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news 1106845619 - January 1, 1970 By : DIKTATOR was born Marcus Paysour on January 8, 1986 in Charlotte, North Carolina. He is the only child of a single parent household. DIKTATOR graduated from West Charlotte High School on June 10, 2004.

DIKTATOR's love for music began at the early age of six (6), by emulating known top rap artist at the time---Snoop Dog, JayZ, Puff Daddy, Dr. Dre and others. He joined with other neighborhood kids participating in school talent shows, and even church programs. By the time DIKTATOR was twelve years old, he was writing his own lyrics, and was teaching others to do the same. DIKTATOR has the uncanny ability to capture clear, simple, pungent, and heartfelt truisms about life--- friendship, love, and even death, in his writings.

In 2000, DIKTATOR and three friends formed the rap group, NuWorld. In April of 2002, NuWorld was the opening act for Lil' Romeo and the No Limit All Stars Tour at the Old Charlotte Coliseum. NuWorld also performed for the Lil' Romeo and the No Limit Allstars Tour in Columbia, South Carolina, the following weekend. DIKTATOR left NuWorld in December 2002 and began concentrating on his lyric writing, and becoming a solo artist. He records, engineers, produces and performs his own material. DIKTATOR is the latest phenomenon to emerge from the south. His style would be described as a mixture of dirty south and east coast.

He is no neophyte to the mic. In 2003, DIKTATOR's popularity really began to intensify. In June 2003, he received several airplays at the former Hot 92.7---Charlotte's FM Hip-Hop/RB radio station. He also performed regularly during the summer of 2003 at the H20 Club in Charlotte, at its Open Mic Nights. On August 20, 2003, DIKTATOR was the opening artist at the H20 Club for renowned rap artist TI. In April of 2004, DIKTATOR was featured on the World Wide Flava TV show along with other artists as Memphis Bleek and Anthony Hamilton. The TV Show was aired on UPN and a cable access channel in Charlotte, NC and in Atlanta, GA. On June 1st, 2004, DIKTATOR was featured on Charlotte's WPEG Power 98 radio show called 'The Next Big Thing". Charlotte's newest talk show called the S.E.L.F show will feature DIKTATOR airing on UPN in January 2005.

DIKTATOR's greatest musical inspiration and idols have been DMX and Nas. His future goals have always been to perfect his art while pursuing a major recording deal. Through constant writing and recording, he has completed his first album "Shut It Down."

Stream two tracks from DIKTATOR's album, below. Look for an interview with DIKTATOR soon!

Tracklist:

1. Shut It Down/Intro
2. Can You Hang Wit it
3. How You Luv Dat
4. Ima Do Me
5. Start A Fight
6. I'll Make You Say
7. South Anthem
8. Cac & Jersey
9. Sumthin' Like A Pimp
10. Blank
11. Quit Actin' Up
12. Rep Yo Block
13. Country Boyz
14. Lord I'm Here
15. Skit
16. Dis Fo Enemies
17. We Here
18. Take Dis Thang Outside
19. Skit
20. Kak Walk
21. In My Life

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news 1123090837 - January 1, 1970 By : Dido Brown was born and raised in Southeast San Diego. When he wasn't committing crimes, he was making his moves locally as an independent artist in San Diego. He sold thousands of cd's out the trunk of his car. He has sold apporximately 40,000 cd's in 2005 by applying all the drive and hustle from his former lifestyle, which now attribute to his growing notoriety in the world of Hip-Hop.

His latest album, Bonafide, is scheduled for release in stores Sept 20th. This is his first CD to actually hit stores. Bonafide features bigs names such as Snoop Dogg and Kokane whom appears on various tracks. Many of the beats were done by D-Black ("Wobble, Wobble" for 504 Boyz, Barbershop and Hustle and Flow). Also featured is his camp and other local upcoming talents: Lil Al, Young Ruly, Lil-Man and G-No. Look for Dido Brown's video on BET Uncut very soon!

Currently Dido Brown is getting played on major Cali radio stations such as Z90 (San Diego), Power 106 (Los Angeles) and 96.1 (I.E.). Not to mention, he has toured with Lil Rob, visiting Tucson, Las Vegas, New Mexico, Yuma, Atlanta, El Paso, and San Antonio.

Track Listing:

1. No More Games Feat. Mr Shadow & Lil Al
2. She's Looking Like a Ho Feat. Kokane
3. Piano Skit
4. From the Block
5. The West is Back Feat. Lil & Young Ruly
6. We Gangstas Feat. Lil Al
7. Roll Wit Me Feat. Lil Al & Young Ruly
8. Southeast Diego Feat. Lil Al & Kokane
9. Ride Wit Me Feat. G-No
10. Struggle. Feat. Lil Al & Kokane
11. When We Come Thru Feat. Lil Al & Young Ruly
12. Your Way Feat. G-No
13. Bonafide Camp Feat. Lil Man, Young Ruly, Lil Al & G-No
14. Wus Hatnin Feat. Kokane
15. Shake Hataz Feat. Lil Al
16. Luva Playa feat. G-No
17. Choicez Feat. Mirage

This is "We Gangstas" featuring Lil Al, produced by Chris Gun:

Dido Brown feat. Lil Al - We Gangstas

For more info, visit DidoBrown.com

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news 1123792060 - January 1, 1970 By : DubCNN started this Website Event Coverage shit! And then the rest followed! One of the people who really made it happen for us was Juda Starr. He gave DubCNN all access to a number of shows throughout the L.A. area. From Too Short to Bone Thugs, Juda always had the hottest line ups.

So, when he holla'd at me to tell me he's doing a Mixtape, I jumped at the chance to show him some love. I reported on this Mixtape before, but now here's the tape for your Downloading pleasure. It'll only be available for 5 (Five) days, so get it while you can. It's packed with some of the HOTTEST New West artists like Techniec, 40 Glocc, Bad Azz, Spitfiya, Logic aka Roccett, Wallet, Locura Terminal aka Terminal Madness, Scan.

You can also check out Mykill Miers, Taboo of Black Eyed Peas, Ranking Joe, Christ Bearer & 71 Raw of NorthStar and many more on this Mixtape.

Here's The Tracklisting for ya'll:

01. Big Sloan & Dre Infinite - When We Ride
02. (Guerilla Black Shout Out)/Smokey Wild (of Corporate Streets)- Cock The Steel
03. (KAM Shout Out)/Baba Zoom (of 7 Sign) - Neighborhood Thang
04. Castro Feat. Flako7 - Smoking Doe Doe
05. Monsta Gonjah & Swiss (of Halfway House MC's) - Go Head Get Stupid
06. Demo Feat. C-Askle (of Bourboun Street Records) - Get On Up
07. JHA Voice Feat. E-Rule - Many More To Come
08. Big Sloan, Baby Mac & Dre Infinite - 99.1 FM Radio Drop
09. Dynamic Certified Feat. Techniec - Run
10. Locura Terminal aka Terminal Madness - Killafornia
11. Baby Mac & Bad Azz - Bouncing
12. Spirit - Tell It Like It Is
13. Sediva - I Get This Feeling
14. Roccett aka Logic & Spitfiya - What It Do
15. Hollowcost - Freestyle
16. Wallet & 40 Glocc - Look At Me Now
17. Mykill Miers - Knuckle Up
18. Block Boyz - Lets Go
19. C-Bo & Flex - Back In The Day
20. D.M.F. - 50 Cent Diss
21. Castro - Hub City
22. Humble Feat. Guru - Originality
23. Dread Daze Feat. Taboo (of Black Eyed Peas) - True To The Game
24. Scan (of Ground Up Ent.) - Video Tape Gangsterz (EXCLUSIVE)
25. Ranking Joe & Michael Rose - Fiya Burn Babylon
26. Christ Brearer & 71 Raw (of North Star) - Sucka Bull
27. Juda Starr/DJ Gloss Info

This is the .rar file for ya!

Juda Starr Presents Pre Paid Pimpin' Vol. 1

Pre Paid Pimpin' Album Cover Full Size

Many Thanks to JudaStarr!!!

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news 1130958149 - January 1, 1970 By : "Mr. Play Your Position" Dow Jones and "The Carolina King" DJ Chuck T are slapping you in the face with their sophomore installment in their ground breaking "Southwest Connect" series. Southwest Connect Vol. 2 (Da Re Up): Back On Da Block is packed with new and exclusive music from some of today's premier West Coast and Down South artists.

This is also DJ Chuck T's first release after being inducted into G-Unit's DJ Whoo Kid's Shadyville DJ Coalition. The Mixtape Southern side features Boyz N Da Hood with new member Lil Wayne, the Screwed Up Clique remix to Chamillionaire's "Turn It Up," as well as Veteran Tela, teaming up again with Eightball & MJG and Jazze Pha to rekindle the the Suave House days. On the West Coast side, Blunts L.L.A., Keak Da Sneak, Balance, Cavie, Young Dre and Self Scientific along with others contribute as they hold down the Pacific side of things!

Tracklisting:

DJ Chuck T "The Lord and Savior of Southern Mixtapes"
01. Notorious B.I.G ft. T.I. & Slim Thug - Breaking Old Habits
02. Chamillionaire Ft. The S.U.C - Turn It Up (S.U.C. Remix)
03. Paul Wall Ft. The Swisha House - They Don't Know (Remix)
04. Nelly Ft. Paul Wall & J.D. - Grillz
05. Boyz N Da Hood (Introducing Lil' Wayne) - Nutt Check
06. Young Jeezy Ft. Juelz Santana & Lil' Wayne - Imma Show You
07. Hot Wright Ft. M.O.S - Bang Bang
08. Trillville - Nothing Less
09. Three Six Mafia - Ride (Not On Album)
10. T.I. - Battlegrounds (Full Song)
11. Dem Franchise Boyz - Lean Wit' It
12. Young Buck Ft. Tony Yayo - Gangsta Nigga
13. Tela Ft. 8-Ball & MJG and Jazze Pha - Love The Game

Dow Jones "Mr. Play Your Position"
14. Southwest Connect-Intro prod. by Dow Jones
15. Blunts LLA -I'm Ruthless
16. Al Gator-Good Wit Numbers
17. Mitchy Slick ft. Tiny Doo & Damu-Drug Flippin prod. by Dubb Knox
18. Lil Wayne-New Orleans
19. Balance-Who U Wit
20. Ice Cube ft. Wc-Chrome & Paint
21. Outkast-Rats & Roaches
22. Self Scientific ft. Kombo-Balance prod. by DJ Khalil
23. Roscoe P Coldchain-Fuk Amerika
24. Bishop Lamont-We Got Next prod. by Da Riffs
25. Keak Da Sneak ft. Turf Talk-Freaks
26. Warren G ft. Bishop Lamont & Chevy Jones-We Need Each Other
27. JR Ewing ft. Knocturnal-On The Block
28. Cavie ft. Young Dre-West Coast prod. by LT Hutton


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news 1134228231 - January 1, 1970 By : The homies over at Real Talk Entertainment have geared up to release a serie of new albums, and it's about to get crazy! Artist combinations that you never woulda thought would record a whole record together got together, Real Talk is about to flood the market. Check below for the covers, release dates and tracklistings. For more information, hit up realtalkent.com.

Spice 1 & Mc Eiht "Keep It Gangsta"


Release Date: 2/21/06




1. Spit At Em’
2. No One Else
3. Raw Wit It
4. The Bossilini
5. 187 Hemp
6. I’m Original
7. No Chit Chat
8. Let It Go
9. They Just Don’t Know
10. The Warning
11. Revenge
12. Ohh Sh#t
13. Less Than Nothin
14. *Bonus Track*

Brotha Lynch Hung & Mc Eiht "The New Season"


Release Date: 1/24/06




1. The New Season pt.1
2. Neighborhood Boyz
3. That’s All U Can Do
4. Agent Double 0 Duece 4 Blocc & CPT (Rest In Piss 2006)
5. Sticky Sheets
6. You Don’t Know, Who I Know
7. Dreams
8. When You Hear The Shots
9. Buy Anotha Gun
10. Split Ya Head
11. West Side Ridin'
12. War outside
13. California Bangers
14. Around Here
15. The New Season pt.2

Layzie Bone & Young Noble "Thug Brothers"


Release Date: 2/7/06




1. Stand Up
2. Put Me In A Cell
3. Stay On The Grind
4. What The Problem Is
5. Money First
6. Young Soldier
7. We Can Get It On
8. That's The Sh*t
9. Man Up
10. Then Your Gone
11. I Got Cha'
12. Be A Gangsta
13. The Legacy Continues
14. Thug Brothers

Bizzy Bone "The Story"


Release Date: 3/21/06




1. The Truth
2. All Day, All Night
3. Play It Again
4. When I See
5. So What Cha' Sayin
6. Bizzy's Story
7. It's Only Me
8. They Don't Know
9. Gone
10. Maybe You Can Hold Me
11. The Future Thugs~N~Harmony
12. My Vengeance
13. One Time
14. Represent

Outlawz "Against All Odds"


Release Date: 3/7/06




1. Ride It Out
2. Outlaw Pride
3. Leave the Past Behind
4. Rules Of Life
5. Clutchin On A 45
6. Pimpin In My Blood
7. Make You Happy
8. Same Thang
9. Keep On Doin It
10. I Wanna Know
11. All Family,No Friends
12. Big Time
13. Don't Change
14. We Outlawz

Spice 1 "Life After Jive" (best of)

Release Date: 4/4/06

23 Classic Tracks -------- From His Last 10 Independent Releases



Brotha Lynch Hung "Ghetto Celebrities vol.1" (dvd)
Release Date: 4/7/06

This is the most in depth & exclusive look into Brotha Lynch Hung's life. Watch Lynch as he chronicles his life from its inception to the present. Meet his entire Siccmade family. See actual footage of the Garden Blocc (21st, 24th, & 29th St.) as Lynch chronicles his gang bangin days. See the houses and areas Lynch grew up in as a kid. See the school he attended. Ride wit Lynch as he shows you the Sacramento County Jail where he spent some time. Hang wit Lynch as he recounts the Black Market Records situation, how he got into the rap game, how he got his name, how he feels about money, death and dying, getting shot, getting robbed, and his regrets in life.

Mac Dre "Ghetto Celebrities vol.2" (dvd)
Release Date: 2/7/06

This DVD contains the last recorded Interview of Mac Dre (RIP) !! Before Mac Dre’s untimely death, He sat down with a camera crew for an Hour and a 1/2 long Interview, The outcome is this Documentary. See Mac Dre like you’ve never seen him before!! Watch Dre as he open’s up and tells you, How he honestly feels about Family, Friends, Enemies, Music, Money, Life and even his eerie thoughts on Death and getting Shot !! Dre will take you on a Tour with him to the Studio (Recording New Material), To the Mall (to go Shopping), To the Airport (to pick up Yukmouth), To Concerts (Featuring San Quinn and B.A of 3xkrazy) and much more……So you can see what a day in the life of Mac Dre is like !! Through out this DVD, you’ll see the actual Penatentiary, School and Neighborhood (CrestSide of Vallejo,Ca) that Mac Dre grew up in !!

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news 1138996307 - January 1, 1970 By : January 31, 2006 - Los Angeles - West Coast mixtape mogul, DJ Warrior, is at the turntables again with his hottest release yet, Ill Street Dues Volume 3, set to hit the streets February 2, 2006. This double disc CD is the third addition to the Ill Street Dues series of mixtapes, which have been feature in Scratch Magazine and on MTV's Mixtape Mondays. Although Warrior represents the West Coast to the fullest, this CD signifies the merging of West and East Coast Hip Hop with Talib Kweli, one of the illest rappers from the East Coast and G. Malone, a West Coast rapper who just signed to Sony Urban, hosting this third edition.

What sets this long awaited third volume apart from any of DJ Warrior's past mixtapes are the exclusive cuts and new joints that only can be heard on Ill Street Dues Volume 3 . The double disc features 63 hot tracks from artist such as: Ras Kass, Dogg Pound, Jay Z, Lil Kim, Keak Da Sneak, Bishop Lamont, E-40, Planet Asia, Gza, Self Sceitific, Mitchy Slick, Juelz Santana, Lil' Wayne, Pitbull, Chamillionaire, Bun B, Paul Wall, Warren G, Mike Jones, B. Real, Game, Kam, Sly Boogy and the list goes on.

Not to mention, Warrior continues to break un-signed talent with several features from underground rappers like Scipio, Mykestro, Rob G, El Dorado Red, Quiz, Tri-Star, and Prime. Exclusive production done by none other than DJ Warrior & J.Classic, hot mixes, and banging beats that are unstoppable, can all be found on the new Ill Street Dues 3. This third addition proves to be one of the hottest CDs in the bunch!

In the Tracklisting below, you'll find that the all the songs that have links are snippets, for the exception of the Remix of G. Malone's Street banger "200 Hunned," as that is full download courtesy of DJ Warrior himself!

Look out for DJ Warrior when he brings the heat with his debut album, Cali-Untouchable Radio set to release early 2007.

Tracklisting:

Disc 1
01. DJ Warrior & HipHopWest.com - Welcome To 2006 Intro
02. DJ Warrior feat. Talib Kweli, Ras Kass & Planet Asia - Ill Street Dues (World Premiere)
03. Talib Kweli - Speaks Pt. 1
04. DJ Warrior feat. Cormega - L.A. TO N.Y.C. (World Premiere)
05. Talib Kweli feat. Strong Arm Steady & Planet Asia - Drugs, Basketball, & Rap
06. G. Malone - Speaks Pt. 1
07. G. Malone - 200 Hunned 06 Remix (Prod. By J Classic/The Warriorz) (World Premiere)
08. Bishop Lamont (Aftermath) - Toe Tag
09. Juelz Santana - This Is Me
10. Lil' Wayne - Mo' Fire
11. Scipio feat. Kam & Chevy Jones - Troubled World (World Premiere)
12. Young Dre - Interlude
13. Young Dre feat. Tru Life & Bubba Sparxx - Love Love (World Premiere)
14. Sly Boogy - Sorry That I Had To Leave
15. Talib Kweli - Speaks Pt. 2
16. Talib Kweli - Right 'Bout Now
17. Planet Asia - Diagnosis (World Premire) (From Planet Asia/DJ Warrior Mixtape Album March 06)
18. Mykestro & Snoop Dogg - Shine
19. Kartoon (Ruff Ryders) - Exclusive Freestyle
20. G. Malone - Speaks Pt. 2
21. DJ Warrior feat. Chamillionaire - Hustlers (World Premiere)
22. DJ Warrior feat. Pitbull - Danger (World Premiere)
23. Damani feat. Keak Da Sneak - Gotta Get paid (Remix)
24. 40 Glocc (Infamous/G-Unit) feat. Prodigy (Mobb Deep) & Sam Scarfo - Itz Aight
25. E-40 feat. Keak Da Sneak - Tell Me When To Go
26. Suga Free feat. 40 Glocc (Infamous/G-Unit) & Weasle Loc - Bitches On Point (Prod. by J. Steez)
27. Balance - Gotta Get It
28. G. Malone - Speaks pt.3
29. Red Hanned feat. Paul Wall - Girls
30. Rob G feat. Chamillionaire - Texas Boyz
31. Cubo & Pitbull - Freestyle
32. Yo Gotti feat. Bun B & 8 Ball - Gangsta Party

Disc 2
01. Self Scientific - Tears (Prod. by DJ Khalil)
02. DJ Muggs feat. Gza, Masta Killa & Prodical Sunn - Unstopable Threats (Prod. by DJ Muggs)
03. Talib Kweli - Speaks Pt. 3
04. Mitchy Slick - Fuck Yo Whole Set (World Premiere)(Prod. by Dub Knox)
05. Snoop Dogg, Daz & Kurupt - Real Soon
06. Warren G feat. Mike Jones - Incase Some Shit Happens
07. Jihad - Trulife (Prod. by J Classic/ The Warriorz) (Exclusive)
08. G. Malone - Speaks Pt.4
09. Jay-Z, Notorius B.I.G. & Lil' Kim - Murder Dem (Exclusive 06 Remix)
10. Notorius B.I.G., Jay-Z & Foxy Brown - Sunshine (Exclusive 06 Remix)
11. Jay-Z & Notorius B.I.G. - Dreams (Exclusive 06 Remix)
12. G. Malone - Speaks Pt. 5
13. G. Malone - Cali Untouchable Freestyle
14. Black-Ty feat. Bishop Lamont (Aftermath) - Change Da World (World Premiere) (Prod. by Diverse)
*DJ WARRIOR NEXT TO BLOW SECTION*
15. O. Brown feat. B. Real (Cypress Hill) & Bishop Lamont (Aftermath)- L.A. (World Premiere)
16. Young Kase - Cali Untouchable Freestyle
17. Young Hoggs - Long Story Short
18. Tristar - Gave U My Love
19. Quiz - Cali Untouchable Freestyle (Prod. by J Classic/The Warriorz)
20. El Dorado Red - Cali Untouchable Freestyle
21. Fatsoe - We Collide
22. Smigg Dirtee - Cali Untouchable Freestyle
23. Roccett & Bloc Boyz - Westcoastin'
24. Prime feat. Scooby - Go hard
25. Lifestyle feat. Prime - Jump off
26. NMEWRECKIDZ.COM Freestyle
27. Backwoodz feat. Caviar, Young Dre - It Ain't Fault
28. Sir Classic - Chevy Thangs
29. Payos - Cali Untouchable Freestyle
30. Omega Red - Cali Untouchable Freestyle
31. DJ Warrior & G. Malone - Ill Street Dues Outro
*WELCOME TO 2006 BONUS KUT*
32. DK feat. Kam, Game & Eastwood - Khakis & Chucks (Exclusive)

Visit HipHopWest.com to order this monster of a Mixtape now!



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news 1139791536 - January 1, 1970 By : E-40 is in the final stages of releasing his highly anticipated new album "My Ghetto Report Card", due out March 14th. The camp has been fulfilling promotional duties by promoting the video for "Tell Me When To Go" and recently appearing on shows such as MTV's Direct Effect.

Dubcnn got a tentative tracklist for "My Ghetto Report Card" below. The album has guest appearances from Too Short, Eightball, Bun B, Pimp C, Mike Jones, Turf Talk, B-Legit, Keak Da Sneak, Stressmatic, T-Pain, Juelz Santana, and others. Expect production from Lil' Jon, Rick Rock, Bosko, Droop-E, and Studio Ton.

Click on the thumbnail on the left to see the album cover in full size.

Also be sure to check out our exclusive interview with E-40 if you haven't done so already.

Tracklist:

1. I'm Off the Chain
2. Tell Me When to Go Feat. Keak Da Sneak    Listen  |  Watch
3. Muscle Cars Feat. Keak Da Sneak & Turf Talk
4. White Gurl Feat. Bun B, Pimp C, Juelz Santana
5. Trying 2 Get It
6. Do Yo Head Like This
7. Block Boi Feat. Miko & Stressmatic
8. U and Dat Feat. T. Pain
9. Beat da Breaks Feat. Al Capone
10. Been There, Done That (Hustla Balla) Feat. Lil Jon
11. Yee Feat. Too Short & Budda
12. I'm da Man Feat. Mike Jones
13. Just Fuckin' Feat. Bosko
14. Gimme Head Feat. Al Capone & Bosko
15. She Say She Loves Me Feat. Eightball, Bun, Bosko
16. Pussy Niggaz Feat. Lil Scrappy, Bohagon
17. Hardy Boyz Sample
18. Yay Area
19. Gouda Feat. B Legit & Stressmatic
20. They Might Be Taping
21. Go Hard or Go Home Feat. Stressmatic

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news 1152597247 - January 1, 1970 By : A big show is coming at ya'll next thursday, July 20th 2006! 2G'd Music & Endzone Entertainment present "The End Zone", at the Normandie Casino in Gardena, CA.

Set to perform are Suga Free, Devio$$i Soprano, who's also celebrating his CD Release that night, Lil Steve, Techniec, Bloc Boyz, Lil Bam, Dynamic Certified, Young Hoggs and Stix, and the event is hosted by Spanky Hayes.

Now that's some New West for ya'll!

Tickets are $20 before 10 P.M., so get there early! For the full info on the event, click below to check out the flyers:

"The End Zone" Promo Flyer (Front & Back)

We hope to see you all there!

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news 1156421873 - January 1, 1970 By : Jazzy D's "Unsigned Hype Vol. 1" is now available! Jazzy gathered over 50 hot artists from the West Coast on this double CD mix, to showcase the immense talent coming up from the West Coast right now.

In appreciation to the fans, one lucky customer will win an XBox 360 with two games, absolutely free!! Look for the winning ticket inside your Unsigned Hype jewel case!

Check out the tracklisting below, as well as a couple preview tracks I uploaded.

Click on the highlighted links to listen:

CD 1:
01) Intro: Jazzy D & DJ Cass
02) Bad Lucc Ft. Toussaint - Ghetto
03) Squeek Ru Ft. G-Love - We Get It Poppin'
04) Young Maylay - Gots Ta Smoke
05) Problem - Imma Problem
06) Bloc Boyz - Come In And Play
07) Roccett - Sup Blood Sup Crip
08) Smurf Ft. Spider Loc - Cicc Cacc Be Bool
09) Dr. Stank - Who Want It?
10) Noni Spitz - Leave It Alone
11) J-Stone Ft. Gonzoe & Jazz - Banged Out
12) Scipio - Still In The Hood
13) Young Hoggs Ft. Dresta - Compton Unified Thug
14) J Thorn - Get That Dough
15) Verb'l - Writin' On Some G Shit
16) El Prez Ft. Da Empire - Spotlight
17) NV - Move
18) Halla - Song 4 Pac
19) Skubie - Psycho Funk
20) Taje' ft. Scipio, Problem, Noni Spitz - Do It Big

CD 2:
01) J Doe - I Know
02) Blak - Ain't Real
03) Dynamic Certified - You Know How
04) Mykestro Ft. G. Malone - I Hit Em Up
05) Supe - You Got The Game F'd Up
06) Damani - Live From Staple Center
07) Eastwood - Its Time To Roll
08) Stix - The Streetz
09) Lil Bam Ft. Goldie Loc - Yall Can't F With Us
10) The Frontlinerz Ft. Marlon - Stop Ya Hatin'
11) Bossman Hogg - San Diego Star
12) AK - Don't Act Like You Don't Know
13) Spoonie Loc - Ride Til Its Over
14) Hooda John - We Bossin'
15) Mr. Chase - Hatin' On Chase
16) Chevy Jones - You Ain't Had It Like This
17) Da'Mone - Kiss My Ass
18) Risco - Tell Me Why
19) Kenny Kingpin - I'm Bigga Than That
20) Clinton Wayne - Lets Ride

To purchase via paypal go to myspace.com and click on the Unsigned Hype cover. Or you can send $12.99 US money order to

Jazzy Management
Attn: Jazzy
1537 West 59th Street
Los Angeles, CA 90047

Overseas please send $14.99 including shipping.

Support new talent on the West Coast by picking up this CD, because it's filled with fresh raps from top to bottom.

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news 1176306354 - January 1, 1970 By : The long awaited debut album from Inglewood's own K-Aktive hits the streets within weeks, on May 1st.

An artist who has been featured on dubcnn countless times is finally ready to emerge with his first CD and Digital Download product, "Funk Season." After some delay the lead artist and CEO of Put It N My Pocket Entertainment K-Aktive has wrapped up the street album that is being hosted by Compton's own Problem.


With 22 tracks, K-Aktive presents a collection of hood-breaking music featuring some of the best up and coming westcoast artists including Problem, Bangloose, Roccett (Young Jezzy/CTE West), The Bloc Boyz (Blu Division), Kila Krock as well as introducing Put It N My Pocket Entertainment recording artists Brody Bronson and Hogg.

With production being handled by from some of the best beat-makers on the west coast including Dem Jointz, Klassic, Dae One, Disko, J Steez, Tech and Money Miles, "Funk Season" aims to return funk to a new generation of listeners.

We have the tracklist below along with some audio tracks for free download including "If Rap Don't Workout" featuring The Bloc Boyz, this is one release not to be missed this summer. "Funk Season" will be available from May 1, 2007 at CDBaby, Siccness, Mixunit, VIP Records & HipHopWest.

01) The Situtation (Feat. Problem, Brody Bronson And Lu-Dogg) (Produced By Disko)
02)Ride On Up (Produced By Disko)
03) You Don't Know Me (Feat. Bangloose & Dem Joints) (Produced By Dem Joints)
04) Scared Money (Feat.Noni Spitz & Lil Bam) (Produced By Dae One)
05) If Rap Dont Workout (Feat. The Bloc Boyz) (Produced By Tech)
06) On The Grind (Produced By Tech)
07) Dopeman (Feat. Brody Bronson) (Produced By Problem)
08) Hypnotized (The Intermission) (Produced By Dem Joints)
09) Smokin' And Leanin' (Produced By Disko)
10) Respect Me (Feat. Bangloose, Kila Krock & Roccett) (Produced By Dem Joints)
11) The Streets Love Me (Feat. Yg Gott 'Em) (Produced By Disko)
12) Yall Aint Ready (Feat. Marleik) (Produced By Dae One)
13) Music (Hogg Solo) (Produced By Money Miles)
14) I'm A Pimp (Feat. Problem) (Produced By THX)
15) Real Shit (Feat. Duck, Yg Gott'em, Wacc, Problem & Pint) (Produced By Klassic
16) Throw It Up (Feat. Problem & Bangloose) (Tha Damn Pfool Gang) (Produced By Disko)
17) A West Coast Freestyle (Feat. Problem) (Produced By J Steez)
18) The Movement (Feat. Kila Krock) (Produced By Disko)
19) Rollin' (Feat. Marleik) (Produced By Disko)
20) Where The Actions At (Feat. Sequel) (Produced By Money Miles)
21) Funk Season (Feat. Marleik) (Produced By Problem)
22) Standup (Feat. Moe B.) (Produced By J Steez)
23) The Funk Season Experience (Outro) (Produced By Kila Krock)

Stay tuned to the latest on this release and K-Aktive right here on dubcnn. In related news lookout for K-Aktive features with Cashis of Shady Records and with new comer Krucial Styles aka Big White over the coming months. For more information and audio from K-Aktive head over to his official MySpace page.

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news 1178656642 - January 1, 1970 By : Dubcnn is always keen to introduce talented new artists to our readers and today is no different. One of the hottest Hip-Hop artists and songwriters emerging from the WestCoast at present is an artist that has been grinding for some time now ghost-writing and recording material to hit the public with.

Los Angeles' own Jeff Jones is what many will see as a breath of fresh air to the game. With his adaptable style, listener friendly tone and ability to flow over an array of beats we are putting money on Jeff Jones becoming a playlist regular over the coming 12 months.

Having put in work behind the scenes Jeff Jones feels he is ready to take the game by storm in 2007. With his partner Solo of Midwest City, known to the industry as Wryters Block, he has worked alongside and written for some of the hottest producers and artists in the game including Trick Daddy, Christina Milian, Chingy and Paul Wall. He has also recently collaborated with hit producers including Jonathan "JR" Rotem, Jazze Pha, and Eric Hudson.

His debut mixtape "I Smell Smoke Volume 1" hosted by LA’s finest DJ Felli Fel of Power 106 and the Heavy Hitters, is out now. The release takes you on a journey through the street hustle and the music industry and features appearances from Ne-Yo, D. Woods of Danity Kane, new R&B group Midwest City (Universal Motown) and label mates LAX Boyz (One Recordings). On the production tip "I Smell Smoke Volume 1" features the sound of hit producer Poli Paul who has worked for artists such as Chingy and The Black Eyed Peas.

Below you can see the full mixtape tracklist for "I Smell Smoke Volume 1" as well as six tracks to preview. We urge you to check these out and support Jeff Jones in 2007 and beyond.

01) Intro - DJ Felli Fel
02) M.U.S.I.C.
03) Me And Mrs. Jones (Feat. D. Woods of Danity Kane)
04) I Said So (Feat. RCS)
05) Ain't No Comparison
06) 10 Step Hustle
07) Strait Spit (Feat. M.E.)
08) Beatin Up Da Block (Produced By Poli Paul)
09) I Smell Smoke (Produced By Poli Paul)
10) So Many Tears
11) Anything
12) Yeeah (Feat. LAX Boyz)
13) Cheatin' On U (Feat. Ne-Yo) (Produced By Poli Paul)
14) Freestyle
15) Lay My Head Down
16) Let Me F**k
17) Money
18) No No No
19) Nigga What (Feat. Midwest City)
20) Nike Airs & Crispy T's (Feat. Poli Paul)
21) Hold Up, Wait A Minute (Feat. Midwest City)
22) 12 To 1 (Feat. Tha Grinch)
23) Everyday
24) 5th Squad Anthem (Produced By TW "T-Dubb")
25) I Wrote This R&B Shit
26) Outro - DJ Felli Fel

In related news Jeff Jones can be heard on the soundtrack for the upcoming film 4 Life, an urban drama starring Wood Harris (The Wire) and Elise Neal (Hustle & Flow, All of Us) as well as on
the track Hey Ma from Midwest City’s album scheduled to drop later this year.

Stay tuned to dubcnn for the latest news and media from Jeff Jones as he continues to work on his solo album "God Given" which is due out later this year - this talented artist and songwriter is certainly one to watch. In the meantime check im out via his official MySpace page.

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news 1184428995 - January 1, 1970 By : As we previously reported Glasses Malone recently inked a deal with Hoo Bangin'/Cash Money Records to release his long awaited debut album "The Beach Cruiser" later this year.

To celebrate this release and to make sure the streets know of the changes G Malone has aligned with DJ Nik Bean for the third installment in the popular mixtape series "Streets of L.A." The new release features G Malone speaking on current issues intermixed with new tracks, freestyles and his current singles "Malone" and "Certified" featuring Akon.

Below we have the full tracklist with audio to check out that we have released over recent weeks and months that will feature on "Streets of L.A. 3."

01) Dj Nik Bean Intro
02) G Malone Streets of L.A. Intro
03) Right Now
04) G Malone Speaks on New Single Malone
05) Malone
06) G Malone Speaks on Internet Mixtapes
07) Certified Ft. Akon
08) G Malone Speaks on the New West
09) Streetz on Lock Ft. Hot Dollar & Jermaine Dupri
10) G Malone Speaks on MixtapeBuzz.com
11) Hoggs Anthem Ft. Big Wy & Jay Rock
12) G Malone Counting Money
13) I'm Bout a Dollar Ft. Kam & Kanary Diamonds
14) G Malone Still Counting Money
15) Da Money (From Recordkingz' "Heavyweight" Album)
16) G Malone Speaks on Young Hoggs
17) Young Hoggs - Go Go Gadget
18) G Malone Streets of L.A. Exclusive Freestyle
19) Street Shit Ft. Mack 10 & Butch Cassidy
20) G Malone Speak on Older Rappers
21) Doors Open Ft. Big Wy & Roccett
22) G Malone Speaks on Streets of L.A.
23) Crack Music Ft. Undadogs (Balance + Big Rich) & Scipio
24) Blaze it up Ft. Daz
25) That's on the Set Ft. Spider Loc, Snoopy Blue, B.G. Knoccout
26) G Malone Speaks on Upcoming Projects
27) West Coast Roll Call Ft. Spider Loc, Papa Smirf, Piper, & B.G. Knoccout
28) G Malone Speaks on Blu Division
29) Bloc Boyz - South Central
30) Grindin ft. Kila Krock, Problem, & Young Hootie
31) G Malone Speaks on Dj Nik Bean
32) They Sayin Ft. The Game
33) Fucc Wit Me Ft. Mannie Fresh
34) G Malone Speaks on HoodTimes Magazine
35) Los Angeles Ft. Foxx
36) Listo Ft. Young Brown & 40 Glocc
37) DJ Nik Bean Outro
38) G Malone Streets of L.A. Outro

To grab a copy of this tape now, click here and to check out some video of DJ Nik Bean in the studio with G Malone click here. We will be keeping you informed and updated on Glasses Malone and his debut album "The Beach Cruiser" as the weeks progress.

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news 1187879064 - January 1, 1970 By : The Bloc Boyz, consisting of Ace & K Boy, are repping the New West movement on Glasses Malone's label Blu Division. The duo has been making noize in the streets with features on some of the hottest mixtapes like DJ Nik Bean's "Streets of LA 3", Taje's "Hot Box 2", Noni Spitz "W.I.M.S" & DJ Warrior's "Ill Street Dues Vol. 3".

Today we bring you an exclusive video of the Bloc Boyz chilling in the studio with none other than the "A" team Busta Rhymes, Bishop Lamont & Focus all from the Aftermath camp.

Check out the video below:

The Bloc Boyz With Busta Rhymes, Bishop Lamont & Focus (Video) (60MB, Windows Media)

We also have two exclusive joints for free download. The first one is called "South Central", produced by Terrace Martin and the second one is "Fly Like Us" featuring Roccett, produced by Dae One. Get them both below:

The Bloc Boyz - South Central (Prod. by Terrace Martin)

The Bloc Boyz - Fly Like Us (Prod. by Dae One)

Up next for The Bloc Boyz is Blu Divisions "The Electric Chair" mixtape hosted by DJ Skee & Dow Jones (fka "The New Death Row" mixtape), as well as features on Black Milk and Bishop Lamont's "CALTROiT", a soundtrack for an upcoming Tupac documentary, and their own street album "Protege of the Streets" due early next year. Keep it locked on Dubcnn for more exclusives and news on The Bloc Boyz.


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news 1193244775 - January 1, 1970 By : Aww sh*t... Blu Division up in this! Glasses Malone got a early X-Mas present for all the dubcnn visitors! Fresh off his signing with Hoo Bangin'/Cash Money Records, Glasses teamed up with West Coast DJ's Dow Jones and DJ Skee to drop his new mixtape/street album called "The Electric Chair" aka "187.4FM WBallz Radio" for free download!

I can feel all the old Death Row fans going "Huh? WBallz Radio? For real?" That's right! They went and got the original DJ EZ Dic and Salty Nutz to handle the interludes on the album, which fits perfectly, as this mixtapes finds Glasses Malone and his entire Blu Division crew flowing over several Death Row classics from "Doggystyle", "The Chronic", "Dogg Food" or "Murder Was the Case".

Take a ride through the Eastside with Watts' own Beach Cruiser, who introduces his Blu Division team on the tape: The Bloc Boyz, Roc Slanga, Quiz & Conflict. Additional features include Daz Dillinger, Mack 10, Butch Cassidy, The Relativez, 211, Akon, Gangsta Granny, with production by Dae One, DJ Toomp, Terrace Martin, Golden Eye, Drop, MikeCity, J Doe, Rhythm D, Conflict & J Steez.

Ain't nothing else to say about this mixtape, just go ahead and download it below:

Glasses Malone - The Electric Chair Mixtape aka 187.4FM WBallz Radio (Hosted by Dow Jones & DJ Skee)

After you listened to it, make sure to hit up the dubcc forums to chat with Glasses Malone himself and to leave your feedback! For those of you wondering why the cover of the mixtape looks so familiar, click here and you'll know why!

Nima

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news 1193605500 - January 1, 1970 By : It's time for some new music from Shady Records signee Cashis! The Orange County rapper made his first major appearance on Eminem's "Re-Up" compilation, which he followed up with his "County Hound EP", which featured a video to the single "Lac Motion".

Cashis has been staying busy, and just dropped a new mixtape called "Bogish Boy Vol.2" for free download on his MySpace page. Him and his producer Rikkinati have also sent dubcnn three exclusive joints to put up for our readers.

The first one is called "County On Fire" and is a Rikkinati production. Download below:

Cashis - County On Fire (Prod. by Rikkinati)

The second track features The Alchemist on the third verse, and was produced by The Blocc Boyz. Get it below:

Cashis - Poppin' (ft. Alchemist) (Prod. by Blocc Boyz)

And last but not least is a more upbeat track, produced by the one and only Rick Rock. The song is called "Get Up", check it out:

Cashis - Get Up (Prod. by Rick Rock)

Bang the songs and spread them around! Be on the lookout for Cashis' next project "Loose Cannon", which will be a double CD album, coming soon!

Nima

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news 1193976630 - January 1, 1970 By : Today we're continuing our coverage of Bishop Lamont's birthday bash, which took place at Club Element in Los Angeles this past Tuesday. Dubcnn was in the house all night long, and we captured our experience for you on film. We caught up with Taje, DJ Warrior, Dae One, Noni Spitz, producer Clinton Place #9, Diverse, Prime, Indef, and the man of the hour himself, Bishop Lamont, to discuss their current and upcoming projects.

Also included in the video are live performances from Taje with Noni Spitz and Glasses Malone with The Bloc Boyz. Needless to say, this feature is another "must-watch" for any West Coast fan. Click on the link below to check it out on The Dubcnn Channel, or if you would prefer to save a copy to your hard drive, use the link here. Once again, shouts out to Edgar and TakeOff Productions for all of their continued support!

Bishop Lamont & Friends: "Birthday Bash" [Video]

Keep checking back throughout the rest of the week as we bring you Bishop Lamont & Black Milk's "Caltriot" street album, hosted by DJ Warrior, for free download! Also be on the lookout for a new video interview with Bishop, and footage of his entire live performance from the birthday party. To get an idea of how crazy his show was, click here to view a still taken from his appearance onstage that night.

Free Mixtapes From Your Favorite New West Artists:
DJ Skee Presents: Bishop Lamont - N*gger Noize [Free Download]
DJ Warrior Presents: Taje - Hot Box 2 [Free Download]
DJ Skee & Dow Jones Present: Glasses Malone - The Electric Chair [Free Download]

Myspace Links (Be sure to add everyone as your friend):
Bishop Lamont, DJ Warrior, Dae One, Taje, Noni Spitz, Clinton Place #9, Prime, Indef, Diverse, Glasses Malone, The Bloc Boyz

Stay tuned to Dubcnn as we continue to bring you the latest on the New West!

Eddie Gurrola

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news 1195236236 - January 1, 1970 By : Dubcnn readers should be getting familiar with the name Clinton Place#9. We first introduced you to the talented producer in our coverage of Bishop Lamont's Birthday, and last week we dropped a track with Yukmouth from his upcoming project "Neva Judge A Book: A Journey Through The Industry."

Today we're back with a full tracklist for the album. "Neva Judge A Book" will be available for free download exclusively on Dubcnn in the next couple of weeks. The album features all original production, and #9 speaks before many of the songs - explaining the story behind each record.

You're all in for a treat, because this star-studded project features appearances from Westside Connection, Kurupt, Roscoe, Taje, Spider Loc, Yukmouth, and many more. It is also executive produced by Clinton Place#9, Dae One, & Sir Jinx. Check out the full tracklist below, and to view a teaser image, click on the picture to your left.

1. Intro
2. Brick City ft. Runt Dawg
3. Imma Rida ft. Kurupt, Roscoe, Tri-Star, Spider Loc, & Mr. Holloway
4. Left Da Drugz ft. Taje
5. Bangin' At The Party ft. Westside Connection
6. Free Ya Mind ft. Roscoe, Tri-Star, & Sir Jinx
7. Comments on Yukmouth [Interlude]
8. Super Bad ft. Yukmouth & Brotha Raheem
9. I Still Luv U ft. A L.A. Ni@@a
10. Not 4 Play ft. The Horsemen (Canibus & Kurupt)
11. Get By ft. Noni Spitz & The Bloc Boyz
12. Tryna Eat ft. Runt Dogg
13. Click Clack Be Cool ft. Spider Loc & Smurf
14. Look At My Life ft. A L.A. Ni@@a
15. Bangin' At The Party [Original Version] ft. Spider Loc
16. Press On ft. N.E.D.

Make sure to add Clinton Place#9 as your friend on Myspace. Stay tuned to Dubcnn over the next couple of weeks as we bring you an exclusive video interview with #9 and the full "Neva Judge A Book" album for free download.

Eddie Gurrola

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news 1197675545 - January 1, 1970 By : Dubcnn recently sat down with R&B artist Mike Ant for an exclusive video interview. In this feature, we discuss Mike’s undeniable passion for all different types of music, and what he plans to bring to the game. We also talk about current and future collaborations with artists like Bishop Lamont, Taje, and Dae One. Mike also speaks about his upcoming street album “Old School New,” which will feature many of the West Coast’s finest artists.

To find out about all of these topics and much more, watch the interview below. Also look out for guest appearances from Prime, Ace of The Bloc Boyz, Young Bruh, and Westside Way aka Conway in the video. Shouts out to TakeOff Productions for all of their help!

Exclusive Video Interview With Mike Ant [December 2007]

We've also got some new music from Mike Ant to share with you today. First up is a mixtape song called "Touch Ya [Remix]" and it features Indef. The instrumental comes courtesy of Dr. Dre, and it was originally featured on a Busta Rhymes song. Check it out below.

Mike Ant - Touch Ya [Remix] (featuring Indef)

The next cut is from the "Tupac Assassination" soundtrack, and it features Warren G, Focus, and T Lee. Mike describes his experience recording this track in the interview, so be sure to check that out before listening to the song.

Mike Ant - What Goes Around (featuring Warren G, Focus, & T Lee) [Produced by Focus]

Make sure to add Mike Ant as your friend on Myspace. Also don't forget to pick up a copy of the "Tupac Assassination" soundtrack, which is in stores now! Be on the lookout for big things from Mike in the future, including an appearance on Bishop Lamont's "Pope Mobile" and his own street album "Old School New."

Eddie Gurrola

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news 1199130552 - January 1, 1970 By : We want to end 2007 with a bang here on Dubcnn, and we figured that there would be no better way to do that then to give you another exclusive, free street album that you can play tonight at your New Year's Eve party!

After months of anticipation by many of our readers, we're proud to release producer Clinton Place #9's album "Neva Judge A Book: A Journey Through The Industry" for download today. This free release features all original vocals and production, and it's banging from start to finish!


This project will take you on a ride through #9's career - from his first major placement on Westside Connection's "Bangin At The Party" with Sir Jinx, to working on records with Kurupt, Roscoe, & Y.A., and his current situation with artists like Dae One, Taje, Noni Spitz, and The Bloc Boyz. Just by looking at the tracklist of this project, you can see how prevelant Clinton Place #9 is in the West Coast game, even though you may not have heard his name before.

This album will show you who #9 is, what his skills are like behind the boards, and the grind that he continually faces to be successful in this cutthroat industry. This is Dubcnn's last release of 2007, and we hope that increased awareness of #9's talent will bring him the shine that he truly deserves in 2008. Download the album for free below!

Clinton Place #9 - Neva Judge A Book: A Journey Through The Industry [Free Download] [Executive Producers: Clinton Place #9, Sir Jinx, & Dae One]

Make sure to visit Clinton Place #9 on Myspace and drop a comment about the album. You can also chat with #9 directly on our forum. If you're an artist/producer/A&R and you like what you've heard, you can contact Clinton Place #9 at (862) 763-3487 or agrownman9@yahoo.com Be on the lookout for an exclusive video interview with #9 to drop in January on Dubcnn as well.

We'll see you in 2008 with the latest exclusive street album releases!

Eddie Gurrola

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news 1199729356 - January 1, 1970 By : The Bloc Boyz (Ace & K-Boy) are gearing up to release their debut street album "Real Talk" in the next couple of months. The project, hosted by DJ Warrior & DJ Blvd, will feature production from Dae One, Terrace Martin, Dow Jones, & Nomice and guest appearances from Crooked I, Glasses Malone, Mykestro, Mike Ant, and many more.

We've got two tracks from the album for you today that feature quality production from Dae One. The first one is called "Balls In Ya Jaws," and it features DJ Rhettmatic doing the scratching on the hook.

The Bloc Boyz - Balls In Ya Jawz (ft. DJ Rhettmatic) [Produced by Dae One]

The next track, "Makin Threats," features "Mr. 1.7 Million" himself, Glasses Malone.

The Bloc Boyz - Makin Threats (ft. Glasses Malone) [Produced by Dae One]

Make sure to add The Bloc Boyz, Dae One, & Glasses Malone as your friends on Myspace. Be on the lookout for the latest on the "Real Talk" street album right here on Dubcnn!

Eddie Gurrola

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news 1200106069 - January 1, 1970 By : We've got a big update for you today from Taje, who took Dubcnn readers by storm last year with his incredible street album "Hot Box 2." We're happy to announce today that "Hot Box 2: The Untagged Edition," presented by LNS/Diocese/TakeOff, will be dropping next week right here on Dubcnn for all of the fans and DJs out there. Keep checking back over the next few days to find out when you can get your free copy!

Since the release of "Hot Box 2," Taje has been hard at work in the studio. The "Get It Gang" street album will be available in March, and "Hot Box 3," which is being recorded as we speak, will be coming out this summer.

In the meantime, you can catch Taje in upcoming issues of "High Times," "The Source" and "OZONE"! This will be Taje's second and third appearances in the latter two magazines. You can check out scans of his first articles by clicking below.

Taje In "The Source" [December '07] [Scan]

Taje In "OZONE" [November '07] [Scan]

Taje was also present alongside PR1ME and The Bloc Boyz for Roscoe Umali's "Live It Up" video shoot. They all snagged a cameo in the video, which will be premeiring on various media outlets soon. Check out a behind-the-scenes look at the shoot by following the link below.

Taje, PR1ME, & The Bloc Boyz In Roscoe Umali's "Live It Up" Video [Youtube]

We've also got a new track for you today, just in time for you to bump on your Friday night out! The track is called "Death Before Dishonor," and it comes from the "Tupac Assassination" Soundtrack. It's by Mopreme Shakur, and Taje, Bishop Lamont, and Indef make guest appearances. That's quite a lineup, so be sure to download it below.

Mopreme Shakur - Death Before Dishonor (featuring Taje, Bishop Lamont, & Indef) [Produced by Kalypso]


Make sure to add Taje, Mopreme Shakur, PR1ME, The Bloc Boyz, and Bishop Lamont as your friends on Myspace.

Come back to Dubcnn next week for your free copy of "Hot Box 2: The Untagged Edition"!

Eddie Gurrola

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news 1201979175 - January 1, 1970 By : With Glasses Malone's monster hit "Certified" currently dominating radio airwaves, Mr. 1.7 Million decided to do a remix to the song with his Blu Division clique. The result is a high-energy second-take on the track that falls into the category of "must-download"! On the 1st verse are Conflict & Quiz, followed by Ace & K-Boy (The Bloc Boyz) on the 2nd, and K-Style & Roc Slanga on the 3rd. Check it out below.

Glasses Malone - Certified [Remix] (ft. Conflict, Quiz, The Bloc Boyz, K-Style, Roc Slanga, & Akon)

Shouts out to The Bloc Boyz for hooking us up with the track! Enjoy the remix, and be on the look out for more music from the Blu Division camp real soon on Dubcnn!

Eddie Gurrola

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news 1204684982 - January 1, 1970 By : It's only been a month since Cashis released his last mixtape called "The Leak" here on Dubcnn [see: Shady Records Rapper Cashis Brings You "The Leak"], and the Shady Capo has already returned with another new mixtape for free download exclusively on Dubcnn. Today we bring you the 22 track deep "Loose Cannon Mixtape Volume 1".

Cashis picked that title for the mixtape series because it's an early preview for the offical "Loose Cannon" debut album dropping on July 25th. That's right, Shady Records finally gave him a release date for the summer as they're nearing completion soon. Just by looking at the line-up of this double album, you can tell that this could be one of the biggest projects to hit the Coast in the last few years. It has a nice mix of guest appearances from the likes of Eminem, Young Buck, Obie Trice, Bun B, Cee-Lo, Tru Life, Juelz Santana, San Quinn, Mistah F.A.B., Goldie Gold from The Federation, Keyshia Cole, Jon B, and many more to come.

But back to the mixtape: The project, which was mixed by DJ Arkane and compiled by Rikanatti and DJ Arkane, features original production by the Blocc Boyz, Tha Bizness, C Major as well as borrowed beats. As far as the content goest, you can expect a different side from Cashis this time around. «With "Loose Cannon" I wanna set a high level of quality. It could really be an album because I really put my heart into it. It shows my maturity as an artist, because there are a lot of different songs on there. Of course you got the West Coast influenced tracks and even the radio songs because certain people didn't know I could do them» Cashis told Dubcnn.

Besides dropping the free mixtape series, Cashis will also be shooting a few videos in the coming weeks. «I got a crazy West Coast anthem called "Brand New Chucks" that we're gonna shoot a video for. It's produced by Eminem and it's about loving California and our culture out here. We're gonna shoot that, and also the jump off single which might be the song with Bun B. So we're gonna be shooting three videos real quick» Cashis continued.

As you can see, Cashis' grind is in full motion and the buzz is getting bigger by the day. To keep the ball rolling you can download Volume 1 of the "Loose Cannon" mixtape series below.

Cashis - Loose Cannon Mixtape Vol. 1 [Download page]

For booking information, hit up the official MySpace at myspace.com/cashisoc. Also be on the lookout for the full length interview with Cashis coming soon on Dubcnn!

LilJay

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news 1205619740 - January 1, 1970 By : After gaining a major buzz in 2007, The Bloc Boyz (K-Boy & Ace) are gearing up to flood West Coast hip-hop fans with quality music for the rest of this year. Between a new mixtape “Reality Check” that’s dropping for free download in a few weeks, and their long-awaited street album “Real Talk”, The Bloc Boyz are putting themselves in a perfect position to blow up in ’08.

K-Boy and Ace have been friends since high school, but it wasn’t until later that they officially came together to form The Bloc Boyz. “We ran back into each other somewhere on Sunset, linked up, and started doing a couple little things. Ever since then, that sh*t was just right,” said Ace. At the time, K-Boy had already aligned himself with Glasses Malone after an impromptu freestyle session. K-Boy recalls, “When me and Ace got back into contact, I [said to Glasses], ‘I’ve got a boy that wants in’. Once he heard Ace, it was a wrap. Since then, it’s been Blu Division for like three-and-a-half or four years now!”

In ’07, The Bloc Boyz appeared on a variety of mixtapes, including Glasses Malone’s “Electric Chair”. [Download Here] With the Death Row theme surrounding the project, instant comparisons were made, and some declared The Bloc Boyz as Tha Dogg Pound for a new generation. When asked about this, Ace simply said, “The Dogg Pound put it down hard for the streets. We take that as a compliment. Shouts out to Kurupt, shouts out to Daz.” The duo worked with Daz on “The Electric Chair” as well, and they considered it an honor. K-Boy told us, “To link up with a legend and a motherf*cker that you grew up to, listened to, and looked up to? That’s crazy! For him to f*ck with us, and for him to give us that stamp, it’s unbelievable. I’m lost for words.”

As of late, the self-described “lab rats” have been recording material non-stop. The first offering from The Bloc Boyz will be “Reality Check”, a mixtape hosted by DJ Ill Will, DJ Rampage, and DJ Blvd. When asked about the project, Ace said, “That’s basically a whole lot of music that we’ve been recording. We’re just gonna do it for the internet - free download. Following that is the street album, which is crazy.”

The forthcoming street album in question, “Real Talk”, is promised to be “what the game’s been missing.” Ace said, “Basically, we’re giving you us. We’re giving you what we go through, we’re giving you what everyone else might go through. We’re actually talking about something. We’re actually having fun with the music. We’re doing different things, and just trying to showcase the West. We want to show people what West Coast life is really like.”

Aside from the mixtape and street album, K-Boy and Ace are also working on solo projects. K-Boy is putting together “The Green Mixtape”, which aims to bring West Coast unity to a higher level. “I’m trying not to glorify gangbanging in a negative way. Crips and Bloods can get along, we can do music and get money together, and we can be real friends. I reached out to [artists like] Jay Rock, Lil Bam, 211, Roccett, and Big Wy [for the project]. It’s gonna be a hell of a tape. What I wanted to do is put everybody together and let them know that we’re really pushing the ‘blue and red make green’ out here.”


Meanwhile, Ace has been working on the “Get It Gang” street album with Taje. “That tape right there is something serious. Taje reached out to a n*gga because he seen a n*gga grindin’. He seen what me and K-Boy were doing.” The group also has nothing but respect for LNS’s Dae One. “Shouts out to Dae One. Dae One was actually the first producer to really f*ck with us on a heavy level and provide us with a sound that only fits The Bloc Boyz. When we get into the studio with Dae One, it’s like magic,” says K-Boy.

With a full-lineup of street offerings this year, The Bloc Boyz are making it their mission to be heard. On top of the new music, the Boyz have established their own company, Hustle Money Ent., as well. The group is confident about their position in the game, and envisions major plans for themselves in the future. “[Other artists] hear the music and realize that we’re real n*ggas. Everybody’s f*ckin’ with us.”

We’ve got a new track from “Reality Check” for you to listen to today. The banger is called “I’m Hood”, and it’s not one that you’ll want to pass up. Download it below.

The Bloc Boyz – I’m Hood [Produced by Chris Judge]

Make sure to check out The Bloc Boyz on Myspace, and be on the look out for “Reality Check” to drop on Dubcnn for free download in the next few weeks. The group wants to give a big shout out to Andino, the studio they record at, as well!

Eddie Gurrola

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news 1206471927 - January 1, 1970 By : DJ Nik Bean has teamed up with Felli Fel and DJ Drama for a huge mixtape called "Streetz Of L.A. 4" that's out right now! You can buy the mixtape here if you're interested. As always, Dubcnn has a couple of preview tracks from the tape for you before you make your decision. Check them out below.

DJ Felli Fel & DJ Drama - Intro
2Five ft. Piney - After All

Here's a few more cuts from the tape that we've premiered earlier.

Young Keno ft. Hot Dollar - Fresh 2 Def
The Bloc Boyz ft. Glasses Malone - Makin Threats
Omar Cruz ft. The Game - Gangsta Music

In related news, Nik Bean recently released the first edition of his "Street Certified" DVD, which features footage with Crooked I, Rick Ross, Mistah FAB, Ying Yang Twinz, and more. Check out the trailer here, and if you're interested, buy it here.

Stay tuned to Dubcnn for the latest mixtape news.

Eddie Gurrola

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news 1206581345 - January 1, 1970 By : After bringing you an exclusive interview with The Bloc Boyz last week, we're back with some audio from their new mixtape "Reality Check" with DJ Ill Will, DJ Rampage, and DJ Blvd, today. The tape will be up for free download on Dubcnn as early as next week, but these two bangers will hold you over until then.

The first song is called "The Facts", produced by FOC. K-Boy & Ace speak their mind on the state of hip-hop and the West's position in the game. There's a lot of real talk being said here, so don't pass it up.

The Bloc Boyz - The Facts [Produced by FOC]

The next one, produced by Nomize, is called "We Got It", and further establishes The Bloc Boyz as one of the hottest new duos out West.

The Bloc Boyz - We Got It [Produced by Nomize]

Make sure to add The Bloc Boyz as your friends on Myspace, and be on the look out for "Reality Check" to drop for free download real soon!

Eddie Gurrola

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news 1206989427 - January 1, 1970 By : We have a new track by the Shady Records capo Cashis for ya'll today, a remix to a song that you heard on the "Loose Cannon" mixtape we dropped on dubcnn a few weeks ago. I'm talking about "Red Light", produced by Rikkinati, who also did the remix.

They hollered at Mistah FAB, Hot Rod and Dirty Blacc to jump on the remix, which will be featured on Dubcnn & Cashis' upcoming mixtape "The Leak Vol. 2", coming to dubcnn very soon.


Check out the "Red Light Remix" below:

Cashis - Red Light (Remix) (ft. Mistah FAB, Hot Rod & Dirty Blacc)

Enjoy the track, and keep it locked to dubcnn for the latest on Cashis, Rikkinati & the Blocc Boyz.

Nima

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news 1207157220 - January 1, 1970 By : We can't keep up with all the new music that The Bloc Boyz have been hitting us with as of late! They just sent over three more exclusive heaters that we're excited to leak today.

First off is "Talk That Talk" featuring Mykestro from their "Reality Check" mixtape which will be dropping for free download on Dubcnn this Friday. This is definitely one you don't wanna pass up!

The Bloc Boyz - Talk That Talk (ft. Mykestro) [Produced by Epik]

Next up is a Dem Jointz production called "Thugg Sh*t" featuring K-Boy of The Bloc Boyz and Young Fresh Mike of the Hustle Money crew. This track is from the forthcoming "Hustle Money" mixtape.

Young Fresh Mike ft. K-Boy - Thugg Sh*t [Produced by Dem Jointz]

Our final track is a K-Boy solo from his "Green Mixtape" produced by Diverse. This one's called "That N*gga".

K-Boy - That N*gga [Produced by Diverse]

Make sure to add The Bloc Boyz as your friends on Myspace. Don't forget to come back on Friday for The Bloc Boyz's "Reality Check" mixtape with DJ Ill Will, DJ Rampage, & DJ Blvd!

Eddie Gurrola

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news 1207674107 - January 1, 1970 By : For the past few weeks, we've been bringing you a variety of remixes to The Game's latest single "Big Dreams." From huge DJ mixes by Ill Will & September 7th, to a crazy re-interpretation by producer Komplex, it seems as if the entire Coast wants to try their hand at this record.

At the end of the day, it's great to see so much unity going on, with West Coast artists from all areas jumping on remixes to support what could be a huge single for the West as a whole.


We've got a new one from the Blu Division camp for you to check out today. The song features Quiz, The Bloc Boyz, and Conflict, and it's another dope one to add to your collection. Check it out below.

Blu Division - Big Dreams Remix (ft. Quiz, The Bloc Boyz, & Conflict)

This record will be featured on DJ Raze One's "Return Of The Hustle 2" mixtape, hosted by Quiz. Many of our readers may be wondering what happened to The Bloc Boyz's "Reality Check" mixtape that was supposed to drop on Dubcnn last Friday. Due to some technical issues out of the group's control, the tape will not be ready until next week. They apologize for the inconvenience, and are working hard to get it out as fast as possible.

Make sure to add Quiz, The Bloc Boyz, & Conflict as your friends on Myspace. Stay tuned to Dubcnn for the latest on the Blu Division camp!

Eddie Gurrola

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news 1208625233 - January 1, 1970 By : We're back today with two new records from The Bloc Boyz, the Blu Division duo of K-Boy & Ace who are gearing up to kill the game this year. Their mixtape, "Reality Check", is still coming, and they have just added September 7th to the project to join DJ Ill Will & DJ Rampage. You should expect to see the tape up for free download on Dubcnn very soon.

The first record we're leaking today is a collaboration between The Bloc Boyz and Uncle Chucc of 1500 Or Nothin'. Many will remember Chucc for his work with Snoop Dogg on "Neva Hafta Worry" from the "Ego Trippin" album.

Chucc lends his production work to this record as well, which is titled "Keep Flossin'". Check it out below.

The Bloc Boyz - Keep Flossin' [Featuring & Produced by Uncle Chucc]

The second record features K-Boy with Blu Division member Conflict on a hardcore cut called "Ryda Music". With K-Boy dropping lines like, "I keep that 8 on me like a Kobe Bryant throwback," you know you'll want to check this one out. Download it below.

K-Boy & Conflict - Ryda Music [Produced by Conflict]

Make sure to add The Bloc Boyz, Uncle Chucc, & Conflict as your friends on Myspace. Be on the lookout for "Reality Check" to drop very soon on Dubcnn for free download, and also check out the Blu Division "Big Dreams Remix", featuring The Bloc Boyz, Quiz, and Conflict.

Eddie Gurrola

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news 1209065734 - January 1, 1970 By : We know it's been a couple of weeks since we promised you The Bloc Boyz's debut mixtape "Reality Check". With the technical difficulties out of the way, we're here to bring you the project today, and trust us, it was definitely worth the wait!

"Reality Check", hosted by DJ Ill Will and mixed by September 7th, is full of non-stop heat from start to finish. K-Boy & Ace bring their A-game on every track, and with guest appearances and production from Glasses Malone, Mykestro, Dae One, Terrace Martin, and Mike Ant rounding out the disc, you're in for one hell of a ride. Grab the free download by using the link below.

The Bloc Boyz - Reality Check [Presented by DJ Ill Will, September 7th, DJ Rampage, & DJ Blvd]

Make sure to add The Bloc Boyz as your friends on Myspace. Look out for K-Boy's "Green Mixtape", Taje's "Get It Gang" featuring Ace, and The Bloc Boyz's full length street album "Real Talk" to all drop in the near future.

Stay tuned to Dubcnn for the latest mixtape and street album releases!

Eddie Gurrola

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news 1209745686 - January 1, 1970 By : Anyone familiar with West Coast-based production team Tha Bizness know that the musical fire starters have been making major moves for some time now. After getting placements on 50 Cent & Young Buck's latest albums, the duo of Dow Jones & J-Hen have lended their production to the first single off R. Kelly's newest solo album! On "Hairbraider", the smooth, melodic tones of their production compliment Kellz's auto-tuned vocals flawlessly. Check it out below.

R. Kelly - Hairbraider [Produced by R. Kelly & Tha Bizness]

Tha Bizness have also just released a remix to Ne-Yo's current hit "Closer." This new version of the record has more of a club-type feel to it than the original. Download it and see what you think!

Ne-Yo - Closer [Tha Bizness Remix]

Make sure to add Tha Bizness as your friends on Myspace to hear more music. Also check out
Tha Bizness's Official Website for all of the latest info.

You can look forward to hearing Tha Bizness production on a crazy number of West Coast projects in the near future. They've got two tracks on Ice Cube's "Raw Footage" record, two tracks on Glasses Malone's "Beach Cruiser", some cuts on Ca$his's double-CD debut "Loose Cannon," and a new single with Mistah FAB that's about to be released. You can check out exclusive footage of Hot Dollar recording a Bizness track from his debut album "My Dreams...A Day In The Life" by [clicking here.] Also look out for Problem's "Deal Or No Deal 2" mixtape, and The Bloc Boyz's "Real Talk" street album, both presented by Dow Jones.

Stay tuned to Dubcnn for the latest on Tha Bizness!

Eddie Gurrola

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news 1210383176 - January 1, 1970 By : K-Boy of The Bloc Boyz is putting together a new project called "The Green Tape" which will push West Coast unity in a big way. The street album will be hosted by DJ Warrior, and presented along with DJ Ill Will & September 7th. We've got two exclusive records from "The Green Tape" for you to check out today. The first one is a K-Boy solo joint produced by FOC called "My Life."

K-Boy - My Life [Prod. by FOC]

The second record is called "Active," produced by Tha Bizness.

This song also features Da Reptiblez, a group consisting of Shorty Bang & K-Style, who is Glasses Malone's brother.

K-Boy - Active (ft. Da Reptiblez) [Prod. by Tha Bizness]

Make sure to add The Bloc Boyz as your friends on Myspace. Look out for "The Green Tape" to drop soon. Also get ready for Taje's "Get It Gang" project featuring Ace of The Bloc Boyz, and the new Bloc Boyz street album "Real Talk," presented by Dow Jones.

Stay tuned to Dubcnn for the latest on K-Boy, The Bloc Boyz, & Blu Division.

Eddie Gurrola

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news 1211348826 - January 1, 1970 By : The Bloc Boyz are back on Dubcnn today with two more exclusive bangers!

First up is a K-Boy solo song called "Bang On," produced by Disko. This record will appear on K-Boy's "Green Tape" that we keep updating you on, which will be presented by DJ Warrior & September 7th of Cali Untouchables & DJ Ill Will. Check out the funky record below.

K-Boy - Bang On [Prod. by Disko]


Next, we've got an exclusive from The Bloc Boyz's official street album "Real Talk," presented by Dow Jones & DJ Skee. This one is called "U Don't Wanna," featuring Mike Ant & Black Reign of Harlem. Download it!

The Bloc Boyz - U Don't Wanna (ft. Mike Ant & Black Reign) [Prod. by Act Up]

Don't forget to add The Bloc Boyz as your friends on Myspace. Look out for all the latest news on "The Green Tape" and "Real Talk" right here on Dubcnn!

Eddie Gurrola

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news 1211958019 - January 1, 1970 By : DJ Warrior is currently busy hosting his show "Cali Untouchable Radio" on Sirius, which you can catch right now if you're reading this! Two of the songs he's world premiering tonight are dropping simultaneously on Dubcnn for all of our readers as well!

First up is a new track from Taje's group Get It Gang, which consists of Taje, Ace of The Bloc Boyz, Bad News, & 2C's. This song is called "The Grimm," produced by Dae One, who just can't stop dropping heat as of late. Check it out.

Taje Presents Get It Gang - The Grimm [Prod. by Dae One]

Next is a brand new Bishop Lamont track called "City Lights," featuring production from DJ Khalil. Get ready to blast this one in your car!

Bishop Lamont - City Lights [ft. Eric of The Royales] [Prod. by DJ Khalil]

Shouts out to DJ Warrior for sharing this music with us! Make sure to add Warrior, Taje, Dae One, & Bishop Lamont as your friends on Myspace. Stay tuned to Dubcnn for the latest new music.

Look out for "The Confessional" to drop June 1st, and "Get It Gang" to drop this summer!

Eddie Gurrola

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news 1212561161 - January 1, 1970 By : We're back with another edition of the hottest radio show on the internet, "The West Coast Grind With Young De & Eddie." Every week, we take you straight into the mind of your favorite artists and let you see things from their perspective.

This episode is no different, as we linked up with Taje to go in-depth about the state of the music industry, his opinion on radio-ready hip-hop, and much more. We discuss Taje's latest project, "The Get It Gang," which is a group effort featuring Ace of The Bloc Boyz, Bad News, and 2C's.

Ace & Bad News also jump on the show and explain The Get It Gang movement even further.

In addition to our conversations, we've got SIX brand new, world premiere records that we assure you have not leaked until this instant. Check out the show to hear exclusive music from Bishop Lamont, Roscoe Umali, Meech Wells, Glasses Malone, K-Boy, and Ab-Soul featuring Little Brother! Download the podcast by following the link below.

"The West Coast Grind With Young De & Eddie"
Special Guests Taje, Ace, & Bad News of The Get It Gang [Podcast]

Make sure to add Young De, Taje, & The Bloc Boyz as your friends on Myspace. Shouts out to TakeOff Productions for their help with this feature. We've also set up an Official West Coast Grind Myspace, so please add that page as well.

Look out for The Get It Gang street album to drop later this month for free download.

Also stay tuned later in the week for exclusive pictures from Young De & Ca$his's music video shoot that took place last weekend for their single "Can't Move Me" featuring Mitchy Slick.

Check back next Tuesday for more of "The West Coast Grind!"

Eddie Gurrola

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news 1213739736 - January 1, 1970 By : We've got a cool new mixtape for you today from South Central's K Breeze. This project is called "Elected," and it flows well from start to finish. K Breeze is the cousin of a familiar face on Dubcnn, K-Boy of The Bloc Boyz, and we've got their collaboration track from the mixtape for you to check out before you grab the whole thing below.

K Breeze ft. K-Boy & Malcolm Harvest - How It Feel

Now check out the whole mixtape below.

K Breeze - Elected [Free Mixtape Download]

Check out K Breeze on Myspace for more information. Also look out for more news on K-Boy and his forthcoming "Green Tape" later this week on Dubcnn.

Eddie Gurrola

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news 1214526089 - January 1, 1970 By : Throughout the past few months, we've announced the upcoming project from Blu Division rapper Quiz called "Before Taxes" and brought you some preview tracks, including "Let's Go", featuring Mistah Fab. We've just received the entire mixtape to put up for free download, and that's exactly what we did.

"Before Taxes" was entirely produced by Misfit Ent's Sega, who's no stranger to dubcnn visitors. Features include Glasses Malone, Mistah FAB and The Bloc Boyz. "Before Taxes" is Quiz' introduction to the world, get to know the Blu Division MC on 12 all original tracks.

Download the mixtape below:

Quiz - Before Taxes (Hosted by September 7th & DJ Raze One)

We also have two tracks off the mixtape in untagged form for ya'll to download to enjoy in full quality, click below to check them out:

Quiz - Hands N The Air
Quiz - Diggin' Me

Enjoy "Before Taxes" and keep your ears and eyes open for more from Quiz in near future!

Nima

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news 1214622896 - January 1, 1970 By : We're back today with some new K-Boy music! K-Boy wants us to let the people know that there's a new supergroup that's been formed called The Movement, consisting of himself, 211, Jay Rock, Roccett, Lil Bam, Joe Moses, Nipsey Hussle, Taje, & Ace.

"We are just dudes that's been putting it down ,and it seems like we are slept on," K-Boy told Dubcnn. "So now its time to wake these muthaf*ckas up. It's a powerful movement because it's Bloods and Crips coming together, not just on some rap sh*t, but we're all like brothers."

Look out for some records from this crazy new group to drop soon. In the meantime, we've got K-Boy's new street single available for download called "F*cc The Club," produced by Disko. Check it out below.

K-Boy - F*cc The Club [Prod. by Disko]

Make sure to check out K-Boy on Myspace. K-Boy's "Green Tape," which will promote West Coast unity in a big way, will be available for free download very shortly. K-Boy & Glasses Malone will also be hosting September 7th's "Western Hospitality 9," which will be dropping on July 7th right here on Dubcnn.

Stay tuned to Dubcnn for the latest on K-Boy, The Bloc Boyz, and the rest of the Blu Division camp.

Eddie Gurrola

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news 1215556636 - January 1, 1970 By : We've got some new music from The Bloc Boyz today from their street album "Real Talk," which will be presented by Dow Jones.

This one is called "Why," and it features Uncle Chucc, who was featured on Snoop Dogg's "Ego Trippin" album among other records as of late. Download the record below.

The Bloc Boyz - Why (ft. Uncle Chucc)


K-Boy also dropped a street video for his single "Bang On," produced by Disko, from his forthcoming project "The Green Tape." Check that out right here:

K-Boy - Bang On [Video]

Make sure to add The Bloc Boyz page & K-Boy on Myspace. Look out for "Real Talk," K-Boy's "Green Tape," another K-Boy street album called "Bloc Mentality," Taje's "Get It Gang" featuring Ace, and a Blu Division tape called "Gangstas Don't Dance." They're gearing up to take over the summer!

Eddie Gurrola

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news 1216320520 - January 1, 1970 By : Regular visitors will have noticed the removal of the "Western Hospitality 9" update shortly after its release on the 7th of this month. The removal was due to a mistake on the tape which has since been rectified and re-released. We are re-posting the update below with the new covers, tracklist and of course - free download link!

Oh boy! Its the 7th of the month so you already know its time for us to release the latest installment of "On The 7th With The 7th" - with his 9th edition of the acclaimed "Western Hospitality 9" mixtape series!

Each month since February, and for a whole year, Cali Untouchable's very own DJ, September 7th, hits Dubcnn readers with his latest mixtape for exclusive free download! Month to month may differ, you could have a tape with the latest new music, specific to an artist or even - as in todays case - the latest "Western Hospitality" release he is working on.

Today, to mark July 7th we have the exclusive download of the eagerly awaited "Western Hospitality 9" mixtape which is hosted by G. Malone and K Boy and it subtitled "Blu Division Edition." The tape features artists including Bishop Lamont, Tha Dogg Pound, K Dot, Warren G, Kidz In The Hall, Pacific Division, Tyga, G Malone, Mistah F.A.B, K Boy, Wing, Crooked I, Wiz Khalifa , Bloc Boyz, Quiz, Roccett, Young Buck, Killer Mike, Ice Cube, Joe Moses and many more.

We also have all previous editions in the "Western Hospitality" series, 1-8, available using the link below.

September 7th - Western Hospitality 9 (Hosted By G Malone & K Boy) (Free Download)

Enjoy the new music and please drop your feedback on our forums. Fans please be aware that there will be no "Western Hospitality 10" on August 7th. Instead September 7th will wait until the day he is named after to release a double CD for all his fans - right here on Dubcnn!

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news 1216877047 - January 1, 1970 By : "The West Coast Grind" is back to do West Coast Wednesdays the right way. This time, we linked back up with Bishop Lamont to continue our discussion from last week. We talk about how to get your grind ethic right, his opinion on rappers like Soulja Boy, and of course, Dr. Dre & "Detox."

The Bloc Boyz also stop by the show to discuss rumors that they broke up. For a complete listing of what's on the agenda, check out this flyer, courtesy of our sponsor Erratic Productions. Download the show below!

"The West Coast Grind With Young De & Eddie"
Guests Bishop Lamont & The Bloc Boyz
Executive Producer Damizza; Music by DJ Ill Will




Make sure to add the newly revamped West Coast Grind Page, Young De, Damizza, DJ Ill Will, Bishop Lamont, & The Bloc Boyz as your friends on Myspace. Look out for another heated show next Wednesday, and get ready for things to start shaking up around here.

Eddie Gurrola

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news 1217990881 - January 1, 1970 By : K-Boy of The Bloc Boyz is gearing up to put out a new solo mixtape called "Jackin 4 Beats 2008," in addition to his "Green Tape." This project will mark the first collaboration between radio legend Julio G and DJ Ill Will as well!

We've got the first leak from the new mixtape for you today, called "How We Do 2008." This cover of Ice Cube's "You Know How We Do It" is a West Coast roll call of sorts, with K-Boy shouting out many of your favorite artists. Check it out below.

K-Boy - How We Do 2008

Also, we've got a video blog from K-Boy and Joe Moses for you to watch. Check it below.

K-Boy & Joe Moses Video Blog

Make sure to add K-Boy & DJ Ill Will as your friends on Myspace. We can't wait to hear what this project sounds like, especially with an icon like Julio G adding his stamp of approval to it.

Stay tuned to Dubcnn for the latest new music.

Eddie Gurrola

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news 1218894355 - January 1, 1970 By : His first single with Akon, "Certified", established his name in the industry, and his latest joint, "Haters", with Lil Wayne and Birdman, is set to take him to the next level. The man I'm talking about is Watts rapper Glasses Malone, who has been one of the most featured artists on dubcnn throughout the last years.

We've received word that before dropping his Hoo Bangin/Cash Money solo album "Beach Cruiser", he has decided to put out a digital album in October for the fans.

The album is titled "Monster's InK" and will be available on iTunes and all digital outlets on October 7th 2008. Features on the album include G. Malone's Blu Division family Quiz, Conflict, Bloc Boyz, Roc Slanga and Lude, along with Yung Bruh, Bigg Steele, Butch Cassidy, Kokane and more.

Look out for some music from the project on dubcnn very soon. In the meantime, be on the look out for the official "Haters" video dropping very soon. You can watch some behind the scenes footage from the shoot by clicking here.

Nima

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news 1220415554 - January 1, 1970 By : We've been updating you over the past few months on Taje's latest project, a group effort called "Get It Gang" featuring Ace of The Bloc Boyz, Badnewz, and 2C's.

After memorable appearances on Bishop Lamont's "Confessional" [DOWNLOAD HERE] and the infamous DJ Strong confrontation video, Taje and The Get It Gang are ready to come out swinging. The street album will be available right here for free download on September 15th via LNS/TakeOff/Diocese Records.

Taje's last project with DJ Warrior, "Hot Box 2" [DOWNLOAD UNTAGGED HERE] was featured in The Source and Ozone Magazine, and 30,000 copies were distributed from Los Angeles, New York, Las Vegas, Atlanta, and Miami to Japan. Taje's phone has been ringing off the hook from his impressive grind, and the label execs have taken notice to his ever-growing movement.

Today, we're proud to premiere the official "video commercial" for the "Get It Gang" project. Always one staying ahead of the curve, Taje has put together a five minute clip that will give all of our readers a visual taste of what to expect from the "Get It Gang" movement. Check it out below.

Taje Presents Get It Gang - "The Grimm" Video Commercial
(featuring Mike Ant on the Intro, and Chevy Jones on the hook of "The Grimm")

Get It Gang - The Grimm (ft. Chevy Jones) [Prod. by Dae One]

We're also premiering a new track from the tape called "Born Gangsta," produced by Jake One.

Get It Gang - Born Gangsta [Prod. by Jake One]

Look out for a new Taje, Butch Cassidy, & PR1ME song to drop on September 7th's "Western Hospitality 10," which is coming on September 7th. "Hot Box 3" will be dropping this holiday season as well.

A new video interview with Taje & The Get It Gang will drop on September 15th, along with the release of the street album, right here on Dubcnn.

Related Links:
Taje Myspace
Taje & The Get It Gang on "The West Coast Grind" With Young De & Eddie

Eddie Gurrola

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news 1085558634 - January 1, 1970 By : Going down tonight, May 5th 2004, at the Knitting Factory in Hollywood, is the F.I.L.T.H.E.E.E. Immigrants album release party. Dubcnn will be in the house for this event. On top of their album dropping, today is Cinco De Mayo, yet another reason to celebrate. Performing with FI tonight is the L.A. Underground Legend, 2Mex. The host for tonight is 100.3 The Beat's Eric Cubichi. DJ's for the night are Power 106's C-Minus, Vice and Felli Fel. This event not only boasts a great line up, but is also based on donations. If you decide you wanna contribute, you can, if not, that's fine, as well.

7021 Hollywood Blvd.

1 Block EAST of La Brea.

Here's the flyer
I hope you all peep this out.

SGV

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news 1085558635 - January 1, 1970 By : Going down tonight, May 5th 2004, at the Knitting Factory in Hollywood, is the F.I.L.T.H.E.E.E. Immigrants album release party. Dubcnn will be in the house for this event. On top of their album dropping, today is Cinco De Mayo, yet another reason to celebrate. Performing with FI tonight is the L.A. Underground Legend, 2Mex. The host for tonight is 100.3 The Beat's Eric Cubichi. DJ's for the night are Power 106's C-Minus, Vice and Felli Fel. This event not only boasts a great line up, but is also based on donations. If you decide you wanna contribute, you can, if not, that's fine, as well.

7021 Hollywood Blvd.

1 Block EAST of La Brea.

Here's the flyer
I hope you all peep this out.

SGV

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news 1085558755 - January 1, 1970 By : Wassup ya'll, we got a new heater by Bay Area group 580 with ProHoeZak on the hook called "Stop Stealin' That California Game". The song is produced by Platinum and is definitely a must check. It's off their upcoming album slated for a 2004 release, so stay tuned for more news on that too. Check out the song below.

580 ft. ProHoeZak - Stop Stealin' That California Game

In other news, we have the tracklisting for the new NBD Presents Marsh Nut - ""Uncut Packaged and Shipped"" here, it looks hot. It's dropping on Platinum Bound Entertainment and features the likes of M-Dash, Mista Cane, Mac & AK, Tatem 1 and many more. To see the cover to the CD, click below:

Front Cover

1. I’mma Hustla- Marsh Nut Feat Mdash
2. Knocked Out- Marsh Nut Feat NBD
3. Pimpin In my Eyes- Marsh Nut
4. Jacka- Never Seen a Man
5. Rudy Poots- Tilt
6. Smoke Wit Me- Mdash
7. Off Balance- Marsh Nut Feat Mdash & Untamed Nillaz
8. Exclusive- Mista Cane
9. Pimps Perspective- Marsh Nut Feat NBD
10. Oh No!!- Marsh Nut
11. I’m the Shit- Lou Rawls
12. Hug the Block- Marsh Nut Feat Mac and AK
13. Cup Full of Rum- Marsh Nut
14. On a good one- NBD
15. Get on the Corner- Marsh Nut feat Prohoezak
16. The Shit- The Rogue Warriors
17. You Must Think- Marsh Nut
18. Out of Control- Tilt
19. Why U Mad- NBD
20. Swole up ya cheddar- Marsh Nut
21. We gone Ball- Marsh Nut feat Playa Rae
22. Nuthin to Discuss- Marsh Nut feat Mdash
23. What I’m about- Marsh Nut Feat PB (produced by Tatem 1)
24. Tough Guys- Mdash
25. Whatever it Takes- Mista Cane & Arsen
26. Life- Marsh Nut Feat Mdash & Mista Cane

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news 1085585222 - January 1, 1970 By : Ya'll know about Daz Dillinger's EP from last year called "I Got Love In These Streets". Well he is now re-releasing that CD with 10 new tracks. To see the cover in full size click on the picture to your left, and check out the tracklisting below:





01. Intro
02. I Got Love In These Streetz
03. It Feels Good 2 Be From Tha West Coast feat. Pornostyle
04. Feel It feat. Bun B.
05. That's What She Do
06. Tha Life Of A Playa
07. Get Hi
08. If You Want 2 Fuck Wit Me feat. Houston's Finest
09. My System (Tha Remix)
10. I Can't Spend Tha Night feat. Crystal and Shon-don of PFN
11. It's Just The Way You Move feat. Gail Gotti
12. Shake The Booty
13. Callin' My Name
14. Shoot Em Up feat. Crystal and Shon-don of PFN
15. Gangsta Summer
16. Love n Happiness
17. When Tha Feelin' Is Right feat. Porscha and Licorishe
18. I'ma Get Mine Anyway Feat. 5th Ward Boyz

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news 1086350798 - January 1, 1970 By : Hey ya'll, the Real Talk Ent website has updated their site with the tracklist of the anticipated Spice 1 & MC Eiht called "The Pioneers". Check out the cover to your left, the cover below, and click on the highlighted song titled to download snippets! Each artist has 2 solos on there too. For some insight on the recording process of the album, check out our interview with Spice from a few months ago here!



1. Break Dem Muthafuccaz
2. The Murder Show Pt.2
3. So Damn Crazy
4. Come On
5. We Run The Block
6. That's It -=| listen here |=-
7. Can't Stop Us
8. That's The Way Life Goes
9. East Bay Gangsta (Spice 1 Solo) -=| listen here |=-
10. All I Came 2 Do (MC Eiht Solo)
11. Bout That Time
12. Do Better (Spice 1 Solo)
13. Been A Long Time
14. West Coast Party (Ft. Hollow Tip)
15. Keepin' Me High (MC Eiht Solo)
16. I Ain't Scared -=| listen here |=-
17. Bonus Track

Production by DJ Epik, Mark Knoxx, Warrington and more.

To order the CD now, click here

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news 1086359757 - January 1, 1970 By : Ruff Ryder Jadakiss has a range of West Coast heavyweights on his new album "Kiss Of Death" coming out soon. Ya'll probably heard the new single "Time's Up" already, featuring Nate Dogg and produced by Scott Storch. If you haven't, make sure to check out the video by clicking here.

In addition to that, Snoop Dogg & DJ Quik are also featured on the cut "Shine". Scott Storch produced one more track on there which features Beyonce and is called "You Make Me Wanna".

01. Intro
02. What You So Mad At?
03. Shine - featuring DJ Quik and Snoop Dogg
04. Bring You Down
05. Time's Up - featuring Nate Dogg
06. Why? - featuring Anthony Hamilton
07. U Make Me Wanna - featuring Mariah Carey
08. Hot Skit
09. Hot Sauce To Go - featuring Pharrel Williams
10. Real Hip-Hop - featuring Sheek
11. Shoot Outs - featuring Styles P.
12. Still Feel Me?
13. By Your Side
14. Gettin' It In - featuring Kanye West
15. Air It Out
16. Welcome To D-Block - featuring Eminem, Sheek and Styles P.
17. Kiss Of Death
18. I'm Going Back

Make sure to pick up "Kiss Of Death"


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news 1086939421 - January 1, 1970 By : Thanks to Michal for the heads up. Xzibit gave his voice for the game Chronicles of Riddick: Escape from Butchers Bay on Xbox! You can hear X2ThaZ as the main warden of the cellblock where Riddick is held in the beginning of the game. Vin Diesels voice is also in the game.

Back to music though, Xzibit is readying his album "Weapons Of Mass Destruction" right now and has been working with Battlecat & Jelly Roll in the last few weeks on the production side. More news on this soon!

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news 1087830729 - January 1, 1970 By : Dogg Pound Gangsta Daz Dillinger, who's set to release his "So So Gangsta" album on So So Def this year, has a new single out featuring none other than Nate Dogg! The song is called "Tha Hood" and appears on the new Shadyville & DJ John John mixtape. To check out the song, right click on the link below and then select Save Target As:

Daz Dillinger ft. Nate Dogg - Tha Hood

Enjoy!

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news 1088091692 - January 1, 1970 By : Dubcnn.com got real deep and personal with rapper Caz from LA. This is an indepth 50 minute long Caz interview which seperates itself from the others.

We spoke about how Ice T snatched him off the block, how he joined the gang when he was just 11 years old, the days before the crips and bloods started, him working with big artists such as Eve, he spoke about his family, the reason he dissed Xzibit, his new album with guests such as Layzie Bone Kurupt Jayo Felony and more..

Click Here to read the interview with one of the biggest independent artists!

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news 1088301212 - January 1, 1970 By : Here's a little preview from Daz Dillingers upcoming album.

First song has that tight as fuck G funk sound. DJ Eazy Dick is back on the intros!
The track is called "The One" Remix ft TI and Cee Lo
Second track is Daz ft Nate Dogg "Boyz N The Hood".
Next up is Daz together with Redman on the weedsong called "Blaze Up.
Last we got the song titled "My Life". by Daz

Enjoy.


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news 1089314205 - January 1, 1970 By : The debut LP from superproducer The Alchemist, "Alchemist Presents: 1st Infantry" has been pushed back to July 27th (according to CDuniverse), but to September 7th according to Hiphopsite.

The project will be released on Koch, and consists of high profile collabos with artists The Alchemist have worked with through his career, such as Dilated Peoples, Cypress Hill, Mobb Deep & Infamous Mobb, Devin The Dude, M.O.P., Jadakiss, Lloyd Banks, The Lox/D-Block, and more.
The Alchemist will rap on a few tracks, but will mainly be found behind the boards. Order here.

1. Hurt The Game (feat. Jadakiss)
2. Hold You Down (feat. Alchemist/Prodigy of Mobb Deep)
3. Bangers (feat. Lloyd Banks)
4. Shine (feat. Nappy Roots)
5. It's A Craze (feat. Mobb Deep)
6. What Can We Do (feat. Devin The Dude)
7. When You Hear That (feat. Mobb Deep)
8. Come Out (feat. M.O.P./Stat Quo)
9. D-Block To QB (feat. Big Noyd/Styles P/Jae Hood/Havoc)
10. Strength Of Pain (feat. Chinky)
11. Dead Bodies (feat. Game, The/Prodigy of Mobb Deep)
12. Different Worlds (feat. Twin Gambino/Alchemist)
13. Bang Outs (feat. Cypress Hill)
14. Boost The Crime Rate (feat. Jae Hood/Sheek Louch)
15. Untitled (feat. Dilated Peoples)


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news 1092888008 - January 1, 1970 By : “You don’t have to go to L.A. to get your MC Eiht,” Lloyd Banks contended on his debut album, Hunger For More, which entered the Billboard pop chart at Number One. Banks’ assertion on his madly successful album keenly demonstrates how deeply it is ingrained within hiphop consciousness that MC Eiht is known as being the streets’ ultimate spokesperson for the West Coast. Period.

As signified by the title of Eiht’s new album, Veterans Day, slated for release on September 28, Eiht is one of the true O.G.’s of L.A. hiphop, a true veteran of the ghetto, emerging in 1989, with the debut release from Comptons Most Wanted, It’s A Compton Thang. Coming into the game, Eiht rolled along side Tha Chill, their luminary scratcher DJ Mike T and producers Slip and DJ Unknown. Cited as a select musical inspiration for producer/director John Singleton’s classic film, Boyz In The Hood, the group’s single, “Growin’ Up In The Hood” was picked as the single for the film. Eiht’s releases with CMW, Straight Check’n Em and Music To Driveby quickly became West Coast underground classics. Eiht, who has graced the cover of the Source Magazine twice, appeared in the Hughes Brothers’ feature film Menace II Society, and also achieved critical acclaim for his indelible single, “Streiht Up Menace,” which appeared on the film’s multi-platinum selling soundtrack, which held the Number One spot on the Billboard Top 100 R&B Albums Chart for eight weeks. We Come Strapped, which quickly achieved gold status, created controversy for its no holds barred attack on racist police officers, and was eventually attacked in a speech by then Presidential candidate Bob Dole. Rolling Stone Magazine was among the media outlets that joined in the frenzy to address the fact that Eiht’s record label, Epic Records, felt compelled to issue an extra warning sticker on the disc, which stated that Eiht’s lyrics were not necessarily the opinions of the Sony label.

Eiht released Death Threatz and Last Man Standing, officially ending his time with Epic, and then he signed with Priority, releasing Underground Hero, Section 8 and N My Neighborhood. Always in demand, he has accepted numerous offers to record duets on albums released by other artists, a few of which include Spice 1, Scarface and Pete Rock, but now he’s back on the solo tip with a new album, Veterans Day.

Eiht comes back for the kill with his new album, Veterans Day, released by West, Inc. Records though Native Records with distribution by Ryko’s Penalty Associated Labels. Again, as noted by the album’s title, Eiht is reveling in the light of a long career that has garnered him sheer respect from the streets, as well as countless props from other artists. On Tupac Shakur’s birthday this year, L.A.’s KWPR 106 FM re-broadcast the interview during which Pac stated that when he was in prison at Dannemora, he fervently listened to MC Eiht’s music. When Ludicris broadcast his video countdown on MTV, he opened it up with Eiht’s “Streiht Up Menace.” To Eiht, these were not just props---they were omens. “All of this just told me I needed to be working on putting an album out, to keep going. I had done some projects that were just to keep my name out there, but I realized this year that I really wanted to do a significant album, which will actually be my very first since being in the Priority situation.” Despite his heavy reputation in the hiphop world, Eiht acknowledges, “To some people, this will be my first solo album, because they weren’t around for my prior releases, and to them, this will be my first album.”

The production on Veterans Day was done by Tha Chill, who has also recently recorded tracks for Snoop Dogg’s 213. There is one exception, and that is the track, “Some Of These Thugs,” produced by Prodeje of South Central Cartel.

>From its provocative intro, “Vetz Day,” Eiht takes the listener into the streets with him. He potently explains of the album’s opening, “It’s the national anthem, but this version is our national anthem, for those that can relate to it. It’s national throughout ghettos everywhere. You’ll listen to it, and you’ll say, ‘That’s real what he’s saying there,” referring to the police violence, the people, my generation, and he’s trying to make a point.”

Among the album’s tracks is “Gangsta Smash,” which Eiht describes as “a gangsta groove song. It’s just telling gangstas to mash to this groove."

“It’s Alright” deals with the problems and struggles going on with males and females as they hustle up and do what they need to do to keep food on the table.

Being a true vet, “We Made It 2004” derives from a song CMW did on their first album. Eiht says, “We had a clean version, a radio version on that album, so we recreated it here. We made it a street version for 2004.”

Words from the wise, “Nobody Beat Us,” says Eiht, is a Biz Markie remake. “Like nobody beats the business,” pontificates Eiht, but I’m saying that nobody beat us. I’m using old school sounds on this record, using a little Biz Markie and UTFO. I think people will like this cut that features people from my era who started out with early hiphop.” It has a bit of an East Coast feel to it. It’s all West music again, however, when Eiht returns with “Streets Don’t Love You,” which Eiht describes as “more steered towards classic Eiht, CMW music. It’s that old Barry White that we’re known for. CM-Dub is known for heavy Isaac Hayes, the Meters, stuff like that. I was thinking of veteran shit, old school shit, trying to do something significant, so people would say, ‘That’s classic Eiht right there.’ It’s explaining the circumstances that we live in today.”

“I speak for the people on the streets and the underground,” notes Eiht. “I try to keep my music on that level. I don’t deal with how much money there is, or how much it’s going to cost to get a chick that is a celebrity. I can’t talk about people in Compton riding around in Bentleys and going to the clubs, messing with models. We don’t even have any clubs in Compton. My music is about being in the neighborhood, being around real people, who are stuck in the struggle of doing whatever they be doing, every day jobs, dope dealing, trying to take care of their families.”

He adds, “A lot of guys never get a chance to do what I’ve been doing, but I still stay true to where I started, still being able to connect with folks. That’s why I feel I can touch a lot of people.”

You don’t have to go to L.A. to get your MC Eiht, because instead, you can go to the nearest place where there’s a record store, and get a copy of Veterans’ Day. Geah.

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news 1093507198 - January 1, 1970 By : All you Bay Area cats know Big Von through his shows on KMEL Radio. He has the infamous "On The Block" show with strictly Bay Area Hip Hop and much more. The homie C-4 from Xplosive Magazine took the time to sit down and conduct and in-depth interview with the man about the politics over at the radio stations and what it takes to get radio-play. Below is a little part of the interview, to read the full thing either pick up the new Xplosive Magazine or click here to read it on the Siccness board.

"What do you think about what gets played on the radio these days? “People always complain about the songs that get played on the radio, but if they was here all day and hear the phones ring and hear people request the sh*t, they would know. People think we sit here and think ‘let’s pick the most f**ked up song we could play, just to piss everybody off.’ NO! People seem to think that since I work inside the radio station I’m some sort of like corporate white suite type dumbf**k. NO! I’m from the same place everybody else is from, I just happen to know what goes on in here. Don’t think that I like the sh*t. I’m not a fan of a lot of the sh*t that goes on. Then you go ‘Okay this song sucks,’ but ain’t this the same song you watched on TV? Don’t blame the radio. MTV playin’ a thousand times, BET playin’ it a thousand times. He must really suck, there’s only a million people that bought his record.”"


It's a great interview, make sure to check it out!


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news 1095733434 - January 1, 1970 By : Lil Jon and The Eastside Boyz album is titled "Crunk Juice".
The undisputed champ of Southern-flavored dancehall rowdiness has mixed it up with T.I., Ice Cube, Bad Brains, Suga Free, Nate Dogg, Trillville, Jazze Pha, R. Kelly, Ludacris, and fellow boardsmen Scott Storch and the Neptunes.

According to his label, TVT, the first official single from the project will be "What You Gon' Do," with Lil Scrappy.
Dubcnn brings you "Roll Call" featuring Ice Cube the song has also been released to a few mixtape DJs, but Jon said the album will also feature a remix of the song with the original members of Washington, D.C., reggae-punk legends Bad Brains.


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news 1095874676 - January 1, 1970 By : "If you listen to my lyrical content, I'm bigging up the West and saying how people forgot about how the West was won. I'm reminding them." — Game


Like his teammate 50 Cent did with "Wanksta," G-Unit's Game wants to get a buzz going by putting out a record for the 'hood, then hitting the masses upside the head with a blockbuster Dr. Dre-produced official single.

So far he feels he's on the right track.

"That's like my 'Wanksta,' " Game said of his current record, "Westside Story," also produced by Dre. "That ain't even the single, that's my street single. It's picking up like crazy. I took the title from the movie ['West Side Story']. If you listen to my lyrical content, I'm bigging up the West and saying how people forgot about how the West was won. I'm reminding them."

"Westside Story" features 50 on the hook rapping, "If you take a look in my eyes/ See I'll be a gangsta till I die/ That California chronic got me so high/ Game, tell 'em where you from/ Westsiiiide." There's also a version of the song with Snoop Dogg saying the identical rhymes as 50.

"Higher," Game's real-deal lead cut produced by the leader of the Aftermath Records squad, should surface soon.

"It's a club knock," he said of the record. "After that, we're off to the races. It's just 'Operation Bring the West Coast Back.' I'm happy to be a part of this sh--. It seems like everything is falling in my hands."

Besides 50 Cent, Dre and Snoop Dogg, Busta Rhymes, Nate Dogg and Mary J. Blige will also appear on Game's debut LP. If the Compton MC gets his way, he'll have yet another Cali icon on the album as well: the late Eazy-E. Nothing is definitive, but Game is contemplating adding the mixtape cut "Still Cruising," which features never-before-heard lyrics by Eazy.

"I didn't expect it to blow like it did, but since everybody is loving it, I might have to bonus track that," the 24-year-old said. "Red Spyda and Whoo Kid produced it. I don't know where they got the Eazy vocals from, but they found them. They brought them to me. I know every Eazy verse line-for-line and I never heard that one. I heard it, I ran out the studio. I couldn't believe that. I followed Eazy my whole life and to hear an unreleased Eazy track, I went bonkers."

As the ultimate show of respect to Eazy and Dre, who were both members of legendary rap crew N.W.A, Game wants to title his album N.W.A Volume 1, but that name might hit a red-tape snafu. Regardless, the LP is tentatively scheduled for release before the end of the year. Game is shooting the video for "Higher" in the next couple of weeks.


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news 1097457209 - January 1, 1970 By : Juda Starr is the hottest promoter in L.A. damn it! Don't sleep. He's bringing the heat, over and over again.

He throws his shows at The Malibu Inn, this spot has boasted shows from KRS-One, Phife Dawg, Rza's Northstar, Planet Asia, Aceyalone and many more. Always a good Hip Hop crowd in attendance. If this interests you in anyway, please contact him at (310) 960-2990. It don't matter where you're from, if you want to perform, just hit him up. This is a great oppurtunity for many artists out there, don't let this chance slip away.

Coming up at the Malibu Inn

Oct 15

Buckshot (Of Black Moon)
Wisdom Ft Radio active (of Spear Head)
BROTHER J (Of X-Clan)
Black Slikver & Mista Perkins
Ambussh
(Plus Special Guest)
DJ Fat jack
DJ Gloss
DJ Rashida

DOORS @ 7PM
20 bucks entrance and 18 +

Oct 26

Special Ed "CD Release Party!" NO COVER!!!! * DRINK SPECIALS!

Nov 12

Too Short

Take the 10 all the way to PCH.
22969 Pacific Coast Hwy. Malibu, Ca 90265

Also, Juda's got some shows coming up at Vault 350

Oct 14

LMNO, Writer's Block & KeyKool (Of Visionaries)
Wisdom Ft Radio Active (Of Spear Head)
Brother J (Of X-Clan)
Trensetta
Humble
Da Monstar Mob
DJ Fat jack
DJ Gloss
DJ Rashida

Oct 31

Reggae legends Steel Pulse

Nov 11

Too Short

For info on Vault350, check their website.

Any more info needed, hit up Juda's Site






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news 1097791819 - January 1, 1970 By : Make sure you grab the new South Central Cartel album "Random Violence".
It has all new tracks featuring CPO, Sandman. Da Floc, Young Prod, Bookie Loc, YMS and more.

Dubcnn brings 2 bangin tracks from the album:
SCC "Da Blocc" ft Dina Rae
SCC "Fully Loaded Strap" ft NME and The Floc

Lookout for the new Murder Squad album as well as Prodeje's Solo album coming 2005.


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news 1097893378 - January 1, 1970 By : Lil' Jon & The Eastside Boyz new album, Crunk Juice is coming out next month. The first single "What U Gon' Do," which features Lil' Scrappy, is in rotation, right now. The album itself will be featuring the likes of Snoop Dogg, Nas, 8Ball & MJG, Ice Cube, Suga Free, Gangsta Boo, Ludacris, R.Kelly, T.I., Bun B, Pitbull, E-40, Jazze Pha, Lil' Scrappy, Trillville, Usher, Nate Dogg, Pharell of the Neptunes and MANY more. I haven't seen a line up like that, in a LONG time. There'll be A LOT of Crunk on the album, as the title would lead you to believe. But, it does come with a Bonus disc, which will feature Reggae, with Elephant Man & Lady Saw, and Reggaeton, with Pitbull & Daddy Yankee, remixes of "What U Gon' Do." The disc is also going to feature the debut of what Lil' Jon dubs as "Crunk Rock" on two tracks. On paper, this album, seems monstererous. Many dope artists and a whole lot of different styles, all on one CD. Peep it out, November 11th, 2004.

Tracklisting:

Crunk Juice
Get Crunk (feat. Bo Hagon)
What U Gon' Do (feat. Lil Scrappy)
Real Nigga Roll Call (feat. Ice Cube)
Bo Hagon's Phone Call
Da Blow (feat. Gangsta Boo)
Contract (feat. Trillville, Jazze Pha & Pimpin' Ken)
E-40 Choppin
White Meat (feat. 8Ball & MJG)
Don't Fuck Wit Me
Chris Rock Let's Be Friends
Lovers & Friends (feat. Usher & Ludacris)
One Night Stand (feat. Oobie)
Aww Skeet Skeet (feat. DJ Flexx)
Chris Rock in the Club
In the Club (feat. R. Kelly & Ludacris)
Bitches Ain't Shit (feat. Nate Dogg, Snoop Dogg, Suga Free & Oobie)
Chris Rock Get Lower
Stick That Thang Out (Skeezer) (feat. Pharrell Williams & Ying Yang Twins)
Grand Finale (feat. Nas, T.I., Bun B & Ice Cube)

Bonus Disc:
Vivica A. Fox
Lean Back Remix (Terror Squad feat. Lil' Jon, Eminem & Mase)
What U Gon' Do DJ Buddha remix (feat. Pitbull & Daddy Yankee)
What U Gon' Do remix (feat. Elephant Man & Lady Saw)
Let's Go remix (Trick Daddy feat. Lil Jon & Twista)
Ménage à Trois (feat. Bo Hagon)
Gasolina remix (Daddy Yankee feat. Lil' Jon, Pitbull & Noreaga)
Chris Rock Crunk Rock
Roll Call Crunk Rock remix
Roll Call Bad Brains remix


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news 1101315797 - January 1, 1970 By : This young man has performed on stage with artists such as Ludacris, Twista, Ja-Rule, Mystikal, David Banner, Yin Yang Twins, Lil Jon & The Eastside Boyz, and Chingy, just to name a few.

But CONTAC has been saving his best for last. "It's time to show and prove that "EEYEAYA" is indeed the album that I've always wanted to make." His producers on this project are talented beyond belief, and they have brought something real spicy to the table.

He was born on the east coast (Connecticut), raised in the Midwest (Minnesota)and dirty south rooted from Arkansas, his unique sound and lyrical weaponry is guaranteed to Blow-up. Most recently, CONTAC worked on collaboration with Atlanta's own Lil Jon & The Eastside Boys (BME/TVT Records). The song "Do Something is a very crunk up-tempo song that is ready for action.

He also took a trip to the westcoast and recorded a song with Kurupt called "Whats Pappin" and the other song he did while being in california was the banger "What We Do" featuring Bad Azz.

Make sure you go out and checkout his album titled "Eeyeaya Ready 2 Play"!

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news 1102071513 - January 1, 1970 By : Daddy Rich from the group Savage Life is set to drop his new mixtape "West Life: Till The Wheels Fall Off" mixtape in the coming 2 weeks for FREE on the internet! There will also be hard copies pressed soon, with an enhanced CD which will let you check out some exclusive video footage. Check out the tracklisting below, and click on the picture to your left to see the cover in full size.




1. Dats Wuts Up (Intro)
2. West Life (I Be)
3. Cool Wit It [Feat. Czar]
4. D 2 The Iz A
5. Y'all Dont Know [Prod. by Stefce] (Exclusive)
6. History
7. Nationwide Pimpin [Feat. Hooli Automatic (Savage Life) & San Quinn] (Mr. Cynical Remix)
8. Click Clack [Feat. Mr. Midas, Nasty Nate and C.A.$.P]
9. Daddy Rich (Drop)
10. M-Dash - This is Platinum Bound
11. Walk Wit Me [Prod. by Stefce]
12. Don't Stop [Feat. Killa Krock] (Dem Jointz Mix)
13. C-4 (Drop)
14. Haystackin
15. The Game [Feat. Hooli Automatic and Shame]
16. KMEL (On The Block Drop) [Feat. Hooli Automatic]
17. Balla, Hustla, Gangsta, Boss
18. Boom Boom
19. 4 The Ladies
20. My Testament
**Bonus Track**
21. Ride On [Feat Mr. Midas and TQ] (Mr. Cynical Remix)
Bonus: Heaven (Mac Dre Tribute)

Also, Savage Life is just finishin' up 3 bonus tracks and a DVD for the "Stret Lyrics Politics and Bubblin" album set to drop in January 1st quarter. For more info on Daddy Rich and Sav Life, head over to their official website savlife.com. Don't sleep on them, those in the Bay who've tuned in to 106.1 KMEL already know what's up!

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news 1102996286 - January 1, 1970 By :
Press Release:

WHITEBOYZ IN THE GAME IS THE MOST CONTROVERSIAL ALL WHITE COMPILATION OF THE YEAR, BUT ALSO SHARES MONUMENTAL STATUS THAT MOVES THE INDUSTRY SPOTLIGHT ON SOME OF TODAY'S HOTTEST WHITE RAPPERS. THIS PROJECT INCLUDES APPEARANCES FROM: BUBBA SPARXXX, HAYSTAK, NECRO, PARADIME, THE PHUNK JUNKEEZ AND T-BO OF THE 504 BOYS. ALSO INCLUDED AMONGST THESE HEAVY HITTER'S ARE THE WEST COAST'S MOONSHINE BANDITS,MISTA CANE, DUTCH, BUKSHOT, SOUTHCOAST COALITION, MYTH, AND ENGLAND RAPPER LATE. WHITEBOYZ IN THE GAME FEATURES A LINE-UP THAT HAS SOLD WELL OVER A MILLION UNITS.

The album will be available nation wide (USA) on January 25 on MSB ENTERTAINMENT/IMN/NAVARRE CORPORATION

Click Here to View The Cover

Keep it locked to MSB Entertainment for more info in the coming weeks.

Adon

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news 1103957566 - January 1, 1970 By : The newest and hottest talent out of Dago and Watts, The Bloc Runnaz come with one of if not the best mixtape on the Westcoast right now. With a Crip (Broadway), a Blood (Wes Gutta), and a South Dago Mexican rapper (Hood). They’re coming together and bringing something for any and everyone. You can download the mixtape for free at www.soundclick.com/blocrunnaz or at westcoastrydaz.

Look out for the new mixtape coming soon from their presented by
The Bloc Runnaz
DJ Sparrow
DJ/Producer

Tracklist
1. Ready 4 War - Static, Broadway
2. U Wanna Be Us- Broadway, Hood, Nina
3. Ready 2 Ride? - Hood, Broadway, Wes Gutta
4. Where We From - Wes Gutta, Broadway, Hood
5. We Gon Ride - Hood, Broadway
6. Fever - Nina, Broadway, Wes Gutta, Hood
7. Bloc Run - Hood, Broadway, Nina
8. Get Em' - Broadway, Hood, Wes Gutta
9. Problems - Broadway, Wes Gutta, Hood
10.Bloc's Theme - Broadway, Hood, Mantis
11.Bloc Hop - J. Blackwell, Hood, Broadway, Wes Gutta
12.Skit
13.Lean Back - Hood, Broadway, Wes Gutta
14.Streets of Cali - Broadway
15.Bloc'd Up - Wes Gutta, Hood, Broadway, Nina
16.Runnaz Clap - J. Blackwell, Broadway, Hood, Wes Gutta
17.Rep The Bloc - Hood, Relative Ray, Broadway
18.Who Do U Turn 2? - Hood ft. Nina
19.So Gone - Nina ft. Broadway
20.Dont Want No Problems - Wes Gutta
21.In The End (Outro)

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news 1103978849 - January 1, 1970 By : Got some new music from the Hu$tlehouse Ent camp. The homie Cra4ty has a mixtape coming out real soon called "Street Tactics" and we got two songs for ya'll to preview before it drops. Check them out below:

Cra4ty - Let's Party

Cra4ty - Really

And I have three songs from Compton group Tha Hardheadz. These cats got some serious heat, check out the songs below:

Tha Hardheadz - Shorty Wanna Ride

Tha Hardheadz - My Blocc 2 Your Blocc

Tha Hardheadz - Life As A Shorty

Nima

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news 1104903215 - January 1, 1970 By : The homies over at So So Def just hit me off with some new mixtape music from the camp for ya'll, and there's some new Daz too! Daz, JD, Da Brat & Kid Slim over the "How We Do" beat, or Daz, JD, T Waters & Kid Slim over Puffy's "24 Hours To Live" beat.

Check out the songs below:


Daz, JD, Da Brat & Kid Slim - How We Do (Mixtape Re-Twist)

Daz, JD, T Waters & Kid Slim - 24 Hours To Live (Mixtape Re-Twist)

JD & T Waters - Dem Boyz (Mixtape Re-Twist)

T Waters & Kid Slim - Soldier (Mixtape Re-Twist)

And for those who missed it before:

The Game, 50 Cent & Daz - Westside Story (Mixtape Re-Twist)

Enjoy!!



Nima

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news 1105735380 - January 1, 1970 By : The homie Camino is set to release his mixtape "The Pasadena Project" real soon right here on DubCnn, and we have a preview song here for ya'll to listen to, along with the cover. The song is called "Gangsta Inferno" and is a remake of 50 Cent's single "Disco Inferno".

To enlarge the cover, click on the thumbnail to your left. The mixtape will feature tracks by the likes of Big Syke, Mopreme Shakur, Mellow Man Ace, DJ Felli Fel from Power 106, Eddie Kane Jr., XL Middleton, Speedy & Caz Iz, and The Bloc Runnaz.

Here goes the song:

Camino - Gangsta Inferno (ft. Speedy aka Gotti Gotti)

Enjoy!

Nima

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news 1106959430 - January 1, 1970 By :

You might remember I posted about this upcoming project a while back. Well it's all done, and in stores nation wide now. MSB Entertainment has set up a soundclick site with snippets from the album. This compilation is heated! make sure to pick this one up when you see it. The album features Moonshine Bandits, Bubba Sparxxx, Haystak, Mista Cane, Necro and many many more.


Click Here To Check Out The Snippets

Click Here to View The Cover

Adon

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news 1107026094 - January 1, 1970 By : As ya'll know, The Regime is ready to release their anticipated mixtape "All Out War", featuring the likes of Yukmouth, Gonzoe, Poppa LQ, Lil Flip, Tha Realest, Messy Marv, Kurupt, Keak Da Sneak, Domination, Dru Down and more.

I have one song from the mixtape for ya'll to check out to get an idea of what it sounds like. As ya'll expected, they're heavily attacking the G-Unit on here, check out the song "Go Hard Or Go Home" below:

Gonzoe, Dirt Left - Go Hard Or Go Home

Here is the tracklisting:

1) INTRO
2) TED SMOKE-A-LOT
3) HERE WE COME-POPPA LQ,GONZOE,YUKMOUTH
4) BLAST 1ST-MESSY MARV,YUKMOUTH,THA REALEST,POPPA LQ,EASTWOOD,GONZOE,MAC MINISTER
5) GO HARD OR GO HOME-GONZOE,DIRT LEFT
6) 100 GUNZ-YUKMOUTH,MONSTA GUNJAH,POPPA LQ
7) BITCH U KNOW I GET IT CRUNK-LIL FLIP,YUKMOUTH
8) IM BIGGER THAN THAT-POPPA LQ
9) OKAY-YUKMOUTH,MONSTA GUNJAH,YUNG SKRILLA,BABY JON
10) NIGGAZ TRYNA RIDE ON ME-YUKMOUTH,MONSTA GUNJAH,POPPA LQ,E-BLAK,LINOLE DA WINE-O
11) WE DONT STOP-GONZOE,KURUPT
12) KEEP IT THUGGIN-YUKMOUTH,POPPA LQ,LINOLE DA WINE-O
13) ITS CRUCIAL-YUNG SKRILLA,BART,KEAK THE SNEAK
14) WORLD WAR 3-YUKMOUTH
15) BLEED THE BLOCK-AMP-PACINIO,CHINO NINO
16) TURN IT UP-POPPA LQ
17) REGIME SYMPHONY-YUNG SKRILLA,GONZOE,DRUDOWN,POPPA LQ,DORASEL,YUKMOUTH,LINOLE DA WINE-O
18) RESPECT MY GANGSTA-DOMINATION,MARC SHYST,YUKMOUTH
19) ALL OUT WAR-YUKMOUTH

Nima

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news 1107817782 - January 1, 1970 By : Saturday February 5th, 2005 at the Vault 350 in Long Beach, CA, B-Real and the Gunslingers, which includes F.I.L.T.H.E.E. Immigrants, Psycho Realm, Mellow Man Ace, Son Doobie and many more shut the place down!!! Second State opened the show, but when F.I.L.T.H.E.E. Immigrants really got it poppin'. They did "Liberta," "Proposition Fuck You," "Liberta," "C.H.I.L.D.," and many other of their dope tracks. The crowd was really hyped and even had a nice little Mosh Pit going!

B-Real was the next act up. This had to be one of the illest performances I've ever seen. He did brought Mellow Man Ace & O Brown for "Never Back Down," as well as Sick Jacken and Mellow for "Hold You Down." Jack stayed on stage with B-Real and brought out Street Platoon do run through some Psycho Realm tracks such as "Psycho City Blocks."

B did "Back To The Apple," "Warriors," "Yo Quiero Fumar" and much more! Filthee and Son Doobie came out to do "No Model." Fredwreck did a little set on the Talk Box. But, to end the show, B brought out Sen Dog and ran through a bunch of Cypress Hill tracks, such as, "How I Could Just Kill A Man," "Hand On The Pump" and others. The show ended with THE ENTIRE CREW coming on stage as Sen & B did "Latin Thugs." B and Bobo hopped on the Congas and did their thing, as well.

If some of the tracks that I listed above do not look familiar for you, that's because they're off B-Real's new Mixtape, and you must be sleeping!

Order a copy of the Gunslingers Mixtape on his official website www.Brealonline.com. It's only $14 US, $18 Worldwide.

Check the tracklisting below:

01) Never Back Down (Feat Willie Malo & O Brown)
02) Ease Back (Feat. Trace Midas)
03) Let Me Blaze
04) Hold You Down (Feat Sick Jack and Mellow Man)
05) Creepin on Ya (Feat. Son Doobie & Cynic)
06) Warriors
07) This Is How We Ride
08) Runnin Shit
09) Por Que (Feat. Trace Midas)
10) No Model (Feat. Son Doobie & Filthee)
11) Thug Nation (Feat. Willie Malo & Nev)
12) American Psycho III (Feat. Bizarre and Eminem)
13) Back to the Apple
14) Boom Boom (Feat. Outthere)
15) Skit
16) Shut the F*ck up(Feat. Subliminal Orphans)
17) Time to Be Known (Feat. Minus P)
18) Breathe (feat. sub zer0)

And now here's the pictures! We got MANY more coming on the way. Shouts to LatinaBeatz!!

B-Real & Bobo On The Congas
Bobo on the Congas
Bobo on the Congas2
Bobo talking to the camera
B-Real
B-Real reaching to the crowd
B-Real on the mic
B-Real 2
B-Real 3
B-Real 4
Crow of Street Platoon
Cynic of Street Platoon & Sick Jacken of Psycho Realm
DJ FM of Psycho Realm
Son Doobie & Filthee
Son Doobie, Filthee & B-Real
Dutch of F.I.L.T.H.E.E. Immigrants
Dutch & Filthee of F.I.L.T.H.E.E. Immigrants
Dutch & Filthee of F.I.L.T.H.E.E. Immigrants with Sen Dog
Dutch of F.I.L.T.H.E.E. Immigrants 2
F.I.L.T.H.E.E. Immigrants
FredWreck
FredWreck on the Talk box
Sick Jacken of Psycho Realm
Sick Jacken of Psycho Realm 2
Non-Stop of Project Blowed
Rif of F.I.L.T.E.E. Immigrants
Sen Dog
Sen Dog & B-Real
Sen Dog & B-Real 2
Sen Dog & B-Real 3
Sen Dog & B-Real 4
Sen Dog & Mellow Man Ace
Son Doobie
Son Doobie 2
Son Doobie 3
Son Doobie 4
Tha GoodFellaz of Power 106

Once we get the OK from B-Real we will be posting some video of the performances, as well.

Big thanks go out to Non-Stop, B-Real, F.I.L.T.H.E.E. Immigrants, Juda Starr Ent. and everyone else who showed DubCNN love.

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news 1108239236 - January 1, 1970 By : Bay Area veteran Celly Cel is dropping his new solo album "Itz Real Out Here" on February 22nd, and we got a preview track from the album for ya'll to check out. The album features the likes of Juvenile, E-40, WC, Jay Tee and more. Check out the song "Real Niggaz" ft. WC by clicking below, and make sure to pre-order the album now at cduniverse.com. Shoutout to Gangstauu from our forums for the audio.

Celly Cel - Real Niggaz (ft. WC)



Here goes the tracklisting:


1. Neva Leave U Again
2. Thugged Out
3. WhatUGoneDo?
4. Jealous
5. Who Iz That?
6. I Told Yall
7. No Tomorrow
8. It'z Real Out Here
9. Scrape Wit Me
10. D-Boyz
11. Seniorita
12. Real Ni**az
13. They Go 2 Ways
14. When I Ride
15. I Want You
16. Pu**y In Tha House
17. Keep It Real

Enjoy!

Nima

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news 1108649687 - January 1, 1970 By : JT THE BIGGA FIGGA & GET LOW RECORDS SET TO RELEASE THE GAME 'WEST COAST RESURRECTION' (By: Betsy Bolte)

(Los Angeles, CA.) JT The Bigga Figga's Get Low Records announces the
upcoming release of The Game's 'West Coast Resurrection' on March 29, 2005. The album features previously unreleased material recorded in the bay area with JT The Bigga Figga.

JT the artist-CEO traveled from his Bay Area base to attend a hip-hop
conference featuring Russell Simmons and Minister Louis Farrakhan and was inspired by some of the personal and professional lessons he learned at the event. But JT was most impressed by an up-and-coming rapper he met there. The rapper's name: The Game.

"He caught my attention," JT recalls of the superstar rapper now signed to Dr. Dre's Aftermath Entertainment. "His style was not like a normal West Coast style. It was more like an East Coast style with a West Coast look and West Coast lyrics. He sounded like a bunch of famous people. I knew if the right amount of money was behind him that he would definitely become a star. I told him I could bring him to the Bay and go ahead and knock out an album -- really as much material as possible. I told him, 'All I want claim to is the songs that me and you do. Whatever you do on your own after that, it's on you. Get your money, cousin.'"

As they say, game recognize game, so The Game agreed to JT's terms and
recorded approximately 30 songs with JT. Some of those songs are featured on The Game's 'West Coast Resurrection'.

Fans of The Game's major label debut, 2005's platinum-plus 'The
Documentary', will be able to trace the Compton rapper's evolution with 'West Coast Resurrection'. "You can hear early stages of The Game," JT explains. "You can hear a little bit of his development all the way through the album. You can hear the youngness in his voice, but you can still hear the hunger and still see the style."

The first song The Game and JT recorded together was "The Streetz of
Compton," a stellar remake of DJ Quik's classic "Born and Raised in
Compton." Another one of their early recordings was "Blacksox," a thumping song that also features JT and Bluechip.

"When you listen to that particular track, that's him finding his identity and it stands out because it's the rookie card," JT says of "Blacksox." "It represents The Game's essence coming into this rap game. That is the resurrection of the West Coast, because he's the shining star of the West and everybody's taking their hat off to him for the West."

Now, with The Game's 'West Coast Resurrection' ready to hit the streets, JT The Bigga Figga has positioned himself as an artist and executive with a keen ear for emerging talent.

"I want to be known as the guy that you can come to when you want to get your jumpstart," JT says. "If you're dope, let's throw it out there and see what we can do."

The Game did it. Who's next?

'West Coast Resurrection' Tracklisting:

1. Intro / feat JT
2. The Streetz of Compton / feat JT
3. Blacksox / feat JT & Bluechip
4. Krush Groove / JT & Get Low East
5. Troublesome
6. Rookie Card / feat JT
7. Promised Land
8. Gutta Boyz / feat Sean T
9. Put It In the Air / feat Sky Balla
10. Desparados / feat JT
11. 100 Barz and Gunnin
12. Work Hard / feat JT & Get Low East
13. Untold Story / feat JT
14. Outro / feat JT

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news 1110068050 - January 1, 1970 By : What up everyone? Yes, another chapter in the G-Unit/Game drama was written last night at the Vault 350 in Long Beach. I wasn't able to attend, as I was handling things at a show of my own (more on that soon), but I was able to get the scoop on what happened at the show. My boy Juda Starr filled me in with what went down. He told me that Game was on stage and started yelling out "50 Cent can suck my dick, Young Buck can suck my dick, Lloyd Banks can suck my dick," and went on naming the entire G-Unit, as well as Violator (50's Management company). Courtesy of DaPhatSpot.com you can watch 2 clips of it. The first clip is very grainy and was shot in the VIP section, but you can see Game on stage starting the chant. The second clip focuses on the big T.V. screens, which makes it more clear and shows Game saying a name (e.g. 50, Lloyd Banks etc.) with the crowd ending with "Suck my dick." Check it out for yourselves.

Here is a review of the show writting by the homie "caffeine" from the Siccness.net boards:

"Gane starts off by telling the DJ....(Who happens to be DJ QUIK) "cut the muthafuckin music i wanna clear some shit up! Im in my home town!! Long Beach is right down the street from COMPTON"....so he takes off this bulletproof vest and the boy is HEATED!!! MADDD AS HELL! In Games wordz......FUCK 50 CENT ABOUT 100 TIMES....FUCK G-UNIT......THEN HE STARTS NAMING ALL OF THE G-UNIT LLOYD BANKS, TONY YAYO, ETC...calling them all bitches etc etc... saying if they wanna kill me they know where im at on the corner of wilmington and in cpt!

Then he told the story about the incident in NYC how once he heard what was being said from the G-UNIT camp he took his whole Cedar Block Set up to the radio station where G-unit was at. GAME said the G-UNIT camp went out the back way and told the security guards that there was some bloods outside causing trouble! GAME said that the security guard just came out blasting and got one of his homies.

So in all the songs he sang hes ripping the G-UNIT camp a new one!!! Killing them off....freestyling, FUCK 50 (I KIDD YOU NOT LIKE 100 TIMES) He gets cut off by LBPD rep that was watching over the show....then GAME is like im gonna end the night like this .......i heard and watch what 50 said on 106 & park!! but fuck that...dem Niggaz wanna try to work things out........I QUIT G-UNIT!

The GAME is no joke, homies!! Once we got outta the dam show it was crazy!!! they closed down like all of downtown long beach, there was cops in full riot gear, the ghetto bird, everyone ended the night chanting FUCK 50 F**K G-UNIT! GAME WALKED ALL THE WAY TO HIS DRESSING ROOM YELLING THAT!!"

SGV

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news 1110326444 - January 1, 1970 By : O.G. C-Bo is presenting one of the freshest Hip-Hop duo's out right now. I-Rocc & Silas aka Smigg Dirtee. The two are known as the Bluez Brothers, and dropped a heater! It dropped February 29th on Paid In Full/Money Hungry/West Coast Mafia. I have 3 preview tracks for ya'll to check out below. Make sure to swoop it up in stores, the CD features the likes of C-Bo, Daz Dillinger, Hollow Tip, Ecay Uno, Luni Coleone, Beta Bossalini, Baby Bubb, Cee Wee III, The A-Team, and Dodo.


Check out the tracklisting below, and click on the highlighted tracks to preview:

1. Intro (C-Bo)
2. I Do That
3. C-Section (Feat. C-Bo)
4. Street Star
5. Bluez Brotherz (Feat. Luni Coleone & Ecay Uno)
6. Take That (Feat. J-Cin of The A-Team)
7. Iz That Yo Bitch?
8. In A Zone (I-Rocc Solo)
9. What We Go Through (Feat. Daz Dillinger)
10. Get Fucked Up (Feat. Dodo)
11. Right Here (Feat. CG of The A-Team)
12. Blocc To The Briccz (Feat. C-Bo & Ecay Uno)
13. Beef (Feat. Beta Bossalini, Ecay Uno, Hollow Tip & Baby Bubb)
14. Gangsta (Feat. Ridah of Mob Figaz)
15. Crips Come Out At Night (Feat. Cee Wee 3)

Enjoy and props to the homie G2ThaV for the audio.

Nima

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news 1110407788 - January 1, 1970 By : I hope I'm not taking all of you guys' free time with all the audio I've been dropping... But I can't stop! Got 2 new tracks courtesy of the homie Daz Dillinger. First he dropped us his last diss to 40 Glocc. 40 also said the song "Sock U In The Jaw" was the last diss he dropped on the net. So this is basically it for the back and forth dissing 40 & Daz have been doing through DubCNN the last weeks.

This song is called "U Ain't A O.G.", check it out below:

-=| Daz - U Ain't A O.G. (40 Glocc Diss)

The second song is by new female singer Bonnie over Daz' "Boyz-N-Tha-Hood" beat. I don't have any further information on her, looks like Daz is putting her out, as he also drops a new verse on the beat. Bonnie sings parts of Lodi Dodi on the song. Check it out below:

-=| Bonnie - Girlz In Da Hood (ft. Daz)

Enjoy!

Nima

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news 1111074422 - January 1, 1970 By : This past Saturday belonged to the legendary Beat Junkies. NightLife was the theme of the night, as it will be every 2nd Saturday of the Month, from now on, at the Knitting Factory in Hollywood. The Beat Junkies had a lot to celebrate this particular Saturday night, it was Mr. Choc's 20th year of DJ'ing, as well as the new Defari/Babu album, under the moniker Likwit Junkies, being released April 22nd. The first 50 guests in attendance got hooked up with an advance copy.

DubCNN does it how they always do! Getting you all the exclusives, first! The Beat Junkies were the resident DJ's, they took everyone back to the early 90's. It was a B-Boy's heaven! Even Crazy Legs of Rock Steady Crew started off the battling session which lasted till the lights came on. A lot of people came and showed love, there was so many in attedance it was hard not to be in awe. Starting with the Beat Junkies DJ's spinnen first; Babu, dj "What"?!,Mr. Choc, Rhettmatic, J.Rocc, Melo-D, even Julio G OG KDAY Mixmaster got down on the 1's and 2's scratching to "Planet Rock." On top of that, here's a list of everyone else who was in attendance: Evidence & Rakaa of Dilated Peoples, Planet Asia, Madlib, Peanut Butter Wolf, Mr. Len of Copany Flow, Murs, Crazy Legs of Rock Steady Crew), Chocolate Ty of Barber Shop/Likwit Crew), DJ Lady Tribe, Tony G , Zen of Visionaries), Lexicon, Truly Odd, Defari, and even Jordan Knight formerly of New Kids on the Block. Plus many more including our very own Justin!

Of course we got the pictures to showcase the whole night!

The next NightLife event will be held Saturday April 9th, Pics of the entire night will be posted ASAP!

Here's the pictures!

Breaker
Chali 2na
Crowd
Breaker2
DJ MisHaps & Rakaa
Evidence
DJ Babu
Evidence & Rhettmatic
Julio G
Julio G spinnin'
DJ Melo-D & Rhettmatic
VIP Crowd
Truly OdD and DJ MisHaps
VIP Crowd 2

You know DubCNN.com, all around Los Angeles, reppin' West Coast Hip Hop to the fullest!!!


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news 1111808017 - January 1, 1970 By : Dubcnn.com had the opportunity to briefly talk to D-Block/The Lox soldier Styles P. He told us about his album "Time Is Money" dropping this summer, the "Fuck 50" mixtape and whether it's going to be released or not, the new Lox album, the days on Bad Boy & working with Biggie.

The interview is rather short, but contains all the info about what's going on with the Ghost right now.

To check out the interview now, click here.

Enjoy!

Nima

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news 1113005294 - January 1, 1970 By : When you think of the Bronx, the first thing that may come to your mind is the New York Yankee's, the second thought that may cross your mind is the birthplace of rap music and hip-hop.
Residing two blocks north of Yankee Stadium in the Highbridge area comes Harry-O, a well-known underground rap star who has done songs with the likes of Ja-Rule, Remy Martin (terror squad), Carl Thomas, 112 and Caddillac Tah just to name a few.

Claiming the Uptown Blood Gang he has already made guest appearances on numerous radio shows across the country and also rapped on hundreds of mixtapes by various DJ's, Harry-O is stepping out for the rest of the world to meet with a little help from Dubcnn.

With up-coming projects on the INC GANG's collaboration (a subsidiary of The Inc Records) and a solo deal soon to come Harry-O will be a house hold name in 2005!


Dubcnn showcases his diverse & incredible skills by giving away 20 hot tracks by Harry-O.
<==Click Here==> to Download these Exclusive songs courtesy of Murder Inc Records!

Yash

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news 1113163046 - January 1, 1970 By : According to the dictionary the word zero is a numerical symbol that represents the absolute absence of any quantity or magnitude. It is the lowest possible point or degree, nothing, zilch, nada, nil. Over the years the word zero has come to represent the average brother struggling to survive in the wake of devastating poverty and institutional racism that has regulate young Black men to the bottom of America’s socio-economic latter; hence the reason why Houston native and Rap-A-Lot latest rap sensation Z-RO chose the numerical symbol for his stage moniker.

“I come from nothing,” says Z-RO. “Didn’t have nothing and couldn’t see nothing up ahead. Everything was just nothing. So I told myself a long time ago that I am going to adopt the name of nothing and make something with it. I [took] that name to keep me grounded [and] to remind me of where I came from [and] to respect my blessings right now so I don’t go back that way.”

And the place where Z-RO came from was nowhere near nice. Born Joseph Wayne McVey in Houston’s rough and tumble South Park area. The 28 year old rap sensation was shuttled from household to household, in search of stability. But that stability would be even harder to find when at age six Z-RO’s mother died, forcing him to come to grips with pain at an early age. Once again Z-RO was forced to move to the east side of town, where things started to get kind of hectic for him. “That’s when shit started to get real,” recalls Z-RO. “A nigga started experiencing gun shots, stab wounds and all that other type of shit….all the shit that comes with being grown.”

By the time Z-RO had reached his late teens he had fallen victim to many of the traps that the system had set for young Black males, seeking a decent life with no jobs or opportunity available. He hit the block hustling.

Ironically, it was while he was hustling that he discovered rap music. According to Z-RO listening to the music of Tupac, The Geto Boys, Street Military, K-Reno and Klondike Kat inspired him to hustle harder so he could one day get himself out of the trap for good. It wasn’t long before Z-RO went from listening to rap music to kicking his own little freestyles over instrumentals that he heard on the radio and deciding that he was good enough to get into the rap game.

After going through a couple of studios recording demo after demo he finally caught a big break when he was hanging out in a studio and the CEO of a local rap label heard him free styling and signed him. In 1996 Z-RO Dropped his underground debut entitled “Look What You Done to Me.” The record created a huge buzz for Z-RO who quickly followed that up with Z-RO Vs the World and King of the Ghetto as well as a record by his group the Guerilla Maab. In addition to this Z-RO also joined the late great DJ Screw’s legendary Screwed Up Click and started spitting fire on the pioneering DJ slowed down tapes. All of these things helped to escalate Z-RO’s buzz throughout the South and by 2002 his talent and hard work caught the attention of Rap-a-Lot’s founder and CEO James Prince, who offered him a deal.

In 2004, Z-RO released his critically acclaimed Rap-a-Lot debut called The Life and Times of Joseph McVeigh. The record was a huge success and helped expand Z-Ro’s massive fan base beyond the Deep South. Now with his latest album Let the Truth be Told Z-RO is poised to take the world by storm, while starting a firestorm of controversy in the process. By sticking to what he calls “the G-Code” Z-RO is telling it like it really is on the streets and letting the chips fall where they may.

Produced by a slew of the South’s hottest producers lead by the legendary Mike Dean Let the Truth Be Told stands as one of the best records that the label has released in a while. True to Rap-a-Lot and Z-RO’s tradition of keeping their music real street is the lead single entitled The Mule featuring label-mate Devin the Dude & Juvenile, a slow and nasty song that harks back to the randy tradition of the Geto Boys “This Dick is for You” jam. “For those that don’t know hitting them with the mule means fucking the dog shit outta somebody’s daughter,” explains Z-RO. Another standout track is the heartfelt song “I’m Going Platinum,” a song that displays Z-RO positive outlook on his career. While these songs help to give the album a variety it is the hardcore, take-no-prisoners attitude of songs like the title page that make Let the Truth be Told so irresistible.

“I’m gonna let the truth be told on faggot-ass police. I’m let the truth be told on these faggot-ass CEOs of these record labels, I let the truth be told on these faggot-ass niggas in the street, I’m letting the truth be told on these rappers –that’s one thing about me is I tell like it is. You can call me a label muthafucka because I put labels on muthafuckas. It’s a lotta muthafuckas rapping from the 3rd person man. They just there to talk about shit in general. Me, I’m gonna talk about some particular shit or some particular muthafuckas. If I feel like a muthafucka’s being less than a G then I’m gonna say it on my shit. That’s why I called it Let The Truth be Told.”

Mo City Don (Freestyle)
The Mule feat. Devin the Dude & Juvenile
Don't Wanna Hurt Nodoby feat. Trae & Lil’ Boss of ABN
Platinum
It Don't Stop
I'm A Soldier
1 Night feat. Trae of ABN
Help Me Please
Another Song
Everyday, Samethang
The Same One
1st Time Again feat. Ashanti
From The South feat. Paul Wall & Lil’ Flip
Respect My Mind
Ride 2 Night
Auntie & Grandma
It's A Shame

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news 1114135668 - January 1, 1970 By : The talented trio of Certified Ryders, J Official and Mr. Midas, have come together to form the superlabel Flo Masters Inc. All three artist have dropped extremely succesful underground solo projects that have sold upwards of 100,000 copies. This is the product of many months of hard work in the studio. For those who have been on another planet and are not familliar with the artists here is a breif bio.

Certified Ryders have drawn national acclaim for their first album which sold over 125,000 copies. The rap duo has a timeless chemistry when it comes to making hot club records that keep people on the dance floor.

J Official is considered one of the most emotional and heart felt writers of his time, who paints vivid pictures and even has been endorsed by the great Krs-One. If the Teacher co-signs you, then you know you're an ill emcee!

The big homie Mr. Midas, the newest member of Flo Masters Inc. has been doing it for years in his home of Long Beach, California. His first release, "Malitov Cocktails" is also available. He's been putting in major work! He's got his Almost Famous All Star Edition CD out. That's his pre-album, to the official Almost Famous. He also dropped his Almost Famous Mixtape with DJ Quote of the Bum Squad DJs. We got a few tracks from his All Star Edition of Almost Famous for you.

First up, we got his first single, sure to knock the clubs something serious Bag Back. Next up is the melodic So Clutch. To up the tempo a bit, we got the Southern influenced Da Skinny. Last but not least, is the West Coast banger, perfectly titled WestCoast with the Certified Ryders, which is also featured on the Flo Master's album.

As D-Cash puts it: "This is easily the best album to come from the West Coast in years. Take a listen and let the music speak for itself!"

We have 6 Tracks available for preview of the Flo Masters Inc album. Check em out!

