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<title><![CDATA[DJ Deadeye 'True To The Game PT.4: Da Mash Out Edition' hosted by M.O.P. &amp; Termanology]]></title>
<link>http://eblastnetwork.wordpress.com/2009/12/22/dj-deadeye-true-to-the-game-pt-4-da-mash-out-edition-hosted-by-m-o-p-termanology/</link>
<pubDate>Tue, 22 Dec 2009 06:49:44 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>generalnyc</dc:creator>
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<title><![CDATA[The disinterested ILB end of year rundown: #19 Busta Rhymes ft Lil Fame - Game Room]]></title>
<link>http://ichlugebullets.wordpress.com/2009/12/22/the-disinterested-ilb-end-of-year-rundown-19-busta-rhymes-ft-lil-fame-game-room/</link>
<pubDate>Mon, 21 Dec 2009 23:06:44 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Dom Passantino</dc:creator>
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<description><![CDATA[It&#8217;s basically a vicious cycle. You start to lose interest in modern music. You begin to focus]]></description>
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<p>It&#8217;s basically a vicious cycle. You start to lose interest in modern music. You begin to focus your energies on the artists you liked ten years ago. Then they release shitty albums in the modern era, leaving you even more disgusted with contemporary music, and return to your albums by&#8230; the guys who just disappointed you. Actually, the new MOP album isn&#8217;t shitty, just incredibly dull. The Busta one is fucking awful though. Actually ending it with that one song they did with Linkin Park just seems like salt in a bleeding vagina.<!--more--></p>
<p>&#8220;Game Room&#8221; is different though. They both sound kinda relaxed, Busta having finally managed to get all of his &#8220;maybe I&#8217;m actually a tortured emotionally moody thug&#8221; shit out of his system, Lil Fame no longer having flashbacks to that song they did with Lyte Funkie Ones, and it&#8217;s such a goofy fucking beat that they can&#8217;t help but have some fun with it. Busta mentions Twitter in an attempt to be called an &#8220;early adopter&#8221;, but then Fizzy comes through with his dick in his hand, and drops jewels like &#8220;I fuck hoodrats, I even fuck Caucasians&#8221; and &#8220;respect my conglomerate, I don&#8217;t even know what the fuck that word means&#8221;. I mean, really, what else can you say about this song other than &#8220;Holy shit someone find Lil Fame a decent beat and some key bumps and we might hear a 10/10 rap track in 2010&#8243;.</p>
<p>SPECIAL BONUS MATERIAL</p>
<p><a href="http://sharebee.com/e526db9f"><strong>Busta Rhymes ft Lil Fame &#8211; Game Room (MP3)</strong></a></p>
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<title><![CDATA[Ghetto 'Trunk Music' mixtape f. Statik Selektah, Lil Fame, Mistah FAB, MoSS, Termanology &amp; more]]></title>
<link>http://eblastnetwork.wordpress.com/2009/12/03/ghetto-trunk-music-mixtape-f-statik-selektah-lil-fame-mistah-fab-moss-termanology-more/</link>
<pubDate>Thu, 03 Dec 2009 05:06:22 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>generalnyc</dc:creator>
<guid>http://eblastnetwork.wordpress.com/2009/12/03/ghetto-trunk-music-mixtape-f-statik-selektah-lil-fame-mistah-fab-moss-termanology-more/</guid>
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<title><![CDATA[Saigon Ft. Lil Fame “Rusty Gunz”]]></title>
<link>http://thehiphopconsultant.wordpress.com/2009/11/24/saigon-ft-lil-fame-%e2%80%9crusty-gunz%e2%80%9d/</link>
<pubDate>Tue, 24 Nov 2009 12:47:12 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>TheHipHopConsultant</dc:creator>
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<title><![CDATA[Saigon feat. Lil' Fame - Rusty Gunz [video]]]></title>
<link>http://starrstatus.wordpress.com/2009/11/20/saigon-feat-lil-fame-rusty-gunz-video/</link>
<pubDate>Fri, 20 Nov 2009 23:49:54 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Kenn Starr</dc:creator>
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<title><![CDATA[Rusty Gunz - Saigon Feat. Lil Fame]]></title>
<link>http://hulkhatetimetravel.com/2009/11/20/rusty-gunz-saigon-feat-lil-fame/</link>
<pubDate>Fri, 20 Nov 2009 22:48:17 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Reviresco</dc:creator>
<guid>http://hulkhatetimetravel.com/2009/11/20/rusty-gunz-saigon-feat-lil-fame/</guid>
<description><![CDATA[New video for Rusty Gunz featuring Lil Fame of M.O.P. off of Saigon&#8217;s Warning Shots 2 which dr]]></description>
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<p style="text-align:center;">New video for <strong>Rusty Gunz</strong> featuring <em>Lil Fame</em> of M.O.P. off of <em>Saigon&#8217;</em>s <strong>Warning Shots 2</strong> which dropped a few months back.<span style='text-align:center; display: block;'><object width='425' height='350'><param name='movie' value='http://www.youtube.com/v/s-a4c_6zqgk&#038;rel=1&#038;fs=1&#038;showsearch=0&#038;hd=0' /><param name='allowfullscreen' value='true' /><param name='wmode' value='transparent' /><embed src='http://www.youtube.com/v/s-a4c_6zqgk&#038;rel=1&#038;fs=1&#038;showsearch=0&#038;hd=0' type='application/x-shockwave-flash' allowfullscreen='true' width='425' height='350' wmode='transparent'></embed></object></span><a href="http://usershare.net/9azq0w6v42nr">Rusty Gunz &#8211; Saigon Feat. Lil Fame</a></p>
