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Del the Funkee Homosapien: Mid Day in a Perfect World By Kathy Iandoli For several years, the whereabouts of Del Tha Funkee Homosapien were a complete mystery. Resurfacing on a few tours, including some with his Hieroglyphics brethren, Del spent the past six years learning life lessons and educating himself on the science of music. The Cali native has come an incredibly long way from his debut LP I Wish My Brother George Was Here, which introduced the world to his experimental take on Hip-Hop music. The ‘90s saw Del as a prolific wordsmith, whose complexly eccentric lyrics evoked, like his moniker states, pure funk. An obvious lover of all music, Del could outshine most he collaborated with. Since then, he has sharpened his third eye vision with the Hiero crew, transformed with the Deltron series, and discovered that the heart of his passion lies in production. With the release of his documentary DVD The 11th Hour and accompanying CD titled same, Del provides an in-depth look on his everyday life and the art of a rocking a stage. Catching up with Del, he expresses the negative side of touring and its trying effect on his health, his new found love of music theory, and his relationships with both Hieroglyphics and his cousin, Ice Cube. Don’t forget the possibility of a punk project. Del does punk? Keep reading… AllHipHop.com: I hear you're under the weather. Del Tha Funkee Homosapien Very under the weather. I almost died. Those air conditioners may as well be Anthrax to me. AllHipHop.com: Did you have the flu? Del Tha Funkee Homosapien: Nope, nothing like that. This kinda sick comes from your body saying, “Okay, I quit! You’re doing too much.” AllHipHop.com: Do you still record when you're sick? Del Tha Funkee Homosapien: I try to. In this case, I couldn't because I was straight bedridden. I’m just now getting back on the beat making tip. AllHipHop.com: Well, you have been on the grind judging from the 11th Hour DVD… Del Tha Funkee Homosapien: Yes, off and on. Bukue tends to pace it well. AllHipHop.com: How long have you been working towards the release of the DVD? Del Tha Funkee Homosapien: Quite a while, but it's decieving because if not for foul people, it would be done by now. Could've, would've, should've. AllHipHop.com: Is the accompanying CD still in the works? Del Tha Funkee Homosapien: Oh yeah! Mixing it now with Matt Kelly. I got my own studio at this point, know music theory and mixing. Thank God. AllHipHop.com: Yes on the DVD you spoke in detail about music theory. Not a lot of MC's know the science behind the music they make… Del Tha Funkee Homosapien: I had to do it for myself and for the public. People getting sick of half-assed product. AllHipHop.com: [laughs] Do you think just because some artists are independent that people give them too much credit lyrically? Del Tha Funkee Homosapien: That's a good question...yeah maybe, or better yet due to complexity. Songwriting, I've learned, is it's own beast. AllHipHop.com: Do you think your studying of music theory affected your sound this time around? Del Tha Funkee Homosapien: Oh yeah! Only in terms of getting it how I really want it though. That's more personal than anyone from the outside could probably see though. The songs are more seamless; less forced. AllHipHop.com: How does it line up with your past albums? Del Tha Funkee Homosapien: I personally believe that it's one of the best. But, I believe overall that the first album [i Wish My Brother George Was Here] was the best. It was the most comprehensive, so I started from that. I added on from there using the talents I had built up. But it's personal though...people from the outside consider my second album [No Need For Alarm] my best. AllHipHop.com: Are you still cool with your cousin Ice Cube? Del Tha Funkee Homosapien: Yeah! [We] don't talk much, but yeah. He is very, very, very large, hard as hell to get with, but it is possible. We'll chat sooner or later. I gotta let him know he can get at me here. But for now, I just kinda go off our last convo. We’ve known each other for so long, I think it would be hard not to be cool. I want him to peep out my production skills, dead up. AllHipHop.com: Yeah, on the DVD it shows you making the beats in your home studio...how much of Hiero was present on this album in terms of production and rhyming? Del Tha Funkee Homosapien [Opio] hit me with a track, [Casual] did too, but it may not make it to the LP...I had support, but I was secluded in my work due to uh...formalities. AllHipHop.com: Formalities? Del Tha Funkee Homosapien: Hoes trying to f**k my life up pretty much. If you’ve seen the DVD, you know already. It just made me a very distant and kinda cold person ‘til you get to know me, which may be never for some people. AllHipHop.com: Did it affect your relationship with members of the Hiero crew? You all appear like such a brotherhood. Del Tha Funkee Homosapien: Well, it was hard at times for cats to believe that I was really studying and averting disasters...but yeah, we brothers, so not really a big, big deal. AllHipHop.com: I noticed on your bookshelf in your house alongside your music theory books was a book on metaphysics...were you studying that as well? Del Tha Funkee Homosapien: I'm naturally inquisitive so anything that interests me- I’m like A-Plus or Tajai, all of Hiero really, in that aspect… try to read a lot. It's one answer I believe. AllHipHop.com: Do you think that the six-year timeframe since your last album will affect your fans? Del Tha Funkee Homosapien: Yeah, unfortunately, but there's bigger s**t that occured besides my s**t, everybody went through it. Six is the limitation of the devil, so... AllHipHop.com: Did that play into your decision