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Well it finally looks like "Switch" has milked dry, bring on "Party Starter"! I got the soundscan chart from okayplayer.com, Master P even outsold Will this week and his album has gotten lil' promotion, LL Cool J should sue him for ruining "I Need Love" by calling it "I Need Dubs", it's dissapointing to see people still buying 50 Cent and Mike Jones more than Will Smith, even Common's sales are slipping, the bright side for Will is certified gold we could start the countdown to platinum now 'cause going gold has been accomplished: TWRank--Artist--Title--TWSales--%CHG--LWSales--RTDSales 1 COLDPLAY X&Y 186,427 -42 322,990 1,248,383 2 CAREY*MARIAH EMANCIPATION OF MIMI 131,551 -19 163,295 2,168,421 3 FOO FIGHTERS IN YOUR HONOR 116,241 -63 310,595 427,525 4 BLACK EYED PEAS MONKEY BUSINESS 103,271 -33 154,556 549,429 5 BOYZ N DA HOOD BOYZ N DA HOOD 101,162 999 213 101,375 6 COLE*KEYSHIA WAY IT IS 88,630 999 366 88,998 7 BACKSTREET BOYS NEVER GONE 78,849 -73 290,946 370,425 8 OFFSPRING GREATEST HITS 70,119 999 156 70,275 9 BIRDMAN FAST MONEY 64,721 999 158 64,879 10 SYSTEM OF A DOWN MEZMERIZE 62,821 -18 76,219 966,301 11 CLARKSON*KELLY BREAKAWAY 61,326 -14 71,584 2,488,056 12 STEFANI*GWEN LOVE.ANGEL.MUSIC.BABY 60,812 -20 76,353 2,466,060 13 KEITH*TOBY HONKYTONK UNIVERSITY 58,416 -37 92,923 720,506 14 50 CENT MASSACRE 53,927 -17 65,309 3,970,553 15 SHAKIRA FIJACION ORAL 50,490 -35 77,132 285,493 16 WHITE STRIPES GET BEHIND ME SATAN 50,051 -34 75,468 314,967 17 RASCAL FLATTS FEELS LIKE TODAY 48,755 -19 60,023 2,075,862 18 URBAN*KEITH BE HERE 45,340 -22 57,842 1,252,179 19 GORILLAZ DEMON DAYS 41,743 -5 43,782 292,318 20 JONES*MIKE WHO IS MIKE JONES? 41,087 -3 42,210 648,757 21 MATTHEWS*DAVE BAND STAND UP 39,339 -30 56,055 955,717 22 COMMON BE 38,481 -13 44,137 396,206 23 AUDIOSLAVE OUT OF EXILE 37,694 -36 58,842 525,056 24 FAT JOE ALL OR NOTHING 37,543 -65 106,502 144,555 25 LABELLE*PATTI CLASSIC MOMENTS 37,206 999 83 37,290 26 KILLERS HOT FUSS 36,407 -18 44,559 2,090,517 27 SUGARLAND TWICE THE SPEED OF 34,974 -14 40,840 506,945 28 TRANSPLANTS HAUNTED CITIES 33,884 999 64 33,948 29 GREEN DAY AMERICAN IDIOT 33,609 -19 41,284 3,694,970 30 CORGAN*BILLY FUTUREEMBRACE 32,094 999 70 32,164 31 PRETTY RICKY BLUE STARS 31,851 -12 36,353 201,548 32 JOHNSON*JACK IN BETWEEN DREAMS 31,788 -17 38,415 1,126,669 33 CIARA GOODIES 30,579 -14 35,387 2,091,133 34 WEEZER MAKE BELIEVE 29,462 -24 38,846 477,856 35 IL DIVO IL DIVO 27,195 -31 39,433 641,937 36 FALL OUT BOY FROM UNDER THE CORK 26,199 2 25,667 233,976 37 THOMAS*ROB SOMETHING TO BE 26,169 -23 34,070 818,553 38 AKON TROUBLE 25,691 -25 34,384 1,048,919 39 MASTER P GHETTO BILL (BEST HUSTLER IN T 25,537 999 554 26,091 40 SMITH*WILL LOST & FOUND 23,969 -21 30,511 503,083 41 SEETHER KARMA & EFFECT 23,669 -20 29,701 205,654 42 KEM ALBUM II 23,320 -26 31,703 327,737 43 LONGEST YARD SOUNDTRACK 22,990 -32 33,813 212,167 