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JASON MRAZ - Butterfly We Sing, We Dance, We Steal Things (2008)

Hence the reason i avoid these kinds of topics...ha ha. There are some things that are left for interpertation. And usually those things are the important things.

LEFT EYE + WANYA MORRIS - Tampered With The Block Party (CD Single) (2001)

Funny...yes....Tastful...no. Thanx for sharing. Being reminded of Hancock really makes me want Seven Pounds now.

I'm glad this got bumped back up...i wanted 2 watch it yesterday.

MICHELLE WILLIAMS - We Break The Down (Pt. 2) Unexpected (2008)

Awesome! Thanx...i'm hoping 2 see this movie soon!

DESTINY'S CHILD - Game Over Lose My Breath (CD Single) (2004) I'm going out 2 pick up Michelle's 1st secular album after this.

I don't know the Bible inside out, but i try 2 read a little something from it every day, whether it feels like it applies 2 my life or not, but i'm riding with Cozmo!! That's all i gotta say, i hate talking religion, beliefs, and politics.

Music vets need 2 stop worrying about collaborating with the fresher younger talent just 2 feel relevant to radio listeners (your average radio listener is 13 years old and doesn't know what real music is). Just collaborate with talented people. In post cases, for Hip-Hop, it's your peers...people who aren't that "hot" anymore...people who might not have released an album in 4-8 years.

I really hope MIIIB happens. The 2nd one was funny and entertaining. As a movie, it seemed a little 2 fast and undeveloped but overall it was good and it was a huge hit. They just need 2 get the right story. I've never heard any people involved with the MIB movies say they didn't wanna do another...usually i hear them say how they do wanna do another. And it does seem like the kinda movie that would bring FP back 2 music if he isn't already dabbling in it personally. It's cool that we all have different opinions but when we talk about sequels, there is 1 important thing 2 consider...is there a reason for a sequel? ...or do u just wanna see that same charater again. Independence Day 2 was the most ridiculous idea ever. There was no reason for the same characters to face the crisis of aliens destrying the earth...AGAIN. Is there really any reason to revisit the "orgin" of I Am Legend? We all know this cure for cancer was created and developed in2 something that turned people in2 night dwelling zombies. Eventually all normal human life fell victim 2 it and the only reason FP's character survived is becuz he's the smartest man ever who somehow made himself immune 2 it. Yes, the original was good up until the rushed ending which ruined the whole thing 4 me, but why go back and tell a story that we already know and stretch it out for an hour and a half. Whatever bells and whistles they add in could be okay (or stupid) but we already know what it's gonna lead up 2. I Am Legend is not an epic film that has room or reason for another. It was based off a book. Does the book have a prequel? Enemy of the State...is there any practical reason 2 revisit that. It's one of my favorite movies but it's the kinda movie that stands alone. No reason for another. Hitch...another one of my favorite movies...but is there any reason to go back there. Sure, a story could be told but how different could it be. Why would his character be at it again when his outlook changed and his business was shut down. On top of that, the business being exposed wouldn't be sucessful after EVERYONE knew about it. Hancock 2...ugh. The 1st movie was kinda weird, the ending was weird and rushed. The only thing i really liked about this movie is that it had some really funny moments. I think this was probably FP's worst movie. Infact, Hancock and I Am Legend are the only FP movies i only say once at the movie theaters. Pursuit of Happyness...we all probably agree there is no reason to go back here. Whatever story a prequel or sequel could tell would be silly since the original is based off a true story and is about the most climactic times of the characters life. ALI...for awhile they talked about doing a prequel to ALI. I'm no expert on Ali. I'm sure there's more story there but since the original was about the most climactic time of his life, why tell a story on a smaller scale of smaller story. When i think about sequels that would actually work...this is what i personally think. Bad Boys...they are cops. Crime is a never ending thing. FP and Martin are a bottomless pit of funny. They chemistry is rare and unique and perfect. As long as the script is good, they do as many of these as they want. Men In Black...a truely original story that no other movie will ever tell. The set up is easy to come up with orginal stories to. With the right stories, the scripts can keep coming. Wild Wild West...ha ha. Sure, so many people didn't like this...at least not as much as his other movies. But when it comes to sequels, this movie COULD have one. These characters could go back face new things each time with the right script. Of course i know they never will do another one of these (unless they are crazy) but the story and characters allow them 2 go back 2 it if they want and still have options for more stories that can continue the story why letting them stand on their own. I, Robot. I know it's based off a book that i don't believe have other books. I don't really read novels so i don't know. But cinimatically, i could see another if they were very picky with the script. However, i can't fully back this idea becuz like ID4 and I Am Legend, the extremity of the story makes it seem a bit much 2 have the characters (even if it's just FP's) face something like that again. Have your opinions, but actually THINK about if make a sequel would make any sense at all.

