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Well being that long since they've done an album, it seems that they might've lost their chemistry, but at least we got Wyclef's album to look forward to

He seemed to dumbed down a lil' bit so maybe some of these ignorant rap heads would be able to understand the point he's trying to get across, probably even a lot of the dumbass rappers probably wouldn't understand since in their interviews they can't even put a sentence together, lol, the only way things are gonna change is if maybe he could get many so called hip-hop heads to boycott watching BET until they play better artists, the problem is that corporations are screwing it up and a lot of fans keep on buying into it, something needs to be done, a lot of these so called hip-hop fans are idiots 'cause all they do is complain about hip-hop is dying, well maybe if they actually searched for quality artists and supported them then maybe hip-hop would still be strong as it ever was, just 'cause the radio don't play quality music don't mean that there's no quality music out there, you could still pick the album off the shelf and play it as much as the radio plays the garbage, it really starts with us fans 'cause it's obvious that BET ain't gonna do it for us, the more we complain, the higher their ratings go, instead of wasting time watching something that we'll end up complaining about, we need to put focus on what we enjoy...

Rappers making money off of disrespecting other rappers is simple concept to grasp onto, think about how much records the rappers over the last few years like 50, Em, Game, etc. that diss each other sell, if you start beef with another rapper you're guaranteed to go platinum it seems, and think about how much rappers like FP, Common, and Lupe sell that don't disrespect anybody on records sell, fans are falling for the rappers who go around boasting how much gangsta they are than the other rapper and they call rappers who do things beyond that beef stuff corny, instead of rappers rebelling against each other, they should be using that power to rap about important things in life and bring hip-hop back to how it was in the '80s/90s where rappers would make songs that reflected the problems of society that brought awareness, and how rock and roll was in the '60s and how reggae music was, music is a powerful voice, these rappers are rich already, they need to use that power to make other brothers rich with knowledge of self, like KRS said before: "Everybody's bad and everybody's tough/But how many are intelligent enough?",this is what it should come down to... Hip-hop was created by Afrika Bambaataa to get brothers out of gangs, he was making it cool to not be in a gang, but now a lot of rappers on TV promote gang violence, a lot of these suckas make it seem like you gotta be in a gang to be down and that's not keepin' it real to origins of hip-hop, but a lot of them lost their way and it ain't their fault since they were victims of the crack era, that **** seemed to have distorted their brains, the mainstream saw how a lot of these intelligent brothers were bringing a voice for the streets in the '80s so they made sure the niggers got cracked up so the future rap generation could be messed up, a lot of the kids growing up in the '80s like 50 Cent who were influenced about how being pushing weight is a way of life are now on top of the rap game so their plan worked out, ultimately the violence needs to stop, there are plenty of rappers out there not doing that but they ain't being heard since people don't want to hear them, people don't open their eyes to the music with a message... btw, More proof of how mainstream wants to shut down hip-hop, remember last month Mos Def got arrested for doing a rap outside the MTV building about Hurricane Katrina, that's some bull**** if I could ever say so, all these rappers who rap about how cool it is to shoot others and get high all day should be locked up instead...

