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Vote for Tupac on TV Guide Poll |
| Posted Thursday, July 19, 2001 by Jon |
| Which of these musicians or bands deserve a VH1 made-for-TV movie? You can vote at TVGuide.com by clicking on where it says Today's Poll. |
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Freaky Tah's murder solved? |
| Posted Thursday, July 19, 2001 by Chris |
Two years after, it seems like Freaky Tah's murder has been solved. On July 16, 2001, Kelvin Jones confessed that he murdered Freaky Tah at the Queens County Courthouse. Jones faces 15 years in prison.
Raheem Fletcher who drove Jones to and from the murder scene is serving a seven year prison term for manslaughter and the van's owner, Ryan Firth, has yet to be sentenced. |
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American 'White' Rapper |
| Posted Wednesday, July 18, 2001 by Rukas |
| I thought this was fucked up. On every news report I saw, on every Australian channel, they always refered to Eminem as 'the American white rapper'. Each news report seemed to stress that he is white. Its fucked up how they can't get past color and simply say he is a rapper. |
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Eminem's Australian Tour Update |
| Posted Wednesday, July 18, 2001 by Rukas |
The Australian Government has decided to grant Eminem his entertainment Visa. However, if he starts or is involved in any fights, or if he breaks any laws, he will be deported.
Eminem is scheduled to perform with the rest of D12 on Thursday, July 26 at the Rod Laver Arena in Melbourne and on July 27 at the Superdome in Sydney. |
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10 Million visits |
| Posted Wednesday, July 18, 2001 by Jon |
| HitEmUp.com is going stronger than ever since being founded in 1996 and has reached 10,000,000 visits. Thanks to everybody. |
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Makaveli & Dillinger Huge Price Drop |
| Posted Wednesday, July 18, 2001 by Rukas |
| Daz has dropped the price of Makaveli & Dillinger - Don't Go To Sleep to a low $39.95 plus shipping and handling. While this is still more then other EP's, its very low compared to the original $500 Daz was charging, and getting. Damn, now I really feel sorry for those of you who spent $500 on it. The deadline for orders has also dropped to September 1st. There are 1,103 US copies and 80,202 international copies left. |
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Yolaklick.net - Official Triple Beam Site |
| Posted Wednesday, July 18, 2001 by Jon |
Everybody be sure to check out The Official Site of Triple Beam, a site I designed myself, at YolaKlick.net
You can drop by their forum to leave them a message. |
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Da 5 Footaz documentary |
| Posted Wednesday, July 18, 2001 by Chris |
| Swimmin' Wit' Sharks Productions is scheduled to release a documentary about Da 5 Footaz. For more information, visit the offical Swimmin' Wit' Sharks Productions website, CobraRed.com. |
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New Child Interview coming soon |
| Posted Wednesday, July 18, 2001 by Jon |
| We've conducted an interview with New Child which we will be posting in the next day or so. As well, we'll have two new New Child tracks to leak to the internet so look for that. |
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More about Poetic's death |
| Posted Tuesday, July 17, 2001 by Chris |
On June 15, 2001, Anthony "Poetic" Berkley of the Gravediggaz died at the Cedar-Sinai Medical Center in Los Angeles, California at 01:45 PM after struggling metastic colon cancer for two years. He was only 35-year-old.
In April, 1999, Poetic collapsed in the studio and was taken to the hospital where he was diagnosed with cancer. When he had three months left to live, he started an organization named the Life Goes On Foundation which was to raise funds for his medical expenses and to help other people with life threatening problems. He also worked with Wendy Day Of The Rap Coalition, a non-profit organization which promotes artistic empowerments.
Despite his struggle, Poetic produced, recorded and wrote several songs for the Gravediggaz's fifth LP, Nightmare In A-Minor, due out August, 2001. On July 13, 2001, Poetic was unable to talk to his representatives to complete a press release for the LP.
"Whatever [Poetic] has done musically is going to live on, and I am proud to have been a part of that," Prince Paul said in a statement.
"He wanted everything to go as usual, period," his publicist Chase said in an interview with Vibe. "He had no qualms about the group name or what they stood for. That didn't bother him at all. He was like, 'Just do it.' Poetic wouldn't want anyone mourning for him. He would want everyone to celebrate life and his new album."
