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| December 2000 |
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Happy New Years |
| Posted Sunday, December 31, 2000 by Rukas |
| Just wanting to wish everyone a happy and safe New Years. Hope you all do what ya wanna do and party like ya wanna party. Have fun, it only comes around once a year . . . |
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Tupac mentioned on BET comic skit |
| Posted Saturday, December 30, 2000 by Jon |
| BET's comic view last night did a sketch where OJ Simpson was performing a comedy routine to a largely white audience. The audience starts to boo and call him a murdered. OJ gets all pissed off and says "They've been dead for 5 years! Get over it ! You are still trying to find the murders after 5 years ... what about Tupac and Biggie ? You stopped looking for their murderers before midnight! Yeah you ain't sayin' nothing now! What about the indians who used to live in America. Who killed them ? Or the slaves that came over from Africa ? It's been 5 years, get over it. Hey, why did the chicken cross the road ? To GET OVER IT !! GET OVER IT !! |
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Tupac mentioned by "Psychic" |
| Posted Saturday, December 30, 2000 by Jon |
The new issue of XXL has a section with "Cleo", a tarrot card reader you might have seen on TV. It said she was a closet hip hop fan & they asked her questions about the upcoming year in hip hop. She said that Eminem would get into more trouble, Puffy and Jennifer Lopez will break up and then they asked her if Tupac was dead she said "no he is alive and well and he is living in the Bahamas".
NSync fans could have made those predictions and she obviously doesn't know anything about Tupac. Psychic my ass.
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More on Walmart's Eminem Ban |
| Posted Friday, December 29, 2000 by Rukas |
Further info on Walmart pulling Eminem products:
Apparently the reason Walmart is giving for having stopped selling all Eminem products is because they are too violent and inappropriate for everyone, especially children. |
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Tupac mentioned on new B.G. song |
| Posted Friday, December 29, 2000 by Rukas |
Tupac is mentioned on a song "Run With My Chopper" by B.G. from his new album Checkmate. The line goes:
"I'm a dogg, dogg. I'm tellin you im raw, dogg.
Like 'Pac, if you aint in my clique, fuck all y'all!" |
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Gas Chamber II |
| Posted Thursday, December 28, 2000 by Chris |
| C-BO's currently working on his next album titled Gas Chamber II. |
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Raekwon on Tupac |
| Posted Thursday, December 28, 2000 by Chris |
Here's a part of an interview in which Raekwon is talking about Tupac:
Interviewer: What do you think about 2PAC and the West/East Coast beef?
Raekwon: Whatever happened with 2PAC, didn't have to do anything with the East Coast/West Coast thang. What just happened was a beef with a person individually. You're right, he is from from the East, but he is from the West too. He is from the both sides, so we gotta respect is that anytime you see somebody going to something... He can't make a coast go against another coast. That's motherfucking people talking shit and get involved with thangs that them no have to do with it. You know what I mean? And it haven't to do with no coast. Me, personally, when that shit happened, I ain't look at that... I look at it... Like he had problems with assaults. I felt it the same way. If I go for somewhere and a motherfucker disrespect me as a person. Yeah! I scream on that person! And whoever get involved with it, then fuck them too! And in that side he took it! He act like ain't love the East. But people think 'cause he had a beef with the certain individually, then he ain't love the East. And it wasn't that.
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When They Wuz Bangin' |
| Posted Thursday, December 28, 2000 by Chris |
Compton's Most Wanted's When We Wuz Bangin': 1989-1999: The Hitz is set to be released The Right Stuff/EMI on January 23. Here's the tracklist:
01. One Time Gaffled 'Em Up
02. Duck Sick
03. Late Night Hype
04. Who's It?
05. Growin' Up In The Hood
06. I'm Wit Dat
07. N 2 Deep - (featuring Scarface)
08. Def Wish II (East Coast Gang Starr remix)
09. All For The Money
10. 1990-Sick (Kill 'Em All) - (featuring Spice 1)
11. Streiht Up Menace
12. Automatic
13. Days Of '89
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Firestarr |
| Posted Thursday, December 28, 2000 by Chris |
Fredro Starr's Firestarr is set to be released by Koch Records on January 9, 2001. I've found two tracklists, I'm not sure which one is the right one. Here's the tracklists:
01. Intro
02. Dyin' 4 Rap
03. What If
04. Thug Warz - (featuring Outlawz)
05. Perfect Bitch
06. Electric Ice - (featuring Mieve and X1)
07. Who The Fuck Betta - (featuring Case)
08. Big Shots - (featuring Sincere)
09. Soldierz - (featuring Sticky Fingaz and X1)
10. One Night - (featuring Begetz, Ice-T and Versatile)
11. Dat B Dem
12. Dyin' 4 Rap (remix) - (featuring Young Noble, Capone-N-Noreaga, Cuban Link)
13. I Don't Wanna... - (featuring Aaron Hall)
14. Firestarr (America's Most)
15. Theme From Save The Last Dance
01. Dyin' 4 Rap
02. Big Shots - (featuring Sincere)
03. What If
04. Thug Warz - (featuring Outlawz)
05. Electric Ice - (featuring Mieva and X1)
06. Soldier - (featuring Sticky Fingaz)
07. Dat B Dem
08. Dyin' 4 Rap (remix) - (featuring Outlawz, Capone-N-Noreaga and Cuban Link)
09. Who Fuck Betta - (featuring Case)
10. Perfect Bitch
11. One Night - (featuring Begetz, Shimmi, Snoop Dogg and Versatile)
12. I Don't Wanna...
13. True Colors
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Pac mentioned by Fat Joe |
| Posted Thursday, December 28, 2000 by Jon |
Tupac is mentioned on a song by Cuban Link and Fat Joe titled "Why Me". The line starts at 1:33 and goes:
If Pac was here would these niggaz be shining ?
