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General Discussion / Girls,girls,Girls,girls...

« on: April 16, 2008, 03:01:57 PM »

1. All of you ain't "wifey material" so stop thinking you are. If you're a hoe continue being a hoe and be happy. Don't think suddenly because you haven't hoed in a while, you're not a hoe. No matter what, everyone remembers that you are a sleeper and will continue to treat you like one, so you might as well do you.



2. Definition of a gold-digger: Broke, low-cla** female with no scruples willing to do whatever for a check. A hoe that realized she could be paid for her services. ALSO....ladies stop playing stupid when we get to the movie theatre ticket booth...when u pay for yourself it says, Here is a woman I won't mind buying something for in the future...FREELOADING won't get your broke a** a second date!



3. If you are pretty it doesn't mean we will forgive you for everything. It means f*..k up again and you outta here. Plus your friend looks better than you anyway.



4. If you don't give head, you better start.



5. Don't get upset when you wear a tight a** outfit and every guy in the world tries to holla. It's not that you are fly or look good, it's your hoe camouflage throwin' us off.



6. What the f*..k is a pretty thug? Either you want a pretty boy or a guy thugged out. You ain't GOD! You CAN'T create your own dude.



7. There is no such thing as a freak. There are shorties who do their man proper, but that doesn't cla**ify them as a freak. It means shorty is on her job. For all those other females out there f*..king dudes in every position you know how doesn't make you a qualified freak, it makes you a well - qualified hoe.



8. Weave, press-on nails, and contacts dont make you fake. Get prettied up. Don't let them bald headed b@!ches tell you nada. You bought it, it's yours.



9. Stop that I don't give out my number shyt. It's corny and if u ain't giving me your number I'm not gonna cry. Remember, there are more females in the world than men. I'll just move on, so 1 yourself ma.



10. Shouting obscenities at a girl is perfectly all right. If you are polite when you trying to holla and she wants to act deaf, curse that b*tch out. I bet she will hear you then.



11. There is one Allen Iverson. One D'Angelo. One Jay-Z, etc... Stop calling them your husband, or looking for dudes you think resemble them. Instead look in the mirror and re-evaluate yourself. You're not the girl from the video, are you?, That's what I thought. Find yourself a nice Gerald Levert or KRS 1.



12. Saying you have to "pee" is not appealing. Racehorses "pee." Show some cla** and say, "excuse me, while I go to the ladies room."



13. Dating Older guys doesn't make you cool or more mature. Actually, it's quite sad, because all men are a**..les; the older the guy, the more experienced an a**..le.



14. If a Guy Sh*ts on your love and affection...chances is he never wanted it...so stop being a stalker.



15. FEMALES: Sex won't fix everything wrong in a relationship...But HEAD will.



16. If you think appearance doesn't matter, you're dead wrong! WE DON'T ONLY LIKE BIG TIT** AND PHAT A**! Don't get me wrong, it helps, but if you are looking like a bum...who is gonna go out theyre way to try and holla.

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Producers - Discussion / DJ Premier: Integrity and Consistency

« on: April 16, 2008, 07:43:48 AM »

Written by Sa'id   

It's 1:40 a.m. on a lazy Tuesday.  I'm parked in my whip, posted up outside Headqcourterz Studios, formerly known as D&D Studios, (on of the most famous Hip Hop-Rap music recording studios of all time).  I'm waiting for DJ Premier, and for the first time, it dawns on me: it's only fitting that Premier is the new owner of D&D.

Since 1990, the list of artists who came through to the house that Premier built reads like a who's who of critically acclaimed Hip Hop-Rap  M.C.s: Kool G. Rap, Nas, Jay Z, Biggie Smalls (The Notorious B.I.G.), O.C., AZ, and of course the mighty M.O.P.  At one time or another they all had to come through D&D.  So as I prepare for my interview with Premier, I'm reminded of how important this particular producer has been to the overall evolution of Hip Hop-Rap music.  Just as I’m flash backing to some of Gang Starr's best musical moments, Premier appears seemingly out of nowhere, right at the side of my window.  “Yo, Sa’id,”he says, “Come on up.”

This isn't the first time that Premier and I have met.  In fact, we share the same circle of close friends in East New York, Brooklyn.  So I have a pretty good idea of how everything is going to go.  Once upstairs, Premier shows off a wide variety of  new  CDs that he's literally just copped earlier that night.  "I’m always a consumer first.  Then I’m a DJ.  Then I’m a producer," says Premier, "you just saw what I bought.  (He literally pull’s each CD out of the bag) I just bought Ray Cash, I just bought the new Dogg Pound, I just bought Shawna; I bought Field Mob; and I bought Mr. Lif!  I knew about J Dilla, I know about Stones Throw; I know about the underground, and I still know all about the major people.  And that’s what keeps me fresher than most producers, because they don’t go outside a certain realm of their craft."  Premier’s consistent interest in maintaining his awareness of what’s going on in today’s music scene echoes a very important theme that reoccurs with this production icon.  He is astutely conscious of maintaining his musical integrity at all times.

