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Every year this privately funded Washington D.C. think tank publishes the information on the safest and most dangerous cities in America. They generate their rankings by considering all the reported information submitted to the FBI’s database on crime and violence for cities with a minimum population.
They consider all types of crimes from homicides, rapes, burglaries, assaults, grand theft and other arrests then weigh these crimes depending on their seriousness. So while Philadelphia may outpace all American cities for their overall murder rate they were outranked by Camden, New Jersey, their neighbor across the Delaware river for the simple fact that there are far more people in Philly overall. Crime per capita is the operative term here. Camden is a depressed little one-horse burg now that all the manufacturing jobs have been shipped overseas. But at the same time Camden is so hardbody that you can get juxed by a senior citizen.
In this years’ rankings of the most dangerous cities Detroit, Michigan has risen to the top, or is it the bottom? Word to Proof, the ‘D’ is fuckin’ hardbody deluxe. I made a trip to the ‘D’ a few years ago and I saw some shit I will never forget. In the middle of the night there are Black dudes walking all around the downtown area like zombies. They will try to pump your gas at the QuikChek or they will just beg you for change. Young dudes too. They need to form a homeless persons union out in that bitch and prevent these young dudes from joining until they have at least reached forty years old or been a military veteran.
If you’ve been watching C-Span with any regularity, and why would you, Hip-Hop has become congressional code for young Black males. Lawmakers have spent an inordinate amount of time discussing Barry Bonds’ ballsachs[ll] and the destructive impact of Hip-Hop music. I suppose that lying presidents, price gouging oil companies and the erosion of the Constitution are subjects that these congressional cowards are too shook to face up to. So now that Hip-Hop has been equated with criminality in the mainstream media, and let’s face it, per capita, which form of entertainment has more artists under indictment? Can we not also say that the most crime ridden cities are also conversely the most Hip-Hop? I think so. Let’s take a look at the top 25 most Hip-Hop cities…
1. Detroit, Michigan
2. St. Louis, Missouri
3. Flint, Michigan
4. Oakland, California
5. Camden, New Jersey
6. Birmingham, Alabama
7. North Charleston, South Carolina
8. Memphis, Tennessee
9. Richmond, California
10. Cleveland, Ohio
11. Orlando, Florida
12. Baltimore, Maryland
13. Little Rock, Arkansas
14. Compton, California
15. Youngstown, Ohio
16. Cincinnati, Ohio
17. Gary, Indiana
18. Kansas City, Missouri
19. Dayton, Ohio
20. Newark, New Jersey
21. Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
22. Atlanta, Georgia
23. Jackson, Mississippi
24. Buffalo, New York
25. Kansas City, Kansas
Just looking at the top 10 the south could be considered the most Hip-Hop region in America if we consider Missouri to be part of the south bracket. The Midwest nearly keeps pace with three cities in the top 10. California holds the west coast down with two cities and the east only places one town in the top 10 list of most Hip-Hop cities. Ha! New York rap is dead because not enough people in New York are dying. Go figure.
When I consider the top 25 most Hip-Hop cities I have to concede that south wins by virtue of the fact that more people in southern cities stay losing. That’s what I love most about Hip-Hop. It exists in a perpetual state of Bizarro-like inverted values. Poverty is positivity. Snitching? Not so much. Where else do losers get to be winners? Not bad meaning bad, but bad meaning good.
Shouts go out to Ohio for being America’s most hardbody Hip-Hop state. Youngstown, stand the fuck up! It makes sense to me now that Ohio would be the most Hip-Hop state. I think about all the bands that have created music which is prime sample source material. The Ohio Players, Slave, Zapp, and of course Bone Thugs. Lil’ Bow Wow needs to start repping Columbus if he wants to get his street cred back.
