But since she only speaks with her hands graphics, you’ll have to read it. That’s right, our own Pauwee Fingers is celebrating her Quinceañera* & she’s inviting you all to attend. Party hats & small party favors will be provided.
*Plus ten
*Taps mic*
For all my LA folk (and those who can just up and hop on a plane), join me this Friday at Temple Bar in Santa Monica to show support for Proton and Pacific Division, both of whom made URB Magazine‘s Next 100 list this year. LC and Mr. Mundy I’ll expect to see you both there! Check the flyer for more information. :)
Your friendly, neighborhood Infamous P signing out!
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Strictly visuals.
Peep the tracklisting.
Wit-E Beats presents Street Bangers Vol 27
Put it in and ride.
G.o.D. Jewels – Feel Like A God
Got it? His name is G.o.D Jewels. And you’ll hear from him soon. Wild Wild 100′s.
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10.12.07. Nas @ Roseland Ballroom performing a medley of “Surviving The Times,” “Eye For An Eye,” and “Made You Look”. Courtesy of SitDownStandUp.
Pick your poison…
More?
Just Be – What’s Up With Rik Cordero? H.E.R. fills you in on the man with the visuals.
Boo Goo Doo Boom – Hip Hop Made Me Do It: Cleveland School Shootings
Donny Goines – Do It For Hip-Hop (Video) – Donnie is gonna do it. Best beware.
NYG’z – Ya Dayz R #’D (Video) One can never go wrong with Premo on the boards. Is that a Keith Herring backdrop?
Now that I have your attention,
I’m sure most of you regulars have noticed the changes going on in the comments section the past couple of days. I figured I’d let you guys in on all the fun (or lack thereof).
So here’s the deal:
“A gravatar, or globally recognized avatar, is quite simply an 80×80 pixel avatar image that follows you from weblog to weblog appearing beside your name when you comment on gravatar enabled sites.”
Alls you have to do is click your way over to Gravatar.com, sign up and you’re done. You can have up to two avatars for free. Only one of which can be active at any given time. Make sure you use the same email address in the comments as you did when signing up.
None of this is required in order to comment. If you don’t want your own gravatar then the default TSS logo will show up next to your name.
Any questions? –Didn’t think so.
-P
Now, back to your regularly scheduled program.
Bubba Sparxxx – So Money
Deepside – Fantasizing
Eve Ft. Missy Fabolous And Swizz Beatz – Tambourine (Remix)
Jennifer Lopez – Hold It Dont Drop It
Keyshia Cole – Let It Go (Remix) Ft. Missy Lil Kim
Mack 10 – Street Ish
Mya – Sorry
Plies – Money Straight
Rihanna Ft. Collie Budz – Umbrella (Reggae Rmx)
Swizz Beatz – You Know The Boy
Ya Boy Ft. Young Buck – Drank N Drive
Chamillionaire has been a Mixtape Messiah on the Southern regional scene for quite some time now. But it took his last retail album, The Sound Of Revenge, to capture the attention of fans nationwide. With “Ridin Dirty” in heavy rotation, Cham managed to bridge the gap that few mixtape artists have done by achieving mainstream success to the tune of platinum plus.
Now with his next album Ultimate Victory set to hit stores soon, Koopa is ready to take the spotlight given to him and use his platform to speak on more than cars, clothes and hoes. With tracks like “Hip-Hop Police” and “Evening News” taking a poignant look at the things surrounding us. “I plan on doing what I feel is right for me and not worrying about anyone that feels otherwise.”
Word.
TSS: I guess it’s been a busy day for you doing the press run?
Cham: Yup…yup. Every day is another grind day.
TSS: I feel you man. The “Hip Hop Police” video is premiering. It’s gonna be a double joint right?
Cham: Yeah it’s a double, nine-minute mini movie type thing.
TSS: What made you choose to do that?
