"FATE LOVES THE FEARLESS" - James Russell Lowell

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GOD IS BACK TO TALK TO US!

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Queensbridge rapper has just released a new song titled "Be A Ni**er Too," a track from his highly anticipated album, Ni**er.

The single "Be A Ni**er Too" is the first official release from Nas’ album, which has drawn intense scrutiny due to the album’s simple, yet controversial title.

The lyrics on "Be A Ni**er Too" gives listeners a glimpse into the direction Nas’ album may take.
On the track, which was produced by Salaam Remi and Big Jack, Nas makes his stance on the N-word clear through his lyrics and a slowed down delivery.

"The real Ni**ers are back on the radio," Nas says, before launching into his verse.

"Not mad cause Eminem said Ni**er/Cause he’s my Ni**er/Wigger/Cracker friend/We all black within/ We all African within/Some African’s don’t like us no way/A killin happened in Johannesburg yesterday.”

In a song that could be a lighting rod for controversy, Nas references the tragic murder of reggae star Lucky Dube in Johannesburg in October of 2007 and in the same line, name check’s the NAACP.

The hook for the song is a play on Dr. Pepper’s famous "Wouldn’t You Like to Be a Pepper Too" advertising slogan.

"I’m a Ni**er/He’s a Ni**er/she’s a Ni**er /we’s some Ni**ers/wouldn’t you like to be a Ni**er too," Nas raps.

On the rest of the chorus, Nas name check’s Jews (Kike Ni**ers), Hispanics (Spic Ni**ers), Italians (Guinea Ni**ers) and Asians (Chink Ni**ers), by using their respective racial epithets and embraces them as his Ni**ers.

“They like to strangle Ni**ers/blame a Ni**er/shoot a Ni**er/hang a Ni**er/still you wanna be a Ni**er too?/True.”

Nas' upcoming album Ni**er is due in stores this year on Island Def Jam, a unit of Universal Music Group.

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KHIA = CRAZY:



Guess who’s in the hot seat this week? The whole cast on Miss Rap Supreme, well if that’s what you wanna call it, the Femcees of Miss Rap Supreme. MC Serch [is] included because he’s a b***h too!!! Y'all seen dat fish hatin from the start. A BONIFIED HATER, him and Yo-Yo!

Nowwwwwww! Yall knew it was some undercover hatin going on from the start! I mean, come on… We all know that I am Miss Rap Supreme!!! There was no competition in the house whatsoever PERIOD case closed CASKET DROPPED!

First of all, there was nothing but a bunch of crackheads, whores and undercover bull-daggers in the house! Much love to Nicky2States and Rese Steele, the only two real b***hes in the house and Byata… Byata was cool!!!

Now, back to what I a was saying… How in the hell is two clown muthaf***as gone judge me, when I outsold them? Just tell me that!!! I outsold and outshined everybody in the house including the judges… That’s why they were hating!!!

Serch hating ass… Talking about obscurity and oblivion… He must have been talking about himself!!!! Because no one remembers “The Gas Face” and I am sure everyone remembers my MEGA HIT… “MY Neck, My Back”. There’s not many artist, male or female that’s had a MEGA hit! They’re still fishing for it and I caught my fish the first throw!!!!!! Salmon….Pleeeeeeease!

I am Miss Rap Supreme!!!! The Queen of this s**t because I hustle and grind and I’m still climbing past the top. Not forgetting who I am or where I came from!!!!!! I want to help free the ghetto, not run from it, leaving my people behind!!!! Hoes be real!!! I’m just too real for you b***hes!!! Not Hollywood, I made it out my hood! I represent struggle and success!!! By any means NECESSARY!

Cheating… No B-I-T-C-H!!!! Checkmate!!! Yessssss!!! Y’all b***hes still don’t get it? Is that the short bus I hear blowing outside???? PROMOTION. Full promotion of my s**t! VH1 put my face in millions of homes! I used VH1 to promote myself and my music!!! What part of that don’t you people understand? That was my plan from the beginning, not cheating but winning (stupid muthaf***as) The joke is on y’all, AGAIN! I never intended on following the rules. Neva have, I make the rules. I am the boss. My mission…accomplished! Y’all b***hes is so DELAYED! PROMOTION! That’s why I was on the show!!!

