Monday, March 31, 2008
50 SAYS THAT HIM AND JAY-Z HAVE BEEFS WITH THE SAME PEOPLE
50 points out in an interview that him and Jay-Z share beefs with the same people in the music industry. People get frustrated and nervous at 50 Cent's success so they take shots at whoever's the top dog. The same people who complain about 50 are the same people who complained about Jay-Z in the past. He is in a sense "cleaning up" Jay-Z's mess. The beefs aren't then specifically related to 50 Cent and himself as a person, but the fact that him and Jay-Z were both on top at different points and the people under them always take shots at whoever's the hottest.
MUSIC DOWNLOADS ADDED TO YOUR INTERNET BILL?
A Warner Music Group exec is pushing a new idea to charge internet providers an extra fee which goes straight to the subscriber/customer to allow people unlimited downloads of mp3's and other media. They say that the additional fee would be about 5 dollars added to your internet bill and it would be a legal alternative to illegally downloading music through sharing networks.
However, this may not be fair to add an extra 5 dollars to someone's bill when they don't even download music through P2P networks and download other things illegally. The Music Industry needs to learn to stop being so money hungry and stop putting out trashy music to bring record sales back up. They are looking for money instead of fixing their quality issues with the product.
50 CENT AYO TECHNOLOGY COVER SONG
26-year old Belgian singer-songwriter Milow plays an acoustic version of "Ayo Technology" by 50 Cent (feat. Justin Timberlake) for Belgian radio station Studio Brussel
T.I. STEPS AWAY FROM SIGNATURE SOUND ON NEW ALBUM PAPER TRAIL
After going platinum on his last go round, T.I. decided to veer away from his style that he used on his most recent album T.I. vs. T.I.P. using the paperless raps and going straight into the booth ala Jay-Z and Lil Wayne to drop his tracks. After his gun charges, T.I. is apparently trying to regain connections with his old producers to get back his old sound.
DJ Toomp, who produced other T.I. hits like 24's, U Don't Know Me, and What You Know is back to producing for T.I. on the album Paper Trail, whcih he said some compare to 2Pac's Me Against The World.
Because of his sentence, the album will have about 1 year to be completed and promoted before T.I. has to go to jail for 366 days.
50 CENT DISAGREES WITH EMINEM ON MIXTAPES, NO BEEF WITH RICK ROSS
50 Cent admit that his disappearance from the mixtape circuit is what hurt him recently when he was advised to fall back by his label Interscope, and Eminem. They told him that he should stay away from mixtapes because they cut down his total sales since he's giving the material away for free. That was about the same time DJ Drama and Don Cannon were having problems with the RIAA raid.
50 realized his mistake and has dropped A LOT of new mixtape material in the last few months to make up for his absence.
He said that they (Eminem and Interscope) think he's crazy because of the mixtapes he does. He said in an interview how Eminem questions why he puts it out like that, and 50 explains to us that he couldn't be as hot as he is in the streets if he didn't put out the free material. He also explains that he will put out the best final product if he does the mixtapes to build the buzz.
Also recently online, 50 Cent had a Fat Joe Funeral after reading the soundscan numbers from Fat Joe's Elephant In The Room album that recently dropped. He went on to talk about Rick Ross on the video and many speculated that 50 was taking shots at Ross and warning him not to mess with 50.
Rick Ross is doing good," 50 explained in the interview. "I also complimented him that he had the #1 album. I said, 'Just don't stand too close to this fat piece of ...' I'm saying that because of what [Joe's] trying to do. He runs to Miami and hangs out with them like he's running Miami? Does Fat Joe run Miami? I don't think Fat Joe runs Miami. I think people from Miami would be upset you're even questioning that. The fact he can influence DJ Khaled on the radio, does that mean Fat Joe runs Miami? ... I don't care if [Khaled] ever plays my records. He's not important enough to what I'm doing for it to matter. Not to say Miami doesn't count. He doesn't count for it to matter to me."
UNDERRATED EMCEES PART 1
Here's my list if my underrated emcees. This is purely opinion, and I don't expect you to agree with me 100% but I feel each emcee I list is underrated for certain reasons. Not all reasons are the same also. You might not even think they're underrated so bear with me.
