Wayback Wednesday: 2pac - Holla At Me

Fuck your mother.

Classic 2pac Interview

While we're on this biggie kick over the weekend ($21 million opening). Here's a classic 2pac interview that's floating around again now and not a lot of people have probably seen. Enjoy.

Rap Jewlery For Sale!

An auction house will be putting 70 pieces on the block in an effort to raise in $3 million. The event, dubbed “Hip Hop’s Crown Jewels” will benefit three non-profit organizations under Russell Simmons‘ charity Rush Community Affairs. It will be open to the public (you’ll need tickets) and everyone will get a chance to try the pieces on in person. The signature bling being auctioned off used to grace hip-hop icons like MC Lyte, Biz Markie, Slick Rick, and modern-day flossers like Pharrell, Diddy, and 50 Cent. See which pieces will be available at Complex.

Of course if you can't come up with the cash, you could always young berg his ass when you see him in the streets. Till then...


Kiss the RIIIIINNNNG MA FUCKAAAAS

Banana Creme Pie: The Love of a Butterfly

Yeahh......

Crooked I - Letter to Tupac

2dopeboyz put up this song from Crooked I. Crooked writes a song for him and talks about the state of the game today. It's not that great of a song, and just makes me want to listen to tupac instead of Crooked I. This may be the point of the song, but I'm not sure. Anyway, listen to it and lemme know what you think.

Download: Crooked I - Letter to Tupac


Happy Birthday Pac.

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Sample of the Day!

Writer: The Spinners - Saide


Writer #2: All in My Wildest Dreams - Joe Sample


Biter: 2pac - Dear Mama



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Sample Of The Day! Special Edition (Part 1 of 2)

Back with your sample of the day. This is also only part 1 of the SOTD. I left out one sample used in the game song on purpose. Part 2 will be continued tomorrow. Do you know what one I left out? Check back tomorrow in the new sample of the day post to find out. Until Then Enjoy:

Writer: I'd Find You Anywhere by Creative Source



Biter: Wouldn't Get Far by The Game


Biter #2: By Your Side - Jadakiss


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Let The Truth Be Told! 2pac Story Bogus.

"In relying on documents that I now believe were fake, I failed to do my job," Philips said in a statement Wednesday. "I'm sorry."

In his statement, Duvoisin added: "We should not have let ourselves be fooled. That we were is as much my fault as Chuck's. I deeply regret that we let our readers down."

Go to the LA TIMES for more info.

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Diddy Didn't

While we're on Diddy. It appears that the whole LA Times 2pac shooting story that connects Biggie and Puffy to the assualt on Pac, is bunk.

The Smoking Gun

Decided to do it's own investigation. Turns out (according to TSG) that half the FBI documents and eyewitness secret testimony was made up by some kid who needed attention.

Some parts I thought were interesting:

The con man, James Sabatino, 31, has long sought to insinuate himself, after the fact, in a series of important hip-hop events, from Shakur's shooting to the murder of The Notorious B.I.G.. In fact, however, Sabatino was little more than a rap devotee, a wildly impulsive, overweight white kid from Florida whose own father once described him in a letter to a federal judge as "a disturbed young man who needed attention like a drug." Sabatino is pictured in the above mug shot.

And then there's the small matter of Sabatino's whereabouts on March 9, 1997, when Wallace was gunned down while seated in a GMC Suburban outside the Peterson Automotive Museum in Los Angeles. While he enjoys repeating the "theory" that he mysteriously bailed on a planned meeting with the rapper that fateful night, Sabatino was actually 2400 miles away from the crime scene. He was imprisoned in Miami's Federal Detention Center, where he still had six months to serve on a two-year sentence for separate felony convictions.

Sabatino has frequently claimed to have managed a number of leading hip-hop acts, including Notorious B.I.G., Lords of the Underground, and Heavy D and the Boyz. Du Kelly, a member of Lords of the Underground, described Sabatino as a "scam artist" who briefly tried to befriend the group's manager. Kelly said that he recalled Sabatino as a "short, Caucasian, little chubby fat guy" whose "father was supposed to be Mafia or something." Sabatino was "just a con artist who tried to get close to artists, but he was a nobody," said Kelly. He added that Sabatino also tried to get near the Wu-Tang Clan, "but I heard they beat him up."

