COMMON: Oh yeah, some new shifts. Actually the new album is called Invincible Summer and it will be out in the later part of June. I guess the new shift is just the music sounds newer. It’s really developing. I’m really happy about it. It feels good. It’s not really heavy and it’s Pharrell from The Neptunes and The Neptunes are producing a lot of it. And also a producer named Mr. DJ who did a lot of work for OutKast, did Bombs Over Baghdad and Ms. Jackson. Anyway, these cats are really giving me some new, fresh sounds and I’m taking it somewhere vocally that I haven’t been before. I’m enthused. I’m really excited. I think it’ll be a great summer album, like for people to feel good. I want to make people smile and enjoy life. As much as I want to make them think, it’s important that they smile too.

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Common is doing his thing in the rap game and with acting. Also he is tapping Serena Williams, life must be good.

Street Kings Movie Trailer ft. Common & The Game

Foxy Brown is coming home. After serving eight months in New York correctional facility, SOHH has learned that the Brooklyn-bred rapper star will be freed next Friday (April 18).

“Foxy will be released on April 18th,” Foxy’s manager and CEO of Black Hand Entertainment, Chazz Williams told SOHH. “[She's] is not getting out early. Foxy served her entire sentence [under] good time, that is, days deducted by the law, that every prisoner gets unless its procedurally taken [away] for breaking prison rules.” [ source ]

Good news, at last! I know I’m not the only one who has been missing that Lion King hair and those press-on nails that we all love (sarcasm). Foxy is also reportedly working on a reality show to follow her release from the big house. 

Cedella Marley Booker, mother of late reggae icon Bob Marley, died Tuesday night at her South Florida home after a long illness. She was 81.

Booker was surrounded by loved ones inside her South Miami-Dade home and was ”very happy and very peaceful,” said daughter-in-law Sharien Booker. “Her vision was always to bring people together. She was a very loving person, and we know she’s happy.”

Booker’s grandson, Ky-Mani Marley, an accomplished musician himself, told The Miami Herald she had always been a “caring and supporting person in my life. She was always there to help me — even when I didn’t ask for help, she knew I needed help. She had that instinct to know when things were wrong and had the courage to fix it.” [ source ]

The Miami Herald reports that she is leaving behind 52 grandchildren. My prayers go out to the family in their loss.

Trina’s "Still Da Baddest" debuted at No. 6 on Billboard Top 200 and topped the rap charts with 47, 000. (sorry Khia!)  Ricky Ross the Boss’ "Trilla" sold 41,300 for rap’s 2nd spot and has now totaled 383,100. Snoop and Flo Rida complete the 3rd and 4th spots.

AZ’s "Undeniable" only sold 5,700 units which almost landed him in rap charts top ten! wow. By the way, Undeniable deserves a listen. The album is more than decent.  These album sales are not a surprise at all, we are in recession!

Lupe Fiasco’s "The Cool" is almost gold with 441,000 units sold.

The mom of a teen boy who says he was smacked around by Tony Yayo, a member of 50 Cent’s G-Unit posse, is suing the rap stars for a big bucks payout. The suit by angry mom Cynthia Reed also targets Fletcher, several record companies and 50 Cent, who wasn’t in New York during the street scrap and not charged.

Source: NY Daily News

Was just a matter of time until this came up, time to get that money for college tuition.

Plies and company are facing a lawsuit for 10 million over a club shooting. Link

Update:

Hip hop mogul 50 Cent, Universal Music Group and several of its record labels were sued on Wednesday for promoting a “gangsta lifestyle” by a 14-year-old boy who says friends of the rapper assaulted him.
The attack on Rosemond was intended to “promote and maintain Yayo and 50 Cent’s ‘gangsta’ image,” which was “promoted, marketed and advertised” by record labels.

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I see alot of talk of Usher’s new video for, “Love in this Club,” just being a, “Yeah,” part 2. I’m not really feeling the new video, was kinda boring to me, the only reason I would watch it again is to see Keri Hilson.

WHY IS THAT? BECAUSE THAT’S HOW WHITE PEOPLE LOOK AT US. THEY ONLY PUT THE ONE OR TWO BLACKS IN, SO WHEN WE CONFRONT THEM ABOUT BEING RACIST FOR NOT HIRING MORE BLACKS THEY CAN SAY “THAT’S NOT TRUE, LOOK THERE’S A BLACK RIGHT THERE, LOOK AND A BLACK THERE!”

YES PEOPLE IN THE CORPORATE WORLD, FROM HOLLYWOOD TO INGLEWOOD RACISM IS ALIVE, KICKING AND AS STRONG AS EVER. THE ONLY DIFFERENCE IS THAT INSTEAD OF BEING OVERT, NOW THEY’RE BEING COVERT. ‘THEY TOOK THE CHAINS OFF OUR FEET AND PUT EM ON OUR BRAINS”……………………SO, GROWING UP I COULDN’T HELP BUT NOTICE ALL OF THESE THINGS AND SEEING HOW SERIOUS THE PROBLEM IS, MADE ME STOP READING THE FICTION. I THEN STARTED RESEARCHING THE ORIGIN OF ALL THE BULLSHIT. I BEGIN READING ONLY FACTUAL BOOKS ON HISTORY, SCIENCE, CULTURES, POLITICS AND OTHER REAL ISSUES. I BEGAN QUESTIONING PEOPLE AND THEIR BELIEFS/BELIEF SYSTEMS.

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Prodigy is speaking the truth, from cartoons to movies, he is a bit long winded though.

Prodigy Blogs From Jail & Says Rappers Are Shook
Footage from Prodigy’s Farewell Concert/ Interview