Friday, May 16, 2008
Lil Wayne - Blender Magazine Interview
Hot Beats Recording Studios sits on the southwest side of Atlanta, tucked into a desolate stretch of road where every third streetlamp is burnt out. The building is stubby and drab: its facade gray concrete, its windows opaque. If it weren’t for the tour bus idling in the parking lot, the gaggle of luxury SUVs and the XXXL-size sentries keeping watch, you could mistake the place for an auto-parts wholesaler fallen into disuse. When Lil Wayne is in town, this is where he spends his evenings (and dead-of-nights, and early mornings). “They let me come in whenever,” he says. “And that works, ’cause I’m a man who doesn’t keep a regular schedule.”
These days, the New Orleans–born rapper, 25, splits his time between Atlanta, Miami and the road. He says he spends about 200 days a year on his tour bus. “I don’t have a home,” he notes. He’s wearing pristine high-tops, distressed designer jeans and a tight black T-shirt; and he’s clasping a Styrofoam cup full of promethazine-codeine cough syrup (one accessory he’s never without). “It’s supposed to make you sleepy,” he explains. “But I must have one badass immune system, because it just keeps me going. You’d think it was cocaine.”
The stuff works for him. Wayne has been known to record upward of a dozen songs in a single night, and his vast catalogue of straight-to-the-Net mix tapes—breathtaking, free-associative dispatches from a dimension where the typical rules of hip-hop no longer apply—is evidence of his frenzied output. Tonight, though, he’s concentrating on the biggest release of his career—Tha Carter III—which will prove whether or not Wayne can translate the unhinged genius of his mix tapes into an actual, honest-to-God album.
Well, he’d like to be concentrating on the LP, but first there’s the matter of your questions. Is he ready for the third degree? “Let’s go, man,” he says, grinning. “I’ve had to deal with worse.”
You call yourself the Greatest Rapper Alive. Prove it: Can you make up a rhyme on the spot using the words doughnuts, koala and Conan O’Brien?
SufferFools, Modesto, CA
Whoever asked that is just as crazy as me. [Thinks quietly for a half-minute.] OK, I got you. Like a car, I drive your ho crazy/In circles, like doughnuts/I drive your ho nuts/That’s the truth, you know I ain’t lyin’,/You can ask Conan O’Brien/And I’ve never seen a motherfuckin’ koala/But if I seen one, I’m gon’ holla! I don’t even know what a koala is, man. It could be sitting right there and I wouldn’t know it.
You play a mean electric guitar. What’s your favorite rock band?
Mincemeat, Newark, NJ
Nirvana. I been into them since “Teen Spirit.” There used to be this video-request station called the Box, and some motherfucker must have loved Nirvana, ’cause that video was always on. I loved it—everyone was throwing everyone else around, and all the girls looked like they were ready to do whatever. When Kurt Cobain killed himself, I was like, Damn. Other niggas were like, Who? Back then, if you knew some rock shit and your homey didn’t, that was the shit. Like, Nigga, you don’t know that? [Sings the “Smells Like Teen Spirit” riff.] They’d be like, He a different type of nigga.
Your mother was a professional chef. What’s the best meal she ever made you?
Roleyjay99, Manchester, NH
My favorite was potatoes and smoked sausage. By the time she came home from work, she done cooked 30 meals, so it was the quickest thing she could make. But she cooked it better than it could ever taste in the world.
At 16, you were touring arenas across the country with Cash Money. What was your single most-rock-star moment?
Phillip Ng, Dayton, OH
I was in Texas on some big-ass tour. At the beginning of every show, all the Hot Boys—me, B.G., Juvenile and Turk—we had this helicopter set in the middle of the arena; we’d climb in, and the helicopter would take off and bring us to the stage. Everyone would start screaming. We in the middle of the crowd, going up, and we’d throw money down as we flew. When we land, fire and sparks go off. The Big Tymers would come out through a giant Rolex and pour Cristal on people from these giant Cristal bottles; we came out in a helicopter. Whoo! My heart was in the bottom of my insoles. Crazy.
What drug will you never do again?
Freak_leak, Yakima, WA
I don’t do too many; I just smoke weed and drink sip. But I’ll never fuck with no more coke. It’s not about a bad high, it’s just about the acne: Cocaine makes your face break out, and I’m a pretty boy.
