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| News Archives |
| November 2001 |
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EDI mentions rumored beef with Xzibit on Novakane. |
| Posted Sunday, November 18, 2001 by Rukas |
I just noticed something interesting on 'This Is The Life' from the Outlawz latest album, Novakane.
EDI raps "EDI Amin, about my chips since 96, I told ya'all on Bomb First, think about your money first, niggaz thought I was dissing, but I was teaching," I think this is a refrence to EDI's line in 'Bomb First' where he raps "Got a little question for that nigga that made Paparazzi, if you aint in this rap game, for the mutha fucken cash man, then what is your mutha fucken purpose?"
Just another thing proving that there is no beef between the Outlawz and Xzibit, in case ya didn't know already... |
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Quantum Productions |
| Posted Sunday, November 18, 2001 by Rukas |
| Erik Nordquist has worked with Bone since 1994 as their producer and engineer. He worked on their first record "Creepin on Ah Come Up" and on all the group albums and produced several tracks on solo albums. He has started his own label called Quantum Productions and has a new talent called Knitwit, who released his solo album "Tha Krow'z Nest". The album features guest appearances by Krayzie Bone, Ken Dawg from Mo Thugs, Peppa from Salt-n-Peppa and several others. With production from Erik Nordquist, Tony-C & Battlecat the album has created what has been described as "a new sound in hip-hop". |
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Duece Records |
| Posted Sunday, November 18, 2001 by Rukas |
Another HitEmUp.com exclusive:
Super Sako, a producer who has worked with many artists including Bone Thugs-n-Harmony and Tha Outlawz, is working on his own label, Duece Records. The label is set to release a compilation next year featuring Duece Records artists and others including Krayzie Bone and Tha Outlawz. Production will be handled by Super
Sako. |
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Bone Thugs & Tha Outlawz |
| Posted Sunday, November 18, 2001 by Rukas |
| According to Thugline Producer Super Sako, who produced several cuts on Krayzie Bone's new album Thug On Da Line, and who recently worked on Big Syke's album Big Syke Daddy, Bone Thugs-n-Harmony & Tha Outlawz made a song called "Thug Luv Part 2". This song is the follow up to Bone Thugs and 2Pac track called "Thug Luv". The song is set to be released on the new Bone Thugs album dropping early 2002 on Bone Thug Records. |
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Info on DJ Yella's 'other' career |
| Posted Sunday, November 18, 2001 by Rukas |
Here is the cover for one of DJ Yella's porno movies. Yella is set to return to production on the upcoming soundtrack for the Eazy E DVD which will be released by Lil
E/DPG Recordz. |
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More info on Eazy E DVD and Eric Wright Jr |
| Posted Sunday, November 18, 2001 by Rukas |
Heres another HitEmUp.com exclusive!
Eric "Lil Eazy" Wright Jr, son of legendary Eric "Eazy-E" Wright is ready to release a DVD/VHS on DPG/Lil' E Recordz. The movie, titled The Life and Times of Eric Write, will contain never before seen footage of Eazy & Ruthless Records, with performances from Bone Thugs and several other people who were around E. The movie will also have a soundtrack, which is produced by Lil' E, Daz Dillinger and DJ Yella. This marks the return to producing for Yella, who has focused a lot of his recent time on making porno movies instead of rap records.
Lil' E also plans to release a solo album in early 2002. Click the image for a larger view.
Thanks to #BoneThugs on Efnet for the heads up on this news. |
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Mitchy Slick mentions Pac |
| Posted Sunday, November 18, 2001 by Rukas |
On the single 'BringInDaWholeSet' from Mitchy Slick's excellent debut album, Trigeration Station Mitchy mentions Pac.
"... and spill some shit that you can't comprehend, some next level shit like Pac was in ..."
Trigeration Station really is a great album, I will have a review up soon. You can buy the album online at CDnow.
Also make sure to check out the official Mitch Slick site. |
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Bone Thug Records Sampler |
| Posted Saturday, November 17, 2001 by Rukas |
Here is the tracklist to the Bone Thug Records sample mentioned in the previous news post. You can get the sampler at DJ Uneek's CD shop, Music Zone in South Central LA.