I got you b***hes talking and promoting… TEAM KHIAAA!!! All I hear coming out you b***hes mouths is “KHIA!” All while giving my fans the opportunity to see me shine! Even though, most of you b***hes are blind, dumb, numb and full of CUMMMMMMM!!! I’m Hata Walkin on you hoes!!!!!!! But my real soldiers feel me!!!!

Love it or hate it… It’s still promotion!!!! People wanna see the Queen!!!! They all tuned into VH1 to see MEEEEEEEE! Y’all b***hes was stupid for sending me home! Because now there’s no reason to see the show! Come on, y’all didn’t see my acting skills? GENIUS! The stage was set! I walked into elimination! RESPECT ME big as day, in black and white on the wall!!!!


Message#1-
Next…Yo Yo said rap a 16 about ladies and respect……Alarm went off!!!!!


Message#2-
I heard Serch say, “Don’t rap something that has been pre-written…”
I laughed to myself, walking to the back and pretending to be writing…I’m such an actress! LOL!

Now don’t get me wrong, the tears for my mom were real! I shined for my girl and made her proud…for millions to feel and it wasn’t cheating, everything was going as planned. That’s right people, I planned on roasting that whore and trust me they all got the message! I was going home with a bang, patting myself on the back, mission accomplished. Perfect exit!

Then this fool gonna try and critique me. Talkin bout I didn’t spit no 16. Master P should’ve been the judge! He’s the real LEGEND! He gave me hope and inspiration and I am sure he would’ve understood my 16. Serch ain’t from the south, Serch ain’t black and Serch aint hood. Serch represents that ugly ass suit he had on! LOL! They had Serch and Yo-Yo lookin like a fool dictating their every word. But I ran my own show!

So for all y’all otha slow muthaf***as that didn’t get it…let me explain it to you! We got our own swag and style of flow in the south! That’s what makes our music real and that’s why we stand out as artists and that’s why Serch dumb ass never had a hit or a fan base! Something that I have! Check Myspace! Independently made! With NO major record deal!

And Miss Yo-Yo… What has she done? How in the hellllll she gonna say that I viciously attacked MR. (GOAT MOUTH) CHERRY. LOL! How I was looked upon as a leader? B***h, I still am… And for the record, leader’s put b***hes in they place when they out of line! Nowwwwww. If I had viciously attacked that TROLL, there would have been BLOOD SHED… My intention was to slide that hoe underneath that refrigerator! So noooooooo, I didn’t viciously attack that b***h… I verbally assaulted that hoe!! She is a hater, so I Hata Walked on that hoe and that’s what she needed! She needed to be checked and chastised for disrespecting the QUEEN!

So did you and SERCH, that’s why I started off with you two b***hes and then I took it TO THE LEFT, TO THE LEFT and checked that b***h!! One hit wonder that hoe. Now I wonder how you gone recover from that blow! LOL!!! And to keep it all the way real, the song went to all them hating ass hoes in that house hating on the QUEEN…and they felt it! Y’all b***hes couldn’t take it and conspired on sending the Queen home! Talkin bout I’m disqualified.

All them b***hes need to be disqualified!!! Cuz they all was rappin pre-written s**t. It’s just that they pre-written s**t wasn’t bout s**t and neva sold s**t and they ain’t gone be S**T! LOL! Yeah, that’s one thang Yo Yo got right! (If we were asking for a hook, she would have NAILED it). Yeah b***h, I write hooks, hits, that stick like grits! Freestyling is for free, get like me! I’m here to entertain. Weren’t y’all entertained? Now that I am gone, my name still lives on. When you think of Miss Rap Supreme, you think of ME!

Thank you VH1 for all the freeeeeeee PROMOTION!!!!!! No, no…wait a minute. They had to pay me. ASCAP will continue to pay me, every time the show airs for years to come. Just like “My Neck, My Back” will be played for years to come!

I’m a Smart, Beautiful, Talented, Black Queen that makes BOSS moves! And I check hoes when they need to be checked! Damn right I am Confident, Bold, and the truth will be told!!! MR. CHERRY was hating and I checked that b***h!! What has she done or accomplished? Nothing! Talkin bout check her record! So guess what… I DID and wasn’t s**t there!!! So now b***h!!! Check mine, betta yet buy the GANGSTRESS album. See the cover? That’s my record, B***H!!!! You already know. You a fan. I know you was just putting on for TV. But they gonna see. After I checked you, you simmered your ass down!!! I’ma spare you hoe! You gotta cute lil boy though. Now all you have to do is…find your baby DADDY!!! Cuz T- Pain said…HE IS NOT THE FATHER! You betta call Maury!

