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| News Archives |
| March 2002 |
| Thanks to all our visitors - 15 million visits |
| Posted by Jon on Sunday, March 31, 2002 |
HitEmUp.com has recently received it's 15 millionth visitor. Thanks to everybody who visits the site, supports us and helps contribute to the site and the community, the site wouldn't be anything with out you guys. Keep representing for us and in doing so representing for Tupac.
HitEmUp.com - Home of the realest Tupac fans on the Planet! |
| Column - The Roots of the Alive Theories |
| Posted by Jon on Saturday, March 30, 2002 |
In this column I examine the possibility that the hints towards the alive theory that are present on the Makaveli album may be a result of Tupac purposely placing them on the album to ensure his legacy long after his death.
Click here to view the column
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| Tupac played during the final 4 |
| Posted by Jon on Saturday, March 30, 2002 |
Tonight during the final four game between Maryland and Kansas (they were talking about Maryland losing last year in the final four) you could hear RL singing the chorus of Until The End of Time in the background.
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| Letter 2 My Unborn Child Ringtone |
| Posted by Jon on Saturday, March 30, 2002 |
Here's a new ringtone for Nokia phones which support it:
Letter 2 My Unborn Child (Tempo=112)
(3)* 68** 6 6 1* 1 29 3 38 3 3 5 49 3 28 19 28 28 3 49 3 2 1 39 2
Click here for information on how to use this ringtone
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| Suge on BET |
| Posted by Jon on Saturday, March 30, 2002 |
Suge was on BET Friday night and they discussed the legacy of Tupac. Suge was quite vocal towards everyone on the panel and criticized how people who never knew Tupac were writing books and making money off him.
For more information click here to visit our forums
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| Thug Angel Soundtrack |
| Posted by Jon on Saturday, March 30, 2002 | |
The soundtrack to Thug Angel is in progress and according to QD3 is coming along amazing. A song was recorded with the Outlawz today called Thug Angel, a QD3/Outlawz reunion, and Storm has also put down a track as well. Look for the soundtrack shortly after the release of the documentary which drops April 2. |
| Daz selling Outlawz track to the Outlawz |
| Posted by Jon on Thursday, March 28, 2002 | |
We reported earlier that Daz was going to put out an album of Outlawz material, he is now trying to sell the tracks to the
Outlawz. |
| DPG Recordz to release Outlawz and Crooked I albums? |
| Posted by Chris on Thursday, March 28, 2002 | |
DPG Recordz is scheduled to release albums by the Outlawz and Crooked I in the next few months. Both are produced by Daz Dillinger and features songs which was recorded years ago when the Outlawz and Daz were still signed with Death Row Records. |
| Vote for Quik on 106 and Park |
| Posted by Jon on Tuesday, March 26, 2002 |
DJ Quik and AMG have a hot new track titled "Trouble." You can help get it played on 106 and Park by voting on BET's website.
Click here to vote now!
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| Suge denies accusations about Tupac |
| Posted by Chris on Tuesday, March 26, 2002 |
HITS Daily Double recently conducted an interview with Marion "Suge" Knight, below is a part of it in which he's talking about Tupac:
HITS Daily Double: What about the accusations that follow you around, your implication in the deaths of Notorious B.I.G. and Tupac by MTV, Rolling Stone and the L.A. Times. People don't want to let it rest, even though you’ve never been charged.
Suge: I think it's sad that your competition will go to extremes to lie. The thing is, I'm not the one who benefits from these guys being dead. I think I took a bigger loss than anyone. Pac was one of my best friends, my little brother. And not just business-wise. We were tight. I took a loss. Suge Knight was going to put out Tupac records regardless. I was in business even before Pac was on the label.
There was no truth he wanted off Death Row?
You have to realize one thing: If he did, I would have let him go. But I know he didn't. I never stopped no one from leaving. You don't want to be here, you don't have to be here. The thing about it is, he basically got to do anything he wanted. He didn't like certain artists on Death Row no more. Like, him and Snoop fell out. That's another story. Take Biggie: Puffy benefited from his death, I didn't. Puffy wouldn't have been able to be a rapper otherwise. Biggie was like, "Listen. I'm the rapper. You can't be the rapper. And if you're gonna be a rapper, I'm going to Death Row or another label."
Click here to read the full interview. |
| Eazy-E R.I.P. |
| Posted by Chris on Tuesday, March 26, 2002 |
Seven years ago, at age 31, Eric "Eazy-E" Wright, one of the founders of gangsta rap, died in AIDS at the Cedars-Sinai Medical Center in Los Angeles, California.