Cham: Because the album is put together like a little movie/motion picture. Everything flows together to the end and there’s a moral of the story at the end. And I felt like [it was] the best way to show the visual for everyone to know what I’m talking about. Sometimes they just gotta see what I’m talking about. So it’s just a little piece of it; put it together like that. There’s a lot of current stuff in there and a lot of social commentary in there but it’s in an entertaining way. The game needs that right now so I did that. Everybody that’s seen the video is tripping off it.
TSS: You had overwhelming success with “Ridin’ Dirty”…it became a phrase in hip-hop and it had that ringtone appeal. A lot of people copped it but it also had that social element you were talking about. What’s your secret and what would you tell artists who think that the only way to have that kind of hit is to make it a dance song?
Cham: Be a leader man. Be a leader. There’s a lot of followers in this world. There’s too much going on to not think nothin’ about nothin’. And I understand you don’t necessarily gotta do that on your single. I ain’t mad at that. But then when you go listen to [those] albums it’s the same ol’ club/VIP. When we’re getting it through, we want to talk about all this stuff. War and labels…but when we get a chance to put out our music, we don’t say nothin’. I feel like, just be a leader. Talk about something…something with a purpose.
TSS: Definitely. Is there a reason why you chose to focus on the authorities and the way that federal agents interact with hip-hop artists? Do you have a personal reason for doing that?
Cham: Well, actually, the “hip-hop police,” that was a hidden meaning. I honestly knew that everybody would think it was about the police. It’s not necessarily about the police. Al Sharpton could be hip-hop police. The lady that’s on T.V. trying to take Akon out of his Verizon deal could be the hip-hop police. Nowadays loving hip-hop is the equivalent of committing a murder. That’s why I made that song. I made references in that song subliminally to a lot of artists like when I said: “We looked in your car and we inspected the deck…and saw the method.” You know that’s Inspectah Deck and Method Man. There’s a [mention of] the “Diary” and the “Blueprints” on the car and “Chronic”… Dr. Dre, Jay-Z. It’s all kinds of subliminal messages that talk about hip-hop nowadays. That’s the police.
TSS: A lot of artists come under fire for their content but then artists are also being arrested for their behavior. As you know, a lot of artists have been in legal trouble recently. Do you think it’s a case of them attracting that attention or do you think that the attention is (unfairly) on them so that if they sneeze, someone’s going to be after them?
Cham: It’s a little bit of both. But what we gotta realize as artists is that’s the position we’re in. Once you become an artist and have a little bit of success, the microscope is on you. Same mistake someone else could make [won't] make the front page like when you do it. At the end of the day, everybody’s human man. We’re not all saints. We’re rappers. It doesn’t matter if you curse or don’t curse, smoke or don’t smoke…there’s poor people out in the world that want money. That makes people act a certain way. Nowadays, we need to be more conscious of everything that’s going on. It’s like a domino effect. I don’t want all these people getting in trouble because it messes up stuff for me honestly. I’m trying to negotiate corporate deals and they ain’t messin’ with me because they just think I’m like everybody else.
TSS: How do you find that balance? Obviously you choose very carefully what your content is going to be and you put out a curse-free mixtape to hold the fans over before your album. What’s the method you use to find balance? Do you consult with your peers or your family? Read the rest of this entry »
Grab Some Popcorn…
Coming attractions right there so you might want to set your RSS feeds or whatever…
50 Cent Ft. Lil Wayne Jadakiss Young Jeezy – More Than Meets The Eye
Akon Ft. Kardinal Offishal & Pharrell – 6 In The Morning (Full Song)
Flo-rida – Jealous
Game &. Lil Wayne – Lyrical Homicide
Jagged Edge Ft. Jermaine Dupri – Yours & Mine
Jojo – Beautiful Girls
Juelz Santana & Lil Wayne – Bad Side
Prodigy Ft. Kool G. Rap & Nature – U Can’t Fit My Shoes
T.I. Ft. Lil Wayne & Chamillionaire – Big Shit Poppin (Remix)
Trey Songz – Set Of Wings
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Unless you’ve been keeping a close ear to the Los Angeles streets the name J Wells will probably strike a new chord, but in the days of the almighty co-sign with the help of the Dogg Pound’s Kurupt, that is all about to change. After collaborating on Wells’ debut, Digital Master, Kurupt got on board with the budding producer/MC for the collaborative effort Digital Smoke. Taking a page from the Doctor, Wells serves up heavily produced and concentrated tracks with a twist of West Coast funk to a bevy of friends and family, and the result is just as banging as is it contagious. The symbiotic nature of the project is evident in every corner with a feel similar to, dare I say it, The Chronic. As the first album distributed by Fontana through Wells’ Bonzi Records, Digital Smoke is the start of something big.
