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I've seen shots from this shoot before, but not this particular shot.

Arrested Development's Lead Singer Speech Thomas Shares Thoughts On "Straight Outta Compton""I applaud Ice Cube, Gary F Gray & Dr. Dre because they know how to tell a great story! The accurate portrayal of a Hip Hop producer's heart.... wanting to make something special...well done. The vicious sharks that swim in music industry waters...greatly exposed. The acting, promotion and soundtrack... superb! In a country where excellence in black film on the big screen isn't seen enough, it's proudly exhibited here. But from the perspective of the ancestors, they got some explaining to do. Centuries of struggle by our men, women and children who were thoroughly desolate with only one hope. The hope that through their perseverance, future generations would have it better than they did. Many died for that very reason. That's the African-American legacy. It was just two weeks ago, we all were discussing how soiled America still is from the horrors of slavery and the following systematic racism. Blacks for hundreds of years purposely portrayed in every advertisement, news article, play, TV show and movie as dangerous, vile, uncaring, simple, roguish brutes, with intelligence a tad higher than a monkey. Year after year, decade after decade, century after century... And here we are today - as white trigger happy cops shoot blacks. It doesn't matter if they're unarmed, cuz in the minds of so many, blacks are always armed with centuries of dangerous propaganda. And a lie can run around the world twice before truth can get her shoes on! And in comes Hollywood pushing yet ANOTHER movie with that same ole narrative... "Straight Outta Compton!" With the convenient subtitle - "The worlds most dangerous group." that literal or it's figurative? None of them came from the most dangerous of street life but Easy E. right? I often hear that they're dangerous because of Cube's defiant lyrics & fierce determination to speak "truth" to power. Ummm, that sounds honorable. But I'm sure I can come up with a few more suggestions more appropriate than NWA. The Black Panthers for instance might be better suited for such an honor. With fierce determination they defied an entire system at risk of their very lives! They REALLY fought for justice and most paid the ultimate price. An epic bio pic that shows how these brave young men and women organized change for all races and genders, showing true devotion mixed with legal prowess... that's a film suggestion! And can I get a witness that NWA's "F** the Police" is only the prevailing anti-police brutality anthem BECAUSE the music industry championed it. It didn't take the FBI long at all to see that NWA was ultimately a harmless group because their other songs & political savvy was thoroughly misguided and non-directional. As opposed to the earlier & less popular "F** the Pigs" that the Black Panthers often shouted as they persevered through police harassment as actual freedom fighters, not as drug dealers and pretend thugs. Historically there were activists that started as thugs but TRANSFORMED into purposeful revolutionaries. I've heard some say, the title "most dangerous" is as far as MUSICAL groups are concerned.... Ummm wouldn't PUBLIC ENEMY better fit that definition? But see a movie like that would simply be too dangerous, it might cause people to do more than ooo and aaah over the financial success of a music producer & rapper who made nice movies and headphones. It might cause REAL change. NWA may be the most dangerous, but not because they fought against a racist and oppressive system... but because they were effective ambassadors of that very system! I like to call it white supremacy on wax! Who else could have done such a great job at spreading the age old message that blacks are morally sub-human? Many things white supremacists say about blacks is what NWA confirms in their most popular songs. And yes, in 2015 Twitter is going nuts praising the film and much of the hiphop world is bowing down to NWA as heroes in the genre. But I applaud a good number of blacks that "don't believe the hype"! Bio pics about rap artists are few and far between, but take notice to WHICH rap movies Hollywood green lights for major motion picture release? And have you ever thought about WHY these particular movies? Biggie's Notorious, Eminem's 8 Mile, 50 Cent's Get Rich or Die Trying and NWA's Straight Outta Compton! Most of which come straight outta Jimmy Iovine's & Dre's storehouse of thuggery, and celebrate the "American Dream" thru gritty accounts of drug deals, crack addicted communities, strip clubs, friends that deceive each other and gun battles gone wrong. And then the inevitable transformation from rags to riches. As they live happily ever after (in their death though). Oh yeah, Biggie was about right, that if you're black...you're nobody til somebody kills you! To quote Public Enemy... "Burn Hollywood Burn!" They're pretty much about money and judging by this past weekends ticket sales... THEY'RE WINNING! Stay tuned for a Tupac, Ice T and whomever else da cap fits bio pic for us all to swoon over! Feed us our illusions, Hollywood