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The mixtape is unreal, front to back no skipping of any tracks. I think this is his best one yet.

The album was leaked on IRC last week. Very differnt from what I expected, but it's def bangin. It takes a few listens, reminds me a lot of a kanye approach, with Ghostface's twist. Maybe two songs should have been left off, and replaced with a couple bangin colabos with Rae, but I'm not sure this is what will be in the stores when it drops either. If this album had a "Hilton" or "Smith Brothers" song, it would be head and shoulders about his last effort, so we'll see.

Best baseball game I have ever played, well since Baseball Stars. They should have made the franchise like Madden though, where you can build new parks, raise the food prices, hire a new manager, etc. Great game though

He isn't with Violator anymore, he bounced from the label. The reason he hasn't come out big time is that Violator was screwin him around, and right after he left his manager, London caught 25-life on a body in New Brighton. He has a hand shake agreement with Ghostface to drop shit on his label while he shops around for a deal, in fact on his newer freestyles you'll hear Joey scream out Theodore Unit. London (and Bebo) were basically the muscle behind Joey, he would strong arm some of the lesser dj's into playing his shit, etc. Now Jo is just chillin, always at the studio on South ave that Ice Water, Shyhiem, and other local kids use. I have every free style and song he has put out, and the dude is nasty. He still drops new freestyles and songs month on the DJ Storm cd's. I dunno about EM, but why compare him to him anyway. Yeah, they are both white, but whatever. 100% different styles. If anyone seen him on the Basement on rap city, he fuckin BURNED a crew from QB (Nore, Capone, Prodigy, Bars & Hooks, and Noyd). Fuckin Capone was on his dick, screamin his name while he was droppin like 40 bars. You can download that freestyle too, try Soulseek.

Somone needs to knock Meth upside his head, but Ghost released 3 classics in a row, and a 4th is on the way. Pretty Tony will not disapoint.

U-God Unleashes ZILLA! -By Rohit Loomba of Chinatown Productions Godzilla terrorized New York City, raising havoc unknown to man before that point. Just as Godzilla unleashed a new uncontrollable rage on the citizens of New York, U God, now Zilla, is preparing himself to unleash a new dose of lethal hip hop on an industry which he feels has been rather ignorant of his talent. Zilla won't be tearing down buildings with brute strength and size but will be getting them vibrating to the sounds of a new compilation entitled U God- Zilla which features himself and his crew the Hillside Scramblaz. U God-Zilla will feature all new artists and producers. Artists such as Leopard Face, Infblack, Desert Eagle, Black Ice and others will be found on this compilation. His new name, which symbolizes the beast in him, will not feature any WuTang appearances. He wants to bring fresh new faces. "I can rap about bitches and cars too," Zilla says, but then goes on to explain that this is not what will be coming. He carries a notebook so he doesn't "miss some of [his] best ideas and lines." The upcoming release is somewhat of a diary that chronicles what his experiences such as two years he served in prison for dealing drugs, which brought his college education to an abrupt end. He feels that his upbringing in Parkhill, Staten Island and further spiritual growth during his time in prison all have molded him and his pulpit from which he will rap to the world. Perhaps the most pressing question on the minds of many is why does U God needs to reinvent himself and adopt this a new persona? Shouldn't the WuTang banner be enough for him to gain awareness and attention? Apparently not. In fact, Zilla is breaking from his prior identity, of which a big part is his WuTang affiliation. Zilla unleashes by calling some of his former brethren's new releases "wack." He calls Ghostface, Method Man and Raekwon "spoon-fed" and says that he has even told them how he feels about their new projects and comments, "they can say the same thing about me." Today his main concern is to create a name for himself and to recover from being (in his words) "the most slept on nigga from Wu Tang." This frustration may stem from the fact that out of all of the WuTang releases, the only U God solo track was "Black Shampoo." Zilla continues, "I'm like water, I flow wherever the wind blows me," apparently, the wind is blowing him away from WuTang. Zilla makes it clear that problems he has with Wu stem from money situations. He makes is clear that money can come between any partnership or cooperative effort. Look for the release of U God-Zilla in March 2004. Only time will tell if the new Zilla will storm the industry as Godzilla did, tearing up the city, or if his entrance will be similar to the monster's downfall as it tripped through the streets of New York. Either way he now stands as his own man and artist, and is determined to make it this way.