I can’t see how he could be the father. He said that he’s not gay! So there is no way he could have had a baby from a MAN! Take that red Twizzler out your head and tighten up that Invisalign, Bucket mouth B***H! T-Pain is married with two beautiful children! Putting all them fake pictures on your MySpace! Where is the one where T-Pain holding his so-called son? There is none… B***h, get a family portrait! We want pictures of him holding the baby before you go hollering bout that’s your Baby Daddy!

Why he didn’t have Lil Bankhead while you was on the show? Kick rocks trick!!! You gets no more promotion! Love you T-Pain and Mrs. T-Pain… I got you boo-boo. Hoes out here tryna claim your husband and trap him with a baby! Y’all whores ain’t bout s**t! I wrote a song… It’s Whateva just for you!!!! Nasti Muzik 08.
Tune in next week to see who’s in the hot seat! TEAM KHIAAAAAAAAAA! GOOOOOOOOO!!

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HOW TO WRITE A HIT SONG:

By Kathy Iandoli

If you were to make a list of your favorite songs from recent years, it would almost be a guarantee that one of them was written by the Clutch.

A genius songwriting collective comprised of Keri Hilson, Ezekiel “Zeke” Lewis, Patrick “J. Que” Smith, Candice “Gg” Nelson, and Belewa Muhammad, the Clutch has penned songs for the likes of Ciara, Chris Brown, Omarion, Usher, Mary J. Blige, Kelly Rowland, and even Britney Spears.

In speaking with J. Que and Ezekiel prior to their BMI panel at Emory College, they tell the stories behind three of their infamous projects and what it takes to write a hit song.

On writing a hit song…

J. Que: I would say one of the biggest things – and I hate to sound super simplistic so I apologize – is to have fun…like that s**t comes across. When you’re creating it actually comes across in the song, you can talk about things that sound a little more technical in the process.

When you’re writing, make sure it’s something that’s very personal, but at the same time universal so it touches everybody on some level. I know for us, we go in there and we kind of just act a fool and then an hour or two later we come out with a song we like.

Ezekiel: From my perspective – this is probably what people don’t want to hear, but – a big part of writing a hit song is also persistence and just hard work; having a work ethic.

Understanding that it is a creative process, but at the same time you do have to show up for work and you have to work.

J.Que: And write a lot of songs that aren’t hits…

Ezekiel: Exactly, to get the hits. You write a lot of songs that don’t end up being hits that don’t even end up getting placed let alone before you get the hits, so it’s about persistence and having a great work ethic.

J. Que: I think somewhere along the way there we all have that streak that comes and goes, you kind of call it a groove.

For awhile it feels like you can do no wrong when you’re writing. It’s like everything you’re writing feels like it’s coming out magical.

On working with Britney Spears for her song, “Radar”…

Ezekiel: Honestly, I know me personally, I’ve wanted to work with Britney Spears forever to be honest. So honestly, I don’t think for any of us it was hard.

I think we all wanted to work with Britney and we were motivated to give her something that was great that was going to help her project become a great project to come back with.

J.Que: Exactly. And also when we went in to create the record – and stop me if I’m wrong in this one, Zeke – I think the one thing we were all trying to make sure is that we didn’t touch on anything that was really dealing with all the stuff that she was dealing with.

Just something that all things are equal and all things are great. Some things you really just like to hear her talking about. We went in and sat down to create a record for the Britney Spears that we know and love.

Ezekiel: That we know and love, exactly. We didn’t want to touch any of that personal stuff. We really thought it was supposed to be the third single but now we’re hearing that it’s the definite fourth single so we’re excited.

J.Que: I definitely think they need to go ahead and put it out.

Ezekiel: That was a fun song to work on though.

J.Que: When I tell you she was the best – minus she got there a little late. She did show up a little late. But when she showed up, I think it caught both of us off guard ‘cause Zeke and I flew to New York to record the record on this.

And I think it caught both of us off guard because, when I tell you when she walked in the booth she stayed in the booth until the sun came up.

