I heard they pushed back Rakim's album for some newcomer out of Brooklyn. Dre's got his priorities backwards.
Is The Ownerz still set for June 24?
I heard they pushed back Rakim's album for some newcomer out of Brooklyn. Dre's got his priorities backwards.
Is The Ownerz still set for June 24?
Ownerz is still set for June 24th they dropped Right Where U Stand as the new single with Kiss.
There is no point in anticipating Rakims new album, its never coming out.
This Joe Budden album is mad nice, hes got some garbage on it, but nucca is actually talking about something, while other rappers just talk the same shit, hes saying stuff, that 10 min track is straight fire.
Ownerz is my next purchase, and hopefully Urban Legend will drop soon.
BAH to you. Because the threads look identical.
This thread shouldnt exist.
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WHY THE FUCK DID U REVIEW CRAPTALICA IN A HIP HOP DISCUSSION?
True I made that mistake many a time.Originally posted by Aussie_Outlaw
BAH to you. Because the threads look identical.
Now your just being a dickhead.This thread shouldnt exist.
Metalica Rules
I meant post. But hey we all make mistakes.
I bought Illogic's "Unforseen Shadows" and "Got Lyrics" albums today from sandboxautomatic. I first heard him on the Aesop Rock "One Brick" song and decided I had to hear more.
Going down the alphabetical list there, I saw a title that intrigued me in Insight's "Updated Software V. 2.5" double disc. I remembered he did the production on Mr. Lif's great "I Phantom" album and that was enough for me. Well, not quite enough. I did go to Amazon and listened to the 5 samples they had there. It all sounded great and he sounded like he has a very dope flow.
So, for $46 I have 3 hopefully very good albums coming to me next week. Happy happy.
Oh...and after this stuff arrives, I am going to order the Gang Starr album from them. With it you get the official Gang Starr t-shirt plus a poster for only 22 bucks. Very hyped for that album.
Later you all. Peace and Love.
Obie Trice's album will suck a massive nut.
and it'll probably still go gold because it will feature and Eminem appearance or twoOriginally posted by HB2K3
Obie Trice's album will suck a massive nut.
When's Gangstarr's album coming out?
In the U.S it comes out June 24th.
It's supposed to be out june 24th but i heard that it might be delayed.. but then again that can be bs...
I heard someone already leaked it, but again, could be total BS
I got SKIIIIILZZZZZZ!@!@!
Ok, the new Canibus single is straight fire!!!
NOBODY can make fun of this beat. Stoupe has done it again. Bis is back!!!
Hit me up with a PM and I'll give you a link to it.
"Spartibus" lyrics...credit to PrOx1mo at Canibus-Central. Not everything is quite accurate I don't think but here is the gyst of it. This song is waaay too ill to get mainstream play...
Stoupe uses a very nice sample from Rakim for the chorus!!!
yo, you wanna spar wit bus? then lets get started cuz
atomic thrust turn you into cosmic dust
bomb your borders wit japenese *Spigot Mortars*
recompose ya composition to *saw dust *
time is breath, breath is life, life is light
light is no less then the capitol C on the mic
beneath the mirage of night i'll attack you twice
prepare to river sacrifice for my ritual right
reinforce my habitual likes and dislikes
then diss you on the mic cuz i'm sick of the hype
no one's ever written what i write compare the calligraphy type
tell me yo how can i not be nice?
the royal semen of ceaser frozen in a cryo-freezer
on sale for seven figures per millileter
legeally illegal i speak to the people
in the form of an eagle on top of the *Thebes cathedral *
with boundless knowledge...like hairless dalia lamas
wit linen garments neatly wrapped around armpits
with monestaries in the mountains..trumpets are already sounded
you can't denounce my crown you Bitch!