44 JENNINGS*LYFE LYFE 268-192 22,153 -6 23,505 440,812 45 BUBLE*MICHAEL IT'S TIME 20,766 -9 22,827 580,785 46 NALICK*ANNA WRECK OF THE DAY 20,494 -4 21,386 215,539 47 NOW 18 NOW 18 20,267 -14 23,682 1,187,550 48 DROPKICK MURPHYS WARRIOR'S CODE 19,832 999 184 20,059 49 2005 WARPED TOUR COMPILATION 2005 WARPED TOUR COMPILATION 19,578 -15 23,090 95,857 50 NINE INCH NAILS WITH TEETH 18,964 -19 23,462 563,242 51 LIFEHOUSE LIFEHOUSE 18,507 -18 22,645 319,048 52 FRANKIE J ONE 17,974 -12 20,377 521,457 53 TLC NOW & FOREVER 17,921 999 117 20,323 54 VALENTINO*BOBBY DTP PRESENTS BOBBY VALENTINO 17,696 -18 21,589 428,500 55 PAPA ROACH GETTING AWAY WITH MURDER 17,659 -5 18,527 741,868 56 HAWTHORNE HEIGHTS SILENCE IN BLACK & WHITE 17,378 -7 18,737 359,215 57 GAME DOCUMENTARY 16,978 -10 18,837 2,090,948 58 MY CHEMICAL ROMANCE THREE CHEERS FOR SWEET REVENGE 16,965 7 15,853 748,576 59 MADAGASCAR SOUNDTRACK 16,899 -12 19,311 88,957 60 KEITH*TOBY VOL. 2-GREATEST HITS 16,426 -25 21,850 2,486,805 61 EMINEM ENCORE 16,341 -17 19,762 4,656,606 62 DEF LEPPARD ROCK OF AGES 16,276 -33 24,289 190,888 63 BECK GUERO 16,174 -10 18,015 565,768 64 3 DOORS DOWN SEVENTEEN DAYS 15,972 -29 22,621 924,623 65 GUNS N'ROSES GREATEST HITS 15,423 -16 18,357 2,195,937 66 EAGLES VERY BEST OF THE EAGLES 15,280 -41 25,948 1,574,834 67 DADDY YANKEE BARRIO FINO 15,241 -5 16,092 684,783 68 CHESNEY*KENNY WHEN THE SUN GOES DOWN 15,108 -24 19,954 3,562,717 69 AMERICAN IDOL FINALISTS SEASON 4-THE SHOWSTOPPERS 15,010 -30 21,520 233,950 70 NAZARIO*EDNITA APASIONADA 14,929 999 226 15,156 71 DESTINY'S CHILD DESTINY FULFILLED 14,891 -0 14,933 2,718,114 72 LARRY THE CABLE GUY RIGHT TO BARE ARMS 14,823 -56 33,500 436,185 73 FANTASIA FREE YOURSELF 14,715 -10 16,405 1,505,891 74 MUDVAYNE LOST & FOUND 14,632 -11 16,424 413,191 75 LUDACRIS RED LIGHT DISTRICT 14,502 -13 16,586 1,781,175 76 STATIC-X START A WAR 14,500 -59 35,417 49,980 77 SIMPLE PLAN STILL NOT GETTING ANY 14,468 -3 14,926 1,169,339 78 BIG & RICH HORSE OF A DIFFERENT COLOR 14,457 -24 19,079 2,260,043 79 AS I LAY DYING SHADOWS ARE SECURITY 14,217 -57 33,142 47,441 80 STONE*JOSS MIND BODY & SOUL 14,196 -21 17,909 870,647 81 CROSSFADE CROSSFADE 14,058 -8 15,290 770,386 82 WILSON*GRETCHEN HERE FOR THE PARTY 13,992 -25 18,780 3,664,038 83 MCCARTNEY*JESSE BEAUTIFUL SOUL 13,661 -2 13,962 892,853 84 MORRISON*VAN MAGIC TIME 13,652 -27 18,661 139,522 85 YOAKAM*DWIGHT BLAME THE VAIN 13,463 -34 20,545 34,196 86 PHANTOM OF THE OPERA SOUNDTRACK 13,365 -23 17,443 700,916 87 DAY*HOWIE STOP ALL THE WORLD NOW 13,332 -13 15,242 504,104 88 TWAIN*SHANIA GREATEST HITS 13,125 -14 15,299 3,100,551 89 MCGRAW*TIM LIVE LIKE YOU WERE DYING 13,103 -29 18,395 3,356,876 90 LEGEND*JOHN GET LIFTED 12,887 -8 13,982 1,247,947 91 HOUSTON*MARQUES NAKED 12,745 -2 12,954 132,559 92 VARIOUS TOTALLY HITS 2005 12,704 -19 15,703 142,805 93 CLUTCH ROBOT HIVE/EXODUS 12,611 999 124 12,768 94 ERIKA JO ERIKA JO 12,575 -66 36,455 49,109 95 