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Ashanti Beat Jacks: A Retrospective

Over the Years Ashanti (more her producer Irv Gotti) has ripped the beats off a good many classic rap tracks for her songs. Now, I know a lot of other artists do this too. But Ashanti does it a lot. A lot. Some examples. Ashanti- Foolish: [youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pAPOtmqio1k&eurl=[/youtube] Notorious B.I.G. (One..

Fresh in my gray tee.

Good news for people who like to wear clothing — friend-of-ML and occasional commenter Peace Justice Universal (a.k.a. DJ Eurok) is selling t-shirts with the name of his blog/record label/movement, Upset The Setup, on the front in an ill design. And, if you’re not all that interested in “upsetting the..

Rap battles on Teleconferences? Sounds like a good contest to us.

Cassidy has a rather unique contest to promote his album B.A.R.S. You call 215-701-0998 this week and your best drop 16 Bars. Next week the same phone number will announce the 3 finalist that will battle via teleconference. If your whack or refuse to spit bars over your prepaid cell..


Rock The Bells, San Bernardino, CA (8/11/07) Recap.

If you were unable to make it to out this year’s Rock The Bells hip hop festival out in the boondocks of Cali better known as San Bernardino, here’s a recap to fill you in on what you missed, complete with horrible-quality pictures. The Hyundai Pavilion staff definitely called my..

Virginia is for label politics.

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RIV1-ICkXow[/youtube]I’m sure by now everyone’s seen FamLay’s latest, “Da Beeper Record” featuring Pharrell, which hit the net late last week, and (according to The Fader‘s drop) is directed by Hype Williams. This is supposed to be the first single off of Fam’s debut album, Dat Missile. I say “supposed to..

New Boot Camp Clik produced by Marco Polo.

Our boy Marco Polo continues to mess with the whole Duckdown crew. M Peezy provides 2 beats to the Boot Camp Clik compilation Causalities of War which drops next week on the 15th. The first is some psychedelic sounding shit… My World. Then on my personal favorite of the two..

East Meets West.

When you find out that ML is banned in your homeland, not even a trip to Mickey D’s can cheer you up. Download: Heltah Skeltah – “Brownsville II Long Beach” featuring Dogg Pound Download: Gang Starr – “You Know My Steez (3 Men & A Lady Remix)” featuring Lady Of..

50 Cent, You Mad?

According to Ms Info 50 Cent is hella pissed about his next single with Robin Thicke, Follow My Lead leaking because along with the Justin Timberlake track he now has 2 singles out with white singers.He is pissed mainly because he was going to have the Thicke track be his..

Sexy time.

It’s NIIICE! Download: Kool G Rap – “Talk Like Sex” Download: Dr. Dre – “Fuck You” featuring Devin The Dude & Snoop Dogg Download: Notorious B.I.G. – “Fuckin’ You Tonight” featuring R. Kelly Download: Jay-Z – “Fuck All Nite” Download: S.A. Smash – “Love To Fuck” featuring Aesop Rock Download:..