to name the project The 11th Hour? Del Tha Funkee Homosapien: God and nothing stopping God's will? Yeah. AllHipHop.com: A lot of different “cousins” of Hip-Hop came about since you last released an album. Have you taken a liking to any of them. For example, Hyphy? Del Tha Funkee Homosapien: Hyphy I like alot, but it's only because that as well as Southern Hip-Hop is still Hip-Hop, just an older form. A lot of us may have abandoned them sounds, but people still like ‘em. I'm from the Bay, so it's definitely elements of that in my music. I keep it all funky though. Funk has no category. AllHipHop.com: You have alot of different sounds in your style, and I saw on the DVD your collection of ‘70s music. Do you see any other artists today who are as eclectic? Del Tha Funkee Homosapien: Well, yeah. Off the back, Madlib and J-Dilla R.I.P. We all dig the elders though if we really into music. Brian Jackson, I wanna say what's up to him too, while I got the chance. AllHipHop.com: Are you a Gil Scott-Heron fan too? Del Tha Funkee Homosapien: Yes, to a degree, but more a fan of Brian. Plus, he was like a mentor of sorts to me. AllHipHop.com: He is pretty popular still in working with Hip-Hop artists, like Digable Planets. Del Tha Funkee Homosapien: I know! I’ve been foolin’ with Mecca [Ladybug Mecca]. Mecca did a song with me for 11th. She’s got hot Punk vocals too though. I can do Punk too! I’m a Punk head from like Black Flag and stuff. AllHipHop.com: Are we going to see your Punk side in the near future? Del Tha Funkee Homosapien: Uh, maybe. If I can do it without Del gettin’ in the way, fine. AllHipHop.com: Why, what's stopping Del? Del Tha Funkee Homosapien: It would be expectations of Del stoppin’ anything else. I can only go as far as the people really want me to. AllHipHop.com: Would you consider yourself a perfectionist? It must be hard when you know so much about music theory now too. Del Tha Funkee Homosapien: Yeah...but I'm realistic as well. I try to be within my means. I kinda approached it [music theory] a different way than others I guess, since I learned it on my own. I would like to release instrumental albums. I make mad music that never comes out, unless some other thing occurs like the Deltron series. AllHipHop.com: We need another Deltron… Del Tha Funkee Homosapien: It's coming, but it's not gonna be what people expect…there ain't no technological advancements. We toe’ all that off being humans. AllHipHop.com: When's the next Hiero album? We haven't seen one since Full Circle really. Del Tha Funkee Homosapien: I know, but we were never a "group" is the problem. We were always separate acts, united. AllHipHop.com: Yeah but you had so much chemistry when you all came together. Del Tha Funkee Homosapien: That's ‘cause we were all friends for so long, but we never really meant to be a supergroup or nothing. We did that to maximize visibility when we first came out with our label; cheaper to tour at once. We never really thought about it, we just were and ended up where we did, like so many artists do, which is why I started to study music. I definitely never intended to really be in a group. I’m a Leo. AllHipHop.com: So you prefer the solitude of music making? Del Tha Funkee Homosapien: Oh yeah, definitely. I would rather play the back at this point. Too much drama. I feel like if I get deathly sick one more time on the road, I'm gonna murder someone. It's the air conditioners, and no one wants to shut ‘em off. They're everywhere, except here at home. AllHipHop.com: You should move to New York… Del Tha Funkee Homosapien: Oh no, no, no. New York? I couldn't survive. It's great though; lived out there a few months. Sophia Chang, I love you! I was her roomie for quite a bit. AllHipHop.com: Did you have any trouble getting your bidis out here? Del Tha Funkee Homosapien: Oh yeah! Hella hard to get out there. I’ll be gettin’ bricks ‘cause they’re basically illegal. AllHipHop.com: What's your favorite brand of bidis? Del Tha Funkee Homosapien: 500, the pink pack. AllHipHop: On the DVD you're having an AIM conversation and it reveals your screen name. Are you afraid kids will start IM’ing you? Del Tha Funkee Homosapien: Naw, kids already know it anyway. I ain't afraid of no ghosts. I can talk, I ain't scared to talk to the public. It will only help me anyway really. I'm aware of that. I like to talk, it's something I wouldn't change in my personality at least. AllHipHop.com: What's one thing you would change? Del Tha Funkee Homosapien: My anger level, and I do change it, because I'll be extremely hostile if I feel put out. AllHipHop.com: How does that affect you creatively? Del Tha Funkee Homosapien: I put it out in my music...I'm diabolical like the Biz with music. Music theory helps me color music as brutally shaded as I want it to be within harmonic context. Most of my songs start off kinda minor and get lower from there. AllHipHop.com: Has your sound gotten darker? Del Tha Funkee Homosapien: Hmmmm...well, sorta but in parts, I guess. It has its function definitely. I tend to go there though, being funky and all. Funk is bad, mean. Funk is attitude. If you do me, I'ma have an attitude that permeates throughout what I do, if you can feel me there…music included. But it's sorta like making the best out of a funky situation though. Funk is more lifestyle than a musical format. Any kind of music can be played in a funky manner. AllHipHop.com: Do you think you will go to straight production eventually? Del Tha Funkee Homosapien: I want to. That's really what I love to do. I love writing, not necessarily all the traveling. AllHipHop.com: Who wouldn't you make beats for in the industry? Del Tha Funkee Homosapien: Anybody with wack lyrics, which would have to be absolute fluff!