Words by Corey B.
TSS: What’s happening man? How are you guys doing?
Kurupt: Uhhhh, you know, I’m making it. Can’t complain.
TSS: Doesn’t sound too convincing.
Kurupt: Well, you know.
TSS: Alright, I want to start off and talk about how you guys linked up.
J Wells: We were on the same bus on the Puff Puff Pass Tour in 2001 with the big homie Snoop Dog. I came through with J-Ro from the Alkaholiks, walked on the bus, and there was Kurput sitting right there. We’ve been friends ever since, making music together.
TSS: What was your role on that tour? Were you rhyming alongside the Liks?
J Wells: I was going there to do just that, bring my beats and get with the homies.
TSS: Ok, so it was some pre-destined type thing then?
J Wells: Exactly.
Kurupt: J-Ro brought him to the table, and gave him the opportunity to even be heard and seen like that. The whole entire Alkaholiks, that’s what they brought him along for, give him some light. You had to apply yourself, and J Wells did that. That was the first thing I saw in him, his hustle. He had a hustle, but his beats were tight too, so it was like ok, I gotta fuck with cousin.
TSS: How did you link up with J-Ro?
J Wells: I met J-Ro in high school through Styliztik Jones, he already knew him and we went to high school together. I met J-Ro and started giving him beats, and kept giving him more and more. They were working on the XO Experience album and I was still in high school. One day J-Ro called me like man, come bring some of them beats to the studio. We’ve been cool ever since, just up in the studio working.
TSS: So you consider him a mentor then?
J Wells: J-Ro taught me so much just about hip-hop in general. There were a lot of things I just didn’t see. I’m a young cat, just 24, and I didn’t see the culture before all of this. He taught me a lot about breakbeats, sampling, and just real beat making.
TSS: Is there a similar role with this album, like Kurupt did you find yourself playing the mentor at all?
Kurupt: Nah, not really. As J-Ro was there and he saw the ropes, the same applied with Wells. Experience, I believe, is the best teacher, and that is what the Alkaholiks did with Wells. They put him in the game so he could experience it, and teach him most of the things. There wasn’t too much I could show him, besides the fact of just being in there with him and giving him the experience of working with me. I was still learning while I was working with Wells, we were both learning at the same time as we were going. I know a lot about the ins and outs, but musically we were both growing at the same time. I think that is part of the bond because we were both trying new things.
J Wells: I’m gonna tell you this, that is very very very humble of him because Kurupt taught me so much stuff.
Kurupt: (laughs)
J Wells: You gotta understand this man came from Dr. Dre and everyone knows he is one of the best. What I learned from Kurupt was song structures, building up songs, like lets have Roscoe come in for eight bars here and then have this crazy interlude and let the music breathe before the next person comes in. That’s what I learned, just making more commercial records. I had the hip-hop experience through the Alkaholiks, but Kurupt got that lets make these records that’ll get on the radio, feel good summer records.
TSS: Kurupt I read a quote where you saying that this album was more in Wells’ direction, and that it was a different flavor for you.
