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Yeah this has about the same amount of guest appearances as his "G.O.A.T." album but this one has much less mainstream hip-hop artists than that one, so this album'll have a much smoother vibe, it might be harder to get hip-hop fans into the album though if they don't like r&b, like there should be more balance between hip-hop and r&b collabs, he shoulda put Queen Latifah on the album instead of Teiarra Mari... This album looks like an updated version of "Phenomenon", where there's only like 2 street jams on it, I guess he really ain't trying to be competitive now... btw, I saw this video on Rap City I think it looks a lot like Beyonce's video "Check On It", there's a lot of energy....

well it's speculated that busta was standing right there by the bodyguard, who took a bullet for busta, i mean if my friend sacrified his life for me i'd wanna tell somebody what happened, wouldnt u do the same?

Damn every track on the album has a guest appearance, btw didn't Ryan Toby used to be down with A Touch Of Jazz?... http://billboard.com/bbcom/news/article_di...t_id=1001996786 LL Cool J Reveals 'Todd Smith' On New Album LL Cool J February 14, 2006, 4:45 PM ET Clover Hope, N.Y. March 21 has been set as the release date for LL Cool J's 12th Def Jam album, "Todd Smith." His first self-titled affair features guest appearances by Mary J. Blige, 112, Ginuwine, Freeway and Juelz Santana, with production by Timbaland, Pharrell, Scott Storch and Trackmasters, among others. A video for Jermaine Dupri-produced lead single "Control Myself," featuring Jennifer Lopez, was recently shot in New York and Atlanta by director Hype Williams. A spring tour is also in the works. "Todd Smith" -- taken from the rapper's given name, James Todd Smith -- will be the follow-up to 2004's "The Definition," which peaked at No. 4 on The Billboard 200 and has sold 747,000 copies in the United States, according to Nielsen SoundScan. LL Cool J discussed the new album during a recent interview for a Billboard Stars special feature that will appear in the March 11 issue of the magazine (on sale March 3). "All I can really do is what I do and what comes natural, what I love," he said when asked if, as a veteran artist, he consciously tried to appeal to a younger audience. "If you pay attention to that, then hopefully someone should be able to relate to it. Whatever project I'm involved with, I try to make it positive and fun and as cool. I just make it to my taste, in other words, and go from there." And with more than 20 years of rap seniority under his belt, the artist said the difficulty comes in innovating and reinventing each time around. "The challenge always becomes trying to do the best work you can, trying to make the best music you can, trying to do something that's really exciting -- and at the same time not repeating yourself," LL said. "So it becomes more and more of a challenge for me. I don't take it for granted. That's why I like to work with a lot of talented people." Having already tackled film and television, LL is also venturing into fashion with the launch of two new signature collections. He premiered his high-end line Todd Smith and the active wear line TS last week during Olympus Fashion Week in New York. Here is the "Todd Smith" track list: "It's LL and Santana," featuring Juelz Santana "Control Myself," featuring Jennifer Lopez and Jermaine Dupri "Favorite Flavor," featuring Mary J. Blige "Freeze," featuring Lyfe Jennings "Best Dress," featuring Pharrell "Preserve the Sexy," featuring Teairra Mari "What You Want," featuring Freeway "I've Changed," featuring Ryan Toby "Ooh Wee," featuring Ginuwine "Down The Aisle," featuring 112 "We're Gonna Make It," featuring Mary Mary "So Sick" (Ne-Yo Remix featuring LL Cool J)

Busta Rhymes Scolded for Silence in Slay By TOM HAYS Associated Press Writer NEW YORK - The police commissioner berated rapper Busta Rhymes on Wednesday, accusing him of withholding information about the slaying of his bodyguard at a hip-hop video shoot. At a news conference at New York Police Department headquarters, Commissioner Raymond Kelly complained that the silence of several potential witnesses has stymied the investigation of the Brooklyn killing last week of Israel Ramirez. He saved his harshest remarks for the rapper. Ramirez "worked for him," Kelly said. "I'd think he'd be knocking on the door. ... If your employee's murdered in front of you, you think you might want to talk to the police." If the witnesses keep stonewalling, they could be forced to answer questions before a grand jury, Kelly said. "I find it quite disturbing," the commissioner said. "This individual was shot in front of a lot of people." The rapper's publicist, Greg Miller, declined to comment. Rhymes attended a wake last week at a Manhattan funeral home for the 29-year-old Ramirez, who grew up in Harlem and left behind a wife and three young children The rapper has not spoken publicly about the fatal shooting. But in a written statement, he said Ramirez "was not only security for me, but he was a friend, one of the rare friends that you come across that you can trust with your life." Ramirez was gunned down on Feb. 5 outside a star-studded gathering at a warehouse where a music video was being taped to accompany a remix of Rhymes' latest hit single, "Touch It." Along with Rhymes, Missy Elliot, Mary J. Blige, DMX and G-Unit members, including Lloyd Banks and Tony Yayo, were among those in attendance. Police say the shooting may have stemmed from an argument between Yayo and a producer that began inside and spilled onto the street. They believe Ramirez, who was unarmed, was a bystander who may have intervened only to protect Rhymes. Investigators were seeking a court order to obtain any video recorded inside the warehouse, believing it might help identify a suspect.

