Friday, April 18, 2003

While fans are anticipating the Jamie Kennedy spoof, Malibu's Most Wanted, the soundtrack is set to realese on April 15. The soundtrack features new songs from such popular rappers as Snoop Dogg, Dirty, 702, Mr. Cheeks, Master P, David Banner, 504 Boyz, Pastor Troy and others. Here's the track listing to Malibu's Most Wanted Soundtrack:
Girls, Girls - Snoop Dogg feat E. White, Delano & B-Rad
I Told Ya - Granddaddy Souf
Most Wanted In Malibu - Baby Jaymes & B-Rad
Chug-A-Lug - Pastor Troy
Really Don't Wanna Go - David Banner featuring Mr. Marcus & B-Flat
Crush On You - Mr. Cheeks featuring Mario Winans
Blah, Blah, Blah, Blah - 702
In Here Ta Nite - Rated R
That's Dirty - Dirty featuring Mannie Fresh
Play That Funky Music (White Boy) - Hi-C, Big Steele, Drop, Young Dre, & Mr. Kane
I Want You Girl - Butch Cassidy
California - Akia featuring Kareem Osbourne
Choppa Style - Choppa featuring Master P
Get Back - 504 Boyz
With the mastery of the music, clothing, and food businesses under his belt, it looks like P. Diddy wants to try his hand in a new market. Diddy and Blue Fame Marketing & Advertising are currently looking for a publisher for a "P. Diddy" video game. The game would have fans be able to create their own entertainment conglomerate. The main character would have P Diddy's likeness plus feature exclusive new music made specifically for the game. "As Mr. Combs has experienced tremendous success in building his own conglomerate, we now want to offer video game users the opportunity to enjoy playing a game which they can enjoy and attempt to emulate his success," said Jameel Spencer, President/Partner of Blue Flame Marketing and Advertising, a division of Bad Boy Entertainment. "As we have experienced tremendous success with Sean John, Bad Boy Entertainment, Justin's Restaurant, and a variety of other initiatives, we are now looking to continue to broaden our reach. The line between the entertainment and marketing and advertising world has virtually disappeared, and this new game will have Sean "P. Diddy" Combs likeness in a top of the line video game, which will reach the ever elusive youth and urban markets." No word on if the game would be similar to a role-playing game like The Sims for PC or if it will be a game they want on consoles such as Playstation 2 or Xbox.
In what appears to be a tit-for-tat Hip-Hop cold war, Suge Knight continues to take shots at Snoop Dogg while Daz counters at Suge. In an apparent attempt to label Snoop a snitch, the opening page of Suge's website, currently features a mocking depiction of Snoop working with police officers. The caption reads "Beware of Snoop... watch out for Snoop's boys in blue." Meanwhile, Dogg Pound member and Snoop’s cousin Daz Dillinger, has his crosshairs set on Suge. Allegedly, Daz has some dirt to dish on Suge which will be depicted in the 45 minute movie, Tha Row Killa. In addition to the movie, Daz and the DPG crew will drop the album, Tha Row Killa on April 22, which features the diss song, "You Ain't Sh*t". Fans can go to the website and see screen shots from the movie and hear the new songs.
With the still ongoing case in the murder of Notorious B.I.G., the rapper's family is asking for the public’s help. Biggie’s Estate has recently launched a new website asking for tips to help find who’s responsible for Big’s murder and bring them to justice. The site also features the official documents in the lawsuit filed against the LAPD by Voletta Wallace, Faith Evans and Big's children. "On this website you can view a copy of the lawsuit filed on behalf of his heirs and estate," read the front page of the site. "If you have any information regarding his murder, or corruption within the L.A.P.D. which supports the allegations made in the lawsuit, report it by clicking the Report A Tip button to Securely pass along the information. We are interested in all information whether it supports the lawsuit or not, and you can leave the information anonymously if you so desire." There is still no word when this lawsuit will go to court.
Fans anticipating the release of Foxy Brown's new album, Ill Na Na 2: The Fever, will wait a little longer. Apparently, on Wednesday's showing of The Wendy Williams Show in New York City, Foxy explained that her album has been shelved. This basically means her new album was pushed back indefinitely. She admitted to Wendy Williams that her album was supposed to drop in May, but that Def Jam/Bad Boy Records, who are 50/50 owners of her contract, have shelved the project because Foxy and P. Diddy could not agree on the contractual terms. In addition to that, Foxy let it all out about her relationship with many other rappers. Including P. Diddy, Eve, Kurupt, Jay-Z, Nas, and a host of others life experiences ranging from her miscarriage to who took her virginity. Listen to the Wendy Williams interview in two parts. Part1 Part 2 These clips are courtesy of the SoHH.com

Friday, April 11, 2003

New York morning DJ, Star of Hot 97 was recently suspended for unknown reasons. Barry Mayo, Senior VP and Marketing Manager of Hot 97's parent company Emmis Communications said that while the show didn't have that many rules, Star "broke a huge one." Sources say, Star was suspended for negative comments made against radio station advertisers. Star has been temporarily replaced by Cam'ron & The Diplomats alongside the normal morning crew. But this is not the first time Star has been suspended. Shortly after Aaliyah's death in 2001, Star made jokes about the plane crash. He later apologized to Aaliyah's boyfriend, her family and her fans.

Thursday, April 10, 2003

I live on long island, in NY. I am not too far from NYC. Because of all this I have the chance to listen to the best hip-hop radio station in the world. While I am still waiting for them to get streaming audio, I can show you a little about the crew at HOT 97.1. You check out all there DJ’s here. Now I will tell you why I love this station. First in the morning I listen to Star and Buc Wild, who may I say are the most offensive, loudmouth, and hilarious DJs that I know of. Then I like to listen to the Funk Flex, or Funk Master Flex (as if you couldn’t figure that one out), because of his selection. He like to do live mixing and scratching and always plays the hottest beats.
Since Def Jam is definitely one of my favorite record labels, I want to give you a little update about some of the stuff the label is doing. Keith Murray is coming out with a new album called He’s Keith Murray. You can check out the video for his new album here. Joe Budden an up and coming MC has realesed a new single called “Pump it Up.” You can hear it here. DMX has been making yet another movie, you can check out the trailer to his new movie “Cradle to the Grave” here.
Just an update about the Ras Kass story I posted awhile ago. Yes that’s right folks; Ras Kass is still on the run and fighting strong. Ras Kass has made a petition on his own website and now wants to produce T-shirts in the theme of free Ras Kass. The petition is to free Ras Kass from his existing Record deal. There has been over 1,500 signitures in just only three weeks. So hopefully Ras Kass will be able to pull a L.O.X. and get out of there recording contract to sign with a different label.

Friday, April 04, 2003

The Chapelle Show is one of the funniest shows I have ever seen, next to South Park. Dave isn’t afraid to touch on any issues, even being handicap or racist. But back to the point, Chapelle Show features one Hip-Hopper or Rapper per episode. This includes Fat Joe, Mos Def, Talib, and Busta Ryhmes. Of course there are many Hip-Hop parodys, Such as Redman’s Potty Freshener and Wu-Tang Financial. Check out some of the other clips from the show Here. My favorite is Tyrone’s intervention.