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<title><![CDATA[ZIF Video Of The Week: Rusty Gunz]]></title>
<link>http://zebraisfood.wordpress.com/2009/11/19/zif-video-of-the-week-rusty-gunz/</link>
<pubDate>Thu, 19 Nov 2009 17:32:06 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Jake</dc:creator>
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<description><![CDATA[Saigon developed a little fame by entrenching himself in the New York underground. Lil Fame develope]]></description>
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<p style="text-align:left;">Saigon developed a little fame by entrenching himself in the New York underground. Lil Fame developed a following that built the NY underground that Saigon later capitalized off of. Somehow Saigon fell off the rap radar, at least on radars that ZIF respects. Perhaps it was his tenure on HBO&#8217;s Entourage or maybe his emotional and fluffy &#8220;beef&#8221; with <a href="www.joebuddentv.com" target="_blank">Joe </a><a href="www.joebuddentv.com" target="_blank">Budden</a>, either way, Saigon&#8217;s name does not enlist the ooh&#8217;s an ah&#8217;s from hip hop heads like he did half a decade ago.  What I like about this video is the no-nonsense commitment to keeping this video &#8220;NY Gully&#8221;, nice grainy graphic, with plenty of shots of New York&#8217;s primary asset, it&#8217;s grand skyline. On a career note, I think Saigon needs to pair up with the likes of Fame and other proven industry rappers, he&#8217;s at that re-dip stage of his career. You know, like when you dip a nacho in cheese, and then bite half of it off, chew, and then dip again. Yeah, a half eaten nacho, that sounds about right.</p>
<p style="text-align:center;"><a href="http://usershare.net/lauvurhep0n1" target="_blank">MPFREE: Saigon &#8211; Rusty Gunz Featuring Lil Fame</a></p>
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<title><![CDATA[Saigon ft LiL' Fame - Rusty Gunz]]></title>
<link>http://larueduhiphop.com/2009/11/19/saigon-ft-lil-fame-rusty-gunz/</link>
<pubDate>Thu, 19 Nov 2009 13:16:53 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>larueduhiphop</dc:creator>
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<title><![CDATA[Saigon &amp; Lil' Fame (M.O.P.) - Rusty Gunz]]></title>
<link>http://mrtweet.wordpress.com/2009/11/19/saigon-lil-fame-m-o-p-rusty-gunz/</link>
<pubDate>Thu, 19 Nov 2009 00:27:02 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>mrtweet</dc:creator>
<guid>http://mrtweet.wordpress.com/2009/11/19/saigon-lil-fame-m-o-p-rusty-gunz/</guid>
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<title><![CDATA[ Saigon (Feat. Lil` Fame) – Rusty Gunz (Video) .]]></title>
<link>http://cosbyorsova.wordpress.com/2009/11/19/saigon-feat-lil-fame-%e2%80%93-rusty-gunz-video/</link>
<pubDate>Thu, 19 Nov 2009 00:13:52 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Cosby</dc:creator>
<guid>http://cosbyorsova.wordpress.com/2009/11/19/saigon-feat-lil-fame-%e2%80%93-rusty-gunz-video/</guid>
<description><![CDATA[Vezi:Saigon/Lil` Fame (Of M.O.P.) . Via: Boo Boo Tv .]]></description>
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<p style="text-align:justify;">Vezi:<a href="http://www.myspace.com/saigonthayardfather">Saigon</a>/<a href="http://www.myspace.com/theofficialmop">Lil` Fame (Of M.O.P.)</a> .</p>
<p style="text-align:justify;">Via: <a href="http://www.boobootv.com">Boo Boo Tv</a> .</p>
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<title><![CDATA[Saigon (Feat. Lil Fame) - Rusty Gunz]]></title>
<link>http://mixtapespotlight.wordpress.com/2009/11/19/saigon-feat-lil-fame-rusty-gunz/</link>
<pubDate>Thu, 19 Nov 2009 00:07:14 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>djenemy</dc:creator>
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<title><![CDATA[M.O.P. - Foundation 14/20]]></title>
<link>http://leschroniquesdescobar56.wordpress.com/2009/10/27/m-o-p-foundation-1420/</link>
<pubDate>Tue, 27 Oct 2009 11:04:44 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>escobar56</dc:creator>
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<description><![CDATA[Revenons à des choses plus ‘street’ avec le nouvel album studio des M.O.P. Des mois d’attente, une s]]></description>
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Revenons à des choses plus ‘street’ avec le nouvel album studio des M.O.P. Des mois d’attente, une série de mixtapes sans succès, des actes manqués à la pelle, des contrats signés puis prématurément stoppés, la vie d’artiste est dure quand on s’appelle Lil’ Fame et Billy Danze. Depuis une dizaine d’années, les deux requins de Brownsville enchainent mésaventure sur mésaventure. Propulsés au plus haut grâce à leur hit « <em>Ante Up </em>» en 2000, les gueulards n’ont jamais su tirer profit de leur réussite. Leur signature sur l’écurie G-Unit Records en 2005 n’y changea rien, le second millénaire ne semblait définitivement pas fait pour eux. A tel point que leur retour annoncé pour cette rentrée 2009 sonnait comme une mini révolution pour les amateurs de gros flows. Arrivé dans les bacs le 15 septembre dernier, <em>Foundation</em>, leur cinquième opus, portait en lui l’espoir de voir revenir le Mash Out Posse à son meilleur niveau.<!--more--></p>