50 Cent has called you a “whore” repeatedly. Where is your comeback rhyme already?
Endlesslurve, Phoenix
Man, I have to call him and say thank you. He’s catapulted me. Nigga, white people know me now! Thank you! Diss rhyme? Fuck no! That nigga thrives off that. I am not feeding that tiger. I’m smart. Do you see his size? I’m small. I saw a YouTube video of this dude playing a concert; somebody threw water on him—he took off his hat, went in the crowd, grabbed that nigga and boom! I was like, This nigga’s the hardest nigga on planet Earth. So, no, I’m not dissing 50. And I’m not throwing water on him, neither.
Between the hundreds of rhymes you’ve recorded in the past few years, how do you remember them all?
ptinykiks, Abilene, TX
I don’t. Before I play a show, I need to sit with a CD player and remind myself.
You’ve said you want to retire and become a French hip-hop star. What dirty French words do you know?
Planter_6, Middletown, CT
Uh, ménage à trois? Man, I don’t know when I said that. I be saying all kinds of shit, ’cause I be wanting to do all kinds of shit. I be high, y’all.
You’ve been linked to Karrine “Superhead” Steffans and Trina. What is it about you and bad girls?
M_stein, Baldwinsville, NY
[Sings.] Bad girls, bad girls, whatcha gon’ do/Whatcha gon’ do when they come for you? Seriously, what you gonna do? I like to live on the edge.
Your daughter, Reginae, is 10 now. What’s a day like when you’re on dad duty?
fringemop, Hudson, NY
That’s it: I’m on duty. I gotta do whatever the little general tells me to do. She wake up super earlier than me, so all kinds of shit will have happened by the time I get up: Something might be burning on the stove, because she thinks she can cook. So then I take her out to eat. She likes steaks. I usually have studio time, but she has her own little area at the studio where she can sit on a computer. She plays a game called Millsberry—it’s like The Sims. Then she’ll disappear, and we’ll hit the call button. She’ll be way over in studio E with Celine Dion or Shakira, walking around with no shoes on. I’m like, You don’t know them people! And then we have to go to the mall. She’s always in the phone store, looking for the new case with, like, diamonds on it. I always gotta go to the bank before I go to the mall with her. Ain’t no thousand dollars in the pocket gonna cut it.
You’ve been arrested three times in the last six months. What’s the secret to
surviving a weekend in jail?
hellsrells145, Passaic, NJ
It’s just like you living in a bad apartment. That’s how I look at it: Here we go. Fuck. Somebody gon’ fuck with you, but ignoring a nigga is cool. You getting out of there in a few days. That nigga just trying to make your stay longer. One tip is: If you only gonna be in there a few days, even if it’s a whole week, don’t eat. Who wanna shit in front of anyone? Everyone gonna smell you. Some niggas in there don’t care, but me, I’m a hygienical nigga. You gotta hold that in.
Excluding yourself, who’s in your Top 5 list of all-time greatest MCs?
Slingbangj, Montreal
In no particular order: Biggie, Pac, Jay-Z, Scarface and Cee-Lo Green. Actually, no, make it Bun B instead of 2Pac. I can’t front: I was never into Pac. I always listen to Bun, though. That man taught me how to rap.
Who do you want to take the White House?
candida.efrom, Detroit
Barack, I guess, but I can’t make a real opinion. I ain’t watching no debates. I just want my people to understand that Hillary and Barack are not running for president—they running to be able to run for president. There’s a Republican party, too—we ain’t about to win, fool! A woman or a black man versus an old white dude? Fuck no! They gonna be like, This black-ass nigga trying to come in my Oval Office? Fuuuuck no. The world about to end in 2012 anyway. ’Cause the Mayans made calendars, and they stop at 2012. I got encyclopedias on the bus. The world is gonna end as we know it. You can see it already. A planet doesn’t exist: There’s no more Pluto. Planes are flying into buildings—and not just the Twin Towers, but dudes who play baseball are flying planes into buildings. Mosquitoes bite you and you die. And a black man and a woman are running for president!
