Post by Trent Matsunoshin on Jan 29, 2007 5:12:55 GMT 1
Little Known Facts About Hip-Hop
LL Cool J and Kool Moe Dee came to blows one night backstage.
-Freddie Foxxx put a gun in Benzino's mouth on the Flavor Unit tour bus, because Benzino would not stop talking **** about what a thug he was
-"The bridge is over" was a Marley Marl beat that Krs One and Scott La Rock found in a studio.
-2pac was robbed and shot by some of Supreme's boys.
-"I got a story to tell" was vaguelly based on a real life incident Biggie had when he was slipping pipe to John Starks' woman.
-Paul C was murdered by his wife and his brother.
-Showbiz has almost been sent upstate for attempted murder twice.
-Eric. B beat down Large Professor and ran Kool G. Rap out of New York to Arizona after 'G. Rap revealed Large Pro produced most of the beats Eric B was supposed to have done on the Eric B. & Rakim albums and "wanted dead or alive".
-Biz Markie produced most of EPMD's first album.
-Ghostface, Superb and their team beat down and robbed 50 Cent and Tony Yayo after 50's dis tracks.
-Johnny Juice did all Terminator X's cuts on the Public Enemy albums.
Kool Keith met Godfather Don outside some industry event that both of them weren't allowed entry to. They snuck in through a back window and then hung out for the next month or so recording the 'Don produced tracks on "the 4 horsemen" and, of course, all the classic Cenobites tracks.
-Just Ice was a prime suspect in a murder case.
-Just Ice turned up in Queens on Poet's block after the two Rockwell Noel & The Poet tracks dissing Krs One, Red Alert and Ms. Melodie with a shotgun and waited for Poet to come out. Needless to say, Poet stayed in the crib that day.
-DJ Ready Red was kicked out of Geto Boys and shafted by J. Prince because of his lack of melanin.
-Alpo, Fritz, the original 50 Cent from Ft Greene and various other notorious hustlers/killers from the legendary Paid In Full Posse were in the crew shots on "paid in full" and "follow the leader".
-Rakim recorded a dis cut aimed at 'Kane for "let the rhythm hit 'em" and had a verse on the title track itself aimed at him. 'Kane heard about this and called Rakim to squash it and Rakim went on to scrap the track and remove the verse.
-Eric B. did security for Mike Tyson throughout much of the 90's.
-Diamond D and his old late 80's group Ultimate Force with Master Rob recorded a full album with Jazzy Jay which has never been heard.
-A young Fat Joe and his boys Tony Montana(R.I.P) and Charlie Rock L.D were one of the top two crack crews in the Bronx in the mid 80's and bringing in thousands of $$$$ per day.
-Q Tip got fuked up so bad by one of the members of Wrexx N Effect that he lost partial sight in one of his eyes.
-Nas came incredibly close to being on the Large Pro produced Kool G Rap, Xtra P, Freddie Foxxx and Ant posse cut "money in the bank" as he was always hangin' around Eric B.'s studio but had gone to pick up some weed with a chick so they let the Ant kid on there instead.
- Main Source (sans Large Pro) ran up in the Wild Pitch offices with machetes looking to behead MC Serch (then working as an A&R for the label) after a West Coast promotional tour went shity. MC Serch got wind that they were coming and escaped by crawling over the partial walls for his office and jetting out the back door.
- Grimm was supposed to be on "Live at the Barbecue" but he was arrested on the way to the studio
dj premier stopped workin wit jeru the damaja...cuz jeru got pissed when premier was fuckin his sister...
ghostface said on tony's money "this what happens when u dont give niggas they fuckin money" in response to de la soul for not paying him for the track he was on he also jacked their beat
littles jacked alchemist chain at a recording studio
-According to Marley Marl, him and Cormega had already finished a whole album ready for release before Nas was due to release illmatic. It eventually fell through as Mega was sent to jail.
- Das EFX stole their iggedy style from UK hiphop outfit Demon Boyz while on tour with EPMD.