"Poetic was more than just a recording artist; he used to come to the monthly seminars [that] the Rap Coalition organized and rarely missed one because he was completely dedicated to learning as much as he could, and to teaching up-and-coming artists about the music business," Wendy Day wrote in an e-mail to Meridan Entertainment. "He was truly a gifted human being and incredible talent who will be sorely missed by the music industry. He was a true warrior." |
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R.I.P Poetic |
| Posted Tuesday, July 17, 2001 by Rukas |
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Gravediggaz' Poetic, born Anthony Berkeley, died on the morning of Sunday July 15th at Cedars-Sinai Hospital in Los Angeles following a two year battle with metastasic colon cancer. Our prayers go out to his family and friends, may he rest in peace.
Poetic was only given a few months to live when the cancer was first diagnosed in April of 1999. In an attempt to pay for the proper treatment, several benefits were held. These will continue in an effort to help Poetic's wife, Dee Dee Hill pay for the very large medical bills. If fans would like to make a donation they can send checks or money orders (addressed to Poetic or Anthony Berkeley) to:
Meridian Entertainment 1
Orchard St.
Jersey City, NJ 07306 |
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Afeni To Do A Movie About Tupac? |
| Posted Tuesday, July 17, 2001 by Rukas |
| 2PAClegacy.com has a new poll asking 'Would you support a motion picture about 2PAC's life?' This must mean that Afeni is at least considering making a movie about Tupac's life. Please go and vote here. |
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Anti-P. Diddy news |
| Posted Monday, July 16, 2001 by Chris |
Here's a part of an interview with P. Diddy - as he now calls himself - by MTV which shows how fake he is.
"MTV: I know on the album you made comments to people who called you the "Shiny Suit Guy."
P. Diddy: You all remember when Bad Boy put on a big tour [in 1997] and me and Mase had on the silver shiny suits? Then, six months later, [I would see] friends of mine, friends [in] the industry on MTV. They would be like, "We ain't no shiny suit rappers." But they never said, "Yo, Puff with the shiny suit." They never said my name. I was the one they were talking about. So I made a little interlude [on the album] about it. I just confessed that I was Shiny Suit Man, and it was all in fun. There wasn't any anger involved.
Are you still going to come out in shiny suits?
No, no, no." |
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Coming soon from Rap-A-Lot Records |
| Posted Monday, July 16, 2001 by Chris |
Below is a list of upcoming releases from Rap-A-Lot Records:
Devin The Dude Just Trying To Live October 10, 2001
Scarface Greatest Hits
Tela
Do Or Die
Luniz Oakland Blaze |
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Dorasel unleases the beast |
| Posted Monday, July 16, 2001 by Chris |
Rap-A-Lot/Virgin Records is scheduled to release Dorasel's debut LP, Unleash The Beast, on July 31, 2001. It'll feature production by 7, EP and Mike Dean. The first single and video is "Get Ready." The video was directed by Benny Mathews and features appearances by Devin The Dude, The Snypaz and Yukmouth. The tracklist is below:
01. Mayham Intro
02. Unleash The Beast
03. Parking Lot
04. Fuck Something - (featuring CeGe and Flawless)
05. Get Yo Hands Up
06. Message Skit
07. Do The Math
08. Get Ready
09. Bounce
10. Shame On It - (featuring Kastro and Napoleon)
11. Them Fools
12. The Agreement
13. Cold World
14. My Life
15. War |
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IMG |
| Posted Monday, July 16, 2001 by Chris |
| 75 Ark Entertainment is scheduled to release E-A-Ski's album, IMG, in the first quarter of 2002. It features guest appearances by B-Legit, CPO, Ferguson, Ice Cube, MC Ren, Mike Marshall and RBX. The first single is "Gangsta Funk" featuring Mike Marshall. |
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New website |
| Posted Monday, July 16, 2001 by Chris |
| Check out the new german Tupac, Outlawz and Yukmouth website, WeGoneRide.com! |
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Listen to "Dogghouse In Your Mouth" |
| Posted Monday, July 16, 2001 by Chris |
| Click here to listen to "Dogghouse In Your Mouth" on which Soopafly disses Crooked I and Tray Deee disses Death Row Records. |
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Makaveli & Dillinger Sales Update |
| Posted Monday, July 16, 2001 by Rukas |
Apparently Daz has sold 765 copies of Makaveli & Dillinger: Don't Go 2 Sleep. At $500 each, this gives him $382500. There are only 1235 copies left, however Daz will be releasing a further 100 000 copies for international buyers at $100 each. It is unknown whether these copies will be any different from the 2000 US ones, however they probably will be otherwise no one would buy the $500 ones.