01. Bone Thugs-N-Harmony - Intro
02. LaReece - Deeper (Feat. Krayzie Bone)
03. DJ Uneek - Upcoming Releases
04. Bone Thugs-N-Harmony - Bone Bone Bone (Snippet One)
05. Bruce Havhcock - Irresistible
06. Krayzie Bone - If They Only Knew Uneek Remix (Feat. LaReece)
07. Bone Thugs-N-Harmony - Bone Bone Bone (Snippet Two)
08. Krayzie Bone - The Last Days (Snippet)
09. Baby S - I'm Ghetto
10. DJ Uneek - Upcoming Releases 2
11. Bone Thugs-N-Harmony - Bone Bone Bone (Snippet Three)
12. LaReece - Thug Story (Feat. Krayzie Bone)
13. DJ Uneek - Upcoming Releases 3
14. Krayzie Bone - Ride If You Like Remix (Feat. LaReece)
Thanks to Kahz who ripped the sampler. |
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New Bone Thugs album and label |
| Posted Saturday, November 17, 2001 by Rukas |
This is a HitEmUp.com exclusive.
Bone Thugs-N-Harmony who recently broke with Ruthless Records, have created a new record label called Bone Thug Records. In November the new label will release a solo album by R&B artist Bruce Havhcock and Thugline Records artist Lareece. DJ Uneek will handle production on both albums. The big news is that a new Bone Thugs-N-Harmony group album is scheduled to be released early 2002 on Bone Thug Records. Mo Thugs will also release an album next year. What exactly happened with Thugline Records is not known at the moment but all the artists have moved to Bone Thug Records. A new sampler full of new Bone music and snippets has been released at DJ Uneek's CD shop, Music Zone. Anyone in the South Central area should check out Music Zone for more information and great music.
Also, make sure to check out #BoneThugs on Efnet, the best Bone Thugs chat on the net. Much love to them for providing information on this news story. |
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Next year's One Nation Conference |
| Posted Saturday, November 17, 2001 by Chris |
| Next year's One Nation Conference will be held at Berkley's La Pena auditorium on June 16. The time is still being decided upon. Also, the One Nation Conference Comittee is being sued for $2,000 by several artistic firms for ideas and undisclosed terms. The firms claims they stole the title for the last conference, Until The End Of Time. Robert McCall, the founder of the comittee, believes it's all because of a failure to pay for t-shirts they had made prior to the conference. |
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Dre, Storch, Xzibit and others get sued |
| Posted Saturday, November 17, 2001 by Chris |
In April, Philadelphia songwriter Michael Lowe filed a copyright infringement suit against Dr. Dre, Scott Storch, Xzibit, Ain't Nuthin' But Funkin' Music, Hard Workin' Black Folks Music, Hennessy For Everyone Music, Voco Music, Columbia Records and Loud Records claiming that they stole his tune and used it for Xzibit's single, "X." Dr. Dre, Mel-Man and Scott Storch are credited as the producers. Lowe is seeking damages exceeding $1 million.
On August 6, 2000, Lowe was invited by producer Storch to come to Pep-Soul Recording Studios in Philadelphia and bring his "hottest stuff." If it was good enough, it'd be showcased for rap producers in Los Angeles and New York. One of the songs he played for Stoch was "West Coast (Dre Beat)," a piece he had assembled to complement Dre's style. After he heard it, Storch asked him to go home and retrieve the original disc that contained the song. A sound engineer at Pep-Soul witnessed Storch recording drumbeats and music similiar to "West Coast (Dre Beat)" into his keyboard.
Eight months later, Lowe heard his song on Xzibit's third LP, Restless, and in late March, Lowe's attorney, John T. Robertson, hired a music expert to compare Lowe's version to "X" and found that there were sufficient similarities to justify legal action. Robertson sent a settlement proposal to each of the defendants in the case, but they all refused to settle, insisting that Dre and Xzibit wrote "X" on their own.
The defendants were served legal papers in April and to date all but publisher Melvin F. Bradford have responded not guilty to the copyright infringement charges. Storch asked that the case be dismissed due to lack of evidence, but last week his motion was denied by judge Robert L. Kelly of the U.S. District Court For Eastern District Of Pennsylvania. |
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Knoc's Landin' |
| Posted Saturday, November 17, 2001 by Chris |
L.A. Confidential/Elektra Records is scheduled to release Knoc-Turn'al's debut album, Knoc's Landin', in March, 2002. It features production by Dr. Dre and Timbaland. It features songs including the first single, "Knoc," featuring Dr. Dre and Missy Elliot and "Str8 West Coast (remix)" featuring Dr. Dre.