I found an article on DMC's album, there's gonna be other guests on it too : DMC Hoping 67-Year-Old White Guys Dig His New Record 02.13.2006 6:00 AM EST Run-DMC icon about to drop classic-rock-inspired album in March. Darryl "DMC" McDaniels Photo: Ethan Miller/Getty Images "My Le Coq Sportif" is not an easy rap to write. "I have been trying," laughed DMC, who recently abandoned his signature Adidas shoes, immortalized in Run-DMC's 1986 classic "My Adidas," for a Le Coq Sportif look. "People are saying, "I want the 67-year-old white guy from the boondocks in Wisconsin to hear my record and go, 'I'll listen to that.' " — DMC 'They probably paid DMC a lot of money to take those Adidas off,' but I found them, they didn't find me," the rapper promised. D's change in shoes — and entire wardrobe for that matter ("I don't wear the glasses now, I wear contacts") — is all part of a reinvention that began some 10 years ago, when the man who dubbed himself "The King of Rock" discovered classic-rock music. "I liked the instruments, I liked what they talk about on the records," he said. "It's information. It's universal. It could relate to life." With his group temporarily disbanded, DMC was stuck in a creative and emotional slump and even felt suicidal, until he suddenly found a new reason to pick up a microphone. "As opposed to just doin' a record where I'm talkin' about how good I am and I'm the king of this ... I'm just going to talk about what I go through in life, what's happenin' overseas, what's happenin' in the schools," he said. "I was at a point where I was asking myself, 'How does a b-boy grow up into a b-man?' I can't rhyme about what I did when I was 18. And I heard a lot of rap cats, they always say, 'Yo, when I get 35, I don't know if I'm gonna be rappin'.' And that was devastating when I heard it, because does Bruce Springsteen stop playing the guitar 'cause he's 50?" Without knowing what he would do with them, DMC started writing songs that were intensely personal or political. "It was fun, it was adventurous, it was something new, and I was free to be Darryl as opposed to DMC," he said. Eventually, he started collaborating on tracks by peers like Kid Rock, DJ Lethal, Buckcherry singer Josh Todd, Korn bassist Fieldy, Doug E. Fresh, and Aerosmith's Joey Kramer and Tom Hamilton (see "DMC Hits Rock Bottom, Climbs Back With Help of Limp Bizkit's DJ Lethal"). Along the way, D also decided to write an autobiography, which ultimately led to the catalyst of his reinvention. "I wanted to start the book, 'Yo, what's up? I'm DMC, you know me, Darryl McDaniels of the groundbreaking rap group Run-DMC. I was born May 31st, 1964,' but that's all I knew, so I called my moms up," the rapper recalled. His mom gave him some shocking information: He was adopted. "At first, I was gonna get really sad about it," D recalled. "But then I said, 'If my [birth] mother never gave me up, my mother would have never came and got me, I would have never moved to Hollis, I would have never met Joe, we would have never formed Run-DMC and none of this rap sh-- would have jumped off. 'I'm gonna write a record that's gonna help kids in the foster homes, or that are lookin' to adopt a kid.' " For the track, called "Just Like Me," DMC sampled Harry Chapin's "Cat's in the Cradle" and recruited his favorite artist of all time to sing the chorus: Sarah McLachlan. "I tell people now that my first 25 years in this game were tremendous, but my next 25 will [be even better]," D said. " 'Cause right now I'm like a little kid, everything is new to me. My identity is new to me. This music is new to me." It's taken him nearly a decade (see "Big Plans Under DMC's Kangol Hat: Solo Career, Movie, Cartoon, Label" and "DMC Gets Real With Sarah McLachlan On Checks, Thugs, And Rock 'N' Roll"), but DMC's debut solo album, Checks, Thugs and Rock 'n' Roll, is finally being released March 14, coinciding with a VH1 documentary featuring D tracking down his birth parents. "It's a bit of time [to be] working on a record, but it doesn't seem that long," he said. "I didn't set out to do a record where the people that I made the music with, that they just do the track and you come in and do your vocals. Everybody that I worked with, we started from scratch and we composed and we arranged and created new music." D has already shot two videos, one for "Just Like Me" and another, directed by Ondi Timoner ("Dig!"), for "Machine Gun," an Iraq War commentary featuring vocals from "C.S.I." star Gary Dourdan. The album also features a tribute to Jam Master Jay called "Missin' My Friend" and collaboration with Run called "Come Together." "It's really a universal album," D said. "I want the 65-year-old — no, older than that — the 67-year-old white guy from the boondocks in Wisconsin that don't give a damn about rap to hear my record and go, 'I'll listen to that.

Well some people in this thread are saying stuff about how they expect Jay to go after Cam now that he's coming back and I was basically questioning why they think that...

I hope there's not another MIB movie, the 2nd one wasn't that impressive, that'd be a waste of time, I'd like to see Will do different roles...

I found this on SOHH.com: R.Kelly’s brother, Kerry, has created a DVD that makes some extremely volatile allegations against the R&B singer. On the DVD Kerry says that Kelz is in fact the man who appears on the infamous sex tape which features an underage girl. Kerry claims that R.Kelly was so proud of his taped escapade that he held a screening for it on his tour bus! According to Kerry, R.Kelly offered him $50,000 in cash and a record deal to lie to police officials and say that he was the man on the tape. What good is a record deal for your debut album going to do if you are sitting behind bars? During the remaining duration of the DVD Kerry makes several other explosive accusations including R.Kelly is both physically and emotionally abusive to his wife, has had more than a few relationships with underage girls, and even molested his own niece. But the ultimate bombshell is dropped when Kerry makes the statement that R.Kelly is bisexual. According to Kerry, the success for R.Kelly’s latest hit "Trapped In The Closet" can be attributed to the abundant gay relationships he has had in the past. Chicago police are reportedly pursuing Kerry to question him about the many allegations that the DVD makes.

that's nice to know that the kids like him for something, i'd be happier though if he was their favorite rapper...

Well he's trying to be cocky like his heroes 50 and Kanye are....

Wait I thought Jay said he was gonna ignore Cam? I thought Jay was staying away from beef now he wants to beef again?

WHY DIDN’T BET COVER KING’S FUNERAL LIVE? By: . EURWeb Feb. 12, 2006 Network says, “We chose to offer a different kind of experience for BET viewers.” Folks looking to watch live coverage of Coretta Scott King’s funeral Tuesday had several choices across the television dial – but not the obvious one. While TV One and the Black Family Channel covered the service live, along with cable channels CNN, MSNBC and Fox News Channel, BET ran its usual music video programs during the noon to 3 p.m. block, opting instead to stream live footage of the funeral on its Web site. “Was it an easy call? Absolutely not,” BET's senior vice president for corporate communications Michael Lewellen tells the Philadelphia Inquirer. “We weighed a number of different options. In the end, we chose to offer a different kind of experience for BET viewers.” During its music video block, BET ran 60-second taped packages from the funeral by BET senior correspondent Andre Showell, while a 30-minute taped tribute to the late civil rights proponent was aired later that night. Lewellen told Inquirer’s Gail Shister that BET’s decision to forgo live coverage was based on a desire not to replicate live coverage of the funeral being carried on other networks. Lewellen said: “If BET erred, we erred on the side of giving viewers a different choice. …We wanted people to have access to this wherever they were - at work, at home, traveling, at school. The online experience would give them that.” According to the Inquirer, BET had access to the funeral’s live pool feed through CBS Newspath, the network's 24/7 affiliate news service. BET and CBS are both properties under Viacom. In September, BET was criticized for its lack of Hurricane Katrina coverage during the days immediately following the storm, when the issue of race had become a major story. Weeks later, BET hosted a telethon to raise money for the hurricane victims – a fundraiser cited by Lewellen as part of the network’s solid reputation of supporting its audience. “This is the same network that preempted more than three hours in prime time in September and raised more than $12 million for Hurricane Katrina victims,” he said. “We use BET's brand and strength to reach our viewers in different ways."