-Fritz(that nigga back in the day) used to sell bricks to Alpo, AZ, Rich Porter, Boy George, Tony Montana (Fat Joe's boy) and them. in other words, he supplied the dealers
-reason why curtis jackson took 50 cents name was because the real 50 cent had major beef wit supremes team & had em shook during his prime
-Masta Killa was the last member to join Wu
-Biggie did a 9 month bid in North Carolina
-Eric B had Large Professor beaten down on one occasion for Xtra P talking sh!t about not getting production credits and because he thought he was gettin' at him on "snake eyes".
p Diddy was a back up dancer for Kane & heavy d sometimes
- DMX is the only rapper ever to debut his first 5 albums at number 1.
- Redman got his start from being a local rapper on Yo! MTV Raps.
-R. Kelly had a secret wedding with Aaliyah when she was only 14 years old, but had to get an annolment when her parents found out.
-Big L was murdered as revenge for something his brother did. He was shot 8 times, including in the head, b/c the killer had a beef with his brother, who was in jail at the time.
- Dre named his 2nd cd, Chronic 2001 even though it came out in 99, b/c Suge Knight made a cd named Chronic 2000, a cd full of old Death Row tracks.
- If you listen to Many Men, at the beginning if you count the gun shots, there are only 8 instead of 9.
Trick Daddy was jumped and got his chain snatched at a show in Detroit for dissing Trick Trick a local Detroit rapper cause he thought he stole his name.
Scarface tried to commit suicide when he was younger.
buckshot was picked on in hgh school by the rest of BBC they would play mokey i the middle wit his quran
nobody in NWA had a criminal record
B.I.G. had some of his dudes run up in D&D studios and beat down Starang Wondah then had them put the phone to his ear while B.I.G. proceeded to tell him never to fuck with him again. This was in retaliation for OGC's first video where they had a fake Biggie get beat down.
Starang admitted it on Heltah Skeltah's "I Ain't Havin That"
"like when i was up in D&D i caught 2 or 3 stitches / i was still gettin bitches at the tunnel takin pictures"
Murder Inc. - A group featuring Jay-Z, DMX, and Ja Rule was supposed to come out when DMX and Ja Rule had a fallout
Triangle Offense- Joe Budden, Fabolous, and Paul Cain, the album would have came out if joe buddens debut album went platinum, but it didnt so the label didnt feel need to further explore the potential of that group.
Styles P. was only dissing rocafella and Jay-Z during the Beans and Jada beef in order to push jadas album kiss the game goodbye, when styels came out of prison he said he wished he could take it all back and do resoviour dogs part 2 wit "my niggas at the roc"
Sauce Money won a grammy for writing P.diddys verse on Every Breathe u take the BIG tribute.
# Of Times the "N" Word appears on NWA'S Albums
1.Straight Outta Compton : 42
2.100 Miles And Runnin : 105
3.Efil4Zaggin : 249
Rappers who've survived shootings
01]Beanie Sigel
02]Big Noyd
03]B-Real
04]Bushwick Bill
05]Capone
06]Dr. Dre
07]Dresta
08]Fat Joe
09]Ghostface Killah
10]Krumb Snatcha
11]LV
12]Ol Dirty Bastard
13]Shyne
14]Slick Rick
5 Records That Changed Funk Master Flex's Life
1.The 1st Record I Ever Bought : One For The Treble - DAVY DMX
2.The 1st Record I Ever Stole : Impeach The President - The Honey Drippers
3.The 1st Record I Ever Scratched : Get Into The Mix - Dj Devine
4.The 1st Record I Ever Got For Free : Beat Box - Art Of Noise
5.The 1st Record I Ever Spun At A Club : Let The Music Play - Shannon
Tape Kingz Iain McNee's Top 10 Greatest Mixtapes Ever
01.Best Of Biggie Smalls-Dj Mister Cee
02.'95 Live-Doo Wop
03.Blends 1-Ron G
04.10/8/89-Kid Capri
05.52 Beats-Kid Capri
06.50 MC'S-Tony Touch
07.2/10/93-DJ S&S
08.Spring '93 Part II-Doo Wop
09.Five Deadly Venoms Of Brooklyn-Tony Touch
10.Bad Boy Volume 1-DJ Clue
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LL Cool J and Kool Moe Dee came to blows one night backstage.
