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Tupac to appear on Tha Dogg Pound: 2002 |
| Posted Tuesday, May 22, 2001 by Jon |
| ThaRow.com has reported that Tupac will appear on the upcoming Dogg Pound album Tha Dogg Pound: 2002 which will is scheduled for release July 31. |
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TQ News |
| Posted Tuesday, May 22, 2001 by Jon |
TQ's upcoming CD The Second Coming has been repeatedly delayed by Sony but is available overseas. In the meantime TQ has started his own production company "Headbeatin Productions." You can check out their website at HeadBeatin.com
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Tupac mentioned in ESPN |
| Posted Monday, May 21, 2001 by Jon |
| In the May, 2001 edition of ESPN Magazine with Michael Jordan and Tiger Woods on the cover there is an article which mentions Tupac. On page 30 they ask Raiders Cornerback Charles Woodson what CD he can't hear enough off. He said "2Pac's Until the End of Time, all the tracks go right to the heart. The article also shows a picture of
Tupac. |
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AllFrumThaI interview |
| Posted Sunday, May 20, 2001 by Chris |
HitEmUp.com will soon interview AllFrumThaI. We want you, the fans, to e-mail us the questions you'd like AllFrumThaI to answer. We'll use the best questions for the interview.
AllFrumThaI was formed by Binky Mack and Squeak Ru. After guest appearing on gold and platinum albums such as Westside Connections's Bow Down, West Coast Bad Boyz II, Mack 10's Based On A True Story and the Gang Related soundtrack Priority Records finally released their self-titled debut LP on May 5, 1998. Last year, they started their own label, Dedal Records. The first album to be released by Dedal Records is AllFrumThaI's second album, Uncut, due out June 26, 2001. |
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Fredro Starr mentions Pac, Lawz and DR |
| Posted Sunday, May 20, 2001 by Jon |
In MTV Germany on the show Select they had Fredro Starr as a guest. He talked about Tupac, the Outlawz and Death Row. Daniel from Hamburg called and asked Fredro some questions.
Daniel: How did the collaboration with tha Outlawz happen?
Fredro Starr: Well, me and Tupac were good friends, you know. Suge Knight and Tupac came to the Sunset Park premiere. And that´s when we really bonded at the premiere of that movie. And since Tupac is not here, I wanted somebody who can represent "Dyin´ 4 rap". So the Outlawz was one of the groups because of Tupac´s death, they´re all dyin´ 4 rap. And I also had Capone-n- Noreaga, who just got outta jail, who iz also dyin 4 rap. And I also had Cuban Links, who lost Big Pun, so he´s dyin 4 rap too. So, I like to rap wit an artist, you know, that really means somethin 2 me.
Daniel: Suge Knight should be released from jail a few weeks ago, is he already out or is he still in? He´s alright?
Fredro: He´s cool, back in the movie in ´96 when we came to the premiere, he asked me 2 be on Death Row Records. But thingz happened in a not that way wanted direction, you know. But Suge is cool with me.
VJ: And, did he go to jail?
Fredro: Yeah, he went to jail, you know what I´m sayin´, but he´s out.
Daniel: Another important question: Do you believe Death Row will rise again, you know, Death Row only made 10 million dollars in the past years, cause Suge was in jail and so on ...less artists, Dre left, Nate Dogg left, everybody left... And do you believe Death Row will rise and be big again?
Fredro: Well, I don´t know what Death Row Records is gonna do, but you know, other people money, other people marks, that´s my label, ya know I´m sayin´, so it´s gonna be really big, so keep your eyez out 4 other people money, ya know I´m sayin, so that´s where the money is at.