In fact, throughout the balance of his professional career, he has steadfastly put the integrity of the music first; sometimes even to the marginal disappointment of some of his biggest fans and adversaries. When I ask Premier about the time it takes for him to make  a new joint, Premier gets really animated.  “The time part, shouldn’t even be a factor.  It’s about how does it feel when you listen to it!  Like, a lot of people get programmed by radio.  But if you’re a true head [Hip Hop head], you’re not going to accept what the radio plays, if it sounds like bullsh*t.”

What's really remarkable is the fact that  Premier has remained staunchly consistent in an era that has tipped the scales of absurdity.  While many well-known producers have stepped back from sampling, and creating music with feeling, opting instead for keyboard renditions that are designed more for increasing their publishing earnings than they are for delivering quality music, Premier has never strayed away from making his style of music. “I’m still doing the same thing I’ve been doing.  I’m just updating the formula.  That’s it.  I’m just updating the same formula.  So you do that gradually, you don’t do it in big steps.  If you do it in big steps…you don’t want to lose the people that already get you, the onesthat already understand you, you don’t never want to lose them!”  This kind of rare, but refreshing consistency, is also exhibited in the gear that Premier chooses to employ.  In response to my question as whether he uses software or not, Premier offers, “Nawgh, that’s just not my sh*t, my style.  (I use the Akai S950 and the Akai MPC 60 II), I love this
style.  And I’m into new sh*t.  Yeah, I got my li’l Oxygen [MIDI controller] right there.  Unh hmm, the Planet Phat.  Ba**…Yeah, I just switch it up and stuff.  And Pro Tools has things, too, like the Indigos and stuff, you know, where you can do ba**es and keys, separate guitars, and have all the different variations of all the different guitars and stuff.  Everything I do is experimentation, anyway.  It’s like being a scientist in the lab.  I experiment ‘til it sounds like it’s got my neck just poppin’. Once my neck pops, I’m rollin’ with it!”

With so many producers going for the presumable opportunities and financial windfalls that can accompany a style and/or sound change, one could not blame Premier if his collaboration with Christina Aguilera was flat, watered down, or generally contrived.  But the result was the opposite.  Premier’s work with the songstress is not only a testimonial of his production range, scope and prowess, but an example of how Hip Hop-Rap and Pop can combine, without a forfeiture of feeling, quality and craftsmanship.  “She reached out and said she wanted to work with us.  I’m not going to cross a certain line to ruin my reputation as DJ Premier.  We met in the middle, where my audience would be like, ‘Yo, that sh*t that you did with Christina is hot’.  And the people that f*ck with her are gonna go, ‘Yo, that record you did with Premier is hot’.  I didn’t soften up.  I didn’t water down what I do.  I kept it raw.  She hired me based on what she loves about me.  SoI had to figure out how to do what my fans know me for, while at the same time give her fans something that they would like…I did five tracks on her album.  She really went in and I appreciate her for giving me the opportunity to work with her and everything.”

The mechanics of production is a topic seldom ever adequately covered, but before our discussion ended, Premier honestly expanded upon how he came to understand the most fundamental concepts of production.  “With records like ‘Ex Girl To the Next Girl’; pretty much, filtering was a hot thing at that time.  Large Professor showed me how to filter… Pete Rock started to layer ‘em.  I didn’t understand how to layer ‘em.  He would have the filter and the sample going underneath each other, where he created his own ba** out of filtering the original sample.  Look at ‘Reminisce’ [Pete Rock and CL Smooth].  You hear the sax, then all of sudden you hear the boom, boom.  It’s the same exact sample but he f*ckin’ put it underneath.  That sh*t just happened to work.  He murdered that sh*t, man.”

A producer who learns from other producers and then acknowledges those producers, just another example of DJ Premier’s consistency and  integrity.

(off BeatTips)

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General Discussion / Janelle Monáe.

« on: April 13, 2008, 02:57:39 PM »

Diddy Says Finding Out-Of-This-World Singer Janelle Monae Was ‘A Gift’! anyone heard her tracks?



found this tbs performance, she sounds like one of them old school singers, brilliant!