Your friend Pimp C died from a codeine-cough-syrup overdose. Are you afraid that stuff is going to kill you too?
majooly, West Palm Beach, FL
I’m never afraid to die, ’cause I could walk out this bitch and a lamp could fall on my head. A mosquito could bite me! I was shot when I was 12, and I had to get blood transfusions, so I have to get tested for HIV every six months ’cause I got different blood in me. I could die that way. I get migraines real bad on the left side of my head. When I blow my snot, my doctor was like, “What color’s the mucus?” I checked, and the mucus came out red from the left nostril. They said I needed an MRI, but I can’t get into a magnetic field, because I have metal fragments in my chest from when I got shot. We can never figure out what’s wrong with me. So I don’t be tripping. I be pouring it up.
These days, the New Orleans–born rapper, 25, splits his time between Atlanta, Miami and the road. He says he spends about 200 days a year on his tour bus. “I don’t have a home,” he notes. He’s wearing pristine high-tops, distressed designer jeans and a tight black T-shirt; and he’s clasping a Styrofoam cup full of promethazine-codeine cough syrup (one accessory he’s never without). “It’s supposed to make you sleepy,” he explains. “But I must have one badass immune system, because it just keeps me going. You’d think it was cocaine.”
The stuff works for him. Wayne has been known to record upward of a dozen songs in a single night, and his vast catalogue of straight-to-the-Net mix tapes—breathtaking, free-associative dispatches from a dimension where the typical rules of hip-hop no longer apply—is evidence of his frenzied output. Tonight, though, he’s concentrating on the biggest release of his career—Tha Carter III—which will prove whether or not Wayne can translate the unhinged genius of his mix tapes into an actual, honest-to-God album.
Well, he’d like to be concentrating on the LP, but first there’s the matter of your questions. Is he ready for the third degree? “Let’s go, man,” he says, grinning. “I’ve had to deal with worse.”
You call yourself the Greatest Rapper Alive. Prove it: Can you make up a rhyme on the spot using the words doughnuts, koala and Conan O’Brien?
SufferFools, Modesto, CA
Whoever asked that is just as crazy as me. [Thinks quietly for a half-minute.] OK, I got you. Like a car, I drive your ho crazy/In circles, like doughnuts/I drive your ho nuts/That’s the truth, you know I ain’t lyin’,/You can ask Conan O’Brien/And I’ve never seen a motherfuckin’ koala/But if I seen one, I’m gon’ holla! I don’t even know what a koala is, man. It could be sitting right there and I wouldn’t know it.
You play a mean electric guitar. What’s your favorite rock band?
Mincemeat, Newark, NJ
Nirvana. I been into them since “Teen Spirit.” There used to be this video-request station called the Box, and some motherfucker must have loved Nirvana, ’cause that video was always on. I loved it—everyone was throwing everyone else around, and all the girls looked like they were ready to do whatever. When Kurt Cobain killed himself, I was like, Damn. Other niggas were like, Who? Back then, if you knew some rock shit and your homey didn’t, that was the shit. Like, Nigga, you don’t know that? [Sings the “Smells Like Teen Spirit” riff.] They’d be like, He a different type of nigga.
Your mother was a professional chef. What’s the best meal she ever made you?
Roleyjay99, Manchester, NH
My favorite was potatoes and smoked sausage. By the time she came home from work, she done cooked 30 meals, so it was the quickest thing she could make. But she cooked it better than it could ever taste in the world.
At 16, you were touring arenas across the country with Cash Money. What was your single most-rock-star moment?
Phillip Ng, Dayton, OH
I was in Texas on some big-ass tour. At the beginning of every show, all the Hot Boys—me, B.G., Juvenile and Turk—we had this helicopter set in the middle of the arena; we’d climb in, and the helicopter would take off and bring us to the stage. Everyone would start screaming. We in the middle of the crowd, going up, and we’d throw money down as we flew. When we land, fire and sparks go off. The Big Tymers would come out through a giant Rolex and pour Cristal on people from these giant Cristal bottles; we came out in a helicopter. Whoo! My heart was in the bottom of my insoles. Crazy.
What drug will you never do again?
Freak_leak, Yakima, WA
I don’t do too many; I just smoke weed and drink sip. But I’ll never fuck with no more coke. It’s not about a bad high, it’s just about the acne: Cocaine makes your face break out, and I’m a pretty boy.
