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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

I didn't even notice that! lol

SWV - Ain't No Man (2015) They just dropped this new single today. R&B for the grown and sexy.

I haven't heard it myself, but I'm seeing a ton of lackluster reviews. A lot of industry cats are talking it up, but a lot of music/Dr. Dre fans are saying there's no more than three great songs on it. A lot of people are saying Eminem's verse is crazy, but part of that could be just because he's so popular. Most are saying the production is underwhelming for Dre's standards and that the album lacks focus. The overall complaint is that is spent over 10 years working on Detox and scrapped it, saying it wasn't that good, but then only spent a matter of months on this and put it out. I must say, I'm not very anxious to hear it. I listened to The Chronic every day during its heyday. I liked Chronic 2001 a lot, but it sounds like he's ending on a weak note if this really ends up being his last album.

Since it's on iTunes, I haven't heard it yet. I hope he makes it more easily accessible to everyone. It wasn't out of the blue though, they have been talking about it all week online.

SNOW + MYSTIC REVEALERS - Hands Up (2015)

My friend posted this on my Facebook earlier today and I wasn't instantly taken over by joy! Bad Boys 3 And 4 Get Release DatesAndrew Steinbeiser- 08/05/2015 Sony Pictures has scheduled not one, but two new sequels for their Bad Boys franchise. Bad Boys 3 is scheduled to hit theaters on February 17, 2017, while Bad Boys 4 will open a little over two years later, on July 3, 2019. The original two Bad Boys films starred Will Smith and Martin Lawrence as hard-nosed cops who went on over-the-top police adventures. The two are rumored to star in a third Bad Boys film, but Sony hasn't confirmed their involvement yet. Are you excited to see a third and fourth Bad Boys film? Let us know in the comments. And for more franchise movie release dates, head to ComicBook.com's movie database!

LOL - I felt that it did have a drab look to it.

I love it too. I love it because it's not a true re-make. It's simply inspired by the classic. The production gives a nod to the original, but it's definitely a whole new sound. Other than a few lines in the intro, it's all new lyrics too. I have a feeling I'd hate it if they tried to simply recreate the original with a similar beat and FP's lyrics. The video certainly doesn't have the "soul" of the original, but it's a nice imitation. I especially like the early 90's fashion. Jazzy's presence grounds the whole thing. On his Facebook he says he "collaborated" with them, but it appears that he just appears in the video. The production and the few scratches on the track don't particularly sound like his, but the title of the official download says "featuring DJ Jazzy Jeff." http://www.very.co.uk/summertime Cut and paste this link for the free download: bit.ly/1IymS0K

