Archive for February, 2008
29
Feb
Daily Recap - 2/28/08
Looks a lil Austin Powers-esque……should be hilarious!
29
Feb
XXL’s New EIC Speaks
From King’s website:XXL’s New HNIC Speaks
Datwon Thomas, KING’s Editorial Director, talks about the new hat he wears - Editor-in-chief of XXL.
So what have we here? I’ve been appointed the new EIC of XXL. Was gonna wait until my first in mag editorial to give my view of the recent good news, but will break my code of silence for you loyal KING-MAG readers of my blog (yep, all 7 of you. Ha!). Just something short and sweet to say that I’m ready and willing, chillin like a villian, the meaning of my position, is to dead all competition…pardon, I had a Big Daddy Kane moment.
Taking on the reigns at Hip-Hop’s most important print information center is serious biz. I was there from the beginning of the mag’s formation. The first generation of editors that founded XXL were true blue hip-hop journalists who pioneered the genre all us “hip-hop writers” live off of. The mag was created in the wake of their dissention from The Source magazine a few years earlier. To see my favorite writers/editors rock a new mag and for them to deem me talented enough to join them was a dream come true. However, the dream was short lived. After a fallout with the publishers, the original team broke out, leaving me with the choice of “stay or bounce, it’s on you.” I stayed. Worked my butt off and among a whole bunch of other shit the sun has risen to find me in the hot seat of manning “Hip-Hop on a Higher Level”.
I won’t take the job lightly. The game is in a tough spot. Lagging sales, declining buzz, warring factions, creative slump and various other factors make the details of my job tougher than expected. I’m here though, ready to grip up and bust some for a culture that’s slipping into uncharted territory that looks a little grim. The fact that a lot of good hip-hop is still out there helps make my job that much easier. I, with your help, will find that hip-hop and give it the platform that it rightly deserves. Wish me luck, I’m going in… Datwon
[Random Fun Fact: SNICKA & Datwon both interned for VIBE back in '96 ]
Peter Rosenberg of Hot 97 interviews The Clipse and has an exclusive new freestyle, You Ain’t A Killer 08.
28
Feb
Daily Recap - 2/28/08
Snoop Dogg Says His ‘Cool’ Cover Of Time Song Is ‘Dynamic To Your Ears’
Hip-Hop Is Honored For Giving Back
R.I.P.: Steve “Static” Garrett
Russell Simmons Officially Launches New Clothing Line
Lil’ Wayne Inks Jae Millz To Young Money
Judge Protects Diddy’s Financial Privacy
Green Lantern Interview by Complex
Lil Wayne Says He’ll ‘Never Forget’ Post-Arrest Phone Call From Mary J. Blige
Joe Budden Interview by Format Mag
KRS-One & Buckshot Plan Joint Album
Andre 3000 Says He Didn’t Even Try To Top Will Ferrell’s Comic Chops On ‘Semi-Pro’ Set
Hip Hope Benefit Concert
Featuring the The Five Elements of Hip Hop
Musical Performances:
* Kidz in the Hall,
* Buttaversus,
* Sevenstar,
* ARTOFFICIAL,
* Laguardia
* Major League
Disk Jockeys:
DJ MainEvent and Gravy Master
Location:
FIU South Campus 11200 S.W. 8th Street Miami, Florida 33199
Graham Center Ballrooms @ 7:00 PM - 2/28/08
Contact: Voicefiu@yahoo.com
ALL DONATIONS WILL BE BENEFITING THE HOMELESS IN MIAMI DADE IMPACTED BY THE HOUSING CRISIS AND KATRINA VICTIMS
I respect Green’s grind. He really came up and continues to make moves. From a DJ in upstate NY, to producing and signing his own artists like Uncle Murda. The article talks about his reconcilliation with G-Unit, the present state of the mixtape game and on Uncle Murda getting shot:
C: When did you find out he got shot?
Green Lantern: He called me from the hospital bed [laughs].
C: How’d that conversation go?
Green Lantern: [Laughs] the conversation went like-I had just got off the radio, and he called me from the hospital bed, and he’s like “Yo, they trying to murder me,” and I was like “Who is this?” It was some unknown number. He said “It’s Murda, man!” He was like “Yo, son, I’m in the hospital. I’m shot in the head.” I was like “get the fuck out of here, you trippin.” And he was like “Yo, on my mother man, and my mother’s dead, I don’t play that.” I heard the nurse behind him like “Do you want any pain medicine?” He was like “Nah, nah, I’m good. I’m good.” I was like “how do you not want any damn pain medicine, man?” He was like, “Nah, it’s [the bullet] just lodged under my skin and it’s going to fall out.” I was like “damn man, at least take a Tylenol or something, dog.” I see a little bit of the comments that it’s a fucking publicity stunt, but come on man. Who the hell would take a bullet in the head?
Peep the whole article
28
Feb
Re-Up Gang Interview
Interview by OnSmash
The Jigga Factor: Jay-Z, James relationship should worry Cavs
27
Feb
The Clipse Throwbacks
Vintage Video Footage:
27
Feb
But Watch Ya Self!
Mystikal Denied Parole. Probably will do another 2 years.
The chick from Flashing Lights
Previously: Rita G Speaks On Flashing Lights Video