50 Cent has called you a “whore” repeatedly. Where is your comeback rhyme already?
Endlesslurve, Phoenix
Man, I have to call him and say thank you. He’s catapulted me. Nigga, white people know me now! Thank you! Diss rhyme? Fuck no! That nigga thrives off that. I am not feeding that tiger. I’m smart. Do you see his size? I’m small. I saw a YouTube video of this dude playing a concert; somebody threw water on him—he took off his hat, went in the crowd, grabbed that nigga and boom! I was like, This nigga’s the hardest nigga on planet Earth. So, no, I’m not dissing 50. And I’m not throwing water on him, neither.
Between the hundreds of rhymes you’ve recorded in the past few years, how do you remember them all?
ptinykiks, Abilene, TX
I don’t. Before I play a show, I need to sit with a CD player and remind myself.
You’ve said you want to retire and become a French hip-hop star. What dirty French words do you know?
Planter_6, Middletown, CT
Uh, ménage à trois? Man, I don’t know when I said that. I be saying all kinds of shit, ’cause I be wanting to do all kinds of shit. I be high, y’all.
You’ve been linked to Karrine “Superhead” Steffans and Trina. What is it about you and bad girls?
M_stein, Baldwinsville, NY
[Sings.] Bad girls, bad girls, whatcha gon’ do/Whatcha gon’ do when they come for you? Seriously, what you gonna do? I like to live on the edge.
Your daughter, Reginae, is 10 now. What’s a day like when you’re on dad duty?
fringemop, Hudson, NY
That’s it: I’m on duty. I gotta do whatever the little general tells me to do. She wake up super earlier than me, so all kinds of shit will have happened by the time I get up: Something might be burning on the stove, because she thinks she can cook. So then I take her out to eat. She likes steaks. I usually have studio time, but she has her own little area at the studio where she can sit on a computer. She plays a game called Millsberry—it’s like The Sims. Then she’ll disappear, and we’ll hit the call button. She’ll be way over in studio E with Celine Dion or Shakira, walking around with no shoes on. I’m like, You don’t know them people! And then we have to go to the mall. She’s always in the phone store, looking for the new case with, like, diamonds on it. I always gotta go to the bank before I go to the mall with her. Ain’t no thousand dollars in the pocket gonna cut it.
You’ve been arrested three times in the last six months. What’s the secret to
surviving a weekend in jail?
hellsrells145, Passaic, NJ
It’s just like you living in a bad apartment. That’s how I look at it: Here we go. Fuck. Somebody gon’ fuck with you, but ignoring a nigga is cool. You getting out of there in a few days. That nigga just trying to make your stay longer. One tip is: If you only gonna be in there a few days, even if it’s a whole week, don’t eat. Who wanna shit in front of anyone? Everyone gonna smell you. Some niggas in there don’t care, but me, I’m a hygienical nigga. You gotta hold that in.
Excluding yourself, who’s in your Top 5 list of all-time greatest MCs?
Slingbangj, Montreal
In no particular order: Biggie, Pac, Jay-Z, Scarface and Cee-Lo Green. Actually, no, make it Bun B instead of 2Pac. I can’t front: I was never into Pac. I always listen to Bun, though. That man taught me how to rap.
Who do you want to take the White House?
candida.efrom, Detroit
Barack, I guess, but I can’t make a real opinion. I ain’t watching no debates. I just want my people to understand that Hillary and Barack are not running for president—they running to be able to run for president. There’s a Republican party, too—we ain’t about to win, fool! A woman or a black man versus an old white dude? Fuck no! They gonna be like, This black-ass nigga trying to come in my Oval Office? Fuuuuck no. The world about to end in 2012 anyway. ’Cause the Mayans made calendars, and they stop at 2012. I got encyclopedias on the bus. The world is gonna end as we know it. You can see it already. A planet doesn’t exist: There’s no more Pluto. Planes are flying into buildings—and not just the Twin Towers, but dudes who play baseball are flying planes into buildings. Mosquitoes bite you and you die. And a black man and a woman are running for president!
Your friend Pimp C died from a codeine-cough-syrup overdose. Are you afraid that stuff is going to kill you too?
majooly, West Palm Beach, FL
I’m never afraid to die, ’cause I could walk out this bitch and a lamp could fall on my head. A mosquito could bite me! I was shot when I was 12, and I had to get blood transfusions, so I have to get tested for HIV every six months ’cause I got different blood in me. I could die that way. I get migraines real bad on the left side of my head. When I blow my snot, my doctor was like, “What color’s the mucus?” I checked, and the mucus came out red from the left nostril. They said I needed an MRI, but I can’t get into a magnetic field, because I have metal fragments in my chest from when I got shot. We can never figure out what’s wrong with me. So I don’t be tripping. I be pouring it up.
