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Lost is breaking all the promises You were supposed to keep for your friends Found is staying true to represent Adding on more trust and commitment

When I bang shorties I make sure I use protection Them wack mcs bore me, they have no aggression 'Cause they've fallin' off like Eminem to me 'cause they're "Losin' It" Everything they spit on the microphone is useless These rappers forget about the art of being an mc All I hear from them is 'bout how many cars they're owning They keep talkin' that foul, they'll eventually go broke and homeless If you ain't got nothin' to rhyme 'bout, get off the mic homie There's more 'bout life than just whores and rolling weed When I drop an album a lot of fakes will be folding quickly The first thing I'm gonna do is take your Rolle And sell it so the unfortunate could be able to eat Like DMX once said, "stop being greedy, keep it real potna, give to the needy"!

I swear that everytime I put on "Potnas", I could picture a video for this, especially in the third verse, JJFP could be performing at a stadium and Will throws the mic in the crowd and everyone goes, "Ah, huh!", in fact I threw that track on earlier today and just lost it like it was the first time I heard it still, the words are so true, anybody that I knew in school who dissed Will and were Eminem fans didn't feel that way when I played this track for them, I mean that's lyrical art at its best, haters can't deny it and it just blows me away, if that track was released instead of "Freakin' It", they could've shot it in Philly still though and everyone in the streets would be callin' "Willenium" a hip-hop classic!

The Jazz got Ostertag back again, he's been washed up for a few years now, they got the worst end of the deal, Bonzi Wells'll really help the Kings though, I agree we should have a sports thread here since we talk about it so much.

Well the one thing that has kept Will and LL relevant longer than most rappers that came out when they did is their successful movie careers, there's always a larger fanbase out there for them 'cause of that, even if Queen Latifah released an album now she'd probably double the sales of her last album 'cause she's more successful in her movie career now too and if Will never did have success in his acting his sales would probably be as low as De La Soul's, we might not like him do so many movies but they've helped kept his career afloat still.

KRS-ONE "Return Of Da Boom Bap"(The Whole Album, I Can't Get Enough Of It!)

That was a fast poll, the moderators should've posted about it at Will's website, I think this is just a primary poll to see if it'll be nominated like an election, hopefully Will made the nomination, I personally doubt that he'll win 'cause "Drop It Like It's Hot" was in heavy rotation and they hardly played "Switch", like DMX said in his recent interview if the radio plays s*** enough people call it great.

"Switch" is still #16 on the Billboard charts too, so we might have "Switch" and "Party Starter" in the top 40 in a couple of weeks! :1-say-yes:

Aaron Hall is one of the best soul singers in the last 15 years, I'm looking forward to this album since he's gonna have more creative freedom on it!

Mcs come up with broken bones When they be spitting hopeless flows But like the Fresh Prince I go where other rap boats don't go Crossing borders like Mexico I'm putting foes life supporters on hold When they're trying to get me to mess up I stand to shine so I continually step up Like Busta Rhymes, watch me "Break Ya Neck", punk

http://www.blackenterprise.com/exclusivese....asp?id=821&p=1 "Aaron Hall Starts Fresh With New Label Music veteran to release new solo album; urges up-and-coming artists to learn the do's and don'ts of the music biz By Tiffani M. Cunningham Platinum recording artist Aaron Hall, remembered by his fans as the lead singer of the R&B trio Guy, is making a comeback-and he's doing it on his own terms. Inspired by what he describes as a bad experience with MCA Records, Hall decided to start anew with his own record label, along with entrepreneur and former basketball player Dwayne Corbitt. After discussing a partnership over the course of eight months, the team decided they were a perfect match-one being a well-known R&B crooner, the other a businessman. "I said I'd finance it, and he'll sing," Corbitt recalls. Corbitt is investing over $1 million in the label, dubbed Artists Only International Records, along with his management and marketing expertise. Hall is focusing on acquiring talent and artist development. Through AOI, Hall looks to prevent the negative experience he endured as a solo artist which led to the breaking of ties with his former label. "When you are with a [major record label] you do what they want you to do, you [release an album] when they want you to. He urges newcomers to research the amount of money they will earn prior to striking any deals, as well a how much their label is spending on their project. Feeling he was shafted in his deal with MCA, Hall is confident that partnering with Corbitt will provide him with an opportunity to have more control over the way in which his upcoming album, Adults Only, expected to hit stores in August, is marketed. His previous solo albums The Truth and Inside of You sold 966,000 and 192,000 respectively. But that's only half the battle. Distribution is what makes an album successful, says Billboard magazine's R&B Editor Gail Mitchell. "The main thing is getting it on the market, both radio and satellite radio air-time is very important to reaching listeners." And while starting independent labels may be becoming a trend within the industry, Hall says "if you don't have the finances these days it is pretty difficult. Hopefully we'll be able to pull it off."

