March 9th R.i.P B.i.G!!!

Everyone tip your hat, moment of silence for one of the greatest to ever do it.  Now pick a Biggie song for you Mp3 player...

Hollywood Divorce: Obsession

I've been meaning to post these but I've been running around for the past couple days and forgot about it. I saw the next few trailers you'll see when I saw Notorious (which was okay - Gravy shoulda practiced rapping a little lot more) Anyway. This movie "Obsessed" has Beyonce and that chick from Heroes. It looks pretty dope. and if not, at least we got some eye candy! lol.

Sample of the Week - NOTORIOUS

In mental preparation for the NOTORIOUS movie 'COMING OUT' today. Here's a sample for you from Biggie. I'll go see the movie tomorrow likely. With very modest expectations.

Writer: Diana Ross - I'm Coming Out


Biter: Notorious BIG - Mo Money Mo Problems


Also found another cool sample site. http://www.whosampled.com/. I'll probably start contributing there when I'm bored because they ain' got sheyiit although I just checked and they did have this sample. So I guess theres a few good ones.

Hollywood Divorce: Notorious Trailer

hrmmm.

Hollywood Divorce - Notorious Trailer

Hmmm... looks worthy of another look. Not sure they should have made this shit still but still to be determined whether it will get my money. Either way I'll see it though. They're being hella sly about not showing any of the real acting or the main character. Very creative and well done trailer for that purpose. Assholes. I'm onto your shit.

Sample Of The Day!

Writer: Marvin Gaye and Tammy Terrel - You're All I Need To Get By


Writer #2: Notorious BIG - Me & My Bitch


Biter: Method Man & Mary J. Blige - You're All I Need To Get By


(It should be noted that the version of this particular biter song i combined from 2 songs from Mary and Meth, and remixed by Puffy.)

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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

Sample Of The Day!

Sorry for missing yesterday. Today, I'm gonna double you up, and drop some knowledge.

Biter: Juicy - Notorious B.I.G.


Produced by Puffy for BIG. However, PETE ROCK swears on his life that Puffy jacked it from him. Here's the story from Wax Poetics:

I did the original version, didn't get credit for it. They came to my house, heard the beat going on the drum machine, it's the same story. You come downstairs at my crib, you hear music. He heard that **** and the next thing you know it comes out. They had me do a remix, but I tell people, and I will fight it to the end, that I did the original version of that. I'm not mad at anybody, I just want the correct credit.

But he also tells the same story for Tribe's "All That Jazz" too, So either dude is bitter about lot's of stuff, or just needs to stop playin records when people come over. We'll never know for sure.

Writer: Juicy Fruit - Mtume


Okay, now here's where I double it up and give you the lesser known biter:

Biter #2: The Ave- Dre Dog


There's only a 30 second clip available on Imeem, however, on youtube they have the full video, so check that if you wanna take a trip down memory lane.



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Sample Of The Day!

Biter: UGK - Something Good



Writer: Rufus & Chaka Khan- Tell Me Something Good


**Top Billin**

*note. I'm running sorta slim on TOP Billin samples, and it's getting time consuming to keep up with it every day. So I'm switching it to once a week. So here in memory of Notorious BIG who passed away yesterday 11 years ago, is your Top Billin SOTD:


Biter: Ready to Die Intro- Notorious BIG



Writer: Top Billin- Audio Two


Peace&Love

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Notorious B.I.G. Tribute Song

Featuring ... Curtis, Chingy, Bizzy Bone, Bobby Valentino, Maino, Chris Notez, and Hav Boy.


........ I like ... the... beat, and whoever did the first verse.

Monte plans to release behind-the-scenes video footage from the recording of "Can I Speak to Biggie." He will also continue Biggie tribute songs each year but with different artists.

Monte hopes that the song will be linked to the upcoming Fox Searchlight biopic on the Notorious B.I.G., whose cast was coincidentally also released today.

"Can I Speak to Biggie" is being released nationwide to radio stations both today and tomorrow. Source.

I swear to god, if this gets played on my local Hip-Hop station (KUBE 93.3) 700 times a day. I'm going in there with a gun. lol. There's always next year, I guess.

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Gravy to Play B.I.G. in Biopic

Biggie is coming to the big screen. Fox Searchlight has hired Jamal Woolard, a Brooklyn-based rapper, to play late rap icon Biggie Smalls, a.k.a. the Notorious B.I.G., in its upcoming biopic "Notorious."

Voletta Wallace cited "Jamal's charming personality, warm spirit, wonderful sense of humor and beautiful smile" as reasons for the casting. "He is a talented and charismatic actor, and I am excited that he will bring Christopher's character to life," she said.

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