"Knoc can do it all - I can't think of a better talent who fits the vision I have for L.A. Confidential," said Big D, CEO of L.A. Confidential Entertainment. "Elektra is a great home for us because it affirms one of my goals, which is to give our label a universal sound. Even though we're based in L.A. we want our music to appeal to people from every region. It doesn't matter from what side of town you are from, or what part of the country, our goal is to keep the door open to everybody."
"Knoc-Turn'al has already made his presence known in the hip-hop community by his collaborations with Dre on The Wash soundtrack," said Sylvia Rhone, CEO and Chairman of Elekra Records. "His upcoming Elektra debut will no doubt put him down as one of hip-hop's new forces to watch." |
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Five years ago |
| Posted Friday, November 16, 2001 by Chris |
Five years ago, The Don Killuminati: The 7 Day Theory, debuted at first position on the Billboard 200. At the same time All Eyez On Me held the 32nd and Me Against The World the 97th.
It's quite amazing, I don't know any artist in the past ten years who had three albums in the top 100 at the same time. If you do, feel free to e-mail me.
Click here to view the Billboard 200 five years ago. |
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Left Eye signs with Death Row? |
| Posted Thursday, November 15, 2001 by Chris |
| Due to contractual breech on Arista Records' behalf, Left Eye is no longer signed with them as a solo artist and is now a free agent. She was recently spotted with Marion "Suge" Knight at a Lakers game and is rumored to has signed with Death Row Records. |
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Vote for us |
| Posted Thursday, November 15, 2001 by Chris |
| If you've got some spare time, click here to vote for us as the best rap fan website of the year at
ThugMusic.net. |
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Novakane debuts at #100 |
| Posted Thursday, November 15, 2001 by Chris |
 Novakane debuted at the 100th position on the Billboard 200 this week. |
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Bang Or Ball tracklist |
| Posted Thursday, November 15, 2001 by Chris |
Below is the tracklist for Mack 10's fifth solo LP, Bang Or Ball:
01. Intro
02. Hate In Yo Eyes
03. Let The Thugs In The Club - (featuring B.G. and Lil' Wayne)
04. So Serious - (featuring Big Tymers)
05. Connected For Life - (featuring Butch Cassidy, Ice Cube and WC)
06. Dominoes (interlude)
07. That Bitch Is Bad - (featuring Big Tymers)
08. Do The Damn Thing
09. King Pin Dream - (featuring Big Tymers and Mikkey)
10. Work
11. No Dick (interlude)
12. No Dick At All - (featuring Skoop Delania)
13. Mathematics
14. Let It Be Known - (featuring Scarface and Xzibit)
15. Announcement (interlude)
16. We Can Never Be Friends - (featuring Big Tymers and Lac N Stone)
17. Dog About It - (featuring B.G.)
18. Murder - (featuring Big Tymers and Turk) |
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Vanilla Ice speaks on Suge and mentions 2Pac |
| Posted Wednesday, November 14, 2001 by Rukas |
Vanilla Ice, also known as Robbie Van Winkle, was recently interviewed by Launch.com and he mentioned Suge Knight and Death Row, and 2Pac.
When asked about his thoughts on the now free Suge Knight, who allegedly dangled him by the leg from a balcony, forcing him into signing over the publishing rights to his hit "Ice, Ice Baby", Vanilla Ice said "You know, I have no hate towards Suge or nothing like that. I look at that in a positive way because of the fact that, you know, I told you in '94 I tried to commit suicide with $20 million in the bank." He then added "Why would I be bitter today after that, and after everything I been through, on what Suge took from me? And I look at it in a positive way because the money that went towards that, you know, the Death Row thing, also funded the 2Pac record, The Chronic record, you know, some of the best hip-hop records of history. A Snoop Dogg, you know, all of that came from the initial funding of Vanilla Ice."
Firstly, Vanilla Ice is a total bitch. Secondly, the publishing rights signed over were signed over to Chocolate Bandit who rightfully deserved them. Chocolate Bandit was responsible for writing Vanilla Ice's album along with Earthquake. Vanilla Ice and his label then tried to screw Chocolate out of his money and credit. Whatever beatings Vanilla Ice recieved from Suge he deserved and has himself to thank for.