Amazing interview!! Thanx!! In that interview, FP seems like himself. He's gotten a little more low key and serious in his interviews but he seems like him old self there. I feel reassured that he said they are working on the prequel of I Am Legend instead of just locking in2 it. It just lets me know that he won't do it unless he feels it's actually gonna be good...even tho' i personally wish he'd just leave it alone. Any more from I Am Legend seems like it'll be a forced film made just 2 make money. I Am Legend wasn't that great of a movie all because of the rushed ending. I love that he came out for Tyler Perry. Tyler has made some truely original movies and FP really needs 2 work him. It'll bring Tyler 2 newer hights and it'll take the 'Prince 2 a place he's never been. Besides, it'll get him away from those Scientogy freaks.

DJ Jazzy Jeff (given), LL Cool J, Common Sense, Heavy D, Queen Latifah, MC Lyte, Musiq Soulchild, India.Arie. Y'all should be shot for suggestions like Lil' Wayne and T.I.

If anyone sees when it'll rerun, please post. I can't believe my post didn't post. I watched it a 2nd time and narrorated the whole thing for those who won't be able 2 catch it. Oh well. Thanx 4 that Naughty track, Ted. I'm actually not crazy about it. WHAT HAPPENED 2 THERE SOUND!?!?! With Kay Gee back, there is no excuse for that commercial cyber rap beat. I mean, it's not bad like dirty south production, but coming from one of the groups who's consistently had some of the best production ever, it's sad when u hear them on beats like this. They lyrics are good but this isn't on of Treach's better vocal appearances.

I agree on those solo albums being the best. Keep in mind "R U Still Down (Remember Me?)" was not doctored at all. Just unreleased 2Pac put 2gether for a double disc release and it all flowed like one album. The lyrics were great, the production was real, and the whole thing flowed. I can listen 2 both discs from start 2 finish without skipping. "Still I Rise" had The Outlaws re-recording some of their vocals but the the beats were original or just slightly tweeked from the originals. Until The End of Time and Better Dayz were when things started getting out of hand. All the other albums after that are just crap. 2Pac is the ONLY good thing about them for the most part cuz the production is wack which 2Pac would NEVER have settled for and the guests are mostely unrealistic and untalented for 2Pac's music. My dream is that they'll just release everything in it's original form one day. Either that, or let the producers who worked with 2Pac when he waz alive work on the "new" music...Shock-G, Eazy Mo Bee, Soulpower, Warren G, etc... If anyone comes across any more news on Johnny J, please post it.

Well, last night i wrote this extensive review of the show and it looks like it never posted. I'll probably try 2 write it again. I know alot of u had 2 check it. What did u think? I think that it was great. Better than last years. Hip-Hop was truely alive and well for the mainstream 2 see!!

He has some credits on those those albums, but he wasn't really involved. He produced alot of the original versions, took 2Pac's vocals off them and threw them on crappy watered down beats. I'd like to think Johnny J didn't commit suicide...especially if his sentence was short. If that's the case, it's not like he didn't have anything 2 not look forward 2 (getting out).

