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Oh shit! The King Of The South Scarface has apparently inked a deal with Death Row Records. The rumours been flying around for a few weeks, and it looks like the deal is perfect.

After Petey Pablo, it looks like Suge has recruited another dirty dirty artist to his roster.

Stay tuned, as further information on this will probably be disclosed in near future.

source: dubcnn

Kann ich mir nicht vorstellen, wenn ja, dann RIP Scarface

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The B-Real mixtape is for sale now on his site www.Brealonline.com, called "The Gunslinger". It's only $14 US, $18 Worldwide. The tracklisting. . .

01) Never Back Down (Feat Willie Malo & O Brown)
02) Ease Back (Feat. Trace Midas)
03) Let Me Blaze
04) Hold You Down (Feat Sick Jack and Mellow Man)
05) Creepin on Ya (Feat. Son Doobie & Cynic)
06) Warriors
07) This Is How We Ride
08 ) Runnin Shit
09) Por Que (Feat. Trace Midas)
10) No Model (Feat. Son Doobie & Filthee)
11) Thug Nation (Feat. Willie Malo & Nev)
12) American Psycho III (Feat. Bizarre and Eminem)
13) Back to the Apple
14) Boom Boom (Feat. Outthere)
15) Skit
16) Shut the F*ck up(Feat. Subliminal Orphans)
17) Time to Be Known (Feat. Minus P)
18) breathe (feat. sub zer0)

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Rasco, Cali Agents, Brisk One, Homeliss Derilex News......!!!

Im Februar wird uns Rasco mit einem neuen Longplayer beehren, mit "The Dick Swanson Theory" steht nämlich das fünfte Album an! Die Platte wird über sein eigenes Label Pockets Linted rauskommen und Features von Aesop Rock, Planet Asia, Jean Grae, Opio (Souls of Mischief), wie auch Gastproduktionen von Jake One, Oh No, Philthy, Quincey Tones und J-Nice beinhalten...

Und jetzt noch ganz frische Label News:

Die Westcoast Underground Legenden Homeliss Derilex kehren zurück!! Das Duo wird demnach am 25. Januar mit "HD's v.s. the Sp-1200" ein neues Album raushauen.

Desweiteren folgen Alben von Brisk One ("Bigger Fish to fry", 19. April) und Chuck Taylor ("Allstar", 14.Juni).

Und nun die Krönung:
Planet Asia & Rasco veröffentlichen am 26. Juli die neue gemeinsame Cali Agents LP "Federal Rhyme Agency"!!!

alles andere wäre auch Schwachsinn gewesen

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Redman Germany Tour:

26.12.04 - INDEX, Schüttorf
27.12.04 - CONGRESS CENTRUM, Saarbrücken
29.12.04 - Hangar - Dessau
31.12.04 - Dietlikon - Zürich (CH) (Sylvester Party)
01.01.05 - Diva Palace - Gollhofen

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Passionate about his writing and performing combined with eagerness to serve his fans new material, J-Live has been a prolific recording machine, excitedly working on his Penalty Recordings debut due out Spring 2005. J Live says, “I'm extremely excited about being the latest addition to the Rykodisc/Penalty family. This is a huge step forward in my career. I'm working on my 3rd full length album. I'm confident that with Penalty Recordings, my music will be able to reach more ears than ever. I feel like I'm in the right place at the right time.”

The G-Child Warren G let me know some news about his upcoming, still untitled, solo album. But from what he's saying, this record is going to be very musical, very instrumental, very bass heavy. "Let the game unfold, G-Funk Classic Part Two!", he says.

"I'm on my own again, it's back to the G-Funk era!"

He's said to be hooking back up with The Twinz on some music, and he's recently been in the studio with the 5 Footaz. After a dissapointing 213, Warren is trying to come back hard with his solo, and don't hold your breath for Nate to be on there. (Yes, Warren and Nate are COOL, to quiet all the "beef" rumours I can see cookin' up from that comment!)

The record is still in the beginning stages though, so ain't no tellin' what will happen and who will be on there. The G-Child is just working in the studio right now, trying to put it down, so we can get some new G-Funk Flava next summer!

