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Well 2Pac did the same thing when he'd constantly get arrested and then do songs like "Keep Ya Head Up" but yet people hail him as the greatest ever, wouldn't that be hypocritical too? These rappers are human just like everyone else, that's why I don't really put any of them on a pedestal, I like they're music for what it is and leave it at that, but they ain't really role models

Damn that's so awesome, I'm happy for you man, hopefully one day I'll be just as fortunate to meet Jeff too and join the avatar club, lol

I don't really like XXL that much, they didn't even review "Lost and Found", they shoulda put FP on the cover when the album came out, they already put 2Pac on many of their magazine covers before too, I like 2Pac but he's definately a lil' overhyped at this point, great rappers that're still alive deserve as much props that he gets

DMX is a really one of the best mcs in hip-hop but it's dissapointing to hear him get into so much trouble like this, he really needs to get his life together

DMX Starts Fight at Concert, Woman Struck with Chair Monday - October 2, 2006 by Jolene "foxxylady" Petipas A 29-year-old woman was hit in the head with a metal folding chair during an altercation between several concert-goers and members of DMX's entourage at Hot 97's Back to School Jam on Saturday (September 30). According to The New York Newsday, DMX, who was a headliner at the event which also featured appearances by Lloyd Banks, Yung Joc, and Jim Jones, sparked the melee after the sound was turned off midway through his performance. "DMX ran back, jumped off stage and started a fight with the sound person," Det. Sgt. Herb Daub of Nassau's Third Squad told Newsday. According to police, DMX and his entourage left the stage but returned soon after and began throwing bottles of water at the audience. "A member of the audience picked up a steel folding chair and threw it on stage," explained Daub. "It was thrown back off by a member of DMX's entourage and it struck the victim in the head." The unidentified victim was taken to Nassau University Medical Center in East Meadow and treated for her injuries. Authorities said the man who allegedly threw the chair had dreadlocks. Third Squad detectives are investigating the matter as an assault and are asking anyone with information about it to call Crime Stoppers at 1-800-224-TIPS. DMX could not be reached for comment Sunday. A spokesman for DMX's record label, Sony Urban, was unable to locate the artist's representative.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio1/westwood/ Great interview here, real talk, I suggest everybody to listen to it, you have to fastforward it one hour to get to it

Yeah Kanye sorta never really elaborated on the basis of the statement that he made, that's why it might be hard to take him that seriously, I could see why you and Max might feel that way, rappers these days just don't seem to get the impact that their statements make,btw Spike Lee did say something about how the Louisiana government dropped the ball in that interview he did a better job explaining Kanye's quote than Kanye did, lol ... Like AJ said there was rappers before like FP, KRS, 2Pac, Chuck D that'd say things that some probably wouldn't agree with but they're respected by many 'cause they always put thought into what they said, that's why hip-hop has lost quite a bit of credability over recent years since nobody does that, Kanye considers to come to the closet but he comes off as arrogant and ignorant a lil' bit... Now I do give Kanye some credit for trying since other rappers don't, but of course I feel that he could do better and elaborate on his statements if he wants more people to respect him, it is hard to defend him when he don't defend himself....

AllHipHop.com: Supposedly, DJ Jazzy Jeff is a huge inspiration for you… Whoo Kid: Hell yeah! As far as skills and the way he'd perform in front of a crowd… I actually had the opportunity to DJ with him in front of 25,000 people — MTV Spain; me, Shaggy, DJ Jazzy Jeff and the Black Eyed Peas. I rocked it from the center like it was a club. Jazzy Jeff gave me mad love, that's one of my highlights. I used to be cool with Jam Master Jay. Our last show before he was murdered was in Ohio with Run-DMC. I DJ’d on stage with him. Those are the dudes that I looked up to.

Originally Lupe was only selling around 58K because Soundscan didn't count some of the sales originally, it's almost like the music industry wants to see a talented rapper fail

Yeah you're right about that, good hip-hop could sell if promoted right, Method Man and The Roots had no promotion at all but yet they dropped the same week as a rapper that got heavy promotion in Young Dro and Young Dro only sold a lil' bit more, now if these real mcs get promoted they could sell more

I don't think Wes said Lupe was a bad rapper, he was just saying that people bought his album 'cause they liked his album from all the promotion he was getting, but like I said I don't think he's really getting that much promotion at least from what I hear on the radio of what Hot 97 plays(the top commercial rap station on the east coast), they play mostly rappers like Chingy and Young Dro most of the time and I rarely hear them play something by Lupe Fiasco, even when the top dawg DMX dropped his album they didn't play any of his singles either really but his album still topped the rap charts outselling some rappers with a lot of airplay this summer, Hot 97 sold out on the east coast and plays mostly south stuff it seems, but that's how radio's like, they just go by the trend of the moment, bottomline is that the reason why rappers like DMX and Lupe sell anything is 'cause there's people out there that appreciate talented rappers still, they don't need big hits to have people check them out, there's always a market for real hip-hop, it ain't always about being the highest selling rapper either, even in the golden era not all the top rappers sold the most but when an mc has a lot of skills that mc could have a long career, Lupe's album is really good and he's gonna be around for years to come 'cause he got more talent than the one hit wonders like Young Dro