01. Intro (D-Cash)
02. Still Smashin (Certified Ryders, J Official, V.Jones)
03. What It Do? (Certified Ryders feat. B-Legit)
04. Murder Show (J Official, Certified Ryders, J.Dandridge, Achebe)
05. Mack Swagga (Mr. Midas feat. Masterfoul of Lyricist Lounge)
06. Twerk That (Certified Ryders)
07. Rock Da Party -(aaaah!) (Certified Ryders)
08. Who U Wit? (Certified Ryders, J Official, Mr. Midas)
09. 4 All My (Redface, Omega Red, Mr. Midas, Mike Phoenix of Certified Ryders)
10. Westcoast (Certified Ryders, Mr. Midas)
11. Material Love (J Official feat. Nasir)
12. Wild Boyz (Certified Ryders feat. Dee Dee Summers)
13. Grown-n-sexy (J Official feat. DP of Certified Ryders)
14. Pretty Black Girl (Mr. Midas feat. Cavaclear)
15. Hypnotic (J Official feat. Certified Ryders)
16. Lets Go (Certified Ryders feat. Luke)
17. Move Mami (J Official feat. Koko Soul)
18. Domestic Violence (Mr. Midas)
19. Top Down (Certified Ryders)

If you like what you here cop it here.

Shouts to my boy Midas! D-Cash! The whole Flo Masters Inc! Big shout to my big homie Junior of RapTalk.net for making it possible for us to be bringing you all the audio and video we do! Big ups!

SGV

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news 1114472613 - January 1, 1970 By : Thanks to Kay9ine's manager for the update on the situation. Kay9ine just woke up out of coma. He was shot twice in his back, and once in his head. The bullet is still lodged in his head, however he is looking for a full recovery.

His mother is also in stable condition and is being released from hospital soon. The sad news however is that his cousin, didn't make it, he died the same night, after being shot several times.

As we reported, 9ine was carjacked and kidnapped by 4 unknown men outside of Redlands. The gunmen proceeded to force 9ine to go to his home, which they robbed. The mother and cousin were in the house, and were shot cold heartedly. The mother however, still managed to call 9-1-1, 9ine was found around 3:30am.


Here goes the full police article:

"REDLANDS - Police on Sunday identified a gang member as the triggerman in the weekend home invasion robbery in which a Redlands man was killed and a grandmother was wounded.

Michael Lamar Rose, 23, also known as "Li'l 9", is a member of the Harlem Crips gang of Los Angeles County and is likely armed and dangerous, police said.

Rose, who is 5 feet, 9 inches tall, weighs 200 pounds and has black hair and brown eyes, is an acquaintance of Michael Denmon, 32, who was kidnapped from the house where Gerald Brooks Jr., 28, was killed, police said.

The suspect's last known address is in Pomona, police spokesman Carl Baker said, and his gang territory is thought to extend from Compton to Pomona.

"We're making an all-out effort and doing what we need to do to solve (the killing),' Baker said at a news conference Sunday evening. "We're combing Los Angeles, San Bernardino and Riverside counties.'

Meanwhile, Peggy Faulkner, who was also wounded in the home-invasion robbery, and Denmon remained at hospitals where police have taken steps to ensure their safety.

Faulkner, 52, who was shot at 2 a.m. Saturday in her house in the 100 block of West Delaware Avenue, was reported in stable condition at Loma Linda University Medical Center. For her protection, police have her hospitalized under an assumed name.

"They're being restrictive about who can see them (the victims) because they're afraid of repercussions,' said neighbor William Peck, 54.

Faulkner is expected to be released today, said neighbor Trina Collins. Neighbors said she probably won't return to the house and will probably stay with her brother elsewhere.

Denmon is being treated at UC Irvine Medical Center. His condition was unavailable.

The violence, which stunned the neighborhood, began with Denmon being carjacked outside of Redlands, police said.

Next, Denmon was forced to go to his Delaware Avenue home where the house was robbed, and Brooks, who neighbors say is related to the other victims, was killed.

Faulkner was shot and the suspects took her car from the house where her seven grandchildren slept. She was able to call 9-1-1.

Police said Denmon was forced to go with Rose and three other men who took Faulkner's champagne-colored 1990s Chrysler 300. Fullerton police found Denmon at 3:30 a.m. Saturday. He suffered two gunshots to the back and one shot to the head, Peck said.

"I've never heard of something like this happening in Redlands,' Peck said. "That's more for areas like Los Angeles and Hollywood.'

Faulkner's car was discovered in an industrial area in Long Beach Saturday afternoon alongside Denmon's blue 2003 Land Rover which was also taken.

Both vehicles were towed back to Redlands on Sunday and are being processed by the Redlands Police Department forensics team for evidence, Baker said.

The victim's neighbors are trying to organize a car wash and other fund-raisers to help pay for Brooks' funeral costs, Collins said.

Saturday's killing was the first homicide in Redlands this year. There have been 14 murders in the city since 1988 and in each case, the suspect was arrested or is currently awaiting trial, Baker said.

Anyone with information is asked to contact Detective John Moore at (909) 798-7642 or Detective Chris Catren at (909) 798- 7580 or the Redlands Police Department at (909) 798-7681.
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news 1114825747 - January 1, 1970 By : Hood from the Bloc Runnaz had just told me the blazin' follow up to their mixtape last year "Bloc'd Up Mixtape Vol 1" entitled Bloc Runnaz Mixtape Vol. 2 will be out very,very soon. He sent 4 of the new songs for everyone to enjoy.

Bloc Runnaz







Tha Mojo's Back - Bloc Runnaz ft. Obnoxious

1, 2 - Bloc Runnaz

Split His Wig - Bloc Runnaz

In The Air - Bloc Runnaz ft. Obnoxious

www.soundclick.com/bands/9/blocrunnazmusic.htm

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news 1117244689 - January 1, 1970 By : We back with some bangin tracks for the weekend.

First up we got a hot song called "You Don't Want Drama" from Royce Da 59 featuring none other than Balance & Locksmith!

Next up I got a new track by MOP called "Big Boy Game" ft 50 Cent.

As we continue I got a track from the upcoming Daytona Family album.
The track is called "Murda On My Block"

To round it up I got a new track from Kanye West titled "Brand New" featuring Rhymefest.

I'm gone chop it up with Rhymefest next week so if you have any questions email me.
He also cowrote "Jesus Walks" amongst other songs with Kanye West.

Also lookout for interview with Big Syke, Jon B, Brand Nubian and Geo-logy (GE-OLOGY was once the
DJ/producer of a four member group "Born Busy" including high school friend,the legendary Tupac Shakur "MC New York". uniquely cementing him historically as the only producer privileged to record Pac's very first and earliest recordings.)

If you have any q's for any of the above drop me an email.

Have a nice weekend.

Yash

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news 1117546738 - January 1, 1970 By : Queensbridge rapper Littles is set to drop "Reloaded: The Mixtape" along with "The Queensbridge Ghettomentary DVD" TODAY. The project is presented by Best Of The Block Inc. To view the cover in full size, click on the small picture to your left.

The mixtape is heated, with production by the likes of Red Spyda, J-Rush, Rick Rude, Get Large and more. Guest appearances include Havoc, Tragedy Khadafi, Nature and more.

I also have a preview song for ya'll to download. It's called "We Are" and is produced by J-Rush. It's a certified banger, make sure to check it out.


Here goes the tracklisting, click on the highlighted song (#2) to download it:

1. Intro. Produced by: Da Bangaz
2. We are. Produced by: Rusch/Beyond Fiction Inc.
3. My life in uh verse. Produced by: Gooch/Gooch music
4. Free. Produced by: Get Large
5. Snitch. Produced by: Da Bangaz
6. Fooling around. Produced by: A. Arnwine
7. So serious. Produced by:NZ
8. Why I cheat feat. Kovon Produced by:Da Bangaz
9. Sick wit it. Produced by:Rick Rude
10. Letter to the editor. Produced by: Contakt
11. Ape something feat. Tragedy Khadafi:Produced by:Red spyda
12. On top of the world: Produced by Will C
13. You already know feat. BANDANA Produced by:Sebb
14. Day to day feat. Nature Produced by:Goody Goodman
15. Lord. Produced by: "co cheeks"

For more information, hit up bestoftheblock.com.


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news 1117603694 - January 1, 1970 By : I am introducing to you the tightest source to get your entertainment on! ThaBlockDvdMag

Tha Block stands alone in this cutting edge technology of delivering hip-hop media to a rapidly growing market of consumers hooked on the hip-hop way of life. From the gritty underground to the sophisticated & lavish elements of this culture. Businesses like yours are using new marketing strategies to attract this enormous audience that turns first and foremost to Tha Block.

With the biggest names in hip-hop appearing in our DVD Magazine, Tha Block is establishing itself as not only the premier hip-hop media outlet, but also the true future of delivering media and advertising. Although print media is effective, it can also be lost, ruined, and tossed away with the garbage. Our truly interactive experience, brings along a fresh, new, lasting, self-preserved system to keep your business name and/or products in the consumers mind, and more importantly, in their hands.

Which would you throw away first… A magazine or a DVD? From college campuses to "Tha City Blocks", our viewers are spending money and turning to Tha Block to help guide them in their purchases. Now you can reach this ever-growing consumer base by advertising with us @ LatinaBeatz@Thablockdvdmag.com

The first edition features an in depth interview with Jayo Felony. Jayo speaks on his past label and album situations, as well as his forth coming album "In The Trenches", how he got discovered, beef and more! We also had a chance to sit down with Baby Bash who speaks on his new album "Super Saucy", the state of Latin Rap and more.

Ras Kass who speaks on his past and current label situations, his recent jail time & more, Stat Quo, Dr. Dre & Eminem's newest soldier. Stat Quo speaks on how he got discovered, his thoughts on being on Shady/Aftermath. Mr. Cartoon himself… The legend of tattoos and Joker clothing. Cartoon drops mad knowledge about coming up, success & failure, his clothing line, his new shoe deal with Nike and more!

We're giving you an exclusive music videos from F.I.L.T.H.E.E. Immigrants, Kemo "The Blaxican", Malverde, T-Weaponz, exclusive event coverage of Psycho Realm/SickSymphonies performance footage from State of the Union plus more! A run down on the hottest new clothing line, Ruen Klothes and some major surprises!!! Don't sleep on the hottest thing to hit the streets!

Tha Block DVD Magazine… Don't just read it, Watch it!

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news 1118308041 - January 1, 1970 By : Growing up on the north side of Dade County, (Carol City), C.Ride was exceptionally gifted academically, which allowed him to skip the 4th grade. C.Ride underwent tough times after his parents separated when he was merely 8 years old. Although very gifted, school was always an annoyance for C. Eventually dropping out of school, C.Ride would always hang out with his best friend Marcus. C.Ride and Marcus would get into all kinds of trouble, but everything suddenly changed when Marcus was tragically killed in a car accident.

Marcus's death brought C.Ride back to reality and inspired him to find a legal hustle. At the age of 16, C.Ride returned to school. He eventually graduated and went straight to the studio, where he and his friends started recording songs about their friend Marcus. Once his music got out into the public, he started receiving positive feedback and subsequently realized that he needed money to start pushing his project. Together, C.Ride and his clique (Jackboyz) decided to rob, steal, and get money by any means necessary.

Loaded off Weed and Cocaine night after night; C.Ride and his clique felt untouchable. Until one night, while holding up a store, they found themselves surrounded by police. Everyone ran separate ways and "by the grace of God," C.Ride escaped that night and relocated to Atlanta, GA the next day. C.Ride was the only member of his clique able to escape that night. While living with female associates and working a nine to five C.Ride felt very uncomfortable. C.Ride wanted to get back to the studio.

Searching for the finances to support his dream, he began selling weed heavy, which eventually led him to sell other drugs. After Two drug charges, two years of probation, and a brief jail sentence later, C.Ride decided that he wanted to go back to his hometown of Miami. By this time C.Ride had product. A CD that he made in Atlanta fell in to the hands of Super Producer Duo Cool n Dre, and this is when the real roller coaster began.

We have two MP3's for you to peep. First is a track entitled "Fresh" in which you find C.Ride bragging and boasting about his skills.

C.Ride - Fresh

Next up is a Freestyle over Linkin Park's "Numb." Joining C on the track is Dre of Cool n Dre and Miami's Dirtbag.

C.Ride feat. Dre (of Cool n Dre) & Dirtbag - Numb Freestyle

We'll be bringing you more on C.Ride soon! You know how DubCNN does it. Your Number ONE spot for West Coast, East Coast, Mid West, Down South and International Hip Hop! Accept no substitutes!

Enjoy!



SGV

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news 1118383119 - January 1, 1970 By : DJ Fingaz and Dow Jones of Cali Untouchable DJ's are back at it! This time they hittin' you that classic Mash Up Party Mixtape. Adult Video Mixtape Vol. 1 is featuring all the classic Club cuts from Rock, Hip Hop, 80's & Reggae plus a "Crate Digger Classics." All hosted by the newest Adult Film Superstar Julia Bond.

CDs are ready to ship June 13, 2005. Dow and Fingaz are labeling it an "instant classic CD." It is the first in the line of many Adult Video Mixtapes by DJ Fingaz & Dow Jones. Catering to all them Strippers, Pornstars and money makers!!!

You can find everyone on this tape! From Marilyn Manson, Trick Daddy, Jay-Z, Ying Yang Twinz, Queen, Michael Jackson, Tupac, Luniz and many more.

Here's the Tracklisting:

01. Juliabond.com Intro
02. Marilyn Manson - Tainted Love
03. Soft Cell - Tainted Love
04. Ozzy Osborne - Crazy Train
05. Trick Daddy ft. Lil Jon - Lets Go
06. Jay Z - Encore
07. Lincoln Park ft. Jay Z - Numb/Encore
08. Queen - Under Pressure
09. Vanilla Ice - Ice Ice Baby
10. 50 Cent - Just A Lil Bit
11. N2Deep - Back To The Hotel
12. J Kwon - Tipsy
13. Queen - We Will Rock You
14. Shyne - Bad Boyz
15. Barryington Levy - Here I Come
16. Sister Nancy - Bam Bam
17. Luniz - I Got 5 On It
18. Run DMC ft. Aerosmith - Walk This Way
19. DMX - Party Up In Here
20. Ying Yang Twins ft. Free, Lil Scrappy, Busta Rhymes & Missy - Wait Rmx
21. Tom Tom Club - Genius Of Love
22. Michael Jackson - Rock With You
23. The White Stripes - Seven Nation Army
24. Lipps Inc - Funky Town
25. Mellisa Lugan - When I Hear Music
26. Thomas Dolby - She Blinded Me With Science
27. Mobb Deep - Twisted
28. Cypress Hill - Insane In The Brain
29. 2Pac ft. Dr. Dre - California Love
30. Juliabond.com Outro


Place all mixtape orders now! This Mash Up tape is crazy. Hit CaliUntouchableDJs@yahoo.com. Also be sure catch Dow Jones & DJ Fingaz all this weekend at La Erotica at the Convention Center in Downtown L.A. June 10-12. They'll be giving away promo copies of the Adult Video Mixtape Vol. 1 and Julia Bond will be there signing autographs and taking pictures!!

Next up is The Regime's second installment of their All Out War series. This time, DJ Fingaz and Dow Jones team with Yukmouth and The Regime to drop this Double Mixtape.

Disc One is being Mixed by Fingaz and features the usual suspects like Yuk, Gonzoe, Poppa LQ, Monsta Gunjah, C-Bo and more. Also, as I'm sure you're well aware, they'll be a massive amounts of diss records towards the likes of 50 Cent and The Game.

Disc Two is Mixed by Dow. He's got a new song from the Kansas City rhyme beast TechN9ne's new album, featuring the Bay Area Ambassador E-40. It doesn't stop there though... Rick Rock is on the boards!! You can also catch Dru Down, Roscoe, Messy Marv, Amp Pachino, as well as Jadakiss and Fat Joe's disses to the G-Unit General, respectively. On the latter, Yukmouth adds his own verse in.

If you liked Vol. 1, then you'll love this! Here's the tracklisting.

Disc 1 Mixed by Dj Fingaz
01. Yukmouth & Hagi Springer - Hagi's Store Regime Intro
02. Gonzoe ft. Yukmouth & Poppa LQ - Gunz Up
03. C-Bo ft Tha Realest, Jacka, Yukmouth & Gonzoe - Payback
04. 50 Cent & Funkmaster Flex - Hot 97 Interview
05. Young Roscoe ft. Yukmouth, Menace, Monsta Gunjah, Gonzoe, 151, The Lame - See You In The Streets
06. Gonzoe ft. Yukmouth, Poppa LQ & E Blak - Regime Ridaz
07. Young Skrilla ft. Amp-Pacino & Nate Da Nut - Murder Man Dance
08. Lino Da Wino, The Lame & Ted Smoke A Lot-Lino Interviewing The Lame
09. Yukmouth ft. Young Roscoe, Poppa LQ, Gonzoe, Lino Da Wino & The Lame - Playin Gaymez
10. Gonzoe ft. Yukmouth & Poppa LQ - Stupid Slap
11. Gonzoe ft. E Blak, Yukmouth, J Stone & Jashee - Regime Killaz
12. Scarface ft. Gonzoe, Poppa LQ & Kanye West - The Corner Rmx
13. Young Skrilla ft. Yukmouth - Regime Muzik
14. Poppa LQ aka Kenny Kingpen - Dats Da Bizznezz
15. Monstah Gunjah ft. Yukmouth & Menace - Chipz R Down
16. Game Radio
17. Bang Em Shit
18. Domination ft. Bang Em Smurf & Silverback Guerillaz - Fuck Gayme
19. Yukmouth ft. Monstah Gunjah, Gonzoe, The Lame - Empire
20. Jay Z - Game Diss
21. Yukmouth - Monopoly
22. Lino Da Wino - Liquor Store

Disc 2 Mixed by Dow Jones
01. Dow Jones & Yukmouth - All Out War Vol. 2 Intro
02. Gonzoe & Young Roscoe - Bet Sumthin
03. Young Skrilla ft. Amp Pacino, & Yukmouth - Murder Show
04. Tech N9NE ft. E40 - Jelly Sickle (prod. by Rick Rock)
05. Fat Jone Interview
06. Fat Joe ft. Yukmouth - My 44 Rmx
07. Mark Shiest - Back Down
08. Jadakiss - Animal Rmx
09. Gonzoe ft. Menace, Poppa LQ & Young Fifth
10. Young Skrilla - Nigga Wit A Trigga
11. Poppa LQ ft. Yukmouth & Gonzoe - Thunder
12. Yukmouth & Menace - Copz Behind Us
13. Ted Smoke A Lot ft. Lino Da Wino & The Lame - Peace Conference
14. Messy Marv ft. Guce & 50 Cent - Its Not A Gayme
15. Gonzoe ft. Dru Down & Yukmouth - Grind Harda
16. Yukmouth - As U Should
17. Gonzoe, Don Stryke, E Blak, Dru Down & Yukmouth - We Pak Gunz
18. Yukmouth ft. Gonzoe & E Blak - End Ya Career
19. Menace ft. Yukmouth - Steel Bedz
20. Gonzoe ft. Menace, Poppa LQ, Yukmouth, E Blak & Young Fifth - Where We From
21. Young Skrilla - Im All In
22. Yukmouth & Young Dru - Mobb Shit
23. Yukmouth & Dow Jones All Out War Vol. 2 Outro

These CDs will be ready to ship June 22, 2005 at RapBay.com

Last but not least, Dow Jones has Play Your Position Vol. 3 hosted by Platinum West Coast producer Meech Wells, that will be ready end of June. It features 12+ original World Premier tracks produced by Meech Wells and Dow Jones. Guest appearances include Ras Kass, Game, Crooked I, Balance, Yukmouth, Kokane, Snoop Dogg, Freeway plus a bunch of exclusive new tracks from Big Wy, Mitchy Slick, Jellyroll, M.O.P, Mobb Deep, Busta Rhymes and more. This tape looks like it's gonna be crazy!!!

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news 1119139692 - January 1, 1970 By : As usual, DubCNN brings you the hottest Interviews with the star's of today, yesterday and tomorrow! We had the pleasure of being the first Media Outlet to Interview Los Angeles' own Blunts L.L.A. In this Exclusive First look at the emcee, we talk about his Mixtape entitled "City Of Gods" which is out now. He tells us about his past label situations, his influences, the origins of his name, how he signed to BYI Entertainment and much more.

Not only do we speak with Blunts, but we got the chance to talk with the CEO of BYI Entertainment, Luis "LuLu" Torres. He gives his insight on the Industry, the Los Angeles Hip Hop scene, as well as other topics. Check out all this and more, in the EXCLUSIVE First look at Blunts the Latin Lyrical Assassin!


Peep the Blunts L.L.A. Video Interview! (Transcription Pending)


Here is the Tracklisting featuring 4 Exclusive Tracks from the Mixtape:

01. Live (From The City Gods)
02. City of Gods (Produced by: Rome for B.Y.I. Ent.)
03. 1234 Shots Freestyle
04. A Visit From Pun
05. Armed Robbers Feat. Big Pun (Tribute) (Produced by: Rome for B.Y.I. Ent)
06. Incredibles Freestyle
07. Look At Us Now Pt. 2 (Produced by: Rome for B.Y.I Ent.)
08. Fall Back Freestyle
09. The Struggle Continues
10. What Made It Happen (Narrated by: LuLu)
11. Here Comes Blunts LLA - Whookid freestyle
12. Same Story On The Block (Produced by: M. Hughes for Editblock.com)
13. I Have Anything You Need Skit
14. Souffle (Produced by: Rome for B.Y.I. Ent.)
15. Merz - Introduction To The Game (Produced by: Rome for B.Y.I. Ent.)
16. Like An Uzi Skit
17. Lyricali - Officially In It! (Produced by: Rome for B.Y.I Ent.)
18. Look At Us Now Pt. 1
19. Step N 2 The Sun Pt. 2 (Libertad!) (Produced by: Rome for B.Y.I Ent.)
20. Don’t Trust Anybody
21. Forsaken... A West Side Story (Produced by: Javie Lopez)
22. La Ultima Cancion / The Last Song (Produced by: Rome for B.Y.I Ent.)

Cop The Mixtape At The RapTalk.net Store!

Peep the Blunts L.L.A. Video Interview! (Transcription Pending)

Special Thanks to my boy Junior of RapTalk.net and the RapTalk Media Group for all his efforts in Filming and Editing this Video! Also, shouts to him for making it possible for DubCNN to hit you with all this Exclusive Video and Audio! Stay Bossed up!

Shouts to LuLu, Blunts and BYI! The Time Is NOW!

Fuck a Crazy Nerd!

Enjoy!

SGV

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news 1119581294 - January 1, 1970 By : The Vault is back on the block after a short hiatus, it's now updated with 86 new albums.

Check it out at "DubCNN The Vault" or the index in our forum, where you can also see artist/producer discographies and videographies.

The biggest and most popular discographies in our forum is currently Dr.Dre's production C.V. and Kanye West's production C.V.

This time we added producer credits for new and upcoming albums like Royce da 5'9''s "Independents day", Nate Dogg's self-titled unreleased album that was just released on the net, Afu-Ra's upcoming "State of The Arts", Bizarre's "Hanni Cap Circus", Black Eyed Peas' "Monkey Business", Capone of CNN's solo debut "Pain, Time, and Glory", jailed Cassidy's sophomore "I'm a Hustla", Fat Joe's "All or Nothing", as well as Memphis Bleek, Little Brother, Ol' Dirty Bastard, Proof, Slum Village, Z-ro, a possible advance for Stat Quo, and lot's more.

Check the newest additions at "What's New".


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news 1120788472 - January 1, 1970 By : Drawing on the lives of those in their Harlem and Bronx communities for artistic inspiration, Smoke and Numbers are set to explode onto the Hip-Hop scene with their upcoming mixtape, hosted by Big Mike, "The Color of Money" and the release of their first LP, which they're currently working on.

Smoke and Numbers, made up by 21-year-olds Smoke DZA and Numbers, have already made a name for themselves in the New York Hip-Hop world with their sterling mixtape "Don't Judge a Mixtape by its Cover" and collaborations with acclaimed artists Kanye West, Keith Murray, Scram Jones, Pete Rock, Elite, and D-Block's Supa Mario. In addition, Smoke and Numbers have appeared on countless Mixtapes from DJ Kay Slay and Big Mike to Sickamore and Power 105's Spinbad and Ron G.

Smoke DZA and Numbers began rapping together as teenagers in 1999.
Working tirelessly over the last six years to refine their rapping and songwriting skills, Smoke and Numbers have emerged as two of the most exciting young MC's in the Hip-Hop world. Praised for their real and introspective writing, Smoke and Numbers growth of artists is reflected in their attitudes towards the craft.

"When we started out, we thought rapping was all about us and telling our stories. As we've matured, we realize the key to being a top artist is being a great listener and sharing the hood's stories," said Smoke DZA. Seasoned battlers, Smoke and Numbers are amongst the city's finest live performers having wowed crowds at venue's including Cherry Lounge, Joe's Pub, and Babalu's.

Smoke and Numbers are also set to star in the upcoming Hip-Hop
documentary "The Dossier." They can be seen across the country when they begin touring this summer with Juvenile, Trillville, Mike Jones, and Nappy Roots.

Here's 3 MP3's of the group for ya'll to enjoy.

First up is a track entitled "NY Minute," where Smoke and Numbers boast about where they're from over an hot Saxaphone sample.

Smoke And Numbers - NY Minute

Next up, we got a heated track produced by Supa Mario called "Supernegro."

Smoke And Numbers - Supernegro Produced By Supa Mario

Chi-Town's Kanye West drops the hook on "Muthafucka" as Smoke and Numbers drop their rugged braggadocio rhymes.

Smoke And Numbers feat. Kanye West - Muthafucka

Here's the Inside and Front inserts of their up coming "The Color Of Money" Mixtape:

The Color Of Money - Front Cover
The Color Of Money - Inside Insert


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news 1120878565 - January 1, 1970 By : DJ Sparrow is hitting the streets heavy with his new Mixtape "W-Rebirth." This is a West Coast Mixtape to the bone, with Exclusive tracks and Remixes from your favorite established and Up coming West Coast artists.

With features including The Game, The Bloc Runnaz, Ras Kass, Mitchy Slick, Riflemen, Crooked I, Jayo Felony, I-Rocc, Scipio, Planet Asia, Mr. Shadow, Kila Krock, J. Blackwell, Young Hootie, Balance, Complex, Problem, Bad Lucc, One 2 and others, it doesn't get anymore West Coast than this.

In the tracklisting, you can find a track over the Wu-Tang's 1997 classic "Triumph," appropriately titled "West Coast Triumph." The song features Ras Kass, Bloc Runnaz, J.BlackWell and Kila Krock.

Tracklist:

01. Welcome 2 Tha West – Bloc Runnaz (DJ Sparrow Exclusive)
02. It’s Hot Freestyle – The Game
03. Boom Boom Clap – Crooked I
04. 6 In The Morning – Mitchy Slick (Mitchy-Duz-It’)
05. Tha Westcoast Triumph – Bloc Runnaz, Ras Kass, J. Blackwell, & Kila Krock (DJ Sparrow Exclusive)
06. Tha Bizness – Young Hootie (DJ Sparrow Exclusive)
07. Dem Jointz – Kila Krock (DJ Sparrow Exclusive)(Produced by Dem Jointz)
08. What Up – Balance(DJ Sparrow Exclusive)
09. No Love – Ras Kass
10. Tha Mojo’z Back – Bloc Runnaz ft. Obnoxious (DJ Sparrow Exclusive)
11. So Treacherous – One-2 ft. Jayo Felony
12. Can Ma – Obnoxious ft. I-Rocc (DJ Sparrow Exclusive)(Produced By The Batkave)
13. Where I’m From – Hood (DJ Sparrow Exclusive)
14. Broadway – Broadway (DJ Sparrow Exclusive)
15. Round Here – Ras Kass ft. Scipio & Planet Asia
16. Keep It Movin – Complex ft. Steve Vicious (DJ Sparrow Exclusive)
17. My Name Is Mitchy – Mitchy Slick (Mitchy-Duz It’)
18. Stashspot – Problem ft. Bad Lucc, Nero & S-Mak (Produced by THX) (DJ Sparrow Exclusive)
19. Dreams (MLK Remix) – The Game ft. B.I.G.
20. End Of The Road – Riflemen
21. Doin This For 2 Long – Mr. Shadow ft. I-Rocc (DJ Sparrow Exclusive)(Produced by The Batkave)
22. Hate It Or Love It (Coastin Remix) – The Game ft. 50 Cent (Produced by Spotlightbeats) (DJ Sparrow Exclusive)

Go ahead and Preview The Entire Mixtape Here

And if you like it, Buy It Here Now

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news 1121454433 - January 1, 1970 By : The streets of Bedford Stuyvesant, Brooklyn are known for their tough and unforgiving nature. Every so often someone conquers these hurdles to share their stories with the world. In 1994, the Notorious B.I.G.'s incredible lyrics painted vivid portraits of life in Bed Stuy's streets to change hip-hop forever. In 2004, a new star has emerged from those same streets but this time it's a female singing heartfelt songs of pain, sorrow and survival over knockin' Hip Hop beats to once again change the game. The artist's name is Deemi and soon the world will hear the soundtrack of her life.

In 1998, a chance meeting with music producer Chris Styles led to Deemi's first demo recordings and she signed with his company, Dangerous, LLC. During this early phase of her career she also started to work with Styles' producer friend from down the block Bruce Wayne. Wayne would later become partners with another producer, Dirty Swift and together they formed Midi Mafia, producing 50 Cent's smash hit "21 Questions." This led to an increase in production opportunities for Midi Mafia, but they had not forgotten about Deemi. They continued to write and record demos with her and Styles but realized they needed to do something drastic to make her music stand out. Styles and Wayne realized that Deemi's life story was so interesting and compelling it made sense to write about her experiences to give her songs the edge they were seeking.

The new songs embraced the hardships Deemi endured, talking about them in a graphic but provocative manner. She also began to do her own freestyles, singing her raw lyrics over hot Hip Hop instrumentals of the moment. Styles distributed the freestyles to mixtape DJ's, creating a buzz about "the hood's princess" in the streets. Thus began the construction of songs for Deemi's debut album, aptly titled "Soundtrack Of My Life."

Here's 2 Songs from Deemi. First is a song called "Hoodz Princess" featuring D-Block emcee Styles P.

Hoodz Princess feat. Styles P

Here we have "Why Niggas Always Wanna Fuck"

Why Niggas Always Wanna Fuck

Enjoy!

For more info peep: Deemi.Com

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news 1121653164 - January 1, 1970 By : AKIR (Source Magazine’s Unsigned Hype)
signs contract with ViperRecords to Release the long awaited album, “Legacy”

Maybe it was the first concert he saw (Run DMC and the Fat Boys) or the first album he owned (Public Enemy) that sparked his creative flame for Hip-Hop. But it was the turmoil of his early surroundings and his life’s struggles that ignited his hunger to develop into the artist “A.K.I.R.” The acronym and the promise to Always Keep It Real, gave him a name and a prophecy to live by. AKIR took life in Buffalo, NY and grew up throughout New York City, DC, Massachusetts, New Jersey, Atlanta and Maryland. The harsh realities of becoming a black man in today’s world would prove to be a main catalyst.

AKIR first entered the Hip-Hop scene as an on-air personality with WNMH 97.9 (Mass.) in 1994. In 1998, he ranked 2nd out of 50 in Howard University’s Verbal Armageddon emcee competition, and he guest appeared on DJ Arsonist’s (HeatMakers) first mix tape release. Collaborating with partner SOUTHPAW (formerly Ray Dogz of Daddy’s House Recording Studios) he co-produced “The Getaway” for Immortal Technique’s Revolutionary Vol. 1. AKIR released his first single “Best Friend” on DJ N’finit’s mix CD The Blockbuster Vol. 1 (A One Enterprises Product) followed by the EP Street Edition Vol. 1.

At the end of 2001, the project was added to, re-packaged and, distributed as Street Edition Vol. 1 & 2 helping “One” sell over 12,000 copies through an extensive street team network. Being recognized as # 9 CMJ Hip Hop Music Charts (June 2004), and the cameo on “One Remix” for Immortal Technique’s Revolutionary Vol. 2 lead to AKIR’s appearance on the Van’s Warped Tour (Summer 2004) followed by the honor of The Source Magazine’s Unsigned Hype (Jan/Feb 2005). Currently, AKIR is working on his first major release, performing, and doing cameos. AKIR has performed with a diverse array of talented and legendary artist including: Kool G Rap, The Game, Masta Ace, Slum Village, Brand Nubian, Brother Ali, Vast Aire and Immortal Technique.

AKIR’s strongest influences include: the finesse of Slick Rick, the mellow vibe and consistent originality of Q-Tip, the smooth delivery and GQ style of Big Daddy Kane, the complexity and pietism of Nas, the rapid fire flow and intensity of Kool G Rap, and the lyricism of Rakim. AKIR’s vocals are, to say the least, persuasive, melodious, and addictive. His flow is compelling and vividly euphonic with lyrics that are a testament to hip-hop in its purest form.

Look for the new AKIR album coming this year from One Enterprises in a joint venture with Viper Records and executive produced by Immortal Technique.

Look for the new "Politricks" B/W "Treason" feat. Immortal Technique

Peep the Audio Clip

Here's some Audio from AKIR. First, a 60 second track entitled "2005 Exclusive":

2005 Exclusive

Next up is the DJ Nfinit Produced "Best Friend":

Best Friend

Here we have the soulful Southpaw Produced "Callin'":

Callin'

AKIR puts his own spin on this Jus Blaze Produced Mixtape track, called "Kunte Kente":

Kunte Kente

Southpaw laid the beat for the "One Remix" that Immortal Technique put on his Revolutionary Vol. 2 album, this is the original, Southpaw produced it as well:

One

And for you're viewing pleasure, here's the Promotional Video for "One":

AKIR - "One" Promotional Video

Lastly, here is the Source Unsigned Hype Article which AKIR was featured in:

AKIR's Source Unsigned Hype Article

Look for more on AKIR here on DubCNN real soon. Enjoy!

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news 1121737877 - January 1, 1970 By :
Designer Marc Ecko is throwing one hell of a festival in Toronto. If you have plans on August 13th & 14th, cancel them. Confirmed artists for this event are: Ludacris, Kanye West, Lil Jon & The Eastside Boyz, Nas, Busta Rhymes, Ciara, Fat Joe, Mos Def, Kardinal Offishall, Brooke Valentine, Rascalz, and Keisha Cante. Now these are just the confirmed performers. Expect more to be announced soon.

In addition to the epic concert, the festival will include a sneaker gallery, a car show, a video vixen contest (with Lil X & Melyssa Ford), a gaming arena, a graffiti expo, artist meet and greets, b-boy and b-girl crews, MC & DJ battles, retail shops and more.

If you live in the Toronto area and you aren't going to this, you better be in the hospital.

Tickets available at Ticketmaster.

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news 1121903222 - January 1, 1970 By : Bum Squad DJ and Boom Bap Project member, Seattle's own DJ Scene, is dropping a new Mixtape which is being hosted by two of Houston's biggest emcees right now, Paul Wall & Mike Jones called Don't Talk About It.

Featuring an assortment of Southern artists including Trillville, YoungBloodz, Slim Thug, Bun B, David Banner, Stat Quo, Young Buck, Young Jeezy and many more, the Mixtape is a tutorial on what's hot in the South, right now.

Outside of the Southern region, the Mixtape also features E-40, Twista, Juelz Santana, Jay-Z and the late great Eazy E, whom hops up on a track with Atlanta's Boyz N Da Hood. With current Radio singles, album cuts and Exclusives, this Mixtape is a sure thing for the summer.

Tracklisting:

01. Mike Jones & Paul Wall Intro
02. Paul Wall ft. Big Pokey - Sittin Sidewayz
03. Mike Jones ft. Slim Thug & Paul Wall - Man’s World
04. Paul Wall Speaks
05. Trillville ft. E-40 - I’m Pimpin
06. YoungBloodz - Presidential
07. PSC ft. T.I. & Lil Scrappy - I’m A King
08. Twista ft. David Banner & YoungBloodz - Diamonds In My Watch Piece
09. Paul Wall & Bun B - Movin Weight
10. Hot Wright - Trick A Little
11. David Banner - Play
12. Ying Yang Twinz ft. Mike Jones - Badd
13. Boyz N Da Hood ft. Eazy E - Gangsta
14. Paul Wall Speaks
15. Paul Wall & Juelz Santana - We Don’t Give A Fuck
16. Ludacris & Field Mobb - Georgia
17. David Banner ft. Jazze Pha ... My Gun
18. Jay-Z & Aztek - Freestyle
19. Mike Jones & Paul Wall Speak
20. Mike Jones - Back Then
21. Chamillionare ft. Lil Flip - Turn It Up
22. Webbie - G-Shit
23. Stat Quo ft. Young Buck - South Coast
24. Paul Wall & Gritboys - Drank In Ya System
25. Mike Jones & Paul Wall - Outro
26. Mike Jones, Paul Wall, Brooke Valentine - Long As You Come Home
(Remix)
27. Young Jeezy - Guess Who’s Back

For more info on this log on to DJ-Scene.com

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news 1121954250 - January 1, 1970 By : Cali Untouchable DJ and 2005 Best West Coast Mixtape DJ Nominee at Justos (R.I.P.) Mixtape Awards, DJ Strong has just released the Official Hip Hop Honeys Las Vegas DVD Mixtape!

The Mixtape is Featuring all new music from a strong cast of Southern, West Coast and East Coast emcees, including: Kanye West, 50 Cent, Slim Thug, Paul Wall, Mike Jones, Red Cafe, W.C., Jayo Felony, Kurupt, Black Rob, Pitbull, Three 6 Mafia, Knoc-Turn'Al, Damizza, T.I., Daz and many More!!!

Not only is this Mixtape Hosted by Redman, but features a from track from the Brick City emcee himself. Here's the tracklisting, if you dig what you see, don't forget to purchase it. The link is at the end of the update.

TRACKLISTING:

1. Francine Dee HipHopWest.com Intro
2. Redman HipHopHoneys.com Intro
3. DJ Strong Cali Untouchables Mix
4. Paul Wall - Official Mixtape
5. Kanye West - Freestyle
6. Kanye West/Jamie Foxx - Gold Diggers
7. 50 Cent/Mobb Deep - Out of Control
8. Lil Kim - Freestyle
9. Black Rob/Scram Jones - Black Rob
10. Pitbull - Freestyle
11. Lil Wayne - Freestyle
12. Paul Wall/Mike Jones - Spittin Bars
13. Chingo Bling/Stunta - Six Screens On
14. Chingo Bling - HipHopWest.com
15. Pitbull/Ying Yang Twins - Shake
16. Pitbull/Chingo Bling - Wait Remix
17. Ying Yang Twins/Busta/Missy - Wait Pt.2
18. Mike Jones/Ying Yang Twins - Badd
19. Redman - HipHopHoneys Viva Las Vegas
20. Redman - Freestyle
21. Redman - I’ll Be Back B-tch
22. Slim Thug - Boyz N Blue
23. 3-6-Mafia/Paul Wall/Mike Jones - Dat Drank
24. Show Me Luv Interlude
25. DJ Paul - 3-6- Mafia Interlude
26. Webbie/Daz - Gimmie Dat P-ssy Remix
27. Boyz N Da Hood/T.I./Young Jeezy - Dem Boyz
28. 50 Cent/Pretty Boy Floyd - Strip Club Everyday
29. Redman - What Happens in Vegas, Stays in Vegas
30. Lil Tony/Runnin Madd/DJ Strong - Freestyle
31. Ricashay/Sean Jordan/Amonimiss - It’s Easy
32. Balance - Right Here
33. Knocturnal/Damizza/Mariah Carey - My Life
34. Cassidy/Swizz Beats - Bboy Stance
35. Red Cafe/WC - Yellow Bottles
36. DJ Strong Cali Untouchables Mix2
37. Jayo Felony - 1, 2, 3
38. Kurupt/Warren G - That’s It
39. Warren G - Gorilla Pimpin
40. DJ Quik - The Good Life
41. DJ Strong HipHopWest.com Outro
42. Redman, Francine Dee, Lil Jon Outro
43. 866.754.6580 HipHopWest.com

Pick up the Mixtape in the RapTalk Store






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news 1122235008 - January 1, 1970 By : "It Can't Be The Truth That All Black People Think So Fucked Up, If It Is, How Could You Blame Us, We Born To Life With Problems, Drive-By's, Police Beams, Paramedics And Helicopters, Yo Children Dream Of Being Mobsters, Is This The Future For Our Junior's And Daughters?" - Kace Moon

Born on February 27, 1987 Inland Empire's Kace Moon, has dealt with adversity since his first breath in infancy. During delivery, Kace was tagged deceased, as his mother delivered his twin sister. The doctors struggled optimistically to reviving his unresponsive infant body, until finally reviving him to existence. Fortunately, there were no majorly damaging end results. Throughout his childhood, Kace, as many other Inner-city children was, a victim to the epidemic of "Star Track" vanishing fathers. His mother in result would forcefully have to sale illegal substances.

From a sofa in his homebuilt studio, he smiles, "I remember when she'd do her runs, I'd be downstairs fucking with the other kids and I'd ask her where she's going and she'd always say 'To see a man about a bulldog.' It's not like she was balling out of control. She had enough to take care of my sisters and I. I'll always understand her struggles. She's a survivor" explains the 18 year old. "It always tripped me out cause she was an ex-addict."

After multiple times of being locked up, Kace's mother moved from the gutters of San Bernardino, California to a desert region called Banning in early 1997. Banning was more affordable and less crime. "It was an opportunity for redemption from our hardships." Kace says. Following about six months living in Banning Kace's mother was again incarcerated on drug charges. From there Kace and his sisters were shipped around weekly between their three aunts. Letters from his mom daily inspired Kace's first love art, he would draw all-day to refuge from his surroundings. Once his mother was let out of detaining Kace's family moved back to Banning.

Although assuming they were away from dilemma, Kace Moon was back in a similar environment. Police on the block more than five times a day, prostitution, and many other unlawful events plagued their surroundings. Kace's mother had gotten a job during theie first year there. Supporting her family Kace's mother would stay at that job for about two years. Kace's mother would later fall in depression and become mentally ill.

12 year old Kace a product of a broken breed, began putting his focus on the streets. Breaking into homes and vending the merchandise to spend among his peers. Two years of being on a hoodlum point was just the beginning, Kace being a mirror towards his environment, following his parents and peers steps, began peddling narcotics with his older cousin. Chuckling Kace reminisces, "My cousin was had a similar situation. He needed money also. I was about fifteen he was seventeen. We did things in the past. So we went into some dude house he knew. we took his stash, linked up with some younger niggas, got them to push for us for wholesale, so it was a win-win situation it wasn't like we were investing."

One night while Kace and his cousin were robbing a store, during the robbery his cousin was identified, so he fled. They split up in different directions. Only to leave his cousin captured by authorities. Facts of his cousin behind bars hit Kace like a Mike Tyson jab, to add to the fire, a 16 year old Kace's found out his 17 year old girlfriend was pregnant. "Such a beautiful blessing at such a ugly time, had me knowing this was an influence on my life only through God. From there I got my diploma more than a year early. Being too young to get a job I just put I had a diploma, automatically, they assumed I was 18. I went against all odds with that situation" reveals the young man.

Although previously writing poetry, Kace began pouring his blood and frustration into music. Listening to many genres of music influenced his style of composition. Having the wordplay of Nas and Tupac, the versatility of Notorious B.I.G., the attitude of Public Enemy, and the hustle of Master P, Kace is the all-around M.C. All off his own hustle, Kace Moon now manages to go to college and markets his Mixtape "The Introduction" and self made shirts in Swap Meets, liquor stores, and parking lots all over The Inland Empire region. "I don't do this for fame, I do this off the strength of my family in addition to recognition and foundation of my talents. I am blessed, even if I don't get signed, I will make my dreams into reality" details the independent entrepreneur.

Here's some Audio from his "The Introduction" Mixtape. First up is a track entitled "Glocapella." Kace raps with no beat, only scattered Gun shot sounds:

Kace Moon - Glocapella

On "Ruthless Freestyle," Kace borrows Mobb Deep's "Quiet Storm" beat:

Kace Moon - Ruthless Freestyle

Kace hi-jacks the Ying Yang Twins summer smash "Wait" and puts his spin on the track with the Whisper flow:

Kace Moon - Warning Shots Silence

We'll be bring you more on Kace very soon.

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news 1122575446 - January 1, 1970 By : Miami's High School Graduate, DJ Papa Smirf of Poe Boy Ent. and Bum Squad DJz, is dropping the heat with his latest Mixtape, "Freestyle Chronicles" hosted by New York rhyme animal Papoose.

All new Freestyles and tracks from the some of the Industries established emcees like Busta Rhymes, Nas, The Game, Ludacris, N.O.R.E., Mobb Deep, Kanye West, Twista and more.

Also, you can hear many of today's hottest up and comers like: Papoose, Paul Wall, Brisco, Do Wrong, Jae Hood, Saigon, Sqad Up, P$C, Maino, C.Ride, Magno and others. He even has a new track from the now "Retired" Ruff Ryder and 106 & Park Freestyle Champion Jin.

With over 40 tracks, featuring the some of the illest artists from all over, this is already lookin' promising.

Tracklist:

01. Papoose- Intro/ P.A.P
02. Lil Scrappy- G$up
03. Remo- Asap
04. Jim Jones- Harlem Boyz
05. Lil Flip Ft Sqad Up- Cheese
06. Do Wrong- Freestyle(Produced By Boola)(POE BOY ENT)
07. Busta Rhymes- Freestyle
08. Jae Hood- Freestyle
09. Peedi Crack- Heat Rock
10. Ludacris- Freestyle
11. Nas Ft Quan- QB to VA
12. Stat Quo- 4Alarm Blaze
13. Nore Ft Nature- Every Other City
14. Jin The Emcee- Freestyle(He Back From Retirement?)
15. Amilcar- Dear Summer
16. Saigon- Hip Hop
17. Game- Help Em Out
18. Joe Budden- Kiss Goodbye
19. P$C Ft Gritboys & Paul Wall- Amillion
20. Brisco- Millionaire(POE BOY ENT)
21. AZ- Freestyle
22. Lil Wayne- Grid Iron
23. Cassidy Ft Deemi- Freestyle
24. Remo- Encore
25. The Replacementz- Go
26. Papoose- Interlude
27. Papoose- High
28. Memphis Bleek- It's M.E.M
29. Maino- Pop Yo Ass Again
30. C.Ride Ft Dre Of Cool N Dre- Freestyle
31. Mobb Deep- Hurt Nothin
32. Joe Budden Ft Mense- Check 1 2
33. Juelz Santana- Bandana
34. T.Waters-Freestyle(So So Def)
35. Lil Flip Ft Stack Bundles(Desert Storm)- Da South
36. Jim Jones Ft J.R Writer- Live
37. Peedi Crack- Papito Killed Genito
38. Magno-Meltin(Desert Storm South)
39. Kanye West Ft Bump J- Freestyle
40. Broadway- Black
41. Verse 1- Time Is Money
42. Juelz Santana- There It Go(Whistle)
43. Twista Ft Trey Songz- Girl Tonight(NEW SINGLE!!!)
44. Papoose- Outro

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news 1122639999 - January 1, 1970 By : “Are You A Psycho!?”

Welcome to the SickSide once again ya’ll!!! The boys is back at it... What happens when Sick Jacken and DJ FM of Psycho Realm and Street Platoon’s Crow & Cynic come together? Nothin’ but SickSide Stories! Collectively they’re known as Sick Symphonies and this Los Angeles based quartet are unleashing their signature sounds on the world once again.

Their new album, SickSide Stories, which was released Tuesday, marks the birth of a new era. To see what I’m talking about, you’ll have to peep the Exclusive Video Interview that our very own LatinaBeatz conducted not too long ago with the squad. The 4 emcee/producers sat down with DubCNN and brokedown the new album, how they all four of them met, their “situation” with B-Real back in the day, their influences and much more. They also give insight into what Duke, the member of Psycho Realm and Jack’s brother, has been up to, since he was shot a few years back in Los Angeles.

Peep the Exclusive Sick Symphonies Video Interview now!!!

For ya'll still on 56K, here's the Transcription

Of course, we got the tracklisting for the new album. And as usual, you’ll find a few MP3’s in the tracklist. All courtesy of Sick Symphonies and Paladin.

Tracklist:

01. The Beginning Intro
02. Cointelpro
03. #1 Target
04. Tax Evaders
05. Ghetto Sport
06. In This Lifetime
07. Times We're Living In
08. If It Happened To You
09. Fuckin' Robots
10. SS International
11. I Can't
12. Black Hole
13.Reason To Fight
14. Streets Up

Check out the SickSide Stories Album Cover

And the exclusives don’t stop there ya’ll!!! In April, DubCNN was present for the State Of The Union Concert here in L.A. at Club Soho in Downtown. Here’s some footage of their show. The footage includes performances of ”Showdown,” “Psycho City Blocks,” “Confessions Of A Drug Addict,” “Premonitions,” “Good Times” and MUCH more!

Here's the Sick Symphonies Live

And just in case you missed it above… Peep the Exclusive Sick Symphonies Video Interview now!!!

Shouts to EVERYONE who made this possible. Sick Jacken, DJ FM, Crow and Cynic. LatinaBeatz, JoeC, Justin, Luis and RapTalk Media Group. The whole Contraband Records family (Jesus, Reazn, Strae, Dubb), Leon, Oszie and Louie! I hope I didn’t leave anyone else out. If so, sorry! Big ups!

Enjoy it ya’ll. And remember where you got it… DubCNN. Accept no substitutes. Really for the New West by the New West! Latinos stand the fuck up!

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news 1123784593 - January 1, 1970 By : It's goin' down with two of the hottest names in the Mixtape game, Dow Jones & DJ Chuck T, team up to bring you, South West Coast Connect Vol. 1. This is a new brand of mixtape bringin' the best talent from the West & the South together. This tape is sponsored by the South's Newest Major Hip Hop Magazine "Urban Timez." Urban Timez has already featured such West Coast Talent As Dow Jones, Balance, Fredwreck, DJ Fingaz, Fabricali.com (home of the official West Coast T Shirt and apparel) And More To Come.

Mitchy Slick has a feature Interview in the next issue that will drop within the next month!!! Look for issues of Urban Timez in various Hip Hop and Hood spots throughout the West Coast, distributed exclusively by Dow Jones & West Coast Livin Promotions & Marketing. The Mixtape will be available Next Friday in the streets & online featuring such West Coast talent as Mitchy Slick, Kenny Kingpen, Lil Bam, Self Scientific, Crooked I, Yukmouth, Balance, NWA, Game, Blunts, E-40 & Wallet & Rocchett and of course some new production and blends from Dow Jones. West, West, Yall!!!

Dow Jones & DJ Chuck T-South West Connect Vol. 1 (sponsored by Urban Timez Magazine)

West Side
01. Dow Jones-SouthWest Connect Intro (prod. by Dow Jones)
02. 50 Cent ft. Eazy E & Havoc-Outta Control Rmx (prod. by Dow Jones)
03. Crooked I-Boom Boom Clap
04. Self Scientific ft. Bun B-King Kong (prod. by DJ Kahlil)
05. Juvenile ft. Utp-Booty Like Dat
06. Yukmouth-As U Should
07. Game-Put U On Da Game (Dow Jones Blend)
08. Mitchy Slick-Ride Or Die
09. Balance-Right Here
10. N.W.A-Dopeman (Screwed & Slapped by Dow Jones)
11. Chamillionaire ft. David Banner-Talkin Dat Talk
12. Game-Im A King
13. Blunts aka LLA-Live From The City Of Gods
14. E40 ft. Trillville-Pimpin
15. Wallet ft. Rocchett-Where U From
16. Kenny Kingpen-Bigga Than That
17. Lil Bam-F.A.K.E.S


South Side
1. Roam aka Bad Daddy Intro
2. Draped Up - Bun-B (Of UGK)
3. You'z A Trick - Lil' Flip
4. Move - Stat Quo Ft. Mr. Vegas
5. Get On It - Lil' Wayne
6. That's How Ya Feel - Young Jeezy
7. Cashville (RMX) - Young Buck Ft. Wickid Material
8. Wipe Me Down - Chopper aka Young City
9. Big Boi Shit - Grandaddy Souf
10. Diamonds In My Watch - Twista Ft. David Banner
11. Want It, Get It - B.G.
12. No Chorus - Magno
13. Beatin' Up Da Block - Squad Up Ft. Lil' Flip
14. Show Me Love - Acafool
15. Circle Of Playaz - Playaz Circle
16. Tha Let Out - A.O. Ft. Liveola
17. Decatur To You - Young Noah

2ndChanceProductions for more info

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news 1123789194 - January 1, 1970 By : Back in July, I introduced you to a young emcee out of the I.E. named Kace Moon. We hit you off with three exclusive tracks from the kid. If you missed em, here they are.

Kace Moon - Glocapella

Kace Moon - Ruthless Freestyle

Kace Moon - Warning Shots Silence

Now, onto new business. Kace is back with 2 new songs. This time in the form of "Crackman" over Eminem's "My Name Is," where he wittily spits:

"Tried to get a job, the application asked for sex, marked 'm' and 'f' and Sunday's too"

Kace Moon - Crackman

Download Kace's rendition of Scarface's "My Block", which he calls "The Intro(Myembryo)":

Kace Moon - The Intro(Myembryo)

Enjoy!

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news 1123863007 - January 1, 1970 By : DJ Fingaz' #1 street series Guns N Roses has entered Vol. 3. This mixtape is crazy and features exclusive new music from Alchemist, Mobb Deep, Nas, Yukmouth, Mitchy Slick and the WrongKind, Stat Quo, Young Buck, E40, Lil Flip, Bun B, Obie Trice, Kenny Kingpen ft. Bosko + more. Production from Dow Jones, Fingaz and others, as well.


For more info checkout DJFingaz.com and FabriCali.com (the official home of the "West Coast" Tee) and you can purchase this mixtape for free at 2ndChanceProductions Store.




Here's the tracklisting:

01. Yukmouth Intro
02. Yukmouth Guns N Roses Freestyle
03. Ras Kass “Cali” *Exclusive produced by: Dow Jones
04. H20 “Shake That” *World Preimer
05. Trillville/E-40 “Pimpin”
06. Stat Quo/Young Buck “South Coast”
07. Mobb Deep “Pop Bottles” * World Premier
08. Nas “Honey Moon”
09. Blocc Runnas “Split his Wig” *World Premier
10. Al Gator “Guns n Roses” Freestyle
11. Clipse “Zen”
12. Game/Jelly Roll “Hard Liquor” *Exclusive
13. E-40/The CLICK “Game Thieves” *Unreleased Exclusive produced by: DJ FINGAZ
14. Bun B. “Draped Up”
15. Lil Flip/Squad Up “Beatin Up Tha Block”
16. Kenny Kingpin/Bosko “Go Hard” *Exclusive
17. Federation/Lay Low “What What”
18. Sly Boogy “Everything”
19. Yukmouth/C-Bo/Realest/Gonzo “Payback” *World Premier Exclusive
20. Bizarre (D12) “Deadly” produced by: Fame & DJ FINGAZ
21. 4 Ron “Run and Hide” *Exclusive
22. BG/Tech N9ne *Exclusive
23. Game/MOB “Poison Bananas” G-Unit Diss
24. Wrong Kind “So West Coast”
25. Obie Trice/Stat Quo “Stay Bought It”
26 SAI Bills “Listen To Me” *Exclusive

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news 1125014176 - January 1, 1970 By : The O.C. is more than reality shows about the everyday drama of privledged High School kids. There is a Hip Hop scene and it's growing at a rapid pace.

Today, Santa Ana's own Madizm Productions have supplied the Internet with a Free Download of their ReMixtape. The Production team say they are "willing to work with artists and labels to bring out the best of their creative abilities."

You can hear remixes of the Summer smash "Fandango" by DJ Quik and B-Real with another Santa Ana artist, JMG adding his verse. A hot Remix of Jay-Z's "99 Problems" with a new emcee Phenom.

Also featured are Yukmouth, Snoop Dogg, Ice Cube, E-40, Bad Azz, Too Short and many more.

Tracklist:

01. DJ Quik, B-Real & JMG - Fandango
02. Sly Boogie, Ice Cube, E-40, & Bad Azz - Get It
03. Snoop Dogg, Knocturnal, & Pharrell - Drop It Like It’s Hot
04. Tech N9ne - Imma Tell
05. NTS - Now You know
06. Roscoe & JMG - I Love Cali
07. Yukmouth, Ice Cube, & Young Trigger- Cali G’s
08. Too Short & Lil Jon - Shake That Monkey
09. Jay-Z, Phenom - 99 Problems
10. Obie Trice - The Set Up
11. JMG, Xzibit, MC Ren - Losing Your Mind
12. 2 Pac & Kurupt - Still Ballin’
13. Mike Jones & Slim Thug - Still Tippin’
14. 213 - Another Summer
15. Ciz - Do What I Gotta Do
16. The Game - Like Father Like Son
17. JMG & Phenom - Friends Or Foes

Download the Madizm Productions - Back On The Block ReMixtape

Here's the official website:

PureMadizm.com

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news 1125023746 - January 1, 1970 By : Lil Eazy's new cut "Gangsta Shit" Produced by Miami Producers Cool N Dre and features Dre on the hook. Look for Lil E's debut album "Prince Of Compton" to be dropping very soon on Virgin Records.

The track is courtesy of DJ Papa Smirf, straight from his Mixtape with DJ Kris-Stylez & Dope Boi Music entitled "My Block Miami: VMA Style." We'll be bringing you more on that tomorrow.

Until then, enjoy the track:

Lil Eazy feat. Dre of Cool-n-Dre - Gangsta Shit

Big Shouts to Smirf!!

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news 1125037176 - January 1, 1970 By : "Mike Jones be runnin' game and Magnificent 'bout his cash!" - Paul Wall from "Still Tippin'"

I'm sure you heard the line. You may or may not have known who Magno aka Magnificent was at that time. But, you'll find out now. He recorded "First Round Draft Picks" with Mike Jones, which was referenced to in "Still Tippin'" as well. Now that his crew is all over BET and MTV, it's Magno's turn.

"When Paul Wall said that, I swear he never lie / All I do is rhyme a little, and my cheddar rise / You seen "Still Tippin'," that wasn't prop money / That was on the grind, CD's on the block money"

Taking a page from Mike Jones ("Back Then") and Paul Wall ("Goin' Nuts"), he uses a line from the SwishaHouse summer anthem for his latest song. Getting with Philly's Chops, Magno knocked out the banger "Magnificent Bout His Cash" with the Screwed up Paul Wall sample for the hook.

Magno - Magnificent Bout His Cash (Prod. Chops)

"I can't knock the hustle, get it how you live! / No matter what it is, keep food behind ya ribs!"

It gets no realer! Shouts to Hustle Fam!

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news 1125191018 - January 1, 1970 By : Tha Bloc Runnaz have been grinding hard in 05. And it's finally paying off. They've been getting some spins on Sirius Satellite Radio as of late. They're asking for their fans to request them some more. Here's what they had to say:

"Truth is, the news was newer to us than it was to some of you. Apparently tracks have been circulating Sirius Satellite air-waves. DJ Skee's WestSide Hype Radio Show on Hip Hop Nation is one of the shows holding us down. Show some support by requesting Tha Bloc Runnaz on Sirius Radio and giving DJ Skee his dues for holding it down for the coast with the most! And Definately let Skee know you wanna hear Them Bloc Runnaz on steady play!"

Here's the song that is getting play:

Bloc Runnaz feat. 2-Real - Tally Wacker


Check them out on Hip Hop Nation Channel 40

Give DJ Skee his dues and request more from Tha Bloc Runnaz
djskee@sirius-radio.com

Don't forget, still available from Tha Bloc Runnaz camp is the DJ Sparrow "The W-Rebirth" Mixtape. Cop that

And cop the DJ Skee "Westside Hype Volume I" hosted by Kanye West at DJSkee.com

For more info on Tha Bloc Runnaz visit their official site: BlocRunnaz.com

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news 1125194204 - January 1, 1970 By : From street life to street poet, emerges Spanky Loco. The streets of West Los Angeles is his battleground; exploding with sound, violence, money, urban drama, drug sales, and gang tales. These elements are subject matter to many songs created by Mr. Loco.

Loco has collabed with with West Coast artists the likes of: M.C. Eiht, Jayo Felony, Sylk E. Fine, Bad Azz & the Low Lifes, Playa Hamm, 40-Glocc, Blunts LLA, and Kokane to name a few,for his Loco Life album. Production to this project are credited to the BlackWall Street affiliate Kre8tor, Spanky Loco himself, and several others, including 310 West Producer Ces "From the West".

This Album has the creativity and non-stop flare to quite possibly escalate Spanky Loco into the forefront of the Latin Rap game!!!!!

Look out for Spanky Loco on Various 310 West projects and the Loco Life DVD coming this fall. Log on to SpankyLoco.com and 310WestEnt.com to get more info.

Get two songs from the Loco Life album in the tracklisting below.

Tracklist:

01. Intro -(Who Shot Me)
02. Spanky Loco
03. City of Angeles feat. Kokane (Prod. Kre8tor)
04. You Dont Really Know feat. Blunts L.L.A.
05. Loco feat. Kokane
06. Kush
07. La Leezee feat. Huero Snipes & Ms. Justice
08. Boyz In The Hood feat. Huero Snipes
09. Get Got feat. Jayo Felony
10. Interlude (El Paletero)
11. En El Varrio feat. Nasty Boy
12. In the West feat. M.C. Eiht
13. West Coast Gee feat. Huero Snipes (Prod. Kre8tor)
14. Interlude (Just A Few Words)
15. Let's Ride On 'Em feat. Kokane & Tattoo Silent
16. I'm A Gun
17. G-Izm feat. Sylk E Fine & Huero Snipes
18. F.R.E.A.K. feat. 40 Glocc
19. I Can't Get Enough
20. How We Roll feat. Bad Azz
21. I Broke The Regal
22. A Trigger Gots No Heart (3 Mix) feat. C-Bo (Bonus Track)
23. Outro

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news 1125414321 - January 1, 1970 By : Oh sh*t! Crooked I's newest single "Cali Boyz" is out in full quality, courtesy of Crook's official website westcoastdynasty.com. The track is produced by Scott Storch and is a real banger!

I have the song in full CD Quality for ya'll to bump, burn, spread, and promote. Let's take the Young Boss to the top, it's up to ya'll. Word of mouth is the biggest promotion.

'Nuff talk, let's get down to business, download Crooked I's new Scott Storch produced single "Cali Boyz" below:

Crooked I - Cali Boyz (Prod. by Scott Storch)

Lookout for Crooked's new mixtape "Young Boss Vol. 2" coming soon!

Nima

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news 1125429230 - January 1, 1970 By : It's been 3 years since the last time the Revolutionary group dead prez performed in L.A. But on Saturday, September 10th, they'll be putting an end to that, along side Carson spitter Ras Kass, the up and coming Pico Union squad Global City (whom we introduced to you here a while back), and the Blastmaster himself, KRS-One! Hosted by Fidel of Divine Forces Radio, you can expect some special suprises at this show, believe that!

Big shouts to Med and the whole ThaFormula.com crew for putting this amazing show together. We WILL be in the house reppin' for the entire show.

$22 pre-sale tickets available at Stacks, Rehab, Fat Beats and other Record shops or on ThaFormula.com. Doors open at 8pm at Parking Lot Prophets in the heart of Downtown L.A.!! Address 3300 South Hill Street. 1/2 block North of Jefferson. It's located near the 110 Freeway, U.S.C. and the L.A. Coliseum.

Here's the Front and Back Flyers.

Come on out and enjoy a night of non-stop Hip Hop!!

For those who are not familiar with Global City, here's a track off their up coming Mixtape over the Diplomats' "Dipset Anthem" that they dubbed "DownTown Belly Of The Beast Anthem":

Global City - DownTown Belly Of The Beast Anthem

DubCNN... The only West Coast News source providing more than just West Coast news! Holla!

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news 1125875137 - January 1, 1970 By : On Sept. 26th 2005, Gallic Wars presents Squeeze, with his debut CD "Street Soldier Mixtape Volume I". Squeeze a.k.a Sneaky, has come up from the slums of Little Rock, Arkansas; Compton, California; and is now residing in Jamaica Queens in New York. Here is a track taken from the mixtape, "Hood Hop Freestyle".

Gallic Wars provides you with quality music, top notch talent and beauty from all over the world. They are an efficient operation which specialize in the promotion of aspiring models, producers, music artists, actors/actresses and all those who wish to advertise any product, business or talent. As an elite enterprise, GW has the capability to submit your material to modeling agencies, music labels, radio stations, magazines, management companies, marketing companies, street teams, filming companies and the list goes on. At GW you can hear exclusive music from Jay-Z, the whole G-Unit, Dipset & D-Block Camp, Squeeze, Kanye West, Beanie Sigel, Struc Val, Eminem, Lil Scrappy, Young Jeezy, Foxy Brown and so much more! Quoted from the Chief Executive Officer of Gallic Wars, "We are always searching for up and coming talent in all fields and appreciate music of all genre's. I guarantee you Gallic Wars will be a force in the entertainment industry. Competition is none & our entrance in the music world is inevitable". Hit them up, www.gallicwars.com.

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news 1126219408 - January 1, 1970 By : West Coast and Down South stand up!!

The West Coast's own, Dow Jones' Latest Mixtape "South West Connect" with Southern DJ Chuck T and sponsored by Urban Timez Magazine features the best new talent from the West and Dirty South.

With songs from Yukmouth, Self Scientific, Mitchy Slick, E-40, Stat Quo, Grandaddy Souf, Young Buck and others, it's packed with something for everyone.

It shatters the stigma's of the "West Coast Gangsta" image and "Southern Fried Crunk" style that people associate with these areas.

More over, the Mixtape was on MTV's Mixtape Monday's, this past Monday. Along with Mick Boogie's "Hustle & Snow," GMG & Cutmaster C's "Too Hard 4 HipHop," Wiz Hoffa and Mz Hoffa's "Mr. & Mrs. Hov." Check that out.

And if you haven't already, scoop up the Mixtape. 34 tracks of West Coast and Southern heat rocks!!




Tracklist:

West Side
01. Dow Jones-SouthWest Connect Intro (prod. by Dow Jones)
02. 50 Cent ft. Eazy E & Havoc-Outta Control Rmx (prod. by Dow Jones)
03. Crooked I-Boom Boom Clap
04. Self Scientific ft. Bun B-King Kong (prod. by DJ Kahlil)
05. Juvenile ft. Utp-Booty Like Dat
06. Yukmouth-As U Should
07. Game-Put U On Da Game (Dow Jones Blend)
08. Mitchy Slick-Ride Or Die
09. Balance-Right Here
10. N.W.A-Dopeman (Screwed & Slapped by Dow Jones)
11. Chamillionaire ft. David Banner-Talkin Dat Talk
12. Game-Im A King
13. Blunts aka LLA-Live From The City Of Gods
14. E40 ft. Trillville-Pimpin
15. Wallet ft. Rocchett-Where U From
16. Kenny Kingpen-Bigga Than That
17. Lil Bam-F.A.K.E.S

South Side
01. Roam aka Bad Daddy Intro
02. Draped Up - Bun-B (Of UGK)
03. You'z A Trick - Lil' Flip
04. Move - Stat Quo Ft. Mr. Vegas
05. Get On It - Lil' Wayne
06. That's How Ya Feel - Young Jeezy
07. Cashville (RMX) - Young Buck Ft. Wickid Material
08. Wipe Me Down - Chopper aka Young City
09. Big Boi Shit - Grandaddy Souf
10. Diamonds In My Watch - Twista Ft. David Banner
11. Want It, Get It - B.G.
12. No Chorus - Magno
13. Beatin' Up Da Block - Squad Up Ft. Lil' Flip
14. Show Me Love - Acafool
15. Circle Of Playaz - Playaz Circle
16. Tha Let Out - A.O. Ft. Liveola
17. Decatur To You - Young Noah


Also Be On The Lookout For Dow Jones' next big Project "Play Your Position Vol. 4: Supa Size Ur Huslte" Hosted and Featuring South Centrals very own Kenny Kingpen aka Poppa LQ. This new tape should be ready in a week and features new bangers from Kenny Kingpen, Ras Kass, C Bo, Big Wy, Glass Malone, Blunts LLA, Al Gator, Balance, Crooked I, Mitchy Slick, Yukmouth, Mr. Fab, Dr Dre, Lil Eazy and more coming next week!!

Also checkout DJ Fingaz Guns N Roses 3 available now and DJ Fingaz "OFFICIAL" Fabricali Mixtape hosted by Yukmouth featuring new updates on the upcoming Fabricali clothing for 05-06 and also new colors in the world famous "The West Coast" T as worn by Alchemist, Guru, DJ Toomp, Mitchy Slick & Strong Arm Steady, B-Real and more. For All CDs checkout 2ndChanceProductions.com, DJFingaz.com and FabriCali.com

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news 1126460796 - January 1, 1970 By : The Carolina King is back with two new bangin' releases. "The Lord and Savior of Southern Mix Tapes" has decided to bless his people with two new titles made JUST FOR the aspiring MC and/or Producer. "Down & Dirty Accapellas Vol. 1" is packed full of the South's hottest Accapellas, ready for you Producers to work your own magic on.

"Down & Derrty Instrumentals Vol. 4" is supplying all the emcee's out there with fire beats to wreck on their Mixtapes, demo's or whatever the case maybe. These two releases are sure to make waves in the music industry. These titles can be ordered separately or as a combo pack (special combo rate is available). Pre-Order today. These releases ship out on Wednesday September 14, 2006.

Be on the look out for DJ Chuck T and Bulletproof Gfx. "Gulf Coast All-Stars" CD. 85% of the proceeds will go to Master P's "Team Rescue" relief organization to help out Hurricane Katrina victims. This release will be available soon.

For the aspiring DJ/Producer DJ Chuck T has cooked up "Down & Dirty Accapellas Vol. 1." Being the FIRST EVER accapella release featuring all Southern artists, this CD is not only ground breaking and historical, but its a sure fire classic.

Featuring the latest hits from the South's finest like Three-Six Mafia, Baby, PSC, T.I., Maceo, Bun-B, Magic, Lil Wayne, Mike Jones and more.

With over 21 Accapellas, Producers will have a lot of work to do!!

Down & Derry Accapellas Vol. 1 Tracklist:

01. Stay Fly - Three Six Mafia Ft. Young Buck and 8-Ball & MJG
02. Presidential - YoungBloodz
03. Kryptonite - Big Boi Ft. Purple City All-Stars
04. Sets Go Up - Juvenile
05. Wait (RMX) - Ying Yang Twins Ft. Lil' Scrappy, Free & Busta Rhymes
06. In Yo Face (RMX) - Ebony Eyez Ft. Trina
07. Badd - Ying Yang Twinz Ft. Mike Jones
08. I'm A King - T.I. & PSC Ft. Lil' Scrappy
09. I Think They Like Me - Dem Franchize Boyz
10. Neck Of Da Woodz - Baby Ft. Lil' Wayne
11. Ho Sit Down - Maceo
12. Ova Here - Young Jeezy Ft. Bun-B
13. Incredible Feeling - Slim Thug Ft. Jazze Pha
14. Trick A Little - Hot Wright
15. Icy - Gucci Mane Ft. Young Jeezy
16. J.O.D.D - Trick Daddy Ft. Khia
17. I Need Dubs - Master P ft. Lil' Romeo
18. O Its On - Petey Pablo Ft. Young Buck
19. That's All - Gucci Mane
20. Yappin' - Master P. Ft. Young Buck
21. Lets Roll - Magic Ft. 8-Ball & David Banner

"Down & Dirty Instrumentals Vol. 4" is packed with over 32 of the hottest instrumentals from the biggest Producers Down South. This release is sure to be a hit amongst the MC's looking to put out their own mixtapes or just sharpen their lyrical skills.

You'll get beats such as the Lil Jon bangers "Presidential" and "I'm A King," "Gangstas" from Boyz N Da Hood, Master P's "Yappin'" and much more.

Down & Derrty Instrumentals Vol. 4 Tracklist:

01. Draped Up - Bun B
02. Presidential - YoungBloodZ
03. Gangstas - Boyz N Da Hood Ft. Eazy-E
04. Play - David Banner
05. That's All - Gucci Mane
06. My Hood - Young Jeezy
07. I'm Hot - Young Capone
08. Lets Roll - Magic
09. Badd - Ying Yang Twinz Ft. Mike Jones
10. Animal - Juvenile
11. I Need Dubs - Master P.
12. I Think They Like Me - Dem Franchize Boyz
13. Motivation - T.I.
14. Dont Trip - Trina Ft. Lil' Wayne
15. Felonies - Boyz N Da Hood
16. Bad Chick - Webbie
17. Run It - Grandaddy Souf
18. I'm Pimpin' - Trillville Ft. E-40
19. Club Banger - PNC Ft. Juvenile
20. Nextel Chirp - Fatz
21. Georgia Peach - Rasheeda
22. Happy Hour - Cee-Lo Ft. Jazze Pha
23. Down South - Pitbull
24. Gotta Getcha - Jermaine Dupri
25. She's Freaky - Pitbull Ft. Lil' Jon
26. Ho Sit Down - Maceo
27. Im A King - T.I. Ft. PSC & Lil' Scrappy
28. Gucci Bag - Playaz Circle
29. Yappin' - Master P. Ft. Young Buck
30. Me and My Dogs - Magic
31. Turn It Up - Chamillionaire Ft. Lil' Flip
32. Dat Boy Chevy - Young Noah

Pre-Order At DJChuckT.com

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news 1126616286 - January 1, 1970 By : You thought it was only Tha Dogg Pound that was coming back? Hell no, Long Beach's own Soopafly, who has spent most of the last years on tour with Snoop Dogg, is back with his newest single "Bangin' West Coast". He just dropped it on me to let ya'll peep it out. Dubcnn exclusive, I thought you knew?

I'm feeling this one, a very energetic song, they're white labeling it right now and it's going to be various radio mix shows. He's representing the West Coast to the fullest on this one, the chorus goes:

"I stay back in the days, with the Spades, the Eazy's, Dr. Dre's, with the House Parties jumpin' on the block, all night long like fuck the cops! I keep bangin' West Coast!"

'Nuff talking, download the song below and judge for youself:

Soopafly - Bangin' Westcoast (Prod. by Soopafly)

Enjoy and check back with us right here for the latest on Soopafly, D.P.G., the West Coast, shit, the whole rap game! You know how we do it!

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news 1126907545 - January 1, 1970 By : Hailing from Opalocka, FL, Poe Boy Entertainment’'s Brisco, is the latest rap prodigy this independent label is set to blaze the industry with. The 22-year old intelligent, yet rugged rapper has used an assortment of past struggles and influences to mold him into the dynamic character of Brisco. Growing up in the Miami area, Brisco. relishes his memories of the hood and only wants to give back to the community, which has crafted him into the confident individual he is today. “"There’s nothing I want more but to give back to my community,” “I want to be that person from my community that people can look up to. It’s a positive thing."”

Brisco's lyrical style and delivery assimilates him to the likes of Scarface, Tupac and Biggie. He injects some Jay-Z and Nas affiliations into his repertoire, but Brisco is an individual himself. "“I’m a real person and the things I talk about are real,” “I think artists out there today, aren’t what they really portray themselves as. I talk about the bad and good things I’ve done. I’m real.”"

Check Out Brisco's new single Ft Young Redd & Scooby Of The Gritboyz - Might Be The Police Remix

Brisco - Might Be The Police Remix Ft Young Redd & Scooby(Of Gritboyz)

Also check out Brisco's website BriscoMusic.com

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news 1126955857 - January 1, 1970 By : Once again dubcnn is back to drop some info and audio on an artist that some of you that may not be aware of. Bossolo grew up in sunny California, another Rap artist representing the Inland Empire. Throughout his youth he was influenced by the music of Dr. Dre, Too Short and 2 Pac, as he listened, he learned and a deep passion for rap music nurtured within. Rap gave Bossolo a reason to live, without it he believes he would be a lost soul. Growing up was hard in a single parent home, no father figure just another ghetto child trapped in the streets of poverty and pain.

From drug sales to jail cells, gang violence and weed smoke, Bossolo found many days alone abused by Alcohol. Through all the struggles Bossolo found hope and started recording an album in the studio in the early 1990's as Smooth MC T however it was left unfinished after he lost his Fiance. 7 years later Bossolo regrouped and started pushing out CD's in the streets of Moreno Valley. Big Boss Solo, "The Game Aint Over" sold 5 thousand units while 2002's "Beyond 2002" sold 7 Thousand units with no air play just street grinding.

On December 24th 2003 came another heart breaking phone call that would change his life for ever, the death of his Younger Brother, murdered on the Streets of the I.E due to black on black crime. He dedicated his latest album, "My Bloc" to his younger brother that never got a chance to here the new product. The album was released through an independent label, Black Knight Ent. earlier this year. and his latest album "My Bloc" is Available at FYE, Wherehouse Music, Sam Goody and Virgin Mega-Store. Production on the album is handled Fingazz and Young Tre who has produced hit songs for the Platinum Group Westside Connection.

Bossolo has opened up for acts such as Bobby Valetino, Rosarito Mexico, Sly Boogy, E Street Alley and The Game. He can also be heard on "The Bay Compilation C4 presents Dirt Hustling."

Below we have some audio from the release and some images for you to check out, please listen to the music and drop feedback over at the World Famous WCC Forums and if you can purchase a copy of the album and support a great talent by clicking here. Look for more news and audio from Bossolo in the future!

Bossolo - Father 2 Son (Produced By Joe Alfaro)
Bossolo - Get On Up (Produced By Young Tre)
Bossolo - Mama Don't Cry (Produced By Fingazz)
Bossolo - Wes Coast (Produced By Fingazz)

Bossolo 1 | Bossolo 2 | Bossolo In The Studio | Bossolo Album Advert

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news 1127328600 - January 1, 1970 By : A cornerstone in the Bay Area rap movement for over two decades, B-Legit is set to release his sixth album, "Block Movement", upon securing a distribution deal with SMC Recordings and Universal Music Group subsidiary Fontana. The move marks a three year absence for the gravel voiced emcee, a hiatus void of any albums, but conversely filled with community involvement, promo tours and the culmination of a media conglomerate. Independent of Sick-Wid-It Records, where B presides as COO, Block Movement Media Corporation, is shaping up as a full fledged entertainment company – DVD’s, clothing and an eventual magazine – all a part of future plans.

“Sic-Wid-It is ‘records’ and ‘media’ covers the whole nine,” B reasons. “I wanted to have something that was going to identify [me] solo, so it was time to expand the wings a little bit.”

As a key member of the group The Click, spearheaded by himself and E-40, B’s cousin and reigning “Ambassador of the Bay,” Legit contributed mightily to three culture defining albums in Down And Dirty, Game Related and Money & Muscle, all the while dropping his own heat, a catalogue that includes: Tryin’ To Get a Buck, The Hemp Museum, and Hempin’ Ain’t Easy.

A departure from his signature sound, B enlisted the talents of a good variety of producers across the country when piecing together Block Movement. From the sonic movement down South to old school mob music, more recent trends and even mainstream thump, “The Savage” promises to deliver a well rounded project that he likes to call “Feel Good Music.”

“It’s just music that you can feel,” Legit says. “It’s music with soulful hooks. Anybody that has a background from the South or the church, you can just feel those certain hymns and certain notes: the soul. [At the same time,] it’s whatever it is that makes you feel good. You get you a nice pair of shoes and a nice clean truck, drive off and listen to some feel good music.”

The Rick Rock produced “Guess Who’s Back,” featuring E-40, is currently setting B’s new standard, already earning a worthy amount of spins on the Bay Area radio stations. “That’s just to warm up my area to let them know I’m comin’ back,” he offers. “This is where the maturity and my support comes from: home.” Mall (St. Louis) and Gold Fingers (Dallas), do their part on the production side as well, delivering respective bangers in their own right. “What they do is bring that Midwest, down South sound over the Bay Area lyrics,” B explains. “It’s a beautiful combination.” Bay area producers, including LJ (“Friends” and “Wanna Know Your Name”), Ponte (“Kick It Tonight” and “I Can’t Change”) and Bedrock, also contribute, helping create B Legit’s most versatile album to date.

Hindered by Internet thieves, bootleggers and a failed deal with Koch, since his last album, Hard 2 B Legit, B is grateful to have found a team that is willing to support and protect his latest offering. “I was tryna find the right situation for me to land in,” he says. “I already had experience putting out records. I just needed some distribution and somebody that was willing to give me a push and I found that with [SMC], and going with the Fontana Distribution Network. All the Hip Hop stuff was there. It was just about finding me a home.”

Here are two preview tracks for ya'll to check out, to get a taste of B-la's new stuff:

B-Legit - Guess Who's Back (ft. E-40)

B-Legit - Block 4 Life (ft. Jadakiss & Styles P)

Block Movement is slated for release on Sept. 27th 2005.

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news 1127393996 - January 1, 1970 By : As many of you will be aware Warren G's album was leaked to the internet yesterday, as the nature of the internet would dictate it has spread like wildfire. Now we are not here to say we can prevent piracy however as an organisation we are asking that any of you who have already downloaded the album support Warren G when the album drops on October 11th. I know many of you who will have the album are hardened fans who just want to hear the album as soon as possible and have every intention of buying it however this is just to try and elimiate the hardcore bootleggers who download with no intention of buying and spread the release to make money themselves.

Warren G's Uncle and management, Wron G, dropped a statement to dubcnn about the matter of "In The Mid-Nite Hour's" early illegal release;

"This is Warren’s uncle Wron G. My people in Germany, the UK and all over Europe are searching for the people who posted Warren’s album before release. We will do everything possible to find these rats. We have had a great relationship with dubcnn.com. Because of technology we can go after these people easily. We intend to be the first to prosecute and unveil these illegal pirates."

"Warren G loves his fans and knows a true fan would not steal from him. We are giving so much from this album to the victims of the Gulf Coast, so these rats are stealing from homeless people. We will find the original pirates and we will work with dubcnn.com and other links/sites to get information on everyone who downloads this record. We will publish names along with addresses of all downloaders. The F.B.I. has been notified and is monitoring the downloading of Warren’s heart-filled and soulful album. We love all of our g-funk fans and Warren has kept it real with all of you. So do not get caught up in this investigation. We are having dubcnn.com to block this download from their site/forums.

Dubcnn.com is respected for keeping hip hop alive and not killing it.


Wron G"

Please respect the artists wishes and the work that has gone into this release and support Warren G when he releases the album "In The Mid-Nite Hour" on October 11th.

Rud

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news 1127509900 - January 1, 1970 By : Back with that slap West Coast Livin Promotions, Godzilla Ent and Po No Mo Entertainment Present Dow Jones Play Your Position Vol. 4 "Supa Size Ur Hustle" Hosted and showcasin South Central's Kenny Kingpen (formerly Poppa LQ). This is sure to be another classic Dow Jones mixtape featuring brand new exclusive bangers from Kenny Kingpen ft. Yukmouth, C Bo, Ras Kass, Kam, Mitchy Slick, Mad Lion, Big Hutch aka Cold187um, Bosko, Menace, E Blak, Fifth, with new production from the I.E's very own Demolition Men producer Tone Touch & Hi Tek...

Plus this tape is filled with exclusive new music from Ras Kass ft. Talib Kweli, Al Gator produced by Timbaland, Tha Liks, Dilated Peoples, Crooked I, 40 Glocc, Balance, Sick Symphonies, Lil Eazy, Mistah Fab, Redman plus more including new production from Dow Jones, EA Ski, E Swift, Cool & Dre, Alchemist, Scott Storch and Dow Jones production partner and new west coast heat maker J Hen and their artists The Parker Bros. Fall in line and Play Your Position and Supa Size Ur Hustle wit Dow Jones & The Regime's Kenny Kingpen.

Tracklisting:

01. Play Your Position Vol. 4-Intro (prod. by Dow Jones)
02. Yukmouth, Kenny Kingpin, C Bo & Mitchy Slick-Bring It Along (prod by Hi Tek)
03. Ras Kass ft. Talib Kweli-Go Crazy
04. Parker Bros-Leon Phelps (prod. by J Hen)
05. 40 Glocc-Strugglin
06. Crooked I-Cali Boyz (prod. by Scott Storch)
07. Kenny Kingpin-Turn It Up (prod. by Hi Tek)
08. Dilated Peoples-Back Again (prod. by Alchemist)
09. Bloodbath ft. Kenny Kingpin-Fucc What U Feelin (prod. by DK)
10. Paul Wall ft. Bun B-They Dont Know
11. Kenny Kingpin-Bigga Than That (prod. by Tone Touch)
12. Al Gator-In Da Streets (prod. by Timbaland)
13. Kenny Kingpin ft. Mad Lion & Ras Kass-Gun Check
14. Tha Liks-Flute Song (prod. by E-Swift)
15. Mack 10 ft. Nate Dogg-Like That
16. Kenny Kingpin ft. Yukmouth & Fifth-Outta Control
17. Mistah Fab ft. G Stack & Bavgate-N.E.W Oakland
18. Kenny Kingpin ft. Bosko-Goes Hard (prod. by Tone Touch)
19. Redman-Rush The Security
20. Kenny Kingpin ft. E Blak-Bounce Back (prod. by Tone Touch)
21. Lil Eazy-Gangsta Shit (prod. by Cool & Dre)
22. Kenny Kingpin ft. Menace-Ups N Downs
23. Balance ft. Seam-Rise Up
24. Dr Dre-Back At It
25. Sick Symphonies-Ghetto Sport
26. Kenny Kingpin-Bend Corners (prod. by Tone Touch)
27. Shade Sheist ft. Jayo Felony & Knocturnal-When I See U
28. Kenny Kingpin ft. Big Hutch aka Cold187um-Killas, Dealers & Theives (prod. by Rthyum D)
29. Kenny Kingpin ft. Kam-The Corner
30. Kenny Kingpin-There It Is There (prod. by Tone Touch)

Streets can look for this project worldwide this weekend audio snippets will be up and as always you can get Dow Jones mixtapes at 2ndChanceProductions.com

SGV

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news 1127865593 - January 1, 1970 By : Hip-Hop is in for a change of guard. Two young artists are currently cultivating their talents, while in the last leg of their college careers. They are Tec Beatz and Juice, collectively known as The Replacementz. The two, who are both lyricists and producers, have been a team since the respect of their peers brought them together during their sophomore year at Clark Atlanta University.

Each of them had transformed their dorm rooms into makeshift production studios; and though they did not know each other, Tec and Juice were making music in sync. "My friends came down and told me there was some dude down the hallway making beats too," recalls Tec. "I got down to his room, and he was doing the same stuff I was doing. Same type of music and all that." Since then, The Replacementz have fallen into the perfect dynamic with Tec as the producer and Juice as the lyricist of the group.

What gives them an edge over many other young up-and-comers is that each artist understands the other's style and skill. "I can do things to his beats that other people probably would be scared to do," says Juice. Their unique sound, which Tec defines as "futuristic," combines the soulfulness of the Midwest with the crunk rhythms of the South and the lyricism of the East Coast; a versatility which comes from Tec and Juice's individual musical backgrounds.

Born and raised in Chicago, Juice's interests in the music business were sparked by his brother, who is ten years older than him. "He was one of my role models," he explains, "so everything he did, I wanted to mock." When Juice was in the 8th grade, his brother released a single, which inspired Juice to seriously consider a career as an MC. While Chicago artists like Twista, Do or Die, and Crucial Conflict were exposing the world to "fast rap," Juice felt at a young age that the game needed something new. Thanks to his older brother, he had been exposed to more than just the Chicago sound, listening to MC Eiht, Geto Boyz, Nas, Jay-Z, and Three 6 Mafia. In high school, Juice and his best friend formed a group and took the underground scene by storm. Once he relocated to Atlanta, though the distance put a strain on his group, Juice's personal career goals remained undeterred.

Tec Beatz grew up in Gainesville, GA in a family of musicians. Fascinated by the sounds to which he was constantly exposed by his uncles, he knew at a young age that the music itself was what he was interested in making. After one of his uncles gave him a drum sequencer when he was in the 7th grade, Tec started making beats and never looked back. His natural talent was strengthened by a formal education acquired through years as a percussionist in both his high school band and the Clark Atlanta University marching band. When other lyricists were slow to catch Tec's vibe, he made himself into the MC needed to navigate his sound. "I'm looking ahead to the future. I might not live to see it, but that's how my mind set is," he states. "I try to make the most futuristic sounding music as possible."

Less than two years since The Replacementz got together, they have attained an impressive level of success both in and outside of Atlanta. Supported by their management, Division 1 Entertainment, they have performed on stages ranging from college talent shows to the first annual Vibe Music Fest, and have collaborated with such mainstream artists as T.I. and Stat Quo. And so impressed was the latter, that he endorsed and hosted The Replacementz first mixtape, The Panic Room Mixtape, Vol. 1. In addition to their own mixtapes, The Replacementz have also been featured on mixtapes by some of the most respected DJs in the game, including DJ Drama, DJ Don Cannon, and DJ G-Spot. In March of 2005, the group released The Panic Room Mixtape Vol. 2, featuring their first single, "Worldwide." They are in the studio constantly, taking advantage of every opportunity to continue to hone their skills, while expanding their already impressive catalogue. The group has gotten the attention and support of several major players in the game. As Stat Quo said, "The Replacementz are the real deal! Check for anything these young cats are doing along with the Division 1 Entertainment staff."

"If you want something you've never had, you must do things you've never done"

Check The Replacementz Out Here...

The Replacementz- Im A King Freestyle

The Replacementz- Murder Was The Case


More Info Check Out Division1Ent.com

Here At Dubcnn.com We Are Breaking New Artists! Every One Needs To Learn A Thing Or 2




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news 1128155994 - January 1, 1970 By : A Central American Rapper now resides in South Central Los Angeles, an artist who has rocked shows with thousands of people such as the Central American Festival and performed at the House of Blues in L.A. A motivated individual with a desire to showcase his talent as far afield as possible, as such he hit up dubcnn to allow us to present to the world, Rob West.



Being born in El Salvador on December 19, 1978 placed him right in the middle of a Civil War. During his childhood, a victim of a war, he would walk to school and pass corpses on the street, to take a trip to the local store required a white flag to ensure harm did not follow. By 1988 the environment was such that the family relocated to South Central Los Angeles. As he grew up his brother started gangbanging, through his brother he was introduced to N.W.A., RunDMC, T-LaRoc and as a result his love for hiphop developed. "It was a rush, listening to these cats brag about all the bad shit they did, and then seeing my brother just being bad, getting shot at, had our house under surveillance, and my surroundings, causin panic, other street gangs would jump in the pool, and start shoot outs with our block, me not being from a gang would carry a heat, just to protect myself from whoever would recognize who I was, or would know where I lived... Rob West recalls.

He got into music directly having heard Slick Rick's "Bed Time Story", Rob West explains, "I learned the song, and would rap it all day, I would grab the vinyl and scratch it, breakin' the needles on our home stereo."

Having written his own rhymes he begain to rap in english and approached latinohiphopradio with his music, the co-founder of the station got back to him and asked if he had anything that was nothing but spanish, and as a result he went to the studio and recorded "RobWestPapa," a track which was to get people talking about him, "They loved it, and I started getting emails on giving me props on my hard lyrics, and how different it was that you couldn't identify it with nothing else but hardcore hiphop in spanish," he told dubcnn

Since than, he has recorded with various spanish rappers and been invited to perform at venues such as the House of Blues in L.A., the Central American Festival and the Salvadoran Day event. He is currently putting the finishing touches to his album, "Jungla De Concreto" (Concrete Jungle) which will feature production from, FACE (Kaos Rapstars, he has produced for Eastwood), Hood 4 Life (Universal), HollyHood and Cancer (Blue Fire, who is working with The Lady of Rage). He is also going to be rocking shows in Hollywood, and going on a national tour to New York, D.C., Virginia, Miami, Texas, Arizona, Bay Area, and back to L.A. Check some of the audio below and please drop feedback over at the forums. The second track, "Mencachimbo" is a record which was made after a Salvadoran group called "Pescozada" were turned down by Univision Records as they felt that their slang was too Central American and asked them to sound more "Mexican" as a result Rob got in the booth and vented through "Mencachimbo," slang for "I Get Pissed," the track is currently being heavily talked about by the Latino community in L.A.

Rob West - Yo Soy Calle (Im A Street Cat)
Rob West - Mencachimbo (I Get Pissed) (Produced By FACE)

Rud

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news 1129057085 - January 1, 1970 By : "Que ondas muchacho, ay vienes te miro, Si me traes bronca, me aloco de atiro, Me paro, te tumo, no es tu rumbo, Y con el lingo talvez te confudo"

Ya'll remember those opening bars to a verse from the classic "Tres Delinquentes." Possibly one of the most influential tracks for all West Coast Latinos in Hip Hop. Sadly, Delinquent Habits no longer carry the same line up they did back then. As most already know, Kemo The Blaxican has went solo. He put out Simple Plan, his first solo effort, about a year ago.

He's pushing a new project now. His 5 song EP Kind Of Stories. It's all new tracks written and produced by The Blaxican himself. Only one feature and that's from Pico Union's pride and joy, Sick Jacken of Sick Symphonies. Of course, we have a preview of it, courtesy of Kemo.

You won't see any other major Website rep Latinos like this, even if those other sites are packed with Latinos! You know your number 1 source for All Things HIP HOP.

Tracklist:

1. King Of Stories
2. Nobody Likes
3. No Que No
4. El Negocio feat. Sick Jacken
5. I Drink She Smokes

We got the title track for ya'll right here. The song starts off with an exerpt of the 1993 Robert Dinero directed A Bronx Tale. He uses some laid back keys and comes with rhymes like:

"...4 Blocks Down The Way, A Man Beats On His Wife, Now I Ain't Captain Save A Hoe, But Shit Like That Got To Go"

Download Kemo The Blaxican - Kind Of Stories

Next up we got a snippet of the song with Sick Jacken. This is a Spanish track, but even if you don't understand that language it's still hot.

Check it out: Kemo The Blaxican feat. Sick Jacken - El Negocio (Snippet)

Cop this and his first album at the Dead Silence Shop

SGV

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news 1129069455 - January 1, 1970 By : When L.A.'s Mixtape King, DJ Warrior, is co-signing you on your Mixtape, you know you're doing something right. Los Angeles emcee Boretta has just released his From Da Streetz Vol. 1 hosted DJ Warrior. It's packed with features from the Drinkin' Patnaz, YoungBloodZ, Big Tray Deee, F.I.L.T.H.E.E. Immigrants, Dilated Peoples and many more.

You may remember Boretta from Big Tray Deee's compilation General's List on a song called "Blazin' Indo" which featured Boretta and Bam. If not, we got that here for you to preview:

Boretta & Big Tray Deee feat. Bam - Blazin' Indo

I know ya'll liked that track! And you know how we do here. We got the rest of the Mixtape for you're downloading pleasure courtesy of DJ Warrior.

Here's the tracklisting:

01. Everybody Know Me - YoungBloodZ
02. Do The Dam Thang feat. Prophet
03. Break Sumthum - I Dub
04. Blazin Indo - Eastsidaz, Big Tray Deee feat. Bam
05. Fall Back - feat. I Dub (Terrorsquad Remix)
07. Where U At? feat. I Dub, Micheal Angelo
08. From Da Block (Lloyd Banks Remix)
09. Urban Demographics
10. Load Up
11. Boss Life
12. LA feat. Young Sonic
13. Find Us feat. F.I.L.T.H.E.E. Immigrants, B-Real, Guru
14. Scary Money - Second State
15. What You Drinkin' On - Triple Threat
16. South Central Bulley feat. R.I.G. Fam
17. Shinnin' feat. Asiah
18. Whatever U Like feat. Knowledge, and Focus
19. Hot Times feat. G Dro, The Dramatic
20. What They Want feat. Youngbloodz

Download the Mixtape:

Boretta - From Da Streetz Vol. 1 Mixtape Hosted By DJ Warrior

SGV

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news 1129623507 - January 1, 1970 By : Another new westcoast act that many of you may not be familiar with is the group, NV. The duo consists of Absolute and Dolla, two young men who have grown up in L.A. and come together to form the group NV. Absolute speaks on the groups focus: ""The hip hop community is used to the norm. As a group, people feel like we should have a similar sound or flow but I think thats where n*ggas fail at. Its time for something fresh and new."

Regarding the name NV, Dolla revealed: "The name came with our experience. In school we were the flashy n*ggas that had what other n*ggas wanted but n*ggas know we are street niggas so they never came at us but it was obvious that the envy was there."

Initially the duo started out with their sights set on gaining money and fame however over a period of time maturity set in and the goals of the group changed: "I started rappin as a hobby. I met a producer back in high school and told him i rapped and he put me on. N*ggas in the hood were feelin it so I chose to pursue it and then brought Dolla on." to which Dolla replied, "I didnt rap at all but after we did our first show and we seen the reaction i fell in love with it. I saw it as a way to make money but me and Loot [Absolute] both realize its much bigger than that. We speak on what we've experienced and what we see which can be the same way a n*gga from my hood feels, a person from the sub-burbs or even someone in another country may be feeling. When you listen to Pac, Jay-Z, Game and 50 and see how their music reaches people who dont even speak your lanuage thats big. Its time for us to share our experiences with the world as well."

So with all the background on the group and it's goals laid down i know you will want to hear some product! NV currently have a compilation in the streets called Go Hard or Go Home which features production from Goldeneye, THX, J Classic, Ink, And Ric Rude. The CD has appearances from west coast emcees Badd Lucc, J-Do, down south artist and recent Warren G collaborator Frank Lee White as well as R&B features from new sensation Teray, Jasmine, and Alycia Bellamy. The compilation is also packaged with a dvd sampler from their upcoming "More Than Music" DVD. NV is also hosting "UnPlugged" a showcase for independent artists to perform and promote their music. Below you can view the compliations covers, audio and a full tracklist! Please drop feedback and thoughts over at the forums.

Go Hard or Go Home: Front Cover | Back Cover
01) J-Classic @ Roscoes
02) NV - Music (Produced By J-classic)
03) NV - My Block (Produced By Goldeneye)
04) NV - F*ck That Hotline
05) NV - F*ck That (Produced By Goldeneye)
06) NV - On The Floor (Feat. Badd Lucc & J-Do) (Produced By THX)
07) NV - Gators (Feat. Frank Lee White & Jovi)
08) NV - Nothin' Like You (Feat. Teray) (Produced By Goldeneye)
09) NV - All On Me (Feat. J) (Produced By Goldeneye & J)
10) Guerilla Black Shout Out
11) NV - Gotta Get It (Produced By Goldeneye)
12) NV - Sometimes (Feat. Badd Lucc) (Produced By THX)
13) In Those Jeans Skit
14) NV - Teray - Do Somethin' (Produced By Goldeneye)
15) J - 10 Positions (Produced By Goldeneye & J)
16) Teray - Work (Produced By Goldeneye)
17) Teray - One More Time (Produced By Goldeneye)
18) Teray - When We Get Alone (Produced By Goldeneye & J Myers)
19) Teray - Closer (Produced By Goldeneye)
20) Jazz Body (Produced By Goldeneye)
21) Alycia Bellamy - Take Me Away (Produced By Goldeneye)
22) Cali Love Skit
23) Teray - Just Kids (Feat. NV) (Produced By Goldeneye)

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news 1129657245 - January 1, 1970 By : Issue 2 of Tha Block DVD Magazine is now available for pre-order, with DVD's being shipped on October 21st with a 5 day delivery offer. For those of you who have not heard of Tha Block DVD Magazine before, head over to the Tha Block DVD Mag.com and check out the website for information including the previous issue (Volume I) and the new issue (Volume II) which features Crooked I, Sly Boogy, DJ Muggs (Of Cypress Hill), DJ Warrior, Lil' Eazy, Tito Ortiz + many more. The cover and the trailer are available below to give you a good idea of what is in this issue.

The full DVD features an exclusive Crooked I interview where he speaks on his past with Suge Knight, Death Row, his new imprint Dynasty Records and more! They also spoke with Lil Eazy the legendary Eazy E’s son, about his debut album coming out in January on Virgin Records, the pressures of being a legends son, etc. They travelled to the pioneer DJ Muggs' studio to have a conversation with him about Cypress Hill, his new label Angeles Records, how the rap culture has evolved and more! I.E.’s own Sly Boogy stopped by to chop it up about his new projects, his label situation and gave us an exclusive freestyle that you don’t want to miss! After that Cali Untouchable’s Westcoast Mixtape King, DJ Warrior, breaks down his opinions on how to be a good DJ, how to break into the game and his upcoming mixtapes! Tha Block also travelled to San Francisco to meet up with Phame, the underrated Latin MC. From there the DVD takes you to Las Vegas for the Magic Convention where you see all kinds of celebs! Tha Magic Convention is where all the stars come out to see what’s gonna be the hot fashions for the upcoming season! Check out the gear, hot women and the stars! Also see exclusive concert footage and an interview with Lil Rob! Music video’s by Stat Quo, Crooked I & Lil Rob!

The price for this package? International orders: $13.99 (Including shipping) and US orders $11.99 (Including shipping). View the trailer and the DVD's cover below!

Tha Block DVD - Trailer (Volume II)
Tha Block DVD - Cover (Volume II)

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news 1129660128 - January 1, 1970 By : This fall Los Angeles’ crowned hip hop duo Bleu Collar has released the Los Angeles Designer Music, Vol.1 mix tape for the unbeatable price of “Free-Ninety Nine.” Every first Friday of the month Bleu Collar packs the Little Temple (4519 Santa Monica Bl. in Silverlake) beyond capacity and gives a performance worth twenty times the 99-cents you pay at the door. Beginning Sunday, October 23rd Bleu Collar will have a second residency at the notable Temple Bar (1026 Wilshire Bl. @11th Street in Santa Monica).

Basik and Reese One are Bleu Collar, a Los Angeles duo with a classic sound unparalleled by any other hip-hop act. Compared to groups such as Outkast and UGK for their chemistry and contrasting rhyme styles, Bleu Collar runs a fine line between gritty underground lyricists and the mainstream circuit. "We’re not gangstas, but we aren’t backpackers, either," Basik says. "Bleu Collar represents what we believe is the majority of the world, the common man, but with our creative flare." Basik says, "Everyone raps and everyone puts out their own CD’s these days but, everyone can’t rock a show and have the line down the block like Bleu Collar!"

"Residencies are usually reserved for rock bands," Reese One says proudly. "Underground promoters wouldn’t book us because we’re not underground enough and big time promoters won’t book us because we’re too far under their radar, so we created our own scene."

For all inquiries check out BlueCollar.com and make sure you download their free mixtape;

Bleu Collar - Los Angeles Designer Music (Mixtape)

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news 1129813937 - January 1, 1970 By : Just a few days ago we dropped an update on a westcoast duo, NV. The duo consists of Absolute and Dolla, two young men who have grown up in L.A. and come together to form the group NV. Full background on the group can be found just a few updates below however due to the immense amount of feedback i received i have managed to get some more audio off the compilation which is already in the streets, Go Hard or Go Home which features production from Goldeneye, THX, J Classic, Ink, And Ric Rude. alongside appearances from west coast emcees Badd Lucc, J-Do, down south artist and recent Warren G collaborator Frank Lee White as well as R&B features from new sensation Teray, Jasmine, and Alycia Bellamy.

Check out the tracklist below with the added four tracks, including the J-Classic produced "Music" and "Gators" both of which are bangers with the latter featuring Frank Lee White.

Go Hard or Go Home: Front Cover | Back Cover
01) J-Classic @ Roscoes
02) NV - Music (Produced By J-Classic)
03) NV - My Block (Produced By Goldeneye)
04) NV - F*ck That Hotline
05) NV - F*ck That (Produced By Goldeneye)
06) NV - On The Floor (Feat. Badd Lucc & J-Do) (Produced By THX)
07) NV - Gators (Feat. Frank Lee White & Jovi) (Produced By J-Classic)
08) NV - Nothin' Like You (Feat. Teray) (Produced By Goldeneye)
09) NV - All On Me (Feat. J) (Produced By Goldeneye & J)
10) Guerilla Black Shout Out
11) NV - Gotta Get It (Produced By Goldeneye)
12) NV - Sometimes (Feat. Badd Lucc) (Produced By THX)
13) In Those Jeans Skit
14) NV - Teray - Do Somethin' (Produced By Goldeneye)
15) J - 10 Positions (Produced By Goldeneye & J)
16) Teray - Work (Produced By Goldeneye)
17) Teray - One More Time (Produced By Goldeneye)
18) Teray - When We Get Alone (Produced By Goldeneye & J Myers)
19) Teray - Closer (Produced By Goldeneye)
20) Jazz Body (Produced By Goldeneye)
21) Alycia Bellamy - Take Me Away (Produced By Goldeneye)
22) Cali Love Skit
23) Teray - Just Kids (Feat. NV) (Produced By Goldeneye)

Please drop feedback and thoughts over at the forums.

Rud

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news 1130258990 - January 1, 1970 By : Mark Breezy and Black TK's Larceny Entertainment, as they put it is, "the Business of the New West." They hit us with Young Compton, the debut mixtape from Compton sensation, Young Hootie, for which he was featured as Unsigned Hype in The Source Magazine. Then, they premiered their own live PodCast Mixshow here on DubCNN.

You may also have caught Hootie on various Mixtapes from DJ Warrior and DJ Strong's West Coast Mixtape Kingz, DJ Whoo Kid's West Coast Resurrection, DJ Age's West Connectz, DJ Hustler's and The Bloc Runnaz, respectively. He appeared on The Relativez street banger “Soo Whoop Gangsta” off their album Money Respect Money album. And, earlier this month, the Larceny camp premiered the bangin’ street video for “On Bloodz” featuring El Dorado Red, Hooda John & Big Wy on WestCoast2K.net.

But now, the long awaited follow up to Young Hootie's first Mixtape is just around the corner. Prince Of The Bity is ready for the streets. As Pablo Fuentes, staff writer for XXL Magazine says: “Young Hootie has more substance and reality in his rhymes than most of today’s MC’s, who just rap about glamour and a life they have yet to live. Young Hootie gives you an open invitation to his life, which most rappers have difficulty doing.”

Releasing Prince of the Bity is the icing on the cake for Young Hootie, who is currently in talks with major labels to release his debut album Destroy & Rebuild. Now with his new street album, Young Hootie shows his growth as an artist and proves he is ready to be crowned “Prince of the Bity!!!”

Track Listing:

01. The Arrival (Skit)
02. Prince of the Bity
03. Put Ya Work In
04. I’m Young Hootie
05. Shit Don’t Stop
06. Get It Goin
07. OT Work feat. Jay Boy
08. Gunz Up
09. Set It Off
10. Haterz (Skit)
11. Shine
12. Pay A Fee
13. Celebration
14. Grand Larceny (Medley)
15. The Bizness Of The New West
16. Shit Gets Real feat. El Dorado Red
17. Shot On The 110 Fwy (Skit)
18. Stop, Cock, Pop & Roll
19. I Believe
20. Flamed Out feat. El Dorado Red
21. Move It ft. Hooda John
22. Roll Call
23. Game Never Ends
24. Mixtape Niggaz
25. Letter to my Brother (Part Deuce)
Bonus Tracks:
26. No Love feat. Joe
27. All My Life

This Mixtape is to prove that Young Hootie is "The Prince of the Bity!" But that's not all, coming early 2006 Prince Of The B-Sides, which features exclusive freestyles, excerpts and unreleased tracks from Prince Of The Bity! We'll be back with some audio from this VERY soon.

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news 1130349485 - January 1, 1970 By : Does that bother you? Well it should; as Bad Lucc in this case takes the form of Terence Harden, an artist who has evolved from the streets of Los Angeles and adopted the pseudonym Bad Lucc. Earlier this month some of you will have noticed the name Bad Lucc on the release we covered by NV, "Go Hard Or Go Home." Since then Watts MC Bad Lucc has been in touch to provide us with audio from his latest projects, which include his forthcoming solo album and the follow up to the group release The Westurn Union "Jackin 4 DJ's" which consisted of himself and Damani. That mixtape along with the new tracks are available for download below courtest of Bad Lucc. Firstly a little background on Bad Lucc;

It was the influence of his older sister that drew him towards hip-hop: "My sister wrote my first rap when I was 10 years old. I performed it at a get-together in front of family and friends and their reaction was like no other. I owe her my life" he reveals

From there Bad Lucc worked tirelessly to hone his writing skills and went on to write his first rap in 1995 after becoming intrigued by a couple of his closest friends as they performed in a battle at the high school lunch tables. "They were just so dope I had to get down", he proclaims. From there he took the route of battling competitors which gained him the attention and respect from various urban-driven record labels and famed artists such as Jadakiss and Swiss Beats. Bad Lucc has a signature style while maintaining the ability to transcend both audience and region. Bad Lucc states quite simply: "The streets made me. Now they have to listen. From the block to the boardroom."

Bad Lucc - City Life (Feat. Toussaint)
Bad Lucc - Where You From

The Westurn Union - "Jackin 4 DJ's" (Cover)
01) Whoo Kid (Intro)
02) When It's On
03) Imaginary Playa (Skit)
04) Diss How We Do
05) Freestyle (Throwback)
06) Bitch Nigga (Skit)
07) Bitch Please
08) Ron Artest (Skit)
09) Westurn Union
10) Champ Is Here
11) Hood Map (Skit)
12) L.A. L.A.
13) I'm Still Here
14) Let's Go
15) Chucky Atkins (Skit)
16) Hatin' A Thug
17) Damani Speaks

The Westurn Union - Jackin 4 DJ's (Mixtape)

Enjoy the tracks, drop feedback over at the forums and look out for news and audio coming soon on both Bad Lucc's solo album and the latest edition of the "Jackin 4 DJ's" mixtape collection.

Rud

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news 1130525705 - January 1, 1970 By : The Harlem Diplomat Juelz Santana is done with his album What The Game's Been Missing which is dropping on November 22nd on Def Jam. His video for "Mic Check" was entirely funded by himself, his new video "There It Go" is currently on rotation on your Video channels, but he's going to be dropping a new video soon.

Juelz recently shot a video with Dancehall staple Sizzla for his Reggae inspired "Shotta." Look for that very soon. In the mean time, as a precursor to his album, Juelz dropped the third installment to his Back Like Cooked Crack series. Back Like Cooked Crack 3: Fiend Out is hosted by DJ Green Lantern and has a few songs off the new album.

Juelz shows his versatility when he borrows the DJ Muggs laced Cypress Hill track "How I Could Just Kill A Man" for his track "Kill A Man." He goes on to use Warren G's 1994 classic "Regulate" for his song "Regulator." We have both of those songs below in the tracklist for you.

Tracklisting:

01. Shottas
02. Kill A Man
03. Pop Off
04. Comeback
05. Favorite Things feat. Lil' Wayne
06. Never Half Stepping
07. Regulator
08. Pick It Up
09. This Is That feat. Jim Jones & Game
10. O.K. I Got This
11. Hi My Name Is
12. Take Notes
13. King Of Ny
14. Salute
15. You Don’t Know
16. Never Seen A Man Cry
17. H.U.S.T.L.E.R.
18. Fat Bitch
19. Santana On Fire
20. On The Block
21. Rest In Peace
22. Make It Work For You feat. Young Jeezy & Lil' Wayne
23. Murder feat. Cam'ron & Jim Jones

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news 1130526423 - January 1, 1970 By : One of the leaders in The New New York (No, that is not a typo) Movement, Tru Life is blazing the streets with his Mixtapes. He's now signed to Jay-Z's Latin Hip Hop label Roc La Familia and is ready to lock the game down.

His latest mixtape New New York: The Movement is hosted by Green Lantern AND DJ Kay Slay. The Mixtape is 40 minutes of the pure street lyricism that only Tru Life can bring to you.

On "Murda Was The Case" he uses the 1994 Snoop Dogg song of the same name as his backdrop. He tells a chilling story about a Drug Deal gone wrong-turned into bloodbath. We have the song for you below in the tracklisting.
Tracklisting:

01. Intro
02. Block Music
03. Blood Money
04. Like A Cycle
05. Gunshots
06. Tru Life Speaks
07. The New New York (Produced By 9th Wonder)
08. Breathe In My Lungs (Produced By Rocwilder)
09. Sellin' Drugs Skit
10. All Night Long
11. Tru Life Speaks 2
12. Life Is Like A Movie
13. Not Like Me
14. Tru Life Speaks 3
15. The Picture Man
16. 42nd Street
17. Murda Was The Case feat. Truth Hurts
18. Lifestyle
19. 22 2's
20. Tru Life Outro

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news 1132390074 - January 1, 1970 By : Once again some new audio from Disko who we have been covering since the middle of 2005. The Inglewood native is still putting the finishing touches to his debut album, "The Proof" which has been pushed back slightly to accomodate a new distribution deal. That hasn't stopped him working hard and linking up with artists including the recent Sony signee, Glasses Malone, Compton's Problem and The Relativez. With the buzz steadily building over his release, Disko has provided dubcnn with the exclusive premiere of the lead single from "The Proof."

We ask that you take a moment to check the single below and drop some thoughts over at the forum.

Disko - Beatin Down The Block (Feat. K-Aktive)

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news 1133056837 - January 1, 1970 By : Looks like not a week goes by without Colton City MC 40 Glocc hooking me up with some new material to feed ya'll with. The Infamous/G-Unit artist has been in the studio in New York with Mobb Deep, working on Mobb Deep's upcoming "Blood Money" album dropping in February, aswell as his upcoming solo album.

I have three new bangers for ya'll, one featuring Prodigy of Mobb Deep, and Def Jam's Sam Scarfo. Shouts out to 40 for always keeping the site updated with fresh shit, he's been on his grind for a long time, and it's about to pay off!

Grab the songs below:

40 Glocc - It's Alright (ft. Prodigy & Sam Scarfo)

40 Glocc - I Wanna Be With You (Prod. by Fat Fish Ent)

40 Glocc - 2100 Blocc Salute (ft. Tiny-O & Loc E Loc) (Prod. by J Wells)

As always, lookout for the latest regarding 40 Glocc right here at dubcnn, the man is ready to shine.

Nima

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news 1135228194 - January 1, 1970 By : The Mixtape King of L.A., DJ Warrior has been dropping Classic Mixtape's for years now. He's dropped two volumes in his Ill Street Dues (Not Blues, like it has been reported on other sites) series. He's coming back the third installment, with the bi-coastal pairing of Talib Kweli & Sony's Newest signee G. Malone.

The Cali Untouchable DJ is in the studio, ready to pump out this new Mixtape, live on the 1s and 2s. This mixtape will be
done solely on the Rane/Serato Scratch Live, so he will be accepting
MP3 submissions to be considered for 2 (Two) Unsigned Hype spots on the mixtape!!! If interested please respond back to CaliUntouchableDJs@Gmail.com ASAP with: DJ Warrior "Next To Blow Section" written in the subject line. He will fill you in on how to submit your material. Good luck to all you artists out there!

In case you've missed his first two installments, peep them out:

Ill Street Dues Pt. 1 and Ill Street Dues Pt. 2

DJ Warrior has been featured in countless Magazines, TV Shows, Videos, and a handful of Motion Pictures such as The Tonight Show with Jay Leno, LA Xlarge, Mun2, Dubcnn, Hollywood Homicide, Wanna Bes, Tha Block DVD, WhoMag DVD, Vibe, XXL, The Source, Rime, Import tuner, YRB, Ozone, New York Times, AllHipHop.com, Showcase, Fresh Coast, Infusion, Down, Tight Mag Japan, Scratch, and many many more

DJ Warrior recently signed a deal with DJ Muggs and Self Scientific's Angeles Records and his Cali Untouchable Radio album will be coming sometime in 06/07. Also DJ Warrior and The Outlawz with dead prez will be releasing a mixtape album this February 2006!

Look out for these Warrior Projects in 06:

DJ Warrior & Compton emcee's the Young Hoggs Mixtape Album coming the Second week of Jan. DJ Warrior with G. Malone & Talib Kweli Ill Street Dues III dropping in Jan. DJ Warrior teams with dead prez and the Outlawz, Mixtape Album to drop in Feb. through Koch Records. He takes a trip up North to the Bay Area to collab with A-Wax on Cali Untouchable Radio in Feb. As well as, Jacka of Mob Figaz for another Mixtape in Late Feb, also.

He goes a bit South to Fresno and links with Planet Asia on the Diagnosis Mixtape dropping in March. Heading back to the Bay, this time with his partner DJ Strong, the duo team with Vallejo legend B-Legit for a Mixtape dropping late March. To end the first quarter, Warrior hits us with another Cali Untouchable Radio, this time it's the New West Edition, also dropping late March.

Here's the scan of DJ Warrior in Rolling Stone magazine as a Top 10 Mixtape DJ alongside Kay Slay, Drama, Clinton Sparks, Big Mike, Green Lantern, Vlad and others.

Warrior In Rolling Stone

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news 1135420623 - January 1, 1970 By : Fresno MC Planet Asia is set to drop his long awaited mixtape "The Sickness Vol. 1", a little taste for the fans of what his upcoming monster album "The Medicine" is gonna sound like. The mixtape is set to drop January 27th, I have a preview track for ya'll to check out for now:

Planet Asia - Gold Chain General

Here goes the tracklisting, to see the cover in full size, click on the picture to your left.


1.Intro
2.Potency
3.Boo Boo Weed
4.I'm So High Freestyle
5.Block Love
6.Act Like You Know
7.Black Bandannas Low
8.Baby Food
9.Knowledge
10.Gangsta, Gangsta
11.Gold Chain General
12.Fight the Flow
13.Time After Time
14.I Do This
15.Moonlight Melodic, Pt. 2
16.Fe La's Thought
17.Murder Time
18.U Betta
19.Rock That

Make sure to cop "The Sickness Vol. 1" when it drops and support Planet Asia!

Nima

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news 1136449545 - January 1, 1970 By : Carson native Ras Kass and the hottest new Mixtape DJ on the West Coast, Dow Jones have combined their forces to further Ras Kass' Instituionalized series. The new installment, Revenge Of The Spit, will be out on Feb 2, 2006. The Mixtape will feature brand new songs with Ludacris, Busta Rhymes, Kool G Rap, Royce 59, Strong Arm Steady, Talib Kweli, Alchemist, Da Ranjahz, O.D.B, & ReUp Entertainment Family with new production from Dr. Dre, Just Blaze, Jake One, Green Lantern, 9th Wonder, J Gambit, Da Riffs and more.


Pre Orders can be placed at Siccness.Net

Here's some audio from the Mixtape. First is "Jackin' For The Dirty" where we find Ras jacking beats like Bun B's "Draped Up," T.I.'s "A.S.A.P.," Boyz N Da Hood's "Dem Boyz" and much more. Below we have both the Clean and LP versions.

Ras Kass - Jackin' For The Dirty

Ras Kass - Jackin' For The Dirty (Radio)

Next up we have the Radio version of "Last Laugh" produced by Jake One.

Ras Kass - Last Laugh (Prod. Jake One)

Shouts to Dow Jones for the hook up!

Rud

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news 1137131436 - January 1, 1970 By : 2005 was a big year for L.A.'s DJ Skee. He put out the contraversial YouKnowWhatItIs Vol. 3 with Game, his first installment of WestSide Hype hosted by Kanye West, not to mention Ghost Unit and Stop Snitchin' Stop Lyin', respectively, with Game, as well. 2005 seen Skee link up with DJ's like Big Mike, NJD and the legendary DJ Clue on some of those projects. Well, starting the year off right, Skee's releasing Part 2 in his Westside Hype series.

This time around, Skee hits us with more exclusive Freestyles the top artists Coast to Coast. But, don't think this is one of those Mixtapes by a West Coast DJ with nobody West Coast on it. Skee enlisted exclusives and appearances from The Game, Snoop, Daz, Kurupt, the Black Wall Street, Crooked I, Bishop Lamont, Damani, Omar Cruz and Ice Cube and many more to hold the left side down. Expect to see features from Lil Wayne, Scarface, Rock Star, Busta Rhymes, Trae and others reppin' their respective areas on the Mixtape as well. As Skee puts it: "Listeners are sure to get their fix of exclusives and flavor straight out of L.A.!! Believe the Hype!!"

Now, before I get to the Exclusive Audio... As only Dubcnn does it, I got some news on some Upcoming DJ Skee releases. Look at for:

Game Presents The Black Wall Street
The Game - Best Of Game Volume 1
Techniec - The Beach Boy
Eastwood - Selfmade / With Me Or Against Me
Crooked I - Young Boss Volume 2
Spit Fiya - Boyz In The Hood
Westside Hype Volume 3

If you're not equipped with Sirius yet... STOP SLEEPING! If Howard Stern isn't enough to get you over there, then you'll be pleased to hear DJ Skee's top rated Sirius show, Westside Hype Radio, every Saturday night at Midnight Eastern / 9PM Pacific. Which is now syndicated overseas through Australia & Europe (check your local listings!).

Skee will be dropping a Major Announcement regarding his Radio Programming very soon.

Below, in the Westside Hype Volume 2 Tracklisting you'll find four Exclusive downloads courtesy of Skee himself. Solo Freestyle's from Game, Techniec, Eastwood and Inglewood's Damani. Also, you'll find the "Never Snitch" Remix with Game and Scarface and Ras Kass' "Jackin' for Dirty" that we posted a while ago. Shouts to Skee!!

Tracklisting:

01. Intro f/ Mac Minister
The Hype (Exclusive Freestyles):
02. Game
03. Eastwood
04. Lil Wayne
05. Daz & Kurupt
06. Techniec
07. Bad Lucc
08. Damani
09. Kato
10. Topic
11. Omar Cruz
12. Spit Fiya
13. Bishop Lamont
14. G.A.G.E. (Aftermath)
15. Chamillionaire
16. Rock Star
17. Pac Ten
18. Trae
Hype Premiers:
19. Scarface / Game "Never Snitch Remix"
20. Fat Joe "Niggaz Get Killed 4 Less"
21. Ras Kass "Jackin 4 Beats"
22. Trae "Swang"
23. Busta Rhymes "The Crown"
24. Attitude "First Things First"
25. Crooked I "Creased Khaki Flow"
26. Ice Cube "Child Support"
27. Bishop Lamont "Warrior"
28. Crooked I "Crazy Ho's"
29. Damani / Too Short "Gotta Stay Paid"
30. Daz f/ Snoop Dogg & Kurupt "All I Need Remix"
Unsigned Hype:
31. B.O.M.B. "Get That $"

Get your orders in now:
Orders@DJSkee.com

As always, hit up, DJSkee.com

SGV

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news 1137709882 - January 1, 1970 By : Last year DJ Nik Bean showed us Part 1 of "How The West Was Won", a mixtape hosted by Sly Boogy of the I.E. He is back now with a collection of World Premieres from artists including, Young Hootie, Damani and El Dorado Red combined with the latest and hottest tracks from the left side including tracks from Daz, Snoop, Bishop Lamont, Ice Cube, Scipio, Cypress Hill, Balance and many more. The full tracklisting of the release is available below and we have audio from some of the tracks exclusive to dubcnn.com.


01) Damani & DjNikBean.com Intro
02) Daz Ft. Snoop Dogg & Kurupt - All I Need G-Mixx (Dirty Version)
03) Tha Alkaholiks - The Flute Song (LaLaLa)
04) Bishop Lamont - I'm a Warrior
05) Tookie Final Words 1
06) Kurupt - Yes I'm Quiccer
07) Young Hootie - Freestyle (World Premier)
08) Tookie Final Words 2
09) Ice Cube ft. Snoop Dogg - You Got Alot
10) Yukmouth - Get Rich or Die Snitchin (G-Unit Diss)
11) Ice Cube - Child Support
12) Tookie Final Words 3
13) Scipio - Street Dreams(Dear Governor)
14) Damani Speaks 1
15) Damani - Gotta Stay Paid
16) Diamonique Ft. Lil Rob - Grillz (Cali Remix)
17) Cypress Hill - Beyond L.A.
18) Tookie Final Words 4
19) DPGC - Real Soon
20) Twista - Thug Sex (Unreleased) NOT ON ALBUM
21) Damani Speaks 2
22) Balance - Gotta Get It
23) Tha Realest Ft. Crooked I & Ambrosia - Pressurez Of Man (Exclusive)
24) Damani Speaks 3
25) Damani - Live @ the Staples Center (World Premier)
26) Sly Boogy - Popcorn Artist
27) Tookie Final Words 5
28) Lil Eazy Ft. Bone Thugs-N-Harmony - It Aint a Game (Unreleased) low
29) Scarface & The Game - I Never Snitch
30) El Dorado Red & Young Hootie - East to West (World Premier)
31) Damani Speaks 4
32) Damani - Flow 4 The world (World Premier)
33) Damani & DjNikBean.com Outro
34) Tookie's Final Words R.I.P

We also have audio of some of DJ Nik Bean's various blends from previous releases which include DPGC - Back In Business and Eazy E - Hip Hop Thugsta. Those are available below also. Drop feedback on the tracks over at the forum and please take time to visit DJ Nik Bean's Official Site and his My Space Pages for more audio, news and to order the mixtapes.

Daz Dillinger - Boyz In The Hood (Feat. Nate Dogg)
Eazy E - Creep N Crawl
Volume 10 - Pistol Grip (Pump Pump)

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news 1137905096 - January 1, 1970 By : Southern producer J.A. is putting together some hot projects with his On The Grind series. The series has already seen Paul Wall and The Grit Boyz collaborate with the producer. Now, that little chico Pitbull and Tamale Kingpin Chingo Bling are teaming to bring you another chronicle in the series. We have a track off this mixtape called "Hardest Working" by Pitbull.

Pitbull - Hardest Working (Prod. J.A.)

More info on J.A. and his Mixtapes at SouthTapes.com

Pitbull remixed T-Pain's smash "I'm Sprung," he now hops on the singers latest single, "I'm In Luv With A Stripper." Check that out:

T-Pain feat. Pitbull - I'm In Luv With A Stripper

Shouts to J.A. and Team Pitbull.



SGV

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news 1138437707 - January 1, 1970 By : With Tuesday, February 21 2006 already looming i'm back with the new Dilated Peoples album cover, tracklist and a link to the album sampler. The trio’s first three albums - 2000’s The Platform, 2001’s Expansion Team and 2004’s Neighborhood Watch may be a distant memory to some however over the years they have been hailed as exemplary examples of quality hip-hop. After enjoying the biggest radio and television exposure of their career with the 2004 hit "This Way," produced by and featuring Kanye West, Dilated Peoples have opted to make a point that they had a clear vision for their music, hence the title for the new album, "20/20":

"We’ve done a lot of experimentation, worked with a lot of different people and tried a lot of different things. With this record, we wanted to really get back to a real, uncut pure vision and get back to the pure, boom-bap sound that really made us all get together as people and want to make music together," Rakaa explains.

Last year dubcnn premiered the lead single "Back Again" which sees DJ Babu (also a member of the World Famous Beat Junkies) accenting the thumping cut with his precision scratching while both Evidence and Rakaa update their fans on their musical agenda and highlight their dedication to the art of rhyme. Evidence explained: "In today’s rap game, people are worried about whether or not I’m making money, but it’s not glorified that I’m writing my own rhymes or making my vision clear; I just felt it was a bold statement and needed to be said."

Other tracks on the album include "Alarm Clock Music," where the crew get across equally thought-provoking rhymes over a powerful, keyboard and scratch-propelled beat. Rakaa said: "We named the song ‘Alarm Clock Music’ because it is supposed to wake people up. We wanted the beat and those cuts to come across like that. Lyrically, the third verse in particular had to do with conflict, whether it’s on the block or nation to nation. It doesn’t matter if it’s across the street or across the world because they’re very closely related. The song itself is a wake-up call."

"You Can’t Hide, You Can’t Run," is a cut where the group raps about making the best of a bad situation: "Life is going to come at you regardless," Rakaa says. "It doesn’t mean you can’t flip lemons to lemonade and lemonade to Minute Made. You can make the best of a bad situation and I think it’s more necessary than ever. There’s no shortage of nonsense coming at you because it’s a crazy world right now."

Dilated Peoples then get aggressive on the confrontational "Kindness For Weakness" before teaming up with reggae king Capleton on the pounding, politically charged "Firepower (The Tables Have To Turn)." Elsewhere Evidence highlights his lyrical acuity on the intense "Another Sound Mission" and DJ Babu showcases his superior turntable and production skills on the scratch-heavy "The One And Only."

The beats on the album come from Alchemist, Evidence, Joey Chavez and Bravo and DJ Babu and are among the most forceful of Dilated People’s career. The group made a point to feature intense production on "20/20," something that makes the album an exciting aural experience that will translate well to the group’s highly regarded stage shows. DJ Babu explains: "We said to ourselves, ‘The energy levels have to be up, a big part of our group is performance. Another way of looking at the songs that we make for the record is things that we’re adding to our live show. That’s another side of us that fans really love us for, having music that translates well onto stage. Rakaa put it well when said, ‘A lot times when we’re in the studio we try to capture the energy that happens on stage.'"

Evidence wrapped up by explaining: "20/20, the whole album was made on a 12" mentality, we weren’t worried about the whole album, how it was going to connect and if we had two love songs and one party song. We just banged it out. We put the record together two or three days before the end of it. We didn’t sit and ride with it. We had it and knew where we were going, but it was more about the individual tunes. There was no questioning ourselves. It was just about making music."

As ever dubcnn has the audio we have already premiered over the past few months for those who missed to check and as we recently featured the new Dilated Peoples video as "Video of the Week" i have that for you all again too. Below is also the complete album tracklist. To listen to the audio and watch the video visit our Release Dates page for Dilated Peoples.

01) Green Trees (Feat. Dr. Greenthumb)
02) Back Again
03) You Can't Hide, You Can't Run
04) Alarm Clock Music
05) Olde English (Feat. Defari)
06) Kindness For Weakness (Feat. Talib Kweli)
07) Another Sound Mission
08) Rapid Transit (Feat. Krondon)
09) The Eyes Have It
10) Satellite Radio
11) Firepower (The Tables Have To Turn) (Feat. Capleton)
12) The One And Only
13) 20/20

To Pre-Order the album you can visit CDUniverse and to hear "You Can't Hide, You Can't Run" from the album then visit the groups Album Sampler. We will have more news and exclusives from Dilated over the coming weeks.

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news 1141180254 - January 1, 1970 By : Our visitors who've been with us since the beginning might remember Prophet, a young artist from the Bay Area who I had put up back then. His album was actually one of my first reviews here on dubcnn (click here).

Well, the man is still around, and is almost finished with his new album, "Listen To My Demo". I have three tracks from the album for ya'll to listen to it right here. The first track is the current single, called "When We Come Through", download it below:

Prophet - When We Come Through (Prod. by Deep H2OZ)

Next up is "Strip For Me", a club track, which features Clyde Carson of The Team. This one is for the strip clubs:

Prophet - Strip For Me (ft. Clyde Carson) (Prod. by Deep H2OZ)

Last but not least is the title track, "Listen To My Demo". Be on the lookout for a video to this track, we will bring it to you as soon as it's ready. Download below:

Prophet - Listen To My Demo (Prod. by Deep H2OZ)

For pre-orders and further information, hit up Prophet's official website prophlogic.com. Any DJ's that need drops or anything for their show, hit him up directly at prophlogic@yahoo.com.

That's it for now, hope ya'll liked the songs! As always, you know where to leave your feedback!

Nima

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news 1141217798 - January 1, 1970 By : We've been reporting on 40 Glocc's upcoming mixtape "40 Glocc & The Sureños Vol.1" for a few months now. The mixtape is now officially completed and I have the complete tracklist along with the front and back covers for ya'll. The mixtape features the likes of Mr. Criminal, Kokane, Dirty Birdy, W.S. Bugg, Silent, Tiny-O and more.

For those who missed the two preview tracks we had from the mixtape, I put them back up aswell. Check out the front and back covers in full size below:

Front Cover | Back Cover

Check out the tracklisting below, click on the highlighted links to listen to the preview tracks:

1. Intro
2. Cuarenta Glocc
3. Bald Heads & Blue Raggs (ft. Mr. Criminal & Silent)
4. Bump My Shit
5. The Lil Homie
6. Get The Fuck Round From Me (ft. Zoo Babiez)
7. 2100 Block Salute (ft. Zoo Babiez & Tiny-O)
8. Grande Pistolas (ft. Zoo Babiez & Sun)
9. Don't Desecerate My Rag (ft. Mr Shadow, Halo & Kokane)
10. Stepped Off In This Bitch (ft. Lil Tute)
11. Strugglin'
12. Come Closer
13. Same Ol' Shit (ft. Dirty Birdy, W.S. Bugg, Mr. Criminal, Sikko & M-1)
14. Everywhere I Go (ft. Kokane)

You will be able to order this mixtape through PayPal, I will be adding the email adress right here later today. Stay tuned, and enjoy the music!

Nima

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news 1141605264 - January 1, 1970 By : I'm back once again with yet another interview for you all! This time I got the chance to chop it up with Jizzal Man from the huge group coming out of Atlanta, Dem Franchize Boyz. The group have recently blown up with their single, "I Think They Like Me", with the help of producer, Jermaine Dupri who helped them along their way. This interview contains many different questions and answers, from how they actually hooked up with JD in the first place, who their influences are, how they feel about being at the forefront of the Snap Music craze and much, much more.


Dem Franchize Boyz album is out now, entitled: "On Top Of Our Game", so make sure you all check it out!

Dem Franchize Boyz Interview!

Please leave feedback over at the forum and look for more exclusive interviews over the coming weeks.

Inspire

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news 1141768460 - January 1, 1970 By : The Bloc Runnaz are an up and coming crew from the West, and they're back once again with a new mixtape. It's called "New West Attitue", check out the cover in full size by clicking on the small picture to your left.

The mixtape features the Bloc Runnaz, the BoomaRang Gang and recent tracks by the West Coasts finest. The album is available at most of the online mixtape stores. Any sites and/or distributors/shops that would like to order this product wholesale can contact mixtapes@blocupmixtapez.com for prices.

Check out the tracklisting, aswell as 3 preview tracks from the mixtape below:

1. Ice Cube ft. WC – Chrome & Paint
2. The Game – 240 Bars
3. Lil Eazy – That Fire
4. Snoop Dogg – Get Rich and Die Tryin’ (New Premier)
5. Hood – 100 Bars (Tha Warning Shot) (Exclusive)
6. Yukmouth – Playa Hata
7. BoomaRang Gang ft. Halo – Freestyle (Exclusive)
8. Balance ft. Seam – Rise (Exclusive)
9. Ice Cube – Why We Thugs (New Premier)
10. The Game – 360 Degrees (New Premier)
11. Lil Tuff - Payback (Exclusive)
12. Suga Free ft. Snoop Dogg – So Fly (Remix)
13. Bloc Runnaz - Freestyle (Exclusive)
14. I-Rocc, Smigg Dirtee, Bossman Hogg – Run Away (Exclusive)
15. Krumb Snatcha ft. Ras Kass – Move (Exclusive)
16. Young Hootie – Larceny Army (Exclusive)
17. Scipio – Still In The Hood
18. Ice Cube – Child Support (Explicit Premier)
19. Lil Eazy – Get It Crackin’
20. Dogg Pound – Sittin On 23’z

Enjoy the music, and be on the lookout for more coming out the Bloc Up camp, including a Bloc Runnaz album, and BoomaRang Gang album, and solo project. For more information, hit up myspace.com/blocrunnaz.

Nima

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news 1143478488 - January 1, 1970 By : Dubcnn takes a quick trip to the south for an update on Partners ‘N Crime, one of Crescent City’s most popular rap groups. Since the 90s they have helped pioneer the cities thriving hip hop scene. The duo, comprising of the notorious Walter Williams (alias: Kangol) and the infamous Michael Patterson known on the streets as Mr. Meana, are two childhood friends from New Orleans 17th Ward who have been rocking the Southern underground for well over a decade. In that time they had interest from the then fledgling rap label Cash Money, before they opted to ink a deal with another local label called Big Boy.

In that time they garnered local notoriety through a bitter rivalry with another N.O. rap act by the name of UNLV. After that had been squashed the group enjoyed hits with "Pump the Party" and "N.O. Block Party." Yet even though they were selling thousands of records independently they still found their careers hitting a glass ceiling.

All of that changed when they got the chance to record with Juvenile who sat down and talked to them about their career. They told him that they weren’t happy with the way things were going and wanted to start their own label, Crime Lab Entertainment. Juvenile, knowing the duos struggle first hand, offered them a split label deal with his label UTP shortly after inking his deal with Rap-a-Lot Records. They accepted and quickly started working on their new album "Club Banger." As the name suggests, "Club Banger" has its share of rowdy, club-friendly jams; Partners ‘N Crime when asked about the new album said: "This album is real universal, I mean you can listen to this album anywhere and it’ll be banging. You can put us on the West Coast, the East Coast, the Mid West or the South and believe me there’s gonna be something on there that they gonna love. This is our best effort to date. And it’s gonna get even better on the next one."

We have the lead single of the new album due out on April 4th called; "Bubble, Bubble" which features Juvenile & Skip.

Partners N Crime - Bubble Bubble (Feat. Juvenile & Skip)

Listen to the single; download it, listen to it and please stop in the ever expanding dubcnn community to let us know your thoughts.

Rud

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news 1145791465 - January 1, 1970 By : Lynwood, California has - as many areas - its fair share of MC's hustling to make it in the industry, one we want to showcase here today goes by the name of McClain. Hailing from the Pimp-Infested, money hungry streets of Lynwood he has grown up most of his life with no father, surviving off welfare, sharing everything he possibly had with his 4 younger siblings as they moved from city to city including Fresno, San Bernardino, Long Beach & Compton.

Poverty was the least of his worries as he watched countless friends and family members die or get senselessly murdered.

Witnessing this, no matter the age, is always going to lead someone to have an escape route and as such McClain, as do so many, sourced music as his outlet.

Now when you try and distinguish yourself as an artist you can rely on only a few things, your voice, flow and lyrics. Now although flow can be switched and lyrics can be improved your voice's texture is always going to be a factor...can people 'feel' your passion? Encompassing genres to his musical outlet has helped McClain grow as an artist and as such the flavour he brings on different cuts give different angles to his persona.

In recent years he has appeared on televison [Girlfriends & Century City], in movies [Voice over in I-Robot & Old Skool] and gotten his feet wet in the Industry; however he wants more: "I want to make an impact when it comes to anything I put my hands to whether it's music, acting, drawing, or plain out working a 9-to-5. I've been doing this whole Music thing since I was 14 years old, And now I got a Shorty there's no turning back, I'm a beast anything anyone give me. After I lost a couple people in life since then I've just been on the grind making this music stuff work for me."

Climbing the industry 'ladder' is tough for all aspiring artists however he has had advice from vets including Clarence Avant, worked with experienced professionals such as Blaqthoven & Jellyroll and had praise from Mr. Rodney O. Collaborations have been a key aspect to his rise in local circles and aims to take it to a wider level in terms of exposure.