If Daz sells the total 2000 US ones for $500 and the 100 000 international ones for $100, he will make a total of eleven million dollars!
Click here to order. |
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Tray Dee disses Deathrow |
| Posted Saturday, July 14, 2001 by Jon |
Tha Eastsidaz new LP is out and on track 12 "Dogghouse In Your Mouth" Tray Dee says: "its goin down, Dogghouse gangsta style, and fuck Death Row we'll take em out."
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Submit questions for Jayo Felony |
| Posted Saturday, July 14, 2001 by Jon |
| I will be conducting an interview with Jayo Felony to discuss his beef with Jay-Z and upcoming releases among other things. If you have any questions you'd like to ask them send them to jon@hitemup.com asap. I will be conducting the interview on Sunday. |
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Until The End Of Time on the charts |
| Posted Friday, July 13, 2001 by Chris |
| This week, Until The End Of Time fell from the 64th position to the 70th on the Billboard 200. |
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Cormega brings you the realness |
| Posted Thursday, July 12, 2001 by Chris |
Landspeed Records is scheduled to release Cormega's debut LP, The Realness, on July 24, 2001. The tracklist is below:
01. Dramatic Entrance
02. American Beauty
03. Thun & Kicko - (featuring Prodigy)
04. The Saga
05. R U My Nigga?
06. Unforgiven
07. Fallen Soldiers
08. Glory Days
09. Rap's A Hustle
10. Get Out My Way
11. You Don't Want It
12. 5 For 40
13. They Forced My Hand - (featuring Tragedy Khadafi)
14. Fallen Soldiers (remix) |
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Makaveli & Dillinger Sells 290 Copies |
| Posted Thursday, July 12, 2001 by Rukas |
| According to the official DPG Recordz site, there are only 1710 copies of Makaveli & Dillinger: Don't Go 2 Sleep left. This means that Daz has already sold 290 copies of the EP, which at $500 a copy results in $145000. If Daz sells the total 2000 records, that gives him a cool one million dollars! |
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Xzibit Interview |
| Posted Thursday, July 12, 2001 by Rukas |
| Xzibit Xposed will be conduction a video interview with Xzibit. This interview will appear on Xzibit.ws and HitEmUp.com and we would like you to send in your questions. If there is anything you ever wanted to know about Mr X to tha Z, now is the time to find out. Click here to submit your question. |
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Bullshit |
| Posted Thursday, July 12, 2001 by Rukas |
| Lately on various boards around the net people have been claiming that the recent interviews done by HitEmUp.com are fake. This is total bullshit, they are one hundred per cent real. How can we fake an audio interview with Fatal? And if you don't believe that EDI and Beemer spoke to Kastro then click here. Put the rumors, jealousy, whatever, to rest. |
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Alkaholiks Down Under |
| Posted Thursday, July 12, 2001 by Rukas |
| The Liks are planing an Australian tour this September. No dates have been confirmed yet, apart from the month. More news as we get it. |
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Kurupt, Snoop and Tha Liks going on tour |
| Posted Thursday, July 12, 2001 by Chris |
Kurupt, Snoop Dogg and Tha Liks will soon be going on tour, the Puff Puff Pass tour. It'll also feature performances by Bad Azz, Daz Dillinger, Doggy's Angels and Natina Reed. The tour dates are below:
- 7/18 - Portland, OR @ Rose Garden Arena
- 7/19 - Vancouver, BC @ Pacific Coliseum
- 7/20 - George, WA @ The Gorge
- 7/21 - Salt Lake City, UT @ F. Covey Baseball Stadium
- 7/22 - Boise, ID @ Bank of America Center
- 7/27 - Los Angeles, CA @ TBA
- 7/28 - Bakersfield, CA @ Centennial Garden
- 7/29 - Chula Vista, CA @ Coors Amphitheatre
- 8/3 - Sacramento, CA @ TBA
- 8/4 - Las Vegas, NV @ TBA
- 8/5 - Phoenix, AZ @ TBA
