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NORE On Big Pun & Biggie
N.O.R.E., in video clips he just posted online, talked about his friendship with Big Pun and getting a call from Biggie the day before he died. Watch part1 and part2 at YouTube.
Big Pun Posthumous Release Held Up By Jellybean
Sources tell The New York Daily News that legendary producer John ‘Jellybean’ Benitez is holding Sony up from releasing a potentially lucrative album by late rapper Big Pun “because he didn’t think of it himself.” An industry insider said, “Sony owns Big Pun as an artist, but Jellybean owns the publishing rights to many of the songs. Sony wants to do another album, but [Benitez] hasn’t returned calls. He’s playing the game.”
Cuban Link ‘Letter To Pun’ Video
Cuban Link offers a heartfelt tribute to buddie and former Terror Squad mate Big Pun in his new video ‘Letter To Pun’. Watch it below.
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Ashton Kutcher Can’t Punk Lil Jon
The New York Daily News reports MTV and Ashton Kutcher spent big bucks and months planning to punk Lil Jon, but the rapper quickly caught on to their plot. Lil Jon was supposed to be on a private plane to Las Vegas, but customs agents claimed he and his entourage were boarding a plane bound for Ecuador. Within minute, the rapper recognized some of the actors posing as security, yelling for Ashton to come out from the back of the plane, and said, “Come on, you can’t punk the motherfu**ing King of Crunk!”
Jermaine Dupri Strikes It Big With New Artist Mikkey
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Jermaine Dupri, often not fully recognized for his phenomenal talents as a produer, is a proven hit-maker for artists such as: Usher, Da Brat, Kriss Kross, Lil Jon, Young Bloodz, Xscape, Lil Bow Wow, Mariah Carey, Alicia Keys, Whitney Houston, Aretha Franklin, Aaliyah, Jay-Z, Ludacris, Toni Braxton and countless others. His extensive catalogue that screams talented, remarkable, and revolutionary has just gotten another name: MIKKEY. He always pushes the bar, where no other producer dares to go. He continues to create new sounds that compliment the artist and send trendsetting ripples throughout the music industry. As he has recently been appointed President of Virgin Records Urban Music, a new division at the label, Jermaine Dupri has made the most brilliant decision by signing Chicago’s finest Mikkey. Music insiders are regarding this as a remarkable genuis move as other labels are betting on their marketing power to attract fans, Jermaine Dupri seems to be betting on music’s fans ability to recognize good and real music. Mikkey is expected to give Virgin Records the foundation that it needs for it’s Hip Hop division.
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Candyman 187 Signs To Mob Life Records + Q&A
The industry has reached out to the streets for their newest artist. The streets responded with one of their best yet, his name Candyman 187.
At the age of 21, Candyman 187 has more stripes under his belt than most achieve in a life time. A product of the West and the East Coast, having spent a fair share of time in both, Candyman has a West Coast style with East Coast lyrical capabilities.
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Off On A Tangent With Method Man
SOHH.com recently caught up with Method Man for a Q&A session, where the rapper was asked if it was fair for Def Jam to bill Joe Budden as the future of the label. “I don’t know why. I ain’t got nothing against the kid and sh** but I think he’s overrated son,” Meth responded. “For real, it’s just my opinion. As far as a person he’s aight and sh**. But I think he overrated dog. I think they put too much on him.” Asked what happened with his ‘Stung’ show with Redman on MTV, Meth said, “They didn’t give us money like that Ashton Kutcher. I got a lot of love for MTV but they call me for the little sh** they never call me for the big sh**. The show was small compared to ‘Punk’d’.”
Tonedeff Readies ‘Underscore’ For July 25th Release
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After several show stealing appearances on various albums, mixtapes and 12” singles, Tonedeff loads the final musical bullet into the chamber before pulling the trigger with his latest release, entitled Underscore. Underscore is the officially certified prequel to his forthcoming debut album ‘Archetype’. This is a collection of unreleased tracks, collaborations, and rare freestyles you won’t find anywhere else. Featuring production work by Domingo (Big Pun, Eminem, KRS-One), Kno (CunninLynguists, Rise, Jugga The Bully), and Tonedeff himself, along with collaborations with Deacon The Villain (CunninLynguists), Session (Extended Famm) and Rahzel.
Meth Says Wu-Tang Is On Indefinite Hold
Method Man tells Anastasia Pantsios
of the Cleveland Plain Dealer that a new album from the Wu-Tang Clan is on indefinite hold, and he pulls no punches explaining why. “If you’re thinking everything you put out is going to taste like sugar, you’re wrong, brother,” he says. “You can’t just sit around in between albums and not write. You can’t just sit around between albums and not produce. ‘Cause when you go back inside the studio, you’re stale. And that’s basically what was going on. Brothers were sitting there with nothing written. They were just coming in and singing 16 bars, no hook… it’s like, I did my part.’ No, you didn’t. You didn’t make a song. All you did was spit a rhyme. Come on, man, you gotta step your game up. Our first album sounded like basement hip-hop so it was easy for us to make a bigger production on every album after that. We have the resources now. What was the problem? The problem was the artists not being artists.”
Funk Flex Plea In Rap On Rival Steph Lova
The New York Post reports temporary truce was called yesterday, with DJ Funkmaster Flex ‘fessing up in court to harassing rival Big Steph Lova last September. Flex had faced up to a year in jail for allegedly punching, choking and scratching Lova during a scuffle in front of the Hot 97 studios on Hudson Street in Greenwich Village. Now, he’ll serve only 35 hours of community service after copping a plea. Flex’s lawyer, Murray Richman said, “He denies striking her, and the district attorney agreed that this case could be adequately disposed of through a plea to harassment which is a violation, not even a misdemeanor.”