In celebration of his life, Ruthless/Epic Records released his posthumous DVD and EP, Impact Of A Legend today. It's produced and put together by Rhythm D. The first single is "Switchez." The EP is enhanced and features a demo version of the game Hittin' Switchez which Eazy started working on shortly before his death. The DVD features a documentary, interviews, live performances and videos. The tracklist is below:
01. Intro (featuring Rhythm D and Steffon)
02. Eazy 1, 2, 3 (featuring Loesta and Phalos Mode)
03. Cock The 9 (featuring Loco S.A.B., Phalos Mode and The Genie)
04. Switchez (featuring Roc Slanga)
05. The Rev (interlude)
06. No More Tears (featuring Phalos Mode, Sacraphyce and The Genie)
07. Ruthless Life (featuring Cashish and Liesta)
08. Still Fuck 'Em (featuring Paperboy, Phalos Mode and The Genie) |
| New Tupac album in Europe, out in May? |
| Posted by Rukas on Tuesday, March 26, 2002 | |
People have been reporting that various music stores around Europe and the UK have been saying that the new Tupac album will be out this May. Apparently Death Row UK has also sent out e-mails informing of the May release date. This comes as a shock as there is currently no release date for the album in the United States. |
| New message board open! |
| Posted by Rukas on Tuesday, March 26, 2002 |
The new message board is now officially open. It contains many new features as well as a new layout. If you have any questions about it, be sure to stop by the Letter to The President forum. Make sure to read the new guidelines and obey them as we are building a positive community based around the message forum.
Click here to enter the new forum. Registration for new members will be open sometime towards the end of the month. If you want to be notified when registration opens be sure to sign up for the newsletter and stay informed. |
| New Message forum being configured |
| Posted by Jon on Monday, March 25, 2002 |
The new message forum is being configured and will be ready soon. Expect the process to take anywhere from a few hours to a full day.
The new forum has a load of new features, a new layout and lots more. We will also be opening up new registrations sometime near the end of this month. |
| Rocafella dissing Tupac again |
| Posted by Jon on Friday, March 22, 2002 |
There's a song "Kiss the Game Goodbye" on Morpheus which is supposedly coming out on Jayz's upcoming new Blueprint album that takes a shot at Shyne Po, disses JadaKiss and others.
The song features Killa Kres who says "what's wrong with these n*ggas Jay, n*ggas think they untouchable and shit, gotta get they mind right and shit, I don't know who the fuck they think they is, same shit that got Tupac shot n*gga, Rocafella for life."
 Click here to listen to the Clip
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| Dead or Alive pt. 1 - Jay-Z diss to Tupac |
| Posted by Jon on Friday, March 22, 2002 |
Here's the track we mentioned earlier (Rocafella dissing Tupac>). Thanks to the 50 some odd people who sent it in hookups for it, we definitely got it. Some people say that the song isn't a direct diss to Tupac because Jay-Z doesn't mention his name. Well apparently there have been two releases of this song, and the first mentions Makaveli. We're working to hook that track up as well.
Listen to the song, Jay-Z ft Sauce Money
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| World Wide samples |
| Posted by Chris on Friday, March 22, 2002 |
Click on the links below to watch video samples from the Outlawz's DVD, World Wide, courtest of FortressDVD.com:
Quick Time
Real Video
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| Outlaw Recordz sign
Law-N-Orda |
| Posted by Chris on Friday, March 22, 2002 |
Outlaw Recordz recently signed Brooklyn, New York duo Law-N-Orda from Heltah Skeltah's camp. Outlaw Recordz is scheduled to release their debut album, Ground Zero, in the near future. |
| Tupac #4 on BET Courtroom Drama Countdown |
| Posted by Jon on Thursday, March 21, 2002 |
Tupac was ranked #4 on BET.COM countdown for the best courtroom drama
videos with "Amerikaz Most Wanted."
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| QD3Entertainment.com Thug Angel Contest |
| Posted by Jon on Wednesday, March 20, 2002 |
QD3Entertainment.com is under contruction and will be available soon. In the meantime you can check out their site to sign up for the newsletter and enter to win signed DVDs, posters and other tight merchandise.
Click here to view QD3Entertainment.com
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| More on The Block Party tour |
| Posted by Rukas on Wednesday, March 20, 2002 | |
The Block Party promoters are still advertising that DJ Quik will be coming to Australia next month but I have heard that Quik will not do the show. |
| Run DMC DVD |
| Posted by Rukas on Wednesday, March 20, 2002 | |
Fortress Entertainment have added a new project onto their ever growing list. Run DMC will release a DVD in the fourth quarter of 2002. The DVD will feature a personal look into the lives of Run DMC and include home video shot by the group themselves. |
| More on DJ Quik DVD |
| Posted by Rukas on Wednesday, March 20, 2002 |
DJ Quik continues to prepare for his May 14 album release and continues shooting his upcoming DVD in Los Angeles. No date has been set for the DVD release which will feature an all original soundtrack scored by Quik himself.