So far he has been features on mixtapes including "Halla The Buzz Vol. 2", "DJ Nicky Slicks : Rebirth of the West", "Gain Green Records Present - Stress : Young Church Vol.1 & Vol.2" and countless others. He has also featured alongside Stress and Jellyroll in the music video for the record; "Hot Patada."

In terms of his own projects he is putting the finishing touches to a mixtape entitied; "McClain Presents (3552 Lynwood)Da Mixtape" as well as making plans for a debut album. We have material from McClain for you to hear what he has done so far, including some original material; "Its Not A Game" featuring Blaqtoven and a record with dubcnn regulars N.V. as well as some mixtape tracks - one over the Tupac track "Pain."

McClain - It's Not A Game (Feat. Blaqtoven)
McClain - Show Me What Ya Blocks Made Of (Feat. Killa Twan & Young Thug)
McClain - Problems (Feat. N.V.)
McClain - Pain (Feat. 1 Punch) (Over "Pain" by Tupac)

Once you have heard the new music, feel free to drop your thoughts over at the dubcc community. Look out for McClain to be featured on dubcnn again as we keep up with his releases and latest news. In the meantime you can visit his label's website Gain Green Records and learn more about the company is doing and who is involved.

Rud

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news 1146572445 - January 1, 1970 By : Dubcnn brought you the official Ice Cube "Laugh Now, Cry Later" album sampler last week. We got another special from the brainiac today, it's the "Chrome & Paint" Remix produced by West Coast beatmaker J Classic. He also produced the official Remix to the New West anthem "All In The Same Gang Part 2" together with DJ Warrior.

The "Chrome & Paint" Remix features WC alongside Money Grip of the S.W.A.T.. Dubcnn readers will be familiar with Money Grip as he been mentioned many times on the site having featured on countless Hoo Bangin' releases.

This remix will be featured on the upcoming S.W.A.T. mixtape "Block Music Vol.1". Check back for more info on that soon. For now check out the "Chrome & Paint" Remix below:

Ice Cube Feat. WC & Money Grip - Chrome & Paint (Remix) (Produced by J-Classic)

Money Grip from The Swat can be reached at myspace.com/worldwidemusic

LilJay

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news 1147299090 - January 1, 1970 By : How often do we gotta drop a free mixtape download...whenever we can for our loyal readers! This time we have a mixtape courtesy of Dow Jones, a name familiar to most with his "Play Your Position" series and the work with his West Coast Livin Promotions & Marketing company.

The mixtape in question is Volume 5 of that world famous series in question; "Play Your Position: Volume 5", hosted by Cavie. Cavie is a name some will be familiar with following his production work on the massive selling album "King" from T.I. however the producer is now ready to "Do his 'Kanye West' thing" and showcase his skills in the booth rather than behind the board.

Hailing from the West Coast, Cavie has been en-trusted by T.I. to play a huge role in The King's newly-formed Grand Hustle West label. To make sure the streets know the drill, Dow Jones & Cavie have linked on this mixtape to take you from the West to the Dirty South. The mixtape features 30 banging tracks with artists including Kokane, Kam, T.I., E-40, Spider Loc, Mitchy Slick, Crooked I, Jody Breeze, Lil' Wayne, Mr. Short Khop, Tray Dee amongst others. On the production tip you have material from DJ Khalil, Caviar, Budda DJ Muggs and many more.

This is a mixtape not to be missed; to view the full cover click the image above, the full tracklist is below as is the download for the mixtape.

01) Dow Jones - Play Your Position Vol. 5 (Intro) [Sample]
02) Cavie - Get Ready (Produced By DJ Khalil)
03) T.I - Grand Hustle West [Sample]
04) Cavie - Mouthpiece (Feat. Kokane) (Produced By Dow Jones & J Hen) [Sample]
05) Cavie - We Some Geez (Feat. DPG Joe Whisper & Mac Boney) (Produced By Caviar) [Sample]
06) Cavie - Uh Oh (Feat. Kam & Y.B.)(Produced By Caviar) [Sample]
07) Cavie - Play Your Position
08) T.I. - Top Back
09) AK - The Razor Man
10) Cavie - Ol Skool G Mix (Feat. Big Kuntry & Mike Jones) (Produced By Caviar)
11) E-40 - Yeee Yeee (Feat. Lil Jon)
12) Cavie - Fa Yall (Feat. Stain) (Produced By Caviar & Oz)
13) Mitchy Slick - I Know (Produced By DJ KhaLil' & DJ Muggs) [Sample]
14) Cavie - Bully (Feat. Stain) (Produced By Tha Bizness) [Sample]
15) Spider Loc - On The Block (Feat. H Burna)
16) Cavie - Cant Leave Rap Alone (Produced By Caviar & Oz)
17) Crooked I - Creased Khaki Flow
18) Cavie - So So (Feat. Lil' Blue aka RR, Kam & Ki Ki Smoov) (Produced By Tha Bizness) [Sample]
19) Slick Pulla - Play Your Position
20) Slick Pulla - Freestyle [Sample]
21) Jody Breeze - A to LA
22) Jody Breeze - Nut Check "G Mix" (Feat. Lil' Wayne) (Produced By Caviar)
23) Mr. Short Khop - Can't Fuk Wit Us (Feat. Tray Dee & Kokane)(Produced By Caviar)
24) Cavie - Ok 2 Hate (Feat. J Dolamite & Roc Holladay) (Produced By Budda)
25) Cavie - I'm A Hustla (Produced By Caviar)
26) Cavie - Pump Ya Brakes (Feat. West Coast GS & Kokane) (Produced By Stan The Guitar Man)
27) Cavie - Real Ridaz (Feat. Young Dre) (Produced By Caviar)
28) Cavie - Car Wash (Feat. Roc Holladay) (Produced By Caviar)
29) Cavie - Up On It (Feat. Stain, Gi Gi, & Ki Ki Smov) (Produced By Caviar & Tank) [Sample]
30) Lil' Scrappy - Okay
31) Cavie - We Da West (Feat. Y.B. & Roc Holladay) (Produced By Tha Bizness)
32) Cavie - Str8 Outta Compton (Produced By Budda) [Sample]
33) Cavie - Fireweed (Feat. J Dolamite, Kokane & Roc Holladay) (Produced By Caviar)
34) Cavie - Bartender (Feat. Stain & J Dolamite) (Produced By Tank)
35) Cavie - Sexual Fantasy (Feat. Y.B., Roc Holladay& Kokane) (Produced By Caviar & Budda)

Dow Jones & Cavie - Play Your Position Volume 5 (Mixtape)

Enjoy the mixtape and be sure to stay tuned to dubcnn for the latest on Dow Jones & Cavie. Enjoy the mixtape and take a moment to drop your thoughts in the dubcnn community.

Rud

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news 1147913487 - January 1, 1970 By : Prophet has come a long way since releasing his debut "Block Venom" in 2002, which gained him some underground buzz. We brought ya'll his single "Strip For Me" (ft. Clyde Carson of The Team) a few months ago, and the homie Brooks just laced me with a new track featuring L.A. rapper Grown Mo called "Let Yourself Go".

Grown Mo goes first, and Prophet showcases his rhyming ability on the second and third verse. Download it below:

Prophet - Let Yourself Go (ft. Grown Mo)

Also be on the lookout for the remix to Prophets "When We Come Trhu" coming soon, featuring Killa Klump, which is going to be featured on "Rah Records Presents: Dope Game 4".

The song is called "Let Yourself Go" and is going to be featured on the "Rah Records Presents: Dope Game Vol. 4"

I'd also like to urge all our visitors to head over to bigvon.com to vote for Prophet in the Battlegrounds contest for his "Strip For Me" joint. Prophet is the only artist that was already in the Battlegrounds 1 contest that was also picked for the second one, so show your support.

Nima

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news 1148317397 - January 1, 1970 By : After releasing the first installement of their "New West Attitude" series about a month ago, Bloc Up Movement is back with Volume 2 already! This one contains 29 bangers, world premiers, and freestyles from the West Coast, including Crooked I, The Game, Ice Cube, Bloc Runnaz, Dogg Pound, Snoop Dogg, Mitchy Slick, G.Malone, and many others.

Check out the tracklisting below, and click on the two highlighted links to preview the songs.

To order "New West Attitude Vol. 2" now, click here.

1.. Welcome 2 California (Intro)
2.. Crooked I - This Is How We Do This
3.. Hood - Exclusive Freestyle
4.. The Game - Will I Die (World Premier)
5.. Dogg Pound Ft. Snoop Dogg - Cali Iz Active
6.. BoomaRang Gang - The Streets (Exclusive)
7.. Mitchy Slick - Mitchy Slick (World Premier)
8.. Scipio & Pitbull - Real Talk (DJ Sparrow Exclusive)
9.. Daz Dillinger Ft. Rick Ross - On Some Real Shit
10.. Hood - 16 Lethal (Exclusive)
11.. Glasses Malone - 300 (World Premier)
12.. Crooked I - Home (World Premier)
13.. Kila Krock - Flashlights (Exclusive)
14.. The Game - All For Sale (G-Unit Diss)
15.. Ice Cube Speaks
16.. Ice Cube - Click Clack/Get Back (World Premier)
17.. Dogg Pound Ft. Snoop Dogg - Don't Sweat It
18.. Crooked I - U Need A Blessin Ft. Jim Gittum
19.. Frontlinerz Ft. Saccs - Beef
20.. Mitchy Slick - Myspace (World Premier)
21.. I-Rocc Ft. The Game - I Gotcha
22.. Young Hootie - Hoodlife (Exclusive)
23.. Snoop Dogg - Freestyle
24.. Crooked I - Rap 101 (World Premier)
25.. Mr. Shadow Ft. Gonzoe - It's On & Crackin (Exclusive)
26.. Ya Boy - Do This (World Premier)
27.. Wyze Randal - Cypha (Exclusive)
28.. Damani Ft. Mack 10 - Inglewood
29.. Ice Cube - Stop Snitchin
30.. Crooked I - Gangstas Holiday (World Premier)

Nima

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news 1148442223 - January 1, 1970 By : Xzibit is off Columbia, and will release his next album on Koch Records, late 2006 to keep up with his "1 album every second year" schedule since 1996.
Xzibit is currently working on the new album, but there is no information about producers or album title yet.

Koch is looking to become a powerhouse in hiphop, with artists like Snoop Dogg, Dogg Pound, Alchemist, Rick Ross, Ghostface, DJ Khaled, Scarface, Sheek Louch, M.O.P., D-Block, RZA, Cormega, Diplomats, Wyclef Jean, etc. all having released albums on Koch, or planning to do so.


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news 1149361004 - January 1, 1970 By : We've been reporting on Quiz for over a year now, so most of you should be familiar with the Blu Division artist (G. Malone). If you aren't, this is your chance to check out the hype. Quiz has been working heavily with Long Beach producer Sega of Misfit Ent, who produced his upcoming EP "Really Wit It".

He will also be featured on the upcoming Blu Division mixtape "Monsters Inc." later this year, which will also feature Glasses Malone, Young Hoggs, Blocc Boys, Roc Slanga & D Brown amongst others. Since he hooked up with Glasses Malone, and Glasses brother Pooh who manages Quiz under Firing Squad Ent, he's been grinding out tons of music.

He blessed us with some tracks for the dubcnn visitors to listen to. Check out "Rainy Day", "Too Easy", aswell as his collaboration with Black Wall Streets Compton rapper Young Life entitled "Young 'N' Great":

Quiz - Too Easy (Prod. by J Classic)
Quiz - Young 'N' Great (ft. Life) (Prod. by Komplex)
Quiz - Rainy Day (Prod. by Sega)

Also make sure to hit up Quiz' official myspace page at myspace.com/youngquiz. We'll be keeping you updated on both projects, so stay tuned!

Nima

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news 1149807251 - January 1, 1970 By : DJ Strong and DJ Warrior are the only DJ's in the world who have managed to do an official street mixtape with Ice Cube. They released the "Cali Untouchable Radio Part 11" mixtape earlier this week, in support of Cube's new studio album, "Laugh Now, Cry Later", which is out in stores now.

"Cali Untouchable Radio Part 11" is hosted by Ice Cube himself and is a well rounded mixtape showcasing the Don Mega's biggest hits as well as a brand new interview. The mixtape also features Stico & Da Bandit's "On One Remix" as an unsigned hype bonus song, which Dubcnn visitors will be familiar with. This will be guaranteed to knock most of the industry albums out of the park. The Cali Untouchable DJs are about to take California hostage!

The mixtape is now available for purchase from Dubcnn. You can also get it as a Mp3 download where you'll be given access to download the mixtape (no shipping fees!). Scroll down to place your order.


Tracklisting for "Cali Untouchable Radio Part 11"

1. Ice Cube, Warrior & Strong - Cali Untouchable Radio Intro
2. Race Card - Ice Cube
3. Ice Cube Speaks
4. Why We Thugs - Ice Cube
5. Child Support - Ice Cube
6. Chrome & Paint (Rmx) - Ice Cube (Prod. by J Classic of Tha Warriorz)
7. Ice Cube Speaks Pt. 2
8. Ghetto Bird - Ice Cube
9. You Know How We Do It - Ice Cube
10. What Can I Do? (Rmx) - Ice Cube
11. Check Yo Self (Rmx) - Ice Cube
12. Check Yo Self (Blend) - Ice Cube
13. Check Yo Self (OG) - Ice Cube
14. Ice Cube Speaks Pt. 3
15. Wicked - Ice Cube
16. How To Survive In South Central - Ice Cube
17. Jackin For Beats - Ice Cube
18. Tha Nigga You Love To Hate - Ice Cube
19. My Summer Vacation - Ice Cube
20. Bopgun - Ice Cube
21. Ice Cube Speaks Pt. 4
22. Steady Mobbin - Ice Cube
23. We Had to Tear This Sh*t Up - Ice Cube
24. Ice Cube Speaks Pt. 5
25. Natural Born Killaz - Ice Cube/Dr. Dre
26. Hello - Ice Cube/Dr. Dre
27. Get Ignint - Ice Cube
28. Call 9-1-1 - Ice Cube
29. Ice Cube speaks on Tha Block DVD Magazine
30. It Was A Good Day - Ice Cube
31. Once Upon A Time In The Projects - Ice Cube
32. Lil Ass G - Ice Cube
33. Ain't Nuthin But A Word To Me - Ice Cube/Too Short
34. HipHopWest.com & Ice Cube -Outro

UNSIGNED HYPE SECTION
35. On One (Rmx) - Stico & Da Bandit/Sly Boogy
36. M.I.Aneek - Custom Made


"Cali Untouchable Radio Part 11" is now available for purchase from Dubcnn (through PayPal) for the low price of $6.99. You can also get it as a Mp3 download where you'll be given access to download the mixtape (no shipping fees!). It's available for only $5.50 and it comes with all the 36 songs in high quality MP3 and the artwork (front & back covers). After you place your order (through PayPal), you will be sent the download link to your email address (please allow a couple hours).

Click on the button below to purchase a hard copy or a download copy of the mixtape:

DJ Strong, DJ Warrior, Ice Cube - Cali Untouchable Radio 11 (Original CD)

DJ Strong, DJ Warrior, Ice Cube - Cali Untouchable Radio 11 (MP3 Download)


 

LilJay

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news 1150066945 - January 1, 1970 By : Dubcnn hooked up with DJ Warrior to bring you this summers first edition of weekend audio.

We have a few summer bangers for you guys to put in your ride.
First up is a song by 310 West Gang called "Ride With Us" which is the best track from the “Westcoast Geez” soundtrack.
The other song which is a summer slumper is a remake by Brown Boy of the famous "Bouncin In My Lolo" by Zapp; from the latest compilation “Lowrider Music Cruzing With HPG”.

Lloyd Banks is getting ready to drop his new album “Rotten Apple”. He sent us new freestyle over the Biggie track "1970 Something".

We also have an exclusive new track from Young Buck called "In My Hood"
Both G-Unit artists have albums coming out this summer.

Next up we have a dope song from JT The Bigga Figga called "Who Can Blame Me".
It’s from his latest compilation “Get Low Playaz In The Streets Of Fillmoe” which features Young Noble, Keyshia Cole, San Quinn, Messy Marv and many more from the bay area.

Dead Prez & Young Noble are dropping a group album this week called “Can't Sell Dope Forever”.
We have the song "Came Up" from the album which doesn’t have many features besides the Layzie Bone & Stormy.

Aftermath’s Stat Quo sent us a new track called "Billion Bucks". His long awaited album “Statlanta” is coming late summer/ early fall this year.

Terror squad’s DJ Khaled has a tight album out entitled “Listennn (the Album)” which features all the big names of hip-hop; Twista, Bone, T.I., Kanye West, D Block and many more. We have the song by Twista & Krayzie Bone titled "Destroy You" for you're listening pleasure.

Terror Squad also blessed Warrior and Dubcnn with a song featuring Rick Ross called "Let's Go" which is from the Terror Squad “True Story (the Lost Tracks)”.

We're going to finish this weekend's audio update with a new hot song by Big Pun (R.I.P.) called "180 Rounds" and a new joint from Jim Jones entitled "Reppin Time" produced by Runners CLN.

I like to send a big shout out to my friend Dj Warrior for the tracks he submitted for this weekend's audio update. Go to www.djwarrior.biz or www.hiphopwest.com for more info on the latest DJ Warrior mixtapes and lookout for our next weekend audio update next week.

Make sure you support all the artists this summer and buy the albums and compilations if you like any of the songs we put up!

Yash

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news 1150852467 - January 1, 1970 By : DUBCNN & DJ Warrior hooked up again this week for another summertime audio update.

We're gonna start with a new song from Nas called “Where Ya’ll At”. Make sure you are on the lookout for the upcoming Nas album which is to be released on Def Jam Records and executive produced by Jay Z.

Next up we have a banger from Cleveland artist, Ray Cash called “Pay Back” and three brand new bangers from Scipio:

Scipio - “Round”
Scipio - “County Jail” featuring Teedra Moses
Scipio - “Still In The Hood”

As we continue on we have a tight song from Rick Ross, who is said by many to be the next big thing from the South; he is featured on Daz’s first single from the “So So Gangsta” album and is also dropping his own heat with a second single produced by Cool n Dre entitled, “Blow” which features Dre.

For all of the D-Block fans, don’t think we have forgotten you. We have a song from Jadakiss featuring PK (Young Scarface) which is called “No Problems”.

This week’s R&B track is from Janet Jackson, it’s the first single off her new album and features Nelly. The track is produced by JD and is entitled, “Call On Me”.

Luni Coleone & Hollow Tip have a tight new album out in the streets right now called “Still Wanted”. We have one song off there for you all entitled, “Grab Dat Cannon” which features Big Hollis.

Playalitical is another rapper from the West Coast who dropped a tight album last week titled “Code Green”. The album had a lot of big name features from such people as, The Game, Spice 1, Bizzy Bone and many more. We have two bangers from the album to let you hear:

Playalitical - “Doin’ It Wrong” featuring Bizzy Bone
Playalitical - “You Dont Want It” featuring Spice 1, Duce Stabs, Luni Coleone, Spoke-In-Wordz & Young Droop.

To wrap this weekday audio update up, we have two DJ Premiere produced songs for you all; the first one is by Termanology and is called “Watch How It Go Down"

The second one is the latest joint by AZ called “The Format”.

Make sure you check out the latest tracks right here on Dubcnn. A big shoutout to DJ Warrior and all of hiphopwest.com!


Yash

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news 1152233567 - January 1, 1970 By : One of the busiest Mixtape DJ's on the scene today is DJ Dow Jones. Most notable is his Play Your Position Mixtape series, which he last left us at installment 5. But, the man's back and riding high off the news of his Production duo, Tha Bizness, with J-Hen signing into a production/management deal with G-Unit's Sha Money XL's Teamwork Music. The duo will serve as in-house Producers for the G-Unit family, but will also offer their Production to artists outside the G-Unit circle, being that Sha Money will now act as their management. As G-Unit expands their roster, Dow Jones expands his Mixtape catalogue with 3 new installments to the Play Your Position series.

First up, The Parker Brothaz, Dow Jones' artists from Seattle, WA, on Play Your Position Vol. 6. The Northwest duo find themselves spitting over a majority of beats by Tha Bizness on this 27-track Mixtape. People in the Seattle area may have heard 2 songs from the group in rotation on Seattle radio. As Dow puts it "so we the first real group to come from Seattle since Mix A Lot!!!" If you are no stranger to Hip Hop Message boards, such as our very own Dubcc.com or those of Myspace.com, you may have seen the Parker Bros.' E-Team in full effect promoting their music. Well, if you were sleeping before, wake up and now and peep this Mixtape!

Tracklist:

01. Dow Jones & Parkers Brothaz Intro
02. Welcome 2 The Freshcoast (Prod. Tha Bizness)
03. Ooh Wee (Prod. Tha Bizness)
04. Chevy Ridin High (Prod. Cool And Dre)
05. Blah Blah (Prod. Kuddie Mak)
06. Insomnia (Prod. Kuddie Mak)
07. Eclipse Freestyle (Prod. Tha Bizness)
08. Keep Knockin feat. J-Hen(Prod. Tha Bizness)
09. 16 Rules (Prod. Focus)
10. Henny's Groove '06 (Prod. Tha Bizness)
11. Big Shot (Prod. Tha Bizness)
12. How Good feat. Choklate (Prod. by Jake One)
13. Hush (Prod. Tha Bizness)
14. Get Hyphy feat. KJ & J-Hen (Prod. Hi-Tek)
15. What The Hell Were They Thinkin Interlude (Prod. J Starr)
16. Been Pimpin (Prod. Tha Bizness)
17. Two Times (Prod. Tha Bizness)
18. Stuntin feat. Mistah Fab (Prod. Swizz Beats)
19. There's No Me Without You (Prod. Tha Bizness)
20. Squirt Splash Em feat. Kuddie Mak (Prod. Tha Bizness)
21. For Real For Real feat Kuddie Mak (Prod. Kuddie Mak)
22. Fantasy Fillah (Prod. Tha Bizness)
23. KJ - Can I (Prod. Tha Bizness)
24. Yadadabadoo (Prod. Q.Dot)
25. If You Ain't Been Around feat. KJ & B.I.G (Prod. Focus)
26. KJ - Regret (Prod. Tha Bizness)
27. Miss Hop (Prod. Tha Bizness)

Dow Jones and the Legendary West Coast Producer Meech Wells have teamed up for another Play Your Position tape, but this time around, it features Long Beach emcee E White.

On Play Your Position Vol. 7: The White Out, the newly released E White is ready to put the real Long Beach on the map. With Production by Meech Wells & Tha Bizness and features from Bishop Lamont, Glass Malone, Trae, Keak Da Sneak, Mitchy Slick and more, this Mixtape is sure to bang.


Tracklist:

01. Dow Jones, Meech Wells & E White - White Out Intro
02. E White - Fresh Out
03. E White feat. Trae & Slim Thug - Drive Slow Remix
04. Glasses Malone - Fucc Wit Me (Prod. Mannie Fresh)
05. E White - Eastside Music (Prod. Veterano)
06. E White feat. Bishop Lamont - Damn Right (Prod. Meech Wells)
07. Lloyd Banks feat. 50 Cent - Hands Up
08. E White feat. Meech Wells & Quaz - In Da Ghetto (Prod. Meech Wells)
09. Rick Ross - Blow
10. E White feat. Young Joker & Drastic - Gangsta (Prod. Meech Wells)
11. Ras Kass feat. Spider Loc - 2 Much Money (Prod. Da Riffs)
12. E White - Free Agent
13. Spider Loc feat. Meech Wells & E White - Heat U Up (Prod. Meech Wells)
14. E White - From Da Block (Prod. Meech Wells)
15. Loon - Run
16. Young Joker - Compton (Prod. Tha Bizness)
17. Mitchy Slick - Mitchy Slick (Prod. DJ Khalil
18. E White - Roll Call (Prod. Meech Wells)
19. E White feat. Meech Wells - In My Life (Prod. Meech Wells)
20. Young Joker-New West Coast (prod. Meech Wells)
21. Cavie feat. Kam, Young Dre & West Coast Goon Squad - So So (Prod. Tha Bizness)
22. Moses - Run The Beach (Prod. Ryan)
23. Meech Wells - Play Your Position
24. E White feat. Bad Azz - Gettin Mine (Prod. Meech Wells)
25. E White - Snakes (Prod. Tha Bizness)
26. Young Joker feat. Meech Wells - Back 2 Tha Streets (Prod. Meech Wells)
27. E White feat. Kokane & Meech Wells - Where I Come From (Prod. Meech Wells)
28. E White - Pass Me By (Prod. Meech Wells)
29. Keak Da Sneak - Pass Da Drank
30. E White feat. Meech Wells & Moses - Thats Gangsta (Prod. Meech Wells)
31. E White - White Out Outro

All aboard the Yellow Bus! Dow Jones teams up with the Crown Prince of Hyphy, Mr. Yellow Bus himself, Mistah F.A.B. The two team up to bring you the Hyphy side of the Play Your Positon series. This Mixtape is an extra to the on-going Mixtape series and is called Recess. It's an all exclusive
Mixtape only like Dow Jones can do. With 25 exclusive tracks recorded in merely 2 days, just for this tape, it boasts features from Mac Dre, Keak Da Sneak, Trae & T.I. and a production line up consisting of Tha Bizness, Alchemist, J Dilla & more. Nobody else has these songs but Dow Jones, its the first official Mistah F.A.B. Mixtape, as well. Dow Jones explains: "It's history in the making." So strap up your Helmets, it's Recess time! Go Dumb, Get Stupid with Thizz Ent., Block Bizness Music, Dow Jones & Mistah F.A.B. and check out the new Mistah F.A.B. banger "Wheels On The Bus" produced by Tha Bizness (Dow Jones & J Hen)! Thizz Iz What It Iz!!!!!

TIP (Thiz In Peace) Mac Dre

Tracklist:

01. Dow Jones + Mistah Fab-Recess Intro (prod. by Tha Bizness)
02. Niggas Know My Name
03. Talk Ya Shit
04. In Tha Bay
05. Let Em Know ft. Cozmo & Choppa (prod. by Cozmo)
06. My Style Sick (prod. by Alchemist)
07. What It Do Doo
08. Im From Oakland (prod. by J Dilla)
09. Not My Job ft. Mac Dre
10. I Dont Know
11. That Girl Rmx ft. Potzee
12. Gettin It
13. Dreganomics Rmx ft. Mac Dre (prod. Genese)
14. If I Die
15. Stuntin
16. My Bitch
17. Wheels On The Bus (prod. by Tha Bizness)
18. Meet Me At The Yellow Bus
19. Muscle Cars Rmx ft. Keak Da Sneak
20. Blow Ya Whistle Rmx ft. Too Short
21. Me & U
22. Vans Rmx ft. The Pack & Too Short
23. Get Down
24. The Boy Got It ft. Stretch
25. Leather & Wood
26. Yellow Bus Ryda ft. Kuzzo Fly
27. Drive Slow Rmx ft. Ti, Trae, & Slim Thug
28. Freestyle King
29. Mistah Fab Recess Outro


Visit WestCoastLivin.com For more info on these Mixtapes and Dow Jones!

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news 1152360320 - January 1, 1970 By : As previously reported, Dynasty Ent is currently preparing the release for the "Life After Death Row" DVD, a documentary about the music business, which is set to drop August 29th 2006. Most of you probably thought this would just be a Crooked I DVD, but it's shaping up to be more than that.

Featuring interviews with the who's who of the industry, from Russel Simmons, Master P, Dave Mays amongst others, to some background info you probably don't know about, such as RBX' story, who was the first artist to leave Death Row Records.

Of course, you will get alot of Crooked I, and understand his path, from his four years on Death Row, to his status as an independent artist.

The biggest news though, is that the DVD will come with a full soundtrack! Originally, a mini-soundtrack with around eight tracks was planned, but they've decided to drop a full soundtrack along with the DVD. You can get a little taste of it by checking out the Chopped 'N' Screwed version of Crooked's Scott Storch produced banger "Cali Boyz", at the official dynasty myspace page.

I also have the full trailer of the "Life After Death Row" DVD, which will give you a good idea of what the DVD will look like. Download it below:

Dynasty Ent Pres... - Life After Death Row DVD (TRAILER) 9MB, WMV)

You can pre-order the DVD now through amazon.com or through cduniverse.com.

Nima

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news 1153328732 - January 1, 1970 By : Dow Jones and the Legendary West Coast Producer Meech Wells have teamed up for another "Play Your Position" mixtape, but this time around, it features Long Beach emcee E White.

On "Play Your Position Vol. 7: The White Out", the newly released E White is ready to put the real Long Beach on the map. With Production by Meech Wells & Tha Bizness and guest appearences from Bishop Lamont, Glasses Malone, Trae, Keak Da Sneak, Mitchy Slick and many more, this Mixtape most definitely bangs.

In true dubcnn tradition we have secured the exclusive download of the mixtape with Meech Wells and the man himself; E White. The mixtape is available for paid download below for only $4.00 via paypal; there really is no excuse not to grab a copy and support E White.

As a dubcnn exclusive every person who downloads the album will be entered into an exclusive contest to win a collection of items including CD's, DVD's and exclusive merchandise from your favourite westcoast artists. The tracklist is below as is the Download button to take you straight to paypal and grab a copy instantly - no waiting - its ready to get a download right now!

Tracklist:

01) Dow Jones, Meech Wells & E White - White Out Intro
02) E White - Fresh Out
03) E White feat. Trae & Slim Thug - Drive Slow Remix
04) Glasses Malone - Fucc Wit Me (Prod. Mannie Fresh)
05) E White - Eastside Music (Prod. Veterano)
06) E White feat. Bishop Lamont - Damn Right (Prod. Meech Wells)
07) Lloyd Banks feat. 50 Cent - Hands Up
08) E White feat. Meech Wells & Quaz - In Da Ghetto (Prod. Meech Wells)
09) Rick Ross - Blow
10) E White feat. Young Joker & Drastic - Gangsta (Prod. Meech Wells)
11) Ras Kass feat. Spider Loc - 2 Much Money (Prod. Da Riffs)
12) E White - Free Agent
13) Spider Loc feat. Meech Wells & E White - Heat U Up (Prod. Meech Wells)
14) E White - From Da Block (Prod. Meech Wells)
15) Loon - Run
16) Young Joker - Compton (Prod. Tha Bizness)
17) Mitchy Slick - Mitchy Slick (Prod. DJ Khalil)
18) E White - Roll Call (Prod. Meech Wells)
19) E White feat. Meech Wells - In My Life (Prod. Meech Wells)
20) Young Joker-New West Coast (prod. Meech Wells)
21) Cavie feat. Kam, Young Dre & West Coast Goon Squad - So So (Prod. Tha Bizness)
22) Moses - Run The Beach (Prod. Ryan)
23) Meech Wells - Play Your Position
24) E White feat. Bad Azz - Gettin Mine (Prod. Meech Wells)
25) E White - Snakes (Prod. Tha Bizness)
26) Young Joker feat. Meech Wells - Back 2 Tha Streets (Prod. Meech Wells)
27) E White feat. Kokane & Meech Wells - Where I Come From (Prod. Meech Wells)
28) E White - Pass Me By (Prod. Meech Wells)
29) Keak Da Sneak - Pass Da Drank
30) E White feat. Meech Wells & Moses - Thats Gangsta (Prod. Meech Wells)
31) E White - White Out Outro

This release is more like an album than a mixtape - so cop it now and enjoy the latest music from E White courtesy of dubcnn. Remember all paid downloads will be entered into a draw to win those items!

Instant Download: Dow Jones Presents E-White & Meech Wells - Play Your Position
(Volume 7)






(Via Paypal)

Rud

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news 1153339007 - January 1, 1970 By : What's up people? Allow me introduce myself. My name is Zuka, the latest addition to the Dubcnn staff. You might know me from www.hoodstars.net, for which I among others interviewed artists like Akon, Killah Priest, The Outlawz (with a huge video feature) & Young Noble, Lil Eazy, Clinton Sparks, Chopper Young City, Avant, Flipsyde, Guru & Solar, Dutch hip hop group Opgezwolle, Yo Gotti and Apathy. Also check out this TQ video feature provided by ThugPoetry.com & Hoodstars.net.

This week I'll it ya'll with my first Dubcnn (video) interview, but before that I have a press release about West Coast rapper/singer/producer Tyrese & his new Best of Both Hoodz mixtape:

Multi-platinum, Grammy nominated singer, songwriter, actor, writer and producer Tyrese has officially launched his rap guise Black-Ty and has found support among rap’s elite including Method Man, Snoop Dogg, The Game, Mannie Fresh, Kurupt, Chingy, Paul Wall, Erik Sermon, David Banner, Ice Cube and Battlecat. Black-Ty’s debut mix-tape CD The Best of Both Hoodz Volume I (available on www.hiphopwest.com) also features tracks from DJ Warrior. Tyrese recently made his debut as Black Ty on June 25th at a performance in Los Angeles and fans came in droves to witness it.

Tyrese is approaching his rap career as if he were a new artist as proven when he personally handed out his The Best of Both Hoodz mix tape CD at the recent BET Awards and other high profile events. Tyrese has been rhyming since before he was singing, growing up in Watts. His roots were in hip hop, having been in a rap group called “Triple Impact” prior to the success of his solo R&B career. Tyrese has chosen to take a humble approach to his rap debut, “I never question the order of God’s blessing so I’m lucky to be able to rap and sing and I have been successful with R&B first. With regards to Black-Ty, he’s broke and not established and I have been grinding like a new artist. I want to work hard on my rap career from the ground up. I don’t want to be the biggest rapper out of the West Coast, I just want to contribute to the groundwork that’s already been laid out and do my part,” says Tyrese.

Although many of Tyrese’s colleagues in the music industry acknowledge his singing skills, they were taken aback by his delivery on the microphone as a rap artist. Says Method Man of Wu Tang Clan, “I was pleasantly surprised I must say. I did not know that Tyrese could rhyme so well but I should have known better. I am not just saying that because he’s the homie. His swagger is crazy. Everyone should give him a second look on this rap tip.” Snoop Dogg, who lent his support to the Black-Ty project by recording a track with Tyrese says, “He’s really got it cracking to the point where he didn’t seem like he was out of his range. It seemed like something that he was naturally born to do. That’s when I welcomed him to the game, being the king of the West, you know what I’m saying? He got my blessing as far as from the rap style of it, the rap side of it. This is one of the best albums I’ve ever heard. Anybody who ain’t behind it, come see me.”
The Game, his co star in Waist Deep (Rogue Pictures/ Focus Features) which is in theaters now, has been an avid supporter, and has already laid down 4 tracks with Tyrese. “Tyrese is a good friend of mine and he has my support in whatever it is he wants to do. He's been successful on every scale from singing to acting, so what would make anybody think that he couldn't do rap? I heard some Tyrese sh-- and it's crazy.”

Tyrese has also enlisted Chris Lighty, founder of Violator management (50 Cent, Missy Elliot and Busta Rhymes) to officiate this Black-Ty hip-hop movement. Lighty will help launch Black-Ty’s superstar rap career, staking his reputation on Black-Ty and is confident that Black-Ty is poised to become a household name in hip hop. Fans can listen to more music from Black-Ty with the upcoming release of the Ghetto Royalty Volume I Mixtape hosted by NY’s own DJ S&S which is slated for release the first week of August 2006. Tyrese has released his mix-tapes through Headquarter Entertainment, his own multi-media enterprise which is based out of Los Angeles, California. Headquarter Entertainment is - Home of The Frontline BoyZ, his in house production team. The Frontline BoyZ can be heard on various tracks on both mix tapes and on his highly anticipated album “Alter Ego” scheduled for release Fall 2006 on J Records.

Zuka

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news 1153374997 - January 1, 1970 By : The #1 Spot For Album Credits The Vault has been updated with new credits again, after a little summer vacation.

Check it out at Dubcnn The Vault or The Vault Index in our forum, where you can also see artist/producer discographies and videographies, created and updated by our forum members.

The last few months we added producer credits for new and upcoming albums like D-Block's The Mixtape, Busta Rhymes' The Big Bang didn't see gold yet but quickly became The Vaults most viewed album credits, Tha Dogg Pound's Cali Iz Active didn't achieve mainstream success despite some high profile cameos and production, Kurupt released his underground project Same Day Different Shit, relying mostly on Daz for the production, Papoose keeps wrecking the mixtape scene with The 1.5 Million Dollar Man, Pimp C released his much anticipated solo Pimpalation, with a very strong line-up, Smitty delivered The Voice Of The Ghetto, with a nice production and guest list, Yo Gotti's Back 2 Da Basics isn't any worse, and Roscoe came through with I Luv Cali.

Check all the newest additions in "What's New".

Jome

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news 1154632563 - January 1, 1970 By : CEO of Get Low Films, JT The Bigga Figga is proud to announce the release of the DVD “Mandatory Business” in Oct 1st 2006. The DVD chronicles the travels of JT The Bigga Figga as he goes across the country interviewing today’s greatest rap icons. Snoop Dogg, 50 Cent, Spike Lee, Russell Simmons, Lloyd Banks, and David Banner are featured in “Mandatory Business” stressing the importance of peace on the streets. The DVD shows JT mentoring young people in the notorious Fillmore District of SF, as well as taking in JT’s thoughts after helping to negotiate a truce between warring Bay Area turfs.

“Mandatory Business” also works to empower ghetto youth to use their minds and their art to provide new avenues to financial security. “I did this to play my part in my community and to hopefully inspire those who have more power than me to get involved in saving the youth” said JT. A lot of people get big, then they hide out. Bring your knowledge back to the hood!“

In addition, JT will be dropping a new album entitled “Drop Ya Thangs, Just Box”.

JT describes it as “The Bigga Figga at his finest. Raw and uncut. It’s about he peace movement and the realities of the hood and solutions. We gonna start a new movement in rap. It’s called solution rap. We got gangta rap, pimp rap, and we gonna do solution rap to solve the issues in the hood. Public Enemy, KRS ONE and them were the first to open the door to show rap as a teaching tool. Askari X was one of the first to bring the hood with knowledge. I want this to be on that type of level. So this solution rap is a more evolved form of whats been happening on the block .”

There will be a book to accompany the DVD entitiled “Mandatory Handbook: 100 Pages of Street Knowledge” featuring exclusive photos and stories behind the making of the DVD.


LilJay

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news 1154935715 - January 1, 1970 By : Many of you have bought it but i know there's still more of you out there that want convincing that this release is worth the $4.00 download fee.

So as ever dubcnn.com, Hip-Hop's premiere new media spot has some samples to provide for you from "Play Your Position Vol. 7: The White Out", by E White with production by Meech Wells & Tha Bizness and guest appearences from Bishop Lamont, Glasses Malone, Trae, Keak Da Sneak, Mitchy Slick and many more.


Rembember that as this is a dubcnn exclusive we are offering every person who downloads the album entrance into an exclusive contest to win a collection of items including CD's, DVD's and exclusive merchandise from your favourite westcoast artists. So don' sleep, check the tracklist below, sample the music provided and click the download button to take you straight to paypal and grab a copy instantly - no waiting - its ready to get a download right now!

Tracklist:

01) Dow Jones, Meech Wells & E White - White Out Intro
02) E White - Fresh Out
03) E White feat. Trae & Slim Thug - Drive Slow Remix
04) Glasses Malone - Fucc Wit Me (Prod. Mannie Fresh)
05) E White - Eastside Music (Prod. Veterano)
06) E White feat. Bishop Lamont - Damn Right (Prod. Meech Wells)
07) Lloyd Banks feat. 50 Cent - Hands Up
08) E White feat. Meech Wells & Quaz - In Da Ghetto (Prod. Meech Wells)
09) Rick Ross - Blow
10) E White feat. Young Joker & Drastic - Gangsta (Prod. Meech Wells)
11) Ras Kass feat. Spider Loc - 2 Much Money (Prod. Da Riffs)
12) E White - Free Agent
13) Spider Loc feat. Meech Wells & E White - Heat U Up (Prod. Meech Wells)
14) E White - From Da Block (Prod. Meech Wells)
15) Loon - Run
16) Young Joker - Compton (Prod. Tha Bizness)
17) Mitchy Slick - Mitchy Slick (Prod. DJ Khalil)
18) E White - Roll Call (Prod. Meech Wells)
19) E White feat. Meech Wells - In My Life (Prod. Meech Wells)
20) Young Joker-New West Coast (prod. Meech Wells)
21) Cavie feat. Kam, Young Dre & West Coast Goon Squad - So So (Prod. Tha Bizness)
22) Moses - Run The Beach (Prod. Ryan)
23) Meech Wells - Play Your Position
24) E White feat. Bad Azz - Gettin Mine (Prod. Meech Wells)
25) E White - Snakes (Prod. Tha Bizness)
26) Young Joker feat. Meech Wells - Back 2 Tha Streets (Prod. Meech Wells)
27) E White feat. Kokane & Meech Wells - Where I Come From (Prod. Meech Wells)
28) E White - Pass Me By (Prod. Meech Wells)
29) Keak Da Sneak - Pass Da Drank
30) E White feat. Meech Wells & Moses - Thats Gangsta (Prod. Meech Wells)
31) E White - White Out Outro

This release is more like an album than a mixtape - so cop it now and enjoy the latest music from E White courtesy of dubcnn. Remember all paid downloads will be entered into a draw to win those items!

In related news we have to give a shout out to E-White who was at a hood meeting this week where he met up with Snoop Dogg, during the event Bizzle recorded some footage which included E-White and others shouting out dubcnn and the exclusive four part Snoop Dogg interview we just conducted. Visit Bizzle's MySpace to check the video.

Instant Download: Dow Jones Presents E-White & Meech Wells - Play Your Position (Volume 7)



Rud

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news 1155542305 - January 1, 1970 By : Regular visitors will be aware that just last week we revealed that the well known underground collective known as Custom Made has signed a deal with BabyGrande Records.

The deal involves a mixtape due out in September including a DVD followed by the groups official debut album in 2007 [see Custom Made Sign To BabyGrande Records]. The aforementioned mixtape: "Sidewalk Mindtalk: The Best of the Custom Made Mixtapes" includes six previously unreleased tracks as well as a bonus DVD.

Many vistors will be aware of the front page block-out advertising for this release [our thanks go to BabyGrande and Custom Made] and as we have done previously we will be keeping you up to date with this release and much more news and audio.

Scoobs from the group hit us up to allow us to release some preview footage from the Custom Made DVD that will accompany "Sidewalk Mindtalk: The Best of the Custom Made Mixtapes" that can be downloaded below.

Custom Made - DVD Preview

As ever, stay tuned to dubcnn for the latest on Custom Made, the mixtape and their impending major label debut album.

Rud

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news 1155601604 - January 1, 1970 By : Money Grip and M.P., formerly known as the group The Swat, recently changed their name to Tha Trapp. The duo is going through these changes due to other groups in the industry having similar or the same name as them. Moving on as Tha Trapp is like a fresh start for the two South Central based rappers.

They have been busy getting their name out with the help from affiliates Young Trey and Mack 10 on numerous Hoo Bangin' releases such as Mack 10's "Ghetto Gutta & Gangsta" compilation, amongst others.

Tha Trapp has just signed a deal with WC for Dub's own imprint Big Swang Records which is backed by Ice Cube. They are currently working on their new mixtape "Block Music" which is scheduled to come out in a couple months. Dubcnn & Westcoast2k visitors will remember their first mixtape "Jackn' For Beats Vol. 1" released in 2004, and this time around they're gonna make the new project even better with the help from Dub & Cube.

If you missed out on the first one, you can download it from our digital download store for only $3.99. Click here to get "Jackn' For Beats Vol. 1", and be on the lookout for more info on Tha Trapp.

Money Grip from Tha Trapp can be contacted at myspace.com/worldwidemusic

LilJay

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news 1157968358 - January 1, 1970 By : Carson California is home to some of the emerging talent out here on the westcoast in 2006, most notably Bishop Lamont who signed a deal with Dr. Dre on his Aftermath imprint.

Two other artists from Carson hoping to make similar waves are Blaze-1 and Profit who are two-thirds of of a new collective known as the SouthWest Click. The final member of the crew is Skillz who hails from Atlanta.

So in Atlanta you will find the hit making, state-of-the-art studio, Patchwerk Recording Studios - the team which are planning to bring you their first group in over six years with this project.

Blaze-1 and Profit have grown up together and have been rhyming together for well over 10 years yet it was through their affiliations with Patchwerk Recording Studios, that saw them hooked up with Skillz in early 2001. Blaze-1 and Profit were at that time part of the local Los Angeles trio, Last Word Clique, before they ventured to Atlanta in 2000 to work with Blaze-1's older brother, Curtis Daniel III, who is the COO of Patchwerk and longtime friend of Patchwerk CEO and former Atlanta Falcon, Bob Whitfield.

Growing up in Carson, California (the city north of Long Beach, southwest of Compton) Blaze-1 and Profit, who are now both 23, were constantly surrounded by the notorious Crips and Bloods gangs. While everyone in their hoods were out gangbanging, they always allowed rapping to take precedence over negativity. The two of them spent most of their time busting raps on the block and both cite musical influences from artists including Tupac, Dr. Dre, Snoop Dogg, Ras Kass and Ice Cube

The southern half of the SouthWest Click is brought by the aforementioned Skillz who got his start in music early on. Born and raised in Atlanta, Georgia, 24-year-old Skillz started writing in the 9th grade. Coming from a musical family, (his aunt was part of the 70's group, LaBelle), it didn't take long for him to find his way into music. Skillz, who gets his name from his long list of musical talents such as artist, writer, and producer, has worked on projects with T-Boz of TLC and R&B artist, Nivea. A life-long fan and admirer of UGK, NWA, Outkast, old school and alternative music, Skillz brings witty humor and lyrical finesse to every track the group unleash.

So far they have released some singles and the "Hustle Harder" and "SouthWest Click" mixtapes however they are now turning their attention to their debut album entitled; "SouthernCaliforniaSixtyFourHydraulicMusic." If it bears any resemblance to the similarly titled "Southernplayalisticadillacmuzik" from Outkast then we are in for a real treat.

The album is due to drop later this year however until then, enjoy the music we have below which includes a collaboration with Ras Kass called "Street Fame", their new single "Ridin' Real Slow" and finally "Get Ya Money."

SouthWest Click - Street Fame (Feat. Ras Kass)
SouthWest Click - Ridin Real Slow
SouthWest Click - Get Ya Money

We will keep you informed on this talented trio as the debut album draws near but until then ensure you catch them on your local radio station and performing at the hottest venues and car shows in your city. To learn more about the SouthWest Click head over to their Official Site.

Rud

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news 1158668579 - January 1, 1970 By : The New West Attitude collection is back for Part 3 of the mixtape series. The Bloc Up Movement have been working on the follow up to "New West Attitude Volume 2" and this time have recruited Sly Boogy for "New West Attitude Volume 3."

Having released two successful volumes of the series the Bloc Up Movement, a collective of DJs and MC's out of San Diego, have got together once again to release a mixtape full of the hottest new music and some Exclusives, World Premieres and Freestyles from the West Coast.

On Volume 3 the West Coast is represented by tracks and freestyles from The Game, Xzibit, Sly Boogy, Lil Eazy, Hood, Snoop Dogg, Balance, Mitchy Slick, Ras Kass, The Black Wallstreet, Crooked I and more.

We have the tracklist and some audio from the release below, the cover to which can be found above.

01) Sly Boogy – Intro
02) Sly Boogy - Hypnotized (World Premier)
03) The Game ft. Mitchy Slick - One Blood (San Diego Remix)
04) Xzibit - Rollin'
05) Snoop Dogg ft. B-Real - Vato
06) Techniec ft. Crooked I & Domino - Ego Trippin
07) Krondon & Lil Wayne - Hustlin Flow (Exclusive)
08) Sly Boogy - Find Ya Own Curb
09) Hood ft. Sly Boogy - U Won't Breathe (Exclusive)
10) Kila Krock ft. Banchi - Who Is You (World Premier)
11) Balance - Let The Bass Go (Exclusive)
12) Lil Eazy - Let's Get Paid
13) Mitchy Slick ft. Messy Marv - Cherish The Thug (World Premier)
14) The Frontlinerz - U Need A Thug
15) Sly Boogy - Bloc Up Muf**kaz (Skit)
16) Sly Boogy ft. Event - Major Players (World Premier)
17) Ras Kass - K.O.T.W.
18) Smigg Dirtee - I Know U Don't Love Me (Exclusive)
19) One-2 - Guess Who (Exclusive)
20) A-Wax & Cyssero - Natural Born Hustla (Remix)
21) The Game ft. Ya Boy, Juice, & Mary J Blige - Be Easy
22) Lil Eazy - Me & My Gang
23) Keak Da Sneak ft. Bossman Hogg - Know What I'm Talking About (Remix) (Exclusive)
24) Techniec ft. The Game - Long Beach Iz Back
25) Xzibit - Concentrate
26) Lil Castro - Leanin (Exclusive)
27) Sly Boogy - Public Service Announcement
28) Sly Boogy ft. Crooked I & Kam - Keep On (World Premier)
29) Eastwood ft. Snoop Dogg - Dime Brizzles
30) Crooked I - Respect Your OG's (World Premier)

The mixtape is available now to order and is being shipped this week, to get your order in head over to MixtapesOne. We will keep you updated on the next releases from Bloc Up Movement.

Rud

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news 1158767007 - January 1, 1970 By : Long time dubcnn featured Rapper/Producer J. Wells has been in touch to give us some information on his long awaited new album; "Digital Smoke."

It's been a long wait for fans since J. Wells completed his debut album in 2005, "Digital Master," which was hugely successful throughout the West Coast. This was his debut release on his own label, Bonzi Records, and featured an array of talent including Bishop Lamont (of Dr. Dre’s Aftermath Records), Method Man, Goodie Mob, Tha Liks, Jayo Felony, Kurupt, Roscoe, and Planet Asia.

J. Wells also produced the Goodie Mob single, "Play Yo Flutes," featuring Sleepy Brown, for Goodie Mob’s album "One Monkey Don't Stop No Show." Recently Wells has been working on songs for Snoop Dogg's forthcoming album "The Blue Carpet Treatment." There has been a surge in demand for J. Wells after having his tracks featured on hit shows including, The Sopranos and Six Feet Under as well as the blockbuster film and soundtrack Be Cool. His songs are also featured in the video games: EA Sports, 2004 Tiger Woods Golf and EA Sports 2006 Fight Night, as well as commercials for major corporations including Starbucks, McDonald’s and Coors Light, directed by Paul Hunter. Currently J. Wells can be found in the studio working with Ne-Yo, Rakim, Angie Stone, Nate Dogg, Petey Pablo, Tyrese, Inspectah Deck, Dead Prez, Tha Dogg Pound, D-12, Keiysha Cole and many more.

At the same time his is finishing up the aforementioned "Digital Smoke" album which is set to feature Kurupt, Dead Prez, Knoc- Turn'Al, Jayo Felony, Daz, Roscoe, Inspectah Deck, Goodie Mob, DJ Quik, Mitchy Slick, Tha Alkaholiks & more. As a special treat to fans J. Wells has released to us a track that is set to be on the album due for release in early 2007 on Bonzi Records/Universal.

The track features Knoc-Turn'Al and is entitled "Got Me Goin'" which features an interpolation of the classic Kinks record from 1964.

J. Wells - Got Me Goin' (Feat. Knoc-Turn'Al)

Stay tuned to dubcnn for the latest on J. Wells and the "Digital Smoke" album and to learn more on J. Wells visit his MySpace page.

Rud

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news 1158954597 - January 1, 1970 By : Three days and three exclusive contest's; it can only be - dubcnn.com. This time we have lined up with Tha Block DVD Magazine to celebrate the deal they recently signed to take the quarterly urban publication from local to national via distribution with MVD (Music, Video, Distribution).

The "finished goods deal" includes the re-release of volumes 1, 2 and 3 and will see the DVD in national chains including, FYE's, The Wherehouse, Dimples, Best Buy, Suncoast, Amazon, Barnes & Noble and Fry’s.

The magazine's founder, Flawless [read dubcnn's interview with him in October 2002)], an artist himself, recognized the lack of West coast representation in magazines and on music charts so decided to create a new outlet.

Dubcnn has arranged to provide THREE WINNERS with the full back-catalogue of VOLUME's 1, 2 & 3 in this exclusive contest. All you have to do to have a chance of winning is follow the link below, answer the question and email them to the address provided.

Dubcnn Presents: Tha Block DVD Magazine Contest

Get your entries in quickly as the contest ends on October 7th. While your there check out the Contest Index for our other contests including the Mr Capone-E - Don't Get It Twisted (Signed CD Contest) and our incredible Diamond Verse Contest; where winners can get a set of Diamond Earrings and a spot on dubcnn.

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news 1159115950 - January 1, 1970 By : In one week we have arranged four contests for our readers. Today we are proud to launch a contest in conjunction with another Music Industry giant. You will have noticed while browsing the site that MTV are advertising a special week this week - the “Spankin' Free Music Week.” “Sucker Free” kicks off “Spankin' Free Music Week” on Monday, September 25th and will be hosted by DJ Cipha Sounds.

Everyday “Sucker Free” will bring you the hottest "Rap Across The Regions."

Each day, will focus on the hottest artists and videos in different areas across the country. Viewers will see artists such as The Game, Lupe Fiasco, Ludacris, Diddy, 50 Cent, Lloyd Banks, Jibbs.

In addition, there will be tons of video premieres from Snoop Dogg, Jim Jones, Lil’ Scrappy, Chingy, Mary J. Blige, Kelis & Nas, Young Dro, Akon f/ Eminem and more! And if that’s not enough for you “Sucker Free” will have FREE music, FREE giveaways and FREE access to the hottest hip hop line-up anywhere.

So to in keep with this week of FREE music and merchandise MTV have given dubcnn the opportunity to give TEN LUCKY READERS the chance to win MTV Hoodies and 10 MTV USB ports (64 MB) [with URGE MP3 download software preloaded.] That's right we have 10 PRIZE PACKS to giveaway, no catch just follow the link below and enter the contest!

Dubcnn Presents: MTV's Spankin’ Free Music week (Contest)

Get your entries in quickly as the contest ends on October 2nd. While your there check out the Contest Index for our other contests including Tha Block DVD Magazine Contest, the Mr Capone-E - Don't Get It Twisted (Signed CD Contest) and our incredible Diamond Verse Contest; where winners can get a set of Diamond Earrings and a spot on dubcnn.

Rud

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news 1159351551 - January 1, 1970 By : As you will have all seen now we are currently running an advertising campaign for Tha Block DVD Magazine which is celebrating it's recent success of signing a national distribution deal for the Urban DVD Magazine.

Earlier this week we also opened the exclusive contest in conjuntion with Tha Block DVD Magazine to win the magazine's back catalogue; if you haven't entered that yet then check out Tha Block DVD Magazine Contest.



With that in mind we wish to let everyone know that tomorrow (September 28th 2006); Tha Block DVD Magazine are holding an event to celebrate the deal, showcase past and future material from the DVD as well as a host of giveaways! Tha Block DVD and IMP Entertainment are proud to have an incredible line up of supporting celebrities including Crooked I who is hosting and performing and confirmed guests including, Mitchy Slick, Strong Arm Steady Gang, Noel G, Guerilla Black, Kam, Angeles Records, Chace Infiniate, Jacken (Psycho Realm/Sick Symphonies), Gail Gotti, Big Chan, Chino XL, Malverde, Milano, Generalz, Roccett, Warlord and many more.

Please be aware that if you do attend the event is an upscale urban event so please dress to impress, by request of the organisers there is to be no plain white T's, hats or sportswear. The event takes place at the Garden Of Eden, 7080 Hollywood Blvd, Hollywood CA 90028. The doors open at 9.30 and music is being provided by the world famous Cali Untouchable DJ's; DJ Warrior, DJ Strong DJ Def Tone and there will be a special guest DJ - DJ Skee. The night's giveaways will be from Luxury Kicks, Makaveli Branded & Streetwise Clothing - sponsored by Azzure Denim.

View the Flyers for the event here; Front Flyer | Back Flyer

Support Flawless and Tha Block DVD Magazine by attending and remember to enter the exclusive dubcnn contest; Tha Block DVD Magazine Contest.

Rud

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news 1159831335 - January 1, 1970 By : Rich, a rising star rapper/producer from San Francisco's Fillmore district, is set to record his first solo album to be released by KOCH Records in conjunction with Rich's imprint label 3 Story Muzik and Street Cred Music Group.

The album features appearances by San Quinn, E-40, Hell Rell of The Diplomats, D-Block's J-Hood and Sheek Louch, Mistah Fab, Turf Talk, J. Valentine, Bailey, Clyde Carson of the Team, Stress of the Federation, Fully Loaded, Ya Boy, & Devo.


The production will be handled by EA Ski & CMT, Sean T, Droop E (E-40's son), Mal Amazing, D-Cyde, Rashaad Wiggins, Cello Mac, King Cydal.

E-40 Presents Big Rich - Block Tested, Hood Approved will be released on October 3rd, 2006. Check out the music video to E-40 Presents Big Rich "That's The Business" below:

Streaming Video Links

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Make sure you support the bay area by voting for the video on "106 & Park BET" by clicking here!

Yash

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news 1160422036 - January 1, 1970 By : Scion continues to support independent artistic expression through its latest Scion Audio/Visual (SA/V) 12" vinyl release of El Michels Affair and Raekwon and Scion CD Sampler v.15 - Award Tour mixed by Cosmo Baker and DJ Ayres.

"Scion Audio/Visual opens up a path that connects creative artists and avid listeners," said Jeri Yoshizu, Scion sales promotions manager. "We encourage artistic creativity and the A/V label is one of Scion's approaches to supporting the music community."

The latest 12" vinyl installment, available this month, sees Brooklyn's El Michels Affair paired up with hip-hop legend Raekwon (of Wu-Tang Clan) for a "live remix" of Raekwon's song with Pete Rock called "The PJs," as well as an original El Michels song and a couple interlude/bonus beats. Raekwon wrote some new lyrics for "The PJs" track, and El Michels flipped it with their signature vintage soul sound.

SA/V brings you Scion CD Sampler v.15 - Award Tour mixed by Cosmo Baker and DJ Ayres. Along with partner DJ Eleven, they comprise The Rub crew.

The Rub started as a monthly party in the summer of 2002 at Southpaw in Brooklyn, and it quickly grew into "the best party in NYC" (New York Press). Now in its fourth year, The Rub continues to live up to the accolades - packing in a diverse crowd who'll wild-out to hip-hop, '80s, disco, rock, funk, house, reggae and everything in between.

The Rub's Cosmo Baker played a crucial part of Philadelphia nightlife for years - holding down the now-legendary Back to Basics party with King Britt; spinning at house parties back in the day with The Roots; and launching the beloved Remedy monthly alongside Rich Medina. The Rub's DJ Ayres got his start spinning hip-hop on college radio and at parties, and has released upwards of 50 mixtapes in 10 years, prompting the New York Times to call him "one of New York's best mixtape DJs."

Included on Scion CD Sampler v.15 - Award Tour are songs by Ghostface & MF Doom, Memphis Bleek, The Streets, Aloe Blacc, Chromeo, Bloc Party, and UK Mercury Prize nominee Sway, among many others. Scion CD Sampler v.15 will be available at upcoming Scion events across the country.

SA/V continues to bring listeners, those with and without the skills to cut it up on the turntable, the heart and soul of music through its vinyl and CD releases.

Look out for future installments of the mix CDs and 12" vinyl from Scion DJ Contest winner DJ Cutler and from Connie Price & The Keystones w/ Big Daddy Kane, respectively.

About Scion Audio/Visual:
Scion Audio/Visual (SA/V) was founded to give true artists a voice in a noisy world. Scion has consistently championed independent thinking and alternative culture. With its Audio/Visual in-house record label, Scion continues to promote that culture with a series of CD mixtapes and 12" vinyl releases, both given out for free, which focus on getting exposure for these talented musicians and DJs. With global vision and diversity through expression, SA/V champions individuality with no genre boundaries.

Each 12" release features an up-and-coming live band with a special guest vocalist (an established MC or singer) doing a "cover" or "live version" of that vocalist's song. Past collaborations have included the daKAH Hip Hop Orchestra featuring Guru of Gangstarr; The Fyre Dept. with GZA; and Rhythm Roots Allstars featuring Raheem Devaughn, Aloe Blacc and Afrodisiac Sound System.

On the other side of the SA/V concept, the mix CDs span the gamut of hip-hop, funk, soul, reggae, world, and electronic music. Previous installments have featured mixes from Wax Poetics' DJ Monk One, Mr. Scruff & Nicolay, The Oakland Faders, Peanut Butter Wolf & Jazzy Jeff, and others.

For more information about Scion A/V visit:
www.scion.com/culture/music or www.scion.com/SAV

Yash

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news 1160759717 - January 1, 1970 By : Official Press Release: Emerging West Coast rapper Damani has signed with My Block/Sony Urban Music, who will release the young artist's first full-length album.

An Inglewood native, Damani is pioneering a new approach to West Coast rap, breaking musical and lyrical boundaries as a dominant force in the current Los Angeles hip-hop scene. An in-demand MC in local hip-hop clubs, Damani began to draw airplay on major LA radio stations -- including serious BDS spins on Power 105.9 and K Day 93.5 -- with tracks like "Inglewood" and "Gotta Stay Paid."

Raised on the streets of LA, Damani was determined to develop a sound and style that would transform the LA hip-hop world. Toward that goal, he released his breakout mix-tape, "Congratulations Playa," hosted DJs Reflex and Skee, which made him one of the most sought-after artists on the West Coast.

As admiration for his skills grew in the local rap community, Damani earned the respect of a number of West Coast rap pioneers, whose work had first inspired him to go into music, including Dr. Dre, Mel Man, and his biggest influence, Snoop Dogg, who called Damani an artist "….I could pass the torch to and watch it burn."

"Damani is an important new voice in West Coast hip-hop, combining the truth and soul of the streets with hypnotic rhythms and an incredible musical sophistication," said Lisa Ellis, President, Sony Urban Music. "Sony Urban is proud to welcome him to our label family and look forward to working with him in creating a new chapter in hip-hop history."

"Damani brings a new perspective to West Coast hip-hop," said Kawan "KP" Prather, Executive Vice President, A&R, Sony Urban Music. "As much as he was born and raised in Inglewood and has the respect of the streets, he has also seen other parts of the world. And he's able to let people know, through his music, that it's ok to represent your hood, but it's also great to experience as much life as possible. To me, that's gangsta, for real."

We will keep you updated on everything surrounding Damani. Incase you missed his mixtape "Congratulations, Playa", which he had available for download, check it out now below:

Damani - Congratulations Playa (Mixtape)

Nima

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news 1161100172 - January 1, 1970 By : Tha Trapp is back up in the building, and all the fans of that block music need to pay attention! After their recent name change and new label deal with WC's Big Swang Records [see: The Swat Change Name; Sign to WC's Big Swang Records], Money Grip and M.P. are back with new material for your ears. With a buzz spreading on the streets and the internet, Tha Trapp earned their Hip Hop stripes on albums such as Mack 10's "Ghetto Gutter & Gangsta" and other Hoo Bangin' related projects.

The two man group hit us up at Dubcnn to leak an exclusive preview from their upcoming mixtape "Block Music", the follow up project to "Jackn' For Beats Vol. 1" released in 2004. The track goes by the same name, "Block Music", and features their label head himself, Dub C. The song was produced by J-Classic who laced tracks on Suga Free's "Just Add Water" album or the Remix of Ice Cube's "Chrome & Paint". G-Malone is doing the intro for the song and showing respect which they definitely deserve, not only for this song but for all their work they've put in to this day.

Tha Trapp also have another street single ready to go out called "Ridin' On Chrome". Both songs will be featured on the "Block Music" mixtape which is due out later this year. Also look out for their debut album "The Drought" coming at you early 2007. But for now, hit the link to download the song and make sure you tell your friends about it!

Tha Trapp - Block Music Feat. WC (Produced by J-Classic)

For more info on Tha Trapp, and to stream their other street single "Ridin' On Chrome", hit up their MySpace page @ myspace.com/thatrapp. Shouts to the homie Money Grip!

LilJay

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news 1162128267 - January 1, 1970 By : Whenever a new Crooked I track surfaces, it's the same outcome. The die-hard Crooked I fans praise it, the critics bring up the fact that he still doesn't have an album out after all these years, but one thing is for sure: everybody listens. Because whenever a new Crooked I track surfaces, everybody KNOWS they're going to get some good music.

It's not any different this time around. Crooked is featured on Celly Cel's new compilation "The Gumbo Pot" (album cover is on the bottom right side of the update) with his track "Straight Boss".

Orignally recorded for Crooked I's "B.O.S.S. Music" project, this track is being released as a teaser for the fans. Of course, dubcnn has the song available for your listening pleasure, check it out below:

Crooked I - Straight Boss

In addition to Crooked I, the compilation also features the likes of Lil Jon, Celly Cel, Devin The Dude, Twista, Tech9ne, Cool Nutz, Juvenile, Trae and more. Check out the tracklisting below:

1. Lil Jon, Nitro - Back Up
2. Celly Cel - On Tha Block
3. Crooked I - Straight Boss
4. Billy Cook, Fat Pat, Mr 3-2 - Luv It Man
5. Devin The Dude, Twista, Fel - Toast
6. Tech N9ne, The Popper, Boy King - I Do
7. Al Kapone - From The Back
8. Webbafied - Brooklyns Nights
9. Fiend, H Hustla - Hoes And Tramps
10. Clover King Badge Busta - Gimme My C
11. Cool Nutz - Frontine
12. SB, Lady Ace - Boppers On Da Floor
13. Funk Daddy, Santos - Lets Get Thizzed
14. Juvenile, C-Note, Anka Man - AK Ripper
15. Trae, C Note, Anka Man - Shakedown
16. Hobo Tone, Hustla Made Bugz - State 2 State
17. Goodfella - I Got A Dolla
18. Young Meez, Durty - Southside Reppin

Nima

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news 1163335874 - January 1, 1970 By : We gotta take a trip to the East Coast for a quick minute, to Boston, MA, to be exact. A young talent by the name of BadNewz is the reason for this trip, because I couldn't let ya'll sleep on this dude. In a time where bragging rights and flossing are raps main topics, BadNewz enters the game with some authentic Hip-Hop.

On his current mixtape "Falling Down: The Adventure Of An Ordinary Man At War With The Everyday World", BadNewz demonstrates his ability to tell stories, and touch on a wide rang of topics. Over both original and borrowed beats, BadNewz takes you on a journey through his mind. Reminiscent of the late great Big L, Bad Newz has the gift to portray very sharp images through his words, such as on the song "Black Child", or on "Cocaine", over Xzibit's classic "Papparazzi".

We have four tracks from the mixtape available for you to download and listen to. If you like what you hear, make sure to hit up BadNewz' official myspace page at myspace.com/sobadnewz, where you can also order the "Falling Down" mixtape $4,99. Listen to the songs below:

BadNewz - Black Child
BadNewz - Cocaine
BadNewz - This Is My Life
BadNewz - Get It In (ft. Gaff Dram)

Enjoy the music, and once again, make sure to hit up BadNewz' official myspace page, where you can also order the "Falling Down" mixtape $4,99.

Official tracklisting:

1. Intro
2. Cocaine
3. NoNoNo
4. Liquor Store Skit
5. Bruce Wayne (ft. Badnewz)
6. 24 Bars
7. Block Trespassing Skit
8. Run The Block (ft. Lou Armstrong)
9. B.A.D.N.E.W.S.
10. Korean Interview Skit
11. Stick Up Kids (ft. Killa Bee)
12. It's Whatever (ft. BR)
13. Phone Skit
14. Free Mass
15. Get It In (ft. Gaff Dram)
16. You Missed Skit
17. This Is My Life
18. Cali Mal Shout Out
19. Cigeretts (ft. Trey Pound & BR)
20. Teename Skit
21. Growing Pains
22. Because I'm Real (ft. Tangg Da Juice)
23. Welcome To Boston! (ft. Juste)
24. Outro
25. Bonus Track **Black Child**

Nima

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news 1163499052 - January 1, 1970 By : Since we introduced Diego Redd to our readers back in April of this year, things have really been happening for this talented Fresno artist.

When Kanye West called him "One of the hottest out of the west or all over the United States" he wasn't playing around, Diego Redd truly is a big talent with a big future. With this in mind dubcnn helped direct him towards the Cali Untouchable DJs own DJ Warrior to do a mixtape and really push the word on the streets.


Since the summer Diego Redd and his manager Hecktik have been working alongside DJ Warrior to create what can only be described as a classic street album/mixtape. The cover to the release can be seen in the update and the tracklist below with some exclusive preview tracks for those who haven't heard what Diego Redd is all about yet.

01) Intro
02) Power
03) California Girls
04) California Girls (Remix)
05) Kick Pusher
06) She Thinks (Co-Statting Ntrigue, Saint & Skeam)
07) Kevin Federline
08) Turnt Out (Produced By Needlz)
09) In The Deck
10) Minimum Wage (Produced By Hecktik)
11) Get It (Co-Starring Nucci Re-Yo)
12) Hot Boyz
13) First Class Flight (Ain't No Fun) (Co-Starring Supreme & Shake Da Mayor)
14) In The No (Co-Starring Mistah F.A.B) (Produced By Hecktik)
15) Where You At (Co-Starring PKT)
16) Eastside, Westside (Co-Starring Serius Jones) (Produced By Big Laz)
17) Emblem On The Hood (Co-Starring GLC) (Produced By SC)
18) Hold Me Down (Produced By Hecktik)
19) Outlaws (Co-Starring Saint) (Produced By Diego Redd)
20) Fresno (Produced By Coley Cole)
21) Rap Game (Produced By Hecktik)
22) Trade My Life (Produced By Hecktik)
23) Exit (Paid In Full)

Dubcnn are proud to be a part of this project and as such are releasing the mixtape for Paid Download in conjunction with DJ Warrior, Diego Redd and Hecktik Soprano for the incredible price of $4.99, the link to which is below. You can also follow the link from our Diego Redd Mixtape Download page.

Dubcnn, DJ Warrior & Hecktik Soprano Present: Diego Redd "Gettin Money, Gettin Paid" (Mixtape)


Alternatively to get yourself a CD copy of the release, head over to HipHopWest and support Diego Redd, this is a release not to be missed. For more on Diego Redd check out our Exclusive Interview and our On The Come Up article.

Rud

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news 1164131463 - January 1, 1970 By : DJ Thirrzty was last featured on dubcnn earlier this year with the last installment of his "Westcoast Toast Switchtape" series. Since then he has been busy working on the Third edition of the set in conjunction with Daz and Kurupt of the DPG.

DJ Thirrzty is also an artist who goes under the name DayDay, his increasing network of artists has helped him better both his mixtape outlets as a DJ and of course as an artist himself. The tracklist below is what you can expect on the mixtape and with it is an exclusive advance of the tape courtesy of DJ Thirrzty and his team.

The advance copy is only 80 % complete and is purely as a taster for the final edition which will be released in December.

01) DayDay & Akos - Western Unity
02) Daz, Snoop & Kurupt - All I Need (G-Mixx) (Daz Drop)
03) Kurupt - I Git High Part 2 (Kurupt Drop)
04) Glasses Malone & Mannie Fresh - Fucc Wit' Me
05) Tha Game, Snoop, Kurupt, Daz, E-40, W.C, Crooked I & GlassesMalone - One Blood (Remix)
06) E-40 - Dumb-Hyphy
07) Tha Outlaw'z, DeadPrez & Stormey - Thuggin' On Tha Block
08) J.Valentine & E-40 - Church Girl
09) Daz, RickRoss & Jermaine Dupri - On Sum Real
10) Ice-T - Real Talk-It'z All Luv (IceBerg Drop)
11) Eastwood & E-40 - Bay 2 L.A
12) Compton's Most Wanted - Say Where U From
13) Chamillionaire, DJ Quik, The Game & Crooked I - Ridin' Dirty (WestCoast Remix - Thirrzty Edit)
14) Juice & Tha Game - Rollin'
15) South Central Cartel - Fucc 'Em (Thirrzty Edit)
16) Tha DoggPound & Snoop Dogg - Cali Iz Active (Daz Drop)
17) Shade Sheist, YoungBuck, N.U.N.E & Jay-Man - Pull Up, Git Out
18) Smigg Dirtee & Boog - 'N my lrg'z

DJ Thirrzty Presents - Tha Westcoast Toast Switchtape (Volume 3) [Advance]

Enjoy the exclusive advance and remember to stay tuned to dubcnn for the final edition as well as the latest from DJ Thirrzty. Ensure you support all the artists featured on the mixtape by purchasing all the various projects from each camp when they are released.

Rud

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news 1164460643 - January 1, 1970 By : Long Beach artist Lil Bam recently teamed up with one of the hottest upcoming producers out of Los Angeles by the name of Dae One, and together they bring you the slammin' new CD "Twenty Twenty Vision".

Lil Bam laces the entire CD with the raw street rhymes he's becoming known for, and Dae One not only Co-Executive Produces the CD but he's also got 3 of his own beats on here as well. Also sharing the producing duties is the Terrace Martin, who provides 4 heaters including the smooth, yet hard-hitting "Can't Fucc Wit Us" which features Goldie Loc.

Dubcnn has two preview tracks from the CD for ya'll to listen to, check them out below:

Lil Bam - Can't Fucc Wit Us (ft. Goldie Loc) (Prod. by Terrace Martin)
Lil Bam - The Best (Prod. by Dae One)

Check out the tracklisting below:

1) Streets Iz Mine (Produced By 100 Spokez)
2) Lil Bam Interview By Cherrie Johnson
3) Who Dat
4) What We Have Featuring Big Bam
5) Lil Bam Interview #2 By Cherrie Johnson
6) Can't Fucc Wit Us Featuring Goldie Loc (Produced by Terrace Martin)
7) Give It 2 Um (Produced By Dae One)
8) On The Run (Produced By Klassic)
9) Real Life (Produced By Terrace Martin)
10) Huggin' The Block Featuring Chevy Jones (Produced By Dae One)
11) Gettin' It Featuring Lebo & YG Soprano (Produced By Terrace Martin)
12) The Best (Produced By Dae One)
13) True Colors Featuring Tate D.K.A. Krunch
14) P's & Q's
15) West Bound Featuring Malcom Harvest (Produced By Dame Taylor)
16) Get It On Featuring Dae One, Fate Williams, & Poca
17) So Pretty Featuring Goldie Loc & J.Black (Produced By Terrace Martin)
18) More 2 Say (Produced by Bosko)
19) G Music Featuring Crooked I & Jerzey J (Produced By Terrace Martin)
20) Sticcy Situation (Produced by 100 Spokez)
21) 360 Degrees Featuring Techniec
22) Get To Walkin' Featuring YG Smurf (Produced By Ram Inc.)
23) Speak On It (Produced By Discreet Merchants)

The CD is about to hit the streets any moment now. As for as Internet Ordering we recommend checking in with Lil Bam at myspace.com/lilbam20.

Nima

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news 1165333710 - January 1, 1970 By : We are back once again with the latest podcast from the increasingly popular Put Yourself Out Radio show on Swurvadio.com. The show has gathered more and more listeners over the past few weeks and as such the demand for podcasts has also increased. Today we have Episode 3 of Shade Sheist & N.U.N.E.'s "PYO Show" for exclusive download.

The show, which can be heard online at Swurvadio.com is broadcast worldwide to showcase new talent as well as material from the Put Yourself Out network.


This episode features the recent single from Tha Trapp, "Block Music," which features W.C, Eddie Kane Jr and also Coniyac formally of Snoop Dogg's Doggy's Angels.

Once again we urge you to head over to the new Dubcnn Podcast section and bookmark it for all the latest PYO Podcast episodes and many more exclusive features coming in 2007.

In related news the current Lloyd single which features Lil Wayne called "You" is receiving radio play and as such has been remixed, Shade Sheist appears on the remix and we have the track for exclusive download below.

Lloyd - You (Remix) (Feat. Lil Wayne & Shade Sheist

Rud

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news 1168258835 - January 1, 1970 By : Recent years has seen the emergence of further talent from Watts, CA with new artists including Glasses Malone, Bad Lucc, JAG, Halla, The Snowman Clique and many more. Today we intend to shed a little light on an artist called Wolfcat.

Wolfcat moved into the Jordon Downs, home of the infamous Grape St. Crips, in the early 90s. His surroundings heavily influenced his upbringing and by 14 he had started to vent his thoughts via rap.


His early years rhyming were alongside his homeboy who moved from Texas called Tha Chosen 1 however it wasn't until his actions lead him to spending some time in local jails that he took time to perfect his craft and really consider making money in music. Once he saw release he moved quickly to establish a local record label Watts Wit It Records to create himself and others a platform to make music and persue a new avenue.

The acclaimed "Prince Of Watts" has since been busy releasing material to the streets via mixtapes and CD/DVD packages as well as selling them on the official site of Watts Wit It Records. We have some material available for download below including one track from Wolfcat's latest CD/DVD release entitled; "Blac Hoody" that features T-Dogg from the Snowman Clique.

Wolfcat - Blac Hoody (Feat. T-Dogg)

The second track is from another Watts Wit It Records project this time by the collective known as Da Watts Boyz (Daylyt, Aktive, $umu & Da Kid). The track is called; "Like A Project Party"

Da Watts Boyz - Like A Project Party

The final track is by 6 Reasons from the Snowman Clique entitled "Hood Nigga's" that is set to be included on an upcoming release from the Watts Wit It camp.

6 Reasons - Hood Nigga's

We will keep you up to date on Wolfcat and the Watts Wit It Records camp, for more information you can visit Wolfcat's MySpace page.

Rud

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news 1168466757 - January 1, 1970 By : We're back with a new joint from 40 Glocc. The Infamous/G-Unit signee has been working hard in the studiol, he recently wrapped up his mixtape "Outspoken Vol. 3", with DJ Whoo Kid, and is working on a mixtape for the West Coast afer that one.

To ease the wait, he gave us a song for ya'll to download, called "Block Money". The song was produced by 40 Glocc himself, and is not set to appear on any of the mixtapes, so get it while it's here!

40 Glocc - Block Money (Prod. by 40 Glocc)

Be on the lookout for "Outspoken Vol. 3", 40's first official mixtape on G-Unit, coming soon!

Nima

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news 1168729216 - January 1, 1970 By : Pimp Hop Records is proud to announce the release of Bay Area rapper Starski's "Cop and Blow" EP. Starski exploded onto the Bay Area rap scene with "Car Shinin" feat. Mistah F.A.B. and is rockin' the block with his latest release, "Drunk Dialin"?.

The party rockin' flow of Starski blended with the heavy bass production he's known for make this release a must have for any serious rap fan. "Drunk Dialin" is featured on the new DJ Classic (Shadyville DJ's) mixtape "Streets Underground Vol. 4: The Art of War". "Cop and Blow" EP features collaborations with The Team on "So Turf" and "Honeybee" featuring A Plus from Hieroglyphics.

Pimp Hop Records is based in San Francisco, CA. CEO, Petey Pistolero noted "We want to launch the label with an artist who not only possesses a strong lyrical gift, but also equally shines as a producer. Starski is our franchise player, who we plan on building the label upon with a signature sound." Forever on the grind, Starski rides the momentum into 2007 with the filming of the "Drunk Dialin," video, live shows throughout the West Coast, and of course, more mix-tapes with the hottest regional DJ's.

Starski's debut full-length album, slated for an April 2007 release, will feature guest collaborations with The Team, Keak da Sneak, Casual and A Plus of The Hieroglyphics, Mistah FAB, Dem Hoodtstarz, Eighteen, Furious, Buccweet, and Novokane.

Dubcnn got one of the aforementioned tracks available for download, "So Turf" featuring The Team.

Starski - So Turf Feat. The Team

For more information hit up myspace.com/pimphoprecords

LilJay

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news 1168999044 - January 1, 1970 By : For the past 2½ years, The Pit Productions, LLC has become one of most viable Battle Grounds for some of the nations hottest and most successful under the radar talent. The Pit Productions, LLC showcases a variety of talents consisting of Emcees, DJ’s, Music Producers, Singers and Dancers. Here, the artist battle head to head in hopes of building their street credibility, as well as catapulting their careers to the next level. The Pit Productions, LLC is a gateway for Artist to showcase their talents in front of Label Reps, A&R’s and many other special guest celebrities and DJ’s.

The Pit Productions, LLC would be delighted to have you in attendance at the largest and most intense Hip Hop Battle event ever on the West Coast. Therefore, you are invited to witness what Celebrity Black Ty calls “The re-birth of Hip Hop,” on the night of Saturday January 20, 2007 start time at 8pm. Doors open at 7pm, $10 before 8pm $15 after.

Come Join us, as Celebrity guest Black Ty a.k.a. Tyrese along with the most anticipated unsigned hype Hip Hop artist from the west coast “Stix” host the first Pit Battle of 2007. Special guest DJ and owner of the Rehab Projects “DJ HAPA” (host and star DJ of KTLA morning show) will be the special guest celebrity DJ. The main event includes The Pit Productions, very own rap legend Duke Gutta battle Dogg Pound Gangsta recording artist “Roscoe.” The winner will receive cash a prize from the pot that JRecords recording artist “Black Ty set of $1000!” In addition, Live on stage will be J records recording Cassidy spiting his first public freestyle since his car accident. Industry mogul executive Ted Fields recording artist “Curtains” will be going up against one of the west coast pits elite artist Halla. The Frontline Boyz (production team signed to Head Quarter Entertainment, Tyrese’s company) will be going head to head with new phenom west coast production team “1500 or Nothin” (who has produced songs like “show me what you got” Jay-Z/ “Change the Game” The Game, and other Snoop Dogg classics) in a hard core beat battle for a prize pot of $1500 sponsored by Black Ty. Last by definitely not least, So So Def recording artist “The Kid Slim” will fly out from Atlanta to battle the undefeated west coast Pit prince with a record of 10-0, JJ. Confirmed celebrity judges include Coast Rap Legend “Kurupt,” along with Interscope Records A&R Shawn “Tubby” Alexander, Capitol Records A&R Kevin Faist, Bone Thugs and Harmony manager Steve Lobel and Aftermath A&R Angelo Stevens. This event will take place at the infamous REHAB Projects. The address 2324 Cotner Ave, LA, CA 90023! This event will be captured on film for the use of “The Pit” DVD & television show executive produced by Tyrese Gibson, Nicholas Gouche, and Brandon Salaam a.k.a. STIX.

Can’t wait to see you there on Jan 20th 2007 at 7pm at Rehab Projects – 2324 Cotner Ave LA, CA 90023. $10 before 8pm, $15 after. It will be a night to remember!!!

[Flyer]The Pit west coast battles hosted by Stix with special guest title sponsor Black Ty aka Tyrese

Any questions or regards contact…
Stix777@gmail.com or nickeegeeinfo@gmail.com
MySpace.com/Westcoastspit
Headquarterentertainment.com
RehabLA.com


JustinL

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news 1169512529 - January 1, 1970 By : B.Y.I Entertainment, DJ Skee, and DJ Big Mike are looking for the hottest Latin emcee to be featured on Omar Cruz's next mixtape. Can you spit the country's hottest 16 bars and earn featured status on Omar Cruz's next mixtape?

The tape, hosted by DJ Skee and DJ Big Mike, will drop in early February with 50,000 copies circulating in all major cities. Your 16s will earn acclaim alongside lyrics from rap heavyweights from every 'hood. B.Y.I. Ent., Omar Cruz, and DJ Skee dropped "The Cruzifixion" which was reviewed by Scratch Magazine and assigned "HOOD/BARRIO" ratings, certifying it as one of the greatest mixtapes of 2006.

This mixtape likewise earned Omar Cruz a nomination for Best West Coast Mixtape Artist of the Year. In 2006 B.Y.I. Entertainment and Omar Cruz signed a major joint venture deal with rap heavyweight Interscope/Geffen Records. With his debut album scheduled for release mid-2007, Omar Cruz is shaking the block with his last mixtape before the official release.

"What better way to give a Latin emcee the opportunity to be heard than to feature him on my final mixtape before my album drops? Latino emcees have limited outlets to be heard. So it is only right for us to do this," asserts Cruz.

So we ask you again: Do you have the hottest 16 bars?

Prize:

You will be featured on 50,000 free copies of this mixtape!!!

Instructions:

Send your hottest 16 bars on a original or instrumental beat in MP3
format to Byimusic@aol.com

Only 1 submission please.

Please only send your best quality MP3 to be properly judged.

You will be judged by B.Y.I. Ent., DJ Skee, DJ Big Mike, and Omar Cruz.

Deadline: All MP3's must be submitted by Sunday Jan. 28th 2007 12:00 a.m. PST

Winner will be announced Jan. 30th on Omar Cruz's myspace page.
myspace.com/omarcruz

For more info, questions, and exclusive news on the mixtape, message
Omar Cruz at myspace.com/omarcruz

SGV

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news 1170256719 - January 1, 1970 By : With the recent release of the latest N.W.A "Best Of" album from EMI/Priority Records hitting the streets we have combined with the label to provide an exclusive contest for our readers.

The new album "Best of N.W.A: The Strength of Street Knowledge" was released on December 26th and is a commemorative career-spanning collection, in CD and CD/DVD packages. The CD includes 17 of N.W.A’s tracks re-mastered, while the deluxe edition CD/DVD contains more than two hours of N.W.A's best tracks, music videos and unreleased interview footage.

With many of today's artists citing N.W.A as factors in their influence and artistic development the CD includes both fan favourites and recognised classic material including; "Straight Outta Compton," "F**k Tha Police," "8-Ball," "Express Yourself," as well as "100 Miles And Runnin'," "Boyz-N-The Hood," "If It Ain't Ruff" and even the most recent N.W.A record "Chin Check." For the first time in N.W.A's history the CD was also released with an array of ringtones encompassing 35 clips of their music.

We have 5 copies of the new album for giveaway and all you have to do to stand a chance of winning is click the link below to check out our exclusive contest page.

Dubcnn Presents: N.W.A. - The Best of N.W.A: Strength Of Street Knowledge (Contest)

For those that can't wait and want to grab this CD now, head to your local record store who will have copies available; we recommend the CD/DVD version! For more news and information make sure you check out the official N.W.A MySpace page.

Rud

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news 1170450794 - January 1, 1970 By : Canadian DJ, DJ Haze has been in the game for many years now, working the scene and releasing a string of mixtapes since 1999. His company Haze Entertainment has been riding the wave of success than ensued from the "I'd Make You Famous" release of last year that helped elevate DJ Haze's status in Vancouver and around Canada.

Since then he has been putting together his latest release "You Ain't In My League" which is ready to hit the streets in early February.

The lead single from the mixtape is the Littles The General and Alert record entitled "Whip It" - the vibe and quick success this track had on the local scene led Haze to put together two remix tracks, a Canadian and American mix.

A long time dubcnn reader and supporter DJ Haze knew just where to stop by when he put together the American remix with appearences by some talented westcoast names including Melloe Won, Buccweet, Luchiano Gang, The Milk Man and also the Miami artist Boy Rook - the exclusive download can be found below.

DJ Haze - Whip It (American Mix) (Feat. Melloe Won, Buccweet, Luchiano Gang, Boy Rook & The Milk Man)

The Canadian remix was created to help put Vancouver and Edmonton on the map as according to DJ Haze "the main city represented in the music indisrty is often Toronto." He gathered an array of verses including Yak Dollaz, Fatty Jones, XXCaliber, Vic Vega, Koncreet, Paperboy and many more for the remix which we have for download below.

DJ Haze - Whip It (Canadian Mix) (Feat. Yak Dollaz, Fatty Jones, XXCaliber, Mosun, Redef, Vic Vega, Bigg Dogg, Koncreet, Paperboy, Kofii, Littles The General & Alert)

The mixtape tracklist is shown below and the cover can be seen here, the tape features more music from Melloe Won, the recent track from Stacee Adamz and The Game as well as Alert, DPG and Black Boy of BWS.

01) Intro
02) Stacee Adamz (Feat. The Game) - Last Call (Produced By Scott Storch)
03) Littles The General (Feat. Alert) - Whip It
04) Malicious - Heatwave
05) Black Boy Of Black Wallstreet - Chill Bump Music
06) Melloe Won - 4 Fingers Up (Produced By Dem Jointz)
07) Spittzz - If You Dont Know
08) Paperboyz - We Deliver
09) Young Church - This Goes Out (Produced By Buccweet)
10) Fat Fish (Feat. The DPG) - New Mexico
11) E.d.g.e - Really
12) Alert (Feat. Koncreet, Kofii) - Haze Exclusive
13) The Pak - Frito Lays
14) X Caliber - Rockstar
15) Sammie (Feat. Boy Rook) - Choose Me (Radio Single)
16) Flame Team - Get It In
17) Alert (Ft. Boy Rook & Melloe Won) - Work For It
18) Flame Team (Feat. Haze) - Beat Drop
19) Koffi - Koncrete Examples (Freestyle Diss)
20) Outro

For the latest news, audio and information you can visit the official Haze Entertainment MySpace page.

Rud

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news 1170620550 - January 1, 1970 By : We last reported on Westside Bugg's long awaited debut album "The Roach Motel" a few months ago, when we premiered the song "Informant", which features Jayo Felony, as well as the video.

In the meanwhile, Bugg released a mixtape/street album called "Bugg Sprayz", which featured Mobb Deep, Kurupt, Ras Kass, 40 Glocc, Jayo Felony & Bushwick Bill. For those of you missed out on the mixtape, we have uploaded a song called "Sunday, Monday", download it below:

Westside Bugg - Sunday, Monday

Let's get back to the album though! "Roach Motel" will be in stores this Tuesday, February 6th, coming out on Native Records/Fontana/Universal. The production was handled by Bugg himself, with additional beats by Blaqthoven and J Steez. Guests include Bad Azz, Sly Boogy, Jayo Felony, Kurupt, 40 Glocc, Ras Kass, Layzie Bone, Dirty Birdy & Suga Free. Now if that's not a West Coast'd out lineup, I don't know what is!

In usual dubcnn manner, we have readied a few preview songs for ya'll. The first one is called "Gimme Dap", and is a laid back heater featuring Dirty Birdy. Check it out below:

Westside Bugg - Gimme Dap (ft. Dirty Birdy)

The next song is a Bugg solo called "Everybdy Knows", another banger! Get it below:

Westside Bugg - Everybody Knows

And for those who missed the single "Informant", make sure to check it out below, along with the video:

Westside Bugg - Informant (ft. Jayo Felony): Audio | Video

To push the release, Bugg will be embarking on a tour starting Tuesday until mid-March, where he will be hitting L.A., San Bernardino, San Francisco, Las Vegas, Fresno, Salt Late City, Phoenix, El Paso, Dallas, Houston, Oaklahoma, Tulsa, Little Rock & Memphis. Check your local area for the exact dates, or simply hit up W.S. Bugg on MySpace at www.myspace.com/yaboybugg.

The full tracklisting to "The Roach Motel" is below:

01. Intro
02. Informant (feat. Jayo Felony)
03. P Drop (feat. Kurupt)
04. I'm Feelin' You (feat. Bad Azz)
05. Blockin'
06. 909 streetz (feat. Sly Boogy)
07. Ras Kass Skit
08. The Business (feat. Ras Kass & 40 Glocc)
09. Run It (feat. Layzie Bone)
10. Hustlin'
11. Shorty
12. Everybody Knows
13. Hood Or Nothing (feat. Kurupt)
14. Gimme Dap (feat. Dirty Birdy)
15. On Point (feat. Suga Free & 40 Glocc)
16. He's Commin'
17. Thugg In Me
18. Don't Look Back
19. Outro

Nima

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news 1175006690 - January 1, 1970 By : It's been quiet around Lil Eazy-E, but this might just be the silence before the storm... Because Lil E has been grinding hard, and his debut solo album "Prince Of Compton", which is set to hit stores this summer, is shaping up to be a monster.

I had the pleasure of hearing several of the songs recorded for the album at the studio, and Eazy, with the help of grammy-winning producer Chink Santana, mostly known for his platinum work for Murder Inc, is definitely not to be slept on.

The son of the Godfather of Gangsta Rap is bringing some straight gangsta music to the fans who have been eagerly waiting for him.

Until the first single drops, we have a new track for ya'll, a remake of "Boyz-N-Tha-Hood", produced by Chink Santana. Get it below:

Lil Eazy-E - Boyz-N-Tha-Hood (2007) (Prod. by Chink Santana)

Enjoy the song, and keep it locked right here for the latest on Lil E.

Nima

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news 1175375210 - January 1, 1970 By : To many DJ-Age will be a new name however you should be aware that this talented DJ has been cutting it up for years now and is ready to take steps to the next level.

With this in mind DJ-Age, who has been producing incredible mixes of your favourite artists material including, has just released his long awaited; "From My Block 2 Yours" mixtape collection.



We are classing it as collection as he has compiled three discs worth of hot new material for this set, some tracks that you will have seen over recent months right here and a selection that will be fresh and new. This is a seemless

We are proud to have the full three disc set for download for all our readers, artists who appear include; Gangsta Granny, Crooked I, Bangloose, N.U.N.E. & Shade Sheist, Westside Bugg, Ras Kass, 40 Glocc, Jayo Felony, Keak Da Sneak, Drastik, E-White, Meech Wells, Spider Loc, A-Pinks, Sly Boogy, Bad Lucc, Mykestro, Scan, El Prez, Quiz, Akadimik, Shame, Clinton Wayne, K-Active, Problem, Xl Middleton, Dreamz, Kokane, Shadow, Sporty Loco, Soopafly, Big Syke, Kam, Wallet, RBX, Dre'sta, Damizza, Jim Gittum, Gail Gotti, Scipio, Roccett, Dynamic Certified, S.O.P, Suga Free, Dirty Birdy, Element, Mr Midas, Fred Knuxx and countless more

To view the tracklists, the full size mixtape cover and to download all three discs ensure you click the link below to go to our "From My Block 2 Yours" download page. Rest assured you will not be dissapointed by the seemless mixing, the musical quality and the incredible arrangement of this project - download it, burn it and bump it!

Dubcnn Presents: DJ-Age - From My Block 2 Yours (Mixtape Download Page)


In related news DJ-Age just informed us that he is in talks with Crooked I with a view to doing the official mixes for Dynasty Records. Stay tuned for more news on that as well as how you can get your hands on some hard copies of this mixtape in the coming weeks.

Rud

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news 1176225659 - January 1, 1970 By : Last week we unleashed the much talked about three disc mixtape collection from DJ-Age, "From My Block 2 Yours" featuring a host of your favourite artists. Today we are back to follow up the news we released in the same update; "In related news DJ-Age just informed us that he is in talks with Crooked I with a view to doing the official mixes for Dynasty Records."

That mix is in fact already completed and ready to be released to the public. "Dynasty Boss" is another incredibly well put together tape by DJ-Age in conjunction with Dynasty Records and Crooked I.

The release features well known Crooked I tracks including "Boom Boom Clap," "Creased Khaki Flow" and countless others inter-mixed with freestyles and guest appearances Crooked I has made. The tape also features the much talked about Dr. Dre ghostwritten record "Say Dr. Dre" that was accidentally leaked last year. We have put the mixtape, full tracklist and covers in our mixtape section that can be accessed below.

Dubcnn Presents: DJ-Age & Crooked I - Dynasty Boss (Mixtape Download Page)

For those that missed it last week ensure you check out the free download of the DJ-Age - From My Block 2 Yours mixtape right here on dubcnn.

Stay tuned for more news and mixes from DJ-Age as well as an announcement regarding an album and label situation for Crooked I in the coming weeks.

Rud

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news 1176514614 - January 1, 1970 By : South Central's Tha Trapp are surely no strangers to Dubcnn. Being known as The Swat a few years ago, the duo Money Grip and M.P. recently went through a name change which was followed by the signing to WC's Big Swang Records [see: The Swat Change Name; Sign to WC's Big Swang Records].

Since then, a lot has changed to even better things for them. Most recently, they have shot a video of their street single "Block Music" featuring WC. The video will be added to their MySpace page in the next couple of days.

The video is also featured on DJ Crazy Toones' new "CT Experience" DVD, which hit the streets today. The DVD features brand new videos from most of the songs featured on the "CT Experience" mixtape from artists such as Ice Cube, WC, Snoop Dogg, Tha Dogg Pound, Bad Lucc, Damani, Soopafly, Xzibit, Young Maylay, and of course Tha Trapp with their "Block Music" video featuring Dub C, amongst others. All videos on the DVD were directed and edited by Dah Dah.

If you missed your copy of the "Block Music" song, which we exclusively premiered back in October, you can get the MP3 by clicking on the following link:

Tha Trapp - Block Music Feat. WC (Produced by J-Classic)

Make sure you get a copy of the Crazy Toones DVD. It's now available in your local video store. Support the movement!

LilJay

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news 1176766047 - January 1, 1970 By : One of the most praised songs off DJ Crazy Toones' critically acclaimed mixtape "The CT Experience" was without a doubt "Gangbang Muzik", a track featuring Soopafly and Kurupt.

It was a nice surprise to see they decided to shoot a video to the song finally, and it came out great. DJ Crazy Toones introduces the MC's, and Soopa and Kurupt do their separate parts. Make sure you check out the video below:

Soopafly & Kurupt - Gangbang Muzik (Video; YouTube)

The video is featured on DJ Crazy Toones' DVD which just dropped this week. The DVD features brand new videos from most of the songs featured on the "CT Experience" mixtape from artists such as Ice Cube, WC, Snoop Dogg, Tha Dogg Pound, Bad Lucc, Damani, Soopafly, Xzibit, Young Maylay, and of course Tha Trapp with their "Block Music" video featuring WC. Dubcnn will be giving away copies of the DVD, so check back with us for that.

Nima

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news 1179671134 - January 1, 1970 By : In a recent interview, Mike Jones said "When I asked my label who bought my album the most, they said Cali. So I had to make my new single a dedication, to show some love."

And so he did! His new single is called "My 6-4" and the hook samples Eazy-E's voice from the classic "Boyz-N-Tha-Hood" track. In addition to that he got Bun B on the song giving it up to the West, as well as Snoop Dogg dropping the third verse.

The video recently aired, and it was a nice surprise to see Mike Jones reach out to Lil Eazy-E and have him lip-synch the hook part of his dad's voice. The video came out very dope, download it below:

Mike Jones - My 6-4 (ft. Bun-B & Snoop Dogg) (8MB, Windows Media)

Mike Jones' upcoming album "American Dream" will be dropping July 10th.

Nima

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news 1179862095 - January 1, 1970 By : Long Beach's own Techniec is back! To this day, Tech is considered by many as one of the best rappers not to have a real solo album out there. We're all hoping that 2007 is the year he drops, because we've been waiting since the LBC Crew days! To ease the wait, Techniec has got some mixtape music for the fans; he jumped on the Dr. Dre produced 50 Cent single "Straight To The Bank" and flipped it Dynamic Certified style. Download "Straight To The Bloc" below:

Techniec - Straight To The Bloc

Check out Techniec on MySpace by clicking here. His album "Blockstar" is coming soon.

Nima

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news 1180097786 - January 1, 1970 By : Streetball is bigger and better than ever and coming to a court near you! The trash-talking. The sizzling one-on-one face-offs. The crazy dunks; Streetball has been rejuvenated, the excitement is back and fans can get closer than ever to the action this year with the launch of the 30-city arena Ball4Real Streetball Tour.

Presented by Mountain Dew, the tour features top stars made famous on ESPN’s "Streetball," the best streetball players in the world.


The tour kicks off on June 1, 2007 in Seattle, WA at the Key Arena and culminates in the ultimate showdown at the world famous Madison Square Garden in New York City on August 25, 2007.

Brought to you by the masterminds and basketball talent behind the previous years’ AND 1 Mixtape Tour, the electrifying Ball4Real Streetball Tour is nothing but real: the members of this tour are not just players in the game. They own the game. Lisa Fusco – former GM of the AND 1 Mixtape Tour – and the game’s hottest streetball players founded and own Streetball Entertainment and the Ball4Real Tour, which means they answer to no one but the game and the fans of the game. It doesn’t get any more real than that!

Also real is the philanthropic mission of Streetball Entertainment, which will give back in every city along the tour, with top players stopping in at local YMCAs and community centers, engaging in various forms of community outreach. Ball4Real will play in the biggest and best venues in the country, but will pay homage to the streets where all the players got their start by offering fans arena-level play at playground prices, with lower level tickets ranging from $10-$30. This same community spirit informs the Block Party, a free event in conjunction with the tour featuring a live DJ, a car show, food, prizes, merchandise, interactive activities, and much more…but most importantly great streetball action with local hotshots competing against the streetballers for a shot at the big game and ultimately a $100,000 Ball4Real contract.

Inside world-class arenas thousands of fans can see their favorite players formerly on ESPN’s “Streetball” as part of the revolutionary, brand new, player-owned Streetball Entertainment Ball4Real Tour. Players include AO, Main Event, Spyda, 50, ½ Man ½ Amazing, Shane the Dribbling Machine, Circus, Special FX, I’ll Be Right Back, Killa Kirby, High Octane, Pharmacist, Coach Steve Burtt and Mr. 720 (formerly Air Up There), who performed the first-ever 720º dunk during a game in Houston last season!

Streetball Entertainment is revamping streetball and taking it to the next level through the formation of Streetball Entertainment and the Ball4Real Streetball Tour, coming to a city near you this summer!

To view the full Ball4Real Streetball Tour 2007 dates and locations visit the official Ball4Real website where you can book tickets for any of the locations. Dubcnn has linked up with the people being Ball4Real Streetball to present an array of video media and news over the coming weeks; stay tuned!

Rud

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news 1180165827 - January 1, 1970 By : Mike Jones is back on July 10th with his latest album "American Dream." Earlier this week we put up the video to his current single from that album, "My 6-4", which features an Eazy-E voice sample from "Boyz-N-Tha-Hood."

The track features Bun B and Snoop Dogg as well as the son of Eazy-E, Lil Eazy-E lip-synching his fathers voice. The video can be downloaded once again below.

Mike Jones - My 6-4 (Feat. Bun B & Snoop Dogg) (8MB, Windows Media)

Today we are back with another version of the video that was recently released via Mike Jones' YouTube channel. The video this time also includes Money $tack$ (played by comedian Alex Thomas) as well as behind the scenes shots from the production of the video.

Mike Jones - My 6-4 (Feat. Money $tack$, Bun B & Snoop Dogg) (YouTube)

When asked about the recent single Mike Jones said; "When I asked my label who bought my album the most, they said Cali. So I had to make my new single a dedication, to show some love." Don't forget Mike Jones' "American Dream" hits stores July 10.

Rud

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news 1182965906 - January 1, 1970 By : Snoop Dogg and Lil Wayne have teamed up with Blockstar to separately release a pair of documentary DVDs, both of which hit stores today.

Snoop's DVD, "Welcome To LA" focuses on West Coast unity, and features appearances from Warren G,The Game, JT the Bigga Figga, Kurupt, and Daz, as well as additional interviews with DJ Quik, Ice Cube, Tyrese, Xzibit, Bishop Lamont, Glasses Malone, and more.

Lil Weezy's DVD, "Lil Wayne Edition," features the rapper "speaking candidly about his place in hip hop and where he is going." This DVD also features interviews with Too Short, The Game, Jim Jones, Mims, and more.

Make sure to go pick up both of these DVDs today at your local retailer, and look out for more news on Snoop and Lil Wayne right here on Dubcnn.

Eddie Gurrola

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news 1183121765 - January 1, 1970 By : Dubcnn was recently invited to the preview of one of this summers Blockbuster releases; Transformers. With Michael Bay and Steven Spielberg at the helm we went down to see if the movie lives up to the incredible hype it has recieved over the past few months.

Below is a link to our Movie Review page where you can get the full film details, synopsis, review and images from the motion picture.

Dubcnn Presents: Transformers (Review)

For more information on this action packed movie make sure you watch our exclusive video interview with Tyrese that we conducted last month.

Dubcnn Presents: Tyrese Video Interview

We would like to thank UIP for making this feature possible and Image.net for the stills. Stay tuned as we continue to grow our lifestyle related content over the coming months.

Yash

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news 1183627038 - January 1, 1970 By : With his overt sociopolitical/spiritual stance, somewhat rare for a West Coast rapper, Kam's angst-ridden brand of hardcore rap helped set the mark by which other socially-conscious emcees would be judged.

Originally affiliated with Ice Cube, Kam's releases appeared sporadically, initially debuting on the Boyz N the Hood soundtrack (Every Single Weekend), and then releasing his first solo album, "Neva Again" (1993, on East/West Atlantic Records).


His powerful sophomore release, "Made in America" was released to critical acclaim in 1995, although a lack of commitment from the Label, due to the merger between Warner/Elektra/Atlantic (WEA), and his political stance at the time, eventually led to his departure.

The talk surrounding his latest album, which will be his fourth album - the follow up to 2001's "Kamnesia," has been ongoing for many years now. "Self & Kind" was originally announced and then completed some years ago however problems arose that saw the long awaited project scrapped. Today however, with his recent alignment with Snoop Dogg and his new group Warzone alongside Goldie Loc & MC Eiht, "Self & Kind" is back on the agenda.

Already well under production the album is set to feature Snoop Dogg, Nate Dogg, Tyrese, The Game, Akon and other heavyweights with production set to come from DJ Pooh, BattleCat, Sir Jinx and even Dr. Dre. Only time will tell how this release comes together and when it gets released however we are confident "Self & Kind" will see the light of day later this year.

Today we can provide a track set to feature on the album that has been floating around for a few weeks now that features Kam's brother Yung Bruh on a cut called "Dirty West." We have both the Dirty & Radio versions available for download below, DJ's make sure you get a copy and help promote Kam and "Self & Kind."

Kam - Dirty West (Dirty)
Kam - Dirty West (Radio)

Stay tuned to Dubcnn for the latest news on Kam and "Self & Kind."

Rud

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news 1184001918 - January 1, 1970 By : DJ Thirrzty recently dropped two new mixtapes. The first is the final version of “DJ Thirrzty: Tha Dogg Pound – Tha Switchtape Vol. 3,” hosted by Tha Dogg Pound. The tape features West Coast favorites from the past year. As always, Dubcnn will let you preview a couple of tracks from the tape, so check for that below.

The other mixtape features Vancouver’s Will Wadhams and is entitled “Rent Money.” For more information on these mixtapes, visit DJ Thirzzty’s Myspace page.


Tracklist:
1.Westcoast Toast 3 Check In (Introlude)
2.Dayday T.K.A DJ Thirrzty – Pros
3.Daz Feat Kurupt & Snoop Dogg - All I Need (GMix) W/Daz Drop
4.Daz Feat Rick Ross - On Sum Real
5.E-40 – Dumb Hyphy
6.The Game Feat Snoop Dogg, Kurupt, Daz, G. Malone, Crooked I,WC, E-40 - One Blood (Remix)
7.Kurupt - I Git High Pt 2 W/Kurupt Drop
8.G. Malone Feat Mannie Fresh - Fucc Wit Me
9.J.Valentine Feat E-40 - Church Girl
10.Eastwood Feat E-40 - Bay 2 L.A.
11.Ice-T - Real Talk B/W It’s All Love W/Ice-T Drop
12.Juice Feat The Game - Rollin' W/ Shade Sheist Drop
13.Tha Dogg Pound W/ Snoop Dogg - Cali Iz Active W/Daz Drop
14.Ya Boy - 100 Bars G-Thang
15.Compton’s Most Wanted - Say Where U From
16.The Lady Of Rage Feat Diamonique - Put U Up On Rage
17.South Central Cartel - Fucc Em
18.Chamillionaire Feat DJ Quik, The Game, Crooked I – Ridin Dirty (Westcoast Remix)
19.Tha Outlawz, Dead Prez - Thuggin On Da Block
20.Smigg Dirtee, Boog - 'N My Lrgz
21.Shade Sheist, N.U.N.E, Jayman, Young Buck - Pull Up Get Out

Eddie Gurrola

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news 1184086329 - January 1, 1970 By : Back in March we released the first full mixtape download from DJ-Age on Dubcnn, the three disc epic "From My Block 2 Yours." Shortly after we also released "DJ-Age & Crooked I - Dynasty Boss" mixtape to a fantastic response.

The ever working DJ has just completed his most recent mixtape, entitled "New West Order" a well put together, mixed down, 25 track release covering a whole host of newly released material from the WestCoast; much of which Dubcnn has premiered over the past few months.


Artists featured on the mixtape include, Mitchy Slick, Messy Marv, Young Joker, Eastwood, Westurn Union, Snoop Dogg, Jayo Felony, 40 Glocc, W.C., The Game, Nate Dogg, Problem, Krys Ivory, Glasses Malone, Jay 211, Ras Kass, Spider Loc, Dresta, Michelob, Crooked I, Kurupt, Gail Gotti, Bad Azz, Fratt House, Daz, XL Middleton, Terrace Martin, Omar Cruz, Bangloose, Chevy Jones and many more.

To view the full set of covers for "New West Order" as well as the complete tracklist and to download the free mixtape, click the link below and follow the instructions.

Dubcnn Presents: DJ Age - New West Order (Mixtape Download)

Stay tuned for more news and mixes from DJ-Age right here on Dubcnn over the coming months.

Rud

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news 1184355087 - January 1, 1970 By : Hot Dollar, who was recently signed by Jermaine Dupri to Island Urban Music, has been making a lot of noise with his catchy single "Streets On Lock." Today, Dubcnn is hitting you with two new Hot Dollar music videos!

Hot recently recorded his own version of the current Shop Boyz hit "Party Like A Rock Star," and it turned out so nicely that he decided to shoot a video for it. We've got the high quality, high energy video below, so go ahead and watch it!

Hot Dollar - Party Like A Rock Star (Video, .MP4, 28MB)

In additon to this, we also have the video for his new single "Streets On Lock." The stylish black-and-white video is sure to grab your attention. Check it out.

Hot Dollar - Streets On Lock (Video, .MOV, 10MB)

If you're looking for more Hot Dollar music, check out his excellent "Money, Power, and Techs" mixtape with DJ Nik Bean. Head over to Hot's Myspace Page for more info. Be on the lookout for much more from Hot Dollar on Dubcnn in the near feature, including an exclusive video interview.

Eddie Gurrola

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news 1185568736 - January 1, 1970 By : Dubcnn's "Summer Of Heat" Interview Series continues today with another special guest, rising star Hot Dollar. With his catchy single "Streets On Lock" blowing up on the radio, and his DJ Nik Bean-hosted mixtape "Money, Power, and Techs" generating great feedback, it was only right that Dubcnn sat down with The Dollar Figga President for an in-depth, exclusive video interview.

In this feature, you will hear all about Hot's beginnings as a rapper, and how his mixtape grind eventually grabbed the attention of the major labels and led to him being signed. We also speak about his relationship with Jermaine Dupri, and their experiences in the studio together.

Hot Dollar goes into detail about his forthcoming debut album "My Dreams...A Day In The Life," and tells us that it will be, without question, the album of the year when it is released. We also touch on his now-infamous altercation with Daz, and how that has been resolved.

Exclusive Video Interview With Hot Dollar [July 2007]

A big shout out goes to DJ Nik Bean, who you can also catch in this feature for a moment. Be on the lookout for an exclusive interview with him dropping in the near future as well. Pick up "Money, Power, and Techs" in the streets now.

Once again, we encourage you to head over to our forum and drop feedback about the interview.

In case you haven't seen them yet, here are the music videos for Hot's single "Streets On Lock," and his rendition of the current Shop Boyz hit "Party Like A Rock Star."

Hot Dollar - Streets On Lock [Video]

Hot Dollar - Party Like A Rock Star [Video]

Sit tight over the weekend, because we've got more surprises lined up next week!

Eddie Gurrola

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news 1185706775 - January 1, 1970 By : Prophet is no stranger to dubcnn, we've been keeping you updated on the Bay Area rapper since his debut album "Block Venom". He's been on his grind, and released a free album for download called "Listen To My Demo" in April right here on dubcnn.

He recently teamed up with DJ Doc Boogie and DJ Dizzy once again to put together a new re-mixtape called "Jackin' 4 Beats", where you can hear Proph' rapping over the latest radio tracks, as well as a couple of exclusive solo joints.

In usual dubcnn manner, we have a couple of preview tracks from the mixtape for ya'll, and if you like what you hear, make sure to buy the mixtape for only $2 by clicking here.

Prophet - Saw Intro (Prod. by BMW)

Prophet - In The Trunk (Prod. by Tha Bizness)

Prophet - My Bitch (Remix) (ft. The Game)

Once again, click here to download the entire mixtape for only $2.

Tracklisting:

01. Saw Intro (Prod By BMW)
02. Collie Buddz Feat Prophet-Come Around (Street Remix)
03. Mike Jones Feat Prophet, Bun-B,Snoop,-My 64 (Street Remix) Over 13,000 Downloads
04. Baby Boy Feat Prophet-Ya Meen (YaDa Meen Remix)
05. T.i Feat Prophet-Big Shit Poppin (Street Remix)
06. The Fixxers Feat Prophet-Can U Work Wit Dat (Street Remix)
07. Prophet-Ducktape Freestyle (Nas Beats)
08. Prophet-Bad One (Van Halen Sample)(Prod By Profound)
09. Prophet-Talkin About (Prod By Deep H2oz)
10. 50 Cent Feat Prophet, Grown Mo-Straight To The Bank (Street Remix)
11. Rich Boy Feat Prophet, Grown Mo-Boy Looka Here (Street Remix)
12. The Game Feat Prophet-My Bitch (Street Remix)
13. Prophet-MoMo (Prod By Goatmilk)(Dj Doc Boogie Exclusive)
14. Mims Feat Prophet-Like This (Official Remix)
15 Prophet-Fitted Cap (Prod By Deep H2oz
16. Prophet-Ghost Letter (Prod By Goatmilk)(Dj Doc Boogie Exclusive)
17. Kanye West Feat Prophet,Nas,-Classic (Better Than Ive Ever Been)(Street Remix)
18. Mya Feat Prophet-Lock You Down (Street Remix)
19. Prophet-Move (Prod By Deep H2oz)
20. Prophet-In The Trunk (Prod By Tha Bizness)(Dj Doc Boogie Exclusive)
21. Prophet-Thizz Face (Goatmilk Remix) (Dj Doc Boogie Exclusive)

Nima

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news 1185969321 - January 1, 1970 By : The Game and Lil Wayne are ready to release their collabo mixtape "Blood Brothers" in August. The highly anticipated project will be the showcase of two of the hottest MC's out right now rapping together. A first track from "Blood Brothers" recently leaked, and we have it right here for ya'll to check out.

The track is called "Lyrical Homicide", click below to check it out:

The Game & Lil Wayne - Lyrical Homicide


Check out the full tracklisting for the mixtape below:

01. Intro (feat NJD)
02. B's Up
03. Slayin Niggaz
04. Southwestern Connection
05. One Nation Under a Gun (feat Jim Jones)
06. 2 Kingz of This Shit
07. Lay 'em Down (50 cent diss)
08. My Favorite Color
09. In Tha Kitchen
10. Immortalz
11. Its BWSYoungMoney
12. Lyrical Beasts
13. Ceder Block (Rep yo Shit)(feat NJD)
14. Red Felons
15. Creepin
16. Outro

Nima

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news 1186487148 - January 1, 1970 By : True artistic talent is rare and often overlooked in today's highly saturated music industry. It's always been a goal of Dubcnn to recognize and support artists from the West Coast and across Hip-Hop that are making noise both in the streets and in the industry.

Tha Crow, born and raised in Los Angeles, Ca has earned his spot in the finals in one of Rap's biggest contests. Tha Crow was recently named the 1st Round Winner of the SRC/Loud.com contest and awarded with $25,000.


The contest which is broken into three brackets each consisting of ten rounds sees a winner selected weekly going into a pool of ten, three of which are chosen as semi-finalists for the Finals. When all three brackets have been completed, the Top 9 semi-finalists (3 from each bracket) will compete against each other in a Finals Bracket for the $100,000 and a record deal.

and Joseph Safina are too of the biggest moguls in the industry and recently flew out to award Tha Crow in person on Power 106. DJ Quik, DJ Skee, Felli Fel, DJ Reflex,
Omar Cruz and Goldie from The Flavor of Love show were just some of the other people in attendance.

When asked about the win Tha Crow was quoted as saying; "West West! This ain't just another person entering the contest in hopes of winning, this is a f*ckin' movement that's meant to happen. Rap is what I do, this is my life, there is no plan B and I've been preparing ever since I began rhyming. Writing hit songs is like breathing to me; I want to be mentioned among the greats. I'm doing this for every real n*gga out there - West Coast, East Coast, Down South, Mid West...they can't stop us if we move together."

To showcase what Tha Crow brings to the table we have been provided with a track for everyone to download and check out entitled "Reppin' CA" which is sure to generate some interest with its heavy hitting beat and infectious hook. You can expect to see the track appear on his upcoming mixtape "Str8 Off Da Block."

Tha Crow - Reppin' CA

We will be keeping tabs on Tha Crow and his progress, until then make sure you visit Loud.com | Tha Crow to learn more, hear music and vote as well as checking out his official MySpace page.

Rud

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news 1188521159 - January 1, 1970 By : Tha Trapp just dropped their long awaited street album "Block Music" a few days ago. The South Central duo, who signed a deal last year with WC for Dub's own imprint label Big Swang Records (which is backed by Ice Cube), put together a 18 track deep soundtrack for the streets.

"Block Music" comes with guest appearances from Bad Lucc, Kanary Diamonds, Seejai, Truth, and of course WC on the lead track "Block Music". The majority of the production was handled by J. Classic and 4 Score Music.

The project is now available for purchase, and if you get it from the link below you will also receive a free copy of DJ Crazy Toones' DVD "CT Experience". If you were never able to get your own copy of the DVD, here is your chance! Tha Trapp are featured on the DVD with their video for "Block Music" featuring WC. The package is being sold for $10.00, including shipping & handling to any country.

As a little preview you can download the aforementioned track "Block Music" featuring WC as well as a brand new joint from the project called "You Ain't Hot Enough". If you're feeling the music, make sure you show them some love and hit that purchase button.

01. Intro (Prod. by Young Trey)
02. You Ain't Hot Enough (Prod. by J. Classic)
03. Skit
04. Riding On Chrome Feat. Truth (Prod. by J. Classic)
05. Skit
06. Block Music Feat. WC (Prod. by J. Classic)
07. No Pressure Feat. Seejai (Prod. by J. Classic)
08. Understand Feat. Seejai (Prod. by 4 Score Music)
09. Find Me In Tha Trapp Feat. Truth (Prod. by 4 Score Music)
10. Skit
11. Hustlas Anthem Ft. OG Fuss (Prod. by 4 Score Music)
12. Don't Want None Feat. Bad Lucc (Prod. by J. Classic)
13. Body Language Feat. Kanary Diamonds (Prod. by J. Classic)
14. Skit
15. Paper To Get (Prod. by 4 Score Music)
16. Saddle Up (Prod. by J. Classic)
17. The Vibe (Prod. by J. Classic)
18. Scared 2 Die (Prod. by D.L.)

Be on the lookout for Tha Trapp's debut album "The Drought" coming early next year. For more info visit their MySpace page @ myspace.com/thatrapp.

LilJay

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news 1188573286 - January 1, 1970 By : This year we have been keeping you informed on two up and comers; one an MC and the other a DJ. Akadimik is the Los Angeles based MC who has been slowly building a buzz over recent years doing shows and releasing mixtapes, including the 2005 release "Los Angeles Times Mixtape Vol 1" and 2006's "Grownman Music."

The DJ we are referring to is DJ-Age who this year has released mixtapes on Dubcnn including "New West Order", an official Crooked I release as well as the acclaimed three disc My Block 2 Yours mixtape.

Today we can announce that the duo have linked up to release the new Akadimik mixtape entitled "The Essence" which sees the MC paying tribute to the 90's Hip-Hop sound. "I'm rapping
over tracks like "Cream," "Running'," Gangstas Paradise" and many more," explains Akadmimik. We have two tracks from the release, "Cream 07" and "07 Till" for free download below before we release the full mixtape, also for free, on our Digital Distribution Network.

Akadimik - Cream 07
Akadimik - 07 Till

The album release "The Wake-Up Call" we mentioned back in February is still in the works for release later this year and will feature all new production from DJ Ca$$, Dae One, F-Major, C-Sharp and many more. Stay tuned to Dubcnn for the latest.

Rud

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news 1189523895 - January 1, 1970 By : Cast your mind back to almost two years ago when we first introduced you to Inland Empire representer, Bossolo. The aspiring artist was at that point releasing his latest album "My Bloc" which featured production from, amongst others, Fingazz and Young Tre who has produced for Westside Connection.

Bossolo has kept his prescence in the streets at the top of his agenda with his mixtapes and shows across the state. Today we are back with news of his latest solo album which was recently released entitled "Broken Glass Shattered" as well as an upcoming compilation to showcase his new label Bloc Hustle Muzic.

First up we have four tracks for download from "Broken Glass Shattered" which once again outlines Bossolo as a name that more need to take note of. Across the album he delivers hard-hitting lyrics with a confidence and tone that exudes charisma on the mic. Production is predominantly handled by up and coming beatsmith A-Clasik which provides a consistancy throughout, with other instrumentals from Fingaaz, Dove Mack and H Sparaza. All but one of the tracks to download below are solo cuts and will show you the spectrum of music available on this release.

Bossolo - Big Bosses
Bossolo - Guess Who's Back
Bossolo - Low Rydin' (Feat. Yuung Boy)
Bossolo - West Coast

Since the release of "Broken Glass Shattered" Bossolo has inked a deal for his major label debut album with Universal Records thanks to the buzz from this release. "Bloc Hustlin" has been given the release date of January 8 2008 via Thump/Universal/BlocHustleMuzic.

With that in mind Bossolo has wasted no time in preparing a mixtape to help build his new labels status. With the Inland Empire already home to artists including Sly Boogy, Homeless Nation, Fingazz, Bigg North, Kartoon, Raje and many more he intends to give Bloc Hustle Muzic a platform on "Bloc Hustle Muzic Volume 1."

With vocals from artists including Yunng Boy, Moss Maja, Caine of Mischivious Poets, Ag Cabano, Mac Man, Al Fila and John Izie over production from up and comer A-Clasik alongside established names including Fingazz and Young Tre, Bossolo aims to raise the label profile with its release on September 25th. The cover for the mixtape can be seen here.

The Thump/Universal/BlocHustleMuzic imprint has also taken GCodeRecords under its wing to re-release the Young Trey mixtape "W.E.S.T Radio Volume 1" that came out last year, that can be seen on the Dubcnn Download Page.

The release is now scheduled for release on November 20th 2007 and includes tracks featuring Mack 10, Bossolo, Young Hoggs, Big Foot, Comrads, Snoop Dogg, The Game and WC

Stay tuned for more news and media from Bossolo and the Universal/BlocHustleMuzic imprint over the coming months, until then enjoy the new music and drop your thoughts for Bossolo over at our Forum Community.

Rud

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news 1190467551 - January 1, 1970 By : Last month we released two tracks from the latest mixtape from Los Angeles MC Akadimik presented by DJ-Age.

The duo linked up off the back of DJ-Age's recent projects inlcuding "New West Order", an official Crooked I release as well as the acclaimed three disc My Block 2 Yours mixtape.

Akadimik's latest mixtape, entitled "The Essence," sees the MC paying tribute to the 90's Hip-Hop sound.

"I'm rapping over tracks like "Cream," "Running'," Gangstas Paradise" and many more," explains Akadmimik. Having released "Cream 07" and "07 Till" for free download last month Akadimik has selected us to release the full mixtape, also for free, on our Digital Distribution Network. "The Essence" cover, full tracklist, sample tracks and the download link can all be seen via the link below.

Dubcnn Presents - DJ-Age & Akadimik - The Essence (Free Mixtape Download)

Enjoy the new music and stay tuned to Dubcnn for the latest news and audio from DJ-Age and Akadimik, including the album release "The Wake-Up Call" due for release later this year featuring all new production from DJ Ca$$, Dae One, F-Major, C-Sharp and many more.

Rud

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news 1191261972 - January 1, 1970 By : Fresh off of the success of the Crooked I "Hip Hop Weekly" mixtape, that was premiered on Dubcnn, September 7th of the Cali Untouchables is proud to finally present the long awaited follow up to his first "Western Hospitality" release.

"Western Hospitality 2" is hosted by none other than Crooked I, with secondary hosting by Juice, and features new and exclusive tracks from an array of artists.


This mixtape features exclusive cuts only available via this September 7th release as well as three tracks produced by the man himself; "Str8 Bosses Remix," "That's Hood" and "Cali Boyz."

You can also hear music from some of the best in the West including The Game, Eastwood, G. Malone, Lil Eazy E, Mitchy Slick, Hot Dollar, Taje, Messy Marv and many more.

We have "Western Hospitality 2" for exclusive paid download available today for only $7.00 as part of the Dubcnn Digital Distribution Network. Below is the link to the page where you can see the full cover, tracklist and the link to proceed with the paid download. When you complete the payment process you will also have the opportunity to once again download the September 7th & Crooked I - Hip Hop Weekly Mixtape for FREE.

Dubcnn Presents: September 7th - Western Hospitality 2 (w/ Crooked I) ($7 Download)

Don't miss out on this download, add this to your music collection today - you won't be dissapointed! Check back daily for the latest Hip-Hop updates including more news and media from September 7th and the rest of the Cali Untouchables.

Rud

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news 1192114592 - January 1, 1970 By : B-Legit has been a major player on the West Coast for many years as both a founding father of the independent rap scene and strong contributor to the Bay Area Hip Hop movement. In November, following a long hiatus, B-Legit will release his latest album "Throwblock Muzic" which is currently being finalised.

Having been a staple in the Bay Area music scene for years as a pioneer and business man B-Legit helped put his hometown of Vallejo and the greater Bay Area on the map.


"Hands On Them Knees" is the first single off "Throwblock Muzic" which has a total of 16 tracks. The album features appearances from E-40, Mac Dre, Clyde Carson and Levitti as well as production from Mike Mosely, Goldfingaz, Stix, Troy Sanders and E-A-Ski. Always one to help up and coming Bay Area rappers, B-Legit also features artists he signed to his label, Block Movement, on the album - including Taj-He-Spitz, Duna, 2wiceberg Slym and Harm from the Rich.

The concept for "Throwblock Muzic" is a bit different stated B-Legit in a recent press release; "I stay recording, so I have songs that I love but didn't fit on my last album and don't fit on my new album so I took my favorite ones, touched 'em up, recorded some new songs and came up with Throwblock Muzic."

"Throwblock Muzic" also features some tracks that were until that time only released on mixtapes, he has remixed them and added new artists to the songs. "Throwblock Muzic" is said to be only the first phase in B-Legit's Block Movement; "My last album hit before the Hyphy Movement broke, I'm known for that classic mob music so I fell back and went to work. I gave the kids a chance but now I have to step in and do what I do best. Throwblock Muzic is to hold you over until Block Business."

Throwblock Muzic will surely redefine why B-Legit aims to redefine himself as one of the legendary artists of the Bay Area when "Throwblock Muzic" hits stores via SMC Recordings on November 20th 2007. Block Business is then set for release in March of 2008.

Rud

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news 1192294185 - January 1, 1970 By : Shade Sheist and N.U.N.E. will be unveiling the first single from their debut group LP, "Movin' Units" tonight at The Forbidden City club in Los Angeles as part of a release party. The event will also be held in celebration of The Ave Boyz's new record. Expect performances from Shade, N.U.N.E., and The Ave Boyz, as well as plenty of special guest appearances.

If you're in the Los Angeles area, be sure to head out and celebrate with the PYO clique tonight! Check out this flyer for more information. Also sign up to our forum, where you can meet other people that are interested in attending events like these.

Stay tuned to Dubcnn for the latest on Shade Sheist & N.U.N.E.

Eddie Gurrola

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news 1192744580 - January 1, 1970 By : Dubcnn recently sat down with Long Beach veteran E-White for an exclusive interview. In this feature, we discuss Meech Wells’s “New West World Order” compilation mixtape, which he will be heavily involved in, and we also find out about a new street album entitled “Real” that is currently in the works. E-White had a lot to get off his chest during the interview, so read on to find out what he had to say about a variety of different topics.

Exclusive Interview With E-White [October 2007]


In additon to all of the news discussed in the interview, we have some more information on the "New West World Order" mixtape that Meech Wells is presenting. The tape will feature E-White, Eastwood, The Game, Jay Rock, Glasses Malone, Young Mack Life, and many others. Meech told us that the purpose of this tape is to "show what we're doing out here. We're gonna bring something new to the game." Part of this plan involves making the mixtape tag-free, without constant interruptions from DJs. "There's gonna be no DJs screaming on it," he assures us. Newly-inducted in-house mixer DJ Hustle will take care of blending the tracks, while Meech, Eastwood, E-White, and the rest of the crew will do a few exclusive drops for the tape.

In other related news, Meech and Eastwood have been preparing a new mixtape entitled "Block Noise," which will be released soon. In the meantime, be on the lookout for the second part of our video interview with Meech Wells and Eastwood next week. Meech has also just submitted tracks for Snoop Dogg's latest project. We will be sure to keep you posted as we learn more on that development.

Stay tuned to Dubcnn for the latest on E-White, Meech Wells, and Eastwood. Add E-White and Meech Wells as your friends on Myspace as well.

Eddie Gurrola

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news 1192791459 - January 1, 1970 By : 2007 has been a rough year for Bay Area savage Messy Marv, but we have some good news for all his fans! The currently incarcerated rapper is putting together his next album "Draped Up And Chipped Out 2", which is set to come out November 20th through Scalen/SMC/Fontana.

This album should hold over his fans until he's released from jail, as it's already been over two years since Messy's last solo album "Bandanas, Tattoos and Tongue Rings". His new album was originally supposed to be called "Millionaire Gangata", but after his incarceration he switched it up, took 9 tracks from the album that were finished and put them together with other songs he had, which ended up being "Draped Up And Chipped Out 2", which is a compilation style solo album, featuring Juvenile, Mike Jones, Sean Paul (Youngbloodz), B-Legit, Mistah FAB and many more. There is even a collaboration between Mac Dre and Messy. When it came to production, Messy enlisted his longtime producing partners, DJ Daryl and Sean T.

Messy had the following to say about the album: "I know my fans is starvin' for that real Messy Marv shit, so while I'm sittin' down I had to re-up with Draped Up & Chipped and put a twist on it. You gettin' a feel for my solo album plus all the people that made Draped Up 1 go. But when I touch down, I'm back in these streets pushin' this independent line- know that!"

Mess was also recently nominated for Best Rap Act of 2007 for the San Francisco Weekly Music Awards, taking place October 18th. Check out the tracklisting to "Draped Up And Chipped Out 2" below:

1. Live From Rita Intro- Messy Marv
2. Conversation Costs Money- Messy Marv feat. Magnolia Chop
3. My Life Is A Movie- Messy Marv feat. Mac Dre
4. Bagg Up- Messy Marv feat. Sean Paul
5. Rep Yo Hood- G-Stack feat. Mistah F.A.B. & J Stalin
6. How Bad You Want It- B-Legit
7. Lil Daddy- Messy Marv feat. Juvenile & Skip of UTP
8. What U Hollerin'- Messy Marv feat. Guce
9. When The Plane Lands- PSD Tha Drivah
10. Real Street N*gga's- Messy Marv feat. Guce
11. Dope Boyz- Dem HoodStaz feat. Nio Tha Gift & Big Rich
12. Body Rock- Messy Marv feat. Mike Jones
13. Tongue Ring- Jessica Rabbit
14. How Bout That- V-White & The Politician
15. Sei Luv- Messy Marv feat. J. Valentine
16. Millionaire Gangsta- Messy Marv

Nima

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news 1193362580 - January 1, 1970 By : Just last month, Tha Trapp released their new street album "Block Music" through WC's own imprint Big Swang Records (which is backed by Ice Cube). We already brought you all the 411 with some audio downloads, but today we'd like to take you on another "Block Music" ride.

We got another joint from the project which is called "Don't Want None" and it features Westurn Union's Bad Lucc aka The Watts Riot. Download the song from the link below:


Tha Trapp - Don't Want None Feat. Bad Lucc

If you order a copy of "Block Music" below, you will also receive a free copy of DJ Crazy Toones' DVD "CT Experience". The package is being sold for $10.00, including shipping & handling to any country.

Tha Trapp - Block Music
In related news, the first single from the project, "Ridin on Chrome", can be requested on Power 106. You can do that by calling (818) 845-1059 or text Tha Trapp “Ridin On Chrome” to 69106. For more info visit their MySpace page @ myspace.com/thatrapp.

LilJay

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news 1193469628 - January 1, 1970 By : E-White is back on Dubcnn again today with another track recorded with and produced by Meech Wells earlier this week. The cut, which as the intro explains, is a Dubcnn Exclusive is entitled "25 2 Life" and is being billed as a "tribute and a shoutout to all lifers."

The song, which also features Meech Wells' little brother Young Mack Life aka Moja The Great, is also a dedication to Big Tray Deee and T.I. - the latter of whom was arrested last week on weapons charges and was released on bond yesterday.

"25 2 Life" was recorded, produced and mixed by Meech Wells & Skwirm of The Soul Mechanix and is said to be "some inspiration to all rappers with a criminal record" explained Meech Wells. The track can be downloaded below.

E-White - 25 2 Life (Feat. Young Mack Life) (Produced By Meech Wells & Skwirm)

Meech Wells has informed us that they intend to release a new track weekly, exclusively to Dubcnn - so stay tuned! In related news, keep checking Dubcnn daily for the latest news and media from the latest Meech Wells project "New West World Order" that will feature E-White, Eastwood, The Game, Jay Rock, Glasses Malone, Young Mack Life and many others.

You can also expect to hear new music from the project we announced last week from Eastwood and Meech entitled "Block Noise." Thanks to E-White for the drop on this tracks intro and for more information make sure you check Meech Wells out on MySpace.

Rud

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news 1194583884 - January 1, 1970 By : Dubcnn is back today with the highly anticipated second part of our video interview with Eastwood and Meech Wells. In this feature, we continue to answer questions from our forum community, and discuss all of their upcoming projects. We talk about the “New West World Order” mixtape, which is entirely produced by Meech Wells and features appearances from Eastwood, Young Mack Life, E-White, Glasses Malone, The Game, Jay Rock, Bad Azz, and many others. We also speak a bit about the duo’s DJ Skee-hosted mixtape “Block Noise,” which is still in the works. Eastwood tells us about his relationship with “Apocalypto” star Rudy Youngblood, and Meech Wells gives us his opinion on the current state of the West Coast. Also look out for an appearance from Meech’s brother Young Mack Life, and get ready to hear a lot more from him in the future!

Exclusive Video Interview With Eastwood & Meech Wells [Part 2] [November 2007]

"The New West World Order" mixtape is dropping on Monday, November 12th exclusively on Dubcnn for free download! We'll get your work week started off right with another legendary street album. The 30-track plus project is hosted by Meech Wells, Eastwood, E-White, Young Joker, and Young Mack Life, and is mixed by DJ Hustle. Check out the tracklist here. The mixtape is guaranteed to be "tag-free," and will play like a cohesive product from beginning to end. Meech Wells told us, "the tape is like listening to a movie with your eyes closed!" Come back on Monday for your free copy!

We just got word that Meech will be working on some mixtape projects with Black Wall Street! We'll have more information for you on those projects as they develop. We also have new footage of Meech, Eastwood, Young Joker, and Young Mack Life from their appearance at the Dubcnn-hosted event The Pit. We will drop that video later this weekend.

Hit up Meech Wells, Eastwood, and Young Mack Life on Myspace, and stay tuned to Dubcnn for the latest exclusive interviews.

Eddie Gurrola

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news 1196237393 - January 1, 1970 By : Twelve years after his death at the age of 31, the music world continues to celebrate N.W.A's hardcore rap pioneer Eazy-E. On December 4, Capitol/Priority will release Featuring... Eazy-E, a new 16-track collection of his best collaborations and rare solo recordings.

The compilation includes four previously out of print tracks, which are exclusively available on this release, and collaborations with his N.W.A co-conspirators Ice Cube, MC Ren and Dr. Dre, as well as with Mack 10, Bone Thugs-N-Harmony and others.

Featuring... Eazy E
1. Luv 4 Dem Gangsta'z* Beverly Hill Cop III soundtrack
2. 2 Hard Muthas w/MC Ren
3. Trust No Bitch* w/Penthouse Player's Clique, DJ Quik & AMG
4. L.A. Is The Place w/Ron-De-Vu
5. Findum, F**kum & Flee w/N.W.A
6. Get Yo Ride On w/Mack 10 and M.C. Eiht
7. Black Nigga Killa Ruthless Records Tenth Anniversary compilation
8. We Want Eazy (12" remix)* Eazy-Duz-It
9. Foe Tha Love Of $ w/Bone Thugs-N-Harmony
10. I'd Rather F*** You N.W.A
11. 24 Hrs To Live Ruthless Records Tenth Anniversary compilation
12. Boyz In Tha Hood (G Mix) w/ Dr. Dre It's On (Dr. Dre) 187um Killa
13. Fat Girl w/Ron-De-Vu
14. Automobile w/N.W.A
15. P.S. Phuk U 2* w/Penthouse Player's Clique & DJ Quik
16. Ruthless Villain w/MC Ren

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news 1197204523 - January 1, 1970 By : Back in August 2007 we brought you the news that Tha Crow, born and raised in Los Angeles, had earned his spot in the finals in one of Rap's biggest contests. As the 1st Round Winner of the SRC/Loud.com contest Tha Crow was awarded with $25,000 and moved into the next round.

Since then Tha Crow has been busy working on the mixtape we told you was underway entitled "Str8 Off Da Block." The mixtape is now complete and is being given away for Free and Tha Crow wanted to deliver the new release via the Dubcnn Digital Distribution Network for all our readers who have shown him support since August.

"Str8 Off Da Block" features the single we released earlier this year entitled "Reppin' CA" as well as 19 other tracks that are sure to convince you if you haven't been already that Tha Crow is a talent to watch out for as we move into 2008. Click below to view the Download page where you can see the mixtape covers, full tracklist, download the single and the full mixtape.

Dubcnn Presents: Tha Crow - Str8 Off Da Block (Free Mixtape Download)

Download the project now for Free and drop your feedback on our forum today. As ever we will keep you updated on the latest developments from Tha Crow, until then make sure you visit the Loud.com | Tha Crow page to learn more, hear music and vote as well as checking out his official MySpace page.