Stay tuned right here for the newest concerning Warren G as always, big shoutout to him!

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The mother of deceased rapper Ol’ Dirty Bastard and his manager have announced plans for a new record label and other related business ventures.

Dirty’s mother Cherry Jones and longtime manager Jarred Weisfeld have formed JC Records (Jarred Cherry Records), a division of AGU music, and are planning the first posthumous release from Ol’ Dirty Bastard, who passed away Suddenly on Nov. 13 in a Manhattan Recording Studio.

The first release from Ol’ Dirty will be the Sure Shot Records-distributed Osirus mixtape, a nod to one of his many monikers.

"ODB passed a week after he finished recording and he never got to hear the final mixes," Sure Shot CEO Chris Landry told AllHipHop.com. "I think he would love how it came out and it is a humbling experience to be able to share with the world his work. He will live forever through his music and his children."

The project was in production prior to Ol’ Dirty’s sudden death. Over 15 songs have been acquired and the album features production by DJ Premier, Mark Ronson, Kdef, Chops and others.

The DJ Premier produced “Pop Shots (Wu Tang)” is the first single from the record, which lands in stores January 4th.

According Weisfeld, the album is the first in several projects being produced. These projects include a DVD called "Blackass the Urban Jackass," a CD with Dirty's crew Brkyl Zu and other projects.

"Dirty's legacy will continue though this album, his music, his DVD and his clothing line for all eternity” Weisfeld said.

Weisfeld hopes that each member of Wu-Tang can contribute a separate track to a tribute album with proceeds going to all ODB's kids

Representatives for Roc-A-Fella Records declined to comment.

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Kanye West’s single “Jesus Walks,” previously on heavy radio rotation, has incited debate over the use of the word “Jesus” and the role of religion in secular music, a topic West addressed directly in a “60 Minutes” interview to air Wednesday (Dec. 8).

West, known for his upbeat rhymes, told “60 Minutes” correspondent Bob Simon that his fellow industry associates advised him about putting out the single “Jesus Walks,” which confronts the censorship of the word “Jesus” on radio stations.

The Chicago native compared the use of the word in the song to using the N word.

“People would be like, ‘Yo, it’s the best song I ever heard, but it’ll never make it on radio,’ and it frustrated me, so the second verse I wrote about how they say you can’t say Jesus on radio…The word Jesus was like saying [the n-word],” West said. “It’s gonna offend people for you to say Jesus.”

While some have criticized West’ use of the word “Jesus” along with curse words, West stated that the song targets a particular audience.

“The song is not for [evangelical listeners],” West responded to Simon’s comment that curses might detract religious crowds. “It’s speaking to the people that I think God is really trying to reach.”

The complete report will air on the CBS Wednesday (Dec. 8) at 8:00 p.m. E.T.

In related news, following a bunch of awards and honors this year, West leads Grammy Award contenders with 10 nominations, organizers announced today (Dec. 7). West’s debut album College Dropout has inhabited the tops of charts since its release.

“It's overwhelming,” said West. “ It's just been an amazing year for me, and I feel so blessed to have the opportunity to touch people with my music. To be honest, it's even a bit scary, all this love from the fans and my peers and the academy. I'm working on my new album right now, and I want it to be something that's just as special."

Five of West's nominations are in the rap category, including best rap album.

He also has two nominations in the best rap-sung collaboration class for his songs "Slow Jamz," featuring Twista and Jamie Foxx, and "All Falls Down," featuring Syleena Johnson.

R&B singers Alicia Keys and Usher, who have also had a stellar award year, notched eight nominations each.


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Kanye West’s single “Jesus Walks,” previously on heavy radio rotation, has incited debate over the use of the word “Jesus” and the role of religion in secular music, a topic West addressed directly in a “60 Minutes” interview to air Wednesday (Dec. 8).

West, known for his upbeat rhymes, told “60 Minutes” correspondent Bob Simon that his fellow industry associates advised him about putting out the single “Jesus Walks,” which confronts the censorship of the word “Jesus” on radio stations.