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Ne-Yo: Mr. Nice Guy By Ashlene Nand The slew of new R&B artists that are hitting the airwaves is no coincidence. The record labels have picked up the change in urban music consumers, and the teen market is ready to embrace something other than Hip-Hop. Chances are that when Def Jam recording artist Ne-Yo dropped his first single “Stay” in Fall 2005, you weren’t too sure what category to put him in. Was this another label attempt to create a star, or did Ne-Yo really have a rare musical talent to offer us? If anything will convince you of this it will be Ne-Yo’s second single “So Sick”. The makings of an R&B classic, the song has already been critically acclaimed on all sides of the globe. But let’s not paint any sort of pretty picture here. Despite having a hit song firmly placed on single charts, Ne-Yo is known more for his writing ability (he wrote “Let Me Love You” for Mario) than his solo album In My Own Words. With the industry buzzing, and everyone from Remy Ma to Beyonce enlisting him for his musical talents, why is the public taking so long to get to know Ne-Yo? Do nice guys always finish last? Upon his return from Japan, we went one-on-one with Ne-Yo to talk about the new single, his bubbling career and those rumors about being in the studio with Jay-Z. AHHA: Where do all these love songs come from? Ne-Yo: Ideas for love songs come from everywhere. I’ve gotten inspiration from the back of a cereal box. AHHA: Are any of them based on real life experience? Ne-Yo: “So Sick” is a true story. It was the first girl I ever said ‘I love you’ to and really meant it, you know. I had just turned 18, and for whatever reason I actually let my friends convince me to cheat on her. To prove a point to them, I cheated on her. I have a conscience so I confessed to the cheating - and she left me. That was the most pain I had felt in my 18 years of living. It was horrible. Writing this song was actually very therapeutic for me. AHHA: Did you ever speak to her again? Ne-Yo: No. I haven’t spoken to her since the day we split up. AHHA: Does she know the song is about her? Ne-Yo: Absolutely. She knows the song is about her. I put a lot of very specific details in the lyrics like July 15th and the answering machine- that’s all real stuff. AHHA: Do you have a remix planned? Ne-Yo: We got one coming real soon. I don’t know how much I should talk about it. But we definitely have one coming. As far as unofficial remixes, there are a million of those floating around… AHHA: Come on now, we want to know about the official one. Ne-Yo: The official…mmm…I might have to make you sweat a little on that one! AHHA: Why didn’t you sign to J Records considering your deal with Columbia had soured and you had written a number one song [“Let Me Love You”] for them? Ne-Yo: At the time I didn’t want to be an artist. Columbia shelved my project for a year and half because they couldn’t get their urban division together. It was so bad that I went over asked if I could be released from my contract, and of course they didn’t want to do that. It was dragged out and they finally let me go - but they kept my whole album. I had done a full album over there and they kept it. After that I figured God didn’t want me to be an artist, so any conversations we had with J Records were just about writing for other people. AHHA: You were signed to Def Jam by Tina Davis, who is now over at Jive and managing Chris Brown. When she left were you nervous about your situation at Def Jam? Ne-Yo: Yes. The way I got the deal was I performed for Tina Davis. She was so impressed that she put me in front of LA Reid that same day. After Tina left they were skeptical on whether they wanted to keep me so I actually had to perform again for LA Reid, Jay Z, and a bunch of their people so they could figure out if they wanted to keep me at all. AHHA: Do you still speak to Tina Davis? And do you see her artist Chris Brown as competition? Ne-Yo: I do keep up with Tina Davis. Chris Brown and I are actually good friends. That question seems to be coming up a lot lately: ‘Do I have any rivals in the business? How do I feel about other R&B cats in the game?’ As far as I know there is no animosity between any of us - I don’t have beef with anybody. The analogy that I give to everybody is- let’s say I’m a boxer. Chris Brown is boxer. Trey Songz is a boxer. Bobby Valentino is a boxer. Now, outside of the ring everybody is cool, we’re all friends, we’re all good. But everyone knows in the back of there can only be one heavyweight champion of the world. So that means even though we’re all cool, at one point you may have to go up against a friend. It’s just friendly competition. AHHA: You’re on Heather Headley’s album and Remy Ma’s album. The industry is buzzing about you right now, but it seems as if the public is taking its time. Would you agree? Ne-Yo: Yes, I would agree. I haven’t done a whole lot of TV, that’s one thing. I haven’t been on 106 & Park yet. This industry is small. Remy Ma was recording in the same studio as me. I went and said hello and we got cool real fast. Her people asked me if I mind doing a joint on Remy’s album. I was like ‘Yeah sure!’ Heather is signed to J Records and so is Mario. So when we went over there they already knew what I could do. AHHA: You’re extremely versatile. Would you do any other genres? Ne-Yo: Oh sure! What people don’t understand about me is that I have a very multi-faceted personality. I’m the same cat that can do a joint with Ghostface Killah and then turn around and do a song with Coldplay. That’s who I am, because it’s all music. AHHA: Besides Coldplay, who would you want to work with that you haven’t already yet? Ne-Yo: I would do a joint with Marilyn Manson if you let me. For real, I could do it. These are facets of my personality that the world is not ready for yet. The world is not ready for the Ne-Yo / Marilyn Manson collaboration, so we’re going to wait on that. This first album is very traditional R&B, its thick-rich melodies and harmonies. But as time goes on and people get to know me a little better, you’ll see other parts of personality come out. I guarantee it. AHHA: You’re dabbling in acting too right now. Tell us about it. Ne-Yo: Yes, in Save The Last Dance 2. It’s coming out later this year. I play Mick, and he’s the club owner. It’s a small part. I got the chance to see a rough draft of my scene, and it’s actually pretty good. AHHA: Did you have to audition? Ne-Yo: The crazy thing is the meetings that I was having with the director and producer were for the soundtrack of the film, because I’m going to be doing a good majority, if not all of, the entire soundtrack. So I got a call from the director and he wanted to meet me. I walk into the room thinking we were going to have another conversation about the soundtrack and they throw a camera in my face and say read this. I was like, ‘What the hell?’ [Laughs] And I guess I did pretty well because I got the part. AHHA: I read somewhere that you were in the studio with Jay-Z? Ne-Yo: No. When did I say that? It’s people putting words in my mouth. AHHA: Are you in studio with Beyonce? Ne-Yo: Beyonce and I have done about two songs together, because her main focus is movies right now. So as soon she gets a minute to breathe and focus, I’m going to help her with her new project. AHHA: In another interview you had an email address that your fans could get in touch with you. If that was real, why would you give out your email address? Ne-Yo: Oh man that was another situation. I didn’t do that. The way it happened was the girl that was interviewing me was kind of cute and she asked me, ‘How can I get in contact with you, off the record?’ So I gave her my phone number and my email address. And then I read the interview and it said, ‘If my fans want to reach me they can email me at…’ I gave it to her off the record and she put it in the interview! Now I get 25 random emails a day! But I might keep it because it is a direct link to my fans. AHHA: What is the romantic thing that you’ve done or had done for you on Valentines Day? Ne-Yo: Last year on Valentines Day the mother of my son told me that she wasn’t going to be around. So I had mentally prepared myself for her not being in town. She is not my girlfriend; she’s like my best friend. She’s one of the people I know for a fact that’s not kicking it with me because I’m Ne-Yo. She doesn’t care about none of that. She surprised me! I came home and she had a little picnic type situation on the floor of the living room with candles and everything. It was just so dope because I had already thought she wasn’t going to be there. She had chocolate strawberries and all of that.