Director F. Gary Gray Hopes ‘Straight Outta Compton’ Sparks a Change in Hip-HopAug 4th, '15 • News • by Miranda J. • No Comments Getty Images As the man who partnered with Ice Cube to craft one of the best comedies of the 21st century, Friday, it was only right that F. Gary Gray link with Cube again to create another film, the N.W.A biopic Straight Outta Compton. Discreetly on board since 2011, Gray and the famed rapper set out this time not to just tell the story of the hoods across America, but to chronicle the personal journey that introduced Dr. Dre, Ice Cube, Eazy-E, MC Ren and DJ Yella to the world as N.W.A. It took 20 years and plenty of different roads and projects to get to this biopic, and now that it’s done and due to hit theaters August 14, the esteemed director—who bore the weight of crafting one of the most anticipated biopics in hip-hop—recently sat down to retrace the new film’s journey with XXL. From talks of the difficult casting process to sticking to the biopic’s theme of freedom of speech, Gray assures the immense pressure has made a hell of a diamond. —Miranda J. XXL: I know the public got the news about the film within the last year, but I’m pretty sure you were on board before then. I mean, you and Ice Cube have had a relationship since Friday. So how long have you been working on the film? F. Gary Gray: I’ve been working on the film for four years. I’ve been on board since 2011. Was the N.W.A. biopic ever mentioned on the set of Friday? Did Cube ever say to you, “You’re going to direct my biopic one day?” [Laughs] That’s a good question. No, we were just focused on Friday at the time. Sometimes when you’re in the midst of making history, you don’t even think about it like that. You just hope that whatever you’re doing at the time is good and everybody sees it in the way that you intended it. And that it’s fun and you’re having fun. But nah, we didn’t talk about those things. What would you say was the most challenging part of the production process for Straight Outta Compton? Well, there were two things. One, I’d say finding the group and casting. Then once we got the cut together, [establishing] what we were going to keep in the movie because it was so much stuff. I wanted to keep it all but we couldn’t, we have to narrow it down. Trimming the movie was hard as well. Was any role particularly tougher to cast than another? Every character had its share of challenges. Cube and Dre are still around, in the forefront of the culture with Beats, Apple, Ride Along and all these great movies Cube is doing. It’s tough because people have their sense of what they want to see. Dre is really private, so just making sure my actor had the access to Dre—and he gave it to him—but just making sure he had that access to create a real guy, not mimic what you think Dr. Dre is or who you think he is, that was part of it for Dre. I just wanted it to feel truthful, authentic and honest. Finding guys with street credibility and finding guys who you believe could rap on stage. Just finding guys from the streets of Los Angeles. All these things were real challenging. Then also trying to make sure they didn’t all blend into each other. Just make sure they felt like individuals and not just five rap guys from L.A. that dress similar but don’t feel the same and sound the same. That was one of the challenges; to make sure they were all characters that we could identify with. Just making sure they stuck out in their own way. I really thought O’Shea Jackson Jr. did a magnificent job playing his father, but I’m curious because Eazy-E’s son, Lil Eazy, had expressed that he wanted to play his own father but didn’t get the chance. Did you have any thoughts on that? I think Lil Eazy is happy with our choice that we made with Jason. They met up and they talked. They talked about the role. I think he’s happy with what he saw. It’s not like we didn’t give him the opportunity to audition and things like that. All these roles are really hard. It’s one thing to be authentic—he’s truly authentic and from the streets—but you have to be able to carry a movie from top to bottom. That requires a lot of training. O’Shea went through two years of training and acting coaches and call backs. He didn’t get the role until the last minute. He wasn’t given the role, he had to earn the role. He actually had to work the hardest out of all the actors that were cast to get that role. I wasn’t going to hand him that role, nor was Cube. We know he had a likeness that I think is positive, but that wasn’t my priority. My priority was, can you perform? Acting is very hard; it’s a hard craft. You can be from the streets and have a lot of credibility in that world but to step up and deliver that type of performance on screen, it’s extremely hard to do. One thing to me that was delivered very well in the film were the scenes centered on police brutality. That represents the core of N.W.A and it was genius how they were incorporated. It’s funny how even now, the timing couldn’t be better for that. Well, all those scenes were designed, developed and understood well before this wave of media surrounding police brutality was even a thing. It’s unfortunate that’s even the case. I wish I could say, “Well, this is history. It’s old school hip-hop. It’s all the stuff that happened in and around N.W.A.” But it’s not. The more things change, the more they stay the same, unfortunately. But I’m optimistic, I really am. I think that N.W.A kind of started shining the light, at least in that era, on police culture and how unfair it can be sometimes. They’re doing it now in the news, people are picking up their phones and video cameras, so I’m optimistic that there’s going to be a change of images that we’re seeing. It just has to be. To me, I also feel like it’s going to spark a change in hip-hop. I feel like they’re going to watch the movie and feel a way. Maybe start using their music to stand up for themselves… And social issues, stuff like that. Yeah. I hope so. Art inspires art; that’s true and has been true forever. When other hip-hop artists see this movie and see that they had the courage to stand up, not only against record companies, bad business practices and people from the streets, but stand for themselves and against the excessive force from the police. Hopefully it does spark a shift in how people express themselves. But I’m careful about what I mean. I’m careful about that, because also this movie is about freedom of speech. You should be able to talk about whatever you want to talk about, but if this kind of injects a level of consciousness in other artists, then great. That’s positive as well. http://www.xxlmag.com/news/2015/08/f-gary-gray-straight-outta-compton-director/