- 8/8 - Albuquerque, NM @ TBA
- 8/9 - Oklahoma City, OK @ TBA
- 8/10 - Dallas, TX @ TBA
- 8/11 - San Antonio, TX @ TBA
- 8/12 - Houston, TX @ TBA
- 8/14 - Atlanta, GA @ TBA
- 8/17 - Richmond, VA @ TBA
- 8/19 - Washington, D.C. @ TBA
- 8/21 - Philadelphia, PA @ TBA
- 8/22 - New York, NY @ TBA
- 8/23 - Boston, MA @ TBA
- 8/25 - Cleveland, OH @ TBA
- 8/26 - Detroit, MI @ TBA
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Jada mentions Pac while eating Beanie Macs |
| Posted Wednesday, July 11, 2001 by Jon |
The vinyl advance of Jadakiss is out, and on the track "Ugh Huh" ft DMX off the new LP, Kiss The Game Goodbye, Jada mentions Tupac saying:
"Now I know the reason why Pac ain't really like most yall cowards"
He goes on to diss Beanie Sigel:
"shoot to kill/stomp niggaz out/boot to grill/I'll give you a reason/why I'm the truth for real/n*ggaz cant f*ck with Kiss I meanie that/had to stop eatin red meat cause I ate too many beanie macs/I'm not one of them n*ggaz/and since you so righteous dont make me send your ass to Allah quicker/n*ggaz gas you to force your hand/realistically - you just a worker and your boss is my man"
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Only 2000 copies of Don't Go 2 Sleep |
| Posted Tuesday, July 10, 2001 by Chris |
There will only be printed 2000 copies of Don't Go 2 Sleep and you must order your copy before September 31, 2001. You'll recieve it on December 24, 2001. Click here for more information. |
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Noble Justice cover |
| Posted Tuesday, July 10, 2001 by Chris |
For the ones who haven't seen it, to the left is the cover of Young Noble's debut solo album, Noble Justice, courtesy of MadeNiggaz.net. |
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Tha Gang |
| Posted Tuesday, July 10, 2001 by Chris |
| D.P.G. Recordz is scheduled to release Tha Gang's debut album soon. Incase you didn't know, Tha Gang was formed by Bad Azz, Daz Dillinger, Soopafly and Tray Deee, but Bad Azz, Soopafly and Tray Deee have been replaced by Blue Ragg, Kam and Threat. You can now purchase the film, R.A.W., on D.P.G. Recordz official website, DPGRecordz.com. It features concerts and freestyles. |
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Fatal Interview up in text |
| Posted Tuesday, July 10, 2001 by Jon |
| The Fatal interview is up in text and is available in the new Interviews section. |
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Foxy thinks she's Pac |
| Posted Tuesday, July 10, 2001 by Jon |
On Foxy Brown's album Broken Silence Foxy claims to be the female Tupac. On the song "Fallin'" ft. Young Gavin at about 1 minute 36 seconds, Foxy says:
"ain't no b*tch that can immulate my class of delivery/I rep New York like the statue of Liberty/mentally I'm in my own zone, holdin my spot/Fox, basically I'm the female Pac in this..."
Also, the title track, "Broken Silence", samples the song "Broken Wings" as does Tupac's latest title track "Until the End of Time".
Click here to listen to a clip of Broken Silence |
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Janet Jackson's Tupac Tribute |
| Posted Tuesday, July 10, 2001 by Jon |
For those of you who didn't know, Janet Jackson and Tupac both appeared together in the film Poetic Justice. In the film they had a scene where they kissed and Janet demanded Tupac take an aids test. This caused a bit of static between the two. Tupac responded in the song "Got My Mind Made Up" saying "It's similar to Rhythm Nation, but thugged out, forgive me Janet".
On Janet Jackson's current tour she's been giving a tribute of sorts to Tupac. During her performances of "Again", she displays pictures of Tupac from Poetic Justice on the massive screens on her set. |
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Outlawz Interview |
| Posted Tuesday, July 10, 2001 by Jon |
EDI recently caught up with the Outlawz in Stuttgart, Germany and had a sit down with Kastro. You can view part I of the interview below.