Verse 2:
the game is chinese chess...countless issues need to be addressed
before the east nukes the west..totalitarianistic cause and effect
run the words through a decompressor recompress the depth
canibus is the most explosive next to meth
the inconsistency of the text makes me complex
pay attention to bis my attention is this
leave u spacially adrift suspended in the abyss
*but im a white plant owner smell my aroma*
contract *scirrhus sarcoma (or scirrhous carcinoma)* and Retinoblastoma
confederate federal general the electric general
fcc multi directional omni present antenna poles
IFF identification friend or foe
this areas they restrict don't let em through
he'll mock your style ...rock you to the ground
with the bite force of a *sicacidus* crocidile
travel a fiber optic mile before you can smile
so dont ask me why...and dont ask how
Verse 3:
till i'm impressed with the print i can hear a pin drop like sprint
once it blends i can stop right then
quantam coupled mechanizms and techinical shit
confuses you but i dont think you're any less of a dick
just define what is poetry and what is rap
i demonstrate how to effectively bridge the gap
the answer is simple in fact
if the protons don't attack the retina all we'd ever see is black
no ability no extra-occular motility silly emcees
can't see me lyrically or visually they'll never be better than me
i'll triple team 'em with a trinity 7 to 3 and then i'll give em 9 enemies
climb back to periscope depth in 2 hours
surrender and throw in the towel
the amalgam of the ultimate album
this is spartibus power
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Oh my Christ when will you learn that no one cares about Canibus?
Originally Posted by HB2K3
I'll do as I damn well please. Thank you much.
Last edited by QuietStorm; June 18th, 2003 at 10:57 PM.
Haha, he's got a point though mate.
Any KRS-1 recommendations? "Step Into A World" is raw quality.
Bis is wack, he needs to retire or start a peace mission in Isareal, and never come back. His talents are needed in middle east not in rap music.
/me shakes head
And your username is 50 cent? Both have thier own niche ordiance to fit. While 50 appeals to kids, Cannibus appeals to people who look for something different in hip hop.
Both sides of this arguement should leave it. 50 and Cannibus are both easy to diss... leave it.
QuietStorm, why'd Can-I-Bus get slated for "bad production"?
I've listened to it a fair bit and I don't see any outstandingly bad tunes or whatever, it's not as good as 2000BC and it's quite a bit worse than MicClub, but it's still a good album.
Bis dissed Clef on 2000BC because of the production, I don't get it. It's really not that bad
Certian cats in Jersery city aint grateful
I read on another site possibly the best line in the whole world ever the other day:
This person is my hero.Well you can listen to Dilated Peoples and Cormega all you want, but us street cats will stick to 50 Cent.
Cormega owns the streets.
Edit: Well, the east at least.
Daz and D.P.G got the west under control.
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The reviewer for Blaze magazine said that the beats on Can-I-Bus were bad so stupid little Wyclef walks up in there and pulls a gun out on him. Then everyone else started to follow suit like the little leeches that they are. Canibus has had to live with the reputation of having bad beats ever since. The production on Can-I-Bus wasn't the strongest ever but it was still quite underrated. I remember the second time I heard Buckingham Palace (the first time I was saying "holy shit" about the lyrics) I was saying "holy shit" about the beat. Still is my favorite Canibus solo song ever.QuietStorm, why'd Can-I-Bus get slated for "bad production"?
I've listened to it a fair bit and I don't see any outstandingly bad tunes or whatever, it's not as good as 2000BC and it's quite a bit worse than MicClub, but it's still a good album.
Bis dissed Clef on 2000BC because of the production, I don't get it. It's really not that bad
When Canibus says "motherfucking Wyclef spoiled it" on 2000 B.C, I think he was referring more to the gun incident and not necessarily to the beats. I don't think Bis has never really cared a whole hell of a lot about the beats anyways. Like he said, "I frog leap over awful beats". But Stoupe looks to be changing all of that.
As for Spartibus, after listening to it many times over now, I am somewhat disappointed. Don't get me wrong, I still think it is very hot. But for a single? The first verse is all 2000 B.C but then after that he goes into MiClub mode and gets all scientific on us. Regular fans don't really want to hear that stuff on the radio. In fact, I don't think I have ever heard a song like that on the radio. It won't get any airplay. Badass song though. It'll be in my car until July 22nd.
I might peep the new Bis album If stope is producing it, he's a sick sick producer, on some RZA type shit.
Oh and I also just purchased Joe Buddens album.
Heres a quick first listen review.
ILLNESS!!!
