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| May 2000 |
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Ice Cube to star in Stray Dawgz |
| Posted Wednesday, May 31, 2000 by Chris |
| Ice Cube will star in the upcoming movie Stray Dawgz. He will play a newly released convict who discovers that he is the next in line of a long ancestral tradition of werewolf hunters. He then has to save San Francisco from the terrorizing beasts. Stray Dawgz will be directed by Gregory Dark. Stray Dawgz are set to be released in theatres next year. |
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C-Bo Enemy Of The State tracklist |
| Posted Tuesday, May 30, 2000 by Chris |
Here's the tracklist for C-Bo's upcoming album titled Enemy Of The State.
01. Enemy Of The State
02. Crippin' (featuring Daz Dillinger)
04. Death Rider'z
05. Paper Made
06. Get The Money
07. 4.6 (featuring Rider and Hustler)
08. It's War (featuring Yukmouth and Little Keek)
09. Forever Thuggin' (featuring Dotty)
10. Ride Till We Die (featuring WC)
11. Nothin' Over My Gz (featuring JT The Bigga Figga and Killa Tay)
12. Spray Yourself (featuring Yukmouth)
13. Me And The Mac (featuring CJ Mac)
14. Picture Me Balling
15. Born Killaz (featuring Mob Figaz)
16. Pimpin' And Jackin' (featuring Too Short)
17. Tycoon
18. Untitled (Bonus Track)
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RIP Ryan McCool |
| Posted Sunday, May 28, 2000 by Jon |
 Ryan
McCool, webmaster of The Tupac Tribute page died in a car crash just 2 days after his 18th birthday. He ran one of the longest running Tupac sites and understood the truth of Tupac with the depths only a true fan can. He spent a lot of time representing for Tupac and hope everyone feels it necessary to help represent for him. If you have a few minutes, pay respect and send condolences to his family at makaveli82@geocities.com."Don't Just Hear it, But FEEL IT!" ~ Ryan |
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I Picked Up The Marshall Mathers LP |
| Posted Sunday, May 28, 2000 by Rukas |
| I picked up Eminem's The Marshall Mathers LP last Monday, the 22nd. I was the first person to buy it, so they gave me a laminated promotional poster. The whole album is tight. Pick it up. I was wondering, can anyone set me up with the uncensored lyrics for the tracks that were censored? Thanks.
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"Cheese" by Above The Law |
| Posted Saturday, May 27, 2000 by Chris |
| The FoeGround got "Cheese" by Above The Law up on their site. This is one of the songs by Above The Law that'll be on Too Gangsta For Radio. |
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Daz Dillinger leaves Death Row |
| Posted Saturday, May 27, 2000 by Chris |
| WestsideTV.com got a interview with Daz Dillinger. Daz says that he now have left Death Row and wants to hook up with Dr. Dre and Snoop Dogg. He also says that he's trying to get on the Up In The Smoke Tour which currently will feature N.W.A, Kurupt, 213, Tha Eastsidaz, Xzibit and Eminem. WestsideTV.com also got the video for
"R.A.W." up. |
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Above The Law signs to Death Row |
| Posted Saturday, May 27, 2000 by Chris |
| The Official Death Row Records Website reports that Above The Law have signed to Death Row. They will make their Death Row debut on the compilation Too Gangsta For Radio which is set to be released later this year. Their first album on Death Row will be released on October 31. Also, Death Row Uncut will be released in DVD-format in June. The DVD will feature bonus footage which wasn't on the VHS one. |
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Rapper 50 Cent shot |
| Posted Wednesday, May 24, 2000 by Jon |
| After releasing the song How to Rob, 50 Cent has made more than a few enemies. The song disses everybody from BlackStreet to Slick Rick. He's been shot once in each leg and once in the mouth, obviously by somebody delivering a message. Check out sohh.com for more info, thanks for Neva_again from forum.hitemup.com for the hookup. |
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Eminem writing Dre's lyrics ? |
| Posted Wednesday, May 24, 2000 by Jon |
| I was listening to a couple recent Dre songs and I comparing them to Eminem's style. Anybody else think they seem similar ? Check out the lyrics to Forgot about Dre and see if you feel me. |
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Tupac mentioned on Eminem CD |
| Posted Wednesday, May 24, 2000 by Jon |
I'm just sitting back listining to the new Em CD up on song 13 right now. So far I'm feeling about half of it, the rocks songs I definately don't like, but maybe they'll grow on me. There's a lot of talk about killing and raping women, namely his mom, which is kinda odd, but the disses to mainstream music figures are hillarious.