Would half these rappers be rapping so violent ?
It's something I'm glad other rappers see, Tupac made the rap game real, now you got everybody claiming to be a Thug when they're a product of commercialism.
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Walmart Pulls Eminem Products |
| Posted Thursday, December 28, 2000 by Rukas |
| Apparently, Walmart has received faxes from their HQ telling them to pull all Eminem products from their shelves. They are not allowed to have any CDs, posters or anything else to do with Eminem. No reason was given. If you have anymore information about this please email me at rukas@hitemup.com. |
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Snoop hits the charts |
| Posted Thursday, December 28, 2000 by Jon |
| Snoop Dogg's new album "The Last Meal", conveniently released right before Christmas, has sold around 400,000 copies and will hit the Billboard charts in the top 10, likely at #9. |
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Check out 2Pac.com |
| Posted Thursday, December 28, 2000 by Jon |
| 2Pac.com has been updated with a new layout, check it out. |
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Column: Whites in Hip Hop |
| Posted Wednesday, December 27, 2000 by Jon |
| Be sure to check out this new column by Doc Da Vinci as he hits you up with mad knowledge on the topic of white's in Hip Hop. [View] |
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New artist on Death Row ? |
| Posted Wednesday, December 27, 2000 by Jon |
There's been a rumour buzzing around that Deathrow Records is close to signing a new artist by the name of "Confuzious". We've heard through an indirect source that he's just completed recording a song for Deathrow called "After Tha Smoke Clearz" which is a dis to Snoop, Dre and Master P. Apparently the single could be released as soon as next month.
We've got no confirmation and we have no reason to believe that our source is reliable, but we're putting it out to see what responses arrive. If you have any info please email me at jon@hitemup.com |
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Featured Poetry Updated |
| Posted Wednesday, December 27, 2000 by Jon |
| The Featured Poetry section has been updated with the poem "In the Depths of Solitude". The original hand written copy is interesting and is definately worth a look. |
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Suge's Xmas Gift |
| Posted Wednesday, December 27, 2000 by Rukas |
 Suge Knight donated $21 000 last week to the Hillsdale Early Head Start Program in Sacramento. The money will be used to rebuild a playground which was destroyed by vandals who set it on fire last month.
"I saw a report about it on local TV," Suge said in a statement. "A playground is the only safe place for kids to play and then somebody comes along and destroys it. A senseless crime that hurts little kids. I called Death Row Records in Los Angeles, told them to find out the cost to rebuild the playground and cut a check to cover it." |
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Happy Holidays |
| Posted Wednesday, December 27, 2000 by Jon |
| We're back updating the site after this holiday weekend. I hope everybody has had fun and stayed safe. Happy Christmas/Ramadan Mubarak/Hanukkah and much love to everyone. |
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Merry Christmas ! |
| Posted Monday, December 25, 2000 by Jon |
| Merry Christmas from us at HitEmUp.com, we hope you have a very happy and safe holiday. |
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Another ad |
| Posted Sunday, December 24, 2000 by Chris |
| There's another ad for Ride Wit Us Or Collide Wit Us on page 119 in the latest issue of XXL. |
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The Billboard Charts |
| Posted Friday, December 22, 2000 by Chris |
| The Outlawz's Ride Wit Us Or Collide Wit Us fell down from the 12th spot to the 20th spot on the independent charts this week. |
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Xzibit Debuts at No. 14 |
| Posted Thursday, December 21, 2000 by Rukas |
Xzibit's Restless was the highest debut album this week at No. 14 on the billboard charts.
You can order the album here.
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Scarface talking about Tupac's death |
| Posted Thursday, December 21, 2000 by Chris |
Below is a part of an interview with Scarface by Hookt.com in which he's talking about him not accepting Tupac's death.
Hookt.com: Does the fact that you have children make you less obsessed with death?
Scarface: Death is the most promising part of life. You can run, you can hide but somewhere along the lines between running and hiding, death awaits us all. No one lives forever. I'm looking forward to death, seeing my friends and my peers.
Especially Tupac?
I dreaded seeing that nigga die. As promising as death is, I couldn't accept Pac's death. I saw the (autopsy) pictures on the internet and I was mad at Pac. I was so mad at this dude. I was literally cursing at this computer picture because I was so mad. Then I had to grab myself and be like we live to die. No matter how tragic or unexpected, it's just in the books.
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The Outlawz are finally advertising |
| Posted Wednesday, December 20, 2000 by Chris |
| There's an ad for Ride Wit Us Or Collide Wit Us in the latest issue of The Source. It's a bit late, but I guess late is better than never. Thanks to Suvachi for this information! |
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Jerry Heller wins lawsuit |
| Posted Tuesday, December 19, 2000 by Chris |
| Jerry Heller won an appeal in Los Angeles' Second District Court Of Appeals last week in his libel action against Mark "Ronnin Ro" Flores and publishing house, Doubleday. The Second Appellate District court found that the book, Have Gun Will Travel: The Spectacular Rise And Violent Fall Of Death Row Records, which was published by Doubleday and written by Flores contained a false statement about Heller that was "libelous per se" because it exposed Heller to contempt and had the tendency to injure him in his occupation. |
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Interview with the Outlawz |
| Posted Tuesday, December 19, 2000 by Chris |
Below is an interview with the Outlawz by Hookt.com.
