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Wow those are aggressive verses there, you don't need a third verse, it's hot already! :thumb:

I'd love to hear a new Fugees album too, I don't know about Dr. Dre though, anyways I'm also hoping Public Enemy and KRS-ONE release albums this year as well, KRS is on tour right now and is probably making some new material for his 14th LP, and Public Enemy's going on the Charlie Mack tour this summer, maybe JJFP are gonna go with them too, this could be the best year in hip-hop in a long time, I think "Lost and Found" along makes this a great year already, I'm gonna try to get me a ticket if they hit up 'Jersey. :dancingcool:

"Defense Attorney Johnnie Cochran Jr. Dies U.S. National - AP By LINDA DEUTSCH, AP Special Correspondent LOS ANGELES - Johnnie L. Cochran Jr., who was diagnosed with an inoperable brain tumor in December 2003, died Tuesday at his home in the Los Feliz area of Los Angeles. He was 67. AP Photo AFP Slideshow: Famed Lawyer Johnnie Cochran Dead at 67 Cochran's legal career representing both victims of police abuse and celebrities in peril converged under the media glare when he successfully defended O.J. Simpson from murder charges. With his gift for courtroom oratory, Cochran became known for championing the causes of black defendants and for the iconic phrase, "If it doesn't fit, you must acquit," in Simpson's murder trial. "He was a brilliant strategist who never lost touch with the common man," said Sanford Rubinstein, a former colleague. "He took particular pride in standing up with those who were wrongfully treated. He truly loved people and the public adored him." While Cochran represented celebrities who included professional football players and rappers, he also stuck up for — as one colleague put it — the "common man." Cochran represented a Haitian immigrant tortured by New York police, a 19-year-old black woman who was shot a dozen times by police as she sat in a locked car and a white trucker who was videotaped being beaten by a mob during the 1992 Los Angeles riots. He proudly displayed copies in his office of the multimillion-dollar checks he won for ordinary citizens who said they were abused by police. "The clients I've cared about the most are the No Js, the ones who nobody knows," he once said. Over the years, Cochran represented football great Jim Brown on rape and assault charges, actor Todd Bridges on attempted murder charges, rappers Tupac Shakur on a weapons charge, Snoop Dogg on a murder charge and Sean "P. Diddy" Combs on gun and bribery charges stemming from a nightclub shooting. Cochran used the "if it doesn't fit" phrase in his closing argument at the Simpson trial, describing the moment when the former football player tried on bloodstained "murder gloves" to show jurors they did not fit. One glove was found at the murder scene; the defense said the other glove was planted at Simpson's home by racist police. Jurors found Simpson not guilty of the 1994 slayings of his ex-wife Nicole Brown Simpson and her friend Ronald Goldman. "I've got to say, I don't think I'd be home today without Johnnie," Simpson said Tuesday by telephone from Florida. "I always tell people, if your kids or your loved ones got in trouble, you would want Johnnie. Even his adversaries respected him." After Simpson's acquittal, Cochran appeared on countless TV talk shows, was awarded his own show on cable's Court TV, traveled the world giving speeches, and was parodied in films and on such TV shows as "Seinfeld" and "South Park." In other cases, Cochran also represented former Black Panther Elmer "Geronimo" Pratt, who spent 27 years in prison for a murder he didn't commit. When Cochran helped Pratt win his freedom in 1997 he called the moment "the happiest day of my life practicing law." He won a $760,000 award in a wrongful death lawsuit filed by the family of Ron Settles, a black college football star who died in police custody in 1981. Cochran challenged police claims that Settles hanged himself in jail after a speeding arrest. The player's body was exhumed and an autopsy revealed that Settles had been choked. His clients included the family of Tyisha Miller, a 19-year-old black woman shot to death by Riverside police who said she reached for a gun on her lap when they broke her car window in an effort to disarm her. "He was an inspiration to many, many young lawyers," said Harvard Law School professor Alan Dershowitz, a colleague on the Simpson case. "It's a sad, sad day." Cochran was born Oct. 2, 1937, in Shreveport, La., the great-grandson of slaves, grandson of a sharecropper and son of an insurance salesman. He came to Los Angeles with his family in 1949, and became one of two dozen black students integrated into Los Angeles High School in the 1950s. His skills as an attorney took shape as a child. He loved to argue, and in high school he excelled in debate. He came to idolize Thurgood Marshall, who would eventually become the Supreme Court's first black justice. After graduating from UCLA, Cochran earned a law degree from Loyola Law School in Los Angeles. He spent two years in the Los Angeles city attorney's office before establishing his own practice, later building his firm into a personal injury giant with more than 100 lawyers and offices around the country. Although he frequently took police departments on in court, Cochran denied being anti-police and supported the decision of his only son, Jonathan, to join the California Highway Patrol."