As an added informational treat I thought I should include America’s least Hip-Hop cities (those ranked as safest) just in case any of you RapSpace rappers thought of repping your hometown…
1. Mission Viejo, California
2. Clarkstown, New York
3. Brick Township, New Jersey
4. Amherst, New York
5. Sugar Land, Texas
6. Colonie, New York
7. Thousand Oaks, California
8. Newton, Massachusetts
9. Toms River Township, N.J.
10. Lake Forest, California
WTF?!? Three cities from New York state in the top 10 for America’s safest cities? No wonder east coast rap has sucked so bad lately.
The Great One - Jay-Z, debuts at number and ties Elvis Presley in the same breath…
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Young Buck Discusses Disappointment Of Buck The World; Focuses On Cashville Records
Monday - November 12, 2007
By: Liz “Red” Thomas
G-Unit’s Young Buck has said repeatedly this year that his sophomore album, Buck The World, was underrated and didn’t sell like it should have, but he wasn’t mad. He just felt as though he had to keep grinding it out.
Despite grinding it out since March, the album never took off the way he felt it should have. According to Buck, it’s because his label, Interscope, was unable to market it correctly, but he says the album was better than Kanye West or 50 Cent’s latest albums.
“I ain’t get what I deserved at Interscope,” Buck told MTV recently. “I feel my album [Buck the World] is better than Kanye’s album and 50’s album, but it’s one of the most slept-on albums due to whatever reason. I’m still trying to get what I deserve off of Interscope, so it’s still a hustle to me.
“As far as the marketing, I don’t think they knew how to market a project such as mine. When you have a song like ‘Get Buck’ and ‘You Ain’t Going Nowhere,’ there’s no lane. You can’t just market me to the South. I’m worldwide. I come with the Southern background but worldwide flow. They have to understand how big I aim outside of 50 Cent to get the push from them. I’m still in the shadow of 50 to them, but to the streets, I’m Young Buck. I’m my own person. I just gotta get my label to understand that part,” he continued.
Just like he feels he hasn’t gotten the attention he feels he deserves within the music industry, there’s some artists under him that he feels needs some shine as well — C-Bo and The Outlawz.
West Coast rapper C-Bo and Tupac protégés, The Outlawz, have a long history in hip-hop, but to date, they never broke into the mainstream with their music. Now signed with Buck’s Cashville Records, the G-Unit soldier feels he can help them get there.
“It’s more me being quiet and learning off of them sometimes,” Buck admits, speaking on The Outlawz. “It’s things in the game they been through and I haven’t learned yet. It’s a learning process. They bring a lot to the table on their own. I’m just pretty much bringing their career more to the forefront. I feel that the Outlawz as well as C-Bo never got their just due.”
To introduce those two acts, as well as his new group 615 — with himself, Lil’ Murder and High-C — Buck is prepping a compilation called Young Buck Presents: Product of the South, he tells MTV, which will follow with a project from each artist on the roster.
“I said, ‘I’ll drop a [compilation] album.’ … That’ll be the bridge to their project. Everybody is going to get a single and a video,” he explained.
Buck is also hard at work on G-Unit second album as a group, Shoot To Kill, which is slated for December.
Dj King Assassin
After several years of consistently producing for a who’s who of Bay royalty including the late Tupac Shakur and being the first West coast producer in 1993 to be signed to Def Jam Records, Assassin has not only established himself as a respected music producer, and DJ, he can also rock the microphone with the best of them. One of the few Latin producers from the Bay, Assassin has released several underground albums and staying independent until now he has signed with Universal/Thump With the first single ” U Like My Swagga” featuring AKON a track from the album getting early radio spins this project is shaping up tobe one of the of the first releases for 2008.
Assassin Feat.Akon (U Like My Swagga)
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Nelly Furtado Feat.Assassin (Say It Right Remix)
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Assassin Feat. Petey Pablo & Mistah Fab (Made Movez)
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Imagine being half Lebanese, Half African American and having an Arabic first name – sounds like trouble – your damn right – SAMIR aka MURFFELZ is F.F.O’s (Far From Ordinary) hottest, flyest musical act out there whose music not only represents his heritage, but his individual way of mixing banging beats with crazy rhymes.Born and raised in Sydney, Samir has not only lived in Australia, but lived in one of the dirty states in the Dirty South - North Carolina.
