically Kel and Skillz are positive people just like him so that's why he works with them, really Will's best rhymes were on the JJFP albums anyway that he wrote all himself and not to knock Kel and Skillz but really they should spend more time working on their stuff and getting big in the game themselves instead of giving other rappers hit songs, lol, Will could've retired after "Code Red" and still be one of the top mcs ever, basically it's just doing it for the love at this point, maybe he needs to hire babysitters and not see his kids much and take time off of his movies and lock himself in the studio with Jeff and dig deep for something, lol, now if I hear 50 Cent writing rhymes for LL's new album I might just kill myself not literally but I'd be quite upset 'cause LL had some ghostwriters on his last album so maybe he might have 50 Cent be one of his writers this time and if that happens the album's gonna be weak, basically most rappers over 35 need ghostwriters since they don't live the bachelor life anymore, they have more things to do and they can't sit around and write rhymes like they used to, nothing wrong with that, they proved themselves already, Eminem on the other hand never proven himself, his rhymes are garbage on the mostpart and he raps about negative stuff, I don't feel him at all, he's a child compared to Will, LL, Chuck D, and all the legends...

Basically Virgin Records gave up promoting the record after the 1st week 'cause they thought it was a failure, really 1st week sales really determine if the album'll sell or not, labels give up on albums fast it seems that's why albums ain't really selling these days, btw I found out Brian Mcknight only sold 63K in his 1st week, people just don't seem to care that much for real soul music these days, he should do way better than that, I didn't listen to the album yet but I got it on my Christmas list

That's some great stuff right there dawg

Really over the past few years Em's rhyme pattern has been real elementary, similar to 50 Cent's, although I liked some songs on 50's first album, his rhymes were never amazing, he always uses basic rhymes, it makes you wonder if 50's writing for Em now, lol, really at this point I could defeat both of them easily no problem, they ain't on my level, the peeps gonna see soon enough

The Game: Not Like Daddy By Anna Nathanson When The Game visited the UK last week, I was honored to be granted a face-to-face interview. I was however warned that he may not turn up, say little, or could lock it off at any time. As I waited in the lobby of a posh London hotel, the previous journalist emerging from his own interview told me that The Game didn’t look up from under his hood once. I was a little apprehensive. Having grown up in foster care, I was interested in asking him about his own experiences in care. From the age of five through 13, The Game lived in a foster home after his sister accused their father of sexual abuse. But after hearing this from the journalist, I decided to tread carefully. In what turned out to be a candid and personal interview, The Game reveals his experiences pertaining to family, as well as reflects on who many perceived to be his Hip-Hop father: Dr. Dre. This isn’t the kind of conversation normally associated with Hip-Hop interviews, but then again, The Game is hardly a typical Hip-Hop artist. AllHipHop.com: You’ve lived through so much. What’s the most important life-lesson you’ve learned along the way? The Game: The most important lesson I’ve learned in life is that you have to be a father before anything else. As long as I be doing that, I seem to be having a lot of good love with everything else I try and fall into. AllHipHop.com: You’ve said before that Dr. Dre is like a father figure to you. What’s the most important thing that he’s taught you? The Game: Is that you can’t trust anybody in this business, and at the end of the day, you’re all alone so you gotta make the best of what you got. AllHipHop.com: What’s the one thing you wished you knew growing up that you’d like to instill in your son? The Game: I just wish I’d known how it feels to have your father there for you and really taking care. AllHipHop.com: You grew up with a foster family for part of your childhood. What impact did this have on you? The Game: That situation is the reason that I’m as f**ked up as I am today. I’m trying to straighten it out now 20 years later, and it’s a slow process but I’ll get there. AllHipHop.com: I grew up in a foster home too… [The Game looks me directly in the eye unflinchingly for several seconds, then proceeds.] The Game: It’s horrible, you feel alone sometimes, right? And you really wish that you had family, a mom and dad, and placemats and silverware, and mom coming home, dad coming home, shouting, “Honey I’m home!” and then they call you out the room where you’re doing your homework, and you come running down the stairs and jump on your dad - but that’s not our f**king reality, is it? No, it’s f**ked up. It’s a bad situation, and I don’t wish that on anybody. I always try to at least give words of wisdom, if not some type of financial or clothing donation, to kids in foster homes around the world. Because it’s a sad, sad story and people don’t know until they’ve been there, and if you’ve been there you never wanna go back. You can’t say enough how messed up it is to grow up in that type of situation. AllHipHop.com: But going through tough times makes you stronger though… The Game: Of course, and so I would never change that aspect of my life because I’ve learned so much from that situation and others that I went through. But we all know that trials and tribulations make for a good story, which is why there even is a Hip-Hop, or a gangsta rap movement. AllHipHop.com: How does it feel being the spokesperson for West Coast rap? The Game: I just tell my story, you know, I wake up everyday, I do these interviews, and this is just me telling my part, I’m only one person, one man, one father, one musician - and it’s just me speaking my piece. AllHipHop.com: Dr. Dre receives a lot of praise on your new album, yet he doesn’t feature or contribute to production… The Game: Too bad for him! I don’t want anybody to do anything that they don’t wanna do. When I found out Dre wasn’t gonna be working on the album, I lifted my head up and opened my chest out and I had to get it done. AllHipHop.com: So you wanted him on there but he refused? The Game: I didn’t really care, it’s either you do it or you don’t, I don’t have time to be worried about other people’s feelings; I basically just wanted to complete my album and it was either with or without Dre - I was gonna do that. On this album it was without, so I had to make do with what I had. AllHipHop.com: Will he be working on any of your future albums? The Game: If I could tell you that then I should probably quit rapping and start some psychic hotline or something. AllHipHop.com: What about the title track, “Doctor’s Advocate,” that’s pretty much a tribute to Dre… The Game: I was drunk on that song, so I don’t remember or care what I was talking about that night. That was just that night, and it was documented and it’ll forever be remembered ‘cause it’s on that album; it’s just the way I was feeling that night and not the next morning and not the day before. AllHipHop.com: So you and Dre are not as tight as some may think? The Game: I mean, me and Dre didn’t grow up together breaking peanut butter and jelly sandwiches in half. I met Dre in 2001/2002 and we’ve had a great friendship since then, but I haven’t known him for 20 years, so I don’t expect him to jump off a mountain for me, and I definitely wouldn’t do the same for him. But Hip-Hop is every man for himself; we’re all independent artists so we gotta make the best of what we’ve got. AllHipHop.com: Thank you so much for speaking with me, I’d like to talk more but time’s running out… The Game: I would love to talk to you all day but I don’t make the time and [gestures at entourage] these people, they’re crazy. [before I leave, I ask The Game to sign my iPod. He happily obliges, and I wish him all the best with that night's show. On the subway back to the office, I turn over my iPod and see that he’s finished the message with the words “Foster Kids.” I smile to myself and continue my journey.]