The Chicago native compared the use of the word in the song to using the N word.

“People would be like, ‘Yo, it’s the best song I ever heard, but it’ll never make it on radio,’ and it frustrated me, so the second verse I wrote about how they say you can’t say Jesus on radio…The word Jesus was like saying [the n-word],” West said. “It’s gonna offend people for you to say Jesus.”

While some have criticized West’ use of the word “Jesus” along with curse words, West stated that the song targets a particular audience.

“The song is not for [evangelical listeners],” West responded to Simon’s comment that curses might detract religious crowds. “It’s speaking to the people that I think God is really trying to reach.”

The complete report will air on the CBS Wednesday (Dec. 8) at 8:00 p.m. E.T.

In related news, following a bunch of awards and honors this year, West leads Grammy Award contenders with 10 nominations, organizers announced today (Dec. 7). West’s debut album College Dropout has inhabited the tops of charts since its release.

“It's overwhelming,” said West. “ It's just been an amazing year for me, and I feel so blessed to have the opportunity to touch people with my music. To be honest, it's even a bit scary, all this love from the fans and my peers and the academy. I'm working on my new album right now, and I want it to be something that's just as special."

Five of West's nominations are in the rap category, including best rap album.

He also has two nominations in the best rap-sung collaboration class for his songs "Slow Jamz," featuring Twista and Jamie Foxx, and "All Falls Down," featuring Syleena Johnson.

R&B singers Alicia Keys and Usher, who have also had a stellar award year, notched eight nominations each.

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December 8, 2004 -- Even after death, wildman rapper Ol' Dirty Bastard is full of surprises — the Wu-Tang Clan founding member died with a white powdery substance hidden in his body, a law-enforcement source said yesterday.

During an autopsy of the 35-year-old rapper, a doubled plastic bag containing a white powder was discovered in his stomach, said the source.

ODB, who was born Russell Jones, collapsed and died on Nov. 13 in a Manhattan recording studio.

The cause of his death remains a mystery as the Medical Examiner's Office awaits the result of toxicology tests.

But a source said the white powder leaked from its plastic container and seeped into the rapper's body.

The amount of the leak is not known and it is not confirmed yet that the substance is an illegal drug. "But what else would he be swallowing a plastic bag of? " said the source. "He wouldn't be swallowing sugar or salt."

ODB — who changed his moniker frequently and also went by the names Big Baby Jesus, Osirus and Dirt McGirt — had done time in drug rehab and went to prison on a 2001 drug charge.

Just a day or two before his death, ODB had reportedly flown back to New York from Colorado. He died two days shy of his 36th birthday.

Meanwhile, family members are squabbling over ODB's estate. The rapper has at least seven children — four of them by four different women other than his wife.

Last week his widow, Icelene Jones — whom he apparently hadn't lived with for years — was granted control of his estate by Brooklyn's Surrogate Court.

http://www.nypost.com/news/regionalnews/21186.htm

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Veteran rapper/producer Daz Dillinger will be a busy man in 2005, when he plans to drop two new albums and join Snoop Dogg on the road for an extensive tour.

Check inside for comments by Daz himself regarding the tour, as well as information on upcoming Daz album releases...



"It's going to be a real big show," Dillinger tells Billboard.com of the outing, which will also feature Pharrell Williams and Soopafly. "It starts Jan. 20 and will run for about four months. We'll be doing some overseas stuff, too."

Dillinger promises the shows will feature material from his earliest collaborations with Snoop as part of Tha Dogg Pound. "We'll rock a lot of old school stuff from that," he says, adding with a laugh, "we've been around for a decade!"

As for his upcoming releases, the first, "Tha Dogg Pound Gangsta LP," will arrive Jan. 25 via Gangsta Advisory. The 19-track set features guest spots from George Clinton, Nate Dogg and Shorty B, among others.

Later in the year, the artist will release an album under the moniker Daz via Jermaine Dupri's So So Def label, his first as part of a deal signed in October 2003. Nate Dogg is set to appear on a track titled "Boyz in Da Hood."

Dillinger is also working on teenage hip hop rapper Bow Wow's next So So Def release, due in the first half of 2005.