For all the haters out there who be trying to pigeon hole Budden this album will shut up the cunts. It has a very nice balance of commercial/club joints, which are fucking hot joints mind, and then theres the other tracks, tracks like Pusha Man, Walk With Me, 10 Minutes and what not that will seriously make some of the nay sayers fuck up, because they're on some deep lyrical illness, tip, this is the best album Ive heard all the way through for a minute now. SICK!
I am not a big Buddens fan but Walk With Me and 10 Minutes are 2 very good songs I must say.
If anyone wants a good summer album to ride to this summer most definitely get Young Roscoe's album "Philaphornia". It is bumping like whoa.
Tracks like 10 Minutes, Walk With Me, Calm Down remind me of Pac, no nigga has ever gotten deep as Pac ever, but fuck Budden is damn close. The album is hot like I said def a 4 mic album. Hes got some wack club shit on there, but the album is great, he actually talks about something instead of the bling bling shit.
Cormega is one of the best rappers right now, def most conisistent right now.
Nas
Mega
Face
3 of the most consistent rappers right now.
The album might grow on me. That white boy producer can make some good beats tho. Pusha man and Focus are both fucking TUNES!
Is anybody a bone thugs fan?
"A coward dies a thousand deaths, a soilder dies but once".
Sorta...as in, I am a huge Bizzy Bone fan but now that he is officially kicked out I don't have much reason to listen to them. Eternal was a classic album though.
Hey SAT, Premo samples Canibus on the title track for the album. "One two, one two...shot of vodka and gin". Very nice. The album is pure Gang Starr. Just about exactly what I was expecting. Premo proves he is arguably the best producer on the east coast.
I bought Budden's album today - just finished listening to it.
Best overall album I've heard in a while, not one song I don't like. Pump it up, Pusha Man, Focus and 10 Mins in particular rule.
I like the Just Blaze style production in Pusha Man.
yeah QS, I heard about the sample. I'm getting this album for sure (Militia part 3!!)
What do you guys think of INS's new one?
I didnt really like the way Just Blaze flipped that beat, my main reason being because he didnt you fruit!
W.B produced it, and its hella nice, much like the majority of his cuts on the album.
BLAP!
I said just blaze style you fucking moron. Otherise i would have said I LIKED THE JUST BLAZE BEAT.
I do read the booklets you know.
How is it 'just blaze style you fucking moron', It dosnt sound nothing like a just blaze beat, Focus sounds like a just blaze beat and so does Gansta Lean but Pusha Man dont.
It does. the little chant and the drums. infact the whole song does. I just can't see it any other way.
Just Blaze never used to do all this poppy shit he's doing now. Like 2000/2001 he was the best producer out there.
The Get By remix is hot. Talib Kweli is wicked, even Jesus was stoned before he was throned nigga.
Gangstarr Tuesday cant fucking wait, hopefully it comes out in Canada on time.
Joe Budden's worth checking out then?
Any people from UK know a release date for Gangstarr?
I got the new Gangstarr. This is definitely album of the year. Is Inspectah Deck's album good? I want to get that one too.
I also heard Spartibus today. That track is sick!
skip the deck album, its not that good, pretty corny if you ask me. but i'm an ol' wu fan, i don't like any of the new stuff they've put out the last few years...and i don't think there is any rza production on it.
sin six
sin six: bomb atomicly, socrates philosophies
I wonder if heaven got a ghetto
Yeah, I agree that Gang Starr dropped a hell of an album. But they didn't even have the best album released on June 24th. There is a better one out there. Figure that one out for yourself.
Who the hell is Boy Big? I hope Big Boi slaps him up for being a name thief and then suffocates him with his wig. Boy Big my hairy arse.
That is the dodgiest sounding sentence for some reason. Maybe because if you rearrange it, it could say 'My hairy arse, big boy'...
HB2K3. I thought that was a typo.
*sings along* "1,2..1,2...shot to the chin...knock you out...devastating"
I was kind of pissed off that "The Natural" wasn't on this album. I heard that about a year and a half ago and that's what sparked interest in this album for me
And now welcoming our special support acts! Dre the Doctor! Snoop the dog! The Exhibit! Half a dollar!
Christ sake.
Canabitch looks a bit like Heath Ledger. But black.
I'm feelin' that Si!