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| WC's
DVD, "Bandana Swangin" |
| Posted by Rukas on Wednesday, March 20, 2002 |
This week in Los Angeles editors have been going through 10’s of hours of archive footage from WC’s personal tapes, including his tours with Ice Cube, the Up In Smoke tour and much more. In addition to the past footage, camera crews have been spending time in the recording studio and around LA shooting WC for his upcoming release.
Look for more information coming soon and a summer release. |
| Ignorance lives on |
| Posted by Rukas on Wednesday, March 20, 2002 |
AllHipHop.com reported that Students at Woodbury High School in New Jersey were painting a mural of Hip-Hop's fallen greats, Tupac Shakur, Big Pun, Eazy-E and B.I.G, along side exisiting murals of Jimi Hendrix and The Beatles, but the schools social worker put a stop to the project and made the students stop the mural. Gloria Goode, the social worker, stated that the hip-hop murals would send the wrong message to young black males.
I'm sure you will all agree with me that this is total bullshit. I think Ms Goode should actually listen to some of the great music these musicians released during their short lives and some of the positive messages they contained. She has obviously never heard 'Dear Mama', 'Keep Ya Head Up' or any of the other great inspirational songs Tupac released. I think Gloria Goode needs to wake up and stop paying attention to the stereotypical views of people who think hip-hop is nothing except "gangstas, guns and bitches". The only bitch in this case is called "ignorance". |
| Xzibit on Columbia Records |
| Posted by Rukas on Wednesday, March 20, 2002 | |
As you may have heard, Loud Records has now closed its doors and released all its artists from their contracts. One of these artists is Xzibit, who has now found a new home on Columbia Records. While other sites have reported this, they have also speculated on what this means for Xzibit's Man Vs. Machine. I have heard from a source that Columbia has no plans on delaying his album anymore then absolutely necessary as Xzibit walked away from Loud with his masters in hand. |
| Update on "they don't know what Pac died for" |
| Posted by Jon on Saturday, March 16, 2002 | |
An update on the newspost we mentioned earlier (Jadakiss says they don't understand what Pac died for). The song is titled Yung Wun Anthem (Lets Get Dirty). And a correction, it's Yung Wun who spits the lyrics while Jada does the hook. |
| Xzibit, DJ Quik & B-Real; The Weakest Links? |
| Posted by Jon on Saturday, March 16, 2002 |
Many rappers are accomplished wordsmiths, but now fans will get to see just how smart they are in other areas. Last week Da Brat, Xzibit, Jermaine Dupri, the Rev. Run, Cypress Hill's B-Real, Nate Dogg, Young MC and DJ Quik taped an episode of NBC's "Weakest Link" scheduled to air April 28. "That was definitely the funniest television or radio show I've ever done or been a part of," Quik said in a statement. "[Show host Anne Robinson] asked Nate why he had his hands in his pockets. Nate said, 'So I won't steal anything.' We were all dying."
Although everyone loved the wise guy, Quik said they didn't take too kindly to a smarty-pants in the group. "I'm not going to say anything about who won, but that show just goes to prove [it] doesn't matter if you're a school kid or a famous rapper, nobody likes a know-it-all," he said. Fans will have to wait until the show's air date to see who was the strongest link, but a spokesperson for the program did disclose that Robinson, who some have called TV's rudest woman, apparently found a favorite in "X to the Z." Robinson's rep said she had a great time with all the MCs, who were playing for charity, but rousting Xzibit brought the biggest smile to her face. |
| Makaveli intro clip in Busta's Track |
| Posted by Jon on Saturday, March 16, 2002 |
A Busta Rhymes Track "Wife in Law" contains the same clip that starts of the Makaveli CD. The now famous clip is thought by many to say "Suge shot me." The clip can be found in "Wife in Law at the 3:46 mark. The song's worth checking out.
Click here to listen to the Clip
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| Rocafella dissing Tupac |
| Posted by Jon on Saturday, March 16, 2002 |
Apparently there is a full song dissing Tupac on a mixtape that's flowin from uptown Harlem to Canal Street. The tape is DJ Wreck Presents: Best Of Crews: The Roc Pt.1. and the song is called "Dead Or Alive Pt.1." The source said it was probably done after Tupac's death.
If you can get us a copy of this song please contact us at: info@hitemup.com
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| Lyrics to Ashes to Ashes |
| Posted by Jon on Saturday, March 16, 2002 |
Naughty by Nature's new album Iicons is beginning to surface although it's official release date isn't till March 23rd. 2pat has also informed us that the official promo of the album is out. Here's the lyrics to Ashes to Ashes, which as we mentioned before, would have featured Tupac.