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Wild N Da West |
| Posted Saturday, May 19, 2001 by Chris |
MCA Records is scheduled to release Chico & Coolwadda's debut LP, Wild N Tha West, on November 14, 2001. The tracklist is below:
01. Eartquake (interlude)
02. I'll Be Right Back
03. Central Booking
04. Godzilla - Like
05. We Gonna Give It To You
06. Flashlight
07. Pussyfootin'
08. Pass It Around
09. Personal
10. Wild N Da West
11. Thug Underlord
12. Insomniac
13. Quit Yappin'
14. Babysittin' (interlude)
15. My Everything
16. Call On My God
Click here to visit their official website which feature real audio clips from the LP! |
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Gangsta Weekend |
| Posted Saturday, May 19, 2001 by Chris |
| MTV Europe is airing a Gangsta (Rap?) Weekend next weekend. It'll feature interviews and videos with various artists including
Tupac. |
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Tha Dogg Pound 2002 |
| Posted Saturday, May 19, 2001 by Chris |
It seems like Death Row Records isn't quite done yet making money outta their former artists. They're scheduled to release Tha Dogg Pound 2002, an album featuring previously unreleased material by former Death Row recording artists D.P.G., on July 31, 2001. Jayo Felony is scheduled to guest appear on the album dissing Snoop Dogg.
"I don't know nothin' about that," Daz Dillinger said in a recent interview with MTV. "More power to them. I'ma get paid off it. I got a deal when I left that I walked with all [my masters]. They could put it out, but I still get all mine. I want to hear what he got."
Daz who recently released Dillinger & Young Gotti by himself and Kurupt on his own label, D.P.G. Recordz, said he isn't worried about the new album competing with the old one, though.
"[Death Row putting out an album will] probably make both of them sell. Everybody already knows what Death Row does because of what happened with Snoop. I'm just gonna ride off their promotion. [Suge's] probably gonna put out a bunch of remixes. He ain't got nothing else. If a bum has a piece of something in the trash, he's gonna make it last. He messed up and lost a good thing. But for now we got this new D.P.G. album out there," Daz said. |
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11-year-old raped by ex-Death Row artist? |
| Posted Friday, May 18, 2001 by Chris |
| According to an article by Thomas Carney on PBS.org a former Death Row recording artist raped a 11-year-old girl who's parents Marion "Suge" Knight had to pay. Click here to read the article. |
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Charlotte Hornets representing Tupac |
| Posted Friday, May 18, 2001 by Jon |
| On Tuesday, May 15 after the Charlotte Hornets game Baron Davis answered questions at the news conference wearing a Tupac shirt. The Hornets also play Tupac in their dressing room. |
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Rampart cops linked to Tupac/Biggie murders |
| Posted Friday, May 18, 2001 by Jon |
| The Rampart Division scandal took a new twist with two national magazines publishing articles this week claiming a cadre of LAPD cops with ties to the criminal gangsta-rap underworld weren't fully investigated for possible roles in two superstar rappers' slayings and other crimes. [ Read more ... ] |
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Until The End Of Time on the charts |
| Posted Friday, May 18, 2001 by Chris |
| Until The End Of Time remained at the seventh position on the Billboard 200 and the third on the R&B charts this week. |
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The covers for the re-releases |
| Posted Thursday, May 17, 2001 by Chris |
| The webmaster of a certain website recently accused me for stealing the covers for the re-releases of All Eyez On Me and The 7 Day Theory. I ain't even bothering replying to his lame disses, I'm just letting y'all know that the covers comes from BestBuy.com and TowerRecords.com, not the person he claimed. |
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Fredwreck on Xzibit DVD |
| Posted Thursday, May 17, 2001 by Rukas |
| Fredwreck has composed the score for Xzibit's Restless Xposed
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R.I.P Marlon Brando |
| Posted Thursday, May 17, 2001 by Rukas |
Sporty Thievz member Marlon Brando died on Friday, 11th of May after a minivan ran a red light and hit him.
R.I.P Marlon Brando. Our prayers go out to his family including his newborn baby.
Below is an article explaining what happened:
NEW YORK — Sporty Thievz member Marlon Brando, who rapped on the group's hit TLC parody "No Pigeons," died in a car accident in the Bronx early Friday morning.
Brando, whose real name was Marlon Bryant, was walking out of a deli around 3 a.m. when a minivan ran a red light, jumped a curb and slammed into him, according to Sporty Thievz DJ Gehai. The accident crushed both of his legs and sent his blood pressure plummeting — he died shortly after an ambulance arrived on the scene, Gehai said.
The rapper was 22 years old and the father of a newborn baby, according to Gehai.
Sylvia Reyes, a spokesperson for Lincoln Medical and Mental Health Center in the South Bronx, confirmed that Bryant was pronounced dead early Friday morning. A police spokesperson was unable to provide details on the car accident or information on whether the driver will face charges.
