For good measure, here is an interview with Hood Surgeon, Dr. Dre's son.

Dr. Dre's Daughter is set to release a tell all documentary. His daughter Manaj is a rapper and claims that Dr. Dre did nothing to put her on. Her documentary is called Daddy's Shadow. I think if Dre hasn't put her on yet he REALLY won't do it now. You really have to watch how you come at people. It's ways to get people to pay attention to you. I don't know if this is the best way but we'll see...I wish u much success Manaj. Keep grindin.  Here's the trailer....

-NoahSife.com is the Best!

The Documentary

For Eminem fans, the four-year wait since the Detroit MC released his last studio album, Encore, has been painful. But according to Dr Dre’s latest protégé, Bishop Lamont, the end of the drought could be right around the corner. “Em is excited,” Lamont said, according to an Entertainment Weekly blog report. “He’s been quiet too long, and he’s got a lot to get off his chest.”

No release date has been set yet for the album, but Em’s label confirmed that he’s in the studio at work on the album. The 35-year-old MC has been on hiatus for the past two-plus years, in part to deal with his emotions about the 2006 death of best friend and fellow D12 member Proof in a bar shooting in Detroit, but Lamont said Slim Shady is emerging from his grief. “He went through what he had to go through, and now he’s been able to take all the pain and stress and put it out in his music.”

Y'all ain't worthy of this joint. Absolute fire.

Ya Boy - They Know Me   [produced by the good Doctor himself]

Is Ya Boy signing with Aftermath? "I ain't signing on the dot unless it's the Doc"

It's fine to declare Neo-Soul to be dead, Erykah Badu did that about 5 years ago. But it's quite another thing to all of a sudden become this gangstress singing to the beat of Dre's "Bitches Ain't Shit" about how "all you bitches don't mean shit to me" when you were giving us some of the most beautful R & B love songs recorded in this generation! You would hardly recognize the vocalist from "It's Getting Late" and "Like A Bird" with songs like "Grind You Up" and "You's a Beeyatch!!!"

I'm all for artists growing in new directions musically--but this kind of 180 is just too much. Badu's new recording is a stark departure  from her previous work, but she's not talking about fightin' "bitches" and actin like she's a Crip all of a sudden. I am not sure if I want to hear the full recording when it drops later this year.

I can live if neo-soul is dead, but I hope integrity isn't.

The most celebrated gangsta rap record label sold recently for $24 million. The label that spawned such hits records as “Dr. Dre’s “The Chronic,” Tupac Shukaur’s “All Eyez On Me,” and Snoop Dogg’s “Doggystyle,” is now owned by Global Music Group. Picked up at a bankruptcy auction, the once proud label is now a new toy for a relatively unknown music company.

Death Row’s past owner, Suge “I got knocked out with one punch” Knight was forced to file for bankruptcy when the label collapsed. Loaded with debt, a federal judge appointed a bankruptcy trustee to take over the label and ready it for auction.

According to Global Music CEO Anthony Davi Jr., the label is going to try and find the most profitable ways to use the vault of rap tunes and that they should have an announcement soon.

Oh how the mighty have fallen. Karma can be a real bitch. Live like a thug and you stay broke like one too.

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Death Row Records, the hip-hop label that released seminal gangster rap albums by Tupac Shakur, Dr. Dre and Snoop Dogg, has been auctioned for $24 million.

The New York-based Global Music Group Inc. said in a statement to The Associated Press on Monday that on June 24 it purchased Death Row, including its enviable back catalog and current artist contracts.

The purchase concluded the roller-coaster saga of one of hip-hop's most famous labels. Under owner Marion "Suge" Knight, Death Row sold tens of millions of albums in the heyday of early `90s rap — its artists often flashing the spoils of the high life in music videos — before collapsing in debt and mismanagement.

A former couple, Lydia and Michael Harris, claimed they helped found the label, and won a judgment of $107 million, which they tried to collect in 2006. Unable to pay, Death Row and Knight filed for bankruptcy in April 2006, claiming debts of more than $100 million.

In 2006, a federal judge ordered a bankruptcy trustee takeover of Death Row Records, saying the label had undergone gross mismanagement. Knight's decision to file for bankruptcy protection staved off a move by the court to appoint someone to take control of the record label and his assets.