Hookt.com: You were under Tupac's tutelage for so long, was there any advice that prepared you to be on your own?
Napoleon: We were basically living with Pac. When he left, we had to pay our own bills. We had to grow up instead of hanging on his coat tails. He was trying to teach us that all along that "it's gonna be one day when y'all gonna have to wake the hell up and grow up." Which hit us too fast.
On your album, you touched on that transition with a "Soldier To A General," is that what prompted you guys leaving Death Row and putting your album out independently?
E.D.I.: It was business. It was about that time. I respect every man for running their company the way they wanna run their company. But guess what, now I got my own company. I wanna run my company my way. That's what we said. "We know how to guide our careers better than anybody." Rap music has arrived to the point where it's a worldwide entity; it's a billion-dollar entity. All we gotta do is control it. All y'all rappers talking about getting y'all money, I ain't mad, just control it. Don't brag about the money y'all making for (someone else).
You mentioned hip-hop being worldwide, part of Pac's appeal was that he touched everybody. Do you see your music being universal like his?
E.D.I: Our music is street politics but it's also world politics. Wherever it is people are struggling, our music is going to touch those people. It starts in the street of the United States but we talking to kids everywhere.
Does it surprise you that the music that Pac did is still as popular as it is?
E.D.I.: Tupac's legacy didn't stop September 13 1996, it continues to grow. All the people who feel him are still a part of the legacy. They wearing Tupac t-shirts in Africa.
Napoleon: Africa is like a Tupac gang now.
E.D.I.: 20 years from now, they (still) gonna talk about his legacy. That's why its so important for us do our thing, we a big part of that legacy. We're trying to keep it rollin'.
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The police searching for K-Ci |
| Posted Tuesday, December 19, 2000 by Chris |
| The Police are searching for K-Ci who allegedly exposed his genetials at a KISS-FM's concert in Los Angeles, Saturday night before fleeing the scene. "We haven't been able to make any contact with [K-Ci] yet," police officer, Lee said. "But we are still pursuing him. Hailey is being charged with indecent exposure, a misdemeanor crime." "KISS-FM apologizes to all of our listeners and fans for K-Ci's actions. We do not condone such behavior," KISS-FM general manager, Roy Laughlin said. |
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No Limit East |
| Posted Tuesday, December 19, 2000 by Jon |
| The new Source Magazine stated that Master P is in plans to open No Limit East, featuring artists from Brooklyn, Queens, and Philly. Sounds similar to the Deathrow East that was planned. Odd how Master P practically claims West Side (West Coast Bad Boyz) and yet he's expanding east. |
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Who is Ryan D ? |
| Posted Monday, December 18, 2000 by Jon |
| Yesterday we posted the audio "You Don't Wanna Battle" by Tupac and Ryan D. We've received a lot of feedback, and many people wanted to know who Ryan D is. He was part of the group 5150. We've also learned that the full song is actually about 6 minutes long and is a hidden track on the 5150 CD. |
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How the Eminem Prank was done |
| Posted Monday, December 18, 2000 by Jon |
Lots of people were saying they saw news about the Eminem crash on MTV and CNN. Well both these sites have a flaw in their setup that allows this to be exploited.
Click here and/or here for more information. |
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Featured Poetry Section |
| Posted Monday, December 18, 2000 by Jon |
We've added a poetry section to the site with the help of a fan by the name of Bob Day. Each week we will put up a new poem by Tupac Shakur. This weeks poem is 'Starry Night', a dedication from Tupac to Vincent van Gogh.
[ Featured Poetry ] |
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Second and third single and video |
| Posted Monday, December 18, 2000 by Chris |
| "Fuck With Me," or "Thug With Me" as it'll be called will be the second single and video of the Outlawz's Ride Wit Us Or Collide Wit Us. "Get Paid" featuring TQ will be the third single and video. |
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You don't wanna battle - Audio |
| Posted Sunday, December 17, 2000 by Jon |
Here's the audio for the song "You Don't Wanna Battle", recorded by Tupac and Ryan D in 1990.
Listen to the Audio |
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Em & Kim back together |
| Posted Sunday, December 17, 2000 by Rukas |
Eminem and Kim are back together, or at least trying to work out their differences and live together.
"Mrs. Mathers is pleased that she and her husband have been able to set their differences aside, particularly for the sake of their daughter, Hailie Jade," Eminem's lawyers wrote in their statement. "Kim strongly believes that it is best for Hailie to be raised in a two-parent home." |
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You don't wanna battle - 1990 Track |
| Posted Sunday, December 17, 2000 by Jon |
| We've just received a track titled "You Don't Wanna Battle", Tupac ft Ryan D that was recorded in 1990. The track is extremely rare. We're going to post the audio shortly. |
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Need help of AOL user |
| Posted Sunday, December 17, 2000 by Jon |
| I'm trying to help somebody using AOL update their website. I have no clue on how AOL works or how it's different from any other internet provider. If anybody can help me out with information on how to update a website hosted on AOL's free space, without using AOL Press, please let me know. You can email me at jon@hitemup.com. Thanks in advance. |
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Eminem Dead ? .... NO |
| Posted Sunday, December 17, 2000 by Jon |
| There's a rumor going around the net that Eminem died in a car crash. The picture and article are extremely fake and obviously done by some nerd with too much time on his hands. |
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Snoop Dogg talking about Tupac |
| Posted Sunday, December 17, 2000 by Chris |
Below is a part of an interview with Snoop Dogg by MTV in which Tupac is the subject.