Sporty Thievz had just released a new indie-label album, In Stores Now (F--- Sporty Thievz), and were going to celebrate at an album-release party this weekend.
Gehai described Brando as "the conscience" of Sporty Thievz and a driving, creativeforce.
"He basically came up with the idea for all the hooks, the concepts for the song," Gehai said. "Bran was the comedian of the group. He'd been through a lot of shit, like everybody else, but you'd always see Bran smiling and cracking a joke."
Sporty Thievz released their debut album, Street Cinema, in 1998, garnering radio play with the single "Cheapskate (You Ain't Getting' Nada)."
But the group's career moved into higher gear the following year when they released the single "No Pigeons," an answer to TLC's "No Scrubs" that used the original song's backing track but reversed its message.
The single was a major hit and was added to Street Cinema as a bonus track. In April 2000, the group released the single "La La," which became a hip-hop radio hit in its own right.
The Yonkers-based group, whose other members are King Kirk and Big Dubez, plan to stay together, according to Gehai.
"We got to," he said. "We owe that to Bran."
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J. Lo Uncut: Tha Real Story update |
| Posted Wednesday, May 16, 2001 by Chris |
Jennifer Lopez recently filed a lawsuit against Marion "Suge" Knight to stop him from marketing J. Lo Uncut: Tha Real Story, a film on which she and an ex-boyfriend have sex. The case was dropped last Friday after Knight's lawyers said no such tape existed
"My client does not possess a so-called 'sex tape' involving Ms. Lopez and an ex-boyfriend, as was recently reported in the tabloid Star Magazine," Knight's lawyer, Jeffrey Lowy, said in a letter to Lopez. |
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Re-releases covers |
| Posted Wednesday, May 16, 2001 by Chris |
Below are the covers for the re-releases of All Eyez On Me and The 7 Day Theory due out May 22, 2001.
[ All Eyez On Me | The 7 Day Theory ] |
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UTEOT Single Error |
| Posted Tuesday, May 15, 2001 by Jon |
| There have been many reports that the Until the End of Time single shipped over seas has had "Lil' Homies" as track 3 when it was listed as "Thug N U Thug N Me (remix) - featuring K-Ci & JoJo." That is just unbelievable. |
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Killa Cartel |
| Posted Tuesday, May 15, 2001 by Jmall2000 |
| Refugee camp member Jon Forte was caught in Newark, New Jersey on July 13th last year with 14 kilo's of liquid cocaine valued at $1.5 million. There are witnesses prepared to testify against him as he faces a life sentence. |
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Problems with HitEmUp |
| Posted Tuesday, May 15, 2001 by Jon |
| Originally it was thought the page was hacked as we had problems with the Banner Exchange, Forum and Topsites list. After investigating the problem I believe that the problem resulted from corruption of data storage files. This isn't uncommon with large bandwidth sites. I'm currently working to fix all the problems. Members of the topsites list and banner exchange programs may have to sign-up again. |
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Until The End Of Time single |
| Posted Sunday, May 13, 2001 by Chris |
To the right is the cover of the recently released Until The End Of Time single and below is the tracklist.
1. Until The End Of Time - (featuring RL)
2. Until The End Of Time (RP remix) - (featuring Richard Page)
3. Thug N U Thug N Me (remix) - (featuring K-Ci & JoJo)
4. Until The End Of Time (video) - (featuring
RL) |
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Yukmouth Interview |
| Posted Saturday, May 12, 2001 by EDI |
We at HitEmUp.com feel proud to say that we will soon interview the Thug Lord himself: Yukmouth.
He recently released his second solo album Thug Lord: The Last Testament which features rappers such as Tupac's protegés The Outlawz, The Regime, Lil Mo and others
He is also a member of the popular Rap Duo The Luniz along with Numskull.
And we want you to mail us questions, because we want your questions to be answered.
We will pick the best questions and they will be answered by him.