-Freddie Foxxx put a gun in Benzino's mouth on the Flavor Unit tour bus, because Benzino would not stop talking **** about what a thug he was
-"The bridge is over" was a Marley Marl beat that Krs One and Scott La Rock found in a studio.
-2pac was robbed and shot by some of Supreme's boys.
-"I got a story to tell" was vaguelly based on a real life incident Biggie had when he was slipping pipe to John Starks' woman.
-Paul C was murdered by his wife and his brother.
-Showbiz has almost been sent upstate for attempted murder twice.
-Eric. B beat down Large Professor and ran Kool G. Rap out of New York to Arizona after 'G. Rap revealed Large Pro produced most of the beats Eric B was supposed to have done on the Eric B. & Rakim albums and "wanted dead or alive".
-Biz Markie produced most of EPMD's first album.
-Ghostface, Superb and their team beat down and robbed 50 Cent and Tony Yayo after 50's dis tracks.
-Johnny Juice did all Terminator X's cuts on the Public Enemy albums.
Kool Keith met Godfather Don outside some industry event that both of them weren't allowed entry to. They snuck in through a back window and then hung out for the next month or so recording the 'Don produced tracks on "the 4 horsemen" and, of course, all the classic Cenobites tracks.
-Just Ice was a prime suspect in a murder case.
-Just Ice turned up in Queens on Poet's block after the two Rockwell Noel & The Poet tracks dissing Krs One, Red Alert and Ms. Melodie with a shotgun and waited for Poet to come out. Needless to say, Poet stayed in the crib that day.
-DJ Ready Red was kicked out of Geto Boys and shafted by J. Prince because of his lack of melanin.
-Alpo, Fritz, the original 50 Cent from Ft Greene and various other notorious hustlers/killers from the legendary Paid In Full Posse were in the crew shots on "paid in full" and "follow the leader".
-Rakim recorded a dis cut aimed at 'Kane for "let the rhythm hit 'em" and had a verse on the title track itself aimed at him. 'Kane heard about this and called Rakim to squash it and Rakim went on to scrap the track and remove the verse.
-Eric B. did security for Mike Tyson throughout much of the 90's.
-Diamond D and his old late 80's group Ultimate Force with Master Rob recorded a full album with Jazzy Jay which has never been heard.
-A young Fat Joe and his boys Tony Montana(R.I.P) and Charlie Rock L.D were one of the top two crack crews in the Bronx in the mid 80's and bringing in thousands of $$$$ per day.
-Q Tip got fuked up so bad by one of the members of Wrexx N Effect that he lost partial sight in one of his eyes.
-Nas came incredibly close to being on the Large Pro produced Kool G Rap, Xtra P, Freddie Foxxx and Ant posse cut "money in the bank" as he was always hangin' around Eric B.'s studio but had gone to pick up some weed with a chick so they let the Ant kid on there instead.
- Main Source (sans Large Pro) ran up in the Wild Pitch offices with machetes looking to behead MC Serch (then working as an A&R for the label) after a West Coast promotional tour went shity. MC Serch got wind that they were coming and escaped by crawling over the partial walls for his office and jetting out the back door.
- Grimm was supposed to be on "Live at the Barbecue" but he was arrested on the way to the studio
dj premier stopped workin wit jeru the damaja...cuz jeru got pissed when premier was fuckin his sister...
ghostface said on tony's money "this what happens when u dont give niggas they fuckin money" in response to de la soul for not paying him for the track he was on he also jacked their beat
littles jacked alchemist chain at a recording studio
-According to Marley Marl, him and Cormega had already finished a whole album ready for release before Nas was due to release illmatic. It eventually fell through as Mega was sent to jail.
- Das EFX stole their iggedy style from UK hiphop outfit Demon Boyz while on tour with EPMD.