He's saying that hip-hop's image is being destroyed, think deeply about what he's saying and you'll see that, record labels only promote artists that promote negativity, they make it seem that to be a rapper you have to have to drink 40's, smoke blunts, have gats, and smack women all day, but in reality to be a rapper or just be down with hip-hop it's about being yourself, you don't have to fit in with what others are doing, you have to be yourself... A lot of the kids grow up have no idea that hip-hop is meant to be peaceful, they don't let the rappers with a message get a lot of airplay 'cause they're scared that the public will gain that knowledge and that they'll end up getting challenged for what they're doing, there are racist people out there still in this 2006 that don't want to see black people in the hip-hop community have a strong voice in society, they want us to look weak, hip-hop was known have a really strong message when it started and it challenged the mainstream of a lot of the stuff that was going on but it ain't that way anymore, the tables turned, now the mainstream's out to destroy hip-hop and shut down that voice so that way we could stay down so they could stay rich and dictating, hip-hop is meant to be peaceful not hateful, it don't promote white supremecy, it's open to everybody, he's also saying that a lot of rap artists will sell their soul to make hip-hop look bad and I agree with that, I mean look at what BET does, they get rid of BET News to inform the youth and replace it with a series on "Beef", it's teaching them that to be famous you have to go around and fight with each other instead of thinking things through, like Ice Cube says in "Child Support": "All y'all rappers should kiss and make up/take your bull**** jewlry back to Jacob/get your mind right nigga and start to wake up/cause the whole rap industry needs to shake up/you got million dollar niggaz killin' million dollar niggaz/bustin' outta Bentleys wearin' chinchillasssthere you go again rollin' in your limo/ comin' from the Grammy's shootin' out the window//I know the scripture/but there's something wrong with this picture/what you mad about/diamonds all in your mouth/no car, no niggaz house paid off/I never heard of a rapper gettin' laid off", artists don't realise how blessed they are to be in the position that they're in, they could use their position and talents to bring a bigger influence rather than goin' around dissin' all the time...

Afrika Bambataa's saying what needs to be said, many of these so called hip-hop heads really don't open their minds up to check for the quality that's out there, they just complain complain and complain some more, that's not really that much different than what a lot of rappers do when they go around and diss each other, a lot of artists that try to push the envelope to not sound like what's popular end up getting dissed and that's wack, you shouldn't only think about what's weak, you should focus on what's strong, focusing on only weaknesses will only keep it weak, focusing on strength will bring more strength, much respect to Afrika Bambataa