Tupac is mentioned on song 11. Marshall Mathers:
Or leaning out a window with a cocked shotgun
Drivin' up the block in the car that they shot Pac in
Lookin' for BIGs killas
Dressin' ridiculous
Blue and red like I don't see what the big deal is
Double barrel twelve gauge bigger than Chris Wallace
Pissed off, cuz Biggie and Pac just missed all us
Watchin all these cheap immitations get rich off em'
And get dollars that shoulda been theirs like they switched wallets
And amist all this chris poppin and wrist watches
I just sit back and just watch and just get nausea
One thing I noticed, the song Our House, which mentioned Pac and was circulating the net, got dropped from the album.
I'd say look for Bitch Please II to be a single for sure, the song is tight. |
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More info about R.A.W. |
| Posted Wednesday, May 24, 2000 by Chris |
| The FoeGround reports that Daz Dillinger's album R.A.W. which is available at Los Angeles swap meets isn't his official one. His official album will be released on July 4 (the same date as Snoop Dogg's upcoming album Last Meal will be released). |
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Purchase the Daz R.A.W CD |
| Posted Tuesday, May 23, 2000 by Jon |
| You can pick up the Daz Dillinger cd R.A.W. from mp3.com on two seperate discs, each for $5.99. Thanks to Mr Smartfor the info, peace. |
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Tupac played on MTV ... no serious |
| Posted Tuesday, May 23, 2000 by Jon |
| Yeah, I know it's hard to believe, but Tupac was actually played on MTV the other night. Of course it's only because Eminem was on for EminemTV and he played California Love. MTV still gets the middle finger from me, and they'd get the index and ring fingers too if they weren't such tight asses. Don't forget to pick up Eminem's new album. |
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Tupac Tribute Album: To Live and Die |
| Posted Tuesday, May 23, 2000 by Jon |
There's a new album which was released this month as a tribute to Tupac. It's called To Live and Die, and you can pick it up at amazon.com. Here's the tracklisting:
1. Daz Intro - Daz Dillinger
2. Murder & Mayhem - Lucky Lucciano/Daz/Don Jaguar/Blue
3. Big "T" - Big Blue/Tom McCarthy
4. Hatin' On Me - Thump/Drawz/Babygyrl/Heavy Hittaz/Yolanda
5. All I Wanna Do - Heavy Hittaz/Krazy Khrome
6. Summertime - Lucky Lucciano/MC Eiht/Baby G
7. Get Fucked Up Interlude - Cat
8. Put In Work - Thup/Krazy Khrome/Drawz
9. Footprints - Krazy Khrome
10. Gotta Get Tha Dough - Drawz/Lucky Lucciano/Coolio/Yolanda
11. Weed Interlude
12. Bang Forever - Thump & Bad Azz
13. Cold And Heartless - Lucky Luciano and Drawz
14. Shady Ass Niggas - Cat
15. Can You Stand The Rain - Lucky
Lucciano/Yolanda
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Don't forget to pick up Eminem's new joint |
| Posted Tuesday, May 23, 2000 by Jon |
| Don't forget to pick up the new Eminem Marshall Mathers LP cd which is dropping Tuesday, May 23rd. The CD is pretty raw, I've heard quite a few tracks off it and I'm definately going to pick it up. The album has gotten a lot of publicity with good advertising campaigns and with the amount of disses to celebrity figures it should get a lot of news coverage as well. I wouldn't be surprised if the album sold seven to eight hundred thousand albums in the first week and went five or six times platinum. |
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Will Bone Thugs videos fuel alive theory ? |
| Posted Tuesday, May 23, 2000 by Jon |
 I've got word on 2 upcoming Bone Thugs videos by a guy by the handle of syncere_illiess. Bone Thugs seem to be fairly active in the Tupac alive rumors. You can check out the song Thug Luv that Tupac did with Bone Thugs on the BTNH album Art of War. The Bone Thugs new album titled Resurrection appears to have the word 2Pac written in the sand, which you can click on the pic below to view.
Apparantly Mo Thugs has 2 videos being released sometime between this and next month.
 Bone stated: "MAKE SURE YOU WATCH BOTH VIDEOS CLOSELY. THERE'S A GUEST APPEARANCE BY SOMEONE I THINK WILL SHOCK YOU ALL ... MAYBE WE'LL BE ABLE TO PUT THE RUMORS TO REST..."
I haven't validated the video info yet, just hitting you up. If you got any more info please let me know. |
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Listen to When Thugs Die |
| Posted Monday, May 22, 2000 by Jon |
If you haven't heard about the Nas song yet check out the news post (Nas bites a song Tupac dissed him in) below. It seems to be a play of an unreleased Tupac song called When Thugs Cry which Tupac dissed Nas at the end of. Word is that the Nas song will be released on a compilation CD which is called Queens Finest and is being put together by Nas.
| When Thugs Die - Nas | Download |
| When Thugs Cry - Tupac | Download |
Thanks to lifegoeson.cjb.net for the hookup on When Thugs Die, check out their site.
