December 1, 2007
DeHaven Is Back At It...
In a new interview with New York Magazine, former Jay-Z associate DeHaven talks about The Hip Hop Mogul ...Yet AGAIN!...lolDid you and Jay sell drugs together?
No, he ain’t do much selling drugs. I did all that work. He was just a good dude to be around. He was one of my best friends. I taught him some things, but I mainly kept him from being out on the street a lot. Whatever was mine was his. So, we shared clothes, we shared a whole bunch of stuff. We had sex with the same women plenty of times. We both got burnt! We had the drip. My mom took him to the clinic. My mom also got him out of jail.
Does Jay exaggerate his drug-dealing in his songs?
I’m telling you he overexaggerates. He was there to see things, but doing some big-time Frank Lucas–type thing? No. He nickled and dimed, but nothing on a major scale. He definitely didn’t sell nothin’ in Marcy. Spanish Jose, who he mentions a lot [in his songs], was a friend of mine. Jay didn’t have no affiliation to Spanish Jose.
When he talks about you on “No Hook,” is he accusing you of snitching?
I think he’s talking about the way I went about this YouTube project [and not about snitching]. But he’s into subliminal messages, so [I think] he’s trying to get me hurt. That goes beyond disrespect. He’s getting my safety involved. I can’t believe my own daughter’s godfather is trying to get me hurt. But it won’t work. Being that I’ve been in prison a lot of times, a lot of people know my credibility. They know I went all the way to trial with my federal case, and I won.
Like Jay Said... “So fuck Dehaven for caving/that’s why we don’t speak/made men ain’t supposed to make statements”
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November 30, 2007
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November 29, 2007
Music: Styles P Feat. Akon "Got My Eyes On You"
Styles P and Akon are a match made in Heaven...cause this track is FIRE!!!!!Via The Rap Up
Foxy Brown Speaks...
"I probably cried the entire Thanksgiving," Foxy told Metro New York. "I spoke to my entire family, but I was boo-hooing like a baby. We were served what would be considered sweet potatoes, collared greens and turkey, but it wasn't anything like my mother's cooking. I was really, really depressed all day."
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November 28, 2007
November 27, 2007
Joell Oritiz "Interscope Doesn't Want Me"
In an interview with XXL.com Joell Ortiz says that Intersope Records Jammy Iovine doesn't want him in the roster! - After we were all excited that Joell signed to a major, not just any major but also to a major producer like Dr. Dre. I cant really pin point why Jimmy wouldn't want one of the hottest Mc's in NYC on his label. We can only hope for the best for Joell, but I don't think it will be the last time we will see Joell Ortiz -
Lil Kim Get at Remy Ma
Lil Kim "I Get Money" Freestyle
Star and Bucwild Back on the Air!
Hip-Hop shock jocks Star and Buc Wild of the "Star and Buc Wild Morning Show" are returning to New York City airwaves, after being yanked off the air for making lewd comments about his rival, DJ Envy, in 2006.
The pair will hold a press conference tomorrow (November 28) at the posh Bryant Park Hotel in the Screening Room, where they will announce details of their return to morning radio.
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Foxy Brown Out Of Solitary Confinement
Good news for Foxy Brown at last? According to TMZ.com, the imprisoned rapper has been moved out of punitive segregation for "good behavior." The MC (real name: Inga Marchand) had been ordered to spend 76 days in the solitary-confinement unit but only served 40 there, the site reports. TMZ.com also says she did not receive special treatment because of the holidays or her celebrity status. She is being held at the Rose M. Singer Center for women on New York's Rikers Island.
The troubled rapper, who has been in jail since August 22 for violating her probation multiple times, was placed in solitary confinement late last month after being disciplined for a scuffle, verbal assault toward prison officials and her refusal to take a drug test.
November 26, 2007
Jay-Z Inspired A Generation Of Bad Writers
"I've inspired a generation of bad writers," Jay joked to MTV News last week.
But the Def Jam president and iconic rapper obviously wrote down lyrics at one point in time. In fact, he revealed the last time he actually did so was for "Can I Live," a standout track on his 1996 debut, Reasonable Doubt.
"What happened was, I was doing that song with someone else, and they heard the first verse and they was like, 'Man, you take that song. Finish it, 'cause it sounds like you got a lot more to say,' " Jay explained in a lengthy interview in which he discussed lyrics and songwriting. "You know, that type of thing. So I just wanted to get it down quick, I didn't want to keep going over it. It was like [the album] mastering time, so I just sat down in the booth and wrote that [verse]."
The verse contains multiple gems over the woozy, horn-laden production, like the lines: "I stepped it up another level, meditated like a Buddhist/ Recruited lieutenants with ludicrous dreams of getting cream/ Let's do this, it gets te-di-ous/ So I keep one eye open like, C-B-S, you see me stressed, right?"
According to Irv Gotti, who produced the track, the song was supposed to be a collaboration between Jay and a member of the rap group Original Flavor. Gotti mentioned he believed Nas was also set to appear on the track, too. But after the OF member passed on the guest appearance, Jay got to work finishing the song.