Yeah, I can really see it.
Oh, I'd Boy Big you're hairy arse too...
He looks like he is ready to rip out your spleen.
Caaaaaaanabitch.
Canadabitch.
While Eminem fronts as a soldier, who is really doing time in the army? Hmmm.
Couldn't give two shits about the army. Eminem can rap. Canabis can recite from his Biology book. Whoop-de-doo, if I had a solar-powered voicebox like he seems to have, I could do what he does.
How many MC's must get dissed before somebody says don't fuck with Bis?
The man is the complete package. And if you think otherwise then you obviously have not heard enough of his material.
Oh and for anyone curious...
Knowledge Reigns Supreme Over Nearly Everyone
I've heard enough...maybe 50 songs stored on my computer. I'd say if he needs more than that to prove that he's a good rapper, he can't be a good rapper.
And KRS has sucked for years. The man got bitched out by Nelly for Christ's sake.
How did he get bitched out by Nelly? He destroyed him in the song he made. Nelly never responded.
KRS-One never fell off.
Nelly took him in that feud, no doubt. People don't want to hear it, because A) It's Nelly and B) It's KRS-One, but Nelly took him, clean and simple. KRS is growing old disgracefully, and couldn't even manage the tiny bit of credit he might have captured from taking Nelly.
Good night Nelly.
* [CHORUS]
My rhymes still be ill
You don't really want it
I suggest you chill
You don't really want it
#1 I'm still
You don't really want it
The prophecy is fulfilled
You don't really want it
KRS in the streets
You don't really want it
I drop the rawest beats
You don't really want it
No ice just heat
You don't really want it
Playa face defeat
That was a nice try Nelly
I don't mean to be bold, but put that "Hot in herre" bullshit on hold
And let's get down to the facts of the matter
In the dictionary under wack rap, you the rapper
It's simply cuz you're lacking the spectacular vernacular
And hip hop's character seems to be in back of ya
Either that or you're truly amateur
I'm askin ya, how does it feel to have the whole world laughin at ya?
You just too stupid to see
I was made on the streets, you was made on MTV
How you gonna talk about my nose to attack me?
When you steady guzzlin them pills for your acne?
My nose comes from a line of kings
Your acne comes from you eatin the wrong things
Your words don't make me hurt, they make you work
You'll hurt when you find it's you gettin jerked
I tell ya, it don't take me to say
Don't buy your album, street cats ain't buyin it anyway
You tellin me make up my mind
Yet on your album, you don't know if you wanna sing, or rhyme
[CHORUS]
You tryin to diss me? How?
If it wasn't for the true-school your bitch-ass wouldn't be here now
Blau blau, show me respect from the gate
Or I'ma have to drown you kids like Andrea Yates
You can't handle the break, I'm a flamethrowa, you a bic lighta
You think I'm cocky cuz you a dickrida
I spit tighter
I'm not like all the rest I'm not a playa but I did stay at a Holiday Inn Express
So nevertheless I'ma teach ya, teach ya
But when them slugs hit you, you'll be screamin, "Momma, EI! EI!"
You never seen me sing? You don't know what I bring?
You'll be singing the blues like BB King
I'm all about the unity of Miss and Mistas
You all about grabbin money and dissin our sistas
Take your ass back to TV land
And let this be a lesson, you can't see me man!
[CHORUS]
Just when I thought I could do my gospel
And become an apostle I got a whole to get hostile
I don't mean to knock ya Nelly
But ain't you that MTV house nigga with a spine like jelly?
I'ma do this by the book, for the art
I heard what you said on BET's 106 and Park
But what you don't know, is right around the corner on 3rd
I hold a Desert Eagle, and no, it's not a bird
You sound absurd, you're gonna bring ME back?
I taught all year round the spot ??? had
Copycat, with sloppy raps, you chill with N'Sync, I chill where hip hop be at
[CHORUS]
-Nelly releases a song called #1 which contains nothing against KRS whatsoever
-KRS, realising he is essentially a nobody nowadays, ignored by all except the old school who remember how he used to be before he went on some preaching shit, decides to take this is a diss and reclaim some fame off Nelly's name. That bit was rhymalicious, I could be a rapper.