And everybody knows Death Row was funded by drug money. Sure maybe some of Vanilla Ice's money helped out, but this has nothing to do with 2Pac. Its obvious Robbie Van Winkle is just trying to make himself feel important, which he is not and is better left forgotten. |
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Timbaland and Magoo Audio |
| Posted Wednesday, November 14, 2001 by Jon |
Timbaland and Magoo's album Indecent Proposal is set to drop November 20th.
"DJ S and S Mix"Real G2: 20k 32k 96k Windows Media: 20k 32k 96k
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Filming of Outlawz video begins |
| Posted Tuesday, November 13, 2001 by Chris |
| Fortress Entertainment is scheduled to release an Outlawz DVD and VHS in March, 2002. The filming began last week in Los Angeles, California. It'll feature archive and current footage and according to 2PAC-Outlawz.com, the videos for "Black Rain" and "Thug With Me." |
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Outlawz get into fight in Las Vegas? |
| Posted Tuesday, November 13, 2001 by Chris |
Last Sunday, I recieved this e-mail from CTHUGS1@aol.com:
"I went to the fight in Las Vegas at the MGM Grand. The one between Kosta Kzyu and Judah on Nov 3.The Outlawz were there. They got into a fight by the ring at the end of the fight. Then the ran upstairs by us and went into the hallway where the food stands are. they got into it again. I believe it was Noble that got into the fight. The guy he fought was with them, cuz he kept askin the Outlwaz if they were just gonna leave him there. Napolean kept asking him why he did what he did and they were gonna leave him but the cops let him go and then they all left together. Dont know how it happened. It was Napolean, Noble, E.D.I, and Kastro there and some other of their homies. I then seen them in the casino later on and went up to them to shake their hands. They were very cool about it. They was just flossing the Outlaw gear. I gotta give it up to them boyz. Just wanted to let you know and if u wanna post this go ahead. Gimme props if you do, nahmean. Give a shout out to Baytown, TX if you do." |
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Suge disses the Outlawz |
| Posted Monday, November 12, 2001 by Chris |
Below is a part of an interview with Marion "Suge" Knight from the latest issue of The Source:
"When Pac died, people used him to get their push. When they do a show, the first thing Snoop do is put twos in the air for Tupac. Nigga, Pac said you was a bitch and he ain't like you. You take the Outlawz. They all wanna be west coast. They got a pass. They was Pac's little boys. They wasn't his homeboys." |
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Kadafi R.I.P. |
| Posted Saturday, November 10, 2001 by Chris |
Today, it was five years ago that Kadafi was killed in Orange, New Jersey. Just like Tupac, he was taken away from us before his time. He was only 19-year-old. May he rest in peace. |
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Pink wears Tupac t-shirt |
| Posted Saturday, November 10, 2001 by Chris |
| Pink was recently on Diary on MTV. She wore a Tupac t-shirt on which he smoked a joint on and threw up his middle finger. On the back it said, "I Get Around." |
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I'm going away |
| Posted Friday, November 9, 2001 by Rukas |
Im going away for a week and wont be posting any news. Just thought some of you may want to know.
Back November 17th. |
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"World Wide" video screenshots |
| Posted Friday, November 9, 2001 by Chris |
Click on the links below to view screenshots from the "World Wide" video:
[ 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 ] |
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Petition |
| Posted Thursday, November 8, 2001 by Chris |
| A new petition has been started to make Interscope Records promote the next double album better than Tupac's previous posthumous releases. It's being fully supported by Amaru Entertainment and will be shown to people at Interscope Records who can influence the promotion of it. So far 658 people have signed it. Spread the word and click here to sign it! |
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OutlawRecordz.com is back |
| Posted Wednesday, November 7, 2001 by Chris |
| The official Outlaw Recordz website, OutlawRecordz.com, is back up. Check it out! |
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Big Boi & Dre Presents |
| Posted Wednesday, November 7, 2001 by Chris |
Arista Records is scheduled to release Outkast's fifth LP, Big Boi & Dre Presents, on December 4, 2001. It's a greatest hits type of LP and features three previously unreleased songs. One of the new songs is "The Whole World."
"'The Whole World' is like a new-school jam, you know. It's like... put it like this, it's all about that swang. That's what it's about this season," Dre said in an interview with MTV. "It touches on issues — serious ones and playful."
"Basically it was a time, right after the terrorist attacks, that every time you turned on the TV, you would see a big pile of rubble, steam and big cranes," Big Boi said, "and at one point I thought it was really desensitizing people to what happened. They kept showing things over and over again, which is like trying to keep people down."