We will be posting the transcribed interview with Fatal in text in the next day or so. Also, upcoming is an interview with Celly Cell. If you have any questions for him send them to info@hitemup.com
Click here to view the interview with Kastro |
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The Mighty Quinn |
| Posted Sunday, July 8, 2001 by Chris |
Champeli Entertainment is scheduled to release San Quinn's fourth LP, The Mighty Quinn, July 31, 2001. It'll feature production by DJ Paul Nice, DJ Pen, Lev and Will. The tracklist is below:
01. Quinntro
02. Q-2020
03. Give It Up
04. Get A Lil' Stoopid
05. Fiften Chickens - (featuring Gonzoe and Justice)
06. Bound To Ball
07. Time
08. Cuddlin' Ain't Hustlin' - (featuring D Fresh, D-Moe and Willie Hen)
09. Sunshine - (featuring Justice and Mojack)
10. What I Need
11. Reach For The Stars
12. I Love This Game - (featuring PSD)
13. Our Space - (featuring Gonzoe)
14. Slumps
15. Born In The Ghetto
16. First To Speak |
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Don't Stop |
| Posted Sunday, July 8, 2001 by Chris |
| Click here to listen to "Don't Stop" by D.P.G. featuring Tupac which will be featured on Tha Dogg Pound 2002 due out July 31, 2001. |
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Outkast working on greatest hits album |
| Posted Sunday, July 8, 2001 by Chris |
| LaFace Records is scheduled to release Outkast's greatest hits album in December. It'll feature five new songs. The reason they're releasing it is because Outkast want to let people know they're not a new group. They weren't pleased of the audience's reaction when they performed songs like "Elevators (Me And You)," "Player's Ball" and "Skew It On The Bar-B" on their Stankonia tour. |
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Happy birthday, E.D.I. |
| Posted Saturday, July 7, 2001 by Chris |
| We at HitEmUp.com and ThaOutlawz.com would like to say happy birthday to E.D.I. of the Outlawz who turned 27-year-old today! |
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Tupac number two on Uncovered |
| Posted Saturday, July 7, 2001 by Chris |
| Today, on Uncovered on Fox they had a top 10 list for comments and questions which were asked on their phone hotline. Number two was if Tupac was alive while number three was if Elvis was alive. |
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Headshotz tracklist |
| Posted Saturday, July 7, 2001 by Chris |
Below is the tracklist for AP.9's debut solo LP, Headshotz, due out July 17, 2001:
01. Intro
02. M.O.B. F.I.G.A.Z.
03. Comin' For Me - (featuring Keak Da Sneak and Willie Hen)
04. Federal
05. Time To Rize - (featuring San Quinn)
06. In The Line Of Fire - (featuring Freako)
07. Dogz & Hogz - (featuring Bailey and Big Rich)
08. Action Packed - (featuring Jon Doe)
09. Voices - (featuring Knyva and Latoya Gaines)
10. No Friendz - (featuring Ryda)
11. Drugz
12. The Ghetto Turned Me - (featuring Yukmouth)
13. Some Other Shit - (featuring Killa Tay)
14. It'z Goin' Down - (featuring Bailey)
15. Murder Zone (chorus) - (featuring San Quinn)
16. Walk That Walk - (featuring D-Moe)
17. Mob Life - (featuring Mob Figaz)
18. Growing Up
It seems like the song(s) featuring the Outlawz didn't make it. Done Deal Entertainment is scheduled to release AP.9's second solo album in December, 2001. It'll feature guest appearances by Brotha Lynch Hung, C-BO, F.F.S.C., Fully Loaded, Luni Coleone, Mob Figaz, San Quinn, Silk-E and Willie Hen. |
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Neva Look Back |
| Posted Friday, July 6, 2001 by Chris |
Bay Rider/Bayside Entertainment Distribution is scheduled to release Riderlife's (B-12, Fidel Castro and Say-So) debut LP, Neva Look Back, on July 24, 2001. It'll feature production by Big Hollis, DJ Mark 7, Ferg, G-Man Stan, Johnny Z, Sean T and Riderlife themselves.
