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Well Bow Wow's album was looking like it wouldn't go gold before the song with Ciara, she's the reason why Bow Wow's shipped platinum now 'cause she's the "it" girl right now!! Like AJ said a lot of these cats out now need collabs to sell their album but Will released one single with just himself and he went platinum, Will don't need collabs to sell records, Bow needs to work with all these watered down singers on the charts now to do his bubblegum rap to save his career, he better be giving half of his check to Ciara... I think definately if Cassidy could get his life together he'll be the other young option in the commercial rap world that'd knock Bow's fanbase, even Nick Cannon could top Bow Wow's career if he records more often 'cause he's cool with legends like Will and Biz Markie... 50 Cent's gonna lose his fanbase to Game who's a much better mc at gangsta rap than 50 and Ice Cube's making a comeback so that should seal 50's career...

I'd rather see Juelz Santana be the future face of hip-hop than Bow Wow, he don't go around dissin' the legends of the game by saying he's better than them, in fact he works with some of them, Rakim was in his "Mic Check" video and he recently did a song with LL, sure he ain't the greatest lyricist in the world but at least he writes his lyrics, unlike that lil' puss, Juelz'd crush him in a battle, Juelz freestyles are better than Bow Wow's albums, I'd love to see him outsell Bow Wow...

Well it never stopped me from buying R. Kelly's music or being his fan, if it was something serious he'd be in jail anyway, besides his music is too great to front on listening to even if he did rape somebody who am I to judge? As long as he's staying out of trouble now and making music for me to listen to...It's like even with Kobe, you gotta give him his props for scoring 81 points even though he cheated on this wife, Cassidy ain't a music MVP yet though so I don't care much for him but if he put out something good I'd listen to him, James Brown's one of the greatest artists of all time but he has had a lot of trouble in the law too in his life but that don't mean I'm gonna stop listening to him...

It's situations like this that gives a bad image for hip-hop!! These artists need to stay out of trouble... Everybody still buys R. Kelly's albums even though he was caught on tape raping young girls so I don't think Cassidy'll lose fans either, controversey sells...

Maybe secretly Cam'ron's paying Jigga for publicity....

That's a smart way to respond, I'm impressed!! :2thumbs:

Yeah Slick Rick went to prison for shooting somebody but he did it 'cause the guy threathened to kill his wife I think, Cassidy probably did it out of defense too, I don't think he'd just wanna throw his life away and just shoot somebody for no reason, it's retarted though that Slick Rick went to jail for years and the guy never died but in this case the guy dies and Cassidy only gets a few months...

Well you can't deny that Pac was sentenced to jail, whether or not he did or not you wouldn't know, you don't know if Cassidy did it either 'cause you weren't there, so stop hating on somebody, everybody and their lawyers deny that they do something, none of us are perfect...

I'm frustrated that this punk represents the youth of today, our future in hip-hop is ****ed up if he's the face of it, I wanna beat him so I could be the future of hip-hop!!! :paperbag: btw, why does illsead say Bow Wow made a respectable reply??!! All that junk he talked in that article was disrespectful, he said in one line that everything's cool with him and Will but then the next line he rips Will's music!!!

Well uneducated kids get us mad that's why we've been posting so much about it, let's just stop talkin' about this loser, Bow Wow can't write a song to save his life so he shut the **** up and not even talk **** in interviews, it's ****ing disgusting how this bitch gets a record deal while a lot of young brothas like me who actually have skills in freestyling and writing can't, exuse my language but I'm pissed off about how he thinks he could run his mouth like he actually matters, Will needs to stop being friendly with losers like lil' puss and 2 cents and just finish them off 'cause they're ruining the rap game, I hope he becomes like Pac and just "Hit 'Em Up" to bring real hip-hop back, being a nice guy ain't working...