Mail me here with your question(s) for Yukmouth |
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Fredro Starr talks about Tupac |
| Posted Saturday, May 12, 2001 by Chris |
| Fredro Starr was recently on Select on MTV. A person called and asked him a few question. During the conversation Fredro said that he and Tupac were close friend and that they first met at the filming of Sunset Park. He also said that the reason he choosed Young Noble to be on "Dyin' 4 Rap (remix)" was because he's the right person to represent dyin' for rap. He said that Marion "Suge" Knight is now free and that he wanted Fredro on Death Row Records back in the day. |
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The Atoms |
| Posted Saturday, May 12, 2001 by Chris |
Dogghouse Records is scheduled to release producer Fredwreck's debut album, The Atoms, in October or November, 2001. It'll feature guest appearances by Cypress Hill, Defari, D.P.G., Dr. Dre, Snoop Dogg, Tha Eastsidaz and Xzibit. His wishlist of artists he'd like to work with includes Everlast, Orgy and Perry Farrel, though.
"I want to have all different elements on there," he said in a recent interview with MTV. "I want to have rock and roll shit on there, something with Limp Bizkit."
"I want to branch out and go to the East Coast and try to fuck with some of the cats out there," he said. "But I don't know who yet."
"I like electronic shit a lot, and I'm into all of the old synthesizers," he said. "I'm going to try to bring some of that into the sound of the album. It's going to be a lot of live playing." |
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Suge to tell da real story of Jennifer Lopez? |
| Posted Saturday, May 12, 2001 by Chris |
A videotape of Jennifer Lopez and an ex-boyfriend having sex has apparently been sold to Marion "Suge" Knight. The oh-so-candid camcorder was placed by a bed and activated by the unidentified ex-boyfriend as a part of innocent sex play in 1990. He never expected Lopez to become famous, but when she did he saw an opportunity to make some big money and sold it to Suge who plan to release it under the title, Jennifer Lopez: Da Real Story, through his company, Suge Knight Films.
"There is a such video, and it is definitely Jennifer Lopez," said a Suge Knight Films executive in an interview with Star Magazine. "No doubt. You can see the big butt and everything," he continued "We've had this for a while now. We were looking for the right time to put it out, and Jennifer is so famous, the right time is now. Stay tuned!"
"I don't know anything about this. I doubt that this tape exists," said Lopez's spokesman, Alan
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Until The End Of Time on the charts |
| Posted Friday, May 11, 2001 by Chris |
| Until The End Of Time fell down from the fourth position to the seventh on the Billboard 200, but remained on the third on the R&B charts this week. |
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Updated time for Pac on SNL |
| Posted Friday, May 11, 2001 by Jon |
The Comedy Central homepage has Tupac's Saturday Night Live appearance listed to appear 5/11/2001 at 1200 ET/PT. The way the schedule is listed though it would appear that it should read 1200 PM.
Click here to view the schedule. |
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Tupac mentioned on Canibus' new dis to LL |
| Posted Thursday, May 10, 2001 by Jon |
Canibus has a new dis in his on going rap battle with LL Cool J. The song is titled "I'm Bad." In the song Canibus says:
Tupac said you was a b*tch. If he was here, you wouldn't even have a acting job. I think you're the one that's in too deep.
Of course Tupac had a small beef with LL before he passed and dissed him in a couple unreleased songs.
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Tupac on SNL again |
| Posted Wednesday, May 9, 2001 by Jon |
The episode of Saturday Night Live with Tupac as a musical guest is airing again on Comedy Central.