-So anyway, Nelly rips KRS on Rock Da Mic, showing him up for the tired old rapper who can't accept his time is over.
-KRS, rather than come back with any really hard diss, starts whining about how people shouldn't buy Nelly's record. In an era where record sales are at an all-time low, this guy shows enough disrespect for hip-hop (and whether you like Nelly or not, he is still a representative of hip-hop) that he wants people not to buy his records, makes him a dick.
-KRS backs down and says him and Nelly are friends really.
Nelly killed him.
You say all this yet you don't even mention either of the two hard diss songs that KRS-One made. Way to make it sound as if Nelly did win.
Actually, it was a win in itself for Nelly. He realized he can't battle with the big boys. He can go on doing what he is good at now.
Honestly, how do you feel Nelly won?
* [Intro]
The real hip hop is ova (Here!!!!)
The real hip hop is ova (Here!!!!)
The real hip hop is ova (Here!!!!)
The real hip hop is ova (Here!!!!)
[Interlude]
Blaow Blaow!!! Blaow Blaow!!! Clear em out clear 'em out!!! Word!
[Verse 1]
Yo Nelly! You ain't Fo'Reel and you ain't Universal
Your whole style sounds like a N'Sync commercial
Ignoramus, I'm the baddest with the mic apparatus
Challengin the God of rap is madness, I'll snatch your status
With this ugly lookin billboard you could stop them
But I got enough albums to make my own top ten
You limited, like the spread of traffic
You bite my style off the radio so when you speak you bet I hear the static
You better Chillout like Chuck, I kick like three Norrises
One of my sixteen bar rhymes is eight of your choruses
Of course it is ridiculous
Watch out, I begin to curve indispicuous
Gotcha! On your, hands and knees
Ain't it about time for some real emcees?
[Chorus]
The real hip hop is ova (Here!!!!)
The real hip hop is ova (Here!!!!)
The real hip hop is ova (Here!!!!)
The real hip hop is ova (Here!!!!)
[Verse 2]
(Uh!) Uh! We on the hunt tonight
When you see me comin, I don't front I fight
People say I'm contradictin, cause I'm all about peace
To say the least with a violent history
It ain't no mystery these rappers wanna get with me
My people don't see that all they hear is stop hittin me, huh
Stop beatin me Chris, you want to help my career Nelly?
Well you can help if you don't exist, huh
I think it's 'bout time we stop these pop rappers
Fuck these pop rappers, hip hop does matter to me
Does it matter to you? My crew
If it does, you know what the hell to do
Throw your guns in the air, pump it like yeah
Let these bitch ass rappers know we in here
Go to the shows huh, boo 'em off stage
Tell 'em KRS told you they at the end of they days
Let me tell you let's give hip hop a lift
And don't buy Nelly's album on June twenty fifth
That'll send a message to all them sellouts
House nigga rapper, your bottom done fell out
You don't even know how
I told you I wasn't talkin about you then, but I'm talkin about you now!
Blaow! one to the kness, blaow one goes right through
Even St. Louis don't like you!!!!
Don't underrate the underdog - Ja beat 50 and it sounds like Nelly may not have beaten KRS, but he certainly showed he isn't a pushover. I don't rate Nelly at all, but I've never been a fan of KRS - I do think that it's ridiculous to get all pissed off because the guy made a song called number 1. Did he get pissed off when Jay made "The Blueprint"[ and he'd already done that?
On the issue of Canibus: I'm feeling him more than I am Eminem, way more. Em has made one album that I really liked - the others are ok, but not at all as good as the Slim Shady LP.
Canibus hasn't made an album I didn't like, apart from True Hollywood stories which I haven't heard yet.
He's hungry to be the best, Eminem lost that a while ago when people started claiming he was the great white hope that conquered the black industry. Bis is better, Eminem is bitter.
I wouldn't recommend getting CTHS. He has a few stellar tracks on there like The Rip Off, Box Cutter Blade Runner, R U Lyrically Fit, and A Different Vibe In LA but it is evident his intent with the album is to mock everything out there and listening to it seems to change peoples opinion of Canibus as a whole. I think he made it to get his name out there since negative criticism is better than nothing at all but it kind of backfired. Oh well. Have you heard his "How Many MC's" track off of The Brainstream yet? Laid back sickness. One of my favorite songs by him ever.