-Fritz(that nigga back in the day) used to sell bricks to Alpo, AZ, Rich Porter, Boy George, Tony Montana (Fat Joe's boy) and them. in other words, he supplied the dealers
-reason why curtis jackson took 50 cents name was because the real 50 cent had major beef wit supremes team & had em shook during his prime
-Masta Killa was the last member to join Wu
-Biggie did a 9 month bid in North Carolina
-Eric B had Large Professor beaten down on one occasion for Xtra P talking sh!t about not getting production credits and because he thought he was gettin' at him on "snake eyes".
p Diddy was a back up dancer for Kane & heavy d sometimes
- DMX is the only rapper ever to debut his first 5 albums at number 1.
- Redman got his start from being a local rapper on Yo! MTV Raps.
-R. Kelly had a secret wedding with Aaliyah when she was only 14 years old, but had to get an annolment when her parents found out.
-Big L was murdered as revenge for something his brother did. He was shot 8 times, including in the head, b/c the killer had a beef with his brother, who was in jail at the time.
- Dre named his 2nd cd, Chronic 2001 even though it came out in 99, b/c Suge Knight made a cd named Chronic 2000, a cd full of old Death Row tracks.
- If you listen to Many Men, at the beginning if you count the gun shots, there are only 8 instead of 9.
Trick Daddy was jumped and got his chain snatched at a show in Detroit for dissing Trick Trick a local Detroit rapper cause he thought he stole his name.
Scarface tried to commit suicide when he was younger.
buckshot was picked on in hgh school by the rest of BBC they would play mokey i the middle wit his quran
nobody in NWA had a criminal record
B.I.G. had some of his dudes run up in D&D studios and beat down Starang Wondah then had them put the phone to his ear while B.I.G. proceeded to tell him never to fuck with him again. This was in retaliation for OGC's first video where they had a fake Biggie get beat down.
Starang admitted it on Heltah Skeltah's "I Ain't Havin That"
"like when i was up in D&D i caught 2 or 3 stitches / i was still gettin bitches at the tunnel takin pictures"
Murder Inc. - A group featuring Jay-Z, DMX, and Ja Rule was supposed to come out when DMX and Ja Rule had a fallout
Triangle Offense- Joe Budden, Fabolous, and Paul Cain, the album would have came out if joe buddens debut album went platinum, but it didnt so the label didnt feel need to further explore the potential of that group.
Styles P. was only dissing rocafella and Jay-Z during the Beans and Jada beef in order to push jadas album kiss the game goodbye, when styels came out of prison he said he wished he could take it all back and do resoviour dogs part 2 wit "my niggas at the roc"
Sauce Money won a grammy for writing P.diddys verse on Every Breathe u take the BIG tribute.
# Of Times the "N" Word appears on NWA'S Albums
1.Straight Outta Compton : 42
2.100 Miles And Runnin : 105
3.Efil4Zaggin : 249
Rappers who've survived shootings
01]Beanie Sigel
02]Big Noyd
03]B-Real
04]Bushwick Bill
05]Capone
06]Dr. Dre
07]Dresta
08]Fat Joe
09]Ghostface Killah
10]Krumb Snatcha
11]LV
12]Ol Dirty Bastard
13]Shyne
14]Slick Rick
5 Records That Changed Funk Master Flex's Life
1.The 1st Record I Ever Bought : One For The Treble - DAVY DMX
2.The 1st Record I Ever Stole : Impeach The President - The Honey Drippers
3.The 1st Record I Ever Scratched : Get Into The Mix - Dj Devine
4.The 1st Record I Ever Got For Free : Beat Box - Art Of Noise
5.The 1st Record I Ever Spun At A Club : Let The Music Play - Shannon
Tape Kingz Iain McNee's Top 10 Greatest Mixtapes Ever
01.Best Of Biggie Smalls-Dj Mister Cee
02.'95 Live-Doo Wop
03.Blends 1-Ron G
04.10/8/89-Kid Capri
05.52 Beats-Kid Capri
06.50 MC'S-Tony Touch
07.2/10/93-DJ S&S
08.Spring '93 Part II-Doo Wop
09.Five Deadly Venoms Of Brooklyn-Tony Touch
10.Bad Boy Volume 1-DJ Clue
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