01. Neva Look Back
02. Another Weekend - (featuring Jay Tee)
03. Hittin' Lix
04. Way Too Much - (featuring Taydatay)
05. Fully Autos - (featuring 8-Ball and MC Eiht)
06. The Rap Game
07. Mashin' - (featuring San Quinn, Skee 64 and Young Droop)
08. Let It Go - (featuring Da Unda Dogg and Young Dru)
09. Snitchez
10. Lef 4 Dead - (featuring 8-Ball)
11. Roll Wit' Us - (featuring 11/5)
12. Hate In Their Eyez - (featuring Luni Coleone)
13. Dayz Like This (B-12 solo)
14. Ooh Wee! - (featuring Boo-Yaa T.R.I.B.E.)
15. Do It Big - (featuring Celly Cel and MOG)
16. Passin' Us By |
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Australia Considering To Ban Eminem |
| Posted Friday, July 6, 2001 by Rukas |
It seems that Eminem’s Australian tour may be canceled. The rapper is scheduled to appear in Melbourne on July 26th and Sydney on July 27th. However, the Australian government is yet to approve his entertainment visa and are experiencing growing pressure to ban him from touring Australia.
Tickets have already been on sale for sometime now, but Immigration Minister Philip Ruddock has said that the Australian Government was still considering whether to grant the visa, and said the reasons for the possible ban are Eminem’s lyrics and history of gun related charges. Australia’s Prime Minister John Howard was in a radio interview when he was asked about the Eminem tour. He said that Eminem’s lyrics are “sickening and offensive.”
"I think we have been too silent for too long about the impact of some of these things, you cannot keep bombarding people with violent messages and anti-social messages without them having some impact."
A conservative Australian politician and a family lobby group have urged the government to ban Eminem from touring Australia. It looks like this issue will not be easily solved and a decision could take up to three weeks.
This is not good for any Australian hip hop fans, whether they like Eminem or not. If Em gets banned, then other rappers considering touring Australia may change their mind. Which would suck as some great artists are considering touring late this year and next. |
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Outlawz join KOCH while the Luniz bail |
| Posted Friday, July 6, 2001 by Jon |
Y2Hiphop.com is reporting that the rumor about the Outlawz joining KOCH Records has been confirmed. They also stated that The Luniz seem to have left KOCH Records to join Rap-a-Lot without releasing an album. This comes after confirmation we received that the Outlawz album Jerzey Mob will be distributed by Bayside Distribution on August 31.
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Until The End Of Time on the charts |
| Posted Friday, July 6, 2001 by Chris |
| This week, Until The End Of Time fell from the 53rd position to the 64th on the Billboard 200. |
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Prodigy disses Jay-Z |
| Posted Friday, July 6, 2001 by Chris |
| Click here to listen to a Jay-Z dis song by balerina/rapper Prodigy which samples "Hail Mary." |
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Criminal Acitivity |
| Posted Thursday, July 5, 2001 by Chris |
Realside/Bayside Entertainment Distribution is scheduled to release the Criminalz's (Celly Cel, Jayo Felony and Spice 1) debut LP, Criminal Activiy, on August 7, 2001. Jayo's photo on the cover was removed due to legal disputes, but Jayo appears on over 80% of the LP. The album will feature guest appearances by Bun-B, Sylk E. Fyne, Tray Deee and Yukmouth. The tracklist is below:
01. Lockdown
02. Criminal Activity
03. Ridaz
04. Puttin' In Work
05. Niggaz Like Us
06. My Life
07. Boss Up
08. Doin' It Big
09. The Real World
10. Reminisce
11. What They Hittin' Fo'?
12. Rollin' Wit' My Folks |
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Jerzey Mob delayed |
| Posted Thursday, July 5, 2001 by Chris |
| Jerzey Mob has been delayed from June 31 to August 31, 2001. |
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Tupac poster in Scary Movie 2 |
| Posted Thursday, July 5, 2001 by Chris |
| In the end of Scary Movie 2 when Cindy is on the telephone it hangs a Until The End Of Time poster on the wall in the background. |
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Liks Concert Shut Down By Police |
| Posted Thursday, July 5, 2001 by Rukas |
| Tha Liks had a show in Irvine, CA two nights ago on the 2nd of July, it got shut down by the police because the crowd was to wild and police feared that things would get out of hand. |
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Tupac mentioned by Busta Rhymes |
| Posted Thursday, July 5, 2001 by Jon |
Busta was on Park 106 talking about his new car and they asked him
what he had in his car. He said "Red Mans cd" and said he was really feeling the new one by Tupac. He followed by saying, "I dont understand how you can come out with 7 cds after you pass and sell 2-3 million
everytime." |
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TheRealTechN9ne.com |
| Posted Thursday, July 5, 2001 by Chris |
| Check out the official Tech N9ne website, TheRealTechN9ne.com! |
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New Child interview |
| Posted Thursday, July 5, 2001 by Chris |
| We'll soon interview New Child. We want you to e-mail us questions you'd like him to answer and we'll pick the best ones for the interview. Click here to e-mail them to us! |
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Tupac In Entertainment Weekly |
| Posted Thursday, July 5, 2001 by Jon |
In the most recent issue of EW they have an "It" List which lists Tupac as the "It Legacy". This is what it had to say:
AGE: 25 at time of death
WHY HIM: The New York Times calls his posthumous resurgence "a cultural revolution staged by a corpse." Rapper Tupac Shakur's rebellious image, poetic eloquence, and violent death have inspired comparisons to John Lennon; in the four-plus years since his 1996 murder, people looking for a hero have made Tupacabilia an industry, including a seemingly limitless stream of new music, a play, a forthcoming biopic, and a possible annual convention.
WHY NOW: "It took time for everybody to look past the details of Tupac's life, and to really reexamine his work, what he was saying," says Michael Develle Winn, whose play about Tupac, Up Against the Wind, just completed a run in Manhattan. "He spoke honestly about his pain, his anger, and his place in society in a thoughtful way that a lot of people can relate to."
NEXT: A fresh two-CD set of the artist's material is scheduled for a November release. |
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Bayside to distribute Jerzey Mob |
| Posted Thursday, July 5, 2001 by Jon |
| We've been informed by an exec at Bayside Distribution that Bayside has reached an exclusive distribution agreement for the Outlawz upcoming album JERSEY MOB. |
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John Singleton compares Tupac to Tyrese |
| Posted Wednesday, July 4, 2001 by Chris |
| Click here to watch an interview with John Singleton in which he says Tupac was supposed to star in Baby Boy and compares Tupac's acting to
Tyrese's. |
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Mausberg R.I.P. |
| Posted Wednesday, July 4, 2001 by Chris |
We here at HitEmUp.com would like to say rest in peace to Mausberg who was murdered one year ago in a drive-by-shooting in Compton, California. R.I.P. |
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Don't Go 2 Sleep on sale |
| Posted Wednesday, July 4, 2001 by Chris |
| Don't Go 2 Sleep is now on sale on the official D.P.G. Recordz website, DPGRecordz.com, for $500. Personally, I'll wait a few months for its official release rather than spending $500 on it now. |
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Tupac's music and painting in Baby Boy |
| Posted Tuesday, July 3, 2001 by Chris |
| In the beginning of John Singleton's new film, Baby Boy, Jody which is played by Tyrese goes into his bedroom and "Hail Mary" begins to play and then the camera shows Jody's wall which has the photo on The Rose That Grew From Concrete painted onto it. The camera focuses of the painting several times during the film and the most dramatic scenes in Jody's room have the painting seemingly looking down on him. |
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Prodigy - From balerina to mobbing deep? |
| Posted Tuesday, July 3, 2001 by Chris |
Last Thursday, Hot 97 Summer Jam 2001 was held at Nassau Coliseum on Long Island. It featured performances by Beanie Sigel, Destiny's Child, EPMD, Eve, Jadakiss, Ja Rule, Jay-Z, Ludacris, Memphis Bleek, Missy Elliot, Nelly, Outkast and R. Kelly.