I got an email from somebody who was in Uniondale New York for the Spring Break Jam 2000 concert at the Nassau Collesium. He said that Nas was giving shoutouts to Tupac during the concert. Funny how that works isn't it. |
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Looking for Anti-Puffy material |
| Posted Sunday, May 21, 2000 by Jon |
| I'm working to expand the anti puff daddy section and looking for any material which can help. If you have any pictures, lyrics, remixes or anything else you'd like to submit please email me at jon@hitemup.com. Full credit will of course be given to the creator. Thanks. |
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An update on the song pain |
| Posted Sunday, May 21, 2000 by Jon |
The song Pain was released on the tape of the Above the Rim soundtrack and also on the single of Warren G's Regulate. The soundtrack for the single is:
Regulate
Regulate Radio Edit
Pain
Loyal to the Game |
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R.A.W tracklist |
| Posted Friday, May 19, 2000 by Chris |
Here's the tracklist for Daz Dillinger's upcoming album titled R.A.W.
01. Super Cuz (intro)
02. Street Gangs (interlude)
03. What Cha Talkin' Bout
04. This Iz Not Over Till We Say So
05. One-Nine-99 (featuring Lil' C-Style & Big Pimpin')
06. Who's Knocc'n At My Door (featuring Big Pimpin')
07. When Ya Lease Expected
08. What It Iz
09. I'd Rather Lie 2 Ya (featuring Kurupt)
10. On The Grind (featuring Kurupt)
11. If U Want This Pussy (interlude)
12. Your Gyrlfriend 2 (featuring Soopafly & Mac Shawn)
13. R.A.W. (featuring Kurupt)
14. It'z All About That Money
15. Movin' Around (featuring Slip Capone)
16. U Ain't Know'n (featuring Tray Deee)
17. Agony
18. Feels Good (featuring Kurupt)
19. My System (featuring Kurupt)
20. Baccstabber (featuring Tray Deee & Mark Morrison)
21. Super Cuz (outro)
Thanks to Snoop's Dogghouse for this info. They also got "R.A.W" from the album in real audio, so be sure to check it out! |
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Tha Eastsidaz movie finished |
| Posted Friday, May 19, 2000 by Chris |
| Tha Eastsidaz have finished filming a self-titled direct-to-video movie. Tha Eastsidaz, Suga Free, Jayo Felony and Tash will all appear in the movie which is set to be released this summer. |
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Makaveli Script available again |
| Posted Wednesday, May 17, 2000 by Jon |
| Sorry for the server problems, I got the Makaveli Script and all of it's addons available again. You can download them here. |
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Ja Rule Update (No Pain) + Nas correction |
| Posted Wednesday, May 17, 2000 by Jon |
I've gotten so much feed back on the Ja Rule song No Pain, it was unbelievable. Thanks to everyone who responded. I've checked out the song, and well, it pisses me off. Seriously. Ja Rule takes Tupac's first verse and Strech's verse, and sings both of them with slightly changed lyrics. Then he leaves Tupac's 3rd verse in and suddenly it's Ja Rule featuring Tupac on a single called No Pain. The beat is basically the same with an added layer and a female hook was added.
The thing that pisses me off the most, is that Pain is such a good song, and is pretty unknown even to many Tupac fans. I believe it was only released on the cassette version of the Above the Rim Soundtrack. So many people aren't going to know that he only remixed the song and are gonna give him props for it.
C-Murder has already "remixed" When We Ride on Our Enemies, an unreleased Tupac track, while Kane & Abel took the entire third verse from Souljah's Story and released it on an album.
If they wanna do a tribute, why don't they do songs that people will know Tupac has done already, like anything from All Eyez on Me ?
Just a correction on the Nas quotes, the line "Tell the medic to bring the medication, and quickly, I'm sicker then a 2pac tribute to Biggie!", was actually an Eminem quote, my bad. |
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Nas Quotes |
| Posted Tuesday, May 16, 2000 by Jon |
I've checked out the song by Nas called When Thugs Die, where Nas samples beat and chrous from an unreleased Tupac song titled When Thugs Cry (Nas bites a song Tupac dissed him in) if anybody has the song in real audio so I can post it for people to hear I'd appreciate it.
I've checked out some of the songs Nas has written after the death of Tupac, here's some quotes.
"Niggaz thought I was sleep like B.I.G. and Pac did/may they rest in peace but while I'm alive I pop shit." - Nas
"Don't take the pussy if she fighting, cause you saw what happened to Tupac and Mike Tyson" - Nas
"Dear 'Pac ... We had words cuz the best is supposed to clash at the top/But kept it brotherly when we see each other and stopped/ ... After you left/I got no sleep/Thinkin 'bout how real us niggas would be/If we united/A nation of thugs, who could fight it?/ ... Will there ever be another MC as nice?/Will you return to us like the resurrection of Christ?" - Nas
It's easy to see, he's all up on Tupac's nuts. The best are supposed to clash ? He must have himself confused with somebody even close to the top of the rap game. |
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New Forums at forum.hitemup.com |
| Posted Monday, May 15, 2000 by Jon |
There's a few new forums on the Message Board.