What up y'all, Will's up for a viewer's choice Awards on the MTV Awards, it's "Switch" vs. "Drop It Like It's Hot", let's all vote for Will to knock Snoop out here! :pony: http://www.mtv.com/onair/vma/2005/index.jh...005/index.jhtml

I respect DMX 'cause he has heart to speak whatever's on his mind, he deserves more due in hip-hop, he's right about the situation in hip-hop right now, the rappers that get mad airplay and high ratings in magazines are called rap gods now but they really have no skills at all, the rappers that're the most skilled are slept on, I hope his new album does well whenever it comes out, it was supposed to come out the other day but it got pushed back again! :mad:

I just felt it was time to change my avatar, I guess everybody felt the same way too! :lolsign:

Once again I think it's Interscope droppin' the ball, not Will, it's the A&R's job to release the single to the radio stations, if the album stops sellin' everyone here will say Interscope's sucks just as much as Columbia.

KRS-ONE feat. Redman and Angie Martinez "Heartbreak"

Bombs are never good but the world does need to get their senses together! :shakehead:

Welcome to the forum Fresh-Ta-Def, nice review, we did a few reviews a few months back around the time the album dropped, you could check my review there: http://jazzyjefffreshprince.com/forum/inde...1&st=&p=entry I never got around to grading the individual tracks so here it is: 1- Here He Comes-(B) 2-Party Starter-(A-) 3-Switch-(C-, worst track, still listenable but not repeatable though) 4-Mr. Nice Guy-(B+) 5-Ms.Holy Roller-(A) 6-Lost and Found-(A+) 7-Tell Me Why-(A+, best track, one of the best I ever heard, I could listen to this all day) 8-I Wish I Made That/Swagga-(A+) 9-Pump Ya Brakes-(B+) 10-If U Can't Dance(Slide)-(A) 11-Could U Love Me-(B+) 12-Wave 'Em Off-(B-) 13-Scary Story-(B) 14-Switch R&B Version-(B-) 15-Switch Reggae Version(A-, this would've been better to release than the original, mad energy) Bonus Tracks-"We Won't", "Comin' To The Stage", and "Chosen One"(B, they could've replaced the original switch, the r&b switch, and wave 'em off to make the album perfect, but you could say that about most classic albums where one or two songs couldva been left off and a couple unreleased tracks they did shouldva been on it instead)

JJFP and Snoop Dogg "Pump Ya Brakes"

I don't see why black radio wouldn't play this track, it's gritty as hell, they would be dumbasses not to play it!

:word: Talking about TV shows has nothin' to do with the "Lost and Found" concept, lol. In my 1st post I thought that we were quoting the song, lol, I'm gonna come up with another one here, great idea Tim, I might have to save some of mine for future use, lol: Lost is when you say something without knowing the facts Then getting embarassed when you realised you were wrong Found is when you research to master your craft And put that knowledge you learned into your song

People seriously need to stop comparing Nas and Jay-Z with each other so much, their beef is over and one thing that I respect about Nas is that he makes songs relevant to what's going on in his life at the time he records them, he won't be doing another album like "Illmatic" 'cause his life is different now than it was 10 years ago, that's what makes him one of the all-time bests, he's versatile and constantly reinventing himself as an artist, music as a whole isn't the same now as it was in the 80s and 90s either, too much trends now and not enough creativity, Nas is one of the few left, he should do a song about JJFP one day too.