Global Music Group, an independent label, takes ownership of albums including Dr. Dre's "The Chronic," Shakur's "All Eyez on Me" and Snoop Dogg's "Doggystyle."

Other assets are believed to include unreleased material from Shakur that could result in another posthumous release from the rapper.

Knight has a history of legal problems. He was convicted of assault in 1992 and placed on probation, then jailed for five years in 1996 for violating that probation.

He was returned to jail in 2003 for again violating parole, this time by punching a parking attendant at a Hollywood nightclub. He was released the next year.

In 2006 under questioning from his creditors, Knight denied having money tucked away in foreign countries. His bank account then contained just $11.

Global Music CEO Anthony Davi, Jr., said the label planned to get "the best economic results of the catalog and provide long term stewardship of the artists' work." The company plans to later announce details of its plans for Death Row.

Ok, so what happens now!? Who is still on Death Row? Does anybody know...?

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Can you say 'blaxploitation'?

But, this isn't about you, Dr. Dre. No, this is about your retro-styled indie-pop counter part, Dr. Dog.

I received a promo for Dr. Dog's upcoming album Fate (hear that, I didn't STEAL it) from the radio station I work at on Monday, and haven't stopped listening since. Get this, I even liked it enough to show to my mom--to put it in perspective, I think the last record I showed her was Weird Al Yankovic's The Food Album back in 5th grade.

I'm not going to write out a full length review of this piece, because I'm sure that you'll be able to read one in Pitchfork shortly after Fate's July 22 release. But, let me just say this. This is fucking MUSIC. I don't know if these guys kidnapped Paul McCartney and Jeff Tweedy and somehow made them procreate, but this is the most melodic shit ever. Rustic production, bubbly basslines, and sweet sweet harmonies for days.

Dr. Dog - The Breeze

[audio http://www-personal.umich.edu/~itkin/TheBreeze.mp3]

Dr. Dog - The Rabbit, The Bat & the Reindeer

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Check out these tracks, and be sure to show them to your mother.

Since the golden age of Hip Hop there has been very few artists that have been groundbreaking and that demand to challenge listeners with clever informative lyrical content and amazing production techniques.

Last year Hip Hop reached an all time low when the highlight of the year was the short lived but much hyped competition between 50 Cent and Kanye West, to see who could out sell each other in album sales.

What happened to artists engaging the listener to think and to lose their shit at the same time like, Public Enemy and A Tribe Called Quest. Or the quirky lyrics and dope production of De La Soul and the Beastie Boys. West and east coast gangsta rap was also groundbreaking with artists such as NWA and the Wu Tang Clan with Dre and RZA's amazing production and the many legendary charismatic MC's such as Ice Cube(NWA) and Ghostface Killah(Wu Tang). I mean what is it today? G Unit and The Game!. Even worse, Snoop colloborates with the Pussycat Dolls! Who would of ever thought the D to the G would stoop so low!

Well thankfully there have been a few artists that have come out in the last few years to challenge all this shit! Here is a selection of who I think people should check out. Now fizzle that nizzle and get bizzle!

The Cool Kids

I saw these guys at St Jeromes this year and they bring that ol school bboy vibe, funny as fuck and a laid back groove to their lyrics. Highly Recommended!

Spank Rock

Bringing all kinds of dirty lyrics and party vibe to the table is MC Spank Rock. Gets all of his now famous friends such as XXXchange for amazing funky production. This is all happening while he spits out lyrics of pretty much one thing, rooting. The new 2 Live crew. Check out this video for some ol school 2 live Crew goodness.

Lastly Kid Sister

ohhhhhhhhh this cool chick is all about the party and she is the solo salt n pepa!

That's it for me, now get your bling and those Run DMC Adidas shoes on, then get on that good foot and do the bad thing.

