Nicki Minaj x Kanye West: ART is the Operative Word

**UPDATE** Brought back to the top because... We now know who (at least) shot the photo for the cover for Nicki, but... Remaining is the question: Did this guy ALSO 'design' the cover itself?

As of now, both Nicki Minaj's 1st and Kanye West's 5th studio albums are set to drop November 22, 2010. (But we all know how that goes...)

No matter what, when you discuss the artists and their releases, ART is/will be the operative word. Their music (their art) is crazy; their actions (performance art?) are crazy; and their album artwork (art, duh) is, well, crazy. (And, in most cases, we mean 'crazy good'...)

Hip Hop wins.

Kanye West - My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy

[cover art by George Condo]

Click the image above to see what the album cover looks like on iTunes.
Click here to see Kanye's 'short film' for his song "Runaway".

Nicki Minaj - Pink Friday

[cover photography by GL Wood]

Click the image above for Nicki's greatest verse.
Click here to find out why, in the image above, Nicki has... no hands.
Click here to visit the official Nicki site.

1134 Mix Show Episode 60 Features AWKWORD, Fat Joe, Heather B, Kurupt, Freddie Gibbs, Roc Marciano, Canibus, Ras Kass, Termanology, Brown Bag AllStars & More - FREE AUDIO

23 Tracks of Hard-Hitting Hip Hop! FOR FREE!



1. Grandaddy I.U. – Hustlin (prod. Grand Daddy I.U.)
2. Meyhem Lauren – New York Where You At (prod. P.F. Cuttin)
3. DJ Mickey Knox ft. Thad Reid, Jon Hope & 6th Sense – Fatal Attraction (prod. Sickness)
4. Heather B – Flyin High (prod. DJ Premier)
5. Gangrene (The Alchemist & Oh No) – Chain Swinging
6. Shabaam Sahdeeq – Fam (prod. Ayden)
7. Little Vic & Zeal – Take My Pain (prod. Little Vic)
8. E Reece – Concrete Steppin (prod. Presto)
9. Freddie Gibbs – On One
10. 1982 (Statik Selektah & Termanology) ft. Cassidy & Xzibit – Goin Back (prod. Statik Selektah)
11. Eternia – Close To You (prod. JR & PH7)
12. AWKWORD feat C-Rayz Walz & Reks – Imperialism (pres. 2DopeBoyz; prod. Jonny Lupo (Moldova))
13. Soul Khan ft. Marv Won – Thunder in Paradise (prod. marink; cuts DJ Brace)
14. N.O.R.E. – Nutcracker (prod. Scoop DeVille)
15. Sleepwalkas ft. Sadat X – Rhyme Flow (prod. Delorian Tokes)
16. Koncept – The Game (prod. The Audible Doctor; cuts DJ Brace)
17. Bambu ft. Chace Infinite – Paper Thin
18. Ras Kass & DJ Rhettmatic ft. The HRSMN (Ras Kass, Killah Priest, Canibus & Kurupt) – This Shit Right Here
19. Fat Joe – Valley Of Death (prod. Cool & Dre)
20. Rock (Heltah Skeltah) – Birds (prod. Kris Fame)
21. Freddie Gibbs – Serve Or Get Served (prod. Statik Selektah)
22. City Haze – Lost In Tokyo (prod. RZA)
23. Roc Marciano – Like This

DIRECT DOWNLOAD: 1134 Mix Show Episode 60 (Mixed by EROC)

Blog Business Vol. 5 Features AWKWORD, Rapper Big Pooh, Sic Osyrus, Wordsmith, K. Sparks, Block McCloud and more - FREE AUDIO

A dope mix, worth the download. Shout to Revolt Radio for the download link.



Click the album cover above to download the mixtape free. Youtube preview and Tracklist below. Also down below, a direct download for the AWKWORD x Block McCloud x Castro track "Wild Wild East".



01. Intro
02. Rayz ft. Wordsmith, Kontact & Black Knight - This Beat Is Sick
03. DLRN ft. Prometheus Brown & Illecism - Reset
04. Mav - Cry
05. Pete G ft. Nudai - Above All
06. Kyle Hubbard ft. Rapper Big Pooh - New School Slang
07. Hi Stakez ft. F-Dot - Say Yea
08. Cold Heat - Next Level
09. BLCTXT - Contender
10. Famo$o - FUCK THAT
11. Josh Clemons - Single
12. Purpose - Howl At The Moon
13. Sic Osyrus ft. Jimi Kendrix - Show Starter
14. Mike The Martyr ft. Meta - Known I'd Be Raw
15. K. Sparks ft. JD & Tina Uallo - Woah
16. Rockwell Powers - Kings & Comics
17. Benjamin Starr - Wake Up
18. AWKWORD ft. Block McCloud & Castro - Wild Wild East (prod. Block McCloud & White Shadow)
19. The 16th Seed - All In


Posted by Lewis Hegeman.