http://www.allhiphop.com/features/?ID=1132 DMX is the last of a dying breed in Hip-Hop – the unpredictable. These days everything from singles to beef has become formula concocted within boardrooms and color-by-numbers marketing plan. But, nobody gave the plans to DMX, the Yonkers-bred lyricist. And fortunately, if they did make him privy to what he’s supposed to do, he probably wouldn’t do it anyway. The Rap maverick is set to release his new album, Here We Go Again, but X is already expressing his mind state on producer Dame Grease’s “Gangsta Breed” mixtape. “The industry don't give a f**k about you/ The industry couldn't make a dime without you/ I'm sick of this industry s**t/ The industry playing you like a industry b*tch," he spews. Yet, after once announcing his retirement and distaste for the Rap game, DMX is back. And the Dog is as vocal as ever with an opinion on Def Jam under president Jay-Z, the police, his record and his own capricious nature. AllHipHop.com: A lot of artists like yourself are facing the situation of your album dropping at the same time they are doing jail time. Will you, like others use that as a marketing tool? DMX: That ain’t marketing, that’s the police! Going hard on n***as for nothing nahmean? It’s like “driving while Black”, “walking while Black,” all them s**ts are felonies. AllHipHop.com: But aren’t you not supposed to be driving at all? DMX: Listen, that ain’t got nothing to do with nothing aight? If I ain’t break the law, you shouldn’t pull me over anyway. How do you know it’s me? My windows are tinted. Nahmean? I still got my name on the back of my truck. But you shouldn’t assume that it’s me driving! AllHipHop.com: Why do you have your name on the back of the truck and you know the cops are watching you? DMX: Yo, one cop told me-he pulled me over- cool brotha, I forgot his name. I wouldn’t blow him up anyway but, he pulled me over and he told me one precinct has a betting pool, a f**kin’ betting pool on who was gonna bring me in next. It was up to like $2,000. AllHipHop.com: See, you should be ridin low, in a Celica or something! DMX: F**k that! I go hard. I ride with the dog. Reach in here and try to turn something off if you want to muthaf**ka, you’ll pull back a nub. AllHipHop.com: You don’t play around. How much of your amped energy is the liquor and how much is just “you”? DMX: It’s just me, it’s just me. It’s all me. This is how I am. I’m just an amped muthaf**ka ya know what I’m sayin? POW! Bang a n***a, all that! You know what I’m sayin? You know what I mean? AllHipHop.com: So tell me about your new album? DMX: Ha! Typical X. Hot to death. It’s like, ya know, it’s a listener’s album. I got the bangin beats and all that - but I mean please, please listen, that’s what it’s for. AllHipHop.com: So what should your audience be listening for? DMX: The truth. AllHipHop.com: What’s different on this album than on your previous releases? DMX: Nothing. If it ain’t broke don’t fix it. AllHipHop.com: It’s been a minute since you dropped your last joint. DMX: Yeah, but I walk the streets and it’s like I just dropped one. N***as is like, “Ya s**t is hot, ya s**t is hot!” AllHipHop.com: What keeps you continuously dropping records and making new music? DMX: Real life. I love music man. I just f**kin’ love music so I’m always gonna write. Whether I decide to give it to the world or not, I’m gonna write it. And I’m gonna capture it you know what I’m sayin’? AllHipHop.com: So you don’t do this only for the bread? DMX: S**t, if I did this for the bread I would quit a long time ago! It took me 13 years just to get signed yo! So if I did for the money I woulda been quit, like “You can’t be serious”. I never did it for the money. I did it cause I love doing it and I was pretty much the best at it. Like on and off the radio - the best at it, period. AllHipHop.com: Tell me this, you’re at Def Jam… DMX: Yup, Left Jam. AllHipHop.com: “Left Jam”? Elaborate. DMX: They carry n***as to the left. N***as let feelings get involved with s**t, you know what I’m sayin? It’s not business at the end of the f**kin’ day. It’s “I don’t like him,” and “He doesn’t cooperate,” and “He won’t have dinner with me.” and you’re like “Come on buddy, am I f**kin you? What the f**k is the f**kin’ problem? Why do I gotta be up in your muthaf**kin face every f**kin day?” But there’s a whole new system now and a whole new stuff. AllHipHop.com: How does it feel having Jay now as a boss, when he was formerly your peer? DMX: I don’t have a boss. I don’t have a boss. I honestly have to say, that whoever or whatever entity gave him that position, it’s putting a strain on our relationship. We have a good relationship. It’s a mutual respect. We came up together. We done had battles and got over it. We did songs together! We rocked together! And for them to put-it’s