Peace out

A'ight, here's the dizzle: The d-o-double gizzle is in the Lou this Saturdizzle. Snoop Dogg is guarantizzled to pull out his sweet summer jams ("Drop It Like It's Hot," "Who Am I (What's My Name?")) at this show, fo' shizzle. Though he's known for smoking lots of marijuizzle, Snoopizzle is far from a stoned slackizzle. He's even improved his shizzle from the early days of Cali-collaborating with Dr. Dreizzle. Quite the entreprenizzle, Tha Doggfather also knows how to get paid lots of bizzles. From directing pornizzles to pimping out poonizzles, he's got all kinds of businizzles. C'mon, maybe it's about tizzle to take a break from grilling outside of your red brick hizzle. Don't stay home and watch another Cardinizzles game on the televizzle — roll out to the Verizon Wireless Ampivizzle 'cause this show is sure to be off the hizzle.

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• Snoop Dogg - website
• 07-09-08 reprint in the Pitch (Kansas City) - article link

The Documentary (Deluxe Edition) [CD+DVD] [Doppel-CD] von the Game - hier informieren & bestellen

the Game - alle Downloads - hier informieren

Für sein drittes Album „L.A.X“ hat der Rapper über 100 Songs aufgenommen, die er nun sorgfältig aussortieren muss. Unterstützt wird The Game von seinem Mentor Dr. Dre, der als Produzent bei einigen Tracks mit von der Partie sein wird.

hier informieren & runterladen

Die erste Single heißt „Game’s Pain“ und ist ab Freitag digital als E-Release erhältlich. Ein wunderschöner Track in bester Oldschool-Manier mit der bezaubernden R&B-Sängerin Keyshia Cole an Games Seite. The Game selbst sagt, es werde ein „monumentales“ Album, ein Album für den Sommer. Man darf also gespannt sein!

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Mr. Shady is finally back in the studio and theres no telling what dudes cooking up.  Forget Encore and all the most recent stuff Ems done.  Go listen to Infinite (1995) and see why Dre pulled this cat out and knew the man on another level.  

I used to be heavy into Slim getting any track I could get my hands on.  This is why it upsets me so much when he releases albums that have tracks like "Ass Like That" and "Just Lose It."  For a fan like me its redemption time.  

Shit, Infinite is up in the Bgsounds top 10 for sure any day.  I want Em back attacking the mic.  His vengeance is what drives his knife-like flow.

Heres some tracks, quality not so good sorry its the only stuff i could get at the moment.

Infinite:

Tonight:

Nina Gordon, "Straight Outta Compton" (originally done by NWA)

A former theater director I worked with turned me on to this song.  I have nothing else to add.

Ben Folds, "Bitches Ain't Shit" (originally done by Dr. Dre and a shit load of people)

What is up with white people and NWA?  Whatever, I still own this song on my computer.

Alanis Morrisette, "My Humps" (originally done by the Black-Eyed Peas)

It's an improvement over the annoying original.

Paul Anka, "It's My Life" (originally done by Bon Jovi)

It's amazing how many songs So You Think You Can Dance can turn you on to.  This is one of them.  Also: this song is better than the original.

Off-topic, but I can't believe that my best friend presented herself as cool in high school and liked this band.  Okay, back on-topic.

Palast Orchester mit Max Raabe, "Just A Gigalo" (originally done by Louis Prima)

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This is the German version; there's also an English verison, and the best way to hear it is to listen to [shameless plug] the Clockwork Caberet podcast (specifically Episode 24: Happy Birthday, Nikola Tesla!), which is a podcast that caters to a steampunk asthetic, but whatever.  It's still a great ecclectic mix of songs.  And the show is broadcast in Carrboro, near where I used to go to school at.[/shameless plug]

Not a remake, just an excuse to talk about how awesome this song is: The Egyptian Lover, "Egypt, Egypt"

If you saw So You Think You Can Dance last night, you'll remember that this was the song Comfort (The Dancer That Cannot Die) danced to in her "okay, we changed the format of the show this year, so this is a time-filling performance now" solo.  Hey, I didn't think she knew about this song!

Death Row Records, once the enviable home of such Hip Hop artist as Dr. Dre, Snoop Dogg, Da Dogg Pound and Tupac, lost its' talent, but didn't lose the prize: the music catalog. Any songwriter worth his/her salt knows that the true gold, the real money, comes from that catalog. Owning those rights to your creative works.

Well, Dr. Dre once said that he was happy to break away from Suge and his 'organization' with the shirt on his back. To be honest, Dre was more than fortunate to walk away period, Tupac wasn't that blessed.