Enjoy

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P.S. While we're talking about dead rappers: Aspiring Rapper "Cavlar" got shot & killed at a fish store in Brooklyn. He was in Papoose's crew and had beef with Uncle Murda. This might turn into a big situation. Considering Uncle was just shot in the head something like 2-3 weeks ago. Retaliation? Read about it here.

More Biggie vs 2pac Details

HHDX does an interview with the writer in the story on 2pac's shooting and robbery.

DX: And um… [Laughs]. I’m just gonna put this question to you the way I got it written down. Mr. Philips, Jimmy Henchmen and P. Diddy issued statements today that basically said you’re full of shit [click here to read]. What is your response to their statements?
CP: Well, I’m not full of shit. And they had ample opportunity to discuss things in my story. Neither one of ‘em wanted to talk for the story. And what Puffy says… I don’t accuse Puffy of being involved [in the plot to assault Tupac], and he’s saying he’s not involved in any way. I never said he was involved, I said he was told about it. Other people are writing that he was involved. I didn’t even suggest it. And in terms of what Henchmen says, he says I’m full of shit with my Vegas story because Biggie had got in a car accident [and couldn’t have been in Vegas because he was home recuperating]. Biggie didn’t get in that accident until after Tupac [was murdered]. So that part of [his statement] is wrong. He’s basing his attack on me on [information] that’s false.

Link

LA Times Article on the Studio Shooting in NY

www.latimes.com/tupac

I'm not sure what to make of it, or who I believe anymore. However, Diddy and Henchmen have this to say:

Says Puff:

"This story is beyond ridiculous and is completely false.Neither Biggie nor I had any knowledge of any attack before, during, or after it happened. It is a complete lie to suggest that there was any involvement by Biggie or myself. I am shocked that the Los Angeles Times would be so irresponsible as to publish such a baseless and completely untrue story."

Says Henchmen:

“In the past 14 years, I have not even been questioned by law enforcement with regard to the assault of Tupac Shakur, let alone brought up on charges. Chuck Phillips, the writer who in the past has falsely claimed that the Notorious Biggie Smalls was in Las Vegas when Tupac was murdered and that Biggie supplied the gun that killed Tupac — only to be proven wrong as Biggie was in New Jersey recuperating from a car accident, has reached a new low by employing fourth-hand information from desperate jailhouse informants along with ancient FBI reports to create this fabrication. I simply ask for all Rap fans and fans of Tupac to analyze this fiction for what it is along with Phillips’ motives behind it. I am baffled as to why the LA Times would print this on its website when a simple and fair investigation would reveal that the allegations are false. I am currently consulting with my attorneys about my legal rights regarding this libelous piece of garbage.”

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Prodigy Would Like to Clear Things Up

I wasn't gonna fuck with this until I heard about P dissing my boys (Little Brother). *SMH* Prodigy of Mobb Deep (Sidebar: Why the fuck isn't he in jail yet? Got damn!) writes his little blog every day about nothing in particular, except that him and 50 got the rap game locked and everybody else should kiss the ring.

One of his recent blogs, he goes off on several people telling them they "suck at the maximum amount of sucking." That's ALMOST the amount of sucking P will be doing for 3 1/2 years if they ever put him away. Got damn. Including Jay-Z, Nas, Little Brother, Saigon, EMINEM, Lupe Fiasco, Jim Jones, Fat Joe, Joe Buddens, Talib Kweli, Red Cafe, *gasp* and there's more . Excerpts below:

WOULD SOMEBODY PLEASE HELP ME TELL THESE PEOPLE THAT ME AND 50 THE FIRST AND ONLY NIGGAS KILLING THIS INTERNET SHIT THE RIGHT WAY.

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I READ A BLOG A WHILE BACK BY ONE OF THE MEMBERS OF THIS CORNY ASS GROUP CALLED "little brother" AND IN THE BLOG HE WAS EXPRESSING HIS OPINION AND FEELINGS ABOUT MOBB DEEP AND MYSELF IN PARTICULAR (PRODIGY) HE WROTE ABOUT HOW WE FELL OFF AND HOW UPSET HE WAS ABOUT IT. WELL LOOK HERE MEMBER FROM little brother YOU AND YA little GROUP NEVER FELL ON so YA NEVER EVEN GONNA EXPERIENCE FALLING OFF,,,,,YOU WILL NEVER BE AS RELEVANT, SELL AS MANY UNITS, OR EVEN BE ON THE SAME LEVEL AS PRODIGY OR MOBB DEEP SO DONT WASTE ANY MORE OF THE PEOPLE's TIME WITH YA ASSHOLE OPINONS.