Wow that's a great song, you just keep getting better and better, don't give up

I don't even worry about Will's place in the rap game anymore since he don't seem to care about it, he ain't ever gonna get his due no matter what he does, JJFP did 5 albums in 7 years, that was like Jordan and Pippen winning those championships together, that was the prime of the career, if people can't give props for that run then he'll never get the props that he's due, I don't see him doing that much albums in that stretch anymore, maybe one album every 5 years if even that, it's like Jordan playing pick up games once in a while but that's it, he ain't really that much into the game anymore, acting is his new passion now, just like Ice Cube and Queen Latifah, nobody's really buying rap music anymore either but people'll watch movies forever, Will's a smart man, he's getting out before the music industry crumbles, nobody's gonna save rap, too much pressure in it, with movies he don't get any hate or criticism, he just does his thing, I realised that Max was right after all this time, he'd be a fool to give up acting for a feeble rap game.... As I'm getting older I'm becoming more accepting of things, there are really more important things in life then to worry about the place you are in the rap game, you have to do something that makes you happy in your life, I don't think doing albums every year is gonna make Will happy, it might make us happy of course but it might be too draining for him, he has to do what makes him happy at this point, it's his life, not ours, he ain't a robot or a rap machine, he has feelings too... I could really feel the frustration he had on the rap game in some of his on "Lost and Found", he ain't having as much fun as he used to, he won't have a happy life doing something that's gonna bring him stress. Rap ain't fun anymore since he always gets criticism in the rap community for being positive, rap has become one dimensional and only negative rappers get recognition, not skills, it'd take him selling over 100 million albums to equal the massive success that his movies get, it shouldn't be that way at all, his Hollywood career has overshadowed his rap career but he shouldn't worry much about it, easy for me to say since I ain't in his shoes. The thing is though that all the criticism probably gets to him as much as I hope that it wouldn't 'cause if I was in that position I could see how it might not be fun to rap much anymore 'cause whenever he raps he faces criticism, what's the point to rap if you're only rapping all the time against the criticism? That ain't fun, he's released a lot more classic albums than mostly every rapper ever has, he shouldn't have to prove anything at this point, he should get the recognition for what's he's done in the rap game already, how much does he have to do to get it? Releasing 9 albums selling over 30 million albums, basically creating a path for other rappers to expand their careers into acting, and winning the 1st rap grammy ever in a span of 20 years should be good enough already but people overlook that to a degree, he might get a lil' bit more respect after releasing "Lost and Found",there's more hate than love still since he ain't thugged out like the other popular rappers it might be hard for some to accept him and there's really this backlash to a lot of older rappers for some reason by fans, record labels, and even some younger rappers which is sad to say, Rhymefest talks about this in his blog on SOHH.com btw,there shouldn't be a clock for greatness, rappers should be able to go as long as they want to, since majority of the rap consumers are younger they seem to only want to hear from rappers closer to their age which doesn't make sense, I'm discusted of my generation quite a bit, personally I don't give a damn if the artist is 20, 30, 40, 50, 60, or 70 years old, if that artist makes good music I support, I ain't gonna stop trying to get in the game either no matter how long it takes either, I don't care I'll rap for free and do something else with my life to survive, Will's probably still doing music in his crib, he might not want to share it with us fans anymore but that doesn't mean that he's stopped altogether I'm sure... Being in the spotlight that long he desires to be loved for what he does, listen to "Could You Love Me" and you understand what he means, it's probably more fun to do movies 'cause he don't receive much criticism, people all ages and walks of life appreciate a good movie but it's really hard for certain people to accept a good rap album,we all could relate to that 'cause in our lives we want to do something that people'll appreciate and if we don't see people appreciating us for it we might not want to do that job anymore, Will probably gave up rapping for a while after "Code Red" 'cause he put a lot of work into album just as much as his earlier JJFP albums but because rap's image changed people didn't check for it, really though whenever he put work on his movies he'd get more and more recognition, if "Lost and Found" was a movie it'd been the biggest of his career but with music it ain't like that, it's all image more than anything which is sad, he put out an album better than a lot of the thugged out and younger rappers and it deserved to outsell all of them... The thing about the rap game that really hurts it's image is that there's talented rappers like FP who get dissed 'cause they ain't hardcore enough, not saying that hardcore rappers ain't talented but the point is that you could do a movie and image doesn't matter, only the performance does, that's what should matter the most but it ain't that way it seems, as a fan it's dissapointing to see fans argue over who is the hardest rapper rather than focus on who's the most talented, all this Dipset vs Jay-Z and 50 Cent vs Game talk is driving me crazy and making me sick of the rap game too. Ice Cube could get some sort of recognition in rap if he does an album every 6 years in between movies since has a harder image, Will's just as talented as Ice Cube but people who like rap re more into image than anything else. Jay-Z, Eminem, and Dr. Dre could still be in the rap game at 50 years old and sell a lot of records since they have a harder image than Will, Diddy ain't really a rapper, nobody really respects him for his rapping, his album is flopping right now even though he has the whole industry on it, lol, LL Cool J is FP's age and I see him receiving a lot of flack for putting out positive music, he ain't really in the prime of his career anymore but he's still putting out better music than most harder rappers that outsell him, in order for LL to sell like he used to he's gonna have to beef with a lot of rappers again like Eminem and Jay-Z do and I don't think he wants to do that either... On top of that as an up and coming artist like myself it hurts me to know that most of the rappers from my generation that're rapping about selling drugs'll get a record deal faster than the ones like me that're writing songs with positive messages to them even if they all have the same amount of skills. Kel Spencer didn't blow up yet not 'cause he don't have skills but 'cause he don't fit in with what the industry wants, if FP was 18 years old and coming up now in 2006 he'd probably have to go to college and not decide to rap 'cause he wouldn't make it now even with his up and coming classic albums he's was working with Jazzy Jeff would be fire, we see now how people are not supporting Lupe Fiasco the way they support the harder image rappers even though he could outrap all of them, it shouldn't be that way, when Will first came into the rap game fans were more open minded than they are now and it was strictly about who had the most skills to get on, that's why the fans who're around his age might not listen much to rap anymore either or say rap is dying from the way that really there's no appreciation for the history, the public might sleep on Will as a rapper but they know him as an actor but there are some pioneers like Kurtis Blow where the public don't even know who he is if you ask them, it's better to be known for something than nothing, no appreciation for the music anymore or the history so tell me why is it so important for Will to rap? I feel like giving up more than trying to make it these days myself since the rap industry is in such a sad state, I just want to be happy myself too, rap is too depressing, it ain't fun anymore, I really try to just block all that **** out and do my thing 'cause thinking about everything I wrote would make me not want to do it anymore either, I would rather stay true to myself than sell out....