But the last time I checked, Dr. Dre's debut ground-breaking musical collection, "The Chronic," has sold over $4 million copies since 1993. Snoop Dogg's "Doggy Style" has sold $7 million units as of 2003 and is rated 4X platinum. And Tupac's "All Eyez On Me," the first Hip Hop double album in history, currently has sold more than $9 million copies! Death Row has sold over 50million units world wide and has racked in a staggering $750 million dollars in revenue.

Need I also say that the late Tupac Shakur still has tons of unreleased material in the Death Row vaults?

Let's just be frank. Global Music Group Inc. is sitting on a Gold Mine. And as an added bonus, they got a prolific music catalog worth multi-millions on a blue-light special deal! So, trust me, investors who are now suing Global Music Group for $25 million are not even poised to make a dent in that mega-million wallet.

Sorry Dr. Dre. Would you like that Tangeray on ice?

Ma hajnalban, lapzárás közben előkerült néhány klasszikus. Lehet, hogy az évek óta igért új Dre cucc, a Detox iránti vágy okán, de az sem kizárt, hogy tök véletlenül sodródtunk kollektíve  az N.W.A., aztán folyományai, maradványai felé a videómegosztón. Nem túl bonyolult úton végül egészen érdekes helyekre jutottunk el, de ez most mindegy.

A Detox oknak még kevés lett volna talán, de hogy egy másik hír kapcsán is előkerült a kisagyból a nyolcvanas évek végének gettószagú, de kurvára hiteles szupagrupja, az már az összeesküvés-elméletekben oly kevéssé bízó szerkesztőségi tagok számára is gyanús volt, nem kicsit,  nagyon, mondaná az élő klasszikus.

Meglehet, egy, a minap megjelent, érdekes, Ice Cube-bal készített interjú olvastán jutott eszünkbe a barangolás, mely cikk után elmorfondíztam azon, hogy talán nem tett volna rosszat a hiphopnak egy, vagyis inkább több olyan MC a korai években, aki egyszerre van birtokában egy Biggie kaliberű flow-nak, és legalább olyan érzékeny szociálisan és politikailag, mint mondjuk Chuck D. (Cube ezt a két példát hozta, azt sugallva: törvényszerű, hogy Biggie lett a nagyobb. Nem feltétlenül morális, inkább financiális értelemben persze.) Aki úgy nyomja le a szart a WASP-ok torkán, hogy azok még örülnek is neki, és megzabálják, ahogy a gyerekeik is megzabáljak, mert mindenki megzabálja. Most is, így is zabálják, de ha kicsit másként alakul, talán nem azt értenénk ma „gangsta" alatt, amit. A mi lett volna ha meddősége és a saját naivitásom csapdájába estem pár percre. (Cube amúgy lesújtó véleménnyel van a rapiparról, "(...) it's all about shooting and killing, partying, drinking, smoking, women, cars, jewellery", mondja, ám azt állítja, a mai helyzet kialakulásában nincs felelőssége az N.W.A.-nek.)

A legvalószínűbbnek mégis az tűnik, hogy az "új" Arabian Prince cuccról érkező hírek miatt mentünk rá a régi zenékre - az egykori N.W.A. tag munkáiból készült retrospektív válogatással izzít a Stones Throw. Az Innovative Life: The Anthology 1984-1989 című anyag augusztus 19-én jön, húszoldalas booklettel, fotókkal és kis időrendi táblázattal a west coast rap történetéről.

A Brother Arab egyik gyöngyszeme: She's Got A Big Posse

A Professor X néven is ismert művész két lemez erejéig tartott az N.W.A. tagjaival, a Straight Outta Compton után feleslegesnek érezte magát. Na nem mintha szólóban olyan hatalmas sikerei lettek volna a későbbiekben. Ugyanakkor mindenképp kijár a tisztelet Mik Lezannek, aki már akkor szólólemezt csinált, amikor én rugósfocin játszottam le a korabeli magyar rangadókat. Tiszteletbeli magyarnak tekintettem a brazilokat is persze. Az 1989-es Brother Arab megjelenése után lehet, hogy megbánta az önállósulást a csávó: elég szarul fogyott a lemez. Jött még egy szóló, az 1990-es Situation Hot, 1993-ban aztán a Where's My Bytches (ipszilonos a lotyó). Bővebben nem írnék most az 1984-ben alapított west coast legenda Bobby Jimmy & the Crittersről, ahogy az életmű egyéb vonatkozásairól, például a  holland Clone kiadó körüli mozgolódásairól sem - a zenei múltba révedés helyett most  a Stones Throw-s motyó tart izgalomban.