Well I wasn't really quite sure if you had to be on a friend list or not to post there, I thought it was just like a forum where you could post, I was just trying to help out that's all, I don't use myspace.com so I didn't know that, my bad... :paperbag: Anyways Q-Tip and Common are planning to do a memorial conert in his honor: Funeral Services For Producer J Dilla To Take Place In Los Angeles By Nolan Strong Date: 2/12/2006 7:00 pm Funeral services for Detroit rapper/producer J Dilla, who died Friday (Feb. 10) of complications from lupus, will take place this week in Los Angeles. He was 32. A viewing for J Dilla, born James Yancey, will be held Monday (Feb. 13) at the Forest Lawn Mortuary, followed by a funeral Tuesday (Feb. 14) in the Recessional Hall. A memorial concert is also being planned. Sources told AllHipHop.com that rappers Q-Tip and Common are among the concert organizers, though the venue has yet to be determined. J Dilla, also known as "Jay Dee," was a founding member of the rap trio Slum Village. He left the group in 2003 to pursue a solo career and has since produced songs for Common, Erykah Badu, Busta Rhymes, The Roots, De La Soul, The Pharcyde and others. In 2004, J Dilla revealed that he had kidney problems and in 2005, the rapper spent a considerable amount of time in the hospital fighting the disease, which causes the immune system to attack the body's own tissue and organs, including the brain, heart, lungs, blood, kidneys, skin and other vital organs. According to the Lupus Foundation of America, approximately 1.5 million Americans have a form of the disease, which affects men and women of all ages. Lupus is two to three times more common among African-Americans, Hispanics, Asians and Native Americans. In the most severe lupus cases, the immune system cannot tell the difference between foreign substances and its own cells and tissue. The immune system then creates antibodies to protect against its "self." Before his death, J Dilla had been working on The Shining, the follow-up to his 2001 solo debut Welcome To Detroit. The album was slated to drop independently, via BBE in June. While in the hospital and in his home studio, J Dilla also crafted the recently released instrumental album, Donuts. "Jay was one of my favorite Hip-Hop producers of all time," said BBE Founder Peter Adarkwah. "His passion for music was a rare thing amongst people in the music industry. His music and presence will be sorely missed for many years to come." Detroit rapper Guilty Simpson, who worked with J Dilla on various projects, is featured on The Shining. "J Dilla was the best to do it. He influenced a whole movement in Hip-Hop," Simpson told AllHipHop.com. "There isn't a top-notch producer in the game [who] wasn't influenced by his sound. I just appreciate being able to work with him and soak up some of the knowledge he gave me. He will never be forgotten." Submit News!

Well if anyone here was down with Jay Dilla like that then it'd be appropriate to post there...

Damn Public Enemy never sleeps, this'll be their 2nd album in 4 months since "New Whirl Odor" came out just 3 months ago, if you don't have that yet you should pick it up, it's a solid album...Anyway I'm so happy to hear that this is coming out 3 days after my birthday, plus a Paris compilation featuring songs from all those dope artists the same day as well and then I'll be looking forward to the LL Cool J album 2 weeks later... :mygod: http://www.guerrillafunk.com/newsletter_2_9_2006.html Fresh out of the gate is the brand new studio album by Public Enemy and Paris entitled Rebirth Of A Nation, in stores March 7. It features production by Paris and guest appearances by dead prez, Kam, MC Ren, Immortal Technique and The Conscious Daughters. For free sample MP3 downloads, please visit here. Also in stores March 7 is Paris Presents: Hard TruthSoldiers, Volume 1. Started as a response to the current apolitical climate in commercial music, the first installment of the Hard Truth Soldiers compilation series features Paris' production, and showcases contributions from Public Enemy, The Coup, Dead Prez, Paris, T-KASH, Kam, The Conscious Daughters, MC Ren, Sun Rise Above, and The S.T.O.P. Movement (Mobb Deep, Tray Deee, Soopafly, KRS-One, Defari, Daz, J-Ro, RBX, Bad Azz, WC, Dilated Peoples, Mac Minister, The Alchemist, Mack 10, Evidence, Defari, Everlast, and B-Real), among others. With guest production by Fredwreck. For free sample MP3 downloads, please visit here.

Yeah those of y'all who got Myspace should send condolences to Jay Dilla on his myspace page, that one person describes exactly how I feel, I didn't know who he was for a while either until I looked at the credits on my CDs but I'd have to say that he produced a lot of my favorite stuff, he definately made a big impact on hip-hop history and will be missed: http://forum.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseact...20DA1ED83339248 The funny thing about J Dilla is that he was one of my favorite producers before I actually knew who he was. From listening to the Pharcyde to Mad Skillz to Keith Murry to A Tribe Called Quest, once I discovered who was maken some of those classic tracks I was like, "I should have known." Please don't sleep on his Rhymin either. I think that next to the rest of the members of Slum Village, he was one of the best MC's to Rhyme over his beats. He also had a great voice that not only enabled him to have an exceptional delivery but also have the ability to carry a tune well enough to have some pretty catchy hooks. I feel one of the main characteristics of true Hip Hop is having music scattered everywhere so that one would have to hunt various places to find some of the tightest music. Now yaw ni*** know that he was the master of having some sh** that you aint ever heard. I don't care how extensive your Dilla archives were, someone always had something that you haden't heard from him. Damn Im gonna miss that cat. I never met Dilla but it certainly felt like I knew him. I in particular have a very stingy ear. Dilla managed to appease whatever I needed as far as a beat was concerned. Now thats gangsta. R.I.P. Dilla Dawg. Im out.