Yeah I bet if Bow Wow said something like that about you, you'd say something worse than what Will said there and in fact you probably did in one of your posts on here, Will handled it with class in my opinion compared the way most of us would, the lil' boy needs schooling and if he looks at the facts he'll see that he's not close to be grossing anywhere near Will's grossed, Will's right to say that his lowest film is more appealing than Bow Wow's best film, and when Will and Jeff was rockin' Union Square Bow Wow wasn't alive yet, Will brought facts to the table, he ethered the lil' puss!! AllHipHop saying a rumor is more legit than most of the sites you get rumors from, basically every rumor they say is true...

I'm not really that big of a fan of his but if he puts out a good song I'll listen to it, hopefully he gets his life together... After all 2Pac raped a woman and I listen to his music, DMX gets in all sorts of troubles in the law and I listen to his music too, I'll buy his next album too if it's good music....

Well what if it was true, would you be mad? I don't see nothing wrong with what he said, it's justified, what Will said is true, a lot of us fans are saying much harsher stuff than that...Hey now I don't see nothing wrong with Will gettin' back at his critics, when he tries to be a nice guy everyone walks on him, so what do you want Will to say about Bow Wow, you want him to kiss Bow Wow's ass? Why should he? That lil' punk has no respect for hip-hop history...

I don't think Artest wants to play basketball, he's probably working on a rap album or something :lolsign:

But I don't think he'd waste time to post it on the site if it was fake, most of the rumors on that site are true, this is a reliable source, btw that Nick Cannon's a playa first Christina Millian now Brandy? He got more game than Bow Wow who's with ugly Ciara...

Hey illsead said that Will responded, it might be legit since he works for AllHipHop.com and named Will man of the year: http://www.allhiphop.com/rumors/?ID=926 "WILL SMITH REPLIES TO BOW WOW! Bow Wow responds to me and now Will responds to Bow Wow! Now, you know Will Smith is my homey! I don’t care if you love that or hate that. At any rate, Will has taken a moment to “son” Bow Wow. Now, I say “son” respectfully, because the age difference could theoretically be that of a father/son. Anyway, Will reportedly said, “A grown man don't answer to no child. I'm a grown ass man. I cut records before his momma let somebody cut to have him. My worst movie grossed almost twice as your best movie. Check the records and read a book young man." WOW. Now, Bow Wow made a respectable reply, but its just time to let it go! " Link To Ill Community??!!! I'm Not Registered... :wiggle:

I think it'd been a great idea if Will did a remix to "The World's Greatest" with R. Kelly, that's a powerful song that'd been even more powerful if Will spit a verse on it...

It'd be funny if he said though man, that lil' punk deserves it, I don't mind if Will goes out of character to just rip that bitch like that, instead of apologising to Will in that interview he ended up dissin' him more thinkin' that he could do or say whatever he wants to, he needs somebody to slow his ego down, maybe that'll give other young punks an idea before they open their mouth against the legendary FP... :bat:

Yeah it was originally gonna drop in February but I guess he to add more to it or something, "Control Myself" should be officially coming out soon 'cause I read an article last week saying that him and J-Lo shot the video already, Hot 97 plays it during the mix hours though already, hopefully it goes in regular rotation 'cause I like turnin' on my radio and hearin' LL... At All Hip-Hop.com they mention that LL's gonna be performing at the Essence Music Festival on July 1, 2, 3rd at Houston, Texas, Da Ace and Angel Amor might wanna check out for this since they're in Texas btw, it also mentions that the "Beef" series'll air tonight, Thursday, and Friday night on BET which features some of LL's battles in his career: http://www.allhiphop.com/hiphopnews/?ID=5289 Rap legend LL Cool J has been added to the 2006 Essence Music Festival, which takes place this July. Cedric "The Entertainer" and R&B group Maze featuring Frankie Beverly have also been added to the show, which already counts Mary J. Blige, as one of the headlining acts. The 2006 Essence Music Festival takes place July 1, 2 and 3 at its new interim home, state-of-the-art Reliant Park in Houston, Texas. Tickets are on sale at ticketmaster.com with prices ranging from $45-$110. The popular "Beef" trilogy is slated to air on BET starting tonight (Jan. 25) and will air episodes 1-3 over the next three days. The "Beef" series of DVD's is produced by QD3 Entertainment and focuses on the histories of some of Hip-Hop's most celebrated rivalries. The series kicks off at 9:00 PM with the next installment broadcasting the following night at the same time. "Beef" part 2 airs Thursday Jan 26 at 9:00 PM and "Beef" part 3 airs Fri. Jan 27 at 9:00 PM.

