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DMX Back 'Again' With New Album By Jonathan Cohen, N.Y. Rapper DMX will return late next month with a new studio album, "Here We Go Again." Due June 28 via Ruff Ryders/Def Jam, the set is led by the single "Give Em What They Want," which recently premiered on AOL Music. A video for the cut was shot last week in Miami. Although the track list for "Here We Go Again" is still under wraps, DMX has teamed with in-demand producer Scott Storch as well as longtime collaborators Swizz Beatz and P.K. The set is the follow-up to 2003's "Grand Champ," which debuted at No. 1 on The Billboard 200 and has sold 1.15 million copies in the United States, according to Nielsen SoundScan. Of late, DMX (real name: Earl Simmons) has been in the news as much for his brushes with the law as for his music. Last month, he was arrested after the car he was driving struck another vehicle on New York's Major Deegan Expressway, causing the second car to then hit an unmarked police cruiser. In June 2004, he was taken into custody for driving his car into a gate at JFK Airport and telling the parking lot attendant he was a federal agent. He pleaded guilty in that case and received a conditional discharge, meaning that future violations could result in jail time.

I don't know if "Lost and Found"'ll win a Grammy but if it gets nominated it'd be a huge accomplishment for an ol' school rapper 'cause LL Cool J getting 2 nominations last year was huge considering how lil' success KRS-ONE, Public Enemy, and De La Soul have had, it's a shame that never won a Grammy at all in their careers. :mad: Maybe 30 years from now they'll get their 1st with lifetime achievement awards.

Thanks Tim! :wiggle:

Well I don't think Nas doing an album with Will would be a good idea, but they could do one powerful song together, think "The Rain" meets "One Mic" type song, which would be ranked right up there with "The Message" as the deepest hip-hop song ever made and that would be good enough for me, overall though I think Will doing an album with anyone wouldn't be a good idea 'cause we all have diff. tastes, new school fans might not like it if JJFP, Chuck D, and Slick Rick did an album together, and ol' school heads might not like JJFP, Kanye West, and Ludacris doing an album together, collaborating on songs are good enough on the most part, but doing an album together would be a risk.

Hell yeah! FP's got one of the strongest catalogs in hip-hop history. :yeahthat:

I doubt that he will 'cause he's on an independant label, I wish mcs like KRS-ONE and Hieroglyphics could get airplay, speaking of KRS, I think it'd be hot if Kel Spencer collaborates on KRS-ONE's next album, I'm surprised he didn't mention KRS-ONE as one of his favorite rappers, that guy's representing the essence of hip-hop the best.

I think a collabo with Nas would be hot, Nas proved he could hold his own collaborating with legends, he did tracks with Run-DMC, Rakim, Doug E. Fresh, and Slick Rick before that came out hot so doing a track with JJFP would be dope too, he's a proven vet and "Illmatic" is one of the best albums ever made in hip-hop period, even LL said that Nas is a younger version of him, if LL, Nas, and JJFP did a song together that'd be the greatest rap song ever made!

:word: Shaq's got a great heart, that's dope of him to do that, it's unfortunate that Mikan had to die broke after all he's done for the NBA, he deserved better healthcare, that's sad that he had to sell his basketball memorabilia just to pay for his medical bills.

Great job there, u definately got skill! :1-say-yes:

Thanks for posting that, it was a good read but I find it distubing that the person says that he's sounding like Eminem on "Tell Me Why".

Nuff props Jim, I'm downloading it now! :dj:

Well his focus in music has been pretty strong I'd say, it'll be interesting to see what he does on his next album, there's no doubt that he's gonna keep on rhyming, he said it himself many times that he plans to still rap when he's 60 years old, I'd rather hear him doing a collabo on a song/album with Queen Latifah rather than co-starring in a movie with her, but it's all good though. I found an interview with LL a couple years ago on yahoo where he gives props to FP: "LAUNCH: Another amazing example is Will Smith, who came from hip-hop and ended up getting an Oscar nomination. People give Will a hard time, but if you look at his evolution, it's pretty amazing. LL: I think that Will is a tremendous artist. I have a lot of respect for him. I reached out to him to do a record with me. I think that, more importantly, the rap community as a whole needs to take a look at what he's accomplished as a man. There's a lot of examples to be taken from that. And I think that he represents something good in this music, 'cause he's shown that you can do anything coming from this music. I mean, he's a DJ, rapping, he has own interpretation. I respect Will for what he does. Bottom line, I stand by him for what he's accomplished and for what he's doing. I'm not going to listen to anyone who's trying to take potshots at his image just because he makes music that isn't necessarily violent or negative or gangster or whatever you want to call it, 'cause I don't think that's real, and coming from where I'm come from in rap music, I know it got nothing to do with being a real rapper. What you rap about it is what you rap about, but that doesn't mean you have skills. You can have skills and talk about a lot of different things, a myriad of things--some people do gangster records that have a lot of skills, some people that do gangster records don't have a lot of skills. Those skills can be applied to anything. A great guitar player can play a lot of different type of licks. The skill is still there, it's just the kind of music they play. So that's the way I look at it."

