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  • Dr. Dre And Jay-Z To Introduce Detox?

    Dr. Dre
    I looked at the calendar about three times and no, today isn’t April Fool’s Day. That was last week. Thus, I think you can believe the news about Dr. Dre’s Detox update and not be considered a fool if he pulls the ball away Lucy-style from us.

    But, Dre did use the word definitely.

    And I’m definitely gonna be putting out the album this year. Finally. I think everyone is gonna be happy with it.

    Within that is the news that Dr. Dre and Jay-Z collaborated on the song Under Pressure, which hopefully isn’t an Ice Ice Baby remake. The song may drop within a couple of weeks.

    It’s been 11 years since Dre last dropped an album. Will Detox finally come out? The only thing I’m sure of is that it won’t be the hip hop opera that he once promised.

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  • Not Necessarily The News – 50 Cent, LL Cool J, And DMX

    After the Chris Brown and Rihanna situation went down before the Grammys, I decided to stay away from making fun of the music news. That situation was way too real.

    But, there’s other stuff to joke about now.

    50 Cent Gets Pushed Back Again
    The original release date for 50 Cent’s Before I Self Destruct was in early February. Obviously, that time has passed. And now, 50 Cent is getting pushed back again. The reason? Well, because Dr. Dre’s heavy hitter, Eminem’s album is coming out first.

    Right now I’m on the train and the Em choo-choo car goes first.

    You have to admit, that’s probably the right move. But let’s hope 50’s album doesn’t “self destruct” before it ever comes out.

    DMX
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    DMX Loses A Food Fight
    Can you feel bad for Earl “DMX” Simmons these days? Highly unlikely. Already serving a 90-day sentence, DMX allegedly threw a tray of food at a detention officer. According to the story, DMX didn’t want to eat his nutra-loaf and decided to try and take another meal that wasn’t his. When called on it, he supposedly threw the tray of food at the officer. It’s possible that this episode can add more time to his stay.

    Uncle L Gets Another Shot At TV
    And here I thought when it came to television, he’d only be known as Marion Hill in In The House. That show is very memorable, but mostly because the fine Maia Campbell was in it. It looks like Uncle L, the future of the funk, is going to be on NCIS: Legend, which is a spin-off of the show NCIS, which is a show that I’ve never seen. Good for LL because maybe it will keep him away from the mic. Exit 13 was no-kay.

    Before I leave you, I can’t believe the kid who did one of the worst renditions of Michael Jackson’s Man In The Mirror that I’ve ever heard made it to the final 12 of American Idol. Yep, I’ll be back when we get down to the final 12 to break it down.

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  • Not Necessarily The News – Dr. Dre, Eminem, Lil’ Kim, And (You Guessed It) Kanye West

    I’m back with more musical gossip newsy goodness.

    At Least We Know Detox Is For Real
    A leaked track from Detox? According to MTV.com, the good doctor was none too happy that a track that could’ve been (and might still be) on his heavily delayed album hit the web. I’m all for whatever Dr. Dre has in store, but with R. Kelly on the hook, I think it makes it an automatic dislike for me.

    Eminem Gets Leaked Too
    Money Mike wrote about this yesterday, but I just found it funny that both Dre and Eminem are working on their albums so closely together and songs get leaked days apart. They should put their albums out at the same time to see who sells more.

    Lil’ Kim Feels Left Out
    Kim is upset about how she’s depicted in the new Biggie movie Notorious. I’m not exactly sure what she expected her role to be. She wasn’t the wife. She wasn’t the baby mama. She was one of two known mistresses. Did she expect to be seen as Biggie’s main inspiration?

    She’s also a bit paranoid.

    “I knew something was fishy about them having the writer call me. When I spoke to the writer I felt like he was trying to play me, so I wouldn’t give up anything,” Kim explained to the magazine (Hip Hop Weekly). “I knew I wouldn’t have control of how I was depicted. I did correct the writer about Biggie’s nickname for me. He had written that Biggie called me Big Momma. Biggie never called me Big Momma. As a matter of fact, he didn’t even like that name for me. He used to call me Mookie.”

    And what would this column be without a little Kanye.

    Kanye West Needs Two Months To Work Out So He Can Pose Naked
    For reals Kanye? I understand that the man has layers like ogres. I understand that he had a rough year. But I think this guy is going to flame out. He says he wants to break the rules of hip hop. I’m fine with that. But when he says that he wants to be more popular but have less fans, it shows that he’s far too worried about what people think. You can’t make pop music, sell millions of records, and then be so sensitive.

    Kanye clarified that by “less fans” he meant having a core of 20,000 devotees who understand him, rather than a swell of 100,000 “fly-by-night” followers who just favor him because he’s the hot thing out.

    He should ask Common if having less fans works out for you.

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