has no skin in the game, it's just money to them. But don't we as blacks literally have skin in the game? It's our SKIN that signals brainwashed cops to pull us over just because we didn't use a turn signal. Or blow our brains out for trying to start our car while being questioned. Or get choked to death, spines snapped, or just walking home wearing a hoodie. BUT SOMEBODY BLACK KEEPS PROUDLY DELIVERING THESE MOVIES TO HOLLYWOOD. There's gotta be a point where we WEIGH the pains we feel from years of being mis-represented against the joy we feel seeing another black thug soliloquy on the big screen! The pain lasts for years, the joy last 2 and a half hours. You do the math. There's gotta be a breaking point when we make a critical decision. Directionless expression or real freedom? I know, I know... no one screams when Scorsese does a gangster film, why pick on rappers? Because Jewish people aren't making these movies WHILE simultaneously getting shot down in the streets by their own kind, arrested in astronomical rates and their rappers literally getting assassinated like they were in a Middle East war zone! When is enough... ENOUGH!? Consciousness didn't start with NWA, J. Cole, Kendrick Lamar's "To Pimp a Butterfly", nor ‪#‎blacklivesmatter‬. It's been in full effect since slavery and we must keep our eyes on the prize to reach the finish line! On the big screen, these rappers are portrayed as bigger than life heroes and even somehow "freedom fighters"! But TRUE heroes like Julian Bond, Garvey, Harriet & Parks deserve a bio pic, because they served US all! But would we support it? It NEVER was enough to have a conscious song or two on an otherwise "white supremacist" gangsta record. It's not enough to have things "go in cycles"... (people say that to me all the time about music) It's about standing on the shoulders of those that stood before us until we get out from the ditch that hides our humanity! Our values are so backwards that fathers, mothers, educators, intellectuals & activists don't fill today's memes and murals. Instead it's Tupac, Biggie, NWA and maybe a Jay-Z. The murals you see painted in the ghettos, (I've even seen em in the outskirts of Africa!) Memes of these rappers floating around on the Internet and interviews at the end of albums with their "prophetic" words. 3D holograms of them in front of wooing crowds. Supposed martyrs packaged and shrink wrapped in a CD. "Heroes" of the people - celebrated, applauded, jailed and assassinated, with a level of admiration that you'd think they died because of political resistance or activism, but no. It's simply a petty beef or a record executive hungry for more money. We have so lost our way, that we celebrate their temporary success - in lieu of our own lasting success. Behind the riches of every Ice Cube, Dr. Dre, Easy E. or Suge Knight are quiet little Jewish & White guys in polo shirts that are even richer than them. They play golf and listen to Bach while they count their money. Meanwhile we wallow in these decadent, century old stereotypical, blaxploitation flicks and albums, their kids fly in private jets and vacation in Belize. Our kids suffer just walking to school. Yes, Straight Outta Compton is very good and yes, these men have immense talent, but Italian mafioso refused to sell crack to their own communities. They insisted on separating their families from their illegal business. We sell this "crack music" to our little kids and we infest the whole world with it! It is NOT just entertainment. We are getting killed in real life. We influence Africa, South America and everywhere there's poor people that need inspiration. It has never been simple entertainment and it has far out reached the block.... it's racist propaganda. And it hurts the soul of humanity! And by the way ITS NOT HONEST, it's not what we see in the hood. It's an embellishment of it, it's "reality" on steroids, it's someones story on performance enhancers! And the things that destroy these communities has become a Satanic virus, packaged and shipped out to every other community to infect those that were previously healthy. That's my problem with NWA - not the music (it's brilliant) NWA endorsed the worse traits of the hood, promoted these traits and to justify their lust for fame they revised their purpose claiming it's a noble freedom of speech movement. And many have bought that revisionist history, poured it in our glasses & ummm that kool aid taste sweet! White supremacy is happy, blacks got our thug heroes and the world keeps on turning. So, sit and eat your popcorn, sip a Coke, enjoy a well-deserved break from lifes stress. I know I did. I also know I made Ice Cube, Dr. Dre Gary Gray and a host of white dudes a bit richer! I'm alright with that. May God bless em. But even as I'm entertained by the film, I know that unless we change our dynamics and moral infrastructure as black people, WE really are the entertainment. The silly blacks that can't realize the difference between an Arnold Schwarzenegger fiction and a propaganda missile aimed at the very demise of our freedom, dignity and culture. GIL scott was right....The revolution will not be televised it will be screened in a theater near you. Two thumbs up." -Speech Thomas