Your boys from compton with a Yonkers flow...haha. 100 Bars and runnin, one of the top freestyles of the year, no question. I feel bad for Young Buck, he just fell behind Game for next up after Banks drops his classic.

Budden is such a pet peeve of mine, the dude spits fire on every damn freestyle he drops, and on every guest spot he's on. Yet his album was full of garbage, was so far over the place and spread thin. Then, he picks a horrible second single, should have choose the joint with 112. I think his management tried to make him into Fab, spit shit for the ladies on his lp to sell records, then spit fire on mix tapes to keep the street heads interested. Just didn't work out, because he doesn't have the sex appeal or sexy records Fab had. Like, I can't front, I like the MH and Buddens track, but on the whole the 2 r&b verses with a 8 bar rap at the end is pretty fad is getting under my skin. You know G-Unit man, they stay making trouble for heads. And ghost is right, who's gonna say shit, when 50 has Banks and now Game at his beck and call to ruin people's careers? Cassidy would get ripped an asshole by Banks, I don't care if he killed Freeway in the studio, because Freeway is garbage anyway. Ghost, PM me about the CP FTP server I was telling heads about.

Can't say I disagree, RZA put it best "R&B equals Rap and Bullshit". All these shitty raps over decent R&B songs, that aim to cross over to both the hip hop and R&B market are annoying. And seriously, I don't see the big deal with Cassidy myself. Dude is OK at best, hardly "The Next". Banks would burn any of those clowns mentioned on that little diss. If Cassidy drops a cd tomorrow, I'd bet my life it sells ghetto wood even more then Joe buddens CD. hahaha

DJ Whoo Kid - G-Unit Radio 5 Has all the new Game records, including that 100 bar freestyle. Insane. Everytime I say I'm sick of them, or 50 is over staurated, they drop a new bangin mix tape and I can't take it off the ipod for a month. Def download or pick this up.

