R&N - 12/21/07

Geffen & Interscope Merge!

Man... the music industry needs to get it's act together... And I thought I knew it all (from what I've seen) when it came to puttin' out and distributing music... But if Interscope, home of G-Unit, Eminem, Dr. Dre, Eve, Black Eyed Peas and dang near errybody else has to merge with another label because they lost on so much money... That's just crazy... Rumor is that they have merged, due to losing about $18 Mill off of the following projects... Eve (pushed back), Nicole S (scared to release) and Will.I.Am (flopped like a fish outta water, despite a pretty good 1st single...) They'll pick it up in 08, right? Man, support your favorite artists before they get dropped, please.

J. Prince Suing BET & Apple!


After hearing about, I'm wondering if J. Prince is the new Suge Knight...
J. Prince is suing BET & Apple because he claims that the series, "American Gangster" incorrectly labeled them as a killer and used his image without permission. If you want which episode, it's the one about Larry Hoover...

Now after another report of someone suing him over being beatdown by 7 men at one of J's gymnasiums over a bad deal, I'm REALLY starting to wonder about him... That's really Gangster, for someone who claims shouldn't be on that show.

Tiny - In The Travel Business?!


Now that TI's on House Arrest, I heard that Tiny is now a travel agent... Couldn't believe it, so I looked it up.... http://www.ytb.com/Default.aspx?wa=tinystravelxscapes

Wow.... Who woulda known... That's crazy! But I guess she's got to make the paper now, while TI works on Paper Trail (his next album)

Sean Kingston - From Kingston, New York!

Tha boy Sean Kingston is trying to bring his music to the hood... And it's kinda hot... Check it...

Sean Kingston - Kingston

This video ain't half bad and got caught in my head... I'll just throw it up...

Webbie ft. Lil Boosie - Independent

Now THIS is a hot one... It's been floating around for months, but this video is pretty cool. I'm mad Kanye, Pharrell, and Lupe weren't in it, but I guess they was a lil' busy. At the same time, I say it was a great concept considering that the group is called "Child Rebel Soldiers" Anywayz, Check it out.

(CRS) Child Rebel Soldiers - Us Placers

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AB

R&N - 11/02/07 - Lupe At North Texas!

Hey folks,

I apologize for the me not posting, then posting up lil' stuff, just teasing y'all.. It's the weekend... I'm going all out...

LUPE FIASCO - Press Conference At North Texas

The Story
SO.... Yesterday, Lupe came through to North Texas... He was scheduled for 2:30 pm... I got there around 2... it was ALREADY crowded... Meanwhile, they played Superstar, the instrumental and Dumb It Down until he got there. Got there around 3:10 (guess he got caught in traffic)...

The Arrival
So anyway, when he was coming to through the Student Union, they started playing "Kick Push"... and he started performing to it on his way to the conference table... Everybody in the room got hyped... It was CRAZY! The people in the room went from loud to CRUNK in 5 seconds...



The Press Conference
So they present him and begin asking him questions... Without going through ALL the questions they asked him, he talked about how his mom was a gourmet chef, (his favorite meal to cook is eggs. :-p), his father was an African musician, the origin of the name, "Lupe Fiasco", how Jay-Z invited Lupe into his home to have a meeting about signing him (he declined the offer), how he liked Jay-Z's gold Monopoly set and he should have the CRS (Child Rebel Soldiers) album, a trio of Kanye West, Pharrell and himself coming out late 2008.

Shout-Outs
So after the questions, they went right into the autograph session... Shout outs to my boy, Attah, who actually asked him a couple of questions, Dilly for notifying me about the event, Mike Smith, a rep from Atlantic Records who helped sponsor the program, and my homegirl, D for taking these pictures... She got up close and personal to dude... For those of you who live in the DFW, check out her Myspace page. She does EXCELLENT quality photos.



The Autograph Session
Thanks to some luck and some inside information, I was able to be one of the first people to get an autograph from homie. So I walk up to him in line, with my poster out (forgot to bring my "Food & Liquor" CD. :-/) and I shook Lupe's hand and said "What's good?" I was like, "I hope you're album does good, man. I'm tired of good rappers selling 100,000 copies, then just fall off. " He laughed it off, and was "Nah, man. It's a good album... You gonna like it." I hope so...

So let's go Cop That Album December 18th. The Cool

Check out his singles:

Lupe Fiasco - Superstar
Update: Video comes out Monday

Lupe Fiasco - Dumb It Down

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AB