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EVERYBODY COPIES PRODIGY'S RAP,SLANG,DRESS CODE, TATTOOS, HAIRSTYLES,JEWELERY AND MORE. SAME FOR 50.

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WHO THE FUCK REALLY LIKES ANY OF THESE OTHER RAP MU'FUCKAS? YOU REALLY LISTEN TO FAT JOE? YOU REALLY LISTEN TO CASSIDY? SHEEK LOOCH? MAX-B? JIM JONES? CAM? BLACK EYED PEAS? LUPE FIASCO? TALIB KWALIB? RED CAFE? JOE BUDDENS? UNCLE MURDER? FROM THE EAST COAST TO THE WEST COAST AND ALL IN-BETWEEN, IT's TOO MUCH BULLSHIT TO NAME IT ALL, I MEAN THE LIST GOES ON AND ON AND LETS BE FOR REAL HERE, ALL THAT SHIT SUCK TO THE MAXIMUM POINT OF SUCKING. I FEEL BAD ABOUT PUTTIN CERTAIN NAMES OUT THERE CAUSE SOME OF THESE DUDES IS ACTUALLY COOL PEOPLE BUT WHO THE FUCK! TOLD THESE PEOPLE THEY WERE GOOD AT MAKING RAP MUSIC.

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JAY-Z AND NAS????? FIRST OFF NAS WAS ONE OF MY BIGGEST INSPIRATIONS. HE MADE ME BECOME A BETTER WRITER/SONG MAKER. AS FAR AS JAY-Z ,,,,HE GREW ON ME. BUT THE REALITY IS THAT THEY BOTH LET ME DOWN THE MINUTE THEY STARTED LYING AND TRYING TO FOOL THE PEOPLE INTO FOLLOWING THEM. THE REALITY IS THEY ARE BOTH MUSICAL PUNKS AND STREET PUNKS. I FEEL SORRY FOR THEIR FOLLOWERS

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WE RUN OLYMPIC CIRCLES AROUND ALL AND ANY OF THEM. THERE IS NO COMPITITION FOR US.

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WHO THE FUCK LISTENS TO SAIGON, TRU LIFE, KEITH MURRY OR ANY OF THIS HORRIBLE SORRY BULLSHIT

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YO SOULJA BOY IS ORIGINAL, INNOVATIVE AND UNIQUE

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WE LET EMINEM IN CAUSE HE GETS BUSY AND DRE CO-SINGED HIM BUT EVER SINCE EM IT SEEMS THAT WHITE PEOPLE/BLACK OREOS FEEL THEY CAN DICTATE WHERE THIS THING IS GOING. NA, YOU CANT.

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Anyway, He Also put out a list of MC's he DOES fuck with. I won't go nearly in depth but here's a taste:

KANYE - but only Sort of.
Snoop
Outkast
G UNIT
Nas - Didn't he just diss him?
Shawty Lo
Jadakiss
MAZARATI FOX - Who?
Swizz Beats -
2pac
Big Pun
Juelz Santana

and More

Would you like to read? Of course not. But here you go anyway: LINK

RElated: Here's a link to Phonte's blog about Mobb.

Sample of the Day

I wanted to come through and actually drop some bombs today for the SOTD. Most people might have heard the last two, so I thought I'd go more obscure. I admit willingly when it comes to the Jay-Z vs Nas debate I easily favor Jay. However, Nas created one of my favorite songs ever in "I Can." When you can make a song for top 40 and parents ALSO love it? Success. McClarron. Haha!

Biter: Nas - "I Can"


Writer: "Impeach The President" - The Honeydrippers


Also sampled was Beethoven's Für Elise


Top Billin Sample of the Day:

Biter: 2pac - Only God Can Judge Me


Writer: Audio Two - Top Billin


Until next time...

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