<p>Un espoir rapidement étouffé médiatiquement par les deux ‘super sorties’ du 15 septembre : Jay-Z et Kid Cudi. Pas simple, on leur accorde, d’attirer l’attention sur soi après un si long passage à vide, qui plus est quand on est opposé à ces deux poids lourds (l’un confirmé, l’autre en devenir). Mais ça, Lil’ Fame et Billy Danze s’en moquent. Les tapis rouges, les soirées mondaines, les strasses et la gloire, ce n’est pas le rêve des M.O.P. Les deux potos vivent pour leur ‘hood’ (Brownsville), et ils entendent le représenter jusqu’à la mort. Transition parfaite pour commencer à parler de l’album et du premier morceau : « <em>I’m A Brownsvillain</em> » (prod. Nottz). L’intitulé parle pour lui-même, les lyrics sont hardcore et street, ca gueule, ca représente, en deux mots : ca tue ! Que les fans se rassurent, les fauves semblent avoir repris place dans l’arène. Cette entrée en matière fait plaisir car elle vient ponctuer une dizaine d’années de disette et d’infortune artistique. <em>Foundation</em> nous apparaît comme un retour aux sources, malgré les imperfections. C’est aussi les retrouvailles avec DJ Premier, producteur fétiche du groupe depuis le deuxième album, <em>Firing Squad</em>. Ici, l’ex Gangstarr pose sa patte sur le soulful et mélodieux « <em>What I Wanna Be </em>» (feat. Rell), samplant du Diana Ross au passage. Venant de lui, ce style feutré et mélancolique peut surprendre mais nul doute, la qualité y est.</p>
<p>Passé cet interlude R&#38;B, on retrouve les M.O.P. dans un registre qui leur est davantage approprié : plus lourd, plus cru, plus hardcore. Démonstration sur les excellents « <em>Blow The Horns </em>» et « <em>Stop Pushin </em>», deux produits crédités Fizzy Womack, qui n’est autre que l’alias de Lil’ Fame quand celui-ci passe derrière les platines. Plus loin, Fizzy lâche un « <em>Street Life</em> » convaincant, et parfaitement dans l’air du temps. Malgré le refrain de Demarco passé à l’auto-tune, le binôme n’en perd pas pour autant sa street-crédibilité. Niveau prods, Lil’ Fame a.k.a. Fizzy Womack a franchi un cap. Ses trois instrumentaux respirent l’asphalte, sans tomber dans le sinistre ou le ‘déjà entendu’.</p>
<p>Mission également accomplie pour Statik Selektah a.k.a. ‘DJ Premier bis’. Le producteur de <em>Grey Hairs</em> (Reks) et <em>All In A Day’s Work</em> (Saigon) est sur la pente ascendante depuis environ deux ans. Sur <em>Foundation</em>, il livre l’oppressant « <em>Crazy</em> », agrémenté d’un couplet du ‘on ne peut moins’ charismatique Termanology. Mais son éclair de génie est ailleurs… Sur « <em>Forever &#38; Always </em>», le producteur ressuscite le son new-yorkais post Mobb Deepien en lui donnant force et finesse.</p>
<p>Dans quasiment toutes les chroniques que j’ai pu lire à droite à gauche, on critiquait les M.O.P. pour leur perte de flow. Soit. Néanmoins, en écoutant et réécoutant cet album, je me suis aperçu que leurs beats se sont nettement ralentis. Des up-tempos d’antan, ils ont opté pour une majorité de mid-tempos mélodieux sur ce cinquième effort. Les gueulards seraient-ils fatigués ? Possible, ou peut être ont-ils tout simplement envie de plus de douceur. En atteste le corps du disque assez « tranquille » (tout est relatif) avec des pistes comme « <em>Rude Bastard </em>», « <em>Brooklyn</em> » ou « <em>Street Life </em>». Faut-ils les blâmer de s’être assagi ou les encourager à aller dans ce registre qui, selon moi, leur va tout aussi bien ? Cette question est à méditer.</p>
<p>En revanche, si le ventre de l’album recèle de tempos soulful, la fin, elle, est aussi brute que le début. Sauf que là, c’est très mauvais ! Avec son « <em>Bang Time </em>» (feat. Styles P), DJ Green Lantern a dû penser qu’il avait composé LE beat qu’il fallait aux M.O.P, or c’est tout le contraire. On peine à tenir jusqu’à la fin du morceau tellement c’est brouillon et bruyant. De même avec les deux pistes suivantes : « <em>Sharks In The Water </em>» et « <em>Riding Through </em>». La présence de Redman sur la dernière ne change rien à la médiocrité du son, c’est redondant, peu ou pas inspiré du tout et saoulant à souhait. Heureusement pour lui, DR Period se rattrape de son horrible « <em>Sharks In The Water </em>» avec l’ultime titre du disque « <em>Salute A G </em>». Une note positive et assez west-coast pour en découdre avec ce cinquième opus.</p>
<p>Conclusion, débriefing, bilan des courses. Le Mash Out Posse est revenu à son niveau suprême ? Non ! <em>Foundation</em> est un mauvais album pour le binôme de Brownsville ? Non plus. C’est un retour encourageant après dix années de malchances ? Oui ! Ca ne fait aucun doute. Les fans de la première heure seront probablement déçus de cet essai, dans la mesure où il ne correspond pas totalement à ce que l’on pouvait attendre du crew. Cependant, pris dans son contexte, <em>Foundation</em> satisfait. Similairement à <em>Tha Blaqprint</em> de Blaq Po’, ce disque se savoure comme un produit authentiquement new-yorkais, avec tous les délices que le son east-coast peut contenir. Maintenant qu’ils sont retournés en indé (E1 Records/Koch), on espère que le futur leur sera radieux, afin qu’ils nous reviennent rapidement avec une tuerie comme ils savent les faire. C’est tout le mal que l’on souhaite à Lil’ Fame et Billy Danze en tout cas, car sans ces deux carnassiers, le rap game est bien moins drôle.</p>