"'The whole world loves it when you don't get down' is basically [saying that] people like to see you doing bad, whether it's terrorists or republicans or democrats, government officials, whoever," Big Boi said, "so you, as an individual, have got to take it upon yourself to really push forward, 'cause there is always going to be negativity. But with positivity, it cancels it out."
The tracklist is below:
01. Funkin' Around*
02. Ain't No Thang
03. So Fresh, So Clean
04. Rosa Parks
05. The Whole World - (featuring Killer Mike)*
06. Aquemini
07. B.O.B.
08. Southernplayalisticadillacmuzik
09. Crumblin' Erb
10. Ms. Jackson
11. Player's Ball
12. Elevators (Me And You)
13. Spottieottiedopaliscious" (original) - (featuring Sleepy Brown)*
14. Git Up, Git Out - (featuring Big Gipp and Cee-Lo)
15. Movin' Cool - (featuring Joi Gilliam-Gipp)*
*Previously unreleased |
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Usher names plant after Tupac |
| Posted Tuesday, November 6, 2001 by Chris |
| Last Friday, they showed Usher's house on Cribs on MTV. Usher said he named his plants. One of them was named Big Poppa after The Notorious B.I.G. and another one was named Tupac and was in a seperate room. |
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Tupac special on Dutch channel |
| Posted Tuesday, November 6, 2001 by Chris |
| There'll be a Tupac special on the Dutch channel TMF between 09:00-11:00 pm November 8, 2001. |
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Novakane out now! |
| Posted Tuesday, November 6, 2001 by Chris |
| Novakane is out now! Make sure you swoop it up. |
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Novakane Australian release date |
| Posted Tuesday, November 6, 2001 by Rukas |
| The Outlawz new album, Novakane, will be released in Australia on November 19th. |
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Yukmouth Down Under!!! |
| Posted Monday, November 5, 2001 by Rukas |
 I got some very good news for anyone living down under in Australia, Yukmouth is coming your way! The Thug Lord himself will be touring Melbourne and Adelaide this December!
The shows are being presented by Raw Impact in Melbourne, and Raw Impact & Eternal Productions in Adelaide, and I am in charge of promotion. Yukmouth will perform at the Corner Hotel in Melbourne on Tuesday December 4th and at the Tivoli Hotel in Adelaide on Thursday December 6th. Tickets go on sale in around one weeks time. If you have any questions or comments, you can contact me at rukas@hitemup.com or you can e-mail Raw Impact via info@raw-impact.com
A Raw Impact spokesperson has said, "For sure, Yukmouth is really looking forward to coming back down here, it is gonna be a great show. We need everyone to support this show coz that's the only way more acts will come to Australia. We got a lot, and I mean a lot more acts lined up for the first half of next year with some huge names and some surprises so make sure you come out to this show!"
Check out the poster on the left for details on the Adelaide show. I will post more details soon. |
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Liks tour dates |
| Posted Monday, November 5, 2001 by Rukas |
Here are the current dates for the Liks tour through Europe.
Nov 8 - Copenhagen @ Vega
Nov 9 - Zurich @ Rote Fabrik
Nov 11 - London @ Subterania
Nov 15 - Hamburg @ Mojo
Nov 16 - Paris @ TBD
Nov 18 - Amsterdam @ Melkveg (Cannibus Cup)
Nov 21 - Stockholm @ Dayley
Source: Fortress DVD |
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Checkmate - Welcome to the Game |
| Posted Sunday, November 4, 2001 by Jon |
 Be sure to check out Checkmate's debut solo album Welcome to the Game. Hit up doubleupmusic.com for more info. |
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Message about the downtime |
| Posted Sunday, November 4, 2001 by Jon |
| Sorry about the downtime, we are updating now. I have been away for a few days and have lost some emails, so if you haven't gotten a response there is a chance that I didn't receive your email. |
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Knoc-turn'al signs with Elektra Records |
| Posted Saturday, November 3, 2001 by Chris |
| Knoc-turn'al recently signed with Elektra Records who's scheduled to release his debut album, Knoc's Landing, soon. |
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Outlawz on Tim Westwood |
| Posted Friday, November 2, 2001 by Chris |
| If you're in the U.K., check out the Outlawz tonight at 11:00 pm on Tim Westwood on Radio 1. |
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E.D.I. interview |
| Posted Friday, November 2, 2001 by Chris |
| Check out O2DeathRow.com for an interview with E.D.I. |
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