MTV: When someone says Tupac, what do you think of?
Snoop Dogg: All the good times that we had together, and I look at certain people, how they view him and how they viewed him when he was here, and I look at the real and I look at the fake, and I see who really cared about him and who didn't.
What do you think is his biggest contribution to the hip-hop community and culture?
Awareness. Tupac gave hip-hop awareness through his death. It was sad, but it made everybody aware of the fact that if we want to keep this rap game alive, we got to work with each other, because working against each other is always gonna open the door for violence.
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Jerry Heller joins Hit A Lick Records |
| Posted Sunday, December 17, 2000 by Chris |
| Ruthless Records co-founder, Jerry Heller, has joined Latino-owned rap label, Hit A Lick Records, as COO. "Latin hip-hop offers an incredible landscape of untapped musical talent," Heller said. "I am tremendously excited to be offered the opportunity to be at the forefront of this important musical movement." Hit A Lick Records CEO and president, Pablito Vasquez said, "Hit A Lick Records is destined to become the most powerful, successful, multi-media, Latino-owned company in the world." "The Latin community has suffered long enough from a 'brown out,'" Tony G. - Hit A Lick Records president of music and production - said. "Hit A Lick Records is going to transform the 'brown out' into a 'big brown wave!'" |
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The Last Thug |
| Posted Saturday, December 16, 2000 by Jon |
| Eastwood, Noble and Napoleon have done a song together titled "The Last Thug". No word on any release as of yet. |
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Xchange sntrk title |
| Posted Saturday, December 16, 2000 by Jon |
| The title of the song on the xchange sntrk is "Put My Head to the Sky". |
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The Outlawz on Xchange soundtrack |
| Posted Saturday, December 16, 2000 by Chris |
A song by E.D.I., Young Noble and Gotti Gotti which was recorded on September 13 - the day Tupac died - will be on the Xchange soundtrack which is set to be released by ABC Productions in January. Visit ABCProductions.com for more information.
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Street Life |
| Posted Saturday, December 16, 2000 by Chris |
In the Snoop Dogg chat at BET.com yesterday Snoop said that he's the owner of "Street Life" with Tupac and Prince Ital Joe, and that it won't be released by Death Row Records. He said he might work something out with Afeni in the future, though.
Listen to "Street Life" |
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The Billboard Charts |
| Posted Saturday, December 16, 2000 by Chris |
| Ride Wit Us Or Collide Wit Us fell down from the 9th spot till the 12th spot on the independent charts this week. |
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Ride Wit Us Or Collide Wit Us review |
| Posted Saturday, December 16, 2000 by Chris |
Below is Vibe's review of the Outlawz's Ride Wit Us Or Collide Wit Us.
The Outlawz make their first official ride without Tupac with their debut release, Ride Wit Us or Collide Wit Us. After riding shotgun with Pac on such classics as "Hit Em Up" and "Trading War Stories," E.D.I., Young Noble, Kastro, and Napoleon remain in unison despite Pac's untimely death four years ago and deliver pain-driven lyrics that anyone caught up in the struggle can feel.
On the inspirational anthem "Black Rain," Kastro spits, "It's war on the streets / Now gangbangin' done went East / Now the city that never sleeps will never see peace / Bad enough we still killing each other over ducats / Now it's more of us willing to die over colors / Man it's insane / Black Reign." The assault continues on tracks like the haunting "Nobody Cares," which could easily be called "Keep Ya Head Up 2000."
Ride Wit Us or Collide Wit Us features collaborations with T.Q., Spice 1, and Bad Azz, as well as production by Rap-A-Lot's veteran producers, Mike Dean and Mr. Lee. The album also features Geronimo Pratt, who gives a black history lesson by explaining the origin of the infamous "Ride or Die" policy used by the Black Panthers to monitor the police. The same ideology was also instilled within Pac.
However, like all armies who carry on the fight after the loss of a great leader, the Outlawz slip a few times by covering familiar ground on such songs as "Fuck With Me," which could have easily been written in the same studio sessions as "Just Like Daddy" and "Baby Don't Cry." Nonetheless, they quickly redeem themselves on "Good Bye" where they discuss death, child abuse, poverty, and uplifting black women.
Ride Wit Us or Collide Wit Us is not the polished diamond in a Cartier watch, but the Outlawz still have what Pac first introduced to the world when they called themselves Dramacydal. Although the death of their leader was a heavy blow to them, the Outlawz ensure that the spirits of Makaveli, Yak, and Thug Life live on.