Former Negro Leaguer O'Neil dies Associated Press KANSAS CITY, Mo. -- Buck O'Neil, a batting champion in the Negro Leagues before becoming the first black to serve as a major league coach, has died. He was 94. The beloved national figure as the unofficial goodwill spokesman for the Negro Leagues died Friday night in a Kansas City hospital, eight months after he fell one vote short of the Hall of Fame. O'Neil was admitted on Sept. 17 with what was described as extreme fatigue. Bob Kendrick, marketing director for the Negro Leagues Hall of Fame, said O'Neil passed away about 10 p.m. ET with close family members nearby. No cause of death was given. Baseball commissioner Bud Selig asked for a moment of silence to be observed before Saturday's playoff games. "Buck was a pioneer, a legend and will be missed for as long as the game is played," Selig said. "I had the good fortune of spending some time with him in Cooperstown a couple of months ago and I will miss his wisdom and counsel." A star in the Negro Leagues who barnstormed with Satchel Paige, O'Neil later signed Hall-of-Famers Lou Brock and Ernie Banks as a scout. In July, just before he was briefly hospitalized for fatigue, he batted in a minor league All-Star contest and became the oldest man ever to appear in a professional game. "What a fabulous human being," Hall of Famer Reggie Jackson said. "He was a blessing for all of us. I believe that people like Buck and Rachel Robinson and Martin Luther King and Mother Teresa are angels that walk on earth to give us all a greater understanding of what it means to be human. I'm not sad for him. He had a long, full life and I hope I'm as lucky, but I'm sad for us." O'Neil was readmitted to the hospital on Sept. 17 after he had lost his voice as well as his strength. A huge celebration of his 95th birthday has been planned for Nov. 11, with a guest list of about 750 that included many baseball greats as well as other celebrities and political leaders. Kendrick told The Associated Press the party would still be held, only now as a tribute. Douglas Jones/Icon SMI O'Neil was the first black coach in the majors and also the oldest man ever to play in a pro baseball game. Always projecting warmth, wit and a sunny optimism that sometimes seemed surprising for a man who lived so much of his life in a climate of racial injustice, O'Neil remained remarkably vigorous into his 90s. He became as big a star as the Negro League greats whose stories he traveled the country to tell. He would be in New York taping the "Late Show With David Letterman" one day, then back home on the golf course the next day shooting his age, a feat he first accomplished at 75. "But it's not a good score any more," he quipped on his 90th birthday. Long popular in Kansas City, O'Neil he rocketed into national stardom in 1994 when filmmaker Ken Burns featured him in his groundbreaking documentary "Baseball." The rest of the country then came to appreciate the charming Negro Leagues historian as only baseball insiders had done before. He may have been, as he joked, "an overnight sensation at 82," but his popularity continued to grow for the rest of his life. "He brought the attention of a lot of people in this country to the Negro Leagues," former Washington Nationals manager Frank Robinson said. "He told us all how good they were and that they deserved to be recognized for what they did and their contributions and the injustice that a lot of them had to endure because of the color of their skin." Few men in any sport have witnessed the grand panoramic sweep of history that O'Neil saw and felt and was a part of. A good-hitting, slick-fielding first baseman, he barnstormed with Paige in his youth, twice won a Negro Leagues batting title, then became a pennant-winning manager of the Kansas City Monarchs. In 1962, a tumultuous time of change in America when civil rights workers were risking their lives on the back roads of the Deep South, O'Neil broke a meaningful racial barrier when the Chicago Cubs made him the first black coach in the major leagues. "I can't remember a time when I did not want to make my living in baseball or a time when that wasn't what I did get to do." -- Buck O'Neil Jackie Robinson was the first black with an opportunity to make plays in the big leagues. But as bench coach, O'Neil was the first to make decisions. He saw Babe Ruth hit home runs and watched Roger Clemens throw strikes. He talked hitting with Lou Gehrig and Ichiro Suzuki. "I can't remember a time when I did not want to make my living in baseball, or a time when that wasn't what I did get to do," he said in an interview with The Associated Press in 2003. "God was very good to old Buck." Born in 1911 in Florida, John "Buck" O'Neil began a lifetime in baseball hanging around the spring training complex of the great New York Yankee teams of the '20s. Some of the players befriended the youngster and allowed him inside. In February 2006, it was widely thought that a special 12-person committee commissioned to render final judgments on Negro Leagues and pre-Negro league figures would make him a shoo-in for the Baseball Hall of Fame. It would be, his many fans all thought, a fitting tribute to the entire body of his life's work. But 16 men and one woman were voted in and O'Neil was left out, one vote short of the required three-fourths. Several hundred of his friends and admirers had gathered at the Negro Leagues Museum for what they thought would be a celebration. Instead, they stood in awkward, restless silence as the old man once again -- (for how many times in his long, eventful life?) -- brushed bitterness aside. "Shed no tears for Buck," he told them. "I couldn't attend Sarasota High School. That hurt. I couldn't attend the University of Florida. That hurt. "But not going into the Hall of Fame, that ain't going to hurt me that much, no. Before, I wouldn't even have a chance. But this time I had that chance. "Just keep loving old Buck." But among his close friends, few believed that his heart wasn't really broken. "It is clear the Baseball Hall of Fame has made a terrible error in not inducting Buck on this ballot," Missouri Rep. Emanuel Cleaver said. "It is rare that an entire community rallies around a single person, but our city loves Buck, what he stands for and his indomitable spirit. "Buck O'Neil is a man who has done more than anyone to popularize and keep alive the history of the Negro Leagues," Cleaver said. In the months that followed, O'Neil embarked on an exhausting schedule that had him flying to California, Ohio, Arizona and New York among other stops. He spoke at the induction ceremonies in Cooperstown. In July, he batted in the top and bottom of the first inning of the Northern League All-Star Game, making him the oldest man ever to play in a professional baseball game. "He was one of the pioneers of Negro League baseball, and he was one of the guys who never let it die," Oakland third-base coach Ron Washington said. "He was one of the guys that made sure that people knew of all the talent that was in that league. I was quite disappointed when he wasn't inducted into the Hall of Fame, but he made it possible for the ones who were inducted into the Hall of Fame." O'Neil was especially loved by the very young. In appearances at children's clubs and elementary schools throughout the country, kids of all color would gather around to hear the merry-eyed, grandfatherly figure spin his tales. Among older African-Americans, however, he would sometimes run into resentment. Why relive the Jim Crow past? Why dredge up bitter memories of segregated lunch counters and public facilities with insulting "whites only" signs? But O'Neil would fire right back. "It's very important that we know our history. We have to do that," he said. "I would remind them of a time when baseball was a source of joy for them. Then as we talked about it, they would remember who they were with, even what they wore to the games. "I would tell them this is not a sad story. It's a celebration!" he said. In the foreword to O'Neil's autobiography in 1996, Burns wrote of his amazing ability to see the goodness in his fellow man. "His life reflects the past and contains many of the bitter experiences that our country reserved for men of his color, but there is no bitterness in him," he said. "It's not so much that he put that suffering behind him as that he has brought gold and light out of bitterness and despair, loneliness and suffering. He knows he can go farther with generosity and kindness than with anger and hate," Burns wrote. O'Neil had no children; his closest living relative is a brother, Warren O'Neil.