5/11/2001 1200 AM All Times ET/PT
Saturday Night Live (ep#930) [cc]
Tom
Arnold/Tupac
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Snoop gives it up for Pac |
| Posted Wednesday, May 9, 2001 by Jon |
| I got an email from a guy by the name of A.J. who said he was at a concert in San Jose, Ca. called tha Cinco De Mayo Bomb. Snoop gave a tight tribute to Tupac, he had everybody hold up a 2 in the air and then out of nowhere "2 of America's Most Wanted" exploded. Snoop rapped the song along side Tupac's recorded flows and the crowd went crazy. Snoop had the crowd chanting "Pac we miss you!" and "Pac we love you!". A.J. also said that Snoop dedicated "Ride or Die for my Niggaz" with C-Murder to Suge Knight. We haven't got any confirmation on this yet but when we do we'll let you know for sure. |
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Tupac on Sex Wars |
| Posted Wednesday, May 9, 2001 by Jon |
| On Sex Wars last night they had a question, "Name the Top 10 Rappers of all time". Tupac Shakur was the first rapper named to the list. |
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Nate replaces Busta on Elektra |
| Posted Wednesday, May 9, 2001 by Jon |
| Elektra has filled a void left by the leaving of Busta Rhymes from the label by signing Nate
Dogg. |
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Midori states she dated Tupac |
| Posted Tuesday, May 8, 2001 by Jon |
| Adult actress Midori was recently interviewed on Finnish entertainment channel Moon TV. They were talking about Midoris life and the interviewer asked her something about Kid Rock, who she dated at one point. Midori replied saying that she has also dated other celebrities, including Tupac. They then went into a lengthy discussion about it. Midori said she and Tupac met somewhere in the early nineties and she said that Pac wasn't really a gangsta back then but got stuck with wrong people and changed. She also went to say that Pac was a very smart and deep man who was on his own. |
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Has Tupac's legacy been ruined? |
| Posted Monday, May 7, 2001 by Jon |
I believe Tupac Shakur died in 1996. If you don’t, your entitled to your opinion. ‘Pac left behind a legacy of movies, music, poems, and memories. In 1996, not too many people knew very much about 2pac. In the five years since his death, books have been written, documentaries have been made, websites have been constructed, and countless articles have been written about him. He went from an almost mythical figure to just an overexposed subject in the every day world. Are the things we pass off as tributes and continuances and preservations the things that ruined ‘Pac’s legacy? ... Click here for more
Note: This article is written by Smoke Dawg" (smoke-dawg@hitemup.com) and does not necessarily reflect the views of any member of HitEmUp.com |
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Jon B gives it up for Pac on MTV |
| Posted Monday, May 7, 2001 by Jon |
Jon B was on MuchMusic yesterday and the first song of two he performed was R U Still Down. He kept 2Pac's verse and when 2Pac started rappin he said "2Pac, RIP, the greatest rapper of all time, people get your hands up and show me a 2." Later in the show he was asked "considering all of the great people you've worked with like Luthur Vandross, KCi & JoJo, etc. Who was your favorite? Jon B replied "without a doubt 2pac, the experience was surreal, he was a genious and he had incredible insights that blew my mind."
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Dillinger & Young Gotti tracklist |
| Posted Sunday, May 6, 2001 by Chris |
Below is the tracklist for D.P.G.'s second LP, Dillinger & Young Gotti, due out May 8, 2001:
01. Intro
02. Dipp Wit Me - (featuring RBX)
03. We Livin' Gangsta Like - (featuring Xzibit)
04. Coastin'
05. We About To Get Fucced Up
06. Gitta Strippin
07. Work Dat Pussy
08. Party At My House
09. You're Jus' A B.I.T.C.H.
10. Treat Her Like A Lady
11. At Night
12. Best Run - (featuring Beanie Siegel and Roscoe)
13. Shit Happenz
14. My Heart Don't Pump No Fear - (featuring Slip Capone)
15. There's Some Way Out
16. Here We Are Go Kill 'Em (Dillinger solo)
17. I'ma Gangsta (Young Gotti solo)
18. How Many
19. C-Walkin' Cha Cha Cha
20. D.P.G.
21. Dillinger & Young Gotti
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Best You Can |
| Posted Sunday, May 6, 2001 by Chris |
| Click here to listen to "Best You Can" from Tha Liks' upcoming fifth album, X.O. Experience! |
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The Wash |
| Posted Sunday, May 6, 2001 by Chris |
| Tomorrow the filming of The Wash will start. The Wash is a film directed and written by DJ Pooh and starring Dr. Dre and Snoop Dogg. They'll play two mismatched roommates who work at a carwash. The soundtrack will be executive produced by Dre and Snoop and released by Aftermath/Doggystyle Records. Lion Gate Films is scheduled to release the film this summer. |
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Tupac mention |
| Posted Saturday, May 5, 2001 by Chris |
| The $125,000 question on Who Wants To Be A Millionaire last Thursday was "The Rose That Grew From Concrete is a collection of poems by which rap artist?" |
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Until the End of Time certified Double Platinum |
| Posted Saturday, May 5, 2001 by EDI |
According to the official Interscope website, Until the End of Time was certified double platinum which means that they shipped over two million CDs.