Tradin Hor' Stories - Chances are the stupidest things you'll ever do in your life are done so wasted you hardly remember them, but everybody else does. Trade some stories about parties, drugs and alcohol.
Webmaster Forum - Exchange ideas with other webmasters to help improve websites.
HitEmUp.com - Give feedback, suggestions or report a problem on this site. |
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New Tupac single this summer ? |
| Posted Monday, May 15, 2000 by Jon |
Platform Network is reporting that there is a single coming out this summer featuring Tupac and Ja Rule. This is what they had to say:
** 2 Pac & Ja Rule, 'More Pain': Is someone writing for Pac from beyond the grave? R.I.P. no doubt, but how is it that a track as dark, dense, and passionate as this is even possible after his death? Featuring the desperate tale of valor in a valiant youth by Ja Rule-- at a level I never anticipated from one of the Murder's-- this will bring joy to millions this summer."
I'm not exactly sure what single this is but I can almost guarantee that Tupac never did a song with Ja Rule. I'm thinking this might be the remix that Ja Rule did of Tupac's song Pain on the Above the Rim Soundtrack. In which case, I've got no idea how he could get clearance to release it as a single. If anybody has any info please email me.
To read the article click here. |
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New columns In Our Own Words |
| Posted Monday, May 15, 2000 by Jon |
Column 020 Got Beef ? Dre vs Mack 10 - Doc Da Vinci
Column 019 Tupac Movie - Killuminati
Column 018 Crazy, Tragedy, and Will Smith?? - Killuminati |
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Clips from The Marshall Mathers LP |
| Posted Saturday, May 13, 2000 by Chris |
| You can listen to clips from Eminem's upcoming album The Marshall Mathers LP at The FoeGround. |
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Ice-T Voices "Cain" For Sci-Fi Video Game |
| Posted Friday, May 12, 2000 by Chris |
This is from MTV.com:
He's done film, music, and TV, and now rapper Ice-T is adding video games to his resume.
Ice-T has inked a deal with Fox Interactive to provide the voice for the character of Agent Nathaniel Cain in the science-fiction/adventure game, "Sanity, Aiken's Artifact," a project Fox is currently developing.
In "Sanity," set thirty years in the future, players assume the part of Cain, a government agent with "psionic" mental powers who is charged with finding and capturing rogue criminals with similar psychic abilities.
The "Sanity: Aiken's Artifact" game will be available from Fox Interactive in both Windows and Macintosh formats this fall, although a firm release date has yet to be announced.
Ice-T plans to celebrate the video game deal with an appearance at Fox Interactive's booth at the Electronic Entertainment Expo at the Los Angeles Convention Center on May 12 from 2 to 6 p.m. (PT).
With the video game credit, Ice joins the company of such multi-media performers as David Bowie, who last year composed music -- and appeared as a character -- in the "Omikron: The Nomad Soul" video game (see "David Bowie Writes 'Nomad' Music For Virtual Game").
For more information and a sneak peek at the "Sanity, Aiken's Artifact" game, check out the game's official site at (www.foxinteractive.com). |
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Tha Eastsidaz added to summer tour |
| Posted Friday, May 12, 2000 by Chris |
| Tha Eastsidaz have now been added to the big summer tour with Dr. Dre, Ice Cube, Kurupt, Warren G, Xzibit and Eminem. |
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Nas bites a song Tupac dissed him in |
| Posted Thursday, May 11, 2000 by Jon |
Tewpac is reporting that Nas samples the chorus/beat to an unreleased song When Thugs Cry, performed by Tupac.
At the end of the song Tupac says:
"Hey Nas remember that sh*t you said? I don’t know what magazine you said some sh*t how I wasn’t... nobody saying thugs until. Well whateva whatever, whatever. ni**a you better really go to the record store, go check out some of the albums you be putting out muthaf*cka. We been saying on this thug sh*t for a while now. And I know you been listening cause you been biting this sh*t. So uh, recognize and realize before yo a** get rolled on!"
The chrous goes:
Battle scars and close claskets are multiplied
muthafuckas die, don't ask why
When thugs cry, we don't shed tears, we shed blood
Do you still wanna be a thug?
When thugs cry
In this song by Nas, the chorus goes:
"This is what it sounds like when thugz die, pow, pow, pow."
This is obviously a dis to Tupac, a sad one, but a dis. Tupac makes a song claiming Nas was biting his style, and all Nas can do in retaliation is use the beat, switch the chorus and admit he's a biter, not even deny it ? Funny. The sad thing though, is that Nas is always in interviews saying, oh, I miss Pac, I wish he were here so we could be the two best rappers together. He's calling himself a Don and whatever else. The only people that know the unreleased song When Thugs cry, and will know this is a dis to Tupac, are the true Tupac fans, who chances are don't listen to Nas anyway, so he's not losing any fans with this subtle dis. NOW THAT'S WHAT I CALL A BITCH.