If you really wanna show Jeff and Dayne love, got BUY the album. Memoirs of Dayne Jordan http://www.amazon.com/Memoirs-Dayne-Jordan-Explicit/dp/B0148YT44Q/ref=sr_1_3?ie=UTF8&qid=1440213983&sr=8-3&keywords=dayne+jordan In Progress http://www.amazon.com/Progress-Explicit-Dayne-Jordan/dp/B00R9D1KTQ/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1440213983&sr=8-1&keywords=dayne+jordan Better Late Than Never (Single) http://www.amazon.com/Better-Late-Than-Never/dp/B011XBWLYM/ref=sr_1_2?ie=UTF8&qid=1440213983&sr=8-2&keywords=dayne+jordan DJ Ferno w/ Dayne Jordan and Maal Scott Humans Often Waunder (H.O.W.) http://www.amazon.com/Humans-Often-Wander-H-O-W-Jordan/dp/B00U1T80NO/ref=sr_1_4?ie=UTF8&qid=1440213983&sr=8-4&keywords=dayne+jordan

SLUM VILLAGE + DE LA SOUL - Right Back Yes! (2015) I'm lovin' the new album. Thankful for new, good Hip-Hop music.

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Why LL Cool J’s Most Famous Album Almost Never Happened LL Cool J in 1990.By Raymond Boyd/Getty Images.Twenty-five years after its release, V.F. takes a look into how one of hip-hop’s classic albums came together.by Katherine LaGraveAugust of 1990 was unseasonably warm. The hottest month in one of the city’s hottest years in history, ever, it was a fitting climate for the release of one of hip-hop’s greatest albums. LL Cool J, née James Todd Smith, began releasing albums in 1985 after connecting with Def Jam: his first, Radio, went platinum. The year 1987 came, and he released Bigger and Deffer. All looked promising for LL Cool J’s much-anticipated third release, 1989’s Walking with a Panther. Though a commercial success (see “Going Back to Cali,” “Big Ole Butt” for favorites), the album was lauded by many critics as too poppy, and lacking in substance. The LL Cool J that dominated the first two albums by “rhymin’ and designin’ with your girl in my lap” now fell flat with promises that seemed, well, repetitive. “With so much happening outside of the recording studio and on the streets,” wrote David Browne in Rolling Stone, “is being the boaster with the mostest enough?” One year later, LL Cool J released Mama Said Knock You Out, regarded by many as his magnum opus. It was a booming, layered response to those who felt he had begun his slide into oblivion. Though “Mama” is used in the album’s title, it was actually LL’s grandmother who gave him the directive to knock out his critics. To date, the album has sold more than 2 million copies and was certified gold by the Recording Industry Association of America. The album also garnered LL Cool J the 1991 Grammy for Best Rap Solo Performance. Marley Marl, the album’s producer and one of the industry’s most venerable beatmakers, takes us back 25 years. How it all began. Marl, a D.J. at WBLS, invited LL Cool J to the station to promote Walking with a Panther. Once there, Marl told him how much he liked “Jingling Baby,” a track on the album, and expressed his interest in remixing it. LL agreed, but wanted to redo his vocals. “Next thing you know, we started making other tracks,” says Marl. “We didn’t know where we were going with it. It became the Mama Said Knock You Out LP, but we were just making random tracks . . . going to the clubs . . . after