Interscope Records needs to promote the album a lot more otherwise we won't see 2Pac remaining in the Top 10 of the Billboard 200 |
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Baby Boy |
| Posted Friday, May 4, 2001 by Chris |
John Singleton's film, Baby Boy, is scheduled to hit theatres on June 29, 2001. It's starring A.J. Johnson, Omar Gooding, Snoop Dogg, Taraji Henson, Tyrese and Ving Rhames. It's a coming of age drama about Baby Boy in South Central Los Angeles who tells the story of Jody, an unemployed young man who's been living with his mother for several years, even though he's got a child of his own. He's having relationships with two women, Yvette, the mother of his son, and a new interest.
Universal Records is scheduled to release the soundtrack on June 12, 2001. John Singleton is the executive producer of the soundtrack, he's working with Univeral in putting together the soundtrack. He says all songs will appear in the film. The first single is "Just A Baby Boy" by Mr. Tan, Snoop and Tyrese, it's produced by
Battlecat. |
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Until The End Of Time on the charts |
| Posted Friday, May 4, 2001 by Chris |
| Until The End Of Time fell down from the second position to the fourth on the Billboard 200 and from the first to the third on the R&B charts this week. |
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DMX compared to Tupac, again |
| Posted Friday, May 4, 2001 by Chris |
| L.A. Times recently interviewed 22 record executives regarding which artists they'd like to have on their label. Several said they'd like to have DMX. "He's a legitimate star, a cross between Kurt Cobain and James Dean... One of the great American poets. The only thing that could hurt him is if he becomes too big of a movie star and starts getting overexposed. Otherwise, he's the Tupac of today." |
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Vote for "Keep Ya Head Up" |
| Posted Wednesday, May 2, 2001 by Chris |
| Click here and vote for "Keep Ya Head Up" as Ol' Skool Song Of The Week on Bigg Snoop Dogg Radio. |
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Warren G signs to Universal Records |
| Posted Wednesday, May 2, 2001 by Jon |
| Warren G has left Restless Records and has signed to Universal and is currently working on a new album. |
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The N Pire Strikes Back |
| Posted Wednesday, May 2, 2001 by Chris |
| Diamond Life Entertainment is scheduled to release C-Lim's second album, The N Pire Strikes Back, in September 2001. It'll feature guest appearances by Bad Azz, C-BO, Kurupt and WC. |
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Ja Rule + Bishop = Pac ? |
| Posted Tuesday, May 1, 2001 by Jon |
Ja Rule has a new movie coming out in June titled The Fast and The Furious. Ja Rule plays a character called Bishop, which is of course the name of Pac's character in Juice.
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Outlawz Release Dates |
| Posted Tuesday, May 1, 2001 by Jon |
The Outlawz have advertised release dates for upcoming albums. Thanks to newg4life for the scan.Jerzey Mob - June 5, 2001
Noble Justice - Young Noble - Aug 7, 2001
Bonapartes - Napoleon - October 2, 2001
Outlawz - December 4, 2001
Blood Brothers - EDI & Kastro - 2002 |
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DPG Recordz's official website |
| Posted Tuesday, May 1, 2001 by Chris |
| Check out the official DPG Recordz website at DPGRecordz.com! It's made by Daz himself. |
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Eazy E Petition |
| Posted Tuesday, May 1, 2001 by Jon |
| There's a petition being signed by people who want to see Eazy E's unreleased material released by Ruthless Records. Click here if you interested in signing the petition. |
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Dillinger & Young Gotti release date |
| Posted Tuesday, May 1, 2001 by Chris |
| Dillinger & Young Gotti was supposed to be released today, but it got delayed. The new release date is May 8 2001. |
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Glen Robinson's favorite song |
| Posted Tuesday, May 1, 2001 by Chris |
Glen Robinson was recently on Inside The NBA and said that currently his favorite song was "Until The End Of Time."
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Pictures from Restless Xposed |
| Posted Tuesday, May 1, 2001 by Chris |
Below is a few pictures from Xzibit's DVD, Restless Xposed, due out fall 2001:
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