Rud

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news 1197487801 - January 1, 1970 By : Oh boy! Crooked I is back at it with week 37 (!) of his "Hip-Hop Weekly" series! As announced last week, he will be picking beats from fallen legends in the next couple of weeks and pay homage to those who paved the way.

This week he raps over the all-time classic "Boyz N Da Hood" by Eazy-E, and straight up kills it. Download below:

Crooked I - Boyz N Da Hood (Freestyle)


Support Crooked I ya'll, hit him up at myspace.com/crookedi and leave your feedback on the forums. C.O.B.!

Don't forget our Official Hip-Hop Weekly Archive where you can download any of the previous installements!

Nima

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news 1198139003 - January 1, 1970 By : Crooked I is back on Dubcnn today with yet another "Hip-Hop Weekly" freestyle. It's hard to believe that he's been doing this for a whopping 38 straight weeks now! Last week, we saw Crooked flow over Eazy-E's "Boyz N Da Hood" instrumental, marking the second week of freestyles in tribute to fallen rap icons. This week he's chosen to drop a track dedicated to late D12 member Proof. He picks the "Forgive Me" instrumental, and rips it as usual.

Crooked I - Forgive Me [Freestyle]


Make sure to visit our Official Hip-Hop Weekly Archive in case you've missed any episodes of this acclaimed series. Come back to Dubcnn next week for another quality track!

Eddie Gurrola

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news 1198711768 - January 1, 1970 By : Meech Wells recently appeared on San Diego's hip-hop station Z90 with
DJ D Rock and DJ 2rille. Meech was a guest on the duo's new show called "The Block," which they use as a platform to expose their mainstream audience to harder music that you wouldn't typically hear on the radio. After finding out about the show, Meech invited Dubcnn to take part in the program as well, and we've captured our entire experience for you on film.

Also look out for appearances from Young Mack Life and Chucky Makaveli, whom you may remember from his recent appearance on "The New West World Order Volume 1" [Free Download Here] or from his past work with DJ Quik. Download the video by saving the link below.

Meech Wells On Z90's "The Block" With DJ D Rock & DJ 2rille [Video]

Make sure to add Meech Wells, Young Mack Life, DJ D Rock, and DJ 2rille as your friends on Myspace. We would like to give a shout out to Derika for all of her help as well! Check out "The Block" on Z90.3 if you're in the San Diego area, or visit their website to stream live.

There's less than two days left for all of you up-and-coming MCs to enter Dubcnn and Meech Wells' "8 Days Of Christmas Contest." The tightest MC who enters the contest will win an opportunity to record a track with Meech Wells in the studio. In addition to this, the lucky up-and-comer will also be featured on Meech's next street album "The New West World Order Volume 2"! If you're looking to get into the rap game, you need to get started right away. Follow the link below to view everything you need to be a part of this contest.

Dubcnn & Meech Wells: "8 Days Of Christmas Contest"

Be on the lookout for new music from "The New West World Order Volume 2" to drop in the near future! As always, stay tuned to Dubcnn for the latest on Meech Wells.

Eddie Gurrola

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news 1201488605 - January 1, 1970 By : Hall Of Justus member Jozeemo has been putting in a lot of work and making noise in the last few months, not only in his home state North Carolina, but the Hip Hop community as a whole. He got people talking after dropping an outstanding verse on "That Ain't Love" from Little Brother's "Get Back" album. But before people even got a chance to hear him on that song, he released his own project called "Cry Now L.A.F. Later" around the same time.

While "Cry Now L.A.F. Later" is still being pushed as his priority project, Jozee just put out a free Mix-CD called "The Untold Story" earlier this week. It's a combo of some of his body of work, past, present and future and it serves as an introduction to draw people's attention to the street album.

"The 'Cry Now L.A.F Later' album is the one that's out in the stores, and 'The Undtold Story' is a free project that serves as an introduction," Jozeemo told Dubcnn. "A lot of people know who I am right now, but not too many people have heard my music. So I'm giving them something free so they can hear what I sound like, and maybe they will go buy the album after they heard it. The free mixtape is strictly to promote whatever I got going on, which is 'Cry Now L.A.F. Later'."

"Cry Now L.A.F. Later" features his next single "Lose It" featuring Little Brother and the current single "Ya Hear Me" produced by 9th Wonder, which he recently shot a video for. Jozeemo is also focusing on his own imprint Blockhuggerz Entertainment and the artists signed to it, so you can expect more of that gully Hip-Hop from East Durham!

"Right now I wanna get the people talking with the projects I got out, but at the same time I wanna promote my label too which is Blockhuggerz Entertainment," he continued. "I got a couple of artists that's about to come out. As for the future, I will be featured on 9th Wonder's album 'The Wonder Years' and Big Pooh of Little Brother solo album."

Check out some of Jozeemo's music below:

Jozeemo - The Untold Story (RAR, 60 MB)

Jozeemo - Lose It Feat. Little Brother (MP3)

Jozeemo - Ya Hear Me (YouTube Video)

For more info, visit myspace.com/jozeemo.

LilJay

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news 1202752966 - January 1, 1970 By : We have the results of dubcnn's contest where the fans voted who Tyrese aka Black Ty should feature on his first single "Cycle Of Death", from his upcoming solo album "Black Rose".

You had 24 hours to listen to the song and to vote, thanks to the hundreds of emails that came in, we appreciated your feedback! The winner of the contest is Crooked I, who came in first, followed by The Game, Kurupt and Bishop Lamont.

After putting Crooked and Ty in touch with each other, Crooked went over to Ty's Headquarter Entertainment studios this weekend and made the connection official. The vibe is right, and in addition to the "Cycle Of Death" song, Crooked was really feeling the production from The Frontline Boyz, Tyrese's production team, and left with like 25 beats in his pocket. We'll keep you updated on the situation, once again thanks to Tyrese for listening to the fans, and most importantly thanks to the fans for being a part of this!

Nima

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news 1203217126 - January 1, 1970 By : We'd like to introduce you to a new group coming out California, the Hustle Boyz, consisting of Mac Lucci from South Central and D-Dimes from Pomona. Snoop Dogg, who first hooked up with D-Dimes at the "Cali Iz Active" video shoot, decide to create the Hustle Boyz after he heard Mac Lucci freestyling at the "Boss Life" video shoot.

We have three joints from the duo for ya'll, some YouTubes, as well as an exclusive video of Snoop Dogg in the studio with the Hustle Boyz, Damani & JT, vibing to a song they had just recorded, while smoking a blunt.

Let's get that out of the way first, check out the video of Snoop Dogg in the studio with the Hustle Boyz below:

Snoop Dogg & The Hustle Boyz In The Studio (Video)

If you'd rather download the video to your computer, click here.

Let's get to their current street single, "Let Me In", produced by C-Ballin', who's beats you've been hearing quite often on dubcnn lately. Get introduced to the Hustle Boyz, check out "Let Me In" below:

Hustle Boyz - Let Me In (Prod. by C-Ballin')

Next up is a track featuring and produced by Snoop Dogg. It's called "Run The Streets", and they also shot a video to this one. Check out both the song and the video below:

Hustle Boyz - Run The Streets (ft. Snoop Dogg) (Audio)
Hustle Boyz - Run The Streets (ft. Snoop Dogg) (Video)

And last but not least is "Niggas Know Me", produced by Phenom, another song to which the Hustle Boyz recently filmed a video. Big ups to them for shouting out dubcnn on the song, check it out below:

Hustle Boyz - Niggas Know Me (Audio)
Hustle Boyz - Niggas Know Me (Video)

That's it for now, check out the Hustle Boyz on MySpace by clicking here, and check back with us soon for more music!

Nima

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news 1203318045 - January 1, 1970 By : We're back today with a brand new mixtape from DJ Warrior and Julian Ramirez. The project is called "Kashi Kicks Vol. 1.0" and it was distributed at the Magic Convention in Las Vegas this past week to promote the shoe company.

The mixtape features a variety of current hits from all across hip-hop, including everyone from Roccett and Roscoe Umali to Talib Kweli and Mary J. Blige. This is a very solid mixtape, so be sure to download it below for free courtesy of the Dubcnn Digital Distribution Network.

DJ Warrior & Julian Ramirez - Kashi Kicks Vol. 1.0 [Free Download]

Tracklist:
1. Intro - DJ Warrior & Julian Ramirez [Prod. by Tha Warriorz]
2. G-Unit - Bottom Girl
3. Roscoe Umali feat. Pitbull, Bobby Valentino & Sinful - Live It Up (remix)
4. Roccett - Hustlers Anthem
5. Jim Jones feat. The Game - Love Me No More (remix)
6. Snoop Dogg feat. Uncle Chucc - Neva Hafta Wurry
7. Prodigy - My World Is Empty Without
8. Ali Vegas - Everyday Iz War
9. Termanalogy feat. Royce Da 5'9, Crooked I , Akrobatic & Consequence - The Music Industry
10. Jay Rock feat. Lil Wayne - All My Life
11. Rocky Fontaine - I Want It
12. Rich Boy feat. Lil' Wayne, Nas & John Legend - Ghetto Rich
13. Mopreme Shakur feat. Taje, Bishop Lamont & Indef - Death Before Dishonor
14. Talib Kweli feat. Ne-Yo & Jean Grae - Hostile Gospel
15. Jadakiss - Rocboyz Freestyle
16. DJ Muggs vs. Sick Jacken feat. Cynic - 2012
17. Mary J Blige feat. Lil Wayne - Just fFne
18. Rocky Fontaine - Real Nigga
19. DJ Warrior & Julian Ramirez - Outro [Prod. by Tha Warriorz]

Make sure to check out DJ Warrior, Julian Ramirez, and Kashi Kicks on Myspace. If you haven't checked out Warrior's latest street album with PR1ME, you better download that too!

TakeOff Productions Presents PR1ME - The Transformation: Perception Is Deception
[Hosted by DJ Warrior, Mixed by September 7th] [Free Download]

Stay tuned for more heat from DJ Warrior & the Cali Untouchable DJs real soon on Dubcnn!

Eddie Gurrola

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news 1204844676 - January 1, 1970 By : It's a lot of new music dropping today on dubcnn! We've got some new heat from One-2 of Treacherous Records. The Armenian rap slanger from Glendale is currently prepping his third mixtape "The Initiation", while putting together his international group Xpand with French rapper Aryn and German rapper Charon.

We have three new tracks today for ya'll, two of which are featured on current mixtapes but One-2 wants his fans to be able to get the untagged versions of the song. The other song is an exclusive off One's upcoming mixtape.

The first track is called "Back To The Block" and is featured on DJ Nik Bean, DJ Drama and DJ Felli Fel's new mixtape "Streetz of L.A. Vol. 4". Check it out below:

One-2 - Back To The Block

The second track we have for ya'll today is by One-2's group Xpand, who have a new joint called "Sex, Drugs, Rock & Roll", which is featured on September 7th's new mixtape "Western Hospitality 5". This is a Komplex production, check it out below:

One-2 Presents Xpand - Sex, Drugs, Rock & Roll

And last but not least is a track by Aryn, the French rapper from Xpand, featuring One-2 and M.I.C. on the hook. The track is called "Get That Money" and was produced by Komplex, check it out:

Aryn - Get That Money (ft. One-2 & M.I.C.)

Enjoy the songs, and lookout for a lot more coming from One-2 and the Xpand crew!

Nima

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news 1204916760 - January 1, 1970 By : That's right! Dubcnn veteran Prophet, who we've been reporting on ever since our launch in 2002, has come a long way since his debut solo album "Block Venom"! Today we have two very different tracks from Proph for ya'll, one showing his radio friendly mainstream style on Enrique Iglesias' new single "Push", the other on some straight Hip-Hop sh*t over a Jake One production.

You might have heard Enrique Iglesias' song "Push", which featured Lil Wayne before. Well, for the official version of the song off the "Step Up 2" soundtrack, they've got Prophet to come jump on the track and bless it with his raps.

The official video to the song is right here on dubcnn, and we also have the song for ya'll to check out. Wondering what a Bay Area rapper sounds like on a song with Enrique Iglesias? Click below to find out:

Enrique Iglesias - Push (ft. Prophet) (Audio/Video)

The second joint we have for ya'll is called "Respect My Fresh" and finds Prophet hooking up with Seattle's rising producer Jake One, who's most recently been blessing the whole G-Unit crew with his talents. Check out "Respect My Fresh" below:

Prophet - Respect My Fresh (Prod. by Jake One)

Enjoy the music, and stay tuned for DJ Doc Boogie's "Warm Up 3" mixtape coming in the next few days, featuring new Prophet music and other new Bay Area slaps.

Nima

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news 1205331845 - January 1, 1970 By : Those of you on our Email Alert list will already be aware that today is the day that Shade Sheist is releasing the first ever "WorldTape." The latest release from the head of PutYourselfOut has been months in waiting and features Shade Sheist's greatest features as well as brand new music.

The new concept is the launch-pad for more planned "WorldTape's" dedicated to countries all over the world! This first project is the United States version and is entitled "Out of Sight Out of Mind" - the covers to which can be seen in full by clicking the images above or using the link below.

"Out of Sight Out of Mind" is now available today for Free Download via the Dubcnn Digital Distribution Network.

The project, which can be downloaded via the link below, includes artists and producers such as Keyshia Cole, Nate Dogg, Lil Kim, Missy Elliot, T-Pain, Eddie Kane Jr, LeMarvin, Damizza, Bishop Lamont, Stat Quo, Focus, Cadillac Tah, Krayzie Bone, Jayo Felony, Knoc-Turn'Al, N.U.N.E., Nitty Black, Roscoe, Tri-Star, Ne-Yo, Bigg Steele, Teddy Riley, BlackStreet, Mariah Carey, Irv Gotti and Dr. Dre.

Using the link below you can view the full covers, tracklist and even sample three tracks - Glam Lyfe featuring LeMarvin, Roll The Block with Jayo Felony & Knoc-Turn'Al and Imagination with Dr. Dre & N.U.N.E - before you even download the free project!

Dubcnn & PYO Present - Shade Sheist - Out of Sight Out of Mind: USA Edition

Enjoy the new music and take some time to drop feeback on our forums as well as paying a visit to PutYourselfOut and SwurvRadio, the home of the "PYO Radio Show" - where tonight from 6PM PST you can hear the release in full! Lookout for Ringtones from this project coming very soon also!

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news 1206495962 - January 1, 1970 By : We're back today with Week 2 of "The West Coast Grind" with Young De & Eddie, Dubcnn Radio's tight new show where we take you into the world of your favorite artists. This week, we reached out to Crooked I to discuss his year-long "Hip-Hop Weekly" series that will come to a close tomorrow.

Crooked breaks down our forum community's top five favorite "Hip-Hop Weekly" songs, giving you an inside look as to where he was coming from on each record. He also gives us some information about his next mixtape "Block Obama" with DJ Strong & DJ Whoo Kid, and his new single with Akon.

Beyond this, Crooked gives us his true feelings about the state of the West Coast, and he explores his plans to make the scene more successful.

Young De also gives us the EXCLUSIVE world premiere of his new single with Ca$his from their forthcoming duo street album "Cons-Piracy". It's another one-of-a-kind show that only "The West Coast Grind" could serve up, so don't sleep on it! Download or stream the podcast by following the link below.

"The West Coast Grind" With Young De & Eddie:
Week 2 - With Special Guest Crooked I [Podcast]

Don't forget to add Young De and Crooked I as your friends on Myspace. Be on the look out for the FINAL "Hip-Hop Weekly" to drop tomorrow, right here on Dubcnn. If you need to catch up on earlier installments of the freestyle series, visit Dubcnn's Official Hip-Hop Weekly Archive.

Eddie Gurrola

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news 1206989830 - January 1, 1970 By : It's been a minute since we introduced you to 211 from the City of Champs. The Inglewood spitter who's signed to Young Jeezy's label CTE West, is currently finishing up his street album "Product Of Da Block", which is set to hit the streets in April.

He recently inked a deal with Soon Management and is also set to release a X-Rated Reality DVD, like a "day in the life of young 211" type of thing, which will be coming out later this year.

211 sent over a couple exclusive tracks to get out there, and that's exactly what we're going to do. We have three tracks, one of them is a remix to The Game's current street single "Big Dreams", which 211 flipped into "Hood Dreams". Check out the music below.


211 - Hood Dreams
211 - Take You Down
211 - Product Of The Block

Check out 211 on MySpace by clicking here, and look out for new music from 211 and fellow Inglewood spiiter/producer Disko on dubcnn very soon.

Nima

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news 1207879509 - January 1, 1970 By : Fresh off the mammoth success of his "Hip-Hop Weekly" series, Crooked I is prepping a new mixtape called "Block Obama" with DJ Strong & DJ Whoo Kid. The project will feature a mix of original productions and freestyles, with plenty of surprises in store as well.

We caught up with DJ Strong to discuss the project, and he expressed his enthusiasm. "It's Crooked I at his finest", Strong said of the tape. When asked about his collaborations with DJ Whoo Kid, Strong replied, "We got into talks about doing more tapes together, so me and him are going to knock out some real top notch West Coast [mixtapes] before summer. There should be 4 or 5 of them with Whoo Kid and myself."

We'll keep you updated as always on the latest news regarding "Block Obama". Don't forget to check out DJ Strong's "Palm Trees & Gangstas Radio", which airs on Fridays at 11 PM PST on Sirius Satellite Radio. You can check out the podcast from a recent show, where Strong goes over his top "Hip-Hop Weekly" picks, by using the links below.

DJ Strong - Palm Trees & Gangstas Radio [Hip-Hop Weekly Picks]

Stay tuned to Dubcnn for the latest on Crooked I & DJ Strong.

Related Links:
Crooked I on Dubcnn Radio's "West Coast Grind with Young De & Eddie " [Podcast]
The Official Crooked I "Hip-Hop Weekly" Archive

Eddie Gurrola

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news 1208465274 - January 1, 1970 By : DJ Strong has asked us to release a statement in response to recent words from 40 Glocc regarding their "Outspoken Vol. 3" mixtape. Check it out below.

"As unapologetic as I am in this situation, I feel bad because somebody is insinuating that I didn't do my job. Trust that I wouldn't be where I am if I didnt stay on my grind. I have taken loses on projects just for the love of them...I love this business. This is my heart and soul...so all I can say to any negativity directed towards me is God bless and keep it moving. My focus is on making hip-hop a viable product again and staying true to my West Coast roots.
Peace and respect, DJ Strong."

Strong will address this issue in further detail during his "Palm Trees & Gangstas" radio show on Sirius tomorrow night at 11PM PST. We will have the podcast available for you this weekend, along with a variety of DJ Strong mixtapes for free download. "I want to give away some of my mixtapes for free for 30 days to let people revisit all of the work I have done for the West Coast and being one of the founders of building the current mixtape game on the West Coast since 2000 and beyond."

As for the near future, you can look forward to hearing these new DJ Strong projects:

Crooked I - The Block Obama
Mitchy Slick and Strong Arm Steady - (Title TBA)
Loose Logic - Never Die
Perfecto - Government Assistance
Kartoon - (Title TBA)
Ashkon - The YouTube Phenomenon
G.O/DJ Skee - The Wessurection

Stay tuned to Dubcnn for the latest West Coast news.

Eddie Gurrola

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news 1209061375 - January 1, 1970 By : March was the last time we dropped some news and music from 211 who hails from the City of Champs. The Inglewood spitter who's signed to Young Jeezy's label CTE West, is currently finishing up his street album "Product Of Da Block."

We told you then that the project would be ready for this month however its been moved back slightly and will now be released in May. "Product Of The Block" is really shaping up with DJ Warrior hosting and mixed by September 7th. Production on the release is handled by Disko and Terrace Martin amongst others and features Mack 10 as well as many other special guest.

211 had this to say about recently regarding the project "Shout-outs to DJ Warrior, September 7th, Dubcnn.com, Eddie & Nima! I'm takin over the streets. Matter of fact the streets is mine - Y'all just live there - Let's get it!" With that said he also wanted to ensure April did not pass without some of his music being released.

Today he has released to the Dubcnn Digital Distribution Network two of his past mixtapes for free download. The first is "Cold Young Rida" which features Young Tone, Iceburgandy, Baby Way, Myesha and Roccett which can be viewed with covers and full tracklist below.

211 - Cold Young Rida (Free Mixtape Download)

The second is the CTE and DJ Qwess Coast backed "Money Ova Everything" which includes music with Ice B, Slick Pulla, Roccett, Messy Marv, Mitchy Slick and more. To view the download page with covers and full tracklist, click below.

211 - Money Ova Everything (Free Mixtape Download)

Stay tuned to Dubcnn for the latest news and media from "Product Of Da Block" as well as more details on the deal he recently inked with Soon Management to release a X-Rated Reality DVD.

Rud

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news 1210724145 - January 1, 1970 By : Dubcnn is back with another interview for the Dangerous Crew series. This time, Dubcnn had the chance to talk with the lovely and soulful Stacy Hogg. For those of you not familiar with Stacy, you can hear her vocals on Ant Banks classics like “Packin’ A Gun” & “Fuckin’ Wit’ Banks”, Bad N-Fluenz’s “Smoke Season” single, J. Dubb’s “Paper Chase” as well as countless other songs. In this interview we find out how she hooked up with Dangerous Music and Cell Block Records, her thoughts on working with Ant Banks, Rappin’ Ron & Ant Diddley Dog, as well as getting info about her upcoming book. All you Dangerous Crew heads be sure to check this interview out! Also, go holla at Stacy on her Myspace Page and stay tuned to Dubcnn for more on the Dangerous Crew

Click here to read the Stacy Hogg Interview

As always, drop your feedback and comments on the forum


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news 1210747159 - January 1, 1970 By : Just three weeks ago we dropped two free mixtapes from 211, the Inglewood spitter who's signed to Young Jeezy's label CTE West. Cold Young Rida and Money Ova Everything both went down well but as explained they were only to fill the gap for his street album "Product Of Da Block."

Today we have, as promised, the exclusive free download of "Product Of The Block" courtesy of 211, DJ Warrior the projects host, and September 7th who mixed the release. Production comes from Tha Warriors amongst others and features Snoop Dogg, Spider Loc, Mack 10, The Game and Ice Bergandy.

The release, which can be downloaded using the link below, is made available on the Dubcnn Digital Distribution Network. The link below provides full covers, tracklist and the download link.

DJ Warrior & September 7th P Present: 211 - Product Of The Block (Free Download)

Stay tuned to Dubcnn for the latest news and media from 211 including more details on the deal he recently inked with Soon Management to release a X-Rated Reality DVD.

Rud

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news 1210893146 - January 1, 1970 By : Dubcnn connected with Kam, OG Kam, Brotha Kam, West Coast Kam, whatever you may want to call him, for an exclusive interview. The West Coast veteran talks to us about his long awaited album "Self & Kind", the frustrations caused by the many delays and the current status of the record.

Kam also tells us about his group project Warzone with him, MC Eiht and Goldie Loc, and when fans can expect a first project from the trio. He also announces the upcoming West Fest Tour that will be going down this summer.

It's a given that if we interview Kam, we're gonna get into some politics, so we talk about the popular "gangsta" image in today's Hip-Hop, cencorship, who the real enemy is, and the issues with him being blocked from the game. Find out all about that and much more by clicking below:

Exclusive Interview With Kam (May '08)

Enjoy the interview, and keep your ears and eyes open for Kam's solo album "Self & Kind", the production lineup that he mentions in the interview alone makes it worth a listen (Warren G, Battlecat, Sir Jinx, Focus, DJ Premier, Pete Rock, Baby Boy, DJ Pooh, DJ Quik!)

Nima

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news 1211025217 - January 1, 1970 By : It's Saturday again, and we're back with the latest edition of dubcnn's "Weekend Audio". We got a couple of gems for ya'll this week, some new heat from Talib Kweli and Res' group Idle Warship, a new cut off the DJ Muggs and Planet Asia album, some underground heat and a throwback track.

Let's start it off with "That's What It Is", the latest leak off the upcoming collaboration album between super producerDJ Muggs and Fresno's rhyme slinger Planet Asia. The album is going to be called "Pain Language", and this is the b-side to the first single "9mm", to which a video is coming soon.

For now check out the b-side, "That's What It Is", and keep a look out for the album "Pain Language", coming in August.

DJ Muggs & Planet Asia - That's What It Is

Next up is a joint off DJ Rhude's upcoming mixtape "Block Music XI". It's a remix to the Alchemist-produced Jadakiss track "From Now Till Then". Crooked I and Big Lou join Jada on the remix, and it sounds like Big Lou is taking shots at DJ Khaled in his verse. Check out "From Now Till Then" remix below:

Jadakiss - From Now Till Then (Remix) (ft. Big Lou & Crooked I)

Let's get to a new track by Talib Kweli and Res. The Brooklyn MC and the Philly singer recently formed the group Idle Warship, and are planning to release their album "Party Robot" later on this year. They've leaked a new track they did with Chester French, it's called "Fall Back" and is definitely worth checking out:

Idle Warship (Talib Kweli & Res) - Fall Back (ft. Chester French)

Be on the look out for "Party Robot", it should be an interesting album!

Fillmoe, San Francisco artist Slo-O is currently working on his sophomore effort called "Devil On My Back", and has leaked the first single. He hooked up with Philly's Freeway and Konvict Music artist Gipsy Stokes for "We Got That". Check it out below:

Slo-O - We Got That (ft. Freeway & Gipsy Stokes)

"Devil On My Back" is set to feature Styles P, Brian Casey (Jagged Edge) and of course Freeway and Gipsy Stokes.

Last but not least, we got a throwback joint for ya'll. Big Tray Dee might have been in jail for the past few years, but that doesn't mean that we have forgotten about him in any way. While the OG is doing his time, here's one of his classic solo tracks, "I Beez Tha Hardest", for ya'll to bump and to give it up for Tray Deee:

Tray Deee - I Beez Tha Hardest

That's it for this week's Weekend Audio, come back next week for more!

Nima

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news 1211863122 - January 1, 1970 By : We've got a brand new heater from Crooked I today that will be featured on his latest mixtape "Block Obama." The DJ Strong & DJ Whoo Kid-hosted project will be Crooked's last mixtape release before his more-than-highly anticipated debut album "B.O.S.S." drops later this year. This cut is called "Hood Politics," and sees Crooked tell a crazy story with his amazing lyrical prowess. He also has a message for all of the fans that download records instead of paying for them! Check out what he has to say below.

Crooked I - Hood Politics

Stay tuned to Dubcnn for the latest on Crooked I and the "Block Obama" mixtape! Also start requesting Crooked's single with Akon "Dream Big" on Power 106 by texting into 69106. The ball has to start rolling with the support of all of our loyal readers that have been down with Crooked's music for years. Request the song and support your favorite West Coast artists!

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news 1212602092 - January 1, 1970 By : Crooked I is back at it with another joint off his upcoming "Block Obama" mixtape with DJ Strong and DJ Whoo Kid. This is a controversial one, I don't want to start no gossip but I believe it's pretty obvious who Crooked is going at on the track.

With a half singing half rapping flow, Crooked raps over the Komplex produced track: "I hear you saying you want unity on the West Coast/but in reality your mentality is cutthroat/smiling in my face while I'm piling c-notes/all the while you're praying for me to be broke".

We have the track right here for ya'll to download:

Crooked I - W's Down (Prod. by Komplex)

Be on the look out for the "Block Obama" coming at you within the next few weeks.

Nima

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news 1213729138 - January 1, 1970 By : Some may debate if Hood is one of the most lyrical artists to come out of San Diego in the past decade but few can question Daygo's self proclaimed "24 Hour Hustla" as he gears up a big second half of 2008.

Hood has been locked in the studio working on his upcoming album "The Movement" for much of this year. The album is slated to feature artists including Crooked I, Glasses Malone, Sly Boogy, Mr. Porter, Smig Dirtee, Mitchy Slick, One-2 as well as members of his Bloc Runnaz and 4Squad camps.

In the build up to that release he has been working around the clock to complete a series of projects such as DJ Vlad's "Barz Out Volume 1" mixtape [covers pictured] that showcases the hottest verses from Lil Wayne, Crooked I and of course Hood. We have one track that is set to feature on that for download below.

Hood - Real Estate (Feat. Broadway and Smigg Dirtee)

The other mixtape he has just completed verses on is the fifth installment from Bloc Up Movement. The latest edition - New West Attitude Volume 5: Hosted by Crooked I" is now available and features the tracklist below [click here to see cover]. We have two tracks for you to sample from the release including a "New West Anthem Remix" and a cut with Hood, Broadway and Young Kuddy entitled "Stuntin Is A Habit."

01) Intro
02) Crooked I - New West Anthem Remix (Feat. Hood)
03) G.Malone - Certified Remix (Feat. Lil Wayne & Kam)
04) The Game - Dopeman (Feat. Lil Wayne)
05) Crooked I Speaks
06) Hood, Broadway, Lil Castro, Young Kuddy - In Da Hood
07) Kila Krock, Problem, K-Aktive - History In The Making
08) Crooked I - Banger On My Lap
09) The Game - Big Dreams Remix (Feat. Juice & Ya Boy)
10) Hood - Look At Me Now (Feat. Akon)
11) Mitchy Slick, Krondon - Swack You Out
12) 4Squad - Go Hard
13) Ice Cube - Gangsta Rap Made Me Do It Remix (Feat. Nas & Scarface)
14) Crooked I Speaks
15) Lil Eazy E - Compton
16) Strong Arm Steady - One Step Remix (Feat. Crooked I, Turf Talk & Jay Rock)
17) Hood Speaks
18) Hood, Broadway, Young Kuddy - Stuntin Is A Habit
19) The Game, Jaysun & Rah Easy - Hood 2 Hood
20) One-2 - The One
21) Crooked I - Died In Your Arms
22) Crooked I Speaks
23) Mack 10, Glasses Malone, Red Cafe - Big Ballin
24) Crooked I - The Finale
25) Crooked I - Outro
26) Crooked I ft. Akon - Dream Big (Bonus)

Hood is also taking up hosting duties on the upcoming projects "Bloc Up Movement Presents West Up Vol. 1," "New West Attitude Vol. 7, and the Million Dolla Motive Brand's Daygo Radio. With his clothing line "Million Dolla Motive" - as seen at MillionDollaMotive.com - "The Movement" album and multiple other ventures that Hood is currently in negotiations with it's looking like Daygo's self proclaimed "24 Hour Hustla" is really just that. Check Hood out on MySpace

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news 1214947431 - January 1, 1970 By : As previously announced, Big Snoop Dogg has teamed up with DJ Drama to release a new mixtape entitled "The City Is In Good Hands". The mixtape is dropping on Friday, pre-order it for $6 by clicking here.

Featured on the mixtape are Westurn Union, Warzone, Kurupt, J Blacc, Uncle Chucc amongst others and of course a lot of Snoop Dogg. You can check out the tracklisting below, from the looks of it there are a few previously released tracks on it, along with plenty of brand new sh-t. Look out for some audio from the mixtape on dubcnn soon.

Tracklist:

1. What I Do Feat. Scoop & Half Dead
2. The City Is In Good Hands
3. Look Around Feat. J Blacc
4. Fuck That Shit Feat. Warzone
5. Diamonds On My Neck Feat. Kurupt
6. Killaz Feat. Western Union & Warzone
7. I Sit Back Feat La The Darkman & Willie The Kid
8. The President
9. After All Feat. Brat & Kurupt
10. The Lookout
11. Haters
12. Ridaman
13. Let Me Know Feat. Kurupt, Goldie Loc, MC Eiht, Uncle Chucc
14. ATL Theme Song Feat. DPGC
15. Groupie Bitch
16. Huslte Boyz Feat. Hustle Boyz
17. Fresh Like Me
18. Gangsta Grillz Made It West!!
19. Let Me In This Bitch Feat. Warzone
20. If There's a Cure
21. Love It When Feat. Western Union
22. Watch This Feat. DPGC
23. Aint It Man
24. Outro
25. Snoop's Theme
26. Some High As Shit!!!!

Nima

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news 1214956495 - January 1, 1970 By : There is no doubt that Double-0 and Nalledge aka Kidz In The Hall have an unconventional success story compared to what you hear most of the time when talking to rap artists. The Chicago/New Jersey duo released their debut album "School Was My Hustle" in 2006 through Rawkus Records, and later aligned with Duck Down Records to release their latest album "The In Crowd".

Some refer to their style as "hipster hip-hop", but you don't have to categorize them in order to dig their music. Incase you aren't familiar with Kidz In The Hall, we have just what you need to get introduced to them.

They just released a West Coast remix to their current single "Driving Down The Block", using the "Nuthin' But A G Thang" sample. They reached out to fresh Universal signees Pacific Division, Young Money's Tyga, Blu Division's Glasses Malone and the Prince of the Bay Mistah FAB to jump on the remix with them.

Shouts out to okayplayer.com for the exclusive, check out the "Driving Down The Block" West Coast remix:

Kidz In The Hall - Driving Down The Block (West Coast Remix) (ft. Pacific Division, Tyga, Glasses Malone & Mistah FAB)

To hear more from Kidz In The Hall, check out their MySpace page.

Nima

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news 1215467155 - January 1, 1970 By : West Coast based Street Certified DVD Magazine is proud to announce their national distributed release of their DVD Magazine now available at the following retailers: Amazon.com, Target, Best Buy, Circuit City, Sears, Barnes And Noble, FYE, Blockbuster.com, Borders, CDUniverse.com & The Wherehouse! "I am very proud to be a part of the Street Certified DVD movement, in a very short time we have accomplished a lot with the national distribution of the DVD. We look forward to many more successful releases and also the launching of StreetCertifiedTV.com" says highly acclaimed mixtape DJ and head of marketing for the company DJ Nik Bean.

The DVD magazine has already had featured interviews with Crooked I, Mistah FAB, Keak Da Sneak, Rick Ross, The Ying Yang Twins, Trey Songz, David Banner, Ray J., Mack 10, DJ Drama, just to name a few.

Nima

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news 1215986361 - January 1, 1970 By : The weekend is almost over, which means we're right on time for another edition of dubcnn's Weekend Audio, for the 11th time to be exact. We've plenty of hot new music, ranging from Akil of Jurassic 5, a Snoop Dogg collabo with a hot new R&B singer from the West, to producer Statik Selektah's new single and something from TJ Santana of the Young Hoggs, while going up to the Bay for a dose of Esinchill.

Let's get things going with somebody you haven't heard from in a long time, but Death Row Records fans will remember like it was yesterday: Swoop G.

Swoop G hit the scene with the Dogg Pound in the mid to late 90's and was supposed to be part of the second generation of Death Row artists to make it to the top. For obvious reasons, it did not happen and it seemed like Young Swoop had dissapeared for good. He's got a new single called "My Chuck Taylors" which features Glasses Malone and Kokane, as well as a new project coming soon, titled "C-Walkin' On The Moon". Check out "My Chuck Taylors" below:

Swoop G - My Chuck Taylors (ft. G. Malone & Kokane)

Let's switch over the R&B side of things for a minute. I want to introduce you to a young up and coming West Coast singer by the name of J. Blue, who recently inked a deal with Universal Motown. He's currently wrapping up his album "The Blue Book: From the Block to the Bed" and has landed a Snoop Dogg feature on his first single, "Hey". The club banger is sure to get the ladies going and promises a bright future for J. Blue. I was reminded of Chris Brown a bit when I first heard him, judge for yourself by checking out "Hey" below:

J. Blue - Hey (ft. Snoop Dogg)

Next up is something new from West Coast veteran Akil The MC, formerly of Jurassic 5. Akil has been quiet for a while, as he's been mapping out and putting together a big project that he likes to call Unified Los Angeles Skill District. The Unified Skill District consists of MC's, producers, beat makers, B-Boys/Girls, film, radio, graphic designers and all forms of entertainment business. He will be releasing a first CD with some of the talented MC's that he picked out for the project and we have a 8-minute track available with snippets of some of the tracks on there. Check it out below:

Akil - Unified Skill District (Snippets)

Let's go up to to the Bay Area real quick, to Oakland to be exact. You might remember Esinchill as an extended member of Digital Underground. He appeared on the "Who Got the Gravy?" album and later on released a slept on solo project. To me, he represents a side of the Bay Area that is often overlooked, a more conscious, deep side, far away from the Sydeshows and Hyphy crowds that the Bay is often stereotyped by. He's got a provocative track called "N-gga, B-tch, H-e" on which he talks about the effect those words cause, off his upcoming album coming later this year. Check it out below:

Esinchill - N-gga, B-tch, H-e

We gotta head out to the East Coast for the next track, and it's well worth it! Massachusetts producer/DJ Statik Selektah is getting ready to release the follow up to his debut album "Spell My Name Right" in September, titled "Stick 2 The Script". He once again has an insane lineup on the album and the first single sets the tone for the record. I'm talking about the title track, "To The Top (Stick 2 The Script)", for which Statik reached out to his main man Termanology, as well as Cassidy and Saigon. The result is lyrical slaughter, witness is below:

Statik Selektah - To The Top (Stick 2 The Script) (ft. Termanolgy, Saigon & Cassidy)

Last but not least is a new joint by Compton's own TJ Santana from the Young Hoggs. He's got a very creative new track called "Directions", throughout which he gives a female directions from the IE (Inland Empire) to Magic Johnson's Fridays in Inglewood, all in rap form. He reached out to fellow Young Hogg Killa Cane to jump on the track with him, which is set to appear on TJ's solo project "Therapy (The Truth Shall Set Me Free)" coming later on this year. Check out Directions" below:

TJ Santana - Directions (ft. Killa Cane)

We're done! Check back next week for more "Weekend Audio"!

Nima

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news 1216796305 - January 1, 1970 By : Just over a month ago we brought you news on an artist by the name of Hood from San Diego. The self proclaimed "24 Hour Hustla" has been locked in the studio working on his upcoming album "The Movement" for much of this year. The album is slated to feature artists including Crooked I, Glasses Malone, Sly Boogy, Mr. Porter, Smig Dirtee, Mitchy Slick, One-2 as well as members of his Bloc Runnaz and 4Squad camps.

In the build up to that release he has been working around the clock to complete a series of projects such as DJ Vlad's "Barz Out Volume 1" mixtape and also the fifth installment from Bloc Up Movement.

The latest edition - New West Attitude Volume 5: Hosted by Crooked I" is now available for free download here on Dubcnn or in CD format for $2.99 at MillionDollaMotive.com. The mixtape download page is below and contains the full tracklist and sample tracks.

Bloc Up Movement Present: New West Attitude Volume 5 (Hosted by Crooked I)

Hood is also taking up hosting duties on the upcoming projects "Bloc Up Movement Presents West Up Vol. 1," "New West Attitude Vol. 7, and the Million Dolla Motive Brand's Daygo Radio. With his clothing line "Million Dolla Motive" - as seen at MillionDollaMotive.com - "The Movement" album and multiple other ventures that Hood is currently in negotiations with it's looking like Daygo's self proclaimed "24 Hour Hustla" is really just that. Check Hood out on MySpace

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news 1216820848 - January 1, 1970 By : The release of Crooked I's upcoming mixtape "The Block Obama" is approaching and Treacherous Records made a new announcement concerning its release. The project will be dropping for free download, untagged and without a DJ. Crooked is called this one his mixtapes for the streets and he wants to let the fans and websites do what they want with it.

You can sell it yourself, host it yourself or just tell a friend about it. Crooked also encourages all DJ's to download it, host it themselves and put it in their shops or put it for download on their websites or MySpace pages.

To build up the buzz, a new track off "Block Obama" has been leaked. If this song was a movie, it would get te NC-17 rating which is why it's included in the title of the track. It's called "Freak" and was produced by KG (Kidd Genius), the 15-year old boy wonder from Treacherous Records.

Crooked I - Freak (NC-17)

The next track that will be leaked off the mixtape will include an intro of Crooked explaining why he decided to put this out for free and untagged. Stay tuned!

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news 1217401771 - January 1, 1970 By : The release of Crooked I's much talked about mixtape "The Block Obama" is almost upon us and thanks to the people at Treacherous Records we have been keeping you up to date with the last news and media. Last week we announced that the project will be dropping for free download, untagged and without a DJ. Crooked is calling this one his mixtapes for the streets and he wants to let the fans and websites do what they want with it.

You can sell it yourself, host it yourself or just tell a friend about it. Crooked also encourages all DJ's to download it, host it themselves and put it in their shops or put it for download on their websites or MySpace pages.

So far we have heard tracks from the tape including Freak (NC-17), W's Down and Hood Politics.

Today we have the latest track entitled "Hard On The Blvd" - which features a message about exactly what Crooked I wants to happen with "The Block Obama" - check it out below and look for the more media from this project to feature on Dubcnn soon.

Crooked I - Hard On The Blvd

Ensure you don't miss the next track from "The Block Obama" by making a daily visit to Dubcnn.

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news 1217602009 - January 1, 1970 By : As promised Crooked I's much talked about mixtape "The Block Obama" is leaking track by track and today sees the release of the latest record that will feature on the upcoming Treacherous Records project. "The Block Obama" will be dropping for free download, untagged and without a DJ. As previously reported Crooked is calling this one his mixtapes for the streets and he wants to let the fans and websites do what they want with it.

You can sell it yourself, host it yourself or just tell a friend about it. Crooked also encourages all DJ's to download it, host it themselves and put it in their shops or put it for download on their websites or MySpace pages.

So far we have heard tracks from the tape including Freak (NC-17), W's Down, Hood Politics and earlier this week Hard On The Blvd.

Today we have the latest track, "New West Baby," featuring former Doggy's Angels member Coniyac. Download it below and as ever we want to hear your thoughts on our forum.

Crooked I - New West Baby (Feat. Coniyac)

Ensure you don't miss the next track from "The Block Obama" by making a daily visit to Dubcnn.

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news 1220048802 - January 1, 1970 By : As you know, Crooked I is releasing a new all original mixtape very soon, titled "Block Obama". He has been leaking select tracks from the mixtape throughout the past few weeks and the full project should be out any day. The mixtape is free and untagged, but Crooked encourages people to do whatever they want to do with it, sell it, give it away or just tell a friend about it.

Almost the whole tape has leaked by now and we decided to give you a quick rundown of the tracks out so far. Features include G. Malone, One-2 and the Horse Shoe Gang.

Crooked I - Intro / Rappers Ain't Shit

Next is a track on which Crooked I invites his brothers (as in actual blood brothers), the Horse Shoe Gang, to come rock Bishop Lamont's "Feel On It" instrumental:

Crooked I - Feel On It (ft. Horse Shoe Gang)

Another artist featured on "Block Obama" is Treacherous Records artist One-2, who you've heard Crooked collaborate with often in the past - with great results. This is another certified banger, produced by Komplex. It's called "The Signs", don't sleep on this one!

Crooked I - The Signs (ft. One-2)

The next track has Crooked I wondering "What's Hip-Hop?" Find out the answer:

Crooked I - What's Hip-Hop?

Next up is a collaboration with Glasses Malone and Hard Head called "I'm Cold". Past collaboration between G. Malone and Crooked have turned out hot and the same can be said about this one. Check out the Konscious-produced track below:

Crooked I - I'm Cold (ft. Glasses Malone & Hard Head

You already know Crooked was gonna have a song about the b-tches on there. He recruited his cousin Sauce to join him on another Konscious production, called "Straightnin' It Out", were they share some of their stories:

Crooked I - Straightnin' It Out (ft. Sauce)

Crooked I reps Long Beach to the fullest so you know "Block Obama" was gonna feature an anthem for his city. Check out "Welcome To My City" below:

Crooked I - Welcome To My City

Last but not least is a joint called "Trafficin' Green", check it out:

Crooked I - Trafficin' Green

"Block Obama" will out in full any day now, make sure to show your support as you always do and spread the word.

Nima

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news 1220560736 - January 1, 1970 By : Just last week we released 8 tracks that have so far been leaked from the latest Crooked I mixtape "Block Obama." The plan has been to leak select tracks from the mixtape over a period of weeks and then allow fans and DJs to do whatever they want to do with it, sell it, give it away or just tell a friend about it.

Today we have the latest track from the project backed by Treacherous Records, the cut is a remake of the Lil Wayne track "A Millie" however, due to the amount of remakes, in-house producer Komplex has switched it up for Crooked to spit on.

Crooked I - A Millie (Komplex Mix)

"Block Obama" will out in full any day now, make sure to show your support as you always do and spread the word.

Fellow Treacherous Records recording artist and long time Dubcnn featured MC One-2 is back with new music today for download right here. Just last week you heard him on some of the tracks we released from "Block Obama" and today he delivers some new rhymes alongside Jamaican artist Smooth Savage who delivers the hook on "Rude Boy"

The track is produced by a definite name to watch over the coming few years K.G. (Kid Genius) who is just 15 years old. The track will be featured on the upcoming September 7th "Western Hospitality 10" mixtape that you will get on Dubcnn first!

One-2 - Rude Boy (Feat. Smooth Savage)

Enjoy the new music and stay tuned to Dubcnn for the latest news and media relating to Crooked I, One- and the "Block Obama" and "Western Hospitality 10" releases.

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news 1221000814 - January 1, 1970 By : As many of you might have heard, I'm co-writing Damizza's autobiography "Guilty By Association," along with Damizza & J. Marshall Craig.

We're hoping to get it out so everyone can read it as soon as possible. I'm still trippin' out about how crazy some of these stories are! I wish I could say more, but it's definitely gonna be worth the wait.

Anyway, Damizza got a cease & desist notice from Mariah Carey this morning in his mail box. She's trying to block us from releasing the book!

We've got the whole letter scanned up for you right here. Check it out below.

Mariah Carey's Cease & Desist Notice To Damizza [Part 1]

Mariah Carey's Cease & Desist Notice To Damizza [Part 2]

I just think this is funny. Some people were saying the book is gonna be a "tell-all" on Dr. Dre, and now Mariah thinks it's all about her. Let's see who comes at us next. Holla!

Eddie Gurrola

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news 1222076583 - January 1, 1970 By : Sean Deez is a name that has been featured on dubcnn now and again, but never really got a proper look. The Inglewood rapper has been grinding for a long time now, putting out mixtapes and albums since 2002, including his "Ambitions" album, which was featured in The Source magazine.

He's now linked back up with San Diego's Mitchy Slick and Wrongkind Records to release his new projects. He had first met Mitchy in '97 through West Coast pioneer Sir Jinx, who Deez credits as the producer who first influenced him to rhyme.

When asked about the Wrongkind connection, Deez stated to dubcnn that "the Wrongkind movement is about powerful music from individuals with real stories behind their names, who represent hustlers that have experienced the highs of legendary street fame and ridaz that can never let go of the pain attached to the lows of death and life sentences."

His new mixtape "VVS", which is hosted by DJ JiJi Sweet, drops tomorrow. Features include Strong Arm Steady, 211 and Damani amongst others, while production was provided by Disko and Dubb Knox amongst others. Dubcnn has two preview tracks for ya'll to check out below:

Sean Deez - Hood (Prod. by Disko)
Sean Deez - Bossin' Up (Prod. by Dollaboyz)

Make sure to support Sean Deez and cop the "VVS" mixtape tomorrow. For more information, check him out on seandeez.com, MySpace or YouTube.

Nima

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news 1222124053 - January 1, 1970 By : It's been a few weeks since we dropped our last Weekend Audio update - appologies for that. I've been caught up but I decided it's time to catch up a little, and even though technically the weekend is over, I'm still up so here goes a little Weekend Audio catch up update.

We've got the new single from super producer Alchemist, who's getting ready to drop his new album called "Chemical Warfare" in November. As expected from ALC, he cooked up a big song for the first single and reached out to top spitters Jadakiss and Pusha T as well as Snoop Dogg to handle the hook.

The result is a banger called "Lose Your Life", check it out below:

Alchemist - Lose Your Life (ft. Snoop Dogg, Jadakiss & Pusha T)

Next up is a joint off Sandman's upcoming solo mixtape "#1 Supplya". This will be Sandman's first project since his unfortunate split from The Re-Up Gang, due to his dissatifaction with the way the Re-Up Gang album was handled. He reached out to Tekneek to provide him with a hot beat and the West Coast came full force on this one: the three Gotti brothers, Kurupt, Roscoe and Tri-Star all jump on the track, along with Dundidit. The West Coast is gonna feel this one, check out "Make It Clear" below:

Sandman - Make It Clear (ft. Kurupt, Roscoe, Tri-Star & Dundidit)

I'm positive that everybody on dubcnn is aware of Planet Asia's latest collaboration album with DJ Muggs called "Pain Language". But knowing P.A., he usually has more than one project in the works simultaneously! A project some of you might not be aware of is "Planet F.L.O.", which finds Planet Asia teaming up with his longtime friend and Frisco artist F.L.O for a whole album, in collaboration with My M.O. productions. Raw underground Hip-Hop meets the Yay! The first single, "Dem Boyz Go", check it out below:

Planet Asia & F.L.O. - Dem Boyz Go

Let's get to some heat straight out of Inglewood, CA, one third of the Dubb Union to be exact, Damani. The self-titled Dubb Union album dropped a few weeks ago through Koch Records (make sure to pick that up if you haven't yet), but Damani is also not letting down on his solo grind. A new track has been leaked out, produced by his long time friend Warren "Baby Dubb" Campbell, called "Take Somethin' Home". The track features Fatman Scoop and is definitely something to get the party going. Check out "Take Somethin' Home" below:

Damani - Take Somethin' Home (ft. Fatman Scoop)

Next up is a track off one of the most highly anticipated albums coming out of Los Angeles this year. I'm talking about Murs' major label debut on Warner Bros, "Murs For President". The buzz is building and the fans are waiting to see what the creative L.A. rhymer is going to come up with this time around. The track we have for you is called "Time Is Now" and features none other than Big Snoop Dogg, while the soulful Latoya Williams provides the hook. Production comes courtesy of Niggarachi (Snoop Dogg & Terrace Martin):

Murs - Time Is Now (ft. Snoop Dogg & Latoya Williams)

Last but not least, we have a new joint from TJ Santana from the Young Hoggs. He's currently working on his "West Coast Succs Right Now" EP dropping through RBC Records soon, off the back of his buzz single with the same name, which we premiered on dubcnn a few months ago. This track right here is on a more positive note and samples the Beverly Hills Cop theme (yes it does). To find out what TJ cooked up, check out "Beverly Hills Cop Song (Fucc'd Me A White Girl)" below:

TJ Santana - Beverly Hills Cop Song (Fucc'd Me A White Girl)

That's it for now, we hope you enjoy!

Nima

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news 1222218649 - January 1, 1970 By : We've been updating you continuously on Crooked I's latest mixtape/street album "The Block Obama." Today, Crooked is unleashing the 21-track project on our Dubcnn readers for free download. He's put it out untagged and is encouraging every DJ to mix it up how they please and release it the way they want to.

This is the "mixtape for the streets," so download your copy below and take part in the movement.

Crooked I - The Block Obama [Free Download]

Hit up Crooked I on Myspace and let him know what you thought of the project! Stay tuned to Dubcnn for the hottest new mixtape releases.

Eddie Gurrola

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news 1222292671 - January 1, 1970 By : You were introduced to Tha Trapp through WC and DJ Crazy Toones, with their debut mixtape "Block Music" and their appearance on the "CT Experience" mixtape and DVD. Due to the positive feedback to the mixtape, Money Grip and M.P. have decided to give the fans "Block Music Vol. 2".

This will be the last project before Tha Trapp's Lench Mob Records debut album "Tha Drought", which will be coming in 2009. Dubcnn has got an exclusive new joint off "Block Music Vol. 2" called "How Will I Know", which features Watts Finest Jay Rock.

The duo kicks some knowledge over a smooth beat, don't sleep on this one! Check it out below:

Tha Trapp - How Will I Know (ft. Jay Rock)

Enjoy the track and stay tuned to dubcnn for the latest on Tha Trapp! Check them out on MySpace by clicking here.♠

Nima

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news 1223054302 - January 1, 1970 By : Say what you want about 40 Glocc, one thing you can't deny is the mans relentless hustle. Throughout the last year he's released several high profile collaborations including a single with Akon, all while putting together his Zoo Life Ent crew, consisting of Sun, Village Boo, Tip Toe and Niqle Nut.

We've just received a new track, which is probably my personal favorite 40 Glocc joint in a minute. He hooked up with one of the hottest young producers, Tekneek, to bless him with the beats and rhymes, as well as the one and only Busta Rhymes, who joins them on a song called "On Tha Block".

Naturally, we have the track right here for you to listen to, click below:

40 Glocc - On Tha Block (ft. Busta Rhymes & Tekneek) (Prod. by Tekneek)

As always, expect to hear the latest from 40 Glocc, right here on dubcnn.

Nima

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news 1223816213 - January 1, 1970 By : Earlier this week Aftermath Entertainment recording artist Bishop Lamont kicked off his "CALTROiT" world tour in Europe with a show in Denmark on October 9th alongside Black Milk and Guilty Simpson.

The shows will see Bishop cover much of Europe before heading back to the U.S for shows in New York, Detroit and Toronto before the finale show on November 15 in Los Angeles. The full tour dates and venues can be seen below.

Almost as soon as the tour kicked off, rumors started circulating on internet forums about Bishop Lamont being dropped from Aftermath. Dubcnn reached out to Bishop himself to get the facts straight from the horse's mouth and put an end to the senseless rumors.

"I always hear these kind of rumors myself, even when I'm on tour and they start in some n-ggas garage" Bishop laughed. "These cats are not doing anything and they wish the worst for me, but they can't block my blessings. They wish I would get dropped from Aftermath, they wish I didn't have Dre, Focus, Khalil, Pete Rock, Premo and all of them working with me. I'm just happy n-ggas talk about me, cause it will have their b-tches talk about me. And oh yeah, I just got my first track from Quik too! I'm blessed and I'm going nowhere, I'm one of the last artists on Aftermath." Bishop told Dubcnn.

"As far as my album, we're finishing it while working on Detox" Bishop continued. "So it's not just up to Dre, people don't understand it's a whole company that makes decisions. The people at the top don't give a f-ck about the music, they give a f-ck about the money. And they ask what's more important: to bring out a new artist and spent more money or put out Dr. Dre and make a whole bunch of money!"

To read and watch the complete video interview with Bishop Lamont, check back with Dubcnn in a few days. The following is the list of all tour dates:

Oct. 9 Train; Aarhus, Denmark
Oct. 10 Rote Fabrik; Zurich, Switzerland
Oct. 11 Gibus; Paris, France
Oct. 13 Connie Island; Leipzig, Germany
Oct. 14 Paradiso; Amsterdam, Holland
Oct. 15 Watt; Rotterdam, Holland
Oct. 16 TBA; Cologne, Germany
Oct. 17 Das Schiff; Basel, Switzerland
Oct. 18 Bla; Oslo, Norway
Oct. 24 Southpaw; New York, NY - Tronic album release party
Oct. 28 The Shelter @ St. Andrews Hall; Detroit, MI - Tronic album release party
Nov. 6 Revival; Toronto, Canada - Tronic album release party w/Elzhi
Nov. 15 Key Club; Los Angeles, CA w/Sean Price

If you can get to any of these shows ensure you do! If you can't then sit back and enjoy some of the music and video that Bishop Lamont has blessed us with over the past year.

Bishop Lamont - Grow Up (Audio) (Produced By Dr. Dre)
Bishop Lamont - Grow Up (Live Performance)
Bishop Lamont - The Confessional (Mixtape)
Bishop Lamont - Pope Mobile (Mixtape)
Bishop Lamont - N*gger Noize (Mixtape)
Bishop Lamont & Black Milk - Caltroit (Mixtape)

Enjoy the music and remember you can get the latest news, the actual facts, using the Dubcnn News Archives or by using the search function on the homepage.

LilJay

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news 1224264989 - January 1, 1970 By : 40 Glocc is back at it, with a new version of "Back On The Block", which we had for you to download on Dubcnn two weeks ago. On the first version he hooked up with one of the hottest young producers, Tekneek, to bless him with the beats and rhymes, as well as the one and only Busta Rhymes - missed it? Get it here.

This time he got a verse from Chamillionaire, replacing Tekneeks verse. Tekneek still produced the track though, and now we have it in better quality, check it out here:

40 Glocc - On Tha Block (ft. Busta Rhymes & Chamillionaire) (Produced By Tekneek)

As always, expect to hear the latest from 40 Glocc, right here on dubcnn.

Jome

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news 1224332872 - January 1, 1970 By : Following on a year packed with new music - from his acclaimed Hip-Hop Weekly series climax, to the release of his street single Dream Big featuring Akon and most recently the Block Obama (Fan & DJ Version) mixtape - it's clear Crooked I has spent much of 2008 in the studio.

As expected Crooked I intends to finish the year just as strongly with the just announced release of "Block Obama II" which features a guest appearance by Knoc-Turnal and production by Rick Rock.


"Block Obama II" will be released in conjuction with the U.S. Presidential election on November 4th 2008 and will be available at all digital retailers, including iTunes, Rhapsody, Amazon, Napster, Emusic and all Mobile Carriers.

Long Beach, CA rapper Crooked I has become one of the leading faces emerging from the 'Digital Era' within Hip-Hop. In April of 2007, he launched the Hip-Hop Weekly series in what could possibly be the most innovative musical internet marketing campaign to date. The monumental series earned Crooked I cover stories on two of the biggest urban music publications; XXL magazine labelled him one of Hip-Hop's Next Superstars or "Leaders of the New School" on the cover of their November 07' issue, and in August 08' on the cover of Vibe Magazine, both Crooked I and Jay Electronica were labelled as "Internet Guerrillas", with an article discussing the Hip-Hop Weekly series and his approach to marketing on the internet.

Coinciding with the delivery of "Block Obama II", Crooked I has partnered with INgrooves, a leading provider of digital distribution, to start his own digital label, with plans to not only release his own content but other aspiring artists. This year, INgrooves entered into a strategic partnership with Universal Music Group, the world's leading music company. ""We are very excited about working with Crooked I and being a part of more projects from him. I believe Crooked is hands down one of the most talented and prolific artist from the West Coast" said Abe Batshon of INgrooves. Crooked I joins the likes of Tech N9ne, The Cool Kids, Too Short and Tila Tequila by partnering with INgrooves.

The full tracklist for "Block Obama II" can be seen on the back cover above and is also available below.

01) Circle Gang Anthem (Feat. Kobe) (Produced By Komplex)
02) On My Mama I'm A Boss (Produced By Rick Rock)
03) American Me (Produced By Jim Gittum)
04) 3 Bitches (Feat. Knoc'Turn'Al) (Produced By Komplex)
05) Do It Like Me (Feat. Das) (I-15) (Produced By Komplex)
06) Can I Talk To You? (Produced By KG a.k.a Kid Genius)
07) You Should Be From C.O.B. (Feat. G.L. Smooth) (Produced By BH)
08) Dream Big (Remix) (Feat. Akon) (Produced By Komplex)

Stay tuned to Dubcnn for the very latest news and media from Crooked I and the Treacherous Records camp.

Rud

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news 1224771735 - January 1, 1970 By : Recently former Tangled Thoughts member Tekneek has been active on the solo tip with the release of his Untangled Mixtape with DJ Promo and more recently the two versions of the 40 Glocc track "On Tha Block" - the first where he features and produced the track and the second where his verse is replaced by Chamillionaire,

Today we have another new track from Tekneek this time from an as yet untitled project with DJ Promo. The track is entitled "My Part Of Town" and features Ya Boy and E. Ness.

For Ya Boy fans we believe this was recorded prior to his recent motorcycle accident however this has not been confirmed at press time.

Tekneek - My Part Of Town (Feat. Ya Boy & E. Ness)

Expect to hear more news and media from this upcoming project right here on Dubcnn over the coming weeks.

Rud

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news 1225832255 - January 1, 1970 By : Official press release: In a bold move designed to introduce their music all along the West Coast hip hop duo, Dem HoodStarz, have organized their own tour with the ever popular E-40 as the headliner. The Wake It Up Tour will visit 19 cities including Seattle, Las Vegas, San Deigo, Los Angeles, and Portland.

The tour recently began in Costa Mesa, CA and runs until November 25th. All of the artists on the tour are Dem HoodStarz, Big Rich, Keak Da Sneak, and Glasses Malone. Hip Hop veteran Too Short will also join them on select dates.

Dem Hoodstarz, are the Bay Area’s newest and hottest kids on the block made up of wordsmiths Band-Aide and Scoot. “People believe because we are from the Bay we’re all Hyphy. We grew up in that era but that’s not what we’re about. Our music is a mixture of Hyphy, West Coast, East Coast and Dirty South. We do it all and The Wake It Up Tour will urge audiences not to sleep on us,” says Scoot.

With the Ambassador of the Bay, E-40 side-by-side on stage, fans can get ready and set to get their monies worth. “Expect me to perform old school vintage E-40 songs and new school current E-40 songs, expect leadership crowed participation , lots of energy, excitement and stage presence. One thing my momma always told me was where ever I go and what ever I do, show up and show out, Hello!,” says E-40.

Dem HoodStarz sophomore album, "Black Friday", is scheduled to drop November 21, 2008, but their first single, “Code of the Streets,” is already receiving spins in several markets. Their second release, “I Got A Problem," featuring Gucci Mane, is gaining nods around the country as well. Although Dem Hoodstarz hail from the Bay Area, they don’t hail to be all Hyphy. The two say they are all street and every time they grab a mic that’s what they represent. "We got hot tracks they need to hear,” adds Band-Aide.

Dem Hoodstarz made their debut in 2007 with their hit single, "Grown Man On," produced by San Jose's Traxamillion from their freshman album Band-Aide & Scoot. Currently signed to their own independent label, Lawless Records, they are charted on a course to the land ultimate stardom and the Wake It Up Tour is the first rocket they’re launching to get them there.

Nima

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news 1225833185 - January 1, 1970 By : Crooked I's highly anticipated follow up to his "Block Obama" mixtape, "Block Obama II", as promised dropped today, on Election Day. "Block Obama II" is a 8-track deep EP, which is available for purchase now on iTunes, Amazon and all other digital retailers.

You can expect top notch production, courtesy of Jim Gettum, Rick Rock, Komplex, KG and B.H., with guest appearances from Das (I-15), Knoc'Turn-Al, Kobe and G.L. Smooth. The EP also features a Komplex-produced remix to Crooked I's single "Dream Big" with Akon.

You can download a sampler of the EP, featuring snippets of every track, by clicking below:

Crooked I - Block Obama II (Snippets)

Those of you who copped Joe Budden's latest project "Halfway House" heard a track featuring Joe Budden, Crooked I, Royce Da 5'9" and Joel Ortiz. We have just received word that these four lyrical monsters have decided to joined forces as a group called Slaughterhouse, and they just leaked out another track to show their chemistry. Needless to say that this is a dream lineup for any Hip-Hop fan! Download the new track, which is called "Onslaught", by clicking below:

Slaughterhouse (aka Crooked I, Joe Budden, Royce Da 5'9" & Joel Ortiz) - Onslaught

Make sure to cop "Block Obama II" - and go out and vote if you haven't done so yet!

Nima

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news 1226011494 - January 1, 1970 By : In the last few months, South Central rapper Nipsey Hussle burst onto the scene with his single "They Roll", which featured The Game, and a deal with Cinematic Music Group through Epic/Sony. His mixtape "Bullets Ain't Got No Name Vol. 1" helped him build up a huge buzz and listeners have since been eagerly antipicated the promised follow up project.

When dubcnn interviewed Nipsey back in July [click here], he announced "Bullets Ain't Got No Name Vol. 2", his new mixtape. It has finally arrived and is now available for free download via Dubcnn's Digital Distribution Network.

The mixtape is presented by DJ Skee, DJ Reflrex and Jonny Shipes and features 23 banging tracks with features from The Game, Sean Kingston, Question and Nipsey's group, The Slauson Boyz. Download "Bullets Ain't Got No Name Vol. 2" below:

Nipsey Hussle - Bullets Ain't Got No Name Vol. 2 (Mixtape) [Download]

Enjoy the mixtape, and look out for many more exclusives from Nipsey Hussle on dubcnn, including a video blog. Check out Nipsey on MySpace by clicking here.

Nima

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news 1226077112 - January 1, 1970 By : Not even half a week has passed since Crooked I dropped his latest project "Block Obama II" and finally gave his fans the chance to purchase a Crooked I project. However, if you thought this was going to keep him from still feeding his listeners with free music on a regular basis, you were wrong!

We have just received a brand new Crooked I exclusive called "Sunshine", as well as up and coming rapper Trey-C's new single "Prove Them Wrong", which features Crooked I. Of course, dubcnn has both tracks right here for you to download or listen to, click below:

Crooked I - Sunshine

Trey-C - Prove Them Wrong (ft Crooked I)

Enjoy the tracks, and make sure to go get "Block Obama II", available on iTunes, Amazon and all other digital retailers.

Nima

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news 1226077718 - January 1, 1970 By : As we announced last night when we dropped Nipsey Hussle's latest mixtape project "Bullets Ain't Got No Name Vol. 2", dubcnn is going to be featuring Nipsey Hussle on the site on a regular basis in form of an exclusive video blog, through which the Slauson Boy will keep his fans informed on his projects and what he's got going on. To get things going, we have a Nipsey Hussle video drop for you to check out today, on which he shouts out dubcnn and its readers, watch it below:

Nipsey Hussle - Dubcnn Video Drop

Incase you haven't downloaded the "Bullets Ain't Got No Name Vol. 2" mixtape yet, click here to do so now - you won't regret it. Banging production, hard raps, combined with features from The Game, Question, Sean Kingston and Nipsey's group the Slauson Boyz, make this mixtape a must-check for everybody.

Nima

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news 1227302538 - January 1, 1970 By : Kidz In The Hall, currently on a 35-City National Tour sponsored by Microsoft ZUNE, are continuing to build off the success of their sophomore album, The In Crowd. The group's second single and video for their song "Love Hangover" featuring Estelle is going to be The New Joint on BET's 106 & Park today, Friday November 21st airing at 6PM EST. The video debuted on BET's new show The Deal last week and the group will be an invited guest on the show in early December. Few Independent artists have had the opportunity to break into the national spotlight that 106 & Park provides. This is yet another stepping stone for Kidz In The Hall, reaffirming their premier status in Hip Hop.

"Love Hangover" is also in rotation at MTV 2, MTVU, MTV Jamz, VH1 Soul, Music Choice & FUSE. The video has been added into programming for United Airlines and US Airways as well. Furthermore, starting December 26th and running for one month, Kidz In The Hall will be the featured artist highlighted on Nordstrom’s website. The promotion consists of reviews, and a stream of their LOVE HANGOVER video. It's a way for Nordstrom's to offer a spotlight to music and videos that they believe their customers will appreciate.

"Love Hangover" is also receiving radio support with mixshow spins from marquee DJs such as Envy, Self, ENUFF, Mr. Cee, and Cocoa Chanelle to name a few.

In other recent news, Kidz In The Hall's first single "Driving Down The Block" has been included in the soundtrack for Rockstar Game's Midnight Club LA. This is Kidz In The Hall's second major gaming licensing deal, after their song "The Blackout" was featured as only one of twenty tracks in EA Sports Madden 09.

Double O of Kidz In The Hall is excited about the promotions, saying "this is another great milestone for Kidz In The Hall, Duck Down Records, Major League Entertainment and our overall team. The album and its music has exceeded our expectations and proves that good, quality music can rise to the top."

View the “Love Hangover” video here

As always, hit me up on Myspace or e-mail me at chad@dubcnn.com with any thoughts, ideas, comments and stories, and be sure to drop your feedback in our forums.


ChadKiser

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news 1227353186 - January 1, 1970 By : It's been a few months since we heard a new project from DJ-Age, in fact it was July when we dropped the second installment of the "New West Order" series; Rise To Power: Volume 2 which was the follow up to Volume 1.

Over the past two years we have featured his mixtapes that include projects with Crooked I, Akadimik and the 3 disc set From My Block 2 Yours.

Today we have his second three disc installment, this time the third edition of the "Westcoast Connectz" series which first appeared in 2004.

"Westcoast Connectz: Volume 3" has the same goal as the previous two, to show unity across the West Coast; as DJ-Age put it - "I want to stress to the fans that this mixtape is put together to help unite the west as one. The chances of seeing these cats on the same tracklist is probably never gonna happen. I do this mixtape to showcase their talent it aint DJ-Age its about what the West has to offer.

DJ-Age has put together this Official tape with the help of an incredible array of artists and also DJs who have showed their support in the form of music and interspersed drops throughout the mixtapes. The 3 Disc Download, which you can get below, features artists including Crooked I, Eastwood, Bad Lucc, Kokane, Damizza, Roscoe, Bad Azz, Quiz, Problem, Pr1me, Taje, Dem Jointz, J Steez, Meech Wells, Big Wy, Warren G, Dynamic Certified, Roccett, Tekneek, Sly Boogy, Jay Rock, Tha Trapp, Dresta, Yukmouth, OG Daddy V, Fratthouse, Top Dogg, Wallet, XL Middleton and many more. Not a tracklist to ignore!

DJ Age Presents - West Coast Connectz Volume 3 (Free Download)

Enjoy the "WestCoast Connectz" mixtape - spread the download page link around - no direct linking - and drop your thoughts for DJ-Age and the featured artists to read on our forums.

Rud

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news 1228252398 - January 1, 1970 By : Keys 2 the City is a groundbreaking collaboration between social media network (imeem), print magazine (URB), hip hop e-zine (hiphopdx), and blog (2dopeboyz). It is a series of mini documentaries that explore the bond between community and emcee by following them to the barbershops, BBQ joints, basketball courts, swap meets and schoolyards that produced the artists we admire today. Keys to the City will present a multimedia menu of music videos, mixtapes, albums, photos, playlists, DJ mixes, essays and mini documentaries (like this one in Oakland on Raphael Saadiq)

Keys To The City, Featuring Raphael Saadiq in Oakland

To kick off this new initiative, there will be a Keys 2 the City Launch Party with Blu and U-N-I. Blu was recently named okayplayer.com’s “Rookie of the Year,” and just graced the cover of XXL magazine as one to watch in ’09. U-N-I was recently awarded MTV Video Music Award as “LA’s Best Breakout Artist” and featured in The Source Magazine’s legendary “Unsigned Hype” column.

Keys To The City, December 9th Featuring Blu and U-N-I [Digital Flyer]

Over the next 8 weeks, fans will get to know the MC’s, DJ’s, OG’s and architects of an LA hip-hop scene poised to jump from regional to national notoriety.

From West coast gangster living with Dre protégés Bishop Lamont and The Game to Mid-City with Murs, down to Crooked I’s Long Beach to Melrose with The Knux, burritos with Blu, b-ball with U-N-I, chili fries with J. Davey, and street-wear stores with Pac Div.



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news 1228516491 - January 1, 1970 By : Dubcnn would like to introduce a new west coast producer named Knotch. Fans may be familiar with Knotch through his work on the Murs album on the song "Break Up (The OJ Song)". Upcoming projects include album production with Ludacris & Shawnna ("Battle of the Sexes"), Lil Scooter, Warren G, Pop Rox, New Boyz. Look out for Knotch's upcoming album called "Every Time You Hear My Music", and mixtape "Knotch Vol. 1".

Dubcnn would like to present seven Knotch tracks for download, four of which are instrumentals.

Knotch - Instrumental 1 [Audio]
Knotch - Instrumental 2 [Audio]
Knotch - Instrumental 3 [Audio]
Knotch - Instrumental 4 [Audio]
Knotch - 1 Way Ticket [Audio]
Knotch - Money [Audio]
Knotch - Lay You Down [Audio]

Stay tuned to Dubcnn for more news and media from Knotch. For more information, please visit Myspace.com/Knotch


JustinL

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news 1229027565 - January 1, 1970 By : Just in time for the holidays, MySpace Music proudly presents the exclusive premiere of the first single, “Xmas,” from Snoop Dogg’s upcoming holiday album, Snoop Dogg Presents Christmas In Tha Dogghouse. Starting this week, MySpace users can get into the holiday spirit by spending Christmas with Snoop Dogg and friends. The new album features exclusive holiday songs from Tha Dogg Pound, Soopafly, Bad Lucc, Damani, J. Black, Half Dead, Twinz, and The Hustle Boyz. Snoop Dogg Presents Christmas In Tha Dogghouse will be available for digital download beginning December 16th. Snoop Dogg has more than 525,000 friends on MySpace Music.

For more information and to listen to the new single check out Snoop Dogg on MySpace Music: Myspace.com/SnoopDogg

JustinL

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news 1229268148 - January 1, 1970 By : Techniec has been laying low lately, but don't worry, he has been hard at work bangin out a new studio album among other projects for his loyal fans all over the world. This project is a collaboration between the Blocstar, Techniec for BlocRebel Media and mega producers, AAA Music Group and L's Melodic Productions. Expect to hear something completely different from this talented team. Techniec wants to let the world know "I'm about to set the tone for 09, this is BlocRebel, tell a friend." Below we have a new street single from Tech titled "Blacklist"

Techniec - Blacklist (Produced By Co-T)

We have also been presented with two more cuts including a crew cut from Techniec's Long Beach group Dynamic Certified.

Techniec - Big Baller Rebel Remix Feat J Conway
Dynamic Certified - Couple Stax (Produced By AAA Music Group)

Stay tuned in to dubcnn for all the latest news on Techniec and be sure to check out his official myspace. As always drop by the forums to give us your thoughts, enjoy the tracks!

Mil

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news 1229552753 - January 1, 1970 By : Snoop Dogg just officially released his "Christmas In Tha Dogghouse" album, and it is available for purchase through iTunes, SnoopDogg.com, and other online digital retailers. The album features new tracks from Tha Dogg Pound, Soopafly, Nate Dogg, Bad Lucc, Damani, J. Black, Half Dead, Twinz, Uncle Chucc and The Hustle Boyz. For more information and to listen to the new single check out Snoop Dogg on MySpace Music: Myspace.com/SnoopDogg

iTunes Purchase Link: Snoop Dogg presents Christmas In Tha Dogghouse

1. Christmas Intro - Snoop Dogg
2. Xmas on Soul - J Black f/ Snoop Dogg
3. This Christmas - Tha Dogg Pound f/ Chris Starr
4. A Gift That Keeps On Giving - Damani f/ Chris Starr
5. A New Xmas - The Hustle Boyz f/ Uncle Chucc
6. I Miss Them Days - Soopafly
7. A Very Special Christmas - Uncle Chucc
8. Twas the Night Before Xmas - Damani f/ Snoop Dogg
9. My Little Mama Trippin On Xmas - Bad Lucc
10. Just Like Xmas - Half Dead and the Twinz
11. Look Out - Snoop Dogg, Daz Dillinger, Kurupt, Nate Dogg
12. When was Jesus Born - Lil Gee
13. Xmas Trees - Kurupt f/ Chris Starr
14. Everyday is Like Christmas To Me - Damani
15. "Christmas in The Hood" - Daz Dillinger f/ Deacon
16. "The Grinch" - Bad Lucc
17. It's Christmas Time - The Hustle Boyz f/ Chris Starr
18. "Landy In My Egg Nog" - Bad Lucc & Soopafly
19. Christmas Outro - Snoop Dogg
20. A Pimp's Christmas Song - Snoop Dogg f/ Jake the Flake and Don Juan Bishop


JustinL

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news 1229927872 - January 1, 1970 By : Dubcnn would like to present the new "Landy In My Egg Nog" music video from Bad Lucc and Soopafly. The song is produced by Niggarachi, and the video comes courtesy of Dah Dah who puts a twist on a classic film that many may recognize.

Bad Lucc & Soopafly - Landy In My Egg Nog (Video Directed by Dah Dah)

"Landy In My Egg Nog" can be found on the new "Snoop Dogg presents: Christmas In Tha Dogghouse" album, which is available through iTunes, SnoopDogg.com, and other online digital retailers. The album features new tracks from Tha Dogg Pound, Soopafly, Nate Dogg, Bad Lucc, Damani, J. Black, Half Dead, Twinz, Uncle Chucc and The Hustle Boyz.

For more information and to listen to the new single check out Snoop Dogg on MySpace Music: Myspace.com/SnoopDogg

iTunes Purchase Link: Snoop Dogg presents Christmas In Tha Dogghouse

Dah Dah will also soon be releasing the new music video "For The Good Times" featuring Snoop Dogg and The Hustle Boyz

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news 1230046871 - January 1, 1970 By : Aww sh-t.. It looks like Wednesdays are going to become interesting again! On a new joint that got leaked yesterday, Mr. C.O.B. Crooked I raps over the Kanye West-produced Jay-Z track "Brooklyn Goes Hard" and announces that he's bringing back his infamous Hip-Hop Weekly series.

Not only that, but Crooked I also announces that his long awaited and highly anticipated debut solo album "B.O.S.S." will be released as a free download online. In addition to that, he also mentions a Horse Shoe Gang album called "Gangsta Emcee" along with several solo projects from his artists.

Hear all of that for yourself, check out "Crooked Go Hard" below, Crooked absolutely murders it. He's baaaack:

Crooked I - Crooked Go Hard

Don't forget that Crooked I's "Block Obama II" EP is still available for digital purchase on iTunes, Amazon and all other digital retailers!

Nima

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news 1085556726 - January 1, 1970 By : You know the drill. Here's a list of some up coming shows.

Ground Up Records emcee's Logic, Juan Jones and Manson will be performing at:

Club Goldfinger @ 10pm on Thursday April 22nd.
6423 Yucca ST
Cross street is Cahuenga
City of Hollywood
1 block north of North Hollywood
Contact info is Ric Hard (213) 205-0261

Don't forget, today is 4:20. And the imperial Weed smokers, Cypress Hill will be having their 4:20 Harvest with guests the Visionaries, DJ Mark Luv and DJ Icy Ice at the Henry Fonda Theatre. Which is located on 6126 Hollywood Boulevard
Hollywood, CA 90028. Tickets are available at Ticketweb.com. They're $26.50 and there is a service fee. The show starts at 7:30. Should be off the hook.

SGV

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news 1085556796 - January 1, 1970 By : The Hieroglyphics emcee Tajai is releasing his album Power Movement today. Looks very hot, containing 14 tracks with features from his Hiero family Pep Love, A-Plus and Casual. As well as a feature from the talented and soulful Goapele. As well as production from Casual, Domino, Skitzo, A-Plus and others.


Check out Sandboxautomatic.com. They have a special package, which I believe has a poster and an acapella CD which can be used to a special remix contest that is being held. For more info click the link at the end of this update.


Here's the tracklisting:

Introducing...
Raindance
Who Got It
Do Not Touch (feat. Pep Love)
Scientific Method
Do It
The Dum Dum (feat. Shake The Mayor)
Power Movement
Quality, Equality
Raunch, Rogue, Skank
Multiple Choice
Fashion Fetish (feat. A-Plus & Casual)
Let's Live
Dedication (feat. Goapele)

Click the link to Buy the CD

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news 1085556869 - January 1, 1970 By : There has been a Warren G concert announced for May 14th in Copenhagen, Denmark. I just spoke to Warren himself, and apparently there is no such thing happening. He had no idea what that concert was about, and wanted me to let everybody know that he will NOT be performing in Denmark in May!!

So everybody who got tickets, try to get your money back, for those planning to go, don't!

Just thought I'd let ya'll know about this as I saw this being talked about on various rap message boards.

Nima

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news 1085556983 - January 1, 1970 By : The Pervelous P Camp is comin' thru again!!! After the blazing Nocturnal Hustlas album and the Pervelous P album, the highly anticipated solo album by Savage C from the Nocturnal Hustlaz was released yesterday! The CD is called Smokey The Bandit and is a must check for each and everyone of you.
The album is entirely produced by Davey D, and features guest spots from the likes of The Game, Planet Asia, Mista Cane, Rasco, M-Dash and of course his Nocturnal Hustlas partner KD, and Pervelous P member Johnny T.

We have the tracklist for you below, aswell as two preview songs for you to check out before ordering. To place your order, email savagec650@hotmail.com to get your SIGNED COPY now!
Make SURE to check out the preview cuts, they're heated, and so is the rest of the album.

1. The Great One
2. Face The Music
3. Mic 2 The Ave. (ft. Rasco)
4. Smokey The Bandit
5. Stuck With Me
6. Hip Hop Hooray
7. Same Sav, Same Cane (ft. Mista Cane)
8. Don’t Be Scared (ft. M-Dash of NBD)
9. Let Me Know -=| listen here |=-
10. Stutter Step >-=| listen here |=-
11. Executive Suite
12. Money And Weight (ft. Planet Asia)
13. Uh Ah
14. The World’s My Bitch
15. A Million Bad Habits (ft. The Game)
16. Symphony Of Similes
17. Females And Hotels (ft. Jonny-T)
18. Stryc-9
19. Nocturnal Hustlin’ (ft. KD)


Once again, I recommend this record to everybody who likes lyrical hiphop that still bumps in the ride. Email savagec650@hotmail.com for your copy.

Nima

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news 1085557176 - January 1, 1970 By : Just to remind ya'll, our West Coast Unified Vol.1 CD is still dropping this week, so if you haven't got your order in yet, you can do so now! Rarely have we ever seen so many multi platinum artists on the same CD with underground and up and coming talents in the game. You get everything on this one, from songs to kick back blaze one to, to a song which makes you think about life, to songs to just party and dance to.

And for only $8,99 plus shipping, you get 26 blazing songs.

You can either order it via PayPal, by clicking HERE, or if you don't use PayPal, you can go through our online shop by clicking on the link to your right or click here.
To order through Money Order or Cash, contact us at contact@dubcnn.com.

Check out the Front and Back Covers again below:

Front Cover | Back Cover

And the 12min Album Sampler:

-=| West Coast Unified Album Sampler |=-

Nima

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news 1085557247 - January 1, 1970 By : Just got word that RBX's official site is now open at http://www.officialrbx.com/ so check it out!

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news 1085557297 - January 1, 1970 By : Whats up?

Looks like some coward over on the DPG board has barred me for speaking up about where the CDs and DVDs I ordered a long time ago are.

Why didn't ya'll holla at me.. tell me whats up? actually.. why didn't you holla at me EVER about this shit? and where has the customer service section over at DPG gone.. you think you can sweep it under the carpet?

Like I said on their forum. DPG/GA as an outfit have no respect. On the music side theres respect, but that's where it stops.

Ask yourself why instead of talking to me they just ban me from the forum. If you lose your money with DPG/GA don't say I never tried to warn ya'll.

If you know whats up, got ripped off too, or want to speak freely on this..

>> Holla at me on our forum <<


ps.. quick addition.. more and more victims are coming out of the woodwork! don't hold back! thanks for the support :)

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news 1085557499 - January 1, 1970 By : Awww shit! The time has come! After the project was first announced back in November 2003, the highly anticipated Dubcnn.com & Westcoastaftershock.com Present... West Coast Unified Vol. 1 is finally here for ya'll to pre-order right now!
We brought you a cover for it a while ago, well, we've picked a different one, you can see it to your left, to enlarge it, simply click on it! That's Mr. Bad Azz right there on the cover, the person who's gonna take you through the CD, commenting here and there and introducing songs. The tracklisting has changed a little too, we added an exclusive drop fron the incarcerated Ras Kass, we have a brand new cut by Young Lucky on there, and some other minor changes.
The CD is dropping May 11th, online, in Australia, in New Zealand, in Norway, in Sweden, in Finland, in Denmark, and it will drop a few weeks later in stores all over the United States, and hopefully Japan and England. Yup, an independent release by a website that's gonna have distribution ALL OVER THE WORLD! Goes to show how hot the CD is. Now ya'll know like I know how it's a pain to drop 18 bucks on a CD, or whatever stores charge nowadays... That's why West Coast Unified Vol. 1 is gonna cost you only $8,99 plus shipping, and that for 25 tracks!

Okay enough advertising, let's get to it. You can either order through Paypal, through our online store with your credit card (gonna be up next week), through a Money Order, or just send cash.

To order the CD through PayPal, click Here.
To order the CD through Money Order, send $8,99 plus $2,99 for shipping to: (IMPORTANT: Please Include Your Mailing Adress So We Know Where To Send The CD To, Or Else You Won't Be Able To Get It!!)

Premium Financial Solutions
Lonngatan 50 B
21449 Malmo
Sweden

The same adress goes for people who want to pay Cash, $8,99 plus $2,99 to the adress above.

Our online store is gonna be up next week for everybody who doesn't have a paypal account and wants to pay with their credit card.

The CD is diverse, there's something for everybody on there, theres smooth laid back smoke tracks, party tracks, etc. And with production by the likes of Warren G, Dj Battlecat, Scott Storch, Damizza, DJ Quik, E A Ski, Big Saccs, Prodeje, Davey D, tha chill, Fredwreck, Meech Wells, Chag G, Baka Boys, Dj Mark 7, Mike Smoove & Mecca Music, Dj Slip, CL Cutz & More, and tracks by Snoop Dogg, Warren G, Nate Dogg, Xzibit, Ras Kass, Scipio, Bad Azz, Knocturnal, E-A Ski, Daz Dillinger, E-White, South Central Cartel, Young Lucky, Daddy V, Chag G, Kay9ine and many many more, you know it's gonna be hot!

If you slept on the ALBUM SAMPLER we posted a few weeks ago, make sure to download it right now:

-=| West Coast Unified Vol. 1 Album Sampler |=-

And here is the completed tracklisting again:

01. Bad Azz Intro
02. Big Saccs - Intro
03. Sean T, Mista Cane & Arsen - West Coast Unified (Stand Strong)
04. Bad Azz Presents Crooked I - Everyday
05. Tha Chill - The Truth
06. Ras Kass - Exclusive Drop From Jail
07. Scipio - City Of Angels
08. Bad Azz Presents Daddy V & Bad Azz - Weed Blowin'
09. Neshay ft. Neb Luv & Roscoe - Play That Song
10. The Game Presents Young Lucky - Strike Back
11. Bad Azz Presents Moss Maja - Gangsta Stroll
12. Warren G ft. Chuck Taylor - Turn It Up Now
13. Balance - Way I Am Remix (Ft. Knoc)
14. Chag G ft. Lil HD, Ecay Uno, Cee Wee 3, 2 Man Loc - West Coast Streets
15. Bad Azz Presents Kay9ine - Kay9ine Is Back
16. Frontline ft. E-A Ski - What Is It
17. Mc Ren Presents Xzibit, Tash, Defari - Cali Kings
18. C-Bo Presents Young Lucky ft Jay Tee & FJ - Fake Homies
19. Bad Azz Presents Lifestyle - Gotta Be The Music
20. Damizza Presents Nate Dogg, Roscoe & Sixx John - Nasty Gurl
21. Neb Luv (5 Footaz) ft. Crisstyle (IV Life Fam) - Road Rage
22. South Central Cartel - Bang Like A Bitch
23. Yukmouth Presents DJ Quik & Playa Hamm - Come Together
24. The Prophet - My Bizzness
25. Warren G Presents Snoop Dogg, Warren G, E-White, Bad Azz, Kokane, & Daz - After Dark
26. Bad Azz Outro


May 11th! It's going down ya'll! Spread the word!

Nima

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news 1085557710 - January 1, 1970 By :
Hey ya'll, we got a new interview up for ya'll! We sat down to talk to Long Beach veteran Domino, most known for his super hit "Ghetto Jam". He talked to us about everything he has been doing for the last years, future plans, and interesting facts you may not have known about past westcoast stuff, his new album, funny groupie stories, "terrorist threat", Biggie, and much much more.

So make sure to check out the interview by clicking here.

Enjoy!

Nima

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news 1085557791 - January 1, 1970 By : San Diego got a bubbling Underground scene. A lot of untapped talent out there. Well, here's a compilation that features a lot of new up and comers from 1904. This was put together by Heavyweight/Ruff City Ent. Features tracks and freestyles from artsits like Kiki Romero, So Hood, Panick, 40-Cal. and many more. Peep it out. Also, be on the look out for more from Kiki Romero. His album Pray For Me will be out soon.

Tracklisting:

1. Intro - DJ Sparrow
2. Justify My Thug remix - Jazz, Kiki Romero
3. Lord Forgive Me - Lolifestylz
4. Droppin Bombs- Kiki Romero, So Hood
5. Who Shot Ya - Panick, 40-Cal., Lolifestylz
6. My Life, Mic, & Pain - Kiki Romero, B-One
7. Tha Anthem - Kiki Romero, Lolifestylz, Panick, So Hood, Broadway
8. Solid Introduction - 40-Cal., Broadway
9. Heavyweight Banga - Kiki Romero, So Hood, Smokey Mac
10. Round Here pt. 1- Lolifestylz
11. Can U Feel This? - So Hood, J. Hands
12. Many Men remix - Lolifestylz, Broadway
13. All Alone - Lolifestylz, Kiki Romero
14. Oh-Ni - Dopeboy
15. I’m A Soldier - Kiki Romero, Panick
16. Fire We Are Born - Madd Jocker, Broadway
17. SouthTown Noise- So Hood, Kiki Romero
18. Hotel - Panick, Lolifestylz
19. G’d Up remix - So Hood, Broadway, Panick, Lolifestylz, Kiki Romero
20. Lyrical Ammo - Kiki Romero, J-Hands, So Hood
21. Thug Musik - 40-Cal., Lolifestylz, Panick
22. Freestyle 1 - Kiki Romero
23. Dead Man Walking - 40-Cal., Lolifestylz
24. U Ain’t Ready - Kiki Romero, So Hood
25. Round Here pt. 2 - Panick, 40-Cal., Broadway
26. Outro Freestyle - Kiki Romero


Click the link for the Free download

SGV

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news 1085557817 - January 1, 1970 By : And it don't stop. Dubcnn always coming with the exclusives, not just for fans, but artists, too.

Latin Artists, are you interested in promoting your music out in Guadalajara, Mexico? The homies from Unknown Muzic Ent. recently had their first show out there. Their artist JenRO, who recently got signed to La Movida Records, performed along with MC Lu-K from Mexico City. The next show is currently being planned for this summer. They will be hosting the events every two months or so and they are trying to get as many different latin artists out there as possible. You will have a place to stay, either in a house or at one of their hotels. Not to mention you can catch some VIP treatment at their clubs. Spanish songs are not a must, but they would be a definite plus. Joe from Unknown would like to hear from you.

Send a package with your music and info(MAKE SURE you include a phone number) to:

Attn: Eventos Guadalajara
Unknown Muzic Ent
957 White Dr.
Santa Clara, Ca 95051

Also, when you do send a package or just have questions, you can send an E-mail to mailto:youngjoe@unknownmuzic.com?subject=Guadalajara Show and let him know.

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news 1085557950 - January 1, 1970 By : What's poppin'? Just want to let ya'll know about a new song added to the West Coast Unified Vol. 1 CD dropping in May!

It's off the hinges, it's by Spice 1, Rappin 4-Tay, 40 Glocc & Michelob, meaing the Game Bangaz. The song is called Pedal 2 The Metal and is a heater, smooth but still hard, with Spice 1 singing a tight hook. This is just another reason to order the CD if you haven't yet.

Order now, for $8,99, through PayPal click Here.
For Money Orders and Cash, please contact us at contact@dubcnn.com.

We have both the Front & Back cover up here too, check them below:

Front Cover | Back Cover

And here is the album sampler again:

-=| West Coast Unified Vol. 1 Album Sampler |=-

Here is the final tracklisting, it's final this time!

01. Bad Azz Intro
02. Big Saccs - Intro
03. Sean T, Mista Cane & Arsen - West Coast Unified (Stand Strong)
04. Bad Azz Presents Crooked I - Everyday
05. Tha Chill - The Truth
06. Ras Kass - Exclusive Drop From Jail
07. Scipio - City Of Angels
08. Bad Azz Presents Daddy V & Bad Azz - Weed Blowin'
09. Neshay ft. Neb Luv & Roscoe - Play That Song
10. The Game Presents Young Lucky - Strike Back
11. Bad Azz Presents Moss Maja - Gangsta Stroll
12. Warren G ft. Chuck Taylor - Turn It Up Now
13. Balance - Way I Am Remix (Ft. Knoc)
14. Chag G ft. Lil HD, Ecay Uno, Cee Wee 3, 2 Man Loc - West Coast Streets
15. Bad Azz Presents Kay9ine - Kay9ine Is Back
16. Frontline ft. E-A Ski - What Is It
17. Mc Ren Presents Xzibit, Tash, Defari - Cali Kings
18. C-Bo Presents Young Lucky ft Jay Tee & FJ - Fake Homies
19. Bad Azz Presents Lifestyle - Gotta Be The Music
20. Damizza Presents Nate Dogg, Roscoe & Sixx John - Nasty Gurl
21. Neb Luv (5 Footaz) ft. Crisstyle (IV Life Fam) - Road Rage
22. South Central Cartel - Bang Like A Bitch
23. Spice 1, Rappin 4-Tay, 40 Glocc & Michelob - Pedal 2 The Medal
23. DJ Quik, Playa Hamm & Juvenile Commitee - Come Together
24. The Prophet - My Bizzness
25. Warren G Presents Snoop Dogg, Warren G, E-White, Bad Azz, Kokane, & Daz - After Dark
26. Bad Azz Outro

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news 1085558115 - January 1, 1970 By : Ya'll know about Lifestyle, the Long Beach duo consisting of Snoop Doggs little brother Bing aka Pretty Tony, and HIT.

They released their debut solo album "Liquid Cocaine" a few months ago, and they've been busy doing shows lately. They recently performed at the L.G. Productions Car Show in Fresno together with E-40 and others. We have a couple pictures from that show up, check them below:

Pic 1 | Pic 2 | Pic 3

They have another show TONIGHT, May 2nd, at the House Of Blues Anaheim, for the Warbux CD release party where they will be performing along with the rest of the Soul Hood Family -- Mecca Dawn, Prime and P.S.C--G.B & EMONEY. The show is 21 & Over. To see the flyer for the show click below:

Flyer Front | Flyer Back

They have one more show lined up right now on June 27th, again with E-40, aswell as new latin rap sensation Gemini in Sacramento, at the Woodland 3rd Anual Indoor Car Show at the Yolo Co. Fairgrounds. Here is the flyer for it:

Car Show Flyer

But don't think performing is all they've been doing! In the meantime, Lifestyle & Soul Hood Entertainment have completed a new Mixtape called Stylefornia 2 which will feature new music from the whole roster. It's set to come out in Spring, to stay update, make sure to hit up the official website soulhoodentertainment.com.

Stay tuned for more information aswell as audio here soon!

Nima

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news 1085558207 - January 1, 1970 By : Rapper Caz is preparing his third album by giving out an EP next week FOR FREE!
The cd contains a few new songs and a few older hits from his past 2 albums.
So if you missed out on his former work and love that that westcoast gangstarap make sure you cop this "Coast 2 Coast" cd next week. Caz has worked with many of hiphop's greatest artists, from Krayzie Bone, Layzie Bone, LV to C-Bo, Dj Battlecat, EVE and many more.

Checkout the exclusive front and back cover of the EP. This will be out in the streets starting next week to promote the real album dropping june 15th.

Head over to http://www.ghrec.com/ and recieve a freecopy by just leaving your address. Also make sure you checkout our Exclusive interview with Caz later this month.

Nima

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news 1085558247 - January 1, 1970 By : The album "War On The Streets" is produced mainly by the slump factory. Not many featurings on here besides I Rocc and C-Bo The group did real good on their own the album is slumpin.

"War On The Streets" drops next tuesday so go and cop it. As always Dubcnn lets you preview a cut before you decide. So here's the bangin song "Keep It Gangsta pt 2" ft C-Bo.

Support the westcoast hiphop!

Nima

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news 1085558318 - January 1, 1970 By : Those of yall that don't have a Paypal account but want to order Westcoast Unified Volume 1 using your creditcard or your parents creditcard, can do that now. Because as of today DUBCNN accepts orders from VISA, MASTERCARD, AMERICAN EXPRESS, DINERS CLUB CARD & more.

All traffic is handled over Secure encrypted SSL Connection and best of all its so easy to use, just follow these simple steps:

First fill in the card owners info and press the Continue button.
After that, enter your creditcard information and press the PURCHASE button.
Last but not least make sure you enter the shipping address so we know where to send the cd.
All transactions will be handled by one of Europe's biggest banks (EUROLINE) and online creditcard processors Ideb.se in association with Soundproof.tv!

Click Here to order the most Diverse Westcoast Mixtape to date.

You can order all our future products such as T-Shirts, Mixtapes, Artist albums, Webdesign packages, Production packages and much more using this new Dubcnn function.
All our merchandise will be available in the shop cathegory coming later this month.

I'd like to thank my friend Shawty Slim and Idebs support team for helping me these past few weeks to get this up and running.

Everything will be back to normal regarding interviews and daily audio updates.

Keep it locked on DUBCNN your NR 1 Westcoast News Source, we got so much more for yall.

Nima

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news 1085558376 - January 1, 1970 By : No it's not the movie but the song by Cormega featuring Kurupt and Jayo Felony called "Deep Blue Sea"

It's fresh off the upcoming Cormega album droppin May 25th.

Nima

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news 1085558436 - January 1, 1970 By : Dubcnn brings you yet another exclusive. Here's Domino's new bangin single called Cali Style"

If you like this song please support Domino and Westcoast hiphop by buying his new album which is supertight!

Click Here to order and Listen to snippets from his new album "Mr Melodocious!"


Nima

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news 1085558568 - January 1, 1970 By : Oh shit, hittin' ya'll with a combo. Ya'll know about Michelob by now, member of the Game Bangaz along with Spice 1, 40 Glocc & Rappin 4-Tay, who released his debut solo album "Don't Let The Smoove Taste Fool Ya" a few months ago.

Well now we bring you an interview with the man himself, where he introduces himself to the world, talks about the Game Bangaz project, his own solo album, his new video, the rap game, his expectations for the future and much more. Make sure to check out the interview, by clicking here.

We also have his new mixtape up here, which features Spice 1, Jayo Felony, Flexxarally and many more. Thanks to Michelob for providing us with the mixtape for free, it's 11 tracks make sure to get it, and check out the tracklisting below (to download the mixtape, make sure to right click on the link and then select Save As) : HERE

Nima

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news 1085558840 - January 1, 1970 By : Dubcnn.com sat down to talk to one of the greatest artists of all time Krayzie Bone who is part of the trademark fast rapping group Bone Thugs n Harmony, most known for their back to back platinum and gold albums. He talked to us about how he has people still tryna get the aftermath Bone thing worked out, future plans, the Ouiji board, weed songs, his new single which is produced by super producer lil Jon, Bizzie Bone and much more westcoast stuff!

Click Here to checkout the interview!

Props to our friends over at westcoast2k.net for their interview with Krayzie but we asked him different questions and for those who like to listen to interviews we got it in good audio quality aswell.

Nima

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news 1085558949 - January 1, 1970 By : Sup people, just a quick update to apologise for the news section going down! Its all back up and running now except for the archives as i will be sorting them shortly, please be patient. Any queries regarding past updates please feel free to contact me. Thanks to all of you supporting the site constantly especially those of you have taken time and money to pre-order "Westcoast Unified Volume 1." This is a mixtape for you, the fans. Alot of hard work, time and money has been invested to bring you this release and i hope you all appreciate the effort that Nima & Yash have put in on behalf of dubcnn. The only way this release can succeed and lead the way for many more releases to help support and promote the westcoast is for all of you fans out there to purchase the album!

The mixtape is available to order now from both the dubcnn store and our Paypal Purchase page. The CD is only $8.99, if you still need convincing make sure you check out the Westcoast Unified Volume 1 (Sampler)!

Once again, thank you for your continued support!

Rud

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news 1085559008 - January 1, 1970 By : Los Angeles, CA- Lawyers for the hip hop artist Ras Kass, (John Austin), filed a civil complaint in the Los Angeles County Superior Court against Priority Records today. The music industry’s common practice of binding recording artists into contracts for an extended period of time is being specifically attacked by the complaint.

Ras Kass, who has been signed to Priority since 1995, is demanding that he be released from his recording contract based on specific acts of breach by Priority Records, Capitol Records and EMI and intentional and malicious misrepresentations made by Priority Records, as well as Priority Records executives Wendy Goldstein and Andrew Shack. In the past, Ras Kass has formally and informally sought release from the label based on specific provisions in his contract, which allow him to do so; still Priority Records has refused to release him.

The civil complaint alleges the following causes of action: 1) Declaratory Relief Re Labor Code Section 2855(b); 2) Unfair Competition; 3) Restraint of Trade; 4) Rescission of Agreement; 5) Breach of Contract; 6) Breach of the Implied Covenant of Good Faith and Fair Dealing; 7) Intentional Interference with Prospective Economic Advantage; 8) Negligent Interference with Business Relationships; and 9) Intentional Infliction of Emotional Distress and alleges damages in excess of five million dollars.

Courtney Love, 311, Metallica, Prince and others have filed similar civil complaints challenging record labels over contract terms. Courtney Love had particularly similar issues when Universal failed to promote her album and held her to her contract for more than 7 years. Love’s case settled in late 2003.

In 1995, Ras Kass signed onto Priority with goals of using his craft to teach people about religion, politics and his art. To date Ras Kass has had only two albums officially released. Priority never released the anticipated Van Gogh and/or Goldyn Chyld albums. Critics from The Source Magazine described his debut album Soul On Ice (1996), as “spectacular.” Rolling Stone magazine gave it 4-1/2 stars. His second album, Rasassination (1998) received similar reviews. Rahiem Shabazz, writer and critic claims “Rasassination is a testament of true hip-hop.” Over 3,000 Internet based fans have signed an on-line petition in order to “Free Ras Kass”. The list was presented to the label in 2002, but was never taken seriously.

Ras Kass’ career has the support of many industry professionals. Hip Hop artist and host of MTV’s Pimp My Ride, Xzibit, stated that “Ras Kass is THE SPITTER; I respect him as an artist, and he takes Hip-Hop and music seriously. His skill and his talent come from a genuine place. The West Coast is waiting to hear something that explosive.”

Hip Hop pioneer, KRS-1 had this to say “First of all Ras Kass is my man. All 25,000 members of the Temple Of Hip Hop are down with Ras Kass. He’s the only MC to give me, KRS-1 a run for my money!”

Other artists/producers who have supported his talent, and have worked with Ras Kass, are Eminem, Dr. Dre, Busta Rhymes, Twista, David Banner, Pharoahe Monch, Mos Def and many many more. Multi Platinum producer, Mike City claims “I just want Ras to make music and be able to provide for his family. He’s one of the best rappers out!”

Supporters also include former VP executive at Priority/Capitol, Mr. Dave Weiner. He recently stated that “Ras Kass is one of the best MC’s on the West Coast, and in the world. It’s a shame that Ras Kass hasn’t been given the opportunity to present his talent to the masses. Compared to the talent that is getting support from the major label systems in place today, none of them can stand up to Ras Kass’ talent.”

Former manager and Founder of Rap Coalition, Wendy Day stands behind what Ras Kass is doing and said, “I am happy to hear Ras Kass taking back control of his life and career by refusing to be bullied anymore by Priority Records. The artist has been the underdog in this industry for far too long and it is about time that an artist held their label accountable for damages in a court of law. I stand in solidarity with Ras Kass and support his efforts to regain his freedom from this Goliath!"

EMI/Capitol is a major record label and home to such artists as Coldplay, Radiohead, The Vines, Chingy, and Snoop Dogg. Over a course of 9 years, Priority has only distributed two of four Ras Kass albums and failed to promote either properly, with promises of much more. Lack of promotion and marketing on Priority’s behalf, left Ras Kass no choice but to seek other means. “I want what is fair; all I want is to create great music, have the proper team behind me, and be the artist that I am. I am prepared to do what it takes in order to be released from this ugly situation.”

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news 1085559056 - January 1, 1970 By : News taken from TVTRecords.com:

TVT Records has announced the worldwide signing of hip-hop supergroup 213, featuring acclaimed hip-hop artists Snoop Dogg, Nate Dogg and Warren G. 213's debut album, The Hard Way, will be released on TVT Records on July 20th, 2004. A decade-plus in the making, the group's highly anticipated first full length album release The Hard Way is set to rock the hip-hop world with the unprecedented combination of these three talented hip-hop stars.

Named after the area code of Long Beach, CA, the city in which all members of the group grew up, Snoop Dogg, Nate Dogg and Warren G originally formed 213 as teenagers in Los Angeles before breaking off to have renowned and record breaking solo careers. Upon splintering in the late 80's, they made a pact that, if they all succeeded as solo artists, they would return to their roots and pick up 213 where they left off. After a couple of stints attempting a reunion, most notably on the track "Ain't No Fun" on Snoop Dogg's critically-acclaimed album Doggystyle, it was not until the three combined forces again for a song off Warren G's 2001 release Return to the Regulator, that they were able to make 213's reunion official.

Before completing work on The Hard Way, 213's bootleg track, entitled "So Fly," exploded on to airwaves all over their hometown of Los Angeles. The track featured the instrumentation of Monica's "So Gone" and became the #1 song on Power 106 in Los Angeles, in addition to receiving heavy rotation on The Beat. The tremendous success of the song highlighted the excitement surrounding this trio's return, dominating the West Coast's top urban radio stations.

As the buzz on this highly anticipated record and reunion continues to build, the album's first official single, "Groupy Luv" is starting to bubble up on radio station playlists nationwide.


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news 1085559119 - January 1, 1970 By : What's up ya'll. While the new Bad Azz album "Executive Decisionz"just doesn't seem to stop getting pushed back (according to CDUniverse.com, the new Release date in July 17th...), we have a new song from it for ya'll to peep out.

It's called "Round N Round", produced by Soopafly and features Latoya Williams on the hook. Check it out by clicking below:

Bad Azz - Round N Round ft. Latoya Williams.

Also while you're waiting on the new Bad Azz album don't forget he's hosting our new CD "West Coast Unified Vol. 1" so to get some new material from Mr. Bad right away, order the CD by clicking on the pic on top of the site.

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news 1085559200 - January 1, 1970 By : The rumours about Bizzie Bone signing to B2K's lable is NOT TRUE.
Infact he just recorded a diss track with Kenny McCloud (produced on "Creepin On Ah Come Up" album etc)
I'll let Bizzy tell yall what he feels about that whole rumour. Click Here.

Lookout for that diss song to premiere EXCLUSIVELY on DUBCNN REAL SOON.

And lookout for our Exclusive Interview With Bizzy Bone.
He poured out his heart about alot of things that yall prolly don't know about so believe me you don't wanna miss out on this amazing interview.

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news 1085559315 - January 1, 1970 By : Caz did 2 cuts with singer Moe from Germany. He told me "The singers album is due in july 2004 and the "All I Want" single is gonna be released overseas next month. The song also features Eve of Aftermath. The songs were recorded while Caz was in Sweden last may.

He will be hitting the cali ground in july. Head over to Caz official website and listen to the other songs by clicking Here.

Lookout for our Exclusive interview with Caz real soon...

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news 1085559431 - January 1, 1970 By : What's up ya'll? We brought you the new single by Houston which features Nate Dogg, Chingy and I-20 a while back, well they now shot a video for it which you can check out right now below!

Windows Media Player | Real Player

Houston's album "It's Already Written" is dropping July 27th, check it out!

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news 1085559573 - January 1, 1970 By : Ya'll probably heard about the up and coming MC Ren & Paris album project that is in the works, where Paris will be producing an entire MC Ren album. Apparently, it's gonna be on some Shock Of The Hour type of shit!!! MC Ren left a message on his site about the project, here it is:

"due to a lack of real music in the game and fake ass niggas wit they played out throw backs and wack ass lyrics,me and the black panther of rap are gettin together to drop a classic mc ren album.this album will be from the heart to bring about a NEW revolution in hip hop for the upliftment of black people and to destroy this bubblegum ass industry.it might hurt alot of feelings but who cares.it will drop on guerrila funk and be a monster.go to guerrillafunk.com for the info.somebody got to stand up and make some real shit in the purest form.these companies out here like innerscope are colonizing our culture the same way they did africa,now they want to do it to are music puttin out anythang and not promotin people that speak the truth.its time for a real movement to tear it down.so spread the word that all this bullshit is about to come to an end once the album drops.all these big shot white ceos are in for a surprise.they rape our music and only put out fools wit no lyrical value now its time to rep red black and green to the fullest.its time to take our artform back.stay tuned............its mayday all over again....long live the revolution"

Stay tuned for more info on this project as we get it.

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news 1085559640 - January 1, 1970 By : According to LAHipHop.com, Crooked I's "Young Boss" mixtape is going to be availiable on the website tonight! We'll see if they come through, if not it should still be on there real soon, so stay tuned!

Also check out Crooked I's official website westcoastdynasty.com.

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news 1085559686 - January 1, 1970 By : Death Row's Spider Loc is releasing an internet only album only available at his official website SpiderLoc.com. 15 blazing tracks featuring Kurupt, Eastwood, The Game, C-Bo and more. CDs are already ready to be mailed for $14.00 including s&h. This is the tracklisting:

01. What If
02. Woozi (Featuring The Game)
03. Bounce (Featuring Kurupt, Eastwood)
04. Out There
05. Kic Kacc and Be Bool
06. Slap That Azz (Featuring Kurupt)
07. Bangin' At Tha Party (OG Version of West Side Connection Song)
08. Dance Like That
09. Dysfunktional Family (Studio Version)
10. Nina
11. Ball Til We Fall (Featuring C-Bo)
12. Lets Ride (Featuring C-Bo, Killa Tay)
13. The Head Honcho
14. Testify
15. I Puts It Down

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news 1085559881 - January 1, 1970 By : I know the CD's were supposed to be shipped out this week, however we ran into some problems with the company in the US who was pressing the CD's, and they're only gonna get pressed early next week. We should have the CD's in our hands early the week after, and that is when the orders are going to be shipped. We want to appologize for the delay, but bare with us, you're not gonna be dissapointed when you recieve your product!

Also, we recieved a notification from the Bank where our Secure Online Store is ran through, letting us know about orders which were placed using a bogus/stolen Credit Card. Actions will be taken against the persons who placed those orders, the bank is tracking them down as we speak. So it's no use doing that, don't even attempt to!

I want to thank the countless people who pre-ordered the CD, for those who haven't yet, you can still do so, to use your Credit Card or PayPal, click here, to order through Money Order or Cash, contact us at contact@dubcnn.com.

Here is the link to the 12 minutes Audio Sampler again:

-=| West Coast Unified Vol. 1 Album Sampler |=-

In the meanwhile, we have worked on the covers abit, check out the new Front Cover and the new Back Cover below:

Front Cover | Back Cover

Thanks!

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news 1085560079 - January 1, 1970 By : Awww shit.. it's finally time for some new Crooked I shit to bump ya'll!! The "Young Boss" mixtape is now available for FREE DOWNLOAD at LAHipHop.com.

The file is 100mb big so if you're on a slow connection, beware! I'm downloading it as we speak, I hope it's hot! So everybody make sure to head over to LAHipHop.com and check it out!!

Click here to see the cover in full size!

Here is the tracklisting:

1. Real Talk intro
2. Bitch Niggas ‘04
3. It’s More Than Music
4. Dynasty 4 Life
5. Zee & Me (Feat Young Zee)
6. Boss Nigga Now
7. Horse Shoes Go (Feat the Horse Shoe Gang
8. 40 Barz
9. Gunz R Us
10. Renegade ‘04
11. Price On Ya Head (Feat Yac Da Xo)
12. Spit Fest (Feat The Horse Shoe Gang)
13. Run
14. Phony (Feat One-2)
15. Man Up
16. Welcome To LBC (Feat The Dynamic)
17. Gangsta Phone Call Interlude (Feat Brainiac & Big Saucy)
18. Need It In My Life ‘04
19. Long Beach To Brooklyn

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news 1085560158 - January 1, 1970 By : The official Eastwood website has updated the News section with the newest on Eastwoods new Vol. 2 mixtape dropping soon, called " "Self Made Mixtape Volume Two: Tha Gutter"". Some of the artists appearing on the mixtape are as follows: Eastwood, Live Wire, Cutty, Bizzile, TRI, Tone, Roscoe, Kurupt, and Gail Gotti.
You can already place your order, to do so head over to the website and hit up the store section.

Eastwood is also set to appear on the upcoming Y.A. mixtape, aswell as Kurupt's upcoming solo Against The Grain. Also look for him to collaborate with RnB artist Nivea.

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news 1085560294 - January 1, 1970 By : Oh my god! Two of the Bay's hottest up and coming cats getting together for a duo album! Arsen & Mista Cane, mostly known for their infmaous mixtape series, have recently completed their group album called "High Risk High Reward" dropping July 6th on Alliance Music.
We briefly caught up with both Mista Cane and Arsen, and they talked to us about this album, how they hooked up in the first place, hooking up with The Game, West Coast Unified and much more.

So to get the whole scoop on the Arsen & Mista Cane album make sure to check out the interview by clicking here.

1.High Risk High Reward
Produced By: One Drop Scott
2.Take A Look featuring Black-C (RBL Posse)
Produced By: Davey D (D.Cohn)
3.An That's Why
Produced By: Davey D (D.Cohn)
4.Close 2 You featuring Killa Keise
Produced By: Davey D (D.Cohn)
5.Changes featuring Sean-T
Produced By: Davey D (D.Cohn)
6.Holla At Me
Produced By: Davey D (D.Cohn)
7.Fall Back
Produced By: Davey D (D.Cohn)
8.Breakin Me Down featuring Prohoezak (Chorus)
Produced By: Sean-T
9.In Here featuring The Game
Produced By: Davey D (D.Cohn)
10.When We Slide Thru featuring NBD
Produced By: Sean-T
11.Talk A Lot featuring The Jacka
Produced By: Davey D (D.Cohn)
12.Dyin 2 Live
Produced By: Rodzilla & Adon
13.Don't Hold Back (Mista Cane Solo) featuring Prohoezak (Chorus)
Produced By: Davey D (D.Cohn)
14.Signed Hype featuring Young Dru
Produced By: Davey D (D.Cohn)
15.Where Our Heart Remains featuring Trench Town Hustlaz
Produced By: Rodzilla & Adon
16.Contact (Arsen Solo)
Produced By: Davey D (D.Cohn)
17.Respect Our Grind featuring G.A.S.
Produced By: E.Q.
18.I Miss You featuring Jt The Bigga Figga
Produced By: Davey D (D.Cohn)

Executive Producers: Arsen & Mista Cane. Make sure to cop the album July 6th!!

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news 1085560319 - January 1, 1970 By : Logistics Music Group is a group of labels & artists such as Kne Hi (Da 5 Footaz), Domino (Getto Jam Ent), Rated R from 2pac's first Multi-Platinum group Thug Life, Crash, P-S, Culture, Bishop Lamont (Vatican), Cat Iz, Da Officialz (X.Marcs.Da.Spot Records), Bleu Davincci (B.M.F. Records), Dreamer, Presidential and more.

If anyone is interested in hiring artists from the label for a show or event feel free to contact 310 925 5010 or xmds99@aol.com

The official website can be found at at http://www.indastreets.net/ where you can find amazing albums, videos and mixtapes Featuring Domino, Cat Iz, Bishop Lamont, Cicc Cel, Presidential, Rated R, Black Diamond and Platinum, Da Officialz and many more!

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news 1085560341 - January 1, 1970 By : "The Vault" section in our forum just keeps growing, so now it's time to expand and go major. The concept behind The Vault is having our forum users type up producers and other credits for all hiphop/rap albums, and also samples and artist & producer discographies/C.V.'s.

"The Vault Index" includes no less than 670 album credits, and the index is now also available with a better and more accessible layout on DubCNN in DubCNN The Vault Index".

In the index, you have access to all album credits in The Vault, and also a shortcut to
"What's New", where you can see all the newest albums added.

You can contribute as well, sign up for the forum if you haven't already, and you can request, post or just view Album Credits in The Vault, as well as discographies and videographies.
The slogan: The #1 Spot For Album Credits - Exclusive To The Rollin' On Dubs Network!

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news 1085584999 - January 1, 1970 By : There's a new interview with Dr. Dre in the new issue of Scratch Magazine. Thanks to the homie T-Dogg for taking the time to type it all up. Here is a little sample below, to read the whole interview click here.

SCRATCH: So you’ve decided not to release your new album Detox?

DR. DRE: I decided not to do it because I didn’t think it would be fair to all the artists that I want to work with. I’m really hard on myself when it comes to my own record, so it would have taken nine or ten months of my time. I could get two or three artists’ albums done in that amount of time, so I decided just to back off of it. I cut a couple of songs, and I was digging the way I was sounding on the mic. There’s always something to write about. I mean if I didn’t have a label to run, and a lot of artists to put out, it would be a different story, then I could just totally concentrate on self. Building my company and getting these artists out is my main priority right now. I spread out the tracks that I did for the record to the other artists I’m working with. I don’t think anybody’s going to be mad about it after they hear what I’m doing.


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news 1085585409 - January 1, 1970 By : Kurupt Young Gotti appears on a new track with Goodie Mob & Sleepy Brown called "Play That Flute". The song is blazing and Kurupt rips it! After a very dissapointing Originals album, it looks like Kurupt is coming back after a few tight appearances. Make sure to check out the song below, and be on the lookout for his new solo "Against The Grain" coming soon!

Goodie Mob ft. Kurupt & Sleepy Brown - Play That Flute

Enjoy!

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news 1085585770 - January 1, 1970 By : From Yuks official website SmokeAlotRecords.com:

The original thug lord has done it once again. With his flawless perpetual style and untouchable verbal heat on the mic and stage, Yukmouth AKA Godzilla prepares to release his latest project United Ghettos of America Vol. 2 DVD along with a scorching soundtrack to back it up. You may most likely recognize him from the platinum Bay Area rap sensation The Luniz (also known as Luni Toonz) and their never-faded ganja anthem I Got 5 on It & The Ice Cream Man. You probably own Thugged Out: The Albulation, Thug Lord: The New Testament, Godzilla, or one of his previous power packed projects. It’s nothing new. Yukmouth has a bigger body of work than Frank Sinatra and is one of the heaviest international rap sensations out there. Gaining ultimate exposure across the world throughout America, Europe, etc, Yukmouth portrays himself as the one of a kind real life thugged out west coast rapper. When it comes down to it, he has seen and done it all. Who started out in the ghettos of Oakland, California selling drugs, getting locked up, and writing his first song (The Ice Cream Man) in jail, ended up touring with Puff Daddy, Biggie, Mary J and some of the biggest names in hip hop history. During the period when recording Lunitk Muzik he landed into the hands of J. Price (CEO of Rap a lot Records in Houston, TX) who then offered him a solo record deal for which he released Thugged out: The Albulation which sold over 250,000 units with no video nor airplay. He then dropped Thug Lord: The New Testament which did just as good. In 2003 Yukmouth dropped Godzilla, his third album with Rap a Lot Records which is said to be his best album ever. What makes him flawless and one of the most respected rappers in game is the fact he stays loyal to the real and original figures in the industry and stays connected with the underground. He is mainstream but not commercial. Under his own label Smoke a lot Records, his most recent project was United Ghettos of America Vol. I the DVD and soundtrack which was one of his best works as well.

Though the critically acclaimed United Ghettos of America Vol. 1 was a sensation, volume II is said to be a hundred times better. The project will come in a DVD plus Soundtrack together in one pack unlike the first which the two was sold separately. On the soundtrack you will find the likes of exclusive songs from The Régime, Eastwood, Young Roscoe, Tha Realest, C-Bo, Spice 1, Dru Down, Ms. Toi, Outlawz, Mac Dre, Numskull, & Tech N9ne. The soundtrack also include the singles Kalifornia G’z – Yukmouth, Crooked I & E-40, Stunt 211 (50 Cent diss track) – Yukmouth, Silverback Gorillas, & Bang ‘em Smurf, We Just Wanna Thug – Yukmouth & Noreaga, and I love Dro – Yukmouth & Bun B. The DVD will include exclusive footage, lots of females and XXX Eye Candy Scenes, live events, performances, interviews and basically footage of how celebrities do it big. You can expect to see raw footage with Dennis Hall (Bunny Ranch), Eddie Griffin, Cedric The Entertainer, The Diplomats, Yin Yang Twins, Lil John, Too Short, Scarface, Kurupt, Tech N9ne, The Luniz, Floyd Mayweather, Suge Knight, Devin The Dude, Bishop Don Juan, Keak Da Sneak, Lil Flip, David Banner, Lisa Ray, Nelly, P. Diddy, and much more. United Ghettos of America Vol. 2 DVD will come with the soundtrack and the project is expected to drop around June/July of 2004 and will be nationally distributed. For more information on this release and/or any other Yukmouth related material, visit the official Smoke a lot Records website at www.smokealotrecords.com / www.rapalotrecords.com. For articles and/or interviews with Yukmouth, please visit Worldwide Westside Magazine at www.wwsmag.com

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news 1085585900 - January 1, 1970 By : Yesterday was Daddy V's birthday, the Compton OG turned 37! So from the entire Dubcnn staff and the Dubcc forum members, happy birthday!

He just finished the Welcome 2 The Chuuch Vol.5 & 6 Daddy V Versions, I'm gonna have that up for download for ya'll, and he got the G-Homies compilation, and the LBC compilation dropping soon.

Like I said, we're going to be carrying his entire catalogue, from his Compton OG album, to the Chuuuch CDs, to all his numerous mixtapes in the Dubcnn Online store in a few weeks, so stay tuned for that.
Also Daddy V is dropping OG TV Vol.2, follow up to his blazing Vol. 1 DVD. And he got a Welcome 2 The Chuuuch Behind The Scenes DVD dropping which is gonna be hot.

He was also present when the whole 213 album was recorded and filmed most of that so we could get a 213 Daddy V DVD too..

His official website is getting prepared as we speak so look for that soon!

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news 1085586412 - January 1, 1970 By : DJ Vlad, who won numerous awards for his mixtapes lately, is back with a new mixtape in collaboration with Don Diva magazine. It's called "Old Gangsters, Young Gunz", and by the looks of it, it's heated! Check out the tracklisting below, there's 2 new 213 tracks on it, aswell as the first DPG-Unit song, and features many more hot artists.

The CD is hosted by ex-Drug Kingpin Little Melvin

1. Little Melvin - 'You Have Been Accepted'
2. DPG-Unit (Dogg Pound & G-Unit) - Gun Up In Your Mouth (World Premier)
3. 2Pac & Kurupt - Welcome to the West Coast
4. G-Unit - Eye for an Eye (Butcher remix)
5. Xzibit - Ride n Smoke (Butcher remix)
6. Little Melvin - 'Hierarchy of Drug Distribution'
7. 50 Cent - Back Down (Butcher remix)
8. 213 - Gangsta Music (World Premier)
9. 213 - Takin a Ride (World Premier)
10. Little Melvin - 'Labeled a Kingpin'
11. Notorious BIG & 2Pac - Runnin (Butcher remix)
12. DJ Vlad f. Bun-B & Paul Wall - We Movin Weight (World Premier)
13. Snook - Sunshine
14. Petey Pablo - Gangsta
15. Little Melvin - Changes in the Drug Laws
16. Sly Boogy - That's My Name
17. Done Deal Family - 16's With Me
18. Kaos Brought - Bust Shots
19. Saigon - Color Purple
20. Little Melvin - Snitching on your Family
21. Jadakiss - Brand Nubian freestyle
22. Jadakis - Games People Play freestyle
23. Rakim - Run freestyle
24. Little Melvin - Blowing Your Cover
25. DJ Rondevu f. Unpacino, Hogg Brando - Baby That's It
26. Ka - Freestyle (646.337.6422)
27. Flawless - freestyle
28. Little Melvin - Government allows drugs into the country
29. LG & Crooked I - Follow Me (917.826.0547)
30. Balance & EA-Ski - Come See Us (www.balanceskillz.com)
31. Contact Info
32. Mobb Deep - Got It Twisted (DJ Razz remix)
33. Little Melvin - Riots

To order the mixtape, click here

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news 1085598627 - January 1, 1970 By : It looks like Spice 1's looong awaited follow up to Spiceberg Slim is finally coming out! "The Ridah" is set to drop June 8th, on Xtra Laced Records. Check out the full album add in big size by clicking on the album cover to your left.

There was so much bullshit and politics around this album that many had already given up on it. But the time has come, the release date is now June 8th. Now it might still get moved around a few weeks, but it's up at CDUniverse.com too, and the promotion has started.

I have some news that's gonna make ya'll happy. The unreleased 2Pac & Spice 1 collaboration "One Day At A Time" which got remixed on Pac's latest "Ressurection" album with Eminem and where Spice was removed, is going to be on the Ridah album in it's original form! So that' real big. "Fuck M&M, this is how the song was supposed to be, the way Pac wanted it to be!!"

Spice wanted to leave a few words for all of our visitors, regarding all the bullshit surrounding the album: "Maaan, the rap game is crooked as fuck, and they wonder why I'm violant! You should print those words on your site!"

1. Spice 1 in a Million
2. Kiss My Ass
3. Gang Bang Music
4. When Thugs Cry
5. Behind Closed Doors
6. Blast from the Past
7. Boomin Pistols
8. Skit
9. Thug World
10. Thugthizzle
11. Cut Throat Game
12. I'm a Boss
13. Clown Shoes
14. Shake It
15. P in the Pimpin
16. Behind Closed Doors (Remix)
17. I'm Still Here
BONUS: One Day At A Time ft. 2Pac, recorded in 1996

Features by: Dru Down, Goldie Loc, Kokane, Kurupt, 2Pac, Yo-Yo, Battlecat and others.

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news 1085677945 - January 1, 1970 By : The group Lifestyle around Snoop Dogg's lil bro Bing aka Pretty Tony and HIT along with the whole Soul Hood Entertainment label are set to drop the "Stylefornia 2: The Movement" mixtape on June 21th!

The mixtape features from Soul Hood Artists "Lifestyle, Mecca Dawn, and Pornostyle" and other hot guests such as Snoop Dogg, RBX, DAZ, Lil Jon, Spit Fiya & many more!

You can view the cover on the left, click on it to enlarge it. For more information on Lifestyle and Soul Hood Entertainment, as always hit up their official website at soulhoodentertainment.com.

We're gonna be back soon with more info on this, along with audio. So stay tuned!

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news 1085784615 - January 1, 1970 By : The new album from Caz called "Hood Hitz" is comin out soon and one of the best songs on the album is a classic diss song to Xzibit.
You probably heared his diss song to Xzibit "Thug".. Caz raps 'I don't believe shit that you boast you rap like you west but nigga you eastcoast' over the smooth beat and I gotta say the chorus is off the hook. Click here for more samples from the album including a song featuring Jayo Felony and make sure you buy "Hood Hitz" when it drops!

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news 1085787325 - January 1, 1970 By : When people think of West Coast Rap, they think of Gangsterism, violence, gang banging. That is, what most WC Rappers have stood for in the past decade. But, of course, during the whole time, there has been a Hip Hop movement on the West, with a totally different approach of things, but often got overlooked, labeled as back pack rappers, and not given a chance in the mainstream.
The rapper I'm going to present to you goes further than aiming guns at peoples chest, banging a set and representing his coast. He's a true MC. Mykestro is the younger brother of beat-making legend Battlecat. He's coming out of South Central, CA, and is eager to show the world what he's capable of.
We had the chance to catch up with both Mykestro and Battlecat to talk about the man's debut solo album "Just Due" on which he's currently putting the finishing touches on. When asked about his younger brother, Battlecat started boasting "He's my best kept secret man, matter of fact he's the best kept secret in Cali! He truly has a voice of music, he's a real musician!". He pointed out that Hip Hop has been in a drought for a good while now: "We ain't had nobody fresh in the last years! We need something like this. He has his head on straight, he's not only a musician, but also a business man. He's my official business partner on my new label that I'm putting together, he's my new accountant. He's business minded and a musical craft. That's something we need over here!"

Mykestro has been busy this past year just doing show after show, staying busy getting his name out there, getting some play on the radio, and he released his own mixtape "Drops and promo cuts Vol. 1", and appeared on the "West Coast Allstars Mixtape" aswell. When asked how he would describe himself as a artist, he said "I would say I'm absolutely universal. I have alot of versitality, and definitely not what you would expect out of L.A. I come from a musical background, MC and production wise. I'm very consistent as far as lyrics go, I'm a MC!"
Now it would seem obvious that since he's Battlecats little brother, they would really use that to market him as an artist, but that's not the plan! "We work together, we've been together since gits, but he's not trying to use that as an obvious envelope to push it. He's been really putting in work in the studio working, doing shows, he wants to do him, not ride on somebody elses coattail. He wanna prove the world what he can bring behind the mic", Battlecat said.

When asked about his influences growing up Mykesto shouts without hesitation that "Kurupt was my hero! That's my hero right there! That's who I looked up to when coming up, I always felt like he was a different type of MC, so that was my main influence from the gate. But now I listen to alot of different shit, I like Mos Def, Talib Kweli, Pharaoh Monch, Ice Cube.. I like real MC's, I like Slum Village, Jigga of course, Eminem is a monster, Busta Rhymes, of course Biggie & Pac.. Yeah those are the main ones"
"To me man, Mykestro is like Jay-Z and Common Sense in one... yeah he's like the mix of the two!", Battlecat added about his brother.

Now let's get into his debut solo album "Just Due" which he's dropping. He's shooting for a 4th Quarter release if everything goes well. As for the label situation, "If the paperwork is right, I would go with a major! But if it's tons of faulty paperwork, I'm definitely gonna keep it independent". He's been recording for the album since the beginning of the year, and in contrary to most of the shit coming out nowadays, this is actually gonna look like a Solo album! He has a few features by the likes of Crooked I, Conyac, and his kinfolk Track Life, Bishop Lamont and Glasses Malone.
The production credits are very impressive too. Of course, he has Battlecat on there. "Man the shit Cat gave me, is not something you usually hear from cat. I didn't want the claps and all that. He came with something different this time around, except on one, where he came with all his funk and flavor, because I can't forget where I'm from and where I grew up!. Other producers are Raphael Saadiq, Michael Angelo, Terrace Martin, Josef Leimberg, D-Dash & Sa Ra.

We're gonna be providing you with material from his mixtape, aswell as album previews in near future, stay tuned for more news in Mykestro, because this cat is on the come up and will hopefully be a force on the West in near future!

Mykestro dropped a shoutout for all the DubCnn vistors, check it below:

Mykestro - DubCNN Shoutout

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news 1085948876 - January 1, 1970 By : Dubcnn.com sat down with the controversial rapper Bizzy Bone who is a member of the group Bone Thugs n Harmony, one of the few rappers who has sold gold albums as a solo artist.

He talked to us about how people think he doesn't show up at shows while the reason being he isn't told where to be, He gave us the exclusive real deal about Ruthless records, future plans, he told us he quit drinking and cut down on smoking weed, how he produced most of the songs on "creepin on ah comeup", Eazy E, his new Movie and much more stuff!

Click Here to checkout our Exclusive Indepth Interview with one of the greatest rappers who changed the game with his fast flow.

Visit Bizzy Bone's Official Website by clicking here .

Yash

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news 1085957095 - January 1, 1970 By : Dubcnn.com once again brings you a controversial interview. This time, we talked to Kokane, who now goes by the name of Jerry Long, about his change, him turning to God, changing his whole life up, making Gospel music now, people saying he bites George Clinton, and about the negativity in the game. We also talked about Eazy-E, the old Death Row Ruthless beef, Jerry Heller, God/Devil, and much much much much more.

Don't sleep on this one, make sure to check out the interview by clicking here!

Nima

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news 1086000740 - January 1, 1970 By : We just can't stop! Dubcnn brings you 213's first single "Groupie Love" from their long awaited album "The Hard Way" dropping this summer. The song is produced by Dj Pooh, download it below!

213 - Groupie Love

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Yash

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news 1086190948 - January 1, 1970 By : Wasssup ya'll I got some new heat straight from the Whitehouse Camp for ya'll featuring E-White and rising westcoast artists Hustleboy Floyd & Crafty. They spitting over Fat Joe's "Lean Back" single, make sure to check it out below, it's sick!

E-White, Hustleboy Floyd & Crafty - Step Up.

Enjoy!

Nima

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news 1086195098 - January 1, 1970 By : Hey ya'll, special shoutout to Chag G for providing us with this. He was present at the video shoot to Suga Free's newest single "Thinkin'" from his new album "The Final Testament" and filmed a 30 second clip for ya'll to check out. I know the view is not the best, but it's still a cool little preview, so download it below and stay tuned for the video dropping soon!

*Right Click On The Link Below And Then Select Save As*

Suga Free - Thinkin' Video Clip

Enjoy!

Nima

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news 1086199663 - January 1, 1970 By : The Game and Eazy-E's song Lil E have gotten together for a collaboration track on the new DJ Whoo Kid mixtape called "My Confessions". After being let down by his preformance on the True Crimes soundtrack, Lil E surprised me on this one and came tight.

Many props to the homie Shellz representing San Diego for the song. Get it below:

The Game & Lil E - My Confessions

Enjoy!

Nima

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news 1086212182 - January 1, 1970 By : The hottest Latino Sensation to hit the market is now available to pre-order. Don Abusivo's Highly Anticipated CD "Alcen Sus Copas" debuts June 8th off Universal Latino, but you dont have to wait to pre order now! You may pre order now at Targets website by
clicking here. Produced by David Salas, one of the top producers in the Spanish Music Industry. Don Abusivo will show why he is concidered "The Latin Eminem" and show the world he is here to make his mark in history.

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news 1086265662 - January 1, 1970 By : Our new section "The Vault" is updated every week, it now includes 728 Album Credits and can be accessed at "DubCNN The Vault Index".

Peep also the shortcut to "What's New", where you can see all the newest albums added.

There will be a link and banner up for The Vault shortly on the main page.


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news 1086277589 - January 1, 1970 By : The DPG-Unit, who recently had their debut track on DJ Vlads new mixtape, are set to appear on Young Buck's upcoming album "Straight Outta Cashville". Wether this song is the same as on the DJ Vlad mixtape is still unknown. If you haven't peeped the "Gun Up In Your Mouth" song yet, get it below, it's hot!

DPG-Unit - Gun Up In Your Mouth

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news 1086277742 - January 1, 1970 By : Allhiphop.com have conducted a new interview with Snoop Dogg, where he speaks about the state of the West Coast, Dr. Dre, Nas, 2Pac, his own career, and much much much more. Make sure to check it out below:

Part 1 | Part 2

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news 1086286954 - January 1, 1970 By : We have some new heat from The Jacka from the Mob Figaz! Check out the song "Barney (More Crime)" below, and make sure to check out his free mixtape over at northern-ridaz in the Download section too!

This song is featured on Cormega's new album "Legal Hustle", and is the street single to his upcoming album dropping late summer. Stay tuned for more news on the Jacka right here as we get it!

The Jacka - Barney (More Crime)

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Nima

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news 1086290610 - January 1, 1970 By : Lil Jon is back at it again. He laced Krayzie Bone with a tight ass beat for Kray's newest single called "Getchu Twisted", which we have up for you to check out below! Also, if you haven't yet, make sure to check out our interview with Krayzie Bone by clicking here.

Krayzie Bone - Getchu Twisted

For more information on Krayzie Bone, hit up ballrrecords.com

Enjoy!

Nima

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news 1086295669 - January 1, 1970 By : The entire Dubcnn staff would like to say Rest In Peace to the artist Billboard from The Game's Black Wall Street family who got shot and killed last night in Gardena, CA. Billboard was supposed to be the next to drop after The Game, it is sad to see such things still happening to this day. When is this gonna end? The violence needs to cease.

Listen to a freestyle from Billboard below, and pour out a little liquor!

Billboard - Blackwallstreet Freestyle

R.I.P.

Nima

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news 1086433969 - January 1, 1970 By : We've seen a couple 213 tracks leak in the last weeks, so I thought I'd put them all up right here for those who missed them and don't feel like searching the news archives.

First goes "Dolla Dolla Bill", produced by Josef Leimberg which was supposed to be the first single and was actually blowing up. Right now it's undecided wether this song will make the album or not. Here is the FULL Version, including a 1 minute outro by Snoop Dogg:

213 - Dolla Dolla Bill (Full Version)

Next goes the new first single which we put up for you a few days ago, "Groupie Luv", which is produced by DJ Pooh:

213 - Groupie Luv

Now we have the song that WCRydaz brought you the other day called "Gangsta Music", a real laid back song, Nate KILLS it! The producer is yet to be announced, however it is a banging song:

213 - Gangsta Music

And last, but not least, the song "Takin' A Ride" which was also floating on the net under the name "Eastside LB". This is one of my favorites, very dope Battlecat production, definitely a heater:

213 - Takin' A Ride

Enjoy, and look for "The Hard Way" dropping August 15th on TVT Records!

Nima

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news 1086465793 - January 1, 1970 By : Oh shit, we're back at it again with some of that banging Chag G music straight out of the LBC. Ya'll know he's dropping his long awaited "Eastside Connected" compilation, which is coming out after being delayed many times. To read more about that aswell as more audio, check the next update, well the one above ^^.

We got some 4 brand hew heaters right here for ya'll to check out, still unreleased. One is called "Keep On Banging" and features LB veterans The Twinz aka The Locs, one features the group Taylor Made also from Long Beach, the other is with Taylor Made member Chuck Taylor, and last but not least, a heatrock with Young Popa & T Dirter, two up and coming artists from the coast.

As always when it comes to Chag G, we gonna let you vote for each song and let you decide wether the song is HOT, OK, or a FLOP. So please take the time to listen to them and then place your vote!

Let's go:

Chag G & The Twinz - Keep On Banging | VOTE HERE!!
Chag G ft. Young Popa & T Dirter - Come Into My World | VOTE HERE!!
Chag G & Chuck Taylor - Sakitu | VOTE HERE!!
Chag G & Taylor Made - Ya Hand Up Now | VOTE HERE!!

Make sure to check out the songs and place your votes, be a part of the West Coast Hip Hop movement by giving us your opinion. Thanks!

Nima

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news 1086465845 - January 1, 1970 By : After the Bump It Or Dump It below, we're back with even more heat from Chag G, this time from his upcoming compilation album "Eastside Connected" which is finally coming out after many delays. The cut we got for you is called "One Shot" and features non other than Bad Azz himself!

Bad Azz literally murders this one, make sure to check out a big clip of the song below and don't forget to cop the album when it's out! For additional information on Chag G, you will be able to visit his newly opened website at worldwidemuzic.com.


Check out the song below:

Chag G & Bad Azz - One Shot.

Enjoy!!

Nima

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news 1086468693 - January 1, 1970 By : Now if that's not a hot lineup for a song I don't know what is. Tray Deee, Jayo Felony & Kurupt are featured on a song with Tha Floc on the upcoming "Big Prod Presents: Hood Music Vol. 1" compilation dropping soon. The song is called "Well Respected" and it's off the hook!