Is it posted in the forums or the sites? People could easily pass a fake statement from one forum to another, that's what happened with the fake "Mr. Nice Guy" lyrics, remember? That'd be sweet if Will responded but I could care less if it was true or not, Bow Wow ain't important, btw did anybody post anything on the Ill Community? I wanna see a link so I could get my laugh on, I figure many'd be dissin' Bow Wow for callin' himself the next LL Cool J...

Cassidy Found Guilty Of Manslaughter and Assault Charges By Nolan Strong Date: 1/25/2006 5:05 pm Barry “Cassidy” Reese was found guilty of involuntary manslaughter and aggravated assault Tuesday and was sentenced to 11 1/2 to 23 months in prison. The rapper could possibly be out of jail in a few months because of time already served in prison. The rapper has been incarcerated since June. At the non-jury trial, Common Pleas Judge Jane Cutler Greenspan said that rapper was negligent in providing guns to assailants that eventually killed Desmond Hawkins, a 22-year-old Philadelphia man. "You could be a leader in the community," Greenspan said according to the Associated Press. "All those guns - that's why Desmond is gone now, because of all those guns." In court, the rapper expressed remorse for the crime. "It's a tragic situation for me too. I didn't set up for this to happen. Desmond Hawkins was my friend ... one of my closest friends,” he told the judge. The murder trial of Philadelphia rapper Cassidy started on Monday Jan. 24, were the rapper was accused of first-degree murder in relation to an April 2005 slaying. In June, Cassidy was arrested and charged with the murder of Hawkins. Cassidy surrendered to authorities in June of 2005, a week before the release of his sophomore album, I'ma Hustla. Prosecutors claimed the rapper planned the murder by placing four of his associates in positions to attack his rivals. His accusers concur Cassidy was more than prepared - as they said they discovered almost 80 unspent cartridges of various calibers in his home, near the shooting. Prosecutors claimed that Roberto Johnson, an associate of Hawkins, fought with one of Cassidy's associates earlier in the day in front of a Rite-Aid drug store. Seeking retaliation for the altercation earlier in the day, Johnson testified the he, along with Hawkins, Daniel Irvin, 22, and 21-year-old Bobby Hoyle went to Cassidy's home. Johnson testified he was not in the van because he was urinating in a nearby back yard. He heard the gunshots and ducked behind a car. Ballistic evidence recovered at the scene found that 30 shots were fired at the van from an area near Cassidy's home, while 12 shots came from inside the van. Johnson testified that he was unarmed and the he had seen only one gun in the van. He said he sold the weapon after the shooting. Responding to the allegations, Cassidy's lawyer Fortunato Perri. Jr. suggested Johnson may have fired first as he was outside the van. In July of 2005, prosecution witness Joseph Newkirk recanted his statements to police that he witnessed Cassidy firing a gun. In court on Monday, Newkirk alleged police detectives told him what to say. In August, Cassidy's charge was reduced to a third-degree murder charge, but the decision was appealed to a higher court and the first-degree murder charge was reinstated.

Ron Artest is acting like a punk...

Thanks for that interview, great stuff, I'm gonna check out his album..

those guys are lucky to have worked with the legendary FP, i don't care if i was on something people said was FP's worst song, i'd still be proud to say that i worked with the legend, that's something they could cherish forever...

Well I don't wanna compare him to who's on the charts either, LL's in a league of his own...