Maybe he got Michael Jackson??!! :mygod:

:word: If I hear it's good, I'm gettin' it, if not I won't, I'm not a fan of Jay-Z so I ain't gonna be buying it right away when it comes out... Jay-Z said that he never was gonna retire full time from music though when he released "The Black Album", he said he still was gonna be on remixes and mixtapes and stuff, he just said he wasn't gonna do another album but hey how could you honestly believe that anyway, if he's gonna be involved with mixtapes and things of that nature you figure sooner or later he was gonna do another album, I never bought into the hype, he'll probably be like LL and still rhyme till he's 60 'cause he loves to do music, he got his own label so he could do it more power to him, I'm sure there are a lot of artists that're his age and older that wish they could release albums but they can't afford to do it on that level, let him do his thing...btw, I think Tim posted up the interview one time if I'm not mistaken with Will saying back in '96 that he said there was no way he'll be making music anymore 'cause all the rappers are too gangsta, he didn't see any fun element in it anymore for him to be involved in it, he said he just wanted to do films 'cause he didn't wanna be involved in the rap war, the Fugees blowing up probably changed his mind, I think if "Code Red" sold 10 million that might've changed his mind 'cause that'd changed the rap game since it'd took away from the east-west drama and Will probably would've decided to drop something in '95 and all the albums would still be JJFP released through Jive, who knows how different hip-hop would be if that "Code Red" sold 10 million... I think the reason why he don't drop every year anymore is 'cause of the way the rap game has been over the last 12 years, maybe if the rap game was more balanced like the golden era Will might've thrown movies to the side more often... 4 years between releasing any music and performing is considered a more legitimate retirement than performing 2 days ago and say you're doing a comeback album, come on now? Like I said earlier I bet there's probably more people out there who didn't know that Will released an album last year than there is thinking Jay's not doing music anymore, if he dropped a remix album last year it'd outsold "Lost and Found", lol.... I'm sure more people bought into Will being retired than Jay-Z, only those who're living under a rock would say Jay's retired, Tim said that when he created this site that he thought it was just gonna be a tribute to Will's career without anymore music coming... I think artists should not say anything they retire, they should just stop doing music and we'll get the hint, like it's been 7 years since Slick Rick dropped an album so it feels like he's retired even though he didn't say that... EDIT: If you're a Jay-Z fan you could go in the rocafella.com chatroom on February 15th at 5PMEST and ask him yourself about the album, I ain't interested but I figure I'd mention this since there's some Jay fans here: http://www.rocafella.com/News.aspx?item=101202&sectionid=83

Well didn't Will retire after "Code Red" and then sell a ****load when he came back and released "Big Willie Style"? Will did it wrong though, he shoulda said he was retiring before he dropped "Code Red" so that'd sell 10 million too... :kekeke: Jay always sells a lot though, the albums before he retired sold millions too, that wasn't even his highest selling album, retirement had nothing to do with it and if the people don't like this new album as much as "Black Album", it'll sell less than "Black Album", "Black Album" sold millions 'cause people liked it... On the other hand Eminem said he was retiring and his album sales have dropped compared to what he used to do, he used to sell 10 million with every album he dropped, I don't see anybody running out to make "Encore" sell 10 million like his other albums, you figure with him retiring before his greatest hits came out it'd break 2Pac's record for the highest selling greatest hits album in rap history and sell 10 million but it's only platinum and falling off the charts, lol, maybe he'll see nobody misses him and he won't comeback... I don't like it when people say that people only bought 2Pac's albums 'cause he died but how did TLC's sales do after Left Eye died? How much more did Boggie Down Productions sell after Scott La Rock died? How much did Rev. Run's album sell after Jam Master Jay died? How did Big Pun's catalog do after he died? I could go on and on, a lot of artists die but that doesn't mean they sell either, that's a myth too 'cause most of the time it don't work, for every 2Pac that dies sellin' a lot there's hundreds of Big Puns who don't sell much after they die, I think if Pac was alive he'd still sell a lot too but maybe after a while he wouldn't sell much either but that's what happens most of the time when artists get older anyway.... There's a lot of misconceptions in music sales, it's unpredictable, lots of people who act make albums too but that don't mean they sell like Will does....

I can't wait to see what Jazzy has for us!! :1-cool:

Yes 2Pac wasn't perfect, he was human like the rest of us, he wasn't afraid to show people his feelings, I wish that him and Biggie could've lived longer so they could've squashed their beef, there's a legit difference between "Hit 'Em Up" and "Real Slim Shady", the reason why Pac dissed the people he did in that song 'cause they all dissed him first and plus Biggie bited some of Pac's style when he came out, Pac was a hip-hop purist like KRS-ONE you could say, he doesn't like people who ain't themselves on record, he said that Biggie was really a shy guy but then he started making records about how hard he is, how many women he gets when he was getting turned away by women until after the record blew up but before that he wasn't, Pac didn't see that as real, he thinks that rappers need to be themselves on songs, then of course "Who Shot Ya?" just angered Pac the most since that came out right when he was shot... Who knows Biggie might've bit from the original Biggie Smalls too who was also tight with Pac, I bet that's the only interview that Puffy said that there was another Biggie Smalls, he'll try to keep that on a low 'cause if the world discovers the original Biggie Smalls they might see that Biggie is a fraud, we should let the man rest in peace though so I won't say no more about that... A lot of the times Pac was defending himself, but Eminem, 50 and all of them now just diss 95% of the people just as a joke to sell records by starting beef not 'cause they're defending themselves, Pac said many times that he was just defending himself, he never wanted to diss anybody but basically most East Coast rappers were dissin' the West Coast at that time and Pac had to hold down for the West Coast, he did it for his rep... What did all those pop stars Em dissed on "Real Slim Shady" say about Eminem for Eminem to diss all of them? What did all those rappers that 50 mentioned on "How To Rob" say about him? Not many in the rap industry knew who 50 Cent was when he made "How To Rob", he did that song for attention and as for Eminem he was basically unknown outside of the rap world, Hova was like "Who the f*** is 50 Cent?" and that's what most rap fans were saying so they looked into him and then he got famous, it was a marketing scheme more than anything, 50 even admitted that too, the record company wanted him to do that since he wasn't getting any buzz before that... Nobody in the pop world knew who Eminem was until he dissed all them pop stars, so he dissed him and then there you go he goes from selling 3 million to selling 10 million, all of us talking about the negativity actually makes hip-hop look bad, if we stop buying the gimmicks maybe they'll learn to be better artists... Jimmy Iovine told Eminem to release something more controversial than "My Name Is..." and he did it and it worked, some bought into "My Name Is..." but they really bought into "Real Slim Shady"... These artists today just do beef to sell records 95% of the time, Pac dissed people 'cause they disrespected him one way or another, that's the difference.... Even LL Cool J dissed Pac's homies Ice-T and MC Hammer on "I Shot Ya" and most importantly Pac thought that LL meant that he shot 2Pac since that was released right around the time he got shot so that's why he dissed "The G.O.A.T." LL Cool J, that was the one time that LL was trying to start beef, but after Pac and Biggie died he stopped doing that, he only defending Canibus dissin' him but on the most part has stayed away from beef, he was caught up in the East-West drama for a while himself at that time, Will stopped recording at that time 'cause he didn't want any part of it... A lot of rappers need to learn what happened between Pac and Biggie and realise that beef is not good, if they stayed alive and put their differences to the side we wouldn't see so many immature beefs like today, hip-hop took a huge setback when they got murdered before squashing the beef, now if they became friends before they died I think that would've been great for hip-hop, life's too short to be beefing so much, rappers should've woke up after this but they didn't, that's why the rap game has been set back more than evolving as an artform, artists stay isolated instead of coming together... The sad thing is that a lot of these rappers imitate the negative part of Pac that sold a lot of records rather than the other part of him that was about expressing what's truely in his heart and releasing those songs as well, Pac was more than a thug, most of these rappers out now are nothing more than thugs, that's a difference, that's why Pac's image is tainted 'cause he represented hip-hop and if the state of hip-hop looks bad that's not good for his legacy, he was much more than just somebody who disses people, these fools are ruining his legacy, having G-Unit and D12 on a 2Pac song is something that'd never happen in reality 'cause Pac didn't work with artists who's intent is just to sell records by making songs that have no heart, he'd work with MC Hammer and Will Smith before them, he wouldn't jump on trends just to sell records, he wouldn't work with the overconceited Kanye West either like most of these rappers are running to do now just so they could sell more, he's more real than that... He left Dr. Dre when Dr. Dre was a big name producer, he was planning to leave Death Row when it was the biggest rap label in the world, he said he was ready to slow down on that thug image too 'cause he felt bad about all those beefs but he died before that happened, you see it was hard for him to bite his tongue when somebody dissed him but I think as he gotten older I think he would've learned to do that, he was out to show the world something like that but his time was cut short and nobody has set that example it seems, hopefully Nas and Jay-Z coming together could finally be something positive in hip-hop to talk about... These rappers just do trends to sell records, Pac wouldn't feel it, he probably wouldn't be that popular either sadly 'cause once the East-West beef ended less would buy his records 'cause a lot of people jumped on the bandwagon 'cause they love beef, Pac didn't love beef though, that's the biggest misconception most people that're ignorant of him as a person would have, some people probably just talk about the "Hit 'Em Up" side but there's much more to him than that, a lot of ignorant people don't learn that though, I could understand why AJ might get so emotional if you say that 50 Cent is hip-hop like 2Pac 'cause you see that 50 Cent makes 2Pac look bad, if he really respects 2Pac, he'll progress as an artist and learn to stop dissin' so many people just to sell records, that's not what being a real hip-hop artist is about...