Race Becomes A Major Issue For R.Kelly’s Jury Selection
Jury selection was completed at R.Kelly’s child pornography trial Thursday amid contentious exchanges between prosecutors and defense attorneys, who accused each other of trying to stack the panel along racial lines.
The jury consists of eight whites and four blacks. The four alternates are two blacks, one Hispanic and one white. Defense attorneys objected several times as prosecutors used challenges to have blacks dismissed from the jury pool.
Source: NYDailyNews
The jury consists of eight whites and four blacks. The four alternates are two blacks, one Hispanic and one white. Defense attorneys objected several times as prosecutors used challenges to have blacks dismissed from the jury pool.
Source: NYDailyNews
Thursday, May 8, 2008
The Makings of an Album
I recently finished work on a record I wanted to call an album. As I dove into the projects my original vision for the record became more and more skewed bar by bar, hook by hook. Making an album is expensive, you have to pay studio time, production, mixing, and engineering. The pay off isn't guaranteed, and your not even sure people are going to respond to the record. I put 100% of what I was going through at the time into the record. It will be released worldwide through Driven Media Group. I hope I find success with it, until then I will work diligently on my next project entitled "Hello/GoodBye" its not based off a beetle or lupe fiasco song, but off of my life as it stands now. As I say goodbye to my past and hello to my future. It will be a largely conceptual Album, alot of different production styles, from Andre 3000 to Kanye. So keep an ear out for that one, I will always keep my peoples in the loop with new music and a free download of "The Gospel Lp" via this blog. God Bless...
A Look At Cavi Clothing
Cavi (short for “caviar”) has laid its foundation on the short sleeve woven military shirt. Since the brand’s inception in 2004, the modern interpretation of the brand’s staple item has been, and continues to be, produced in New York City. Bypassing fashion’s recent “washed down” trend, Cavi’s clean and crisp aesthetic creates a timeless and masculine image.
“Military never goes out of style. It always has that rugged, masculine look, ” states Cavi founder Phil Gapud. The ability to combine a freshly starched shirt with a pair of raw denim was the goal of the brand since day one, but it’s the brand’s fearless use of color, high quality standard, and impeccable attention to detail that keeps the line fresh and captivating every season, putting its own modern twist on military.
Cavi can be seen on the likes of Jay-Z, T.I., Fabolous and various other celebs. The brand got its start a few years ago and has managed to quickly build a reputation for style and quality. You can check the site to see what they got in store for the 08 Spring season.
Cavi is currently seeking interns for fashion design, marketing, promotions & administrative tasks. If interested email resumes to PGAPUD@CaviNYC.com
“Military never goes out of style. It always has that rugged, masculine look, ” states Cavi founder Phil Gapud. The ability to combine a freshly starched shirt with a pair of raw denim was the goal of the brand since day one, but it’s the brand’s fearless use of color, high quality standard, and impeccable attention to detail that keeps the line fresh and captivating every season, putting its own modern twist on military.
Cavi can be seen on the likes of Jay-Z, T.I., Fabolous and various other celebs. The brand got its start a few years ago and has managed to quickly build a reputation for style and quality. You can check the site to see what they got in store for the 08 Spring season.
Cavi is currently seeking interns for fashion design, marketing, promotions & administrative tasks. If interested email resumes to PGAPUD@CaviNYC.com
Record Sales Continue To Plummet
Lyfe Jennings - Lyfe Change -80,000
Roots - Rising Down - 54,000
Lil Mama - Voice Of The Young People - 19,000
Estelle - Shine - 13,511
The record label waited way too long after, “Lip Gloss,” to drop Lil Mama’s album. As usual R&B beats out Rap in sales, and Lyfe didn’t have as much promotion as Lil Mama.
Im Back Like the Opposite of Front
Sorry I fell off with the postings yesterday but it was a personally crazy day for me. Back at it, I got new movies, viral videos and more post after the break!!!