Afrika Bambaataa Issues A Statement To Rap Artists Of All Regions -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- The legendary Afrika Bambaataa and his organization The Zulu Nation recently sent this statement to our brother and good friend Jazzy D for all of the rappers from every coast or region to read: I, Afrika Bambaataa, have heard it all, read it all, in many magazines throughout the world, and seen almost all in this continuing bull**** about which rappers are better, east coast v west coast, Miami bass hip-hop is bull****, British Rappers sound funny rapping, electro funk, techno rappers are soft, I like hardcore rap and beats, this one group is like that, old school vs new school, Rap wouldn't be rap if it wasn't for the battles, I'm the quickest, baddest rapper, deejay around, Go Go music in Washington D. C. is dead. It's all about hip-house or house music all night long. I dis you, you dis me, my crew will take you out or kick your ass, **** this or that, Nigger, Bitch, Nigguz, Nigguh, Hoe, Hooker, Bitches with Problems, Hoes with Attitudes. Just look at yourselves, sounding like a bunch of fools, who really don't have any true knowledge of self and knowledge of hip-hop culture and what it's all about. First of all, let me tell you that the music (beats) that makes up hip-hop, comes from different nationalities and races, especially from black people, and if you think I am a brother who don't know what he is talking about, just check out many of the music, beats, grooves and sounds that many of your rappers use to make their records or rap over. Hip-hop music in general is colorless and not racist. It comes from many categories in music, for example: Hip-hop music is made up from other forms of music like funk, soul, rhythm & blues, jazz, rock heavy l, salsa, soca (calypso), TV shows, kiddie shows, horror movies, techno, pop, disco, african, arabic, reggae -etc. . . . and if you use any records from these categories, you will see that the music is made by people from different races or nationalities from all over the planet, but it's roots start with black people. I have read many interviews by different rap groups throughout the world, just to see where their heads are at, whether they are really knowledgeable about hip-hop music/culture or whether they are just plain assholes. Many of the rappers will down(dis) another rapper because he or she wanted to experiment with hip-hop by singing or adding a different sound in hip-hop to create something new. When are all of you in the hip-hop world going to 'wake up'? You love to keep dissing each other for nothing and if you were wise in your disrespect of each other, you would know how to make money with respecting your disrespect of each other, if you truly understand what I am saying. Many who are into hip-hop or part of hip-hop culture throughout the world need a check up from the neck up. In fact, and in truth, the whole human family needs one. Everyone needs to check up on their own roots and culture and seek the real truths on life on this so-called planet Earth. Knowledge, wisdom, and understanding, facts and truths about black, brown, red, yellow and white people and not that brainwash white supremacy **** that white people in power have taught all over the world and to their own people of the so called planet Earth. Yes there are many wrongs in the worldwide hip-hop community, but there are also many aspects of positivity within the hip-hop community that the media or trade magazines rarely focus upon. Many of you in hip-hop culture don't even listen to the rappers who are trying hard to wake your asses up to what is going on in the bigger scale than of what you see in your neighborhoods, their message goes in one ear and out the other. The media does play a big role in destroying the hip-hop culture movement, but many of you in the hip-hop community are the biggest enemies of hip-hop and you will be the ones who will help the enemies of hip-hop to destroy it, or to bring it back underground, because of your ignorance of knowledge of hip-hop. This has started the difference between 'old school' and 'new school'. To myself (Afrika Bambaataa) there is only one school and that's the learning, evolving, going through the different phases or cycles school of hip-hop. That is the real hip-hop school. A lot of you in the world of hip-hop better start looking at the problems in your own backyard as well as the world, because while you are enjoying yourselves etc. there are many plots being sprung to destroy hip-hop in the world. Because many people in government look at hip-hop music and its culture as a radical music that gets straight to the point and music that will wake up the youth and young adults throughout the world. They can also use hip-hop to backfire and destroy itself. You can believe what I'm saying. But time will tell and I see what you see not. Peace be unto you, Your brother In music and faith, Afrika Bambaataa. Peace from Jazzy D... http://www.westcoastrydaz.com/news/10051/