we went to the clubs, going home and trying to capture the same feeling in the studio with the music. All of a sudden, we’re, like, eight tracks in, and I didn’t even have a contract to do an album with him. We were just grooving. After we were in the studio and we felt each other, we just kept it moving.” The art of experimentation. To this day, one of the hallmarks of the album is its rich selection of sample-based compositions—a novelty at the time. “Mama Said Knock You Out” alone samples James Brown’s “Funky Drummer,” the Chicago Gangsters’s “Gangster Boogie,” Sly & The Family Stone’s “Trip to Your Heart” and “Sing a Simple Song,” and LL Cool J’s own “Rock the Bells.” Much of the album, says Marl, came from simply listening—and one song’s line even birthed an entirely new song. “You know what was incredible to me? He [LL] said it on ‘Cheesy Rat Blues.’ He said, ‘Cars ride by with the boomin’ system.’ And when he said that, I was like, ‘That’s the title for a song.’ So I sampled him saying that and we made ‘The Boomin’ System.’ A lot of it was experimental. About 80 percent.” What most people don’t know about the album. That it was never supposed to have happened. “Me and LL had . . . we had, like, semi-beef from the MC Shan era. So at first we weren’t really getting along. I was down with the Juice Crew, and he was down with the Def Jam crew, so it was almost like a friendly rivalry going on,” says Marl. “I guess he was astonished that I would even tell him to come to the radio station and promote his album. But that was the first time we ever really, really connected right there. It was something we just conceptually ran in the studio and started making tracks together and building good tracks.” A big mistake. The beginning of “Mama Said Knock You Out,” where LL Cool J calls out, “Come on, man,” might seem like a battle cry, but it was actually never even supposed to be on the song. “He was screaming at the engineer,” says Marl. “He was yelling at him, because he kept messing up all night. So he was like, ‘Come on, man!’ And the engineer was actually recording vocals, and then the beat dropped. And I was like, ‘Oh, that’s classic.’” Why the album is significant. “It just showed another side of LL. It showed his growth, too. You gotta think—he was actually growing up at that time,” says Marl, pointing out that LL was in his early 20s when working on the album, and just 22 when it was released. “He was rhyming over some hard tracks. His other tracks were hard, too, but this had a little street element to it this time. A little dirt. A little Queensbridge dirt was sprinkled on it, you know. It’s one of the albums that helped shape the direction of where rap and everything was going at that time.” http://www.vanityfair.com/culture/2015/08/ll-cool-j-mama-said-knock-you-out-marley-marl-interview?mbid=social_facebook

If the movie were done with DJ Jazzy Jeff + Fresh Prince, it would be a totally different movie. I feel that the guys in the those roles would really control the vibe of the film. Even with a similar script and cast, JJ+FP House Party would have been very different from KNP's. House Party is a classic and I can't imagine it without Kid 'N Play, but I always wonder "what if."