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BABYGRANDE FORMS JOINT VENTURE WITH DIPSET'S PURPLE CITY BIRD GANG

Babygrande Records is pleased to announce it has entered into a joint-venture with Harlem, New York's Purple City Entertainment.

Purple City, a long-time Dipset/Diplomats affiliate, has built a red-hot mixtape street buzz over the last several years. Purple Citys core members, the Emperor Shiest Bub, UnKasa and the Don Bishop Agallah, have released over ten mixtapes which have established a bona fide, worldwide, cult-following. 'Jim Jones took me to a lot of [label] meetings and taught me how to flip the street game to the rap game, because there is a difference. I'll always be a Diplomat and Cam'rom also taught me a lot about the game but Purple City is mine,' says Shiest Bub, Purple City Entertainment's CEO.

Purple City, (also known as 'Purple City Productions', 'PCP' and 'The Purple City Bird Gang') is also infamously known for flashy, trend-setting fashion statements. 'It all started on my block (158th & Broadway) I was doin my Purple Piff thing and of course always doin my flashy fashion thing and everybody was trying to get that Purple Piff. So I started Purple City Productions and putting out mixtapes on the streets. And then the Purple City movement spread to the whole Washington Heights and Dyckman areas of Harlem, then all of New York City and then around the world. I been rockin Purple. That's what I'm known for. New York is the mecca of fashion so of course anything we do is gonna be followed. It's more than just a color though. It's a state of mind its vibrant, its freedom and royalty', says Shiest Bub.

Babygrande and Purple City will release three albums in 2005. The video for Purple City's first single, 'Purple City Bird Gang' featuring Jim Jones is currently airing on BET.

Ruddy Rock, who Executive Produced Jean Grae's last two releases, will A&R the joint-venture on behalf of Babygrande. Purple City is also participating in an international concept album entitled 'Paris to Purple City' which will feature collaborations with some of the top up-and-coming artists and producers from Paris, France.

'Purple City and the entire Dipset movement, have firmly established a new independent and very commercial genre of hip-hop music. The Grand Canyon that used to exist between major labels and independents has been reduced to a mere crack in the sidewalk. Independent hip-hop, as recently as a year ago, had the perception of being only for back-packer, underground music. With Jim Jones selling over 150,000 copies and the Diplomats selling over 50,000 in the first week, this perception has been shattered and the Purple City Bird Gang is next,' says Babygrande's CEO, Chuck Wilson.

Wilson, who co-wrote 'Soul Plane' for MGM, is currently working with the Creative Artists Agency in Hollywood to develop a Purple City feature film and video game.

For more information log on to: www.purplecity.com (coming soon)

http://www.babygrande.com/

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E-40's scheduled concert in Oregon last night (Dec. 11) was canceled due to authorities' fear of alcohol sales, the show's content and possible gang violence.

The performance was supposed to be held at a teen dance club called VIBES, but was called off after Director Tom Cole discovered that several police and Medford City Council members opposed the show.

"We found out [E-40] was a gangster rapper," Councilman Skip Knight told the Medford Mail Tribune. "We thought that was inappropriate for our town. We don't want somebody stirring up a gang issue, and this guy promotes that stuff."

Fliers promoting the show also mentioned that a beer garden would be accessible for adults in the upper level of VIBES, which is run by Kids Unlimited, an organization that offers after-school programs and services for about 1,000 young people a week.

Police gave City Council members a list of calls local police have had to respond to at VIBES in the past, Knight said, though he was unclear whether any of the incidents happened at E-40's previous shows at the venue.

According to Coles, the Bay Area rapper's appearances at VIBES in 2001 and 2003 were free of disruptions.

"There weren't any problems with assaults...or with gangs congregating, or anything like that," Cole said. "I feel like he has been real sensitive in the past, knowing it's a younger crowd."

The concert would have conflicted with Kids Unlimited's aim to help underprivileged youths.

"We had concerns people would get pretty wound up," said Medford Police Chief Eric Mellgren."We just want to make sure downtown is safe."