Is there really that much of a difference between Playstation 2 and Playstation 3? I don't get what all the hype is about

I don't think it's gonna really that hard for Michael Jackson to be better than what's getting played now, radio don't really play what's good

Jay-Z even says he likes "Life After Death" more than "Ready To Die"

Well emptv didn't want to play any of Janet's videos either but they got no problem playing Jay-Z and Ciara all day, I don't know what the hell's going on

Damn Will's been aging quite a bit lately, he must be working too hard with these movies

Outkast's Big Boi Set To Drop Solo Album Next Year -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- For something he's calling his "mega-top-top-secret solo record," Big Boi sure is willing to divulge details. "You're going to get something from every genre, every funk, beat, loop, horn, whistle. We got it all on the record," the Outkast rapper said Friday on the set of Fantasia's "Hood Boy" video. "I got maybe 35 beats already done for it now, so I'm just diving in and trying to carve out the pie with the vocals." Fans can expect something similar to Speakerboxxx, Big Boi's half of Outkast's 2003 smash double album, only without an Andre 3000 album attached. Big's high school friend will, however, contribute production. "I'm going to try to keep it in-house," Big Boi said, noting that he's also producing along with Organized Noize. The yet-untitled album should hit stores sometime in 2007, unless "they keep pulling me back and forth with these movies," the rapper said. Big Boi, who starred in 2006's Idlewild and ATL, is currently shooting the comedy Who's Your Caddy?with Cedric the Entertainer, Faizon Love, Andy Milonakis and Finesse Mitchell. "It's about a music mogul who tries to play golf in this exclusive golf community," Big Boi explained. "I go inside this country club and buy this huge house, and the 17th hole just happens to be on my property, so they got to let me in. There's a lot of antics with them trying to get me [kicked] out and things like that. It's seriously funny." Big Boi actually learned golf and polo for the role — some of the perks of his second career. "Acting is great, man," he said. "I've been getting offers for years, but music has always been the first love. But now that I got time to step back from everything and take a breather, I can pick and choose roles and take them as they come." Although the highly anticipated Idlewild, which is coming to DVD on December 5, was hardly a runaway hit, Big's not disappointed with the movie, or the soundtrack for that matter. "The thing that people don't know is that we were switched over to a new record label, going from Arista to Jive," Big Boi said of the soundtrack, which doubled as Outkast's follow-up to Speakerboxxx/ The Love Below. "And Jive, they put their best foot forward, but I don't think they really understand our music and know how to work our music. We're still doing what we did 13 years. If you listen to the Idlewild album, the quality of music is there. Everything is there. It's just a new system and trying to get used to things. But hey, we got songs for days." Along with his own album and movies, Big Boi is busy with his Purple Ribbon imprint, with releases from Konkrete and Janelle Monae on the horizon. He's also featured on Unk's "Walk It Out" remix with Jim Jones and Andre 3000, and Fantasia's "Hood Boy." http://www.sixshot.com/articles/6620/