Jayo Felony lays down one of his best verses ever, he KILLS it! He's no doubt THE most skilled rapper on the west right now along with Crooked I & Sly Boogy. Also, ya'll are probably surprised to see Kurupt and Tray Deee on the same song. Well judging by the quality of Tray Deee's voice, it sounds like it might have been recorded from jail, so it must be new. We reported before that Tray Deee recorded with Kurupt too before he got locked up, so it looks like things are straight between Young Gotti and him.

We have this song up for you, make sure to download it, and check out the tracklisting of the compilation below, make sure to cop it when it drops!!

Tha Floc ft. Kurupt, Tray Deee & Jayo Felony - Well Respected

Tracklisting:

1 Intro
2 Well Respected / Floc feat. Kurupt, Jayo Felony, Tray Dee
3 Famous Remix / S.C.C.
4 Da Zoo / The Zoo Babies
5 California / Floc
6 Da Gangsta Way / S.C.C.
7 I'll Take / S.C.C.
8 Cold Thang / Da Floc
9 P.B. Skit
10 Police Bitch / NME
11 Percolate / Young Prodeje
12 Freeway Mode / Floc feat. Suga Free
13 Bangin' And Swangin / Mr Wesside
14 Skit
15 Thug Disease Remix / S.C.C. feat. C-Bo, Spice 1 & Profit
16 Bucket Naked / Convict feat. Micc Multiee
17 Ooh Daddy (Original) / Young Prodeje feat. DVS(Young Murder Squad)
18 So Quick So Fast / Young Prodeje feat. Micc Multiee
19 Till I Hit / Droop feat. Bad Azz, Spice 1
20 Cali Days / Young Cali
21 Jungle / S.C.C.

Enjoy!

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news 1086489548 - January 1, 1970 By : We just can't stop!
I got a huge weekend audio update for yall.
First up here's the song by Spice1 featuring The Eastsidaz "Gangbang Music.. Make sure you buy the album "The Ridah" this tuesday.

Next up I got a dope song from Big Hutch's new album "Live From The Ghetto" the track is titled "Ride Like A Gangsta" and it's way too tight to be slept on.
Support Hutch and Above The Law by copping the album this tuesday.

Last but not least I got 3 new Game tracks for yall.
The Game "Fly Like An Eagle ft Snoop Dogg
The Game "Exlusive".
This last song by The Game called "Snitch" is one of the best Game tracks i've heared so far.
Lookout for his debut album coming soon!
R.I.P. Billboard

.....Yash and Nima Nima and Yash......

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news 1086518308 - January 1, 1970 By : Aw shit! I think we really feeding you people with too much audio ;) Don't matter though, right back at ya with a new banger from Jadakiss, Snoop Dogg and DJ Quik! This is a preview from Jada's album "Kiss Of Death" dropping June 29th!

The song is called "Shine" and is off the hook! All three artists RIP it, specially Snoop. The beat sounds like a Jelly Roll production and Quik shouts him out in the song, a HOT song make sure to get it and don't forget to swoop up Kiss Of Death in a few weeks in stores!!

Jadakiss ft. Snoop Dogg & DJ Quik - Shine

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Nima

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news 1086646841 - January 1, 1970 By : Our new section "The Vault" has been updated, it now includes 742 Album Credits and can be accessed at "DubCNN The Vault Index".

Peep also the shortcut to "What's New", where you can see all the newest albums added.
This time, Jadakiss' & Planet Asia's new albums has been added, along with 12 others.
If you can not see the new albums added, hit refresh/reload.



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news 1086683360 - January 1, 1970 By : Thanks to the homie XL Middleton fka Extra Large for posting these songs in our forum. One is by Westcoast veteran Big Saccs called "Corruption" and the other is by Crown City Entertainment artist Rev and is called "Westbound". Check out both below, and be on the lookout for more hot shit coming from CCE!

Rev ft. K-Deuce - Westbound

Big Saccs - Corruption (West Mix)

Enjoy!

Nima

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news 1086732269 - January 1, 1970 By : A few days ago we brought you a preview song from Big Hutch aka Cold187um's sophomore release "Live From The Ghetto". If you missed it, here it is again:

Big Hutch - Ride Like A Gangsta.

Thanks to Phyllis Pollack, we now have an official press release on the album, it's out today, make sure you go out and cop it! Here is the article:

"Big Hutch (aka “Cold 187um”) of the legendary West Coast supergroup, Above The Law, returns with his long awaited second solo release, Live From The Ghetto. Above The Law was one of the seminal, G-funk laced groups on the Ruthless Records label, run by the late, legendary Eric “Eazy-E” Wright. Hiphop heads last heard from Hutch back in 1999 when he released his first solo debut album, Executive Decisions, on his independent label, West World Records. With this album, Hutch brings melody back, with his time-honored brand of West Coast hiphop.

Hutch’s signature G-Funk sound can be found on classic hiphop tracks like 2Pac’s “Until The End Of Time,” The Dogg Pound’s “The Dog Pound 2002,” Snoop Dogg’s “Dead Man Walking” among many others. Suge Knight had even tried to enlist the production services of Hutch, but the two could not see eye to eye on a myriad of things, so 187 chose to leave the situation.

Live From The Ghetto is not merely an album title, but it is the state of mind, as well as environment, which Hutch has always shared in, and it permeates through this highly-anticipated album.

Destined to be noted as an essential work, Cold 187um decided to remake the classic Curtis Mayfield song, “Give Me Your Love,” but rather than just sampling it, he released it as a duet, featuring both the late singer’s trademark falsetto, a voice that was such an influence on his own delivery, and added his own vocals to it. The stunning combination of these two voices marks a special, flawless vision in hiphop, production that has 187’s own stamp on it. Hutch explains, “I wanted to pay homage to Curtis Mayfield by adding my style to it and telling a story similar to which his original was based. “Give Me Your Love,” from the Superfly soundtrack, is about a brother who is on the daily grind, doing what he’s got to do, but knowing that whatever happens, his woman his got his back, regardless of the outcome.” He adds, “Curtis Mayfield was always one of my favorites, and he did it all. He wrote, produced and sang. When I was coming up, my uncle, Willie Hutch and my Dad Richard Hutch, wrote for Motown. They wrote things like The Mack, Foxy Brown, the Jackson’s, the Miracles. I experienced the Mack, Motown, all of that, because of the work my dad and my uncle did for Motown. I was brought up on that sort of player, smoothed-out music. So this is paying homage. When you listen to it, it sounds like I was in the studio with Curtis Mayfield. It sounds real natural.”

Among the album’s guests are Above The Law, Kokane and upstarts Young Madd, Geno and Viet Nam.

Hutch is known as one of the original creators of G-Funk. Bringing Above The Law projects like the EP, For The Funk Of It, and the influential Black Mafia Life. Hutch remains understated, modest and extremely humble, despite his major role in the creation of G-Funk. “When we were making music in the early days at Ruthless, and I was producing, I wanted to do things for the vibe of it, to influence people. The music was new, hiphop, if you were around back then, you know one thing---just everything was kind of new. It was more so an experimental type of thing. When I was doing G-Funk, which was that all we were doing is adding a funky, new, melodic vibe to hiphop, because at the time, it was more metal sounding, you know, like NWA had this more metal sounding, hard-edged, cut throat feel to it. But Above The Law was more funky, funky but real smoothed-out. So when I started adding that into the scenario of hiphop, that’s when we coined the phrase for what we called our sound. At the time, Warren G slept on my floor, in my apartment. This had to be ’89 or ’90. We’d be like, ‘This is some G-Funk, gangsta funk.’ We were working on Black Mafia Life.”

2Pac lives on as a witness on that album. Hutch notes, “I remember 2Pac asked me, ‘Your music is funky, it’s not like all the regular gangsta shit. What do you call your shit?’ So that’s why when you listen to our song, “Call It What U Want,” which came out before “Indo Smoke,” came out before “The Chronic,” or any of that, on the song, 2Pac, says, “I’m bumpin,’ G-Funk, but you can call it what you want.’ So that was the first time you heard that term on a record.”

Then Warren came out and said, “Our music is G-funk.” He was influenced by cats who were OG’s he saw doing it, and rolling with it. Warren is a part of G-Funk, and part of its emerging, but he didn’t invent it. He’s from our camp, from our hood, so is Snoop Dogg, they’re all descendants of our camp. I was the first to take Snoop and Warren under my wing.” He adds, “They were originally going to come out through Ruthless/Lawhouse, until Dre split and broke camp, and people left with Dre to go to Death Row. I
don’t really trip off who did what really, because G-Funk was just one influence in the music,” he says. “I use blues, rock and a lot of other different things, as well in music.”

The album’s “Born Hustla” is about someone whose mindset is born out of necessity. Hutch expounds, “It’s about brothers who have no way out, and hustlin’ is all they can do, they’re trapped, it’s all they know. They don’t have a bachelor’s degree in sociology, they’re not great a football player, as not everybody can’t do that, and so they get caught up.”

Hutch is in his element, as he describes the song “Ghetto Platinum.” “Ghetto Platinum” is like saying you’re so dope and so underground, that everybody knows what’s up on that scene. You are ghetto gold, ghetto platinum. There are only a few people who are respected that level, on a ghetto level, that can give you certified ghetto shit. A lot of motherf#@%#@s talk ghetto shit, but they give you pop music instead. We bring certified ghetto platinum. No matter how many records we sell, we are still certified ghetto platinum.”

187’s vocal delivery was one of the first to come with a straight, melodic flow. “I always knew melody will outlive the words you are hearing. You may not remember the words to the song, but you always know the melody. I am a musician first, and then, I’m a rapper, with the vocals. I always wanted to put melody into it, because melody is timeless,” he says.

With Live From The Ghetto, says Hutch, “I want to put melody back into gangsta rap, and put that back into the fold. I wanted to sing the melodies myself, rather than hire someone else, and just be a rapper. I wanted to be a full-fledged artist, a true musician, and show that side of me. This album enabled me to give you all my soul, and that’s the way I look at it.”


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news 1086734152 - January 1, 1970 By : As of this week, Bad Azz left his label D3 and is now officially a free agent. Mr. Bad is currently shopping for a deal for his new album and his imprint Double Dolla Sign Records. "I ain't gonna go for no OK deal, or no coo deal no more, I done been through that shit and in the end it's all fucked up. I need something good, because I KNOW i got a SMASHING album ready to come out, for whatever label I go with! It's some smashing shit, I guarantee you!", he said.
His album "Executive Decisionz" was repeatedly pushed back by the lable, to the point where it looked like it was never coming out.

Let's hope Bad Azz finds a fitting situation to be able to unleash his record to the masses, and finally gets his long overdue recognition in the music industry!

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news 1086866748 - January 1, 1970 By : Wassup ya'll? The official Kurupt website Youngotti.com has just put up a brand new song from the upcoming albm "Against The Grain" called "Jealousy". The song features his brother Roscoe and M.O.P.. In my opinion the song is KNOCKING, some hard shit, make sure to check it out! To check out the song, right click on the link below and then select Save As or simply hit up the website Youngotti.com.


Kurupt ft. Roscoe & M.O.P. - Jealousy

Kurupt is also on the new cover of the Source (June issue) so check that out too!



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news 1086908358 - January 1, 1970 By : The Dubcnn staff would like to say Rest In Peace to one of the biggest legends in music ever, Ray Charles. The Grammy-winning crooner who blended gospel and blues in such crowd-pleasers as "What'd I Say" and ballads like "Georgia on My Mind," died Thursday, a spokesman said. He was 73.

To read the entire CNN article, click here.
R.I.P.

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news 1086939820 - January 1, 1970 By : The official Source website have put up the two new covers for this months Source mag. One of them has Kurupt Young Gotti on it, the other has Ghostface Killa.
You see the Kurupt cover to your left, to enlarge on it, simply click on it.


Make sure to pick up the issue when you see it!





Nima

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news 1087004540 - January 1, 1970 By : As always Dubcnn is first to let you checkout a few songs from the album before you decide whether to purchase the album or not!

Here's 2 tracks from Lloyd Banks album "The Hunger For More" dropping June 29th..

Lloyd Banks "When The Chips Are Down". featuring The Game
Lloyd Banks "I Get High". Featuring 50 Cent and Snoop Dogg

Support Lloyd Banks and G-Unit records by buying the album if you like these songs!
Pre-order the album by clicking here.

Yash

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news 1087077610 - January 1, 1970 By : Straight from Los Angeles, California comes the group Funq Ruut mixing a rare blend of Cali street hop & soulful r& b. Funq Ruut consists of different members from different L.A. groups coming together as one.

The group members are Risk & Rocc from the group Westside Knuckledragg, Doubleowe & Glocc from Warzone, Tee Lee & Drastic from The L.A. Zuu, Shadeaux, Casper and Classik from Tru Game, along with Bokie Loc who is the brother of CPO - The Boss Hogg and has done producing for the likes of Battlecat and The Eastsidaz. Also included are Burn & JT from Drowzie Entertainment.

Here's a tight song called "Mary Jane".

For more audio go to www.wcrydaz.com


Yash

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news 1087128282 - January 1, 1970 By : A quick heads up for those of you who don't already visit AftermathMusic.com or our forum

In the last couple weeks AftermathMusic.com have posted up two nice interviews. First up they interviewed Aftermath producer Focus and then followed that up with a controversial interview from former aftermath artist Shaunta

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news 1087128459 - January 1, 1970 By : We start this weeks weekend audio with Kali Slimm who was on the soundtrack to "2 Fast 2 Furious". He drops his album this tuesday with heated beats and some big name features.
Here's a song called "Look At Me Now". ft Kurupt off his album "I'm A P.I.M.P."

Next up we got a real smooth summertime type song by The Hard Headz from their album "80 Proof" which drops this tuesday.
Bayarea Legend Richie Rich comes off real tight on this song.
The Hard Headz "Rollin On". ft Missippi Richie Rich

And to finnish our weekend audio up we got 3 songs from Kalis Finest brand new album "Time To Boss Up".
"Slide By R Way". ft Kurupt
"Slide". remix ft Kokane
"Boss Up". ft Roscoe

Make sure you go out and buy these albums on tuesday if you feeling the songs.
Support the westcoast artists!


Yash

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news 1087344067 - January 1, 1970 By : This is the first realease by The Roots' Okayplayer Records imprint. It has been out over a month now, but I feel it's still being slept on. On top of Ohio producer RJD2, North Carolina's Little Brother, Virginia emcee and Ghostwriter Skillz, who happens to be involved with a little battle with L.A. Laker Shaq, Philly's Dice Raw and of course The Roots, you get a lot of West Coast flavor on this. From track 2 with Aceyalone & Madlib, to Dilated, Defari, Blackalicious and Hieroglyphics. It's a very dope album. Be sure to look out for more heat coming from the Okayplayer imprint. Pick this album up A.S.A.P. This is Hip Hop at it's best.




1. Intro - ?uestlove
2. K.O. Player - Aceyalone & Madlib
3. On And On - Little Brother
4. Okay - Dilated Peoples Featuring Defari
5. Take It Back - Skillz
6. Keep Livin - Jean Grae
7. Respect Deez - Hieroglyphics
8. I Do What I Like - Dice Raw
9. The Williams - Nicolay & Supastition
10. Y'all Know Who - The Roots
11. Shake It - Little Brother
12. Just What Can Happen - Blackalicious
13. Bang Bang - Truck & Mac
14. Pastor Skillz - Skillz
15. Can't Help Them With That - Baby Blak & Adam Bomb
16. Fall Back - Jean Grae
17. For The Wreckord - The Chapter
18. Act 2 - RJD2
19. Outro - ?uestlove

Buy the CD

SGV

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news 1087370632 - January 1, 1970 By : TQ has officially left Cash Money. They are still on good terms; TQ just optioned out of his contract. He has 2 albums to drop this year. One in America and one in Europe. The first album, "Listen", is an American release and is finished and will be out August 31st on Warner Bros Records. The first single is called "Right On" and it's going out to the radio stations in a week.

The European album isn't finished yet and is currently still untitled. TQ didn't want Warner Bros to make a website because he already has "the flyest website on the planet", He has www.thugpoetry.com . Which he has on his album cover, tour bus, etc.

(thanks to mauzip for this news)

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news 1087507360 - January 1, 1970 By : Yeah thats right.. we got em first! Big thanks to our boy axle for hooking them up!

First up, a quick reminder. As with our audio you won't be able to put links to these on other sites they'll only work if linked from this site, or our forum. As we said before this has had to happen due to sites stealing and linking to our shit.

Anyway.. on to the goodies!

I've merged them together into two pics to make things real easy.

Its a classic interview, so don't forget to pick up this months Source magazine.

Pic 1.. The full scanned interview text

Pic 2.. Contains a collage of all the shots of kurupt (minus the cover I know ya'll already seen)

Again, don't forget to pick it up!

Another interesting feature we've scanned is on upcoming West Coast rapper Conway which you can peep here


Enjoy!

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news 1087652367 - January 1, 1970 By : Goodie Mob are getting ready to drop their brand new album on Koch Records June 29th.
What you prolly didn't know is that Deathrow Records rapper Kurupt is on the tightest song from the album called "One Monkey Dont Stop No Show".
The song has Sleepy Brown singin the hook and Kurupt came pretty tight on this one.
Just listen to the song and you can decide how good it was.
Goodie Mob "Play Your Flutes". ft Kurupt and Sleepy Brown

If you like this song support Goodie Mob by buying their album when it drops June 29th!

Yash

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news 1087653342 - January 1, 1970 By : Latino rapper Jonny U has a double disc album coming out this tuesday. He got some help from legendary rapper Frost and some other big name rappers from california from Spice 1, Knight Owl and Tash to Prodeje of South Central Cartel and Michelob.

Here's 2 hot tracks from his album titled "I Want 2 Look At U":
Jonny U "She So Fly". ft Spice 1
Jonny U "Anything You Want". ft Frost and Weeto

Go out and cop the album this tuesday. It's a banger.

Yash

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news 1087654480 - January 1, 1970 By : Now to the best news the westcoast has heared in awhile.
One of the realest tightest rappers who has been in jail for a few years is coming home next year!
That's right it's Official BG KO is comin back, he has his rhymes all intact and ready to get back in the game.
Here's a message from Caz making it official:
Caz Message.

Lookout for a interview with Bg Knocc Out's big brother Gangsta Dresta soon who has a tight bangin album in the works.
More exclusive news as we get it.

Yash

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news 1087678487 - January 1, 1970 By : H Hustla reps Richmond CA and has a pretty tight album out but he got so many big names on there.. it felt more like a compilation. Jayo Felony, Celly Cell, Daz Dillinger, Lil Flip, Tray Dee, Too Short, D Shot and many more rappers from cali came out and supported him.

Here's 3 tracks from the album:
H Hustla "Fa Them Niggaz Wildin Out" ft Tray Dee and D Mack
H Hustla "Pop My Whip" ft Daz Dillinger and Celly Cell
H Hustla "To Get The Message Press Rewind" ft Jayo Felony and Manish

Order the album from Friscostreetshow by clicking here.

Yash

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news 1087696465 - January 1, 1970 By : Dubcnn.com is the first website to sit down with singer Butch Cassidy who has been on all the big albums lately singin the dopest hooks just like his cousin Nate Dogg. He has worked with pretty much everyone in the game right now from Snoop Dogg to G Unit and Westside Connection. He has blessed them all with his original smooth voice. He talked to us about his upcoming album, how Snoop was the first person to give him his chance to shine on a record, growing up in LBC, leaving Universal records, working with artists like 50 Cent & Ludacris camp and much more.

Click Here to checkout our Exclusive Interview!

Yash

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news 1087710306 - January 1, 1970 By : Dresta let me know that he got his solo album almost finnished.
But for now he gave me the adress to his Soundclick page which has 3 songs from his mixtape.
Click here to check that out.

Dresta is working on so much new shit yall just keep your eyez open for all his projects.
He just did some tracks with The Game for Game's mixtape. Dresta's doing some stuff with Lil E.
He got The Young Hogs album droppin after his solo..
They looking for a deal right now. Big Hutch also hollad at him to do something and ofcourse as soon as BG KO touch down they gone drop a new BG KO & Dresta album and after that a BG KO solo album.

BG is a muslim now as you all may know but he gone still keep it gangsta. They also working on a Compton super group album more on that in our Exclusive Dresta interview later this week.
Rumour about Dresta being in jail is not true he safe as you can see makin power moves.

Here's the songs in wma if you don't get that soundclick to work.
Dresta and The Young Hogs "Dippin".
Dresta and The Young Hogs "Don't Back Down". (MACK 10 DISS TRACK)
Dresta and The Young Hogs "Industry Phunk".

Yash

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news 1087758867 - January 1, 1970 By : The number 1 gospel rapper, Flexx has released his LP, "God is on my side". Flexx does it all, he raps, plays keys, uses the talk box, DJs, and writes his own music. Flexx has accomplished four projects; Freshman MC Flexx HOPE FOR THE LOST Released October 1996, Sophomore SO REAL Released October 1999 came in 5th on Billboard's Best New Album Charts, Junior HIDING PLACE Released October 20, 2000. The new album, on MIG Records is nationwide in a store near you or you can cop it directly by clicking here.



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news 1087816004 - January 1, 1970 By : G-Unit/Aftermath artist The Game, whom many people have been calling the "West Coast Savior" has recently put a new song on his website spitting over Dr. Dre's "Deep Cover" track, possibly one of his best to date. The song is called "200 Bars & Runnin" and he goes at Joe Budden, Bang'em Smurf, Memphis Bleek and others.
The song has got me hyped for his upcoming album "Nigga Wit An Attitude" which is set to drop around September. To check out the song, click below:

The Game - 200 Bars & Runnin'

Enjoy!

Nima

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news 1087866016 - January 1, 1970 By : We sat down with former members of Young Soldiers who used to be on the Banging On Wax albums.
The Relativez who have had alot of underground success with their first 2 albums are ready to drop their third album this summer.
They told us about their new smashin album which has production from platinum producers Jelly Roll, Scott Storch, Kalil and VMF.
They remenissed about the old days with B Brazy & Lilhawk, why they dissed Mack 10 on their second album, what they think of Suge Knight and alot more.
Make sure you checkout this indepth and personal interview with one of the hottest westcoast groups.

Click Here to checkout the interview!

Yash

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news 1087983334 - January 1, 1970 By : TQ's official website ThugPoetry.com has an exclusive interview up with the R&B crooner. TQ talks all about Cash Money, his new album Listen, his still untiuled Europe album and more!

ThugPoetry is also the first to bring you TQ's first single from Listen, called Right On.

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news 1087991250 - January 1, 1970 By : We brought you the first single to Goodie Mob's new album "One Monkey Don't Stop No Show" which is dropping June 29th a while ago. The song, "Play Your Flute" features Kurupt & Sleepy Brown and the video is now getting airplay.
We have 2 other songs to preview from the album before you go pick it up. Make sure to check them out, cause the record is hot. “People want to hear something a little more than just party music from us,” T-Mo says. “This project will portray the essence of what Goodie Mob really has to bring to the industry—message bearing songs, positive songs, and spiritual music.”

Click on the Player link to preview the tracks: Player Link

Enjoy!


Nima

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news 1087991349 - January 1, 1970 By : Xzibit will guest host the popular radio program, the "Russ Parr Morning Show," on Wednesday, June 23, and Thursday, June 24 (check your local listings).

The "Russ Parr Morning Show" can be heard weekdays by more than 3.2 million listeners in more than 45 cities across the country. The morning show has garnered numerous awards for being among the nation's best radio programs.


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news 1087991737 - January 1, 1970 By : Ballin N Style Records Present this year B.E.T. Records After Party June 29th. The party takes place at the B.B. Kings Live Club in Universal City, CA. Platinum artist Jon B will be performing along with other special guests. It's 21 & Over and the doors open at 9pm.

For the exact adress of the venue and additional information on the event, check out the flyer below:

Flyer Front | Flyer Back

If you can make it, hit it up, it should be cracking!

Nima

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news 1087991906 - January 1, 1970 By : Just to let everybody know that Mike West's single "Don't Know Me" feat Daz is currently at # 21 on the top 25 indie record pool list in the Carolinas!
Keep Supporting the single for the Mike West!

If you haven't heard the song yet, you can check it out right here!



Nima

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news 1087993458 - January 1, 1970 By : Ya'll know about Lil Flips new album "Can U Feel Me" which has been out for a little while with the huge single "Game Over".
He is now set to release the follow up single, called "Sunshine"! Sandy Lal, Flip's manager and attorney of Kingpin Entertainment Group, had the following to say about the single: ""This track is a collaboration with Lil' Flip and our newest artist Lea, just signed to Kingpin. It's produced by The Synphony. Lea's sweet voice combined with Flip's playalistically catchy rhymes really takes this song over the top. The single speaks for itself; it's already at over 3000 radio spins and will be going to Top 40 this week. I asked Flip to collaborate with Lea and he just jumped right on it. That was no surprise; she is as talented as she is beautiful. As for Flip, he gets up close and personal on "Sunshine", he's still a player but not on the courts on this track."

And Flip himself had a few words about the song too, ""Sunshine is a little different from what people have heard from me. I wanted a smooth track for the ladies this time. My manager Sandy originally
did the song for Lea but then decided to put me on it. When I heard the track, I got right on it and wrote it in fifteen minutes! I wanted to lay down the rules for dating a rapper like myself. Since I'm always on the road, she has to be patient. I'll definitely be in touch once I get into town but I can't stick around for too long. I can't be a steady boyfriend because of my schedule, but when I have the time, I will definitely give it to my babygirl. I touch on these things in the song. I think everyone will appreciate "Sunshine", both the males and females."

To check out the song, click below:

WM LO | WM HI

Enjoy!

Nima

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news 1087996096 - January 1, 1970 By : Dirty Dirty rapper T.I. who was in the news last week for shooting an unauthorized video in prison, had dissed Lil Flip on stage at Atlanta's Summer Jam, calling him out for calling himself the King Of The South. Flip now responded to that, here is what he had to say:

"“I hear T.I. is on stage with like 20 of his men supposedly ready to confront me when it was my turn to take the stage. First of all, I was late and it was supposed to be over. At that point the police and the venue people kept us off the stage, they were gonna shut it down and leave. Dude is on stage mad, claiming he’s the King of the South, and that I said he wasn’t. Everybody knows the real king of the south is Scarface. All I gotta say is that I don’t even KNOW him. If we wanna talk who’s hotter, I’ve been all over the mix tape scene, now I’m all over the mainstream scene, off the strength of my own hustle. A lot of people have been coming at me, and I really don’t have the time to address all of them. Like they say; mo money mo problems. That’s all I gotta say, Ima keep doin’ me regardless, I got a new hit record out. I’ve been in so much beef in my life, I’m happy to be here and still be living. I don’t know if dude’s been through half of what I’ve been through. I’ve been living with some real demons in my life, and niggas that know my story know what’s up so I don’t need to do anything extra to draw more attention to myself. I mean, I hear he’s calling out my peoples Luda and DTP too so I guess it’s just part of the game for him, a publicity stunt to move some more units. I guess he’s just mad cause I f*ck with everybody else in ATL but him. Look at my album; I got Pastor Troy, Luda, Killer Mike and Baby D. ATL is like my second home. And I guess he’s mad ‘cause he did a verse for the Game Over remix and I didn’t use it. Bottom line, I’ve put in my time. If he wanna take it there, I mean he got a team, I got a team too, so its whatever. Otherwise, go find another way to sell records ‘cause I am selling records”"

Let's hope this gets squashed and the united force of the south doesn't start breaking up like the West has been... To me though, the only person who can call himself the King Of The South is Scarface without a doubt.

Nima

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news 1087997509 - January 1, 1970 By : Oh shit! A brand new cut by Young Boss Crooked I can now be checked out at his official website westcoastdynasty.com. The track is called "Leave Us Alone" and is a great summertime track. Make sure to check it out by hitting up the website, it starts playing automatically after about a minute.






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news 1087997610 - January 1, 1970 By : On the new DJ Whoo Kid "Shadow Ops" mixtape, there's a 2Pac remix called "Casket" which was released by Mr Cynical from the homies at WCRydaz over a year ago. He didn't get any kind of credit nor a shoutout. Cynical left a message on their site about the situation, here it is:

"Well WHOO KID decided 2 take a remix I did over a year ago, called SLEEPIN IN A CASKET (PART 1) and put it on his mixtape without shouting me out or giving me credit or anything. I posted this on tha DPG Recordz forum over a year ago, and I know for a fact tha webmaster of tha site, KP is homiez with WHOO KID, so im sure thatz how he got tha track. Anywayz a big fuck U goes out 2 WHOO KID for tryna make it seem like he did that mix....Next time U use someone elses shit give them credit...."

To download both Whoo Kids, and Cynicals versions, hit up WCRydaz.com.

Nima

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news 1087998445 - January 1, 1970 By : We told ya'll about the new Stylefornia 2: The Movement mixtape dropping too from Soul Hood Ent featuring Lifestyle, Snoop Dogg, Lil Jon, Daz, Spit Fya, UGK and many more dropping this week. If you missed the initial update on this CD, check out the news archive for that. We now have the official tracklisting for ya'll right here, aswell as the final Fron & Back Covers and the online banner for any sites wanting to advertise it.

To check out the Front & Back covers, click below:

Front Cover | Back Cover

Any websites who want to advertise the CD can get the CD banner right here

Look for audio from thie CD right here soon.

Here is the tracklisting for the "Stylefornia 2: The Movement" Mixtape:

01. California -- Lifestyle & Mecca Dawn
02. Get Da Fuck Out -- Snoop Dogg f/ Lil Jon & Fiend
03. Planes, Chains, Automobiles -- H.I.T. f/ Mecca Dawn
04. Speaker Wire -- Mecca Dawn
05. With You -- Tatiana Chanel f/ H.I.T.
06. Feel Me -- PEB
07. Lost 4 Words -- P.S.C. f/ Mecca Dawn
08. I Don't -- H.I.T. & P.S.C.
09. Spit Fiya -- Spit Fiya
10. Toast 2 Da West Coast -- P.S.C. f/ Daz
11. A Lil Bit Dat There -- K-Ci & Jo-Jo f/ Maninski
12. Big Faces -- Daz f/ UGK
13. My Life -- Prime f/ H.I.T.
14. Don’t Mind -- P.S.C. f/ P.T. & Prime
15. Come Lay With Me -- PEB
16. Seduction -- H.I.T. & Prime
17. Chuuch -- P.S.C. f/ Ozone
18. So Vulnerable -- Lifestyle f/ Brainstem & Mecca Dawn
19. Look at That -- North f/ Chance

Make sure to check this out, it should be heated!

Nima

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news 1088000096 - January 1, 1970 By : What's up people? Ya'll know DubCnn always bring you the hottest up and coming artists, and we gonna keep that up! Next up is the Dynamic Duo from the Bay Area. We have a remix to their song "Makin' Moves" right here done by Lankizzle who also produced the cut "My Bizzness" by The Prophet on our West Coast Unified CD.

You can download the MP3 version of the song below and be on the lookout for more info soon:

Dynamic Duo - Makin' Moves (Lankizzle Remix).

Enjoy!

Nima

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news 1088000712 - January 1, 1970 By : First a big shoutout to Lil Hogg for hooking this up. We introduced ya'll to rising I.E. star Moss Maja a while ago, with the detailed write up about him and his album a while ago. He's also featured on our West Coast Unified V. 1 CD on the cut "Gangsta Stroll" produced by Meech Wells.

You can now check out a new Moss Maja cut called "Tabernacle", make sure to peep it out below!

Moss Maja - Tabernacle

Enjoy!

Nima

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news 1088000759 - January 1, 1970 By : I would like to Introduce you to a up and coming R&B artist (Unsigned) out of Southern California, "KROOK". Krook has been around for awhile on the underground circuit working with artist such as Kurupt, Roscoe, Bad Azz, 40 Glocc, Latin artist Capone', Nite Owl, Snapper, Kid Frost and many more.
But Krook has branched out on his own with a completed album, album cover and ready for press under his cousins Independent label Soulyric. I'm not going to hype him up, I'll let the music speak for it self. Krook's looking for a warm R&B label that's self contained, artist to work with, meaning writting, appearing on tracks and just networking with artist period. Most of you will ask the question "why isn't this cat out, his music is off the chain"!!, well Krook has been overlooked, but also things happen for a reason, and we hope that a label will have the ears and eyes to realize that. Krook has been spoke on in New York alot lately and he's getting radio spins in Syaracuse New York!!!! top mix show, that's a start but not enough!!!!!

I don't want you guys to read a book, so let me send you to krooks E.P.K. site for you to view, we're adding things daily so check back frequently. I hope you enjoy Krook, and the definition of Krook is "DON'T LEAVE YOUR LADY UNATTENDED" Think about it!!!!!!!!

Check out the site by clicking HERE.
There you can check out his bio and much more, and listen to three songs. You can download the three songs directly by clicking below too:

Krook - Passion
Krook - What Would You Do
Krook - Shake That Thang

Enjoy, and look for much more coming from Krook soon!

Nima

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news 1088011023 - January 1, 1970 By : Just in case you're not familiar, check out Krazy Race. He's a Latin emcee out of the Whittier, Cali area. He's got very strong political and social views. A very original style as well. Now!...

Come Witness The Krazy Race Movement!

Krazy Race CD release party for "NEW WORLD GAMES"

Where: Knitting Factory
7021 Hollywood Blvd.
Hollywood, CA 90028
323-463-0204

When: Tuesday July 13th, 2004
Time: Doors open at 8pm & This is an All Ages Event.

Performances by:
Krazy Race, N'Cognito, Frontline Officials, Rhyme Poetic Mafia, Broken Family & Global City + more.

DJ's spinning your favorite hip-hop!
C-Los (Stacks)
Devious (Broken Family)
Majesty (AIV/Music Revolution)

Tickets are $8 presale by ordering from TicketWeb
Order tickets now

Tickets are also available the day of the show for $10
at the Knitting Factory Box office.

To all Krazy Race fans, this is a must see event!
The new CD will also be sold during the event!

Show is sponsored by:
MCR PRODUCTIONS, WWW.BROWNPRIDE.COM, DIVINE FORCES RADIO
HUSKEE WEAR, 5th BATTALION, STACKSVINYL.COM

SGV

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news 1088013789 - January 1, 1970 By : Oh shit! Not only did we bring you 13 news updates today, but we got an interview too! And it's a big one. We had the opportunity to sit down with G-Unit's own Young Buck who's known for being a huge fan of the West. He talked to us about his influences, his love for the West, his new album "Straight Outta Cashville" which is dropping July 27th, the recent rise of the Dirty South into the forefront of the mainstream, his future plans and more.

Make sure to check out the interview by clicking here.

Enjoy!

Nima

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news 1088023094 - January 1, 1970 By : D Shot who is a member of The Clique has just released a bangin single called "707". featuring E-40.

Lookout for his upcoming album comin on Sic Wid It Records soon.

Yash

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news 1088193993 - January 1, 1970 By :
The new Relativez mixtape is called "Hood Mix Vol. 1" and as always Dubcnn is here to let you listen to this mixtape.
It features The Game, B Brazy (R.I.P)and Billboard (R.I.P).
Click Here to listen to this bangin mixtape.
Also make sure you checkout our Exclusive Interview with Dogg and Big Why in the Interview section.



Here's the tracklisting for the mixtape:
1. Intro
2. Bick It Wit Me
3. U Die Nigga
4. Inglewood connection/skit
5. The Heist
6. Mafia feat. B Brazy
7. Keep A Hit
8. Where I'm From
9. Too Much 4 Me feat. Billboard
10. Ride Wit Me feat. Butch Cassidy
11. Incredible Hulk
12. I'm So Hood
13. Whoop Whoop
14. Dick Don't Fail
15. Gangsta Shit
16. 1-900-Banger feat. Game and Billboard
17. Show You How to do This feat. Billboard
18. Outro


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news 1088253229 - January 1, 1970 By : As you may, or may not know i'm in process of updating the forum on dubcc.com to a new improved forum system. please bear with me while i sort it all out. thx seer.

..:: update ::..

just to let ya'll know. i'm still on it. but its taking a long time to convert the messages over (there are 597,750 messages, taking up 306 meg to be converted)

just keep an eye on here, and in our irc channel on EFNet #WestCoastConnection (don't nag too much!). I'll update here as soon as I open it up again.

also.. that password box is meant to be there, its so i can hide the new layout from ya'll until i open the board.

..:: update ::..

NEARLY DONE!!!

the convert needed some andrenaline from the forum support guys.

will be an hour from now max!


..:: FINAL UPDATE::..

ITS UP!

http://www.dubcc.com/forum/index.php





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news 1088365131 - January 1, 1970 By : Dubcnn.com chopped it up with C-Bo just 3 days before he went back to prison for a 14 month sentence.
He spoke about his upcoming solo album, The Thuglordz album,
how 2Pac just reached out to him from the sky, his ties with Bangem Smurf, the true reason behind him dissin' 50 Cent and so much more.



Click Here to checkout the Exclusive interview!

Yash

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news 1088374884 - January 1, 1970 By : Wassup people? To your left you can see a tentative cover for the upcoming 213 album "The Hard Way". To enlarge the picture, simply click on it, or click here.

The album is set to come out Mid-July, hopefully that release date sticks!





Nima

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news 1088377048 - January 1, 1970 By : "The Vault" has just been updated, it now includes 788 Album Credits and can be accessed at "DubCNN The Vault Index".

This time, Lloyd Banks, Messy Marv's, Saigon's and Consequence's new albums has been added, plus more.
To go directly to the newest albums added, go to "What's New".
The layout & design on our forum is brand new as well.
If you can not see the new albums added, hit refresh/reload.


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news 1088419981 - January 1, 1970 By : Our forum upgrade is complete. Its running smoothly, and faster than ever before. The new forum software contains a massive amount of improvements and features over the one we were using. Too many to list here.

Along with the dope new layout its been reorganised. On top of the already diverse categories previously available. We have created several new ones. One we called Flossin for members to discuss clothes, cars and kicks and another exclusively for our longer standing members to share offsite audio links.

Click the logo to check it out...



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news 1088535091 - January 1, 1970 By : What's up ya'll? I brought you guys a hot remix from the group Dynamic Duo out the Bay Area. I have three new songs from them here now! Make sure to check them out below, and be on the lookout for more coming from these two!

(Left Click On The Links And Then Right Click On The Download Link)

Dynamic Duo - Hear No Evil See No Evil

Dynamic Duo - Hustlin' Hard

Dynamic Duo - Smooth

Nima

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news 1088535419 - January 1, 1970 By : The SilverBack Guerillaz are releasing their first national radio single "I Declare War". After their video for "You'll Lose", this is their official single.

You can check out the song below:

SilverBack Guerillaz - I Declare War

Enjoy!

Nima

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news 1088535619 - January 1, 1970 By : Members of Wylde Bunch all come from different musical situations, which have been fused to create a band that is like no other. The Wylde Bunch
concept is new and exhilarating, with a mass appeal that is sure to go
over well with all audiences from hip-hop to rock to R&B music. They give you a brand new feeling! It's fun, crazy and upredictable. The two keys to success for Wylde Bunch are: don't be afraid to be different and keep God in the forefront and watch everything else fall into place.

Make sure to check out their official single "I Don't Give A Damn" below!

Wylde Bunch - I Don't Give A Damn


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news 1088690038 - January 1, 1970 By : After a long wait, E-White's anticipated new "Whitehouse Vol.1" is finally on sale! Order your copy for $11 now! That includes shipping also. Paypal payments accepted only, but make sure to place your order, it's hot!

E-White, who is currently incarcerated, has been dropping hot verses left and right lately, putting up free stuff for his fans to hear over at his forum on WCRydaz.com, so this mixtape should definitely be filled with heat. And with guest appearances by the likes of Tha Eastsidaz, Tha Twinz, Hustleboyfloyd and more, this is a must get for everybody!



Heres the tracklist:

1. California License Plates feat. Trip Loc, Waynaicc
2. Cold feat. Goldie Loc and Tray Deee
3. I Got Dat Fire feat. E-White, Daz Dillinger, Snoop Dogg
4. De Ja Vu
5. E. White Got Hoes
6. Questions
7. Playin The Game
8. Throwbacc Rap(Seventies Garage Groove)feat. Identity, Hu$tle Boy Floyd
9. My Situation
10. Shoulda Saved Those Dreams feat. Young Scoot Da Classic

Order your copy now by clicking below:

Order your E-White - Whitehouse Vol. 1 Mixtape Now!

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news 1088691196 - January 1, 1970 By : Westcoast veteran Kam finally has a new song out!! After his long awaited album "The Self" getting pushed back and still not being out, he has a new song in rotation on 100.3 The Beat!

It's called "The Message", produced by Def Jef, and indeed samples the timeless classic by Grandmaster Flash! He talks about the West getting no love, and the hook goes "Don't play me like Westcoast rap is dead/ Y'all tryin' not to break no bread a ha HA ha HA".
The song is set to appear on DJ Tech & King Sway's new "Back 2 Basics" record.

I would like to thank the homie LakasAllDaWay for this information. We will upload the song for you to peep as soon as we get it!

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news 1088694006 - January 1, 1970 By : West up, today we bring you a update on up and coming west coast label Groundup Records. They are home to some of the West' new talented MCs Logic, Juan Jones and Manson. Groundup has big things in the works, and here are two preview tracks.(Available for download in mp3 format)

Logic - We Gonna Trip

Manson - What You Lookin For


WorldWideWestside Magazine has done a feature on the label as well this month.
So be sure to hit them up, Groundup is bringin raw WestCoast lyricism back, so don’t sleep and support new talent.


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news 1088701495 - January 1, 1970 By : From the belly of the city thorns Portland, Oregon emerges Siren's Echo, a long awaited union between Oldominion's Syndel and Hungry Mob's Toni Hill. The two combine soulful melodies and profound lyricism over the head knocking production of Pale Soul, Smoke, and Mako, setting the mood for those who truly appreciate good music. Being intelligent, independent women, Siren's Echo strives to break the stereotypes of women in hip hop through conscious lyrics and spit fire delivery. They have been on the frontline of Seattle and Portlands burgeoning hip hop scenes since 1998, becoming a staple in both communities. Siren's Echo credits Nina Simone, Erykah Badu, Pharoahe Monch, Arrested Development, and 2pac as some of their many musical inspirations. They have shared the stage with such notable artist as Xzibit, Blackalicious, GZA, The Roots, Snoop Dogg, Dilated Peoples, Swollen Members, Ras Kass, Common Sense, and Erykah Badu, amongst others, as well as creating musical collaborations with such artist as The Living Legends and Rocker-T. With their magnetic chemistry on and off stage, Siren's Echo is sure to become more than just another brick in the wall. Look forward to these two pillars doing big things.



TOUR DATES

7/4/2004 Portland Meow Meow
7/5/2004 SF Cafe Du Nord
7/7/2004 LA Knitting Factory Hollywood
7/8/2004 San Diego TBA
7/9/2004 Phoenix The Cluhouse
7/10/2004 Albuquerque MOONLIGHT LOUNGE
7/12/2004 Austin Emo's-Austin 7/13/2004 Denton Haily's
7/14/2004 Dallas The HomeBar
7/15/2004 New orleans Twiropa
7/16/2004 Orlando Wills Pub
7/17/2004 Atlanta/Charlotte Brick Top Lounge/The Room
7/18/2004 Carrborro Go! Rehearsal 225
7/20/2004 Richmond The Nancy Raygun
7/21/2004 Philly First Unitarian Church
7/23/2004 Providence Venue tba
7/24/2004 Portland Pianos
7/25/2004 New York The Big Easy
7/27/2004 Detroit Small's
7/28/2004 Cincinnati Top Cats
7/29/2004 Chicago Fireside Bowl
7/30/2004 Minneapolis 7th Street Entry--early show!!
7/31/2004 Missoula Feruqis

For press inquiries, please contact the numbers below.

Jus Family Records and Executive Branch Management

3439 NE Sandy Blvd #701
Portland, Ore 97232
(888) 841-0995 voice mail
(240) 209-4447 fax
JusFamily@aol.com
Jus Family Records Website

Representing: Bosko, Cool Nutz, Maniac Lok, DJ Chill, Siren's Echo, Arjay, Phranchise, and Torry Ward


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news 1088808105 - January 1, 1970 By : Berkeley, CA emcee Lyrics Born is in the process of creating a remix album. He plans on collabing with the likes of Evidence, KRS-One, Morcheeba, E-40, Casual, Jumbo, Dan The Automator, DJ Shadow, Chief Xcel and more. We got one track here. It's the remix to his heated "Calling Out" featuring the Oakland firespitter Casual and the Ambassador of the Bay, the Valley Joe's own E-40. Very tight collab. Do NOT sleep.

Lyrics Born feat. Casual & E-40 - Callin' Out Remix

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news 1088889056 - January 1, 1970 By : Snoop Dogg recently announced that his new album will be called "R&G: Rythm & Gangsta, The Masterpiece" and is set to drop in November 2004.

According to AllHipHop.com, Snoop said the new album would reflect a differerent, more mature sound.

“I think I’m more melodic, more instrumental, more musical,” Snoop told AllHipHop.com. “[I’m] going back to my background from the church.”

The album is Snoop’s follow up to the platinum selling album Paid Tha Cost To Be Da Bo$$, which produced the #1 single “Beautiful,” also a collaboration between Snoop and The Neptunes.

Snoop is serving as executive producer of the project, which will feature producers he was worked with throughout his career, as well as a collaboration with The Gap Band’s founder, Charlie Wilson''


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news 1088889196 - January 1, 1970 By : Amazon.de have put up a tracklisting for the upcoming 213 album "The Hard Way" dropping in August. You can check it out below, weird things about it are that the song So Fly appears on it, which was a remake of the Monica single So Gone, and Yo Sassy Ways is on it, from Warren G's "Return Of The Regulator" album (2001).

NO word if this is official yet:

1.Intro
2.Twist Yo Body
3.Absolutely
4.Sassy Ways
5.Groupie Luv
6.Wait A Minute
7.Another Summer
8.213 The Gangsta Clicc
9.Ups & Downs
10.Gotta Find A Way
11.Joysticc
12.Rick James Interlude
13.Mary Jane
14.MLK
15.Whistle While U Hustle
16.Lil Girl
17.She Wasn't Feelin' Me
18.Give It Up
19.Never Love A Ho
20.Appreciation
21.So Fly


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news 1088941869 - January 1, 1970 By : Yeah that's right.. the next release isn't the game over album (which is still coming next..) but in fact a collabo album with Tha Eastsidaz! damn this been hard to keep quiet!

Big slip just posted some advertising for it here on the IV Life forum's!

here is the current tracklist! This may change to include another 3 possible tracks including appearances from snoop and bad azz

01. California (Tha Eastsidaz, Too Cool, Crisstyle)
02. Dueces, Tray's and Fo's (Tha Eastsidaz, Too Cool, Young Buc, J-Dog Feat. Butch Cassidy)
03. Right Place Wrong Time (Goldie Loc, Crisstyle, Young Buc, J-Dog)
04. Splurge (Tha Eastsidaz, Crisstyle, Young Buc, J-Dog Feat. Cocaine)
05. Eastside Thang (Tha Eastsidaz, Too Cool, Crisstyle)
06. Talk U Out Ya Draws (Tha Eastsidaz, Young Buc, J-Dog Feat. Boki)
07. Big Homie (Tray Deee, Young Buc, Feat. Boki)
08. Cold Chillin (Goldie Loc, Crisstyle, Young Buc, Baby Laid)
09. Bin Laden (Goldie Loc, Too Cool, Young Buc, J-Dog)
10. Roll Out (Goldie Loc, Too Cool, J-Dog Feat. Ju-L)
11. I Like (Tha Eastsidaz, Too Cool, Crisstyle, H-Class)
12. We Dont Love U No Mo' (Too Cool, Crisstyle, J-Dog Feat. Ju-L)

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news 1089063290 - January 1, 1970 By : From Immature to IMX, Young Rome is no new comer to the game. His first solo album Food For Thought was recently relesed on TUG/Universal. He has features from B2K member Omarion on the first single "After Party," new Compton sensation Guerrilla Black, Atlanta's Drunkest and Crunkest YoungBloodz as well as ex Immature/IMX frontman Marques Houston. True to his R & B roots, a lot of the topics on this album are based around sex. So, it's not your typical Pop Rap album. It's actually a good mix of R & B and Hip Hop. Support this, it's pretty hot. I guess you could compare him to San Diego's Nick Cannon, but with little smoother style. The reason I posted this is 1, the album is rather hot and 2 L.A. Hip Hop isn't just gangsta music. Underneath the tracklist, click the link to listen to snippets.

Here's the tracklist:

01. Intro - (with Baby Paul)
02. Freaky - (with Guerilla Black)
03. I Don't Care - (with YoungBloodz)
04. After Party - (with Omarion)
05. Interlude: In My Bedroom
06. In My Bedroom - (with Rufus Blaq)
07. Crazy Girl - (with Rufus Blaq)
08. Sexapade - (with Marques Houston/Smooth)
09. 2 Step: Intro
10. 2 Step
11. Best Days
12. Clap - (with Rufus Blaq)
13. In My Car
14. What Cha Doin' Tonight - (with Marques Houston)
15. Back It Up - (bonus track)
16. Back It Up - (bonus track)

Listen to snippets and purchase.

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news 1089310810 - January 1, 1970 By : The real tracklist is now out for Longbeach based supergroup 213's upcoming effort "The Hard Way".
Expect it August 10th, dropping on TVT records.



1. Intro
2. Twist Yo Body
3. Absolutely
4. Run On Up
5. Groupie Luv
6. Lonely Girl
7. Another Summer
8. 213 Tha Gangsta Clicc
9. Gotta Find A Way
10. Ups & Downs
11. Joysticc
12. Rick James
13. Mary Jane
14. MLK
15. Lil Girl
16. My Dirty Ho
17. Appreciation
18. So Fly

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news 1089312012 - January 1, 1970 By : Mac Dre surprised everybody when he released 2 albums at the same time, and thereby beating Nelly, who had the same plan, to the finishline.
"Dreganomics" and "The Genie Of The Lamp" was both released July 6th, under Mac's Ronald Dregan alias, and can be bought here and here, or from Friscostreetshow.com

Production comes from Tone Capone, Sean T, Rob Lo, Syko, Gennesee, Swampkat, The Gov, and One Drop Scott.
Guestspots by Suga Free, Keak Da Sneak, Rappin 4-Tay, J Diggs, Dubee and more.

"Dreganomics" tracklist:

01 Fellin' Myself
02 Fa My Niggaz
03 Jump it
04 Witme??
05 Me Damac
06 Dreganomics
07 Since '84
08 That's Wusup
09 On the Run
10 Get Stupid (Remix)
11 2 Night
12 Don't Snitch

"The Genie Of The Lamp" tracklist:

01 Genie of the Lamp
02 She Neva Seen
03 Early Retirement
04 Out There
05 My Alphabets
06 Err Thang
07 Non Discriminant
08 Hear Me Now?
09 I Feed My Bitch
10 Not My Job
11 Hotel, Motel
12 2 Times & Pass
13 Make You Mine
14 Crest Shit
15 Bonus Track



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news 1089313151 - January 1, 1970 By : MC Eiht is also at it again, this time dropping under his alias Tony Smallz, the project is called "Smoke in Tha City", and is a solo album from Eiht.

Order it from Friscostreetshow.com.
Pick up MC Eiht & Spice 1's joint effort "The Pioneers" at the same time, if you missed out on that one.

1 Stand Up (feat. RBX)
2 Do Compton
3 Im That
4 My Nine Mil (feat. Daz)
5 Everyday (feat. Kenyatta)
6 Get At Me
7 She Likes Gurlz (feat. Rezee, Kenyatta & Bokie)
8 Dont Play (feat. Game)
9 Whateva You Do (feat. Kenyatta)
10 8 Seconds
11 Dont Move (feat. Jayo Felony)
12 Some Dont Make It (feat. Menace & Kenyatta)
13 Killin Folks (feat. Young Buck of G-Unit & Skip)
14 U Owe Me
15 They Hatin
16 Thats My Shit (feat. Spice 1 & Bokie)
17 We Dont Like You (feat. Danisha)
18 U Got Me Fucked Up (feat. Kokane, Rezee & Menace)
19 When I Go (Bonus)



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news 1089677637 - January 1, 1970 By : Goddaaaaaaaaaamn, what a show! Last night, at the Henry Fonda Theater, a live crowd witnessed the reunion of some of both coasts most notorious artists. Mobb Deep had their anticipated show with Sly Boogy opening up, but it turned out to be much more than just a Mobb Deep show.

Mobb Deep, Kurupt, Jayo Felony, 40 Glocc, Boo Yaa TRIBE, Eastwood, Dilated Peoples, Alchemist, Bushwick Bill, Tri-Star and many more, all on one stage???? Now that's some shit!

The Riflemen is official, oh boy, it is official! After Havoc & Prodigy performed a few of their hits including Shook Ones, they called the Riflemen along with everybody else on stage, and from then on, it was a party on stage. Everywhere you looked, a big name artist was rocking off. The Mob put down a hot show, and with Jayo's new invention, which brings the left half of the crowd to yell out "FUCK THAT SIDE" to the right half, the crowd was really and into it and rowdy.

Everything remained peaceful though, it was a hot ass show, and hopefully this is just the beginning of a flourishing relationship between Mobb Deep & Riflemen. After the West Coast left the stage, Mobb Deep closed it off with some more cuts including their current smash hit "Twisted".

DUBCNN was present for you, from back at the hotel before the show, to backstage, to on stage, to back at the hotel after the show. We have tons of pics, aswell as a 1hour+ film. The movie aint on the computer yet but for now you can check out some of the pictures below:

Prodigy getting ready for the show

40 Glocc before the show

Fredwreck & Evidence (Dilated Peoples)

Eastwood chillin'

Kurupt & his lil bro Tri-Star aka Lil Kurupt

Ganxta Ridd from BOO YAA

40 Glocc, Jayo Felony & Havoc ready to hit the stage

Kurupt & his crew backstage

Sly Boogy right after his set

Everybody on stage 1

Everybody on stage 2

Everybody on stage 3

Alchemist & Evidence behind the 1's & 2's

Jayo Felony, Eastwood & Evidence watchin' Mobb Deep on stage

Jayo Felony back at the hotel after the show

Enjoy the pictures, and be on the lookout for much much more comin' from this camp! Big shoutout to Storm for the good work, keep it up!

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news 1089830026 - January 1, 1970 By : Compton artist Guerilla Black is dropping his debut album in September on Virgin Records. As we told ya'll afew days ago, he just shot the video to his first single, called "Compton" and features Beanie Man last week.

A gang of people were there, veterans such as Daddy V and newcomers such as Compton sensation Spitfiya and Big 2da Boy, Mr. Jimmy, J-Dog, Fila, Feti and more.

If you haven't heard those names yet, remember the faces cause you WILL be hearing about them soon!

Here go the pics:

Crowd at the video shoot

Compton Tattoo

OG Daddy V

Lowrider at the shoot

Guerilla Black Signin Autographs

Another one of Black

Beanie Man Doin' His Thang

Another Lowrider

Big 2da Boy, Mr. Jimmy & J-Dog

Kay9ine str8 out the I.E.

CPT Newcomer Spitfiya with Big 2da Boy & Bios

Enjoy the flicks and look for more soon!

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news 1089831920 - January 1, 1970 By : Even more pictures for ya'll! Dubcnn was there for ya'll at one of Goldie Locs studio sessions over at the Enexus.com studios with Chag G & Pomona City Ridaz. It was cracking, Goldie showed off his production skills on Battlecats MP3000, Chag G was clowning, and the Pomona City Ridaz were crippin' in the studio.. !

Check out some of the flicks below, and lookout for a HOTTTT new single by Goldie Loc coming soon, just stay tuned!

We also conducted a video interview with him, look for that soon!

Here go the pics:

Goldie Loc & Chag G

Goldie Loc, Hump & Chag G

Lil Goldie Loc

Pimpin Young From The Pomona City Ridaz

Hump smokin' & throwin' up the Dub

Haha Loc from PCR & comedian Christian Red (Doggy Fizzle, Kanye Wests Jesus Walks video

Haha Loc, C. Red & Pimpin' Young

Goldie Loc, Ha Loco & Chag G

Goldie Loc cleanin' the studio

Enjoy the pics!

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news 1089833711 - January 1, 1970 By : Look for the Midwestside lyrical assassin TechN9ne on the cover of the new Murder Dog Magazine, inside the mag he covers his new album, shady homies and much more. Also, on his up coming album look for 3 bangers from Superproducer Rick Rock, as well as a guest verse from E-40 on 1 of the tracks. The album is still on it's way, so be on the lookout. And! He's dropping a DVD soon, so watch for that, too. Peep the cover of the Murder Dog.

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news 1089834590 - January 1, 1970 By : The 14 piece band and Los Angeles natives Wylde Bunch are dropping thier new album "Wylde Tymes at Washington High" on July 27, 2004 on Columbia Records. The Wylde Bunch have been confirmed to play the ESPN X-Games in L.A. on August 5th at The Staples Center! Here's some of stuff they've been up to:

Check out 'Our Life' and 'Harder' featured on the NFL Street Game by EA Sports

Check out the EA Animated Wylde Bunch Spot

Hi

Lo

Whoever said Hip Hoppers weren't Musicians? This is some next level shit, DO NOT sleep.

Official Website

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news 1089835462 - January 1, 1970 By : The good folks of Spitkicker are presenting a huge and unprecedented compilation/mixtape record to the masses. It features over 25 songs with nothing but collabos. Meaning 2 or more emcees on each song. You can catch Del, Talib Kweli, M.O.P., Blackstar, Black Thought, Snoop Dogg, Xzibit, Kanye West, A Tribe Called Quest, Gangstarr, Kool G Rap, Rakim, Large Professor, Dilated Peoples, Styles P, Redman, Pharoahe Monch and MANY MANY more. This is gonna be off the muthafuckin' chain. If you're sleeping on this, you're sleeping on Hip Hop. And, to top it all off, this tape is hosted by De La Soul and mixed by DJ's Eyers. To the left is the cover, and I dropped the tracklist and link to purchase this. Wake up!

Here's the tracklisting:

Handsome Boy Modelling School, Del & De La Soul - The PJ's
O.C. & Freddie Foxxx - Win The G
Styles P. & Pharoahe Monch - The Life
Kanye West, Talib Kweli & Common - Get 'Em High
Reflection Eternal, Mos Def & Mr. Man - Fortified Live
Wisdom Life, Matt Fingaz & Talib Kweli - Fruits Of Labor
A.T.C.Q., Rell, Kanye West & Consequence - Electric Relaxation 2004
De La Soul 7 Common - The Bizness
M.O.P. & Freddie Foxx - I Luv
Black Star & Black Thought - Respiration Remix
Dilated Peoples & Kanye West - This Way
Gangstarr, Freddie Foxxx & Rakim - The Militia + Remix
De La Soul & Mos Def - Big Brother Beat
Kool G Rap, Freddie Foxxx & Large Professor - Money In The Bank
De La Soul & A.T.C.Q. - ShiFeMcs
Hi-Tek, Common, Vinija Mojica - Sun God
Talib Kweli, Jay-Z & Snoop Dogg - Get By Remix
M.O.P. & Kool G Rap - Legendary Street Team
Pharoahe Monch & Xzibit - Right Here Remix
Pharoahe Monch, Redman, Shabaam Sahdeeq - Simon Says Remix
Rah Digga 7 Pharoahe Monch - Tight Remix
Talib Kweli , Pharoahe Monch & Blacl Thought - Guerilla Monsoon Rap
Jazzy Jeff & J-LIve - Break It Down
BUsh Babies & Mos Def - Love Song
De La Soul, Jungle Brothers, A.T.C.Q. & Monie Love - Buddy
3rd BAss & Zev Love X (p.k.a. MF Doom) - Gas Face
Bonus Track

Pick up the tape.

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news 1089836738 - January 1, 1970 By : The Virginia emcee and Ghostwriter Skillz has released two new mixtapes. One showcasing his abilities on the mic, the other destroying the former L.A. Laker, now Miami Heat, center Shaquille O'Neal. Sometime during the NBA Finals a Shaq track surfaced and for some reason he was dissing Skillz. Rumors went around that Skillz paid Shaq to diss him as a publicity stunt, but I think those Rumors can be laid to rest. On Skillz vs. Shaq: The Finals, Skillz not only points out that the Lakers lost horribly to the Detroit Pistons, but he clowns Shaq poor Free Throw Shooting(over Jay-Z's "99 Problems"), as well as Shaq's lazy eye on another track. I don't know what Shaq was thinking, but I can bet he'll never go at Skillz crazy again.

Here's the tracklisting:

Intro
MTV News
Shaq Dissin Skillz
The Champ Is Here
Bad Boy Radio Skit
Back Down Freestyle
Free Throw Skit
99 Free Throws
Freestyle
Coaching Shaq
Dem Wallace Boys feat. Joey Gallo
Jamie Foxx vs. Shaq
Take It Back
Lean Back feat. Joey Gallo
J.R. vs. Shaq

Purchase Skillz vs. Shaq.

On his other mixtape, Got Skillz: The James Brown Collection, Skillz spits over nothing but James Brown samples. 11 tracks and only a limited amount was pressed up. This shows Skillz' true talent and it proves his creativity. It's hard enough to drop one mixtape, it's even harder to drop one with a concept. Skillz has dropped two and they both have great concepts, which are held through the entire tape.

Here's The Tracklisting:

Intro
Impeach The President
Rick James
Who's Gonna Take The Weight
The New WWF
Jus Rhymin
Why James
Bukked Naked
Do It Again
Good Look
Do The James

Purchase Got Skillz.

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news 1089837190 - January 1, 1970 By : Today is the last day to register for the LRC at 75 bucks. The price rises after today, so don't forget. The Conference is STILL going down. July 28th-30th in San Diego, CA at the Handerly Hotel. Just in case you're still not aware of this major event, here's what the LRC had to say about it:

"The First Annual Latin Rap Conference is being brought to you by the newly formed LRC Committee. We are a group of industry professionals who feel it is time to step forward and take control of our industry. Our goal is to catapult the strong Latin Rap industry into the forefront of the national media. The First Annual Latin Rap Conference will be the singular networking event in this industry, attracting professionals from over 60 different companies. With its high concentration of artists, labels and industry professionals, LRC will be one of the most publicized events in the Latin Rap business. Every aspect of the industry will be represented including the top innovators, artists, DJs, producers, radio and video programmers, retailers, distributors and many more. There will be nothing else like it."

I'm gonna be apart of the 4th Seminar which will cover Marketing and the Internet. That's going down on the second day at 1pm. Already confirmed to be there: Sick Jacken, Dope House Records, Baby Bash, Kemo The Blaxican, Delinquent Habits, JayTee of N2Deep, Don Cisco, Low Profile Records, Playa Rae, Knightowl, Power 106, 100.3 The Beat, Universal Records, Columbia Records, Immortal Technique, Lil' Rob, Frost, Frankie J and so many more. This is OUR chance to improve and progress Latin Hip Hop. Latinos STAND THE FUCK UP.

Register.

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news 1090001226 - January 1, 1970 By : That's right we gone chop it up with TQ later next week in the Bay and do a video interview. His new album is droppin August 31st.
In the meantime Click Here to checkout this audio presentation of TQ's album.


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news 1090001419 - January 1, 1970 By : DJ Age & Crown City Entertainment Presents: Mixed Drinks
It includes new and classic music from Crown City Entertainment (XL Middleton, Rev, sic sense, YoungTremayne), as well as Herban Liquor Productions which is CCE's extended family, and new music from The Knucklhedz. There's also a song from Big Saccs and a track produced by Damizza on here.
It's up for D/L now, Click Here





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news 1090352262 - January 1, 1970 By : Houston emcee Chamillionaire is dropping a 3CD Mixtape. 3 DAMN CDS!!! Over 60 tracks. Very heated. Features a crazy amount of disses and shots at fellow H-Town native Mike Jones. This is easily one of the illest tapes that has dropped all year. You will not be dissapointed with this. Chamillion is an amazing emcee, but is very slept on. He's getting many offers from Majors and according to himself, he got over 15,000 pre-orders for this Mixtape, ALREADY. The tape features Bun B, Lil' Flip, Rasaq, Color Changin' Clique, Slim Thug, OG Ron C, and others. It also features Freestyles and original tracks, with some HILARIOUS skits. I can't stress enough, this is NOT to be slept on. This is rarely done. About 20 songs on each CD and for the most part, it's ALL quality. Not a whole bunch of filler. To top it off, it's only 15 dollars to pre-order. That means 5 bucks for each CD. Not a bad deal, AT ALL. 5 Pre-Orders will be chosen at random and those people will recieve prize packages. Click the link at the bottom of this update for more info. Wake up ya'll!!

Go here to Pre-Order

For those not familiar with Chamillion here's a track with him, Aftermath's Stat Quo and Kanye West Ooh Drama (Remix)

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news 1090364653 - January 1, 1970 By : The Salvadorean/Filipina emcee JenRo from Unknown Muzic is this months Featured Artist on Latinrapper.com. Here's a little exerpt of the article.

JenRO was born and raised in California's Bay Area. The destined star grew up around music her entire life; Her Father was once a disco DJ and her Sister is a music composer.

JenRO's first time rapping on stage was at the age of 10 years old, by eleven years old, drug dealers and gang members crowded the corner of her Vallejo home and gave JenRO her first four bar song to write as she walked home from school...

To read more go to LatinRapper.com


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news 1090872100 - January 1, 1970 By : Compton native Guerilla Black has released his new mixtape, Hearts Of Fire Vol. 1. Features a few interviews by Power 106's Felli Fel. He explains his feelings on his similarities to Biggie. Black then spits over a melody of Biggie beats, as well as "Got It Twisted," "I Shot Ya," "Dip It Low," "Str8 Ballin'," "The Champ Is Here," "Tipsy" and much more. If you want to peep it, head to WCRydaz.com, they got a preview for ya'll.

After hearing this mixtape and his previous tape, I can honestly say I really can careless if he's so similar to B.I.G. He's got a lot of talent and I believe he has what it takes to really blow up, without a Dre affiliation. We can only hope. Make sure you support Guerilla City when it drops in September on Virgin Records.

SGV

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news 1090890737 - January 1, 1970 By : We back with regular audio again.
I got 2 new 213 tracks for yall to peep:

213 "Twist Ya Body"
213 "Another Summer Day" ft Latoiya Williams(Produced By Kanye West)



Yash

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news 1090972581 - January 1, 1970 By : That's right Mobb Deep do it again when it comes to collabin with westcoast artists. First they formed The Riflemen with Jayo Felony, Kurupt, 40 Glocc and now they recorded a tight song with Nate Dogg called "Dump Dump Dump" ganked from the upcoming Mobb Deep album!


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news 1091057195 - January 1, 1970 By : Fans of IV Life Records recording artist, Crisstyle can scoop a brand new mixtape for free titled, "Best of Crisstyle" by clicking here. The mixtape contains recent material recorded with IV Life Records plus never before heard original tracks from around 2000, produced by Crisstyle himself including "When the World Crumble", "Smokin" and "No Hard Feelings" featuring his old group LWC (Last Word Click - Blaze One, Money Green and Proficy).

The forthcoming album from the IV Life Family and Tha Eastsidaz, titled "Deuces, Tray's and Fo's" hits shelves this fall on IV Life Records.

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news 1091130165 - January 1, 1970 By : Monster mixtape DJ, Vlad the Butcher has teamed up with Shaquille O'Neal to bring you "Hot in Here part 5", the fifth installment of DJ Vlad's popular mixtape series, "Hot in Here".

"Hot in Here part 5" contains tons of blends, remixes and original joints from The Notorious BIG, Lil Flip, Shyne, Eminem, Busta Rhymes, R Kelly, Snoop Dogg, IV Life Records, Kanye West, Sly Boogy & more.

For further info, visit www.DJVlad.com.

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news 1091422508 - January 1, 1970 By : After being victim of another bad deal, Bad Azz is already back in the studio recording. His new record, tentatively titled "The New Adventures Of Bad Azz", is still in the beginning stages.

We will keep you updated on this, so stay tuned.

Nima

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news 1091423618 - January 1, 1970 By : The Sunkist SunLab, sponsored by Sunkist Orange Soda, is giving an
opportunity for local talent to show their skills on the SunLab stage. The Hip Hop artist Scipio, was chosen to host the 60 day Los Angeles city tour in search of Sunkist Sunlab’s next talent. The tour kicked off on July 12 and will end September 12, touring all over the Los Angeles area.
In addition to the tour, Scipio will also be part of LA’s 100.3 The Beat (who partnered with the soft drink) every Friday night with Eric Cubiche and K-Sly. 100.3 The Beat will feature the talent selected within the Los Angeles vicinity every Friday night.

Scipio was nabbed up by the soft drink when they noticed his talent
several years ago. His talent didn’t go unrecognized by many. Scipio, who was recently featured in The Source’s “Off the Radar”, is thrilled to be part of this event. The 60 day tour kicked off with great performances and talent from all categories. Scipio’s recent projects include a mixtape hosted by LA’s hottest DJ Felli Fel, which features exclusives from the talented Ras Kass, and more. You can find out more information by visiting www.youngscipio.com. To register and be part of the Sunkist’s
search log on to www.sunkistsoda.com.


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news 1091425552 - January 1, 1970 By : Just wanted to let everybody know that Warren G's official website The Real Warren G.com is gonna be back up and running by next week.

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news 1091432211 - January 1, 1970 By : 213 recently shot the video to their first single "Groupie Luv" off of their upcoming group album "The Hard Way" dropping in August.

You can watch it now by clicking here

Enjoy!

Nima

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news 1091465885 - January 1, 1970 By : Cellski and Bayridaz Entertainment Present the Official Lil Flip Platinum party. August 8th @ Palermos in San Jose (394 S 2nd St 95113) for Map and Directions head over to WCA.

$20 at the door $50 for vip (limited to 50).






Yash

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news 1091484009 - January 1, 1970 By : We all know West Coast Hip Hop has been strugglin' to get exposure for the past couple of years. This musical slump might have many different reasons, it might be the artists not putting out top notch music, or the industry intentionally blackballing the West Coast...

One thing's for sure though, we want this to change. And this is why DubCNN, the West Coast News Network, is teaming up with Enexes, your Entertainment Gateway. Together, we're going to start a new movement, and it's in motion as we speak. The A&R of Enexes, Frank Nitty, who many of you might know as THE man behind everything going on on the West Coast, is recruiting an army of soldiers, hungry to record new music. Not just the same shit you've been hearing over and over. But some FRESH music.

Dileone, the CEO of Enexes.com, is backing the movement by providing us with the studio, where Goldie Loc from Tha Eastsidaz has eagerly been recording for the past few months along with the legendary Chocolate and many more. I'm not going to disclose too much about the new projects, as it's still in the beginning stages, but we will be having regular updates, right here on DubCNN.com, so stay tuned.

Now on to the alliance between Enexes and DubCNN. We're taking HipHop on the internet to the next level. If you aren't hip to Enenex yet, hit up www.enexesartists.com and check it out. If you're an independent artist and are trying to get cracking on the internet, this is for you. Enexes offers you a website, including store and everything. With the Enexes profile, everybody can know who you are, what you do or what you're trying to do, with just a few clicks. And they will be able to buy your music, right there.

This is new age promotion. You control it, not a label. And that's how it's supposed to be. We're going to give you a more indepth view on the future developments, so make sure to check back right here on DubCNN real soon.


I know we've been kinda slow with the updates and interviews in the past few weeks, but believe me, you're not prepared for what's about to come. I'm not even gonna spoil it for you, just sit back and watch, DubCNN is gonna bring you more than just news and interviews on the West Coast. We're gonna have it in a way where you're going to feel like you're RIGHT THERE, watching every step of what's happening of the West Coast, wether you live in Australia, Japan, Russia, New York, or in L.A.

It's about to be big, oh boy!

www.dubcnn.com | www.enexesartists.com

Nima

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news 1091541443 - January 1, 1970 By : ..With Compton rapper The Game.
Dubcnn is here to bring you this new version of the song called "Stomp" ft Ludacris and The Game.

Yash

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news 1091569039 - January 1, 1970 By : The rapper who did the hook on "Gasoline" on E-40's album...
Is getting ready to drop his debut album in October.
Dubcnn brings you his first single called "Slumper" ft E-40

Enjoy..

Yash

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news 1091572806 - January 1, 1970 By : L.A. Hip Hop band Wylde Bunch are on the come up and ready to blow. Band member Dame had this to say: "If you take the adrenalin of 14 people, bottle it up, shake it up and let it explode, that's what it's like, every time. Because every time we get up on stage we're giving our all to the audience, whether it's ten or 10,000 people, they get the same show." Wylde Tymes at Washington High is in stores now on Columbia Records.

Wylde Bunch "Our Life"

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news 1091611167 - January 1, 1970 By : I've just updated our interviews page to include a few that slipped through the net.

If you missed em when he posted em up i've just updated it to include the following interviews conducted by our boy Yash..

C-Bo, Caz and The Relativez


enjoy!



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news 1091668878 - January 1, 1970 By :
One half of Cali Agents, Rasco is dropping a new album/compilation, called "Minority Report", like Tom Cruise's 2002 sci-fi action movie.

The album drops August 10th on the label Pockets Linted, and features familiar features like Planet Asia and Phil Da Agony, and more up and coming artists.


Tracklist:

1. Intro
2. Let's Get It On (Cali Agents) (Planet Asia + Rasco)
3. Done Deal (Chuck Taylor)
4. Feel It (Mikial)
5. Hustla (Prophet)
6. Authenticity (Rasco)
7. Dangerous (No Joke)
8. It's A Wrap (Jean Grae)
9. Interlude
10. Everything (Phil Da Agony)
11. Underground Ways (Concise Kilgore)
12. Fuck Wit Me (Planet Asia)
13. O.H.I.O. Street (Aarophat)
14. Untitled Reks
15. Minority Report (ft. Ebay Jamil) (Briskone)



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news 1091783352 - January 1, 1970 By : We start with a song by The Game, Ludacris and Kanye West "The Whole City Behind Us"..
Next up is a joint from Rasco's latest compilation "Minority Report" the track is called "From The Ground Up"..

Here's a sneak preview of the 2pac Live cd that drops today 2pac "Tattoo Tears". LIVE.

Next tuesday is the day when Nate Dogg Snoop Dogg and Warren G's group album 213 drops Dubcnn got one more hot track from the album for yall to listen to "Ups and Downs"..

Go out and support the westcoast by coppin these albums.

Yash

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news 1092092507 - January 1, 1970 By : If you're an artist looking for your own homepage and ways to promote yourself... Enexes is the company you should contact.

They will build you a website along with your own online-store which allows you to sell your own merchandise on the internet.

That's just a few things that make Enexes the premier resource for independent music and aspiring artists working with smaller budgets.

To learn more about Enexes and their services for underground artists head over to their website at:
www.enexes.com.



Yash

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news 1092337187 - January 1, 1970 By : "The Vault" has just been updated, it now includes no less than 1065 Album Credits, and can be accessed at "DubCNN The Vault Index".

Over the past weeks, album credits for new albums like 213, Mobb Deep, Young Buck, Terror Squad, Devin The Dude, Masta Ace, Theodore Unit, Krumb Snatcha, AZ, Jadakiss, Erick Sermon, Spice 1 & MC Eiht has been posted, plus a whole lot more.

To check the newest albums added, go to "What's New".

Thanks to everybody who contributed to the biggest album credits database on the net!

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news 1092352369 - January 1, 1970 By : Dubcnn is glad to inform you that the rapper who most of you been wondering about is dropping a new album september 21st titled "The Game Needs Me Episode 1" .

Veteran rapper Malik has been in the rap game since the age of 12, starting out in the early '90s as a member of Illegal, an outbreak boy-rap duo, the brainchild of Atlanta rap producer Dallas Austin.
Previously known as Lil Malik (also known as Snoop Doggs cousin).
Malik went on to work with Naughty By Nature, TLC, Eric Sermon of EPMD, Too $hort, The Dogg Pound, Warren G., Monica, The Mossie, E-40, D-Shot and many others, helping to rack up millions in album sales.

The album will drop on O.N.E. Records and will contain some of his old hits along with new material. Here's a couple of tracks from Malik's upcoming album:
Malik "My Mind Playing Tricks"
Malik "Players And Hoe's" ft Reggie

Make sure you support Malik and pick the album up in September!

Yash

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news 1092402654 - January 1, 1970 By : Our partners and sponsors Enexes have launched a new promotion concept called "Out tha Trunk".
'This is going to become one of the largest online record stores ever.
We also put together a street team and named them, the Out tha Trunk crusaders. Our goal is to sell 45,000 cds in the streets every month. We helped an artist sell 700 copies of his cd in one day, did a street promotion in hollywood at the Larry Flints club and told the people to check out the new enexes website/artist name' the Ceo of Enexes Mr Dileone Palmer told us.

To learn more about Enexes and their services for underground artists head over to their website at:
www.enexes.com.



Yash

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news 1092408639 - January 1, 1970 By : DIZ and his much anticipated album titled "It's My Turn" will feature some of the most respected and talented artists in the industry such as E-40, Scarface, Devin the Dude, TurfTalk, Allen Anthony, and Jelly Roll, and is sure to make an impact.
On Hit is the record label that Diz is signed to.

Dubcnn brings you the first singles:
Diz "It's My Turn" ft E-40
Diz "Cruisin" ft Jelly Roll

Lookout for more news on Diz in the coming weeks.



Yash

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news 1092761802 - January 1, 1970 By : The cats from The Company Records are putting out the How The West Was Won DVD. If you haven't heard about it, here's what you can expect:

Interviews and appearances from Too Short, N.W.A., DJ Quik, Snoop, Daz, Kurupt, Lay Law, Domino, J-Ro, Kam, Mike Tyson, Egyptian Lover and more.

Peep the trailer.

How The West Was Won

SGV

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news 1092762685 - January 1, 1970 By : Playa Rae is dropping his sixth project this year. It's his second mixtape, Filthy. As he puts it, he "is showing not only the underground but these major labels that he is a force to reckon with in the game." This time around he'll be showing more versatility, as he combines his rhyme skills and soulful-catchy R&B hooks.

Features & Drops from: Young Cap, Kee, Mo Gutta Game, M-Dash, Julox, Bishop & Kilo Dirtee, Chamillionaire, Chingo Bling, Fade Dogg, Flatline, Cellski, Luni Coleone, Hollow Tip, I-Rocc, Smigg Dirtee, Young Droop, Subzro & more..

It gets better. It's FREE, all you pay is shipping, which is $7.45.

You can now pre-order Playa Rae's Filthy Mixtape

"Get your order on...time to stop the talk and start supporting one of your many hard workin latins in the business" - Playa Rae

Rae has a new single out. "It's clean, simple and something both my playaz and ladies can feel....perfect for the end of summertime as well." Rae says about the track. The song's called "Nuthin' But A Dime Piece" all vocals are done by himself. It was Produced by BlissIzGood of Outshun Entertaiment from New Orleans.

"Nuthin But A Dime Piece"

It doesn't stop. For all you Screw Heads, Lean Sippers etc. Playa Rae is releasing a Slowed up version of the Filthy Mixtape. Here's the Cover

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news 1092804836 - January 1, 1970 By : Make sure to head over to calirap.net to check out the new interviews the homies put up! CaliRap.net specifies itself in Latin Hip-Hop, check it out!

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news 1092805218 - January 1, 1970 By : There has been alot of talk about an incident from last week that concerned Jayo Felony. We just want to let you know that Jayo is doing good and to be on the look out for the new Riflemen album project, and his solo album "In Da Trenches" dropping this fall on Universal Records.

I have had the opportunity to listen to both the Riflemen and his solo album, and they are THE SHIT, without exagerating. Jayo Felony delivers and amazing performance on both records, two of my most anticiapted records of the year.

In other Riflemen news, 40 Glocc has been in the studio this week with RBX and Kokane working on his 2nd solo album, the follow up to his HIGHLY underrated debut The Jakal. We will put up pictures from the studio sessions tomorrow.

Nima

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news 1092806081 - January 1, 1970 By : Compton artist Guerilla Black, who signed to Virgin Records and is releasing his debut solo album "Guerilla City in September, has his new video in rotation on B.E.T. and MTV.

The song is called "Compton" and features Beanie Man, watch it now over at his official site Guerilla Black.com

Enjoy!

Nima

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news 1092827127 - January 1, 1970 By : When I first arrived backstage they told us digital cameras and videocameras were forbidden. Even the tv station in Sweden wasn't allowed to film or take pictures..
After a few hours of waiting 50 Cent and G-unit showed up,
they had cleared the backstage area and all backup artists were moved into this big tent or was forced to sit around the taped area so they wouldn't be able to speak to 50 Cent and crew when they arrived.
My friend from Kingsize magazine was with me and he did a interview with them the day before after signing a 20 page contract he spoke to them for a few minutes without cameras etc.
Youngbuck had been without weed for a few days and all he kept asking him was "can you please get some weed".

Anyways I had spoken to Youngbuck about hooking up so when he saw me in the tent he sent his bodyguard and got me. I went back and met 50 Cent, Lloyd Banks and Youngbuck.
I'll just put it like this he was so happy about Yash gettin him some of that sticky icky that he gave me the hotel room nr with a big smile on his face:)

The Game wasn't there and Tony Yayo had a restraining order so he couldn't leave the country.

They smoked some chronic and headed up the stage to do the show.
50 started with ”What up gangsta”, ”Wanksta” and ”21 questions" in a fastpase tempo then came his biggest hit "In Da Club" and the 10 000+ crowd went crazy.
After 15-20 minutes 50 Cent started doing G-Unit songs then Lloyd Banks did "On Fire" with crazy fire effects.
Youngbuck later did a few songs from his upcoming album.
I was surprised that most of the people knew the lyrics to "Let Me In". Because they haven't played that song in scandinavia that much. After each song they performed they ended with a Gunshot that Dj Whoo Kid is famous for in his mixtapes.
50 Cent finnished up with "If I Can't" and a few other solos.
He stopped the music took off his cap and threw it out and told the crowd I gotto give yall something to remember me by then took off his new G Unit Boots and threw those out aswell which unfortunately hit one girl in the head and knocked her unconcious for a few minutes. He even dropped his diamond ring while he threw stuff out but they later found and gave it back to him.

After the show I went to the hotel where we where planning to do a few interviews. Now that The Game and Yayo wasn't there I was thinking of doing a interview with just 50 Cent but he was so tired so he went to his room and slept.

So I took Youngbuck and his peoples to the club called KB in Malmo. Oh boy we had a great time partying we even went on stage got Youngbuck a mic and he rocked the club and tookover the Dj's job.

Youngbucks new album has been pushed back and he has recorded new songs that will replace some of the ones that were leaked to the internet.
Youngbuck was one of the nicest most humble people i've ever kicked it with too bad the people in his security and entourage was straight assholes to people in general.

We will post a 50 Cent Interview which my boy from Kingsize magazine did later this month. So be on the lookout for that and make sure you go out and cop Youngbuck's album "Straight Outta Cashville" BOOOOOW!

Yash

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news 1092869683 - January 1, 1970 By : Thanks to the homie LakasAllDaWay for pointing this out!

At the Hyypnotiq Party With DJ Clue and Fabolous in New York City last night, The Game and Joe Budden, who have recently been releasing diss tracks towards each other, were seen together.

You can see the picture of them to your left. Maybe the beef between the two is over? It was kind of a stupid beef anyway.. for real!




Nima

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news 1092876801 - January 1, 1970 By : Hey, thought it's time to feed ya'll some exclusive audio! We have a cut from the upcoming Pomona City Ridaz album called "Positions In This Universe". The song is produced by Goldie Loc's Drum Filez Productions and features Goldie Loc himself and Kokane.
You can check out the song below, and be on the lookout for much much much more heat coming from the Pomona trio. As they say, "The G'z is movin'!"

Pomona City Ridaz - Position In This Universe (feat. Goldie Loc & Kokane)

As we're on the subject of PCR, below are a couple pictures of Weasel Loc, Pimpin' Young & Ha Loco, as they were at the Goldie Loc studios the other day with Kokane, Bad Azz, 40 Glocc and others. Enjoy the pictures!


Kokane, Weasel Loc & Haha Loc Keepin' It G

Goldie Loc & Bad Azz discussing in the studio

40 Glocc & Weasel Loc Representin'

Kokane & Haha Loc

The Low Lifes: Coco Loc, Bad Azz, Lil Tip Toe & Frank Nitty

RBX & Pomona Pimpin' Young

Kokane & Frank Nitty Throwin' It Up

40 Glocc & Bad Azz

Chocolate Reppin' The West

Kokane In The Booth Recordin'

Bad Azz & Lil Craccle Gettin' Stupid In The Studio

40 Glocc Lookin' Thoe'd At The End Of The Night Wit The Henny


West Coast Unified!

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news 1092896360 - January 1, 1970 By : Pimp My Ride star Xzibit is currently working on his 4th solo album "Weapons Of Mass Destruction". The record is set to drop this fall and will feature production by Hi-Tec, Scott Storch, Rick Rock, DJ Quik, Sir Jinx, and Dr. Dre aswell as guest appearances by the likes of Busta Rhymes, Kelly Rowland, Nas and of course Strong Arm Steady.

We have a new joint from the album up for you, it's called "Judgement Day", and is, if you ask me, OFF THE HOOK! I'm really feeling it, could be a good single too. Check it out below:

Xzibit - Judgement Day

Enjoy, and make sure to get your copy of Weapons Of Mass Destruction as soon as it hits stores!

Nima

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news 1092902472 - January 1, 1970 By : New York Rapper Domination, known for his work with Ex-50 Cent affiliate Bang Em Smurf, has yet again unleashed a song where he disses everybody, from The Game, Dr. Dre, G-Unit, 50 Cent, Eminem, Jimmy Iovine, Aftermath, Interscope...

His flow is good, and he raps over the classic California Love & Can't C Me beats, but I can't help thinking that they're trying too hard to gain attention with these diss songs.

Domination states that Suge Knight choked Game at the club, and many more, often, humourus diss lines.

Listen to the song yourself below and make your own opinion:

Domination - Dissin' Everybody

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news 1092991196 - January 1, 1970 By : Yukmouth's HIGHLY anticipated second volume of his United Ghettos Of America series is set to drop real soon. Make sure to check this out, it's one of the sickest compilation to come out in years, alot of different people on there, and especially one song stands out, a posse cut which features C-Bo, Yukmouth, Roscoe, Spice 1, 151, Eastwood, Tha Realest and Dru Down all on the same song! No hook no nothing, straight raw spitting.

So for those of you who are not yet convinced of picking up United Ghettos Of America Vol. 2, check out the posse cut below and get your ass to the record store as soon as it drops and PICK IT UP!!!


C-Bo, Yukmouth, Roscoe, Spice 1, 151, Eastwood, Tha Realest and Dru Down - United Ghettos Of America Vol. 2

Enjoy!

Nima

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news 1092991263 - January 1, 1970 By : We start with the new Yukmouth compilation "United Ghettos Of America" which is prolly the best cd to come out this summer. Heres a preview of that.
Yukmouth "Wet Dreamz" ".
Yukmouth, Crooked I and E-40 "Kalifornia G'z"
C-Bo, Yukmouth,Richie Rich and Nate Da Nut "The Side Show"

Next up I got a preview from Sky Balla's new album "Mobb Report". Which has a few slumpin songs and guest appearances by The Game, Sann Quinn, E-40, Nore and more.
Sky Balla "Put It In The Air" ft The Game
Sky Balla "My Story" ft The Game

As we continue on here's a surprising combination Jim Jones featuring Bizzy Bone on the tight cut "Twin Towers".

I've been bumpin a song all week called "How We Roll" Ft C-BO, Phatts Boss, Young Meek from AK's new album "The Teflon Don". He is a rapper from Sacramento on the comeup with a bangin album.

To round this weeks weekend audio up we have a hot track from E-40's "Best Of E-40" album the song is called "Bust Yo Shit" ft B-Legit and Rankin Scroo.

Support the talented westcoast artists and buy these albums if you're feeling these songs.

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news 1093033108 - January 1, 1970 By : Are you up on the Urban Regional Movement? I hope you are. But, if you're not, then this site I'll tell you about will help you stay in touch with the ever growing scene. Now, what's the Urban Regional Movement? It's Spanish language Hip Hop over Banda sampled beats. A very unique sound, first heard on records by Delinquent Habits. Here's the link to the site Estilo Urbano. It's still being worked on and at the moment only Their message board is up and running. But, the site will have exclusive interviews with artists. The likes of Crooked Stilo, David Rolas, Akwid, Azteka etc. They'll also have photos, upcoming events/cds, cd reviews, as well as show reviews. There'll be downloads, from videos to their live performances. Check back with the site, it's gonna be tight. Shouts to Wikid. You that dude homie.



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news 1093033528 - January 1, 1970 By : Here are some photos from the Latin Rap Conference. Shouts to Sal Rojas from Brownpride.com. I knew he'd come through with some camera work. Check out the photos here. Muchisimas gracias pana for the photos. Peep them out.

And, while you're at it. Check out Sal's photograpy site. It features photos of various Latino culture. Real tight.

SGV

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news 1093034431 - January 1, 1970 By : www.beatseekers.com is not up yet, but it's coming in the near future. Thanks to the homie Krazy Race, New World Games is in stores now bitches, pick that shit the fuck up after you read this update. He's putting this together, and in his own words it's "to be a website to showcase producers and to sell their tracks & beats to other artists/groups/labels/music supervisors etc."

Want info on how to get on the site? I got you covered.

Krazy Race needs:

A Bio either sent by U.S. Postal or E-Mail. There is a 250 words max.
2 High Resolution images via E-Mail
Credits
Production Style
Cost per track. Remember, you set your own prices.
1-3 instrumentals on CD or 44.1khz .wav files sent via E-Mail
or on CD, via Postal Service, of course, to be used as "snippets" for the website.

He has 30 producers ready for the site, but he's still looking for more.

E-Mail all info/questions or .wav files to: mcrprod@aol.com

Or to send press Kit/CD by mail:

MCR Productions
6745 Washington Ave. #188
Whittier, CA 90601

There's more involved, but I decided to leave the business end of how the site works off this update. Please E-Mail or contact Krazy Race for more info.

Stay tuned for www.beatseekers.com

SGV

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news 1093035825 - January 1, 1970 By : Freestyle Session 8-Annual B-Boy / B-Girl battle. Brought to you by: CROS1 and Grassroots Productions, Extra support by: Armory Hip Hop and Project Sweatshop.

Main Room: $20,000 B-Boy Battle. Winner will receive $5,000 and a trip to Japan for the Freestyle Session World Finals in Tokyo. Upon arrival in Japan crew will receive another $3,000. Also prizes from sponsors. Total cash and prizes will be over $20,000!

Dates: August 21st & 22nd 2004 (Saturday & Sunday)
Location: Aqua Dome, Long Beach
Address: 1126 Queens Highway, Long Beach CA 90802
Event hours: Saturday: 2 to Midnight & Sunday: 2 to 10:00pm
Food Court & Hip Hop Marketplace
All Ages

Performances from Blackalicious(Saturday), Big Daddy Kane(Saturday), DJ Jazzy Jeff(Saturday). Black Eyed Peas featuring Stylelements(Sunday), B-Boy Monster Squad, Slick Rick(Sunday), Q-Bert(Sunday), MURS(Sunday), DJ Relm, Wild Child of the LootPack and Stones Throw(Sunday). And more to be announced!

Also just added outside vending with DJ's spinning all day. Funk Style Session Room Featuring the dopest Funk Style DJ's Poppers, Lockers and Funk Stylists representing from all corners of the world.

Freestyle Session Room: This room will be non-stop music and will feature the top DJ's in all different types of music styles.

Confirmed DJ's: ELEMENT(Versatile DJ's/ AZ), Fingaz (1200 Hobos/Cali Untouchable DJ's), Charlie Rock (Rock Steady Crew), Abel (Faktions/Stack Vinyl), Pjoe (Faktions), Dynamix (Faktions), Derrick D (Triple Threat DJ's), Unique (Armory Hip Hop/Empire DJ's), Steven Flex (Armory Hip Hop/Empire DJ's), GRock (Empire DJ's), Ruthless (Empire DJ's), DJ MAR (Top Nation Japan)And many more to come.

Graff Battles: NYC vs LAMC. Battle hosted by ONE MAN ARMY.

B-Boy/B-Girl Battle: $5,000 cash to winning crew.

Brainstorm MC Battle Preliminaries: for $1000 and a trip to Seattle for the Brainstorm 4 battle at the Bumbershoot featuring Nasty Nas. Over 60 crews have entered so far. here

Buy tickets now or at doors day of show (cash only)

FOR MORE INFO Freestyle Session, DJ Element

VENDOR INFO: Wendigirl@aol.com

Here's The Flyer



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news 1093036508 - January 1, 1970 By : Been a while since I did a show update. But, better late than never.

Starting shit off correctly. Tonight is the KRS-One Birthday Celebration with some special guets. Going down tonight at the Vault350 in Long Beach. Peep Vault350.com for more info.

Tomorrow, Saturday, August 21st, is the first day of the 2 day event entitled Freestyle Session and Sunday, August 22nd, will be the 2nd day, of course. I just did a HUGE update on it below this. Peep it out.

Also on Sunday the 22nd. L.A. TV and BMI Present: El Otro Lado Del Hip Hop. It's from 5pm to 8pm at the L.A. TV studios. Performances from David Rolas, Don Abusivo, Mexiclan and more. Peep the flyer for much more info, including address.

Monday, August 23rd, Defari will be at the Dragonfly with The Booty Boys & Stupid Rich.

6510 Santa Monica Blvd
Hollywood, CA 90038

$10 presale at www.thebootyboys.com or $15 at door.

Friday, August 27, Knoc-Turn'Al is at The Troubadour

9081 Santa Monica Blvd at 9pm. $20 entrance.

Saturday, August 28th, The F.I.L.T.H.E.E. Immigrants will be at the Voter Registration jam.

Check the flyer for more info

Sunday, August 29, Cypress Hill are at the House of Blues Anaheim.

1530 Disneyland Drive at 7pm, $30 entrance, and this IS all ages.

Saturday, September 11th at The El Ray Theatre

Immortal Technique w/ AKIR.

5515 Wilshire, Los Angeles, CA 90036

$20 entrance. 18 and up.

Tuesday, September 14, Beastie Boys are at The Long Beach Arena. Tickets range from $29.50-$40.00

That's it for now.

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news 1093078429 - January 1, 1970 By : The Game touches the topics I feel he should on his first street single over this pretty dope Dr Dre beat. This is a typical song that grows on you after a few listens.
50 Cent sings the chorus for Game.
Here's The Game "Westside Story" ft 50 Cent

Props to LosAngelesBalla276 from dubcc for the hookup!

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news 1093128960 - January 1, 1970 By : Knoc-Turn'al will do a concert tonight in "Coconut Club" in Cali.
Click the pic on the left for the flyer, with info, location, etc.

Thanks to Axle for this news.

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news 1093298841 - January 1, 1970 By : The album has a couple of bangers. Dubcnn brings you a few tracks from this album which includes the entire WCM artist roster and their affiliates Richie Rich, Yukmouth, Dru Down and more are all on here.
151, C-BO, Gotti, Cyco "Armed And Dangerous"
Richie Rich, Yukmouth, C-BO, Cryciz "My Roller's"
Order the album now by clicking Here


Make sure you check out our C-BO interview in the Interviews section.

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news 1093315633 - January 1, 1970 By : The Game and Ice-T will be featured in the upcoming videogame Grand Theft Auto - San Andreas, which is set to the 90's Los Angeles, in a hiphop and gang related environment.

Rockstar is making the game, and on the games official website you can hear The Game doing B-Dup's voice (Click on Ganton on the map to find him), and Ice-T will be doing Madd Dogg's voice (Click on Mulholland to find him).
The game will also feature hiphop music from the 90's, and word is DeathRow have licensed 3 tracks for the game, but expect to see a lot more hiphop music.

The game is due out October 2nd, for PS2, and rumours say March for the X-Box, but that's not confirmed.
Thanks to Brad Hofbauer for the news.


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news 1093452367 - January 1, 1970 By : The first week sales for 213's "The Hard Way" are in! The album sold 99,830 records in it's first week out in stores and came in at #3 on the charts.

Not bad, considering that the promotion was pretty poor and the video just dropped real shortly before the album dropped.

They are readying the 2nd single from the album as we speak, it's gonna "Joystick" and the video will be shot in the coming weeks. Stay tuned for more info on that real soon.

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news 1093452642 - January 1, 1970 By : Westcoast duo Chico & Coolwadda are readying their sophomore group release called "Paralell". The album which is dropping on 456 Ent., should be in stores Sept. 21st and the first single is gonna be "Land Of The Sunshine".

Head over to the official 456 Ent. Website to get more news on the album and listen to the first single.

Chico & Coolwadda also dropped two mixtapes this year.

To pre-order "Paralell", click here.

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news 1093453623 - January 1, 1970 By : Kila Krock steps on the scene with a mug that's mean. Hailing from Lynwood California, Krock represents a new era of west coast music. Underground for years, Krock is finally ready to show the whole world what he has. With a voice that'll rumble through the air like a sonic boom, he's been told that its his aggressive word play and heavy tone that sets him apart form the normal rapper. And Krock's no stranger to performing either. He's opened up for well known artiest such as DJ Quik, Suga Free, KRS One, Slick Rick, and 2nd 2 None. He's also performed at colleges, clubs, and different city functions. "I believe that I'm one of the next unknown emcee
s to get that big break," quotes Krock. With many songs recorded and many more to come, Krock's ready for any thing. And with a mix tape on the way, he's destined to get his proper due.

Listen to a song by Kila Krock below:

Kila Krock - Niggaro

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news 1093453924 - January 1, 1970 By : Here are two cuts from the current The DJ Strong mixtape "Palm Trees & Gangstas", which is straight up banging from top to bottom.

The first one is by Chi-town representa Twista with No. Cali's Federation, best known for their hit "Hyphy". The song is produced by Rick Rock and is SMASHING! Get it below:

Twista, Rick Rock & Federation - If I Had A Gun


Next is a new song by Kurupt, Tri-Star & Tone called "Pentagon Ridaz", a diss song where they take shots at the likes of Snoop Dogg, Daz & Bad Azz. Get it below:

Kurupt, Tr-Star & Tone - Pentagon Ridaz

Support The DJ Strong and pick up his mixtape when you get a chance!

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news 1093454085 - January 1, 1970 By : G-Unit solo artist "The Game" (damn, it still feels weird calling Game a G-Unit artist!), who recently dropped his street single "Westside Story" (scroll down a bit to download it) from his upcoming "Nigga Wit Attitude" album dropping in October, has been busy making appearances on mixtapes and create a buzz.

Here is a song that sounds very much like Dr. Dre production, but is produced by Anthology called "Put Me Under", it's banging:

The Game - Put Me Under

Enjoy!

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news 1093454192 - January 1, 1970 By : Snoop Dogg premiered a new song of his on Power 106 last night called "Drop It Like It's Hot" featuring Pharell and produced by The Neptunes.

Personally, I'm not feeling this at all, but give it a listen below and make up your own opinion:

Snoop Dogg ft. Pharell - Drop It Like It's Hot

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news 1093455131 - January 1, 1970 By : The Wylde Bunch will always deliver a high-powered show, with a live band and musical content that's fun and universal. There is never a boring song. They're just rockin' and their taking everyone on that Wylde Bunch ride. Wylde Tymes at Washington High is in stores now on Columbia Records. Here's their new single:

Wylde Bunch "Harder"

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news 1093471964 - January 1, 1970 By : It doesn't matter if you are an established or upcoming artist if you need some fresh beats at a reasonable price you should give The Kleptoez a shot.

They have the freshest production and I'm not only talking about westcoast beats because they produce all kinds of beats from R&B to crunked out beats.

Head over to their official homepage to find out why Longbeach legends Foesum signed one of these talented young cats and listen to some tight production samples by clicking HERE



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news 1093506784 - January 1, 1970 By : National Sports Events and Intrigue Liqueur are teaming up for the Sports & Entertainment Event, an after party to the MTV Video Music Awards this Friday. It's gonna be hosted by none other than Houston and features special appearances by the likes of Chris Tucker, MTV's La La, Kanye West, Missy Elliot and others.

For adress of the venue and more information, click here to view the flyer.

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news 1093509411 - January 1, 1970 By : The highly anticipated debut group album by Bay Area sav's Arsen & Mista Cane is set to drop in January, and Dubcnn can exclusively bring you the first single from the record!

The song is called "Close To You" and features Killa Keise on the first verse. This heater is produced by Davey D and is A MUST CHECK for everybody. Make sure to check out the song below and rush to the store to pick up this record as soon as it drops.

I can already see that this is gonna end up being a slept on record, so wake up before it's too late and get wit it!!!!!!!!!!!!

Here is the song:

Arsen & Mista Cane - Close To You (ft. Killa Keise)


If you ain't hip to Arsen & Mista Cane yet, check out the exclusive interviews we conducted with them in the interview section. To see the CD cover in full size, click on the little pic to your left.

Enjoy!

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news 1093554037 - January 1, 1970 By : Which features Daz Dillinger and Soopafly.
The song is straight fire and is called "Whistle While You Hustle".

Make sure you support 213 and pickup their album in stores now!

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news 1093637342 - January 1, 1970 By : If you haven't already, here is your chance to sign the petition to free J.Dee of Da Lench Mob. Here's a press release:

This cry for freedom is one I pray that doesn't go un-heard. My name is DaSean "JDee" Cooper. I am an Original Member of DA LENCH MOB, a rap group founded by Ice Cube in the 1990's.I was the lead rapper in the group for our debut Platinum release titled, "Guerillas
In The Mist."

Upon our return home from Europe in the summer of 1993, I was falsely accused, tried and convicted of murder - a crime that I and 95% of Los Angeles (including the victim's family) know that I did not commit. My trial attorney had suffered a stroke prior to my trial
and subsequently he had a mild stroke. I was denied several constitutional rights and was tried and convicted based on rap lyrics and a 911 tape recording. There was no gun, no gun shot residue, no credible eyewitness and the only compelling witness
was instructed to stay hidden until the prosecution needed her. There was ineffective assistance of counsel, jury misconduct, prosecutorial misconduct and judicial misconduct. Hearsay evidence was illegally admitted and jurors were overheard in elevators
discussing the case before it was submitted for deliberation.

There is a retired L.A. Sheriff named Herb Giron who's known me for over two decades and he conducted his own investigation and knows that I'm not the real suspect shooter and culprit. My 14th,5th and 6th Amendment, Rights were violated. And I truly believe that "Music" was placed on trial and I was convicted of being black and a "gangsta rapper". I was denied any and all Black jurors...my jury consisted of 8 whites & 4 Asian-Americans. This was in 1994 - post L.A. uprising/Rodney King beating and during the O. J. Simpson pre-trial circus. I was denied bail in a non-capital case, which was a violation of my 8th Amendment Constitutional Right.

O'Shea "Ice Cube" Jackson left me for dead due to negative publicity. The record label, East-West/Time lawyers and law students to help me prevail in this fight for freedom. I've wrote several law firms who claim to do Pro-Bono work. But no one likes rappers; especially one who's as outspoken as myself. There are plenty of Federal & State violations and I am literally throwing myself at the mercy of this law school (and/or firm) to please get involved in my fight for my life.

I've been in touch with the retired sheriff (Giron), this past Feb.2003 and he's willing to help. I've tried everything in my power and I've even located 3 new eyewitnesses who were present the night the crime was committed.

As of this writing certain artists are expressing their concerns. However, talk is extremely cheap and I'm in need of serious help. Please feel free to write me at the address below with any help or suggestions. Comments are welcomed also.

May Our Creator Bless You All! Peace!

DaSean "JDee" Cooper J52728
C2-221UP PO BOX 921
CENTINELA STATE PRISON
Imperial, CA 92251

Free J.Dee Petition

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news 1093642811 - January 1, 1970 By : The 10th annual Nocturnal Wonderland is up on us! Saturday September 4th, it's going down. It's 10 hours of non-stop music. Featuring 6 themed rooms. Each room has a different style of music. The one that sticks out, for various reasons, is the Mad Hatters Castle. Peep this crazy line up. The Beatnuts, Souls Of Mischief, Aceyalone, Abstract Rude, Defari, Phil Da Agony, Self Scientific, Supernatural, Mood, DJ C-Los and others! All in one room. That's a great line up, not to be missed. Funnily enough, I'll be missing it as I'll be at the Projekt Revolution Tour with Snoop, M.O.P. & Ghostface, that same day.

Official Site

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news 1093742328 - January 1, 1970 By : Nelly is getting ready to drop his album in september.
Snoop Dogg is on a track along with Ron Isley. Dubcnn brings you this song early.
Nelly "She Don't Know My Name" ft Snoop and Ron Isley

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news 1093884514 - January 1, 1970 By : The homie Hu$tleboy Floyd just dropped his "Westcoast Cracc" mixtape and we urge everybody to check it out! It features the likes of E-White, Crafty, Identity, Tha Eastsidaz and of course Hu$tleboy Floyd himself.


Make sure to download it by clicking below:

Hu$tleboy Floyd - Westcoast Cracc The Mixtape




Tracklist:
1. Intro
2. That Cracc - Hu$tleboy Floyd
3. Shine - Crafty
4. Compton & Watts - Kilo G, Bayscrill
5. Believe in Magic - E. White
6. Getting Loose - Hu$tleboy FLoyd
7. Smoke With Me - Crafty, Hu$tleboy floyyd
8. On Fire - Young Scoot, E. White
9. Hustlin' - Young Whoop
10. Westcoast Cracc - Hu$tleboy Floyd, Crafty
11. The Niggaz I Know - E. White
12. Get That Paper - Hu$tleboy Floyd
13. It's Crafty - Crafty
14. Westcoast Freestyle - Hu$tleboy Floyd
15. You - E. White
16. Catch Me If you Can - Hu$tleboy Floyd
17. Get You Wig Rocced - Crafty, Identity
18. Hu$tlehouse & Money Made - Hu$tleboy Floyd, Bayscrill
19. Steup Up - Hu$tleboy Floyd, E. White, Crafty
20 Fiends For The Green - Hu$tleboy Floyd, Crafty
21. Cold - E. White, Eastsidaz (Whitehouse Bonus Track)

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news 1094026490 - January 1, 1970 By : COME AND GET YA PARTY ON WITH CAZ, ALONG WITH SHADE SHEIST, N.U.N.E., & CHUCK NUTT CELEBRATING HIS NEW ALBUM "HOOD HITZ" AND THE RELEASE OF HIS NEW VIDEO "I AM" FEAT. E40, FAT JOE, CLISPE, BIG TIGGA, LOON AND MORE! FREE GIVEAWAYS AT THE SHOW SO DONT MISS CAZ ALONG WITH HIS FOLX TEARIN UP THE 805!

Check out the flyer to the show here.

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news 1094026938 - January 1, 1970 By : Click below to watch the video to Young Buck's new video "Shorty Wanna Ride" from his freshly released debut solo album "Straight Outta Cashville.

For more information on Young Buck check out the interview we conducted with him by clicking here.

Here is the video, pick your preferred format:

Windows Media Player | Real Media

Enjoy!

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news 1094027566 - January 1, 1970 By : Thanks to the homie Lil Jay from Westcoast2k.net for the following:

ince 213's "The Hard Way" didnt have any Warren G production on it, it was only right for the G-Child to go ahead and remix the first single "Groupie Luv". And what can you say... Warren laced a laid back beat which has that smooth G-Funk sound that his fans love to hear. Tracks like these keep me wondering why they didnt let him produce any songs on the album... We got the audio up for you to listen: 213 "Groupie Luv (G-Funk Remix)".



Also, please sign this petition which urges Warren to take into consideration a Warren G Remix Project for the 213 album. Who knows if its gonna work, but it wont hurt to try.

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news 1094028484 - January 1, 1970 By : After the homies over at WCRydaz had a snippet of the new Mr. Capone-E track featuring Nate Dogg up, we can now bring you the full version of this heater.

The song is called "I Like It" and is produced by Fingazz. It is set to be the lead single for Capone-E's new album. Shoutout to the homie Frank Nitty for making this track possible!


Here goes the song:

Mr. Capone-E ft. Nate Dogg - I Like It

Enjoy!

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news 1095113083 - January 1, 1970 By : 10-26-04 is D-Day! Due to bootlegging, Loco Loco is droppin' his new album Obsessed a little early. Featuring Altadena's Scipio and the I.E.'s Diamonique, this Oxnard, Cali representer, is NOT playing. He's coming with a very strong release to re-introduce himself. 13 tracks with a bonus cut. Don't sleep! Keep checkin' back for more info on this.

Here's the Front/Back Covers

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news 1095113825 - January 1, 1970 By : I got this E-Mail from Big Shysti today:

The First Annual Latin Rap Conference was a complete success…Thanks to everyone who participated.

LRC 2005 is already in the making. It will be held at the Harrah's Resort and Casino, in San Diego, CA February 1-3 in 2005.

We have big plans for taking our newly formed family to the next step of success. As you all know, we accomplished the hardest thing at the LRC 2004, coming together in a positive Forum. Now, we can move on and created an agenda for our goals.

As some of you already know, Rags and I quit the radio station we were working at (98.9 More FM) about a month after the conference. The PD also quit in support of our demands. Since then, the station has turned into another "Pop Clear Channel Wannabe" piece of shit.

Like we said in one of the seminars, we have to constantly take the risks necessary to advance our cause and sometimes, we have to face the conseuqences of taking those risks. It was a good ting all and all, however, because other acorss the Country have started to follow the format we created. That is progress.

I am writing to you all to inform you that the LRC 2005 is almost ready to go. The new site will be soon. For now, please visit the Here's the Old site and hit up the message board with ideas and plans you have for LRC 2005. Remember that it is our conference...ALL OF OURS, and we can do whatever we want and accomplish as much as we want through the organization we formed in 2004.

To that end, please send us pics and videos of your experiences at the LRC 2004 for us to use on the site. We will give you credit on the site for your pics and/or video. We just want as much coverage as possible to remind everyone how it went down. It seems there were many different experiences, all positive, but all different.

Send Pics and Video To shysti@sbcglobal.net or to:

C/O Shysti at LRC
1215 Firethorn Street
San Diego, CA 92154



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news 1095114105 - January 1, 1970 By : Wed. September, 29 2004 at GABAH

4658 Melrose Ave. (1 block west of Normandie), cross street Ardmore.
Hollywood, CA 90029
Cost: $8 at the door
21 n over
Info line: 323-664-8913

MCR Productions and Workshop Records
presents:

Krazy Race
Broken Family
Global City
Myango The Utmost......

On the Tables:
C-LOS from Stacks Vinyl
DJ RESY from Global City
Devious from Broken Family
J-Biz....

Come witness LA's underground hip-hop movement @ Club Gahba!!!

If you want to be on the $5 dollar-list, shoot an email back with your names to mcrprod@aol.com

club info line: 323-664-8913

October 8, 2004 - Friday

Ground Zero, Scifen & DigitalGravel.com Present
Jedi Mind Tricks w/ 7L & Esoteric
Plus: Acid Reign & Jroz || Hosted by: DJ Ethos

Venue: Knitting Factory – 7021 Hollywood Blvd.
Doors: 7.30 pm || 12.00 am curfew
Tickets: $15.00 advance || 16.50 day of show
Box office: 323.463.0204 xt 122
Info: www.GroundZeroPromotion.com
Online Tickets available at: www.GrooveTickets.com
Links: www.scifen.com || www.digitalgravel.com

Tuesday - October 19th - ** San Diego **

Ground Zero Promotion & Marxmen Media Present

The Cali Comm - 11th Hour Tour

DEL The Funkee Homosapien, Haiku De’ Tat feat. Aceyalone, Ab Rude, & Mikah 9, Zion I, and Bukue One

Venue: The Epicentre.- 8450 Mira Mesa Blvd. – San Diego, CA 92126
Doors: 7.30 pm || Show: 8.00 pm
Price: $20.00 advance
Ages: all ages to enter
Online Tix: www.GrooveTickets.com
Info: www.GroundZeroPromotion.com


October 25, 2004 – Monday

Ground Zero, Scifen & DigitalGravel.com Present

The Hip Hop Show 4 Year Anniversary
Eydea & Abilities, Illogic, Los Nativos, & Busdriver
Plus many surprise performances
Hosted by: A.Rod

Venue: Key Club – 9039 Sunset Blvd. – West Hollywood, CA 90069
Ages: All to enter, 21+ to drink
Doors: 8.00 pm
Tickets: $15.00
Online Tickets: www.GrooveTickets.com
Info: www.GroundZeroPromotion.com || 310.274.5800
Links: www.scifen.com || www.digitalgravel.com




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news 1095115549 - January 1, 1970 By : Crown City Rockers are a Hip Hop band with members hailing from all across the country. After meeting up in Boston, Mass. they all moved out to Cali, Pasadena more spefically. Then, they were known as Mission, after the Boston area they were from. After their first album was released, they were asked to change their name, by an older group who once had the same name and they changed it to the Crown City Rockers. Pasadena happens to be called the Crown City. Now, under their new moniker, they release their new album "Earthtones." Album features 18 tracks and appearances by Zion(of Zion I), Gift Of Gab(Blackalicious) and Scarub(Living Legends). Don't sleep, wake the fuck up! It's heat, otherwise DubCNN wouldn't let it touch the page.

Here's the tracklist:

Intro
Another Day
Balance (feat. Scarub)
Sidestep (feat. Destani Wolf)
Interlude
B-Boy
Fortitude (feat. Gift of Gab)
Maxlude
Fate
Culture
D Minor Nine
Simple
Heat
Earthtones
Without Love (feat. Zion)
Something Pt. 3
10:53
No Sense

Purchase from SandBoxAutomatic

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news 1095116338 - January 1, 1970 By : Straight from Cincinatti, Ohio comes Main Flow. He was one of the first people to work with Cincinatti native producer Hi-Tek, now known for his collabs with Talib Kweli (Reflection Eternal), Mos Def and Snoop Dogg. You'll know Main from his group Mood, later Mission Control. After working with both crews respecitively, he went on a solo tip. He released various singles during that time. Well, now, he's ready to drop his new LP entitled "Hip-Hopulation." The album features an insane amount of names, ranging from Mikah 9(Freestyle Fellowship), Talib Kweli, Black Though(The Roots), Defari, Planet Asia, Raekwon, 7L & Esoteric, Killah Preist and more. It's not time to nap, after you read this, scoop this album up right away.

Here's the tracklist:

Intro (feat. Raekwon & David Blaine)
Loving The Game (feat. Planet Asia)
The Wire
Classic (feat. Black Thought & Donte of Mood)
Such A Fool (feat. Soulstice)
Hip Hop Worth Dying For (feat. Talib Kweli)
Hi-Tek Freestyle
Dice Role
Worldwide (feat. Defari & P Killer)
Mister Know It All (feat. Mystro)
She Like Me (feat. eLone)
Toys, Games
Delivery Tactics (feat. Mikah 9)
Street Pay (feat. 7L & Esoteric)
Never Imagined (feat. Killah Priest & Master Foul)
See It All (feat. GLK)
She Likes Me (Beyonder Remix)

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news 1095126044 - January 1, 1970 By : Since Arsen & Mista CaNE's "High Risk, High Rewards" was pushed back due to label politics, they decided to hit y'all with this blended mixtape. They hit the streets with it this week and been getting alot of great reviews. Everyone's luvin it, download & post ya opinions at our Forum.

And watch out for that Arsen & CaNE duo album dropping soon on SERVN U 151 MUSIC/ANNIHILATION ENT./ALLIANCE-MUSIC with nation-wide distribution on CITY HALL (Mac Dre, San Quinn, Andre Nickatina etc etc.)

Download and Peep the CD Cover


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news 1095192316 - January 1, 1970 By : Xzibit is gearing up for the November 9th release of his new album "Weapons of mass destruction", with the first single "Mothafucker", with the radio version dubbed "Mutha Mutha".

Rick Rock, Rockwilder, Thayod, Hi Tek, Khalil, Denaun Porter, Sir Jinx, Battlecat, Jellyroll and Timbaland will produce on the album, and guests will be MC Lyte, Busta Rhymes, Strong Arm Steady and more.

Go to Xzibit.net for the official site.
Click the cover on the left for bigger version.

Xzibit - Mutha Mutha (WM)
Xzibit - Mutha Mutha (RealMedia)


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news 1095193337 - January 1, 1970 By : Finally! It's here. Sinful El Pecador of Tha Mexakinz's Spanish language album Confesiones De Un Pecador. It's been a long wait. We haven't had a Hip Hop album from either of Tha Mexakinz since about 1998. The wait is over. Time to step ya Spanish Rap game the fuck up. El Pecador was busting in Spanish before it was cool and he still, I don't know anyone out there that can touch him.

And, don't worry, Sinful's English language album is STILL on the way. He and I-Man are working together again, so expect big things from Tha Mexakinz in the near future. We'll be bringing you more info on their releases, as well as many more releases within the Hip Hop and specifically Latin Hip Hop communities.

Here's the tracklisting:

1. La Voz De La Calle - (interludio)
2. El Imperdonable
3. Atraccion Fatal
4. Por El Peor Camino
5. Manos El Aire
6. Orgullo Pecaminoso
7. Bombom
8. 90813
9. Solo Existe Uno
10. Pieza Diez
11. Madre Incomparable
12. Mi Confesion
13. Tragos Amargos
14. Sin Idea Decir Adios - (sida)

The album hits stores on the 21st, make sure to pick up your copy of the cd. Thanks to Wickiewicked of www.chicanoworld.2ya.com for pointing this out.


SGV

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news 1095203838 - January 1, 1970 By : LA’s own legendary DJ Magic Mike presents College Thursdays and Caribbean Fridays at Scoreboard located at 3220 Temple Ave in Pomona. We’ll keep you posted on any future live performances but for now you can get more information on this venue by calling 909-641-1600 and by checking the links below for the flyer scans.
Big thanks to "Mellie Mel" from Magic Mikes street team for the news.

Axle

Flyer side 1
Flyer side 2

Jome

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news 1095417460 - January 1, 1970 By : Ya'll may be screaming.. this is old news.. i know.. this is an update. The rumoured collabo between these two has moved along another step.

This story at blogcritics.org reports Burt has stated I had got together with Dre about a year and a half ago and talked about doing something for the album that we never did. Then he gave me the loops, and when I decided to do this album for Sony, it seemed a natural fit..

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news 1095434198 - January 1, 1970 By : Domino is getting ready to drop his new album in October with distribution from Universal.
Headover to MRDOMINO.NET and holla at the Longbeach Legend.

XSCINC is makin moves.Lookout for Dresta's official website coming soon.

Yash

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news 1095435007 - January 1, 1970 By : Since i've been hospitalized I haven't had time to do any updates.
But now im back in full effect.
We start with this weeks weekend audio:

Youngbuck "Oh No" featuring Daz
Anthony B "What Would You Do" featuring Snoop Dogg
Mr Cheeks "It's Alrite" featuring Truth Hurts
Richie Rich "1800 Strong"
Dj Quik and Nate Dogg "What They Think"
Damizza "In 2s" featuring Butch Cassidy
The Alchemist "Dead Bodies" featuring The Game and Prodigy
The Alchemist "Where Can We Go" featuring Devin The Dude
Lloyd Banks and 50 Cent (dissing Nas) "Yall Niggaz Starving"
2pac and Big Stretch "So Many Tears" (Original)

We Back... DUBCNN IN YOE MOUTH DONT IT TASTE GOOD WHEN YOU SPITTIN IT OUT...Happy Bday Nima!


Yash

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news 1095526139 - January 1, 1970 By : As you all know The Game and Yukmouth been dissing eachother on their forums but now it's moved on to wax.
The Game recorded over the "I Got 5 On It" beat and dissed Yukmouth pretty hard.

Listen to the track by clicking HERE

Yash

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news 1095534015 - January 1, 1970 By : After The Game released the first official diss song aimed at Yukmouth over the I Got 5 On It beat yesterday, Yuk is already back with his own diss, this time over Buck's Let Me In.

He disses the entire G-Unit crew and specifically The Game. Let's hope this doesn't escalate into an all-out war between the G-Unit and Bay Area, as it looks like many of Yuk's Bay Area homies might ride with him on this one.

We'll keep you posted, for now download "Game Over" below:

Yukmouth - Game Over (Game Diss).

Nima

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news 1095644139 - January 1, 1970 By : Goldie Loc from Tha Eastsidaz entered into a distribution deal with Enexes.com (also deals with Bad Azz & Shade Sheist) to release not only his solo album, "Tha After Party" (buy here), but also what appears to be a compilation called "The Distributor".

We dont have much information on this project as of yet (outside of the promotional ad) but we'll keep you posted as details develop.
Check the links below for the ad. Thanks to Axle for this news.


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Jome

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news 1095673548 - January 1, 1970 By : After what could possibly be the quickest reply to a diss song ever by Yuk, as he released a diss to Game only hours after Game unleashed his, we are now ready for Round 2.

Yukmouth is first to go this time, and he got veteran Gonzoe to support him on this one. They spit over Fabolous current single Breathe, check it out below! Thanks to nibs.

Yukmouth ft. Gonzoe - Game Ova 2

Enjoy!

Nima

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news 1095687757 - January 1, 1970 By : It's been a while since we hit you with some news on Bay Area artist Michelob and his partner in crime Flexxarally. I got a couple new mixtape songs from them here for you to download, a little taster of what they got goin' on right now!


Look for more updates on Michelob and Flexx soon, a lil interview should help get ya'll back in the scoop.



On to the audio:

Michelob, Flexxarally & Zigg Zagg - Your Girlfriend (Kurupt Re-twist)

Michelob, Flexxarally & Eastwood - Favorite Whore (Snoop/Goldie Re-twist)

Michelob, Flexxarally & Eastwood - Westcoastin' (Pop Lockin' Re-twist)

Michelob, Flexxarally - How We Get Down (Bad Azz Re-twist)

Enjoy the songs!

Nima

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news 1095688512 - January 1, 1970 By : We at Dubcnn will be providing you not only with the freshest from the West, but also will educate you on HipHop from Overseas and more.

Most of you might not have heard much German Hip Hop before, but it is expanding, and artists such as Ludacris, Kanye West, Kurupt, Royce Da 5'9, Joe Budden and more have collaborated with Germany.

Samy Deluxe, one of Germany's most known acts, reached out to US producer Megahertz to lace his first single "Zurueck" from his new album "Verdammt Nochmal!" which is out now.

I have the song up here for those who might be interested in listening to some foreign Hip-Hop, peep it below:

Samy Deluxe - Zurueck

Enjoy!

Nima

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news 1095695223 - January 1, 1970 By : West Coast Female MC Neb Luv from the infamous 5 Footaz, most known for her work with Warren G has returned with a brand new mixtape called "Road Rage".

The mixtape is hot to def, Neb shows that she's still a factor in the game and still has what it takes to compete with all these new female rappers in the game. The tape has features by the likes of Suga Free, MC Lyte, Crisstyle and many more.

Dubcnn has 3 preview cuts up for you, make sure to check them out, and if you want to order this mixtape, simply click here for all the needed information.

Check out the tracklisting below, and click on the highlighted songs to check them out! I'd like to send out a Xtra special shoutout to Axle for the hookup.

01 Intro (Hip Hop Rock)
02 Breath (Its Your Life)
03 Who Is She?
04 Love for the Music
05 Free Will
06 We Roll We Rock
07 Funny How
08 Good Lyfe Ft K-Bar
09 About My Travels (Watcha Know)
10 Get Live Wit Me
11 She Good for Ya
12 Its Gon' Pop
13 Thug Thizzle (Skit)
14 You Know How We Break It Down (ft. Suga Free)
15 Heat Scorchin Torchin (ft. MC Lyte)
16 Where Do You Go
17 My Love (it Dont Stop)
18 Ive Been Looking for You Ft ATM Symphony
19 Strickly Business
20 In California

Nima

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news 1095724383 - January 1, 1970 By : Baby Ree Productions/P3 Entertainment is a collaborative production/management company in the heart of Los Angeles managing such artists as Damizza, Knoc-Turn'Al and Butch Cassidy.

Damion Young, aka Damizza, founder of Baby Ree Productions, is not only internationally recognized as an artist, but also as a music producer, and has worked with avid artists including Mariah Carey, Snoop Dogg, Ashanti and Nate Dogg, to name a few. He also works as Senior Director of Programming and Artist Relations at LA's Power 106 FM, the most influential hip hop radio station around.

Although he carries a busy schedule, Damizza never stops short of setting goals. His current passion is to reintroduce West Coast Hip Hop, and give world wide recognition to those originators and newcomers whom have lead up to its success throughout hip hop history.


Dubcnn will keep you updated on any happenigs around the Baby Ree camp as always.

Nima

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news 1095724629 - January 1, 1970 By : 40 Glocc, Kurupt, Jayo Felony & Mobb Deep, known together as The Riflemen, are currently looking to ink a deal to release their debut group record early next year. The distribution is set to be handled by Universal, who's also going to do Jayo Felony's upcoming smash album "In Da Trenches" dropping this fall.

To shorten the wait for the album, the group is going to the studio starting next week to put together a Riflemen Mixtape to release soon. Dubcnn will have new audio up for ya'll straight out the studio as always.

Meanwhile, 40 Glocc has also started working on his sophomore record, which is still untitled. We should have some new 40 Glocc audio for ya'll to peep this week, so make sure to check back with us, as it's heaaaaaaated!!

A Riflemen website is also in the works...........just stay tuned ya'll!

Nima

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news 1095725115 - January 1, 1970 By : As ya'll know, "OG" Daddy V never ceases to bring ya'll fresh mixtape music for ya'll ears. Month for month, the Compton OG been hitting the streets and hustlin' his newest shit, always banging.


Here are the new mixtape he got lined up, set to drop next month:

- The Rap Riders
- The Young & The Restless (All new and up and comin' artists from the L.A. area)
- Long Beach's Finest
- Gangsta For Life Mixtape
- The G-Homies

I'ma be back with some audio from all these projects in a few weeks, and you should be able to order them online for those livin' overseas.

Don't forget Daddy V also has the OG TV Vol. 2 comin' out this fall, it's gonna be hot!

Nima

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news 1095726516 - January 1, 1970 By : Hey ya'll, I briefly caught up wit the legendary DJ Slip, who's now running IV Life Records, to talk about the new 4life projects and more. We'll be conducting a more in-depth interview soon, but here's the current scoop as far as music goes.

As ya'll know, IV Life & Tha Eastsidaz collaborated on alot of songs, and they are currently looking to drop a project called "Duecez, Trays & Foes", and 18 song project featuring all IV Life Records arits and Tha Eastsidaz. "We're trying to put this out first, cause you know, instead of sitting on them, we might aswell let people hear it, cause I don't see nobody else droppin' it if it ain't us. It also should help us get a foot in the door, cause of Tha Eastsidaz, who are an established group", Slip said. There is no set release date yet, as they're still looking for the right distribution deal to put it out.

"This is what we're lookin' for right now, the right distribution deal. Cause last time we did it ourselves, and it doesn't work. Some stores get it before others, and shit ain't organized. Also, you get killed by bootleggers, cause your product ends up in the street before it hits stores. But you know how it is, people ain't tryna break bread, but we're positive that we can find the right situation to release our music.".

So it's really up to when they find the right deal that we will finally hear the Eastsidaz collab aswell as the real new album, titled "The New Breed", which is complete, but new songs are still being recorded as we speak.

When asked about expanding the IV Life Family, Slip said: "We're always looking for new groups, new artists. We're lookin' to pick up some singers, cause you know you always need atleast one singer on your label. A label with all rappers isn't gonna work, you defintely need somebody with a voice. So yeah, we're expanding the label in future, definitely".

Sounds promising, as of now IV Life has release some hot mixtape music. Those of you who've been following the label for a while, might remember that Leicy Loc, Gangsta Dresta's sister, used to work with them closely, however hasn't appeared on the new projects. "You know, Lecy wanted to be a solo artist man, but we were going to sign everybody as a group. We're a new independent label man, we couldn't start giving everybody solo deals.. But it's all friendly with Lecy, there is no animosity whatsoever.", Slip had to say about the situation.

Look for a more indepth interview with DJ Slip soon, if you have any questions you'd like answered, you can send an email to nima@dubcnn.com.

Nima

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news 1095727391 - January 1, 1970 By : A-Wax has a bangin album ready to drop. Lookout for the album "Thug Deluxe" to hit stores in October.
Here's a tight song called "Can't Fuck With Me" which features Compton rapper The Game.

Yash

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news 1095764757 - January 1, 1970 By : The Moonshine Bandits, who released their debut solo album "Soggy Crackers" a few months back, are releasing a "Dirty South Ballin'" compilation featuring tons of hot acts such as Baby Bash, Buckshot, Slim Thug, Chingo Bling, Paul Wall, Chamillionaire and of course the Mooshine Bandits.

To enlarge the cover, click on the thumbnail to your left. This project is slated for an October 5th nationwide release through MSB ENTERTAINMENT/IMN NETWORK/ NAVARRE DISTRIBUTION.

Stay tuned for more info soon,

Nima

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news 1095791681 - January 1, 1970 By : you may have noticed periodic periods of slowness and some outages with our forum of late.

i just got a message from the host saying they're aware of the problem and that they're working to move some sites across to other servers to balance the load.

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news 1095801985 - January 1, 1970 By : Planet Asia is working on a new project, "The Medicine", fully produced by Evidence of Dilated Peoples. His King Medallions Mixtape is Coming Soon. And, PA is always stayin busy on the road as once again, he hits Europe, October 25th -Nov 25. Stay tuned to www.MCPlanetAsia.com for more details.




Ras Kass protege', Scipio hits the road with G-Unit/Aftermath's Game. Near after recording his remix for WestSide Story with Game & 50 Cent, Scip got a shout from Game to jump on his Intersope promo tour. Word is their puttin' the lyrical westcoast smack on these stations!! Peep Scipio new single Ride - produced by Da Riffs.


Nima

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news 1095802123 - January 1, 1970 By : Look out for Los Angeles-based hip-hop production squad, Da Riffs, as they're fittin' to BLOW!! They're wrappin up two song deals with EA Sports where they've scored all the music for NBA Street, over 10 songs, and have completed 4 more songs for NFL Street, with westcoast "New LA" mic assaulter, Bishop Lamont, Fresno underground king-pin Planet Asia, the D's Royce da 5'9, and Brooklyn's one half of Heltah Skeltah, Rock. Their tracks are also featured in Madden, NBA Live, Need 4 Speed, NHL, etc. Da Riffs just laced a Circuit City commercial which is being aired nationally, they're putting the finishing touches on their full length LP with Planet Asia's alterego - King Medallions, are working on dancehall cuts for Don Yute, Tanya Stevens, & VP Records, and have completed records with Shady/Aftermath's Stat Quo. They've got featured exclusives from West Coasts' finest King Tee, Crooked I, Sly Boogie, Roscoe, Maylay, Planet Asia, Game, Balance, plus Capone, Rah Digga, Method Man, Young Zee, Ali Vegas, Stat Quo, all on forthcoming PNC Mixtape release Coast Control; Defend Your Borders, featuring "Best West Coast Mixtape King" DJ Warrior and "Brooklyn's Most Treacherous Mixtape King" DJ Sickamore. On the Streets next week. Stay tuned to www.DaRiffs.com


Nima

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news 1095804773 - January 1, 1970 By : After his excellent "Instand Vintate" LP, musical legend "Raphael Saadiq" is about to bless us again with his smooth and melodic sounds. His new album, entitled "Ray Ray" is slated for an October 5th release. Battlecat will be contributing to the production, it should be huge!!!

Click on the thumbnail to your left to see the cover in full size, and check out the tracklisting below. You can also listen to the first single, "Rifle Love", featuring Lucy Pearl & Tony Toni Tone, by clicking on the highlighted song.

To pre-order this CD now, just click http://www.pookieentertainment.com" target="blank_">here.


1. Blaxploitation
2. Ray Ray Theme feat. Joi
3. I know Shuggie Otis
4. This One
5. Chic Like You feat. Allie Baba
6. Live Without You
7. Detroit Girl
8. Not A Game feat. Babyface
9. Rifle Love feat. Tony Toni Tone & Lucy Pearl
10. Chic feat. Teedra Moses
11. I Want You Back feat. Teedra Moses
12. I Love Her
13. Grown Folks
14. Save Us

Nima

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news 1095808490 - January 1, 1970 By : The new Potluck CD "Harvest Time" is in stores now! It features Tech N9NE, Mystik Journeymen, E-40 and Bosko, Cool Nutz and Equipto, and we have a free mp3 download preview song for you guys to check out. The song is called "U Ain't That Fine" and has hot guest spots by E-40 and Bosko. The beat and the talkbox were handled by Super Producer Bosko too.

Potluck "U Ain't That Fine" feat. E-40 & Bosko
To download simply right click and "save target as..."

For more information on Potluck, hit up the official website www.lostkoastproductions.com

Nima

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news 1095808962 - January 1, 1970 By : Ok here we go with our power week special.

We start with an exclusive Guerilla Black video interview where he tells us about his new album "Guerilla City", the Biggie comparisons, Compton and so much more. Appologies for the darkness of the picture, but this was done at the video shoot for his single, and it was at night. The version that is up right is 40mb big, we're workin' on a Low Q version for people on dial up as we speak.

If you experience problems trying to watch this video, just send an email to contact@dubcnn.com and we'll try to help you.

-=| Guerilla Black Video Interview |=-


But we're not done with the exclusives yet! Here's also the Fred Wreck produced song called "What We Gonna Do" featuring Nate Dogg.
The song is ganked fromthe upcoming album dropping September 28th on Virgin Records and is set to be Black's 2nd single.

Guerilla Black - What We Gonna Do (ft. Nate Dogg)

Shit is fiiire say what you wanna say about Guerilla Black sounding like Biggie but you can't deny he got skills. The album is bangin from intro to outro.


Yash

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news 1095808987 - January 1, 1970 By : Goddamn, another one! We have the brand new single by West Coast shooting star Scipio called "Ride" here for ya'll to check out. The song is produced by Da Riffs, who we just introduced to ya'll a few updates further down.

Make sure to check out the song below, it's hot to def! Both Scipio and Da Riffs are names to watch out for in future, as they're about to make some major noise, believe that!

Here goes the song:

Scipio - Ride

Enjoy!

Nima

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news 1095810369 - January 1, 1970 By : We just can't stop...

Here's "Grown Man Business", which is produced by Dr Dre from Xzibit's upcoming album called "Weapons Of Mass Destruction" dropping in November.

Xzibit - Grown Man Business (Prod. By Dr. Dre)

Enjoy!


Yash

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news 1095847712 - January 1, 1970 By : Here's two new Game tracks that have been circulating on the net lately. Incase you missed out on hearing them Dubcnn is here to refresh your memory.
The Game "Count On Me" ft 50Cent
The Game "Throw It Up" ft Lil Jon

Yash

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news 1095888370 - January 1, 1970 By : For those of you who got a dial-up connection and can't download the big high quality file of our Guerilla Black video interview, click below to watch the 2mb low quality version. Of course the picture quality is really low, the sound is okay though.

-=| Guerilla Black Video Interview (Low Quality)

Enjoy!

Nima

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news 1095959063 - January 1, 1970 By : ESPN Video Games presents the Cali Comm 2004 Tour which features Del The Funky Homosapien, Haiku D'Etat, Zion I. Get fuckin' ready for one of the illest tours to come from the West in years.

Del The Funky Homosapien is back working on his new album "11th Hour" and look for Del to be a character in the new NBA 2K5, put out by ESPN Video Games. For those who don't know, Haiku D'Etat is Aceyalone, Abstract Rude & Mikah 9. That's what most people would consider a Supergroup. Well, they're back with a new album, "Coup D Theatr." This is their first nationwide tour together. And, don't sleep on Zion I, they're well known for their amazing shows.

Sun-Oct-10 S. LAKE TAHOE, CA WHISKEY DICKS SALOON
Wed-Oct-13 SANTA BARBARA,CA UC SANTA BARBARA
Thu-Oct-14 SANTA CRUZ, CA THE CATALYST
Fri-Oct-15 SACRAMENTO, CA COLONIAL THEATER
Sat-Oct-16 LOS ANGELES, CA EL REY THEATER
Sun-Oct-17 POMONA, CA THE GLASS HOUSE
Tue-Oct-19 SAN DIEGO, CA EPICENTER
Wed-Oct-20 TEMPE, AZ OLD BRICKHOUSE
Thu-Oct-21 ALBUQUERQUE, NM SUNSHINE THEATER
Fri-Oct-22 SAN ANTONIO, TX THE SANCTUARY
Sat-Oct-23 HOUSTON, TX ENGINE ROOM
Sun-Oct-24 AUSTIN, TX EMOS
Tue-Oct-26 ORLANDO, FL THE SOCIAL
Wed-Oct-27 ATLANTA, GA EARTHLINK LIVE
Thu-Oct-28 CHARLOTTESVILLE,VA STARR HILL MUSIC HALL
Fri-Oct-29 WASHINGTON, DC 930 CLUB
Sun-Oct-31 PHILADELPHIA, PA TROCADERO
Mon-Nov-01 NEW YORK, NY BB KINGS
Tue-Nov-02 NEW HAVEM CT TOADS PLACE
Wed-Nov-03 NORTHAMPTON, MA PEARL STREET
Thu-Nov-04 BOSTON, MA THE PARADISE
Sat-Nov-06 TORONTO, ONT PHOENIX THEATER
Sun-Nov-07 LONDON, ONT PHOENIX NIGHTCLUB
Tue-Nov-09 DETROIT, MI ST. ANDREWS HALL
Wed-Nov-10 CHICAGO, IL HOUSE OF BLUES
Thu-Nov-11 BLOOMINGTON, IN BLUEBIRD THEATER
Sat-Nov-13 MADISON, WI THE BARRYMORE
Sun-Nov-14 MINNEAPOLIS, MN THE QUEST
Tue-Nov-16 BOULDER, CO FOX THEATER
Wed-Nov-17 FT. COLLINS, CO AGGIE THEATER
Thu-Nov-18 COL.SPRINGS, CO 32 BLEU
Fri-Nov-19 SALT LAKE CITY, UT SHAGGYS
Sat-Nov-20 PORTLAND, OR ROSELAND
Sun-Nov-21 BEND, OR DOMINO ROOM
Mon-Nov-22 SEATTLE, WA SHOWBOX
Tue-Nov-23 EUGENE, OR MCDONALD THEATER
Wed-Nov-24 SAN FRAN, CA THE FILLMORE

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news 1095960308 - January 1, 1970 By : On Friday October 1st, Aceyalone, Planet Asia, Trensetta, Customer Service, Da Mon Star Mob, Humble, DJ Gloss (Project Blowed) will be performing at the Malibu Inn. This is an 18 and up event and it starts at 8pm. Along with an amazing line, it's only 10 bucks to get it. I suggest getting there early. There's not parking for the Malibu Inn, so you have to park on Pacific Coast Highway, which fills up quick. Also, the location is not very big and is standing room only, so if you want to be up towards the front, you'll need to get there early. Don't sleep.