BENTLEY*DIERKS MODERN DAY DRIFTER 12,547 -27 17,163 193,405 96 WWE/CENA*JOHN & THA TRADEMARC YOU CAN'T SEE ME 12,371 -20 15,511 148,360 97 BLACK EYED PEAS ELEPHUNK 12,039 -16 14,379 2,702,400 98 CELTIC WOMAN CELTIC WOMAN 11,928 -8 12,904 121,697 99 REGGAE GOLD 2005 REGGAE GOLD 2005 11,808 999 218 12,026 100 VAN ZANT GET RIGHT WITH THE MAN 11,783 -33 17,476 140,888 101 COWBOY TROY LOCO MOTIVE 11,742 -34 17,849 152,013 102 OASIS DON'T BELIEVE THE TRUTH 11,699 -32 17,174 121,391 103 HERBIE FULLY LOADED SOUNDTRACK 11,698 999 26 11,724 104 NATALIE NATALIE 11,493 -20 14,325 140,067 105 SPRINGSTEEN*BRUCE DEVILS & DUST 11,431 -47 21,503 508,166 106 VARIOUS VOL. 4-TOTALLY COUNTRY 11,209 -29 15,897 524,319 107 VARIOUS LOOK AT ALL THE LOVE WE FOU 10,885 999 763 11,900 108 BENATAR*PAT GREATEST HITS 10,671 -32 15,800 46,505 109 JODECI BACK TO THE FUTURE 10,660 -19 13,097 58,958 110 USHER CONFESSIONS 10,462 -11 11,776 8,970,248 111 WILLIAMS*JOHN STAR WARS EPISODE III:REVENGE 10,431 -27 14,315 264,652 112 DEGRAW*GAVIN CHARIOT-STRIPPED 10,320 -15 12,202 510,695 113 LOS LONELY BOYS LOS LONELY BOYS 10,210 -19 12,538 2,123,009 114 ANDERSON*KEITH THREE CHORD COUNTRY & AMERICAN 9,980 -4 10,346 78,889 115 AMERIE TOUCH 9,882 -0 9,901 281,472 116 HIATT*JOHN MASTER OF DISASTER 9,752 999 101 9,854 117 T.I. URBAN LEGEND 9,747 -4 10,113 1,112,879 118 MESSINA*JO DEE DELICIOUS SURPRISE 9,695 -31 14,108 272,083 119 112 PLEASURE & PAIN 9,657 -6 10,294 389,789 120 STRAIT*GEORGE 50 NUMBER ONES 9,599 -20 12,073 2,366,407 121 MCCLURKIN*DONNIE PSALMS HYMNS & SPIRITUAL SONGS 9,502 5 9,087 157,766 122 SHELTON*BLAKE BLAKE SHELTON'S BARN & GRILL 9,500 -25 12,641 440,152 123 SOLIS*MARCO ANTONIO HISTORIA CONTINUA 9,354 -16 11,131 55,029 124 DREDG CATCH WITHOUT ARMS 9,266 999 37 9,303 125 BRAVERY BRAVERY 9,207 -9 10,154 169,141 126 CHESNEY*KENNY BE AS YOU ARE 8,932 -32 13,060 969,502 127 GARDEN STATE SOUNDTRACK 8,483 -13 9,782 943,773 128 RELIENT K MMHMM 8,419 -7 9,068 232,133 129 AVENGED SEVENFOLD CITY OF EVIL 8,395 -36 13,094 54,539 130 LIL JON & THE EAST SIDE BOYZ CRUNK JUICE 8,346 -8 9,064 2,238,998 131 B.G. HEART OF THA STREET 8,316 -27 11,400 105,060 132 CHARLES*RAY GENIUS LOVES COMPANY 8,085 -37 12,890 2,985,619 133 U2 HOW TO DISMANTLE AN ATOMIC BOM 8,017 -32 11,870 2,792,695 134 OMARION O 7,994 -10 8,848 553,477 135 BENET*ERIC HURRICANE 7,943 999 62 8,005 100 136 FINCH SAY HELLO TO 7,773 -39 12,763 59,119 137 RA DUALITY 7,656 999 20 7,676 138 SUGAR RAY BEST OF SUGAR RAY 7,624 999 20 7,644 139 BEE GEES NUMBER ONES 7,561 -21 9,543 537,234 140 MCENTIRE*REBA ROOM TO BREATHE 7,534 -17 9,103 705,715 141 BAM MARGERA VIVA LA BANDS 7,517 999 9 7,526 142 VARIOUS WOW # 1'S 7,341 -26 9,987 80,659 143 KIDZ BOP KIDS VOL. 7-KIDZ BOP KIDS 7,317 -12 8,319 352,184 144 DISNEY DISNEYMANIA 3 7,238 1 7,182 255,681 145 BONE THUGS-N-HARMONY GREATEST HITS 7,225 1 7,142 263,331 146 MONTGOMERY GENTRY YOU DO YOUR THING 7,220 -26 9,821 626,923 147 ADKINS*TRACE