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<title><![CDATA[Thaitanium Releases MV w/ Blahzay Blahzay &amp; Lil' Fame of M.O.P.]]></title>
<link>http://a-tunes.net/2009/10/21/thaitanium-releases-mv-w-blahzay-blahzay-lil-fame-of-m-o-p/</link>
<pubDate>Wed, 21 Oct 2009 21:15:15 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>atunes</dc:creator>
<guid>http://a-tunes.net/2009/10/21/thaitanium-releases-mv-w-blahzay-blahzay-lil-fame-of-m-o-p/</guid>
<description><![CDATA[Thai rap group Thaitanium has released a new track &amp; MV for the single &#8216;No Stopping Us]]></description>
<content:encoded><![CDATA[<div class='snap_preview'><p>Thai rap group <a href="http://www.myspace.com/thaitaynium">Thaitanium</a> has released a new track &#38; MV for the single &#8216;No Stopping Us&#8217; featuring veterans MCs Blahzay Blahzay &#38; Lil&#8217; Fame (of M.O.P.). This will be their first single from their upcoming album &#8216;Still Resisting&#8217; set to drop the end of November.</p>
<p><span style='text-align:center; display: block;'><object width='425' height='350'><param name='movie' value='http://www.youtube.com/v/0ZGn0EONu3M&#038;rel=1&#038;fs=1&#038;showsearch=0&#038;hd=0' /><param name='allowfullscreen' value='true' /><param name='wmode' value='transparent' /><embed src='http://www.youtube.com/v/0ZGn0EONu3M&#038;rel=1&#038;fs=1&#038;showsearch=0&#038;hd=0' type='application/x-shockwave-flash' allowfullscreen='true' width='425' height='350' wmode='transparent'></embed></object></span></p>
<p>The video is sorta typical but the song&#8217;s pretty nice. Definitely feeling the production, the sample&#8217;s pretty slick. The MC&#8217;s really did their thing here and it&#8217;s always great to see music go international with collaborations.</p>
<p>For more information on the group and this collab check out <a href="http://asianrapworldwide.blogspot.com/2009/10/thaitanium-no-stoppin-us-feat-blahzay.html">the original post over at ARW</a>.</p>
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<title><![CDATA[ Thaitanium Feat. Blahzay Blahzay and Lil Fame - No Stoppin' Us]]></title>
<link>http://mrtweet.wordpress.com/2009/10/18/thaitanium-feat-blahzay-blahzay-and-lil-fame-no-stoppin-us/</link>
<pubDate>Sun, 18 Oct 2009 20:35:10 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>mrtweet</dc:creator>
<guid>http://mrtweet.wordpress.com/2009/10/18/thaitanium-feat-blahzay-blahzay-and-lil-fame-no-stoppin-us/</guid>
<description><![CDATA[WTF????? Download mp3: Thaitanium Feat. Blahzay Blahzay and Lil Fame &#8211; No Stoppin\&#39; Us]]></description>
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<link>http://sagittariushh.wordpress.com/2009/10/06/saigon-warning-shots-2/</link>
<pubDate>Tue, 06 Oct 2009 10:21:30 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Sagittarius</dc:creator>
<guid>http://sagittariushh.wordpress.com/2009/10/06/saigon-warning-shots-2/</guid>
<description><![CDATA[Bon et ben&#8230; c&#8217;est pas demain la veille qu&#8217;on verra The Greatest Story Ever Told da]]></description>
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<link>http://sagittariushh.wordpress.com/2009/09/23/m-o-p-the-foundation/</link>
<pubDate>Wed, 23 Sep 2009 09:46:03 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Sagittarius</dc:creator>
<guid>http://sagittariushh.wordpress.com/2009/09/23/m-o-p-the-foundation/</guid>
<description><![CDATA[Quatre cafés d&#8217;ingurgités et j&#8217;ai encore la tête dans le cul. Ben tiens, je vais me pass]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Gotta Believe It - Saigon Feat. Just Blaze]]></title>
<link>http://hulkhatetimetravel.com/2009/09/18/gotta-believe-it-saigon-feat-just-blaze/</link>
<pubDate>Fri, 18 Sep 2009 21:35:09 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Reviresco</dc:creator>
<guid>http://hulkhatetimetravel.com/2009/09/18/gotta-believe-it-saigon-feat-just-blaze/</guid>
<description><![CDATA[Saigon &amp; Just Blaze team up for the radio-friendly Gotta Believe It which is the first single fr]]></description>
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<p style="text-align:center;"><em>Saigon &#38; Just Blaze</em> team up for the radio-friendly <strong>Gotta Believe It</strong> which is the first single from Saigon&#8217;s upcoming <strong>Warning Shots 2.</strong>  <strong>WS2</strong> will be available via <strong>Amalgam Digital</strong> on 9-29-09 boasting collaborations with <em>Quan, Ransom, Grand Puba, OJ Da Juiceman &#38; Lil Fame</em> just to name a few. <span style='text-align:center; display: block;'><object width='425' height='350'><param name='movie' value='http://www.youtube.com/v/dVIevAC2H00&#038;rel=1&#038;fs=1&#038;showsearch=0&#038;hd=0' /><param name='allowfullscreen' value='true' /><param name='wmode' value='transparent' /><embed src='http://www.youtube.com/v/dVIevAC2H00&#038;rel=1&#038;fs=1&#038;showsearch=0&#038;hd=0' type='application/x-shockwave-flash' allowfullscreen='true' width='425' height='350' wmode='transparent'></embed></object></span><a href="http://www.zshare.net/audio/656653537438c4e3/">Gotta Believe It &#8211; Saigon Feat. Just Blaze</a></p>
