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Newark State Of Mind

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I thought this was an absolutely hilarious video and thought i’d share. A quick google search shows that several dozen people are killed every week in Newark , it’s crazy stuff!

The Essex County Prosecutor’s Office is investigating the shooting death of a 35-year-old Newark man, authorities said today.

Kathy Carter, a spokeswoman for the prosecutor’s office, said authorities are looking into the killing of Kevin Frazier, who was fatally injured after a Thursday night shooting.

Carter [...]

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That’s the short answer to this question , as of midnight (June 4th) There’s been a huge wave of traffic towards this question , so I can say with a firm answer he’s not dead.

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On another interesting note though , It’s been confirmed that he did not write his song “pants on the ground” and is in quite a bit of hot water as to who’s going to make any money from it. I feel bad for [...]

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Some rappers occur to become thoughtful, intelligent individuals. Each and every Monday (that is not a national holiday) Rocks Off will have some of them hear discussing issues relevant to their culture.

Not Invited: J-Bar. Have you noticed his “Daze” song? Yuck. It is awful. He makes Soulja Boy appear like Rakim. Obviously, Soulja Boy is about the song too.

This Week’s Prompt: VH1 has chosen to honor “The Dirty South” at this year’s Hip Hop Honors, airing next Monday, June 7. [...]

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Keith Elam, much better recognized as the rapper Expert in the group Gang Starr, died Monday at 47. He had been suffering from multiple myeloma, a cancer from the blood, and had been in a coma since suffering a heart attack in March. In between 1989 and 2003, Gang Starr released six studio albums. Like a solo artist, Expert was greatest recognized for his long-running jazz-meets-hip-hop series, Jazzmatazz.

Elam was born into a single from the a lot more prominent [...]

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Have you heard about what the Texas Express Aboard of Education just did? The conservative-controlled physique was reviewing textbook requirements and created some, very frankly, bonkers modifications towards the college curriculum in background and federal government across the express. Possibly the biggest victim was the wide subject of interpersonal scientific studies, which includes mass audio and cultural actions throughout America’s background. See exactly where I’m heading? Teaching hip-hop will now be banned in Texas schools.

According to About.com, “Board members failed [...]

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He stated the US President have his Blueprint Three album actively playing throughout a current phone conversation.

Jay Z, 40, who’s married to Beyoncé, stated he have even been invited towards the Whitened Home on many functions

He stated: “Barack loves hip hop, when I known as him he was actively playing Blueprint within the fitness center.”

Jay Z created the claims throughout an interview for Jonathan Ross’s Friday night display on BBC A single, according towards the Mirror.

He additional: “I’ve been [...]

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With Sade’s return coming in the form of Soldier of Love, her first album in a decade, nearly everyone had a reaction of some sort.

As such, a number of rappers recently shared their thoughts on the singer’s momentous return with NYMag.com.

Legendary rapper Rakim spoke on Sade’s influence on him. “I grew up on soul music, but when my pops introduced me to Sade just before Diamond Life hit, it was a revelation. That voice and her style just took out [...]

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In a very stark upstairs rehearsal area inside a nondescript constructing near the Muncie Mall, Trokon traverses the illumination furnished from the single stand of spotlights, hunched over, left hand doing work to the rhythm of his words when his appropriate hand grips a microphone.

In pacing back and forth, he’s stepping straight toward his dream of hip-hop stardom.

“This is what I’ve wanted to perform my total daily life,” mentioned the 23-year-old Central High College graduate, who came in this case [...]

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Looking forward to 2010 , there are going to be some major releases this year.

Lil Wayne has already released “Rebirth” this year.

Here’s a track listing from that album :

1. “American Star” (featuring Shanell) DJ Infamous 3:37
2. “Prom Queen” (featuring Shanell) DJ Infamous and Drew Correa 3:37
3. “Ground Zero” (feat. Tyga) Patrick Stump 3:57
4. “Da Da Da” Cool & Dre 3:40
5. “Paradice” Kevin [...]

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2009 was one exciting year for Lil Wayne despite not releasing a new solo album as “Rebirth” was delayed until February 2 of this year. He was impossible to miss, however, seemingly popping up in every track on the radio. With cameos in hit songs from artists like Birdman, Drake and Jay Sean (among others) & two singles released from the upcoming album on bookends of the year, Lil Wayne was the hottest commodity in the business. “Prom Queen” was [...]

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The bad news is that “Home Run” isn’t I Can’t Feel My Face material. The good news is that “Home Run” isn’t I Can’t Feel My Face material. I say that because if Lil Wayne and Juelz Santana do an album together, there better not be tracks like this where Weezy just “sings” his way through a hook. We need verses from these two, people, not awful choruses. And there are few things in music worse than a rapper trying [...]

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The Clipse’s Pusha T recently compared his method of writing raps to the freestyle techniques of rappers like Jay-Z.

Pusha thinks that rappers who boast about not writing down their words and resort to freestyling their rhymes may be sacrificing quality.

“I have the coolest little writing journal. I love to just blackout in it, and I can’t wait! It’s like everything. I’m just taking on all beats and all types of sh*t and just spilling,” Pusha said [...]

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Chris Brown’s bow tie is going to have to share the spotlight. The R&B star’s Vivienne Westwood black-and-white polka dot and plaid saddle shoes received their fair share of attention during Milan Fashion Week. On Sunday (Jan. 17), Breezy was front row at the Westwood show and the day before he took in the fashions of Costume National Homme.

According to the Los Angeles Times, the “Crawl” singer obligingly posed for photos with press and fans who stopped him.

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Ludacris is moving forward with his new LP Battle of the Sexes, but he’s also looking back — his new single “How Low” is a trip down memory lane, to the days when he had long corn-rolls and rocked the herringbone chain.

“We really was just taking it back,” ‘Cris said on the set of Shawty Lo’s “Atlanta, GA” video in ATL recently. “We coming up on my 10-year anniversary in 2010 — thinking about the essence of ‘What’s Your Fantasy,’ [...]

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Jay-Z stopped by Ed Lover’s Power 105.1 radio show and dropped another nickname for himself: “Jigga the Greek,” referencing the late sports commentator and bookie Jimmy the Greek.

Hov predicted the New York Jets would be up against the Dallas Cowboys in this year’s Super Bowl.

“Cowboys, that’s my pop’s team — what I’mma do? The Cowboys and the Jets in the Super Bowl. I’m gonna put that out there,” he said.

However, we asked around, and fellow Brooklynite Fabolous said Jay is [...]

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