SONGS ABOUT ME 7,185 -28 9,937 212,284 148 KEANE HOPES & FEARS 7,084 -24 9,357 730,493 149 GRANT*AMY ROCK OF AGES 7,066 -16 8,391 32,581 150 BATMAN BEGINS SOUNDTRACK 7,010 8 6,515 13,535 151 COODER*RY CHAVEZ RAVINE 6,928 -6 7,347 14,309 152 BREAKING BENJAMIN WE ARE NOT ALONE 6,894 -15 8,132 958,148 153 VARIOUS PUNK-O-RAMA 10 6,867 -29 9,651 29,485 154 GROBAN*JOSH CLOSER 6,753 -27 9,273 4,662,360 155 SWITCHFOOT BEAUTIFUL LETDOWN 6,599 -8 7,135 2,021,643 156 ALKALINE TRIO CRIMSON 6,575 -16 7,832 79,506 157 MAYER*JOHN HEAVIER THINGS 6,572 -26 8,940 2,488,269 158 SPAMALOT CAST RECORDING 6,551 -29 9,199 74,710 159 WICKED ORIGINAL CAST RECORDING 6,546 5 6,226 398,170 160 PAISLEY*BRAD MUD ON THE TIRES 6,487 -25 8,686 1,918,598 161 GUCCI MANE TRAP HOUSE 6,327 -21 8,001 42,233 162 LAVIGNE*AVRIL UNDER MY SKIN 6,314 -8 6,840 2,745,811 163 LAMBERT*MIRANDA KEROSENE 6,238 -14 7,256 176,817 164 SLIPKNOT VOL. 3-SUBLIMINAL VERSES 6,162 -8 6,665 1,135,231 165 RIMES*LEANN THIS WOMAN 6,110 -11 6,830 356,926 166 EVANS*FAITH FIRST LADY 6,067 -17 7,346 400,894 167 ROLLING STONES BEST OF JUMP BACK 5,946 -32 8,735 488,203 168 MEMPHIS BLEEK 534 5,941 -23 7,758 124,812 169 LEE*AMOS AMOS LEE 5,904 -22 7,604 112,928 170 PATRIOTIC COUNTRY VOL. 2-PATRIOTIC COUNTRY 5,896 -31 8,543 14,555 171 MARS VOLTA FRANCES THE MUTE 5,891 -17 7,109 360,753 172 LUNY TUNES & BABY RANKS MAS FLOW 2 5,861 2 5,735 120,011 173 CASTING CROWNS CASTING CROWNS 5,859 -20 7,324 404,527 174 DREAM THEATER OCTAVARIUM 5,752 -33 8,634 41,329 175 LOHAN*LINDSAY SPEAK 5,695 6 5,359 983,142 176 BLOC PARTY SILENT ALARM 5,661 -11 6,375 108,411 177 JACKSON*MICHAEL NUMBER ONES 5,657 -35 8,659 923,826 178 GARBAGE BLEED LIKE ME 5,595 -15 6,561 207,854 179 PRINE*JOHN FAIR & SQUARE 5,565 -10 6,151 75,653 180 JENNINGS*SHOOTER PUT THE 'O' BACK IN COUNTRY 5,563 -8 6,022 79,830 181 JUANES MI SANGRE 5,520 -10 6,134 363,218 182 BOWLING FOR SOUP HANGOVER YOU DON'T DESERVE 5,503 -7 5,912 426,031 183 DISNEY DISNEY GIRLZ ROCK 5,488 -3 5,650 16,611 184 LOPEZ*JENNIFER REBIRTH 5,470 -21 6,928 658,026 185 YOUNG GUNZ BROTHERS FROM ANOTHER 5,401 -32 7,957 104,357 186 PRESLEY*ELVIS ELVIS BY THE PRESLEYS 5,400 -37 8,575 183,022 187 PITBULL M.I.A.M.I. (MONEY IS A MAJOR I 5,386 -8 5,870 459,824 188 AMICI FOREVER DEFINED 5,347 0 5,347 189 DARK NEW DAY TWELVE YEAR SILENCE 5,336 -57 12,536 17,911 190 MOTION CITY SOUNDTRACK COMMIT THIS TO MEMORY 5,326 -31 7,689 29,094 191 MARIO TURNING POINT 5,283 -18 6,433 1,100,268 192 ANKA*PAUL ROCK SWINGS 5,264 -40 8,768 22,678 193 FOLDS*BEN SONGS FOR SILVERMAN 5,261 -17 6,333 136,610 194 VARIOUS WOW HITS 2005 5,235 -22 6,704 372,210 195 ANDY ANDY IRONIA 5,214 999 103 5,317 196 MXPX PANIC 5,209 -29 7,317 27,382 197 GRANT*NATALIE AWAKEN 5,197 3 5,069 22,005 198 CHOSEN FEW EL DOCUMENTAL 5,184 -18 6,358 46,087 199 STARTING LINE BASED ON A TRUE 5,171 -5 5,417 87,055 200 AKWID/JAE-P KICKIN' 5,168 18 4,392 9,656 TOTAL SALES 3,843,222 4,649,534 150,942,345