In the end of Jay-Z's performance he freestyled and dissed Prodigy. He said, "I don't believe ya, you's a ballerina, I've seen ya," and then a photo of Prodigy in leotards and sparkling jacket at his grandmother's dancing school from 1988 was displayed on the four screens that hung over the stage. |
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Tupac on Freddie Foxxx's upcoming album? |
| Posted Tuesday, July 3, 2001 by Chris |
| According to ThaFormula.com, a song featuring Tupac is scheduled to be on Freddie Foxxx's fourth album, Industry Shakedown. The song was recorded during the recording of Strictly 4 My N.I.G.G.A.Z.... |
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Tupac Wins 'Who's Da Best?' Contest |
| Posted Monday, July 2, 2001 by Rukas |
| I would like to thank everyone who voted for Tupac on the MTV Base competition, 'Who's Da Best?' Tupac or Biggie? Pac was down by 2500 votes and managed to come back and win the contest! |
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Until The End Of Time on the charts |
| Posted Monday, July 2, 2001 by Chris |
| This week, Until The End Of Time fell from the 18th to the 32nd position and the single rose from the 17th to the 15th on the Dutch album charts. The video fell from the nineth to the 10th position on the BOX
clipcharts. |
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Tupac's da best |
| Posted Monday, July 2, 2001 by Chris |
| Yesterday, Tupac won over The Notorious B.I.G. with 77% on the Who's Da Best competition held by MTV UK Base. Because he won they played his videos for two hours. |
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Anghellic information |
| Posted Monday, July 2, 2001 by Chris |
Jcor/Interscope/Strange/Universal is scheduled to release Tech N9ne's fourth album, AngHellic, on August 28, 2001. It'll feature production by Don Juan and QD3. It's executive produced by QD3 and Travis O'Guin. The first single is "It's Alive" on which he says, "Hot when the flame's lit (yeah), glock when I bang six (yeah), shock when the pain quits (yeah), Pac would've banged this (yeah)." It also features songs including "Here I Come" and "Twisted" featuring Roger Troutman.
The following is from an AngHellic promo flyer:
TECH N9NE delivers his full-lenght lyrical epoch AngHellic on August 28th. This personal journey through the eyes of his hell, purgatory and heaven, will leave you wanting to understand him as a lyricist, a musican and a man fighting his everyday demons. "It's Alive" introduces the listeners to what TECH N9NE calls his "purgatory party" and is his signature songs representing his home town of Kansas City, MO. |
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Headshotz |
| Posted Monday, July 2, 2001 by Chris |
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Done Deal Entertainment is scheduled to release AP.9's 18 songs solo debut LP, Headshotz, on July 17, 2001. It'll feature guest appearances by the Outlawz, Bailey, Big Rich, B-Legit, C-BO, Freako, Fully Loaded, Keak Da Sneak, Killa Tay, Mob Figaz, San Quinn, Willie Hen and Yukmouth and production by Dion, Dunce, Icy Mike Beatz, Mr. Peete and Rick Rock. His second solo album is already finished and Done Deal Entertainment is scheduled to release it this year. |
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Suge Knight To Appear On Jadakiss Album |
| Posted Monday, July 2, 2001 by Rukas |
| The latest issue of the Source magazine is reporting that Death Row CEO, Suge Knight will appear on Jadakiss' upcoming album, Kiss the Game Goodbye. Suge will apparantly appear in a skit on the album which will be released by Ruff Ryder Records later this summer. |
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KOCH To Distribute Outlawz and DPG? |
| Posted Sunday, July 1, 2001 by Rukas |
Rumor has it that after working with Fredro Starr on his debut album, Firestarr, the Outlawz are ready to sign a distribution deal with his distributor, KOCH Entertainment. DPG Recordz may do the same. Daz is working on an album with Luke who is also distributed by KOCH Entertainment. This would be great for both independent labels as it would allow them to be distributed internationally. Other artists that KOCH distribute include KRS One, Layzie Bone, Flesh-N-Bone and B-Legit.
To find out more about KOCH, click here. |
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UTEOT Number 2 In Middle East |
| Posted Sunday, July 1, 2001 by Rukas |
Until The End Of Time is number 2 this week on United Arab Emirates 100.5 radio charts.
Just goes to show that Tupac's fan base is world wide! |
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Tupac in Black Beat Magazine |
| Posted Sunday, July 1, 2001 by Jon |
In Black Beat Magazine there is an article inside called "Tupac: Born Again - And Again". It mostly talks about the new album UTEOT, it's 1 page long, they say "Pac was the Marvin Gaye of the hip-hop
generation." |
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Tupac #1 on BET Countdown |
| Posted Sunday, July 1, 2001 by Jon |
BET Countdown counted down the top dead artists and 2Pac was
number 1 with Until the End of Time. Tiffany the host really praised Tupac.
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4. Bob Marley
3. Big pun
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1. 2Pac
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