Ha ha...his face is so happy it's ridiculous. Probably becuz he's happy that the string of lackluster movies in the family is being broken with this one. Ohhh...did i just say that?

I'll never understand suicide. Johnny J was truely a talented person. He was one of 2Pac's best friends 2. I was hoping Johnny J would be working alongside Afenie for future 2Pac releases so there weren't anymore garbage doctored albums. I have countless 2Pac documentaries and Johnny J was humble and down 2 earth in all of the ones he's in. My prayers go out 2 his family.

CHRISTINA MILIAN - Up Against The World (new album) (2008)

Well, if u like D.U., u should like it...but like the trend of all legends that are releasing albums, i feel this is their weakest. Some of the beats just aren't on that D.U. level. Most of the songs only have 1 staple member on the track joined by other artists. Only 2 or 3 songs acctually have Shock-G/Humpty Hump and/or Money B 2gether. They say this is their last one which sucks...but Shock-G has "retired" at least 2 other times sooo.... SMOOTH - Don't Sleep Reality (1998)

I agree...other than the over all quality of his last 2 albums...or any of his albums in the past 10 years in comparison 2 his early classics. I just wish he's be ALOT more picky about his production becuz his lyrics are always on point. I haven't watched the video since reading this article. I'll have 2 do that soon. Lord knows no networks will be playing it. I wish Musiq came out for the video. On another note, did anyone hear Musiq's new song with Mary J. Blige...it's 1,000 times better than that garbage "Radio" single he put out. His new album is soon. I can't see Ice Cube returning the favor for a cameo. A remix however...