And I agree, the Slim Shady LP is the only album where Eminem was his true self and showed off the extent of his skills. Everything since then has just been meh.
As for Nelly and KRS-One, KRS did blitz him and Nelly did drop Kris' name in Number 1 which is why KRS got peeved but I guess it is over now. They both took their shots, KRS' being greater in my opinion and now it is in the past. Wasn't even really a battle as no one takes Nelly seriously as a battle rapper but at least it gave KRS something to do.
And his new album "Kristyles" is really good so everyone should take notice. Especially the track Underground. I have that on constant rotation right now. Peace all.
Edit: And Ja didn't just beat 50. He beat that whole squad including Feminem
I got back from Anger Management this morning, show was off the meat rack!!!!
I was quite near the front too so that was nice.
Doors opened at 2 but first act wasn't until like 6.15 so we had to put with faggot ass Tim Westwood for a good minute, but then Xzibit hit the fucking stage.
Now I am quite a big Xzibit fan, and after seeing the dude rip it up live, I am now a much bigger fan. Set highlights were 'Bitch Pleae', 'What U See Is What U Get', 'Paparazzi', 'Drugs N Alcohol', 'Alcoholic', 'Get Your Walk On', 'Sympthony in X Major' and 'X', by far my favourite act of the night, Xzibit kept the crowd live and hyped em up all through his set, and his voice is soooo fucking dope live, it resounds over the beat which was at some fucking volume too, and he had one dude supporting him, and really he didnt need it, the man has impecible breath control, the whole place was live for X to tha Z!.
The it was Cypress Hill, and I was more than Happy they chose to perform all their old shit, Hits From the Bong, How could I Just Kill Man, Insane in the brain, Pigs, I wanna Get High, I aint Goin Out Like That, When The Shit Goes Down, Cock The Hammer, Hand on the Glock and some others i can't remember off the top, but they were very sick live.
Then it was time for Eminem, he took fucking ages to come out, I guess it has somethin to do with preparing his props and stage set and Pyro, shit started getting mad in the crowd, a 50'000 strong bottle throwing ruck, people were getting busted open and smacked in the face by litre bottles of water and shit, and it was hella funny, quite a site.
The rawkus only got louder when Eminem hit the stage, where he performed Square Dance to open, the audience was clearly going fucking nuts, it was clear that most Eminem fans here wernt hip-hop heads, but it was all good, I was only really getting into his set with some of the songs I knew, like Kill You, Im Back, Stan, The Way I Am, most of it was 8 Mile and TES show shit, although he did perform his verse from Forgot About Dre and the highlight of the set where he brought out Xzibit for Whats The Difference, X fucking ripped it, where as Eminem was relying on the crowd and Xzibit and Proof to support him, X is the fucking man. It was a good show that he put on, lots of Pyro and a nice set with all these video montages, his performance was alright, was a bit fucked up that he didnt spit his own shit him self and had all the members of D12 and Trice spitting half of his verses for him, but still I kinda expected it.
50 Cent wasn't there, was a shame, but I wasn't that bothered, I had an immense time, Milton Keynes Bowl is a sick place to hold a concert, 65'000 strong, and if anything the experience showed me that Xzibit is the fucking don.
Gotta respect Kris for this...
From MTV:
NEW YORK — Even though it's due in stores today, KRS-One has done everything he can to make sure nobody buys his latest album — at least not yet.
"This is insane, this is insane, this is so egregious, this is so devious," KRS-One fumed on Monday, angry at Koch Records' plan to release an album by him called Kristyles. The Bronx battle king, alleging that the record Koch was putting out not only did a disservice to him as an artist and a businessman, but that it was an affront to hip-hop culture as a whole, won a court injunction on Monday to stop its release.
"They don't have the full album," KRS explained. "They have stuff that I wasn't even putting on the album. I have no idea what's on the album [Koch put together]. I don't know what the artwork looks like, I don't know what the album credits look like, I don't know nothing. What they did was go behind my back and release the album. I got word just in the nick of time last week. I got my legal team together and we slapped them with a court order to cease the distribution and the pressing and manufacturing of this album."