DMC, DMX Celebrate 'Day Of The Child' By Chris Richburg Date: 11/17/2006 8:50 am Hip-Hop icon Darryl "DMC" McDaniels of Run-DMC and rapper DMX are among the performers at this year's Day of the Child celebration tomorrow (Nov. 18) at Chelsea Piers in New York. Presented by New York City’s Administration for Children's Services and Children Uniting Nations, the Day of the Child is described as the community's way of reaching out to at-risk youth in an effort to expose them to mentors who are available to help and guide them. Mentored children are more likely to find ways of surviving within the community without turning to crime, drugs or gangs. More than 500 youths will be paired with adult volunteer mentors, while spending the day getting to know each other and exploring what a long-term mentoring relationship might entail. The goal of the event is to recruit mentors for at-risk youth, including those living in foster care. Additionally, the celebration will include musical performances from Mario and DJ Miss Saigon and the chance to mingle with celebrity guests, who will participate in games and activities. Expected to attend are New York City’s Administration for Children's Services Commissioner John Mattingly, New York Liberty point guard Loree Moore and members from World Wrestling Entertainment. The Day of the Child celebration takes place at at Chelsea Piers, Field House Pier 62.

I was just peeping LL's bio on wikepedia.com and I noticed that it mentions how he's rumored to sign onto Columbia Records for future albums after "Todd Smith 2: Return To Cool"

I got the tracklisting for 2Pac's album, it looks a lil' more promising than the last couple doctored albums, might get it if I could find it in a clearance bin somewhere: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pac%27s_Life Title Performer(s) Producer(s) 1 "Untouchable (Swizz Beatz Remix)" 2Pac & Bone Thugs-N-Harmony Swizz Beatz 2 "Pac's Life" 2Pac, T.I. & Ashanti L.T. Hutton 3 "Dumpin'" 2Pac, Hussein Fatal, Papoose & Carl Thomas Canei Finch 4 "Playa Cardz Right (Female)" 2Pac & Keyshia Cole Carvin and Ivan (Karma Productions) 5 "Whatz Next" 2Pac, A3 & Jay Rock Salih 6 "Sleep" 2Pac, Young Buck & Chamillionaire Sha Money XL 7 "International" 2Pac, Nipsey Hussle & Young Dre The Truth L.T. Hutton 8 "Don't Sleep" 2Pac, Lil Scrappy, Nutso, Yaki Kadafi & Stormy E.D.I. 9 "Soon As I Get Home" 2Pac & Yaki Kadafi QD3 10 "Playa Cardz Right (Male)" 2Pac, Ludacris & Keon Bryce Sha Money XL 11 "Don't Stop" 2Pac, Big Syke, Yaki Kadafi, Hussein Fatal, E.D.I., Young Noble & Stormy L.T. Hutton 12 "Pac's Life (Remix)" 2Pac, Snoop Dogg, T.I. & Chris Starr L.T. Hutton 13 "Untouchable" 2Pac, Yaki Kadafi, Hussein Fatal & Gravy Sha Money XL 14 "Dear Mama (Remix)"[3] (European Bonus Track) 2Pac