Wednesday, May 7, 2008
The Gospel LP Official Tracklisting
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THE GOSPEL LP
1. Hello (intro)
2. The Gospel feat A-Dot
3. Watchin' Me feat Qp, Squeeze, Tai Goody
4. The Pledge
5. PolyGraph
6. I Rock
7. One Night
8. Slow Motion
9. Pray
10. Get u Open
11. Hard
12. Broken Polaroids Feat. Keane
13. Let me Know
14. Reasons feat. Linkin Park
15. Never
16. Everyman has to die feat Paul Crump
Hidden Track: Sung me a Song
Production Credits:
TrackBangas
Kong
Blown
Black Friday
Sinima
Flawless
Rock It
Styles
Sells
Mixed By: Tom Trescott
T.I. Tones Down Lyrics ''Ever So Slightly'' On Upcoming CD, Talks Bond W/ Eminem
Taking a break from his community service duties, T.I. recently revealed the details of his upcoming album, Paper Trail and explained how his new music will reflect the lessons he's been force to learn in the last year.
In a call to Atlanta radio station Hot 107.9, Tip spoke upon his newfound understanding which came about as a result of his recent conviction on weapons charges and the community service he's been doing dissuading kids from drugs and violence. As a result, T.I. said Paper Trail may be "ever so slightly" toned down from his last disc, T.I. Vs. T.I.P.
"Not to a great deal or an extra degree of censorship, I'm just making sure this album is much more intelligently and artistically put together," T.I. told 107.9. "I'ma still get loose now. I'ma still do me. But you know when I was living the way I was living, I was rapping the way I was rapping ... A lot of elements that were in my life no longer exist."
As SOHH previously reported, T.I. recently leaked the introspective song, "No Matter What," where he got candid about the struggles he endured throughout his federal weapons case.[Listen Here].
T.I. said the track was penned right around his lowest point; Christmas time.
"Right after me sensing the affects of not being able to be around my family ... The hating and the rumors were real fresh on the web and on the radio and everybody was really getting their T.I. hate on," T.I. said.
And to his surprise, when he was going through tough times, T.I. said fellow emcees embraced him.
"I wasn't expecting to hear from nobody. I made a point not to reach out to people ... because I didn't want to get none of my trash in nobody else's yard."
But the rapper said Lil' Wayne, Diddy, Jay-Z and Nelly all reached out. Jeezy even came to one of his bond hearings. Yet Tip said he spoke to Busta Rhymes and Eminem the most.
"The only person I spoke to more than Busta was Eminem," he revealed. "Me and Eminem, we stayed in contact, stayed on the phone, making sure each other was doing good."
The rapper has already taken responsibility for the trouble he found himself in, but he blames a certain aspect of himself - his alterego, T.I.P.
"I kinda spoke a lot of things into existence that I should of just let lie," he said about his last album T.I. VS T.I.P. "I kind of opened up some doors and uncovered some emotions that I probably shoulda just left where they were. So now T.I. and T.I.P both got a understanding."
In related news, tomorrow (May 6) T.I. will be doing his first televised interview on BET since pleading guilty to weapons charges. The interview will be aired at 7:30 p.m. EST.
Paper Trail is due in stores in September.
In a call to Atlanta radio station Hot 107.9, Tip spoke upon his newfound understanding which came about as a result of his recent conviction on weapons charges and the community service he's been doing dissuading kids from drugs and violence. As a result, T.I. said Paper Trail may be "ever so slightly" toned down from his last disc, T.I. Vs. T.I.P.
"Not to a great deal or an extra degree of censorship, I'm just making sure this album is much more intelligently and artistically put together," T.I. told 107.9. "I'ma still get loose now. I'ma still do me. But you know when I was living the way I was living, I was rapping the way I was rapping ... A lot of elements that were in my life no longer exist."
As SOHH previously reported, T.I. recently leaked the introspective song, "No Matter What," where he got candid about the struggles he endured throughout his federal weapons case.[Listen Here].
T.I. said the track was penned right around his lowest point; Christmas time.
"Right after me sensing the affects of not being able to be around my family ... The hating and the rumors were real fresh on the web and on the radio and everybody was really getting their T.I. hate on," T.I. said.
And to his surprise, when he was going through tough times, T.I. said fellow emcees embraced him.
"I wasn't expecting to hear from nobody. I made a point not to reach out to people ... because I didn't want to get none of my trash in nobody else's yard."