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<title><![CDATA[Still Alive &amp; Breathin']]></title>
<link>http://holdthethrone.com/2009/09/15/still-alive-breathin/</link>
<pubDate>Tue, 15 Sep 2009 20:51:01 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>domcorleone</dc:creator>
<guid>http://holdthethrone.com/2009/09/15/still-alive-breathin/</guid>
<description><![CDATA[Click the covers to cop these titles out today on Amazon. Hip-Hop is alive! M.O.P. &#8211; Foundatio]]></description>
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<p>Click the covers to cop these titles out today on <a href="http://www.amazon.com" target="_blank">Amazon</a>. <strong>Hip-Hop is alive!</strong></p>
<p><a href="http://www.amazon.com/Foundation-M-O-P/dp/B0029R81EE/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&#38;s=music&#38;qid=1253046867&#38;sr=8-1"><img src="http://www.welivethis.com/newsfeed/images/mop/mop-foundation.jpg" border="0" alt="" width="400" height="400" /></a></p>
<p><strong>M.O.P. &#8211; <em>Foundation</em></strong></p>
<p><a href="http://www.amazon.com/Kamaal-Abstract-Q-Tip/dp/B002FA150M/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&#38;s=music&#38;qid=1253047724&#38;sr=1-1"><img src="http://nakedsides.files.wordpress.com/2009/08/kamaal-the-abstract.jpg?w=400&#038;h=400" border="0" alt="" width="400" height="400" /></a></p>
<p><strong>Q-Tip &#8211; <em>Kamaal The Abstract</em></strong></p>
<p><a href="http://www.amazon.com/Man-Moon-End-Combo-Deluxe/dp/B002FOQY04/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&#38;s=music&#38;qid=1253047015&#38;sr=1-1"><img src="http://holdthethrone.wordpress.com/files/2009/09/kidcudi1.jpg" border="0" alt="" width="400" height="400" /></a></p>
<p><strong>Kid Cudi &#8211; <em>Man on the Moon: The End of Day [Deluxe Version]</em></strong></p>
<p><a href="http://www.amazon.com/Shibuya-City-Lights-Vol-2/dp/B002JG66MY/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&#38;s=music&#38;qid=1253047216&#38;sr=1-1"><img src="http://djpause.files.wordpress.com/2009/07/nicolay-shibuya1.jpg?w=400&#038;h=400" border="0" alt="" width="400" height="400" /></a></p>
<p><strong>Nicolay &#8211; <em>Shibuya (City Lights Vol. 2)</em></strong></p>
<p><a href="http://www.amazon.com/Survival-Skills-KRS-One/dp/B002I9SDNW/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&#38;s=music&#38;qid=1253047456&#38;sr=1-1"><img src="http://scottboniface.files.wordpress.com/2009/08/krs-one-buckshot-survival-skills-cover.jpg?w=400&#038;h=400" border="0" alt="" width="400" height="400" /></a></p>
<p><strong>KRS-One &#38; Buckshot -<em> Survival Skills</em></strong></p>
<p><a href="http://www.amazon.com/So-Far-Gone-Drake/dp/B002LVAZO2/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&#38;s=music&#38;qid=1253047610&#38;sr=1-1"><img src="http://allthings-fresh.net/blog/wp-content/uploads/2009/08/drake-so-far-gone-retail-front2.jpg" border="0" alt="" width="400" height="400" /></a></p>
<p><strong>Drake -<em> So Far Gone EP</em></strong></p>
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<link>http://cacophobia.wordpress.com/2009/09/15/m-o-p-the-foundation/</link>
<pubDate>Tue, 15 Sep 2009 05:41:55 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>MILLZz</dc:creator>
<guid>http://cacophobia.wordpress.com/2009/09/15/m-o-p-the-foundation/</guid>
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<title><![CDATA[Forever and Always - M.O.P.]]></title>
<link>http://hulkhatetimetravel.com/2009/09/12/forever-and-always-m-o-p/</link>
<pubDate>Sat, 12 Sep 2009 16:27:45 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Reviresco</dc:creator>
<guid>http://hulkhatetimetravel.com/2009/09/12/forever-and-always-m-o-p/</guid>
<description><![CDATA[M.O.P.&#8217;s The Foundation is the groups first official album in 9 years, which is crazy consider]]></description>
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<p style="text-align:center;"><em>M.O.P.</em>&#8217;s <strong>The Foundation</strong> is the groups first official album in 9 years, which is crazy considering how active the duo has been over the past decade.  (see industry rule 4080)  <strong>Forever &#38; Always</strong> teams the <em>Brownsvillains</em> up with <em>Statik Selektah</em> for his nostalgic production.  <strong>Foundation</strong> is due 9-15-09</p>
<p style="text-align:center;"><span style='text-align:center; display: block;'><object width='425' height='350'><param name='movie' value='http://www.youtube.com/v/eNIam5IxgYw&#038;rel=1&#038;fs=1&#038;showsearch=0&#038;hd=0' /><param name='allowfullscreen' value='true' /><param name='wmode' value='transparent' /><embed src='http://www.youtube.com/v/eNIam5IxgYw&#038;rel=1&#038;fs=1&#038;showsearch=0&#038;hd=0' type='application/x-shockwave-flash' allowfullscreen='true' width='425' height='350' wmode='transparent'></embed></object></span><a href="http://www.zshare.net/audio/654593437769c0aa/">Forever and Always &#8211; M.O.P.</a></p>