Wyclef Jean to Release 'Carnival 2,' But Where Are the Fugees? http://www.andpop.com/article/7148 Published: 9/28/06 at 3:49 AM ET Written By: Adam Gonshor (andPOP) - The next Wyclef Jean album will be called "Carnival 2" and it's nearly complete, the rapper revealed exclusively to andPOP while in Toronto this month. "Carnival," released in 1997, was Wyclef's debut solo album, which earned him a Best Rap Album Grammy nomination. Ever since then, he has mentioned that he was working on a follow-up, but it appears its release may finally be upon us. "'Carnival 2' is going to be crazy," Wyclef told andPOP. "It's going to be the wildest piece of material that you've heard from Wyclef since the 'Carnival' as a whole piece of music." Jean said a big focus has been on writing and musical arrangement. "I'm like the hip-hop Amadeus," he said. "Like Dershawin, I'm going to write a lot of crazy arrangements." Jerry Wonder, Clef's longtime producer, couldn't hold back his excitement for "Carnival 2." "Wait 'till you get the 2," he said. "It's sort of the same concept as 'Carnival' but it's like the 2020 version." Wonder revealed that some of the guests from the first album will be back, perhaps even Lauryn Hill. Speaking of Hill, what is going on with the Fugees reunion? When Wyclef, Lauryn and Pras hit the studio, they released one single, and another track was leaked, but nothing else has been released since. Speaking briefly about the Fugees, Jean's tone didn't sound too optimistic. "Tell them hurry up. I'm moving. They gotta get with it," he said. "We tryin,'" added Wonder. "It's probably going to happen but everybody's busy."

Yeah a lot of 14/15 year olds look like 19/20 year olds, it's hard to tell the difference sometimes, btw it's sad to see all these great artists like R.Kelly, DMX, and Bobby Brown get into so much trouble

I actually heard it on the radio just now as I came into this post, it's gonna be his 1st single, "Show Me What You Got", it's a hot track, I like the Public Enemy sample

Nas is basically saying that hip-hop is dead from the basis of how the history of hip-hop is being forgotten by a lot of people and how record labels don't show support to the pioneers of the game, he's gonna have a song on his new album dedicated to all the ol' school artists, he says that there needs to be an organization for the ol' school artists so that way they could live comfortably and they'll get the recognition they deserve, he said though that he didn't mind that 50 Cent made a mixtape called "Hip-Hop Is Dead" and that 50 don't know how to produce a Mobb Deep album 'cause he ain't on Mobb Deep's level yet