Will Smith, Jada Pinkett Smith Break Up — With Scientology, Recoup $1.2 MillionWill Smith and Jada Pinkett Smith have reportedly decided to disassociate themselves from the Church Of Scientology. And in the process they’ve received a $1.2 million refund from the church. Radar Online has reported that tax records prove that the pair received the astronomical sum from the church. The actors have never actually confirmed that they are members of Scientology. But Will Smith previously talked encouragingly about the religion, and the pair had even donated thousands upon thousands of dollars to various causes associated with it. In 2010, tax documents showed that the Smiths’ WJS Trust donated $1,235,000 to the New Village Leadership. This is a school that has lessons related to Scientology on its curriculum, and it’s run by people who have close ties to the church. However, the school closed in 2013. But rather than the Smiths losing all of their money, they were reimbursed the complete amount. Since then, the Smiths haven’t donated any more money to Scientologist causes. Instead they’ve sent money to Christian and Baptist Churches in California, Los Angeles, and Baltimore, the latter being Jada Pinkett’s hometown. Will Smith’s association with Scientology has always been rather mysterious. Smith was raised in a Baptist household, while he also went to Catholic school. However he has always insisted that he isn’t religious. But rumors have constantly swirled that Smith was a Scientologist, rumors that the actor has always denied. This speculation began after Smith admitted to talking to Tom Cruise about the religion, and he spoke glowingly about it too. “I’ve talked to Tom about it, “Smith admitted back in 2006, via Hollywood. “[There’s] lots of incredible, wonderful concepts. Jada and I don’t necessarily believe in organized religion.” There’s also one pretty important reason why Will Smith won’t be able to become a member of Scientology too. The fact that he was raised in a Baptist household. In the same interview, Smith explained, “I was raised in a Baptist household and my grandmother would get up out of her casket.” Smith once again refuted claims he was a Scientologist in 2008. He told the New York Daily News, via MSN, “You don’t have to be Jewish to be a friend of Steven Spielberg. You don’t have to be a Muslim to be a friend of Muhammed Ali. And you don’t have to be a Scientologist to be a friend of Tom Cruise. I am a Christian. I am a student of all religions, and I respect all people and all paths.” Read more at http://www.inquisitr.com/2315125/will-smith-jada-pinkett-smith-break-up-with-scientology-recoup-1-2-million/#5vV2Dzzl2qSZ8Opd.99

Eazy-E: The ‘Soul of the Movie’ in 'Straight Outta Compton'Billy Johnson Jr.Senior EditorYahoo MusicAugust 14, 2015Late N.W.A frontman and Ruthless Records head Eric “Eazy-E” Wright may be known as a godfather of gangsta rap, but he was also a compassionate man, as depicted in the biopic Straight Outta Compton that opens in theaters this weekend. The film, which features actor Jason Mitchell portraying Eazy, captures the controversial rapper’s softer side. We see Eazy saddened after N.W.A’s demise and sulking when gazing at a billboard for Dr. Dre’s solo debut album, The Chronic. He approaches Ice Cube in a nightclub to make amends and explore the possibility of a reunion. He is more hurt than angry when he fires his manager, Jerry Heller, for alleged mishandling of funds. And he weeps when he receives the news that he has contracted AIDS and has just months left to live. Screenwriter Jonathan Herman has described Eazy-E as the “soul of the movie.” Eazy’s widow, Tomica Woods-Wright, gave him the context for the script. “The fact that Eazy is not around, Tomica told a lot of stories and she was like, ‘Look, I’m going to tell you a lot of stories. This is the real honest truth and just be respectful about it and tell it,’” he said on the red carpet at the film’s world premiere. “The story is so sad.” Eazy’s eldest child, Eric Wright Jr., who raps under the alias Lil Eazy-E, helped Mitchell prepare for the role. “I reached out to him to give him the support and any advice he needs,” Lil Eazy told Rolling Stone. “Jason has come to my grandmother’s house where I was born and raised, where my father was born and raised and where N.W.A started.” Lil Eazy, who turned 11 two weeks after his father died, said his father was a well-rounded person. “My fondest memories [are] of him being a father,” he told Rolling Stone. “I know him outside of the rap, outside of the hustle, outside of the hardcore. I know the nice individual, the humorous individual, the family man, the one that loved all of his children.” Founding N.W.A member MC Ren, who never quit N.W.A and remained on Ruthless Records until Eazy passed, says he did not have to protect the telling of Eazy’s story. “I knew he was going to be portrayed right because Dre and Cube, they involved, they are the producers of it,” he explained at the premiere. “I knew they wouldn’t just put him out there looking crazy. It’s only one way to put him out there, and that’s to put him out there right.” Ren, who spent some time on the set talking with the actor who played him, Aldis Hodge, says the cast members impressed him with their performances. “W.C. did a good job ‘cause he coached all the actors, and they performing,” he said about the veteran MC, who is also a member of the Westside Connection. “He had them sit down and watch everything. So first day I went down there on the set, they were doing a Skateland scene and it was crazy looking at them up there, ‘cause each individual was acting like they had the mannerisms down like everybody. And I ain’t seen that since we been onstage.” MC Ren recently released a new single, “Rebel Music,” featuring Ice Cube. https://www.yahoo.com/music/eazy-e-the-soul-of-the-movie-in-straight-outta-126707302726.html