Mert ugyan nem vagyok nagy oldszkúl elektróbarát, de néha lazítani is lehet, és hát akad pár számomra is hallgatható ósulis trekk Arabian Prince megmozdulásai között, úgyhogy fixre beszerzem ezt az antológiát is. Ha elektro, hát istenem. Legfeljebb meglapul a többi cédé között, urambocsá a vinyón, szép csendben elfelejtem, és mikor a negyvenedik kambekkről olvasok, megint előveszem, és zenehallgatás közben felidézem, mit csináltam '84-től '89-ig. Szanaszét vertem magam a brazilok nevében és viszont.

Tejpor ötven fillérért, továbbá óvodai és kisiskolás szerelmek.

For the first actual post of Tha Dynasty I want to start off with a post imma try to do every Wednesday, that is new artist Wednesdays, we will be bringin you a new artist every Wednesday!

This week its Asher Roth a.k.a. Your Mothers Favorite Rapper! Now this kid is ill! He has got to be one of the best lyricists I have ever heard in my life! The best thing is he is a white frat boy from PA! This kid is krazy good! If you don't believe me just take it from DJ Drama, Don Cannon, Jay-Z, Andre 3000, and Akon who all agree this kid is a monster! Some people make the mistake of thinking hes another Eminem wannabe but trust me Asher Roth is his own man! He can hold his own, and this mixtape is gotta be one of the best I have heard in awhile! Hes rapping over tracks produced by The Neptunes, Andree 3000, The Cool Kids, Kanye West, Dr. Dre and many more! You gotta check this out and let us know what you think of this kid!

Download Link & Tracklist After Tha Jump....

DOWNLOAD:The Greenhouse Effect Vol. 1 Mixtape

Also make sure you check out TheDailyKush.com for all things Asher Roth!

Over the years, Death Row sold over 50 million units and banked somewhere in the range of 750 million dollars. However, after 1997, the majority of all of this profit was from the ownership of the master recordings from 2Pac, Dre and Snoop, and the company had grown stagnant in regards to new material. Further escalating their issues was the fact that Suge Knight, basically power hungry and still feeling like he owned the world, continued to alienate rappers and fans and failed to produce anything that could follow the success of Death Row's formative years.

In addition, of the hundreds of millions of dollars Death Row produced, large portions were claimed in court lawsuits by people who provided start up money and were never given a share of the revenue This ended with Knight declaring bankruptcy (137M owed, only 4M in assets) and the record label was put up for auction Today, Death Row was purchased, masters and all for $24 million by Global Music Group.  GMG  dabbles in country, rock, R&B and now hip-hop and rap, as they have mentioned plans to sign new artists and release more vaulted 2Pac material.  When you think about the kind of revenue that these masters are still producing today, $24 million for the entire catalog seems like a steal Of course, you're not getting much in the way of brand name recognition because rap fan's memories are about as long as a radio single these days, but there has to be some future value from the old masters

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So, to Death Row Records, a leader in the changing face of rap music in the early 90s, Evolving Music wishes you a fond farewell, and a future with a global music conglomerate not unlike the major labels I deride on a regular basis.

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Video Clip : Forgot About Dre

Singer : Dr. Dre

i miss LA so bad right now. i got love for NY but i'm seriously missing my west coast funk. you remember that didddy jam "last night" where he tries to sing? i hear that everyday on hot 97. no joke. everyday.

so here's the joint that's been gettin me by. the east coast can keep all that funk flex, fat man scoop, chicken noodle soup crap...the west coast know it's about time we GROW UP!!!!!

oh yeah....and produced by Dre.

BISHOP LAMONT - GROW UP (produced by Dr. Dre)