Despite KRS' efforts, Kristyles had already been shipped out and was being sold by some stores on Tuesday.
KRS-One said he's still working on his album, which he plans on calling The Kristyle, and trying to secure appearances from Dirt McGirt and Wesley Snipes. But ODB and Snipes aren't the only things missing from the version Koch has assembled; the disc also lacks KRS' tribute to Jam Master Jay.
"Do they care about the death of Jam Master Jay?" he continued. "Oh, you mean to tell me that the fake album you're putting out right now, you omitted KRS-One's tribute to Jam Master Jay? Oh no, no, no. That's ridiculous. That's wack. This is a problem. This ain't about no money, this ain't about me not selling a record, this is about principle. We cannot allow these record companies to dictate to us how we are going to present hip-hop to the world."
KRS-One also said he's upset about Koch's naming the disc Kristyles rather than The Kristyle, which he explained is an acronym for "To have everything, keep radiating in sprit through your love everyday."
He said the last conversation he had with Koch was sometime in early May, when he and the label discussed pushing the album back from its June 24 release date because issues had to be resolved concerning the LP's press campaign, the video shoot for a first single and a photo shoot for the album's packaging.
The legendary MC, who said The Kristyle was supposed to spell the end of his contractual obligations to Koch, also divulged that his talks with the label ceased after the company's execs insisted on communicating only through both parties' lawyers.
On Tuesday Koch released a statement about the injunction reading: "Koch and [its hip-hop/R&B imprint] In the Paint Records do not comment on the specifics of pending litigations. They believe that they have acted appropriately and expect to be vindicated in court."
KRS-One said the album he's still working on could be released as soon as the next few weeks. He plans to sell it for $10 through the phone number (866) HIP-HOP-9 and on his summer tour of the West Coast and Midwest. He also plans to make the LP available for download on KaZaA.
"I don't need my fans to buy my music," he explained. "My music is free, basically. I appreciate when people buy my music, but I'm not going to sit here while some company rips my fans off."
KRS-One and Koch are due back in court on Friday for a hearing to determine whether the injunction will be upheld.
—Shaheem Reid
Last edited by QuietStorm; June 25th, 2003 at 7:24 AM.
WOWIZZLE This fucking Gangstarr album is awesome, fucking real hip hop, ur girl want me because I do it better then u the whole world want me nucca im a legend 2 u.
Right where u stand is my shit, Jadamuwah ripped that shit.
Album of the year so far.
I don't give a fuck
Agree with all of that. Quality, quality, quality. Fuck reviews.
Especially agree with:
It had such a festival atmosphere and it's so well made, apparently you have a perfect view even from right at the back...luckily I was down near the front where you would have been.Milton Keynes Bowl is a sick place to hold a concert
Wish I'd seen more of Xzibit though, all I saw was Bitch Please during Em's set.
What day did you go?
Oh also, having gone out to to buy the Gangstarr album, I ended up coming back with...
Cypress Hill - Cypress Hill
Cypress Hill - Black Sunday
Cypress Hill - Temple Of Boom
(I'm on their dicks so much since seeing them it isn't even funny. WHEN THE SHIT GOES DOOOOOOOOOOWN.)
Also,
Redman - Whut? Thee Album
Nas - Illmatic
Cypress Hill rule all.
Oh by the way, that whole lot cost me £20. For 5 quality CDs. Virgin is the bestest.
I went on monday, I cued for fucking years, me and my mates all got split up, me and my mate got through first and pegged it down to the front, but instead of going through the gate that would've sat us right on top of the fucking stage, like the best view in the house we went throught the wrong gate and was in the front of the second section and the cunt stewards wouldnt let us out, still though sweet view, and we was all amongst the rukus and shit so I was lovin that! Some dude got smake like three times in a row with a bottle write in front of me, hilarious!
BLAP!
It sounds a lot more vicious on your night, it was all jokes and laughter when people were throwing bottles on Sunday. I couldn't stop laughing when I saw a shoe being thrown around...some poor bastard...