I will agree with you on one thing. He is better than the rest of Young Money. To be honest, I question the intelligence of anyone who thinks Lil' Wayne and Icky Minaj are actually talented. I've given Drake a chance, especially when he was a newer artist. I personally feel his flow and delivery are lazy and uninspired. He presents his past on tracks different from how it actually was. I just don't like him or his music and I don't respect him as an artist. I keep reading how FP is saying he's "exploring" and how he doesn't have an actual project in the works. If you've done a handful of songs with Kanye and a handful with Drake and you still don't have a project/album, that says a lot. How can you work on multiple songs and not feel an album forming? There's legends out there that FP has been friends with since the 80's and 90's. I'm not asking him to make himself dated, but the mainstream successes of today aren't the way to go.

The whole thing is stupid to me. Drake is a commercial singer-rapper from Canada who has other people write his lyrics. He's also part of the wackest click of all time. I like the FP is surrounding himself with people who make music, it's just that it's all the wrong people.

Kevin Hart + the Prince this past weekend in Toronto.

2PAC - It Ain't Easy (Original Acoustic Version) Me Against The World (1995)

2PAC - I'm Getting Money R U Still Down (Remember Me) (1994/1995-released 1997)

Dr. Dre Announces Compton: The Soundtrack, Explains Why Detox Never Came Out"I didn't like it. It wasn't good. The record, it just wasn't good."ByJeremy Gordon and Matthew Strausson August 1, 2015 at 7:05 p.m. EDT Photo by Natalie Kardos Update: The album's official title is Compton A Soundtrack by Dr. Dre, and it's out on Aftermath/Interscope. It's available for pre-order on iTunes. Find the album cover and tracklist below. Update #2: Listen to the full episode of "The Pharmacy With Dr. Dre" here on Apple Music's Connect. Dr. Dre has announced Compton: The Soundtrack, inspired by his work on Straight Outta Compton, the upcoming N.W.A. biopic. The album is out August 7, exclusively on iTunes' Apple Music. Dre made the announcement on his Beats 1 radio show "The Pharmacy". He was joined on today's episode by Ice Cube and Straight Outta Compton director F. Gary Gray. The album was first revealed by Ice Cube, who also reiterated that a planned N.W.A. reunion tour might be happening. Recently, a representative for Dre and Eminem (who is also rumored to partake in the reunion) denied that anything was in the works. The album comes on the heels of the wait for Detox, Dre's long-gestating follow-up to 1999's The Chronic 2001. After releasing singles such as "Kush" and "I Need a Doctor", and teasing a February 2011 release, nothing happened. Last summer, reports emerged that Dre had dropped the Detox name entirely. Now, Dre has revealed that he scrapped Detox because he was not happy with it: I didn't like it. It wasn't good. The record, it just wasn't good. … I worked my ass off on it, and I don't think I did a good enough job. Straight Outta Compton is in theaters August 14. Watch the trailer below. Compton A Soundtrack by Dr. Dre: 01 Intro 02 Talk About It [ft. King Mez & Justus] 03 Genocide [ft. Kendrick Lamar, Marsha Ambrosius & Candice Pillay] 04 It's All on Me [ft. Justus & BJ the Chicago Kid] 05 All in a Day's Work [ft. Anderson Paak & Marsha Ambrosius] 06 Darkside/Gone [ft. King Mez, Marsha Ambrosius & Kendrick Lamar] 07 Loose Cannons [ft. Xzibit & COLD 187um] 08 Issues [ft. Ice Cube & Anderson Paak] 09 Deep Water [ft. Kendrick Lamar & Justus] 10 One Shot One Kill [ft. Snoop Dogg] 11 Just Another Day [ft. Asia Bryant] 12 For the Love of Money [ft. Jill Scott & Jon Connor] 13 Satisfaction [ft. Snoop Dogg, Marsha Ambrosius & King Mez] 14 Animals [ft. Anderson Paak] 15 Medicine Mane [ft. Eminem, Candice Pillay & Anderson Paak] 16 Talking to My Diary

JJ+FP at Jeff's wedding. He just posted this on Facebook.

I really like Jaden. His music isn't always geared for my personal taste, but I like the vibe he's on. Creative, artsy, unconventional, and good.