Eazy-E’s Daughter Tweets Thoughts on ‘Straight Outta Compton’ FilmAug 15th, '15 • News • by C. Vernon Coleman II Photo Credit: Raymond Boyd The long awaited, highly anticipated N.W.A. biopic film Straight Outta Compton was released in theaters nationwide last night, and all eyes seemed to be one the film that has been surrounded with so much hype and even controversy. One person that was paying extra close attention to the film was Eazy E’s daughter, a singer/songwriter herself, who goes by the stage name E.B. Earlier today, she took to Instagram to give some of her thoughts on the film. “A LOT of Eazy-E’s storyline was missing but that’s okay because I’m producing a documentary that will show EVERYTHING including his death,” she posted. “A lot of “Death Row” story in what was the “N.W.A.” story .. They don’t show that my dad went to court and still made money off of Death Row,” she added. Overall her opinion of the film was positive as she noted, “Last but not least … The acting in Straight Outta Compton is absolutely INCREDIBLE ! So proud of ALL the guys.” Peep her opinion of the film, at the link below: http://www.xxlmag.com/news/2015/08/eazy-es-daughter-speaks-straight-outta-compton-film/

Mariah just posted this on her Facebook.

The LAPD is not too happy with the release of Straight Outta Compton. Los Angeles police officers believe the film portrays them in a negative light (as if they need any help with that). According to TMZ: Former L.A. City Councilman Dennis Zine, who was himself an LAPD cop and headed up the Police Protective League, tells us, “It’s a terrible time to release a movie like this. It adds fuel to the fire for hating cops.” Despite their dissatisfaction with the film, it won the Friday box office, earning a whopping $24.2 million on its first night in theaters. CNN reports: The Universal biopic “Straight Outta Compton” rocked the box office on Friday with an estimated $24.2 million in the U.S. This total came close to the film’s entire budget of $29 million. The big Friday numbers also boosted industry projections for the film’s opening with experts now predicting that “Compton” could make close to $60 million this weekend. http://globalgrind.com/2015/08/15/shia-labeouf-tupac-tattoo-straight-outta-compton-wins-box-office-more/

I just saw the movie. It is dope! I wanna see it again. It's really well done and well cast. Much of the story will be known to fans of the guys, but there are a few moments in the film that tell a new story. Jazzy Jeff's scratches in the film are great. I sat through the credits just to see his name in the credits instead of FP's....lol. The actor who played Snoop really didn't look like him, but his Snoop impression is great. Warren G isn't actually "introduced" in the movie, but the unnamed character who plays him does a great impression as well. There's more Suge Knight in the movie than I expected, making his incident tied to the film even more coincidental. His presence interaction around Eazy and Ruthless was something I didn't know about. I assume it wasn't fictitious. The guy who plays 2Pac looks eerily like him. Go see this movie, even if you aren't a fan. I went with a friend who know NOTHING about Hip-Hop, and while she won't be buying any N.W.A. albums anytime soon, she did like the movie.