And the next farm player we trade for an over the hill player will be ..... http://nydailynews.com/front/story/161957p-141852c.html Beyond Boone, Yankees' farm system cultivates a keeper Eric Duncan shows at bat and in field that he has stuff to be that rare commodity, a homegrown Yankee star. As the Yankees go about collecting every available third baseman with major league experience these days, it seems they will be holding a tryout camp in spring training to replace the injured Aaron Boone. But adding the likes of Tyler Houston, Miguel Cairo and Mike Lamb to holdovers Enrique Wilson and Erick Almonte only makes a suddenly intriguing question all the more relevant: Who's the long-term answer for the Yankees at their new crisis position? That might depend on their level of desperation to fill the hole with a big name via a trade or free agency in the coming months. But if the Yankees are patient - a foreign concept, to be sure - it could come in the form of a home-grown product, and a local kid at that. Eric Duncan, last year's first-round draft choice out of Seton Hall Prep in New Jersey, not only impressed the Yankees as a pure hitter and mature player in his first professional summer, but has wowed them with a work ethic this winter that has made him the talk of the current mini-camp in Tampa for selected minor leaguers. "He's turned some heads," was the way one Yankee staffer put it yesterday. "There's a real buzz about him around here." A lefthanded hitter, Duncan was voted by league managers as the best major league prospect in the Gulf Coast League last summer, and Baseball America ranks him as the No. 2 prospect in the Yankees' farm system behind catcher Dionne Navarro. At 19 years old, Duncan can't solve the Boone problem for them immediately, but the Yankees are convinced he can move up the organizational ladder quickly. He is being likened by many baseball people to Nick Johnson, except with more power potential, but Cesar Presbott, the Bronx-based scout who led the Yankee charge on Duncan, has visions of another Derek Jeter or Alfonso Soriano. "If you compare Duncan to Jeter and Soriano when they were his age," said Presbott yesterday, "he's better than both of them. He's a great, natural hitter with four solid major league tools, and his work ethic will help him move fast. I get the feeling he'll finish in Double-A this season." That would be quite a jump, considering Duncan has two A-ball levels to climb through after finishing 2003 with the short-season Staten Island club. But Duncan's offseason commitment to workouts has the Yankees thinking anything is possible. At 6-3, 212 pounds, Duncan has added 17 pounds since he was drafted in June, while lowering his time in the 40 this winter from 5.0 to 4.6 seconds, and increasing his vertical leap from 22 to 29 inches. Such is the reward for a winter of work with two separate personal trainers, one for speed and another for weight training, as well as daily sessions with a personal hitting instructor he's used for years. Why not? The kid can afford the hired help, after getting a $1.25 million signing bonus last summer with the Yankees. And as he sees it, he's got no excuse not to put in four to five hours a day trying to get better. "I know some people might think it's too much," Duncan said by phone yesterday, "but it's all about how bad you want it. I think about getting to the major leagues all the time. I know how many great players are out there. Not all of them make it, and sometimes what separate them is hard work and dedication." Duncan and his family members say that's pretty much been his attitude about baseball since the time he earned an MVP award in a national AAU tournament as a 10-year-old while playing for a travel team in Southern California. His father, Hal, who moved the family to New Jersey eight years ago for business reasons, sometimes isn't quite sure how to explain it. "He's like his mother," Hal says with a chuckle. "He's very orderly with his life. He does what needs to be done, whether it's laying out his clothes for the next day, or putting in the kind of hours he does working to get better. "He had the advantage of traveling at a young age and seeing there were a lot of great ballplayers around the country, and realizing the kind of work it would take to be a professional. He has a lot of self-discipline." The son's dedication led his father to install a batting cage in the basement of their Florham Park home, and Duncan has spent countless hours there taking his hacks, often as part of early-morning workouts before going to school. "I wouldn't hit before school every day," Duncan said, downplaying talk of his work ethic. "Sometimes I'd just work out. But if it was a game day, it was nice to get in there and be able to hit in the morning." Is it any wonder why a number of scouts were pushing to draft him last year? Makeup aside, his short, quick stroke was hardly that of a typical high school kid. Indeed, the only question seemed to be whether he was mobile enough to project as a big-league third baseman, or whether he'd perhaps have to move to first base eventually. Duncan's answer was to spend all those hours this winter working on his speed and strength. "He knew he needed to become a better athlete if he wanted to stay at third base," his father says. So perhaps Duncan looms as the first No. 1 draft pick to make a mark as a Yankee since Jeter, who was drafted in 1992. Of the Yankees' top picks since then, only pitcher Eric Milton (1996) has made it big, and that was with the Twins after being traded for Chuck Knoblauch. Duncan, a Yankee fan growing up, would love nothing more. Of course, he's well aware of the Yankees' habit of trading prospects for established players to fill immediate needs. So while he admits the Boone injury "makes you think maybe you have a little better shot" at the third base job in the future, he knows it could work against him as well. As his father put it, "You just hope they don't go out and get Eric Chavez or Troy Glaus when they become free agents next year." Another strong year in the minors might be enough to convince the Yankees to wait for the local kid. Originally published on February 6, 2004

That's really the dumbedt thing I ever heard. Since the Boss got involved, we haven't won in 3 years, not the other way around. The foundation of this team was built when he was banned from baseball, thanks to Stick Michael. Yeah, the great Giambino hits like a monster and can't field for shit, and I still think he's a great player, but no stats in the world replace Tino, Scott B, and Oniel in that clubhouse. Tino was the rock after Mattingly left. You remind me of 90% of Yankee fans, you can't see through George's bullshit. That team from 96-00 was built from the farm and smart trades, there wasn't ANY free agent starters on that team. Not one. Now, thats all we have. Or else we trade for over the hill stars. Keep thinking all these clowns we sign will win a ring, while in reality we lost 3 years in a row, to 3 small market teams who built their team the way we did in the mid 90's. OBS, hit and run, defense, and picthing. Not Giambi hitting 45 120 and having the range at first that Piazza has behind the plate. The smartest trade we can make this year will be to get that kid Beltran from the Royals, and try to steal one of the A's aces in the off season. If I see another so called super star signed who cant run or field, I sware I'll puke.

Very well said. While I don't agree 100% on the Pettite issue, I agree with everything else. We lost so many "Yankees" like Oniel, brocious, Petitte, and Tino for "name superstar met types" like Giambi, Boone, Lofton, etc. Thank God we had Torre to hold it together. I'm not too worried about the sox, they had so many players have career years last year, and even though they added Shilling, Pedro has become human, and playoff history has shown finese closers like Foulke don't perform well in the post season. I really think the season rides on Brown, and that scares me. But knowing the Yanks, if he gets hurt, they will go and get a starter at the break. They still have some gems in the system, remember the name Depaula, he is projected to be the next Posada. He'll prob go at the deadline for a 3rd baseman or starter. And too many people over look Sheff. Giambi, Sheff, Sori and Bernie in a row with Jete and Lofton setting the table is going to be a lot of fun to watch. Hopefully Brownie holds up.