22969 Pacific Coast Hwy.
Malibu, Ca 90265

Telephone: 310.456.6060

SGV

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news 1095964248 - January 1, 1970 By : Urban Regional artist and Los Angeles veteran, David Rolas, has finished his second Spanish language album, "Tatuajues," and in honor of it, he'll be holding an album release party at Club Grand Ave. in L.A. on October 19th, which is a Tuesday. He'll be having performances from some top Urban Regional acts, such as Malverde, Crooked Stilo & Mexiclan. If you haven't checked out David Rolas, do so now. He's ill.

Peep the Flyer

SGV

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news 1096000695 - January 1, 1970 By : If you're not up on the Urban Regional Movement then this site'll help you stay in touch with the ever growing scene. Urban Regional Movement is Spanish language Hip Hop over Banda sampled beats. The site was still being constructed when we first brought it to your attention, but here it is now. Estilo Urbano. It's fully equipped with pictures, audio and soon to have interviews and such. Go and take a look around.

Their message board is up and running, peep that out to.

Shouts to Young Joe and Wikid.


SGV

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news 1096013774 - January 1, 1970 By : Vote for your favorite Cali Untouchable DJ on Click here to vote!


Also vote for DJ Warrior as MIXTAPE DJ OF THE YEAR- at the Mixshow Power Summit 2004:
Send the message "DJ Warrior for Mixtape DJ of the Year 2004" to: info@mixshowpowersummit.com or click HERE.

Make sure you do this, support the few West Coast DJ's who actually heavily support WC Rap!!!


Nima

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news 1096014112 - January 1, 1970 By : If you live in the Sacramento area, make sure to check out the NorCalUnderground presents HYPHY HALLOWEEN show October 29th 2004 at the Colonial Theater (click here for maps and directions).

Performers will be The Federation, Turf Talk, Laether Face & The Executioner and more.

The event starts at 8pm, tickets are for sale at $20. All ages, and 21+ for the full bar next door.

Should be a HYPHY night!

Nima

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news 1096016429 - January 1, 1970 By : The hype around The Game seems to be getting bigger by the day. After his warmup single "Westside Story" started heating up the airwaves, Game just unleashed his official first single, another Dr. Dre production, called "Higher"!

The song is crazy, an unusual Dre beat, very upbeat, and Game delivers an impressive performance. "It's not that I can't stop, it's just that I won't stop, I'll make it hot" he boasts, and even has Dr. Dre say something in the track that will make all of you extremely happy!!

Download the song below, and pay attention at the 3:27 mark.. did Dre just say "Lookout for Detox!"??? Oh shit, it's on i guess!

Nuff talkin' check out the song below, and get ready for more Game-mania in the comin' weeks before his December release.

(Right Click + Save As On The Link Below, Or It's Not Gonna Work!)

The Game - Higher

Enjoy!

Nima

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news 1096050243 - January 1, 1970 By : We recently caught up with Bada Bing aka Pretty Tony from the group Lifestyle out in East Longbeach.

Bing, who is also Snoop Dogg's little brother spoke about how Snoop asked him if he could take Goldie Loc from his group and make the Eastsidaz album, their projects, how DPG schooled them into becoming artists, how big the internet is as far as promoting an artist right now as he put it himself and I qoute "after the westcoast takeover it's gone be the internet takeover...DUBCNN!".

Watch the video below, low quality version coming soon!

-=| Bing Dubcnn Video Interview |=-

Enjoy!

Yash

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news 1096232930 - January 1, 1970 By : Yukmouth and Gonzoe have recorded a video to the diss track they made going at The Game.

Click HERE to watch the Video.






Yash

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news 1096244660 - January 1, 1970 By : Vancouver MC, Concise is getting ready to drop his debut album "Fame" on October 12. Production will be handled by Checkmate, Concise, and Kemo. The album features Sticky Fingaz, Checkmate and Red 1 of the Rascalz. You may have heard Concise's production with Kemo on Swollen Members' "Fuel Injected", wich he has won various awards for. His first single "Rock The House" (wich is produced by Kemo and was released last year on a Kemo mixtape) is getting heavy radio play. The Video for the song is also getting heavy rotation on MuchMusic in Canada.

Recently, Meech Wells invited Concise down to LA to work on a compilation album.

Click Here To View The Album Cover
Concise "Rock The House"






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news 1096248850 - January 1, 1970 By : Crooked I has announced that he will be releasing a DVD this fall, through his imprint, Dynasty Entertainment/Dynasty Records.

According to the official website, the DVD is near completion and will accompany a free music CD containing all new material.

Crooked I fans may still have some time to wait until the long awaited debut from the Los Angeles-born, Long Beach-bred emcee is released, his upcoming album "Mama's Boy" is due in stores early 2005.

For further info, visit the official Dynasty Records forum.

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news 1096287018 - January 1, 1970 By :
We had the chance to do an hour long interview with one of the realest rappers in the game Gangsta Dresta.
This interview will give you some shocking inside info on alot of things that went on during and after the Ruthless Records era.
Was Aids truely the cause of Eazy E's death??? How Suge tried to bring BG n Dresta to Deathrow, What Dresta been doing as of late, info on former ruthless records people such as Jerry Heller, Dresta working with Kanye Wests co producer, The Game and much more.

Click HERE to listen to the interview text coming soon.



Yash

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news 1096329503 - January 1, 1970 By : Here is an exclusive track from Watts MC, Glasses Malone aka G Malone. Look our for more updates on G Malone, who is a close affiliate of the Black Wall Street, Spider Loc, Dresta & the Young Hoggs. This is one of the next big artists stepping up from the West coast.

G. Malone "Talkin' Loud".




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news 1096395469 - January 1, 1970 By : Geah! West Coast Veteran MC Eiht, who's steadily been droppin' records since the early 90's, is back at it with his newest album "Veterans Day". Eiht hooked back up with his longtime partner in rhyme Tha Chill to produce, and guest-rap on three songs.

After my first listen, the album sounds hard as hell, the production is much better than on his previous recent independent efforts, and he sounds more focused. You can check out the tracklisting below. Make sure to pick this up in your local record store, it dropped today!!!!!!

Check out the covers below:

| Front Cover | --- | Back Cover |


**Audio was removed upon request**

Nima

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news 1096622413 - January 1, 1970 By : JusFamilyRecords.com and Executive Branch Management Present the 9th Annual Portland, Orgeon Hip-Hop Festival: "Politics As Usual".

POH-Hop 9 Music Millennium In Store Performance

Thursday October 21st, 2004 6PM All Ages Free
MUSIC MILLENNIUM - Northwest
801 NW 23rd
Portland, OR 97210

Featuring:
Potluck(Humboldt Co., CA)
TrashHeap(Portland, OR)
SP(Olympia, WA)
and The World Famous DJ Chill

To check out the flyer for the event, check below:

Front Side |
Back Side

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news 1096622639 - January 1, 1970 By : Jon B. is set to drop his new album "Stronger Everyday" next tuesday, October 5th.


Make sure to give it a chance, it should be hot!





Nima

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news 1096623655 - January 1, 1970 By : The legendary Shock G is set to drop his first independent solo album called "Fear Of Mixed Planet" October 12th on 33th Street Rercords. The record features the likes of Yukmouth, Luniz, Humpty Hump, DJ Q-Bert, 5th Element and more.

In an interview, Shock G said "Now more than ever, with almost all emcees on the same subject matter & viewpoint, it's especially necessary to lift the human spirit & break the monotony of continuous, increasingly bleak, negative or desperate songs & topics; and to also break the chain of constant blatant reality. The human mind also thrives & prospers from fantasy & hope. Perhaps 'Fear of a Mixed Planet' is an intermission from the front line & a visit to the recreation tent."

Sounds exciting to me, make sure to check out the tracklisting below, and listen to the preview song we put up for ya'll "Homedown Up" ft. Yukmouth, Java, Clev MC and 5th Element, click on the bold link (Track #5).


1. Keep It Beautiful (w/ Keith Porter)
2. Cherry Flava'd Email (w/ Clev MC, 5th Element, Ant DOG, Delina)
3. Weesom Hustlas (w/ Money B, Humpty Hump)
4. Cinnamon Waves (w/ DJ Q-Bert, Ray Luv, Delina Dream)
5. Holmedown Up (w/ Yukmouth, Java, Clev MC, 5th Element)
6. Let's Go (w/ Trevel DJ D Sharp)
7. My Opinion (w/ Numskull)
8. Who's Clean
9. Fear Of A Mixed Planet
10. Gotchoo
11. Rime in the Mochanut
12. Perfect Life (w/Element)
13. We're All Killaz
14. Baby You Okay?
15. Sunshine Rime (w/ Mo, Delina Dream)
16. Clev MC
17. Your Sun Iza Pimp (w/ Humpty Hump, K-Lien)

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news 1096625014 - January 1, 1970 By : He went tripple platinum on his solo debut, and he isn't plannin' to stop! Chingy is returnin' with his new record called "Power Ballin'". The album is set to drop November 16th, and the first single "Balla Baby" is already gettin' heavy airplay.

No word on wether DJ Quik will be contributing to this new record again or not, but we will keep you updated. We all remember the banging ass beat he gave Chingy for his first album... That's right, "Bagg Up".

For now, you can listen or watch the video to the first single below:

Video:

Windows Media | Real Media

Audio:

Windows Media | Real Media

Enjoy!

Nima

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news 1096625867 - January 1, 1970 By : As ya'll know, Goldie Loc has linked up with Enexes.com to release some new music, exclusively on the internet, on the Enexes.com website. The new CD is called "Tha After Party" and features both old songs from the Eastsidaz "Gang Bang Muzic" Bootlegg, and new songs by Goldie.

Featured are the likes of Tray Deee, Pomona City Ridaz, Mykestro, Kokane, Suga Free, Redman, Butch Cassidy and more.

To order this CD now, hit up Enexes.com.

We have 2 preview audio cuts up here for you to listen to before you make up your mind. But for those of you who've been following Goldie for a while, will know that he never dissapoints. Eastside Up Eastsidaz!


Here is the tracklisting, to listen to the preview cuts, click on the highlighted links:

01 Intro
02 The East Side Feat. Tray Deee & Redman
03 Tha After Party
04 Ride for You
05 Keep it Gangsta
06 Dirt Diggler Feat. Tray Deee & Mykestro
07 Dipon Feat. Tray Deee, Pomona City Ridaz, Suga Free
08 Let's Go
09 Vegitarian Feat. Tray Deee, Snoop Dogg, Kokane
10 Doing this Foe Life Feat. Tray Deee, Butch Cassidy, Blaqtoven
11 Friday Night Feat. Tray Deee
12 Freak Illusion
13 Smash'n
14 Rugburn Feat. Tray Deee, Suga Free, Kokane

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news 1096640736 - January 1, 1970 By : What do you think of when you hear the name 40 Glocc? (We're talkin' rap... so don't bring the gun-talk in)

Well, ever since starting off with the Dogg Pound a few years back, 40 has been steadily on the rise. After releasing his HIGHLY overlooked debut solo "The Jakal", which featured damn near the whole West Coast, his non-stop grinding and huslting has brought him up to a point where people look at him as one of the West Coasts most promising prospects.

He's part of the Riflemen crew which consists of the legendary Mobb Deep from the East, and West Coast legends Kurupt & Jayo Feloney. All together, backed by smashing production from Havoc & Alchemist, these boys are bound to shake up the game.

As we reported a few weeks back, the Riflemen are currently looking for the right deal to release the completed album on, and are also gonna release a mixtape really soon.

To back up what I just said about 40 Glocc, I have three songs below for ya'll to check out. The first one features Petey Pablo, who's been rumoured to have signed with Death Row, and Jayo Felony. The song is called "Shame" and is a definite BANGER!

Check it out below:

40 Glocc, Petey Pablo & Jayo Felony - Shame

The next song I have for you is a 40 Glocc solo song called "Runnin'". The copy I'm puttin' up is just a ruff mix, it's not the final mix. Check it out below:

40 Glocc - Runnin'

And last, but not least is a song from J Steez' upcoming album (look for a detailed J Steez update tomorrow with more audio). The song features Suga Free, Weasel Loc & 40 Glocc and is called "On Point" and is banging as shit. Suga Free is at his BEST on this one!

J Steez ft. 40 Glocc, Weasel Loc & Suga Free - On Point


This is it for now, but we're gonna bring you an in-depth 40 Glocc interview soon, aswell as audio from his newest project:

40 Glocc & Kurupt Present.... The Zoo Babies!

Stay tuned!

Nima

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news 1096663790 - January 1, 1970 By : Just now I was shown that the main page at hieroglyphics.com plays a different track when refreshed.

The randomiser includes 5 tracks including appearances from Del, Casual, Pep Love, A-PLus and Tajai.

I've worked out how the randomiser works and have put links to each track with their titles on our forum over at dubcc.com

Props to LilHD for showing me this.


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news 1096887788 - January 1, 1970 By : We introduced ya'll to the newest South Gate sensation J Steez. The producer is set to drop his debut album "Up 4 Da Crown" early November on his own Rooftop Productions. If you missed our first update, just scroll down the site to look for it, or check our News Archive.

I have two preview songs from the album for ya'll to check out! The first single, called "Feelin' You", features Bad Azz, W.S. Bug, and Ms. Tiana. It's a certified banger, I urge everybody to give it a listen below:

J Steez ft. Bad Azz, WS Bug & Ms. Tiana - Feelin You

Next up I have a song that you already heard if you read my 40 Glocc update from the other day. It's called "On Point" and features none others than Suga Free, Weasel Loc & 40 Glocc! Free drops (to me) one of his best verses in a long time.. he had me rollin' on that one! Make sure to check it below:

J Steez ft. Suga Free, 40 Glocc & Weasel Loc - On Point


If you liked these songs, make sure to check out "Up 4 Da Crown" when it drops, we will bring you more info real soon!

Nima

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news 1096976475 - January 1, 1970 By : The homies from Enexes.com conducted an interview with Eastsida Goldie Loc on their X Radio and he spoke on alot of different topics. The most important fact was without a doubt that Tray Deee is getting released from jail in 7 months! This is very good news, considering that people were expecting 20 years....

Goldie also talked about his "After Party" album, his beef with Snoop Dogg, and much more.

The homies from West Coast 2k have the audio of the interview up, so head over there and check it out!

We wish Tray Deee best of luck for his release and hopefully we'll be able to hear him smashing over beats like he used to!

Nima

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news 1096976705 - January 1, 1970 By : Some of ya'll might've already noticed... Check out dj-quik.com and you'll see an add for a new DJ Quik album set to drop in 2005! That would be the best news in a minute if it really happens, a new Quik album is always a blessing!

We'll keep you up to date on this, so check back!

Nima

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news 1096977078 - January 1, 1970 By : The freshest online radio to date has recently launched! It's called X-Radio and can be accessed at XRadio.biz. Enjoy banging music from new and up and coming artists everyday.

Xradio.biz

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news 1096977607 - January 1, 1970 By : DJ Skratch's new album "THE REMEDY" is now available at DJSkratch.net. The album features the likes of 2nd II None, Kam, Squeak Ru, Boo Kapone, Shorty Of The Lench Mob, Ms. Toi and more! And we already know the production is bound to be heated!

We have 3 snippets below for ya'll to check out, just click on the highlighted tracks in the tracklist!


1. Misson 2 Ride Feat: Tre'sjur & Flint
2. I Can't Wait (2 see your face) Feat: Tyler Paris
3. That's My Baby Mama Feat: Tres'Pazz
4. High Speed Chase Feat: Squeak Ru & Ms. Toi
5. Hands On Feat: 2nd II None, Squeak Ru, & Kam
6. No Where 2 Hide Feat: Boo Kapone & Young Byrd
7. Put It On Da Glass Feat: Oreo
8. Hattin Feat: Tawana Smith
9. So Live Feat: Black Azz KK of 2nd II None
10. School Girl Chicks Feat: Tyler Paris
11. Pussy Manipulator (Remix) Feat: Jamon, Tre'sjur & Caladon
12. What U Wont Feat: Ms. Toi & Cl'she'
13. 2 Min Man (Part 2)
14. 2 Hard (2 Forget U) Feat: Archie Howard
15. Striptess Feat: Jamon, Caladon & Juneyski
16. Sunny California Feat: Tyler Paris, Shorty of the Lench Mobb & Ellegal
17. OUTTRO (THE REMEDY)

Make sure to check this out, it's hot!

Nima

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news 1096977931 - January 1, 1970 By : Pre-loaded with the high impact, bass-blessed, aggressive, street-hardened, West Coast hip-hop that his fans have come to expect, Weapons of Mass Destruction finds Xzibit digging deeper into his soul to create scorching salvos that get the party started while setting fire to your intellect. As Xzibit himself puts it, "I want people to hear this album and enjoy it. Laugh with me, cry with me, dance with me and think. This is one strong record."

You can check out the new official first single "Hey Now" below:

Xzibit - Hey Now (Mean Muggin')

And for those who missed it, here is his warm up banger "Mutha Fucka" aka "Mutha Mutha":

Xzibit - Mutha Mutha

Look for more Xzibit news soon!



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news 1096981646 - January 1, 1970 By : Green Lantern remixed The Game's smash hit "Westside Story" on his newest tape Shade 45 (Sirius Business). It's a completely new beat, banging if you ask me, and they added Busta Rhymes to it who dropped an exclusive verse.

The shit is pretty dope, Busta talks about him being on Aftermath, and more. Check it out below:

The Game & Busta Rhymes - Westside Story (Remix)

Enjoy!

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news 1096993460 - January 1, 1970 By : "One of my niggaz was off glass, I had to whoop his ass, he reminded me of Daz......" - Kurupt

The Riflemen are coming, and they sure as hell ain't holding back! We got another exclusive for you, another banger. Kurupt, Jayo Felony & 40 Glocc spitting over an amazing Alchemist beat... goddamn!

This song is bound to cause ALOT of controversy, as Kurupt and Jayo Felony go after... (big surprise)... Daz. 40 Glocc, to me, really shines on this one, Jayo, as always, kills it, and Kurupt comes very solid. I really like the chorus of the song.. it's addicting!

'Nuff talk, check out the song, we got a high quality MP3 right here for ya'll, so burn that shit, bump that shit, spread that shit, whatever you wanna do with it! Special shoutout to Hustleboyflod for the hosting!!!

"Hammers... heats.. guns.. cocked back, the RIFLES!!!!"


The Riflemen - Riflez (MP3 DOWNLOAD)

Enjoy..!


Nima

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news 1097012913 - January 1, 1970 By : Friday October 1st found the Malibu Inn being invaded by the Project Blowed and other West Coast Underground acts. Big shouts to Brian Lewis & Juda Starr for putting on the show. Thanks for lacing your boy with some VIP acess. I got you on anything you need homie. Now, back to the show.

I showed up with LatinaBeatz(from this site, with her fine ass. LOL.) and her cousin, about half way into the first set. The first group up was 7th Sign. Seen them before, real dope group. Didn't get any pics though. They are actually a 7-8 person squad, including a drummer, but this night they only had 5 people. Not sure why. Nonetheless, I suggest peeping them out here. Preview their album on CDBaby.com. Their emcees are very powerful and don't follow that usual Compton sound. Very dope group who are yet to get the attention they deserve. They have a singer, a Reggaeton artist, male emcees, female emcees, the works. A real eclectic group with a real crazy sound and great message. Now, they're not on some preachy shit, but they're socially concious, and all of them can spit it hot. Watch for more on them here in the coming weeks. On to the next act.

Hailing from the Northside of Long Beach is the Project Blowedians Da Mon Star Mob. I've also brought them up before on the site during a few of my reviews, these cats are SERIOUS. Skarekrow on the beats, and let me tell you, this boy is a problem. He's got some of the illest beats I've heard in a minute. Jul Unique, L-Swift & Onslaught are very dope emcees, I might add, as well. They all have mad energy and spit heat for the streets and the clubs. I got a couple videos of their performance so you can see for yourself. I'll be dropping that in the coming time. I'm for sure gonna bring a lot more info on this group. They're being slept on, but it's time to change all that. They got an album dropping and another one coming sooner than you think. Check out their official website.

Next up, more Blowed members, Customer Service. This is an 8 man squad, but they only had 6 members with them. They all looked rather young, but all controlled the mic well. This group is truely breaking down the color lines, so to say, we find in Hip Hop today. They got cats of all colors and creeds and cultures in their group. I had heard their name before, but I've never seen them. I enjoyed their set. They have fun with Hip Hop, but keep it in it's purest form. But, if you're a close minded person who only wants gangsta shit, they may not be for you. Anyway, the entire crew has some real good energy. I enjoyed their set. I'll also be bringing info on them. If you don't frequent the Project Blowed events on Thursdays, you can keep up with the crew on their Official site or their page on Myspace also. Look for a video of some of their perfomance coming soon.

Now don't sleep on this next emcee. He's one of THE illest on the West Coast, hell, he's one of the illest in all of Hip Hop. I don't give a fuck, I'm big uppin' him like that. Trenseta is NOT for play. On the mic he's a beast. He's cocky, but he backs it up. He has witty punchlines, but DO NOT confuse him for a punchline emcee. Tren comes with depth, real lyrics and a great live show. On stage, he's no different that he is on CD. Anyone who heard his Uncut Vol. 1 mixtape will know what I mean. Unfortunately, my camera started acting up during his performance, I was only able to get a few pictures and the video cut off. Not to worry, I'll be bringing the scoop on Tren and his Urban Legendz crew, soon.

Planet Asia. What else is there to say? A Legend. An amazing emcee. One of the greats out here. His live show is a must see. He comes out solo. No hype man, which is a major plus. He gets the crowd very hype. He performed some old cuts and did a lot of new shit. He even treated us to a cut off his up coming Mixtape. It was tight as hell. I got it on tape and I'll be bringing that exclusively to ya'll here. Also, during his set, Asia pointed out legendary Hip Hop producer Battlecat(shouts to BC!) in the crowd. He mentioned that he and Cat will be collabing, so be on the look for that. It's gonna be major. One of the illest producers with one of the illest emcees, can't wait. Also, don't forget, As is doing a full album with Evidence of Dilated Peoples. He's working hard, so support the man damn it!

To close the show, you had the leader of the Project Blowed, Aceyalone. As always he puts on a great show, going through classics and new material. Just as with the rest of the acts, I got some video of his performance. You'll just have to keep checking back for that. It's gonna be off the hook. Ace ended his set by bringing up a bunch of emcees who performed and they all started freestyling, in classic Project Blowed fashion. Cats from Customer Service and other Blowedians like Non-Stop went up and busted. Even Planet Asia joined in on the fun. Great way to end a great show. I'll be keeping ya'll informed on the Blowed as well, too. All the artists.

Here are some pictures to keep you occupied until I get the videos ready.

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Trenseta








Non-Stop








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news 1097028116 - January 1, 1970 By :

Son Doobie is getting ready to drop his new album "Doobie Deluxe" On October 19th on Battleaxe Records. The album will feature production from Dj Revolution, Rob The Viking, The Edgecrusher, & Koldkut. You can check out his e-card HERE for some snippets.


I've also found a rare music video that features Son Doobie. The song is DJ Murge's "Shake Em Down". The video was released last year but didn't get much play. Watch it HERE.




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news 1097029116 - January 1, 1970 By :
Swollen Members are busy working on their new album. The still untitled album is due out around Spring 2005. We know little information about it so far. We do know that they have worked with Evidence, Everlast, and DJ Swamp. They have posted up a tagged version of "Black Magic" on their website. This song will be featured on the new album.


"Black Magic" (Right Click Save Taget As)


Sounds like they are going back to their original style and drifting away from the type of stuff they did on "Heavy".


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news 1097054973 - January 1, 1970 By : Oh shit, this looks like the Game/Yuk beef! Only hours after we exclusevly premiered the song "Riflez" by the Riflemen where Kurupt & Jayo were going at Daz, Daz Dillinger himself recorded and posted a diss on his official site DPGRecordz.com.

He speaks of course on Kurupt, Jayo, Mobb Deep, Alchemist.. and on the Petey Pablo/Quik & Nate situation too... This shit is about to get crazy ya'll!

Get the song below:

Dat Nigga Daz - Pistol Whip

Let's keep this peaceful ya'll!

Nima

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news 1097106923 - January 1, 1970 By : Is there anyone interested in picking up the UPCOMING PRODEJE a.k.a. CONVICT / IF THE CHUCC FITS, WEAR IT! CD?
Then drop the distro a feedback by clicking HERE

Support South Central Cartel by letting them know we want a Prodeje solo album.

Yash

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news 1097108447 - January 1, 1970 By : The Game recently remixed New Editions song "Hot Tonite" Produced By P Diddy.

As yall can see The Game's buzz just ain't stoppin and his first single has yet again changed according to Game himself.
He told told Mtv:
" 'Higher' is my second single, Dre put it out because by the time we get ready to shoot the 'Higher' video you know [the song].
It's gonna catch on, and it's gonna be bananas. The [first] single is a joint called 'Fresh '83.' I call it 'Fresh '83' because that's when Dr. Dre did his first beat, in 1983.
I heard [the beat to my song], and it sounds like it was his first beat. He said he did it a long time ago, back in the N.W.A days."


Yash

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news 1097238332 - January 1, 1970 By : Death Row Records, the cult rap and hip hop record label run by rap mogul Suge Knight; has signed a mobile deal with digital media company Buongiorno that will offer fans truetone sounds, wallpaper and videos of its artists for the first time.

The exclusive content deal will include material from rappers like Tupac Shakur, Dr. Dre, Snoop Dogg and Kurupt...


It will be distributed globally by Buongiorno in a deal brokered by entertainment industry specialist The Nickels Group.

Death Row Records is known as the pioneer of gangsta rap and was created by former Bobby Brown bodyguard Suge Knight in 1992. The label launched the careers of generation of artists, including the late Tupac Shakur.

Content available will include truetones of original classics such as Tupac's 'How Do You Want It' and Snoop Dogg's 'Who Am I (What's My Name)', as well as artists' videos and previously unreleased photographs.

Because the content is truetone, consumers get ringtones that are the original song rather than a polyphonic version of it.

According to Suge Knight, founder and CEO of Death Row Records: "We selected Buongiorno Vitaminic as our preferred partner due to its significant global distribution footprint and its unparalleled understanding of the wireless content space."

The agreement with Death Row Records is part of Buongiorno's strategy to offer high quality content services to mobile phones worldwide.

Burton Katz, managing director at Buongiono Vitaminic UK, said: "Gangsta rap has a cult status -- it makes sense to give fans of Death Row Records artists more ways to access both the music and the visuals."


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news 1097238496 - January 1, 1970 By : Incase you haven't picked it up yet, make sure to go out and cop The Federation's debut album which just dropped!! The album is filled with heat, including the two smash singles "Hyphy" and "Go Dumb".

To order the album now, head over the their official website thefederation.net

Don't sleep on this!

Nima

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news 1097239891 - January 1, 1970 By : Snoop Dogg's new single "Drop It Like It's Hot" from his upcoming album "R&G: The Masterpiece" has been steadily climbing the Billboard Top 100 Charts. The Neptunes produced and featured cut currently finds itself at #19 and is looking to go higher.

In other news, Uncle Charlie Wilson and Justin Timberlake are confirmed to be also featured on Snoop's new record.

Check back for more news on this album soon..

Nima

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news 1097240142 - January 1, 1970 By : Hey ya'll, just a heads up on some new Eddie Kane Jr. shit! Head over to his Soundclick Page to check out a bunch of new mixtape cuts, over the hottest beats.

This man got spit, don't sleep on it!

Nima

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news 1097241001 - January 1, 1970 By : The homies from indastreets.net have put up a song by Speedy aka Gotti Gotti which features both Yukmouth & Game. Looks like the beef is squashed, although while listening to Game's verse, you might doubt that.. as he takes shots at Gonzoe, and more. The song is produced by Jellyroll and is gonna be on Speedy's upcoming solo album.

See for youself, check out the song below, and be on the lookout for much more heat coming from the Indastreets camp!

Speedy aka Gotti Gotti - Incoming Mail (ft. Yukmouth & Game

Enjoy!

Nima

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news 1097242827 - January 1, 1970 By : There's a new Crooked I song up for listen at his official website westcoastdynasty.com.

The song is called "My Life" and is a certified heatrock. Head over to check it out!





Nima

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news 1097244348 - January 1, 1970 By : The Game got another new single on the radio... This one is called "This Is How We Do (Fresh '83)" and features 50 Cent on the hook and verse. Dr. Dre is again the producer, it's a hot song if you ask me, I thought "Higher" was hotter though.

Check it out below for youself:

The Game - This Is How We Do (Fresh '83) (ft. 50 Cent)

Enjoy!

Nima

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news 1097286929 - January 1, 1970 By : Que-Onda gente! ready for some true latin hip hop from the streets? check out "GLOBAL CITY" LIVE Wednesday Oct 13th, 2004

TEMPLE BAR
presents

GLOBAL CITY (8:00pm sharp)

Performing tracks from their independently released album:
“FOUR CORNERS TO THE BLOCK”

TEMPLE BAR
$5.00
1026 Wilshire Blvd.
Santa Monica, CA
full menu - full bar 21+
ALL INFO HIT UP DJRESY@GLOBALCITYCREW.COM -See ya there Don’t forget to check out:
Featured Artist of the Month on LAHHC

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news 1097421462 - January 1, 1970 By : Special Ed got a new record droppin' called "Still Got It Made" and he got features by the likes of Snoop Dogg, Daz, Soopafly, Roscoe and more. Still Got It Made is the debut album from Ed’s new record label, Semi Records. Howie Tee produced Special Ed's seminal 1989 debut Youngest In Charge.

I have a couple audio previews for ya'll, check them out below and if you like what you hear, order the album now by clicking here.

Check out the songs below: (make sure to right click on the link and then select "Save As")

Special Ed - All Night All Day (ft. Daz & Soopafly)

Special Ed - We Gone Ride (ft. Snoop Dogg)

Special Ed - Dying Young (ft. Roscoe)

Enjoy the songs, again, to order this record, click here.


Nima

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news 1097580278 - January 1, 1970 By : Looks like Crown City Entertanment are ready to drop some heat again!!! This time, [sic] sense is dropping his solo record called "This Fool". It's out now for purchase at crowncityentertainment.com, it was produced by [sic] sense himself and XL Middleton (Crown City Productions), and features guest appearances from XL Middleton, Rev, K-Duece, Firstborn, and more.

Here's the link to the latest single "Stop That Nonsense" featuring Tha Shock Doctor and produced by XL Middleton:

[sic] sense - Stop That Nonsense (ft. Tha Shock Doctor)

Also, here's the older singles, "I Know" and "Dont Believe In Karma":

[sic] sense - I Know

[sic] sense - Don't Believe In Karma

Enjoy!



Nima

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news 1097582379 - January 1, 1970 By : This is a certified heatrock right here, so make sure to check it out! The homie Bishop Lamont dropped his new single over at indastreets.net, props to my boy Crash for uploading it.

The song is produced by J. Wells and is called "It's Bishop.". Make sure to download it below (MP3), and BANG THIS SHIT!

Here we go:

Bishop Lamont - It's Bishop

Enjoy!

Nima

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news 1097585298 - January 1, 1970 By : On King Tee's official MTV Page, there is an album called "Return Of The Likwit Don!" slated for a 2004 release.

No more information on this album right now, but sounds interesting. Stay tuned!

Nima

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news 1097602507 - January 1, 1970 By : MTV.com have some news up on Ice Cube. Check it out below:

Shooting the $118 million "XXX: State of the Union" has been a different sort of movie experience for Ice Cube.

"This movie's taking up a lot of time," the rapper said during a break at a soundstage last week.

Between training for the role and shooting all summer in Baltimore, Los Angeles and Washington, D.C., Cube has had little opportunity to work at his other job. An album planned for late '04 is now looking like a fall 2005 release (see "Ice Cube Ready To Work On Solo LP, Still In Talks With Dre").

In the meantime, Cube has found the time to do one track and hopes to do another before his "XXX" sequel hits theaters.

"I did a single with Lil Jon. He from the dirty dirty, so it's gotta be gutter. He flew out here and we put it down. I think he's doin' a rock version of it. It's called 'The Real N---a Roll Call,' so we had to do it right."

The song, which has been called "Roll Call" on mixtapes, will be featured on Jon's Crunk Juice, due November 16 (see "Lil Jon Mixing Up A Potent New Batch Of Crunk Juice"). Cube and Jon are also talking about teaming to do a song for the "XXX: State of the Union" soundtrack.

"I want something hard," Cube said. "So we been kinda putting our brains together trying to come up with it."

But while Cube's been hitting it off with Jon, talks regarding teaming up with Dr. Dre have fizzled.

"I don't know if that situation is gonna work out, but who knows," said Cube, who was poised to record with Dre and sign to the producer's Aftermath imprint (see "Dr. Dre To Produce Next Ice Cube Record"). "Dre got real busy last year, and the year before that he dropped 50. So I'm doing my thing, he doing his. I'd love to [work with] him."

On the movie front, Cube can next be seen alongside Jay Mohr and Nia Long in "Are We There Yet?," opening January 28. "I play a bachelor who don't like kids, [and I'm] trying to get with their mother, and of course they don't like me," Cube said. "So we kind of meet in the middle and by the end of the day we're at each other's throats."

"XXX: State of the Union" follows a few months later, on May 13.

Visit MTV Movies for more from Hollywood, including news, interviews, trailers and more.

Nima

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news 1097631011 - January 1, 1970 By : HMV Japan have put up what appears to be the cover of Snoop Dogg's new album, modestly titled R & G: The Masterpiece.
The first single with Pharrel "Drop it like it's hot" is currently doing the rounds on radio.

Click here to check out, but don't ask us for the translation.


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news 1097634062 - January 1, 1970 By : I been bigging up Juda Starr and Brian Lewis something crazy lately, and rightfully so. They got the heat when it comes to these live shows. I reported on a few of their upcoming shows, but they've been pushed back. The show this Thursday, with Members of the Visionaries, Brother J and Trenseta, was pushed back to Jan. 7 of 2005, still at the same venue(Vault 350). The show on Friday, with Buckshot, Brother J and others, has been bumped to Jan. 8 of 2005. But, Buckshot will STILL be at the Malibu Inn this Friday, he'll do a few tracks, but the real performance will come in Jan. Stay tuned for that. If you're in the L.A. area, pick up the L.A. Weekly, look for the ad for Friday's show, you'll be in for a pleasant suprise. Peace!

Any more info needed, hit up Juda's Site






SGV

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news 1097645525 - January 1, 1970 By :
Just a reminder Concise's album "Fame" is out today in Canada, and available for purchase online HERE. The album is bangin front to back. Concise's production style is very laid back, almost G-Funkish. Expect this album to make a lot of noise in Canada aswell as the west coast underground. We also have the video for "Rock The House", click here to see it.



Make Sure To Pick Up The Album!




Adon

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news 1097792912 - January 1, 1970 By :
Max Julian who has been in The Regime has put the finnishing touches to his album called "Smoke N Roll".

After listening to the album I gotto say it was one of the best albums to comeout in quite awhile.
The production is super tight and Max Julian's lyrics and wordplay is on point. He has very little guest appearances on the album which is a good thing because Max Julian can hold his own.

Dubcnn lets you listen to a few cuts from this supertight album:
Max Julian "Im In Love" ft Val Young and Charlie Wilson
Max Julian "Smokin N Rollin"(First Single)
Max Julian "Hummer For The Summer"


Visit Max Julian's official website HERE.
Make sure you cop his album and support this young rapper.



Yash

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news 1097798844 - January 1, 1970 By : Domino will release a new album on Thump Street Records/Universal Records on November 9th.
The album is titled "Domination".
You can pre-order the album now by clicking HERE.

Here's The Cover.

Visit Domino's official website Mrdomino.net for more info and audio from this bangin album.







Yash

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news 1097799724 - January 1, 1970 By : The latest release from Crown City Entertainment is the homie [Sic] Sense. His debut album is called "This Fool" and was produced by [Sic] Sense himself and XL Middleton (Crown City Productions), and features guest appearances from XL Middleton, Rev, K-Duece, Firstborn, and more.
Here's the latest single "Stop The Nonsense" featuring ThaShock Doctor and produced by XL Middleton

Also, here's the older singles, "I Know"
and "Don't Believe In Karma"

Order the album now from Crown City Ent


Yash

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news 1097813771 - January 1, 1970 By : Starting Oct. 22nd in Houston, TX. Caz and Seven join Mack 10 and ICP on a musical whirlwind tour. Make sure you check out Caz's official site at www.ghrec.com and click the link below to check the tour dates so you can hit up a show near you.

http://ghrec.com/tourdates.html



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news 1097838471 - January 1, 1970 By : And another Goldie Loc record, the man is definitely keeping the streets buzzing. Only 5,000 copies of "Bizzness Never Personal" are exclusively available at Enexes.com and Dubcnn.com.


You can pre-order your copy right now by clicking here. Don't sleep!







Nima

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news 1097852110 - January 1, 1970 By : Fredwreck's "S.T.O.P. Movement" has gained another song. After they premiered the song "Down With U.S." earlier this year, veterans such as KRS-One, Mobb Deep, WC, Mack 10, Everlast, Alchemist, Defari, Evidence and B-Real have gotten together for "Dear Mr. President".

You can check out the song now at Fredwreck's official site or click below to download it directly:

S.T.O.P. Movement - Dear Mr. President

Enjoy!

Nima

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news 1097852994 - January 1, 1970 By : Oh boy! After "Westcoast Cracc" dropped a few weeks ago, Hu$tleboy Floyd aka Tha Cali Hustla is ready to unleash "Who Can Fucc Wit Us?!".


The mixtape should be available sometime next week, for now check out the cover to your left. Click on the thumbnail to enlarge the cover.



Be on the lookout for this next week!




Nima

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news 1097867941 - January 1, 1970 By : The legendary trio, Haiku D'Etat, are releasing their new album, Coup De Theatre, which comes with a DVD. If you checked their first album, you'll know what to expect. If you haven't, and have at least checked out Abstract Rude, Aceyalone or Mikah Nyne's music, then you'll know what to expect. If you don't fall under any of those categories, then you're truly sleeping, they're West Coast legends and pioneers. Here's their single "Mike, Aaron, Eddie"

Don't forget, Haiku D'Etat are on tour right now with Del and Zion I. I've posted about the tour before, but Nima just re-posted the dates for their tour, under the Zion I update. If you're in the L.A. area, the tour is here this weekend.

Check Sandboxautomatic.com for a real good deal on this album. You'll get the album with the DVD, the first album, as well as a free poster, sticker & Bonus Instrumentals CD. All for 17 bucks. Not a bad deal. Get it while you can.


SGV

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news 1097868422 - January 1, 1970 By : What do you get when you mix 1/2 of Latyrx and 1/2 of Blackalicious? You get Lateef & The Chief. Lateef of Latyrx and Chief Xcel the producer mastermind from Blackalicious, are dropping their collab album Maroons: Ambush within the next few weeks. If you love that melodic-Jazzy sound of Blackalicious this is a definite pick up for you. Though only 9 tracks(there will be a Hidden track though), I can bet, it's well worth your money and time.

Tracks to peep will be "Best of Me" and "Beautiful You," as Lateef is accompanied by Gift of Gab on both tracks. Expect nothing but hot spitting. This is the other side of the Bay area that people don't know too much about. Well, here's your chance.

Tracklisting:

1. Ambush
2. Matter of Time
3. If
4. Don't Stop
5. Lester Hayes
6. Best of Me
7. Best of Me - (Bonus Beat)
8. Beautiful You
9. 365

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news 1098072966 - January 1, 1970 By : Peep out the review of Krazy Race's newly released C.D "New World Games."



Click here to check it out.



After reading the review, if you wanna listen to the CD or purchase it, you can do so at CDBaby.com. Support Independent West Coast Hip Hop!

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news 1098130019 - January 1, 1970 By : Hu$tlehouse comin' wit HEAT as usual! We got an exclusive cut up for ya'll by L.A. Representative Bo$$ called "If U A Ryda", which will show ya'll how 213's Groupie Luv beat should have properly been ripped.

It's smashing, make sure to check it out below!

*Right click and Save As the link below to download*

Bo$$ - If You A Ryda

Enjoy, and be on the lookout for Bo$$' mixtape coming in the coming weeks!

Nima

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news 1098140867 - January 1, 1970 By : Battlecat aka B-Sharp aka BC Powder took a few minutes out of his busy schedule to clear up a few things with us. First off the whole B-Sharp thing on the 213 album.

"B-Sharp man, that's me. BC Powder, that's me. Battlecat, that's me. It's just different sides and aspects of me. I love it, when people say "Who's that B-Sharp dude, he sounds like Battlecat". I'm just trying out new things, new sounds, and the 213 album was just the first LP of me as B-Sharp. You gonna see B-Sharp, again, cause I'm sharp man, anybody that knows me knows I'm sharp. I'ma be Battlecat too, it's all me man."

And about the whole 213 Lawsuit thing, which caused alot of controversy, he explained that it's strictly business.
"I had to sue 'em! They put out the record without havin' the contract finished! I gotta get my money man, it ain't no personal problems. I did the music, i gotta get paid. Ain't no beef or no nothin' that muthafuckas be tryna tell you. It's business homie!."

And as far as his music goes, he's been putting the finishing touches on his little brother Mykestro's album, aswell as getting ready to work on the new Tony Toni Tone album, and more.

Look for our indepth interview with 'Cat up in near future!


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news 1098142609 - January 1, 1970 By : Rifleman 40 Glocc recorded a new song called "What'z Beef" adressing Daz (Daz called 40 out in the Pistol Whip song he released).

We have it up for ya'll right here exclusively, check it out, production was handled by FatFishEnt.com, big ups!


40 Glocc - What's Beef?

Nima

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news 1098231561 - January 1, 1970 By : After the 213 project seems to be on hold as Snoop's new record is dropping next month, Warren G let us know that he's currently in the lab working on a new solo album.

There is no additional information as of yet, but it is not the old "G-Filez: Case #213" album. We'll keep you updated!

Nima

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news 1098320288 - January 1, 1970 By : The official Black Wall Street website has done a special update dedicated to the recently deceased artist Billboard, who was The Game's protege, and signed to Black Wall Street.

They put out a grip of songs along with a few pictures, you can check them all out below, once again, R.I.P. Billboard, the good die young.

The Game ft. Billboard - Killa Kali

Billboard - Miami Freestyle

Billboard ft. Big Wy Of The Relatives - Show U How To Do This

Billboard - P.I.M.P. Freestyle

Billboard - Kay Slay Freestyle


There are also two new tribute tracks on the site, check them out below:

The Game ft. Black Friday & Glasses Malone - Bricks 2 Billboard

The Game ft. Black Friday & Klev. G - Can't Figure It Out

R.I.P. Billboard

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news 1098320537 - January 1, 1970 By : After the unsuccesful attempt to squash the beef between The Game and Yukmouth, Yukmouth teamed up with his click The Regime to release yet another song going at Game.

This one is called "War Time" and can be downloaded below:

Yukmouth & The Regime - War Time

Enjoy!

Nima

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news 1098321806 - January 1, 1970 By : The homies from Foesum, who's label the new E-White album called "48 Hours: The White Album" is coming out on, have uploaded a couple preview tracks from the record to check out.

The album is dropped November 25th on The Perfection Label, for now click here to go check out the snippets, or check them out below:

E-White - 48 Hours Intro (Prod. DJ Glaze)

E-White - Same Shit Different Day (ft. Foesum & XL Middleton) (Prod. XL Middleton)

E-White - Life's A Byyatch (ft. Cigar Lee) (Prod. Cigar Lee)

E-White - Put Ya Handz Up (Prod. Cigar Lee)

E-White - Ghetto Love (Prod. XL Middleton)

Nima

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news 1098342500 - January 1, 1970 By : The new single from Xzibit's upcoming album, "Weapons of Mass Destruction," is currently getting radio play, the track "Hey Now (Mean Muggin)" has got a video available to watch on launch.com. Any of you who have seen Soopafly's video for "Like It Or Not" will notice the similarities in the running scenes! To check out the video click here. Lookout for the album to drop in December. And yes, this is Rud and i did just do an update!

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news 1098347436 - January 1, 1970 By : Oh shit! We got a lil exclusive right here for ya'll from the upcoming "Who Can Fucc Wit Us?!" mixtape from Hu$tlehouse! You got West Coast young guns E-White, Hu$tleboy Floyd and Bo$$, who's 213 remix we put on here the other day.

Each one of them rip Fredwreck's "What U Wanna Do" beat from Guerilla Blacks album, this is a must check right here.

This is just the beginning for Hu$tlehouse, look for alot more heat coming from the camp in the coming weeks and months, it's just getting started!

Check out the song below:

E-White, Hu$tleboy Floyd & Bo$$ - Why You Wanna

Enjoy!

Nima

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news 1098379908 - January 1, 1970 By : The homies from Indastreets.net once again came through with some hot audio. This time they got two unreleased Guerilla Black & Tyrese tracks produced by Tyrese!

Check them out below:

Guerilla Black & Tyrese - What I Need

Guerilla Black & Tyrese - Why

Enjoy!

Nima

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news 1098381319 - January 1, 1970 By : What's happenin'? We have a new interview for ya'll to check out, this time we spoke to rising West Coast star Bishop Lamont who most of ya'll will remember from the True Crime Game and Soundtrack. We chopped it up with him about him as an MC, his upcoming solo album "The Reformation", his label situation, the New West Order and the state of the West in general, and alot more.

Make sure to check out the interview now by clicking here.

And incase you missed it last week, here is the newest Bishop Lamont banger called "It's Bishop" produced by J Wells. Check it out below:

Bishop Lamont - It's Bishop

Enjoy!

Nima

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news 1098385637 - January 1, 1970 By : We're going to have the opportunity to conduct an interview with Young Roscoe himself real soon, so if there is anything you'd like to ask him, you can post it on our forum by clicking HERE

If you aren't a member on our forum at DUBCC.com yet, you better join now!

Nima

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news 1098391807 - January 1, 1970 By : The homie XL Middleton just announced that he's going to be releasing "Fuck A Mixtape Vol.2" next week, October 29th to be exact. We have the cover to your left, click on the thumbnail to see the large version. The tracklisting is also below, and yes, this is a FREE mixtape, so when it's out, make sure to burn this shit and bump this shit and most important of all, SPREAD this shit! Let's get this cracking! Crown City Entertainment!

Here is the tracklisting:


1. Intro
2. Don't Get It Confused (prod. by Big Saccs)
3. Freestyle #1
4. Kiss U Back (feat. Young Tremayne)
5. Act A Fool (feat. Non-Cents & Firstborn)
6. Why U Still Talkin (prod. by Mic Entity)
7. Henny n Coke (feat. Rev)
8. Mo Stems Mo Seeds (feat. K-Duece)
9. Open Your Eyes
10. Drunken Evening Commercial
11. Dysfunctional
12. Whats Up On A Drink
13. Freestyle #2
14. World Class Assholes 2004 (feat. Non-Cents)
15. Corner Of My Eye (prod. by Big Moz)
16. Remember Me This Way
17. Freestyle #3
18. Saturday Rain (feat. Ginelle Desiree)

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news 1098400167 - January 1, 1970 By :
Here's the disstrack with Bizzy Bone goin at B2K.
He mentioned this track to us over 5 months ago in our Exclusive interview with him.

Bizzy Bone"Better Run Better Hide"

His album is out now so make sure you go out and buy the album.



Yash

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news 1098465733 - January 1, 1970 By : I'm going to be interviewing Del The Funky Homosapien in the very near future. If you got anything you'd like to ask him, drop those questions on our forum. Of course you'll have to be registered to do it, but if you really want to ask your question, that's what you'll have to do. Look for the review of the Del/Haiku D'Tat/Zion I show coming very soon.

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news 1098466239 - January 1, 1970 By : Yes I got so much new audio for yall that this weekend its gone be in two parts.

Lets start with Kokane making promotion moves with 2 seperate singles that were sent to radio. The cd singles are Busta Rhymes Presents Kokane "Ass On Your Shoulders" and P Diddy Present Kokane "Lonely" ft Marc Curry.

The Wacsta is a rapper who recently dropped his debut album with so many features that I almost don't have enough room to list all the names.
He has C-Bo, Tash, Kokane, Jayo Felony, WC, Spice 1, Too Short, Mr Short Khop to name a few.
Here's 2 songs from his album called "Westcoast Ressurected"
The Wacsta "Reality" featuring Jayo Felony Spice 1 and Wc
The Wacsta "N-Da-Land" ft C-Bo and Kokane

Last but not least we a have little preview from Big Famous album titled "bigfamous.com". He has The Game, San Quinn, Young Meek, Richie Rich and many more on this pretty cool album.
Big Famous "Purple Rain" ft Richie Rich and B Legit
Big Famous "Final Moment" ft The Game and J Clyde

Make sure you go out and buy these albums if you see them in your local stores.Support the westcoast because we're comin back strong!

Lookout for Weekend Audio Part 2...

Yash

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news 1098470425 - January 1, 1970 By : The first episode of the new hit series "Glass" a real life based story of how the game can play tricks on even the hardest of the hard.Watch as the everyday hustles and life that used to come so easy to caz start to drive him to the border of him asking how important is this life of Glass!!!!!!!!
Get the first episode of Glass guest starring in this first episode Shade Shiest plus the soundtrack on dvd/cd plus CAZ new video I AM FT.E40 for $13.99 shipping and handling free.

send check or money order to :
roderick irving 5617 charlotte pl.
palmdale ca.93552

PAYPAL USERS:
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MAKE SURE YOU LIST ITEM AS GLASS.........
watch for a new episode starting every month in feb.2005



Also be on the lookout for the Caz/Layzie Bone album entitled "Head Knocka's" coming soon!!



For more info in the Glass dvd series goto http://www.ghrec.com/store


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news 1098626459 - January 1, 1970 By : 1. Bow Down
2. Interview 1
3. Call 9-1-1
4. Let It Reign
5. Hoo Bangin' (WSCG Style)
6. We Be Clubbin'
7. Interview 2
8. Cheddar
9. Interview 3
10. Connected For Life
11. The Nigga You Love To Hate
12. Foe Life
13. Interview 4



Having had this release brought to my attention by mrtonguetwista i've done a little research and have some information regarding this DVD from Westside Connection which drops on October 26th. The cover of the DVD is shown above, the package is set to show the group through interviews, behind-the-scenes footage, and live performances of tracks such as, "Bow Down," "Call 9-1-1," "We Be Clubbin'," "Connected for Life," and many more. A music video of "Get Ignit" off the groups latest album "Terrorist Threats" is also said to feature. The DVD scene list is shown above. Make sure you pick this up when it drops on Tuesday! Click here to read more and order.

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news 1098696731 - January 1, 1970 By : It's here! The new mixtape straight out the Hu$tlehouse camp is up now for FREE DOWNLOAD. The CD is called "Who Can Fucc Wit Us?!" and features heaters from the likes of E-White, Hu$tleboy Floyd, Bo$$, Crafty, Identity, Kilo G and more.

Get it NOW by clicking on the link below:

Hu$tlehouse Presents... "Who Can Fucc Wit Us?!" The Mixtape

Below is the tracklisting:

1. Intro
2. You See Us
3. If You A Ryda
4. Chips Are Down
5. Hu$tle Hard
6. Why U Wanna
7. Rochstar Niggaz
8. Interlude
9. Smoke On
10. By Your Side
11. Roger G Freestyle
12. It's That Crafty Cat
13. For The Love Of The Hu$tle
14. Killaz On The Move
15. On The Mash
16. Poppin Dem Thangs Freestyle
17. Outro
18. Pen-Dedication (Bonus)
19. I Got That Cracc (Bonus)
20. It's All Real (Bonus)

Enjoy!

Nima

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news 1098696980 - January 1, 1970 By : Dr. Dre on the mic again! Yesterday, a brand new track by Eminem, Dr. Dre and 50 Cent leaked to the internet titled "Encore (One Last Time)". From the looks of it, it'll be featured on the new Eminem album dropping next month, but this isn't confirmed yet.

Check out the song out NOW below, download and bump that shit!

Eminem ft. Dr. Dre & 50 Cent - Encore (One Last Time)

Enjoy!

Nima

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news 1098868633 - January 1, 1970 By : www.TheJacka.com: Head Over Now!

Fans can hear popular songs from the Jacka and the Mob Figaz as well as download new songs from the Jacka’s upcoming album, The Jack Artist, including street single “Barney”. Check out new pictures of the Jacka and browse his discography. News updated every week. You can also read his bio and a description of the most anticipated album of the year, The Jack Artist. Jacka is anticipating a busy travel and show schedule to follow the release of the 2004 mixtape and to promote The Jack Artist. Get up to date travel info on the site.

If you want to get involved, you can sign up for The Jacka’s fanclub, his street team, and DJ’s can sign up for vinyl on the front page.

The site also offers a link to a free download of the Jacka’s 2003 mixtape on Northern-Ridaz.com, which has been downloaded over 81,000 times!

Get ready for the Jacka’s 2004 mixtape to drop in late November and the Jacka’s second album, The Jack Artist to drop in February of 2005!!!

For those of you who have been waiting we promise you two things. First, the wait is over. Second, it was well worth it. See for yourself online: www.thejacka.com


Nima

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news 1098900229 - January 1, 1970 By : The collabo album by Luni Coleone and Damu is out soon and oh boooy it's off the hingez.
If you don't believe me just listen to a little preview of the album below and you bound to believe what you been told.
They got a few guest on here from Kokane, Cricet and I Roc to C-Bo, Chag G and more.

Luni Coleone and Damu "You Talk Too Much" ft C-Bo
Luni Coleone and Damu "Stormy Weather" ft Kokane (Produced By Chag G)
Luni Coleone and Damu "Bloods And Crips"

Make sure you go and cop this album called "Independence Day" in your local stores.

Yash

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news 1098911451 - January 1, 1970 By : Earlier during the summer me and Nima had the chance to ride with TQ in the bay area in TQ's tourbus.
We hit different cities in the bay and visited schools, youth homes and cd stores.

I will put up a huge TQ feature later in the coming weeks where yall get to see how good hearted and caring TQ is towards his young fans and youngstaz who have it rough.

But for now checkout this 20 minute long video interview with one of the best singers to get on the mic.
TQ discusses his new album, upcoming projects, his lable Hub Music, Why he left Cash money records and much much more.

CLICK HERE TO CHECKOUT THE INTERVIEW


Yash

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news 1098927404 - January 1, 1970 By : Here's two exclusive tracks from Dresta and The Younghogs.
We start with Dresta's first single "We Gone Blow" off his upcoming album "Getto Messiah".

The other track is by The Young Hogs from the Dresta and Younghogs mixtape out now in the streets.
Younghogs and Dresta "Around Here"



Make sure you checkout Industryfunk's Official Website HERE and Be on the lookout for the official Gangsta Dresta Website www.DRESTA.com!

Checkout our Exclusive Dresta interview by clicking HERE incase you missed it.
-Free BG Knocc Out-

Yash

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news 1098933223 - January 1, 1970 By : Scott Storch produced Sly Boogy's new single called "It's Nuthin (We Thuggin)" the song is off Sly Boogy's new album.

We also let you peep Kam's new song "I Don't Think So", its off Sway and King Tech's "Back To Basics" Album.

Click HERE to peep these HOT tracks!

Props to LakasAlldaWay for the hookup.

Yash

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news 1098952153 - January 1, 1970 By : Sup ya'll..

Just a quick note to say that our forum is now back online.

It has been moved to a faster server and I have upgraded it to use the latest release of the forum software we use.

pz

Overseer

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news 1098991474 - January 1, 1970 By : First off, I'd like to apologize for this update taking so long. I've been have a few problems over here, so I haven't had much of a chance to update on the site. But, better late than never.

About 2 weeks ago, I hit up the Cali Comm Tour with Del, Haiku D'Etat, Zion I, Bukue 1 & Tee Double. I went to the show at the Glass House in Pomona. Nice spot for a show, they just need to change that Alcohol policy. Anyway, Bukue 1 & Tee Double were first up. First time I had ever heard of them, but they were tight. Busted some real dope freestyles and did some of their own songs. Since this was my first time seeing them, I'm not sure names of their songs, but I liked what I heard. Tee Double has his "Lone Star LP" out now. If you can find that, scoop it.

Next up was Zion I with Deuce Eclipse. They went through a lot of album cuts and including "Cheeba Cheeba." AmpLive was killin' it on the drum machine. Zion and Deuce had a grip of energy, they had everyone bouncing. Both Zion I and Deuce Eclipse got mixtapes out right now. If you get a chance, peep those out.

A bunch Project Blowed cats came out to open for Haiku. Non-Stop and Reggae artist Jah Orah, among others. They did a nice job of getting the crowd ready. Once Aceyalone, Myka 9 and Abstract Rude hit the stage, the crowd really got into it. They did tracks off the first album, as well as cuts off the new album, namely "Mike, Aaron And Eddie." On top of that, Myka was ripping acapellas like he always does. Their set ended with a huge posse cut. Busdriver and a whole bunch of Blowed cats came on stage and ripped it. Their set was real hot. Pick up Coup D'Theatre.

Del closed the show. He did cuts off of most his albums, including "I Wish My Brother George Was Here" and "Both Sides Of The Brain." He brought out Opio. Op was promoting his new album "Triangulation Station." They did cuts off of some of the Hiero albums. Overall, I was diggin' Del's set. Never seen him live before. He has some good crowd control. If this tour hits your city, peep it. Very much worth your money.

Thanks to Non-Stop, Badru and Ben for the hook up into the show.

Here's some pics:

Bukue & Tee Double







Zion I & Deuce Eclipse








Haiku D'Etat & Others















Del & Opio









SGV

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news 1099115564 - January 1, 1970 By : Are you a PSYCHO? For all you SICKSIDE SOLDIERS, Psycho Realm, Street Platoon, Global City, Kemo "The Blaxican", Mr Shadow and more!, will be performing November 6 in Tijuana, MEXICO @ El Foro! http://tinypic.com/d4cuc

LatinaBeatz

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news 1099239042 - January 1, 1970 By : Amongst the most underrated in the whole rap game, Zion I keeps mashing year after year. I have some new audio for ya'll right here from the newest mixtape "The Science Of Breath Mixtape". This mixtape is HOT TO DEF, make sure to check it out if you can.

Check out two songs below:

Zion - Late Nights

Zion - Presidential Freestyle

And on the same not as the Presidential Freestyle, MAKE SURE TO VOTE NOV. 2ND!!!!!

Nima

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news 1099239555 - January 1, 1970 By : The one and only Nate Dogg got a feature spot on the newest Fabolous album called "Real Talk" dropping soon. The whole album is dope, so after you checked out our audio preview below, make sure to order "Real Talk" by clicking here.

Check out "Po Po" by Fabolous ft. Nate Dogg & Paul Cain below:

Fabolous ft. Nate Dogg & Paul Cain - Po Po

Order "Real Talk" now by clicking here.

Nima

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news 1099241374 - January 1, 1970 By : First of all I have to say that I am really dissapointed in this album... I'm sure none of us were expecting a classic from Snoop Dogg on the Neptunes label, but atleast something decent.

The newest Snoop Dogg LP features Nelly (!), Lil Jon, Justin Timberlake (!!!), Trina, Daz, Soopafly, Pharell and more.

The main subject of the album is love, alot of love songs or about women in general.

However there a few decent tracks on there, check out 3 preview songs from the record below and make up your own mind wether you will be spending your $15 on this record or not.

Snoop Dogg - Promise I

Snoop Dogg - Step Ya Game Up (ft. Daz)

Snoop Dogg - Signs (ft. Justin Timberlake & Charlie Wilson

Special shoutout to the homie Mack!

Nima

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news 1099269124 - January 1, 1970 By : From the Northside of Houston, Texas comes the 6 feet 6 inch emcee named Slim Thug. If you keep your ear to the streets, you already know who he is. He's been grinding in Houston's underground, killing mixtapes with his crew Boss Hogg Outlawz, as well as Michael 5000 Watts and The Swisha House, for years. You might know him from his work with the legendary E.S.G.. But, most of you, will know him for sure now. His debut CD "Already Platinum" is on the way and will be dropping on The Neptunes' label Star Trak in conjunction with Geffen Records.

Right now, you can catch Thugga in two videos on rotation. One is "Still Tippin'", which features Swisha House emcees Mike Jones and Paul Wall. That's a single from a Swisha House release entitled "The Day Hell Broke Loose 2." The other video is Slim's first single, which features, the legend, Bun B of U.G.K. and one of the hottest emcees in the South right now, Atlanta's T.I. The track's called "3 Kings." Keep your eyes open for those. They're BOTH heaters. The album will have Neptunes production, as well as Jazze Pha. On top of all that, Jay-Z drops a guest verse on "I Ain't Heard Of That." The Neptunes are working with various producers from Houston, keepin' the vibe very Southern.

When Thugga blings on tracks, believe, he's REALLY doing it. If you've seen his spot on "You Heard It First" on MTV, he talks about his owning a 7,000 sq. foot house, a Bentley, a Record store and Real Estate. Step ya bling rap game up! Shit's about to change. I've been following this cat since 1999, it's REAL good to see him get on the map, now.

The album will be out around December, keep an eye for it. If you're disapointed by Snoop's album on Star Trak, don't shy away from this, PLEASE!

Peep the official site.


SGV

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news 1099358010 - January 1, 1970 By : B-Real of Cypress Hill is releasing his mixtape, entitled, Gun Slingers Vol. 1. He's put up two tracks to download and here they are. First up you got "Hold You Down" featuring Sick Jacken of Psycho Realm & Mellow Man Ace. Next up, "Shut The Fuck Up" featuring Subliminal Orphans. Peep em. You know how B-Real does it! Soul Assassins style!

In other B-Real news, the Serial Rhyme Killaz, which is B-Real, Mellow Man Ace & Son Doobie is still on the way. Preview some of their tracks, as well as a gang of other tracks from the Cypress Hill family, here.

Enjoy the free tracks, but remember, support these artists!

SGV

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news 1099358461 - January 1, 1970 By : Just got this E-Mail from Shysti.

LRC 2005 is here...

Don't miss the opportunity!

The registration page is up and ready for you to sign up for this Second Annual Event! Click HERE to register now.

The Latin Rap Industry is coming together February 1-3, 2005 at Harrah's Rincon Casion Resort in San Diego, California.

Spread the word. Be apart of history.

Check the website for details and a recap of the awesome experience of the LRC 2004...A Tremendous success story!!!

LatinRapConference.com


SGV

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news 1099359002 - January 1, 1970 By : Come join us as we celbrate Latin Hip Hop music at Vida.

1930 Hillhurst Ave.
Los Angeles, CA 90027

(Vida is in Los Feliz - Off 5 Frwy - Exit Los Feliz - West, to Hillhurst)
Tel: 213-494-9499

9:00 P.M. - 2:00 A.M.

Sponsored by TEQUILOCO / OPEN BAR

PLEASE RSVP VIA EMAIL TO danny@elpecador.com

ElPecador.com

Shouts to Danny!

SGV

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news 1099359169 - January 1, 1970 By : Its going down Next Friday night, November 5th!

Location:

Mizt
8060 Florence Ave.
Downey, CA 90241
562-928-5759

They will start shooting around 7 or 8pm.
The shoot will only be for a couple hours...Try not to be late,
or you may not make the scene.

This will be for the club scene, and the only in the video
where "everyone" that reps "Krazy Race" or the "City of Angels"
can be a part of!

Then he'll be off on the solo mission with the director and camera man, floating around LA's landmarks filming more scenes for the video.

Come represent with us and rock your LA attire or b-boy/b-girl get up
or whatever you feel like wearing!!!

Any questions regarding the video shoot email me at:
mcrprod@aol.com

Peep the Review for Krazy Race's album


SGV

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news 1099359176 - January 1, 1970 By : I cannot believe this... I am truly in shock. The legendary Bay Area rapper Mac Dre was shot and killed in Kansas City earlier. This is truly a sad day for any fan of HipHop, Mac Dre was a legendary figure in the Bay Area and in HipHop in general. The originator of the Thizz Dance and creator of many classic songs, had dropped 4 entire solo albums just this year.

The entire Dubcnn staff would like to express their condolences and say a prayer to the friends and family of Mac Dre. Another soldier lost.

R.I.P.




For those who don't know, here is the clip of the Thizz dance in action.



R.I.P.



Nima

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news 1099362935 - January 1, 1970 By :

Vancouver rapper Kanabliss is getting ready to drop his debut album "Tha Adventures of The Supaspliff". As a member of Brown N Proud (along with his 2 brothers), he has released songs on various compilations, including the classic "Eastside G Ridez" with Baby Bash. His new album will feature Spice 1, Baby Bash, Red 1 from the Rascalz, and Daz Dillenger. He will be filming a video for the song he did with Red 1. Expect this one to be big.

Kanabliss and his brothers also own a store in Vancouver's Metrotown mall, called "East Side Urban Wear", make sure you check out the store and say what's up when you're in town.

Click Here To Visit East Side Urban Wears Hompage

Click Here To Listen To an Eastside Urban Wear Radio Commercial


Adon

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news 1099363922 - January 1, 1970 By :

Originally from New Orleans, but now living in Vancouver, B-Daimond releases the hit sinlge, "Lets Party Nah" featuring Concise. The song is getting play on radio, and is a hit in the clubs here in Vancouver. The song is produced my Mobius from Brougham Camp and it's a heater. Throw this on at a party and watch the girls hit the floor.


Click Here To Dowload The MP3 of "Lets Party Nah"


Adon

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news 1099460299 - January 1, 1970 By : Xzibit is set to release "Weapons of Mass Destruction" on December 7th, it will be released on Sony Music.
The album features production from Timbaland, Hi-Tek, Rick Rock, Battlecat, Denaun Porter, Jellyroll, Sir Jinx and more.
(No word on if the Dr.Dre produced "Grown man business" makes the album, or if it's retitled)


Those who have heard the Timbaland produced first single "Hey Now" will be pleased to know that the album will have more serious subject matters.
Xzibit told MTV:
"I have always been aware of my surroundings. So not putting that in the forefront of my creativity would be a travesty. I had to put it out there."
The first track on the album takes aim at George W. Bush, twisting his own words against him, comparing Bush to his enemies.
The Jellyroll produced "Cold World" also have a political message.

About working with Timbaland:
"Timbaland was crazy to work with. When he stepped in the studio, it was like working with Morpheus from 'The Matrix' — he stepped in with three beats and said, 'Pick one.' They all sounded crazy, but I could only pick one. I picked one and he hooked me up. I never wrote like that before either. He scatted out something for me and then I wrote the lyrics to it."

Tracklist:

1. State of the Union
2. LAX
3. Cold World
4. Saturday Night Live (featuring Jelly Roll)
5. Muthafucka
6. Beware of Us (featuring Strong Arm Steady)
7. Judgement Day
8. Criminal Set
9. Hey Now (Mean Muggin) (featuring Keri Hilson) (Video low, Video high)
10. Ride or Die
11. Crazy Ho (featuring Strong Arm Steady)
12. Big Barking
13. Tough Guy (featuring Busta Rhymes)
14. Scent of a Woman
15. Klack
16. Back 2 the Way It Was



Jome

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news 1099493403 - January 1, 1970 By : As always Dubcnn brings you a preview of one of the most anticipated albums this year.
Most of the Dr Dre songs were co produced by Mike ELizondo.
As guests you can find Nate Dogg, 50 Cent, D12, Obie Trice and Stat Quo.

Here's 3 tracks from the album for you to listen to:
Eminem "Never Enough" ft Nate Dogg and 50 Cent (Produced By Dr Dre)
Eminem "Rain Man" (Produced By Dr Dre)
Eminem "Ass Like That" (Produced By Dr Dre and Mike Elizondo)

Make sure you buy the album "Encore" if you like these songs. It drops November 16th!

Yash

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news 1099511445 - January 1, 1970 By : Davey D, who's been blessing everybody from the Bay Area's Alliance and many more with his banging beats, has his website up for everybody to check out. If you're an artist and are looking for a beat, make sure to hit up MadProducer.com to check his shit out!

To see his business card, click here now, and email the adresses on the card for more information.

Don't sleep on Davey D, cause he got the heat!!!

And if you don't know, now you know....

Nima

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news 1099529271 - January 1, 1970 By : New Female rapper and producer Jymini will be opening up for Juvenile and his crew. Nov. 7th @ Vault350 in Long Beach 350 Pine Ave. Long Beach, CA 90802 21 & over Doors open @ 8:00pm.

To order tickets or for more information on this event, check out Jymini's official website micfiend.com.

If you haven't had a chance to check out Jymini's music yet, check out her banger with Krook below, exclusive shit!

Jymini ft. Krook - Letchu Go (Rough Mix)

For more audio, check out her website micfiend.com.

Nima

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news 1099536491 - January 1, 1970 By :


From: The 40 Ounce Records Website

"Mac Dre was killed in Kansas City early this morning. Dre was not only a huge influence on my rap career, but also a good friend. I am in total shock right now. I will write a longer story on me & Dre's relationship later. For now, here is a free download of the last song I recorded with him. Rest In Paradise Playa...."

The track is called "Chop That Hoe", and can be downloaded HERE.The song also features Baby Bash.


Once again the entire staff at Dubcnn would like to send condolences to the friends and family of Mac Dre. R.I.P

Adon

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news 1099546868 - January 1, 1970 By : The Vault has just been updated, it now includes 1398 Album Credits, and can be accessed at "The Vault Index".

Over the past weeks, album credits for new albums like Eminem, Fabolous, Jin, Lil Jon, Mos Def, R.Kelly & Jay-Z, Scram Jones, RBX, Talib Kweli, The Alchemist, De La Soul, Yukmouth and more, plus advances for Snoop Dogg and Ludacris new albums have been posted.

To check all the newest albums added, go to "What's New".


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news 1099607145 - January 1, 1970 By : As ya'll probably heard by now, there's yet another posthumous 2Pac record comin' out called "Loyal 2 The Game"..

Well wether it's loyal to the game or not, it sure as hell isn't loyal to 2Pac or his fans! The album is executive produced by EMINEM, and features Eminem & G-Unit.. The first single is called "Upercut" and features the Outlawz, produced by Eminem.

You can check it out below, to me this is two thumbs down on the beat! Pac's raps are good, as always.

2Pac - Uppercut (ft. The Outlawz)

Nima

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news 1099608332 - January 1, 1970 By : After the results of the US Presidential Elections yesterday, political rapper Paris released an article on his official website guerillafunk.com called "America Gets What It Deserves"

Make sure to check it out now right here

Enjoy!

Nima

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news 1099973314 - January 1, 1970 By : San Diego's own Cuzzin Ice Lecta just dropped his second solo album a few weeks ago and it's a real banger. Below is the tracklist.


1. DANGER ZONE - THE COAST G.U.A.R.D.Z, ANGAL, LIL LECTA
2. CUZZIN ICE - feat.BROOKE S.
3. 30TH ANNIVERSARY - GOOGIE MONSTA, CEE WEE 3, L.C. JANET, ECAY UNO
4. CLIPPED ON THE CHIN - THE COAST G.U.A.R.D.Z., CUZZIN ICE
5. THUG NIGGAS - ANGAL
6. MORNIN, NOON, & NIGHT - CABY 3, STINK BOTTOM OF THE COAST G.U.A.R.D.Z
7. THE ODDS STACCED AGAINST ME - THE COAST G.U.A.R.D.Z
8. SCRATCHES - BABY ANT OF THE MOBSTAZ
9. ON THE FLO - CABY3 OF THE COAST G.U.A.R.D.Z
10. GAMEBOY - LIL LECTA
11. BROWN - ANGAL, CUZZIN ICE
12. C-BING IT - CUZZIN ICE, GANGSTA SAGG, LIL TRELLY
13. 3 HOLES IN MY BEENIE - CUZZIN ICE
14. KILLIN OFF MY PEOPLE - SPECTRUM of 4 STARS, LIL BUTT
15. CITY OF DA THROWBACCS - MACKVILLIN
16. THE HOUSECALL - SKIT
17. STILL MY ANGAL - LIL TRELLY, ANGAL
18. CHIRP ME - ECAY UNO
19. WHAT COULD I DO - YOUNG MARV
20. DAGO DOGGS "C-MIX" (3 minutes two 4) - CEE WEE 3, BIGG TRELLY, LIL C.S., MOOCH MASSIVE, STONEAFIDE RIDA, BAY LOC, BABY MIKE LOC (RIP), CRICET, TEMPER TANTRUM, ECAY UNO

www.geocities.com/wreccincrew


Watch the video "94 West" from the Low Bottom'd Out album feat. Ecay Uno
http://www.mssvision.com/VOD/040.asp



mrtonguetwista

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news 1099974414 - January 1, 1970 By : San Diego's own Mary Jane Junkeez just droped their debut album "Operation:Gain Green" and it's hot!! You might remember Mary Jane Junkeez from the New West album and from Lil CS "In The Ghetto World" soundtrack. Below is the tracklist and contact info.

1. Intro
2. The Junkeez Have Arrived
3. Skit
4. Cherries and Blueberries
5. Mary Jane ft. Baby Stonafied
6. Pushin Tha Line
7. Solo Bolo
8. Indoinmyswisha ft. Smigg Dirtee and Jack Dee
9. Operation Gain Green ft. Yung Shazy
10. Beatin Like Child Abuse
11. Ain't Got Time
12. Real Woman ft. Chatney
13. Eazy
14. Chrome Feet
15. Junkee Musik
16. Feel So Good ft. I-Rocc
17. Sunny Ass Summer
18. He Got It

www.junkeezgotbomb.com

http://www.geocities.com/maryjanejunkeez/

breakinntables@yahoo.com

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news 1099975000 - January 1, 1970 By : I want everybody to check out the homie Complex from San Diego. He's on a whole different level. Very lyrical. Complex is also a member of the E-Mortal Gang. Their cd is entitled "Power Must Be Taken". Below is the tracklist and contact info for "West Coast MC'N"

1. If You Don't Know
2. Hoodlums ft. Mortal Gang
3. S.D.P.D.K. ft. Big Will
4. Down For Whatever ft. Baby Krown
5. Time 2 Mash
6. West Coast MC'N
7. Melodic Murder ft. Big Will & D.I.
8. Terror Dome ft. Cricet, Baby Krown, Contraband, Lil Bay Loc, & Bay Loc
9. Still Miss You ft. Problemz
10. Don't Get It Twisted
11. Face The Nation ft. Bay Loc
12. I Ain't No Joke (remix)
13. Martini & Rossi ft. VMF


http://www.complexmuzic.com

complex@cox.net

mrtonguetwista

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news 1099976255 - January 1, 1970 By :

"Exposed" is an all-new, original half-hour series revealing the world beyond the celebrity interview through unprecedented access that only MuchMusic can provide! We are all aware of their professional side. The side you see in interviews, videos and in the press, but Exposed give you a chance to see a different side of your favorite artists that you maybe didn’t know they had. The show is shot documentary style where there is no “behind the scenes" because you get to see everything. Our VJ is your guide as we get to know the rock star, giving insight and commentary along the way. Catch today's top music stars on the road - relaxed and willing to spill with real reactions, infiltrating insights and off-the-cuff commentary.

Xzibit will be on this weeks episode of Exposed. The show will air:

November 11th @ 10:00pm ET/7:00pm PT, 11:00pm PT
November 12th @ 2:00am ET, 4:00pm ET/1:00pm PT, 10:30pm PT
November 13th @ 1:30am ET, 8:00am ET/5:00am PT

So if you get MuchMusic, make sure to check this out.



Adon

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news 1100066468 - January 1, 1970 By :
Head over to www.sickmix.com to get your official Mac Dre Shirts. All profits go to Mac Dre's daughter.











Adon

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news 1100068185 - January 1, 1970 By :
Dj Quik will be joining The Game & 50 Cent on stage at this years Vibe awards. The two-hour special event will air Tuesday, Nov. 16 (8:00-10:00 PM, ET/PT) on UPN. This will be great for Quik, he hasn't seen any exposure like this in years.
www.dj-quik.com





Adon

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news 1100137007 - January 1, 1970 By :
This weekend we gone premiere the official Dresta website.But in the meantime checkout this teaser video here with Dresta Da Gangsta.


CLICK HERE to checkout this exclusive message from Dresta!





Yash

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news 1100185179 - January 1, 1970 By : Former Death Row Records R&B recording artist Danny Boy will be back in the spotlight again this fall. The R&B crooner will soon launch a huge online campaign at the official Platinum Pearl message board located at PlatinumPearl.com. The project is still under wraps, but I (The Truth of Dubcnn) can guarantee that you will be seeing a lot of the singer/songwriter in January 2005.


In other DB news, the compilation which was scheduled for release earlier this year entitled, "Platinum Pearl presents: The Come Up", has been cancelled due to the new project.

TheTruth

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news 1100206009 - January 1, 1970 By : The homie Hu$tleboy Floyd just unleashed some new heat on his forum! A new Hu$tleboy track, one by the homie Bo$$, and a banger by Identity! Don't sleep on these and make sure to check all three out below:

Hu$tleboyfloyd - Freestyle

Bo$$ - Represent The West Snippet

Identity - My Time To Shine


Nima

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news 1100211193 - January 1, 1970 By : Hey ya'll, before I put up the interview we conducted with Daz Dillinger, I got some teasers for ya'll. We have Daz' brand new single from his new independent album "The Dogg Pound Gangsta LP" which is a remake of 2Pac's "Keep Ya Head Up".

The song is called "Do You Think About Me", and as Daz puts it, is something for the ladies. The Dogg Pound Gangsta LP is entirely produced by Daz, with no guest appearances except for hooks sung by the likes of Nate Dogg, George Clinton, Shorty B and more. This is the record he is dropping before his "So So Gangsta" album drops on So So Def, who are currently looking for a new distributor, and are in talks with Def Jam, Interscope and more.

We also have the new cover for the Dogg Pound Gangsta LP up, view the full version by clicking on the thumbnail to your left!

Anyways, enough talking, for now check out what we got for you below:

Daz Dillinger Drop For Dubcnn, Introducing The Song

Daz Dillinger - Do You Think About Me

Enjoy the song, and look for the interview up soon!

Nima

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news 1100218608 - January 1, 1970 By : What up fam. I got a nice update on a new DVD that's gonna be blazing hot. It's being done by Josh Hill. He's an L.A. native and has REALLY brought the heat on this DVD. You'll catch Dilated Peoples, Alchemist, Mobb Deep, Kanye West, Gang Starr, Planet Asia, Prodigal Sunn, RZA, Raekwon, 2 Mex, Awol One, Aceyalone, LMNO, Visionaries, Mr Brady, Defari, BeatNuts, Beat Junkies, and MANY more throughout the DVD. There's exclusive interviews with: Guru of Ganstarr, Evidence of Dilated Peoples, Prodigal Sunn, Planet Asia, Aceyalone, 2Mex and Awol One, as well. They're covering different live shows, they're up in the studio with different artists, the list goes on!!!!

You'll also be able to see a number of video's like: Dilated Peoples "This Way" feat. Kanye West, Gangstarr "Same Team," Visionaries "Love," Awol One "Make," F.I.L.T.H.E.E. Immigrants "Find Us" and RZA's "Grits."

It's release is Jan. 15th of 2005. We'll keep you updated OFTEN on this DVD, as it's turning out to be pretty massive. If you love Hip Hop, this is definite must have for your collection.

Here are some stills. There's many more, but this is just a teaser:

Defari/Rakka
Dilated Peoples Performance
DJ Babu, Evidence, Rakka
Planet Asia at Project Blowed. Special appearance by Non-Stop!
Planet Asia infront of Cam.
Street Life Banner

If you dug those stills, make sure you keep an eye and ear out for this DVD.

Artists and labels: If you're interested in DVD, contact this E-Mail: streetlifedvd1@comcast.net

SGV

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news 1100220826 - January 1, 1970 By : Hey ya'll, Dubcnn hooked up with up and coming artist Fx do conduct and interview so he can let ya'll know who he is and where he's coming from and what he's got to offer. So make sure to check out the interview right now in the interview section, or by clicking here.

Enjoy!

Nima

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news 1100223461 - January 1, 1970 By : Snoop Dogg had the release party for his new album "R&G: The Masterpeice" yesterday, and the album is already certified 2x platinum, off of PRE-ORDERS!

Congratulations to Snoop, looks like his hit single "Drop It Like It's Hot" really hit big!






Nima

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news 1100230053 - January 1, 1970 By : Here's an exclusive indepth 30 minute Video Interview with Big Hutch aka Cold 187 from Above The Law.
This was done a few days before he got sentenced to jail.
Hutch talks about the current state of hiphop, his latest album, about his time over at deathrow, upcoming projects such as the lost files, ruthless records, Eazy E, about their trouble getting "black superman" played and so much more.

CLICK HERE TO CHECKOUT THE INTERVIEW!


Special shoutout to our latest staff member Inspire who is Dubcnn's video editor.



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news 1100258387 - January 1, 1970 By : The homie XL Middleton hooked up a new song for ya'll where he speaks on his feelings about this years US presidential elections. It's called "Bad Day" and he raps over Ice Cube's classic "It Was A Good Day".

Check it out below:

XL Middleton - Bad Day

Enjoy!

Nima

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news 1100262293 - January 1, 1970 By : The homies from Game Insane representing the big bad Bay Area have released some new audio from their upcoming album "Brainstorm". Make sure to check them out below by clicking on the highlighted tracks in the tracklisting!

01. Brainstorm (T-One, LOE)
02. Face Lift (MuB, T-One)
03. Tell Me Somethin' (MuB, Royalty, Ram-C-Note, LOE, T-One)
04. International Networkin' (T-One, Uso, LOE)
05. We 2 Boss (LOE, T-One, MuB)
06. Tranquility (T-One)
07. G.I. Productz (T-One, MuB, Royalty, LOE)
08. Invincible (T-One, K-Rino, MuB)
09. This Planet (T-One, Mr.Maja, LOE)
10. 20/20 (Mastamind, T-One)
11. My Way (T-One, First Degree The DE)
12. Contemplationz (MuB, T-One)
13. Innovate (T-One)
14. Season Finale (T-One, Mr.Maja, MuB, LOE)

Enjoy, and support Game Insane!

Nima

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news 1100264612 - January 1, 1970 By : Those of you who visit Ballerstatus.net will already know about Appetite and F.M.C. Media. Appetite is an up and coming West Coast artist who's starting to get on his mixtape grind. I have three songs for ya'll to check out below, and to get the full scoop on Appetite, simply hit up his official website fmcmedia.com.

Look forward to hearing much more from Appetite in near future, cause this cat litterally has the 'appetite' to eat up the rap game! Check out his songs below:

Appetite - Collaborate (ft. WhatsHisName & Harmony


Appetite - Knock Knock


Appetite - The Difference (ft. WhatsHisName)

Enjoy!

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news 1100268551 - January 1, 1970 By : This album is smashin'! Mr. X 2 The Z Xzibit returns with a bang! His highly anticipated album "Weapons Of Mass Destruction" which is set to drop Nov. 29th, is filled with heat from top to bottom. With guest appearances by the likes of Mitchy Slick, Phil Da Agony, Krondon, Suga Free, Butch Cassidy, Jellyroll, Busta Rhymes and more, this is a top contender for West Coast album of the year.

The first single Hey Now has been getting some airplay, although it hasn't been blowing up real big. It'll be interesting to see what X picks as his second single. I have some audio previews for ya'll to check out from the album, along with the video to the first single.

Make sure to pre-order this album RIGHT NOW by clicking HERE. Support the Pimp My Ride star. Our staff member SGV attended the listening party in L.A. last night, he will probably have another update for ya'll soon.

01 State Of The Union
02 LAX
03 Cold World
04 Saturday Night Live (ft. Krondon & Jellyroll)
05 Muthafucka
06 Beware Of Us (ft. Krondon & Phil Da Agony)
07 Judgement Day
08 Criminal Set (ft. Krondon)
09 Hey Now (Mean Muggin)
10 Ride Or Die (ft. Mitchy Slick)
11 Crazy Ho (ft. Suga Free, Butch Cassidy & Strong Arm Steady)
12 Big Barking
13 Tough Guy (ft. Busta Rhymes)
14 Scent Of A Woman
15 Klack (ft. Mitchy Slick & Krondon)
16 Back 2 The Way It Was


Again, make sure to place your pre-order now right HERE.


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news 1100467405 - January 1, 1970 By : For those of you who got interested in Fx after the interview we posted the other day, he just launched his website rotproductions.com. If you're looking for a good price on production, graphic design, sample packs, or mixing or mastering, this might be for you.

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news 1100472739 - January 1, 1970 By : The legendary Ol' Dirty Bastard from the Wu-Tang Clan complained of breathing difficulties and collapsed in his studio yesterday. This is another sad day for HipHop, one more soldier gone. After Mac Dre and King Lou, this is the third rapper deceased this month.

The entire Dubcnn staff would like to send out their condolences to the friends and relatives of ODB.



R.I.P.



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news 1100477806 - January 1, 1970 By : Dubcnn.com recently sat down with Cali Untouchable DJ, DJ Warrior. The man who's been blessing us West Coast fans with exclusives all year, answered our questions and spoke on the mixtape game, his new projects dropping, and much more. You can check it here

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news 1100512850 - January 1, 1970 By : The homie Bo$$ just asked me to post his new banger up here called "Turf Type Shit", a collabo with Rock. The song is banging, make sure to peep it below:

Bo$$ & Rock - Turf Type Shit

Enjoy!

Nima

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news 1100525620 - January 1, 1970 By : Al Attles III (son and namesake of well-known professional basketball player Al Attles) alongside his producer, Lila Polite, has written and directed an urban comedy movie entitled "So Fresh, So Clean", starring Red Grant‚ Sadiki Fuller and Speedy. With a budget of around $1 Million, the movie set in Oakland showcases a day in the urban life of 2 broke friends/co-workers trying to grab a piece of the American dream. "It’s about two average Joe childhood‚ just over broke friends making their way at the Tidey Whitey dry cleaners and the mad cap mayhem that happens on any given day. Baby mama drama‚ break–ups‚ make–ups‚ con men‚ convicts and con jobs‚ foiled robberies and customers droppin’ mad science. You’ll just have to watch and see. It’s funny! Boughetto comedy at its best!" says Attles.

The movie is scheduled for release in early 2005, along with the official soundtrack entitled "Beats, Rhymes and Grooves (inspired by So Fresh, So Clean)", which features the Hannibal Leq smash "Shake Your Bottle", produced by DJ Slip (of Comptons Most Wanted fame).


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news 1100535427 - January 1, 1970 By : Dubcnn.com got the chance to sit down with Dogg Pound Gangsta Daz Dillinger. The man behind some of the most classic tracks in HipHop took the time to tell us about his new album comin out "The Dogg Pound Gangsta LP", his deal with So So Def and his upcoming So So Def album "So So Gangsta.", all his upcoming projects, his beefs, the Riflemen, and much much much much more.



Make sure to check out the interview now by clicking here or in the interview section.

You can check out his new single right there too.

BLAOWW!


Nima

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news 1100613006 - January 1, 1970 By : Last nights Vibe Awards in California seem to have been total chaos. From Suge Knight yellin' out "Fuck The G-Unit" on stage, to Dr. Dre getting attacked by somebody in the crowd right when he was getting his lifetime achievement award presented to by Snoop Dogg & Quincy Jones, to somebody getting stabbed.

It is still not too clear what exactly went on, and it looks like the media is trying to cover up some shit, as MTV.com changed their article on this after an hour, taking out Suge's name. However, I have a link for you below to check out, it is a video of what happened from the news, check it out below:

News Report On The Vibe Awards and then click on the right under "Featured Videos" on "Chaos At Award Show".

Here are some pictures from the show:

Game & 50 Cent On Stage

Snoop Dogg & Quincy Jones Presenting Award

Crowd At The Show

Here is a news article on this:

"SANTA MONICA, Calif. - One person was stabbed at the second annual Vibe awards Monday as rapper Snoop Dogg and producer Quincy Jones were preparing to honor Dr. Dre with a lifetime achievement award, authorities and witnesses said.

Dozens of people sitting near the stage Monday inside a hangar at the Santa Monica Municipal Airport began shoving each other as the show wound down about 7:30 p.m., a photographer who covered the event for The Associated Press said.

News video showed chairs being thrown, punches flying, people chasing one another and some being restrained.

"To my understanding ... the show was going on when the stabbing occurred," said police Lt. Frank Fabrega in a press conference following the fight.

It was unclear if the stabbing preceded or followed the fight. The victim, a 26-year-old man, was taken to a hospital and was listed in stable condition.

Police were looking for the assailant and no arrests have been made.

Witness Frank Williams told KCAL-TV that Dr. Dre was involved in the brawl.

"I saw Dr. Dre fighting somebody," Williams said. "I don't know if he was fighting back. But there was a guy taken out basically bloodied."

Andrea Ferguson, employed by a public relations firm that worked with Vibe for the awards ceremony, called the incident a "disruption" but declined to provide details. She added the show was allowed to continue but it was halted for about five minutes.

Dr. Dre, who was scheduled to receive a Vibe Legend Award for his lifetime contributions to hip-hop, had not come on stage yet when the fight erupted. Jones and Snoop Dogg stood on stage without saying anything.

"My understanding is that it was somewhat chaotic in there," Fabrega said.

About 1,000 people attended the event, some of whom scurried for the exits when the fight broke out.

"It's really important that we don't take a negative incident like this and do away with the awards," Suge Knight told reporters."

We'll keep you updated.

Nima

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news 1100653886 - January 1, 1970 By : Dubcnn with the help of Inspire productions and Rawlike Creations bring you the official site of Dresta Da Gangsta.

You can download footage, exclusive songs, exclusive interview and exclusive pictures with Dresta, Leicy Loc, Younghoggs and all there affiliates.

Later this week we gone bring THE OFFICIAL FORUM of Dresta and Younghoggs where you can talk to Dresta and his potnaz.

Bookmark the website now:
WWW.DRESTA.COM

Special thanks to Inspire and Rawlike Creations for their hard work.

Yash

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news 1100663521 - January 1, 1970 By : Quick update on the Vibe Awards incident. The Santa Monica Police Department have issued a warrant for the arrest of G-Unit rapper Young Buck, real name David Darnell Brown.
Police believe Buck stabbed the man who punched Dr. Dre in the head, the 26 year old Jimmy James Johnson from L.A.
Buck was identified on a videotape holding a knife and swinging for the victim, and will be charged with assault with a deadly weapon.

Full story on MTV.com


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news 1100675933 - January 1, 1970 By : The Vault has upped the ante to 1526 Album Credits, putting all other credits sites to shame, and it can be accessed at "The Vault Index".

New albums like 2Pac's "Loyal to the game", Snoop Dogg's "R&G" retail, Nas "Street Disciple" advance, Goldie Loc, Bosko, Phil The Agony, and a lot more has been put up.

To check all the newest albums added, go to "What's New".


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news 1100703491 - January 1, 1970 By : Props to Juda Starr and Brian Lewis for putting on yet another good show. Juda Starr Ent. stays doing it big. They'll be throwing a Digital Underground show next week, stay tuned for that. Last Thursday, November 11th, at the Vault 350 in Long Beach, Too Short tore the house down. I got there in time to see Short's set. He went through all his classics and new material. As usual, he does has good crowd control and participation. Outside of the few fights that I seen, the night was smooth. The Vault 350 is a real good venue. Females were looking good, as well. And shouts to the cats from WestCoastRydaz, they were there reppin', too.

Caution: Some of these pictures contain nipples, becareful if you're viewing from work or school. 18+.

Too Short 1

Short 2

Short 3

Short 4

Short 5

Female Showing tits

Dirty Rat

Tampon

Signing Fans 1

Signing Fans 2

Signing Fans 3

Female

Female 2

Money

Fight






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news 1100839813 - January 1, 1970 By : This is a Must attend event! Tuesday, November 23rd! @ The House Of Blues on the Sunset Strip! Urbanomovemento


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news 1100861743 - January 1, 1970 By : Former Death Row Records recording artist Crooked I has made an official statement due to a mix up with the announcement on AllHipHop.com of Crooked I's Dynasty Records DVD. "In no way is the DVD that was mentioned on allhiphop.com disrespecting Death Row Records or anybody affiliated with Death Row Records." said Crooked. The full statement is located here, at the Official Dynasty Records Forum.

The Dynasty Records DVD is due in stores fall 04'/early 05' and will accompany a free music CD.


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news 1100862930 - January 1, 1970 By : As front-man for the celebrated rap quartet the Lost Boyz, Mr. Cheeks helped his Queens, N.Y.-based crew climb the charts and etch themselves in the hip-hop hall of fame with a Platinum-selling album Legal Drug Money (1996) and the Gold-certified Love Peace And Happiness (1997).

The gritty party flavour that typified Cheeks' music with the Lost Boyz has carried over to his equally successful solo career, which has been highlighted by the smash single “Lights, Camera, Action!,” included on Cheeks’ acclaimed debut solo album, 2001's John P. Kelly. The song's explosive remix, featuring P. Diddy and Missy Elliott, reached No. 1 on both the Billboard Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Singles Chart and Hot Rap Singles Chart.

After nearly a decade in the major label system, Cheeks decided in 2004 to stake out on his own, forming independent label Legal Drug Money Records. The first release on the imprint is Mr. Cheeks' highly anticipated third solo album, Ladies and Ghettomen.

The album's first single is the pulsating “It's Alright,” featuring Truth Hurts. The legendary Pete Rock, producer of Busta Rhymes, Public Enemy, and Pete Rock & C.L. Smooth, produced the radio and club ready “All I Know,” along with several other tracks on the album. Elsewhere, Cheeks continues his party ways on the celebratory "Tonight" and the clever "The Girl Is Mine," an update of the classic Michael Jackson/Paul McCartney tune. Cheeks says, "We're just regular street guys that like to party, spend money, love the women and enjoy life. That's what the album is mainly about."

Legal Drug Money Records, Contango Records and local label Barcode Records have joined forces to release the album in Australia on November 19th 2004, when it will be available through JB Hi-Fi stores nationally.

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news 1100959900 - January 1, 1970 By : G-Unit Rapper Young Buck surrendered himself last night after he was caught on tape stabbing the person who assaulted Dr. Dre at te Vibe Awards this week.

Watch the video from ABC7 now here.

His trial is December 20th, we'll keep you updated on the newest happenings around this case.

Nima

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news 1100965867 - January 1, 1970 By : I got another brand new exclusive by Daz Dillinger for ya'll! This one is dedicated to the Vibe Awards from last week, talking about the assault on Dre, the fight, Suge Knight and more. So ya'll make sure to check out "Tha Vibe Awards Theme" below in full MP3 download. Lookout for much more coming from D-A-Z, along with his new album "Tha Dogg Pound Gangsta LP" dropping in January.


Daz Dillinger - Tha Vibe Awardz Theme

And also make sure to check out Daz' brand new website DazDillinger.net out now!! The official launch will be real soon, so stay tuned.

Enjoy!

Nima

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news 1100988638 - January 1, 1970 By : The first track was produced by Dj Quik and features Big Syke "Loyal To The Game
The second track is the Scott Storch produced cut called "Po Nigga Blues" featuring Ron Isley.

The album "Loyal To The Game" drops December 14th make sure you go and buy the album if you like these songs.



Yash

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news 1101138163 - January 1, 1970 By : Every once and a while a mixtape comes out that has so many exclusive tracks that it should be considered an album, and this is one of them! Dj Warrior, one of the best from the West, links up with Clinton Sparks, one of the best from the East, to create this tight mixtape containing nothing but exclusive tracks and freestyles from some of hip hop’s top artists! Stat Quo also plays host on this one, and Da Riffs lace the joint with more than 10 exclusive new beats (along with a bunch from Clinton of course), making this a definite collectors item! There are exclusives from 2pac, Jadakiss, Fat Joe, State Property, The Clipse, Fabolous, Busta Rhymes, Stat Quo, NORE, and too many more top artists! We are going to let the audio previews below speak for the highlights on this one – listen to them and pick this up; the previews will have you fiending for more!

Make sure to order this tape online NOW for only $6,95 by clicking HERE! For overseas fans who wanna get their hands on this, you can email DJ Warrior at gotmixtapes@hotmail.com and he will forward you the PayPal information to get this.

Also make sure to check out the interview we recently conducted with DJ Warrior by clicking HERE

Here is the tracklisting, along with Audio Previews!

Clinton Sparks Side

1. Stat Quo Intro
2. Clinton Sparks Intro
3. State Property - State Prop Boys (Produced by Clinton Sparks) [Click for Preview]
4. Fabolous Freestyle
5. Jadakiss & Fat Joe - Be Easy (Produced by Clinton Sparks) [Click for Preview]
6. Clipse - Where You Been (Produced by Clinton Sparks)
7. Method Man - Now You Know (Produced by Clinton Sparks)
8. Fabolous - Whats Up Now (Produced By Scott Storch) [Click for Preview]
9. Notorious B.I.G & XL - I Like (Produced by Clinton Sparks)
10. Busta Rhymes Freestyle [Click for Preview]
11. N.O.R.E & Nature Freestyle
12. 2Pac - Thugs Get Lonely To (Produced By Eminem) [Click for Preview]
13. Crooked I Freestyle (Produced By Da Riffs)
14. Sly Boogie & Young Zee - Talk Shit (Produced By Da Riffs)
15. Stat Quo - Wanna Fight? (Produced By Da Riffs)
16. Method Man - Fuck Wit You (Produced By Da Riffs)
17. Rock & X-1 - We Don't Play Games (Produced By Da Riffs)

DJ Warrior Side

18. Stat Quo – Live & Direct
19. Cali Untouchable Djs Intro
20. Rifle Men (Mobb Deep/Kurupt/Jayo Felony/40 Glocc) - All Hoods
21. AB ft. 50 Cent - Infared [Click for Preview]
22. The Game & Faxtion - 4bent AKA Billboard R.I.P. [Click for Preview]
23. 2Pac - Hennesey [Click for Preview]
24. Stat Quo Exclusive Freestyle (Produced By Da Riffs) [Click for Preview]
25. Rah Digga Exclusive Freestyle (Produced By Da Riffs)
26. Ali Vegas - Cold Town (Produced By Da Riffs)
27. Method Man & Blaze - Keep it Movin
28. Balance & Scipio - L.A. to the Bay (Produced By Da Riffs)
29. Federation & Busta Rhymes -Twerk Somethin [Click for Preview]
30. Immortal Technique Exclusive Freestyle (Produced By Da Riffs)
31. Roscoe, Maylay, Tristate & King Tee - (Produced By Da Riffs)
32. King Tee – G’s - (Produced By Da Riffs)
33. Planet Asia Exclusive Freestyle (Produced By Da Riffs) [Click for Preview]
34. Scipio Exclusive Freestyle
35. DJ Warrior - Da Champ Is Here

Make sure to order this tape online NOW for only $6,95 by clicking HERE! For overseas fans who wanna get their hands on this, you can email DJ Warrior at gotmixtapes@hotmail.com and he will forward you the PayPal information to get this.

To stay updated on anything concerning DJ Warrior & the Cali Untouchables crew, head over to CaliUntouchables.com and sign up for the newsletter!

Nima

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news 1101140223 - January 1, 1970 By : Aw man, Arsen & Mista Cane comin' through again with some HEAT! The Bay Area duo, who are dropping their debut group album "High Risk, High Reward" soon, have provided us with two new tracks to release to the internet world! So make sure to check them both out below along with the official first single "Close 2 U" ft. Killa Keise which we premiered a few months back.

The new tracks are "Changes" ft. Sean T and "Contact". Check this shit out, and if you STILL don't know about Arsen & Mista Cane, head over to the interview section to read the interview we did with the duo a while back. Whatever you choose to do, DON'T SLEEP!

On to the audio:

Arsen & Mista Cane - Changes (ft. Sean T)

Arsen & Mista Cane - Contact

Arsen & Mista Cane - Close 2 U (ft. Killa Keise)

If you like what you hear, make sure to check out a FREE mixtape for download at servnu151.com!

Enjoy!

Nima

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news 1101167764 - January 1, 1970 By : The Salvadorean brothers form Los Angeles, Crooked Stilo have two videos up for you two check out. One is called "Chicas," the other is "Colegialas." If you haven't had a taste of the Urban Regional sound, here's your chance to finally be exposed. Also, for those in the L.A. area, my girl LatinaBeatz already reported on it, but let me elaborate a little more. Crooked Stilo will be performing tomorrow, Tuesday, November 23rd, with Mellow Man Ace, Don Cisco, Kemo The Blaxican, Locura Terminal, Reazn and many more at the House Of Blues on the Sunset Strip. Her update, which is about half the page down, contains the flyer. Make sure you peep this show, as it's Latin HIP HOP at it's finest. Especially if you're tired of that BULLSHIT you hear on Pocos Pero Locos.

In other Latin Hip Hop news, JenRO's album The Revelation underwent major surgery. According to Young Joe the "beats are slappin', front to back now. At the moment we don’t know what features will stay but trust it will be Hot. That should be out in March and we plan on shooting her video at the end of January." You can catch JenRo on VH1’s “My Coolest Years,” airing next month.

Here are two new songs she recorded: "Ain't Ready" and "Red Rova."

For the latest on JenRo check her official site.

Big Ups to Young Joe of Unknown Muzic and EstiloUrbano.net for the heads up.


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news 1101172290 - January 1, 1970 By : All of you established, underground, independent, up and coming, but most importantly, DOPE artists: If you're interested in doing shows at the Vault 350 in Long Beach, this is a must read. Juda Starr Ent. is getting together Hip Hop shows at this location, which has hosted shows, for the likes of Too Short, Digital Underground, and MANY more and will soon have shows from KRS-One, Bone Thugs and others to it's name. A good Hip Hop crowd is always in attendance. The spot it's self is spacious, has many bars, a big stage and a huge floor. I'd compare it to a House Of Blues set up and is in a great location in Long Beach, on Pine Ave. near all the clubs. If this interests you in anyway, please contact Juda at (562) 239-1178 or (562) 590-5566. You can E-Mail him at: billionforce@yahoo.com or Juda@vault350.com. as well. It don't matter where you're from, if you want to perform, just hit him up. This is a great oppurtunity for many artists out there, don't let this chance slip away.

Check the Vault 350's site for info on the location.

For info on Juda and what he's done click here.


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news 1101173904 - January 1, 1970 By : A week and half ago, DubCNN was in full effect at the Sony offices for the Xzibit "Weapons Of Mass Destruction" listening party. I was gonna put up a review of what I thought of the album, but was shocked to see that it had already been leaked to the net. I didn't feel the need to let everyone know the scoop on the album, since most probably already heard it by then. But, with a little persuasive talks, thanks to Yash, I'll drop a tiny review. In the house that night was Super Producer Bosko, Latin Fros, Damizza and a few others. Sony were great hosts. They had an open bar the whole night, along with free Valet Parking, which I'm not used to, at all. So big ups to them for that, I for one appreciated it.

As for the album, it knocked, seriously. This is a major step up from Restless and Man Vs. Machine, both of which I disliked. The production was NICE on this album, very fitting for X. The features were crazy, Steady Gang on a track with Suga Free? WOW! Everyone held their own. For me, it was nice to hear Phil Da Agony and Krondon finally get the recognition they deserve. I felt X really got his bars up this go around. Since he's rollin' with SAS, it seems his mind is back in the right place. Make sure you cop this album. And here's some pics.

Xzibit 1
Xzibit 2
Xzibit 3
Poster 1
Poster 2

01 State Of The Union
02 LAX
03 Cold World
04 Saturday Night Live (ft. Krondon & Jellyroll)
05 Muthafucka
06 Beware Of Us (ft. Krondon & Phil Da Agony)
07 Judgement Day
08 Criminal Set (ft. Krondon)
09 Hey Now (Mean Muggin)
10 Ride Or Die (ft. Mitchy Slick)
11 Crazy Ho (ft. Suga Free, Butch Cassidy & Strong Arm Steady)
12 Big Barking
13 Tough Guy (ft. Busta Rhymes)
14 Scent Of A Woman
15 Klack (ft. Mitchy Slick & Krondon)
16 Back 2 The Way It Was


Again, make sure to place your pre-order now right here

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news 1101211577 - January 1, 1970 By : Hip-hop duo Zion I were selected to compete in the 2004 “DEW MUSIC CIRCUIT” face off in a weeklong MTV2 tournament and they need your vote!!! Starting Monday, November 22, at 9pm ET/6pm PT, MTV2 VJ Jim Shearer kicks off the competition and introduces the audience to The Kite-Eating Tree, Fifth Year Crush, Zion-I, and Limitpoint. Featuring in-depth profiles, interviews and performances, viewers will then have 24-hours to visit http://www.mtv2.com/, where they can vote for their favorite.

MTV2 will host the semi-finalists from the “Dew Music Circuit,” as they compete head-to-head in a week-long battle of the bands tournament on MTV2. Determined entirely by music fans voting on MTV2.com, MTV2 will narrow the field to three band finalists who will perform live on-air at MTV2’s Time Square Studios on Saturday, December 4th.

The winner of the competition will get $50,000, their own “Bands A to Z” page on MTV.com, and will appear on “MTV2 Rock” for the week of December 6th at 8pm ET/5pm PT.

This is Zion I’s second time selected by MTV2 for the competition: Each of the twelve semi-finalist bands competing survived Mountain Dew and FreedomZone’s “Dew Music Circuit,” where they were judged and selected from a pool of over 100 other bands by college radio station directors nationwide. Now, facing the chance to join famous “Dew Music Circuit” alumni Yellowcard and Taking Back Sunday, each band will up the stakes and compete on “MTV2’s Dew Circuit Breakout.”

For complete details on “MTV2’s Dew Circuit Breakout” including band information, show dates, and much more, www.MTV2.com.

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news 1101220622 - January 1, 1970 By : For those who weren't able to watch the video file of our TQ interview, the homie Mauzip has transcribed it and we have added the text version of the interview to the interview section.

So head over to read the exclusive TQ interview now by clicking here.

Enjoy!

Nima

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news 1101251178 - January 1, 1970 By : Hailing from North East Los Angeles, in the city of Highland Park, comes this bilingual wonder, known as Reazn. When I first met Reazn in August at the Latin Rap Conference in San Diego, we chopped game about Hip Hop and life in general, and clicked right away. He likes everyone from the Dungeon Family to Too Short, not to mention he lives the B-Boy lifestyle. He breaks, he emcees and he graf's, retaining 3 of Hip Hop's key elements. He's not just some Chicano Rapper you hear on Pocos Pero Locos.

Flipping in English and Spanish, Reazn is a rarity in the Hip Hop game. He's no slouch in either language, when he busts, he's as serious as cancer. On his album La Razon De Ser, translated as Reason Being, he touches on the streets, his life, growth and a number of other social concepts that are rarely touched upon in Hip Hop, especially in Latin Hip Hop. His album is tough, I bumped it the weekend I got it, and haven't stopped yet. I conducted a real short Mini Interview outside of Sinful of Tha Mexakinz' album release party with Reazn. Peep that to get insight from the man himself. I'll put text up for it soon, and believe me, I'll bring a more in depth interview soon, as well.

Here is 3 songs from his album, so you can hear what he's working with. First is the catchy Espanol O Ingles, then we got, exactly what the title suggests, something new in the track Algo Nuevo and last but not least, Reazn invites you into his life with Welcome To My World. If you enjoyed these tracks, or want to hear more of Reazn, you can cop the album for 10 dollars or listen to a few more tracks here.

Shouts to the whole Contraband Records crew!!!

Now I'm going to take you just East of Los Angeles, into the Desert area, in a VERY important city in California, for the growth of Latinos, called Coachella. Here we find Malverde. He brings an amazing presence on the mic. He flips his raps in Spanish like no other. The first time I heard his album I was hooked. His rhymes are intelligent, yet understandable and rather catchy. I also conducted a Mini Interview with the man outside of Sinful's release party, so go ahead and listen to that to hear more from him and who he is. Much like with Reazn, we'll bring you a more indepth interview with Malverde soon. He has a lot to say, and DubCNN is willing to be the outlet for that.

On to his album. Mi Palabra, which means "My Word," contains 13 tracks, fully in Spanish. Even though some of you may not be able to understand Spanish, the production WILL catch your attention, without a doubt. He carries a militant mindset, with the ability to move the crowd. He pays his respects for the man he got his name from, Jesus Malverde, as well as brings to light issues he's lived with and many others who came up as he did, have lived with. To get a taste of Malverde, here's three tracks, as well:

The title track, Mi Palabra, the infectious Sonador and finally the insightfull Asi So Yo.

If you enjoyed those tracks, make sure you head to his Official Site and cop the album.

Both of these artists are performing tonight at the House Of Blues on the Sunset Strip. I strongly suggest peeping this show out, to not only see them, but Crooked Stilo, Kemo, Mellow Man Ace and others.

Latin Hip Hop is here, and it ain't a game anymore!!! Latinos stand the fuck up!

SGV

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news 1101313978 - January 1, 1970 By : That's right the left coast is represented on the new Ludacris album.
Dubcnn is here to let you listen to two of the hottest tracks from the album.
The album is called "The Red Light District" and drops December 7th.
Other guests on the album are Sleepy Brown, DMX, Nas and Trick Daddy.

So without further talk lets listen to the preview tracks:
Ludacris "Spur Of The Moment" ft Dj Quik (produced By LT Moss)
Ludacris "Child Of The Night ft Nate Dogg

Make sure you right click and choose save as to listen to these tracks.

Buy the album when it comes out and support the artist.

Yash

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news 1101341063 - January 1, 1970 By : I got some brand new Hip-Hop shit I wanted ya'll to peep out. I recently got my hands on a compilation called "Swiss Precise Presents... Halfway House Emcees". These are some HipHop cats out of L.A., who're hungry to have their shit heard out there.

So I uploaded the cover scans for ya'll, you can view the front and back in full size by clicking on the thumbnail to your left. I also have 4 tracks uploaded for your listening pleasures, check out the tracklisting below and right click and then select "Save Target As" on the highlighted links!

1. Harmon Killabew Intro (ft. Billy Jack/Big Joker)
2. The Trickle Down Theory
3. Bars
4. Isabella's Revenge (ft. Paulie Nugent/LMNO/Jon E. Rockwell)
5. Trilateral Conspiracy
6. US (ft. Monstah Ganjah)
7. Slang Game
8. 45 Degrees
9. Jean Michelle Basqiat
10. King Syndicate
11. Everclear (ft. Pkon/Tate The Great/Deviant)
12. Peace Song
13. Mass-Pike Chronicles (ft. Oak Loan Tree/Yukonn Mc)
14. Vidablue Outro (ft. Billy Jack)

*Make sure to Right Click on the links and then select Save As*

If you like what you hear, make sure to peep them out at the official website EightAndDawson.com and cop their stuff!

Nima

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news 1101342270 - January 1, 1970 By :
Snoop Dogg is on the Need for Speed Underground 2 soundtrack, EA Games smash game, based on fast customizable cars and high speed races.

This is the shortened version of Snoop Dogg and The Doors "Riders on the storm", produced by Fredwreck, the version in the game is almost 6 minutes.



Snoop Dogg feat. The Doors - "Riders on the storm"

Jome

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news 1101345925 - January 1, 1970 By : In the coming weeks, I'm going to have the amazing opportunity to chop it up with one of modern music's most influencial and greatest artists George Clinton. Without George, who knows what this thing we call West Coast Rap would sound like? He definitely was one of the biggest influences, and countless artists have sampled his classic work.

If there is anything you would like me to ask George Clinton, please send it to me as an email to nima@dubcnn.com with your question, or post it on our message board by clicking here. I will pick out the best ones for the interview.

Thanks!

Nima

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news 1101400530 - January 1, 1970 By : That's right the official Forum is now up on DRESTA.COM.

Headover to the forum by CLICKING HERE and talk to Dresta and The Younghoggs.
Special thanks to my boy Nino of xscinc.

The Younghoggs are going on a promotional tour day after thanksgiving.They will start from New York and drive all the way back to cali hittin different radio stations passing out their new mixtape.

Check back for the Younghoggs Video interview later tonite.

Yash

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news 1101437825 - January 1, 1970 By : We caught up with Tj Santana and Te Mac of The Young Hoggs to talk about their new mixtape, what new things they bring to the game, hooking up with Mack 10 & why they spoke on Mack 10 on their mixtape, upcoming projects, their friendship with Bg Knocc Out And Dresta and much much more.

CLICK HERE to checkout our EXCLUSIVE VIDEO INTERVIEW with The Young Hoggs!!!

Young Hoggs also gave a special shoutout to the fans and homies in Compton Click Here for the Shoutout


The Official Young Hoggs Website is coming soon..In the mean time holla at them on their Official Forum located HERE
Shoutout to "Bobby Brown"..hehe

Yash

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news 1101565254 - January 1, 1970 By : Oh shit! Our good friend XL Middleton is getting ready to unleash his newest album "Music 4 A Drunken Evening" which is dropping December 14th (available for pre-order December 7th) and it will be available at CrownCityEntertainment.com.

Here's the newest single "Shotgun" featuring Rev & Bo-Rocc of The Doveshack:

XL Middleton - Shotgun (ft. Rev & Bo-Rocc Of The Doveshack)

Here's the Tracklisting:

DISC ONE

1. The Dark Chambers Of Sir Middleton Hollawell (Intro)
2. Music 4 A Drunken Evening (feat. Big Saccs)
3. Feel So West Coast
4. Down
5. If I Dont Get Paid (feat. Rev & Bigg Steele)
6. Long As We Maintain (feat. S-Dee)
7. Cadillac
8. Cant Get Enough (feat. Foesum & E-White)
9. If You Let Me (feat. Sharon Hall)
10. Do It If It Feels Good (feat. Dr. Stank)
11. Zoom Zoom
12. Tuck You In
13. From My Eyes

DISC TWO

1. Drunken Hooligans (feat. Non-Cents)
2. Shotgun (feat. Rev & Bo-Rocc)
3. Are You High???
4. Slacker Pad Fridays (feat. Firstborn, K-Duece, Non-Cents, & Matix)
5. All Three
6. Gotta Get Up (feat. BQ)
7. Blow It That Way
8. One Or The Other (feat. [sic] sense)
9. Throw Ya Cups Up
10. This Must Be Heaven (feat. D'Zire)
11. Last Call (feat. Tha Shock Doctor)
12. Relive It All

Production on this project was handled by XL Middleton & [sic] sense for Crown City Productions, Firstborn for Herban Liquor Productions, Matix for Herban Liquor Productions, Big Moz for 21 Gun Productions, Mike Sheist for 8th Starr Entertainment, Big Saccs for Westbound Entertainment, Inc.

So all you drunkies out there, make sure to cop this when it's out!



Nima

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news 1101571190 - January 1, 1970 By : Aw shit, we back at it again with some more of that banging ass 40 Glocc shit! This man's been workin' in the studio like there's no tomorrow, and I got the pleasure to let ya'll peep out some of the stuff he's been working on!

His second solo album is getting close to completion, and he's got two more project he's got coming. As ya'll know, 40 Glocc is part of the Riflemen with Kurupt, Jayo Felony & Mobb Deep, and he also is dropping his group Zoo Babies, which should be banging. And apart from all that, he's also a member of the Game Bangaz, with Spice 1, Michelob & Rappin 4-Tay. So the man is busy!

Today I'm gonna let ya'll peep out some material he has for his new solo album, some new Zoo Babies shit, and last but not list, a leftover from his first album "The Jakal".

Let's get started immediately!!!

Here go two spanking new tracks, that might end up on the new solo album:

*All These Files Are In Mp3 Format, Untagged, High Quality, So Make Sure You Download This Shit, Burn This Shit, Bump This Shit, And Most Important Of All, YOU SPREAD THIS SHIT!!!!*

40 Glocc - I Ain't Scared Of U Muthafuckas

40 Glocc - Get The Fuck Round From Me (ft. Ken Bib From The Zoo Babies)

And for those who copped 40 Glocc's first album "The Jakal", here go the self titled track, that never made the final version of the album:

40 Glocc - The Jakal


And now, we come to the Zoo Babies shit. These cats is ferocious man, they got flows and lyrics for days, on the real. This is not to be slept on, ya'll make sure to lookout for "40 Glocc & Kurupt Present: The Zoo Babies", album coming soon, with distribution through Universal.

Zoo Babies - Under The Sunshine (ft. 40 Glocc)

Zoo Babies - High As We Wanna Get (ft. 40 Glocc)


This should be enough material for ya'll to bump until I come with the next update, so download this shit, and don't sleep on 40 Glocc, cause he finna wake you up if you sleepin!!!!!

Nima

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news 1101660884 - January 1, 1970 By : While the status of the group is on hold at the moment, Bizzy Bone and Layzie Bone of Bone Thugs-n-Harmony have teamed up to release a duet album entitled "Bone Brothers."
The first single from the album, "Need Ur Body", is produced by Self (who produced Bone Thugs-N-Harmony's single "Money, Money" in 2002) and also features fellow Bone member Krayzie Bone. You can download it below. (Thanks to BTNHBoard).
"Bone Brothers" is set to be released on February 22nd, 2005 by Koch Entertainment and features guest appearences from the Outlawz and Treach (Naughty By Nature), among others.

Here goes the song:

Bone Brothers - Need Your Body (MP3)

Shoutout to Lyrix of BTNHBOARD.COM for the audio!

Enjoy!

Nima

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news 1101689404 - January 1, 1970 By : Shoutout to the homie Dutch doin' his thang up in the big bad Bay Area. We have 4 new audio cuts for y'all to check out right here. Make sure you download them, because Dutch is definitely a skilled rapper, if you hadn't already noticed on the highly underrated "What We Do" album by his group F.E. with Mr. Kee & Dap Daniels.

Dutch is readying his mixtape, dropping real soon, stay tuned right here for that too!



For now check out the songs below:

Dutch - Mob Livin '05 Bonnnie & Clyde

Dutch - Slow Ya Roll

Dutch - Barney Rumble (ft. Syko Smig)

Dutch - New Bay Anthem

Enjoy the songs, and be on the lookout for much more coming from Dutch!

Nima

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news 1101708759 - January 1, 1970 By : King T recently released an album called "The Ruthless Chronicles".
Which contains older songs that King T recorded while being on Aftermath and Ruthless Records without dropping the album.

This album is heated and alot of you haven't heared these tracks.
Album has production by Dr Dre, Dj Quik and Battlecat to name a few.
So here's a little preview from the album on Boss Up Entertainment:

King T "Step On By" Featuring Dr Dre
King T "Twist A Corner" Featuring Defari
King T "Blow Treez Featuring LV

Cop the album if you like these hot tracks.

Yash

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news 1101769837 - January 1, 1970 By : Once again Diggy Daz is back at it with another mixtape cut. This time he took over the second verse on Game's "Westside Story", with 50 and Game's verses still there.

He came pretty tight, I got the song for ya'll to listen to right here, along with his remake of Usher's Burn incase you missed it on DPGRecordz.com a few days ago:

Daz Dillinger, The Game & 50 Cent - Westside Story Remix

Daz Dillinger - Burn (Remix)

Lookout for more Daz soon!

Nima

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news 1101773141 - January 1, 1970 By : What it do people, This ya boy RODZILLA of SERVN U 151/ALLIANCE-MUSIC GROUP and now a new member of the dubcnn.com clickelation !!!! haha, much luv and respect to everyone on the team. Let's do the damm thang.

New CELLY CEL is finally ready to drop. Release Date = Feb. 15th, 2005. And this time it's for real. After years of fans asking where he is, he has finally returned. The new album entitled "It's real out here", will be on Real Side Records, with features such as: Juvenile, Kurupt, E-40, W.C, Federation, Jay Tee & more. Album includes a Poster + a DVD with all new footage. NEW CELLY. oh boyeeee.

The New BABY BASH is also getting wrapped up. After his successful Gold Certified "The Smoking Nephew", he will be back and better than ever.

According the homie C-4, The new album features: Nate Dogg, Avant, Akon, Butch Cassidy, Suga Free, Richie Rich, Pitbull, Tony Sunshine, E-40, Mac Dre (R.I.P), Franky J, A-Wax, Mr. Kee, Don Cisco, Jay Tee, Bosko, Paul Wall, Rasheed, Lucky Luciano, Grim & more. oh boyeeee!!!!

Production by Akon, Fredwreck, and Happy P etc.

"This album shits on all Bay albums that came out in the last 5 years, including all of mine. 4 or 5 radio hits, top notch production, mixed in million dollar studios in New York & Miami. Real shit. A haters worst nightmare." - Playa Jay Tee.

We will bring you the cover and single as soon as they are revealed.

ZILLA

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news 1101773243 - January 1, 1970 By : Blunts The Latin Lyrical Assassin or just plain Blunts LLA has apparently got a spot on the up and coming DJ Whoo Kid Mixtape. Blunts is an emcee out of South Central and has been putting in work, in the Hip Hop scene, for years. I'm pretty sure a lot of you have slept on him, but it's time to wake up. He's worked with Battlecat and Jellyroll and he was featured on The Ollin Project, the Pass The Mic DVD and was on the Pocos Pero Locos 2004 Tour and CD along with Diamonique, Monteloco and others. Here's the song that will be on Whoo Kid's tape, "Here Comes Blunt LLA". Here's some other tracks: His version of the Juvenlie, Wacko & Skip's "Nolia Clap" entitled, "Cali Clap". "Step Into The Sun" is his track from the Ollin Project. And finally here's "Hold You Down" and "West Coast Joker".

Shouts to BYI Entertainment for posting the info on our forum.

On a side note, don't forget to register for the Latin Rap Conference 05. Register now!!




SGV

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news 1101773254 - January 1, 1970 By : Dubcnn had the chance to talk with Oakland legend, Del. It went so well, we're actually doing a part two of the interview, hence why it seems as if it cuts off at the end. He talks about his up coming project 11th Hour, the possibilities of Hiero or Gorillaz' projects, his health problems and MUCH much more. Check out the Del interview now!!!


SGV

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news 1101785158 - January 1, 1970 By : Minus P has released his first independent album entitled “Welcome to the Heights”. The Dominican MC, NY fuses Hip-hop with a Latin and R&B flavor, the album contains back to back heaters and is available to listen to at the official website, www.minusp.com. The album features top notch production from Kat Klaw’s own Outthere, Shayan Nikaeein, Ydizee, Y.A., Bean One, MATRAXXZ and Minus P Himself!. Scoop yourself a copy at www.minusp.com (Pay-Pal/Credit Card or Money orders available).

Click to download "The Cadillac Song".

Minus is also featured on B-Real's (Cypress Hill) brand new mixtape "The Gunslinger".

TheTruth

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news 1101859128 - January 1, 1970 By : Oh shit! The King Of The South Scarface has apparently inked a deal with Death Row Records. The rumours been flying around for a few weeks, and it looks like the deal is perfect.

After Petey Pablo, it looks like Suge has recruited another dirty dirty artist to his roster.

Stay tuned, as further information on this will probably be disclosed in near future.

Nima

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news 1101869658 - January 1, 1970 By : Dubcnn.com caught up with Goldie Loc from Tha Eastsidaz himself for an exclusive video interview.

This interview is a real experience, as you get to see him working in the studio with the homies Pomona City Ridaz and Chag G, and Goldie just spitting some real shit, from the beef with Snoop, Tray Deee's situation, Kurupt, his beats, his solo album, the 3rd Eastsidaz album, the Duecez Trayz & Foes album with IV Life Records, and so much more.

This is a must check for every Hip Hop Head out there, we have both the video up for ya'll on a fast server, and the transcrip.

You can check it all out by clicking here or by hitting up the interview section.

Enjoy!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

PS: Leave feedback on the forum, or email it to me nima@dubcnn.com. Eastside Up Eastsidaz!!

Nima

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news 1101941495 - January 1, 1970 By : Ja Rule did it with Fat Joe & Jadakiss, The Game went ahead and did his version, Crooked I hooked up with Tha Relativez for theirs, and now we have a Bay Area Version!

A big chunk of the NEW BAY ARTISTS hooked up for this. Mr.Kee, Balance, Mugso, F.A.B., Young Cap & Dap Daniel all came together for this and put together a fuckin' SMASHING song!

I have it up right here for ya'll to download, as those who don't live in the bay (hence can't listen to KMEL), probably haven't heard it.

This is fire ya'll, check it out below:

Mr.Kee, Balance, Mugso, F.A.B., Young Cap & Dap Daniel - New York, New York (Bay Area Remix)

YAY AREA STAND UP!!

Nima

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news 1101945151 - January 1, 1970 By : Compton is BACK! That's Spitfiya's slogan right there. The CPT MC, who had his breakthrough on the Interscope Battle Competition "The Next Episode" took the time to chop it up with us about his career, him being an all around MC not just a battle rapper, his upcoming album, DVD and mixtape. And let's not forget the Compton Unified Movement cracking off right now!

We also have an exclusive freestyle video drop by Spitfiya here for ya'll do download and check out too, so make sure to check out the interview by clicking here.

To check the exclusive freestyle video drop, click here.

Enjoy, and lookout for many more exclusive interviews dropping baby!

Nima

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news 1101988304 - January 1, 1970 By : Man, man, man. I'ma prolly give ya'll a heart attack one of these days with all these news! But I got to do it! Our new staff member Justin had the chance to catch with the legendary, the one and only DJ Quik in L.A.

Now what new staff member gets a interview of this caliber after just a week?? Applaud Justin, ya'll, the man comin' through big time. DJ Quik was cool as hell, gave tons of info about some of the following:

- When his new albums coming out.
- His new mad science label & artists on his label.
- Who he wants to work with.
- His thoughts on DJ'ing with game.
- His thoughts on retirement after under the influence.
- His relationship with Suga Free.
- The Petey Pablo incident, and what would have happened if both of them were in the club at the same time.
- Nate Dogg punking Petey Pablo.
- The 50 Cent remarks by him about not being a gangsta.
- Him meeting 50 cent.
- His criticism of past albums.
- Expanding his horizons into different genre.
- Working with crooked i,
- His favorite albums and songs from his discography, the Game tour, the house of blues sunset show..

So now if this is not fucking unbelievable, I don't know what it is. Like Bad Azz said, "Dubcnn, we kill'em baby!"

Special thanks to the Quikster for being cool as fuck and answering the questions, it's appreciated! Lookout for the interview this week!

Nima

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news 1102007274 - January 1, 1970 By : Back again with another bang, this time I have the video to The Game's new video "How We Do" aka "Fresh '83", which features 50 Cent and was produced by Dr. Dre.

It's a typical G-Unit video, alotta flashiness, club scenes, nice cars, smoke, all that. Personally, I was hoping Game would keep it gutter with his first video, sort of like Young Buck did, but hey, it's still a tight video, cameos by Dr. Dre & DJ Quik.

Download it below:

The Game - How We Do (ft. 50 Cent) VIDEO. (11mb)

Enjoy!

Nima

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news 1102017633 - January 1, 1970 By : Every once and a while a mixtape comes out that has so many exclusive tracks that it should be considered an album, and this is one of them! DJ Warrior, one of the best from the West, links up with Clinton Sparks, one of the best from the East, to create this tight mixtape containing nothing but exclusive tracks and freestyles from some of hip hop’s top artists! Coast Control finds Stat Quo also playing host, and Da Riffs lacing the joint with more than 10 exclusive new beats (along with a bunch from Clinton of course), making this a definite collectors item! There are exclusives from 2pac, Jadakiss, Fat Joe, State Property, The Clipse, Fabolous, Busta Rhymes, Stat Quo, NORE, and too many more top artists!

Make sure to order this tape online NOW for only $6,95 by clicking HERE! For overseas fans who wanna get their hands on this, you can email DJ Warrior at gotmixtapes@hotmail.com and he will forward you the PayPal information to get this.

Also make sure to check out the interview we recently conducted with DJ Warrior by clicking HERE

Here is the tracklisting:

Clinton Sparks Side

1. Stat Quo Intro
2. Clinton Sparks Intro
3. State Property - State Prop Boys (Produced by Clinton Sparks)
4. Fabolous Freestyle
5. Jadakiss & Fat Joe - Be Easy (Produced by Clinton Sparks)
6. Clipse - Where You Been (Produced by Clinton Sparks)
7. Method Man - Now You Know (Produced by Clinton Sparks)
8. Fabolous - Whats Up Now (Produced By Scott Storch)
9. Notorious B.I.G & XL - I Like (Produced by Clinton Sparks)
10. Busta Rhymes Freestyle
11. N.O.R.E & Nature Freestyle
12. 2Pac - Thugs Get Lonely To (Produced By Eminem)
13. Crooked I Freestyle (Produced By Da Riffs)
14. Sly Boogie & Young Zee - Talk Shit (Produced By Da Riffs)
15. Stat Quo - Wanna Fight? (Produced By Da Riffs)
16. Method Man - Fuck Wit You (Produced By Da Riffs)
17. Rock & X-1 - We Don't Play Games (Produced By Da Riffs)

DJ Warrior Side

18. Stat Quo – Live & Direct
19. Cali Untouchable Djs Intro
20. Rifle Men (Mobb Deep/Kurupt/Jayo Felony/40 Glocc) - All Hoods
21. AB ft. 50 Cent - Infared
22. The Game & Faxtion - 4bent AKA Billboard R.I.P.
23. 2Pac - Hennesey
24. Stat Quo Exclusive Freestyle (Produced By Da Riffs)
25. Rah Digga Exclusive Freestyle (Produced By Da Riffs)
26. Ali Vegas - Cold Town (Produced By Da Riffs)
27. Method Man & Blaze - Keep it Movin
28. Balance & Scipio - L.A. to the Bay (Produced By Da Riffs)
29. Federation & Busta Rhymes -Twerk Somethin
30. Immortal Technique Exclusive Freestyle (Produced By Da Riffs)
31. Roscoe, Maylay, Tristate & King Tee - (Produced By Da Riffs)
32. King Tee – G’s - (Produced By Da Riffs)
33. Planet Asia Exclusive Freestyle (Produced By Da Riffs)
34. Scipio Exclusive Freestyle
35. DJ Warrior - Da Champ Is Here

Make sure to order this tape online NOW for only $6,95 by clicking HERE! For overseas fans who wanna get their hands on this, you can email DJ Warrior at gotmixtapes@hotmail.com and he will forward you the PayPal information to get this.

To stay updated on anything concerning DJ Warrior & the Cali Untouchables crew, head over to CaliUntouchables.com and sign up for the newsletter!

To the left, you see the cover of the Scipio/Game mixtape put out by Warrior and DJ Strong, called Cali Untouchables Radio Pt. 3. Well that boy Scipio, for those who are still sleeping, is one of the illest emcees out right now. I was priveleged enough to be with Scipio, Warrior, Strong, Da Riffs and others when they were filming a DVD. During that time, I was able to sit down and do a quick interview with Scipio. We talk about his outlook on his career, Ras Kass, the state of Los Angeles Hip Hop and much more. On top of that, I was also able to grab the producer team of the moment Da Riffs and get an interview with them, too. As you can see with Coast Control, they do most of the production on these mixtapes and, as you'll hear in the interview, they handle tons of production for Video Games. We speak about who they've worked with, plan on working with, their musical tastes and more. Peep those interviews out, as audio for the moment, and don't forget to cop DJ Warrior's mixtapes and support Scipio and Da Riffs also!

SGV

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news 1102018851 - January 1, 1970 By : Sinful El Pecador's Spanish language album Confesiones De Un Pecador is finally in stores. It's been a long wait. We haven't had a Hip Hop album from either of Tha Mexakinz since about 1998, well the wait is over. Time to step ya Spanish Rap game the fuck up. El Pecador was busting in Spanish before it was cool and he still, I don't know anyone out there that can touch him.

This is a nice mix of Latin and Hip Hop beats with nothing but heated lyrics all over. From front to back, this album bangs. Its got something for everyone, from lyrical heads to females. El Pecador has got you covered. I suggest copping this album, without a doubt. Also, look for the Official DubCNN review of this album in a week or so.

Here's the tracklisting:

1. La Voz De La Calle - (interludio)
2. El Imperdonable
3. Atraccion Fatal
4. Por El Peor Camino
5. Manos El Aire
6. Orgullo Pecaminoso
7. Bombom
8. 90813
9. Solo Existe Uno
10. Pieza Diez
11. Madre Incomparable
12. Mi Confesion
13. Tragos Amargos
14. Sin Idea Decir Adios - (sida)


Last month I got the chance to interview Sinful at his album release party. Thanks to Sin, Danny Boy and Sinful's manager, for allowing me that oppurtunity. We talked about his new album, his upcoming work with I-Man, his growing up in Long Beach, as well as other things. Peep out the Sinful interview, only as audio right now. I'll get the text up a.s.a.p.

SGV

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news 1102073913 - January 1, 1970 By : The one and only Mr. Kee is back with his new mixtape. 15 slappin, never before heard songs. Features Dutch, Dap Daniel, & Shady Shay. Pre-order now for $7.00 or pay $10.00 after street date by clicking here. CD's coming out in 14 days, so place your pre-order now!

Kee is one of the most talented artists comin' up out the Bay Area, and has dropped alot of hot material, including the group album "What We Do" with Dutch & Dap Daniel as the group F.E..

So be on the lookout for this mixtape, order it now here.

Nima

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news 1102125945 - January 1, 1970 By : Yes yes, as promised here's some snippets for your listening enjoyment from the upcoming album "Music 4 A Drunken Evening" by XL Middleton... dont forget, if youre feeling these, they're going to take pre-orders starting this Tuesday, December 7th, just hit up crowncityentertainment.com to get it.

1. Long As We Maintain (feat. S-Dee)
Produced by XL Middleton


2. If You Let Me (feat. Sharon Hall)
Produced by XL Middleton


3. Do It If It Feels Good (feat. Dr. Stank)
Produced by XL Middleton


4. Are You High?
Produced by XL Middleton


5. All Three
Produced by Sic Sense


Nima

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news 1102127224 - January 1, 1970 By : This season, hiphop merges with Hollywood in a major way as the third and final film to be released from the mega-popular “Blade” trilogy spotlights Kool Keith and his group Thee Undatakerz’ innovative CD and their single, “Party In The Morgue." The New Line Cinema Blade series’ grand finale, “Blade: Trinity,” starring Wesley Snipes, features cutting edge filmmaking, special effects and technologically advanced creative sound effects, making it a high-tech, cinemascopic auditory experience for hiphop fans.
Highlighting the innovative score, composed by Wu Tang leader RZA, is the film’s climactic fight scene, which is set to the song by Kool Keith and The Undatakerz’ “Party In The Morgue,” taken from the CD, “Kool Keith Presents Thee Undatakerz” which was produced by the critically acclaimed DJ Daniel Merlot.
Already having received rave reviews, “Party In The Morgue” along with its innovative music video, has been compared to the controversial, mega-hit “Smack My Bitch Up,” the Kool Keith and Prodigy collaboration that achieved multi-platinum status worldwide.
“Kool Keith Presents Thee Undatakerz” featuring the “Party In The Morgue” track was released by Activate Entertainment. The album features a hybrid disc, which plays the CD on all standard audio players. It also contains an enhanced format, so if played in a DVD player, the music video for the title track can be viewed.
What also contributes to making the album an item that is much sought after by hiphop fans is that the disc also contains an a cappella hidden bonus track of “Party In The Morgue,” so that fans can make their own mix and send them to the record label at http://www.2activate.com to enter a competition. The producer of the winning remix will receive a record deal and an appearance on a major upcoming movie soundtrack.
In other Kool Keith activity, Daniel Merlot of the group Crash Berlin, has recorded a self-titled album that will be released on February 1, which contains the European smash collaboration with Kool Keith, “Movin’ The Hype Track.”
Meanwhile, the soundtrack album of the “Blade: Trinity” film has also been released, on which artists joining Kool Keith and the Undatakerz include Raekwon, RZA, E-40, Fat Joe, Ghostface Killah, Lil Flip and the late, great, Old Dirty Bastard


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news 1102129368 - January 1, 1970 By : This is a definit MUST CHECK for every single one of you. Make sure to check out this interview. We the chance to talk to Young Dre, aka The Truth. In this interview, you get the chance to hear out a real rider, a real gangsta, something alot of artists out there are fronting to be. This is a straight to the point interview with no holds barred, and it's gonna hurt some feelings no doubt. From Eminem, to Game, 50 Cent, Dipset, everybody gets mentioned. He speaks on his new mixtape, album, and movies (he's appeared in Malibu's Most Wanted and My Baby's Daddy).

This cat is hot, and for those who don't know yet, I have his official street banger right here for ya'll to download exclusively, shoutout to Dre for letting us do our thang wit it. It's called "Hood National", banging ass song, make sure to download it below, and check out the interview.

To check out the interview, click here.

To check out "Hood National", click below:

Young Dre = Hood National (MP3)

Enjoy!!

PS: The DJ Quik interview should be up tomorrow, so keep your eyes open for that, check back right here tomorrow! But for now, get to reading/listening on this Young Dre shit, cause it's hot! As always, you can email me feedback to nima@dubcnn.com.

Nima

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news 1102206219 - January 1, 1970 By : I have been off for a while making connects, getting some exclusive Interviews with todays Latin Underground/Hip Hop artists

Just a taste ....

Interviews to be posted A.S.A.P

Kemo "The Blaxican" (Formerly of Deliquent Habits) speaks to me one on one in a first time interivew discussing his departure from the group, his new cd "Simple Plan" and his new hot clothing line "The Joint"

Global City -A very in depth interview of a latin hip hop group and the history behind coming up in a tough industry and about their first released album "Four Corners To The Block"

more on the way!!!!






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news 1102220802 - January 1, 1970 By : Due to server problems, the video version of the DJ Quik will be up in a few days. For now I have the transcript ready here for everyone to enjoy.

He spoke on so many different topics, from his new album, his new label, Petey Pablo, 50 Cent, Amir, being The Game's DJ, the Rap Game, his retirement plans, who he'd like to work with, and much much more.

Check out the interview by clicking here.

Enjoy!!

Nima

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news 1102290924 - January 1, 1970 By : Here is the tentative lineup to the upcoming soundtrack "Beats, Rhymes and Grooves", inspired by the urban comedy movie 'So Fresh, So Clean'. (Official tracklisting to be announced soon).