After finishing high school, Samir got into the game of selling rims, he quickly figured out his passion was rapping and has not looked back since, Using his down south influence, mixed with his ghostly, outrageous vocals, Samir brings to you a unique, addicting flow that will leave you wanting more.
Murfelz has collaborated with some of the Worlds finest up and coming artists including the Nelly, Obie Trice and Busta Rhymes tours.Samir’s dedication to his music and his persistence in an ever growing genre of music has paid off. Samir’s style is unusual, creative and off the hook - Keep an ear out for Samir as I have confidently crowned him the CRUNK KING OF AUSTRALIA!
By Zola Abraham (zacomg@hotmail.com) ©
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While sales figures for their marquee artists Jay-Z and Kanye West speak for themselves, Def Jam is looking for different ways to make sure other acts on Roc-A-Fella also enjoy success. Beanie Sigel spoke to Billboard about the past, present and future of “The Roc,” as well as finding a new direction for his upcoming album.
“I told the producers, ‘Don’t make a track for me,’” says Beans when referring to his upcoming album The Solution. “[I told them] to make something I wouldn’t do–something you’d want to hear me on.” When Sigel’s album is released on Dec. 11 fans will find collaborations with R. Kelly and the production team Dre & Vidal, who have previously done tracks with Jill Scott and Ludacris, among others.
“Roc-A-Fella dropped the ball with my last album,” says Beans. “I shot seven videos. Did you see any of them?” At press time, 2005’s The B. Coming has sold 419,000 copies. After spending almost a year in jail on weapons charges for parts of 2004 and 2005, Beans says he thought about joining Damon Dash Music Group. “Money was promised to me that didn’t pan out,” he says. “So I had to back away.”
Sigel will continue to release “webisodes” from his mini-series via YouTube up until the album’s release. Beanie’s manager, Mark Byers, also reports that Beans may join Kanye West and R. Kelly for spot dates on their current tours.
DISC jockeys, along with some of the most popular clubs and bars are the subject of a piracy investigation by the music industry that could lead to significant fines and criminal charges.
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SIRIUS Satellite Radio to Broadcast Exclusive JAY-Z Concert from Current Tour
Last Update: 11/9/2007 3:53:00 PM
SIRIUS Satellite Radio to Broadcast Exclusive JAY-Z Concert from Current Tour
The concert will air on JAY-Z Nation, the exclusive one-week channel dedicated to JAY-Z, and feature appearances by Kanye West, Freeway, and Beanie Sigel
NEW YORK, Nov 09, 2007 /PRNewswire-FirstCall via COMTEX/ — SIRIUS Satellite Radio (SIRI) announced today that it will broadcast an exclusive concert from music icon and mogul JAY-Z recorded live at the House of Blues in Chicago on his five-city tour in support of his new album American Gangster. The concert features guest appearances by Kanye West, Freeway, and Beanie Sigel and will air on JAY-Z Nation channel 40 on November 10th at 10 pm ET with a replay on Sunday, November 11th at 8 pm ET.
JAY-Z Nation, the exclusive twenty-four hour, commercial-free music channel dedicated to JAY-Z, launched on November 5th for one week in support of the release of JAY-Z’s new album American Gangster. The channel continues SIRIUS’ tradition of creating exclusive artist branded channels dedicated to iconic figures at the top of their game. Recent exclusive channels launched on SIRIUS include Grateful Dead Channel, E Street Radio and Garth Brooks Radio, among many others.
American Gangster, JAY-Z’s tenth studio album, is inspired by the film with the same title based on the life of drug kingpin Frank Lucas. After screening the film, JAY-Z was inspired to create, American Gangster, his first ‘conceptual album’ depicting the birth, rise and fall of a hustler.