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Cali Luv #1 on 'The List' |
| Posted Friday, December 15, 2000 by Jon |
| Cali Luv was voted the #1 rap song of all time on VH1's 'The List'. |
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Search added to the Site |
| Posted Thursday, December 14, 2000 by Jon |
| A search tool has been added to the site to help you find things a little easier. You can use it from the side menu to the right. |
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Rap production in Pop ? |
| Posted Thursday, December 14, 2000 by Jon |
 Rap Rock hit big with mainstream this past year, and now rap seems to be making its way into pop. Christina Aguilera has reported that she'll be working with Puffy and possibly Timbaland on her new album. If she wants Puffy producing a track I don't see why she doesn't just skip him as the middle man and pay directly for the sample of an 80s beat. |
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Xzibit a no show on The Beat |
| Posted Thursday, December 14, 2000 by Jon |
| Xzibit was scheduled to appear on 100.3 The Beat and never showed. We'll let you know if we hear about his reason for not making it. |
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Lots of Snoop news |
| Posted Thursday, December 14, 2000 by Jon |
 Snoop is appearing to chat live on BET, December 14 at 7 p.m. His album The Last Meal should be out (including Canada) December 19th. [Chat Here]
Snoop is also doing an autograph signing in Harlem, New York in support of Tha Last Meal. It'll take place from 5-7pm on December 19th at:
HMV
308 W. 125th St.
New York, NY 10027
(212) 932-9619
He's scheduled to appear on The Howard Stern Show on Friday December 15th. Snoop will be on The Late Show with David Letterman, Wednesday, December 27th, performing his new single "Snoop Dogg." The video for the single is scheduled to debut Tuesday, December 12th on MTV's DFX at 5:30EST. On the 19th starting 9:01am MTV.com will be having a listening party for his entire album and he'll be sitting down to chat with fans on their site at 7PM (ET) on 12/19.
"Snoop Dogg": The Video |
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Bizzy Bone speaks on Tupac |
| Posted Thursday, December 14, 2000 by Jon |
Bizzy Bone recently dissed both MTV and Tupac biters on the Collection Vol. 2 video.
Listen to Clip
Original audio from WestCoastAfterShock.com |
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New Tupac Film |
| Posted Thursday, December 14, 2000 by Jon |
 There's a new film scheduled to come out Sept. 6, the fifth anniversary of Tupac death. The film is titled Tupac Vs. and is said to be a 'rapumentary'. It features one of the last live concerts by Tupac recorded a month before his murder. It's said to contain 50% previously unreleased recordings. Check out the news section of UfoFilm for information. |
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Tupac in Maxim Magazine |
| Posted Thursday, December 14, 2000 by Jon |
 Tupac is mentioned on the very last page of the December Issue of Maxim Magazine in Last Call titled "What If ... rock gods were really mortal? |
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Tupac mentioned on The W |
| Posted Thursday, December 14, 2000 by Jon |
| Ghostface Killa mentions Tupac on the new Wu-Tang album, The W. On the song "I Can't Go to Sleep" he says says "Technique is ill son, watch how I spill one, peace to Biggie, Tupac, Big L and Big Pun." |
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Death Row ordered to pay $10 Million |
| Posted Thursday, December 14, 2000 by Chris |
| A Los Angeles court has ordered Suge Knight and Death Row Records to pay $10 million in punitive damages to Ken and Lamont Brumfield who had contracts with Kurupt before he signed with Death Row Records. David Kenner and Death Row Records told the AP they would appeal Tuesday's ruling. Last week, the same jury awarded Ken and Lamont Brumfields $4.34 million in compensatory damages stemming from the lawsuit filed in 1995. Kurupt was dropped from the lawsuit after he filed bankruptcy. |
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Thug By Nature |
| Posted Wednesday, December 13, 2000 by Chris |
| Layzie Bone's solo album, Thug By Nature is set to be released by Mo Thugs Records on March 6. The first single and video is "Make My Day." "The theme of the whole album is respect," Layzie said. "First you get respect, then you get the money, then you get the power. But it all starts with respect." |
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Prodigy robbery confirmed |
| Posted Wednesday, December 13, 2000 by Jon |
On the song Wanna Be Thugs on Prodigy's new album H.N.I.C (which may be a dis to Tupac [Lyrics]) he says "Wanna be thugs, flashin jewels get ganked". It's been confirmed that Prodigy had about $343,000 dollars worth of jewelry "ganked" from him. Most of the jewelry was only rented for the video shoot (what's with fake ballers these days anyway) and was insured. The robbery took place not far from where Prodigy and Havoc both grew up. It's possible that the robbery was staged to take the jewels and have insurance of the jewelry store they were rented from cover the loss.
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Prodigy robbed at gun point |
| Posted Wednesday, December 13, 2000 by Jon |
I've heard a rumor that Prodigy of Mobb Deep was robbed of approximately $300,000 worth of jewelry at gunpoint while taking a break from his video shoot last Friday. I haven't got any official confirmation on this but I'll try to verify this as soon as possible. If anybody has more information please let me know.