Your 100% percent right, and quite honestly, I couldn't care less if they traded every hitting prospect that comes down the pipe. It just erks me when we give away young arms. But, the Yankees are kings at over hyping prospects for the sole purpose of trading them, and no arms we gave up have done much. The Yankees should take the route the A's take, draft and develope as many young arms as possible, and go out and add bats through free agency. The Marlins, Cubs, and A's will be contenders for the next 10 years (if they dont lose them to free agency) with the young fire ballers they have developed. Trust me, no one is a bigger fan of the Johnson for Javier trade, and I LOVED Nick, he may go .310 30 100 if hes heathy this year, but to get an arm like Javier, you do what you have to do.

No, you don't understand what I am saying. The "mentality" that won us 4 rings in 5 years was building from youth and club house guys, and bringing in a few veterens to round it out. Now, we just go out and sign or trade for high priced veterens and depelete the farm system (sounds like the 80's, no?). Who knows what the kid will do in Cincy, but he was hurt in Spetember. Let's see the next two years what happens, then make a judgement. I agree, most trades we have made have worked out well, except for the Mike Lowell trade. I like the Yankees team as it is right now, I think they will make it to the series again, most likely facing the Cubs or Phillies. I'm just saying losing Boone is not the end of the world, and we can wait till the trading deadline to bring someone better in, if we need too. By the way, look at what trading youth for veterens has done for the Rangers. Different story, I know, but it just proves a team like the Devils, who most casual hockey fans can barely name 10 players from, win cup after cup, and the Rangers bring in so called superstar after superstar and can't make the playoffs.

Lamb was a top prospect for the Rangers two seasons ago coming into spring training, but got hurt, and with the emergence of Mark Teixiera and Hank Blalock, he was expendable. Lamb isn't going to make anyone forget about Boone (who knows if he could handle NY anyway after last post season), but he has decent range and is projected to hit .280 14 65 over 500 AB's. The Yankees are stacked top to bottom with the lineup, so much so that Boone, an all star with Cincy, was going to bat 9th. Boone is the least of the problems. Brownie staying heathy and Javier turning into what he should be, a 20 game winner, matters a lot more then what the 9th place hitter in our lineup does. Plus, teams know they have us by the balls, so Lamb is a good stop gap until the trading deadline, when Lowell, Glaus, and a few other good 3rd baseman will be available. Whats wrong with playing a few kids, instaed of trading even more prospects? Look at how well the Boone deal has worked out so far. Minus his HR agaist Boston, we gave up a young lefty who may be the next Pettiete, and we may end up releasing Boone. It's time for the Yankees to go back to 96, when we had friggin charlie hayes at 3rd base, and young guys up and down the lineup. Giradi was our catcher, who hit 260 1 40, but was a club house guy. This mentality of needed an all star "name" at every posistion is what got the Mets in the mess they are in now.

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The CP ftp server will be up by this weekend, by invite only. It will have over 200 Gigs of media, I have an idea who's def in, and they can reccomend people. We can make this into the ultimate mp3 pool. More details in a few days.

Go Angels.

Raekwon - A Lex Diamond Story Memph Bleek - M.A.D.E. Hit up Mirc or use Bottler. Mixed first reaction on both, expected more from Rae, less from Bleek, both seem fairly average. One track On Rae with Sheek and Capone is fire, but most of the tracks have been floating around.

Excuse me Miss RMX - Jigga

I dunno man, it's crazy to me. Maybe you had to hear it at the time it came out. It was the perfect balance between the two songs. Another song like this is Gimmie Yours RMX by AZ. I think Pete Rock laced the beat....amazing. I'll send it your way tomorrow.

Yeah... go to www.ircspy.com and do a search for Whoo kid Download g-unit radio 4 by clicking on the link (it will make a connection to the channel in bottler, so make sure bottler is open).

He prob has no other choice. Conflict sells, esp with someone as big as em. The source is obviously losing ground to XXL, and has lost a lot of credibility after it was made know Benzino was half owner. I'm not saying I agree, I can just see it as despiration on his end.

That was a long time ago, before Angie left on maternal leave. I remeber it perfectly, was stuck in traffic. That was the day I lost all respect for the source and refused to buy another issue.