On December 4, Amaru Entertainment and Interscope Records will release two new, separate Tupac compilations, The Best of 2Pac Part 1: Thug and The Best of 2Pac Part 2: Life. Assembled with the assistance of Pac’s mother and executive producer, Afeni Shakur, each CD will contain one previously unreleased track, one new remix and nine classic ‘Pac tracks. Part 1 will include the unreleased track “Resist the Temptation,” and a new mix of “Dear Mama” with Anthony Hamilton. Part 2 features the song “Dopefiend’s Diner,” which utilized a vocal sample from Suzanne Vega’s “Tom’s Diner,” as well as an acoustic remix of “Thugz Mansion” featuring all three of ‘Pac’s verses. A portion of the profits from both CDs will be donated to the Tupac Amaru Shakur Foundation.
Track listings:
The Best of 2Pac – Part 1: Thug
1. “So Many Tears”
2. “Trapped”
3. “California Love” (Original Mix)
4. “How Do U Want It”
5. “I Aint Mad At Cha”
6. “2 of Amerikkkaz Most Wanted”
7. “Hail Mary”
8. “Changes”
9. “Unconditional Love”
10. “Resist the Temptation” (Previously Unreleased)
11. “Dear Mama” (featuring Anthony Hamilton - NEW MIX)
The Best of 2Pac – Part 2: Life
1. “Definition of a Thug Nigga”
2. “Brenda’s Got a Baby”
3. “Keep Ya Head Up”
4. “When I Get Free”
5. “Until the End of Time” (RP REMIX)
6. “Never Call U Bitch Again”
7. “They Dont Give a F*** About Us”
8. “Still Ballin” (NITTY REMIX)
9. “Ghetto Gospel”
10. “Dopefiend’s Diner” (Previously Unreleased)
11. “Thugz Mansion Acoustic Remix” (NEW REMIX)
XXL Magazine
http://www.xxlmag.com/online/?p=16119
On December 4, Amaru Entertainment and Interscope Records will release two new, separate Tupac compilations, The Best of 2Pac Part 1: Thug and The Best of 2Pac Part 2: Life. Assembled with the assistance of Pac’s mother and executive producer, Afeni Shakur, each CD will contain one previously unreleased track, one new remix and nine classic ‘Pac tracks. Part 1 will include the unreleased track “Resist the Temptation,” and a new mix of “Dear Mama” with Anthony Hamilton. Part 2 features the song “Dopefiend’s Diner,” which utilized a vocal sample from Suzanne Vega’s “Tom’s Diner,” as well as an acoustic remix of “Thugz Mansion” featuring all three of ‘Pac’s verses. A portion of the profits from both CDs will be donated to the Tupac Amaru Shakur Foundation.
Track listings:
The Best of 2Pac – Part 1: Thug
1. “So Many Tears”
2. “Trapped”
3. “California Love” (Original Mix)
4. “How Do U Want It”
5. “I Aint Mad At Cha”
6. “2 of Amerikkkaz Most Wanted”
7. “Hail Mary”
8. “Changes”
9. “Unconditional Love”
10. “Resist the Temptation” (Previously Unreleased)
11. “Dear Mama” (featuring Anthony Hamilton - NEW MIX)
The Best of 2Pac – Part 2: Life
1. “Definition of a Thug Nigga”
2. “Brenda’s Got a Baby”
3. “Keep Ya Head Up”
4. “When I Get Free”
5. “Until the End of Time” (RP REMIX)
6. “Never Call U Bitch Again”
7. “They Dont Give a F*** About Us”
8. “Still Ballin” (NITTY REMIX)
9. “Ghetto Gospel”
10. “Dopefiend’s Diner” (Previously Unreleased)
11. “Thugz Mansion Acoustic Remix” (NEW REMIX)
XXL Magazine
http://www.xxlmag.com/online/?p=16119