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<title><![CDATA["M.O.P. Stoled My F@&amp;king Beat!"]]></title>
<link>http://hiphopolitic.wordpress.com/2009/09/10/m-o-p-stoled-my-fking-beat/</link>
<pubDate>Thu, 10 Sep 2009 23:57:49 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>vegasworldone</dc:creator>
<guid>http://hiphopolitic.wordpress.com/2009/09/10/m-o-p-stoled-my-fking-beat/</guid>
<description><![CDATA[This is one of the wack sides of hip hop! Beat Biters! This happened to a Producer I know (actually ]]></description>
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<p>This is one of the wack sides of hip hop! Beat Biters! This happened to a Producer I know (actually recording with him now). Read this Foul shit:</p>
<p>&#8220;<strong>Back in September 2008, MOP, Joe Buddens, Termanology and Big Shugg came down to Sonar in B&#8217;more and my, my man Esco and Keon went to the show. I pass out beat cd&#8217;s to Term, Joe and during MOP&#8217;s show I give it to Laze E Laze&#8217;s son (some young nigga) who&#8217;s the hype man. Now, fast forward to September 2009 and I&#8217;m listening to MOP&#8217;s Foundation album on my way home from work and when track #9 &#8220;Rude Bastard&#8221; comes on&#8230;.it&#8217;s MY FUCKING BEAT! Not the same sample, the SAME BEAT! Drum programming, sample, chops&#8230;the whole damn beat! Then my man Mills does the knowledge for me to see who got credit for the track on the album and it says &#8220;produced by Fizzy Womack/Lil Fame&#8221;! So&#8230;I don&#8217;t get a check, I don&#8217;t get credit&#8230;I don&#8217;t even get co production credit! And I&#8217;m not looking for no &#8220;feel sorry for me&#8221; or none of that hoopla&#8230;I&#8217;m just asking for cats to forward this email to ANYONE who ya&#8217;ll know loves hip hop so I can @ least get credit from my peers for this track. Ya&#8217;ll ALL know I&#8217;ve been grinding @ this beat thing for YEARS and for my first placement on an album to be a jack move&#8230;it just ain&#8217;t right&#8230;but it is what it is&#8230;like I said do me this justice and @ least let the hip hop heads ya&#8217;ll know that your dude Kil gave MOP THAT heat&#8230;not no fucking Fizzy Womack&#8230;</p>
<p>Here&#8217;s my track:<br />
<a href="http://www.megaupload.com/?d=RJQZDNWM">http://www.megaupload.com/?d=RJQZDNWM</a></p>
<p>And here are those beat biting nigga&#8217;s song:<br />
<a href="http://www.megaupload.com/?d=6KMZER90">http://www.megaupload.com/?d=6KMZER90</a>&#8220;</strong></p>
<p>Damn shame&#8230;</p>
<p>***UPDATE***</p>
<p>Here is the status update from Kil&#8217;s Facebook Page (9/14):</p>
<p></em><strong>&#8220;In a great mode&#8230;one step away from getting my credit and loot for this MOP beat&#8230;if everything ends up being everything&#8230;go out and support that new MOP Foundation album but just rememebr the credits are messed up so #9 &#8220;Rude Bastards&#8221; is produced by your man Kil!&#8221;</strong><em></p>
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<link>http://nexmillenmusic.com/2009/09/10/new-music-m-o-p-what-i-wanna-be-f-rell-produced-by-dj-premier/</link>
<pubDate>Thu, 10 Sep 2009 13:27:21 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>nexmillen</dc:creator>
<guid>http://nexmillenmusic.com/2009/09/10/new-music-m-o-p-what-i-wanna-be-f-rell-produced-by-dj-premier/</guid>
<description><![CDATA[Mash Out Posse is probably the last group still making music that has the word Posse in their name. ]]></description>
<content:encoded><![CDATA[<div class='snap_preview'><p><strong>Mash Out Posse</strong> is probably the last group still making music that has the word Posse in their name. If you think that&#8217;s corny, then you don&#8217;t know jack! <strong>Lil Fame and Billy Danze</strong> are hip hop. I been a fan since &#8220;How Bout Some Hardcore&#8221; And like <strong>Raekwon </strong>M.O.P are back with the banger. <strong>Shout Out Premo!</strong><br />
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<p>M.O.P. feat. Rell &#8220;What I Wanna Be&#8221; (Clean/Dirty) (prod. by DJ Premier) off the album FOUNDATION &#8211; Sept. 15</p>
<p><a href="http://www.mediafire.com/?sharekey=0835d052cbf7c2b495af63b7d44918aabc1e358662c85cc2">Right Here&#8230;.</a></p>
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<link>http://streetpoetry.wordpress.com/2009/09/06/blaq-poet-tha-blaqprint/</link>
<pubDate>Sun, 06 Sep 2009 23:54:24 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Street Poet</dc:creator>
<guid>http://streetpoetry.wordpress.com/2009/09/06/blaq-poet-tha-blaqprint/</guid>
<description><![CDATA[Sortie: 30 Juin 2009 Label: Year Round Records/ Fat Beats Records Producteurs: DJ Premier, Easy Moe ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[A TRIBUTE TO GORE-TEX]]></title>
<link>http://garywarnett.wordpress.com/2009/08/30/a-tribute-to-gore-tex/</link>
<pubDate>Sun, 30 Aug 2009 14:00:02 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>gwarizm</dc:creator>
<guid>http://garywarnett.wordpress.com/2009/08/30/a-tribute-to-gore-tex/</guid>