Ezekiel: Yeah she was there. She almost outlasted me, I don’t know.

J. Que: It was absolutely nuts, and she took directions very well. I agree like I don’t know what I was expecting because we went in to cut that record the day after she filed divorce from Kevin.

Ezekiel: Right.

J.Que: So we were expecting all kind of nonsense and she was super professional and when she got in the booth, she was super-efficient.

On working with Omarion for his song “Ice Box”…

Ezekiel: Man, that record was so fun to make.

J.Que: That one was fun and easy.

Ezekiel: That was easy, yeah.

J.Que: That record was written…I would say all in all that record was written probably in about 20 minutes. It was very easy. It just flowed.

Ezekiel: Yeah it was very fun, very very fun. Omarion’s a complete professional. He’s dope, he was coming up with dance routines while he was recording [in the booth].

Yeah, it was fun; it was really fun. That’s the only word for me to describe that day for me personally that’s the first word I think of…“Icebox” equals fun.

J.Que: I know we’d been trying to get in to record with O on the project and just because of our schedule and his recording schedule, we never could put it together.

So then the album was done and they put out “Entourage” and then all of sudden we get a call saying, “We need another single,” and it was really just like one day. We said, “Come in; if you nail it you nail it” And…

Ezekiel: …nailed it.

On working with Ciara for her song “Like a Boy”…



Ezekiel: That was dope. That record was fun, because we were sitting around talking about like what would a girl…what would the ultimate girl want to say as it relates to male/female relationships?

She probably would say she wishes she could act like a boy in certain ways to just see…like how would you feel if the shoe were on the other foot? Even though the song was saying, “I wish I could be like a boy,” it was really in a sarcastic way.

Like, “I wish I could get away with that crap.” Like, “You’ve got to be kidding me” type of thing. It was another really fun record to make. We had a good time doing it.

J.Que: It goes all the way back to having fun when you’re recording and creating your record.

On stealing publishing rights…

Ezekiel: I gotta be honest – [Stealing publishing rights] doesn’t happen as much as people think.

J.Que: As you deal with more professional people that doesn’t happen.

Ezekiel: Yeah because people are not willing to risk their reputation in that way. There are some crooks in every situation, and every type of business of course there is that occasional idiot crook, but typically that doesn’t happen.

I don’t think you’ll hear a lot of those stories of people just literally taking your song and putting it on the radio not addressing you without addressing you or anything like that. That’s not typical.

J.Que: Definitely not so much. I think at least when it comes to publishing, I find what we have to talk to more young writers, young artists, young producers about is sampling. I don’t think they really understand what sampling is.

At the end of the day, when you sample a record, for the most part you’re giving up your rights to publishing. There’s nothing there for you because you’re collecting someone else’s work.

Ezekiel: Unless someone grants you some type of rights.

J.Que: And they definitely don’t have to, so that’s where most of the conversation ends up going.

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BOBBY BOBBY BOBBY, DIGI DIGI DIGI: DODODODODODODODODOOOO....

Wu-Tang founder RZA is returning for a third time to his Bobby Digital alter ego for the album "Digi Snax," due July 1 via Koch. The album's first single is "You Can't Stop Me now," featuring Inspectah Deck.

"This album is simply fun hip-hop," RZA tells Billboard.com. "It's a perfect blend of reality, fiction, sci-fi and martial arts."

Other songs on the set include the socially-driven track "Drama," the sensual "Good Night Kiss," and "Straight Up The Block," produced by David Banner, which is in contention to be the second single. Other producers on the set include King Tech and up-and-coming California producer Pana.

RZA will go on tour in support of "Digi Snax" starting April 25 in Europe and June 10 in North America. He will be backed by soul band Stone Mecca and plans on having surprise appearances by Wu-Tang members and affiliates.