I saw this article earlier today: Will Smith Is Reportedly Working on a 'Fresh Prince' Reboot By Ian ServantesNostalgia is quickly becoming the strongest force in entertainment, prompting reboots of Full House, Ghostbusters, X-Files, and a grip of other shows and movies from our not-so-distant past. Now the pull is exerting its force on one of our most beloved entities of all time. A Fresh Prince of Bel-Air reboot is reportedly on the way, with Will Smith leading the way as executive producer. TV Line reports Smith's production company, Overbrook Entertainment, is in the very early stages of developing a new show that "puts a new spin on the fish-out-of-water tale while maintaining the spirit of the original series." The pitch is still in the works, and Smith is expected to start shopping the show in coming weeks along with his not-divorced wife, Jada Pinkett-Smith. Sit on those facts for a second and commence the freakout. http://www.complex.com/pop-culture/2015/08/will-smith-fresh-prince-of-bel-air-reboot?utm_campaign=complexmag&utm_source=facebook&utm_medium=social&sr_share=facebook I'm also not excited about this when they use the word "reboot" in the title of the article. However, it doesn't sound like it'll be an actual "reboot" or a "sequel," so as long as it stands on its own as a sitcom, then I'm cool with it...lol.

SWV Releases New Music and Announces Album Release Date Tuesday, August 11, 2015By Shameika Rene'WE’ve got good news! SWV Reunited stars Coko, Lelee, and Taj released new music this week! The group released a brand new single that WE saw them working on during the 2nd season of SWV Reunited when tensions were on high in the studio and Taj was dealing with vocal challenges. The ballad is called “Ain’t No Man” and the mid-tempo groove features the trio’s unmistakable harmonies. In the song they sing the praises of men who treat women like queens and show love and respect. The single will be on their forthcoming highly anticipated album that’s expected to drop on October 30th. WE can’t wait! We’re glad to see the ladies putting out new music and are anxiously awaiting the new album! Check out the single here! http://www.amazon.com/Aint-No-Man-Single-SWV/dp/B013K6BRQG/ref=sr_1_2?ie=UTF8&qid=1439408145&sr=8-2&keywords=swv+ain't+no+man http://www.wetv.com/we-tell-all/blogs/swv-releases-new-music-and-announces-new-album-release-date

TIMBALAND + V. BOZEMAN - Smile (2015) http://www.audiomack.com/song/fashionably-early/smile-ft-v-bozeman Man, Tim should have let V handle all of the singing vocals and just dropped a rap without vocal effects. I love the song, but his poor singing takes away from it some. At least he's not just doing urban pop anymore.

DJ Jazzy Jeff + Salt in the 80's. Someone posted this on a Facebook group I'm part of called The Basement.

ADINA HOWARD - Bad 4 Me (2015)

Unreleased Aaliyah Material May Be Coming Soon Later this month, the music world will mark the 14 year anniversary of Aaliyah‘s tragic death. Lost in a plane crash in the Bahamas, at the age of only 22, Aaliyah had become a guiding light for R&B in her all-to-brief career. Mentored by numerous producers, including Timbaland, her talent belied her age, and now, over a decade later, we may be getting the chance to hear more of it. In an photo posted to Instagram Saturday, Timbaland expressed his continuing grief and admiration for Aaliyah, then hinted that previously unheard material of hers may in fact be headed our way soon. “People ask me all the time do I have any babegirl music we haven’t heard,” Timbaland wrote. “Well the answer is YES!!!!!!!! TIMBO x BABEGIRL !!!!! Sneak peak coming!” If Timbaland’s promises turn out to be true, the music would serve as the first “new to us” offering from Aaliyah’s catalog since Tink’s “Million,” which flipped her classic hook from 1996’s “One In A Million.” Hopefully, though, Timbaland is referring to completely unused, original tracks, as we know we’re surely not the only ones who would be on cloud nine to hear fresh sounds from the lost queen of modern music. Stay tuned.. http://www.okayplayer.com/news/timbaland-unreleased-aaliyah.html

LAURNEA - Days of Youth Betta Listen (1997) I can't believe she didn't have more success and stay power when it came to mainstream success.

Are you guys kidding? It's Jeff. There's just some distortion on his vocal.