Damn he really put in a lot of work, he'll be missed: JAY DEE / J DILLA DISCOGRAPHY (incomplete) Artist Titles (As Producer and/or MC): 1st Down - No Place To Go 12" single 1993 1st Down - A Day Wit The Homiez 12" Single 1995 (Pay Day Records) Slum Village - Fan-Tas-Tic 12" single 1996 Slum Village - Fan-Tas-Tic (Vol. 1) CD/LP 1996 (Donut Boy Recordings) 1997 (Sudden Impact) Slum Village - We Be Down 12" single 1997 (Sudden Impact) Jay Dee - Jay Dee Unreleased (Remixes) 12" EP 1997 (House Shoes Records) Slum Village - Somethin' For The People, All I Do (Remix) from "All I Do" 12" single 1997 (WB) Slum Village - Fantastic Vol. 2 CD/LP 2000 (Goodvibe) 2002 (Capitol) J-88 - Look Of Love (Remix) 12" single 1999 (Groove Attack) J-88 - Best Kept Secret 12" EP 2000 (Groove Attack) Jay Dee - **** The Police/Move, feat. Frank N Dank 12" single 2001 (Up Above) Jay Dee feat. Frank-N-Dank - Pause 12" single 2001 (BBE) Jay Dee - Welcome 2 Detroit CD/LP 2001 (BBE) 1st Down - A Day Wit The Homiez CD 2002 (RonnieCash.com) Jay Dee - Instrumental Series Vol 1 12" EP 2002 (Bling47.com) Jay Dee feat. Frank N Dank - Take Dem Clothes Off/Off Ya Chest 12" single 2002 (ABB) Jaylib - The Message from Stones Throw Summer 2002 12" EP (Stones Throw) Jay Dee -Instrumental Series Vol.2: Vintage 2003 CD/LP (Bling47.com) Jay Dee - Ruff Draft 12" EP 2003 (Mummy/Groove Attack) Jaylib - The Red/The Official 12" single 2003 (Stones Throw) Jaylib - Champion Sound/Strip Club 12" single 2003 (Stones Throw) Jaylib - Champion Sound CD/LP 2003, and Champion Sound Instrumentals LP 2004 (Stones Throw) Jaylib - Raw Addict/Ice 12" single 2003 (Stones Throw) Jaylib - McNasty Filth/Pillz 12"/CD single 2004 (Stones Throw) Jaylib - Blaze Up, The Mission (Remix) from Stones Throw 101 Mix CD 2004 (Stones Throw) Jaylib - Pop**** from Stones Throw 100 12" EP 2004 (Stones Throw) J Dilla - Welcome 2 Detroit Instrumentals CD/LP 2005 (BBE) J Dilla - Donuts: The EP 12" EP 2005 (Promotional) J Dilla - Donuts CD/LP 2006 MC only: Tami Hert - If You Were Mine (Detroit Demolition Mix) from "If You Were Mine" 12" single 1997 (550 Music) v/a - Fight Club, feat. Dilla, Nottz & Boogie from "Best Kept Secret Mix" CD 2003 (Bling47.com) Dabrye - Game Over 12" single 2004 (Ghostly International) Wale Oyejide - There's A War Going On 12" single 2004 (Shaman Work) Wale Oyejide - There's A War Going On from "One Day, Everything Changed" CD/LP 2004 (Shaman Work) Slum Village - Reunion from "Detroit Deli" CD/LP 2004 (Barak/Capitol) Pete Rock - Niggaz Know from "Soul Survivor II" CD/LP 2004 (Rapster /BBE) v/a - Do Your Thang, Stupid from "BR Gunna Presents Dirty District Vol. 2" CD 2004 (Barak) Phat Kat - Door from "The Undeniable LP" (New Version) CD/LP 2004 (Barak) Lawless Element - Love (feat. Jay Dilla) 2005 Platinum Pied Pipers - Act Like You Know feat J Dilla 12" single 2005 (Ubiquity) Platinum Pied Pipers - Shotgun, Act Like You Know from Triple P CD/LP 2005 (Ubiquity) Sa-Ra - Thrilla feat. J Dilla 12" single 2005 (Sound in Color) Diamond - We Gangstas from Diamond Mine CD 2005 Platinum Pied Pipers - Shotgun (Remix) from 12" single 2005 (Ubiquity) Production Credits (by year): 1994-1995 Da Enna C - NOW from "Throw Ya Hands In Da Air" 12" single 1994 (Up Top) Little Indian - One Little Indian 12" single 1995 (Premeditated) Poe - Fingertips from "Hello" CD/LP 1995 (WEA / Atlantic) 1996 5-Elementz - Whutchawant, Feed Back, Rockshows, Party Groove, Janet Jacme, E.G.O., Don't Stop, Searchin from "The Album Time Forgot" cassette 1996 (That Was Entertainment) A Tribe Called Quest - 1nce Again, Get A Hold, Keeping It Moving, Stressed Out, Word Play from "Beat, Rhymes, & Life" CD/LP 1996 (Jive Records) Busta Rhymes - Keep It Movin', Still Shinin' from "The Coming" CD/LP 1996 (Elektra) Busta Rhymes - Woo-Hah!! (Jay-Dee Bounce Remix), Woo-Hah!! (Jay-Dee Other **** Remix) 12" single 1996 (Elektra) Busta Rhymes - It's a Party (Ummah Remix), Ill Vibe (Ummah Remix) 12" single 1996 (Elektra) De La Soul - Stakes Is High from "Stakes Is High" CD/LP 1996 (Tommy Boy) De La Soul - Stakes Is High (Remix) from Itzsoweezee 12" single 1996 (Tommy Boy) Mad Skillz - It's Going Down, The Jam from "From Where???" 