Kristyles isn't even a real release? That's just greedy on Koch's behalf because they know it will move units
Funny thing is I got this off of mIRC a few days ago and it is a very good album. I had planned on buying it until I saw all this. "Underground" is the best hip hop song I have heard so far this year. Hopefully he puts it on the real version of his album.
20 quid for that lot?!
Not bad at all!
DMX Grand Champ September 9th Nucca's get ready, the dog is back to bring the game back to the gutter and bring brack the grime.
If it aint rought it aint me if aint rough it aint D M to the X most yall niggas is straight sex *gun shots* NEXT!
Niggas don't want shit with the dog, hes coming back.
PRIMO and JIGGA reunite for two tracks for the Black Album, the retirment niggas are bringing straight heat this fall.
DMX's new album's gonna be called 'Grand Champ'? ... nice name...
I'll be looking to get the new Jigga, DMX and KRS-One albums when they come out.
Anyone wanna like list all the albums due out this year?
Pretty please?
Sales are sick!
Company Flow - Funcrusher Plus
Ghostface Killah - Ironman
Cypress Hill - Cypress Hill
The Roots - Things Fall Apart
Warren G - Regulate...G Funk Era
At a total of 27 quid!
Question about Redman's "Dead People" song: is it on an upcoming album, or is it just making mix tape rounds?
Dunno SAT, but I cant find that shit on Kazaa, pisses me off, hella dope track mind, and its a rare nice Eminem beat too, I mean shiat!
what is that a link to? it just showed a blank screen for me
It is the intro to the Canibus page that Babygrande is going to put up. Works for me.
That beat is sick. Hope it is on RTJ.
Owernz and Budden arrived this morning...
FUCKING YES!
Got Nas - I am... too today
Fucking bang on though, all of em, knew I could count on your opinions!
Still waiting on talib kweli's quality and mobb deep's the infamous though...
Let me know what Quality is like, I was gonna buy that the other day but got Big L instead.
I will do, when it fucking arrives.
I've got Nas - I am, It Was Written, Gang Starr - Ownerz, Joe Budden and LL Cool J - All World after ordering it.
Review for.. Ludacris - Word of Mouf coming.
Rakim album coming this summer. Woooooot!
Details? I'd like to hear him on some up-to-date beats.
Ja Rule - Venni Vetti Vecci
This is back when Ja was an excellent MC. When I bought the album I didn't know what to expect, I liked his single, Holla, but that was all I had heard. He had a good voice and nice flow, so I decided to try my luck with the cd. I fell in love with it after listening to it a few times. Good combination of topics, nice production, you could feel the passion coming from him. This Ja could have been a real force in hip hop, too bad he turned into such a terrible rapper down the line, maybe his next album, Black Dove or whatever will see the return of the Ja Rule from his debut album.
8.5/10 - Good production, diverse lyrics, feeling in his music
Not a real review, but numbers for his other albums
Rule 3:36 - 6/10 Few good songs, lot of filler crap too
Whatever his other albums were after his sophomore - 2/10 each, heard one or two decent songs off of them and the rest crap
A blind man feels the wickedest taste is exquisite
He can hear me loud and clear and smell fear in the air
Without sight he gains insight and lets me see his true self
Not what he wants me to perceive him to be
Perception is deception
Without the facts you keep guessin
That's the image in the mirror so we Eternal Reflection
Talib Kweli - Let Me See
I didn't even bother minidiscing the best couple of songs, cos his flow is fucking awful. Stay well away. I can just imagine the CD going "NOOoooooooo" in an annoying joe budden/dr evil esque voice as its crushed in the rubbish dump.
Last edited by jesus sucks; July 6th, 2003 at 5:59 AM.
You must have bought a dodgy copy or something then... because the Budden album's FAR better than most new albums out there...
I didn't even bother minidiscing the best couple of songs, cos his flow is fucking awful. Stay well away. I can just imagine the CD going "NOOoooooooo" in an annoying joe budden/dr evil esque voice as its crushed in the rubbish dump.
Shows what you know then.
No, it shows what you know Jesus Sucks.
The Budden album is class.
Growing on me by the day.
Coming from you that's funny.... you're the one who makes threads about what CD to buy.
Budden is a pile of shit. Get some people to reccomend you some good stuff.
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