::Game and Young Buck performing at the same 107.9 FM Birthday Bash where YB supposedly made nice with JT.

-Boots Riley’s afro and sideburns saved the day. [Hiphopcrack]

-Lil Weezyianna to pull her pants up or pay $500. [Complex]

-Must-read of the Day: Deep Cover - Headshots. [Format Mag]

-Fellas, Jill Scott is back on the market. [Black Voices]

-DMC: “Barack will fix everything, but I’m going with Clinton because it’s gangsta.” [HH4P]

-One of my favorite people in hip-hop media has divorced blogging to marry vlogging. His new site is now open for business. [Illdoctrine]

-Top 10 Diss Songs of the 2000s. [Street Census]

Eh, not exactly the type of pun I was going for, but you get my drift.

I was slightly nervous about turning T.R.U. over to a ‘Pacavellian like Ivan. Turns out the kid’s bloggage is more serious than a heart attack.

Anyhow, I’ll catch up with you folks after I swim through my sea of 3000+ emails…

-Riz

PS: R.I.P. Stack Bundles

- On this day in 1965, the Beatles began to record the track ‘Michelle’ for their album ‘Rubber Soul.’ The song was later sampled for Doug E. Fresh’s classic cut ‘The Show’ as well as for Wyclef Jean’s ‘Gone Till November’ featuring Canibus and R. Kelly.

- On this day in 1972, Bobby Womack’s single ‘Woman’s Gotta Have It’ shot to the top of Billboard’s R&B singles chart. The song would later be sampled for both 50 Cent (on the track ‘What If’) and fellow Unit member Lloyd Banks (on the track ‘Anotha Dolla’).

- On this day in 1973, Leathaface a.k.a. Silent Killer a.k.a. the Grandaddy of the Midwest a.k.a. Krayzie Bone was born. Happy birthday Thug!

- On this day in 1994, O.J. Simpson led a car chase in his white Ford Bronco. It would later be thoroughly mentioned by various emcees. PMD spit: “Set the pace like O.J. in the Bronco chase.” U-God: “The rap O.J., in the dusty Bronco/ Bang on my chest like the King of Kongo.” Cassidy: “Hop out the Bronco, I’ll O.J. ‘em when I see ‘em.” Pusha T of the Clipse: “In Virginia, we smirked at that Simpson trial/ Yeah, I guess the chase was wild.” One more (I don’t wanna take up too much space) by Rampage: “I’m in the Bronco with O.J.” Respect to anyone who can find more chase-specific O.J. mentions in a hip-hop song… ;-D

- On this day in 1997, Capone-N-Noreaga dropped the street classic ‘The War Report’ featuring production by board legends Marley Marl, DJ Clark Kent & Lord Finesse, among others. One of the albums highlights was the Mobb Deep-backed vehement cross-coast diss track titled “L.A. L.A.”

- On this day in 2003, Daniel Dumille, best known as MF DOOM, released ‘Take Me to Your Leader’, the first of his albums under the alias “King Geedorah.”

- On this day in 2004, the Wu-Tang Clan released ‘Disciples…Chapter 1’, a recording of their set at the Rock the Bells concert in 2004. The Clan will meet again to Rock the Bells once more this summer.

- On this day in 2006, Chamillionaire’s single ‘Ridin’’ dropped off from its number one spot on the Billboard Hot 100 after staying up there for two weeks. The track featured Bone Thug’s own Krayzie Bone who, as stated above, celebrates his birthday on the same day.

- Ivan; check the original article at Hip-Hop Is Read

Rizoh returns tomorrow…

I won’t believe it ’til I see or hear it, but here’s the original source:

Bump Magazine

Rizoh returns tomorrow…

From his myspace blog:

First things first, I wanna put shit in its proper perspective …Just Blaze is not only my friend and my producer…But he is a GREAT example of a black man..I know alot of people hear his name and his music and assume that Blaze means he must smoke some POWERFUL shit before he goes into make a beat but your talking about a man who never smoked weed in his life…He has never drank alcohol in his life. he has extensive morals and is VERY family oriented.. If I had a child and were looking for someone to set an example of what it means to be a stand up guy, I couldnt think of anyone better than Justin Smith aka Just Blaze to do so….I know yall see the back and forth shit between us and I admit I was stupid for my part in it…But its like 2 brothers fighting in the street when they couldve went inside the house and shot 5 in their bedroom…You will NEVER see that again so I hope you enjoyed it…I love Just Blaze to death and I will bleed or make someone else bleed for that dude…Not because he makes good beats or he produced my album, but because he has a big heart…Im cool with his Mom, Brother and Auntie (who is super cool)…. And since I was dumb enough to engage in this online public fued..Im man enough to use the same forum to apologize to him for not just calling him and expressing whatever I felt was wrong..If you read this my Nigga, I apologize..Real spit…U my nigga..

Now on to the point of this Blog….With my now VERY public discontent with not the label, but MY personal sitiuation at the label, I figured I needed to get some BIG guns to help my sitiuation.. Im sure there will be more understanding now hahaha…

I remember when I first came out of prison my friend Che Johnson brought me to meet Chris Lighty and I was in awe just to be meeting someone so powerful in the music business..(plus Im a huge Jungle Brothers and Tribe Called Quest fan so I was extra hype)….I dont even know if he remembers this but he was telling me how his client N.O.R.E lived right down the street from him or something to that effect…I was so intrigued by all the platinum plaques on the walls I was only half paying attention, mind you I was about 2 weeks out from doing a very loooooooooooong time in prison…My point is, I never in my life thought this guy would be managing my career one day….Yes its officially official..I am now managed by Violator and the stakes are higher than ever…Its a problem, TRUST…..God works in mysterious ways but he works..hahahaha..Im very proud to be a part of such a prestigous comany who has put in so much work in the business…Not only has Violator stood the test of time, they also are innovating the wave of the future so as we say in hood “Im good Money”……Ive pretty much been managing myself this whole time (6 years) and already in this short time (a week), Ive already seen a world of difference…Thank You Laurie Dobbins for the insight you have already given me …Lets make some more history…Thank You Theo (my high powered attorney haahaha) for the plug in….Thank You Chris for the opportunity, I know youre a busy busy man…..Prieciate it Homie..Lets make it….All hate is welcomed..Thanks….

From now on, any interview or show request please contact ldobbins@violator.com…. gotta love it……

- Ivan

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P.S. Spurs…in 4…told y’all… ;-D

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- Ivan

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The “Tupacification” begins!

Rest in peace Stack!

- Ivan

Freeway & Jay-Z - Big Spender

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WC & The Game - Voodoo (Radio Rip from Power 106)

East Coast + Pop + West Coast = Balance ;-D

- Ivan

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::Banned from TV….

- …and now banned from Myspace!

- Hall & Oates…and hip-hop. His intentions are good, but the “prize” ain’t really too appealing…at least to me.

- Get ready: It’s gonna be a Stones Throw summer.

- McCain vs. Hillary: The beef is on… well, pork to be exact.

- Bush gets his watch stolen. Fronts like it never happened. ;-D

- Amy Winehouse keeps it gully.

- Pull up your pants or pay up 5 Benjis.

- Throw your dubs up! The “Villain In Black” turns 38 today. Happy b-day MC Ren! Oh no, I remembered…Ren’s a Kelly Park Compton Crip! Correction: Happy C-day MC Ren! Please don’t kill me!

- The Spurs win the NBA Finals tonight. (Yeah, I’m calling it)

- Ivan

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