FP "Lost and Found", this is hip-hop! :ali:

I got the poster on my wall already, this man is my hero, he just keeps on getting better and better, on this album he sounds like he's still a young mc making a demo to get signed, if I could have half the desire he has in my life, I'd be a happy man. :ridepony:

Maybe an extended version will be released on a B-side soon, the track's short and sweet and to the point so maybe he felt it wasn't necessary to release but I see that verse is deep too, I think all the unreleased tracks from this album should come out one day, it'd be interesting for us to see what didn't make the album, anyway this lyrics page is awesome, the pics look fly and the lyrics are legendary, what more could a JJFP ask for, except havin' Jeff included in one of the pics, but it's all good though. :peace:

I don't expect it to top "Lost and Found" but I expect it to a hip-hop album worth buying and listening to, I had "Like Water For Chocolate" for about 5 years now and I still love it, Common is a dope mc, I definately look forward to gettin' it this summer, I think it'd be awesome if FP and Common collabed one day too. :kool:

:werd: He's talks about being more of a positive role model for kids now, he said he quit 'cause he didn't want his kids doing it.

JJFP Performance "Switch" on NBC

I'd went if I coulda but my money's tight right now and an hour drive back and forth would burn a lot of gas for me, I gotta get a job by the time the tour starts! :kekeke: btw, the show's about to begin now! :ali:

Another classic edition to one of the deepest catalogs in hip-hop history. :afro:

This track is awesome I got a lot of respect for Snoop too, so this is a dream collab come true for me and is off da hook! :afro:

FP and Mary J. Blidge "Tell Me Why", I can't say how much I love this song, it's incredibly deep! :peace:

"Tell Me Why" is on a higher level than anything else, 'cause it's one of the deepest songs in hip-hop history, I got this song on repeat right now but every track has incredible energy! :ridepony:

Oh well I can't complain 'cause this day has been memorable enough for me, buying this hip-hop classic album makes me "Feel good" like James Brown. :wiggle:

This is arguably one of the most deepest songs ever in hip-hop history, when I heard this song, I felt such an emotion when I heard this the 1st time, awesome chemistry between FP and Mary J., this is James Brown and Aretha Franklin type of soul, if they heard this song they would feel proud to know that this high level soul music is still alive. :peace: :bowdown:

Hell yeah, this album is sick, I'm gonna be bumpin' this album everywhere I go around the 'Jersey shore, I'm letting everyone I know about it, this is a classic! :peace: This is gonna shut up those haters that say FP's washed up. :poke: This is arguably the best hip-hop album I heard over the last few years and I listen to all levels of hip-hop, but this is the epitomy. :peace:

I missed it too, I was buying the album when it aired, I hope they repeat it.

Ass is a curse? :poke: :cwm:

FP "Party Starter" off "Lost and Found" the hip-hop classic album, I've been listening to this album non-stop since I bought it! :ali:

Wow what a week, we get "Lost and Found", Queen Latifah's got a new movie, and I wanna check Faith Evans album too, if I had the money for all that I'd support all them this week, but right now the focus is on "Lost and Found" for me, but I will check out Letterman though thanks! :thumb:

Take your time and try to write what you feel about your life and the world, how u view it, basically the same thing that willjadafan suggested, she basically said it all there. There's so many things you can write a song about, but it's gotta be something that's relevant to you, btw I've been excited about this "Lost and Found" album comin' so I decided to write a song about JJFP and I'm gonna post it up when I get a chance.

I like the change you made on the last verse, it flows well now, peeps are gonna feel it, at least the ones that respect how u feel! :kool:

This forum's packed right now, let's chat y'all! :ridepony:

That's a nice song writing about your experiences, living and learning through everything in our lives makes us smarter and helps us come up with strong lyrics if we choose to, good job, I enjoyed reading that.