50 Cent - This man is very underrated as an emcee. Keep in mind his career's success overshadows everything he has ever fallen short on in terms of music making. He became extremely wealthy off capitalizing off the Eminem/Dr. Dre connection, blowing up on the mixtape circuit, and finding ways to profit off his brand name. When you think 50, you think of his big business and his gangsta. However, pay closer attention to the songs he writes. 50 Cent actually has a versatile style in flow structure and writing. He's very under appreciated for his skills, but at the same time it's harder to see the talent because he's gotten so rich he probably doesn't care as much about the music as before.
Fabolous - Fab isn't really underrated, but he's misrepresented. The Fab I know spits gangsta on mixtapes and comes with those sick metaphors...all Brooklyn style. Mainstream American views Loso as a rapper for the women, like an LL Cool J in a sense. People always criticize Loso for his albums, and say that his mixtapes are bangers. I think in the eyes of mainstream America, Fabolous is underrated in terms of his skills and true talents, and has to dumb it down for the more pop oriented crowd.
Kanye West - Kanye West isn't as wack as everyone thinks on the mic. In fact, his most recent stuff is getting ever more complex and he's got great metaphors, and rhyme structures. It's funny to see Kanye West come into the game as a backpacker, only to become a mini Jay-Z with commercialism in his raps and boasts of arrogance. Not hating either, I'm a big Jay-Z fan. Kanye West is more known for his production, where as I think he is also an extremely capable emcee.
Obie Trice - This man is so slept on, it's ridiculous. His first album Cheers was a monster, and he dropped Second Round's on Me and that was hot too. I admit, the second album wasn't quite as good as the first, and I'm not sure if it was because of the production, or because he started freestyling everything, but both albums were fire. If you're unfamilar with Obie Trice, I want you to check out a lot of his mixtape material and even peep his albums, his lyricism speaks for itself.
There are plenty more of underrated emcees that I know about and would like to share my knowledge with you on them because they too deserve their shine. I'll put that in another post sometime. There's a lot of NY rappers who don't get love because the south is what's hot right now. A lot of dudes from Chicago don't get attention either because if you think Chicago, you think either Lupe, Kanye, or Common. Detroit is full of great emcees as well. I got love for the south, but if you're a hip hop fan, you gotta pay attention to these other regions even though BET and MTV don't give them equal airtime.
What do you expect out of Eminem now?
There's been a lot of news springing up recently about Eminem's emergence back into Hip Hop. Personally, I have no idea what he's been doing for the past few years, but its probably something like hanging out with his daughter and sitting around a lot. This is purely speculative. Rumors were swirling around about how he got pretty chubby and let himself go, while other rumors talked about Eminem being a pill addict.
Honestly, I liked Eminem better when he was off the drugs which was around the same time as he was dropping all those tracks on the 50 Cent/DJ Green Lantern mixtapes. He was slowly turning into this mixtape rapper who put out ridiculous quality freestyles and raps on dope ass G Unit mixtapes.
However, Eminem quickly receded into doing nothing and did his Encore thing for a while but that was pretty bad. You'd be hard pressed to find anyone who thought that album was actually decent. Eminem stopped trying because rap was boring for him, and it was very visible. There were A FEW good tracks on that album.
What happened to Eminem from The Eminem Show? Or Slim Shady LP? I'm aware his style evolved across the two albums, but seeing one of those hungry mc's would be very appealing, especially for his rumored King Mathers coming out in the near future.
This post was truly written to get your thoughts brewing on Eminem and his most recent moves. Is he washed up and going to fade into the hip hop legends pool, or is he gonna come back with more heat and take his position near the top of the game? Keep in mind, he's been apparently working hard on his new album, he's got a track with DJ Premier, and he's reopened up his Shady Ltd. clothing line. We can only hope for the best for Mr. Mathers...
SOULJA BOY INTERVIEW ON TIM WESTWOOD
talks about his music career and how he made himself a superstar
NEW CASHIS!!! RED LIGHT DISTRICT REMIX FT MISTAH FAB, HOT ROD, DIRTY BLACC
fixed video
freshly leaked cashis track, check it out