Kurupt: Well you know, J Wells basically brought the records to the table and helped pick them out with him. It was more or less his flavor, it wasn’t too gangsta, wasn’t too lyrical, it was more or less…I told him man we need to do summertime fun type of thing. Wells basically pieced it all together, and I just picked them out. I just followed his lead, and I think he did the same with me and followed my lead. As we were leading each other we came out with the kind of record we have now.
TSS: Did you guys set out to make an entire album from the start or did it come from doing a couple tracks here and there?
Kurupt: Wells was like “Come get on this record Digital Master“, and the song I had on there was one of the biggest ones on there so he came and hollered at me at like we should do something whooptywham. I said you lead the parade and I’ll fly with you. I told him he should apply his artistry more. Apply that a little more and let them see you out there like that because I thought he was tight on the mic.
J Wells: Yeah, he was the one who kept telling me, get on the mic, get on the mic.
TSS: So is that something you’re not too comfortable with?
J Wells: Nah, it’s just when you come into the game, it’s a growth. I heard Jay-z say it’s beautiful thing to see an artist go from a baby to a full-grown, like Kanye West. You learn as you go through things. I worked with a lot of different rappers and great talents, you learn and you grow, but there are stages to everything. I just felt like this is my time, this is my stage, and I have something to talk about. The more and more you see in this game, the more you got to talk about.
TSS: One of the things that I noticed about the album was all the collaborations. The album in itself is a collaboration, but every song features another artist as well. Going from that I get the feeling it was a very loose and fun, family type album.
J Wells: Yeah definitely. It was about showing light to people we’re brining out that we want to shine light on like Gail Gotti, Styliztik Jones, Y.A., Roscoe, our homies just like The Chronic. It’s like that. The other ones are our crooners, Butch Cassidy, Kokane.
TSS: There is the Goodie Mob track on there as well. Wells, I know you did the track “Play Yo Flutes,” I’m curious where that connection came from.
J Wells: When I did “Play Yo Flutes” that was a direct thing from Kurupt. He put on with Big Gipp and me and Gipp became good friends. We were in the studio vibin one day, Sleepy came though and put the hook down, and there it was. But Kurupt has always been Dungeon Family ever since Tha Streetz Iz A Mutha, representing Dungeon Family West.
TSS: And your wife is on the album as well.
Kurupt: Oh yeah, that’s what I love about J Wells, he keeps it in the house.
TSS: What’s that like working with your wife? Is it a relationship enhancer?
Kurupt: You know, it all works together. That’s what makes it the best, be able to do what you do, but do it with your family, that’s everything.
TSS: What was a typical studio session like?
Kurupt: It was most likely like I’d come to Atlanta, I’d hook my man J Wezzywhatiteazy, cause you know I’d probably go to Daz house or Sky. We had records that we were doing before he moved to Atlanta and all that, so we comprised all that. Roscoe’s record, is also on Fight Night for Xbox, big record. We got something real tight.
TSS: Is there a certain session that sticks out in your memory, something funny that might have popped off?
Kurupt: Aww man, everytime we’re in there.
J Wells: Man, so many.
Kurupt: Just know there is a lot of smoking.
J Wells: Ok, I got one. If Kurupt (laughs)….Gail and Kurupt, they will go at it, back and fourth on the mic. It’s almost like they get in the studio and battle each other man. Gail Gotti is crazy with it.
Kurupt: (laughs)
J Wells: She is crazy with it. And if Kurupt says something, he says the wrong thing, aww they go chasing each other. But then they’re right back to making a classic and that’s the beautiful thing. It’s funny though.
TSS: And you just gotta sit back, being the producer you can’t really step into something like that.
J Wells: Yeah, I just gotta chill back and let them go through what they’re going through (laughs).
Listen to “Get It” Featuring Goodie Mob & Roscoe
For more info on Digital Smoke, visit myspace.com/jwellsmusic.
SA-RA FEAT. TALIB KWELI, ERYKAH BADU & MORE – FEEL THE BASS
Thanks Oz.