Artist: Naughty By Nature
Lenght: 5:14
Album: Iicons
Song: Ashes to Ashes Feat Icarus and Bumpy Knuckles
Typed by: kulif@stillirise.cjb.net
(talking) ya'll ni**as is like the ash on the blunt
(more than one person talking)
[Verse One: Treach]
its ashes to ashes and dust to dust,
when we touch them then tuck,
watch we fuck shit up,
nah, pop tha brinkster,
stop hot to think, ya
ain gotta like miss (undistinct),
but better respect my gangster, (ya betta)
stop like you a quick plot swinger,
my rapsheets long and crooked like chris rocks fingers,
they still linger,
i peel then hit jellin, (jellin)
put some more on wax,
cause see the weed is shit selling,
half hearted ni**as is still tellin,
shit smellin,
shift ya mutha-fucking melon,
flip ya fucking felons yellin,
money L crack a melon,
rotten rascals get the heard off the nerd,
i put the word out like word-out,
boat rolls with (indistinct),
boat rolls with mad shit,
im back shit,
oh boy oh yo bastard, (Jersey)
Jersey the Cali way,
heared im wilding bay,
brian hater ploing all them killers in your alley way,
duck ya mutha fucker,
im past another knuckle,
we buck them other fuckers,
who touch them other fuckers,
scream (scream) ak pull the bullshit,
some say they pull it,
suck ya bitch nipple,
till they swole up like ak bullets,
im an unleashed lunatic,
bit bit the boom a (indistinct),
(indistinct) in the neck with the tuna fish,
im the ni**er with the biggest shit,
no difference,
since ni**er rich,
figure this,
with Icarus,
beats cats in mj (beats cats in mj),
yes in fact,
ya know tha T-to the R-to the E-to the C-to the H is back,
[Chorus]
its ashes to ashes and dusk to dusk,
when we touch then tuck,
watch we fuck shit up, (fuck shit up)
ashes to ashes and dusk to dusk,
when we touch then tuck,
watch we fuck shit up, (fuck shit up)
we dont give, a fuck about you
a fuck about him, a fuck about..
we dont give, a fuck about you
a fuck about him, a fuck about..
[Verse Two: Icarus]
yo this ni**er Treach don called ick,
on his watch like michale when he called kit,
ya'll better all split,
or all get whatch-ya asking for,
you bastards know,
we will have your caskets closed,
you dont want us to blast a foe,
and leave the top of your fuckin head split like a pistachio,
pass the dro,
shorty getting mad at ick,
cause when i got out my car tryed to bag the bitch,
when she fronted we told her she got saggy tits,
that day the benz had me pissed,
we mastered this,
ya all know we run the city of rap,
its the reunion
ni**er Treach and vinny is back,
so i told him simply relax,
give me the gat point him out,
and im gonna lay all your enemies flat,
we gots ta mash you,
glocs will blast you,
this is G-M-G and Ra an Rascals,
[Chorus]
[Verse Two: Bumpy Knuckles]
i dont vibe with ni**as,
who subside wit ni**as,
i spit half of this thirty two clip,
an i'll subside ya ni**as,
see i suffer from a manic depression paranoia,
i feel ya think about me and im coming for ya,
i keep the clapping in the party when i show up,
all the thugs in the house get a little less harty (indistinct)
(we dont) care who ya shot,
who ya rhyme with,
or who ya home boys doing time with,
these ni**as know the mutha fucka that shit on the game,
hopped one from the stomach,
and spit on the name,
gotta stand close to blast,
i got bad aim,
you a small dog fucking with a killer great daine, (feel me)
don't make em gas you,
make you wanna do it,
spit a verse so nasty,
the biters wont chew it,
i'll clap to ya body,
sweat red fluid,
you be a rapper with no arms,
trying to pull through it, (check it out)
you must respect the three X's,
that's me,
tired of white boys stilling from the real MC,
don't make me test that chin Bubba,
you might see,
that it get UGLY, (ugly)
you be a fat Vanilla I-C-E,
hard core underground ni**as i run wit,
hard core underground wannabe ni**as i summon,
and they hard core gangsta home boys i gun em,
and i aim for the (undistinct) ni**a,
make sure i won em, (come on),
[Chorus] |
| Oklahoma's DJ Capanellah "So Fresh" represents |
| Posted by Jon on Saturday, March 16, 2002 | |
For people in N.E. Oklahoma check out on KJMM FRESH JAMZ 105.3FM. DJ CAPANELLAH "SO FRESH" represents for Pac and the Outlawz track World Wide Mob Figgaz will make its Oklahoma debut when he plays it on March 22nd. |
| Smif-N-Wessun talks about their time with Tupac |
| Posted by Chris on Saturday, March 16, 2002 |
DaveyD.com recently interviewed Smif-N-Wessun. Below is a part of the interview in which they talk about Tupac:
"Alongside the group's difficult times have come some memorable encounters with people who have affected them greatly in their work. Their recollection of recording with Tupac during a time in hip-hop that Tek describes as 'the orange of the fire' is vivid and emotional. Steele quiets the room as he speaks of a time when one man’s passion made such an impact on them. 'It was more than just working with son. We spent seven days out there in his house – and we sat and we talked about a lot of different things. We didn't get into beef, 'cause it was in the middle of the East/West beef. I mean he was so charged with havin' us down there. We was sittin' amongst each other, and I remember the most important thing him sayin' was, 'Yo, I wanna bring this whole East/West shit back – we do this One Nation album, we gonna do the first album over here, then the second album we want y’all to do it on Duck Down.' We was just buildin' – I mean it was just so electric in the room and we sittin' in the room like we known each other for a while – it wasn't no contracts, it wasn't no women in bikinis runnin' around, it wasn't no music or a whole bunch of gang bangers or nothing like that – it wasn't all the things you may [read] about in the magazines or see on TV. It was soldier to soldier – comrade to comrade. We watched a video he just did, we smokin' back, smokin' mad week 'til we all passed the fuck out, then we get up – son's just laid out. I mean this was in the middle of a war, and he's in the bed asleep. But we get up and it's all love. We'd get up and have breakfast – there wasn't no bitches runnin' around in the pool – we grab water guns and we start playin' – then at night time we was in the studio – the Outlawz would come scoop us up. They welcomed us.'"
Click here to read the rest of the interview. |
| Reason why Ashes to Ashes wasn't released |
| Posted by Jon on Friday, March 15, 2002 | |
According to Tim Quiggle the reason that Ashes to Ashes didn't appear on Naughty by Nature's album is because Afeni wanted too much money for the track. Rumor from an anonymous source is that a Tupac verse is going for a cool $10 million. According to yet a different source Afeni is also charging artists to guest appear on Tupac's albums. We're going to look into this further. |
| Blood Brothers finished |
| Posted by Chris on Friday, March 15, 2002 | |
Kastro and E.D.I.'s album, Blood Brothers, was recently finished and Outlaw Recordz is scheduled to release it under their aliases, Kash and Greed, on May 7, 2002. |
| 5th Ward Boyz's Recognize Tha Mob |
| Posted by Chris on Friday, March 15, 2002 | |
Underground Records is scheduled to release 5th Ward Boyz's seventh album, Recognize Tha Mob, on March 19, 2002. It'll feature guest appearances from the Outlawz, Daz Dillinger, Dorasel, Rapsta and
UGK. |
| Jadakiss says they don't understand what Pac died for |
| Posted by Jon on Thursday, March 14, 2002 |
We were contacted earlier about a track on a new mix tape by Yung Wun featuring Jadakiss who reportedly says: "they all trying to sound like pac / I dont know why though / sounding like pac is a position you shouldn't try for / they dont understand what he died for"
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| Note about Johnny J's remix reference |
| Posted by Jon on Wednesday, March 13, 2002 | |
In the interview Johnny J mentions that some of the tracks which were remixed were not done well. A lot of Johnny J's songs if you read the credits, were produced by Johnny J and then "remixed" by somebody else. A lot of his tracks were remixed after the fact, many by Triple 7 and a couple by
Trackmasters. |
| Download the Johnny J Interview |
| Posted by Jon on Wednesday, March 13, 2002 |
The traffic on the server is really high with all the people listening to the interview, if you want to download it to your computer you can use these links. You'll have to click on them with your right mouse button and choose save as.
Part 1
Part 2
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| Johnny J interview is up! |
| Posted by Jon on Wednesday, March 13, 2002 |
 The man behind Tupac's music, Johnny J. Johnny J has been the producer most responsible for Until the End of Time, the upcoming Tupac album and has done over 150 tracks with Tupac. In this interview we cover his background, how he met and his relationship with Pac, time they spent in the studio, the unreleased music, upcoming projects, the upcoming album, the production of Until The End of Time, the handling of Tupac's music and so much more.
Listen to Pt 1  Read - Pt 1
Listen to Pt 2 Coming Soon |
| Update on Tupac album release |
| Posted by Jon on Wednesday, March 13, 2002 | |
One of the reason's the new 2pac album has been delayed is to due problems caused for the Shakur Estate by Interscope Records & Jimmy Iovine. Interscope is seeking to take a large cut off each album sale & have refused to give the album any kind of release priority or promotion, which has forced the Estate to stall work on the album. The Estate have hinted that the current problems with Interscope would not be happening if Tom Whalley was still at Interscope Records, & that they feel Interscope are being greedy & acting unfairly trying to profit from what they see as little work or effort on their part while the Estate & Tha Row do all the hard work. |
| DPG vs. Tha Row in Vegas |
| Posted by Rukas on Wednesday, March 13, 2002 |
This isn't really news, I just wanted to clear up some rumors. People have been contacting me asking about a rumored fight between the Dogg Pound/Crips and Tha Row/Bloods. Supposidly the fight also included rapper WC who is a Crip on DPG's side and DJ Quik who is a Blood on Tha Row's side. From what I can gather, this is not true. DJ Quik and WC were definitaly not there and there is no evidence to support any sort of fight took place between the two parties in Vegas.
One thing that I have heard happened from Xile Loc, was that Snoop was in Vegas promoting his new clothing line when he suddenly got up and left the building as he saw Suge Knight and 2 others approach his table. |
| Thug Life to preform at Assassin's release party |
| Posted by Rukas on Wednesday, March 13, 2002 |
The remaining Thug Life members, Mopreme, Rated R, Macadoshis and Big Syke will perform at Assassin's album release party at 'The Gas Lighter' in Campbell, CA on April 28th. Other performers include Jiggalo, Mac and AK, UTG, Megabusive, South Central Cartel, Ace High, Jymini, Venom Locc, Corporate Thugz, Adr, Black Madness, AllFromTheI, Exxxo, Young Droop, Stonecold, Hydeous, Cobra, Liferdef Mafia and of course Assassin. Tickets will be $10, check it out.
You can purchase your tickets at the door or online here.
If anyone goes, hit me up with an email and tell me how it went and what songs Thug Life performed, also if you take any pictures, make sure to send them in. |
| Johnny J interview complete |
| Posted by Jon on Tuesday, March 12, 2002 | |
The Johnny J interview is complete and is nearly an hour long. Look for that later tonight or early
tommorrow. |
| Young Noble releasing single LP instead of double |
| Posted by Chris on Tuesday, March 12, 2002 |
Instead of releasing a double LP featuring 26 songs like previously reported, Young Noble has decided to release a single LP featuring 19 songs, no interludes. |
| Ja Rule says he met Pac |
| Posted by Jon on Tuesday, March 12, 2002 |
Ja Rule was on German TV-station Viva last week and people could ask questions through e-mail or phone. One guy asked through E-Mail if he ever personally met Tupac and what he thinks of him? Ja Rule replied: "Yes, and he was a wonderful artist". It would have been interesting to ask Pac what he thought of Ja Rule.
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| Jon B's Greatest Hits - Are You Still Down |
| Posted by Jon on Monday, March 11, 2002 |
Jon B's Greathits album, titled with the song he and Tupac did together, Are You Still Down, will be released on the 26th of this month. Here's the tracklisting.
01. Someone To Love (feat. Babyface)
02. Pretty Girl
03. They Don't Know
04. Are U Still Down (feat. 2Pac)
05. Don't Talk
06. Cool Relax
07. Finer Things - (feat. Nas)
08. Don't Say
09. Can We Get Down
10. Time After Time
11. Pride & Joy
12. Overjoyed - (feat. Faith Evans)
13. Now That I'm With You |
| Johnny J questions complete |
| Posted by Jon on Monday, March 11, 2002 | |
We've had an unbelievable response to the Johnny J interview, receiving almost 100 emails submitting a couple hundred questions in less than 24 hours. Due to the response we weren't able to respond to all of the emails, but thanks to everyone who submitted questions. The interview will take place and be posted shortly. |
| Reminder about Tupac special on Australian TV |
| Posted by Rukas on Monday, March 11, 2002 | |
Just a reminder that Australian Channel V will be screening the Rap City special on Tuesday at 9PM. The special shows Pac's last interview where he talks about Death Row East. The show will also feature film clips, Pac interviews, and other people's comments about Tupac. Dont miss it! |
| Reminder about the Outlawz Tupac Tribute Concert |
| Posted by Jon on Sunday, March 10, 2002 |
As we mentioned earlier on Friday March 15th the Outlawz will be performing a Tribute to Tupac, live in concert at the Cocoanut Grove in Santa Cruz CA. Tickets are on sale now at:
StreetLight Records
941 Pacific Ave.
Santa Cruz, CA
The concert is ages 16+
Tickets are $20/advance
Tickets are $25/door
For more information check out freakp.com
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| Tupac loses at the Echo Awards |
| Posted by Jon on Sunday, March 10, 2002 |
 In January we reported that Tupac was up for the Best HipHop Act International at the Echo Awards in Germany. Last Thursday the awards took place and Tupac lost to D-12 who also beat out DMX, Outkast and M.O.P. It's unfortunate that he lost but still great that he was nominated after being deceased going on 6 years. |
| Faith mentions Tupac vs Biggie |
| Posted by Jon on Sunday, March 10, 2002 | |
Faith Evens' biography recently aired on MTV. She mentions the beef between Biggie and 2Pac and how she tried to get them back together. She also again denied allegations that she and Tupac slept together. |
| Tupac mentioned in State Property |
| Posted by Jon on Sunday, March 10, 2002 | |
Tupac is mentioned in the movie State Property, after shooting a guy 5 times Beanie finds out the man is still alive and says "who does this ni**a think he is
Tupac?" |
| Upcoming Johnny J interview, send your questions |
| Posted by Jon on Sunday, March 10, 2002 |
We have an interview scheduled with the man behind Tupac's music, Johnny J. Johnny J has been the producer most responsible for Until the End of Time, the upcoming Tupac album and has done over 150 tracks with Tupac. Send us your questions, it's sure to be a hot interview.
Send us questions to ask Johnny J
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| Killa
Beez: The Sting tracklist |
| Posted by Chris on Sunday, March 10, 2002 |
Wu-Tang Records/In The Pain/KOCH Entertainment is scheduled to release the compilation Killa Beez: The Sting on March 12, 2002. The tracklist is below:
Disc 1
01. Intro
02. Killa Beez - Inspectah Deck, RZA, Suga Bang Bang and U-God
03. Out Think Me Now - Solomon Child
04. Bar Mitzvah - Black Knights
05. Doe Rae Wu - Bobby Digital, Kinetic and Ol' Dirty Bastard
06. Bluntz, Martiniz, Girlz & Gunz - War Cloud
07. Dancing With Wolves - Killarmy
08. Spend Money - Intrigue and Lord Subperb
09. Take Up Space - Lord Subperb and Solomon Child
10. Rollin' - Black Knights and RZA
11. Get At Me - Black Knights, Shyheim and Two On The Road
12. Spit That G - Cappadonna, Prodigal, Solomon Child, Suga Bang Bang and Timbo
13. Wood Chuck - Black Knights, Cilivaringz, North Star, Royal Fam and War Cloud
14. G.A.T. - 12'Clock, Black Knights, North Star, RZA, Shyheim and Solomon Child
15. Hatin' Don't Pay - Free Murder, PC and Shacronz
16. When You Come - Shyheim
17. KB Ridin' - Shacronz, Suga Bang Bang and Wu-Tang Clan
Disc 2
01. Odessey - Isaac Hayes and RZA
02. Thirsty (interlude)
03. Digi Electronics - Doc Doom, Madam Scheez, RZA, Shyheim and Timbo King
04. Billy
05. RZA Beat
06. La Rhumba (remix) - Fat Joe and RZA |
| Usher's top 25 videos |
| Posted by Chris on Sunday, March 10, 2002 | |
Yesterday, Usher was on MTV and played his top 25 videos, including "I Get Around" as number 15. |
| Above The Law speaks on
K-Oss |
| Posted by Rukas on Saturday, March 9, 2002 |
Above The Law member K-Oss pleaded guilty to drug charges last month, but the group has recently denyed that K-Oss is a drug dealer. K-Oss was arrested last year when police found 4 pounds of cocaine in his home. Big Hutch, member of the group, said that K-Oss "was at the wrong place at the wrong time and became friends with those who truly weren't friends with him."
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| Another QD3 interview |
| Posted by Chris on Saturday, March 9, 2002 | |
Check out MosDefinitely.com for another QD3 interview. |
| Northwest HipHop - 604entertainment.com |
| Posted by Jon on Thursday, March 7, 2002 |
If your interested in seeing what the northwest hip-hop scene, specifically in Canada, is all about, check out an upcoming compilation from a label based in my hometown, Vancouver, BC. "Add The Code" is in stores March 26, or you can order it through 604entertainment.com real soon. They just put up their message forum, so go sign up for that. It features "Where I'm From" by Profe-C, DoughBoy, and R.C., "Don't Call Me No More" by Lisa Douglas featuring Profe-C, and "Homies" by 2Face & TrackAttack.
Check out 604entertainment.com
Listen to their Sampler
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| Artists who recorded the R. Kelly dis track |
| Posted by Jon on Thursday, March 7, 2002 | |
The artists who recorded the R. Kelly dis track which we mentioned earlier, are SFL ... Banna an
Skrewz. |
| Ice Cube says 2Pac's his man |
| Posted by Jon on Thursday, March 7, 2002 |
Ice Cube was on Big Boy's Neighborhood on Power 106 in L.A. promoting his new movie. There is a segment where Big Boy asked questions for Ice Cube to answer. One question was if Cube could press a button, who would he bring back, Tupac or Biggie? He answered "2pac, 'cause that's my man."
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| Purchase Before I Wake, clothing and more ... |
| Posted by Jon on Thursday, March 7, 2002 |
Frank Alexander's site StepNUpEnterprises.com is now open. You can now purchase the Before I Wake Documentary Internationally as well as some tight Before I Wake clothing, books, pictures and more.
Click here to visit stepnupenterprises.com
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| Update about looking for Wrote the Glory |
| Posted by Jon on Thursday, March 7, 2002 | |
We've received a lot of emails saying the song was available on Morpheus. We have that track which is in poor quality, and are looking for it in good quality. We would like to get a copy of the Tyson vs Bruno fight where in the introduction Tyson is playing the song so we can rip it into good quality. Thanks to everybody who's tried to help us out with this. |
| R. Kelly diss song in mp3 |
| Posted by Jon on Thursday, March 7, 2002 |
As you may have heard, their is an R. Kelly sex tape which displays R. Kelly having sex with a minor. While R. Kelly claims it's a doctored video and isn't really him, he has a history of sex with underaged girls. This track is a song dissing R. Kelly, check it out.
Download Molesta
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| Looking for the Tyson vs Bruno fight |
| Posted by Jon on Thursday, March 7, 2002 | |
We're looking for the Tyson vs Bruno fight, in the introduction Tyson is playing a Tupac song titled Wrote the Glory, and we would love to get a good audio of the song. If anybody has the tape can you please contact me at jon@hitemup.com
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| Scarface changes his name |
| Posted by Rukas on Wednesday, March 6, 2002 |
Scarface has told AllHipHop.com that he has changed his name from Scarface to simply Face because he felt it was time for a change. Face is currently working on his 7th album, The Redemption, which is schedualed to be released in June.
"This is definitely one of the best records ever of mine. It don't miss nothing," Face said. "We have stepped it up 500 percent." |
| Tupac nominated in latest poll |
| Posted by Jon on Wednesday, March 6, 2002 |
Tupac is nominated in Fan2Fan's latest poll: Who's lyrics contain the most truth about their real lives? So far he's leading with 44%, go over and vote.
Click here to vote
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| Tupac and Eastwood |
| Posted by Chris on Wednesday, March 6, 2002 | |
Tha Row Records' website, ThaRow.com, recently interviewed Eastwood. He said he had the chance to work with Tupac before his death and that it's very possible one of the songs they recorded might end up on one of Tupac's upcoming albums. He also said he wants atleast one of the songs on his debut album, Born To Be Hated, due out late this year or early next. |
| Outlawz concerts |
| Posted by Chris on Wednesday, March 6, 2002 |
The Outlawz is scheduled to perform at the Cocoanut Grove in Santa Cruz, California on March 15, 2002. The concert is a tribute to Tupac. The address is below:
Cocoanut Grove
400 Beach Street
Santa Cruz, Ca
The Outlawz is also scheduled to perform at Foothill College in Los Altos, California on March 30, 2002. The doors will be opened at 05:30 pm and the Outlawz will enter the stage at 09:00 pm and leave at 11:30 pm. You purchase tickets at the door for $20 or over the phone by calling (605) 642-7652. You have to be atleast 16-year-old. The address is below:
Foothill College
12345 El Monte Ave
Los Altos, CA 94022 |
| Bone Thugs-N-Harmony wants thug world order |
| Posted by Chris on Wednesday, March 6, 2002 |
Ruthless Records are scheduled to release Bone Thugs-N-Harmony's fifth album, Thug World Order, spring, 2002. It'll feature more socially charged songs that on their previous albums.
"We a little more political on this album. We gon' say what they scared to say, you know what I'm saying? Like, we ain't scared of them, God damn it," he told Launch.com.
Ruthless Records filed a suit against the group in July, 2001 accusing them for not upholding their contractual obligation to deliver six albums.
"It's a whole lot better. Basically, we had to just stand up and just get certain things that we wanted," he told Launch.com. "You know what I'm saying? Let them know that we [are] men, we [are] rapper, [are] still having fun, but on top of all of that, we [are] businessmen now. It got to be the way we want it, or we can go about it another way. Whatever it takes."
"It's all business, and everything," Layzie Bone said. "When we set out for a goal, we got to handle our business. We gots to get paid. So we went and fought with them. But this is family. We worked it out." |
| Keep Ya Head Up ranked #1 Inspirational Video |
| Posted by Jon on Tuesday, March 5, 2002 |
Stillirise.cjb.net reported to us that 2pac was ranked #1 for the most inspirational video on bet.com countdown today.
Here were the rankings:
5. big - skys the limit
4. angie - my brotha
3. rkelly - i believe i can fly
2. rkelly - worlds greatest
1. 2pac - keep ya head up
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| Nuttso: The Betrayal Tracklisting |
| Posted by Jon on Tuesday, March 5, 2002 |
Back in the day Nuttso released a tape "The Betrayal." The tape is rare, sold out of Oakland, mostly out of trunks. Most noteable to Tupac fans, the album contained Words 2 My First Born. Here's the tracklisting:
NUTTSO "THE BETRAYAL" - nutty's playhouse records
1. the betrayal
2. another day by the pool
3. bullets over bloc's
4. interrogation
5. mobbin thru the town (feat: todd brown)
6. pool party (feat: jay-r of ygb)
7. midnite is a lonely place (feat: yolanda stevens)
8. words to my first born (feat: 2pac)
9. when will heaven call
10. murdered in cold blood (feat: pound of street thugs, j.e.t.)
11. recipe of a thugg (feat: pound & mo-savage of street thugs)
12. keep mobbin (feat: jay-r)
13. sho'em we g's
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