Well if Jazzy Jeff is there, Will is gonna perform, Jazzy Jeff wasn't there last night so they didn't perform at the BET Awards.

:word: They're showing Jazzy Jeff some love over there, I wish I could go, it sucks though that Jazzy Jeff couldn't make it to the BET awards last night to perform with Will.

Performances Steal BET Awards Spotlight By RYAN PEARSON Associated Press Writer LOS ANGELES - Stevie Wonder showed off his dance moves, Will Smith arrived in a horse-drawn carriage and The Fugees got together again. Extravagant performances and on-stage antics largely stole the spotlight from the winners at Tuesday night's BET Awards - if the winners showed up at all, that is. Among the eight no-shows was top honoree Kanye West, who earned trophies for male hip-hop artist and video of the year for his "Jesus Walks." West's discovery, piano man John Legend, picked up his trophy for new artist and performed "Ordinary People" and "My Cherie Amour" with Wonder, who later danced while singing his new single, "So What The Fuss." Soul diva Alicia Keys hoisted her award for female R&B artist toward the audience and declared: "This is for all my people who are really trying to dream big dreams." Others who did show included soon-to-disband Destiny's Child, named best group, and 19-year-old Atlanta singer Ciara, the leading nominee who won for her dance collaboration with Missy Elliott on "1, 2 Step." The show kicked off with a surprise reunion of The Fugees, who haven't recorded an album together since 1996's "The Score" and haven't even been on speaking terms in recent years. "If you want another Fugee album, let me see your hands in the air right now," Wyclef Jean said after climbing into the crowd. The group performed "Ready Or Not" and put a reggae twist on "Fu-Gee-La." Lauryn Hill, who had largely dropped out of public view since her 2002 live album, sounded weak at first, saying at one point, "We got a little overzealous in rehearsal." Her voice returned in time for a rendition of "Killing Me Softly With His Song." Backstage, third member Pras said the group was in the studio and hoped to release an album next year. The Fugees split after "egos got real big," he said, adding that there were "a lot of wounds ... getting healed right now." Hosts Mr. and Mrs. Smith - that's Will and Jada Pinkett - arrived on-stage at Hollywood's Kodak Theatre in a horse-drawn carriage with spinning custom rims. Jamie Foxx won the award for best actor, and though he wasn't on stage he had recorded an audio message to presenter Tom Cruise, saying: "I'm jumping up and down on the couch right now in my room." Denzel Washington's wife Pauletta accepted an award honoring the couple's charitable endeavors, and Keys presented R&B and gospel legend Gladys Knight with a lifetime achievement trophy. "Every record that you bought and every concert ticket that you paid for has allowed me to be in this spot today," said Knight, who wore a pink jacket with feathery flourishes on the sleeves. Knight then performed three songs including the tune that got her and the Pips their first Grammy, "Neither One Of Us (Wants To Be The First To Say Goodbye)." Winners of the fifth annual awards show were decided by a panel of executives from entertainment companies, record labels and the media, except the viewers' choice award in which fans voted online for their favorite video.