I'll try and get some more info on the existence of the song and some real audio/lyrics. If you have any info email me. |
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Makaveli Script download problems |
| Posted Thursday, May 11, 2000 by Jon |
| The script was located on the download server which no longer exists. The downloads won't work until I get a new server, which hopefully will be in the next week. |
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The Marshall Mathers LP tracklist |
| Posted Thursday, May 11, 2000 by Chris |
Here's the tracklist for The Marshall Mathers LP which is set to be released May 23:
01. PSA intro
02. Kill You
03. Stan (featuring Dido)
04. Paul (skit)
05. Who Knew
06. Steve Berman (skit)
07. The Way I Am
08. The Real Slim Shady
09. Remember Me? (featuring RBX & Sticky Fingaz)
10. I'm Back
11. Marshall Mathers
12. Ken Kaniff (skit)
13. Drug Ballad
14. Amityville (featuring Bizarre)
15. Bitch Please 2 (featuring Dr. Dre, Snoop Dogg, Nate Dogg & Xzibit)
16. Kim
17. Under The Influence (featuring D-12)
18. Criminal
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One hour Pac Special on Channel [V] |
| Posted Thursday, May 11, 2000 by Rukas |
Last night at 7:30pm, Channel [V], an Australian cable music channel, had a one hour special about Tupac on the show PM. The hosting was shocking, I cringed each time the host said "two-pack" and laughed when he fucked up the names of the clips they played. The host also told everyone that Tupac's career spanned from 1995 to 1996, which is what a lot of people here think anyway.
The clips they played were; Shed So Many Tears, California Love Part 1, and 2, 2 of Americas Most Wanted, How Do You Want It, Hit Em Up, 2 Live And Die In LA, I Wonder If Heaven Got A Ghetto, Do For Love, and Changes.
If you see this repeated, tape it, its was rely good, but don't tape the hosting. |
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Blaze Magazine set to fold |
| Posted Monday, May 8, 2000 by Jon |
| Blaze Magazine has announced it's plan to fold as a company after it's July issue. The reason is said to be it's failure to match targeted circulation and advertising goals, plus the controversy that has surrounded the magazine. It was rumored that Wyclef held a gun to the head of an editor when Canibus' album was given a bad review, and the same person was beaten by a small posse when a picture of The Mad Rapper was published. Personally, when I go to a magazine store I check out Vibe, The Source and Blaze, and have never bought a single issue of Blaze. Hopefully this won't effect Vibe Magazine, which is a sister company. |
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Quentin Tarantino to direct NWA video |
| Posted Monday, May 8, 2000 by Jon |
| Quentin Tarantino (Pulp Fiction) is rumored to be directing the video for NWA's single Chin Check. Should be crazy. |
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This weeks new releases |
| Posted Monday, May 8, 2000 by Jon |
There's a few albums worth checking out which should drop on May 9th.
Killah Priest - A View From Masada
Half-A-Mil - Milion f/ AZ, Noreaga, Ali Vegas, Nature, Kool G Rap, Spice 1, Mussolini
TQ - The Second Coming |
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Foesum.com |
| Posted Sunday, May 7, 2000 by Chris |
| Just wanted y'all to check out The FoeGround (Foesum.com) - The official Foesum website and the #1 site for WestCoast news and audio! |
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Cougnut signs with Death Row |
| Posted Saturday, May 6, 2000 by Chris |
| It's rumored that Bay Area rapper Cougnut have signed with Death Row Records. Remember that this is just a rumor. |
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Last Meal tracklist |
| Posted Friday, May 5, 2000 by Chris |
Here's the tracklist for Snoop Dogg's upcoming album titled Last Meal which is set to be released on July 4:
01. Blaze It Up (Intro)
02. Heard It Thru The Eastside
03. Everywhere I Go
04. So Heavy On My Mind (featuring Kokane)
05. Hot Pursuit (featuring Goldie Loc)
06. Y'all Gone Miss Me (featuring Kokane)
07. When I Wake Up (featuring Goldie Loc)
08. Pump Your Brakes (You Hoez) (featuring Kokane)
09. Westcoast Still Gone Flow (featuring Kurupt)
10. Luv You
11. Father Day (featuring Kokane and Xzibit)
12. Inside Of You
13. Money Weak
13. Pop Ya Collar (featuring Fred Wreck)
Producers on the album includes Snoop himself, Dr. Dre, Soopafly, Goldie Loc, Ant Banks, Battlecat and Mech Wells. |
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Site Download Problems (thecoolhost.com) |
| Posted Friday, May 5, 2000 by Jon |
I'm working on getting a new download server for the real audio and makaveli script. I need about 200MB, if somebody can hook me up with temporary space on a reliable T3, non-free webspace provider, I'd apreciate it.