E-40 was not available for comment at press time.

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Thrust back into the limelight thanks to his scene-stealing appearances on the latest edition of the VH1 reality show "The Surreal Life," Public Enemy rapper Flavor Flav is working on a new album with PE colleague Chuck D as well as a solo disc. A new single, "Flavor Man," will be out early next year.

Of the as-yet-untitled solo effort, the Viking helmet-clad Flav tells Billboard.com, "The only people I really feature on it are the Beatnuts. I ran into the great, great, great Ce Ce Peniston, and we're talking about doing a song together. I'm not going to remake one of her songs -- I'm going to remake a song and have Ce Ce on it. I want to help bring my girl back to the surface."

After years of turbulent relationships with record labels, Flav insists, "I'm going independent right now. Right now, I'm going to release it. I will spend my own money to press it up until someone picks it up. I don't want to sign with another record company. All companies I sign to make money off of me. Now it's my turn to make some money off of me!"

Public Enemy's label status is also up in the air. The group's most recent album, "Revolverlution," was released in 2002 by Koch. "Me and Chuck have an album brewing up right now," Flav says. "It's really almost done. Honestly, this album is way better than our most recent albums. But I'm not sure exactly what label it will come out on -- to be determined."

For the time being, fans can absorb a dose of Flav on the track "Come on Down," from De La Soul's new Sanctuary album, "The Grind Date."

Thanks to the romance Flav began on "The Surreal Life" with co-star Brigitte Nielsen, the pair will soon be seen in their own reality show, "Strange Love," which premieres early next year on VH1.

"The only love life I really have is with me and my kids," the rapper says. "'The Surreal Life' was a good thing, but it was just a vehicle. My main purpose moving to Los Angeles from New York in the first place was to switch over into television. I'm happy to have been part of the biggest and highest rated show VH1 has ever had. I have goals I want to reach, so hopefully TV can help me reach them."

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West Coast label, Ball'r Records, have recently premiered the new video to Krayzie Bone's latest single, "Get'Chu Twisted".

The single comes off Krayzie Bone's next solo album, titled "Gemini : Good vs Evil", which is set to drop in the first quarter of 2005.

Click here see the video in either Quick Time or
Windows Media format.


Expect to see the video on BET and MTV's main rotation
in the near future.

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Seeking to silence rumors that he'd be leaving Rap-A-Lot Records, Houston rapper Scarface has announced that he's extended his deal with the only record label he's ever known.

Such a proclamation wouldn't usually be headline-worthy, but word

"Me and Suge are cool, that's my man. I don't know what his plan was, but who wouldn't want to sign me? I'd sign me!" — Scarface

had recently spread that the veteran rapper was destined to become the centerpiece of yet another revamping of Suge Knight's Death Row Records.

"I'm not going anywhere; I'm a franchise player," Scarface told MTV News on Friday.

Scarface has been signed to Rap-A-Lot for nearly 18 years, originally under the name Akshun and later with controversial trio the Geto Boys. But during a recent appearance on "The Late Late Show," Suge Knight said Scarface was now a part of Death Row.

Scarface refuted the claim, but added, "Me and Suge are cool, that's my man. I don't know what his plan was, but who wouldn't want to sign me? I'd sign me!"

The rapper said he'll record at least three more albums for Rap-A-Lot, including a new record he hopes to have out by summer. He hasn't lined up any producers yet, but he said he hopes to work with Kanye West again. The tandem paired for "On My Block" and "Guess Who's Back" on Scarface's 2002 album, The Fix.

"Right now, in my opinion, there ain't nobody making really great music anymore," Scarface said. "I know how I feel about my music and how passionate I am. I'm not a fly-by-night dude."

Before Scarface gets to work on a new solo LP, he'll have his hands full with a Geto Boys reunion. Scarface, Willie D and Bushwick Bill have come together for their first album in eight years, War & Peace, due January 25.

Scarface wasn't sure how long the reunion would last, but he said working with his old compatriots was a lot of fun. "You never know what to expect," he explained. "You've got three different personalities, for real. We don't see eye-to-eye on nothing, but we make the best music together."

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