Aight Will is Ill You better learn that it's time to chill Before you get burned on my grill Your no opposition for the words I spill To burn you wit, my rhymes kill It's time to go to bed, here's some Nightquill Instead of contesting to front on my skills When you thought I was gonna bust, I continually shine to fulfill All my plans ,so in this battle I'll get ranked #1, my moves thrill You thought I was gonna come up short, but I continually build Myself a foundation like a fort, so you can't cease my will I won this battle before it begun, so you need to give it up 'Cause the public knows Big Ted's the chosen one and you're a chump I'm breaking competition up into chunks Slicing wannabes up like I'm making lunch Terrorizin' teams everytime I step my game up Your disses are weak like 50's 'Piggy Bank' track If this was basketball I'm dunkin' over Schnazz When I receive fuq's ally-oop pass That's why you'll be losing fast Once we're ahead we ain't looking back We acclerated our groove to last We ain't the average one hit wonders to crash Even we get older we'll continually impact Order in the court we're taking a stand If this was a sport we're a team that lives up to the demand Living up the preditions by ripping up the competition Not about to give up position when I'm spitting If you're saying you're winning that's contradiction I could make a living off this, this isn't fiction That's why you're finished when you're beginning Damn right, I'm gonna be a legend one day like Kurtis Blow is

I really didn't get to see much of the NBA Draft last nite either 'cause of the BET Awards, I was dissapointed that the Bulls had no picks, here's the breakdown of the draft: http://sports.espn.go.com/nba/draft2005/ne...tory?id=2096471 "Utah 7-footer becomes Bucks' stopper Associated Press NEW YORK -- It sure was a g'day for Andrew Bogut. And not a bad night for the NCAA champions from North Carolina. 2005 NBA Draft Day Trades • Utah traded its first-round (No. 6 and No. 27) draft picks and a provisional 2006 first-round draft pick to Portland for the Trail Blazers first-round (No. 3) draft pick. Utah selected G Deron Williams No. 3. Portland selected G Martell Webster No. 6 and F Linas Kleiza No. 27. • Cleveland traded F Jiri Welsch to Milwaukee for a 2006 second-round draft pick. • Denver traded the rights to G Jarrett Jack (No. 22) to Portland for the rights to F Linas Kleiza (No. 27) and F Ricky Sanchez (No. 35). • Seattle traded the rights to F Lawrence Roberts (No. 55) to Memphis for a 2006 second-round pick, a 2007 second-round pick and cash considerations. • New York traded F-C Kurt Thomas and the rights to G Dijon Thompson (No. 54) to Phoenix for G-F Quentin Richardson and the rights to G Nate Robinson (No. 21). • Orlando traded the rights to C Martynas Andriuskevicius (No. 44) to Cleveland for a 2006 second-round draft pick. Bogut, a 7-foot center from Australia, was chosen No. 1 Tuesday night in the NBA draft by the Milwaukee Bucks, becoming the first player in five years with U.S. college experience to be drafted No. 1 overall. Four players from North Carolina were chosen among the first 14 picks on a night when the usual avalanche of trades was only a trickle by the time the first round ended. The 20-year-old Bogut, who played two seasons at Utah and was the college player of the year, straightened his tie, adjusted his suit jacket and took a deep breath in the moments before commissioner David Stern summoned him to the podium onstage at Madison Square Garden. When his name was called, Bogut raised a clenched right fist. Utah became the first school to have players picked first in both the NBA and NFL drafts in the same year. Quarterback Alex Smith was drafted No. 1 by the San Francisco 49ers in April. Milwaukee had been debating whether to take Bogut or North Carolina small forward Marvin Williams with the franchise's first overall No. 1 pick since 1994, when the Bucks selected Glenn Robinson. In the end, the lure of a versatile, athletic 7-footer with Olympic experience was too much to pass up. "I was confident, but I wasn't 100 percent," Bogut said. "Now that I'm here, it's a great honor." The Atlanta Hawks chose Williams second, and the 19-year-old player flashed a bright smile at Stern while shaking the commissioner's hand. The 6-foot-9 small forward was a sixth man for the Tar Heels. Illinois junior point guard Deron Williams went third to the Jazz, who sent three first-round picks -- Nos. 6 and 27 in this year's draft, plus a 2006 first-round pick -- to the Trail Blazers earlier Tuesday. Williams went No. 2 overall despite not starting for UNC. In other proposed trades, New York was to send center Kurt Thomas and the No. 54 overall pick to Phoenix for shooting guard Quentin Richardson and point guard Nate Robinson of Washington, who was selected 21st. The Knicks also selected 30th, giving them three first-round picks. New Orleans selected fourth and also chose a playmaker, picking Wake Forest sophomore guard Chris Paul, and the Charlotte Bobcats took North Carolina junior point guard Raymond Felton at No. 5. It marked the first time since 1999 that three point guards were picked among the top 10. High school senior Martell Webster of Seattle Prep went No. 6 to Portland, making him the first prep player taken in a draft notable for its historical significance. It likely marked the final time high school players would be eligible to jump directly to the pros -- the route chosen by Kevin Garnett, Kobe Bryant, Tracy McGrady, LeBron James, Jermaine O'Neal and others. Under terms of the new six-year collective bargaining agreement to take effect in July, high school players will have to wait one year after their class graduates to become draft eligible. The new agreement also reduces the length of guaranteed contracts for first-round picks from three years to two, with teams holding options for additional years. Even with the reduced length of his first deal, Bogut will become a millionaire the moment he signs with the Bucks. "It's one of the best days of my life, and my family's," Bogut said. "I am going to be a workhorse." Connecticut sophomore forward Charlie Villanueva was chosen seventh by the Toronto Raptors, and the Knicks addressed their need for a big man by taking Arizona center Channing Frye -- the first college senior selected -- with the No. 8 pick. Arizona State junior Ike Diogu went ninth to Golden State, and 7-foot high school senior Andrew Bynum of St. Joseph's High School in Metuchen, N.J., went 10th to the Los Angeles Lakers. "Wow, man, I get to play with Kobe Bryant and get coached by Phil Jackson!" said Bynum, who was seated in the stands at Madison Square Garden rather than in the so-called green room near the main stage where most top prospects waited to hear their names called. "I'm looking forward to palm trees and Jack Nicholson." Orlando selected center Fran Vasquez of the Spanish club Unicaja Malaga at No. 11, and the Los Angeles Clippers chose 18-year-old forward Yaroslav Korolev of the Russian club CSKA Moscow at No. 12. North Carolina forward Sean May went No. 13 to Charlotte, and Tar Heels guard Rashad McCants went No. 14 to Minnesota with the final pick among lottery teams. It was the first time since 1999, when Duke did it, that four players from one school were selected in the first round. Antoine Wright of Texas A&M went 15th to the New Jersey Nets, who were in need of a power forward but instead chose a swingman who can back up Richard Jefferson at small forward and Vince Carter at shooting guard. Toronto selected Oklahoma State forward Joey Graham with the 16th pick, adding another big man to play alongside franchise cornerstone Chris Bosh. An aptly named Gerald Green fell into the Celtics lap. New Mexico forward Danny Granger went 17th to Indiana, and Gerald Green -- projected in most mock drafts to be the first high schooler taken -- went to Boston at No. 18. "We were shocked, to be honest, that he was at 18," Boston coach Doc Rivers said. "It was a no-brainer once we saw he was there." Syracuse senior Hakim Warrick was chosen 19th by Memphis, Denver selected N.C. State guard Julius Hodge at No. 20 to fill a hole at shooting guard, then picked Georgia Tech point guard Jarrett Jack two spots later. Jack was dealt to Portland for the 27th and 35th picks. "It's a total surprise to me -- even when the trade rumors started when I was walking backstage, and I was still in total shock," Jack said. I just got word of it, and I'm happy with it." The NBA champion San Antonio Spurs selected French forward Ian Mahinmi at No. 28. He was one of seven international players to be chosen in the first round. Players from Slovenia, Serbia-Montenegro, Turkey, Belgium, France and Croatia were a large contingent of foreign players chosen in the second round. "Basketball is a global game, just like soccer is a global game," Bogut said. "You see the Manu Ginobilis and Yao Mings of the world. We can play the game in every country." Six high school seniors were taken in the second round. Lithuanian center Martynas Andriuskevicius, projected by many as a first-round pick, lasted until midway through the second round when Orlando selected him 44th overall. The Detroit Pistons made the final pick more than 4 hours after Bogut was chosen, selecting guard Alex Acker of Pepperdine."