The old server is down due to problems thecoolhost.com was having with their servers. I paid for 4 months of hosting and over the course of the first 3 months the site wasn't up for half the time. I was repeatedly told that the server problems were being fixed. Then, my account was deleted, with all of my files, and tape backups were lost. I had no access to the account, even with a month left of paid hosting and haven't been reinbursed in any way. Not even with an apology. |
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Release Date Rumors |
| Posted Friday, May 5, 2000 by Jon |
| I've heard a rumor that The Outlawz album Neva Surrender as well as 2Pac - The Spoken Word album will both drop on June 13th. I don't know how much truth there is to it because it would seem crazy for both albums to drop on the same day. |
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Big L's album pushed back |
| Posted Friday, May 5, 2000 by Jon |
| I've heard that there's an album from Big L titled The Big Picture, due out July 25th, with the first single Flamboyant being released May 30th. If somebody can confirm this please let me know. |
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Eminem mentions 2Pac in latest Interview |
| Posted Friday, May 5, 2000 by Rukas |
 Music365 has a feature interview with Eminem in which he mentions 2Pac.
The interview talks about Em's new album, what it was like growing up, drugs, his daughter and other stuff, its pretty good. Check it out here. |
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Radiokings Tupac Tribute |
| Posted Friday, May 5, 2000 by Jon |
| RadioKings.com has done a nice Tupac Tribute real audio video which you can check out here. |
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Canada's own ... Choclair |
| Posted Friday, May 5, 2000 by Jon |
 How many of you have heard of rapper Choclair ? Need a hint ? He was featured along with Canadian rappers The Rascalz (from my home city of Vancouver), Thrust, Checkmate and Kardinal in the song Northern Touch which was released on The Rascalz last CD. The native of Toronto has signed a contract with Virgin Music Canada and has recently dropped his album Ice Cold in the US under Priority, making him the first Canadian rapper to have an album released on a major label in America. He's definately got lyrical skills.
Check out his single Just Ride. [ Listen ] [ Download ] The album Ice Cold features Guru, Memphis Bleek, The Rascalz and others. Here's the tracklising:
01. Intro
02. Ice Cold
03. Let's Ride
04. Rubbin' f/ Saukrates
05. Takin' It In
06. Bare Witness f/ Guru Of Gang Starr
07. Jambone
08. Fresh
09. Kardi's P.S.A. | 10. Rollin' f/ Jully Black
11. Young Gunz f/ Memphis Bleek
12. Runnin' Wid Us
13. Flagrant
14. Die Hard f/ Rascalz
15. S.O.T. f/ Solitair & Kardinal Offishall
16. Da Chiznock
17. First Thing f/ Rahzel From The Roots
18. Situation 9 |
Purchase the album here. He's also on the net at www.choclair.net. |
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MC Eiht's new album |
| Posted Thursday, May 4, 2000 by Jon |
| MC Eiht's new album In My Neighborhood is due in stores June 6, 2000. |
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Hip Hop for Respect |
| Posted Thursday, May 4, 2000 by Jon |
The single hit stores on March 21, you should definately pick it up. Proceeds from the sale of the single go to the Diallo family, who was slain by NYC cops, and other victims of police brutality.
It features Mos Def, Talib Kweli, Kool G Rap, Rah Digga, Sporty Thievz, Shabaam Sahdeeq, Common, Pharoahe Monch, Posdnuous and others. |
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May issue of The Source |
| Posted Thursday, May 4, 2000 by Jon |
 If you haven't picked up the May edition of source magazine you definately should. It's got a nice tribute to Big Pun, an article about Choclair, the break up of Bone Thugs and lots more.
They rated the top ten album covers of all time and Makaveli was ranked number 4. Boogie Down Productions - By any means necessary was number 1, Nas - illmatic was number 2 and Redman - Dare iz a darkside ranked number 3. They also ranked Still I Rise in their Source System under heavy rotation. Ha Ha, this is funny. There's an advertisement for Cross Colour clothing at page 116. Anybody else remember wearing tshirts that changed color when you sweat ? If you wanna take a trip back 9-10 years you can hook yourself up, the phone number is 212.840.0880. |
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Tupac Mural Tribute |
| Posted Thursday, May 4, 2000 by Jon |
 There's a tight mural dedication to Tupac which was done by "Duster" SFB Squad, Chemnitz, Germany. It's a graffiti of the picture to the left with RIP, 16 JUNE 71 - 13 SEPT 96 written to the left of it. If anybody has the location of this mural or a scanned picture of it I'd appreciate it if you sent it to me. Thanks. |
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Westcoast Tour Dates |
| Posted Thursday, May 4, 2000 by Jon |
Dates for the big summer tour, Snoop, Dre, Eminem, Ice Cube, Kurupt, Warren G and others, have been announced.
