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LL Cool J Discusses New Mixtape

Cool J is finalizing material for his latest album and finishing up work on an upcoming mixtape, Return of the G.O.A.T. With all the business involved with this stage of his career, the rapper spoke on why he chose to hit the streets with a tape.
"Me and Slay was just talking: 'Let's do a mixtape.' I said, 'Okay. Let's knock it out. Let's hit them something hard, something hot," LL told MTV recently.

"'Let's do something for the fellas so they don't feel I'mma oil my chest up, roll around in some feathers with my toenails painted.' ... So I said, 'Slay, let's do it,' " LL continued.
"I do things when I feel it. I don't do things because everybody else is doing them. Like clothing lines. Let's take that for example. I did a clothing line in '87, Troop. It was everywhere. They talk about clothing lines. Then I did the clothing line with Fubu. It was everywhere in the '90s. Then I did the Todd Smith and this thing with Sears recently with the LL Cool J brand. People talk about Def Jam, I owned a piece of Def Jam. I sold it back. People don't really know my history. I own my own catalog. These are things that people don't understand that's going on in LL's life. I'mma do a mixtape for no money, just to show cats how nice I am on the microphone. You have a whole generation of people who think all I ever do is love songs."

Presumably, LL could have chosen any mixtape deejay to team up with. Why Slay?
"Slay is hot. I have a lot of respect for Slay," he said.
In the mixtape, LL blasts off on a variety of topics. He also spoke on some of them.
On "Laptop Gangsters":
"That's just a freestyle I call 'Laptop Gangsters' because these guys get on the Internet and become laptop gangsters. They have all these theories and ideas of what they think real hip-hop is and what it isn't. The reality is, most of them guys [weren't born] when the music was created. ... Now they wanna get on the Internet and tell me what's what. I'm kinda touching them up a little bit and dealing with that."

On "Who Want It With the G.O.A.T.":
"We used that Rick Ross 'The Boss' beat. I think it's important to just set the tone for what I feel I've contributed to hip-hop and this culture. It's not just about love songs — even though I invented that and brought it to this music. Now you almost can't have an album without it. It's become a part of the blueprint. As the first solo rap star in the history of our culture, sometimes you have to speak and let people know what you're really feeling. I felt a mixtape was the way to do it. Plus, I'm not looking for money from Slay. I'm not trying to get paid off the tape. It's not always about a dollar all the time. Money ain't my god. I'm paid, but it ain't my god. God is my god."

On his new album, LL also explained his confidence.
"I got Def Jam behind me. It's the new Lakers. The energy is great."

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Luniz' Numskull Facing Life In Prison For Rape


Bay Area rapper Numskull is currently in custody at the Santa Rita Jail in Dublin, CA, just south of Oakland, AllHipHop.com has confirmed.

The artist, who has been in custody since January 24, currently faces a total of 15 felony charges, three more than he faced during his last court appearance in late May.

The laundry list of charges includes two counts of sodomy, one count of rape of a victim incapable of consent, one count of oral copulation against the victim’s will and three counts of corporal injury to a cohabitant.

Numskull, who was previously convicted on drug charges in 1993, is also charged with three counts of possession of a firearm by a felon, two counts of dissuading a victim from reporting a crime, one count of making criminal threats and two counts of vandalism over $400.

If found guilty of his multiple sex charges, Numskull, born Garrick Demond Husbands, faces a minimum of 25 years to life and would have to register with the State of California as a sex offender.

The victim is identified only as Jane Doe in a complaint filed by the Alameda County Deputy District Attorney on May 22.

The charges stem from multiple events taking place between March 15 and April 9, 2007, when Numskull was originally arrested.

The documents seem to indicate that the victim, identified as his “cohabitant,” reported the other previous instances of domestic violence at that time.

Numskull is next scheduled in court on June 18, for a pre-trial hearing.

His bail has been set at $245,000.

As one half of The Luniz, Numskull attained international popularity in the mid nineties, following the release of their debut album Operation Stackola, which, powered by the megahit single “I Got 5 on It,” knocked Michael Jackson’s album HIStory out of the top position on Billboard’s R&B charts.

Numskull pursued a solo career following the release of The Luniz’s sophomore effort Lunitik Muzik in 1997.

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Onyx Are Bsck With A Retrospective DVD

Onyx: 15 Years of Videos History and Violence, the compilation DVD from rap's roughneck bald heads of the '90s, hits virtual shelves today.


The project is dedicated to the Queens-bred group - consisting of Sticky Fingaz, Fredro Starr, Sonee Seeza and Big DS. True to its name, the set spans 15 years of Onyx history in 130 minutes with interviews, never-before-seen footage of studio sessions and live concert footage, including a show in Newark that nearly caused a riot...




Special features on the DVD include five solo videos and commentary on all of Onyx's 17 videos from Fredro Starr and Sticky Fingaz. All the featured music videos are uncensored and have been re-mastered from their original reels, according to the disc's description on Amazon.


Onyx: 15 Years of Videos History and Violence can be purchased at online retailers.

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Angeblich will Grandmaster Caz im August ein neues Album veröffentlichen dass den passenden Titel Mid Life Crisis trägt:



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In letzter Zeit war er ja auf manchem Album gefeaturet, dürfte daher keine Ente sein...

Der legendäre Bumpy Knuckles, auch bekannt als Freddie Foxxx, veröffentlicht am 29.Juli ein noch unveröffentlichtes Doppel-Album aus dem Jahr 1994, insklusive Kollabos mit D.I.T.C., 2Pac, Chuck D und Kool G. Rap. Der Longplayer trägt den Titel "Crazy Like a Foxxx" enthält das Original-Album, sowie eine Demo-Version von 1993, die damals komplett von D.I.T.C. (Showbiz, Lord Finesse, & Buckwild) produziert wurde.

Einen ersten Eindruck kann man sich mit dem von DJ Monster gemixten Snippet verschaffen.

"Crazy Like a Foxxx" sollte eigentlich 1994 erscheinen und Freddie Foxxx zu seinem Durchbruch verhelfen, wurde aber schließlich nie veröffentlicht.

Guckst du hier:

http://www.ugrap.de/forum/viewtopic.php?p=437863#437863

Ich habe eine CD-Promo-Maxi von dem Track "So tough", der war grottig. Wird schon seine Gründe haben dass das Ding damals nicht veröffentlicht wurde...