I never formed an opinion of the O.J. murder. I remember kinda following the trial back in the day an didn't know what 2 think. I hate judging anything cuz it's not my place 2 judge. I'm a firm believer that things work themselves out which makes me think about everything from his past even tho' the case was totally seperate. For those who care... --------------------------------- Simpson Comes Up a Loser in Vegas By LINDA DEUTSCH LAS VEGAS (Oct. 4) - In a city where luck means everything, O.J. Simpson came out the big loser — and his unlucky number in a case full of bizarre twists was 13. He was convicted of an armed robbery that happened on Sept. 13 and was found guilty on the 13th anniversary of his Los Angeles murder acquittal. The Las Vegas jury deliberated for 13 hours after a 13-day trial. O.J. Simpson was convicted in his armed robbery and kidnapping case late Friday in Las Vegas, 13 years to the day after a Los Angeles jury acquitted him of two murders. Here, Simpson's attorney embraces him after the guilty verdict is read. And then, as only the racking sobs of Simpson's sister broke the silence late Friday, the lights went out. Court marshals flipped on flashlights and shouted for everyone to stay seated. Only the judge knew what had happened. It was 11 p.m. and the courthouse lights had shut down automatically. "Timed out," Judge Jackie Glass said in a fitting epitaph for the story of O.J. Simpson, which has long haunted America. The 61-year-old Hall of Fame football star was convicted of kidnapping, armed robbery and 10 other charges for gathering five men a year ago and storming into a room at a hotel-casino, where the group seized several game balls, plaques and photos. Prosecutors said two of the men with him were armed; one of them said Simpson asked him to bring a gun. Once convicted, Simpson, the sports-idol-turned-celebrity-pariah, was handcuffed and led from the room with his co-defendant, Clarence "C.J." Stewart. They could spend the rest of their lives in prison. "There is justice," said attorney Gloria Allred, who has represented the family of his slain ex-wife, Nicole Brown Simpson. "Justice was delayed, but in this case it was not denied. Now that he may spend the rest of his life in prison, the law, and not O.J. Simpson, will have the last word." Still, many of those in the courtroom couldn't believe the verdicts. Simpson's sister, Carmelita Durio, fainted. The sister of Tom Scotto, whose wedding precipitated the hotel confrontation, wailed. His wife, Sabrina, wept. Some observers said the Las Vegas case paled in comparison to the "trial of the century" in 1995, a yearlong opus in which Simpson was acquitted of murdering his ex-wife and her friend Ronald Goldman. A rapt nation followed the Los Angeles trial. Tales of a gruesome murder and a bloody glove, as well as the celebrity defendant, drew a media frenzy. In Las Vegas, Simpson's fate played out in a small courtroom dotted with empty seats. Even the stunning verdict came as most of America slept, oblivious to the irony that Simpson might spend the rest of his life in prison for what most perceived as a petty crime, a tussle among dysfunctional middle-aged men. Simpson's Las Vegas defense tried to tell the jury that the two cases had nothing to do with each other, but it was a losing battle. "I don't know that one trial cancels out the other," said Loyola University law professor Laurie Levenson, who attended Simpson's murder trial. "People will always be troubled by O.J. For the people troubled by the Los Angeles acquittal, this case will make small amends. Saying finally there is justice, at least from a legal perspective, is very crude way of looking at justice." She predicted that Stewart, 54, will have a strong chance for reversal on appeal because he was forced to stand trial beside Simpson. "O.J. was toxic, and he has been toxic since 1994, and this jury was just ready to clean up the mess," Levenson said. Simpson lawyer Yale Galanter said Saturday he felt bad for Simpson but even worse for Stewart, who got dragged along in a campaign to convict Simpson. "This was just payback," he said of the verdict. "They were on an agenda." Galanter and Stewart's lawyers promised to appeal, in part because unlike the predominantly black jury that decided Simpson's murder case, this panel included no African-Americans. Neither Simpson nor Stewart testified. Tom Scotto, who wept in court, called it "a public lynching." "Was this something to put someone in jail for the rest of their life for? It's a total injustice. There was no justice served in that courtroom," Scotto said. It was Scotto's wedding that had brought Simpson, a close friend, to Las Vegas on that fateful week in 2007, and details of wedding plans, flowers, a cake and parties formed an ironic counterpoint to testimony about Simpson gathering up a posse that included two gun-toting men to confront memorabilia dealers who were peddling Simpson's personal property to the highest bidder. The case was set in motion by Thomas Riccio, a collectibles broker who tried to bring in the FBI when he heard that two memorabilia dealers were planning to sell a trove of Simpson artifacts. Failing to get their attention, he helped set up a "sting" by promoting an anonymous buyer who turned out to be Simpson. Riccio, who has peddled goods including video of Anna Nicole Smith's breast implant surgery, saw a chance to profit by recording the confrontation between Simpson and collectibles dealers Alfred Beardsley and Bruce Fromong. He rented a cramped hotel room away from the Las Vegas Strip for the meeting and planted a digital recorder atop an armoire. Riccio then sold the recordings of the six-minute confrontation for $210,000 before turning them over to police eight days later. Although they couldn't be authenticated, the recordings became the heart of the prosecution's case, along with audio recorded by gunman Michael McClinton at two wedding parties. The recordings were sometimes garbled, but Simpson's voice came through loud and clear: "Don't let nobody out of this room." The words formed the basis of the prosecution's kidnapping charge. The former football hero also was heard accusing the men of stealing his possessions. His lawyer would argue that Simpson was on a recovery mission to reclaim the artifacts of his life. But District Attorney David Roger argued that ownership was not a defense to robbery. Kidnapping is punishable by five years to life in prison. Armed robbery carries a sentence of at least two years behind bars and could bring as much as 30. Simpson and Stewart were taken to the Clark County jail, where the football star will live in a 7-by-14-foot cell, far removed from his ranch-style home in the lush Miami suburbs. The once-gregarious entertainer doesn't have a cell mate. He lives in the company of white concrete block walls, a small toilet and sink, and a wooden bed covered with a thin cushion. He probably has a view of a scruffy Las Vegas street through two slit windows. It will be his home until at least Dec. 5, when he and Stewart are scheduled to be sentenced. They would then be sent to state prison. Even before the verdict, Simpson appeared resigned that his luck had run out. He had been prepared for the worst, his lawyer said. And in a conversation with The Associated Press on Thursday, Simpson implied as much, saying, "I'm afraid that I won't get to go to my kids' college graduations after I managed to get them through college." Associated Press writers Ken Ritter and Kathleen Hennessey in Las Vegas and Greg Risling in Los Angeles contributed to this report.