<description><![CDATA[Agh, these blog posts just keep on lacking brevity. I can only blame a terminal case of verbal diarr]]></description>
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<p>Agh, these blog posts just keep on lacking brevity. I can only blame a terminal case of verbal diarrhea and misplaced enthusiasm  for it. GORE-TEX is on a premium, waterproofed pedestal with me for some reason. The mundane reality that the name is merely a hyphenated mix of a Mr. Gore and son&#8217;s surname and the word &#8216;textile&#8217; is conveniently forgotten whenever someone hands me a product that employs the material on the lining. How does a breathable fabric become such a mark-of-quality, and more importantly, confer the otherwise passable to a taped-seam must-have? Why does that name still carry such clout?</p>
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<p>eVent, HyVent, Precip, Watergate, Nikwax Sympatex, G-1000, Triplepoint Ceramic, Omni-Tech, H2No, Epic, Entrant-EVmembrane, AquaNix, Texapore, Ventile, Stormtec, Ared, Dermizax, Hyper-Dri and Drilite Extreme might sound like a Lyricist Lounge lineup circa. 1997, but they&#8217;re technologies all trying to achieve that same breathable but waterproof result (bear in mind the likes of Ventile hark back to the second world war), yet GORE-TEX remains the most iconic. After key patents ended, in the early &#8217;00s the outerwear tech wars began.</p>
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<p>In recent conversations with ex-soldiers and outdoor types getting their Ray Mears on (Bear Grylls is the James Frey of that world) GORE-TEX barely registered &#8211; the foragers felt it was too easily damaged, expensive and held in the condensation &#8211; admittedly, I still find jackets with the treatment, particuarly the Paclites a little stifling in warmer weather. The ex-soldiers were keen to point out that in the event of a fire, the GORE-TEX lining was like, &#8220;napalm&#8221;&#8230;that&#8217;s not so useful.</p>
<p>They also alluded that wearing jackets lined with the membrane was deemed feminine amid their company and that it&#8217;s noisy for those trying to stay on the DL. It&#8217;s interesting that I&#8217;ve long associated the name with a certain ruggedness, even though (particularly when it&#8217;s not 3-layer) it&#8217;s sensitive to tears, and certain detergents can render it so useless that you may as well be rocking tissue paper in the rain. Most were, despite it&#8217;s flaws, on the side of no-nonsense, quieter Ventile against GORE-TEX.</p>
<p>I don&#8217;t pretend to be a man of science. I&#8217;m an imbecile in that regard. Here&#8217;s a potted history, founded by W. L. Gore and Associates, Wilbert Gore&#8217;s company, which has a hand in electronics (eg. GORE POLARCHIP), industrial design (eg. GORE RIDE-ON), medical materials (eg. GORE INFINIT) and of course fabrics, GORE-TEX is just a smaller division of a vast company. As I understand it, the membrane came about as the byproduct of other experiments in the early &#8217;70s, and first manufactured in 1972, with Rowena Taylor and Bill&#8217;s son Bob Gore getting it patented as &#8220;Process for producing porous products&#8221; in 1976 after filing it in 1973.</p>
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<p style="text-align:center;"><em><strong>Super-scientifical:</strong> Extracts from the original patent.</em></p>
<p>2-layer GORE-TEX appeared in 1980, in 1982, a fabric bootie birthed the footwear benefits, the stretch version of the material in 1984. Bill passed away, rather fittingly, while hiking, in 1986. the non-waterproof spinoff WINDSTOPPER in 1991, Paclite appeared in 1998, XR in 2000, Soft Shell in 2004 and in 2006, Pro Shell was manfactured in 2-layer and 3-layer variations. It&#8217;s undeniably, despite constant competition, a progressive technology.</p>
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<p>I&#8217;m unlikely to head into extreme conditions. More often than not, the most basic mode of waterproof apparel could function perfectly for my lifestyle. But that&#8217;s not the point. GORE-TEX&#8217;s appeal for me stems from pricepoint and hip-hop. Oh, and the notion that you can&#8217;t just line it and label it &#8211; you&#8217;ve got to have it approved by GORE-TEX themselves &#8211; that affords it extra premium status. It&#8217;s not cheap, unless you&#8217;re copping Dutch, French, American, British, Spanish or German army pieces, in which case it&#8217;s affordable though notably more expensive than your average surplus apparel.</p>
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<p>Two moments of overlooked significance come in the guise of Nike and the unlikelier form of Seattle&#8217;s Sir Mix-A-Lot. In 1989, Mix-A-Lot preempted Wale&#8217;s Goadome &#8216;Nike Boots&#8217; tribute with &#8216;Gortex&#8217;, bigging up he and his crew&#8217;s GORE-TEX lined boots, retailing at a cool $125, and their superior stomping capabilities. Now where did I put my Danners? The factory&#8217;s only a short distance from the artist-in-question&#8217;s locale,</p>