Hey I'm in there now y'all!

It's nice to see Will give props to Common and Mos Def for putting it down even though they don't make it on 106 & Park, it shows that he recognizes talented artists even when they ain't that popular, I wish he'd give more props to underground rappers too that're working hard to keep the essence of hip-hop alive of being role models for the people that listen to them 'cause when Will speaks, people listen.

Yeah the NBA draft's on tonight, I'm probably gonna "switch" back and forth between BET and ESPN all night so I could cheer on the Bulls and JJFP/Jada!

I'm not worrying about the sales and neither is Will, let's just enjoy the performances and everything'll take care of itself, with JJFP being the greatest performers in hip-hop history people'll buy the albums, wait and see! :jazzy:

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wtf 50 Cent and Mike Jones still in the top 20? Well hopefully after the BET and Live 8 performances, he'll surpass them.

I agree with fuq, it gets kinda annoying to hear the media say that Will's a "squeaky clean rapper" 'cause he ain't the only rapper out there not cursing in his rhymes, people don't call Rakim a "squeaky clean rapper" but the albums he did with Eric B. including the one of the greatest albums ever "Paid In Full" had no PA stickers on them either, but they don't say that about Rakim probably 'cause he ain't as popular as Will, I think it's just jealousy by the media, I hope Will performs "I Wish I Made That" tonight, that'd be quite a statement right there! :chuks:

Thanks for the pics, oh damn he is going grey though, lol.