I found this article on AOL. I saw the video the other day. It's probably my favorite song on the album. ------------------------- Teen athlete's killing lamented in Ice Cube video By THOMAS WATKINS, AP The unlikely stars of Ice Cube's new video are the grieving relatives of a 17-year-old high school football star who was shot to death outside his home. The song "Why Me?" speaks out against senseless violence and gun crime devastating communities. Cube says Jamiel Shaw Jr.'s family is a powerful illustration of the pain that lingers after a murder. "It just was a tragic, tragic story of why," Cube says. "Young people are dying for no reason all over the world that don't know why. It's ugly, everywhere." Shaw had been on track for a college sports scholarship when he was gunned down in March a few yards from his house in a working-class neighborhood south of downtown Los Angeles. His mother was serving in the Army in Iraq at the time. Pedro Espinoza, an illegal immigrant and suspected gang member who had been released from jail a day earlier on weapons charges, has pleaded not guilty to murder. Prosecutors say Espinoza drove to Shaw's neighborhood and shot him after asking him about his gang affiliation. Police have said Shaw was never in a gang. The rap video begins with the tightly framed, sorrow-filled faces of Shaw's parents and aunt. His father recounts a final conversation with his son. "To drive this home, it was only right to use real family and not use a bunch of actors," Cube says. His video features photographs of dozens of other crime victims blowing from a tree, then across the sand in the desert. It also depicts a young man in a football jersey being gunned down on a street. As he lays dying, he asks, "Why me homie, why me?" Espinoza's early release from jail led the Shaws to call for the passage of "Jamiel's Law," which would push Los Angeles police to crack down on illegal immigrant gang members. Cube says the video is not meant as an endorsement of the move. "It ain't really a commentary on that," he says. "You've got a person being killed by a person he don't know for a reason he don't know ... Who cares if it was an immigrant or if it was a taxpaying citizen?" For the Shaws, appearing in the video was a chance to further their petition drive to qualify the proposed law for the November ballot. "Every time I start watching it, I start crying," Jamiel Shaw Sr. says. "At the same time, I feel good that we are getting the word out." — On the Net: "Why Me?" video: http://www.myspace.com/icecube

I refuse 2 waste energy disagreeing and fighting on something like this cuz i have a certain level of respect for anyone believeing in whatever they want. When i said someone without faith has nothing 2 stand up for, i was speaking spiritually. If u have no one way 2 believe, u do have nothing 2 say in that area. I'm not saying they don't have an opinion on this or that, i was speaking on believes of a spiritual matter. And when it comes 2 being married. I'm okay with gay couples having a civil union or whatever. But i am against them being officially "married." Marriage is something in the Bible that is to be between a man an a woman. I know a good bit of gay people. I have no prejudice towards them. Some of them are some of my best friends and we've even had this same conversation. Even as a gay Christian, many of them respect that it's between a man and a woman. Of course, in these days of church and state being seperated (and they wonder why the world sucks), marriage is viewed as generic kind of thing that u can do at a courthouse after filling out paperwork...which i don't consider marriage at all....and we also wonder why 50% of marriages end in divorce. Touchy subject...i bow out. Nothing i've said is intended 2 insult or offend anyone so i apologize to anyone who views a difference of opinion as me attempting 2 do so. Like i said in the beginning...People are people, we have our beliefs but there is no reason 2 openly insult or try 2 upset people who don't agree with u.