Hey Jim Jones also responded in an interview recently to how he felt about Jay-Z dissin' him and a lot of what he says is true here, Jay-Z acted for a long time that he was too big to respond to Dipset but now all of sudden why is he replying now? Jay-Z' pulling off a publicity stunt for his album just as much as you could say Cam'ron did. Jay-Z only has like 2 good songs on his new album and "Ballin!!!" is much hotter than "Show Me What You Got", Dipset has a chance to win 'cause I think Jay-Z is washed up, I'm personally getting sick of all this hype from him myself, I'd like to see somebody slow down his ego, the only way Jay could dominate again is if he pays Nas to ghostwrite him some decent lyrics, like I said all along I really think he signed Nas just so Nas wouldn't ether him again, lol: http://www.allhiphop.com/features/?ID=1624 Jim Jones: Boulders At The Throne By Chuck "Jigsaw" Creekmur For the clueless few, Jay-Z and the Diplomats have had friction between them even when the group leader Cam'ron and company were signed to Roc-A-Fella Records. The tension had settled under the surface, dormant for many years. Furthermore, when Cam'ron issued his own lyrical barrage at the Def Jam president last year...it was basically ignored. Things have changed in the last year and Jay-Z has put on his rapper cap in addition to his presidential duties. In full MC mode, he's taken up a festering beef with Jim Jones who has prodded Jay for some time, an effort that culminated in the diss track "Kingdom Done." Both men have generated their share of electricity with their albums, Jim's Hustler's P.O.M.E and Jay-Z's Kingdom Come. Jim Jones reacts to Jay-Z latest Jab, "Brooklyn High," his own diss that's all the rage on the internet and radio. But, Jim Jones, a certified star, appears unfazed and even confident in the face of a lyrical assault by one of Hip-Hop's dominant forces. Filled with belly-laughs and animated barbs, Jim Jones describes the fun autumn he’s having. AllHipHop.com: Let’s cut to the chase. What do you think of Jay’s answer ["Brooklyn High"] ? Jim Jones: Personally? It’s a couple feelings. To get Jay-Z to bite the bullet was a hell of a chess game, ‘cause he thinks he’s always playin’ chess. So right now, [i got a] check for his ass, ‘cause he sold for the bait. He said Jim Jones’ name a couple weeks ago on HOT 97, that was his first mistake, nobody ever thought he’d do that – If I’m supposedly not on his level, when he’s supposed to be this rich dude and such this gangsta. [laughs] That was his first mistake. And then he bit the bullet and did the remix to “We Fly High” [titled “Brooklyn High”], which I appreciate. He did two verses, and that registers as BDS, ‘cause it’s over two minutes. [Editor’s Note: BDS is Broadcast System Data, which records the frequency of a song’s play on a radio station] So what I’m gonna do is, I’m gonna put my verse to it, then we got the official Jim Jones [and] Jay-Z remix [listen to the new remix called "We Fly High (Beef Mix)"]. He ain’t even spittin’ right on that joint, so he kinda disappointed me ‘cause I thought he would’ve came harder. But for the people, I’m gonna put my verse on it tonight, so we gonna have the official Jay-Z [and] Jim Jones remix, and I’m gonna have it tomorrow. The BDS is already runnin’, so I appreciate you Jay, givin’ me extra BDS. That’ll probably take me up another thousand spins or something like that. I look at it like I must’ve really gotten under his skin and all that, man. I appreciate the love from baby bro, nahmean? Since he can’t f**k with me in no way around the board, I listened to his [Kingdom Come] album, I’d say there was about two songs on there that was decent. It really wasn’t there for my n***as that be in the hood, hustlin’, tryin’ to get money, for the fly girls, them independent ladies, it wasn’t there for them, man. I was really disappointed in the album, man. You know? He says men lie, women lie, numbers don’t, and I don’t know if people understand what I’ve done this week, by shipping 300,000 units, I did 108,000 units – that ratio is incredible, understand? For me to be on an independent and to do 108,000 units in the first week is outta hand – not to mention that we do get seven [dollars and some change] a record, understand? So I just recouped and made a few dollars the first week, and next week, I’ll make all seven dollars off my records. It’s a big game goin’ on now, that I’m not mad at. I came in number one rap album, number one indie album, number six overall. I was lookin’ at the charts today… it’s funny though, ‘cause I was listenin’ to him on HOT 97, [and] he was sayin’ how [i’m] not in the top five rappers. Now, I’m on these things, which I’m gonna fax you so you can put ‘em up on the computer tomorrow. [Reading:] This is a BDS from HOT 97’s playlist, it says “We Fly High” is the number one record, getting played 98 times, and “Kingdom Come” is the number 11 record, getting played 38 times, “Show Me What You Got” is the number 14 record, getting played 34 times. [Laughs] The number two record is Snoop, what’s up Snoop? Then I was lookin’ at the BET playlist, tryin’ to see what’s up with the video, and it says “We Fly High” is number one on BET also. “Show Me What You Got” is number three. I’m glad that he knows I’m not in no one’s top five, I ain’t, I’m number one, b***h! It ain’t in no more room up here. [laughs] I got this old n***a. His jump shot is weak, his knees is bad, his swagger is gone. AllHipHop.com: Where does this all come from? Where does the beef start? Jim Jones: Um, it’s a little bit personal, man. We’ve been in a couple situations, back and forth. We also had a deal with [Roc-A-Fella], and been in a lot of spots with him. We recorded at Baseline [studios]. There’s been a lot of things; we always had the upper-hand. There were a few aggressive situations where we had to put our hands on a few people. It wasn’t… there’s just a lot of things that we choose not to expose, but these n***as really know what’s going on. We leave the music to music, and hold all that gangsta s**t for when we see each other, but they don’t want no parts of that, man. These n***as is young bols, I don’t care how old he is. And he talk about 30 is the new 20, but he’s 40. I’m 30, so who’s 20? Shorty? [laughs] AllHipHop.com: Aside from the remix, are you gonna do a reply? Jim Jones: He didn’t really spit. I’m just gonna spit, I’m not gonna reply to him. Like, he didn’t really say nothin’ to me that was harsh. He didn’t even insult me. I thought Jay was gonna try to get at me! That s**t bounced off me, that s**t was weak! He just helped my song out. He got me on the hook and all that, talkin’ ‘bout “Brooklyn!” - so I’m just gonna go “Harlem!” He wanna say “ballin’!” but he said, “Brooklyn!” - you see how he sounds? You coulda said “ballin’!” baby, if you wanted to do the remix, you could’ve done it for New York with me, we coulda did the New York thing. I wouldn’t have been mad, I understand what’s goin’ on around the world: New York gotta come back, but he went about it wrong. You can’t divide Brooklyn and Harlem, ‘cause I’ve got more n***as in Brooklyn than you. Shouts to Bed Stuy, shouts to Marcy, shouts to Marcus Garvey, shouts to Jefferson, shouts to Lincoln. Come on, don’t play with us, man! We out there, man. AllHipHop.com: For years Cam seemed like he was in the front, and that it’s changed positions, but you’ve really come into your own… Jim Jones: I don’t want nobody…let me set this record straight: I don’t got no beef with nobody but the devil, I keep tellin’ people that. If anybody’s got a problem with that, they can go meet him, by all means. This game is built on aggressive competition. By all means, I am an aggressive competitor, smell me? Whatever devil gotta come off the top for me to be there. That’s why I never say I want to be king. That’s why I say I’mma kill these [guys] in total game, and I mean that for sure. I’m that soldier that’ll tear down everything, I don’t matter. But you know, we just havin’ fun out here, so shouts to Hoova, I mean Hova, I mean whatever the n***a’s name is, smell me? I appreciate the love, big baby. ‘Cause he’s not accomplishin’ nothin’. It’s a bigger battle for me to win than him. What is he accomplishin’? What is he gonna say he’s accomplishin’ by dissin’ Jim Jones? He’s supposed to be this multi-platinum artist who’s sold so many millions, and he’s G5’in, and I can’t follow. So what does he need, somebody more street level, or am I part of your marketing strategy? If I’m part of your marketing strategy, I’m a bad n***a. [laughs] AllHipHop.com: At the same time, you pressed up flyers saying, “Who’s Jim Jones? Ask Jay-Z”, is he a part of your strategy? Jim Jones: No, that’s what he said on HOT 97. When Flex asked him, he said, “Jim Jones? Who is Jim Jones? Jim Jones who?” So I just put it on flyers. “Who is Jim Jones? Ask Jay-Z” That came out his own mouth. He used himself as his own publicity stunt for me. I don’t do that, smell me? Anything I do is pure fact, and I’m just havin’ fun. That’s the funny part. He’s really upset, and I’m just havin’ fun…and I’m gettin’ my money. The people are lovin’ it right now, ‘cause they know where I come from. I’m the underdog right now, people love the underdog. I’mma keep riding and keep riding, and when I’m no longer the underdog, then my days in this game is over. That’s what Jay shoulda did, he shoulda learned that he’s not the underdog no more, and bow out like the king he was, smell me? [laughs] He f**ked up. Freddie Kruger, n***a, I’m your worst nightmare. I’m young, I’m pretty, I’m Black, and I’m rich, and I’m ready for war, whatever you wanna do, ‘cause I got my money. [laughs] AllHipHop.com: Is Juelz messed up, being that he’s signed to Jay-Z through Def Jam? Jim Jones: He’s not signed to Jay. LA Reid handles all Juelz’ business, not Jay. AllHipHop.com: He can’t get shelved? Jim Jones: He can’t get shelved. Told ya, LA Reid is the boss over there. He even bigger than Jay. Juelz Santana is straight, and anytime he don’t like the Def Jam situation, he will be off of it in days. AllHipHop.com: Dipset has a Christmas album. What’s that all about? Jim Jones: It’s Christmas, man, I love Christmas. For the last 10 years, I been watchin’ how Christmas is declinin’ with the decorations in the street and all that, the whole Christmas spirit is dead, man. I look at my son, man, and I want him to really feel Christmas at least until he’s eight [years old], and knows what’s goin’ on. The whole spirit of the city, just everything when it comes to Christmas is wrong, man. There’s no soul. I need that unity. I need to feel that eggnog flowin’ and things like that, so [the album] is just my contribution to make it an old school Christmas this year, man. I got special things I’ma do for Harlem, just to make it old school Christmas. I can’t save the world, but I know I’ma try to give back to where I came from, ‘cause I love Christmas to death, I swear to God.