<p><em>&#8220;One-two punch and the GORE-TEX drops/On your toe, your brother got caught/By GORE-TEX boots from the GORE-TEX shop&#8221;</em></p>
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<p>Nike&#8217;s glorious All Conditions Gear subdivision converged GORE-TEX and sporting styles for me with 1996&#8217;s Air Tarn hiking boot, using the material on the lining, and as a selling point. Still one of the finest Nike offroad designs, at $165 and an eye-watering £99.99 in the UK, even Mix-A-Lot would&#8217;ve baulked at that one. Definitely an overlooked classic in a climate where it&#8217;s been added to athletic footwear left, right and centre, and a shoe that paved the way for another personal (notably non-ACG) favourite, 1998&#8217;s Air Terra Ketchikan.</p>
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<p>I&#8217;ve never heard HyVent hollered out, despite North Face&#8217;s urban ubiquity -  sub-Summit Series, Search and Rescue, and Steep Tech pieces like the Nupste vest and McMurdo parka have been rap video staples for a minute. It just doesn&#8217;t have that same ring to it, and it isn&#8217;t footwear-friendly. Two notable MCs have even named themselves after it &#8211; Goretex, ex-Non Phixion, and GORE-TEX from Tokyo&#8217;s Nitro Microphone Underground. You want some rap testimony via quotables? Incidentally, Lil&#8217; Fame is the winner here&#8230;</p>
<p><em>&#8220;Tame One got more grip than GORE-TEX/I&#8217;m comin through your set like CBS writing my name up in your projects/Who wanna test me when I&#8217;m sess-ted?&#8221;</em><br />
<strong>Tame One</strong> &#8211; &#8216;The Interview&#8217;</p>
<p><em>&#8220;It&#8217;s me, Big Cappadon&#8217; with the fitted/And my GORE-TEX shit with the FUBU knitted&#8221;</em><br />
<strong>Capadonna</strong> &#8211; &#8216;Struggle With This&#8217;<br />
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&#8220;Workers of inequity as I sport GORE-TEX and Timberland/Vortex, I&#8217;m vexed like God&#8217;s wrath upon this evil nation/Feel the God Sound vibration&#8221;</em><br />
<strong>Vex Davortex</strong> &#8211; &#8216;M.C.&#8217;</p>
<p><em>&#8220;Ayo, fuck Force 1&#8217;s, rip stone in they GORE-TEX/Blaze up, fools you walk me through a vortex&#8221;</em><br />
<strong>Rustee Juxx</strong> &#8211; &#8216;Spliff-N-Wessun&#8217;</p>
<p><em>&#8220;Heat&#8217;s in the 5-series high and leery when those blue and white cars drive near me/Avirex, GORE-TEX wet with fly jewelry&#8221;</em><br />
<strong>Nas</strong> &#8211; &#8216;One Plus One&#8217;</p>
<p><em>&#8220;Spending stake, GORE-TEX boot/Print still on his face when we revisit his wake&#8221;</em><br />
<strong>Nas </strong>-  &#8216;Ghetto Rich (Remix)&#8217;</p>
<p><em>&#8220;My culture&#8217;s smiling, getting more in depth with each breath/My biography follows the footsteps of Malcolm X/Money and sex/Gore-Tex, Donna Karan and Guess&#8221;</em><br />
<strong>AZ</strong> &#8211; &#8216;Rather Unique&#8217;</p>
<p><em>&#8220;I must confess my destiny&#8217;s manifest to some GORE-TEX and sweats/I make tracks like i&#8217;m homeless/Rap orgies with Porgie and Bess capture your bounty like Eliot Ness/YES!&#8221;</em><br />
<strong>Lauryn Hill</strong> &#8211; &#8216;Ready or Not&#8217;</p>
<p><em>&#8220;I shape and build my skill like an architect/Teflon style, rhymes be GORE-TEX&#8221;</em><br />
<strong>Keith Murray</strong> &#8211; &#8216;Keith Murray Freestyle&#8217;</p>
<p><em>&#8220;Now I&#8217;m still the same low-down gold teeth and GORE-TEX/And on occasion with the rough sex&#8221;</em><br />
<strong>Grand Puba</strong> &#8211; &#8216;Keep On&#8217;</p>
<p><em>&#8220;We smacked this on the blizzard day we all remember/We stomp through with GORE-TEX and 3 quarter Timbers&#8221;</em><br />
<strong>Grand Puba</strong> &#8211; &#8216;Open Bar&#8217;</p>
<p><em>&#8220;Lex nose watching vet po posing wit&#8217; the most fly/Livest GORE-TEX made in Mexico&#8221;</em><br />
<strong>Raekwon</strong> &#8211; &#8216;Brown Paper Bag Thoughts&#8217; (Rae uses this line again a year later on the &#8216;Black &#38; White&#8217; soundtrack)<br />
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&#8220;Stash gash GORE-TEX//Swimmin&#8217; hennee leave the floor wet&#8221;</em><br />
<strong>Havoc</strong> -<strong> </strong>&#8216;Recognize and Realize II&#8217;</p>
<p>&#8220;I cruise in a GS Lex, Cartier specs/Nautica sweats with the fresh GORE-TEX&#8221;<br />
<strong>Big L</strong> -<strong> </strong>&#8216;Fall Back&#8217;</p>
<p><em>&#8220;Look! The first nigga that scream G-Unot to me/I&#8217;m a stomp yo&#8217; ass out with the GORE-TEX beef and broccolis&#8221;</em><br />
<strong>Lil&#8217; Fame </strong>- <strong> </strong>&#8216;I&#8217;ll Whip Ya Head Boy (Remix)&#8217;</p>
<p><em>&#8220;So sit on black GORE-TEX/Before test, we all wore vests&#8221;</em><br />
<strong>Fredro Starr</strong> &#8211; &#8216;Getto Mentalitee&#8217;</p>
<p><em>&#8220;Stomping through your army, what!/GORE-TEX to your head/Keep your eyes shut/But, I&#8217;ll take you in consideration/My occupation is to bust your federation&#8221;</em><br />
<strong>Buckshot</strong> &#8211; &#8216;Murder MC&#8217;s&#8217;</p>
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