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Restless is Released |
| Posted Tuesday, December 12, 2000 by Rukas |
 Restless is now out in the US, make sure you go down to your local store and pick it up, its definitely worth it. Its also out in Europe, but no sign of it in Australia yet. You can order the explicit version online here. |
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No N.W.A. album? |
| Posted Tuesday, December 12, 2000 by Chris |
| Last Thursday, Dr. Dre stated that the N.W.A. reunion album have been put on hold. "We got a couple of things down, nothing that I'm happy with, so they don't mean anything," Dr. Dre said. The group has been unable to work on the album due to that they've been busy with their own careers. "The status of N.W.A right now remains in limbo, because everybody that's supposed to be a part of this record has their own careers, and they're out doing their things. [Ice] Cube is working on a big special-effect movie, Snoop [Dogg] has a record coming out and is gonna promote that, and I'm working with my new artists, trying to do my thing. I have no idea when that record's gonna happen, or if it's gonna happen," Dre said "The status of N.W.A right now remains in limbo, because everybody that's supposed to be a part of this record has their own careers." Dre himself is currently busy working on female singer, Shari "Truth Hurts" Watson's debut album, Ain't That The Truth?. "I've been looking for a female singer for about eight years now, and I finally found [her]," Dre said. "We've been working really hard to make her stuff come out proper, and we're gonna change the course of music again. I can't even call it R&B, 'cause R&B is rap's bitch. It's some other shit. It's somethin' else. It's singing to my rhythm, and it's definitely gonna make everybody that's out there doing R&B music go back in the studio and rethink and do their shit over — press erase." Another project that Dre will soon start working on is Rakim's upcoming album, Oh My God. "I've always been a fan of Rakim; I've always bought every record twice," Dre said. "He's been one of the reasons why I'm still in hip-hop today. So for me to be able to work with him is a straight-up blessing. I'm just grateful. I'm gonna step into the studio and make this the best record that I've ever made." |
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Ride Wit Us Or Collide Wit Us sales |
| Posted Sunday, December 10, 2000 by Chris |
| Ride Wit Us Or Collide Wit Us sold 79,876 copies its first month. It's still the best selling independent rap album this year. |
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Eminem's mom retaliates on CD |
| Posted Sunday, December 10, 2000 by Jon |
 Eminem's mom with the help of ID-X is about to release an album stating her views on her son Marshall Mathers. Eminem has of course slandered her many times in his lyrics. Check out her website at Marshallsmom.com and you can pre-order the CD. |
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Words to My Unborn Audio |
| Posted Sunday, December 10, 2000 by Jon |
DJ Quik has done a remix of Tupac's song Words to my Firstborn. Now I LOVE Quik, but this beat is wack and the song sounds like garbage compared to the original.
Listen to the Dj Quik Mix
Listen to the Original |
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Message Board Open Again |
| Posted Sunday, December 10, 2000 by Jon |
I've reverted back to the old message board on the old server, moving it to this server was causing to many problems. The board will be a bit slower but will be much more reliable. Make sure to update your bookmarks and links.
Visit Forum |
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Xzibit Xposed |
| Posted Sunday, December 10, 2000 by Rukas |
This comes from Xzibit.ws, they got it as an exclusive, so if you use this, give thanks to Xzibit.ws:
"Sometimes being the first and best site pays off, we just received exclusive information from the source itself. Open Bar Films will be releasing an all access DVD entitled Xzibit Restless Xposed in February 2001. You'll be able to see more info on the Restless sleeve which comes out on the 12th. You heard it here first.
Source: Project Director Devin DeHaven.
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Updated featured Audio and Video |
| Posted Sunday, December 10, 2000 by Jon |
| If you haven't noticed already, the featured audio has been updated with "Thug Wars" ft. Fredro Starr, Sticky Fingaz and the Outlawz while the new featured video is "Head Doctor" by Snoop Dogg ft. Swoop G. Check the right of the page. |
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Firestarr |
| Posted Sunday, December 10, 2000 by Chris |
| The Outlawz will make guest appearances on Fredro Starr's solo album, Firestarr, which is set to be released by Koch Records on January 9, 2001. I'm not sure, but I think that "Thug Wars" which also features Sticky Fingaz will be on it. |
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Tha Last Meal |
| Posted Sunday, December 10, 2000 by Chris |
Snoop Dogg's fifth LP, Tha Last Meal, is set to be released by Doggystyle/No Limit Records on December 19, 2000. The first single and video is "Snoop Dogg (What's My Name Part 2)." The tracklist is below.
01. Intro
02. Hennesey N Buddah - (featuring Kokane)
03. Snoop Dogg (What's My Name Part 2)
04. True Lies - (featuring Kokane)
05. Wrong Idea - (featuring Kokane, Bad Azz and Lil' HD)
06. Go Away - (featuring Kokane)
07. Set It Off - (featuring Ice Cube, MC Ren, Nate Dogg and The Lady Of Rage)
08. Stacey Adams - (featuring Kokane)
09. Lay Low - (featuring Nate Dogg, Tha Eastsidaz, Butch Cassidy and Master P)
10. Bring It On - (featuring Kokane and Suga Free)
11. Game Court (interlude) - (featuring Mac Minister)
12. Issues
13. Brake Fluid (Bitches Pump Yo Brakes) - (featuring Kokane)
14. Ready 2 Ryde - (featuring Eve)
15. Lossen' Control - (featuring Butch Cassidy)
16. I Can't Swim
17. Leave Me Alone
18. Back Up Off Me - (featuring Master P and Mister Magic)
19. Y'all Gone Miss Me - (featuring Kokane)
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The Billboard Charts |
| Posted Saturday, December 9, 2000 by Chris |
| Ride Wit Us Or Collide Wit Us fell down one step to the 9th spot on the independent charts this week. |
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Death Row lose another Court Case |
| Posted Friday, December 8, 2000 by Rukas |