OJ seriously needs help, there's something really wrong with that guy

DJ Jazzy Jeff Preps "Magnificent" Return With Help From Little Brother, Rhymest and Method Man Friday - November 17, 2006 by Jolene "foxxylady" Petipas DJ Jazzy Jeff is currently putting finishing touches on his sophomore album, The Return Of The Magnificent. Solely produced by Jeff, the album will feature appearances from Method Man, Big Daddy Kane, De La Soul, Rhymefest, Raheem DeVaughn, Kardinal Offishall, Little Brother, CL Smooth and KRS-One, among others. "I technically could be done," Jeff explained to Billboard recently. "I probably was done about a month-and-a-half ago and I'm just really tweaking stuff. I came to the conclusion today that I'm just gonna go home, finish everything that I've done so far and just close it out, but I never want to say I'm done." Jeff, who is currently touring the UK, will return to the U.S. on Tuesday (November 21) before heading out to Asia for a two-and-a-half week outing. The Philly bred producer/turntablist is also setting up projects with Biz Markie, Jean Grae and Eric Roberson. DJ Jazzy Jeff's The Return Of The Magnificent is due in stores early next year

I was trying to get on the forum a few times today and wasn't able to, was it an update, somebody tried hacking again?

I don't think Teddy Riley was retiring, he was going through financial troubles for a lil' while that probably kept him from releasing new music I believe, I remember hearing that he had to sell his publishing at the beginning of this year, but I guess he got that straightened out now 'cause he's getting involved in this project with Chauncey and gonna produce on MJ's comeback album, hopefully he could get back to being one of the top producers in the game, I love his music

I know how that feels, the funny thing with me is that sometimes I could turn on the radio and listen to a song on there from an artist that I don't really check for and I could actually relate to it, just like Chris Brown's last single "Never The Right Time To Say Goodbye"

Wow I'm the only one that likes Blackstreet here? It's a damn shame what Teddy did to Chauncey, I guess like FP says "Girls Ain't Nothin' But Trouble", lol

Well since he produced a track for JJFP, I think I'll pin this thread to get more to notice it, I'm gonna check him out myself later on

I got this album from ebay a few weeks ago and it's a very good album, I been listening to it quite a bit since I got it, my favorite tracks are probably "Do Your Time" with Beanie Siegal, Pimp C, and C Murder, "Runaway Love" with Mary J. which is the new single now, "Woozy" with R. Kelly, "Tell It Like It Is", and "Freedom Of Preach" with Bishop Eddie Lee Long, he really put his heart into this album, I'm not really a fan of his of course but I just gotta give props where props is due, he did a damn good job with this album, it really seemed like he had a chip on his shoulder when he was making it, he wanted to show everybody another side to him and that's real right there, I definately got more respect for him than before, he always had skills but now he's using them to display more messages and that's definately showing growth as an artist

It came out the same day as Busta's album last summer, I mentioned it once but didn't say anything anymore since some people on this board get on me about talking about KRS so much, lol, but on the real though KRS really brought it on this album and the damn truth is he's a better mc than 95% of the rappers that get hyped on this board, Game and them are cool but they sure ain't f'ing with "The Teacha"!!! I'm happy somebody mentioned it finally, probably the most underrated album of the year, KRS' probably the most consistant mc ever in my book, I think that was his 14th album, can't wait till he releases the album next year with Marley Marl, should be another classic, now a Marley Marl track with KRS and LL would be heaven to my ears

Well nobody's going 2X platinum anymore anyway except for people like Justin and Beyonce, it's good to know that the crap artists ain't selling like they used to, Nsync used to go 13X platinum, so only going double platinum for Justin Timberlake is a big time fall off from those days he was with them, btw that Ludacris album is really good, he actually says quite a bit of things from his heart on there, I actually brought back that post about his album to talk about how much I actually been feelin' it since I gave it a listen a few weeks ago, and that Diddy album is actually better than I would've thought too, I'm especially feeling that track with Christina Aguilara "Tell Me" that's a single right now, when they put out weaker material they sell millions but it looks like they might not even go platinum when they actually do something good, go figure, lol, Jim Jones is "Ballin'!", I'm not a big Dipset fan but that song bangs, selling 96,000 independently in a week is great making $7 a CD sold, that's the way to go, Fat Joe gonna be getting that paper too next week

Diddy featuring Christina Aguilara "Tell Me"(listening to it on the video playing on BET), this is a really banging track

Yeah I think beats is really something that's carried Jay-Z over the past few years, he got a great ear for beats, but overall he hasn't really been that hungry lyrically for the past albums, with the exception of some hot tracks in between, I even think "Blueprint" is very overhyped, he had some good lyrics in there but Kanye carried that album in my opinion, his last great album was "Hard Knock Life: Volume 2", like AJ I think the collabs were something that made me like him back then