01. Cool Ass Day
02. Kyle's Theme
03. ABYSS - I Don't Know You
04. Honey Starr - Pretender
05. Balance - Skillz
06. Upstate - We Got Next
07. Hannibal Leq - Shake Your Bottle
08. Loot - How Hard
09. J Scott - Drum Call
10. Desto and Slowe - Playa Playa
11. Kuzzos - Bartenda
12. Dolla Will - The Greatest P.I
13. Peep Game
14. Whatchamacallitz - Hey Ho



The official soundtrack is due in stores early 2005, followed by the movie release, visit scribblebibble.com for further information.


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news 1102295179 - January 1, 1970 By : The Alchemist is performing in L.A. and San Francisco this week along with Planet Asia on the Direct Effect tour.

Check out the flyers for both shows below, Frisco is Dec. 8th and L.A. is on the 9th.

In San Francisco, female artist JenRo will be performing also. Thanks to Young Joe from Unknown Muzic for the info!

Flyer For L.A. | Flyer For San Francisco

So if you're free, hit it up, you won't be dissapointed!

Nima

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news 1102373950 - January 1, 1970 By : I had a post about Mr. Kee's new mixtape coming out. He released a preview track from the mixtape for free on the internet, it's a remake of Juvenile, Wacko and Skip's "Nolia Clap". Mr. Kee brings you "Cali Clap", a definite heater.

Mr. Kee is a huge talent, don't sleep on this dude! Check out the song below, and order the mixtape now by clicking here.

Mr. Kee - Cali Clap

Enjoy!

Nima

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news 1102381206 - January 1, 1970 By : Mark it on your calendars people! January 25th, 2005!!! The Geto Boys are back! Willie D, Scarface & Bushwich Bill's new album War & Peace is dropping on Rap-A-Lot Records and is already looking promising. As usual, it's being executive produced by J.Prince. I know I can't wait for it. DubCNN, like we always do, bring you the exclusives. Here's the first video for ya'll to peep out. It's called Yes Yes Ya'll. I dig the video. It shows the group back in the hood and still in the club. There's plenty of good lookin' women in it and cameos from Juvenile, Slim Thug & Bun B.

Also, here's what Willie D has to say:

"It’s definitely not a departure from the old Geto Boys shit. The only thing that is really different about the album is the beats are more up-tempo. But our energy level is still the same and our subject matter is still the same. We’re still championing the cause of the underserved. We’re still Geto Boys for life.”

As you can see it's official! I'm glad to see these dudes back. Real legends in the game, still putting out quality records.


SGV

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news 1102381302 - January 1, 1970 By : The G-Child Warren G let me know some news about his upcoming, still untitled, solo album. But from what he's saying, this record is going to be very musical, very instrumental, very bass heavy. "Let the game unfold, G-Funk Classic Part Two!", he says.

"I'm on my own again, it's back to the G-Funk era!"

He's said to be hooking back up with The Twinz on some music, and he's recently been in the studio with the 5 Footaz. After a dissapointing 213, Warren is trying to come back hard with his solo, and don't hold your breath for Nate to be on there. (Yes, Warren and Nate are COOL, to quiet all the "beef" rumours I can see cookin' up from that comment!)

The record is still in the beginning stages though, so ain't no tellin' what will happen and who will be on there. The G-Child is just working in the studio right now, trying to put it down, so we can get some new G-Funk Flava next summer!

Stay tuned right here for the newest concerning Warren G as always, big shoutout to him!

Nima

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news 1102445785 - January 1, 1970 By : The homies over at WCRydaz.com had posted a few weeks ago that Techniec & Crooked I were hooking up as a group to record songs, with Bad Azz as a possible third addition.

Well I have an update on that situation right here for ya'll, it's pretty much official, Bad Azz, Crooked I, Lil C-Style & Techniec have hooked up all together to get some music done! The project was put together by Big C-Style & Frank Nitty. They aren't recording yet, but it's going to go down in near future.

This is a real dream team, I'm especially happy to see Bad Azz and Crooked I back fucking with each other after a long, long break, due to Crooked I being on Death Row.

Anyway, I will keep ya'll updated on this situation. This is not a GROUP, for now, it's going to be some songs recorded together, but who knows what will come out of this! Lookout for interviews with Big C-Style, Lil C-Style, Techniec, Bad Azz, and Crooked I coming here soon regarding that situation.

Also, we are in the process of launching the official Bad Azz Message Boards real soon, maybe still tonight! Stay tuned, because we will be premiering some brand new songs at the same time! It's about to be biiiiiiiiiig homie! Stay tuned!

Nima

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news 1102448616 - January 1, 1970 By : Long Beach Rhyme Master Crooked I is back with a mixtape track called "Coast Control". This is a certified banger, and as Crooked I says in the song: "The West Coast better link up, that's the truest shit I ever spoke, all that faking is old, too busy worried about taking control on the coast".

Make sure to check out the song below:

Crooked I - Coast Control

Enjoy!

Nima

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news 1102467389 - January 1, 1970 By : Dubcnn.com hooked up with producer Jelly Roll to chop it up about his youth, how he got into the game, hooked up with Snoop & the Pound, his upcoming Compilation "J-Day" featuring about every hot artist out, and he spoke on Dre & Snoop, Game, the new west coast artists, and so much more.

Make sure to check out this interview in the interview section, or by clicking here.

Enjoy!!!

Nima

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news 1102467841 - January 1, 1970 By : Sound Proof Promotions & Dubcnn.com got the pleasure to bring you the official BAD AZZ MESSAGE BOARDS.! Bad Azz will be posting himself very very soon, maybe still today, and we have some exclusive brand new audio for all the forum members to download too. A brand new song by Bad Azz & The Low Lifes called "A Million Different Things" so make sure to head over!

This is the spot to discuss anything concerning Bad Azz, The Low Lifes, his label Double Dolla Sign Records, or the Dogg Pound Clique in general.

Bookmark the page right now! We will also be re-launching the official Bad Azz website www.BADAZZ.net shortly, so stay tuned for that!

Until then, check out his forums, by clicking HERE.

Enjoy!!

Nima

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news 1102472977 - January 1, 1970 By : I swear San Diego is getting hotter by the minute. This time around we have J Cin stepping into the ring with "J-LAW PRESENTES JCIN 'AREA 51' (THE BEST KEPT SECRET)" hosted by Smigg Dirtee & B-12. This mixtape/album is due to drop on Jan. 18th '05 or Feb. 15th. '05 depending on all the red tape issues.


Features include: Smigg Dirtee, CG, The A-Team, B12, C.Cee, Show(real life),Eminem, I-Rocc, Luni Coleone, Jay Tee (N2Deep), Sidewayz Inc, D12, A-Wax,Dutch, The Team, Ap9 (mob figaz), Taydatay (11/5), Young Bop (flowheecanz),Coolio Da UndaDogg, Young Dru & More...

It's a double disc feature too with disc 1 being the album and disc 2 being Chopped & Screwed by DJ Loon.
With 5 Exclusive songs from JCin,Smigg Dirtee, CG, The A-Team.

Label: ABA Muzik/Cyn-Ful Ent/LDS Media/Real Life/The Label Group
Contact Info: ThaKiddCIN@hotmail.com

Other JCin projects coming soon...
JCin & C.Cee album
JCin & 3rd Degree mixtape
JCin presents C.Cee "Pretty in Pink" (r&b)
JCin presents Almost Famous (new faces of the bay)
JCin "Time is Monee" mixtape
JCin "Real Spit" mixtape
JCin & JLaw "Bridgin the Gap"
Smigg Dirtee presents JCin -solo album-
JLaw presents JJdaBABAY "Tha Garbage Pail Kidd" mixtape
Real Life presents JCin & Show "In The Field"


Also Coming Soon...
CG "Long Story Short"
Silas aka Smigg Dirtee "God Made Dirt"
Badd Kompanee "Sex, Drugs & Rap Music"
John Dough "Dough Montana" vol2
DJ Koncept "V.A 2 The Bay"
Mac Dre presents "Starterz in the Game" comp.
Smigg Dirtee, JCin, JBoog are Tha Dirtee Boyz
Smigg Dirtee "The Blue Mixtape" and "Hardkore" mixtape
C-Bo's Bluez Brotherz "C-Section"
Yukmouth presents I-Rocc "Center of Attention" (3cd & dvd)
Yakadu "Guess Who's Yak?"
JBoog & Lego "Back to tha Future"
Sidewayz Inc. "Teach You How To Side" mixtape
Dutch the Great "The Big Show" mixtape
Show "Showbusiness" (ep)
JBoog "The Future is Here" mixtape
A-Team solo's
AND MORE...



DON'T SLEEP!!



Also don't forget Smigg Dirtee's "God Made Dirt" drops on 3.8.2005 CG "Long Story Short" drops in Feb 2005
Badd kompanee & Boog & Lego drop Mid 2005
Bluez Brotherz Feb 22, 2005
Luni Coleone & I-Rocc "How The West Was Won" vol2 (March 2005)



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news 1102545888 - January 1, 1970 By : Sacramento rapper Mr. Doctor recently shot his video for his single off his new album Documentary, down here in L.A. I had a chance to chill with Green Eyes and his crew after their first night of shooting. So, shouts to them! The video features a cameo from Money Mike, from Friday After Next.

The good people at the Siccness.net posted the video up, you can check that here.

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news 1102546274 - January 1, 1970 By : Be on the lookout for the new mixtape from Lloyd AKA Kontajuz (prononced contagiouss) which will be available on Westcoastaftershock.com and Worldwideconnected.com soon titled "Rise & Shyne vol. 1".

It's hosted by 40 Glocc of The Riflemen and features unheard tracks from artists such as Yukmouth, Dru Down, Monsta Ganjah, Duracel, Yung Skrilla, Kurupt, Crooked I, 40 Glocc, IV Life Family, Dresta The Gangsta, Bad Azz, YoungLucky, Envy, Blackwallstreet and many, many more.

Lloyd speaks on the mixtape "Where can i start? This tape is just the people that's hot right now and need to shine and still on the rise u feel me? Rise & Shyne! I'm a 100% sure y'all gone dig this one"... It's the truth, check it out".

Keep it locked on Dubcnn for more info regarding this project.

Yash

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news 1102553873 - January 1, 1970 By : I just wanted to pay respect to a local lady who wasn't afraid to play West Coast music and unsigned artists that were hungry to be heard. You'll be missed Break-A-Dawn =(




MAITLAND, Fla. -- Orlando radio listeners are mourning the loss of a local morning show personality.

Complications from pregnancy killed Dawn Blackstone Fleming Wednesday morning, who used the on-air name "Break-A-Dawn," WESH NewsChannel 2 reported.

She was a newlywed and a new mom.

Break-A-Dawn was part of the "Wake-Up Posse" on the morning drive at 102 JAMZ. She handled community and entertainment news for the hip-hop station and used her talents to help dozens of charities in Central Florida.

Earnest James, the senior vice president at 102 JAMZ, said everyone at the station feels they've just lost a family member. Fleming was more than an on-air talent: She was the station's leader in community outreach and a sparkplug personality with a warm heart who will be sadly missed.

She was newly married and set to deliver her first child when doctors told her she was having trouble with dangerously high blood pressure. She went off the air and into the hospital last month. She delivered her new daughter just before Thanksgiving, but then lapsed into a coma.

"The birth of her child is what she gave her life for. So, it's important that I do my part to recognize Dawn as the heroine that she was," James said.

Just 31 years old, Fleming lost her battle Wednesday morning. Her co-workers are being offered grief counseling, and sympathy cards are likely to pour into the station, joining the dozens of thank-you notes and awards from the charitable organizations that benefited from Break-A-Dawn's weekly broadcasts that focused on people most in need.

Karen Yeager, who runs Place of Comfort in Longwood, said she'll remember Fleming not just for her radio broadcasts that helped her agency collect food and toys, but for her personal commitment to help struggling kids and families.

"She truly had the heart of a volunteer. How else to be remembered? She really has a legacy," she said.

On her station Web site's bio page, Break-A-Dawn wrote: "We are not promised tomorrow."

Her co-workers now understand that painful truth.

"Her way would have been to live fully for today," James said.

102 JAMZ has been flooded with calls about Fleming. Funeral arrangements are being made as her family struggles to cope. Station management said at least one of the services being planned will be open to the public.

One ray of light in all of this: Her new daughter, born premature, appears to be healthy and doing well.

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news 1102555601 - January 1, 1970 By : George Skoutakis recently caught up with K-mont of Thugline Records. In this explosive interview, K-Mont lets the fans know his opinion on Ball'r Records and lets the fans in on what the status of Krayzie Bone's new album is.
K-Mont also touches on the status of Bone Thugs N Harmony and where they may end up. He also talks about incarcerrated member Flesh N Bone's status as well as a number of other topics. K-mont pulls no punches in this one. Definetely worth a listen.

Check it out below:

K-Mont Interview

Enjoy!


Nima

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news 1102559304 - January 1, 1970 By : BQ and MikeSheist, Puerto Rican but both Originally from Orange County Ca. Sheist lives in OC still, but Q lives in Nor Cal so we brining that so cal and nor cal flavor. Tha style, blends tranditional west coast production sounds with underground style lyrics. Not only do they focus on clever rhymes and slammin production but also on catchy hooks. BQ's trying to be that latino lyracist, that tha West has been waiting for. They have worked with Crown City Entertainment artists XL Middleton, Rev & [sic] sense, and are preparing to work with other lyracists like Balance, Mistah FAB, Nutt-So and Savage-C for their next album. You can purchase the debut album "Cubism" for $5 at http://www.crowncityentertainment.com/ and visit their official website http://www.8thstarrentertainment.com/ to read up on upcoming projects and other artists including Bay Area Battle MC Language Art and QP.

download: Keep Ya Fingazz Cross'd f/XL & Rev and Major Hustle



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news 1102561981 - January 1, 1970 By : The homie Crash just dropped a heated mixtape. It's available for FREE.
Below is the tracklist:

1 INTRO
2 MR. SPADE - DON'T KNOW ME
3.50CENT - DISCO INFERNO
4.SPEEDY feat BIG WY - UNDER PRESSURE
5. GAME feat 50CENT - FRESH '83
6. PRESIDENTIAL - CHANGE MY WAYS
7. ASHANTI - ONLY U
8. D/A RIDAZ - YALL AIN'T
9. JADAKISS - U MAKE ME WANNA
10. DOMINO - WIN OR LOSE
11. SPEEDY feat JESSICA JAMES - GETTO MILLONAIRES
12. BLK DIAMOND - FAMOUS
13. BISHOP LAMONT - TRUTH SYRUM
14. MYKSTRO - FREESTYLE
15. D/A RIDAZ - THINK IT'S A GAME
16. JOKER - I'M THRU
17. MR. SPADE feat C-BO - WHERE THEY AT
18. KNEHI feat JAZZMINA - TRYING
19. XZIBIT - MEAN MUGGIN'
20. LIL WAYNE - THE CARTER
21. CRASH - FREESTYLE OUTRO

CLICK HERE to Download the mixtape!

Yash

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news 1102563147 - January 1, 1970 By : Another day, another interview! This time, SGV caught up with Hieroglyphics member Casual to chop it up about his new record, the beef with Saafir, Hiero in general, the New Bay, Game & Yuk, touring, Too Short and Richie Rich collab'in for the first time on a track, and much more.

Make sure to check out the interview by clicking here.

Enjoy!

Nima

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news 1102564278 - January 1, 1970 By : Super Producer Bosko is at it again!!!! With his latest remix of Xzibit's single "Hey Now (Mean Muggin')", Bosko once again proved why he's one of the greats! This shit is knockin', to me more knockin' than Timbo's version. Bosko also does the hook!

Make sure to check it out below, it's a .rar file, you will need WinRAR to open the files. If you don't have WinRAR yet, get it now at rarsoft.com.

Xzibit - Hey Now (Mean Muggin') (Bosko Remix)

Enjoy!

Nima

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news 1102636305 - January 1, 1970 By : This just in! Snoop Dogg, Soopafly, Daz Dillinger & Guerilla Black hooked up to record a banging ass track called "I Don't Give A Fuck" produced by Soopafly.

The song is from the release "Black By Popular Demand (The Official Mixtape)" which looks to be Guerilla Black's new mixtape.

The song is knockin', get it below, it's again in a ZIP file, if you don't have winZIP or winRAR, get it at rarsoft.com.

Guerilla Black, Snoop Dogg, Soopafly, Daz Dillinger & ??? - I Don't Give A Fuck

Shoutouts to the big homie Engelwood for the hookup!

Enjoy!

Nima

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news 1102822199 - January 1, 1970 By : For everyone who been checking Dubcnn lately know we did an indepth 20 minute interview with one of the Legends and one of the best producers ever in hiphop Mr. DJ Quik!

We now have the Video available for download thanks to Sound Proof Promotions. This is one of the funniest and tightest interviews you gone ever see. Quik sips on some hennessy and lets y'all know the real about his new label, Petey Pablo, 50 Cent, Amir, being The Game's DJ, the Rap Game, his retirement plans, who he'd like to work with, and much much more.

CLICK HERE To Download the Video Interview!

CLICK HERE For A Crazy Shoutout By DJ Quik!

Yash

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news 1102884520 - January 1, 1970 By : The Vault now have 1647 Album Credits in the database, check it out at "The Vault Index".

New albums like Cam'ron's "Purple Haze", Ludacris's "Red Light District", Nas "Street Disciple", MC Eiht's "Veterans Day" , The Diplomats "Diplomatic Immunity 2", T.I.'s "Urban Legend", Xzibit's "Weapons of Mass Destruction", has been put up.
Upcoming albums from Beanie Siegel and Ol' Dirty Bastard has been added as well.

To check all the newest albums added, go to "What's New".
If Dubcnn should be slow or down, the index will always be available at "Dubcc The Vault index".


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news 1102892556 - January 1, 1970 By : Got some new heat for ya'll straight outta Compton. Taken from G.W.E.'s upcoming Love Us Or Hate Us album, Wing, from the G-West Entertainment Camp, spits some heat on the song "Uh Oh".

I have it for ya'll below:

Wing - Uh Oh

For more info on G-West Ent, hit up their website here

Enjoy!

Nima

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news 1102893634 - January 1, 1970 By : I have some new audio from the homie Moss Maja. You may have spotted them over at the WCRydaz Forum where Moss' cousin Lil Hogg posted them up. I got them here for those who missed them:

First one is called "Trucc Snatchin'", certified banger!

Moss Maja - Trucc Snatchin'

This one is produced by Lil Half Dead and features Kokane on the hook:

Moss Maja - For Rydaz Only (ft. Kokane)

And last but not least, the hottest of the 3, "Gangsta Stroll". Those of you who purchased our West Coat Unified Vol.1 Compilation will have already heard this. For those who haven't, make sure to check it out, produced by Meech Wells:

Moss Maja - Gangsta Stroll

Enjoy!

Nima

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news 1102894611 - January 1, 1970 By : These are three songs that have been floating on the net for about a week, however we were specifically requested to re-up them on the site for everybody to grab. So if you do not have these yet, MAKE SURE YOU GET THEM NOW, cause they're all sick as hell.

First one is by Oakland beat & rhyme slanger E-A Ski. This is his brand new single "My Bad", it's a certified banger, do not sleep on it!

E-A Ski - My Bad

Next up is a heatrock by Lifestyle, the long beach group consisting of Snoop Dogg's little brother Bada Bing and HIT. This cut is called "Live Or Die", check it out:

Lifestyle - Live Or Die

And last, but not least, a Bishop Lamont song produced by the one and only J.Wells. Be on the lookout for Bishop Lamont, cause he's hot! This song proves it, make sure to check out "Unstoppable" below:

Bishop Lamont - Unstoppable

Enjoy!

Nima

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news 1102897894 - January 1, 1970 By : Eric Sermon, The Game, Yukmouth, Fatal and Stat Quo all on one bangin track??? Yeah, it's from the new DJ Wats mixtape called "Got Wats Part 3".

Click Here to download the song.

No word on wether Yuk & Game recorded this together, or if it's new verses... if anybody knows, email us at contact@dubcnn.com.


Yash

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news 1102928260 - January 1, 1970 By : The homies over at Ground Up got some new heat they wanted me to let ya'll check out.

Ground Up Records is the newest and hottest label on the West Coast. It's home of Logic, Manson, E-Nuff, Scan, Swiss Cash and Juan Jones.

Ground Up was founded in October of 2003. It's the perfect name for the label considering that the CEO Donald Johnson ran his company operations from his Navy paycheck. He runs Ground Up Records like his mentors Damon Dash (Roc-a-Fella Records), Russell Simmons (DEF JAM), and Lyor Cohen (Warner Brothers). He studies his mentors blueprints for success and applies them to his record label. On top of running an up and coming record label he serves in the United States Navy, he is stationed in Ventura CA and has been in the Navy for 5 years.

Jason Strother is the Company General Manager and Don will always say “Jason is a genius and is smarter then I am on a lot of industry topics.” The first artist signed to Ground Up was Logic. The West is really thriving for an artist with Logic's style, charisma and lyrical prowess. Some of the West Coast hottest artists have reached out to record with him; artists like Knoc-Turnal, Spitfiya, Planet Asia, Tha Relatives, Techneic (Dynamis Certified) and many others have took notice to what’s going to be the biggest label and artist on the West Coast. Major labels have already showed interest in Ground Up and Logic such as Ballr Records, Def Jam (East) and Interscope Records. His album will be hitting the streets soon and is yet to be titled but is sure going to give the West an extra platinum plaque. Logic was signed with the now shutdown Rawkus Records when he was 18 years old and since has been ripping MC’s and amazing every A&R at every Major Label and now, teamed with Donald Johnson, he is set for stardom and is going to be a major part in the resurrection of the Left Coast. Ground Up will be Logic's home forever just like every other artist on Ground Up as every artist is real serious and committed to the Ground Up emblem. Logic states “If it wasn’t for Don getting me back rapping none of this that is happening and is going to happen in the future would be possible.”

The next MC’s that signed to Ground Up was Manson and Juan Jones. Jones is currently serving a bid in the California correctional facility in Taft California but will be out next year. Manson is a versatile rapper that started rapping when he was eleven years of age; him, Logic and Spitfiya (Next Up Interscope) formed a group named “Dot Com." Manson's voice tells a story like no other rapper that graced the mic before. His songs tells a story that will give you chills and before you get to cold he will have you dancing with his tongue spitting lyrics. Manson, just like all of the Ground Up artists, will go down in history in hip-hop. His album “The Gemini” is going to be slated for later on this year and is going to be one of the best albums ever on the West Coast.

The next artist on the roster was a CEO pick, and that is Scan. Scan caught the attention of Don while freestyling at the Spitfiya video shoot. It took six months for Don and Spitfiya to put a tap on the streets of Compton, Watts, Gardena, Inglewood and neighboring cities to find the mystery MC. Once found, Scan has not disappointed his label mates or even more importantly his hard to please label exec. He spits hard and his lyrics are off the charts. Scan brings to Ground Up raw lyrics layered on top of cleverness. He has worked with many top producers and his album is slated for later in the year.

E-Nuff is the official left hand of Ground Up. His voice, lyrics and delivery will make him one of the greatest MC’s ever to come out on the Left Coast. He's been rapping since he was nine years of age and has been improving on every bar. E-Nuff was brought to Don by Manson and Logic and has been amazing the CEO ever since his first bar. His album is under development and will be coming out next year.

Last by not least is Swizz Cash; he is the newest member of the Ground Up classic roster of MC’s. He was just recently released for jail and is excited to work with the label. He rapped side by side with the rest of the Dot Com family that consist of Logic, Manson and Spitfiya (Interscope). He'll bring the streets and the nightlife of the West Coast on wax and will keep you on your toes with his delivery and versatility.

The Ground Up roster is full of talent that is going to explode on the West Coast. Each of the artists are lyricist and the average age is only twenty one so Ground Up will be around for a long time to come.--Tha Schizo WWW.WESTSIDERAP.COM

I have four cuts for ya'll to check out below, so make sure you peep them, these cats got some serious heat!!

Logic - What It Do (ft. Spitfiya)

Scan - Let 'Em Go (ft. Logic & Spitfiya)

Logic - Sup Crip, Sup Blood

Manson - Wake Up

Enjoy the songs, and look for much more coming from Ground Up in near future!

Nima

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news 1102935781 - January 1, 1970 By : I got some brand new audio from Afroman for ya'll. The "Because I Got High" star is getting ready to release two projects. He got his brand new solo album "4ro:20" (smokers know what he's talking about!) and a compilation titled "Hungry Hustlerz". Now wether you like 'Fro's rapping or not is one thing. But a fact you can't deny is the really dope production on the records.

I have three preview tracks here for ya'll, one from his solo, and two from the compilation. I also have both covers, to enlarge his solo album cover, click on the thumbnail to your left, to enlarge the cover of the comp, click on the right.

Check out the tracklistings below, and click on the highlighted tracks to listen to the songs. If you like what you hear, click here to order the CD now!

Big shoutout to the homie Jay "Sergeant Slaughter" Walton for all his help.

"Fro:20"
1. Trip
2. Beer Bottle Up
3. Ghetto Life
4. On Tha Mic
5. Check Out My Website
6. Tha More U Drink
7. Take A Hit
8. Come On
9. Life Of Tha Party
10. Smoke A Blunt

"The Hungry Hustlerz"
1. Check This Out (2 Zigg Zaggs / Mr. Mixxx)
2. Dirty South Legend (Mr. Mixxx)
3. Going Out Tonite (Blaq, Afroman, & Strainj)
4. Where I'm From (Blaq, Afroman, Strainj, & Po-Boy)
5. Eye Of The Storm (Blaq, Afroman, Strainj, & Po-Boy)
6. I'm Ballin (Afroman, LowKey)
7. Shake Your Ass (Afroman / Mr Mixxx)
8. Money Make The World Go Round (Afroman / Blaq)
9. Palmdale Is Tha City (Afroman / Fatsoe)
10. Talkin' To My Homies (Afroman / Strainj)
11. Still Smokin (Afroman / Po-Boy)
12. The First Time (Strainj)
13. Hungry Hustla Hollas (Afroman)


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news 1102984216 - January 1, 1970 By :

Here it is, DJ Pluskratch Presents The Guerilla Movement IV Mixtape. The mixtape features exclusive joints from Mobius Suntzu, Ashes, Souljah, P-Lim, X-Caliber, Edge-1, and Kanabliss drops a hot verse over Ciara's "1, 2 Step". Don't miss this one!


Go Here To Download The Mixtape





Adon

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news 1102994808 - January 1, 1970 By :

For all those living in or around Vernon BC, make sure you check out the legendary Too $hort live in concert on Friday, January 21st at the Vernon Multiplex. This is a show not to be missed.



Click Here To See The Handbill

Click Here To Buy Tickets

No other Canadian dates have been announced, but keep it locked to Dubcnn to find out if they do.



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news 1103035325 - January 1, 1970 By : The Monsta on the mic, Playa Rae has got his Forums on his Dugout Ent. Website up. So Join The Forum now! Scoop up the Filthy Mixtape, your choice of regular speed or slowed down(For all you lean sippers out there!).

SGV

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news 1103053615 - January 1, 1970 By : Two new videos out now!

First, Krayzie Bone's video to his single "Getchu Twisted" produced by Lil Jon is up now, it's hot, make sure to check it out by clicking here.

And Snoop Dogg has readied the follow up single to "Drop It Like It's Hot", the Neptunes produced and featuring "Let's Get Blown", a very R&Bish song. Check out the video now by clicking here.

Enjoy!

Nima

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news 1103059732 - January 1, 1970 By : Nima hit you off with Krayzie Bone's video, well to keep it in the Bone Thug vein here's Bizzy Bone's video for I Understand off his album Alpha & Omega.

Also, in case you never checked it out, here's the interview we did with Bizzy back in May of this year.

Check it out.

Enjoy the video!

SGV

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news 1103066913 - January 1, 1970 By : Looks like both of Kurupt's unreleased verses from the 2Pac track "Still Ballin'" are out now. Kurupt was replaced by Trick Daddy on the posthumous Pac release Better Dayz.

A remix was released on a DJ Vlad mixtape which seemed to have one of Kurupt's OG versions. Now, a new DJ Fatal remix is out, and it has another additional verse and a different beat than the Vlad or Better Dayz one. It's not using the same accapella as on Better Dayz neither, as it has 'Pac shouting on Kurupt at the beginning of the song.

So check it out for yourself, and if anybody has more info, holla at me here.

2Pac & Kurupt - Still Ballin' (DJ Fatal Remix)

Nima

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news 1103077689 - January 1, 1970 By : The homie Daddy Rich from the Bay Area group Savage Life hooked up his brand new mixtape "West Life: Till The Wheels Fall Off" right here for all of ya'll to download.

The CD features 25 slappin' tracks. Rich raps over old school West Coast classics, aswell as some new school tracks. All in all a hot mixtape, with the memorable Mac Dre tribute at the end to close it off.

Download the mixtape in a ZIP file by clicking below:

Daddy Rich - West Life: Till The Wheels Fall Of Mixtape

Enjoy!

Nima

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news 1103079115 - January 1, 1970 By : Kokane Is Back!!! The funkiest man on the coast is back cracking with a new underground record coming out called "Take It Back To The Clap". For those wondering, this is not the "Ghetto Gospel" album he talked about in our interview, but it's new material. The Gospel record is locked in the vaults and should be coming out after this one. I personally had the chance to listen to the Gospel record, and I have to say it's amazing. I wish I could post some clips for ya'll, cause it's really hot.

However, let's get back to this album. It's coming out on Burnt Out Music/Street Life Records, and is entirely produced by Fingazz. For those who don't know about Fingazz, just know that he's probably the best white producer on the West Coast. The man got beats for days, and he got it cracking on the talk box too!

For those who have never heard him, check out the song below, from Down's album, featuring Kam & Suga Free. This is just an example of the type of production Fingazz brings to the table.

Down ft. Kam & Suga Free - Caliways (prod. by Fingazz)

We should be having audio from the "Take It Back To The Clap" up soon, along with interviews with Koka & Fingazz. The record is scheduled for a March release, hopefully it sticks! It's straight West Coast, baby! Lookout for much more from Kokane, as I linked him up with the Cali Untouchable crew... oh boy!

Nima

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news 1103152434 - January 1, 1970 By : Oh my god. Now this is a real real real big one right here. The big homie Yash hooked up with the legendary soul artist James "D-Train" Williams of the group D Train for an exclusive video interview while D-Train was on tour in Sweden. He talked about his new album, his new single coming out, his new radio station he got, the most funny moment of his career and more.

This is a legendary artist, he influenced so many of todays artists, and if you go back and listen to his songs, you will recognize alot of sample that have been used, and just great songs in general.

So here it is for you, get the James "D-Train" Williams video interview below. Excuse the darkness of the video, as it was filmed inside the club. It gets better towards the end though.

James "D-Train" Williams Video Interview

James "D-Train" Williams Dubcnn Shoutout

Enjoy!

Nima

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news 1103239132 - January 1, 1970 By : Thanks to the homie KOS for allowing us to put up this song for ya'll. It's the new single by KOS & Dobad called "Ready" off of their upcoming duo album "To Live & Die In The Bay". Check out the cover on your left, click on it to enlarge it.

This song is produced by Tone Da Butcha, and the album is dropping January 05. Check out the song below:

KOS & Dobad - Ready

For more information on KOS, check out freekos.com.

Enjoy!

Nima

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news 1103489740 - January 1, 1970 By : Soon to be posted,
My Interview's with:

Global City On their album "Four Corners to the Block" About a diverse group growing up in L.A'S Underground Hip Hop culture and what they bring to the game.


Kemo "The Blaxican" Speaks to me exclusively on his new C.D. "Simple Plan" going solo, his recent break up with Delinquent Habits, and his new clothing line Joint Clothing

I recently did a Review on KrazyRace's album New World Games, now I got the opportunity to Interview him on his unique style.

You can also vote for the above mentioned or who you want on DIVINEFORCERS.ORG >>>heard every friday night from 10pm to 1am pacific standard time on 90.7 fm in Los Angeles, 98.7 fm Aanta Barbara, ca and world wide on divinforces.org.

Divine Forces radio is asking you the listener for your top 5 conscious hip-hop joints of the gregorian year! >>vote for your Top 5 revolutionary-conscious hip-hop songs of the year >>vote for your top 5 overall hip-hop songs of the year (obstain from human degrading songs) >>most slept on rapper of the year? >>most overrated rapper of the year? top 5 songs with the most votes in both categories will be played on divine forces radio on friday night December 31st beginning at 10pm dead line for submissions is nimrod day December 25th!

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news 1103573938 - January 1, 1970 By : Bad Azz has been working hard in the studio the last weeks with his crew The Low Lifes (Coco Loc, Lil Tip Toe, Lil J, Shorty K, Scoob Loc, Sho Shot, along with Goldie Loc's protege Leebo, hook-master Bokie Loc, Colton representative 40 Glocc and newcomer Se7en.

The new shit is gonna be heated as hell, trust me on that. It's some fresh new cats from the West Coast putting it down around Mr. Bad. It's bound to be banging. To talk directly to Bad Azz, hit up his official forums here. He's been locked in the lab for over a week so he hasn't had a chance to stop by again but look for him and the whole crew to start posting shortly.

Let's get this shit cracking!

Nima

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news 1103631906 - January 1, 1970 By : The homies DJ Warrior and DJ Hideo from the infamous Cali Untouchable DJ crew have gotten together to officially release the Crooked I mixtape "Young Boss" which was released on the internet a few months ago.

The mixtape was mixed, an intro was added, along with new covers. You can order it now by heading over to their store.

See the back cover here and click on the thumbnail to view the front in full size.

DJ Warrior was also plugged on MTV.com this week, on Mixtape Monday: The Second Half Report. Check it out here. Here is the article:

"arrior: There's not too many holding it down for Cali like DJ Warrior is. Not only does he shed light on the West Coast staples like Snoop, Kurupt, Game and Daz Dillinger, but he's also letting some of the lesser known acts get some shine."

Lookout for much more coming from DJ Warrior & The Cali Untouchable Crew.

Nima

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news 1103639989 - January 1, 1970 By : I got a new crew I wanna introduce to ya'll. They're called Tha Hitt Creatorz and consist of The Generalz, Convinced, Shawty Mack, Iris, 5th Letta, Broadkast and more. Production is handled by DNL.

I have 5 audio previews for ya'll along with a clip of the video to Shawty Mack's "Rock Wit Us" which was shot in Compton.

Check out everything below, and click on the thumbnail to your left to enlarge the picture. Look for more coming from this camp in future.

Hitt Creatorz - Get Up!

Hitt Creatorz - Love L.A.

Hitt Creatorz - Rock Wit Us

Hitt Creatorz - Welcome 2 California Intro

Hitt Creatorz - Generalz

And here goes the video to "Rock Wit Us":

Hitt Creatorz - Rock Wit Us Video

Enjoy!

Nima

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news 1103641325 - January 1, 1970 By : Crazy Noise Productions is proud to present the new mix-tape by Detroit's own, Wesley Valentine called, "Money & Muscle" (The Official Mix-Tape). This project features exclusive tracks and freestyle over the hottest industry tracks. Wes teams up with the 8 mile movie bad guy, Strike a.k.a. Lycety Split on the cut, "Strong Arm Confrontation," and rappers--- Obie Trice, Mr. Wrong an Bandit unites for the DJ Butter produced joint, "1701" dedicated to the birthdate of Detroit, MI. Other guest stars includes, Royce Da 5'9, Gunz, Naam and Lou Diamondz from the Stand Entertainment label. Wesley Valentine debut album, Action Speaks Louder Than Words (Crazy Noise Prodcutions)

Check out a preview song below, by clicking on the highlighted song.

1. Listen Up!(Intro)
2. MVP
3. Strong Arm Confrontation Featuring Strike (Mountain Climbaz), Gunz
4. Breathless
5. Hot! (Off Ya Dome)
6. Dirt Off Ya Shoulders..(Freestyle) Featuring Royce Da 5'9
7. Menace To Detroit
8. Moms Cry
9. What Happen To The Hoes?
10. All The Time (Freak)
11. Ballin' At The Pistons Game
12. Heaters Clap Featuring Lou Diamondz, Naam (Stand Up Ent:)
13. Let Me In (Freestyle)
14. Lookin While I'm Servin'
15. It's Motown (Exclusive DJ King David) produced by: Vellis D' Grate for YBP
16. Slim Goodies (Roll Wit Me)
17. 1701 Featuring Mr. Wrong, Bandit, Obie Trice
18. Hood To Hood (Outro)
Bonus: Stole My Heart (Clean Version)

If you like what you hear, order the mixtape now over at rensoul.com.

Nima

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news 1103901413 - January 1, 1970 By : Wednesday December 22, 2004 at the Knitting Factory in Hollywood found DubCNN in the midst of one of the illest shows this year. The line up included headliners and people you brought us this amazing show, the F.I.L.T.H.E.E. Immigrants, as well as Underground legends Mykill Myers, 2Mex & Busdriver. Along with plenty of Up and Coming artists like Global City, Borettta, Second State, Fats and others.

How much was it to get in you ask? 5 dollars or a Toy. All of these artists came out in support of a Toy drive! That's real ill. As they said during the show, "This time of the year is for the kids." The house was packed there's gonna be some very happy kids this Christmas. Props to Rif, Dutch & F.I.L.T.H.E.E. for putting this together.

The show was a heat rock in it's own. Everyone was given 10 minutes to do their set. And it moved very quickly. There was only one point of dead time during the entire show that boasted performances from over 10 artists. Pretty damn good, if you ask me.

All the acts were good. But, it wasn't until 2Mex and crew came out, that the crowd got crazy. On the first song of his set, a Mosh pit erupted. F.I.L.T.H.E.E. Immigrants continued the onslaught of hard hitting jams, keeping the Mosh pit going strong. But, when they brought out the special guests of the night, the place was truely bumping. For the first time since 1998, Sick Jacken of Psycho Realm and B-Real were on the same stage performing together. Along with Street Platoon, it was a perfect way of ending the night.


So, not only did the kids get a treat, but so did the fans. They witnessed Hip Hop history! Again, I'd like to thank the F.I.L.T.H.E.E. Immigrants for putting this together and giving back to the community. Also, I really would like to thank them for showing DubCNN so much love. Pick up their muthafuckin' album!!!!! Shouts to everyone who came out to support the kids!

Here's some pics:

Rif of F.I.L.T.H.E.E. Immigrants
Sicko & Kemo
DJ Resy One Of Global City
Krazy Race
Brainwave Of Global City
Transcend Of Global City
Transcend & BrainWave
Oppose Of Global City
Oppose & BrainWave
Malkavich 1
Malkavich 2
Fats 1
Dante & Fats
Fats 2
B-Real Of Cypress Hill
Mellow Man Ace
Second State 1
Second State 2
Boretta 1
Boretta 2
Black Silver 1
Black Silver 2
2Mex & Dutch of F.I.L.T.H.E.E. Immigrants
2Mex & Busdriver 1
2Mex & Busdriver 2
2Mex & Busdriver 3
2Mex
Crowd
2Mex, Busdriver & Crew
Busdriver On the Mic
2Mex On the Mic
Sick Jacken Backstage
F.I.L.T.H.E.E. of F.I.L.T.H.E.E. Immigrants
Krazy Race & Partner
Mykill Myers 1
Mykill Myers 2
Rebel 1
Rebel 2
DJ Felli Fel 1
DJ Felli Fel 2
DJ Strong
Felli Fel, DJ Warrior, DJ Strong
Dutch & F.I.L.T.H.E.E. 1
Dutch & F.I.L.T.H.E.E. 2
Rif
Proposistion Fuck You
F.I.L.T.H.E.E. & Dutch
Dutch & Rif
Sick Jacken of Psycho Realm 1
Jacken & Cynic of Street Platoon
Crow of Street Platoon
Jacken, DJ FM, Crow, Cynic
Sick Symphonies
Sick Jacken of Psycho Realm 2
Sick Jacken of Psycho Realm 3
B-Real
Crow, B-Real & FM
Sick Jacken of Psycho Realm 4
Jack & B-Real 1
Jack & B-Real 2
Cynic, Jacken, Crow, B-Real
Cynic, Friend, Jack, FM, Crow, B-Real


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news 1103906104 - January 1, 1970 By : Project Blowed what's the code/I been rockin' mics since I was 12 years old - Aceyalone

The Project Blowed: Since 1994 The Project Blowed has been putting it down for Hip Hop. Open Mics, B-Boys, B-Girls, Good Hip Hop. Back in the late 80's there was The Goodlife Café in Leimert Park, which was an Open mic spot. No cussing was allowed and you were allowed to do one song. If you were wack, much like with the Apollo, you'd get booed. An enormous amount of people came up in the ranks there, such as Aceyalone, Kurupt, The Visionaries, Of Mexican Descent, Busdriver, Abstract Rude, Pigeon John, Dilated Peoples, among many others.

The Goodlife Cafe is something legendary in the History of L.A. Hip Hop. A few years later, it continued as the Project Blowed. Leimert Park and 43rd is the spot. Every Thursday night you can find it popping off. It's still a staple in the name of Los Angeles Hip Hop. Not only is it a weekly Open Mic, but it's also a crew. An amazing crew, at that. The members include Aceyalone & Freestyle Fellowship, Abstract Rude, 2Mex, Busdriver, C.V.E., Living Legends, Trendseta, Medusa, Hip Hop Clan, Volume 10 and many many more. Their extended family crazy, too. Dilated Peoples, Hieroglyphics, Pharcyde and Jurassic 5 to name a few, are all down with the Blowed.

So...If you're not familiar with this crew, you're about to be. Wednesday, December 29th, probably the last real dope show of 2004 and quite possibly the illest of the year is about to go down. In Celebration of the 10th Anniversary for the Project Blowed, damn near all of Los Angeles Hip Hop's best a brightest will be out to show their love. As you can see in the flyer, I posted to the left, the line up is already lookin' packed full of dope acts. The Q-Events Center in Hollywood has had some ill shows, but this might top them all. Expect lots of suprises and expect DubCNN in full effect reppin' and showin' our respect to one of the most important legacies in Hip Hop, period. Shouts to Badru, Non-Stop and the whole crew for showing DubCNN love and allowing us to be apart of this!

Be there and show the Blowed the love the deserve!

Wednesday December 29, 2004, pre-sale $15. Regular price $20. 6021 Hollywood Blvd.


SGV

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news 1103977869 - January 1, 1970 By : The long-awaited, highly anticipated album/compilation will finally hit stores early next year. Errevelevent & 10sion present "Heave Made Hell" got features by the likes of San Quinn, Mr. Kee, The Jacka, Keltic Tribe, Money Stacks aka Young Chopper, The Dreamakers, IVAN The Terrible, and more.

Listen to the new single "Clear The Way" feat. The Jacka below:

Errelevent & 10sion - Clear The Way (ft. The Jacka)

Also check out the newly updated website releventmusic.com with album snippets, an exclusive unreleased Errelevent & 10sion free download, and pics with Baby Bash, Jay Tee, Mr. Kee, Gemini, The Goodfelonz, Sav Lyf, Goldtoes and more.

Nima

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news 1103979062 - January 1, 1970 By : I'm a few days late, due to the stressful Xmas time, but nevertheless I would like to say WELCOME HOME to the big homie Ras Kass, who was released on jail on Dec. 21st.

Ras served 2 years in a California Correctional facility for a D.U.I. and is now back on the streets ready to get some new music cracking.

Welcome home!

Nima

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news 1104074241 - January 1, 1970 By : A new cut from The Game's highly anticipated solo debut "The Documentary" has surfaced, on a DJ Whoo Kid mixtape. This is the song "Dreams" that Game mentioned in interviews which is produced by Kanye West.

Check the song out below, and make sure to pick up "The Documentary" January 18th! In other G-Unit news, 50 Cent's new album has been pushed back to March, which is good news for Game, as this will give his album more time to get promoted before 50 comes.

Here goes the song:

The Game - Dreams

Enjoy!

Nima

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news 1104086663 - January 1, 1970 By : InDaStreets.net & West Coast Mafia Records Present Mr. Spade's listening party on Dec. 29th for his album "Real Talk" coming out. The party will be held at 600 Queensway Dr., Long Beach and should be really cracking.


Many celebrity guests will be in the house. For the full info, click on the flyer to your left to see it in full size!

If you're in the area, check it out, it should be a hot event!




Nima

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news 1104167593 - January 1, 1970 By : The Second Annual Latin Rap Conference, is taking place February 1-3, 2005 at the Harrah's Rincon Casino in San Diego, California.

The Second Annual Latin Rap Conference is being brought to you by the LRC Committee. They are a group of industry professionals who feel it is time to step forward and take control of our industry. The goal is to continue the effort of catapulting the strong Latin Rap industry into the forefront of the national media.

They began the process of change and growth in 2004. We, the Latin Rap community, were able to come together in a positive forum and discuss topics pertinent to our success as a people and as an industry. It was an incredible experience.

The Second Annual Latin Rap Conference will be the singular networking event in this industry, attracting professionals from over 60 different companies. With its high concentration of artists, labels and industry professionals, LRC will be one of the most publicized events in the Latin Rap business. Every aspect of the industry will be represented including the top innovators, artists, DJs, producers, radio and video programmers, retailers, distributors and many more. There will be nothing else like it.

Here's a list of people who are already confirmed to hit the LRC in 05. AZ Loco, Baby Bash, Bimbo, Bobby Ross Avila, Cesar Chavez, Christian Leal, Contraband Records, Digital Aztlan, Don Cisco, Don Dinero, El Pecador (Sinful), Fuerte Group, Hen Gee, Immortal Tecnique, J Dubbs, Jay Tee, Knightowl, L.A. TV, Latin Froz, Malverde, Mellow Man Ace, Monteloco, Mr. Lil One, MUN 2, Psycho Realm, Rhyme Poetic Mafia, Rich Isaacson, Riverbottom Ent., Sal Rojas of Brownpride, Sick Symphonies, Sicko Records, South West Bound Magazine, Super O, Tha Mexicanz, The Roof, Universal Records, Univision Music Group, and many more.

Be sure to register now, before it's too late. You do not want to miss out on this. It will be one of the events of the year!

LatinRapConference.com

SGV

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news 1104171579 - January 1, 1970 By : Houston rapper Lil Flip's new album entitled I Gotta Get Mine is due out in late February or early March. For the album he's working with a number of producers, such as Texas duo Play-N-Skillz and R&B Crooner Mario Winans. But, look out for Flip to flex his production skills, as well.

The album will be swarmed by guest appearances. He's going to release two singles, one being the song "Real Hip-Hop" which will feature Ghostface and LL Cool J. The song is described as "a look at Hip Hop, from three different generations."

The other single is a remake Tupac's "Still Ballin'" and is entitled "Stay Ballin." This song will feature the Thug Lord himself, Yukmouth.

On top of that, Flip will be addressing T.I., as they've been trading jabs, since T.I.'s release from Jail. The album will feature Nelly and Jadakiss, too. So, it's obvious Flip is really looking to hit all demographics on this. From the Gangstas to the Hip Hop Heads to the TRL Crowd.



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news 1104172469 - January 1, 1970 By : For those not aware, Northern Cali emcee A-Wax and Husallah of the Mob Figaz are invloved in a "beef." A-Wax explained the situation on Christmas Day over at the Siccness boards. Well, B-12 went and put the track that Wax recorded about Husallah on the net. The songs called "Cinderella Story" and you can check it here. It's not available to Download, but it will be featured on A-Wax's up coming Mixtape. Though this situation extends passed Hip Hop, let's hope it stays on wax (no pun intended).

SGV

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news 1104201764 - January 1, 1970 By : We caught up with one of the realest rappers you gone ever hear on the mic. The real Chuck Taylor from Taylor Made Ent.
As he puts it himself "I'm not really a rhymer I just know how to rhyme..I'm more like a street typa cat you feel me?"

After hearing his 4 minute freestyle yall gone understand how gifted this 22 year old rapper really is. He told us how The Game stole his Chuck Taylor name, working with Hollymos and Warren G, his upcoming album and much more.


Part 2 of the interview let's you check out Chuck & his Tayla Made homies, along with a cameo by Hu$tleboy Floyd from Hu$tlehouse Entertainment. Chuck also played some of his songs while we was choppin it up with the Taylor Made Crew.
Most of you guys know him from his song with Warren G called "Turn It Up" from our "Westcoast Unified Volume 1" compilation.

At the end of the interview he spits a verse from his diss track to The Game.

Click Here to Checkout the Video Interview!

Yash

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news 1104210253 - January 1, 1970 By : After we showed you what the original Chuck Taylor from Long Beach had to say in the exclusive video interview (check below), here's a new song from the G-Unit/Aftermath Game. This is taken from a Dirty Harry mixtape and is the title track from his upcoming solo debut "The Documentary". Check it out below:

The Game - The Documentary

Thanks to Mike Kingwell for the hookup.

Nima

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news 1104256267 - January 1, 1970 By : The move of our forum over at dubcc.com to a new host is complete.

If you (still) see a message saying the forum has moved and that your DNS needs to catch up the delay is at your ISP and you'll just have to be patient.

Thanks,

'Seer

Overseer

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news 1104259102 - January 1, 1970 By : "Project Blowed what's the code/I been rockin' mics since I was 12 years old" - Aceyalone

The Project Blowed: Since 1994 The Project Blowed has been putting it down for Hip Hop. Open Mics, B-Boys, B-Girls, Good Hip Hop. Back in the late 80's there was The Goodlife Café in Leimert Park, which was an Open mic spot. No cussing was allowed and you were allowed to do one song. If you were wack, much like with the Apollo, you'd get booed. An enormous amount of people came up in the ranks there, such as Aceyalone, Kurupt, The Visionaries, Of Mexican Descent, Busdriver, Abstract Rude, Pigeon John, Dilated Peoples, among many others.

The Goodlife Cafe is something legendary in the History of L.A. Hip Hop. A few years later, it continued as the Project Blowed. Leimert Park and 43rd is the spot. Every Thursday night you can find it popping off. It's still a staple in the name of Los Angeles Hip Hop. Not only is it a weekly Open Mic, but it's also a crew. An amazing crew, at that. The members include Aceyalone & Freestyle Fellowship, Abstract Rude, 2Mex, Busdriver, C.V.E., Living Legends, Trendseta, Medusa, Hip Hop Clan, Volume 10 and many many more. Their extended family crazy, too. Dilated Peoples, Hieroglyphics, Pharcyde and Jurassic 5. to name a few, are all down with the Blowed.

So...If you're not familiar with this crew, you're about to be. Wednesday, December 29th, probably the last real dope show of 2004 and quite possibly the illest of the year is about to go down. In Celebration of the 10th Anniversary for the Project Blowed, damn near all of Los Angeles Hip Hop's best a brightest will be out to show their love. As you can see in the flyer, I posted to the left, the line up is already lookin' packed full of dope acts. The Q-Events Center in Hollywood has had some ill shows, but this might top them all. Expect lots of suprises and expect DubCNN in full effect reppin' and showin' our respect to one of the most important legacies in Hip Hop, period. Shouts to Badru, Non-Stop and the whole crew for showing DubCNN love and allowing us to be apart of this!

Be there and show the Blowed the love the deserve!

Wednesday December 29, 2004, pre-sale $15. Regular price $20. 6021 Hollywood Blvd.


SGV

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news 1104291697 - January 1, 1970 By : Dubcnn brings you as always a preview of a hot anticipated album.
This time around it's the new Do Or Die album called "D.O.D" dropping February 1st 2005.

DJ Quik produced and is featured on the song called "Church"(snippet). Super producer Kanye West produced the bangin tracks called "Paid The Price"(snippet) and "Higher".

Make sure you buy this hot album when it drops in February.




Yash

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news 1104367177 - January 1, 1970 By : Another day another interview or should I say Interviews.
We got some short interviews for you but they are very informative.

We where kickin it with Dresta and The Hoggs in the studio when Leicy Loc and the homie Speedy from Westcoast Mafia showed up.
Also a tight new singer Damien Cantrelle from Carson was there recording with Dresta.

Click Here to checkout a little introduction to Damien Cantrelle lookout for an indepth interview with him later on. In the meantime you can catch him on the song "Comptons Back" on Dresta and The Younghoggs mixtape.

Speedy aka Gotti Gotti spoke about his debut album, C-Bo, The Game and a lot more in this exclusive Video Interview.

Click Here for the exclusive Video Interview with Speedy.

We also did an interview with Leicy Loc who is BG Knocc Out and Dresta's sister. She spoke about why she left IV Life Records, BG Knocc out, New album and some other stuff.

Click Here for the exclusive Video Interview with Leicy Loc.

Trust me you don't wanna miss these interviews.

Leicy Loc and Speedy gave a few shoutouts too:
Leicy Loc Shoutout
Speedy Shoutout


Yash

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news 1104423604 - January 1, 1970 By : The Dirty Dirty and the Dub hookin' up again. Dogg Pound Gangsta Daz Dillinger hooked up with 8Ball & Yo Gotti this week to get in the studio and lay down a track. The song is called "Hood Niggaz". No word on where the song will end up yet. Click on the thumbnail to your left to enlarge the picture of Diggy Daz, 8Ball & Gotti in the studio.

Stay tuned right here for more news on this!

Nima

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news 1104459361 - January 1, 1970 By : Dubcnn.com recently sat down to speak with up and coming artist Fred Knuxx. Fred spoke about his mixtapes, upcoming project, himself as an artist, the Hip Hop game, his main influences and much more.

To check out the interview, click here.

Enjoy!

Nima

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news 1104459809 - January 1, 1970 By : Got some new audio from the Ground Up Records camp for ya'll! For those who don't know about Ground Up yet, check last months News Archie to read the big update we had about them.

The first song is by E-Nuff and is called "I'm E-Nuff", check it out below:

E-Nuff - I'm E-Nuff

The second song was up in the last update too, for those who missed it, it's by Manson and is called "Wake Up":

Manson - Wake Up

Enjoy!

Nima

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news 1104460052 - January 1, 1970 By : The homie Mauzip talked to Chicago based and former Cash Money Records rapper Mikkey. Before I start talking about the interview, I’d like to take this opportunity to point out that Mikkey is dope as hell and is fuckin slept on! Not only is this man -who worked among others with the likes of TQ, Mack 10, Kanye West and Jazze Pha- very gifted as a rapper, but lyrically he belongs to the top of the rap industry also.
In this interview Mikkey talked about his time on Cash Money, his anger towards Baby, his affiliation with Kanye West, upcoming projects and much much more! On top of the exclusive interview Mikkey also dropped a freestyle for ya’ll to check out!

Click here to read/listen to the interview!

Click here to download the Baby diss record that Mikkey talks about in the interview.
Enjoy!

Nima

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news 1104691145 - January 1, 1970 By : Rising West Coast label Ground Up Records is set to release their mixtape "We Here: Vol. 1" real soon. The cover is done, to enlarge it click on the thumbnail to your left.

We will have a tracklist for you shortly.

Stay tuned!

Nima

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news 1104692084 - January 1, 1970 By : The release date of The Game's debut is drawing nearer and nearer, and I have two more preview tracks for ya'll. By now, every single one of you out there should be copping this record, but if you aren't, these two should convince you. One features Tony Yayo" and is called "I'm Runnin" and the other features 50 Cent and is called "Envy Me".

Check them out below, judging by what we have heard so far, "The Documentary" should have some of the most banging production in years!

The Game - I'm Runnin' (ft. Tony Yayo)

The Game - Envy Me (ft. 50 Cent)

Enjoy!

Nima

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news 1104692575 - January 1, 1970 By : Can't say too much about it yet............ but Suga Free is going to start working on a new solo album, tentatively titled "Just Add Water" this month.

Look for a single to drop around Spring time. I'll be back with more news in a minute!

Stay tuned right here!

Nima

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news 1104804189 - January 1, 1970 By : The homie Roscoe representing Y.A. was involved in a near fatal car accident this New Years. Gail Gotti posted the following on her official website:

"ROSCOE IN NEAR FATAL CAR ACCIDENT
New Years Day Roscoe along with 3 other passengers were in a fatal car accident. All four passengers have suffered serious injuries. Roscoe has a broken collar bone & lacerations on his face. He is now at the home of the Gotti'z recovering. The other 3 passengers are still hospitalized and have been in & out of surgery for the past 2 days.
Our Prayers Go Out To Everyone Involved!!!!!!!!!!"

The DubCnn staff would like to send out our well wishes and prayers to Roscoe and the 3 other passengers in the car. Hopefully they will all fully recover. We will keep you updated on this.

Nima

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news 1104843446 - January 1, 1970 By : This should be a hot event. On January 21st, Snoop Dogg, the Young Bloodz, Roy Jones JR, Trevino, DC & morewill be performing in Reno, NV @ the Golden Pheonix Casino.

For prices and more information on how to get tickets, hit up NorCalUnderground.com.

After Party's with Appearances by all the Performers, Snoop's DJ, DJ JAM on the tables plus DENNIS HOF with his World Famous BUNNY RANCH GIRLS, LEATHERFACE and THE EXECUTIONER from MTV's Viva La Bam Show & more.

Nima

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news 1104857987 - January 1, 1970 By : I know this is the Dub, DubCnn. But as you probably noticed, we do plug some hot cats from other areas, aslong as the skill is right. Look for interviews with the likes of Paul Wall... Chamillionaire.. Akon.. and more right here.

But right now I wanna introduce ya'll to St. Louis native Potzee. He just put out a new mixtape called "Murphy Lee Presents: Potzee, Starvin' Vol.2" which has bee buzzing in his hometown. He's in the process of signing a deal, having many majors interested.

I have several audio previews for ya'll, along with a full MP3 track to check out. If you like what you hear, hit up his website potzee.com, and to order his mixtape, email his webmaster for more info.

Here go the songs:

Potzee - Dip In Dip Out

Potzee - Good Evening (ft. Murphy Lee)

Potzee - Booch

And here goes a full song in MP3:

Potzee - Cheatin' (Dirty)

Enjoy the songs, and look for more coming from Potzee soon.

Nima

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news 1104883281 - January 1, 1970 By : Here's a brand new mixtpa cut by Blunts LLA, one of the hottest Latin Rappers coming up outta L.A. Look for more coming from him soon, his mixtape should be out in a hot second.

Check out the song "Fall Back" below, and for more information check out byientertainment.com.

Blunts LLA - Fall Back

Enjoy!

Nima

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news 1104883334 - January 1, 1970 By : Damn that was quick huh... Told ya'll I'll be back with more news about the upcoming Suga Free album "Just Add Water" which they have just started working on. My homie grafikpimp was present at one of their studio sessions at Kenny McCloud's studios the other day and got some info and pictures for our visitors right here at the Dub.

Also look for the first single to be premiered here around the end of the 1st quarter of 2005. The guest appearances for the album aren't confirmed yet, but look for some hot names... What I've heard has been very promising. We're also going to be conducting a video interview with the Neighbourhood Playa Patna himself, so lookout for that coming soon.

Suga Free was in the lab with his crew, including producer Freeze who had produced the unreleased song "Cool" which was buzzing all over, which didn't make Free's last album due to sample clearance. Also present were Kenny McCloud, Mike (Free's Cousin), Clue Dawg, J-Steez and more.

From what we heard, the song they layed down last night, produced by Freeze, and with Clue Dog on the hook, is sounding real promising, hopefully Free will deliver another banger with "Just Add Water"!

Check out some pictures below, and lookout for our video interview, which will clear up alot of rumours, including the situation with DJ Quik.

Pictures:

Suga Free & The Crew (from left to right): Kenny McCloud, one of the homies, Mike (Frees Cousin), Suga Free, Clue Dawg, J-Steez, Freeze

Suga Free J-Steez Choppin' Game

Freeze & J-Steez In The Lab

Also, incase you missed it, here is the song "On Point" from J-Steez album "Up For The Crown" ft. Suga Free, 40 Glocc & Weasel Loc:

J- Steez - On Point (ft. Suga Free, 40 Glocc & Weasel Loc)

Enjoy, and shouts out to Grafikpimp, J-Steez & the Rooftop Music Family!

Nima

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news 1104887702 - January 1, 1970 By : Sup ya'll...Happy New Year from Orlando,Fl. To all the Strong Arm Steady fans out there if you're looking for some of their mixtapes and having a hard time finding 'em, check out http://www.heavyweights.org. They'll be more than happy to help you out.

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news 1104900612 - January 1, 1970 By : Some more hot shit from Hu$tlehouse Ent. Cra4ty recently released his free mixtape for exclusive download on the internet! The mixtape is titled "Street Tactics", and is definitely worth checking out. To enlarge the cover, click on the thumbnail to your left.

To download the entire mixtape, click on the link below:

Cra4ty - Street Tactics Mixtape

Look for more heat from this camp soon!

Nima

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news 1104900747 - January 1, 1970 By : Dubcnn.com had the amazing opportunity to be the very first media outlet to conduct an interview with Ras Kass after he touched down from jail. In this in-depth interview, Rassy talks about his time in jail, his current mindstate, his new recordings, the Priority situation, his upcoming mixtape & solo album, the Hip Hop game in general, the West Coast, his relationship with Xzibit, the 4 Horsemen project, and much much much much much more.

Check it all out in either audio or text, by clicking here.

Also look for our indepth interviews with 40 Glocc & The Zoo Babies coming soon!

Nima

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news 1105066194 - January 1, 1970 By : Oh shit! Less than 2 weeks before the official release date of The Game's debut solo album "The Documentary", we have a few more preview songs from the record for ya'll to check out. Let me tell you one thing, the album is FLAMES! This is burning hot, make sure to pick up your copy in stores and support the West Coast movement, don't bootlegg this shit!

Check out the complete tracklisting of the CD below along with production credits, and click on the highlighted tracks to listen. For those who missed it, I put up the song "Envy Me", which is officially known as "Hate It Or Love It" ft. 50 Cent and the song "Runnin'" ft. Tony Yayo.

Make sure to check this out, G-Unit West is officially launched!!!!

01. Intro (Produced By Dr. Dre & Che Vicious)
02. Westside Story (Feat. 50 Cent) (Produced By Dr. Dre & Scott Storch)
03. Dreams (Produced By Kanye West)
04. Hate It Or Love It (Feat. 50 Cent) (Produced By Cool & Dre)
05. Higher (Produced By Dr. Dre & Mark Batson)
06. How We Do (Feat. 50 Cent) (Produced By Dr. Dre & Mike Elizondo)
07. Don't Need Your Love (Feat. Faith Evans) (Produced By Havoc)
08. Church For Thugs (Produced By Just Blaze)
09. Put You On The Game (Produced By Timbaland)
10. Start From Scratch (Feat. Marsha Of Floetry) (Produced By Dr. Dre & Scott Storch)
11. The Documentary (Produced By Jeff Bhasker)
12. Runnin' (Feat. Tony Yayo) (Produced By Hi-Tek)
13. No More Fun And Games (Produced By Just Blaze)
14. We Ain't (Feat. Eminem) (Produced By Eminem)
15. Where I'm From (Feat. Nate Dogg) (Produced By Focus)
16. Special (Feat. Nate Dogg) (Produced By Needlz)
17. Don't Worry (Feat. Mary J. Blige) (Produced By Dr. Dre &
Mike Elizondo)
18. Like Father, Like Son (Feat. Busta Rhymes) (Produced By
Buckwild)

Enjoy, and MAKE SURE TO SUPPORT THE ALBUM AND PICK UP YOUR COPY WHEN IT'S IN STORES!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

West up!

Nima

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news 1105144645 - January 1, 1970 By : Formerly on Elektra / L.A. Confidential, hit rapper and writer Knoc-Turn'Al has made the move to the acclaimed label Sonic Wave International.

Knoc's new CD "Return of the Hustler" will be the follow up to his hit "The Way I Am" which featured Snoop Dogg.

Here is the official press release:

"KNOC-TURN'AL's first taste of the rap game was on Dr. Dre's multi-platinum album the Chronic 2001 where he was featured on four songs. He then wrote three songs for The Wash movie soundtrack,
the Training Day soundtrack, and then released his self-titled EP in summer of 2002. Knoc's last effort included the hit single, album & video to "The Way I Am" starring Snoop Dogg.
Be on the look out for KNOC-TURN'AL's newest album set to hit stores early 2005!"

Nima

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news 1105145093 - January 1, 1970 By : Daz Dillingers Official new solo album "The Dogg Pound Gangsta LP" is dropping January 25th, all produced by Daz himself and featuring the likes of Nate Dogg, George Clinton and more. To learn everything about the new album, check out our interview with Daz in the interview section.

We have the TV commercial for the new album up here for download, thanks to Toon for hooking it up. You can download it below, you will need QuickTime Player to watch:

Daz Dillinger - Dogg Pound Gangsta LP Commercial

Enjoy!

Nima

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news 1105227431 - January 1, 1970 By : Here's the first single off the "Bone Brothers" album.
It's called "Hip-Hop Baby" featuring Krayzie Bone.

Bone Brothers is Bizzy Bone and Layzie Bone's group album.
Stay tuned for more news on this album which is coming out later 2005.

Yash

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news 1105229041 - January 1, 1970 By : Dubcnn Brings you a preview of the B-Real mixtape "The Gunslinger"

Order a copy on his official website www.Brealonline.com. It's only $14 US, $18 Worldwide.

Check the tracklisting below:

01) Never Back Down (Feat Willie Malo & O Brown)
02) Ease Back (Feat. Trace Midas)
03) Let Me Blaze
04) Hold You Down (Feat Sick Jack and Mellow Man)
05) Creepin on Ya (Feat. Son Doobie & Cynic)
06) Warriors
07) This Is How We Ride
08) Runnin Shit
09) Por Que (Feat. Trace Midas)
10) No Model (Feat. Son Doobie & Filthee)
11) Thug Nation (Feat. Willie Malo & Nev)
12) American Psycho III (Feat. Bizarre and Eminem)
13) Back to the Apple
14) Boom Boom (Feat. Outthere)
15) Skit
16) Shut the F*ck up(Feat. Subliminal Orphans)
17) Time to Be Known (Feat. Minus P)
18) breathe (feat. sub zer0)


Yash

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news 1105322139 - January 1, 1970 By : This is not your ordinary interview, folks! This is a real experience, an exclusive experience brought to you by your good friends here at Dubcnn.com. We hooked up with the Pimpin' Young & Ha Loco of the Pomona City Ridaz for a 35 minute video interview. But this is more than an interview.
To give you an idea of what you're about to see, we put together a trailer for the video interview. Witness Dubcnn riding with the Ridaz through L.A., see them rapping exclusive verses from their new album in the car, showing you around Los Angeles, getting the police called on us, smoking on some of that Kush, spitting some real game, and of course, all the news on their new music and upcoming album.

The stars from True Crime: Streets Of L.A. are back real viciously, giving you an exclusive look into a day as a Pomona City Rida. Ride with the Ridaz for half an hour and enjoy the show! The full interview should be up by the end of the week, for now check out the 4 minute trailer below, put together by the big homie Inspire:

Pomona City Ridaz - Video Interview Trailer

Enjoy!

Nima

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news 1105398755 - January 1, 1970 By : Our staff member LatinaBeatz had the opportunity to talk to aspiring rap group Global City. The 4 artists reppin' for the latin community answered all of LatinaBeatz questions concerning their current album, the upcoming stuff, their background, their shows, that latin HipHop community and much much more.

Make sure to check this out by clicking here.

Enjoy!

Nima

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news 1105400501 - January 1, 1970 By : The one and only Young Dre aka The Truth is getting ready to drop his mixtape "Past, Present, Future" through his independent label KC3 Monumental.

The mixtape will be available online for purchase. It will downloadable in MP3, payments will be made through PayPal at mixtapemp3.com.

The CD is currently being remastered, and from the songs I was able to peep, it's smashing! We will of course bring you some audio real soon. For those who don't know about Young Dre yet, check out our controversial in-depth interview with him here, and check out his single "Hood National" here.

The mixtape will have production by Dr. Dre (a new track, not a cover), Rick Rock, Fredwreck and many more, and guest appearances by the likes of Krayzie Bone, Asu, Gee Money and more. To enlarge the cover to your left, simply click on it.

Be on the lookout for Young Dre, cause he will proceed to wake all of you up in a second!

Nima

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news 1105456093 - January 1, 1970 By : Balance has already proven that he's one of the most skilled new cats coming up from the West Coast. The New Bay representer released a blazing mixtape in 2004, aswell as another mixtape with his partners from the New Bay. He is now set to release one last mixtape before releasing his highly anticipated solo album "The Day Kali Died".

This mixtape is called "Bay Area Mixtape King" and has an impressive list of guest features: Royce Da 5'9", E-A-SKI, Chamillionaire, Stat Quo, The Frontline, Sly Boogy, Baby Jaymes, Sean T, and Planet Asia and more. The mixtape is scheduled for a february release, orders will be taken through his official website balanceskillz.com, where you can also order his older mixtape for only $5 a pop.

So be on the lookout for this, we should have some audio from the project right here soon, this is bound to be banging!

Nima

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news 1105461745 - January 1, 1970 By : Big ups to Playa Rae for this. Monstaville's own DJ 713 has dropped his Runnin' The Game Vol. 1 Screwed Up Mixtape. He's from Houston, so it's no suprise that he screws and chops his tapes, as well as all other project dropped by Monstaville. The Mixtape is up for free download and we got that link for you. 11 tracks, along with the printable cover and a thank you note is included in the file. Also, we got a preview of the tape. It's a track by Playa Rae over Slim Thug's "Like A Boss."

Check the Like A Boss Flow by right clicking and saving.

And now, here's the Mixtape. You can check it here.

SGV

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news 1105477203 - January 1, 1970 By : New G-Unit West artist Spider Loc is featured on the new "DJ Whoo Kid Presents: G-Unit Radio 10 (Before The Massacre 2050)" on a song with 50 Cent and Young Buck called "Bitch What You Know About".

I have it here for ya'll to check out, personally I'm not feeling Spiders verse on this one... But make up your own mind, download the song below:

50 Cent, Young Buck & Spider Loc - Bitch What You Know About

Enjoy!

Nima

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news 1105478156 - January 1, 1970 By : Just a quick heads up for those who don't know about gametightonline.com, head over to the website for updates on the groups Frontlinerz, Riccy Boy, Big Wy and more.
You can also cop the Gametight Compilation right there, which features the likes of Suga Free, Frontlinerz, Ecay Uno and more. More projects are currently in the works.

Shoutout to G-Loc for the info!

Nima

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news 1105478882 - January 1, 1970 By : The homie Daz Dillinger sent us even more mixtape audio, after his So So Def remakes of "How We Do", "24 Hours To Live" and more, which we posted last week.

This time Daz made a remix of Ice Cube's old school cut "A Bird In The Hand". Check out the song below:

Daz Dillinger - A Bird In The Hand

Enjoy!

Nima

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news 1105479866 - January 1, 1970 By : What's the deal ya'll!? Big shouts out to Juda Starr and Brian Lewis. They're blessing L.A. with Bone Thugs this Friday. Also on the bill is the up and coming label Ground Up Records (look for their Mixtape dropping soon!). At the show, DubCNN will have the chance to interview Bone Thugs Exclusively.

If you got any questions, drop them here.

SGV

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news 1105486030 - January 1, 1970 By : As we reported earlier, the Bone Brothers, which is comprised of Bone Thugs-N-Harmony members Layzie Bone and Bizzy Bone, are set to release their self-titled album on February 22nd. Thanks to Koch Records, we now have some new details.

Fellow Bone Thugs member Krayzie Bone appears on six tracks, while Wish Bone appears on one. Other guests include the Outlawz, Treach and frequent Bone Thugs collaborators Mo Thugs, Skant and Felecia.

Check out the tracklisting below, and for those who missed it, I have the two preview tracks available again:

1. Intro
2. Like Me
3. What's Friends (feat. Krayzie Bone)
4. Dick Rider
5. No Rules (feat. Mo Thugs)
6. Felecia Skit
7. Give It To Me (feat. Felecia)
8. Need Your Body (feat. Krayzie Bone)
9. Complicated (feat. The Outlawz)
10. Hip Hop Baby (feat. Krayzie Bone)
11. Real Life (feat. Krayzie Bone, Treach)
12. Blow You Away (feat. Skant)
13. Str8 Ridaz (feat. Krayzie Bone)
14. Everyday (feat. Krayzie Bone and Wish Bone)

Enjoy!

Nima

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news 1105556899 - January 1, 1970 By : Young Lyfe, the son of the infamous Big Low Life who put together the Escape From Deathrow Compilation, is bringing a new beginning to Long Beach. Dropping some shit you can ride to , with classic West Funk tracks and some South flavor to keep the party going. With appearances from the Dogg Pound's: Daz Dillinger, Soopafly, and Lil 1/2 Dead and West Coast legends Goldie Loc and Kam, 'Real Lyfe' shows that the West is far from over.

To pre-order the album now, hit up his website by clicking here. We're going to conduct an interview with the man himself this week, so be on the lookout for that!



Check out the tracklisting below, and lookout for audio previews:

1. Real Talk With Goldie (intro) - feat. Max Julien
2. Bounce With Me
3. I Wish
4. This Is Why - feat. Goldie Loc
5. Put Yo Hands Up - feat. Daz Dillinger & Lil 1/2 Dead
6. Flossin - feat. Rhyme Savage & Kola Loc
7. Get This Crackin
8. What Lyfe Is
9. Sexy Lady - feat. Soopafly & Bad Azz
10. Twerk It - feat. Kola Loc
11. Live Tha Young Lyfe - feat. Tha Realest
12. Say Boo
13. Eastside Northside - feat. G-Spot & Likwid
14. Keep It Groovin
15. Move On
16. West Coast Ridin' - feat Howard Hewett

Enjoy!

Nima

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news 1105627801 - January 1, 1970 By : The only way for the West Coast to come back, is for every single one of ya'll to SUPPORT THE NEW ARTISTS. We just had a discussion regarding this topic on our message boards, and I felt like posting some of the quotes here, because it's the truth.

This is coming from the homie SGV who ya'll know for his exclusive updates rigt here every week.

"Support ALL New West Coast artists. Not just Game, not just Sly Boogy, ALL of them. From Logic to Mistah F.A.B. A-Wax to Complex.

You gotta support artists, Major to Independent. Fuck all these old ass rappers. When people drop news on an upcoming artist from the West, check it out. This is how the West will come back.

If you skip over these artists to only talk about Snoop Dogg's latest comments on his movie career or Dre saying something about Detox, the West will not blow up.

SUPPORT THE NEW ARTISTS!!!!!!!! That's all."

And another one:

"If we ain't supportin' ourselves, don't expect a Major to. Unless Game sells 50 numbers out the gate, DO NOT expect there to be a huge wave of West Coast cats being signed because we don't support.

Remember back in the day when EVERYONE got support? That's why people got signed during the wave of Major labels in the West. Interscope and Virgin took huge chances with Game and G.Black, I don't think they'll take anymore chances.

If you feel the need to still fiend for Dre's 38 year old ass to talk about being a G. If you feel the need to still fiend for Too Short's 43 year old ass to talk about Pimpin'. If you feel the need to still fiend for Snoop Dogg's tales of being a Super Gangsta at 34. If you feel the need to really hear any of these old ass rappers, over any new emcees, then DO NOT talk about the West's comeback. You're not apart of it and you're the reason for the West being so dismal and stagnant.

New West in 05!"


And as Baby G put it, "Ain't nobody gone support the West if we don't support ourself!"

Think about it ya'll!

Nima

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news 1105629417 - January 1, 1970 By : Aceyalone, Abstract Rude, Planet Asia, Sir Jinx, Mykill Miers, Brother J, Akil, 2Mex, Rifleman, Customer Service, P.E.A.C.E., Medusa, Jah Orah, L.A. Zuu, Busdriver, A.W.O.L. One, Myka Nyne, Volume 10 and MANY others all were in attendance and/or performing on December 29th, 2004. 10 years of History was under one roof. The Q-Events Center was packed, front to back, with plenty of fine lookin' women (you know how the Cali Underground do it!). Dubcnn was there reppin' to the fullest. We got tons of video and pictures (Will be up later today). We apologize for the time it took. The holidays was a set back, but no matter. But, we got a video and it's ready for you to view. The video features Planet Asia, Sir Jinx, Akil of Jurrassic 5, Brother J of X-Clan and Aceyalone. In the coming days we'll be putting up another video which features Rifleman, Haiku D'Tat, Jah Orah, P.E.A.C.E. and many others.

But for now, watch the Project Blowed 10th Anniversary.

Big ups to Non-Stop and Badru for the love, for real. Big ups to Inspire on the editing.

SGV

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news 1105642024 - January 1, 1970 By : As always we bring you something hot from the Aftermath crew.
50 Cent's album "St. Valentine's Day Massacre" is coming out in March and we have the first single for you to listen too.

The song is produced by Scott Storch and it has singer Olivia singin' the hook.

50 Cent "Candy Shop"


Yash

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news 1105660575 - January 1, 1970 By : We got 2 unreleased joints from the Uncrowned City Entertainment camp for ya'll to check out. The first track is by Mikkey. It's called "Poppin'" and is produced by No ID, the man who taught Kanye West how to produce.
The 2nd one is by Miss Criss a.k.a. Christina. She's Mikkey's sister and was just like Mikkey also formerly signed to Cash Money Records. This song is produced by Vuudu, who recently did joints with R. Kelly and Do Or Die.


Check out the songs below:

Mikkey - Poppin'

Miss Criss - 2 Late

In case you haven´t checked out our last month's interview with Mikkey, check it out here.

Enjoy!



Nima

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news 1105690885 - January 1, 1970 By : What's going on? Remember that Young Dre aka The Truth mixtape "Past Present Future" I told ya'll about? (If you missed the update, scroll down the page a bit to check it out).
Well as promised I'm back with some exclusive audio from the mixtape. Matter of fact I put together a 5 minute sampler of the mixtape, to give ya'll an idea of what most of the songs sound like.
Keep in my mind that these recordings are about 2-3 years old, Young Dre's new solo stuff is actually shitting on this, although that may seem hard to believe.

The first song on the sampler is produced by Dr. Dre and is called "Synonomous II". Other producers include Rick Rock & Fredwreck. Check out the sampler in MP3 quality below, and be on the lookout for the mixtape to drop on mixtapemp3.com.

Young Dre The Truth - Past Present Future Mixtape Sampler (4mb)

And for those who STILL don't have it:

Young Dre - Hood National

Check out our interview with Young Dre from last month here.

Enjoy!

Nima

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news 1105716129 - January 1, 1970 By : Dr Tipsy, aka Jason Santiago, is Founder of the West Coast DJ Academy. When asked, what is the purpose of doing the class and what would you like your students to get out of this class? Dr. Tipsy repsonds:

"To be able to rock a party or at least know how to mix 2 records together. I started this academy to give back to the DJ Culture who made me. I enjoy teaching others how to Mix records, make beats, blend tracks and read a crowd of party people by dropping the right tunes. We will be giving away free DJ lessons to readers who holla. Check the website www.hiphopundaground.com click on the West Coast Dj Academy flyer. We have 10 DJ teachers who are into all styles of music some spin at local clubs and bigger venues. I wanted to create a place where a person who wanted to DJ could get the knowledge first hand from A DJ ACADEMY. L.A. needed one. I have contacted the major and (not so major) record labels they will be kicking down WAX for the students to Practice on."

The course is described as "a six-week course, [where] each instructor will lecture briefly and provide demonstrations. The bulk of each class is spent with students gaining hands on experience with turntables. Courses include: Equipment set-up and break-down, Hand to record and to fader technique, Music theory, Mixing and blending, Beat making, Scratching, Beat juggling."

It's located in the Highland Park area of North East Los Angeles. If you're interested in the scheduling, call for class schedules at 877.267.4376. The tuition to enroll is S250. Check The Flyer.

He spins all kinds of music. He also does it accoding to the students tastes. He's been deejaying for 15 years. And as he puts it, he's a "Turntablist" who's into "Reggae, [and] blending 50 Cent with Willie Nelson, that type of off the wall 80's meets Hip-Hop meets 2004. But smooth, not like a jerky cut off, each records goes in tune together." The 33 year old, Harlem born, Bronx raised, Los Angeles resident, deejay credits Kool Herc, Rammellzee, Jazzy Jay, Diamond D and The DITC Crew as his influences.

The West Coast DJ Academy is also hosting the L.A. DMC DJ Battles coming up in April 2005. DubCNN is helping with putting the Battles together, so expect the Exclusive coverage from us! You can sign up (online soon!) and get your skills ready for battle at the ACADEMY.

We stay doin' it big!!! Shouts to Dr. Tipsy!

SGV

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news 1105716456 - January 1, 1970 By : The homie Young Daz aka Edgarhas readied a re-mixtape called "4 Fingazz Up 2 Twisted In Tha Middle", and it definitely was worth the wait. The remixes on this are top notch, and you get some crazy combinations on the tracks. The tape also has a unreleased DJ Quik & 2nd II None song on it. Be on the lookout for this dropping right here on DubCnn on the 16th for FREE!

We have a sampler here for ya'll to download and check out. Here is the songs featured on the sampler, in order: Track 2, Track 11, Track 4, Track 14, Track 19.

4 Fingazz Up 2 Twisted In Tha Middle Mixtape Sampler [Mp3]

And here is the final tracklisting:

1. 4 Fingazz Up 2 Twisted In Tha Middle (intro)
2. Do Not Attempt - Ice Cube ft. Eazy-E, Xzibit (track 1 on sampler)
3. Live From Los Angeles - Ras Kass ft. Dr. Dre, Mack-10
4. Throw Ya Handz Up ('05) - Crooked I ft. Dat Nigga Daz, Kam, B-Legit, L.V. (track 3 on sampler)
5. Comin' After U - MC Ren ft. Ice Cube
6. Tha Crew - LBC Crew
7. Wut Do U Want? - Scipio ft. Ras Kass
8. Connected 4 Life ('05) - Westside Connection
9. Runnin' Game - Foesum ft. Nate Dogg, Snoop Dogg
10. Summatyme - DJ Quik ft. Da Dee of (2nd II None) (exlusive 2nd 2 none)
11. Bounce , Rock, Skate - Xzibit ft. Ras Kass (track 2 on sampler)
12. There She Goez (Bad_Sce_Remix) - 213 ft. DJ Quik , E-White
13. Frum L.A. 2 Da Bay - Kurupt ft. E-40, Mac Mall, Spice 1, Xzibit
14. Outstanding - 2nd II None ft. DJ Quik (exlusive dj quik and 2nd 2 none) (track 4 on sampler)
15. Sometimez (Mike-G Remix) - DJ Quik
16. Crooked I ft. Xzibit - Breathe
17. Throw It Up (Give It Up) - WC ft. Kurupt, Snoop dogg
18. Ice Cube ft. MC Ren - Hello ('05)
19. Outro/Still Ballin' - 2Pac ft. Kurupt (track 5 on sampler)
20. Bouns: Big Pimpin Remix - Daz Kurupt, Too Short

Enjoy!

Nima

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news 1105717383 - January 1, 1970 By : Strong Arm Steady Gang artist Mitchy Slick announced his follow up to his underground banger "Triggeration Station" a while ago in his interview at westcoast2k.net. The new album is called "Urban Survival Syndrone", and is set to drop very soon. U.S.S. will have guest appearances by the likes of Xzibit, WC, Tash, Luni Coleone, Lil Mitch, Tiny Doo, Damu, T-Nutty, Messy Marv and more.
The homie Nemo from siccness.net posted up the cover for everybody to check out, we have it here for you too, click on the thumbnail to your left to enlarge it.

We will have more information on this record here for you real soon.

Nima

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news 1105754894 - January 1, 1970 By : This one has Dr Dre on it and he pretty much kills it. I wonder why they took it off.
It's from the new Whoo Kid mixtape called "Mean Streets".

Here's 3 cuts from the mixtape:
The Game "Where Im From" ft Dr Dre
50 Cent "Animal"
50 Cent "Why Ask Why"

cop the mixtape if you see it and support Dj Whoo Kid it has a few instrumentals from Game's cd aswell.

Yash

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news 1105799796 - January 1, 1970 By : Dubcnn had the chance to speak with one of Tupac's Soldiers and close friends Nuttso.
He told us about his upcoming solo album, working with Paris, one of the funniest things that went down when they were outside the club with Tupac, how many unreleased songs he got with Tupac, Afeni shakur, Upcoming Tupac album in 2006, Why there ain't no Blood and Crips in Oakland, His upcoming DVD, Why he doesn't think SUGE had anything to do with Pac's death and so much more.

CLICK HERE TO CHECKOUT THIS EXCLUSIVE INTERVIEW!


Yash

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news 1105817207 - January 1, 1970 By :
Last winter Ice Cube was in Vancouver shooting "Are We There Yet". Nardwuar from Much Music had the chance to sit down with him and give him a short interview. He comments on the amount of Bud in Vancouver and touches briefly on his CIA days. Most people outside of Canada have never seen this interview before, so Dubcnn is bringing it to you. And don't forget to check out "Are We There Yet" in theaters January 21st.


Click Here To Watch The Interview

Are We There Yet Website (Hosted By Ice Cube)



Adon

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news 1105839774 - January 1, 1970 By : You know we can't stop bringing you the good stuff... And I got plenty more right here! I don't know if ya'll can handle so much shit at once though. Here's it is:

- In-depth 40 Glocc Audio/Text Interview:

We hooked up with 40 Glocc, one of the hardest working artists on the West. Part of the Riflemen with Kurupt, Jayo & Mobb Deep, he's also working on his 2nd solo, and managing his group Zoo Babies. Aswell as him working with Dr. Dre, his first album, why the West will never make it without uniting, and how it feels to be in the middle of the Row/DPG beef.

- In-depth Zoo Babies Audio/Text Interview:

We hooked up with 40 Glocc's little homies Zoo Babies. Don't get it twisted though, these "babies" shit on most of the "grown-ups" doin' it right now! We sat down and talked to them about how they got into the game, them hooking up with 40 Glocc and his role, their upcoming album presented by 40 Glocc & Kurupt, them working wit the Riflemen, future plans and much more.

- 40 Glocc & Zoo Babies Exclusive Video Footage

- 2 Brand New 40 Glocc Tracks In Mp3

Yep, we got to do it!

To check out the in-depth 40 Glocc Interview, click here.
To check out the in-depth Zoo Babies Interview, click here.
To check out the 40 Glocc & Zoo Babies Video Footage, click here. (25mb)

And two check out two exclusive 40 Glocc songs, right click and save as on the links below:

40 Glocc - 40
40 Glocc - No Place Like Home

Nima

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news 1105910174 - January 1, 1970 By : I have a hot new artist I wanna put ya'll up on. He goes by the name of Flii Stylz and is out Richmond, CA. If you haven't heard of him yet, we're about to put you up on game, cause he is not to be slept on.

From the same camp as Planet Asia, Balance, Jake One and more (special shoutout to Walt Liquor, you killin' 'em boy!), Flii Stylz is set to be the next heavyhitter of Northern Cali. He is currently in the studio workin' on his first project and we have the single here for ya'll to check out, it's called "Richmond", an anthem to his city, produced by ID 4Windz from Atlanta.

Check it out below, and look for more coming from Flii Stylz soon!

Flii Stylz - Richmond

Enjoy!

Nima

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news 1105911653 - January 1, 1970 By : Fresno representative Planet Asia has allowed us to release a low budget video he recently shot during his tour through Germany. The video was shot in Berlin in November, and is for the song "Knowledge Power", produced by Architecht. This song is exclusive, never heard before, so this is a World Premiere at the same time! Oh boy!

For those who'd like to take a peak at how his Germany performance was, I'm also gonna have parts of his concert online for download.

Download the video below, it's in .mov format, meaning you need Quick Time Player to view it. The file is 21mb big and in good quality. This is just a little gift from Asia to the fans, some exlcusive shit for ya'll. Shouts out to Walt Liquor once again.

Planet Asia - Knowledge Power (Video) (20mb)

Enjoy, and make to be on the lookout for his upcoming album "The Medicine" coming soon, which is produced by Evidence & Alchemist. To always stay on top of thangs as far as Planet Asia is concerned, check out his official website mcplanetasia.com.

Enjoy!

Nima

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news 1105918473 - January 1, 1970 By : Goddamn! In the last two days, this is the fourth interview going up. We caught up with the funk overlord Kokane to do a follow-up interview to our infamous interview with him from June 2004 (if you missed that one, check it here).

Here, Koka told us how come he didn't release his "Ghetto Gospel" record, despite it being done, his spiritual situation (he turned to God after a prison sentence last year), his upcoming album "Take It Back To The Clap" and why he only used Fingazz on the production, aswell as the whole rap game, and his current relationship with Snoop Dogg. At the end of the interview he gave a very special shoutout to the website, so big thanks to Kokane from the entire staff for that.

'Nuff talk, check out the interview now by clicking here.

Enjoy, and email me feedback.

Nima

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news 1105921697 - January 1, 1970 By : On February 4th, those in the Los Angeles area should all try to make it out to the "Project Tsunami" show at the Conga Room, 5364 Wilshire Bolvd. Artists such as Monteloco, Diamonique, Chingo Bling, Nevamind, Spanish Fly, F.I.L.T.H.E.E. Immigrants, Kemo The Blaxican, Locura Terminal & Earthquake Institue are getting together, so you're guaranteed to see some hot performances!
Guests such as Mellow Man Ace will also be in the house supporting. Shouts out to 805hiphop.com, elidet.com, mad.face marketing & Black Light Management for putting this together.

Here is the exact adress of the location again:

Project Tsunami
Conga Room
5364 Wilshire Blvd
Los Angeles, CA 90036

Stay tuned right here as always to hear about the hottest shows!

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news 1105926158 - January 1, 1970 By :
Alright here is the official remix to Los Angeles hip hop group Filthee Immigrants "Find Us". The remix features Evidence (Dilated Peoples), B-Real (Cypress Hill), and Guru (Gangstarr).

Filthee Immigrants ft. Evidence, B-Real, Guru - Find Us Remix


F Sharp

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news 1105927678 - January 1, 1970 By : This is a freestyle that Zion I did for me on my radio show a few months back. Check it out:

Zion I Exclusive Freestyle

F Sharp

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news 1106003651 - January 1, 1970 By : Dubcnn.com hooked up with up and coming producer DK All Day, who mad his major debut on Ludacris' "Red Light District" album, producing the song "Child Of The Night" ft Nate Dogg. Here, he told us about his beginnings, his influences, his producing style, his upcoming mixtape "The All Day Mixtape" and much more.

Check it all out by clicking here.

Enjoy!

PS: Look for our 35min Pomona City Ridaz Interview to be up before Wednesday!! This one is gonna be crazy folks! Ring the alarms, Pomona is in the house!

Nima

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news 1106048607 - January 1, 1970 By : The Dubcnn staff would like to say Happy Birthday to the one and only DJ Quik! 'Amerikkkaz Most Complete Artist' turned 35 today!

Hopefully he'll keep blessing us with dope music for many more years to come. If you missed the video interview we conducted with him a few weeks ago, check it out now here.



Nima

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news 1106080269 - January 1, 1970 By : It's done!! It's up!! You can download it!!! The highly anticipated "4 Fingazz Up 2 Twisted In Tha Middle" Re-Mix tape is available for download, exclusively right here at DubCNN.com. So make sure to grab the shit below, it's in a 90mb ZIP file, on a super fast server.

So download the shit, bump it, it's banging fo sho. Shouts out to Edgar aka Young Daz for putting this together and allowin' us to release it and shouts to BAD_SCE for bein' his crazy self and doin' his thing.

The remixes on this are top notch, and you get some crazy combinations on the tracks. The tape also has a unreleased DJ Quik & 2nd II None song on it.

Download below:

4 Fingazz Up 2 Twisted In Tha Middle Re-Mix Tape (90MB)

And here's the tracklisting:

1. 4 Fingazz Up 2 Twisted In Tha Middle (intro)
2. Do Not Attempt - Ice Cube ft. Eazy-E, Xzibit
3. Live From Los Angeles - Ras Kass ft. Dr. Dre, Mack-10
4. Throw Ya Handz Up ('05) - Crooked I ft. Dat Nigga Daz, Kam, B-Legit, L.V.
5. Comin' After U - MC Ren ft. Ice Cube
6. Tha Crew - LBC Crew
7. Wut Do U Want? - Scipio ft. Ras Kass
8. Connected 4 Life ('05) - Westside Connection
9. Runnin' Game - Foesum ft. Nate Dogg, Snoop Dogg
10. Summatyme - DJ Quik ft. Da Dee of (2nd II None) (exlusive 2nd 2 none)
11. Bounce , Rock, Skate - Xzibit ft. Ras Kass
12. There She Goez (Bad_Sce_Remix) - 213 ft. DJ Quik , E-White
13. Frum L.A. 2 Da Bay - Kurupt ft. E-40, Mac Mall, Spice 1, Xzibit
14. Outstanding - 2nd II None ft. DJ Quik (exlusive dj quik and 2nd 2 none)
15. Sometimez (Mike-G Remix) - DJ Quik
16. Crooked I ft. Xzibit - Breathe
17. Throw It Up (Give It Up) - WC ft. Kurupt, Snoop dogg
18. Ice Cube ft. MC Ren - Hello ('05)
19. Outro/Still Ballin' - 2Pac ft. Kurupt
20. Bonus: Big Pimpin Remix - Daz Kurupt, Too Short

Enjoy!

Nima

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news 1106116399 - January 1, 1970 By : Roscoe, Kurupt's younger brother was pronounced dead and revived on January 2,2005 after a Car crash that left him in critical condition and six others injured. The car that Roscoe and three others were in was hit by a 19 year old female drunk driver head on that made the car flip twice and fly in between two cars in traffic, "sandwiching" the car. The car was "crushed like a soda can" says Kurupt.

Paramedics came and were unable to revive Roscoe who received wounds to the head and collarbone. They pronounced him dead and toe tagged him, Surprisingly, 15 minutes later he began breathing again. He was in critical condition, but has been upgraded to stable and is now home resting with family.

Roscoe is still busy working on the mixtape "Cali Untouchable Radio Pt. 5: Y.A" featuring his brother Kurupt, by DJ Strong, and DJ Warrior of the Cali Untouchable DJ's. Y.A aka Youth Authority is Roscoe and Kurupt's group featuring members: Young Tone, Young Roscoe aka Young Kurupt, Bigg Tri aka Lil Kurupt, Young Bizzle, Y.G, Lil Tri, Slow, Phlert, Baby Phlert, T.K aka Tiny Kurupt, Young Mel aka Baby Tri, Nuc aka Tiny Tri, And Kurupt. The tape will be accompanied by an exclusive DVD with unseen footage of Roscoe, Kurupt and the Y.A. Expect the
mixtape on Tuesday January 25, 2005. Cali Untouchable Pt. 5 DVD
to be released soon after. www.westcoastmixtapekings.com


Nima

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news 1106118536 - January 1, 1970 By : Let me introduced ya'll to a young lady by the name of Sibley. Now you can't really put Sibley in one category, because she not only sings and dances, but also models.

She is originally from the Bay Area and is currently in Los Angeles, trying to network as much as possible and make some connections, and ultimatively signing a deal. Make sure to check her out at her website by clicking here, wether it's her music or her looks, I bet ya'll gone be on there atleast 5 minutes looking around, same thing happened to me!

So check it all out, and if you're interested in getting in touch with her, email her. Also, all of the music you hear on the site was produced by Davey D, from Pervelous P Ent.

Enjoy!


Nima

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news 1106144472 - January 1, 1970 By : Dubcnn spoke to South Central Cartels Young Prod.
He spoke about his upcoming solo album, which is all about REAL LIFE and not the regular bling lyrics, He remeniced how someone tried to set him up after a concert and how that backfired,
the upcoming Murder Squad album, upcoming SCC album, How he plans on working with Kurupt, his feelings about The Game and other westcoast artists, his homegirl who is on Eminems albums and so much more.

Click HERE to checkout our exclusive Interview with South Central's tightest rapper!!!

Yash

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news 1106153956 - January 1, 1970 By : From HitsDailyDouble.com:

"He’s got his game face on. His game is tight. He’s got game... Play with the name all you want, but as of today, The Game is most definitely a winner.
According to early reports from national accounts, after one day on sale, the G-Unit/Aftermath/Interscope rapper’s The Documentary is on track to sell upwards of 600k in its first week. Sounds like he can buy Boardwalk and Park Place."

Now that's fuckin' crazy. That would be exceeding all the expectations. If the numbers are correct, wow, congratulations Game, you made it!

Nima

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news 1106174581 - January 1, 1970 By : Dubcnn let's you preview Daz Dillinger's upcoming independent album called "The Dogg Pound Gangsta LP".
It's coming out next tuesday on the 25th so make sure ya'll go cop this bangin album. The production is westcoastish and most of the songs have a real tight chorus.
The guest features on here are top notch aswell from Nate Dogg to George Clinton and others.

Daz "Rocc With Daz"
Daz "Nigga Gotto Hustle It Up"
Daz "Nuthin Can Stop Us Now" featuring George Clinton

Yash

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news 1106193297 - January 1, 1970 By : DUBCNN spoke to Geto Boys member Willie D.
He told us about the new Geto Boys album, how he put Bushwick Bill in the group, how he used to jump down the stage and beat a hater in the audience, why this new album was the most tiring album he worked on, he spoke about Big Mike, Mike Dean, J Prince, Nelly, him moving to a new country and he had some very intelligent words for you young fans so peep game from one of hiphop's legends!


He was one of the most humble, intelligent, most down to earth artists I have ever spoken to. He went all out in this 20 minute indepth interview.

Click Here to checkout the interview!

Dubcnn also let's you listen to 2 tracks from the upcoming Geto Boys album titled "The Foundation".

Geto Boys "Declaration Of War"
Geto Boys "We Boogie"

Pick up the album in stores next tuesday on the 25th!

Yash

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news 1106232696 - January 1, 1970 By : Dubcnn lets you listen to the remix of Snoop Doggs massive hit "Drop It Like It's Hot".
Retired rap legend Jay Z did a tight verse and the others have new verses.

Here's also a unofficial remix by Subliminum from Royalty Records.
Drop It Like It's Hot (Royalty Remix).


Yash

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news 1106259461 - January 1, 1970 By : Since we got nothing but good feedback on "Drop It Like Its Hot" Royalty Remix, I decided to let ya'll listen to another HOT remix from my boy Subliminum!
So here's 50 Cent's "Disco Inferno" (Royalty Remix).

Enjoy..



Yash

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news 1106264098 - January 1, 1970 By : It's showtime! The promised Pomona City Ridaz interview, well it's more on some Mini-Movie type shit, is up now for ya'll to download! Running time is 35 minutes, ride with the Ridaz through Pomona and Hollywood, hear exclusuves verses from their new album and the deal with True Crime, True Crime Vol.2, their new album "Transfer Of Power", and much more. We were all pretty drunk/high that night, so it's really hilarious to watch, see Pimpin' Young live in action with his hoes, Ha Loco clownin' when the security guard comes to tell us the cops are on their way, opening a mini-bar in Pimpin' trunk, and so much more. It was one of them nights, smoking kush and clowning.

Check it all out in our 60mb video file, the first few seconds are real dark but it's fixed after that.

Pomona City Ridaz Dubcnn Video Feature (35min)

Enjoy, don't sleep on this one!

Nima

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news 1106266353 - January 1, 1970 By : This is the first of our upcoming series of unreleased old school interviews brought to you courtesy of the amazing writer Adisa Banjoko. This is an interview with Bay legend Ray Luv conducted in 1992, which Adisa kindly enough is allowing us to release to the world. Check out this interview to see what was going on at that time, and some very interesting information which you probably aren't aware of! Take a deep breath and jump into an era when the Bay was on top!

Check out the interview bly clicking here.

Adisa Banjoko is author of the new book that’s kickin’ pure knowledge to the streets “Lyrical Swords Vol. 1: Hip Hop and Politics in the Mix”. Buy one today at www.lyricalswords.com or www.amazon.com !!

Nima

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news 1106319729 - January 1, 1970 By : Styles P and Jadakiss were on hot97 and when asked about the 50 Cent unreleased song "Piggy Bank" (where 50 supposedly goes after the Ruff Ryders, Nas etc), Styles P and Jadakiss gave the impression that they don't want no beef with 50 Cent thinking that it could hurt their careers.
They told Funk Flex that they got on the Ja Rule song "New York" to get money and it was strictly business not knowing 50 would trip of them getting on a song with Ja.

Click Here to listen to the interview cortesy of Hot97.


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news 1106333316 - January 1, 1970 By : A new song by Kurupt Young Gotti has leaked to the internet. It is rumoured to be the first single from the album "Against The Grain", and he's definitely going against the grain with this one! The beat is on some off the wall type of shit, I highly disliked it at first but after 2-3 listens I started really feeling it.

Kurupt flows well over the track, I haven't totally made up my mind wether I'm feeling it or not yet, I'll keep bumping it though. I advise you to do the same, since I have the song up for ya'll to download.

Kurupt - Stalkin'

Shoutout to dpg42002@hotmail.com for the heads up!

Nima

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news 1106335055 - January 1, 1970 By : Room Service is proud to present "Crunk n' B's" latest sensation, Brooke Valentine. Brooke's album, Chain Letter, will be released on March 15th on Virgin Records. "Girlfight" is the album's first single and features production by Lil' Jon and an appearance by Big Boi of Outkast. Ol' Dirty Bastard (R.I.P.) appears on the track, "Blah Blah Blah," also.

A native of Houston, Texas, Brooke Valentine ups the ante for creative expression with her Subliminal Entertainment/Virgin Records debut disc Chain Letter. A melodic pilgrimage through the perils and joys of a young female life, Chain Letter is refreshingly skimpy on gimmicks and ample on innovation. Valentine's diverse musical tastes create the album's universal pulse by serving a delectable stir-fry of R&B, pop, alternative and rock – offering something for all music lovers. Only 19 years of age, she explores the kaleidoscope of human emotions – the good, bad and sometimes downright ugly.

Unlike many new artists, Valentine co-wrote her entire album in just four months with her executive producer Deja, CEO of Subliminal Entertainment, an independent label and production company. Because of their around-the-clock work ethic, they were very selective when recruiting their dream team of producers. "It was important that this album was an accurate reflection of me,” she explains. “We worked with producers who didn't try to change that." Deja reached out to the industry's producing elite and before he knew it the collaborations developed with the speed of a real chain letter, with several producers and artists wanting to be involved with the project. Chain Letter’s production henchmen included Soul Diggas (Destiny's Child, Missy Elliott), Heatmakers (Diplomats, Lil' Flip), BloodShy (Britney Spears, Christina Milian), Bink (Jay-Z) and Tricky (Britney, TLC).

Here's the video for Girlfight, in Hi and Lo fi. Girlfight (hi) Girlfight (low)


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news 1106336813 - January 1, 1970 By : Awwww shit! And another one! This time we hooked up with the one and only Crooked I! I broke up the interview in two parts because it's so long.

Click here to check out Part 1 of the interview now!

In part 1, he basically broke down everything, from his record label, his deal at Treacherous/Universal, him and Suge, when they last talked, his feelings about him, when it's all gonna be solved, his view on the Vibe Awards incident, his relation to Eastwood, Kurupt, Darren Vegas, Jim Gettum, etc. Spoke on the Las Vegas Bad Azz incident and how him and Bad hooked back up and are recording a group album with Techniec and Lil Style, when that is dropping and who they working with and more, his Young Boss mixtape and its re-release, aswell as his new Young Boss Vol.2 mixtape.

Look for part two next week, where he spoke on his current mindstate, him hooking up with the Game, sitution between him and Daz, the new 2Pac album, , his upcoming Vol. 2 mixtape, his new album Mama's Boy Got A Loaded Gun, his recording process, producers, guests... Who he'd like to work with, his feelings on the rap game, the support his fans have been showing him despite no album dropping, and much more...........

Enjoy!!!!


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news 1106339447 - January 1, 1970 By : Some new mixtape heat for all the fans here at the Dub. Scipio is on the new DJ Clue mixtape and spits some HEAT over the "California Love" beat. Make sure to check it out below, Scipio is a problem on the mic (Props to Flexx for the hookup):

Scipio - California Love Freestyle

The second song is taken off Akon's official mixtape "Illegal Alien". One of the songs is over Westside Connections "Gangsta Nation" beat and Akon really shines on it. Check it below:

Akon - Soldier

Enjoy!

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news 1106389231 - January 1, 1970 By :

We had told ya'll about the upcoming show put together by Flatlnie Ent at Quans Rockin' Sushi in Orange County. The show is TONIGHT, Saturday January 22nd and performers are set to be Bad Azz, The Twinz & Drastic. The show starts at 9pm, tickets are $25 at the door.

Here is the exact adress:

Quans Rockin' Sushi
1107 Tustin Ave
Contact info: 714-906-0776

If you're in the area, make sure to head out there!!!!

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news 1106450286 - January 1, 1970 By : Sup everyone...just letting ya'll know the Compton OG himself, Daddy V, now has an official website. Ya'll make sure you support him.


http://www.ogdaddyv.com

Props to LAZY of dubcc fame for letting me know bout this. =)

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news 1106511742 - January 1, 1970 By : San Diego artist Mr. Shadow is releasing a new compilation called "Ain't Nothin' Changed". I have a few preview tracks up here for ya'll to check out, it sounds pretty promising. Support Latin HipHop and check out the tracks below. I'm gonna try to provide ya'll with a link to order the CD from soon.

Props to Killa-G for the hookup.

Mr. Scorpio & Mr. Shadow - Bow Down To Tha West

Brown Boy & Mr. Shadow - I Wanna Get High Pt. 1

West Coast ft. D-Ryde - Captain Save A Hoe


Enjoy!

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news 1106601202 - January 1, 1970 By : The West Coast Mixtape Kings themselves have taken over the Pacific side and now they're beginning to conquer Latin America. On top of the Latin Hip Hop Mixtape DJ Warrior is doing with us here at DubCNN(which is nearly complete! Look for the feature on it, very soon!), the Cali Untouchables got another project hitting the Latin market. It's titled West Coast Mixtape Kings Presentan El Reggaeton Mix 1.

Puerto Rico Meets Southern CA by way of Las Vegas. DJ Warrior and DJ Strong team up for this one, along with DJ Dee, and take mixed straight through tape of all exclusive Hip Hop Reggaeton blends and exclusive Reggaeton tracks direct from Puerto Rico!

Featuring tracks from Reggaeton stapes Nicky Jam, Daddy Yankee, Voltio, Ivy Queen and many more. Also featuring Lil Jon, Young Buck, Fat Joe, Snoop Dogg, Black Rob and others. Peep it out!

Purchase Cali Untouchable DJs STICKER (Click Here For Sticker) for only $6.99 and receive this mixtape for FREE. (sticker design subject to availability)

Here's the tracklisting:

1. StrongHouseRecords.com Intro
2. Daddy Yankee feat. Snoop Dogg - Soaco Drop (Prod. by DJ Big Dee)
3. 50 Cent - Disco Inferno Remix
4. Fat Joe, Jadakiss, Ja Rule - NY Remix
5. Ivy Queen feat. Fat Joe - Cuidate Tu (World Premiere)
6. Young Buck - Shorty Wanna Ride Remix (Prod. DJ Big Dee)
7. Black Rob - Whoa Remix (Prod. DJ Big Dee)
8. Lil Jon - Gasolina Party Break (Prod. DJ Big Dee)
9. Daddy Yankee feat. Pit Bull, Lil Jon - Gasolina
10. Lil Jon feat. Ying Yang Twins - Saltshaker Remix (Prod. DJ Big Dee)
11. Tori Alamaze - Don't Cha Exclusive (Prod. DJ Big Dee)
12. Daddy Yankee Mega Mix
13. Kapeon - La Debolucio
14. La Hill - Paso a Paso
15. Voltio - El Bumper
16. Nicky Jam - La Vamos A Montar
17. N.O.R.E. - Papi
18. Voltio - Altrevida Bandollera
19. Wisin y Vandel - El Booty
20. Cheka feat. Tego Calderon, Daddy Yankee - Elegante De Boutique Remix
21. Angel feat. Khriz, Divino - Sin Limite
22. Nicky Jam - Me Provoca
23. Daddy Yankee feat. Wisin, Yandel - No Me Dejese Solo
24. Zion feat. Lennox - Ahora
25. Chenky feat. Machinto - Proucame
26. DJStrong.com DJWarrior.biz DJBigDee.com Outro

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news 1106605756 - January 1, 1970 By :
Comin straight outta Ottowa, Canada, Dubcnn is puttin y'all up on Deuce Deuce. These two have been puttin in work, they've opened for M.O.P., and the legendary Kid Kapri. And you can find em on all kinds of mixtapes throughout the streets. Check the website for a ton of info, pics, and some mp3's. They've just recorded their new single "Candy Girl" and we have the mp3 for y'all to download. Look out for a video soon to come.

Deuce Deuce "Candy Girl"

www.Deuce-Deuce.com


If you live in Canada, make sure to request "Candy Girl" on your local radio station!




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news 1106647951 - January 1, 1970 By : San Francisco's own Sky Balla was approached to be featured in The Source magazine's Unsigned Hype column; a monthly dedication to some of the hottest talent unknown to many. Unfortunately, they posted an incorrect picture in place of Sky's own, in the January/February issue. As reinbursment, he will be featured in next month's issue as well. So look out for that. Click here to view the article.

Sky Balla's debut album "Mobb Report" was released today, January 25th. It features appearances by The Game, Lil Flip, E-40, Mac Dre (RIP) and others, and production by Scott Storch, Tone Capone, Cozmo, and Sean T. Check out the tracklist below:


1. Intro.
2. Friend or Foe
3. My Story ft. The Game
4. Real Talk ft. Juelz Santana
5. Doin' It Big
6. Shined Out ft. E-40
7. True To Da Game
8. If Ya Lucky ft. Notorious B.I.G
9. Ain't Nothin Changed
10. Big Payback ft. Keak Da Sneak
11. Well Connected ft. N.O.R.E.
12. Put It In Da Air ft. The Game
13. Gonna Get It
14. Strawberry Shortcake
15. M.O.B. ft. San Quinn & Messy Marv
16. I Had To Do It ft. Rich Da Factor
17. Off Top ft. Lil Flip
18. Pimpin' Ain't Dead ft. Mac Dre
19. Starlight

For the latest updates head over to skyballa.com.



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news 1106655416 - January 1, 1970 By : "Homie, Its Game time...You ready, here it come..." The Game's debut album, "The Documentary," is out in stores now and by all accounts has been a massive success! So Conan Milne stepped up to produce an article around Game to focus on the whether this is the westcoast's time to shine! Please check the article by using the main image above or by clicking here. Drop feedback over at the forum and if you havent already go pick up a copy of "The Documentary!"

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news 1106674029 - January 1, 1970 By : All Hip Hop lovers and sympathizers know that Dr. Dre has been in the rap game for over 20 years. In fact, he was one of the pioneers of gangsta rap, helping create the West coast sound of Hip Hop. He created a reality that needed to be heard as the East Coast could be best known for metaphors and vivid descriptions and exaggerations of reality, the West Coast held a more different poetic stance. They spoke as if they were reading from their very own diaries. They spoke of things that forced Suburban America to pay attention, far beyond their glass houses a grimer picture was painted revealing the harsh struggles in the world. The East Coast continued to deliver a crafty method and mathematical timing of Hip Hop that either preached social change or gave a comical view of urban America, NWA boldly announced this statement, "Fuck The Police", "Express Yourself", "Dopeman" amongst countless others, all sharing to the world their reality and not apologizing one bit for it. Dr. Dre was also in the presence of Tupac as he gave us another added dimmension of reality. Since Dr. Dre left Death row in late 1996 he has built a new company -Aftermath and has made it one of the most powerful labels in hip hop. In fact Aftermath is the winning dynasty that has closed the gate on its competitors. With multi-platinum acts like Eminem and 50 cent, Dre has shaped and given a new face to hip hop and has guided these stars to superstardom. Now he has added large hip hop acts like Busta Ryhmes and Eve and has produced hits for all the heavy weights in the game.


Some would say Dre has nothing left to give hip hop or anything left to prove. Dr. Dre ‘s legacy as a hip hop legend is in place and undoubtly has nothing left to prove. Or maybe he does? Dre might not tell you his inner motivations but actions are a clear indication of any man, He actually owed himself something the ability to pay homage and give back to where he came from. He owes the place that helped made NWA a legend and DR. DRE an icon- COMPTON. Dr. Dre didn’t only come back to his home state of California to find the new face of the west coast; he came to his own back yard, his old hometown of Compton and found himself in the GAME.


Hailing from the same mean streets of Compton that Dre and Eazy E hailed from. GAME molded by the streets, by pain, by reality, by death, by new life, Dr. Dre saw everything that he experienced in this new found Aftermath soldier. At 25 yrs old and only a rapper of 3 yrs Game already has the savvy of a seasoned Jay-Z, and the in depth rhymes of the streets own Edgar Allen Poe NAS. Yes and although I have named 2 east coast artists and some West coast main stays would be offended to know he has combination and sound of East Coast rappers. But that is only one dimension of this multifaceted artist Game has the attitude of the young NWA. Game fearlessly speaks his mind, its almost as if he is not intending to offend, but that's how his very fabric is made. He openly speaks what many of us dare not to even think in a world of "politically correct" and "fake happiness". The Hip Hop game was becoming just that, we got new Blood. This is what west coast rap and gangsta rap was and is based on realities, honesty, candor that is unheard of. In a time when rappers want to talk about what they have seen in a movie or the hard lives others have had to endure. Game is a refreshing ray of light in Hip Hop. We all know there are times in our lives that we don't really want to know the truth, we are scared to find out the truth, but deep within our nature, our fabric, we know the truth is what we need. Not taking away from the other genres that emerged, but reality has a soothing effect on everyone's psyche no matter the good or bad, everyone underlying needs the truth. And The Game is definitely the truth.


Game rhymes and talks about what he has seen for 25 years of his life, but manages to connect with men who are in prison who have been there for 25 years of their lives, and manages to connect with disheartened women, unrealized dreamers, and the people that society has forgotten about. Game holds no punches or tears back about the life not only he lives, but the life all kids who grow up in Compton or any urban hood or disenfrachised home had to endure. Instead of trying to glorify a fictious gangster life that most rappers only know about through movies or word of mouth, Game puts a spotlight on the life of kids who grow up in the hood and more importantly the streets of Compton, forcing us to ask ourselves is this really a life that we want for our children, for our future? Did we forget about this life when we forgot about Dr. Dre? As the cycle of Hip Hop went from East to South to Midwest, the extremely painful reality begin to wash away with pimps, luxuries, dancing, and women. Like Tupac, Game doesn't talk about what he sees he talks about what he knows. After the attempt on his life and his dreams of becoming a basketball star unrealized, Game tapped into the artistic and creative genuis that lies within us all. And although he says that he started studying all the greats of Hip Hop while recovering from the ambush, a man this poetic had a creative force that was always within, but just simply needed to be tapped. After a year of gaining buzz on the underground of California and working with an independent underground force. Fate stepped into Game’s life when Dr. Dre got handed the natives demo. After hearing his demo it's then that Dr. Dre realized that he had come full circle in the Game.

The Documentary is a classic for 3 reasons: Dr. Dre, perfect timing, and Game's undeniable artistic skills. Each song screams classic even the intro encourages us to understand the concept of economic advancement for the West Coast by playing the GAME, and the West Coast is definitely back and playing. Westside Story vividly places us into a California anthem and it reminds us that the West was restless, with hardcore street beats, you can't help but visualize Compton. Dreams is a universal song not because we all have them, but because each one of us are driven by our dreams, and Game taps into that. For those that think that he is just one dimmensional talking about "Gangster Rap", Martin Luther King Jr and Hughey Newton would've been happy to know that each of their dreams for social change was remembered by this generation. Hate it or Love it doesnt apologize for their reality, hate it or love it that's the life they chose, because of the cards that were dealt. Start From Scratch makes anyone who has tear ducts cry. This song pulls on every heartstring in the world. I am sure you get the point that this CD is in autorepeat and in every car. And it's not just because it's the West Coast it's because everyone has their own documentary.

Game shows he is not just a soldier, but a general by creating and being the CEO of *THE BLACKWALLSTREET*. Game plans on using this corporation not only for music but for all sorts of endeavors to give back to Compton and the place that gave life to him and his family and friends. Big FASE is the COO of the company the blackwallstreet, some calling him the Keyser Soze of the neighborhood, he is a quiet, brilliant strategic thinker, and gives Game a strong family foundation.. Game is set to win, because within their organization they are not only long time friends but they have brilliant minds like "The Negotiator" Phat Rat, Internet Specialist G-ride, Deal Maker D -Mack, Baron Davis (NBA sports) and countless others by his side. You won't know who is who some maybe dressed like gangsters, some with business suits who can speak 2-3 languages, but all of them having a skill that is unbelievable. Game has set the foundation by intelligent strategic planning, with bringing in proven leaders from outside his circle like Shemia Miller, dubbed as the Global International Business Consultant, having allies all over the world. The only unfortunate member not present about this movement is his longtime best friend Billboard. He was murdered before Game released his album and finally put his stamp on hip hop. He was lost to the streets like countless others due to gang violence, Game and The Black Wall Street will continue to carry his legacy. Unfortunately he will not be able to physically see how far Game has come and the others who grew up in his troubled town did, but his family will be able to benefit. The Blackwallstreet is set to do what the original Black Wall Street in Oklahoma was going to accomplish, because the leaders in the company are not apologizing for taking over. They have "warriors" some have brief cases, and some are said to have guns in those brief cases, but they aren't letting anyone penetrate and stop The Game, and the expansion of The Black Wall Street. They live for everything and die for nothing. That's their motto. Game, Big Fase, Phatrat, and The Black Wall Street are keeping everything family by having its base actually be on the block in Compton where his brother and others grew up. With his determination and creation of this organization, Game shows us its not the cards life deals you that matters, it's how you play the game. Now Game is poised to be the New Nigga Witta Attitude, perhaps he will do what Dr. Dre did when he found game; give back to the west coast and Compton. Like Dr. Dre, Game is poised to come back full circle.


Written by Darnell Metayer & Tonya Mitchell


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news 1106677933 - January 1, 1970 By : Bungalo Records are releasing a Kurupt's Greatest Hits album including an unreleased track and a bonus DVD with music videos on it. The CD is set to drop Feb. 15th 2005, and from the looks of it, it's a Treacherous/Bungalo release. Hopefully after this, he will have the green light to drop "Against The Grain" this May, as it's scheduled.

Let's hope everything happens that way, it would be sad to see this album get even more pushed back.

We'll keep you updated on this matter.

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news 1106690037 - January 1, 1970 By : Spice 1 released a new album today called "Dyin' 2 Ball". Personally, I have to say I'm dissapointed, although it has a few highlights. I uploaded 3 tracks here for ya'll to check out and make up your own mind, these three are amongst my favorites. 40 Glocc is featured on a track, and Michelob appears on 4 tracks. The song "Thug Thang" has the exact same beat as the song "Get Ya Money" off the Yukmouth & C-Bo Thuglordz album, which I thought was weird.



Check out the tracklisting below and click on the highlighted tracks to download:

1. Dyin' 2 Ball
2. It's A Shame
3. Gangstaer As I Wanna Be
4. She Got Hydraulics On It
5. Rude Boy
6. Fake Ass Gangster
7. Character
8. Thug In Me
9. Candy
10. She's So Fly
11. Gangsta Girl
12. Da Ghetto
13. Cold Of The Streets
14. Thug Thang
15. Give A Dog A Bone

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news 1106733102 - January 1, 1970 By : Note: Update was edited with final numbers, billboard corrected the numbers posted on hitsdailydouble.com this morning.

Now ain't that somethin'! The official numbers for the 1st week sales of The Game's 'Documentary' are in, and he has sold 589,214 copies!!! Congratulations to Game, that's f*cking huge!

Hopefully the high numbers will continue for the upcoming weeks, we'll keep you updated.

It's Game time! If you missed it, make sure to check out our article called "Step Ya Game Up" by clicking here.

Enjoy!



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news 1106734766 - January 1, 1970 By : Hype and discussion surrounding the release of The Game's Documentary album threatened to take over our forum to such an extent that we've made a special sub-forum called Game Time to handle all the additional discussion. Once the hype dies down the threads in this section will be merged back in with the rest of the forum.


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news 1106761284 - January 1, 1970 By : The upcoming debut album slated for release from Fat Daddy Records, owned by film and television actress Yvette Wilson (“The Parkers,” “Moesha,” “Poetic Justice,” “Fridays,” “Def Comedy Jam,”) and her husband, Jerome Harry, will be the debut album for Oakland rapper, Habitt. Titled “Talk Of The Town”, the album will be in stores on February 22. Prior to its release, the disc has already been hailed as “the best album from the Left Coast this year” by the venerated radio industry trade magazine, “Urban Network.” The album features tracks produced by the Elements, who have also produced releases from the Black Eyed Peas, the Wu Tang Clan, Pete Rock (featuring CL Smooth), Will Smith and Mariah Carey. The Luniz and Knock-Turn’Al also contributed to it.

Born as Sean Johnson, Habitt has lived in Los Angeles for the last six years, although he was raised in the Bay Area. Habitt confirms, “I get all my game from Oakland, it never left me, no matter where I went,” he says. “I still have that Oakland vibe to me. I’ll always have Oakland in my blood. It’s not like I sound like an Oakland rapper, but that’s the place that inspired me.” At the age of ten, he found his first love, rapping.

When Habitt left Oakland, he was blessed with a dollar for his dynamic desire to go after his fate. He packed his lyrics and moved to Los Angeles. Although he struggled working for only minimum wage, he never lost sight of his gift and why he relocated, setting his eyes on the prize, in hopes of being able to rap for a living. His patience and never-ending drive placed him with a job as a production assistant on the “UPN” show, “The Parkers.” He began to share his rap ambitions with anyone who would listen. At last, Yvette Wilson, one of the show's stars, became fascinated by Habitt's energetic drive and persistence, along with his rapping skills. She made a decision to give him that same chance she once had at the beginning of own her successful career. She took him to a studio where he was to unexpectedly perform for some professionals in the industry. Habitt overtook his audience, which responded in sincere applause. There would soon come the opportunity of a lifetime to literally make or break it.

Habitt didn’t know it yet, but Yvette Wilson was contemplating forming a record label with her husband, Jerome Harry, who worked in the music business. The couple gave Habitt an assignment. He would have to go on NBC's Showtime At The Apollo, and survive. If Habitt was to make surviving success with an often hard to please New York audience, they assured him he would be signed. His trip to the East Coast’s beastly stage of the Apollo was another phenomenal success. As a result, Habitt is now slated to be the first artist that will be released by Fat Daddy Records, the company formed by Wilson and Harry.

Although it may sound like a fairy tale ending, life was often quite difficult for Habitt. Tragedy came early, when he was only five years old, and his father died. Habitt, who often had a hard time dealing with the loss, eventually developed a few bad habits, due to the uncertain of the direction of his life. Habitt concedes, “I finally moved to L.A. because I was doing some things I shouldn’t have, and I had an opportunity to leave. I got shot at the age of 17, being in the wrong place at the wrong time. I was in the hospital and
almost died. I am so blessed to be here, as I almost didn’t make it. That really woke me up.”

Habitt learned a lot about having game from his uncles, especially Mark Curry, who like Yvette Wilson, is also a comic. Curry is briefly heard on the album, and Habitt explains, “It really means a lot to me.” Habitt often used humor as a way to pull through the hard times, and says that Curry has long been one of his inspirations. Family members always supported his talents, especially his mother. “She raised me well, and had a lot on her hands, being a single mother.”

Habitt expresses much of his personal life in his music, particularly in the track, “Street Life.” Habitt confesses, “That song gives me chills because I dug deep into things that have happened in my life. A lot of my close friends have passed away, and I felt if I stayed in Oakland, the same thing could happen to me.”

Habitt believes that part of being the best person he can be includes having as much game as possible, hence the song, “Strictly Game.” He explains his philosophy by saying, “It all came from Oakland where I got my game. It’s entirely about your game, and it will come if you’re doing a good job at whatever it is you’re doing. But without game, you can’t have anything in life.”

The song “Lesson” is about regret, and it reveals the secret to having a successful relationship with a female. “There’s no I in we,” the song observes, as it spills its guts. Habitt says, “A lot of guys won’t come forward and admit they were wrong in a relationship. But as far as my album goes, this is real life; this is not a gimmick. Therefore, this song is very real and personal. It’s like my confessions. I wanted to do something for the ladies so they know that guys have feelings, too. The guys who listen to it, they’ll know it’s real. I put all my issues I’ve had with girls in there. I’ve broken a lot of hearts, and had my heart broken, too.”

Ultimately, there is a lot more to be heard on Habitt’s album, and people will definitely relate to what is being said as they bob their heads. No doubt, listening to this CD is destined to become a Habitt.


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news 1106761822 - January 1, 1970 By : Awwww shit! Some brand new shit from Balance's upcoming mixtape "Bay Area Mixtape King" exclusively here for ya'll at Dubcnn.com! The song is produced by The Frontline's Left and is called "Welcome 2 Kali".

I have the shit here for ya'll to download, this is just a little taster to see what kind of shit he has to offer on his newest mixtape. Lookout for the "Bay Area Mixtape King" to be out February 22nd in stores and on his website balanceskillz.com.

Download the song below:

Balance - Welcome 2 Kali

Enjoy, and lookout for Balances debut solo "The Day Kali Died" later this year!

Nima

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news 1106770950 - January 1, 1970 By : Wassup folks! Ya'll know about Jayo Felony's underground classic "True'd Up" from his Crip Hop album, dissing Jay-Z & Roc A Fella. Well the producer Raw Steel, who has produced songs for the likes of MC Eiht, MC Ren, Above The Law, Yukmouth, C-Bo, Lil Cyco, his latest work was on the Thug Lordz album "44Mag Gloc" and "Let's Flip Her", recently did a remix of the song.

Thanks to the homie Deesta for kindly hooking it up for ya'll to listen to. Download the song below:

Jayo Felony - True'd Up (Raw Steel Remix)

Enjoy, and look for more coming from Raw Steel soon!

Nima

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news 1106772271 - January 1, 1970 By : The West Coast is getting crunk! Up and coming Oakland artist T Husle hooked up with Cho Boogie from the Oakland group A-Team to record "The Bass Song". Oakland meets the dirty ATL sound, I have the song up here for ya'll to check out.


Check it out below:

T Husle & Cho Boogie - Bass Song

T Husle just got back from a 2 month promo tour in ATL and is gonna be hitting the studio in Oaktown again. For more information on the A-Team, check out their website ateamonline.net.

Enjoy!

Nima

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news 1106775528 - January 1, 1970 By : Sometimes you check out an underground artist and are pleasantely suprised. Sometimes you check out an underground artist and he's horrible. Well, I introduced J Steez to ya'll a few months ago, and now that his debut album "Up 4 Tha Crown" is out, I can proudly say THIS CAT IS THE SHIT!

J Steez is a producer for those who don't know, out of South Gate. He's very versatile, meaning he can flip from a Kanye West type beat to a DJ Quik type beat to a Rick Rock type beat, creating his own sound. But don't think the beats is all that carries this album, J Steez got himself some HOT artists to appear: Bad Azz, 40 Glocc, Suga Free, Weasel Loc, WS Bugg, Infra Redd, Zoo Babies, Ms. Tiana just to name a few.

We had 2 tracks available for download a few months ago, I have 3 more in addition to those for ya'll to peep before ya'll head over to RoofTopMuzik.com to cop this banging album. You can also send them an email to order.

Check out the tracklisting below, and click on the highlighted tracks to listen:

01-On Point (ft. Suga Free, 40 Glocc & Weasel Loc)
02-Feelin' U (ft. Bad Azz, WS Bugg & Ms. Tiana)
03-It's A Damn Shame (ft. Suga Free, Infra Redd)
04-Dr. Pepper Skit
05-Live Again (ft. Young Brown & Ms. Tiana)
06-What What (ft. Zoo Babies & Bad Azz)
07-Do U Know (ft. Karlie & WS Bugg)
08-Hang On Inst
09-Funky Muzik (ft. Nek-One)
10-Who's N Who's (ft. Blaze, K-Style & Young Brown)
11-R U Feelin' It (ft. Bad Azz, WS Bugg & Ms. Tiana)
12-High On U Inst
13-Suga Free Skit
14-Pimpin' In Da Summa Time (ft. Suga Free, Derrese)
15-Shine Inst
16-Throw It Up (ft. Tha Groove Clic)
17-Juice 99
18-Tha Beat (J-Steez Himself)
19-Clue Dawg Skit

Place your order now @ RoofTopMuzik.com or email grafikpimp@yahoo.com.

Enjoy!

Nima

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news 1106785203 - January 1, 1970 By : The mixtape is called "Game Recognize Game Vol .1".
It has a few new tracks by The Game!

Dubcnn let's you listen to a few of the tracks:
The Game "In The Hood" ft Cuban Link
The Game "Pressure Points"
The Game "Famous"

Cop the mixtape if you see it in the streets it's presented by Big Mike and NJ Devil.

Yash

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news 1106786274 - January 1, 1970 By : That's right Mack 10 and Deviossi Soprano from Da Hood are featured on the new Westcoast Compilation called "Ryders And Bosses".

Dubcnn let's you listen to this tight song which is by far the best song on this compilation. The production on this song reminds me of the topnotch production on Mack 10's "Ghetto Gutter and Gangsta" OST.

I know alot of people are looking forward to a solo album by Deviossi Soprano and on this song he showcases his lyrical talent and tight voice.


Anyway here's the song by Rube "This Is Dedicated" ft Mack 10 and Deviossi!

Enjoy.

Yash

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news 1106800822 - January 1, 1970 By : I'm sure by now you've all heard about the "Tsunami Song" played by Hot 97 in New York's Morning Show Crew. If not, here's a brief synopsis of the situation. Prior to introducing the "Tsunami Song," host, Miss Jones and Todd Lynn attack Miss Info, who happens to be Asian, as she objects to the song. Miss Jones say she's complaining because "you feel superior, probably because you're Asian." Miss Info makes it clear that the song is offensive to Asians, which Lynn followed with, "I'm gonna start shooting Asians." They play the song, which poked fun at the Tsunami victims and Asians. Some lyrics included:

"And all at once, you can hear the screaming chinks
And no one was saved from the wave
There were Africans drowning, little Chinamen swept away
You can hear God laughing, 'Swim you bitches swim.'"

The morning show has been suspended indefinitely because of an immense backlash from angry listeners. Asian Rapper, Jin is not sitting quiet. He hopped in the lab and recorded a song aimed at Hot 97's Morning crew.

Listen to Jin's Response

And for those who so desire, here's a link to listen to the The Tsunami Song.

SGV

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news 1106822181 - January 1, 1970 By : The Bay is dropping some major heat right now! After we hooked you up with a bunch of Bay shit yesterday, I have some news about the upcoming Bay Rider The Gang album, which consists of Dutch (of F.E.), A-Wax & Smigg Dirtee. They have a video out now, from the upcoming album, which you can check out by clicking here or at sickmixradio.com.

Watch out for the album coming later this year, featuring production by the likes of Sean T, Left (from The Frontline), J-Boog and more. We're gonna keep you up to date about this project. Stay tuned!

Nima

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news 1106822382 - January 1, 1970 By : My homie Hu$tleboy Floyd just hit me with these good news. Word is that Big Tray Deee, who's been incarcerated for over a year and a half, might be getting out late this year, around the same time that E-White is getting released (E is coming out Dec. 1st). This isn't official news, but it's coming from a credible source, so let's all hope Tray Deee comes back to us soon and blesses us with some more rhymes in 2006!

We will of course keep you updated on any happenings concerning Tray Deee and his case, so just check back with us.

Nima

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news 1106828736 - January 1, 1970 By : Dat Nigga Daz Dillinger got a little message he wanted me to run for ya'll, concerning the Lil E situation (Daz called Lil E a snitch in his AllHipHop interview, and Lil E replied a few hours later).

Daz hit up the two homies that he was accusing Lil E of snitching on after a shootout with them and Lil E involved, and they talk about the situation, straight from prison. You can download it as an MP3 below in high quality. Don't be surprised if the voices sound a bit odd, it's meant that way.

Download it below:

Daz & Homies - Message To Lil E

Nima

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news 1106848683 - January 1, 1970 By : You know how DubCNN gets down! The illest live coverage around. My 21 and up crowd is invited to witness the Latin Rap Show Down. Come check out 10 artist who are bidding for one spot on a Nationwide tour. This is the first of three shows, which will lead up to the tour in April. Performing on Feb. 4th at the El Cid in L.A. are Reazn, Krazy Race, Broken Family, Global City, Mal Hablado, Malverde and many more. Special guest of the night is Kemo Tha Blaxican. But it don't stop there. Fidel of the legendary Divine Forces Radio will be hosting the event! The illest of the Underground, in one spot. Be there! It's gonna be off the hook. DubCNN will be there reppin' no doubt. Look for DubCNN and LatinRapWorldWide.com to help with the tour, as well. Shouts to Revolucion! Ya'll doin' big!

Here's the flyer:

Front

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news 1106869053 - January 1, 1970 By : The homies from Checkmate Muzik did a remix to Nas' hit single "Thiefs Theme", which appeared as a bonus track on the UK Version of "Streets Disciple". I have the song up here for ya'll to check out, it's a hot remix. Get it below:

Nas - Thiefs Theme (Checkmate Remix)

Be on the lookout for Slo-O's new album coming soon from Checkmate Muzik!

Nima

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news 1106871711 - January 1, 1970 By : Our staff member LatinaBeatz sat down to talk to aspiring Latin Rap artist Krazy Race. He talked about his up coming releases, his thoughts on Hip Hop, goes in depth on his background, aswell as all the info on his current album "New World Games" which dropped last april. You will find any info you need to know about him in this indepth interview.

Make sure to check out the interview now by clicking here

Enjoy!

Nima

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news 1107015757 - January 1, 1970 By : Westcoast rhyme legend Crooked I is now listed on the newly launched Treacherous Records website, treacherousrecords.com.

Treacherous Records are the brand new record label with distribution through Universal Records. The label is home to Jayo Felony, Knocturnal, Big Syke and are the official distributors for Crooked I's Dynasty Records imprint.



No official statement has been made from Dynasty Records, although the launch of the Treacherous Records website leaves speculation that Crooked I has completly severed all ties with Death Row Records.

The Dynasty Entertainment DVD is due in stores soon.

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news 1107023173 - January 1, 1970 By : I have some So. Cali heat from ya'll straight the underground. Money Ink is a label on the rise, and they sent me some songs to put up for ya'll. Check out the songs below, featuring Tiny Kurupt aka T.K., Broadway, Novkane, Doe Boy Fresh, GHood Fellaz, Young Huste and more.

Hustle, Do Boy Fresh, Tiny Kurupt & Broadway - Tha Life
DAN ft. GHood Fellaz - Many Things
Hustle & Novakane - Let 'Em Know

Enjoy!

Nima

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news 1107023622 - January 1, 1970 By : So So Def artist The Kid Slim did a remake of The Game's "Higher" for an upcoming So So Def mixtape. I have the song up here for ya'll to check out:

The Kid Slim - Higher

Enjoy!

Nima

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news 1107024081 - January 1, 1970 By : Oh shit! Some REAL heat right here, courtesy of the homie Deesta and the producer Raw Steel. If ya'll missed the update I had about Jayo Felony's remix to "True'd Up", go down a few posts and read up about Raw Steel.

Raw has produced for many different artists, MC Eiht being one of them. He allowed us here at Dubcnn to release two songs to ya'll out there for your listening pleasure. Make sure to download them both below, they're super hot, MC Eiht at his finest!

MC Eiht - Underground
MC Eiht - Can't Hang Wit Us

Enjoy, and stay tuned for more heat from Raw Steel soon!

Nima

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news 1107024709 - January 1, 1970 By : Goddamn! I can't stop bringing you the goods... Two new Kam singles have been getting airplay on L.A. radio, one called "I Don't Think So" and the other one is called "Killa". Both banging as f*ck, and I have them both up here for ya'll to check out.

Big shoutout to Lazee & BAD_SCE for their work, appologies about the low quality on the song "Killa", it was recorded off the radio. As soon as we have it in high quality, we will let you check it out.

Kam - I Don't Think So

Kam - Killa

Enjoy, and keep it locked right here at Dubcnn!

Nima

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news 1107112544 - January 1, 1970 By : Got a Butch Cassidy song here to start off the day... It's off the newest Damizza mixtape, which is not to be slept on. The song features Sno Bunny and is called "Once Lovers". Butch kills it as always with his smooth style, check it below:

Butch Cassidy - Once Lovers (ft. Sno Bunny)

Enjoy!

Nima

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news 1107113752 - January 1, 1970 By : I brought you a preview track from The Regime's "All Out War" mixtape last night, and I'm back with 4 more tracks to check out. Make sure to swoop this up online or in stores if you feelin' it, it's really good to finally hear most of the Regime cats (Tech9ne is missing) together on a project, even if it's only a mixtape.

The Cali Untouchables did it again, support Warrior, Strong, Hideo, Fingazz, Fatal & Co by hitting up stronghouserecords.com and lookout the West Coast Mixtape Kings section really soon.


Check out a couple more songs below, and scroll down a bit to see the tracklisting:

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news 1107114746 - January 1, 1970 By : I'm afraid I have to deliver some bad news today... Young Grinn from The Link Crew was shot and killed by the Rohnert Park police. Here is a part of the press article:

"Rohnert Park police shot and killed a man Friday night after a car chase and then a foot pursuit through a large apartment complex, authorities said.

The man, armed with a handgun, stopped, turned and aimed at pursuing officers before he was shot, Rohnert Park police Sgt. Art Sweeney said.

He said the man, whose name wasn't immediately available, was taken to an area hospital in critical condition. Sonoma County Sheriff's Lt. Craig Wiseman said the man subsequently died.

Police didn't identify the officer involved. Sweeney said he didn't know how many shots were fired.".

To read the whole article, click here

R.I.P.

Nima

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news 1107115442 - January 1, 1970 By : Back again... This time with a new Kurupt track. This is the unreleased song that's set to appear on his "Greatest Hits" CD coming out on Bungalo Records next month. The song features TQ on the hook and is produced by Damizza. Definitely a dope song, make sure to check it out below:

Kurupt - Odd Squad (ft. TQ)

Shouts to Lazee, you know Dubcnn gotta keep bringing you the good stuff.

Stay tuned, I'll be back shortly!