like they’re pitting us against each other. Typical f**king cracker s**t that they do. Typical s**t that they do to break a muthaf**ka down: “Here, I’ma put him against him, and we’ll see what happens. Either way, we win.” It’s hard man, but it’s nothing that I’ll let him do to influence my project. Nor do I think there’s anything that he would do, out of the respect that we have for each other to influence my project. We’re both artists. He’s cool as s**t. We have that respect for each other. And when we say “What’s up?” and “How you been?” it’s real. It’s not dick riding s**t. No industry n***a to another. It’s “What up, dog? How you been man!?” Namean? About 15 years ago, we was rockin’ together on the pool table - goin’ hard! So it’s like, it’s real s**t! But the fact that they set it up like that then make me the first major project- I don’t like the way they did that. But I’m not gonna change what I do. And I’m not gonna let anybody interfere with what I do. AllHipHop.com: Speaking of Jay, there were rumors that you had also retired from the game, but now you’re back. What made you leave, and what sparked your return? DMX: I did announce that I was walking away from the industry because I got tired of dealing with fake ass niggas and I knew that if I kept dealing with these muthaf**kas I was gonna end up putting somebody in the dirt, you know what I’m saying? I was gonna end up f**king somebody up. So before I did that, I said, “You know what, I’ma walk away,” because this ain’t the industry I came in to. It ain’t the industry that I fell in love with. It ain’t the industry that I wanted to be a part of. It’s some other s**t. It’s about money. It’s being manipulated. And y’all niggas don’t even have talented muthaf**kas making it right now. Y’all n***as are making artists. God makes artists! Y’all n***as are playing God right now! Y’all making and creating artists and s**t and saying, “If I play the record a thousand times a day muthuf**kas will like it.” It’s like if you give a muthaf**ka nothing but bulls**t to eat, he’s gonna learn to enjoy it. Ya know I’ll throw a lil’ gravy on it-they gonna learn to enjoy the bulls**t. In the absence of the truth, bulls**t will prevail. So I got tired of dealing with it you know what I’m saying. So I stopped. And I called Mase, ‘cause I know my true calling in life is to become a pastor. I decided I was gonna be a pastor. So I said, “F**k it, I’ma walk away from this s**t and I’ma just, “Alright Lord I’m ready.” And I waited, and I waited. AllHipHop.com: What were you waiting for? DMX: You know, for him to give me a sign. So, I called Mase. Powerful word in that brotha. I hit him and I’m like, “Yo dog, wassup man? God ain’t ready for me.” He said, “Yo, he gave you a talent for a reason and I mean what gives you the right to turn your back on that talent just because you gotta deal with fake muthaf**kas? N***a, he done put you through worse than that and it was nothing. You looked forward to that!” I used to look forward to it. Like when I was robbing n***as and I used to look forward to seeing fake muthaf**kas, those was the easiest n***as to get. It’s like, what gives me the right to turn my back on my talent, on my God given gift. Just cause I gotta deal with a lying muthaf**ka or anotha one talking s**t. Nothing gives me the right. I just gotta start bangin ya’ll mutha****as around like I said, “Yo. F**k it. That’s what I’m gonna do. I’m going hard.” AllHipHop.com: I think it’s safe to say people have been missing that talent. DMX: You know what? That’s another thing. Everywhere I went, “Dogs the streets miss you!” “Dog the hood needs you!” I was like, “Aight, I gotta do it. I gotta do it!” I love the people. AllHipHop.com: The people feel you, but you get your share of negative of press… DMX: Believe enough of what you hear, and half of what you see. AllHipHop.com: What do you think is the biggest misconception about you? DMX: I really don’t even know, because I don’t pay attention. If a muthaf**ka don’t say it to me, he don’t mean it. N***as talk s**t all day, around corners, under tables and all that extra s**t, but if they don’t bring it to me they don’t mean it. You know what I’m sayin’? AllHipHop.com: Were you always like that, or did the game condition you to be that way? DMX: Nah, I’ve always been like that. ‘Cause that’s some sucka s**t. If I got something to say about a n***a I’m a bring it to him. Like, “You listen. You p*ssy”. Straight up. I bring it to n***as, “Yo, f**k you.” All that talking around b*tches, that s**t is some sucka s**t. I ain’t got time for that. If you mean it let me know you mean it. And it’ll be what it is.

DMX "We Right Here"

Lost is following trends Just to get your album sold Found is when you pay respect To a dope artist whether they are or ain't platinum or gold