Rapper Sean Price Passes Away This MorningBrooklyn rap giant and one half of the legendary duo Heltah Skeltah passed away this morning in Brooklyn According to reports from family and friends, rapper Sean Price died suddenly this morning in his sleep at his home in Brooklyn. Price was 43 years old. The cause of death is not known at this time, however an update will be made following the release of an autopsy report. Price entered the rap game under the moniker “Ruck” along with his partner Rock as the group Heltah Skeltah, the famed duo from the Brooklyn Hip Hop collective Boot Camp Clik. In the past decade, Price revamped his career as a solo artist using his given name of Sean Price, releasing several projects including his latest, Mic Tyson, which arguably one of the best albums of 2013. The Source Magazine would like to send our most sincere condolences to the Duck Down family and the Price family. http://thesource.com/2015/08/08/rapper-sean-price-passes-away-this-morning/

If this is true, this guy is a monster. Now I can see why Bobby wouldn't let him attend the funeral, even after he was begging. Nick Gordon gave Bobbi Kristina a 'toxic cocktail' before she was found unconscious, lawsuit saysAug 7th 2015 7:01PM(INSIDE EDITION) -- Nick Gordon gave Bobbi Kristina Brown a "toxic cocktail" before putting her face down in a bathtub filled with cold water, according to an amended lawsuit. Bobbi Kristina, 22, was found unconscious in the tub in January and placed in a medically-induced coma. She passed away last month. A lawsuit alleging assault, battery and theft was filed against Gordon on June 24 and the amendment, which was filed on Friday, adds a wrongful death count. It claims that after Gordon returned from a "cocaine and drinking binge" on January 31, the couple started arguing in the kitchen of her Roswell, Georgia home before they moved upstairs. During the 30-minute argument, Gordon allegedly accused Bobbi Kristina of cheating on him before "everything abruptly became quiet." Gordon gave Bobbi Kristina a toxic cocktail that rendered her unconscious, according to the lawsuit. He then put her face down in the bath tub so that she suffered brain damage, according to the amendment seen by INSIDE EDITION. Gordon then allegedly left the bedroom wearing different clothes, got into bed, laid his head on a female guest's ankle and told her: "Now I want a pretty little white girl like you." Around 15 minutes later, a guest went to check on Bobbi Kristina and found her face down in the tub with a swollen mouth and tooth hanging from her mouth, the lawsuit says. Gordon then allegedly entered the room and ordered the room to be cleaned before trying to resuscitate Bobbi Kristina. She was rushed to hospital and later placed in a medically-induced coma. She ultimately passed away in hospice care on July 26. The original lawsuit accused Gordon of assault, battery, intentional infliction of emotional distress, and transferring thousands of dollars from Bobbi Kristina's account to his own without authorization. As well as the addition of the wrongful death count, the amendment to the lawsuit provides further details about their allegedly abusive relationship. It claims that days before she was found unconscious, Gordon punched Bobbi Kristina so that the couch she was sitting on broke. She was allegedly knocked to the floor where Gordon allegedly continued to beat her "until she was bloody," according to the suit. Brown was screaming through the attack and lost a tooth, the lawsuit says. Gordon then allegedly dragged her upstairs by her hair - leaving blood on the walls - as he told witnesses: "I don't do this often." The lawsuit also describes him as controlling. It alleged he limited whom she interacted with and would not allow her to make appointments without his approval. No criminal charges have been filed against Gordon. Following her death, he had a public meltdown on Dr Phil and checked into rehab. He checked out in April and is reportedly staying with his mother. http://www.aol.com/article/2015/08/07/nick-gordon-gave-bobbi-kristina-a-toxic-cocktail-before-she-wa/21219987/?icid=maing-grid7|main5|dl12|sec1_lnk3%26pLid%3D-764711146

Mic checks in front of the audience are the worst. Until the panned back and you could see them, I did think the audience was there since he was simply saying the rhymes with such little energy. The ending was hilarious. Especially when Biz Markie threw in that scratch with FP's opera singing....lol