Hey I noticed that they're gonna talk about "Kanye West vs. George Bush" on BET's new series "Beef"

Happy B-Day Sonic, enjoy it homie!!! :woowoo:

When he mentioned about wanting to make T-shirts of ol' school hip-hop artists I was thinking he should holla at Tim to help him, lol

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Dr. Dre Biography Set To Hit Stores In Early '07 By Houston Williams Date: 10/5/2006 12:15 pm A new Dr. Dre opus is coming sooner than you think, but it's not the long-awaited Detox album--and it's not by Dr. Dre. The acclaimed producer has lived a largely reclusive life outside of the media, but author Ronin Ro's upcoming book Dr. Dre: The Biography aims to reveal the artist's celebrated life through extensive reporting, interviews, and research. "We see his life in context--a few important facts about his personal life, how many of the hits were created, and how he runs Aftermath," Ro told AllHipHop.com. "[Also], the chain of events that led to Tupac's comments [and] how Dre reacted to the changes Hip-Hop underwent during the past few years." The book also examines the viewpoints of insiders around Dr. Dre while chronicling many of the luminaries he introduced to pop culture, including Eminem, 50 Cent, and the Game. Similar to those artists, controversy has been Dre's counterpart since his days in NWA. In the '80s and '90s, his experiences were well-documented via a number of high-profile incidents, arrests, musical outings, feuds, and other controversial matters. With The Biography, Ro hopes to garner the same attention as that of his previous novels: Have Gun Will Travel - The Spectacular Rise and Fall of Death Row Records and the Run DMC biography Raising Hell: The Reign, Ruin and Redemption of Run DMC. "I'd say the entire book [is controversial]. Instead of a Have Gun Will Travel retread, I started from scratch, approached this with fresh eyes, and crammed about two books' worth of material into one," he said. "You can't please all of the people all of the time, so certain sections might infuriate some readers, particularly things about Eminem, the Game and Tupac; the NWA reunion attempt; the issue of who does what and what actually constitutes being a producer in this genre; and more...I mean, the list goes on." Although unauthorized, Ro said he's been able to discern fact more readily than a book that is overtly endorsed by the subject. "This is reporting, not data entry. And at the end of the day, my readers will know I've once again tried to report the truth, instead of taking marching orders from some flash-in-the-pan pop rapper or groupie," said Ro. "This book documents [Dre's] false starts, setbacks, triumphs, evolution and stewardship of a company that, a decade later, is still in business, and managing to bring in money during some pretty lean times for his industry." Although Dre's overall career is fairly pop-oriented based on his commercial sales and success, the book is decidedly Hip-Hop in nature. And Ro said that readers need to become knowledgeable. "I'm not holding anyone's hand. You want Uncle Remus, you watch Disney. I'm not explaining everything for white people and dilettantes," he said. "You either know Hip-Hop or you don't. And if you do, you'll like this book." Ro also vowed that the book will reveal "what really happened" between the Game and Dr. Dre. Game recently admitted that Dre would not be a part of his sophomore album The Doctor's Advocate, although Dre had been highly influential on the young rapper's debut album The Documentary. But while Ro managed to unearth many facets of Dre's life, his extensive reporting was unable to determine whether Dr. Dre's Detox would ever be released to the public--certainly to the chagrin of fans. "I really have no idea. I see it this way: even if Detox were to never come out, at least he had a cool hobby," said Ro. "Some people collect stamps and build models, others mow the lawn. Dre taped a few jam sessions with his house band and created grooves he can throw on future productions. And for a decade, Aftermath succeeded where so many other artist-run labels in any genre crashed and burned." Ro has penned a number of novels, including Tales To Astonish: Jack Kirby, Stan Lee, and the American Comic Book Revolution, Bad Boy: The Influence of Sean Puffy Combs on the Music Industry. Next, he plans to release King of the Slashers: The History of Halloween.