| Kurupt's former mangers, brothers Lamont and Ken Brumfield were recently awarded $4.3 million in a civil fraud suit against Death Row Records. The jury found that Death Row fucked with their contracts and money. Snoop Dogg, who was charged with convincing Kurupt to split with the Brumfields, and Dr. Dre also testified in the case. Interscope Records who distributed Death Row at the time settled out side of court for an unknown amount. Lamont Brumfield will however have to celebrate the victory alone as his brother, Ken Brumfield is currently serving a 20-year prison sentence for cocaine trafficking. |
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The truth ... |
| Posted Friday, December 8, 2000 by Rukas |
| Just to clear the 2real thing up, the fact is I got emails from certain people saying that 2real was either Hyland or Iverson playing their alias game again. If its not true then I apologies to 2real. But the fact is Hyland and Iverson pulled the same tricks on PhatForum a while back, registering different nicks to support their posts and getting their groupies to post, 2real falls into one of those two categories. As for Iverson and Hyland not being bootleggers, that's absolute bullshit, they were among HipHopSpots' first customers and continually kissed G. Litt's ass until she bought them DRHQ.com and hooked them up with bootlegs, but suddenly after they turned on G. Litt they deny ever running DRHQ and they deny ever being friends with G. Litt, which is a bitch move in it self. Anyone who's been around long enough knows the truth, ask anyone from PhatForum's old days. |
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Young Frisk A.K.A. Da Prophet R.I.P. |
| Posted Friday, December 8, 2000 by Chris |
| Rapper, Young Frisk A.K.A. Da Prophet was murdered earlier tonight. R.I.P. |
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Bullsh*t... |
| Posted Friday, December 8, 2000 by Chris |
| deathrowrecords2000.com/ubbhttp://forum.hitemup.com1/HTML/004588.html You're good at lying Miles, that's how you got your "job" in the first place. Anyway, how come you deleted the other message? What happened to RideOnEm? He's always an active poster and why did you ban "Black Jesuz" and "OG_Doggfather?" Also, personally, I don't believe y'all are 2Real. I never claimed you were, Rukas did, I don't know if it's true or not. |
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Tupac + Outlawz Mp3 Requests |
| Posted Thursday, December 7, 2000 by Jon |
 If you'd like to request any rare Tupac or Outlawz Mp3s check out Alleyezonme.co.uk |
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The Outlawz on Live From L.A. |
| Posted Thursday, December 7, 2000 by Chris |
| The Outlawz will be on Live From L.A. at BET 07:00 P.M., P.T. tonight! |
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One last thing about all this |
| Posted Thursday, December 7, 2000 by Chris |
| John and Miles deleted the post in which they and several other Death Row groupies dissed me and HitEmUp.com, it's now pretty obvious that they do pay attention to HitEmUp.com, isn't it? |
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Happy B'Day Jon ! |
| Posted Thursday, December 7, 2000 by Rukas |
| Everyone join me in wishing Jon a Happy 21st Birthday!!! Better late then never man, sorry. ;) |
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Check it from me |
| Posted Thursday, December 7, 2000 by Jon |
Just to put my input into this situation, I don't care about any aspect of it. I'm too busy dealing with my own.
As far as I'm concerned Deathrow died with Pac. We're here to keep Tupac's memory alive, not try to come up off bringing somebody else down. |
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Check It Again... |
| Posted Thursday, December 7, 2000 by Rukas |
Seeing as my comment started all of this, I have to throw my two cents in.
Firstly, RideOnEm is John Hayland aka DeathRow. Hyland and Miles Iverson run the 'official' Death Row site and also run Westside2real, which I'm sure the DR offices don't know about. They are also two well known 'ex' bootleggers. So its pretty obvious that DeathRow, RideOnEm, Da_Juice and 2real are the same people, did you ever wonder why the Death Row forum doesn't show the posters IP? John 'Nate' Hyland and Miles Iverson pulled this same trick on Phatforum, but after G. Litt, J.D. Bastin and the regulars found out, they got laughed off the board. Oh, and isn't it funny that 'RideOnEm' posts a question and then just three minutes later 'DeathRow' replies...
Now, they say they don't pay attention to this site? Well they obviously do since they got so pissed at a comment (two words) I made. Plus, as Chris mentioned, they used to always e-mail him and 'hired' Jon to make their graphics and original frame layout. I say 'hired' because they didn't even have the decency in them to pay him for his hard work. In fact these 'webmasters' hardly do any of their own work, they hound other people to do it for them, then take the credit. I know they asked Jon to do it, G. Litt, Tewpac and JG also got asked. Hyland and Iverson have hardly any web design skill, they had to get people to teach them how to use FTP and Eudora! I'll say it again, Very Unprofessional.
Hide behind whatever alias you two want, sooner or later the truth will come out just like it did at Phatforum, my bet is on sooner... |
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Check it... |
| Posted Thursday, December 7, 2000 by Chris |
Deathrowrecords2000.com/ubbhttp://forum.hitemup.com1/HTML/004530.html
I find this really funny since RideOnEm is John "Nate" Hyland, one of the ex-bootleging unpaid webmasters at the official Death Row Records website, you know, that dude that got in contact with Death Row through that shitty job he had at a radiostation in Tennesse and later bought DeathRowRecords.com together with Gurjet Litt (no offense) and Miles Iverson and tried to get Death Row to pay big money for it and when they refused he and Iverson turned on Litt and later got Death Row to "hire" (well, do it for free) them as webmasters after a year of nagging at Cedric. I wonder if he knows that y'all are leaking out audio to Westside2Real.com that you're not allowed to post at the official site. I'm not talking about their so-called exclusives like Personal Business, Tha Last Meal and The Restless LP which they jacked from MP3 sites, I'm talking about the tracks from Too Gangsta For Radio that y'all posted early.