KRS-ONE "Return Of Da Boombap", the whole album, '93 classic! :jazzy:

Sure the production on "Lost and Found" is not as dope as it was on "Willenium" but I'd say that "Lost and Found" is his most personal album he's ever made, "Tell Me Why" nearly made me wanna cry the 1st time I heard it, he's also as aggressive on the mic with his lyricism as he was when he came out and for that I'd say that's why it's his best album since "Big Willie Style" and possibly the best album released in hip-hop this decade.

Didn't LL have a movie come called "The Mindhunters" come out a couple weeks ago? I think he's been more focused with his movie career lately 'cause I just saw at imdb.com that he has 3 more movies scheduled to come out in the next year.

Hey Kel Spencer has something in common with Rakim, Rakim used to play football in school too!

LL has had 10 consective platinum albums, that's even more consistant than Will even though none of his albums sold as much as "Big Willie Style", "The Defintion" probably went platinum worldwide 'cause "Hush" and "Headsprung" were big international hits, it'd been nice if he released another single though 'cause "The Definition" had a lot of dope tracks on it, anyway nuff props for posting this! :dj:

I see the video starting to get more airplay now on BET, I think it even made 106 & Park a few times this week too.

The NBA Finals Game One will be in San Antonio since the Spurs won last night so JJFP will be performing there.

Rakim "It's Been A Long Time"

"SCOTTSDALE, Ariz. -- George Mikan, professional basketball's first dominant big man who led the Minneapolis Lakers to five NBA championships, has died, family members said Thursday. He was 80. Six-foot-10 with thick glasses, Mikan was so effective as a center at DePaul that he forced the NCAA to adopt the goaltending rule. Mikan had suffered from diabetes and kidney failure. One leg was amputated several years ago, and he recently was hospitalized for six weeks for treatment of a diabetes wound in the other leg. He also underwent kidney dialysis three days a week. Last Saturday, he was moved from the hospital to a rehabilitation center, his son, Terry, said. He died Wednesday night, according to family members. Mikan's Lakers won five of the first six NBA titles after the league was formed in 1948. He averaged 23.1 points per game in seven seasons with Minneapolis before retiring because of injuries in 1956. Mikan was the league's MVP in its inaugural 1948-49 season, when he averaged 28.3 points in leading the Lakers to the NBA title. A statue was erected in honor of the NBA Hall of Famer outside the Target Center in Minneapolis. In recent years, Mikan has spoke out against the small pensions given to those who played in the league before 1965. Terry Mikan said most of his father's awards and memorabilia had been sold. Mikan received a monthly pension check of $1,000, his son said. AP NEWS"

I could help write a song for someone that wants to record so don't hesitate to holla at me through a pm if y'all need help, just as long as I get credit!

Didn't Will do a song with Kanye that missed making the cut "Lost and Found" and didn't Common do a song with Will that missed the cut on "Willenium"?

Aight man I was wrong, he surpised me but he still didn't release them yet, I'm looking forward to see how he does, hopefully he could get some recognition, maybe he'll release an album better than Snoop ever made, who knows, but Snoop's cool man, he's been making hits for over 10 years now, Will gave him props in the Blender interview, plus he collaborated with Will on "Pump Ya Brakes" so I wouldn't diss Snoop so hard even if I didn't like gangsta rap at all, that's right "Pump Ya Brakes"! I write a lot of songs too that I didn't release yet so I shouldn't say that I'm better than Eminem 'cause he's an established artist, even though I don't like much of his music, I acknowledge that, so I wouldn't even diss him, 'cause as a new artist I'm just trying to make my mark and not worry what everyone else does.

Well Will working with Chuck D is a real possibility 'cause PE and JJFP go way back and Mistachuck always defends Will at college lectures whenever he gets criticised, there was supposed to be a Charlie Mack legends tour last month, maybe it's gonna be rescheduled until the PE album comes out in August, having a Charlie Mack hip-hop legends tour and album would be huge for ol' school mcs to get some shine again, I'd call Chuck D one of the top JJFP potnas, it's a shock they never collaborated yet, although they toured for 5 years together, and after Will hears me give him props on one of my big hits in a couple of years then he'll wanna work with me too. :smart: Well if I never make it, Will working with an up and coming younger mc like Bow Wow wouldn't be a bad move either, I think that doing dope collabos could keep Will more motivated to keep on recording! :jazzy: