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Post by Trent Matsunoshin on Aug 8, 2005 0:05:20 GMT 1
Actually, hip-hop is far more interesting now with Hova out than it was when he was in.
I'd die if he made a diss track about 50 or the Game though...
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Post by Faster Pussycat! on Aug 11, 2005 0:08:37 GMT 1
I just listened to GZA’s Liquid Swords album, totally awesome.
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Post by Trent Matsunoshin on Aug 11, 2005 6:07:11 GMT 1
I agree.
For those who don't have the album, 5 tracks worth the bandwidth...
4th Chamber
Shadowboxin'
Dual of the Iron Mic
Liquid Swordz
Livin' in the World Today
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Post by Trent Matsunoshin on Aug 12, 2005 0:25:17 GMT 1
Now, THIS is why I hate 50. He is everything that is wrong with hip-hop all rolled into one.
From allhiphop.com
50 Cent: The Clean-Up Man Part One
By Houston Williams
50 Cent’s empire is under siege. Clearly, the lyrical assault by various posses, crews and cliques has been a partial construct of the Southside, Queens native. Although his adversaries have come back at him as if they were avenging a brother’s death, Fiddy’s gate has withstood the battering – and thrived amidst the adversity. He’s lost The Game, but gained M.O.P. and Mobb Deep. Critics never fully warmed up to The Massacre, yet the effort continues to move units in bulk.
Although he may be condemned for being disingenuous, 50 isn’t misguided. His moves are calculated. The 29-year-old is resolute in his goals and that translates into success for himself and those around him. Forever quizzical, AllHipHop.com asked 50 about his game of chess, multiple beefs, new friends and how he prevents his fortress from being leveled.
AllHipHop.com: Where is your head at right now? You’ve got a lot to be happy about…
50 Cent: You know what it is, today, like I woke up this morning, right, and I feel like, you know, I got a chance to really think. See because I got up early and everything that’s going on, like you know how you wake up before business hours? You get a clear head. It’s the time I like to actually speak to the people who I delegate responsibilities to. Everybody has to be huge, around me. There is no artist under 50 Cent. Everybody’s just around me. We understand our positions – and that’s what defines who is in the boss’ seat.
AllHipHop.com: And how is “everybody”?
50 Cent: Both Banks and Buck have some offers right now; I started executive producing films - so that’ll be the chance to see me involved in it behind the scenes while they’re actually acting as their selves.
AllHipHop.com: In lieu of the trials and such, how is Buck holding up?
50 Cent: Aw, Buck is a great man, great spirit. Every night we’ve been forming, you know, happily, you know, god willingly, everything will work its way out. You know, you’ve got little issues, but that was all on the shelf.
AllHipHop.com: What about Mobb Deep. What about them attracted you?
50 Cent: Well, yeah – I’ve always been a Mobb Deep fan [and] I had the opportunity to actually make them a priority on my list of things to promote. It doesn’t make any sense for me to just go out and make records. If an opportunity comes for me to do business with them when it makes sense to me I’ll jump to the opportunity. You know, and with Mobb Deep particularly, they’ve been putting out good music since, wow, like six, five, six albums?
AllHipHop.com: Well, what about M.O.P.? Even Dame recently expressed ideas that they were still signed to him…
50 Cent: Yeah, well, you know, some people just don’t – they don’t want to let go. Dame realized he lost in that situation. M.O.P.’s talent, like some of the lyrical content matches my albums, the M.O.P. record. It’s just, well the difference is the market and the promotion. And I feel like I’ve done a great job of marketing myself to the point that my first album, every album that’s been released through me period, has scanned over 1.5 million records.
AllHipHop.com: How do you intend to market them? That’s a challenge…
50 Cent: I put them in the gym. As far as that, there’s certain things that you know. Like I’ve watched artists and I pay attention to the game, period. I watched D’Angelo put out a bad album, and it sold because he was in condition. The song itself was called “Untitled” for Christ’s sake. It’s those dramatic changes so it’s obvious. If you can physically – forget about music. Forget about whatever you know about music, right? And just turn to yourself for a second. Generally speaking about women, right, if a woman can look at you and say she likes you before you open your mouth. As soon as you say the right thing to her it’s a go. I feel like if generally people look at you and like what you’re saying before you open you’re mouth, when you say the right thing they go, “I like him.”
AllHipHop.com: What about the M.O.P. sound? That was always a discussion-topic while the Roc album brewed…
50 Cent: Well, I take the ante up. I can take records, you know, they got classic material already that they’re ahead of me doing the deal with them. It’s like I don’t want to alter who they are creatively as an artist. Because what they’ve done in the past is what made them appealing to me. So, you know, I want them to create the right records and I’ll help, I mean, I’m executive producing the album so I’m going to go pick and make the record, they’re going to have the best producers in the world on the album. They’ve definitely got materials, Dr. Dre, Eminem, The Neptunes, Timbaland. As they enter the formats that their music hasn’t made it to before, like Top 40 and Pop radio, which has been that similar, look, Game’s record wouldn’t have sold what it sold, if I wasn’t on it.
AllHipHop.com: What was your response to Summer Jam and “300 Bars”?
50 Cent: I don’t respond to it. I’m not going to respond to it. Let me explain something to you, this is a guy that I went out of my way to work on this project because of my relationship with Dr. Dre. We’re splitting the 50% of the profits on Game’s album with Dr. Dre. You know, and I did what I had to do to make the project successful and then what you find afterwards is you start to see in his character that he thinks in like a new XXLhe’s saying it. He’s saying, “I’m the man.” What he’s going to find out is the only record that’s harder to make than your first one is your second one.
AllHipHop.com: The pressure is high for artists these days.
50 Cent: And when he goes into it without any support from me or anybody around me, because he’s been so disrespectful to everything that we stand for, then he’s on his own. He’s going to find himself by himself, you know what I’m saying? And in Dre’s situation, if Dre moved forward to support him creatively, I feel like he was supporting him all the way. Because there’s some, like, he had to get his input. There’s two parties. Everybody else is signed to 50 Cent. I actually set up his press so he can say disrespectful things about me. But I won’t sabotage. I’ll watch him destroy himself.
AllHipHop.com: What about Jimmy Henchmen? You know, because of the street background and the outspoken attitude, some people expected you two to end up allied…
50 Cent: You know what, let me tell you something all right. I can care less, like I can care less, like I have no issues with street s**t. The way you handle your business, it’s important that you do it the right way, you know what I’m saying? If you’ve got people who don’t actually understand it, and feel like they can do whatever they want because they’ve got a certain type of aura around them…[it’s not good business]. It’s like Black History [Month] every month for these kind of people - they’re living off this s**t that happened ten, fifteen years ago. Half of this s**t didn’t even do it themselves, it just was credited to them. So that s**t doesn’t move me, not even a little bit.
AllHipHop.com: A lot of money was spent in the G-U NOT campaign…
50 Cent: After his actions, you know what I mean, following that. Trust me, if he put his bank account in a publication, I would disclose how much finances I had just to show you the difference. He thinks that being just special towards me is going to establish him. But what it does is, it proves to corporate America he’s still the idiot that he was ahead of time. Because you don’t see me say anything negative about him. And what I was looking forward to from the project that I was involved in with him was being able to donate the proceeds to charity.
AllHipHop.com: Speaking of finances and that, how has The Massacre enhanced you?
50 Cent: I don’t think anybody who has plans to be successful should plan to go through what I’m going through. Money changes things, man. And the person who tells you that finances don’t change you – if money don’t change you, it’s because you’re not making enough. Because it will change you, you know what I’m saying? It will change your thought process because as you become successful you’re going to act with a circle that is more successful. They think on a higher level. [Success] ain’t an accident.
AllHipHop.com: Nas recently put out “Don’t Body Yourself.” Did you see that coming?
50 Cent: You know what, I’m gonna tell you: in all honesty when I released [“Piggy Bank”] and I heard [the various responses] I heard Jadakiss say some things, you know what I’m saying? And the general public hadn’t said one word about Nas, right? And this is a credible MC, at one point. Now, you get the implication of the general public feeling like he doesn’t count right now. Because the first thing they would say is, “Oh, what do think Jada gonna do or what you think Fat Joe…” do you see what I’m saying? They didn’t even put him in the loop. They wasn’t saying, “What you think Nas is going to do?” because his last album was so bad they didn’t even care. You know, and even his choice of music from the response, it’s not enough. It’s not good enough. ]
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Post by Trent Matsunoshin on Aug 12, 2005 20:58:40 GMT 1
Game interviw from AHH.
The Game: Locked and Loaded
By Semtex
The last time AllHipHop.com caught up with The Game, "300 Bars" was just days away from dropping. I’d say at least 200 of those bars gave the streets something to talk about, and a lot of follow-up questions. It turns out that our man Semtex over in London just caught Chuck Taylor swinging through, and had a banger of an interview. For those that don’t know, Semtex is one of the premier party rockin’ hosts over there in the rainy city check him out at www.DJSemtex.com and on Friday nights on 1Xtra Radio. It is with his gracious donation, that you won’t believe your eyes.
Game holds it down for his European fans, as well addresses the G-Unit opposition, his pokes at the boys of the Roc, a hypothetical answer from Jay-Z, and even… his new Black Wall Street signees, one of which, you won’t believe. We won’t name any names, and neither does Game… but if you don't get it, you need a dummy smack.
AllHipHop.com: How has it been over here, touring in Europe?
Game: It’s been good, man. Europe is always a fun place for me to come. I’m one of the biggest artists, or thee biggest as far as Hip-Hop is concerned. I just be havin’ a ball. The fans over here really appreciate me and my music. It’s been a beautiful thing.
AllHipHop.com: What’s been the best show yet?
Game: Probably Ireland. They love me like I’m straight outta Dublin. Irish cats is wild; Dublin is crazy.
AllHipHop.com: Certainly, we never thought the issues with 50 Cent would’ve gone down the way they day…
Game: Nobody could have. 50 Cent is a very jealous, selfish individual. He only cares about himself. When my sales escalated, and I surpassed Young Buck and Lloyd Banks, everybody got a bit jealous. I think 50 thought he should’ve been my mentor. As I see it, you’ve got Dr. Dre on this level, 50 Cent on level, Eminem on , and then Lloyd Banks and Stat Quo and Young Buck down there. He wanted to keep me down here with them. But I’m definitely a superstar. None of those guys in G-Unit can lyrically f**k with me.
AllHipHop.com: The States might be one thing. But G-Unit’s success in Europe has been in question. Tony Yayo’s recent show in London had a lot of empty seats…
Game: [laughs] It’s garbage, man. I think G-Unit, by this time next year… 50 may still be lingering around. But there will be no Young Buck, no Lloyd Banks, and no Yayo. I’m still a fan of Hip-Hop – I’m critical of the stuff I be doing, as Hip-Hoppers are. But I think that they’re slowly gravitating towards hell on earth.
AllHipHop.com: When the problem with 50 started, did it hurt your business?
Game: Yeah, I lost a lot of money. I lost the shoe deal with Reebok. 50 hated me out of that. He told them that Black Wall Street was a notorious street gang in California, and that we keep assault rifles in my house. They took my deal away. So, I got my own shoe deal – The Hurricanes. I lost our tour insurance. 50 f**ked off a lot of things for me. There’s not nobody that can stop me though. I’m Rap’s MVP, you can’t change that. I’m the people’s champ.
AllHipHop.com: On “300 Bars” why did you come back and address Memphis Bleek after what seemed to be peace?
Game: Like I said, I’m Rap’s MVP. So sometimes, I just like to f**k with people, man. You know how bullies walk by and slap people on the back of the head just ‘cause they can’t do nothing? I like to pick and poke at the artists I think are wack in Hip-Hop, like Memphis Bleek. I like to smack around these weak MC’s. I think [The Young Gunz] are a joke. They sold even less than Memphis Bleek their first week. You can’t take those guys seriously – not when we’re talking Hip-Hop and the Nas’, the Big Daddy Kane’s, the Jay-Z’s, the ‘Pac’s, the Big’s, N.W.A.’s, and Run-DMC’s – and you got the f**kin’ Young Gunz dressin’ up like Jam Master Jay and Reverend Run on the album cover. That’s disrespectful. Then I listen to the music, and the s**t sounds like f**kin’ Sponge Bob [Squarepants’] mixtape.
AllHipHop.com: You’re on Kanye’s Late Registration on “Crack Music,” and of course “Dreams.” Has it been a conflict since you’ve attacked his brethren?
Game: No. If you think about it, Kanye West didn’t grow up with the Young Gunz or Memphis Bleek. Kanye is from Chicago. It’s not like they grew up and shared peanut-butter and jelly sandwiches together. It’s not like they’re foster brothers. We’re all grown men in the business. That’s the keyword: business. But anybody that feels that they wanna jump behind Bleek and help him out, I accept the challenge. I know that lyrically, I can entertain it and in the streets, I can entertain it.
AllHipHop.com: Let’s be blunt: Would you go at Jay if he came at you?
Game: Uhhh. If anybody came at me, I would accept the challenge. It’s Hip-Hop. Rap beefs go far back. It goes as far back as Busy Bee and KRS-One and guys like that. I got a lot of respect for Jay as an MC, and being a legend, and one of the greatest that ever did it. But it’s Hip-Hop; it’s a blood-sport. Whoever, whenever, whatever.
AllHipHop.com: To quote Rodney King, “Can’t we all just get along,” though?
Game: Beef is Hip-Hop is healthy until it gets violent. I’ve been involved in the violence at some of the early stages of my career, and I stray away from that. If it stays on wax, it’s healthy. That’s where most artists wanna keep it anyway.
AllHipHop.com: What’s going on with the Black Wall Street and the return of the West?
Game: The West Coast is back. I got a group, M.O.B. – Money Over B*tches. It’s a rapper from South Central, and a rapper from Long Beach. Techniec and Eastwood. I got an R&B singer, Dior. She’s from Los Angeles too. We been recording in London the last few days. I’m most excited about her. That’s an R&B princess right there.
AllHipHop.com: Tell us about M.O.B…
Game: People that have heard them they been thinkin’ of ‘em as sorta a modern day Dogg Pound. They from the street. Techniec is a lil’ more lyrical, and Eastwood is of your old-school West Coast style, the Dr. Dre’s and the MC Ren’s and the Ice Cube’s. Techneic is a more modern Nas/Jay-Z/Ice Cube. They on the mixtape [from DJ Skee] that featured “300 Bars,” I got an artist from Philly, Rockstar. He’s just a phenomenal underground artist, and I scooped him up. In Philly on the “How the West Was Won Tour,” he snuck backstage and freestyled for like 15 minutes. Everybody in the building took off their Black Wall Street chains and put them around his next. I told him to take a walk and keep going and put $2,000 in his pocket and told him I’d call him later. One more thing, there’s an artist out there who’s a free agent, I won’t name him, I’m about to sign him. It’s gonna f**k the game up. Once I get him on my team, it’s over.
AllHipHop.com: Where’s he from?
Game: New York.
AllHipHop.com: Is he known?
Game: He’s real known. He ain’t signed. You can guess… just think about it later.
AllHipHop.com: Give us a clue.
Game: A clue? [laughs] Okay… he knows bars first-hand. That’s a good clue. Us two, it’s too gangsta. It’s gonna be a big move. I’m even tryin’ to sign Lil’ Kim when she get outta jail, f**k it. [laughs]
AllHipHop.com: What’s the biggest lesson 2005 taught you?
Game: Stay loyal, man. Stay loyal. All I need is Dr. Dre, and I don’t need nobody.[/i] A smart, intelligent response to the whole situation. |
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Post by The Great JT on Aug 17, 2005 14:06:34 GMT 1
Especially since Game really is the best rapper on Gay-Unit. M.O.B. sounds like they're gonna be big.
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Post by stocko on Aug 17, 2005 15:59:39 GMT 1
Eminem Cancels UK Tourfancy cancelling a tour cos ya tired! the big girl i am proper gutted, i was going to this too EDIT: C'mon Mick, the link was stretching the page...
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Post by Trent Matsunoshin on Aug 17, 2005 22:15:42 GMT 1
Ouch.
Can't them other pansies do the show, 50 and Mobb Deep alone would sell the place out.
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Post by The Great JT on Aug 18, 2005 2:09:09 GMT 1
Mobb, yes. 50, never in a million years.
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Post by SoL on Aug 18, 2005 6:30:33 GMT 1
wow...just wow.
50 is so not in this for the music, that sucks. i'm not hating that he's getting his money, but i wish he cared more about the art.
i'm not a huge game fan, but he seems like he has pride in his craft...i wonder who the east coaster is he's signing.
and i still can't believe mop and mobb deep are on g-unit...where did we go wrong?
on another note, i just heard lmno's new joint, slammin. anyone who's a fan of hte visionaries need to check it out.
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Post by stocko on Aug 18, 2005 15:20:41 GMT 1
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Post by The Great JT on Aug 18, 2005 15:32:00 GMT 1
Ma$e, Ma$e, Ma$e, shame on you, Mr. Betha.
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Post by brockandsable on Aug 18, 2005 15:33:37 GMT 1
I agree. For those who don't have the album, 5 tracks worth the bandwidth... 4th Chamber Shadowboxin' Dual of the Iron Mic Liquid Swordz Livin' in the World Today The whole CD is hot from start to finish for real. But you may want to pay special attention to Cold World. The video for that track is ill as well. music.yahoo.com/track/1047574 |
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Post by Trent Matsunoshin on Aug 18, 2005 23:59:39 GMT 1
LMNO is ill.
For all the Revolutionary heads, pick up Immortal Technique's Revolutionary Volumes 1 and 2. He's on one fo real.
FUCK 50, yeah I said it.
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Post by _the j-man on Aug 19, 2005 1:08:20 GMT 1
I'm into Kanye West, while some songs are just really umm... lame, I can't get enough of his "Goldigger" song, the beat is hot on that shit.
But I mostly listen to underground hip-hop. It's hard for people to touch artists like KRS-1 even though his whole "Hip-Hop is like a Religion" is bullshit.
Right now though, I've been mostly listening to Hardcore/Metalcore music, I can't get enough of the shows I see. The energy is just awesome.
And I agree with Trent, 50 sucks. That fool is nothing more than a punk bitch who made a buck off the fact he was dumb enough to be shot 9 times.
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Post by Trent Matsunoshin on Aug 19, 2005 15:16:40 GMT 1
Mannie Fresh Leaves Cash Money Records
After serving as Cash Money's exclusive producer for years, Mannie Fresh has revealed to Ozone Magazine that he has left the label.
Following Juvenile, B.G. and Turk, the go-to Cash Money beatmaker Mannie Fresh has left the imprint. Yet, unlike the aforementioned artists, Mannie contends that he's leaving on good terms.
"It's official that I'm not with them [Cash Money] no more, but I'm doing my own thing," Mannie told Ozone Magazine. "It ain't a situation where we gonna be name-calling and going back and forth. It's just me maturing. It's time for me to do me. It's no bad blood."
Mannie, B.G., Turk and Wayne also confirmed that they were working on a Hot Boys reunion. However, according to most members, the project isn't likely to be released on Cash Money.
"There's four different people, so there's negotiations from four different angles. I'm ready to do it if they're ready to do it. It's easy for us four to get in the room and agree to do it, but since pretty much everybody is signed with a different record company, we've got to work that out first. But Baby don't have no say-so. That's part of the deal," Mannie revealed. "Everybody wants to do it, but they fact is, they don't want [Baby] him involved. That's how the whole thing came to be. They asked me if I wanted to do it, and since three of the four Hot Boys don't want Baby to have no part of the project, that's the way it's gotta happen."
However, Weezie told Ozone, "Maybe we will do a reunion album. That's what I heard, but the boss [Baby] gotta agree on that first. They could say he's greedy or whatever, but the boss still gotta agree on that for me to do anything," Wayne stated. "I could say I agree and I wanna do it, but still, if he don't agree, I can't do it. And I'm the President of Cash Money Records now, so it'll have to be released under Cash Money. Baby would have to sign off on it cause he gonna have to get his too."
This is big, real big, can you imagine him being the chief producer for one of the hotter acts out of the south like T.I. or Trick Daddy? Or blowing up south up-and-comers like Crime Mob? This is huge.
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Post by brockandsable on Aug 19, 2005 15:30:24 GMT 1
Don't playa hate on 50 too much.
Y'all know when the "In Da Club" track was dropped you were bobbing your heads and jigging just like everybody else. ;D
Kanye West is all right. This hot Filipino DJ (and she was bad as shit!) was rotating West tracks at this club called MIXERS on the outskirts of Seattle. The nigga makes a point in his music and manages to keep it real.
I still prefer old school hip hop tho'. The shit they spewing out today seems like bubblegum rap.
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Post by The Great JT on Aug 19, 2005 21:43:40 GMT 1
I just saw on MTV that Eminem is in rehab for sleep pills.
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Post by Faster Pussycat! on Aug 19, 2005 23:56:59 GMT 1
I hope he dies.
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Post by The Great JT on Aug 19, 2005 23:58:01 GMT 1
You and me both. Eminem is a turd.
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Post by stocko on Aug 20, 2005 13:32:17 GMT 1
thats a bit harsh! i did not know you guys knew him  but i dont like him at the moment for cancelling the tour! damn junkie  |
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Post by The Great JT on Aug 21, 2005 1:48:40 GMT 1
Too bad for Europe.
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Post by Trent Matsunoshin on Aug 29, 2005 22:19:17 GMT 1
Fat Joe, 50 Cent Beef, Other VMA Highlights
By Clover Hope
Date: 8/29/2005 2:00 am
The 50 Cent, Fat Joe beef came to a head Sunday night after words were exchanged between the two rappers during MTV’s Diddy-hosted Video Music Awards.
While onstage announcing reggaeton artists Daddy Yankee, Don Omar, and Tego Calderon, Fat Joe took first aim at 50 Cent, stating, “I feel safe with all the police protection, courtesy of G-Unit.”
Several minutes later, 50 retaliated with bleeped-out obscenities for Fat Joe, during a set featuring Mobb Deep and Tony Yayo.
"Fat Joe's a p**sy. F**k Joe. F**k Terror Squad."
Sources stated that 50 actually jumped on stage off camera after Fat Joe made the quip about G-Unit.
In related news, during pre-show festivities 50 appeared with Mase and officially announced the former Bad Boy rapper’s signing to G-Unit.
Mid-show, Diddy conducted an orchestra while a montage of the late Notorious B.I.G.’s music videos played, including “Juicy” and “Warning.” Snoop Dogg spit a verse on the latter.
The Doggfather also won Diddy’s “Fashion Challenge,” which awarded $50,000 each to the charities of the best dressed male and female. Snoop was up against Usher and Kanye West.
With the theme of the night being “anything can happen,” Snoop’s pimp sidekick Bishop Magic Don Juan received a surprise makeover, courtesy of Diddy.
In place of his usual vibrant gear, the Don sported a normal suit with no gaudy accessories.
Diddy also brought the old school back when Luke and his raunchy dancers emerged during a dance medley, and MC Hammer performed his hit, “U Can't Touch This.”
Other Hip-Hop performances included Ludacris, who won his first Moon Man for Best Rap Video with “Number One Spot,” Kanye West featuring Jamie Foxx, and Houston rappers Mike Jones, Paul Wall, and Slim Thug, who performed during pre-show.That Fat Joe/50 shit was hilarious. Check out 50 cursin' out Joe on stage: img371.imageshack.us/img371/7403/fatjoediss2pq.swfI'm workin' on getting a clip of Fat Joe's diss on right now... |
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Post by brockandsable on Aug 29, 2005 22:50:05 GMT 1
I heard Suge got shot.
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Post by Trent Matsunoshin on Aug 29, 2005 22:53:57 GMT 1
Yeah, but he ain't dead so it's not worth talking about.
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