June 15, Chula Vista, Calif., Coors Amphitheater (tickets onsale May 6)
June 16, Anaheim, Calif., Arrowhead Pond (tickets onsale May 5)
June 19, San Jose, Calif., San Jose Arena (tickets onsale May 6)
June 24, Portland, Ore., Rose Garden (tickets onsale May 5)
June 30, Indianapolis, Conseco Fieldhouse
July 1, Columbus, Ohio, Schottenstein Center
July 2, Cleveland, Gund Arena
July 3, Pittsburgh, Melon Arena
July 6, Detroit, TBA
July 8, Chicago, Allstate Arena
July 10, Minneapolis, TBA
July 13, Rochester, N.Y., Blue Cross Arena
July 14, Albany, N.Y., Pepsi Center
July 15, Boston, Fleet Center
July 18, Philadelphia, Spectrum
July 20, Uniondale, N.Y., Nassau Coliseum
July 21, East Rutherford, N.J., Continental Airlines Arena
July 22, Hartford, Conn., Hartford Coliseum
July 25, Baltimore, Baltimore Arena
July 26, Buffalo, N.Y., Midland Marina Arena
July 27, Washington, D.C., MCI Center
July 29, Charlotte, N.C., Charlotte Coliseum
July 30, Atlanta, Lakewood Amphitheater
Aug. 1, Ft. Lauderdale, Fla., TBA
Aug. 2, Tampa, Fla., Ice Palace
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Warren G news |
| Posted Thursday, May 4, 2000 by Chris |
| Warren G recently ended his production and distribution deals with Restless Records. Warren G has instead started up a new label, Flawless Entertainment. Which may be possibily distributed by Dr. Dre's Aftermath Entertainment. Also, Warren G recently stated that he had nothing but love for Suge Knight. Warren G also took the time to clarify a nasty rumor. "It was also said in a book (Have Gun Will Travel: The Rise And Violent Fall Of Death Row Records) that some motherfucker wrote I had gotten slapped by Suge. That's absurd! No man has ever slapped Warren G! I ain't got nothing against that nigga, ya know! We ain't got nothing against him. We just moving on and doing what we gonna do. But we ain't gonna let nothing hold us back." Warren G also mentioned the Dr. Dre-Mack 10 beef. "I don't know nothing about that but that's something Dre and him gonna have to sit down and talk about to see what's really going on. If he feels like he dissing him, then Dre, and him are going to have to sit down and talk like men about it. And Dre can ask him if you dissing me, what do you have against me? I riding with Dre cause that's my peoples but I don't think Mack 10 was really dissing Dre." He also mentioned Daz's statements that he and Warren G also contributed a lot of work on Dr. Dre's The Chronic and Snoop Dogg's Doggystyle. "As far as The Chronic record, I bought in a lot of ideas. Everybody bought in ideas and we all worked together, ya know. I'm not trying to take no credit from nobody because Dre is one of the dopest motherfuckers I ever met in my life. I done a lot of work on The Chronic. I came with my ideas and I would do something and Dre would shape it. But he done it. I was involved and I helped, but that was us as a team. It ain't about one certain person doing more than the other. Everybody was doing it as a team." |
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If Tupac was alive today ? |
| Posted Wednesday, May 3, 2000 by Jon |
| DaveyD held a contest asking the question "If Tupac were still alive today, where would he be." The top 20 winners chosen received a copy of the CD The Lost Tapes and had their entry posted on DaveyD's website. Check them out. |
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Snoop Video: Got Beef |
| Posted Wednesday, May 3, 2000 by Jon |
| Snoop recently released a video to the second single from Tha Eastsidaz album titled Got Beef. |
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Cypress Hill debuts at #4 |
| Posted Wednesday, May 3, 2000 by Jon |
| Cypress Hill's new album Skull and Bones debuted at #4 on the billboard selling 139,267 copies. |
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Biggie's murder suspect cleared. |
| Posted Wednesday, May 3, 2000 by Jon |
| The suspect in Biggie's murder Amir Muhammad has been cleared of all charges. Check out Vibe.com for the full story. By the sounds of it he was a very weak suspect. |
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Dmx sentenced to 15 days in jail |
| Posted Wednesday, May 3, 2000 by Jon |
 Dmx has been sentenced to 15 days in jail with no bail stemming from a March 3rd arrest (Dmx Arrested and Charged) in which he was charged for driving without a license and marijuana possession in Cheektowaga, New York. Dmx missed his court date on March 23rd and later turned himself in. He plead guilty to all charges and on top of his sentence, was charged $100 for marijuana possession, $200 for driving without a licence and $50 in unpaid parking tickets. It might be an unfair presumption but I'd be willing to bet that if he wasn't on tour with the rest of the RuffRyders and Cash Money he would have been able to make his court date. |
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MoThugs' mothership |
| Posted Wednesday, May 3, 2000 by Chris |
| Layzie Bone is currently working on a compilation titled Layzie Bone Presents The MoThugs Mothership which is set to be released on June 27. Guest apperances on Layzie Bone Presents The MoThugs Mothership includes the Emmortal Thugs, Desperados, Scant, Felicia, Potion and Ken Dawg. |
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Tupac One Nation Community Conference |
| Posted Tuesday, May 2, 2000 by Jon |
| I've received an email stating the 2nd annual Tupac Amaru Shakur One Nation Community Conference will be held on Saturday - June 24th in Fremont High School in California. The address is 4610 Foothill Blvd, East Oakland. I'll post confirmation when I receive it. |
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Snoop finishes video shoot |
| Posted Tuesday, May 2, 2000 by Jon |
| Snoop completed a video shoot in Atlanta over Easter Weekend, with C-Murder, Magic, and Jermaine Dupri, to shoot singles from last years album Top Dogg. The video combines Buck 'Em and Down 4 My Niggaz. |
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Win the Top of Britney Spears |
| Posted Tuesday, May 2, 2000 by Jon |
 Yahoo News is reporting that Rolling Stone is holding a contest with the prize being the stars-and-stripes top worn by Britney Spears on the cover of the next Rolling Stone magazine.