Yeah Kanye comes off a bit annoying sometimes but he spoke the damn truth when he said that, a year later and there's still victims from that New Orleans area struggling to get back on their feet while Bush is up in the white house livin' it up, that only makes what Kanye said even stronger, Spike Lee was on ESPN being interviewed the other day and he was talking about the Hurricane Katrina documentary he did and he was asked what he thought about what Kanye said and he said he agreed with it but if he said personally he'd say that Bush don't care about poor people in general, even though there Kanye basically said black people since most of those who were there were black

Well Lupe's not really getting that much airplay compared to Chingy, Chingy got a TRL fanbase so you figure he'd sell a lot more, Young Dro was all over the radio this summer too and he didn't do 100K either in his first week, considering that Lupe's not a catchy rapper you figure he wouldn't come close to that number, hopefully this means that his album will get a bigger push in promotion and get to platinum

Well as foolish as you think Kanye might've looked making the statement, other rappers are bigger fools when they only brag about how much money they have, how many blunts they smoke and act like they're the toughest gangstas, if there was more popular rappers like Kanye that'd talk about relevant issues then hip-hop would be in a better state right now

Yeah this is a step in the right direction for hip-hop, this album's damn good and well deserved to get some shine, nice to see people support it in the first week, btw Rhymefest's album was pushed back too much, I think that's why it didn't really sell, if it came out over last winter when his single with Kanye was out he'd done much better

Yeah that's kind of sad that there's only a handful of teams with a shot of winning a championship, the Spurs and Heat might be questionable contenders though 'cause Tim Duncan and Shaq are starting to age now, btw speaking of the '90s Bulls, Toni Kukoc was recently the last member of those teams to retire, he was a decent shooter, made that big shot against the Knicks in '94 playoffs

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"Lupe Fiasco's Food & Liquor" Debuts at #1 On Top Rap Albums Chart Friday - September 29, 2006 by Anthony Roberts After having his album leaked early, Lupe Fiasco's Food and Liquor is #1 on the Billboard Top Rap Albums chart. The record, which is currently being fueled by Lupe's latest single "Daydreamin" featuring Jill Scott, is also #2 on the Hip Hop/R&B albums chart and # 8 on the Billboard Top 200, after selling over 80,000 copies in its first week on the shelves. Due to an error in album sales reporting from Best Buy stores nation wide, the final numbers were only made available by SoundScan today (September 29). Before the error was corrected, the album was charted lower than expected, which drew some criticism for the Chicago MC. The chart topping set, which also features the hit "Kick,Push" and the Neptunes-produced "I Gotcha" is executive produced by Jay-Z and features production by hip hop heavyweights Kanye West, Needlez and Mike Shinoda of LinkinPark. In related news, Lupe was recently nominated for a "Breaking Woodie" award, which will be given to the year's Best Emerging Artist at the upcoming mtvU Woodie Awards, set to be held on October 25th at New York's Roseland Ballroom. The mtvU Woodie Awards will air on mtvU and mtvU.com on November 2nd.

Well yeah I don't think our generation appreciates the history of the NBA, a lot of them who voted were probably kids who don't history of the NBA,the true basketball fans know that the Lakers and Celtics have a stronger franchise history than the Bulls do, a lot more hall of famers played for the Lakers and Celtics, they've been the mecca of basketball, and btw over the recent years I don't really find the NBA to be as competitive as it was 10-15 years ago but it's starting to get back there again, last year's playoffs was probably the most competitive that I've seen since the '90s

Really the best matchup would be the '90s dynasty Bulls against the '80s dynasty Lakers, the '80s dynasty Celtics, the '60s Celtics, the '60s Lakers, the teams that played together for a while, those would be classic battles but the Bulls'd most likely win since they already beat great Knicks teams, Sonic teams, Sun teams that had a core that played together for a while and woulda been dynasties in other eras, but the Lakers and Celtics really are overall better franchises though, I agree with you on that, they were a powerhouse for decades in basketball, the Bulls all time can't compete with that if you put it that way

Well the Bulls couldn't beat the Knicks without Jordan in '94, they were very good team and they had a lot of chemistry but Jordan was a clutch player, they were missing him at the end of the games, the Bulls would probably still make the playoffs from '96-98 without Jordan too but they sure wouldn't win a championship in those years, you need the combination of Jordan's clutchness and the role players playing their roles to win, in the '80s he was very good but the reason that a lot of the reasons why the Bulls couldn't win championships 'cause the rosters on those Bulls teams was too much of a revolving door, if players play together a long time they could win, usually that's how dynasties are, the Bulls were a special team and Jordan was a special player, and now how could somebody who scored basically 30 points a game and win 6 championship rings in the golden age of basketball be overhyped? He made the playoffs basically every year too, getting away from just championships, that's an accomplishment in itself too, just making the playoffs for the Bulls was an accomplishment, he brought excitement immediately to the team from his rookie year, they were only winning like 20 games a year for a while when he got drafted, all the things that Jordan did it's hard to say he was overhyped, he deserves to mentioned as the greatest, a lot of the older players and younger players would tell you so too, considering all the hype a lot of these players get today it's hard to really call him overhyped, that's like calling LL Cool J overhyped when rappers like 50 Cent get much more hype when they haven't really done anything special musically that LL's never done