 

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Hot Traxxx / Lupe Fiasco - Paris Tokyo

« on: April 13, 2008, 02:35:43 PM »

http://icedotcom.blogspot.com/2008/04/lupe-fiasco-paris-tokyo-video.html





Great Performances!

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Producers - Discussion / African Samples

« on: April 10, 2008, 01:38:50 PM »

Acoustic Music From Africa
http://LINK REMOVED/5dca0828

Music From Egypt

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African Kit
LINK REMOVED/download/hhs-african-kit-rar.html

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General Discussion / Nas and Wifey/Pap and Remi!

« on: April 07, 2008, 03:48:19 PM »

on the nig ish...



weddin bells!!lol

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Hot Traxxx / Trilla still No.1

« on: March 26, 2008, 04:26:02 PM »

Rick Ross still no.1 on the billboard 200 (1 week), wonder how long it will last? some Phat beats on there though!! Snoop Currently on the no.3 and Fat Joe on no.6...

Track list:
1. Speedin (feat. r. kelly)
2. Money power respect (freestyle)
3. Criminal mind (feat. akon)
4. Its me
5. Street money
6. Japanese denim (feat. mannie fresh) (snippet)
7. Im so hood
8. 100 million dollars (feat. birdman and lil wayne)
9. f*** the other side (freestyle)
10. Childrens story
11. Criminal opera (feat. freeway)
12. Flo-rida-gotta eat
13. Cry
14. Dat boy (feat. brisco and birdman)
15. Duffle bag boy (freestyle)

320Kbps VBR | 86 MB

LINK REMOVED/files/97923753/Rick_Ross-Trilla.rar

It sold 198000 copies in its first week

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General Discussion / Hip Hop Quotables.

« on: March 12, 2008, 01:03:38 PM »

Artist: Big Punisher
Album:  Capital Punishment
Song:   The Dream Shatterer

Ay-yo I shatter dreams like Jordan, a**ault and batter your team
Your squadron'll be barred from rap like Adam & Eve from the garden
I'm carvin' my initials on your forehead
So every night before bed you see the "BP" shine off the board head
Reverse that, I curse at the first wack nigga with the worst rap
Cuz he ain't worth jack
hit 'em with a thousand pounds of pressure per slap
Make his whole body jerk back, watch the earth crack
hand him his purse back
I'm the first Latin rapper to baffle your skull
Master the flow, niggaz be swearin' I'm blacker than coal
Like Nat King, I be rapping and tounge's packing
The ones, magnums, cannons and gatling guns
It's Big Pun!  The one and only son of Tony...Montana
You ain't promised manana in the rotten manzana
C'mon-pana we need more rhymers
feel the marijuana snake bite anaconda
A man of honour wouldn't wanna try to match my persona
Sometimes rhymin' I blow my own mind like Nirvana
Comma, and go the whole nine like Madonna
Go try to find another rhymer with my kinda gramma

anyone with fav verses/quotables.pls post!

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Hot Traxxx / Free Download: Haffa's 'Blow' Mixtape Mixed By Scram Jones

« on: March 10, 2008, 10:31:11 AM »

http://www.sendspace.com/file/cdrt12

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General Discussion / SIGNS THE WORLD IS COMING TO AND END (How True is This?)

« on: March 10, 2008, 10:20:50 AM »

http://allhiphop.com/stories/rumors/archive/2008/03/06/19409049.aspx

Watch out, ladies of Johannesburg, South Africa. I heard that a young woman was attacked for wearing a mini-skirt. Well somebody got turned on. Nwabisa Ngcukana says she was sexually a**aulted for wearing a mini skirt. According to reports, the people that saw the a**ault cheered, because they felt her leggy clothing was simply too revealing. Guess who a**aulted her? Some cab drivers! The cabs better be aware that BET is coming to South Africa and once they get onto all these booty videos, way more women are going to be dressed like that, I would a**ume. Anyway, the ladies weren’t having it. They came out in full force to protest the a**ault. And the women all work mini skirts and looked at the cabbies like, “What you want to do?” Police were on hand to make sure nothing happened. The ladies should have just taken all their clothes off to show them just who the boss is in Johannesburg aka Jo-Burg!

(off allhiphop.com)

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General Discussion / Fat Joe Vs Papoose.

« on: March 06, 2008, 05:11:13 PM »

Who has heard about this brewing beef between pap and joe, apparently they clashed in ca**idy's hotel room and have different stories.i.e pap says he put work into joe's chin, joe says he and his boys pounded pap and his crew even though they were equally numbered?
i hope it turns into a jay - nas thing, unlike a pac - big...