Anyway, you might wonder why Hyland would post under the name RideOnEm. It's because he wanted to let everybody know what they think about us. But it's not like they was gonna start a thread about us under the username "DeathRow," because that way they'd seem very unprofessional, but hey, it wasn't so professional to leave an official website not password protected, right? Y'all should search for posts by "RideOnEm" at the Death Row board if y'all don't believe me. Isn't it a bit weird he's always the first one to notice when a section at DeathRowRecords2000.com or something at Westside2Real.com is updated and always the one to diss us, AllEyezOnMe.com and any other site that better than them and helped their ass out in the beginning.
Also, if you're as hard as you claim (didn't y'all call yourself "web donz" a while back?) and actually get paid, you should be quite rich now. A professional webmaster get paid around $90/an hour, and you two geeks are online 24/7, so yeah, you should have lots of money by now. So why don't y'all come and see me?
Christopher Wanzelius
Gustafsv. 10
169 58, Solna
SWEDEN
Jarone, you're saying we're jealous of Hyland and Iverson? Jealous about what? Their unpaid job? Their shitty webmaster skills? Nah, I don't think so. And your story about what happened in the WestsideTV.com chat room is pure bullshit! I don't care, though. I just think it's funny that you left the Outlawz chat because of us, hehe, what a sucker. The reason we was pissed at you in the first place was because you had said some shit about us being Tupac dickriders because we have a biters section on our site. You shouldn't even open your moth about that since you're getting pimped by Hyland and Iverson all day, every day. Also, haha, it's funny, according to you, me and Rukas was from Canada, then from Sweden and now we're from Switzerland and Australia? That just shows how dumb you are.
Da_Juice, please do me a favor and shut the fuck up. You're full of shit, just like the rest. I once said that I relate to the streets? Then why don't you tell me when? C'mon, you gotta know pretty much about me since not even I know about this. And fuck whoever else (besides WARRIORAIDER) that replied to that message, don't reply to shit you don't know shit about your fucking followers.
Also, Miles, I know you're "DeathRow" because you're running that site, John's just your fucking puppet. Anyway, you said you don't pay attention to this site. How come you always used to e-mail me and ask for credit for news from your site (that's right, I usually give credit to unofficial sites, not official ones, isn't it enough that I'm promoting their artists and albums?)? And if you never paid attention then why did you ask Jon to do your old framelayout? Which he never got his $100 for by the way. Didn't Jon also do your old board? Maybe I'm wrong, maybe it was the AllEyezOnMe.com webmaster, I don't know, there's so many people y'all have used for your site since you can't do shit yourself. |
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Tupac and Morissette collobration |
| Posted Thursday, December 7, 2000 by Chris |
In the latest issue of Hip Hop Connection there's an interview with Afeni. It confirms that Tupac recorded songs with Alanis Morissette. I know he said he did in an interview before his death, but I remember that there was some people on our board (which we hope to have back up again soon) that doubted he ever did. Here's the part of the interview in which the songs are being mentioned.
Hip Hop Connection: You recently discovered over 150 tracks recorded by Tupac at various stages in his career, some of them including collaborations with Alanis Morissette and Madonna. Do you have any plans to relase them?
Afeni: They'll all be available at some point in the near future. The Alanis and Madonna tracks will probably be released as a collobrative album. Tupac has left other tracks that include contributions from old school rappers like Melle Mel. We have enough material for around another ten albums, but the method by which we let this all out to the public is still at a planning stage. There may be a box set of Tupac's music at some stage in the near future.
Soon after Tupac died in 1996, conspiracies were quickly fabricated alleging he had faked his own death...
That hurt me very much. Here I was trying to deal with the loss of my own son, and people started making this stuff up. People can talk and comment all they want, it still can't bring my son back. He's gone forever. The rumours originally appeared on the internet, which is supposed to bring accurate information to people starved of it. It was an unfortunate thing for people to suggest, just to make some headlines off of it. |
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Daz and JT signs distribution deal |
| Posted Wednesday, December 6, 2000 by Chris |
| If you've been having problems finding Daz Dillinger and JT The Bigga Figga's LP, Long Beach 2 Fillmoe, then I can tell you that they recently signed a distribution deal with Black Market Records and the album should soon be released nationwide. |
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Bitch Betta Have My Money 2001 |
| Posted Tuesday, December 5, 2000 by Chris |
AMG's second LP, Bitch Betta Have My Money 2001 is set to be released by Lightyear Records/WEA on December 5, 2000. The first single is "Perfection." The tracklist is below.
01. Bitch 2001
02. Jack Off - (featuring Jiboh)
03. Perfection
04. Soak Me Baby - (featuring DJ Quik)
05. She's Paid - (featuring Dru Down and Bosko)
06. All Over U
07. Pimp The World
09. Reallionaire.com
10. Bounce
11. Come Inside - (featuring Paperboy)
12. F.M.S.M. 2 - (featuring Poppa L.Q. and Jiboh)
13. Yo Luv
Check out AMG's official website, Reallionaire.com. |
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Battlecat, Doggystyle and TVT sued |
| Posted Tuesday, December 5, 2000 by Chris |
| Last Wednesday, Columbia filled a lawsuit toward Battlecat, Doggystyle Records and TVT Records. Columbia is claiming that the cover of the "Baby If You're Ready" single by Doggy's Angels features the familiar Charlie's Angels logo and that the cover art could cause confusion for shopper who are looking for Charlie's Angels soundtrack. Columbia also claims that the single's explicit content and the video's violent content are likely to tarnish and disparage the reputation and good will associa |
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