But the rapper said Lil' Wayne, Diddy, Jay-Z and Nelly all reached out. Jeezy even came to one of his bond hearings. Yet Tip said he spoke to Busta Rhymes and Eminem the most.
"The only person I spoke to more than Busta was Eminem," he revealed. "Me and Eminem, we stayed in contact, stayed on the phone, making sure each other was doing good."
The rapper has already taken responsibility for the trouble he found himself in, but he blames a certain aspect of himself - his alterego, T.I.P.
"I kinda spoke a lot of things into existence that I should of just let lie," he said about his last album T.I. VS T.I.P. "I kind of opened up some doors and uncovered some emotions that I probably shoulda just left where they were. So now T.I. and T.I.P both got a understanding."
In related news, tomorrow (May 6) T.I. will be doing his first televised interview on BET since pleading guilty to weapons charges. The interview will be aired at 7:30 p.m. EST.
Paper Trail is due in stores in September.
NEW JOE BUDDEN
Joe Budden - Things You Do
I fucks with Joey, he i definitely one of the best out right now...COP THAT "MOOD MUZIK 3"
Usher ft. Pharrell - Flash
May 7, 2008
Usher ft. Pharrell - Flash
Usher ft. Pharrell - Flash
Not sure if this will make the new album, “Here I Stand.”
The Carter III Tracklist
‘The Carter III’
1. 3 Peat
2. Mr. Carter (featuring Jay-Z)
3. A Milli
4. Got Money (featuring T-Pain)
5. Comfortable (featuring Babyface)
6. Phone Home
7. Dr. Carter
8. Tie My Hands (featuring Robin Thicke)
9. Shoot Me Down (featuring D.Smih)
10. Playin With Fire (featuring Betty Wright)
11. Lollipop (featuring Static Major)
12. L.A. (featuring Brisco and Busta Rhymes)
13. Good Girl Gone Bad
14. You Aint Got Nuthin On Me (featuring Fabolous and Juelz Santana)
15. Let the Beat Build
16. Whip It
17. Misunderstood
Now hit limewire...go ahead...its okay.
Kanye West Says Fuck Entertainment Weekly
Yo, anybody that’s not a fan; don’t come to my show. For what?! To try and throw ya’ll two cents in? Ya’ll rated my album shitty and now ya’ll come to the show and give it a B+. What’s a B+ mean? I’m an extremist. It’s either pass or fail! A+ or F-! You know what, fuck you and the whole fucking staff!!! I know I shouldn’t dignify this with a comment, but the reviewer threw a jab at all the artists. I just wanna know when was the last time you enjoyed yourself. If you can’t have fun and lose yourself at this tour it’s a good chance you’re a very miserable person.
50 Cent In South Africa (Gets His Chain Snatched in Angola, Robber Has Been Caught)
(Fast Forward to 1:40) Damn it can happen to anybody, but I know cats are ready to add this to their new diss tracks. A small interview with 50 in South Africa below.
Update:
Bruno Carvalho, who is suspected of grabbing the jewel of North-American musician, was handed over to the Police by his own parents on Sunday afternoon, after the release of TV footage of the occurrence. Bruno Carvalho snatched the necklace of 50 Cent while the singer was performing on the stage, in the first day of International Peace Festival.
Update:
Bruno Carvalho, who is suspected of grabbing the jewel of North-American musician, was handed over to the Police by his own parents on Sunday afternoon, after the release of TV footage of the occurrence. Bruno Carvalho snatched the necklace of 50 Cent while the singer was performing on the stage, in the first day of International Peace Festival.