1996 (Big Beat) Kieth Murray - The Rhyme (Remix), Dangerous Ground from "Enigma" 1996 (Jive) Natives Of Da Underground - Pack Da Hous/Brotha's Juss Don't Know/Whatcha Gonna Do? 12" single 1996 (ALR) Phife Dawg - Game Day from "NFL Jams" 1996 (Castle) Proof - Da Science from "Detroit Hip Hop Volume 1" 1996 Modern Tribe Proof - Vibe Session from "Anywhere" 12" single 1996 (Hip Hop Shop) Tha Pharcyde - Runnin', Bull****, Splatittorium, Somethin' That Means Somethin', Drop, Y? from "Labcabincalifornia" CD/LP 1996 (Delicious Vinyl) 1997 5-Elementz - Sun Flower from "Yester Years" 12" EP 1997 (That Was Entertainment) A Tribe Called Quest - Get A Hold, Mardi Gras At Midnight from "Jam" EP 1997 (Jive Records) Brand New Heavies - Sometimes (Ummah Remix) from "Sometimes" 12" single 1997 (Delicious Vinyl) Busta Rhymes - So Hardcore from "When Disaster Strikes" CD/LP 1997 (Elektra) Crustation - Purple (ATCQ Edit) 12" single 1997 (Zomba) Janet Jackson - Got Til It's Gone (Ummah Jay Dee Revenge Mix) 12" single 1997 (Virgin) T Da Pimp - Why You Lookin Hard?/We Knowwe Rockit 12" single 1997 (Penmp) Tha Pharcyde - She Said (Remix) 12" single 1997 (Delicious Vinyl) Tha Pharcyde - Runnin (Remix), Y? (Remix) from "Drop" 12" single 1997 (Delicious Vinyl) Truz - True Dawgs/Routes To Hell 12" single 1997 (Ad Fam) 1998 A Tribe Called Quest - 4 Moms, Against The World, Busta's Lament, Da Booty, Find A Way, His Name Is Mutty Ranks, Start It Up, Steppin' It Up from "The Love Movement" CD/LP 1998 (Jive Records) A Tribe Called Quest - That **** from "Funkmaster Flex Vol. 3" 1998 (Loud Records) Bizarre - Butterfly from Attack of the Wierdos 12" EP 1998 (Federation) Mood - Secrets Of The Sand (Remix) from "Snake Backs" 12" single 1998 (Blunt) N'Dea Davenport - Bull****tin (Remix) from "N'Dea Davenport" CD/LP 1998 (V2) 1999 5 Ela - You Ain't Fresh, Ain't No Love from 5-E Pt. 3 1999 (That Was Entertainment) Brand New Heavies - Saturday Night (Jay Dee Remix) from "Saturday Night" 12" single 1999 (Delicious Vinyl) Heavy D - Listen from "Heavy" CD/LP 1999 (Universal) Macy Gray - I Try (Remix) 12" single 1999 (Epic) Nine Yards - Always Find A Way (Remix) 12" single 1999 (Virgin) Phat Kat - Dedication To The Suckers 12" single 1999 (House Shoes Recordings) Phife Dawg - Bend Ova/Thought U Wuz Nic 12" single 1999 (Groove Attack) Que D - Underestimated, Supa ****, Kilo, Cash Flow, Michelle, Rock Box, Don't Stop from "Quite Delicious" cassette 1999 and "Que D Limited Edition" CD 2003 (Royal Flyness) Q-Tip - 11 tracks from "Amplified" CD/LP 1999 (Arista) The Roots - Dynamite from Things Fall Apart CD/LP 1999 (MCA) The Roots - New Year's @ Jay Dee's from "You Got Me" CD single 1999 (MCA) Zooco - Butterfly from "Glow-Mellow-Flow" CD/LP 1999? (Columbia Japan) 2000 Black Star - Little Brother from "The Hurricane (Soundtrack)" CD/LP 2000 (MCA) Brand New Heavies - Sometimes (Remix), Saturday Night (Remix) from "Trunk Funk Classics" CD/LP 2000 (Delicious Vinyl) Busta Rhymes - Enjoy Da Ride, Live It Up, Show Me What You Got from "Anarchy" CD/LP 2000 (Elektra) Common - 10 tracks from "Like Water For Chocolate" CD/LP 2000 (MCA) Common - The Light (Remix) from "Bamboozled (Soundtrack)" 2000 (Motown) D'Angelo - various tracks from Voodoo CD/LP 2000 (Virgin) De La Soul - Thru Ya City from "Art Official Intelligence: Mosaic Thump" CD/LP 2000 (Tommy Boy) Erykah Badu - Cleva, My Life, Didn't Cha Know, Kiss Me On My Neck from "Mama's Gun CD/LP 2000 (Motown) Frank N Dank - Me & My Man/Love (A Thing Of The Past) 12" single 2000 (McNasty) Frank N Dank - Everybody Get Up/Give It Up Pt. 2 12" single 2000 (McNasty) Guru feat. Bilal - Certified from "Guru's Jazzmatazz Street Soul" CD/LP 2000 (Virgin) Innerzone Orchestra - People Make The World Go Round (J-88 Mix) - 12" single 2000 (Planet E) Phife Dawg - Bend Ova, 4 Horseman from "Ventilation: Da LP" CD/LP 2000 (Groove Attack) Phife Dawg - Ya Heard Me from "Definition of Ill Compilation" 2000 bootleg Royce Da 5'9" - Let's Grow from "Lyricist Lounge Volume 2" CD/LP 2000 (Rawkus) Spacek - Eve (Remix) 12" single 2000 (Blue) 2001 Bahamadia- One-4-Teen (Remix) from "Summer Sampler" CD 2001 (Goodvibe) Bilal - Reminisce from "1st Born Second LP" CD/LP 2001 (Interscope) Busta Rhymes - Genesis, Make It Hurt from "Genesis" CD/LP 2001 (Elektra) Chino XL - Don't Say A Word from "I Told You So" CD/LP 2001 (Metro Records) De La Soul - Peer Pressure (Intro & Outro Monologues by Jay Dee) from AOI: Bionix CD/LP 2001 (Tommy Boy) Lucy Pearl - Without You (Remix) 12" single 2001 (Pookie/Virgin) Mos Def - Can U C The Pride In The Panther? (Remix) 12" Single 2001 (Interscope) Que D - In Yo Face from "Still Bangin" 12" single 2001 (Up Above) and "Que D Limited Edition" CD 2003 (Royal Flyness) Toshi Kubota - Nothin But Your