Here are RZA's North American tour dates:

June 10: Houston (Warehouse Live)
June 11: Austin, Texas (Emo's)
June 12: Dallas (Palladium)
June 14: Denver (Cervantes Masterpiece Ballroom)
June 15: Salt Lake City (Urban Lounge)
June 17: Tucson, Ariz. (Rialto Theatre)
June 18: Phoenix (Brickhouse)
June 20: Los Angeles (Henry Fonda Theatre)
June 21: San Francisco (1015)
June 23: Portland, Ore. (Hawthorne Theatre)
June 24: Seattle (Showbox)
June 25: Vancouver (Richard's on Richards)
June 27: Calgary, Alberta (Sled Island Festival)
June 30: Minneapolis (First Avenue)
July 1: Chicago (House of Blues)
July 2: Pontiac, Mich. (Crowfoot Ballroom)
July 4: Ottawa, Ontario (New Capital Music Hall)
July 5: New York (Webster Hall)
July 7: Philadelphia (Trocadero)
July 8: Washington, D.C. (9:30 Club)

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SOUL MUSIC IS COMING BACK!

Dwele 'Sketches' New Album For June
Mariel Concepcion, N.Y.
Singer/songwriter/producer Dwele will release his third album, "Sketches of a Man," on June 24 via RT Music Group/Koch Records. The G-1-produced "I'm Cheatin'," about a man who loves his lady's uninhibited sexual ways, will be the first single.

The Detroit vocalist, born Andwele Gardner, previously told Billboard.com the album was "kind of a mixture. I have a couple songs that are more radio-friendly, but I'm actually trying to take my time and elevate. It's all about going with the music and trying to follow that."

Primarily, Dwele said he planned on sticking with tracks about relationships. "That's what people tend to buy ... Everything from the usual living life and learning about love. This album is moreso talking about relationships and what we have to do to make them work."

Other songs include "A Few Reasons," produced by Nottz, the hip-hop-infused "Body Rock," "Love Ultra" and "Open Your Eyes," a Bobby Caldwell cover.

Dwele was nominated for a best urban/alternative performance Grammy this year for his interpretation of "That's The Way of the World," from the Stax Records compilation, "Interpretations: Celebrating the Music of Earth, Wind & Fire." He also appeared on Kanye West's Grammy-winning "Flashing Lights" and on Common's Grammy-nominated single "The People."

Dwele's 2003 debut album, "Subject," has sold 267,000 copies in the United States, according to Nielsen Soundscan.

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FUCK WHAT A CRITIC THINK:

Rising Down
A 'DOWN'-ER ?uestlove (left), Black Thought, and the Roots return with Rising Down, a socially conscious creation overseasoned with discontent
By Sean Howe

The Roots' once-jazzy urban hang suite has become a den of indignation. Kicking off the Philadelphia hip-hop band's 10th CD is a snippet from a 1994 conference call with then label Geffen, in which rapper Black Thought goes apoplectic. This is the first of many bad vibes on Rising Down, which turns the downcast mood of 2006's haunting Game Theory outward at the world at large, with gripes about drug laws, school shootings, conflict diamonds, and — that most alarming bellwether of our times — BET programming.

The repetitive loops of Down's synth-heavy music match this claustrophobia, so the rhymes move front and center. That's where Black Thought comes in. His social-ill invocations (''greenhouse gases and earth spinnin off its axis'') often come off like below-average civics reports, and his permafrown rapping never matches the exhilarating outrage of that phone call — he's the Mr. Spock of frontmen. At times, the soundscapes of Down exploit that monotone: He shines on the unrelenting cadence of ''75 Bars'' (a minimalist work by drummer-producer ?uestlove) and over the hypnotic Afrobeat guitars of ''I Will Not Apologize.'' But cameos from Saigon (on ''Criminal'') and Peedi Peedi (''Get Busy'') highlight the value of emotional flux.

There are 40 minutes of venting before the listener is rewarded with ''Rising Up,'' in which the Fender Rhodes jazzmatazz of earlier records segues into bell-rocking go-go. Entertainment and optimism: finally, a way out. B-

(P.S.: AND I'M A CRITIC, LOL)

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MADONNA FEATURING KANYE WEST - AND THE BEAT GOES ON:

http://www.zshare.net/audio/108624369768eb95/

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I'M TIRED OF SMOKING WEED WITH TOBACCO. TIRED. TIRED. TIRED.
I WANT TO LIVE. I WANT TO GIVE. I WILL NOW. I WILL AGAIN, AFTER NOW.
LOVE, ADHIMUSIC SHABAZZ
GRACIE, IT WAS FUN HANGING WITH YOU LAST NIGHT, YO! THANK YOU :)
OKAY LIFE... LET'S FUCKING DANCE