Poem/Verse O' The Day (5/6/08)
For those who dont know I write music and poems and sometimes write for those when they cant write for themselves. When I figure it out ill post the song to go with whatever poem or verse I post....Todays first offering is from my upcoming record "Hello/Goodbye"...It is entitled "Goodnight"
"Goodnight"
as i stare out the window pane
i find myslef sayin
goodnight again
like goodnight to the hoppers
who constinetntly dodging the coppers
also smash the viles the dealers
dropping from they pockets
and keep the brown paper bag stash
away from the watchers
goodnight low bottom dopefiend
gone lean
goodnight to the og's
lord knows yo soul need conseluing
goodnight new refugees from orleans
Goodnight kingpin
see most dont know you
you just lay in the cut
clocking number like sodoku
goodnight to the hustlers
at least those of who
counting they own loot
hoop in the homegrwon stu(dio)
lock themselves in the booth then bounce it to pro tools
goodnight to the runners you know
those of those ho's who wake while wake when the
other woman slumbers
you can find em undersigns
she knows alot of faces
all of them named john
gotta say goodnight to addicts
in recovery locked in they momma basement or attic
on that note
goodnight to the momma who's finnally had it
goodnight crooked cop
you mean well mostly
yo logic on the war on drugs
is nobody wins
somebody just dies more slowly
goodnight preacher
you the coscience cozzy
charging folks by the hour
to let em know they holy
goodnight inncocent bystander
just hope ya last stance
was altest caught on candid camera
so u can be on youtube
a whole life reduce
to a couple megabites of bandwith
goodnight client 9 i mean politican
pitching dreams to streets you never visit
goodnight dead beat dad
you always leave eventully
cause of what u neva had
not thinking responsibly
convincingly believing this isnt me
at least we can all live our dreams
when we sleep
...GOODNIGHT!
goodnight again
like goodnight to the hoppers
who constinetntly dodging the coppers
also smash the viles the dealers
dropping from they pockets
and keep the brown paper bag stash
away from the watchers
goodnight low bottom dopefiend
gone lean
goodnight to the og's
lord knows yo soul need conseluing
goodnight new refugees from orleans
Goodnight kingpin
see most dont know you
you just lay in the cut
clocking number like sodoku
goodnight to the hustlers
at least those of who
counting they own loot
hoop in the homegrwon stu(dio)
lock themselves in the booth then bounce it to pro tools
goodnight to the runners you know
those of those ho's who wake while wake when the
other woman slumbers
you can find em undersigns
she knows alot of faces
all of them named john
gotta say goodnight to addicts
in recovery locked in they momma basement or attic
on that note
goodnight to the momma who's finnally had it
goodnight crooked cop
you mean well mostly
yo logic on the war on drugs
is nobody wins
somebody just dies more slowly
goodnight preacher
you the coscience cozzy
charging folks by the hour
to let em know they holy
goodnight inncocent bystander
just hope ya last stance
was altest caught on candid camera
so u can be on youtube
a whole life reduce
to a couple megabites of bandwith
goodnight client 9 i mean politican
pitching dreams to streets you never visit
goodnight dead beat dad
you always leave eventully
cause of what u neva had
not thinking responsibly
convincingly believing this isnt me
at least we can all live our dreams
when we sleep
...GOODNIGHT!
Quote O' The Day (5/6/08)
"The Game is rigged...I feel like one of them lil bitches on a chess board."
This saying hits home for me today because I feel like everybody else is calling the shots but me. You know when you put yourself out there be it at your job or in a relationship. You know when you give it your all but feel you dont really have a say so either way. Sometimes I honestly feel like the the game is rigged and I feel like one of them bitches on chess board...Do You?
This saying hits home for me today because I feel like everybody else is calling the shots but me. You know when you put yourself out there be it at your job or in a relationship. You know when you give it your all but feel you dont really have a say so either way. Sometimes I honestly feel like the the game is rigged and I feel like one of them bitches on chess board...Do You?
Tuesday, May 6, 2008
Hello...GoodBye
Why name the blog "Hello/Goodbye". I not only named it that because it is the name of my debut record on D.M.G but personally because I think Hello and GoodBye are two of the most powerful words in the english diction. Think about it, when you say hello you are beginning a personal journey or saga with someone. When you say goodbye you are more often than not acknowledging the end of that journey. When we travel down the road of life we will have many passengers and some people will be left as innocent bystanders on the side of the road. But next time you say Hello or Goodbye think about the journey your embarking on and road you are beginning to travel and how you navigate it and be weary of the sign postings on the side of the road. Life don't always have GPS now does it?
No Introduction Needed
My name is Rob, thats R to the O-B. aka Truth bka Robbie (only my nephew can call me that). I created this blog for the real people in America, do be advised that BITCHASSNESS is 100% prohibited. We will discuss relationships, philosophy, current events, and anything else that will come up. Before he says something, this blog was also inspired by my older brother Tarome his blog can be found at http://iamtarome.blogspot.com/. But back to the matter at hand, this blog is for the real every day person paying way to much for gas, giving too much of themselves in relationship, never being able to dream, while waiting for their stimulus check...Lets Begin!!
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