Dope pics! :2thumbs:

We could chat when a wack rapper comes on to perform too! :lolsign:

TLC "Girl Talk"

:yeahthat: Schnazz droppin' some knowledge there! Hey y'all I think the lyrics to "I Wish I Made That" is relevant to this post: "Yo, ain’t no better man for this hype track Just the veteran taking the mic back David Letterman even said he like that track man Even though he ain’t a rap fan Black radio, they won’t play though Ever since “Summertime” they ain’t liked none of mine Even though the fans went out & bought enough I guess they think Will ain’t hard enough Maybe I should just have a shoot out Run up in the bank, bustin’, grabbin’ all the loot out Whoop somebody ass, taking my boot out Right on TV so ya’ll can see me Just ignorant, attacking, actin’ rough I mean, then will I be black enough Oh wait maybe I’ll jack a truck Full of cigarettes, guns & drugs & stuff CHORUS – (2xs) Get that I wish I would of made that Lean back I wish I would of made that I wish I woulda told the girls to ‘drop it like it hot’ Summer, Summer, Summertime Seem like all I got I always envied how ya’ll rock wit Dre & the Chronic The way that Tupac, Biggie, 50 and Jigga got it A lot like L.L., Chuck D, Slick & Dougie I think ya’ll love me, but ya’ll place other rappers above me & I don’t know if you feel my flow & be at my show & you’ll see where I should go On the charts of rhyme arts & thoughts in rap form Damnit, I expanded the platform Damnit, this Cat’s on a rap song Yeah, it ain’t no braids or plats on Ain’t on stage wit no gats on You know I’m afraid, getting’ my act on It might have stunted my growth But I wanted them both & I hope that it would be less tougher You do two things & then they both gonna suffer I chose to act & it broke my heart not to rap Prodigal son, clever, better than ever, back"

Thanks for posting that mimi, Will gives some great advice, I wish more peeps would pay more attention to the knowledge he gives.

It ain't Dr. Dre's fault, he's a great artist, it's the million people who try to copy Dr. Dre instead of being original is the ones I blame, you should be yourself if you wanna make it, I don't wanna be the next Chuck D, Will Smith, or Dr. Dre, I just wanna be myself, but not many people think like that. This reminds me of what I was reading in a book called "Where You're At?": "I'm talking to Bobbito Garcia, one of the most celbrated hip-hop DJs in New York. Bobbito, with his parner Lord Sear, is the host of CM famalam on WKCR but is best known for his show with Stretch Armstrong that just about spanned the 90s between WKCR and Hot 97. a member of the Rock Steady crew(the original B-Boy crew), in his time Bobbito has been a professional bsketball player(in Puerto Rico), a journalist for the likes of Vibe and The Source and head of the respected Fondle 'Em label, and he's a DJ who's in demand the world over. “Look”, he sighs. “When people say hip-hop is dead it just shows they're not in touch. People talk about the elements of hip-hop culture, but, I tell you, in any period of hip-hop, the best stuff always had to be searched for. That's why I say that search and discovery is the most neglected element of hip-hop.” But these days hip-hop is a global buisiness... “So? Just because hip-hop is accessible globally, that doesn't make it good. But people can always find a way to hear good music. I can't tell you the number of places I've gone where they know my show, through the Internet or their friends making tapes or whatever. It's just about good music. If people want to listen to Jay-Z, they can. If people want to listen to my show, they can. Everybody has choices and nobody has to listen to anything they don't want to.”

50 Cent stepping to Pac in a battle would be more dumb than when Cannibus tried to knock off LL Cool J 'cause at least he had some talent, new rappers coming out shouldn't battle veteran mcs, I don't think 50 Cent would be that stupid to battle Pac 'cause he ain't dissin' Will Smith or KRS-ONE even though he disses a lot of mcs, he knows not to diss a real legend and Pac wouldn't waste time battlin' those wack rappers in the 1st place.

:word: The public doesn't know any better so you can't really blame them, I realise that after I think about it 'cause it ain't there fault that they only want to listen to what's advertised, instead of searching for something else that isn't advertised, I think these independent artists are very talented and if they had the same promotion as 50 cent they'd have successful careers but major labels don't sign them and sign only ones that sound like 50 cent 'cause that's the majority of what they hear on the radio so they rap like him, 10-15 years ago you'd have all kinds of different styles on a major label but since "The Chronic" came out, gangsta rappers became the majority signed on major labels, there's 1000 50 cents and eminem for every Will Smith and LL Cool J on major labels now, the problem would be fixed if there was more variety out there.

I also find it kinda disturbing too that black radio hasn't supported Will as much as they should've who's been a positive role model for blacks and embraced gangsta rappers like 50 Cent that set a bad example, we can blame the people all we want but I think the media should be blamed too, if they played more positive rap on black radio, maybe 50 Cent and Eminem would sell less and Will Smith and De La Soul would sell more.

Well those pics don't show everyone that's scheduled for performing so it's still a possibility that JJFP are performing there.

:word: This ain't nothin' new really, most of the people who buy albums are white, that's been like that ever since hip-hop crossed over, whether it's gangsta, conscious, mainstream, or underground hip-hop, hip-hop is universal, if only black people bought hip-hop albums it wouldn't be popular anymore, but the point is how many blacks have sold out from buying the rap about their culture where they could learn something and just buy the ignorant fake gangsta crap that makes them ignorant like Tim just said, which I find kinda disturbing myself.