Love (Remix) 12" single 2001 (Epic) 2002 Big Tone - Party Crasher (mixed by Jay Dee) from Party Crasher 12" Antidote 2002 Busta Rhymes - It Ain't Safe No More, What Up, Turn Me Up Some from "It Ain't Safe No More..." CD/LP 2002 (Elektra) Common - various production & instrumental credits from "Electric Circus" CD/LP 2002 (MCA) DJ Jazzy Jeff - Are You Ready (with Slum Village) from "The Magnificent" 12" EP 2002 (BBE) Frank N Dank - Push 12" EP 2002 (Mummy / Groove Attack) Phat Kat - Dedication To The Suckers, Don't Nobody Care About Us, Microphone Master, Big Booties, World Premier from "Dedication To The Suckers" LP/CD 2002 (RonnieCash.com) Slum Village - Hoes, Let's, One from "Trinity" CD/LP 2002 (Capitol) Talib Kweli - Where Do We Go, Stand To The Side from "Quality" CD/LP 2002 (Rawkus) 2003 ASD (Afrob & Samy Deluxe) - Komm Schon from "Wer Hatte Das Gedacht?" CD/LP 2003 (Eimsbush) ASD (Afrob & Samy Deluxe) - Wenn Ihr Fuhlt... from "Hey Du" 12" EP 2003 (Eimsbush) Common - Come Close "Remix" (Closer) 12" single 2003 (MCA) De La Soul - Much More/Shoomp 12" single 2003 (AOI) Fourtet - As Serious As Your Life (Remix) 12" single 2003 Domino Frank N Dank - 48 Hours CD 2003 (Bootleg) Vivian Green - Fanatic (Remix) 12" Single 2003 (Sony) Phat Kat - Dedication 2004, Destiny, Big Booties from "The Undeniable LP: Detroit Edition" CD/LP 2003 Barak Records Que D - Supa **** 12" single 2003 (Royal Flyness) Royce Da 5'9" - Life Goes On from "Build & Destroy: Lost Sessions Part 1" 2003 (Trouble Records) Subtitle - Mark Luv Mixtape Song from "Greatest Hi$$" CD 2003 (Marks03 Recordings) T-Love - When You're Older, Who Smoked Sunshine, Chiquita, Long Way Back from "The Long Way Back" 2003 (Pickininny) 2004 5 Ela - Scenario 2004 from "The EP" 2004 (5 Elements) Amp Fiddler - You Play Me, Waltz Of A Ghetto Fly from "Waltz Of A Ghetto Fly" CD/LP 2004 (Genuine/PIAS) Amp Fiddler - I Believe In You (Jaylib Mix) CD/12" single 2004 (Genuine/PIAS) Brother Jack McDuff - Oblighetto (J Dilla Remix) from "Blue Note Revisted" CD/LP 2004 (Blue Note) De La Soul - Verbal Clap, Much More from "Grind Date" CD/LP (Sanctuary) DJ Cam - Love Junkee (Remix) 12" single 2003 (Inflamable) and "Liquid Hip Hop CD/LP 2004 (Inflamable) Elzhi - Days and Nights, Concrete Eyes, Love It Here, and Look At My Friends from "Witness My Growth" Mix CD 2004 (Libido Speedo) Frank-N-Dank - Let's Go, Okay, MCA from "Xtended Play" CD/LP 2004 (Needillworks) Lawless Element - The Shining 12" single 2004 (RMR/Fat Beats) Oh No - Move from The Disrupt CD/LP 2004, and The Disrupt Instrumentals LP 2005 (Stones Throw) Proof of D12 - Bring It 2 Me from "I Miss The Hip Hop Shop" CD/LP 2004 (Iron Fist) Prozack - Leisure Rules from "Death, Taxes, and Prozack" CD 2004 (Outofwork Records) Slum Village - Do You from "Detroit Deli" CD/LP 2004 (Barak/Capitol) 2005 Common - Love is..., It's Your World (Part 1 & 2) from "Be" CD/LP and "Be Instrumentals" LP 2005 (GOOD Music/Geffen) Common - The Movement from "NBA 2K6 - The Tracks" CD/LP 2005 (Decon) Dwele - Keep On from "Some Kinda" CD/LP 2005 (Virgin) Dwight Trible & The Life Force Trio - Antiquity from "Love Is The Answer" CD/LP 2005 (Ninja Tune) MED - Push feat. J Dilla 12" single 2005 (Stones Throw) MED - Push, So Real from "Push Comes To Shove" CD/LP 2005 (Stones Throw) Moka Only - One Time from "The Desired Effect" CD/LP 2005 (Nettwerk) Oh No - Move Part 2 feat. J Dilla & Roc C 12" single 2005 (Stones Throw) Slum Village - Who Are We from "Prequel To A Classic" CD 2005 (Barak Records) Spacek - Dollar 12" single 2005 (Sound in Color) Spacek - Dollar from "Space Shift" CD/LP 2005 (Sound in Color)

Here's Def Jam release schedule, no signs of Redman on there, The Roots are supposed to drop an album too this year, probably Jay-Z'll drop at the end of the year, maybe it might turn out to be a collab album with Nas, who knows, lol, Ne-Yo In My Own Words Feb 28, 2006 The Isley Brothers Baby Makin' Music Mar 7, 2006 LL Cool J Todd Smith Mar 21, 2006 Ghostface Fishscale Mar 28, 2006 Rihanna A Girl Like Me Apr 11, 2006 btw Jay stopped making albums but you'd have to be under a rock to think that he was completely retired 'cause he's on remixes from hit songs on the radio and he performed at the Grammies when he hasn't dropped an album in 3 years, I didn't even see Will at the Grammies and he released an album last year, more people probably think Will retired from rapping, Jay's remixes got better promotion than "Lost and Found", lol...