Well really I actually realised that my man Max was right all along, really you reach a much more diverse audience with the films than you do with rap music, the majority of those who buy rap records are between the ages of early teens-young adults, but really with movies you reach older audiences as well as younger audiences, really with him acting it actually leads to some people who check out his films to check out his music, it actually extends his rap career, really most rappers who only do music most of the time really have diminishing record sales 'cause a lot of the people who used to listen to them don't really check for albums coming out anymore but with Will doing movies, he automatically has a fanbase that'll check out for his music when it comes out, really acting is a gift more than a curse, Jive Records dropped JJFP after "Code Red" supposedly and if Will never had big success with "Bad Boys" and 'MIB' who knows if a major label would've signed Will ever again? Will might be an independent rapper like basically every rapper from his era except for like LL of course it seems since his acting career helped him somewhat too, they're the only 2 rappers from the '80s era that could still go platinum in the '00s like they did then, LL's most successful album came when he had his sitcom in '96 at its peak, if it wasn't for LL having success in acting Def Jam would've probably dropped him too, really rappers like TI and Luda are starting to follow that blueprint FP and LL paved for them, you need to be successful in film industry to have an extended rap career....

Thanks for the feedback, I really dug deep for this one, really I was just writing a bunch of stuff coming to mind and wasn't really paying attention to how it flowed but I just went over it now and edited some lines, made some smaller so it could flow better, really things are looking up for me now and I seem to have more of a creative spark, the best is yet to come I believe

Hey guys things are looking up for me the past few days it seems, my uncle's girlfriend is starting to feel better now, she's only gonna be in the hospital for a lil' while to get her strength but she's alert and starting to move around, I've been talking to Krystle more often lately, she goes on the computer at least once a day so she emails me, it's more convienant for her to do it that way since she don't have much time to chat on the phone since she's busy with work and school, we're trying to work out a time to see each other soon as well, and I was talking to the boss that I worked for over the summer yesterday and she gave me extra tips to get a job over here soon, things are looking up definately, now I'm keepin' y'all in my thoughts, hope things are going well for y'all too, thanks for the support, I appreciate it

I don't think I could really list them, I don't really feel them that much, sorry, there's many mcs better than both, maybe if Luda could make more albums like his recent one I'll list him somewhere, now Eminem really has been annoying for quite awhile, I hear his new one's better than some of his recent stuff but really nothing amazing

I think Ciara sold less than Janet did in her first week but yet everyone yells out that Janet's was a flop? She sold 400,000 the first week I think, Ciara sold 309,000, lol People are just haters for real....