That's unfortunate to hear, I'll keep him in my thoughts

When a bad rapper does something stupid, it seems to always be the guy himself who does the stupid thing, and when a rapper that people think is good does something stupid, its always.. someone else. Finally you said something that made sense, if 50 Cent or Nelly did this everyone would be calling them idiots,but if somebody we like like DMX does something then we might overlook it a lil' bit 'cause we like the music, that's understandable though 'cause if we can't stand that person's music and now we hear about them doing idiotic things then we ain't gonna really feel them at all, that's to be expected, on the real though like I said earlier is that most of these celebrities do stupid things, they get souped up 'cause of the fame and act like they own the world, there really ain't that many role models for people to look up to, Ray Charles was a drug addict but he was one of the best musicians ever, now if I didn't like his music I'd probably just look at him as a crackhead like probably some people who don't like his music do, Tom Cruise is one crazy guy as well but I like his movies, if I didn't like his movies I wouldn't really give a damn about him at all though.... But of course the people that don't like DMX'smusic won't want to be a fan of his after hearing this, that's to be expected to, DMX should really listen to his own music and realise that what he's doing is wrong and that he needs to watch the people he hangs out with, he can't surround himself by yes men, I think that's why his record sales have dipped so fast since he's been getting arrested so much, he makes music with substance but his life don't seem to have that substance so a lot of people do look at him as hypocritical, do you really think people are gonna request to hear DMX's "Lord Give Me A Sign" if they hear about him getting arrested? He talked about how he really wanted that song to be his biggest hit but if he really wanted that he'd lead by example and live what he said, as a fan it's hard for me to defend him when he does things like this...If he really wants to keep his career alive, he needs to step back for a minute and get his life together 'cause he's gonna lose more fans if he keeps doing these things, people ain't gonna feel him anymore and that's a shame since he's such a talented artist and he's throwing his career away...

DMX is like the Bobby Brown of hip-hop, they seem to get arrested every week, lol

He don't need it 'cause the people still go out to buy his albums but he just pointed out that the black radio don't play his music 'cause he don't fit in with the thug image that gets played on the radio all the time(even though the fans went out and bought enough/guess they think Will ain't hard enough), I think black radio is wack 'cause every song they play sounds the same most of the time, that's why I listen to CDs most of the time, btw Beyonce was never a ghetto girl so has no credability to come out and say I'm a "gangsta girl", she needs to quit saying that 'cause nobody gonna buy into it

I doubt the quote's made up, it's right there on the official site for Blender on that link I posted a few posts ago in this topic so most likely it's in the magazine, she just trying to get the "urban black audience" to get more into her it seems, she wants to get away from that "white pop" image that she's known for, basically that's like when Will comes out and says that "black radio" should play him, I think all these race labels on music is silly, music is music, there should be no barriers on it in this day and age, btw did Lauryn Hill really say that? That's much more extreme than what Beyonce said...

Did anybody listen yet? I figure somebody here would be interested in hearing it

Well DMX needs to be more careful in choosing the people he rolls with, they've seem to be a negative influence on him, DMX does have a good attitude on the most part though, he does a lot of good things but of course if he messes up he'll get more press for that than he will doing something good, some people are quick to say how much they lose respect for somebody when they do something wrong but they might do some wrong things too, they ain't famous so that won't be magnified on them though, that's the way I look at it, as long as DMX makes great music I'll support him, I don't let a couple negative things that I he did make me turn my back on him

I think Janet did apologise right away around the time that Justin did, btw I heard that quite a bit of people that said that they noticed how MTV hasn't been playing any of Janet's videos even though they've been getting radio play while Justin videos are on all the time, something don't seem right...

Bobby Brown is a big name in his own right, I don't think he was just living off of Whitney, but that's a whole another discussion...This should just be a private matter that Bobby Brown and his baby motha should settle, the media shouldn't make a big deal out of this, I agree with AJ