10:35:09 PM missesshaw: PLAYAZ CIRCLE FEAT. LIL WAYNE – DUFFLE BAG BOY
10:35:12 PM missesshaw: WAYNE SINGIN.
10:35:19 PM pauiiesays: foreal?
First single off of Supply and Demand by Playaz Circle off of Ludacris’ DTP label. Titi Boi and Dolla walk you through the ways of those in the business of making money, counting money and spending money. As if that wasn’t enough (!!), Weezy F. Baby (please say the “baby”) gets his sang on. I don’t know about you but, I’d cop Weezy’s R&B album before I’d cop Lloyd’s.
Anyway, it isn’t like I’m posting anything too thought provoking but I damn sure thought twice about posting at all. You’re a scary crowd. But…
10:41:49 PM missesshaw: COME ON PAULETTA
10:41:53 PM missesshaw: YOU’RE FROM LOS ANGELES
10:41:56 PM missesshaw: BOSS UP BITCH
10:42:00 PM pauiiesays: LMAO
10:42:03 PM missesshaw: ITS BOMPTON ON DEM HOES
-P
p.s. Miss Shaw can make you famous.
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When I think of reggae music, I think of two things…
1.) Humid dancefloors with females gyrating better than porn stars.
2.) The beauty of love.
Opposite ends of the spectrum of sorts I presume.
Each year, Strictly The Best puts out these compilations for those of us who are casual listeners of reggae so we can switch from the dancefloor to the bedroom. And with Strictly The Best Volumes 35 and 36, we’re treated to some of the best tunes and, since they come in twos, you get to choose between roots rock or dancehall, whichever fits your mood best.
Together, they make for a lovely combination because you get the best of both worlds. “Hot Wuk” by Mr. Vegas is instant club banger. Bounty Killer brings the gutter to life on “From Dem Dis” and Chuck Fender’s “Gash Dem And Light Them” is straight fire & could be the Jamiacan theme song easily. Mix in new cats like Movado (check for him) and Volume 35 is, in a word, steady, as all the songs featured bring something to the table worth listening to.
Volume 36 might be the true bright spot but it depends on your preferences. Da’Ville’s musings on “Always On My Mind” will bring a tear to your eye. Followed up nicely by “Beautiful Lady” and you can instinctively feel the direction this disc is going. Add in songs like, the classic sound of “Real Thing,” the infectious hook of “Love & Affection,” and the seductive “Come Over” and you have a winning disc.
There’s plenty of other reggae compilations on the market but Strictly The Best always manages to step right with or one step ahead of the competition.
Here a promo stream of by clicking here.
Tomorrow’s Session….
Speaking On Mixtapes…
Al: I mean I don’t have to, none of us have to make that actual money off of the cd but I mean you know what I’m saying it goes a million different ways. Of course we’re getting bread we’re also creating opportunities for our people. I keep a lot of people eating like that. Yo here’s a box of them joints I don’t give a fuck keep all that money. I don’t need none of that cause you getting me in the hood and you’re selling it you’re eating and I’m maintaing my name so it goes both ways you know what I mean.
Stat: Well, I need all that money yo.
Al: (Laughing)
Stat: Fuck it. Look here. I need every last fucking dime of it. Fuck it. I need it all. I need fucking I need… listen if I’m selling the cd’s for two bucks I need all two of my dollars back…
Prepare yourself for one entertaining Session.
Speaking of preparing yourself;
after weeks of striving for perfection, we’re finally ready to roll:
Coming to a mailbox near you.
Onyx-All We Got Iz Us
Da Bush Babees-Ambushed
Outside-Area 67
Third Eye Blind
Pete Rock & CL Smooth-All Souled Out
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Hell Rell – New Gun In Town Mixtape
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DJ Keyz Presents Young Buck – Buck Em Down Hustle Club
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DJ Kool Kid D-Block And Team Arliss – From The Bar To The Yard
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