Jordan had love to play the game, I think that's why he went to the Wizards, he'd play forever if his body could allow him to do so, he was still an NBA All-Star at 40 years old, who else has done that? If the Wizards had team chemistry they could've won more and Jordan coulda ended up hitting one last game winning shot in the playoffs, maybe not win it all but maybe win a round or two if they got in... Sure Robert Parish and Kareem played over 40's but they weren't a threat like they were before in their hall of fame careers, Kevin Willis recently played as a backup center on the last place Hawks a couple years ago at 42, usually at that time to even still play in the NBA is an accomplishment, Rodman's still trying to get back, lol, but Jordan was still feared by Vince Carter and Allen Iverson even when he was 40, but Jordan's knees were giving out on him a little bit you could say, one good thing about music is that we could have great artists still make albums when they're over 40 'cause you can't break a hip writing a song, it's a mental game really, Jordan played when the internet started up so he got all this media attention but it was definately deserving attention, look how now TO gets all this media attention and he never won a Super Bowl yet in his 10 year career with most years never even making the playoffs, now that's the definition of media overhyping somebody, he'll never win one either 'cause he don't allow his teammates to play their role, it's all about him, Jordan knew the fundementals of basketball and knew that it took more than just him to win, Jordan 6 rings in an era where most of the NBA 50 greatest players played, nuff said, Barkley, Wilkins, Ewing, etc. would've won in other eras no doubt about that

Here's a list of the All-Time Lakers Magic Johnson Kareem-Abdul Jabbar Wilt Chamberlain Shaquille O'Neal James Worthy Elgin Baylor Gail Goodrich Jerry West Kobe Bryant James Worthy Michael Cooper Norm Nixon That's 9 HOFs if you consider Kobe Bryant and Shaq HOFs... This is what young kids are arguing... They grew up in a generation where all they saw was Michael Jordan but they don't know anything about the past players, they haven't watched any of the old games or battles, and so they're tranxfixed Jordan and the Bulls, and while those Bulls teams were great, their All-Time most notable players are Michael Jordan, Scottie Pippen, Charles Oakley and Horace Grant... Add a sprinkling of past and present Bulls and that's supposed to beat a team with 9 HOFs? That's what kids are arguing, and that's why I say that Jordan, and subsequently, the Bulls, are overhyped. Well if the NBA was played on paper then we wouldn't have the Pistons beating the Lakers a couple years ago, right? It takes more than just the most talent to win, like I said the Knicks had a better roster some years that the Bulls beat 'em, the '96 Sonics had a better roster than the '96 Bulls but the '96 Bulls ended up winning 72 games and beat them in the Finals 'cause of team chemistry, if they could end up winning championships with f'ing Luc Longley and Scott Williams at starting center I think they could beat anybody,the '80s/'90s was the golden era of basketball, most of the players who were on the the NBA 50 Roster played during the '80s/90s, it was like hip-hop in the '80s/90s, the mcs and players that got slept on during that era are probably better than most out there today, Wilt Chamberlin and Bill Russell won all those championships respectfully 'cause there was less talent and less teams, it's actually harder to win in later years 'cause there's more teams out there and there's more talent, there was an immense amount of talent out there, you can't just have a team of all stars and win, maybe in a video game yes but not in reality, not to knock how great those players were but come on now with all those guys they'd argue about who gets the ball more, everyone on the Bulls knew their role, they knew how to play fundemental basketball, it's actually good to have a couple all-stars/hall of famers and a bunch of role players, and in the end Jordan always delivered when the game was on the line, maybe Magic would be that guy on the Lakers but the Bulls shut him down before in reality,it was actually a blessing that Bulls didn't have a team of all-stars 'cause if they did they wouldn't win as much as they did, it'd be too much ego clashing

If you think about all the teams that the Bulls beat in the '90s it's actually understandable to see them compete with the all time Lakers and Celtics 'cause there was teams with deeper rosters than the Bulls had talent wise(Ewing's Knicks, Barkley's Suns, Reggie's Pacers, Malone's Jazz, Kemp's Sonics would all have won championships in other eras I'm sure), I think it's similar to all the talent that LL Cool J beat in his battles in the '80s/90s, they could beat any other mc but not LL, MJ is like the LL of basketball, they had the '80s/90s on lock and were also the household names of pop culture, young kids might try to argue that Kobe and Jay-Z are better, lol

I heard "Tell It Like It Is" playing on the late night mixshow on Hot97 recently and it sounds quite a bit like "Lost and Found", I'm quite impressed