I had no idea Jim Jones and Cam'ron , since that's a deeper level of involvement in Dipset than I can muster, but Mr. Jones is expected to address the issue on Monday.
Posted by Clyde on May 6, 2007 in Usually when I read so-called rumor columns I turn around and check the news because at least half of what such columns usually run isn't a rumor by the time they post and probably never was in the first place.
But when , cause CC knows what's up!
illseed oftens mixes rumor with breaking news and his 50 Cent/G-Unit rumor column linked above also goes back a day or so. I'm mentioning this because ever since first seeing how 50 handles beef by putting a straightjacket on everybody around him, I've wondered when the whole thing would start falling apart.
The Game was one thing. He's clearly got some issues that throw him off severely on a tactical basis. Hard to say if he thinks strategically.
But 50 Cent basically telling Dr. Dre to stand down and stay off his album was not a good sign.
Young Buck is a different matter.
I'm not a fan but the fact that he's challenging 50 Cent's obsession with beefs says a lot about what kind of man he is. Given his current and the fact that 50 Cent doesn't really seem to do that much for him, the outcome looks fairly inevitable.
Posted by Clyde on April 5, 2007 in posted this video of Dbrad talking about the early days at BET.
There's more via . I don't know anything about this guy and the reference to [Alexter Crawley] is quite a strange one in this context. However, it seems like real insider stuff and I'm looking forward to checking out the other videos.
Update:
I've been watching more of these videos and it stays interesting but it's like Dbrad didn't get the recognition he wanted for, apparently, breaking hip hop on a national basis via BET. That's right, you can thank him and him alone for the early success of Rocafella and Dipset and one his coworkers for the rise of Texas.
Not only that, you can blame BET for destroying hip hop by taking Dbrad out of the decision making loop!
Wow! Who knew?
Here's the flow:
Part I - BET was like a family before it got sold.
Part II - Dbrad wants his props!
Part III - On the political tip.
Part IV - Dbrad reminds us that payback is a bitch.
Look for the followup, coming soon!
Update:
Dr. Drew has an and it seems to confirm my growing suspicion that this guy is mostly upset because he went out with a gay boss and only realized afterwards that the guy was interested in something more.
Other than that, though the behind the scenes description of how things operated at BET are interesting, there is nothing new here about how execs screw things up or that there are plenty of gay execs in the entertainment industry.
Posted by Clyde on March 14, 2007 in Brendan Frederick, the former editor, is moving over to Scratch magazine for its . Brendan proved to be the real deal when regarding journalist ethics and XXL's bloggers.
I'm not quite sure what Eskay's real name is. I may have it around here somewhere but I assume we'll be hearing it soon if this news is correct.
This is great news for Eskay though it for Nah Right.
We'll see.
I would just hate to see one of the winners of the in the category of Outstanding Achievement in the Field of Hip Hop Blogging go out like that.
Tip via , the other winner.
Update:
. You know, I remember when he was one of the little guys and used to return my emails..
. Nevertheless, congratulations are in order!
Posted by Clyde on January 11, 2007 in So , he's just taking time off from performing (after a major tour when most people take a break) to spend time in the studio producing other artists.
Since initial rumors supposedly came from and the Anger Management Tour apparently includes a video in which Eminem acts like he's committing suicide, this whole deal is looking more and more like a publicity stunt to get the tour off to a strong start. It's success is evident by the fact that it even touched .
Initially, concerns about the were raised due to higher ticket prices at a time when many are proposing lowered prices due to decreased attendance at big concerts.
Furthermore, rap concerts have a history of lower attendance and, in contrast to other musical genres, a disconnection between album sales and audience numbers. In fact, is heavily dominated by rock bands.
But there's quite a bit of tour left and early reports of low ticket sales are difficult to evaluate.
For the most part, according to both the and the , rap concerts tend to have a lot of last minute ticket sales and often only sell out the day of the show. So this is a "remains to be seen" story with the final tally as judge.
Damon Dash's plans to create an are being met with legal threats from Ol' Dirty Bastard's widow Icelene Jones.
Attorneys for Ms. Jones state that only she can approve the creation of such a line of sneakers.
Former ODB manager Jarred Weisfeld has also gotten into a beef with Dash demanding that he "remove his name, his voice and all scenes in which he appears from an ODB documentary scheduled to be released with the album.
" Supposedly, Darrin Chandler, an associate of Damon Dash, responded to Weidfield's demands with the following email:
"We will make sure his bitch ass is out of the special and for the record your [sic] a f--g clown."
"I got a good laugh at his unprofessional remarks, and they made me realize why Jay-Z is Def Jam president and Damon is yesterday's news."
I don't really follow hip hop rumors all that much and usually just end up because most of it doesn't relate to business news so much.
I'm more fascinated by what's actually happening than what people think is happening. I mean, what could beat following the ongoing adventures of ?
But if you're interested in rumors there are a few places you can turn.
For instance, there's over at AllHipHop.com and at SOHH.com.
What's weird about both of them is that often they seem to be discussing news items as rumors or following up on rumors with their own contacts, almost like news coverage of rumors.
If what you're really looking for is straight up nasty gossip, check out , a special feature from last fall in Ozone Magazine.
Earlier this week, in a drunken fit at a Washington bar, a spokesperson for inadvertently revealed that the Feds were investigating the existence of a third Kanye West album tentatively titled Defaulted Loans.
Homothug discussion boards are abuzz with claims that a bootleg copy of a gay porn flick titled Thugged Out Chicken, featuring a teenage Benzino as a freestyling Boston street hustler, was recently screened in a late night session in the basement of San Francisco's .
Late last night Rev. Al Sharpton and Russell Simmons, in a surprise appearance at NY's Hot 97 radio station, announced that both Universal and Warner Music Groups had signed an agreement to end violence in hip hop, cut huge checks for both Sharpton's National Action Network and Simmons' HSAN and corelease Al Sharpton's first hip hop album featuring lyrics from and .
[Disclaimer: This post does not represent the editorial viewpoint of ProHipHop or any publically identified figure associated with ProHipHop. An investigation is currently underway as to the identity of the perpetrator who logged on under a false name and who somehow continues to block all attempts to delete this heinous post.]
An attempt by Florida Atlantic University to meet NCAA attendance requirements by having the at a football game has been stopped short by closer study of the act's lyrical history.
This situation is strongly illustrative of the difficulties of using hip hop when marketing to youth and young adults and suggests that closer study of past marketing victories featuring controversial rock artists might be in order.
In news of related failures in the nexus of sports, music and marketing, by R B group Allure has been a nonstarter. Some news outlets are even reporting that Artest has released a rap album that did poorly and, as it turns out, when everybody was getting upset with Ron for wanting some time off to promote his new album, he meant the R B release.
However, before sports reporters begin turning their keen powers of social analysis on brawlers like Bobby Brown or running corrections that simply replace "rap" with "r'n'b", I want to be the first to report the, largely unverifiable outside of this office, rumor that Artest was observed furtively ditching the packaging for the recently released deluxe collector's edition Black Sabbath boxed set. You know, the one that comes with a jewel-encrusted spinning dove's head.
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