Please don't email me with details on what you'd do if you won.
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Lil 1/2 Dead switched to R&B |
| Posted Tuesday, May 2, 2000 by Jon |
| DPG Lil 1/2 Dead has stated that he's switching from rap to R&B and plans to release an album prior to 2001 on Snoops label Dogghouse Records. |
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New Guestbook |
| Posted Tuesday, May 2, 2000 by Jon |
| Today I came to the conclusion that the guestbook sucked, so I re-did it and now it's up looking and feeling good. Please check it out and drop your thoughts here. |
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Suge interview in the source |
| Posted Tuesday, May 2, 2000 by Jon |
| There's an interview with Suge in the new source titled All Eyes on Free. You can check it out at the official deathrow records site here. |
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Geronimo Pratt wins lawsuit |
| Posted Tuesday, May 2, 2000 by Jon |
For those who don't know Geronimo Pratt was Tupac's Godfather. Thanks to Bishop of the message board for this info.
"Geronimo" Pratt has settled his false imprisonment and civil rights lawsuit against the FBI and city of Los Angeles for $4.5 million, the Los Angeles Times reported Wednesday.
Pratt, 53, spent 25 years in prison until his murder conviction was overturned in 1997.
"It's a fair deal for everybody," said Johnnie Cochran Jr., the attorney who represented Pratt at his 1972 trial and the 1997 hearing where his conviction was reversed.
The federal government has reportedly agreed to pay $1.75 million. The Times, citing unidentified sources, said the city's share of the settlement is $2.75 million, which must be approved by the City Council.
Pratt, a decorated Vietnam War veteran, maintained his innocence from the start. He lives in his hometown of Morgan City, La., where he uses the name Geronimo ji Jaga and is working to convert the abandoned, once-segregated school he attended into a youth center.
In the 1972 trial, Pratt was convicted of robbing and fatally shooting schoolteacher Caroline Olsen on a Santa Monica tennis court.
He said he was in Oakland for Black Panther meetings the day of the murder, and that FBI agents and police hid and possibly destroyed wiretap evidence that would prove that.
Pratt's lawyers blamed his arrest on a politically charged campaign by J. Edgar Hoover's FBI against the Black Panthers and other perceived enemies of the U.S. government. His legal team waged a relentless campaign to free Pratt, winning numerous hearings only to then be rebuffed repeatedly.
Superior Court Judge Everett Dickey finally granted Pratt a new trial in 1997, saying the credibility of prosecution witness Julius Butler -- who testified that Pratt had confessed to him -- could have been undermined if the jury had known Butler was an ex-felon and police informant.
Pratt was freed. Two years later, District Attorney Gil Garcetti announced he would not bring him to trial again after failing to persuade an appeals court to reinstate the conviction. |
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Reference to Pac/Crazy on 504Boyz Intro |
| Posted Tuesday, May 2, 2000 by Jon |
There's a mention to Tupac and Crazy on the intro to the 504 Boyz CD. You can listen to the intro on the mp3 thanks to Eric Ford. This is the mention to Tupac:
Kid: Dad
MasterP: Yeah son
Kid: Is tupac still alive ?
MasterP: What you mean boy ?
Kid: I heard you got a nigga named Crazy sound just like Pac
This pisses me off. It's one thing to sign a rapper to his label that sounds like Tupac, it's another thing to try and exploit the alive rumors in doing it. In the case of Master P, money makes the man, and as far as I'm concerned it doesn't make him shit.
[ Listen to the Intro ] |
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