Nima

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news 1107164556 - January 1, 1970 By : Roughly a year and a half before DubCNN went live, the DubCC forums were launched by my good friend Overseer. The message board is what set the stones for what you see we have created with this site today. DubCNN hit it off so big from the first day on because of the fan base we already had built through the message board.

Today, 4 years have passed since the beginning of the West Coast Connection Forums, so if you aren't signed up yet, get your ass over there and make sure to sign up!!

This is still just the beginning though... If you thought what we accomplished to this day is big, just wait and watch 2005, cause it's about to go down!

Nima

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news 1107199444 - January 1, 1970 By : I just spoke to Prodeje and he had this to say to the fans:
"just finnished SCC new shit "Westurection" and i'm releasing it through my shit slump ink..../native and i'm finna do a deal for Young Cali a.k.a Young Prodeje and my solo shit aswell."

So lookout for the new SCC album, Young Prods second solo album and the debut solo album of Prodeje this year.

SCC is keeping it crackin for the 2005.

Hit the homies up at their official forum. We gone have exclusive footage of SCC in the studio this week.

Yash

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news 1107213292 - January 1, 1970 By :

Jonny-T is attempting something that has never been done before. He will record a song a day for the entire year! That's 365 songs in 365 days. Each month he'll release a mixtape up for free download.

The mixtape for each month will be posted on the last day of the month. Each month's mixtape will have exactly as many songs as there are days in that month. For example, the January Mixtape has 31 songs. And as of today, it's up for download.

This months mixtape features, Mista Cane, Savage C, KD, Sheisty, and Comma D.

www.ihatejonnyt.com

Click Here to download the mixtape.





Adon

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news 1107216713 - January 1, 1970 By : You can stop the emails about when part 2 is dropping! It's here! Part 2 of our in-depth Crooked I interview is now up on the site. After we went back in to the past on part one and explored the old days, Death Row, Suge Knight and all that, we take a look at the future on this one.

Crooked tells us about his DVD and everything you need to know about it, his personal highlight on it and when he plans to release it, and of course, we go in-depth about his new album "Mama's Boy Got A Lodaed Gun", what we can expect from it, his idea of a perfect album, the subject matter, his current mindstate, how he would like to see his future, working with The Game, his relationship with Daz, the new 2Pac album and oh so much more.

Make sure to check out the interview now by clicking here.

If you missed part 1 (shame on you!), click here to read it now.

ENJOY!!!!!!!!!!

Nima

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news 1107292950 - January 1, 1970 By : Got some Actions Speak audio for ya'll by Cash Dolla. The song is called "Gun Muzik" and is definitely worth checking out.

Cash Dolla - Gun Muzik

Enjoy!

Nima

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news 1107294772 - January 1, 1970 By : Wolfpac Records is proud to announce the newest addition to our undisputed impenetrable force, our "hip-hop R. Kelly", of sorts. Imagine, talent so fierce that lyrical content, song formatting, editing, and engineering are simultaneously mastered, in addition, to undeniable production. You see when you've been rapping since you were ten, sooner or later, those production keys begin to look pretty interesting. By age 15, BUCCWEET a. k. a. Tha Animal had credits that included accomplished producer and DJ to add to his resume.
Pulled from his San Fernando Valley and pushed to the forefront of the industry, BUCCWEET is solely responsible for the fire production on his album, in its entirety. (He produced EVERY SINGLE TRACK!!!) That alone, puts this newcomer in an extremely prestigious class. Tha Animal credits his production to have been most influenced by Dr. Dre. "Dre's the #1 of all time for bangin production. Timberland for his drum and song programming, and (DJ) Premier is one of a kind when it comes to sampling techniques." Being born and raised in "the 818", as BUCCWEET passionately refers to his stomping grounds as, has resulted in representin the city in almost every song. Those of you who know what's crackin know the flavor the city brings…. "that Valley Life", notes BUCCWEET. From that good kush only found roun here to every size, shape, and formed woman imaginable to gettin that REAL money: "We got land. This ain't no nickel and dime shit," he elaborates. "You put all that shit in one pot, you got some fly niggas. We do it WAY BIG out here." When asked to briefly tell people what they can xpect from his debut album, "Life and music," BUCCWEET is quick to respond with. "You can expect the truth. My lyrics, my beats, my hooks, all of the above, is THE TRUTH!" Game recognize game. DO YOU?!? Tha Pac anticipates album release early September. Until then, you can find exclusive drops, photos, and interviews, as well as, news updates on BUCCWEET a. k. a. Tha Animal, here at www.Wolfpacrecords.com.

Here are some audio previews:

Buccweet - Track 01

Buccweet - Track 02

Buccweet - Track 03


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news 1107296192 - January 1, 1970 By : Much props to the homie Nemo and the boys over at siccness.net for putting this together and letting us post it for ya'll. Xzibit just shot his new video "Criminal Set" in LA, and here are some pictures from the video shoot, which featured cameos by Strong Arm Steady, Jelly Roll, Boo Yaa Tribe, Ras Kass, Scipio, Planet Asia, Yukmouth, Guce, Gonzoe, Tha Liks, Damu, Cricet and more.

Here go the pics:

Xzibit 1

Xzibit 2

Cricet & Krondon

Video Crowd 1

Ras Kass & Phil Da Agony

Mitchy Sick, Guce & Damu

Boo Yaa TRIBE, Cartoon & Scandalous

Yukmouth & Guce

Sky Balla

Tash

Xzibit, Jelly Roll & Tash

For the rest of the pics, visit the siccness boards, here.

Enjoy!


Nima

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news 1107307076 - January 1, 1970 By : Check out That
A-Wax and Smiggg Dirtee Video @
http://www.sickmixradio.com
"Posse Up" exclusive off that
----Dj Vlad & A Wax
"The Butcher and The Baker" Mixtape mixed by Daric B
available soon at Sickmix.com

Smigg Dirtee "God Made Dirt" march 29th

Feat. The Game - Yukmouth - I-Rocc - CG - Beta Bossalini & Macnifacent - The A-Team ...



Includes Bonus Disc featuring music video and bonus footage plus 6 bonus traxx...
features the West Coast Grandfinale

"The Last Song" with....
Dutch - A-Wax - Young Bop (Flowheacans) - Mistah FAB -
Turf Talk - Clyde Carson (The Team) - T-Nutty - Syko - Hollow Tip - Left (Frontline) - I-Rocc and Smigg Dirtee all on ONE SONG !!!!


CG "Long Story Short" march 22nd
Feat. legaci, 6th Day, The Team, Turf Talk, Smigg Dirtee, Jay Tee

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news 1107344406 - January 1, 1970 By : For a few long months the boys of Bone Thugs N Harmony have been in constant communication with DMC (of Run DMC) as well as Swizz Beats in efforts to start 2005 with a bang. While in New York last week it was all laid in stone, Lyfe Line Records (Bone Thugs N Harmony) joint venture with Swizz Beats and DMC.

Along with the conjoined labels they will also begin working hand in hand with J Records CEO Clyde Davis. The boys of Bone Thugs N Harmony have decided to put their past to rest and work as brothers once again.

Lookout for a bangin album late this year or early next year.

Here's some of the upcoming projects Bone will be releasing this year:











Krayzie Bone-----------Layzie & Bizzy-------Layzie Bone
Gemini:Good vs Evil----Bone Brothers--------"It's Not A Game"
Feb. 8th, 2005---------Feb. 22nd, 2005------March 29th, 2005



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news 1107420883 - January 1, 1970 By : MTV.com reported that R&B singer Houston who had the smash hit "I Like That" this summer, gouged his eye out after an apparent suicide attempt. Here is the original article:

"R&B singer Houston gouged out his eye after an apparent suicide attempt at a London hotel, sources close to the singer said.

The Los Angeles native, who scored a hit last year with the Chingy and Nate Dogg-featured "I Like That" (see "Houston Scores Club Hit With Help From Chingy, Nate Dogg"), was overseas for a series of performances when the incident occurred. According to sources close to the artist, he first attempted to jump out of a hotel window but was stopped by his security personnel. He was then locked in his hotel room, where he injured himself.

There are currently no further details on the incident. Representatives for Houston's label, Capitol Records, could not be reached for comment. "

To read the full article, click here.

Nima

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news 1107421264 - January 1, 1970 By : Loc E Loc & Baby Lone from the Zoo Babies were recently arrested for possession (a 357 magnum and an illegal knife). They are currently out on bail, we caught up with 40 Glocc for a quick statement. "You know I couldn't let my lil niggaz sit in that bullshit! I just picked them up, out on bail".

The Zoo Babies are preparing the release of their debut group album right now, if you missed our interview with them last month, check it out now by clicking here.

We'll keep you updated on the situation.

Nima

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news 1107422210 - January 1, 1970 By : Treacherous Records is the new home to the likes of Crooked I, Jayo Felony, Knoc'Turnal, Big Syke & One-2. Their official website launched a few days ago, make sure to check it out at treacherousrecords.com.

They also put up some new audio on the website, check out the songs below:

Knoc'Turnal - I've Got It

Jayo Felony - So Into You

And Crooked I's banger "My Life":

Crooked I - This Is My Life

For more songs, hit up treacherousrecords.com.

Nima

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news 1107423503 - January 1, 1970 By : Bushwick Bill of the multi-platinum Houston-based rap group, The Geto Boys, knows what it’s like to feel suicidal, and as a result, to lose an eye. Upon hearing that Capitol Records hiphop artist Houston gouged his eye out during a suicide bid on Thursday, Bushwick felt compelled to speak out. After all, while hoping for death, himself, one fateful evening in 1991, Bushwick Bill forced his girlfriend to assist his suicide attempt, and she shot him in the eye, but miraculously, he survived. That night, June 19, 1991, would become immortalized on the cover of the group’s platinum-selling album, “We Can’t Be Stopped,” which pictures a graphic photo of Geto Boys members Scarface and Willie D pushing a bandaged, incoherent Bushwick Bill on a hospital gurney. “I wouldn’t wish that on anyone else, to force the hand of death,” he contends.
“Fame will make you crazy,” states Bushwick. “Fame isn’t for everybody. There are people who have a fear of fame, those who want fame, and those who don’t understand fame. It drives them crazy, because it is a lot of responsibility to be all things to all people, and you can lose yourself in the shuffle, where there are no longer fifty-two cards in the deck.” He notes that contributing to the stress of fame is that things are often not as they appear. He explains, “There is the added insanity of having a big selling record and fame, yet somehow, you don’t have any money to match what you have accomplished. You are going through that misery with your label, and it makes utterly no sense.”
Bill adds, “The advice I would give to Houston or to any other artists who are either up and coming, or who are already established, and are going through mental storms right now, is this. You need to be rooted and grounded with the same love you have your family and God to yourself. Since God wanted you to be an entertainer, you need to look to God more and less to yourself, because we as artists are confused as human beings, and then lack of knowledge pulls us into different directions. You are put in the position where you have to smile when you are sad and be gracious when you are depressed, and not everybody knows how to play the roles that fame requires. Some people wear their life on their sleeves, and they wear their emotional life on their face, which broadcasts their situation like a news station. When some people can’t handle that, can’t cope, they start to fall apart.”
Bushwick Bill has clearly given such matters deep thought. On his solo album, “Little Big Man,” he raps on the track, “Ever So Clear,” the highly self-analytical lyric, “I had to lose an eye to see clearly.” Media outlets, including the “New York Post,” reported that MTV banned the end of that track’s music video, in which the expressive rapper took out his glass eye and dropped it into a glass of Everclear.
Bushwick elaborates, “I want Houston to know that he is in my prayers, and that I will ask God to give him peace of mind and peace of heart, and I hope his eye heals as well as his mind and his emotions.”
A new Geto Boys album, “The Foundation,” was recently released, and Bushwick is also in the spotlight, as he has also signed a joint venture deal with Adex Records, which will release a solo project, “Gutta Mixx” through Lightyear/Warner Brother Records on March 29.



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news 1107423816 - January 1, 1970 By : Thanks to the homegirl Abby "One-iLL" for hooking this up. This is the first released track by Ras Kass since his release from prison. The song is called "Caution" and as soon as you listen to the song you'll know why. Now that Rassy is back, all these other rappers better be cautious of what they say cause the Waterproof MC will be quick to lyrically eliminate them from the face of the planet!



The song was produced by Rick Rock, check it out below:

Ras Kass - Caution

And if you missed the in-depth interview we conducted with Ras recently, make sure to check it out now here!

Enjoy!!!

Nima

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news 1107450325 - January 1, 1970 By : I am very sorry to have to post this... In contrary to what we were hearing in the last weeks, Tray Deee will not be getting out of prison anytime soon by the looks of it. I heard from a credible source that he was sentenced to 12 years in jail earlier this morning, and indeed, this was confirmed by The Sacramento Bee Newspaper.



Here is the press article:

"LONG BEACH, Calif. (AP) - Rapper Tray Deee, who formed the group Tha Eastsidaz with rappers Snoop Dogg and Goldie Loc, was sentenced to 12 years in prison Wednesday in connection with a 2003 shooting.
The rapper, whose real name is Tracy Lamar Davis, was sentenced in Superior Court after pleading no contest to shooting at an occupied vehicle, prosecutor Cynthia Barnes said.

Under a plea agreement, prosecutors dropped two charges f assault with a semiautomatic firearm and one count of possession of a firearm.

Davis allegedly shot at two people in a car but nobody was injured."

The DubCNN staff would like to send out their support to Tray Deee and his family & friends. We will keep you updated on any happenings concerning this situation.

Keep your head up Tray...

Nima

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news 1107547326 - January 1, 1970 By : Here's a track that Mikkey did with Kanye West a few years ago. This joint also features Rhymefest, the guy that wrote Jesus Walks that is involved in all that controversy with Kanye right now. You can download "Good Ass Job" as an MP3 below. It's a dope song, so make sure you check it out. Uncrownedcity.com will go online in a few weeks!

Kanye West feat. Mikkey & Rhymefest - Good Ass Job

Nima

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news 1107555166 - January 1, 1970 By : That's right we got 2 songs for yall to listen to from the upcoming Krayzie Bone album "Gemini Good Vs Evil".
The first track we got for yall is called "I Remember".Krayzie Bone let's all the Bone members know that he loves them alot and reminisce on old times.

On the last verse he speaks about the good and bad times he had together with Bizzy Bone & lets us know he finally understands why Bizzy left the group and it's all good now "only problem I had was you runnin out on the band/but you explained to me deeper and now I understand/......we got a deadly rap together we the coldest..". /Krayzie raps.

"That's That Bone" featuring Wish Bone... is another track that stands out from the rest of the tracks on this hot album.

Make sure you go out and buy this album on tuesday February 8th.

Yash

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news 1107576334 - January 1, 1970 By : He's baaaaaaaack! Mr. Midas, the Long Beach native, Colorado resident went MIA for a minute, but he's back. And, he's hit his fam at DubCNN off with some exclusive news on what's been going down.

First, Malitov Cocktails has turned into a, what some would call, "hood classic" and is still selling large units to this day. The overseas market has been real good to Midas, he told me. The streets have been the most receptive to the project, saying he's what's been missing in the game for awhile.
Mr. Midas' CD Baby Site.

Second, Royal Pain Vol. 1, has been doing well also. Limited copies were printed, but thousands have downloaded via internet, making it a huge success also.

Third, he's been added to Flowmaster Inc., out of the Bay Area. They've been kicking up dust lately with spins on 106.1 KMEL.
Certified Ryders, has a song called "Twerk That" which is receiving regular spins on KMEL. J Official, has a song called "Grown & Sexy" and Midas has a song called "Pretty Black Girl" which have been played on KMEL, as well. Flowmaster Inc.'s CD Baby Site.

Midas got an EP coming titled Almost Famous with an album following of the same name. He has an EP release party scheduled in Denver for NBA All Star Weekend and a smash single entitled "Bag Back." It don't stop there, he' got a mix tape coming with his DJ, DJ Quote the Beatmaker during All Star weekend also. The mixtape is called "The Almost Famous Mixtape" and has drops from The Outlawz and DJ Iroc amongst others. DJ Quote's website is DJ Quote The Beat Maker Website.

Jagadan Records website new and improved coming soon.

This year is the year of Flomasters Inc/Jagadan Records family. Midas is available for all the dj's for mixtape appearances and artists for song appearances.


Mr. Midas Malitov Cocktails in stores now Jagadon Records Mr. Midas' CD Baby Site
Mr. Midas Royal Pain Vol 1 Mixtape in stores now Jagadon Records
Flomasters Inc. Flomasters Inc Vol 1 in stores now Flowmaster Inc.'s CD Baby Site
DJ Quote the Beatmaker and Mr. Midas Almost Famous Mixtape coming soon DJ Quote The Beat Maker Website
Mr. Midas Almost Famous EP and Album coming soon
Ceritfied Ryders "Til the Wheels Fall Off" coming April 05 J Official Website
J Official Mixtape: "Da Grimiest Vol. 3" coming February 05 J Official Website
J Official "Immortal" coming June 05 J Official Website
Rukus Royal Pain Vol. 2 Mixtape coming Summer 05 Jagadon Records Website

Almost Famous Cover

Flyer

Flowmasters Inc.

Covers

SGV

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news 1107577038 - January 1, 1970 By : You can vote for DJ Warrior, DJ Strong, DJ Fingaz, Dow Jones, DJ Hideo, and DJ Fatal in the Best West Coast Mixtape DJ 2004 category.

Also, vote for Warrior, Strong, Dow Jones, Fingaz, Hideo in the Best Mixtape Team - Cali Untouchable DJs (West Coast Mixtape Kings) category.

Vote Here

SGV

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news 1107578754 - January 1, 1970 By : The F.I.L.T.H.E.E. Immigrants just got their video to "Find Us" added to www.MTVU.com, got their artist page at www.MTV.com!!!

You can check out the video by click the link below. Find Us

Here's where they need YOUR help!!!

Below is a link where you can Request the video: Here

Here's the deal, once they get enough requests the video, it will be put on whats called "The Dean's List," which is the top video's for MTVU, and once it's on there people can vote on the video by simply watching it! If it does well there, then expect to see F.I.L.T.H.E.E. Immigrants on MTV2!!!

You gotta fill out a little form to actually request the video. It's a little involved at first, but the group majorly appreciates everyone who's got a few minutes to request the video. YOU CAN REQUEST IT AS MANY TIMES AS YOU WANT!!! SO PLEASE DO SO!!!

Rif had this to say "We KNOW all the UNIVERSAL SOLDIERZ, and true JUGGALO'S will be reppin' for us!!!."


SGV

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news 1107612628 - January 1, 1970 By : The homie Hu$tleboy Floyd hooked up some new audio for ya'll from the Hu$tlehouse Camp. This time it's the group Hardheadz, consisting of Problem, Classic & C-Ren.
They are set to release their first mixtape "Hardcore", and he put up two tracks from the mixtape in MP3 for ya'll to peep out.


Make sure to download them below, and stay tuned for the whole mixtape dropping for free next week!



The Hardheadz - Let 'Em Loose

The Hardheadz - Sicker More

Enjoy!

Nima

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news 1107615470 - January 1, 1970 By : Dubcnn.com once again got a huge interview for ya'll. Cause ya'll know we not only keep you up on the hottest up and coming talents and new artists, but we hit up the big timers to see what they gotta say too.
This time we caught up with 50 Cent for the second time, and he told us all about his new album "The Massacre" dropping next month, if there's beef between him/G-Unit and Game, Yukmouth/C-Bo dissing him, the DPG-Unit project, Spider Loc signing to G-Unit West, the future for G-Unit and more.

Check it all out now by clicking here.

Enjoy!!


Nima

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news 1107665057 - January 1, 1970 By : Dubcnn brings you a preview of another bangin Bone member album.
This time we are letting yall listen to 3 tracks from the upcoming Layzie Bone solo album "It's Not A Game".
The album comes out on March 31st so mark your calenders & make sure you go and cop that. As for the feature list he got some big names on here from Snoop Dogg and Twista to Aaron Hall and The Outlawz.

Layzie Bone "Stay Alive" featuring Thin C
Layzie Bone "Way Too Many" featuring The Outlawz
Layzie Bone "Smokin On Information" featuring Snoop Dogg

Lookout for our exclusive video interview with Layzie Bone going up soon.

Yash

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news 1107667530 - January 1, 1970 By : Im back with the popular Weekend audio.
Let's start off with a new 50 Cent track thats blowin up on mixtapes and radio waves.
50 Cent "If This World Was Mine"

Next up we got 2 tight tracks with The Game from the mixtape Big Mike & NJ Devil "The Game Needs Me Vol. 2".
The Game "Ashes"
The Game "G Unit Bandanas On"

Twista and The Speedknot Mobstas just finnished working on their second album right now and it should be out early this year.
Here's a bangin new track by them called "Love".

Last but not least we got a smooth song called "Back Up Plan" by Paul Wall And Chamillionaire featuring Devin The Dude.
It's from their album titled "Controversy Sells" out now so make sure you go cop that album.


Yash

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news 1107730659 - January 1, 1970 By : Rap mogul Marion "Suge" Knight was booked on suspicion of violating his parole after police found marijuana in his truck during a traffic stop, authorities said Sunday.

Knight was arrested about Saturday evening in Barstow and held by sheriff's officials pending his transfer next week to state prison, said sheriff's Cpl. Lorraine Riser.

State officials would then review his case to determine if he should be held or released, Riser said.

Police said they searched Knight's Ford pickup and found marijuana after pulling him over for making an unsafe U-turn. He was cited for not having insurance.

A woman in the vehicle, identified as Alexis Wilkenson, 18, of Las Vegas, allegedly had a fake ID and was arrested for investigation of providing false information to police. She was later released.

Knight, 39, co-founder of the pioneering rap label Death Row Records, was released from prison in 2001 after serving time for assault and weapons violations. He recently served an additional 10-month prison sentence for violating his parole and striking a Hollywood nightclub valet.

A call to Jonathan Wolfson, a publicist who has represented Knight, was not immediately returned Sunday morning.

Barstow is in San Bernardino County about 100 miles northeast of downtown Los Angeles.

Nima

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news 1107808222 - January 1, 1970 By : Dr Tipsy, aka Jason Santiago, is Founder of the West Coast DJ Academy. When asked, what is the purpose of doing the class and what would you like your students to get out of this class? Dr. Tipsy repsonds:

"To be able to rock a party or at least know how to mix 2 records together. I started this academy to give back to the DJ Culture who made me. I enjoy teaching others how to Mix records, make beats, blend tracks and read a crowd of party people by dropping the right tunes. We will be giving away free DJ lessons to readers who holla. Check the website www.hiphopundaground.com click on the West Coast We have 10 DJ teachers who are into all styles of music some spin at local clubs and bigger venues. I wanted to create a place where a person who wanted to DJ could get the knowledge first hand from A DJ ACADEMY. L.A. needed one. I have contacted the major and (not so major) record labels they will be kicking down WAX for the students to Practice on."

The course is described as "a six-week course, [where] each instructor will lecture briefly and provide demonstrations. The bulk of each class is spent with students gaining hands on experience with turntables. Courses include: Equipment set-up and break-down, Hand to record and to fader technique, Music theory, Mixing and blending, Beat making, Scratching, Beat juggling."

It's located in the Highland Park area of North East Los Angeles. If you're interested in the scheduling, call for class schedules at 877.267.4376. The tuition to enroll is S250.

He spins all kinds of music. He also does it accoding to the students tastes. He's been deejaying for 15 years. And as he puts it, he's a "Turntablist" who's into "Reggae, [and] blending 50 Cent with Willie Nelson, that type of off the wall 80's meets Hip-Hop meets 2004. But smooth, not like a jerky cut off, each records goes in tune together." The 33 year old, Harlem born, Bronx raised, Los Angeles resident, deejay credits Kool Herc, Rammellzee, Jazzy Jay, Diamond D and The DITC Crew as his influences.

The West Coast DJ Academy is also hosting the L.A. DMC DJ Battles coming up in April 2005. DubCNN is helping with putting the Battles together, so expect the Exclusive coverage from us! You can sign up (online soon!) and get your skills ready for battle at the ACADEMY.

We stay doin' it big!!! Shouts to Dr. Tipsy!


SGV

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news 1107808896 - January 1, 1970 By : Young Dre The Truth's official website is being launched soon, make sure to check it out already, at YoungDreTheTruth.com. This will be the premiere source for anything concerning Young Dre, from News and Audio to buying new releases such as his upcoming mixtape "Past Present Future".

Stay tuned here as we'll keep you updated, and look for a new Young Dre update coming here in the coming weeks.

Nima

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news 1107809444 - January 1, 1970 By : Thanks to 730 for the heads up.

I have two really banging tracks for ya'll to peep out. First off, check out the song "Get Large Anthem" by Pottersfield, produced by Get Large himself. It's a banger:

Pottersfield - Get Large Anthem

The second song is by Black Mobb, which consists of Flame Killah and Godfather from Infamous Mobb, called "Let It Be". Another banger:


Black Mobb - Let It Be

Enjoy!

Nima

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news 1107810475 - January 1, 1970 By : Oh Boy! I'm back with some new heat from Ground Up Entertainment ya'll! The homie Scan dropped 2 heaters that I'ma let ya'll peep out right here.

One is for all of you Canadian DubCnn visitors out there, he did a special drop dedicated to Canada, since they will be having some shows out there soon. And the other one is called "Smurf", but he spittin' like a giant on that one.

Check them below:

Scan - Canada Drop

Scan - Smurf


Nima

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news 1107831661 - January 1, 1970 By : The second issue of Hood Grown Magazine goes to the presses today. This issue contains the following interviews and features: A Tribute to Ol' Dirty Bastard, Hip Hop Beef-The Next Level?, How To Start A Record Company For Under $1000, The Game, Ciara, Cormega, Miri Ben-Ari, Lord Have Mercy, Noah, Angelous, Maverick Video, Record Reviews, Hood Grown Girl of the Month, and Upcoming Artist & Producers. It's also includes a free Amplifire sampler cd inside every issue all for only 50 cents!!!!!!

Hood Grown's purpose is to cover urban music in a street oriented, yet intelligent manner with content driven by artist, music, and African A0merican culture as it pertains to the art form. The magazine is 36 pages, features full colors covers on 80lb glossy paper, with black & white insides on 70lb glossy paper, and is published bi-monthly.

One of the unique aspects of Hood Grown magazine is that it fosters the discovery of new music and artists whether they're on a major or independent music label. We're one of the few magazines where you'll see major artists featured along side independent artists with no seperation based on the celebratory status of their record label. Our specialty is featuring unknown upcoming labels, artists, &roducers exposing them to an audience that might have little knowledge of them.

To this end we have decided to provide Hood Grown magazine at a minimal cost to the consumer in order to gain readership for those with limited budgets who would be more likely to pick up XXL or the Source magazines. Hood Grown magazine's cover price is 50 cents and in some stores it is given away for free. In order to do this, Hood Grown is totally advertiser supported. We understand the limited budgets of most independent labels and have priced our advertising rates so that even the most cash strapped label can afford to advertise their product.

Hood Grown magazine is distributed to "mom & pop" and specialty stores throughout the country through Clout Distribution, Domination Distribution, and in the Newbury Comics chain of stores. Currently in talks with Barnes & Nobles and Borders.

For more information go to: HoodGrown.com
For images from the latest issue, go to: Latest Issue


Hood Grown Magazine (wwww.hoodgrown.com), the new Hip Hop magazine with it's focus on featuring major and indie artists without bias, will soon be launching it's new endeavor, Hood Grown Records (www.hoodgrownrecords.com). With the launch of Hood Grown
Records, the focus of this new upstart is to bring back the spirit of Rawkus Records in it's hey day.

"With the success of artists such as Kayne West, we feel the climate is right to release hip hop artists who want to release hard hitting, intelligent music, and don't feel the need to conform to the commercial formats dominating popular radio and video shows." said Christopher English, CEO of Hood Grown Records. "We can use our magazine to get our music in the public eye and use our distribution channels to get it in stores."

The first release on the new Hood Grown Records imprint will be the BombSounding Compilation which will be followed by an EP release from upcoming artist, Frozen Heat.

For more information on Hood Grown Records please visit:
HoodGrown.com

SGV

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news 1107833740 - January 1, 1970 By : I had the chance to meet up with up and comming hip hop group Locura Terminal at Project Tsunami t the Conga Room (thanks to Elidet!), I have heard some of their tracks before and I was impressed.

Here's some info on their Album Release party!

Locura Terminal's debut album "Infernio a La Gloria" is being released Feb. 15, under Fonovisa Records. Although this album is in Spanish, it is definitely representing for the West Coast. We want to make our mark on the hip-hop community and this album will hopefully push the Latin movement forward. Locura Terminal is also currently working on the soundtrack for the upcoming video game . 25 to Life

The album release party is also scheduled for Feb. 17 on the LATV show Mex2theMax, See ya there! You can count on Dubcnn.com to bring you all the updated and Interview soon to be posted!
for more info check out their website

Official Website



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news 1107859155 - January 1, 1970 By : That's right The Relativez album dropped today and I gotto say it's just as tight as their last album if not better.
This album is basically their most solid album to date with guest appearances from Kokane, Dave Hollister, Butch Cassidy, Mitchy Slick and more.
As for the production... if you were expecting the same funky westcoast beats that we are used to hearing on Relativez albums you won't be disappointed.

Here's 2 tracks from the album called "Money Respect Money":
The Relativez "Run These Streetz" featuring Dave Hollister
The Relativez "Pimpin" featuring Too Short

Make sure you go out and support Dogg & Big Why this week by coppin The Relativez album.

Yash

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news 1107886224 - January 1, 1970 By : Fresh off his European tour, The Game is makin a stop in Terminal City before he goes home. He'll be performing Thursday, March 10 at Plush. Opening for The Game will be Brougham Camp, Concise, and Usual Suspects. Tickets will be available at Ticketmaster soon.



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news 1107905046 - January 1, 1970 By : I got some audio from aspiring West Coast artist Lokey Tha YG. Check out two of his songs "Westryder" and "Ya'll Don't Hear Me". This is just an introduction, look out for more soon:

Lokey Tha YG - Westryder

Lokey Tha YG - Ya'll Don't Hear Me

Enjoy!

Nima

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news 1107905939 - January 1, 1970 By : Drama Started rapping at the age of 13, writing poems in class instead of daily bases academics. Freestyle sessions were common with him and his friends at school, He quickly got a name for rapping with his school peers. People started recognizing him as a rapper, But never did he take serous to his music, time passed and he got better, but he only started to take his music career seriously when his fame was becoming more and more locally. He took his music and put it on the internet, started collabing with diffrent artist such as "Doshuz", Passing out copies to people and becoming more and more attached to the music industry.

I have a song by Drama right here for ya'll to peep out, don't sleep cause the boy got heat:

Drama - She Said

Make sure to check out the website wcbombz.com too!

Enjoy!

Nima

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news 1107906657 - January 1, 1970 By : For those who don't know yet, let me introduce ya'll to EPIK, an 18 year old, upcoming talent (unsigned) from Cleveland, Ohio. EPIK recently completed a single with The Game, featured on AFTERMATHMUSIC.COM (CLICK ON XTRAS) during which The Game co-signs
him. As The Game says on the track: "You heard the muthafuckin hype, I'm co-signing."

From East Coast to West Coast, as well as OVER SEAS, the kid is buzzing. EPIK will be featured in Murder Dog Magazine's "TOP 10 PLAYERS TO WATCH IN 2005," and will be releasing official mixtapes with his official DJ, DJ MICK BOOGIE, Cleveland's leading DJ and exclusive DJ for the Cleveland Cavaliers and NBA Superstar Lebron James. The first tape is coming at the end of January/early February, and will feature The Game, Aftermath Producer Focus, and several other serious surprise guests. If you'd like check out EPIK, please visit his site at www.epikonline.com . EPIK's tracks are currently on several national mixtapes, including the latest top-sellers by DJ
MICK BOOGIE, "The Commissioner" hosted by JADAKISS, and "The Dope Game," hosted by THE GAME, as well as a number of other nationally distributed mixtapes. You can also look for EPIK every Saturday night on Cleveland's hottest hip-hop station, 107.9.

Check out the song he did with The Game by clicking below, this is some hot shit:

Epik ft. The Game - New Single

Enjoy, and look for more from Epik right here soon!

Nima

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news 1107907452 - January 1, 1970 By : After only 3 weeks, The Game's G-Unit/Aftermath solo debut "The Documentary" is already platinum, meaning it sold 1,000,000 copies! Pushing close to 600,000 the first week, 250,000 the second week, and another 193,000 this week, he is officially platinum!

He also regained the #1 chart position after falling to #2 last week.



Congratulations!





Nima

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news 1107908450 - January 1, 1970 By : On the new Dj Clue mixtape called "The Cherry Lounge Prt. 2 (Getting_Right)" there's a smooth song by Ryan Leslie featuring Snoop Dogg. The song is titled "Just Right".

The mixtape also has new tracks from The Game, Cassidy, and Akon to name a few.

Enjoy.

Yash

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news 1107910473 - January 1, 1970 By : The new Messy Marv album drops next tuesday and we got our hands on a copy to preview for yall. It's called "Bandannas Tattoos and Tongue Rings".

I gotto say it's prolly his best album to date. The beats and lyrics are on a whole new level that I ain't heared Messy Marv on.
.. Lil Flip, Dead Prez, Suga Free, Yukmouth and Suga Free are just a few of the crazy guest artists he got on this bangin new album. Messy Marv even has a real tight Mac Dre tribute track on here called "Mac Dre And The Mac

Here's 2 more preview tracks for yall:

Messy Marv"Sexy Thang" featuring Suga Free

Messy Marv"Still Ballin" featuring Lil Flip

Make sure you buy this album next week and support the Bay Area artists if you like these tracks!

Yash

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news 1107939844 - January 1, 1970 By : We all heard The Game denying that he was taking a shot at Jay-Z on Westside Story with his line about button up shirts and maybachs. Well, that explanation didn't keep Hova from goin' on the radio and spittin' some shit, that will be sure to stir up some controversy.

I'm not even gonna say anything else, check out the freestyle from the Funk Flex show yourself below. It will be interesting to see whether Game will follow his decision "to never take shots a legends" as he put it, or retaliate.

Here goes the audio:

Jay-Z - Funk Flex Freestyle

Nima

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news 1107996885 - January 1, 1970 By : What's up ya'll? The homie SGV did a new interview for ya'll, this time he hooked up with Sky Balla. Those who liked the Del interview will really like this one. Sky Balla, who was just featured as the Unsigned Hype in the Source Magazine talks about his Mixtape, up coming album, possibilities of touring, thoughts on Latin Hip Hop, who he'd like to collab with, his thoughts on President Bush and much more.

Check it all out now by clicking here

Enjoy!

Nima

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news 1107998586 - January 1, 1970 By : Whassup ya'll, we've been bringing you alot of "Unsigned Hype" heat lately, well I ain't even gonna stop lettin' ya'll peep out young hungry MC's, cause they really deserve to be heard.

This time I have an MC by the name of Leviticus for ya'll, check out his song "Takeover" below, it's heated:

Leviticus - Takeover

Enjoy!

Nima

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news 1107999076 - January 1, 1970 By : You'd think an aspiring rapper was crazy if he turned down deals with Hip-hop heavyweights Def Jam and Sony, but Kiotti rejected contracts from these labels and others before settling down with Unauthorized Entertainment distributed by Asylum/WEA. Kiotti, now twenty-two, first gained credibility in 2001 upon winning The Source's "Unsigned Hype" award. In 2002, he became a threat to household names when outshining Lil' Flip in a freestyle contest on Houston's KBBX.

The ambitious rapper has released several underground albums and mixed CDs, which attributed to his street credibility and fan base. Not only do the streets relate to the lyrics; his songs have become Houston anthems.

It's inevitable that once the streets love you, the majors jump on the bandwagon. Once the hit "Hooker Hooker" dropped, he was bombarded with proposals from the likes of Sony, J Records, and Def Jam. Kiotti was hot and could afford to be choosey, so he decided to pass and patiently awaited the right deal.

That deal came in 2005 when he signed with Unauthorized Entertainment run by former Def Jam and Sony A&R Executive Selim Bouab. Kiotti explains his decision to sign with UE: "I feel confident and comfortable with Unauthorized Entertainment taking my street audience to another level. I knew it was only a matter of time before someone stepped up to the plate and offered me what I'm worth."

Kiotti has already begun giving back to his community by launching a program called Young Fam Against Drugs. Through this program, Kiotti has become a speaker at Houston schools educating our youth on the negative affects of drug use.

Be on the lookout for Kiotti's full-length CD, which will hit stores this summer. Also, check out his website for upcoming shows and events. www.kiotti.com

Here is a mixtape cut by Kiotti, his remake of 50 Cent's Disco Inferno"

Kiotti - Disco Inferno Freestyle

Enjoy!

Nima

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news 1107999548 - January 1, 1970 By : We recently sat down to speak with Speedy aka Gotti Gotti, who you know as part of the West Coast Mafia Gang with C-Bo. He told us about his new album "Flight Risk" which features the likes of The Game, Too Short, Prodigy, Method Man, Tha Realest, Dru Down, Roscoe, Kurupt, Nico Supreme, Zig Zagand more. He also went indepth and told us the story behind the infamous Yukmouth/Game song that he did, how he first hooked up with C-Bo, his label Death Before Dishonour Records and more.

Make sure to check it all out now by clicking here

Enjoy!

Nima

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news 1107999922 - January 1, 1970 By : Straight out of San Diego and from the Cali Untouchable DJs, DJ Fingaz, has just released his new Mixtape. It's called "Guns N Roses 2" and is hosted by Grown Man Music/Aftermath/Shady's Stat Quo. The tape is full of heat. Featuring a lot of big dogs and up comers in Hip Hop, the likes of Lil' E, E-40, Geto Boys, Yukmouth, Jayo Felony, Mobb Deep, Lord Tariq, Fat Joe and many more!

You know how the Cali Untouchable's do! So make sure you support this! Make sure you vote for them for the Justo's Mixtape Awards! They're up for a few awards, so let's get the West Coast more recognition.

Shouts to Warrior, Strong and the whole Camp. West Coast Mixtape Kings make it happen!!



Here's the tracklist!

1. DJ Fingaz, Stat Quo -Intro
2. 2Pac, Biggie, Lil E -Us Against The World (DJ Warrior & Da Riffs)
3. Stat Quo Exclusive
4. P Diddy - Run This City
5. E40 - Doin It (Freestyle Exclusive)
6. Snoop, Jay-Z - Drop It Like Its Hot (Remix)
7. Dr Dre, Stat Quo (Freestyle)
8. Obie Trice Exclusive
9. Geto Boys - Declaration of War
10. 50 Cent - When You Hear That (Yukmouth Diss)
11. Yukmouth - All Out War (Game/50 Cent Diss Exclusive)
12. Mobb Deep - Cobra
13. Lord Tariq - 3rd Person
14. Fort Nox Freestyle Exclusive
15. Flii Stylez - Richmond
16. Jayo Felony Freestyle Exclusive
17. Kam - I Don't Think So
18. Fat Joe - Incredible
19. Yukmouth - The World is Mine
20. E40, Lil Flip, Sky Balla - Gonna Get It
21. Mike Jones, Slim Thug, G-Unit - Still Tippin Remix
22. C4, The Bay - Tha Hu$tlaz Anthem
23. Cyssero Freestyle
24. Stat Quo - Outro

Cop it!!


SGV

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news 1108090771 - January 1, 1970 By :
I got the chance to Interview rapping/singing sensation Diamonique on her album Diamond in da Ruff, her start, her past, being a female in this business. Interview was done at the famous Conga Room in Los Angeles for the Project Tsunami February 4, 2005 event put on by Elidet.com who showed us mad love! This is just one of the Interviews that Dubcnn.com got that night.

To view the entire Interview click Here

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news 1108098853 - January 1, 1970 By : On his first tour through Europe, The Game sparked alot of controvery. Myself and Yash went to the Snoop Dogg & Game show tonight in Amsterdam at the Heineken Music Hall, and it was definitely worth it. Having trouble with the security guards, we weren't able to take any pictures or film the show, but I'm gonna give ya'll a detailed review of what went down.

We got there a little late, missing the beginning of Game's performance. As we entered the arena, Game was on stage with his shirt off, the pants sagging extra hard, and his Aftermath chain shining around his neck. He had a very good stage presence, and a very solid performance overall. After doing Dreams and Church For Thugs, where he already took shots at the likes of Yukmouth, Memphis Bleek, Joe Budden and Murder Inc, he told DJ Quik on the 1's and 2's to stop the music and announced something that could be the start of a huge battle in HipHop.
As ya'll saw on here the other day, Jay-Z recorded a little song going at Game on Funk Flex radio show (Hot97). "I got an email from the USA, saying that JayZ been on the radio dissing Game...", Game spoke. "Now I told ya'll I don't take shots at legends, but how many of ya'll think Game should record a diss song for Jay-Z"?, he asked the cheering crowd.

That's when the beat to "How We Do" started, and Game started a little chant that he then repeated about 10 times.

"Ja Rule Can SUCK MY DICK, Ashanti can SUCK MY DICK, Irv Gotti can SUCK MY DICK, Murder Inc can SUCK MY DICK, Joe Budden can SUCK MY DICK, Memphis Bleek can SUCK MY DICK, Beanie Sigel can SUCK MY DICK, Jay-Z can SUCK MY DICK, Rocafella can SUCK MY DICK, if you a hater nigga SUCK MY DICK".

At that point Game was totally pumped up, and went into "How We Do", followed by "Hate It Or Love It". After a little interlude by DJ Quik where they played the beat to "Pitch In On A Party", Game came back to Jay-Z again, visibly even more heated. He ended his set by doing the "Suck My Dick" chant a couple more times, and left the crowd hyped, but shocked at the same time.

Did Game bite off more than he can chew with this one? Will G-Unit ride with him through this beef? This will be interesting to see in the coming weeks.

Let's get back to the show, after about 15min of break, DJ Jam took the stage and announced Snoop Dogg, Soopafly and Uncle June Bugg. Daz, however, couldn't make it due to problems with his passport. Snoop walked on stage dressed in blue and white, to the intro of Paid The Cost, "Da Bo$$ Would Like To See U". As always, he went through all his old hits, performing every single song off Doggystyle except for "For My Niggaz & My Bitches, Serial Killa and G-Funk Intro". They rapped Kurupt's verse on "Ain't No Fun", throwing in a little Fuck Kurupt! at the end. "Deep Cover, P.I.M.P remix, Bitch Please, Drop It Like It's Hot, Let's Get Blown, Down 4 My Niggaz" were also part of the set. After blazing a huge joint during his chronic break and doing his obligatory "Smoke Weed, Get High, and FucK" chant, bringing his Uncle Reo" on stage to help him out, he let his band The Snoopadelics go into a little reggae instrumental, making the crowd singing along with him. He finished it off with "Who Am I", Snoop and his crew exited the stage.

Overall it was a great show, I missed the other opening act Flipsyde, and the songs "Higher, Westside Story and Put You Up On Game" off of Game's set.

We will be uploading pictures that our forum member Mauzip took, anybody else with pictures, feel free to email me them.

Dubcnn will also be present at one of the Germany shows, this time bringing ya'll some exclusive footage and interviews, so look forward to that!

Nima

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news 1108157829 - January 1, 1970 By : Thanks to Engelwood for allowing us to use this to let you all hear, this is the audio from last night's concert at the Heineken Music Hall in Amsterdam where as we revealed yesterday, The Game responded to Jay-Z's track on the radio. Since then Jay-Z has denied the track was directed at Game so lets wait and see how that pans out but till then check out the mp3 below of what was said.

The Game - Amsterdam Concert Audio



Rud

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news 1108179922 - January 1, 1970 By : It was announced earlier this week that The Game had scheduled a concert in Vancouver on the 10th (now changed to the 8th). Well there's some good news for the rest of Canada as he's now doing a Canadian tour. Here are the dates.

03/07/05 Kelowna, BC
03/08/05 Vancouver, BC
03/12/05 Calgary, AB
03/14/05 Saskatoon, SK
03/15/05 Winnipeg, MB
03/18/05 Toronto, ON
03/19/05 Toronto, ON

Different local acts will be opening for him in different cities. No word yet whether DJ Quik will be his DJ on this tour, but it is likely. Check Ticketmaster for additional info.

Ticketmaster Website

Adon

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news 1108236029 - January 1, 1970 By : Among some of the hottest young new talent to come out of the West Coast, Long Beach natives, G.B & E Money, collectively P.S.C, are bringing the West Coast back full force with their debut album "Frat House" set to release on the Soul Hood Entertainment, LLC label in association with Gangsta Advisory/DPG Recordingz. "Frat House" features songs with artists such as DAZ, RBX, Soul Hood Artists LIFESTYLE, Mecca Dawn, and Prime, and many more.




Tracklist:

01. Roll Call (Intro)
02. Wanna Be
03. Head Up
04. Don’t Mind f /Bada Bing, Prime, Mecca Dawn
05. Chuuch f /Ozone
06. AKIN (Interlude)
07. Anything 4 U f /Donecia
08. City 2 City
09. Lost 4 Words f /Mecca Dawn
10. I Don’t f/ H.I.T
11. Chirp Talk (Interlude)
12. Toast 2 Da West Coast f /DAZ
13. Guerilla Warfare f /RBX, LIFESTYLE, Prime
** Cloud Nine (Bonus Track)

Look for some audio previews coming real soon!

Nima

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news 1108238613 - January 1, 1970 By : Some more heat courtesy of 730 for ya'll, after the two blazing tracks from last week, here goes a freestyle by Ecks called "Catchin' Feelings". If you don't know about Ecks yet, check out the website newregimerecords.com.

Ecks - Catchin' Feelings (Freestyle)

Enjoy, and lookout for Ecks album "The Daily Grind" coming soon featuring production by Scram Jones and Liveson.

Nima

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news 1108240790 - January 1, 1970 By : It's official, Flipmode and Aftermath. We got a new Busta song off his upcoming Aftermath LP "The Big Bang". Funk Flex recently leaked the song on his radio show and Busta wasn't too happy about it leaking early but later said,

"It's a good problem to have in one sense, because if a song is that dope that you have to take it and just run with it like "F**k it,' I can't be mad at that.".

This is causing Busta to start promoting his album earlier than scheduled. Scott Storch laced Busta with a banging beat, and Busta rides it perfectly. Check the song below:

Busta Rhymes "I'll Hurt You"

Make sure to pick up the album when it comes out in May.

Adon

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news 1108317659 - January 1, 1970 By : "The Vault" now contains more than 2000 Album Credits, only 6 months after reaching 1000 album credits, check it out at "The Vault Index".

Over the past weeks, album credits for new albums like The Game, Royce 5'9'', Mannie Fresh, Big Noyd, Krayzie Bone, Fat Joe advance, Do Or Die, and hundreds of other credits has been put up.

To check the newest albums added, go to "What's New".

Thanks to everybody who contributed to the biggest album credits database on the net!

Jome

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news 1108335755 - January 1, 1970 By : Sup everyone. Let me introduce you to producer extraordinaire EMBRYO. Born in Brasov, Romania, he came to the states and landed in Southern California when he was only 2 1/2yrs old. He started DJing 7 Years ago under the name DJ Embryo. Shortly after that he decided he wanted to produce his own rap demo since he was rapping a little. He had a friend who had some equipment (old vintage analog equipment like Original Roland TR-808, TR-909, etc). He produced Electronic music. So with his help he produced his first 2 Hip Hop beats.He started working on more tracks though and in the first month...somehow his beat CD got around and he started getting alot of attention from local and even out of state artists. Since that moment, he knew what he was made to do. He dropped the DJ and became Embryo ("An Organism in the first stages of Development").


5 Years later....He's creating a buzz around the music industry...working with artists from around the United States like "Sincere" (Blackground/Universal Recording Artist out of New York), R. Prophet (of The Nappy Roots on his solo debut out of Kentucky), Ras Kass, 40 Glocc, Scipio, Diamonique and a many more. His style is unique and diverse... while most producers are sample based (which I respect), I on the other hand am completely opposite. Embryo is the name, Embryo Productions is the company, "The Future Sound of Music" is the slogan. EMBRYO is working on some major projects right now. One of my main focuses is his artist TEXACAL. Born in Texas, Raised in Cali. He just finished their debut Street Banger "WHO U!?" "Both the south and the west are not prepared for what we are about to drop", states EMBRYO. The streets are going to embrace this for sure.


For more info on EMBRYO's roster,company, and where to hear some sound clips log into http://www.embryoproductions.com and http://www.myspace.com/embryoproductions





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news 1108337220 - January 1, 1970 By : Ohh shit. Those who downloaded Dre'sta & The Young Hoggs first mixtape "Dirty West Vol.1" already know. It's was without a doubt one of the best mixtapes out on the West, if not overall. Well, they topped it with this one, no joke!

Thanks to the homie Lazee for hooking up "Dirty West Vol.2", another banging mixtape from top to bottom featuring Dre'sta, Young Hoggs & Six Mill. They picked some banging beats again, from "X, On Fire, Breathe, Locked Up, Westside Story, How We Do, Don't Say Nuthin', Eazier Said Than Dun to Best Of Both Worlds, Soldier, I Smell Pussy, Ether, Jesus Walks & Family Afair.

Thanks to Dre'sta for allowing us to put the mixtape up for all of you to download, burn, and spread. Enough talking, download "Dirty West Vol.2" below, and hit up dresta.com for the latest news, and drop feedback about the mixtape at the official forums.

-=| Dre'sta, Young Hoggs & Six Mill - Dirty West Mixtape Volume 2 |=-

Enjoy!!

Nima

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news 1108346119 - January 1, 1970 By : Whats crackin its F Sharp back with another update. I attended the NAMM audio trade show in Anaheim back in January and had the chance to check out new musical and audio equipment from lots of different companies. Of course attending the largest audio trade show in the world means seeing lots of musicians and performers as well. Caught up with lots of different West Coast artists like DJ Revolution, King Tech, Da Riffs, B-Real, and Fredwreck among others. Here are some pics from the show

Da Riffs inside the Red Room Studios

DJ A-Trak performing at NAMM

Fredwreck on the turntables

Me & B-Real

F Sharp

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news 1108365047 - January 1, 1970 By : Thanks to Daz and Toon for hooking this up, Dubcnn brings you the new video to Daz single "Do U Think About Me", off of his new "Dogg Pound Gangsta LP".

You can download it in QuickTime format below, play it with either Windows Media Player or QuickTime Player. The video is funny, although it's low budget, staying true to the independent release of the CD. Look for his big budget video to his So So Def single in a few months.

Daz - Do U Think About Me

Enjoy!

Nima

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news 1108394189 - January 1, 1970 By : Tomorrow Snoop Dogg will be appearing on Jo Whiley's Radio 1 show in the UK and will record a session live on the show. Usually artists on The Live Lounge perform a track and then do a cover version of another artists track, no word on what that will be yet but it'll be hot rest assured! Hopefully he will get interviewed while on the show! It starts tomorrow at 10AM GMT. To listen live, head over to http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio1 tomorrow.

Rud

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news 1108495875 - January 1, 1970 By : Let me introduce N.I.T. (Niggaz In Trenches) to ya'll. They hooked me up with a hot song to put up for ya'll called "That's The Way I Feel" that you can download now by clicking below:

N.I.T. - That's The Way I Feel

Enjoy, and look for more info on this group soon!


Nima

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news 1108495971 - January 1, 1970 By : GO Twice has been hard at work on his still untitled album for many years now. After producing for artists such as 2Pac, Nuttso, Too Short to name a few, he has decided to drop a solo album entirely produced by himself! This is a little taster of the lead single "Ryde 2nite". Feel free to pass this snippet around as the build up to GO's debut album begins.

Also, if anyone is interested in working with GO Twice feel free to get in touch by emailing gotwicepr@hotmail.com

Here goes the song:

GO Twice - Ryde 2Nite

Shoutout to the homeboy TruNBlu!

Enjoy!

Nima

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news 1108496158 - January 1, 1970 By : Oh boy! Ras Kass is at it again, this time with a new mixtape track! He rapped over The Game's beat from "Dreams", but they tweaked that shit, adding samples from Biggie, Jay-Z and more.

This is taken off the new DJ Green Lantern mixtape, make sure to check out the song now below, he ripped the beat to pieces, no joke!

Ras Kass - Dreams

Enjoy!

Nima

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news 1108602222 - January 1, 1970 By : That's right as some of you may know rapper K Dee is back and is almost finnished with his new album. The homie just sent me his latest song called "Back On Deck" and it's the same K Dee we all loved from Da Lench Mob days.



Lookout for our Exclusive K Dee interview in the coming weeks and stay tuned to Dubcnn for the latest on K Dee!

Yash

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news 1108609764 - January 1, 1970 By : Some new audio first off from Bay Area rapper Guce featuring Juvenile that is all over the yay area right now!

Guce ft Juvenile - Project Lover

Because of the new interview with 50 Cent that we did, I uploaded a new song produced by The Alchemist off his album The Massacre in stores in Early March.

50 Cent - Animal (Prod. Alchemist)



F Sharp

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news 1108651238 - January 1, 1970 By : Justo's Mixtape Awards are comings! The date is set for March 9th in New York City, make sure to vote for the West Coast Mixtape Kings: DJ Warrior & DJ Strong and the Cali Untouchable DJ's.

As you know,they did nothing but bring heat and helpi the leftcoast this year. Last year DJ Warrior came back home with the "Best Westcoast Mixtape DJ" Awards, and also was nominated for "Best Mixtape DJ Of The Year" on the 2004 Mix Show Power Summit in Puerto Rico, the only one for the west!

Please vote at TheMixtapeAwards.com in the following catogories

-Best Westcoast Mixtape DJ

-Best Mixtape DJ

-Best Mixtape Personality

-Best Mixtape Team - Cali Untouchable DJ's

Also, DJ Warrior is set to drop a new mixtape next week with the legendary DJ Muggs called "Mash Up Radio" and with "West Coast Mixtape Kings" one with DJ Strong, Julio G & Kam.

Lookout for audio from the mixtapes coming soon, and don't forget to VOTE for the Cali Untouchable DJ's by clicking here.

And last but not least, there is the Bernard Hopkins 40th Anniversary party jumping off in Downtown L.A. this Saturday February 19th, with DJ Warrior on the 1's & 2's, and Oscar De La Hoya as special guest. For all the information about this event, simply click here now!

Support the Cali Untouchable DJ's!

Nima

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news 1108653492 - January 1, 1970 By : Hollow Tip is set to drop his new album called "30 Rounds" March 1st 2005. To see the full front cover of the CD, click on the picture to your left.

The CD features the likes of Yukmouth, Luni Coleone, Mac Dre, San Quinn, AP9 and more. We have two audio preview for ya'll to check out, click on the highlighted songs in the tracklisting below to listen:

1. Rap Life
2. Thugged out (ft. Yukmouth)
3. Break A Bitch
4. Up N Down
5. Ain't Wit It (ft. Mac Dre)
6. Been There
7. Make It Crack
8. Beef Ending (ft. AP-9)
9. Game Deep
10. 30 Rounds (ft. San Quinn)
11. Mad (ft. Luni Coleone, Young Sav)
12. Merc Life
13. Street Life (ft. Young Sav)
14. Make It Happen
15. Close To The Edge (Bonus Track)

Nima

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news 1108731015 - January 1, 1970 By : I have a new mixtape cut from up and coming artist Dat Boy BG. He re-did "How We Do" with Soundmobb, make sure to check out the song now by clicking below:

Dat Boy BG - How We Do (ft. Soundmobb)

For more information, check out datboybg.com

Enjoy!

Nima

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news 1108731311 - January 1, 1970 By : Ya'll might remember when I introduced ya'll to this 18 year old Compton MC by the name of Wing. He definitely has a potential to play a big role on the West Coast scene in the coming year, as he has the ability to switch up his style depending on what he's rapping about, and has a vicious flow.

I have a new song from him called "No Competition", which you can check out below:

Wing - No Competition

For more info on Wing go to www.GwestEntertainment.com or call 310-560-1360.

Nima

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news 1108732221 - January 1, 1970 By : Wolf Wang comes from the LBC and hooked us up with a new track to put up for ya'll called "No Mo Dip". He's readying his mixtape "Buy It, Burn It, Sell It" and up until now has mostly been ghostwriting for tons of people.

Check out "No Mo Dip" below:

Wolf Wang - No Mo Dip

Enjoy!

Nima

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news 1108732892 - January 1, 1970 By : Those who read our 50 Cent Interview know that he announced a remix to "Hate It Or Love It" featuring The Game, 50 Cent, Lloyd Banks, Young Buck & Tony Yayo, which is gonna be the last song on 50's "The Massacre" album.

The remix now surfaced on the new DJ Clue mixtape, and I have it up here for ya'll to check out:

The Game ft. G-Unit - Hate It Or Love It (Remix)

Enjoy!

Nima

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news 1108733357 - January 1, 1970 By : Awww shit... Now this is a HEATER! First off big shout to the homie Sarkastic from our Dubcc forums. For those who haven't heard of JMG yet, he's a Latin Rapper on the come up, who is releasing his album "The Town I Live In" which features Roscoe, Kokane, Fingazz, Diamonique and more.

To view the cover, click on his picture to your left. I have a preview track up for ya'll called "West Coast Thang", and it definitely is a West Coast Thang. With Fingazz on the beat and on the talkbox, it doesn't get more West Coast'd out! And Scoe comes in with a hot verse, and of course JMG comes off too.

Make sure to check the song out below, and look for much more coming from JMG in future:

JMG - West Coast Thang (ft. Roscoe & Fingazz)

Enjoy, and keep it locked right here!

Nima

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news 1108741172 - January 1, 1970 By : Bing from Lifestyle is going on a tour in europe. Here's the dates and events for Bings concerts in Germany:

19.02.05 Köln - Germany
20.02.05 Berlin - Germany @ at the OFFICIAL PLAYBOY Club - confirmed
21.02.05 Frankfurt, Festhalle


If you're in the area make sure you hit him up!

Yash

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news 1108746590 - January 1, 1970 By : It's a celebration, bitches! Probably Hip-Hop's most succesful artist ever, Dr. Dre is turning 40 today! From the World Class Wrecking Cru, to N.W.A., to Death Row, to Aftermath. From Eazy-E, D.O.C., to Snoop Dogg & Dogg Pound, to 2Pac, to Eminem, to 50 Cent & G-Unit, The Game & BlackWallStreet... The good Doc has touched on almost everything in this game and broke more artists than anybody else.

We wish Dre the best for 2005, hopefully with a succesful release of Detox!

West up!

Nima

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news 1108784392 - January 1, 1970 By : Spoken Umbra productions presents: The Temple of Hip-Hop Tour

"We're celebrating all the Elements of Hip-Hop, with Live performances by the Pioneers of Hip-Hop" The tour will be featuring performances by Hip Hop legends Krs-One, Grand Master Caz and Busy Bee. Pre-sale tickets are available for $15 by clicking Here. The info lines for the event are: 714-227-5444 and 714-277-7772. The Doors open at 8:30pm. And the Cover at the door is $20. This is 21 & over event! For more info go to SpokenUmbra.com or you can E-Mail: ms_spokenumbra@hotmail.com or kim@Faisdodo.com.



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news 1108787330 - January 1, 1970 By : Thanks for Kim from Room Service Inc for the heads up! Here's the Mayhem Remix to Houston's latest shining star, the boss himself, Slim Thug's “Three Kings” which features the cocky T.I. and legendary Bun B. Check the heated beat, supplied by Mayhem. Much different approach than the original. Still has the same verses, though! Slim's current single "Like A Boss" is getting some serious spins. Although it's been pushed back a few times, his first Major label release will be dropping on April 19th, 2005, entitled "Already Platinum" on the Neptunes' Star Trak imprint. The next single will be “Incredible Feeling” featuring Jazzy Pha. He’ll be shooting the video the first week of March.

If any of our readers from the South are interested, here are some of the up coming show dates Thugga has.

2/18/2005 at 12:00AM in Club La Boom, Located at 3406 Southwest Stallings, Nagadoches, TX.

2/19/2005 at 9:00PM in the National Armory, Orangeburg, SC $20.00 Admission.

2/20/2005 at 1:00AM in in the DC Tunnel, Washington, DC $20.00 & Up.

2/26/2005 at 12:00AM in Sylvester's, Lexington, KY.

2/27/2005 at 12:00AM in Max's, Located at 64 Woodlake Square Houston, TX (713) 977-0100

3/6/2005 at 12:00AM in Club 112, Located at 901 N. Franklin Tampa, FL

3/12/2005 in Club Kaos, Chattanooga, TN.

3/11/2005 at Ebony, Huntsville, AL.

You can count on DubCNN to hit you off with ALL the hot news from every region, FIRST!!!! And finally, after ALL that, here's the track!

Slim Thug feat. T.I. & Bun B - 3 Kings (Mayhem Remix)


SGV

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news 1108814697 - January 1, 1970 By : Soul Assassins / Cypress Hill's DJ Muggs and Cali Untouchables / West Coast Mixtape King's own, the L.A. Mixtape King! DJ Warrior have finally teamed up! They come together to bring us this all exclusive mash up radio mix of Hip Hop vs. Rock blends and remixes. It's Fire! Soul Assassins and Cali Untouchable DJs in the house hittin' you from every side of the game!! From Hip Hop to Reggaeton to Rock!

There are some real hot Mash ups on this shit! Featured on the tape are Mash ups with the likes of Mobb Deep and Linkin Park, L.L. Cool J and Areosmith, Biggie and Joan Jett, just to name a few. Make sure you cop this! Ya'll know how Muggs does it, on his mixtapes, and you know how Warrior does, with all his tapes... Why wouldn't you scoop this up?

Tracklisting:
1. Mashupradio.com & DJWarrior.Biz Intro
2. Dr. Dre & 2Pac Vs. Rage
3. Biggie Vs. Joan Jett
4. Outkast Vs. Queen
5. Jadakis Vs. Muse
6. Jay-Z Vs. Sublime
7. Mobb Deep Vs. Linkin Park
8. Franz Ferdinand Vs. Beastie Boys
9. Nas Vs. Led Zeppelin
10. Transplants Vs. Kanye West
11. Lloyd Banks Vs. Sound Garden
12. OBT Vs. Joe Budden
13. LL Cool J Vs. Aerosmith
14. Johnny Cash Vs. Nas
15. Rick Ruben Vs. Beastie Boys
16. Ludacris Vs. Disturbed
17. Ying Yang Twins Vs. Rage
18. Jay-Z Vs. Tool
19. Metallica Vs. Fabolous
20. Nirvana Vs. 50 Cent
21. Gary Newman Vs. Eminem & Dre
22. 2Pac Vs. Jimi Hendrix
23. Kool G Rap Vs. Jimi Hendrix
24. Nas Vs. Happy Monday
25. Mobb Deep Vs. Rush
26. Rakim Vs. Porno For Pyros
27. Xzibit Vs. Marilyn Manson

Buy It Here

Click that and you can cop the tape first on the planet!!!

Also!!!! It doesn't stop there! The homie, DJ Warrior is deejaying at the Veteran Boxer Bernard Hopkins' 40th Birthday Party on Saturday Feb. 19. If you're in the L.A. Area, this is a must check!

All going down at Club Soho, located on 333 S. Boylston St. Downtown L.A.Special Performances set to occur with one of the hottest major recording artists on the West Coast! Special invited guest Oscar De La Hoya. Hot Party! Cali Untouchable DJs in the house.

Front Of Flyer
Back Of Flyer

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news 1108848813 - January 1, 1970 By : The F.I.L.T.H.E.E. Immigrants wan't to thank everyone thats been requesting their video "Find Us" over at MTVU.com. It's in the top 10 most requested video's now, but they need that shit in the top 3, at the least, so the group can show everyone out there that the underground is coming up!!! They need everyone to start doubling those requests!!! As Rif says it, "We really appreciate all the love we've been getting but we're right at the point where new requests will make the difference!"

Here's the link to request it. And here's the link to watch it.

All you Juggalo's out there, get ready, FI is going back on the road!The group is officialy on the Psychopathic Hatchet All-Stars Tour!!! They'll be back in your town with their homies Esham and ABK sooner than you can say "Whoop Whoop"!!! They'll be sending out all the dates very soon.

Lastly, the group will be filming a live performance with B-Real of Cypress Hill on the TV show "The Drop" for SiTV on Febuary 22. So be on the look out for that!

Look for the F.I.L.T.H.E.E. Immigrants interview/performance coming very soon!!! Latinos stand up!


SGV

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news 1108862425 - January 1, 1970 By : A few months ago, we here at Dubcnn introduced you to a Latin artist by the name of Malverde. Hailing from the Cochella Valley in Southern California, this young up and coming emcee has blown many people away with his debut album Mi Palabra.

And, now, Dubcnn wants to extend our Felicidades, congrats, to Malverde. We are pleased to announce that Malverde is featured in the March issue of The Source. Congrats for being one of the few Latino's featured on The Source Magazine.

In the Article featured on Page 82, Malverde speaks about his influences like Big Pun, Fat Joe and Cypress Hill. Malverde also explains why he went from rapping in english to spanish, and how he plans to represent hip hop in any language right! Make sure to pick up The Source Magazine March Issue available now!

You can expect Malverde's in depth interview with Dubcnn asap!

For all info on Malverde check out his website Malverde


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news 1108875005 - January 1, 1970 By : So quick, so fast! I said I'd be back with the dates for the Psychopathic Hatchet All-Stars Tour and here I am!!!!

The Psychopathic All-Star Tour hits the road on March 11th, 2005 and has co-headlining the event a selection of Psychopathic Records artists Esham, ABK, Blaze, and Jumpsteady. The Psychopathic All-Star Tour will also be featuring a special guest performance opening for each show. Make sure to get your tickets as soon as they become available because tickets are expected to sell fast!

F.I.L.T.H.E.E. Immigrants are going to be performing on all dates! So, even if you're not a huge fan of any of the aforementioned artists, go out and support some hard working West Coast Hip Hop artists!!!

And, here the dates are! Expect DubCNN to come with that Exclusive coverage!!!

Date: 3.9.2005
City/State: Columbus, OH
Venue: Newport Music Hall
Location 1722 North High St., Columbus, OH 43201


Date: 3.10.2005
City/State: Cincinnati, OH
Venue: Bogart's
Location 2621 Vine St., Cincinnati, OH 45219


Date: 3.11.2005
City/State: Pittsburgh, PA
Venue: Mr. Smalls Theatre
Location 400 Lincoln Ave., Pittsburgh, PA 15209


Date: 3.12.2005
City/State: Worcester, MA
Venue: The Palladium
Location 261 Main St., Worcester, MA 01608


Date: 3.14.2005
City/State: Ausbury Park, NJ
Venue: Stone Pony
Location 913 Ocean Ave., Ausbury Park, NJ 07712

Date: 3.15.2005
City/State: Philadelphia, PA
Venue: Theater of the Living Arts
Location 334 South St., Philadelphia, PA 19147


Date: 3.16.2005
City/State: Towson, MD
Venue: The Recher Theatre
Location 512 York Rd., Towson, MD 21204


Date: 3.17.2005
City/State: Norfolk, VA
Venue: The Norva Theatre
Location 317 Monticello Ave., Norfolk, VA 23510


Date: 3.18.2005
City/State: Atlanta, GA
Venue: Masquerade
Location 695 North Ave. NE, Atlanta, GA 30308


Date: 3.19.2005
City/State: St. Petersburg, FL
Venue: State Theatre
Location 687 Central Ave., St. Petersburg, FL 33701

Date: 3.21.2005
City/State: Dallas, TX
Venue: Tree's
Location 2709 Elm St., Dallas, TX 75266

Date: 3.23.2005
City/State: Albuquerque, NM
Venue: Sunshine Theater
Location 120 Central SW., Albuquerque, NM 87102

Date: 3.24.2005
City/State: Phoenix, AZ
Venue: Marquee Theatre
Location 730 North Mill Ave., Phoenix, AZ 85099


Date: 3.25.2005
City/State: Long Beach, CA
Venue: The Vault 350
Location 350 Pine Ave., Long Beach, CA 90803


Date: 3.26.2005
City/State: Henderson, NV
Venue: Roadhouse Casino
Location 2100 N Boulder Hwy., Henderson, NV 89015


Date: 3.27.2005
City/State: San Francisco, CA
Venue: The Pound
Location Pound SF at Pier 96, San Francisco, CA 94124

Date: 3.29.2005
City/State: Seattle, WA
Venue: El Corazon (formerly Graceland)
Location 109 Eastlake Ave., Seattle, WA 98109


Date: 3.31.2005
City/State: Salt Lake City, UT
Venue: Club Sound (formerly Bricks)
Location 579 West 200 South, Salt Lake City, UT 84101


Date: 4.1.2005
City/State: Denver, CO
Venue: Ogden Theatre
Location 935 East Colfax, Denver, CO 80218

Date: 4.2.2005
City/State: Lawrence, KS
Venue: The Bottleneck
Location: 737 New Hampshire St., Lawrence, KS 66044


Date: 4.3.2005
City/State: Minneapolis, MN
Venue: The Quest
Location: 110 North 5th St., Minneapolis, MN 55404


Date: 4.5.2005
City/State: Davenport, IA
Venue: Quad City Live
Location: 421 West River Dr., Davenport, IA 52806


Date: 4.6.2005
City/State: Sauget, MO
Venue: Pop's
Location: 1403 Mississippi Ave., Sauget, MO 62201


Date: 4.7.2005
City/State: Chicago, IL
Venue: House of Blues
Location: 329 North Dearborn St., Chicago, IL 60610


Date: 4.8.2005
City/State: Detroit, MI
Venue: St. Andrews Hall
Location: 431 East Congress, Detroit, MI 48226


Date: 4.9.2005
City/State: Cleveland, OH
Venue: Agora Ballroom
Location: 5000 Euclid Ave., Cleveland, OH 44103

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news 1108929192 - January 1, 1970 By : Earlier this evening the UK Top 40 Singles Chart was announced and featured The Game's first single How We Do, featuring 50 Cent as a new entry. The song hit Number 5, a great result for The Game, congratulations! This single on the US Billboard 100 is also at Number 5. The album, The Documentary, is currently at Number 23 on the UK Album Charts. The album is still riding high in the US Billboard 200, and currently resides at Number 2.

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news 1108945713 - January 1, 1970 By : This is probably the best track i've heared so far from the upcoming 50 Cent album "The Massacre".
The track is called "The Ski Mask Way" and is on the new Dj Clue mixtape titled "He's A Pro".

Make sure you checkout our exclusive interview with 50 Cent to find out more about his anticipated album droppin March 8th.

Yash

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news 1109005582 - January 1, 1970 By : Here's the track everyone was waiting on..The track where 50 Cent dissed Shyne, Nas, Jadakiss, Fat Joe and more.

Funk Flex didn't wanna play this but Dubcnn will:
50 Cent "Piggy Bank Produced by Needlez

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news 1109019144 - January 1, 1970 By : The official radio station for West Coast Rap Radio is now online at westcoastrap.net. The site is connected to the Dubcnn/Raptalk/WCRydaz/LatinRapWorldwide/SickMix network and is playing nothing but West Coast cuts all day long. It is also the official home of the Northwests best radio show: Reaper Radio.

This is the official home of the Cali Untouchable DJ's online too, so head over to hear some of that real West Coast shit.

Dubcnn will be having their own 1-2 hours show. For requests, email requests@westcoastrap.net. We already have 200 simulatenous users and we're growing like toenails, so get with it!

Check it out: westcoastrap.net

Nima

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news 1109027364 - January 1, 1970 By : Los Angeles, February 21, 2005- Multi-Platinum producer and Cypress Hill Mebmber, DJ Muggs and Justos 2003 Mixtape award winner DJ Warrior are releasing Mash Up Radio Volume 1. The mixtape is a cd version of DJ Muggs syndicated radio show that airs on four stations
in the U.S. and the Shade 45 channel on Sirius Satellite radio.

Mash Up Radio Volume 1 is a rock/rap mixtape of all exclusive mash up radio mix of hip hop vs. rock blends. Some of the exclusive Mash Ups on the mixtape include Jay-Z vs. Sublime, Nas vs. Led Zeppelin, and 2Pac vs. Jimi Hendrix.

“I hooked up with (DJ) Warrior a six months ago, and I really wanted to get down on a project that would represent the re-emergence of the west”, said DJ Muggs. This marks the first time Soul Assassin, DJ Muggs and Cali Untouchable DJ –DJ Warrior have collaborated on a mixtape.

“It was an honor to be working with (DJ Muggs), and this is just a teaser to what we both offer on mixtapes and the radio”, said DJ Warrior, Cali Untouchable DJs lead member and L.A’s Mixtape King about working with Muggs.

“This is not just your average mixtape, it’s just massive”, DJ Warrior added. Mash Up Radio can be heard every Monday from 10p.m. to 12a.m. eastern time on Sirius Satellite Radio channel Shade 45.

The Mash Up Radio Volume 1 is available at www.HipHopWest.com

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news 1109101706 - January 1, 1970 By : Got a new heater from Young Hu$tle, DoeBoy, Tiny Kurupt, Young Mel, Butta & Absolute from the Money Ink camp called "Fuck Yo Camp". Check it out below:

Young Hu$tle, DoeBoy, Tiny Kurupt, Young Mel, Butta & Absolute - Fuck Yo Camp

Enjoy!

Nima

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news 1109102373 - January 1, 1970 By : In two weeks Mikkey's new C.R.A.C.K. mixtape "The
Thirst Of The Streets Volume 1: Ready Rock (Hosted By
Violater Allstar DJ V Dubb)" will be for sale on
UncrownedCity.com. DubCNN has some audio previews for ya'll to check out. Below you can listen to the banging intro, the Birdman Diss over the GO DJ beat, Till I Die featuring Ab Liva and former Cash Money artist Gillie Da Kid and The Greatest featuring R&B singer Traye D.

1. Intro
2. Birdman Diss
3. Three Things
4. Real Talk
5. Till I Die ft. Gillie Da Kid & Ab Liva
6. Dead Wrong ft. Da G & Da Rock
7. Bitch Niggas ft. Doe Boy
8. Nawatalkinbout
9. The Greatest ft. Traye D
10. Why
11. Hood ft. Miss Criss
12. Keepin It Movin ft. Erika Kane, Bump J & Lenny
Hooks
13. Remember ft. Mela
14. Who's World Is This
15. Nowhere To Run ft. Alert & K.T.
16. Call It Like I See It ft. Loke
17. Make Dough ft. Miss Criss & Bump J
18. Matress Money ft. K.T. & Famous
19. Bump My Shit ft. Miss Criss
20. Get Down ft. Benny Franks
21. Lead The Way ft. Spree Isreal & Count
22. Outro

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news 1109103472 - January 1, 1970 By : Yes sir, you read correct! We done did it again! Last saturday, myself, Yash & the big homie Lil Jay had the chance to hook up with Bigg Snoop Dogg after his show in Cologne, Germany, with The Game opening up for him. We have all of this on video, yes sir, a Snoop Dogg video interview!

Time was limited, but I believe the most important questions that have been very requested by the fans were answered. Yash had his "Free Tray Deee" shirt on, so you know Snoop had to speak on the Tray Deee/Eastsidaz situation. He also talked about the 213 and why it wasn't promoted well, his relationship with Dr. Dre and how he's still pushing for that Break Up To Make Up album. He also answered my question about working with producers like Battlecat, Meech Wells & Fredwreck again, and hooking back up with his old people such as Bad Azz and others. His answer to Jay's question, wether he will be going back to his Gangsta style, G-Funk, will probably anger alot of you... But hey, that's how he feels!

Highlights are him announcing that The Lady Of Rage is back in the studio, and his statement on Kurupt is very interesting too. We were pleased to see that Snoop is up on his internet game, and knew all about DubCNN already.

This is not all that's coming though, in a few days we will have some exclusive video footage from the show up for those who weren't there, and we also conducted a video interview with Soopafly, who answered alot of questions.

And in addition to all that, we also have an exclusive video interview with Snoop's 213 buddy Warren G coming. Matter of fact, we have TWO Warren G video interviews completed, yes sir!

'Nuff talk, check out the video footage of Snoop Dogg now by clicking below:

 -=| Snoop Dogg Dubcnn Video Interview |=- (18mb)

-=| Snoop Dogg Dubcnn Shoutout |=-


If you wish to read it in text, click here, or click on the Interview section to your right.

Enjoy!

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news 1109196129 - January 1, 1970 By : Dr. Dre dropped in on Big Boy's Neighbourhood show on Power 106 as he celebrated his birthday earlier this week and gave spoke on Detox, The Game's success, getting to work with Busta and he also let us know he was given a CD by Bishop Lamont of his material, he likes it and is setting up a meeting between the two! Watch this space on that, until then check out the interview we conducted with Bishop Lamont in October of last year! Click here to listen to the interview, thanks to E. J. Rizo for the MP3!

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news 1109207465 - January 1, 1970 By : The new Source magazine with Jay-Z & Dame Dash on the cover features alot of West Coast shit. 40 Glocc is in the Unsigned Hype section, they reviewed The Game's album (4 mics) and they got a big article about the West Coast featuring Jayo Felony, WC, MC Eiht, DJ Quik, Dilated Peoples, Xzibit, E-40 and more.

Thanks to the homie Lazy for scanning all of this for us, big shoutout to him.

Check out all the scans below:

40 Glocc - Unsigned Hype Section | The Game "Documentary" review | Phil Da Agony blurb | West West Ya'll Page 1 | West West Ya'll Page 2 | West West Ya'll Page 3 | West West Ya'll Page 4 | West West Ya'll Page 5 | West West Ya'll Page 6 | West West Ya'll Page 7 | West West Ya'll Page 8

Enjoy!

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news 1109215756 - January 1, 1970 By : "The story of the legend who inspired the biggest name in rap."

On March 8, 2005, Vision Plant Pictures, in association with Czar Entertainment, will release The Infamous Times - Volume I: The Original 50 Cent on DVD to eager home entertainment audiences everywhere. A powerful music-driven video magazine chronicling the nation’s most reputed street figures, notorious neighborhoods and the alluring frills of the fast life, this explicit exposé goes behind the stereotypes typically associated with legendary hustlers to uncover the true tales of pain and betrayal that all too often destroys their lives and, most times, finds them dead or in jail. Volume one of The Infamous Times has already shipped platinum to major retail outlets throughout the U.S. and is on pace to quickly become one of the best selling urban DVD’s to date.

Running 120 minutes, the main feature of this landmark series tells the true story of Kelvin “50 Cent” Martin, a cold-blooded crook who, armed with an arsenal of weapons, robbed, killed and extorted many of Brooklyn’s biggest hustlers at the height of New York’s brutal crack cocaine epidemic and from whom the multi-platinum rap superstar, Curtis “50 Cent” Jackson, borrowed his moniker. This is the true story of the legend who inspired the biggest name in rap.

Hosted by venerated columnist, actor and convicted felon, Bonz Malone, the subject matter echoes the insight, candid perspective and journalistic intensity of esteemed investigative programs like Dateline NBC and 20/20. Likewise, The Infamous Times is poised to be one of the preeminent urban DVD series of the decade, revolutionizing the genre with its blend of in depth coverage accompanied by a hard-driving soundtrack. Superbly helmed by pioneering video director, Froi Cuesta and the brainchild of acclaimed music impresario, Jimmy Henchmen, along with entertainment industry veterans, Tone Boots and Griff, the series aims to enlighten “at-risk” youth on the hazards of street life as it contrasts the glamorization of criminal behavior that is all too common in rap music and mainstream film and television nowadays.

“We’re taking them all to task…politicians, parents, the young generation,” says series co-creator Tone Boots, who is also the Producer of MTV’s Direct Effect. “This story is very dear and close to me because I knew the original Fifty-Cent,” adds Jimmy Henchmen, the project’s Executive Producer and manager of platinum recording artists such as The Game (Aftermath/G-Unit), Mario Winans (Bad Boy) and Black Rob (Bad Boy). “I’m honored to tell a story like this that influenced the biggest name in rap as we know it today.”

In addition to the true story of the original 50 Cent featured in The “G” Chronicle segment of the DVD, the Danger Zone profiles the Brownsville section of Brooklyn and uncovers the influx of the LA-based ‘Bloods’ street gang that has besieged the neighborhood’s housing projects. In the Paper Dolls segment of The Infamous Times their cameras go behind-the-scenes of one of the most popular gentlemen’s clubs in the country, Sue’s Rendezvous – made famous in the lyrics of many rap artists over the past few years. Also, the DVD’s bonus content includes an exclusive interview with Jimmy Henchmen; a profile on celebrity jewelers from Manhattan’s famed ‘Diamond District;’ and a photo gallery featuring the work of award winning photographer Jamel Shabazz – author of the celebrated photo essay, Back in the Days.

Check the Cover and the Trailer


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news 1109216867 - January 1, 1970 By : Cormega's The Testament Album Release Party is going down this Saturday, Feb 26th! This is Mega Montana's ONLY L.A. Performance! Check for a Special Guest Performance by John Robinson performing Tracks from his upcoming MF Doom Produced LP “The John Robinson Project”

Featuring ThaFormula World Famous Open Mic at 10PM Hosted By Showtimes The Next MC Battle Champion Spit Fiya. With beats being provided by DJ Lord Ron. The Show is Hosted By Fidel of Divine Forces Radio. Special Guest DJ, Mark Luv (Zulu King, Jamaica Gold, Stacks). DJ's for the rest of the night are Lord Ron (Zulu Nation) and C-Los (Stacks).

Pre-Sale Tickets on sale NOW at R.E.H.A.B for only $10!!! ALL AGES WELCOMED!!! Doors Open at 9:30pm. All going down at R.E.H.A.B., located at 2324 Cotner Avenue Los Angeles, CA 90064 (310) 231 - 8627

For More Info: ThaForumla.com & (310) 946 - 7054


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news 1109218118 - January 1, 1970 By : Grammy award winning artist Common is often referred to as one of the most thoughtful and gifted lyricists in hip-hop.

His impressive music career began twelve years ago with the release of his debut album, Can I Borrow a Dollar? That effort was praised for its down-to-earth vibe and intelligent rhymes, but the unapologetic middle-class sensibilities conveyed on Common's second album, 1994's Resurrection, which yielded the hip-hop classic "I Used to Love H.E.R.," earned him the respect enjoyed by kindred spirits such as A Tribe Called Quest and De La Soul.

Following the release of his deeply introspective third album, 1997's One Day It'll All Make Sense, which addressed serious issues like family planning, Common relocated to New York to heighten his visibility and become more involved in the music industry. Common unleashed 2000's noticeably more musical Like Water for Chocolate. The album was a versatile mix of gravity, sardonic humor and soulful hip-hop beats that spawned the Grammy-nominated single, "The Light." Like Water for Chocolate also signaled Common's emergence as a member of the Soulquarians-a collective of musicians that includes Roots drummer Ahmir "?uestlove" Thompson, beat-maker Jay Dee and keyboardist James Poyser, among others-which reconvened to produce the bulk of 2002's Electric Circus. Circus, Common's fifth album was anchored by an uncommon and refreshing air of open-mindedness, both musically and lyrically. The album included the hit single "Come Close" featuring Mary J. Blige.

Common has been keeping busy since the release of Electric Circus. In 2003, he received a Grammy Award for "Love of My Life," a duet with Erykah Badu from the Brown Sugar soundtrack. His appearance on "Why (Remix)" with Jadakiss, Anthony Hamilton, Styles P., & Nas, garnered him a 2004 Vibe Award for Coolest Collabo. Common left fans hungry for more after he performed "Food" with Kanye West on the Chappelle Show earlier this year. The wait is almost over. Common is currently in the studio working on his new album, BE, with producer Kanye West. BE is scheduled for a May 2005 release

Corners feat The Last Poets produced by Kanye West stream for Real

Corners feat The Last Poets produced by Kanye West stream for Windows Media

The Corners Cover


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news 1109261597 - January 1, 1970 By : Here's the music video for Bone Brothers "Hip Hop Baby".
The video is Directed by Dru Ha from Duck Down and Dubcnn has it for you guys in Windows Media and Real Media.

Bone Brothers "Hip Hop Baby" Windows Media High
Bone Brothers "Hip Hop Baby" Windows Media Low

Bone Brothers "Hip Hop Baby" Real Media High
Bone Brothers "Hip Hop Baby" Real Media Low

The album is in stores now all around the world so make sure you go and cop it. Also lookout for our Exclusive interview with Bone later next week.


Yash

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news 1109274237 - January 1, 1970 By : Some audio for those who haven't heard it from the homie Ras Kass...He has been working like crazy lately with some of the hottest producers in hip hop including Rick Rock, Da Riffs, and now Scott Storch. I was in the studio with him last month during a session with Da Riffs and Ras has got some heat coming your way. Also look out for Ras going on tour with Xzibit and Strong Army Steady next month. Check it out this track is a heater!

Ras Kass - Fuck U Up (Prod. Scott Storch)


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news 1109308365 - January 1, 1970 By : Snoop Doggs official DJ will be at Plush Nightclub at the Plaza Of Nations on Saturday March 12. Plush is lookin to be one of Vancouvers hottest spots with The Game performing on the 8th, now DJ Jam on the 12th. Make sure y'all hit up the club this night and show DJ Jam some love. No need to get tickets in advance, just show up!


Click Here To See The Handbill


Click Here For DJ Jam's Website




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news 1109312378 - January 1, 1970 By : DubCNN was reppin' at the video shoot for So So Def artist J-Kwon's new single featuring the North Carolina Death Row Inmate Petey Pablo. The video is directed by Benny Boom and was being shot under the famous 6th Street Bridge in L.A. We were able to take some pictures for you guys. I didn't catch a title of the song, but it is gonna be on J-Kwon's new album.

Big shouts to Darnell, Benny Boom, J-Kwon and everyone else!

Benny Boom
Group Shot
J-Kwon
J-Kwon 2
Petey Pablo
Petey Pablo 2
Petey Pablo 3
Petey Pablo 4
Petey Pablo & Benny Boom
Petey Pablo's Death Row Chain


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news 1109313226 - January 1, 1970 By : March 4th 2005 is another huge step for Latin Hip Hop! In the mist of a genre over ran by garbage rappers, La Revolucion Inc. step in and create an outlet for the ever growing and very talented Latin emcees in Hip Hop! The Latin Hip Hop Tour will consist of the highest rated groups from the two showdowns, being held in L.A. The first showdown was hot! We will bring out special coverage of that VERY soon. The second showdown will be just as banging! Featuring up and comers Don Abusivo, Twisted Region, Last3Standing, Sunny Blue, Los Tumbados and more! Hosting the event is Guic One of Latin Underground and Citric of the Hip Hop Show.

There'll be live coverage from DubCNN of course, but also, Mun2 and LA TV. The Special guests for the night are the F.I.L.T.H.E.E. Immigrants!!!

All of this is taking place at the Larchmont (Martini Lounge). It's 21 and up, begins at 8:30Pm and is $10!!!! Support the movement!

Check The Flyer For More Info!

SGV

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news 1109387643 - January 1, 1970 By : Shouts out to the homies Elmizzy & BAD_SCE for the hookup. WC, Kam & B-Real recorded a new exclusive drop for Julio G's K-Day show. The song was produced by Fredwreck and can be downloaded below:

WC, B-Real & Kam - Julio G K-Day Drop 2005

Enjoy!

Nima

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news 1109425805 - January 1, 1970 By : Dubcnn brings you The Game's second video "Hate It Or Love It" featuring 50 Cent.
It's a real good video and I gotto say it's better than the "How We Do" video.
They have The Blackwallstreet all over it and near the end you see Billboard r.i.p!

Click Here to Download the video. props to Enyce of Thuglifestyle.

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news 1109548236 - January 1, 1970 By : The new West Coast online radio station called "Heavyweight Radio" premiere's today! It's not just going to be some pre-programed trackz that heads can listen to any time, it's going to be an actual radio show, hosted by owner of The Outfit/Heavyweight Ent. Ruben "The Bull" Torres & my dogg Queenie. playing nothing but up and coming West Coast talent, as well as Chicano Rap! It's going to be an hour (and some change) long show. Check it out tonight, Sunday, at 8pm, at RubenTorres.com or OutfitEnt.com

Here's a mini press release:

"Heavyweight Radio is coming! THe Launch of the new Underground West Coast/Latin Hip-Hop Online Radio show will be hitting OutfitEnt.com on Sunday Feb. 27th at 8PM!

The show will be hosted by T.V. host Queenie and Ruben "The Bull" Torres. It will feature everything that is hot on the streets: music, news rumors, gear, entertainment industry contacts, interviews, contests, also, a feature of a new breakout artist every week!

We are now accepting submissions for Airplay. Send us your music and it will get on! Shoot us an E-Mail about anything that you want to promote (news, new releases, events) on the show and we will get it on! Join the movement and support the West Coast & latin Hip-Hop!

SEND ALL MUSIC TO:
HEAVYWEIGHT RADIO
542 MAITLAND AVE.
SAN DEGO, CA. 92154

SEND ALL EMAIL TO:
THEBULL@RUBENTORRES.COM"

Also Ruben Torres & Heavyweight Ent. Recently released the hood classic "I-805 South" Mixtape featuring top up and coming West Coast emcee's . Here's the link to the whole mixtape if you haven't already got it.

The I-805 South Mixtape

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news 1109548731 - January 1, 1970 By : King Tech posted up a sampler of Sway & King Tech's highly anticipated record "Back 2 Basics" on the wakeupshow.com website.

To check out the sampler now, click here or if that doesn't work, click here and put in "may24th" as the password.

Here is the message Tech posted on the site:

"this is album sampler hitting the country in the next few weeks....

hit us back with your feed back and comments.
...... pass the info to anyone possible, friends, other hip hop fans, or any other web sites where people might share the same hip hop interests/views ...
Any help is much appreciated - peace

Sway and King Tech present - Back2Basics

artists on the sampler include

canibus - chino xl - common - royce da 5'9" - dirty birdy - ras kass - planet asia - verb and rock - kallihan - crooked i - krs one - sly boogy - kam - juice - self scientific - dj revolution - mc phoozs Balls!

there are songs and freestyles (exclusives) that are not on the Back2Basics album - I Think Ya Gonna Feel It! - one"

We'll keep you updated!

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news 1109549821 - January 1, 1970 By : The homie Kos hooked us up with his new single "Let Em Know" which features Balance to put up for ya'll to peep out.

The single is taken off his album "To Live & Die In The Bay" which is in stores now. Check it out below:

Kos - Let Em Know (ft. Balance)

Enjoy!

Nima

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news 1109551119 - January 1, 1970 By : Shoutout to Abby for the hookup. This is a monster collabo right here! Balance, Chamillionaire & Stat Quo, the South & the Bay teaming up, ripping a banging beat by The Product, which is a Bay Area production team consisting of L.E.X. And Bree-Z.They produced two tracks on Balance's upcoming mixtape..

This is a must check for you all, download it in MP3 below, burn this shit spread this shit, everybody needs to know about this!

Chamillionaire, Balance & Stat Quo - Roll Wit Me

Also look for our exclusive interview with Da Riffs to be up tomorrow!

Enjoy!

Nima

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news 1109551322 - January 1, 1970 By : This is another Dubcnn exlcusive... Shouts to the homie Binky Mack for supporting Dubcnn. I got the new single from AllFrumTha I, who are finishing up their brand new group record "Larger Than Life" which is dropping April 19th on Free Agency Records.

The single is called "Runnin' This" and features Boo Kapone. The song speaks on the messed up radio system, basically calling out the radio stations. Some real shit right here.

Check it out below, and lookout for the tracklisting of the new album next week:

AllFrumTha I - Runnin' This (ft. Boo Kapone)

Enjoy!

Nima

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news 1109636078 - January 1, 1970 By : Wow, after weeks and weeks of speculation about this apparent beef between 50 Cent and The Game, and 50 taking sublminal shots at Game in various interviews, it looks like the situation finally escalated.

According to many different internet forums, 50 is on 105.1 radio in New York right now talking about The Game. Here is a post by "Money In Da Bank" from the SOHH.com Forums:

"It's true, heard Power 105.1 with Ed Lover, and he had 50, Yayo & Olivia as guests. What 50 said was that Game is not with the group no more, because after coming back from overseas, he came back as a different person with a different attitude. 50 was talkin' how Game was more focused on dissin' Bleek and Jay and not focused on the label. 50 even admitted that Game is a rapper, not a songwriter (hint: 50 wrote his lyrics) and also gave him the cuts for Westside Story, How We Do, Higher, & Hate It or Love It. Ed asked 50, "So what happened, you and Game are in a shoving contest?" 50 responds, "He's the one who put his elbows out first. You know why Game sells? 'Cause they all knew that 50 Cent would be on the album. I won't be affiliated with him no more. His next album will probably sell 500 k cause of me. I gave him the ball and he ran with it, and now he ain't down with us."

Here is another post:

"when ed lover asked him what the situation is with game, and how is he as far as g-unit goes and 50 responed " he's across the street, around the corner, also said that he;s done as far as g-unit and that there will be no mending between them,,,he went on to say that the game is too inconsistent, he spoke about how he started beef with joe budden and then took pics with him @ a club in nyc...same situation with memph in miami..he said he say;s things and then ends up taking them back... so it looks like 2005 is gonna be a Big and messy year in HipHop..cant wait to seee what happens"

50 even went as far as saying that if Dr. Dre sides with Game instead of siding with him in this, he would drop a double album, fullfil his contract, and cut all ties with Interscope!

Apparently, The Game is now simoultaneously on Hot 97 talking to Angie Martinez about the situation. If anybody was able to record the show and has audio of any of the interview, please email me.

It will be interesting to see Dr. Dre's take on all this. Stay tuned!

Nima

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news 1109637200 - January 1, 1970 By : Hey ya'll, the homie Bishop Lamont has been talked about alot in the last week, mostly because of Dr. Dre saying on Power 106 that he is very interested in working with Bishop, and even signing him to Aftermath as his next artist.

Bishop is known to ya'll mostly throug the True Crime soundtrack and his songs on the internet. We conducted an exclusive interview with him a few months ago, if you missed that one, check it now by clicking here.

He also has a mixtape out called "Who I Gotta Kill To Get A Record Deal", and we have it up here for ya'll to download, get it below:

-=| Bishop Lamont - Who I Gotta Kill To Get A Record Deal Mixtape |=- (105mb)

Shoutout to Lazee for providing the audio!

Enjoy, and check back here for much more in Bishop real soon!

Nima

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news 1109637680 - January 1, 1970 By : It's not that we can't stop, it's just that we won't stop! Dubcnn.com back in this with an exclusive video interview with Soopafly! Myself, Yash & the homie Lil Jay caught up with the Dogg Pound Gangsta in Cologne, Germany on Snoop Dogg & Game's European tour.

He told us about his new album coming out in summer, his current musical direction and sound, why him and Latoya Williams aren't working anymore and whatever happened to her record, the Pound record with him, Snoop & Daz, being accused of being Snoops Yes-Man, West Coast Rap and his current Top5, Tray Deee's prison situation, Kurupt and more.

Check out the video below, if you wish to read it in text, click here.

-=| Soopafly - DubCNN Video Interview |=- (18mb)

-=| Soopafly - DubCNN Video Shoutout |=-

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news 1109641476 - January 1, 1970 By : Here it is! Game on Hot 97 with Angie Martinez. A female fan calls up and has it out with Game. This is nuts, Rap beef is out of control.

They say all promotion is good promotion, so lets see what this does to Game's sales and 50's sales when his album drops in March. In my personal opinion (not Dubcnn.com's opinion), it seems like Game and 50 both have big heads of their own.

Aight, no more of my insight on this "beef." Here it is on MP3 Format. Shouts to Demics and Lil Jay for the hook up!

Game's Run In With A Fan

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news 1109647052 - January 1, 1970 By : Dubcnn brings you the 50 Cent interview everyone is talking about right now. 50 Cent says The Game is off G-Unit he disses The Game on several occasions, says How We Do is his song.
Click Here to download the interview!

Props to I'ma_Hustla from the blackwallstreet forum for hookin this up.

Yash

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news 1109658055 - January 1, 1970 By : A member of 50 Cent's crew was wounded in a shooting at New York's Hot 97 Monday night (February 28) just as 50 Cent was making an appearance at the radio station to announce that the Game had been booted from the G-Unit.

Police said a man in his 20s from Los Angeles was shot in the left leg during an altercation at the station and was taken to St. Vincent's Hospital. The injury was not serious, and the victim is expected to fully recover.

An NYPD spokesperson offered no additional details about the incident, and initial reports differ as to whether the young man was affiliated with 50 and his entourage. New York's FOX affiliate reports that the rapper and his crew were escorted from the building via alternate exits following the shooting and escaped harm.

The shooting occurred while 50 Cent was appearing on Funkmaster Flex's radio show, where he told the DJ that the Game had been excommunicated from G-Unit because he feels the Compton rapper isn't loyal.

50 told Flex he was disappointed with comments Game made on the station Saturday night, when the West Coast MC revealed he would not be getting involved in the beefs 50 is stirring up with "Piggy Bank."

50 also said Game should stop saying "G-Unit." "He thinks he's doing me a favor when he says that."

During his conversation with Flex, 50 claimed Interscope was going to drop the Game until 50 stepped in and got involved with The Documentary. 50 also insisted that he's making more money off The Documentary than Game is, and that he wrote more choruses than he's credited for.

Believe it or not, Game was on Hot 97 earlier in the evening, talking to host Angie Martinez. When listeners called in to ask about his and 50's problems, Game simply said he was going to continue to make "good music." Two nights prior, Game had said on-air that he and 50 did not have to be friends as long as they worked toward that same common goal: making good music.

Source MTV


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news 1109705612 - January 1, 1970 By : In order to heat up the streets a little bit for his upcoming solo album "Take It Back To Da Clap", Kokane is releasing a new street record called "Mr. Kane Pt. 2" on March 8th through 33rd Street Records. The record feature several new, aswell as some already heard songs. One of them, "Do U Know Jesus", is taken off his Ghetto Gospel album.
I have 3 preview tracks for ya'll, check them out by clicking on the highlighted tracks in the tracklisting below. If you like what you hear, get your copy of the record now by clicking here

1 Intro
2 Pinky Ring Hook Up
3 Step It Up
4 Tell It Like It Is
5 I Spit Policies
6 Do You Know Jesus
7 I Like the Way She Put It on Me
8 Nasty
9 Give a Dawg a Bone
10 Wonderful Day
11 Kill Game
12 Major Skrilla
13 On Me
14 Feels So Good
15 Automatic

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news 1109720166 - January 1, 1970 By : We recently sat down to the newest production sensation out: Da Riffs. E-Roc & Zed are still fresh in the game, and have already produced for people like Method Man, Redman, Xzibit, Ras Kass and many more. With their universal sound, they can fit anybody. They told us about their beginnings, their experiences until now, future projects and much much more.

Check it all out now by clicking here.

Enjoy!

Nima

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news 1109728541 - January 1, 1970 By : Lil' Dap of Group Home just signed a contract with the Prosto label for a worldwide upcoming maxi single. On both the CD and Vinyl editions, there will be three new tracks produced by Lil' Dap, Slim and Waco. All vocals have been recorded in Warsaw, Poland. The first video clip will be recorded in March of 2005. The single will be in stores in the first quarter of this year.

Lil' Dap is a street Hip-Hop legend, best known as a member of a Brooklyn duo Group Home. They begins officialy in 1994, with the single "Supa Star," and their debut album, Livin' Proof, featured production from Gangstarr's DJ Premiere, as well a feature from the mouthpiece of Gangstarr, Guru.

Lil' Dap's first solo album is also planned to be recorded and released under Prosto label name. The date of release will be around September 2005.

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news 1109731243 - January 1, 1970 By : South Central rapper Caz has been putting material on a consistent basis since his 2000 debut Thundadome. He just recently released Hood Hitz, which is a CD and a DVD. Anyone who's heard Caz knows he's not afraid to diss someone. Xzibit has got it and now the West's newest face, Game is catchin' Caz' wreck, with a track simply titled, Crippin', which uses "Westside Story" as it's back drop.

If you're at all interested, here's the video for his single "I Am" featuring E-40.

Caz's Glasshouse Records also has some Latin Hip Hop artists. Here's the first single from the Latin Kings Of The West Coast called "Don't Stop." The first single from LKW is just a taste of whats to come from their album, Born And Raised, which boats cameos from Layzie Bone, James Debarge, Baby Bash, Slow Pain, LA Nash, Kurupt, Chico Debarge, Krayzie Bone, Mack 10, Fat Joe and more.

The album is dropping along with their DVD SEries Glass, which stars Caz, Seven, Shade Sheist, Layzie Bone and, a new guest star. Every month this series will drop a new album and DVD from Glasshouse/Hellafyde Records. A new Episode will drop every two months and look for a sick new roster from GlassHouse/Hellafyde in the upcoming year.

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news 1109731310 - January 1, 1970 By : Prodeje, Young Prodeje, LV and Havikk(back with the group) are back and with some crazy heat. They finna help resurrect the westcoast with their hot-to-def new album "Westurrection".

Lookout for this super tight album in stores this spring!
I was priviliged to listen to the album and I gotto say it's definetly heated..they even have a track dedicated to Eazy E!

Prod wanted me to show yall The Cover and put some tracks up for you westcoast fans!




Here's the tracklist (click on the Bold ones to listen to them):

1 INTRO
2 WHERE DA ENEMIES AT
3 CALIGAME
4 SOUTH CENTRAL
5 FLASH AND CASH
6 FRONT ROW
7 CARTEL WAY
8 ACT LIKE U KNOW ft San Quinn
9 DAMN
10 GUESS WHO'S BACC Dedicated to Eazy E
11 YES SIR
12 BACC ON DA GRIND
13 WESTURRECTION
14 FEELIN U BOO
15 WIFEY
16 FLASH AND CASH REMIX w/young

Click HERE to chat with SCC on their Official Forum!

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news 1109814212 - January 1, 1970 By : Big shoutout to my homie grafikpimp for showing love! We have the honour to present to you a big video feature on the homie J Steez, who we introduced to you last year. Steez just dropped his debut album "Up 4 Tha Crown" where he showed off his superb production skills, with guest features from the Wests finest (Bad Azz, 40 Glocc, Suga Free, WS Bug to name a few).
In this video feature, you can get see a little "making of the album", with footage and interviews of Bad Azz, 40 Glocc, Suga Free, WS Bug in the studio, working on music, talking about J Steez, and of course J Steez himself. Take a look into the world of J Steez, and see why this South Gate representative is one of the hottest new producers from the West Coast!

Here's the video:

-=| J Steez - Video Feature: Studio, Interviews & More |=- (40MB)

If you haven't got your copy of "Up 4 Tha Crown" yet, get it now at rooftopmuzik.com!

Enjoy!

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news 1109815067 - January 1, 1970 By : Guess who's back! Kurupt, Roscoe & Y.A. had a performance at Club Soho last week, Dubcnn was in the house and we gonna let those who weren't able to be there get a good idea of went down. I have 16 minutes of video footage from the show up for ya'll, where you can see the songs including I Call Shots, Behind The Walls, Now What, Xplosive, Bomb Azz Pussy, Girls All Pause, Smooth Sailin' and more.

We also have drops from artists, including Jayo Felony, Roscoe, 40 Glocc, Eastwood and more. You can also check out 20 pictures from the show and see who all was there.

Shouts out to the homies Justin & SGV for putting it down for Dubcnn!



Here goes the video feature with 16 minutes of live footage from the show:

-=| Kurupt, Roscoe & Y.A. - Live Concert Video Footage |=-

Here go the video drops:

Roscoe Drop | Jayo Felony Drop |Eastwood Drop |40 Glocc Drop |Zoo Babies Drop |Gail Gotti Drop |DJ Warrior & DJ Strong Drop|

And of course, the pictures:

Roscoe Representin'
Young Eastwood Wildin' Out
Gail Gotti Loungin Backstage
Kurupt G'd Up
Jayo Felony Reppin' The W
Jayo Felony 2
Jayo Felony & Roscoe
Jayo Felony & Roscoe 2
Bob Fernandez Dub Magazine
Crowd At The Show
Kurupt About To Get On Stage
Everybody on stage
Everybody on stage 2
Everybody on stage 3
Everybody on stage 4
Jayo, DJ Strong, 40 Glocc, Y.A. BackstageKurupt Mean Muggin'
DJ Warrior & DJ Strong

Enjoy the pictures, and stay tuned here for the best from the West!

NimaYash

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news 1109837406 - January 1, 1970 By : It's about that time again! The man who's doin 365 songs in 365 days has mixtape number 2 of 12 up and ready to download. 28 songs for the 28 days in February. Download this chit, it's hot!

Click Here To Download The Mixtape

www.ihatejonnyt.com

Adon

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news 1109840313 - January 1, 1970 By : Xzibit & Ice Cube will feature on the soundtrack for "XXX: State of the Union," which is due out on April 19th on Jive. The set will include Korn and Xzibit's newly recorded cover of Public Enemy's "Fight the Power" along with a new track from Ice Cube, "Anybody Seen the Po-Po". "XXX: State of the Union" opens April 29th in the U.S. and stars Ice Cube, Samuel L. Jackson, Willem Defoe and Xzibit. Check the : Official Site.

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news 1109841814 - January 1, 1970 By : Those who thought Baby Bash is over wit and went pop on us, you're wrong! He's now back with his new album "Super Saucy", and tha'ts what the album is, super saucy! With features by the likes of Nate Dogg, Akon, E-40, Butch Cassidy, Jay Tee, Suga Free, Richie Rich, A-Wax, Paul Wall, Bosco, Don Cisco and more, it's bound to be heated!
I have two preview tracks for ya'll right here, check out "That's My Lady (Money)" ft. Nate Dogg and "Keep It 100" ft. E-40 & Bosco by clicking on the highlighted links in the tracklisting below. Shouts out to G2ThaV for the audio.


01. baby i'm back feat akon
02. super saucy feat avant
03. that's my lady (money) feat nate dogg
04. throwed off feat paul wall & natalie
05. trees feat pit bull & angel dust
06. who wit' me
07. no way jose feat akon
08. keep it 100 feat e-40 & bosco
09. step in da club feat rasheed, lucky luciano & grimm
10. that's what tha pimpin's there for feat suga free money mike & chingo bl
11. bubbalicious feat natalie
12. better than i can tell ya feat richie rich awax & russell lee
13. hennessey featt mac dre, jay tee & miami the most
14. outro feat butch cassidy, don cisco nino brown (g'fellas), russell lee &
15. bonus track obsession as performed with 3rd wish

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news 1109889390 - January 1, 1970 By : Some new audio from Mill Ticket Ent ya'll! Wallet is one of the promising new West Coast artists coming up, I have the pleasure of bringing ya'll a brand new track from the upcoming Mill Ticket album. The song is called "Uh Ohhh" and is definitely a heater.
Make sure to check it out below, and look for much more coming from Wallet in near future!

Wallet - Uh Ohhh

Enjoy!


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news 1109898140 - January 1, 1970 By : Big 4-0 right back at you on Dubcnn.com! The Colton City Crip 40 Glocc hooked ya boy up with 3 brand new mixtape heaters to unleash to the internet. The first one is over the Destiny's Child "Soldier" beat and 40 used it to get at his rival Daz. The title is "Daz Dillinger aka Computer Love". For those who wanna reminisce about old times, here is a picture of Jay-Z, 40 Glocc, Daz, Kurupt & Bad Azz in New York when they recorded the "Change The Game Remix". And here is another one of just Daz & 40 Glocc. Looks like those times are over. Check out "Daz Dilli aka Computer Love" below:

40 Glocc - Daz Dilli aka Computer Love

The second one is a hot ass mixtape cut he sent me, he called this one "Fuck Daz", but it's more than a diss song, he tried out a new flow on this one, speeding it up, make sure to check it out below:

40 Glocc - Fuck Daz (ft. Don Gotti)

And last, but not least is a collaboration with L.A., San Bernardino & Monroe, Lousiana representer W.S. Bugg. Ya'll really need to watch out for W.S. Bugg, this cat got heat, I got a update coming right after this one with some brand new W.S. Bugg shit, ya'll gone trip out.

40 Glocc & W.S. Bugg - Old School Freestyle

Enjoy, and as always keep it locked right here, always with the exclusive shit.

Nima

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news 1109900378 - January 1, 1970 By : Dubcnn.com back with ANOTHER interview! Our staff member Justin hooked up with the legendary Quincy D. Jones III aka QDIII (Menace II Society, Fresh Prince, Beef I & II) for a video interview, where he told us about his long career.

They went into all the details, from working with 2Pac, his experiences with Suge & Tha Row, producing classics such as "2 Live & Die In L.A." (2Pac) and You Know How We Do It (Ice Cube), to all his DVD's like "Beef", "MC" and more that he's doing. Also, they talked about the transition from Sweden to the States, making Menace II Society, the future of his film company and much much more.

To check out the video interview, click below:

 -=| QDIII Dubcnn Video Interview |=-

If you want to read the interview in text, simply click here.

Enjoy!

Nima

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news 1109902980 - January 1, 1970 By : West Coast Mixtape Kings Presentan El Reggaeton Mix 2- Puerto Rico Meets Southern CA by way of Las Vegas. DJ Warrior and DJ Strong team up with Big Dee bringing you that quality hyped Reggaeton mix Purchase Cali Untouchable DJs STICKER (Click Here For Sticker) and receive mixtape FREE. (sticker design subject to availability)

Part 2! West Coast Mixtape Kings bringing that Reggaeton flavor back to the West Coast!!!! The first Mixtape was heat and you know this is gonna be even hotter! Shouts to Strong and Warrior and the entire Cali Untouchables click!!

1. HipHopWest.com & CaliUntouchableDJs.com - Intro
2. Daddy Yankees Candy Shop By (Big Dee Remix)
3. Lady Saw - I Got Your Man Remix
4. Nicky Jam – Si Te Preguntan
5. Game- How We do Remix by Dj Big Dee
6. Jowel y Randy – No Quiero Guillaera
7. Tr3s Mundo feat Super Natural - World Peace
8. Master Joe – Somo Calle
9. Eddie Dee - Pincha Funda Remix
10. 50 Cent - Candy Shop Remix by Dj Big Dee
11. Nivea, Lil Jon -.Okay Remix
12. Game, 50 Cent, Voltio - Hate It Or Love It
13. DjBigDee.com Intro - Hector (Tu Quieres)
14. Alexis y Fido - El Rolo
15. Algarete y Jomar - Maluada
16. Angel - Dose Bailame
17. Eliel feat Don Omar – Cae La Noche
18. John Erick - Reggaetona
19. LDA feat Checka - Hoy
20. Nicky Jam - Vivo Contigo
21. Nicky Jam - Chambonea
22. Vico C - Seescaman
23. Voltio – Malente De Carton
24. Wisin y Yandel - Calientame
25. Zion Y Lennox - Baila
26. Don Omar - Reggaeton Latino
27. Dj Strong.com DjBigDee.com DJWarrior.biz - Outro


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news 1109903174 - January 1, 1970 By : You haven't heard the name W.S. Bugg before? Slap yourself in the face and proceed to read this update.

When I asked Bugg which city he represents, I was surprised when I heard "Los Angeles, San Bernardino & Monroe Louisiana". To clear that up, Bugg was born in Louisiana, moved to Texas till he was 5, then moved to L.A. and has spent most of his life in San Bernardino.

He had his start as a part of the Zoo Crew with 40 Glocc, Kay9ine and them, and he also has his group called the Groove Click. Bugg raps, produces and is an engineer too! He's working on his solo debut called "The Roach Motel", coming late 2005, and it's set to feature the likes of Snoop Dogg, Ras Kass, Jayo Felony, 40 Glocc, Spice 1, MC Eiht, Suga Free, Bad Azz, Xzibit, Frank Nitty and of course the Groove Click. A Groove Click album is also in the works called "Catch A Fade", slated for a 2006 release.


I have 3 banging songs up here for ya'll to download, and see what the hype is all about. Check them out below, DON'T SLEEP, you'll regret it later if you do sleep.

W.S. Bugg - He's Coming (Prod. by J-Steez)

W.S. Bugg - Ohhh (ft. 40 Glocc & Eclips) (Prod. by W.S. Bugg)

W.S. Bugg - Groove Click Gangster (ft. Groove Click, Young Dice & Taneji) (Prod. by W.S. Bugg)

Enjoy! Dubcnn, who's hotter than us?



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news 1109915206 - January 1, 1970 By : Well first off I'm gonna premier the new joint from Oakland's own R&B songstress Keyshia Cole in a highly anticipated collaboration with Alicia Keys. You might remember Keyshia from her song "Changed My Mind" produced by Kanye West also featuring Shyne which Interscope dropped early last summer...but get ready to hear a lot more from this girl cuz this heater is just the beginning!

Keyshia Cole ft Alicia Keys - I Just Want It 2 Be Over

And next up, I usually wouldn't post this song up here but this track is so bangin that I felt obligated to. This is probably one of the hottest remixes I've heard since Lil Jon got on and did Lean Back with Eminem and Mase. Check it out its Mariah Carey's "Its Like That" remixed by Scott Storch and Fat Joe.

Mariah Carey ft Fat Joe - Its Like That Rmx (Prod. Scott Storch)




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news 1109919451 - January 1, 1970 By : First of all I gotta give props to Schizo over at westsiderap for posting this up first. The Jacka of Mob Figaz is set to drop his sophomore release on March 15. This is one of the most anticipated albums in the Bay Area in a long long time. Rob Lo produced the majority of the album with Maki doin a couple songs aswell. The album features Mob Figaz, Yukmouth, Lil Ric, Dub 20, Keak Da Sneak, Cormega & more.



Here's The Tracklisting:

1. Never Blink feat. J Stylin & Dub 20
2. Iller Clip
3. Get Out There feat. Rob Lo
4. Standing By Starz feat. FedX
5. Barney (More Crime) (remix) feat. Cormega & Rydah
6. Girls Say
7. Lookin' At It feat. Yukmouth & Keak Da Sneak
8. Sometimes I feat. Mob Figaz
9. Never Equal feat. Amp Pacino
10. Feel This Clip
11. Really Dope feat. Dub 20 & Husalah
12. Delicate Lifestyle feat. TrueQ & Husalah
13. Turned Out (Action) feat. Akata
14. Blind World feat. Husalah
15. Drugged Out feat. FedX
16. Hey Girl (remix) feat. Husalah
17. Won't Break Me feat. Lil Ric
18. Kuran
19. Barney (More Crime)


There is a free Jacka mixtape available over at Northern Ridaz to download aswell
Click Here To Download The Mixtape
WestSideRap.com
TheJacka.com

CLICK HERE TO PRE-ORDER THE ALBUM

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news 1109958192 - January 1, 1970 By : "Homicide Harlem! Blaow! What's the problem?"

We here at DubCNN pride ourselves in bringing you the illest Hip Hop features on the net. Yes, we're a primarily West Coast site, but sometimes, there's artists so important, that it doesn't matter where they're from. Today, I have the honor to drop on ya'll a HUGE feature. At the Latin Rap Conference this year in San Diego, I was privleged enough to chop it up with Immortal Technique.

We were able to sit down for an In-Depth interview with the Harlem emcee. We talked about his up coming album Middle Passage, the racism of Spanish television, his run in with the law in Colorado, Classism in the U.S., how Latin Hip Hop can progress, the politics of the Hip Hop game, his time on the Warped Tour and of course, President Bush and the Government. We touched on many other subjects as well. Tech elaborated on everything, holding nothing back.

Even though the Camera died during our first meeting, we were able to snag Tech to finish the interview. For those who've never seen an Immortal Technique performance, you're in for a treat! He granted us the chance to be on stage during his performance. We caught it all on tape and included it in this feature. He performed "Bin Laden," "Harlem Streets," "Peruvian Coke," "Point Of No Return," "Caught In A Hustle," and others! He dropped a few accapellas, as well.

At the moment, the transcription isn't finished, but with help from Demics, the webmaster for Immortal-Technique.com, it'll be up by this weekend, at the lastest! 56Kers, leave your computer all day, it's worth it!

So enough talking... Here it is! Spread the word, tell your peoples!

Immortal Technique Video Feature (Interview & Performance)

Check the Immortal Technique DubCNN Shoutout

Shouts to JoeC for filiming!

SGV

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news 1110022859 - January 1, 1970 By : We let you hear the first single off AllFrumTha I's upcoming album "Larger Than Life" last week exclusively, and now I'm back with the tracklisting to the CD for ya'll. The CD is dropping April 19th on Free Agency Records, don't sleep on this one! Incase you missed the premier of the first single "Runnin' This" ft. Boo Kapone, you can check it out now by clicking on the highlighted link in the tracklisting.



1. Intro
2. Runnin’ This - Featuring Boo Kapone
3. Lil’ Momma
4. Can’t Get Enuff - Featuring 2Eleven
5. Larger Than Life – Featuring Boo Kapone & Barbara Wilson
6. Pump Ya Fist
7. Cognac
8. Hero – Featuring The Road Dawgs
9. Dangerous – Featuring G-Luv
10. Why They Wanna Keep Me Down – Featuring Ebony Burks
11. Hey – Featuring 2Eleven
12. Iz U Wit It
13. 12 Barz Skit – Featuring Justin
14. 12 Barz – Featuring Cyphakon, Damani, Fuzz Priceless, Madame Brown, 2Eleven & K.G. Superstar

Enjoy, and check back here soon for the newest on AllFrumTha I.

Nima

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news 1110034598 - January 1, 1970 By : I know ya'll still fiending for that good ol' G-Funk music from the early-mid 90's. I got a little treat for ya'll, by The Twinz, known for their classic "Conversation" album in '95. You can check out the song "Good Ol' Music" below, and take a dip into the sunny summertime in the middle of the winter.

The Twinz - Good Ol' Music

Enjoy!

Nima

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news 1110078493 - January 1, 1970 By : Those who checked out the "Who I Gotta Kill To Get A Record Deal" mixtape already know what the hype is about. Bishop Lamont is hot, and he's ready to smash the rap game.

My homie Crash from indastreets.net just hooked over 15 banging new cuts from the man who Dr. Dre mentioned as the next possible artist on Aftermath.

To download all of those tracks as high quality MP3 files, click below:

Bishop Lamont InDaStreets.net Special Song Hookup

Of course, we gotta stay ahead of the game, we already hooked up with Bishop last year for an interview, to find out who the man is, click here.

Enjoy!

Nima

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news 1110078950 - January 1, 1970 By : Roughly 48 hours after we put up some new tracks by 40 Glocc taking shots at Daz, the Dogg Pound Gangsta was already in the studio and recorded a response. The beat is real simple, just a bass line and drums, download it below:

Daz - Fucc 40 Glocc

Enjoy!

Nima

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news 1110081264 - January 1, 1970 By : "Warning!! Your view of the Rap Game will self destruct in 4:21..."

DubCNN is the name! We back with a WORLD PREMIERE. South Central rapper Young Dre, who caused alot of controversy with his interview we did with him last year (check that here), is back, cocked and ready to take off! He talked about the song "Rap Game Ain't Gangsta As Me" in the interview. "My lil brother's on the beginning on the intro, 8 year old boy, watchin' videos on TV, and he asks me "Is Snoop Dogg a gang member, and why are his fingernails long?" and I tell'em like "I don't think Snoop's a gang member, he grew up around the gang, and maybe his fingernails is long to represent some kind of sniffing cocaine, or some shit!" But it's hard to tell a child that when you wanna be real with them, and they askin' you is 50 Cent a killer, is whoo whoo whoop and this and that, and you tell them these dudes is acting on TV. And these dudes is proclaimin' somethin' that they actually not doin'! It's actually entertainment! And in that song, I speak on a few cats, from Puffy, to 50, to Dre, to the South the Birdman, to Fabolous, to Jay-Z, to Nas, I just speak on the truth! You feel me?", he said about the song.

The track has also angered several record label execs who heard it, but hey, you know DubCNN, we don't censor shit. As Snoop Dogg said, "DubCNN, where they give it to you raw and exclusive". So let's jump right into the track, "Rap Game Ain't Gangsta As Me", this is a world premiere!

-=| Young Dre - Rap Game Ain't Gangsta To Me (WORLD PREMIERE)|=-


Also make sure to hit up Young Dre's official website youngdrethetruth.com. Big shoutout going out to Mack, the KC3 Monumental Family and of course Young Dre himself.

Check back right here next week for a new interview with Young Dre aswell as other goodies.

Nima

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news 1110165724 - January 1, 1970 By : Within four short years in the rap game, Houston heavy hitter Mike Jones has gone from a fledgling rapper struggling to get his records in rotation to one of the most well-known game spitters on the southern underground. And with the release of his SwishaHouse/Asylum/Warner Bros. Records solo debut, the world will soon know exactly Who Is Mike Jones?

Already a household name throughout the South and Mid-West, Mike Jones gained regional fame on more than two dozen now legendary SwishaHouse "screwed-up" mix tapes. Known for his amusing metaphors, witty punch lines and charismatic freestyles, Mike Jones set himself apart from other rappers by constantly repeating his name throughout his rhymes and hooks then following with the question "Who?"

With a legion of devout followers faithfully answering "Mike Jones," the self-proclaimed "king of the streets" has dropped three underground solos and spit unforgettable verses on highly praised independent compilation The Day Hell Broke Loose 2 and collaborative effort 1st Round Draft Picks with indie artist Magno.

"I used to go to clubs and give deejays my CD," he remembers. "They’d be like ‘who are you?’ And I’d be like ‘Mike Jones.’ And they’d be like ‘who?’ Mike Jones. ‘Who?’ Mike Jones."
He continues, "Then, I’d go home and tell my grandmomma I gave a couple of deejays my CD, and they didn’t know who I was. She said ‘just start saying who? Mike Jones. Who? Mike Jones.’"
Heeding his grandmother’s words of wisdom, Mike Jones incorporated her marketing scheme into every rhyme. He even put his telephone number 281-330-8004 into his verses.

"The whole concept of the album ‘Who Is Mike Jones? coming soon’- she told me to do that," says Mike. "She was like ‘give them your number to keep in touch with the people who’re helping you move your momma out of here.’ That’s what I did."

The plan paid off, making Mike Jones an underground sensation. Unfortunately, his grandmother passed away before she could see her grandson’s dream materialize. Mike Jones immortalizes his grand groove in a yet untitled song that will be featured on Who Is Mike Jones?

Raised in north Houston’s Stude Wood area, Mike Jones began rapping in 2001. Going for self, he started his own label Ice Age Entertainment and earned a name throughout Houston with his self-distributed Ice Age Vol 1. The buzz caught the attention of SwishaHouse owner DJ Michael Watts, so Mike Jones opted to curtail his own label and sign an artist deal with the indie powerhouse the following year.

"The fame was big in Texas," he says, "but when I got with SwishaHouse, it went from Texas to everyplace else." In fact, Jay Frank, head of programming and label relations, Yahoo! Music states, "Through most of 2004, Mike Jones was outsearching [Interscope's] The Game, so we knew that his first single would explode on Yahoo! Music. With over 500,000 plays every week, there's no doubt that Mike Jones will be a huge sales story for 2005.”

That fame is extending even further as Mike Jones’ jump off single "Still Tippin’" featuring label mate Paul Wall and Star Track signee Slim Thug is steadily heating up radio, MTV and BET audiences. Accompanying the video is a separate screwed version as well.

"I was hot off of Ice Age. I got with SwishaHouse and got hotter," he boasts. "Now that SwishaHouse is with Warner Brothers, we got even more hotter."

And he doesn’t intend on cooling down any time soon. Along with delivering one of the most anticipated CDs in the south, Who Is Mike Jones? will also include a chopped and screwed remix version of the album.

"Where we’re from, (screw) is a big issue. People like to hear (music) slowed up," he explains. "Some people like it regular, but they might put the screwed version in and find out they like the screwed version too.”

"I think people wanna know what screw is about," he continues. "They’ve been hearing a lot about it, and they wanna experience it." Soon, the world will know what the southern underground has known for some time now and will have no reason to ask Who Is Mike Jones?

If you've been living under a rock, here's the "Still Tippin' video.

Still Tippin' feat. Mike Jones, Slim Thug & Paul Wall


SGV

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news 1110166182 - January 1, 1970 By : The Game had a show sheduled this Tuesday March 8th in Vancouver. The show has now been cancelled. Here's the official statement from the promoters:

"In the 12 years in which Gman & Rizk have been doing events, the 8 years that spectrum has been doing events, and the 8 years in which Tigerstone has been doing events, none of us have ever cancelled or postponed a show unless an artist-related health matter or family emergency suddenly arose. In regards to The Game, we confirmed a show for March 8th at Plush. He subsequently postponed our date until April 3rd, a new date he confirmed with us. From there just a few days later, he asked us to switch back to March 3, and re-confirmed our original date, all the while inconveniencing not only ourselves, but our media sponsor The Beat 94.5, our retail sponsor Dipt Urban Hookups, and you the fans. Today, we were once again asked to move the date. We've developed thick skin over the years as promoters - we've dealt with countless problems, most of them we solved without you the consumer even knowing. We've been able to work through problem-ridden events with no one but ourselves being inconvenienced - but, always, we fixed what needed fixing and gave you what we promised. With regards to this show, literally everyone involved was and is getting inconvenienced with the sudden changes in dates and we have not been given reasons we find acceptable. We have the option of confirming April 3rd once again, but we choose to no longer put you, our loyal supporters through yet another date change. The word "confirmed" is not being taken seriously enough by The Game for our liking, and we wish to not put you through the roller-coaster ride any more. We have chosen to cancel The Game concert altogether and as a result we will be eating the costs of radio ads, print advertising, etc., whereas you will all be entitled to your full refund at point of purchase. Had we chose to re-confirm April 3, there existed a chance of yet another sudden date change not related to a health matter of family emergency. You deserve better. That said, we hope that you see this clearly as a matter that was out of our control, one we tried to work through. And we hope that you will continue to support Gman, Rizk, spectrum, and Tigerstone as we have been working and will continue to work hard at providing you with THE BEST urban-music events this city has ever experienced.

Yours Sincerely

Gman & Rizk - spectrum events -Tigerstone Entertainment"

Adon

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news 1110187882 - January 1, 1970 By : Some new mixtape shit by D-A to the Z Daz Dillinger for ya'll. DubCNN keeps shit cracking, with daily exclusives, this is Daz' remake of 50 Cent's "Disco Inferno".

This is "Gangsta Inferno", download the MP3 file below, and check it out:

-=| Daz - Gangsta Inferno |=-

Enjoy!

Nima

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news 1110191218 - January 1, 1970 By : Dubcnn.com sat down with the AK47 of the Riflemen Jayo Felony once again last week, to see what's going on with him. The interview was meant to be beef free, but you know Jayo, he gotta speak his mind.

He speaks about his mixtape "Fuck Ya'll V.1", his "In Da Trenches" album dropping in May or June on Trecherous/Universal, the Riflemen project, and gets real controversial towards the end. I'm not gonna say too much right now, all I'm gonna say is Strong Arm Steady fans brace yourself.

Jayo went all out, with no strings attached. Check out the interview below:

-=| Jayo Felony Dubcnn Interview March 2005 |=-



Nima

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news 1110192587 - January 1, 1970 By : We just dropped the Jayo Felony interview for ya'll, well I'm back with some audio from the "Fuck Ya'll Vol. 1" mixtape that he talked about. Jayo wants this to be spread all over, so do what you like to with it.. burn it.. spread it..

This is the song "Weak Arm Wobbly", those who read the interview know what he's talking about... He unloads on Xzibits crew Strong Arm Steady with no strings attached. I have it up in MP3 for ya'll to check out, if you're on a slow conenction and would like a smaller file, just email me and I'll send you a link.

Check out the song below:

Jayo Felony - Weak Arm Wobbly (Strong Arm Steady Diss)

Enjoy!

Nima

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news 1110230798 - January 1, 1970 By : Mitchy Slick issued a statement on the siccness.net forums regarding the Jayo Felony interview/diss track we put up. Here is what he had to say:

"MITCHY SLICK"URBAN SURVIVAL SYNDROME"IN STORES SOON.NO PROMO STUNT'S JUST REAL GANGSTA,GROWN MAN SHIT.. P.S JAYO AND ME SEEN EACH OTHER TWICE IN LIFE AND HE SHOOK MY HAND BOTH TIMES.HE AINT MY ENEMY THAT'S SOME FAKE SHIT.OUR HOODS IS RITE ACROSS THE STREET FROM EACH OTHER.EVERYTHING I SAY IS REAL."

Mitchy seems to be handling this in a mature way and isn't wilding out. We will keep you updated. Stay tuned!

Nima

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news 1110245754 - January 1, 1970 By : Los Angeles- The Justo's mixtape award winning DJ Warrior/Cali Untouchables team up with Las Vegas reggaeton authority Big Dee to bring "mas fuego" on El Reggaeton Mix Vol.2.

Put together in one take in Las Vegas, Vol. 2 includes exclusive mixes like Daddy Yankee's "Candy Shop", "Hate it Or Love it" Reggaeton remix featuring 50 Cent, Game, and Voltio.

"On Vol.2 we took it to Puerto Rico and made it a little more party for the people", mentioned DJ Strong when asked about the difference between Vol. 1 and Vol. 2. Puerto Rico-born, and Las Vegas's soon to be king of Reggaeton, DJ Big Dee had this to say about on how El Reggaeton Vol 2. was done." These Mixtapes are done live straight through. If you f--- up, you got to start all over again. Any cat can piece joints together in Pro Tools or whatever you use...Its felt more to me if its done live."

DJ Warrior, Crew Leader and Co-Founder of Cali Untouchable DJs added "Were giving off a different flavor to the West, nobody out here is doing it like us." El Reggaeton Mix Vol 2 is available online at HipHopWest.com Audio is available at: Their Myspace Page

SGV

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news 1110272060 - January 1, 1970 By : Diggy Daz Dillinger hooked up with the the Young Gunz for the first single off their new album. The song is called "Tonight" and is a CERTIFIED BANGER! Produced by Chad West. hook by Daz, verse by Daz. Straight heat!

I have the song here for ya'll to check out:

-=| Young Gunz & Daz - Tonight |=-

Enjoy the song, and lookout for the Gunners album coming soon!

Nima

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news 1110273034 - January 1, 1970 By : Round 3 Ladies & Gentlemen! And this time, 40 Glocc came HARD! Ya'll heard Daz reply to 40's first disses on the site the other day, well 4-0 already been in the studio and recorded a song over Ludacris "Get Back" beat.

The song is called "Sock U In The Jaw", make sure to download it below:

-=| 40 Glocc - Sock U In The Jaw (Daz Diss) |=- (MP3)

Enjoy, and lookout for 40 Glocc's new mixtapes "Outspoken Vol.2" and "Tsunami Vol.1" coming sooner than you expect them to! Oh yeah, and for those who don't know... this is another... Dubcnn dot com... exclusive... bitch!

Nima

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news 1110326977 - January 1, 1970 By : A song by Nick Cannon featuring Vallejo's E-40 and super-producer Bosko. You know when it's Bosko production, it's gonna be fire. The song is pretty hot, it's called "She's Mine", peep it below:


Nick Cannon, E-40 & Bosko - She's Mine

Enjoy! Shoutout goin' out to Flexx!

Nima

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news 1110335174 - January 1, 1970 By : The Baddest Bitch on the 1's and 2's is back! DJ Syncity has dropped her new mixtape called Leaders of the New Skool hosted by Jae Millz and Aasim. It features new tracks by both hosts plus appearances from some of Hip Hop's biggest heavyweights like Jay-Z, Nas, Eminem, Snoop Dogg, The Game, 50 Cent, Jadakiss, Fat Joe and many others.

Backed by a banging remix of Eminem’s "Mockingbird" which is sure to have the streets talking, and the streets anthem of 05, Cassidy's “Imma Hussla” this tape is a non-stop stream of bangers. It doesn’t stop there also included on the tape is the controversial Jay-Z diss from Game which took place in Amsterdam that still has people in shock.

Also Syncity drops banging tracks from new comers Mike Jones “Still Tipping” , newest West Coast star Sky Balla “Gonna Get It” and countless others that we leave fans truly wanting to hear more from the Leaders of the New Skool in 05.

It doesn't stop there, Syncity hits us up again with more heat when she drops 2 A.M Heat Vol. 3 R&B Special Edition hosted by Nicole Wray and Mashonda and Dead Presidents Part II next week. 2 A.M. Heat Vol. 3 is the follow up to her highly successful 2 A.M. Heat Vol. 2 which made it onto MTV's Mixtape Mondays list of notable selections.


Vote for Syncity at The Mixtape Awards for Rookie of the Year and Best Female Mixtape DJ of the Year!!! Go to TheMixtapeAwards.com to vote!!!

SGV

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news 1110362599 - January 1, 1970 By : Here's the first single off Beanie Sigel's upcoming album "The B.Coming". The album has been pushed back several times and is now ready to drop March 29th.

The track is called "Dont Stop" produced by The Neptunes and features Snoop Dogg.

Enjoy, and lookout for "The B. Coming", featuring production by the likes of Kanye West, DJ Quik, Just Blaze, Chad West, Bink and more, aswell as some hot guest appearances.

Yash

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news 1110385405 - January 1, 1970 By : Goldie Loc released the underground album "Loc'd Out" yesterday, on 33rd Street Records.
The set features some new cuts, and some older tracks from the Eastsida, and production from himself, Jellyroll, and more, cameos from E-White, Delano, Bokie Loc and Jellyroll, but Goldie holds down most of the album by himself.

Order here, at $11 you can't miss.

1. Gangstaz Keep Bumpin' They Head
2. New Dicc City
3. Hood Treasurey
4. Future Before Funeral
5. Railroading
6. Pill Poppa (feat Jelly Roll)
7. Glitter Aint Gold (feat E-White/De Lano)
8. Ride For You (feat Bokie Loc)
9. Take You For A Ride (feat Bokie Loc)
10. You Don't Know Me Like That
11. After Party, The
12. Kill A Holiday (feat Seven)
13. Freak Illusionz
14. Keep It Gangsta
15. Untitled

Jome

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news 1110385979 - January 1, 1970 By : E-White also released a album yesterday, "The White Album" was officially released yesterday, even though it's been available for purchase at Foesum.com for some time.

The album features cameos/production from Foesum, Kam, Twinz, Bo-Roc, Fredwreck, XL Middleton, Cigar Lee, DJ Glaze, etc.
Get it from Foesum.com or Cduniverse.

Jome

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news 1110405206 - January 1, 1970 By : Here is the official press release:

Perhaps selling 1.1 million copies of his new album in four days has softened the heart of 50 Cent. Or maybe he has so many feuds going, he can afford to let one go.

On Wednesday, 50 Cent and The Game publicly squashed a bitter feud that had erupted into gunfire last week after 50 kicked Game out of his G-Unit clique for disloyalty.

The two platinum-selling gangsta rappers didn't exactly kiss and make up. When they emerged before a media throng at Harlem's famed Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture, both looked as if they'd been shoved into apologies by a stern mother.

But they did shake hands, albeit at the end of the press conference, after speaking about contrition and the need for peace.

50 noted that Wednesday was the anniversary of the unsolved murder of Biggie Smalls in 1997, the culmination of a rap war between Biggie and Tupac Shakur that pitted East Coast against West.

"We're here today to show that people can rise above the most difficult circumstances and together we can put negativity behind us," said 50, a native New Yorker. "A lot of people don't want to see it happen, but we're responding to the two most important groups, our family and our fans."

"I just want to apologize on behalf of myself and 50," said Game, who's from the Los Angeles suburb of Compton. "I'm almost ashamed to have participated in the things that happened in the last couple of weeks."

50 presented an oversized check for $150,000 to the Boys Choir of Harlem. Game donated $103,500. It was not clear why Game chose that amount or whether he had been reinstated in G-Unit; no questions were taken at the press conference. They also both made contributions to the Compton schools music program.

Is the truce sincere?

"Of course it was genuine," said hip-hop mogul Russell Simmons, who was at the event. "They stood on stage together."

At the very least, it was a remarkable concession for rappers who routinely brag about killing their enemies.

"It is the first time we've seen 50 publicly take a step back" from a battle, said Elliott Wilson, editor in chief of the hip-hop magazine XXL.

In a statement earlier Wednesday, 50 Cent said: "I'm launching a new foundation, the G-Unity Foundation, Inc., to help people overcome obstacles and make a chance for the better in their lives ... to help them overcome their situations. I realized that if I'm going to be effective at that, I have to overcome some of my own. Game and I need to set an example in the community."

50 Cent has always set an example — usually as an unapologetic criminal gleefully wreaking havoc on other rappers. He almost single-handedly dismantled the multi-platinum career of Ja Rule by relentlessly targeting him in songs, magazines and his 2003 debut, the eight-million selling "Get Rich or Die Tryin'."

Last week 50 released his sophomore CD, "The Massacre," which including a song attacking rappers like Fat Joe, Nas and Jadakiss for making a record with Ja Rule. But his beef with Game was unusual because it involved a member of his own camp.

As 50 was on the radio announcing the expulsion of Game from G-Unit — apparently because Game wouldn't turn his back on some of 50s many enemies — Game's crew rolled up to the station. Guns were fired inside the lobby and a member of Game's posse was wounded.

Game is a protege of superproducer Dr. Dre, who put Eminem (news - web sites) on the map, who in turn made 50 Cent a superstar. They're all on the same parent label, Interscope Records.

Those relationships probably played a hand in Wednesday's reconciliation.

"It's pressure for 50 to look at it from a business perspective and not a personal perspective," Elliott said. "I think the press conference was forced by the mainstream media's reaction to the incident. They don't benefit on a business level to be associated with violence."

Could the whole thing have been a publicity stunt for two rappers with albums in stores now?

Elliott doesn't buy it. "There really was a beef. I think there was a genuine conflict that 50 felt The Game was unappreciative of all the work he did on his album ... and Game is feeling like, 'I'm my own man now.'"

But the two have apparently decided that they have more to lose going against each other.

"I think (50) will continue to beef with other artists," Elliott said. "But to beef with your own artist and someone who you're in business with, it doesn't help you."

Nima

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news 1110406471 - January 1, 1970 By : I can't get that song outta my head... "Baby It's Biiiiishop..... Bishop Lamont... Biiiishop... Good lord I'm hot!". If you don't know what I'm talking about, do yourself a favor and click here to check out "It's Bishop".

Thanks to my homie Crash for providing us with 3 brand new cuts by Bishop Lamont & Tyrese aka Black Ty. The two will be releasin an album called "Best Of Both Hoods". To check out the songs, click below:

Bishop Lamont & Tyrese aka Black Ty - Change The World

Bishop Lamont & Tyrese aka Black Ty - New West Order

Bishop Lamont & Tyrese aka Black Ty - Put Your Glasses Up

Enjoy, and as always, hit up indastreets.net.

Nima

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