Company (Stay) Flow(in): El-P x Camu Tao (RIP) - FREE AUDIO

[illustration by Chris Hajny]

The "pioneering NYC underground-rap label" Definitive Jux, its founder, emcee/producer and New York City cultural icon El-P, and his artist and friend, Ohio's late avant-garde emcee/producer Camu Tao, have been in the news a lot more than usual lately. And I think that's a good thing. I grew up going to Fat Beats; I got fucked up and into fights to a hardcore NYC Hip Hop soundtrack composed by Company Flow, The Jugganots, Non Phixion and The Arsonists. If it weren't for these indie legends, there would never have been a Rawkus Records. And without Rawkus, there may never have been a Mos Def and/or Talib Kweli...

Plus, all this publicity now just makes sense. On February 3, 2010, El-P announced the end of the Def Jux era. Yes, the website would go on, he said, but the label would soon cease pressing physical copies.





On July 3, after a very-public twitter challenge from XL8R, El-P leaked a "death mix" (remix) of "Baby" by teenybopper Justin Bieber. Mixing in some "Live and Let Die", among other things, El-P certainly crafted an El-Producto. (For more on this, as well as the end of Def Jux, click here.)



Later that month, on July 28, 2010, El-P released (for free) "Forever Frozen In Television Time", an EP he and Camu recorded as Central Services in 2005.





Less than a week later, on August 3, 2010, El-P dropped a solo album, "Weareallgoingtoburninhellmegamixxx3", the third in his megamix series.



Then, two weeks later (and a little more than a week from today), on August 17, 2010, El-P released Camu's solo album — his first and his last — "King of Hearts".



A Lot Can Change In Three Years

On February 18, 2010, The Village Voice published "Camu Tao Gets His Due". The author, Philip Mlynar, described Camu during an evening around Max Fish in 2005 with El-P, Metro, Camu's rhyme partner in SA Smash, and Aesop Rock:

Tall, gregarious, and constantly grinning, Camu was a beacon of entertainment. On exiting one of the bar's grunge-encrusted bathrooms, he stuffed a long piece of toilet tissue up his left nostril, parodying a familiar Redman photograph from The Source. As the bar tab increased, they resembled nothing more than four close friends out for a good time.

But, the author continued:

Just three years later, the 30-year-old rapper would pass away from lung cancer — a condition he hid from his friends, instead offering cryptic messages about his debilitating state through the solo album he was working on but hadn't quite completed: the soundtrack to his own death.

In the article, El-P says:

"He was dying and all along making this record... We kept it faithful to the source material. The lyrics take on a new meaning when he sings, 'Death, where have you been all my life?'"

To Buy or Not To Buy

Faithfulness to source material on a posthumous project is an achievement in itself, so we should admire (and thank) the polarizing industry vet El-P for not middling in another man's legacy. (Fuck Solar). But unfortunately, an executive producer's legacy does not necessarily equate to an album's completeness... or its enjoyability. In the introduction to his Impose Magazine interview of El-P, Blake Gillespie says:

Vocally Camu sounds unrestrained and brilliant, but the record lacks completion, as he never got the chance to flesh out his songs. What's left is the skeletal demos, almost minimalist.

What do you think? (FREE DOWNLOADS)

1. Camu Tao - "Be a Big Girl" (Elvis Costello sample)
2. Camu Tao - "Plot a Little" (Shout to Above Ground Magazine)
3. Camu Tao - "Perfect Plan" (Shout to Above Ground Magazine)

R.I.P: Camu Tao x Def Jux <-- Complex Counts Down the Label's Top-25



But, for me personally, a few other songs really strike a chord:

1. Company Flow - "Last Good Sleep"
2. Company Flow - "Patriotism"
3. EL-P - "Stepfather Factory"
4. El-P - "Oxycontin Part 2" ft. Cage
5. Cage - "Stripes"
6. Cage - "Scenester"
7. Cage - "Public Property"
8. Cannibal Ox - "Scream Phoenix"
9. Aesop Rock - "9-5ers Anthem"
10. Junk Science - "Third-Person Stealth"
11. Murs - "God Damned?"
12. C-Rayz Walz - "The Lineup" ft. Wordsworth, J-Treds & Thirstin Howl III

Written by AWKWORD.

Bang Your Head To This: Shabaam Sahdeeq 'Off Parole' (FREE AUDIO/VIDEO)

BRAND-NEW VIDEO FOR THE TRACK "FREAKY FLOW" OFF SHABAAM SAHDEEQ'S OFF PAROLE ALBUM.

If you like that gritty, heart-felt New York City street hip hop music, then bang your head to this...

BUY THE ALBUM: CLICK HERE, OR CLICK THE FRONT OR BACK COVER BELOW.





And because we're nice guys here, enjoy this banger for free...

Song: Connect 4 pt. 2
Artists: Shabaam Sahdeeq, Skyzoo, Sha Stimuli & Chaundon
Producer: Thorotracks
Album: Off Parole
Download: CICK HERE

(For more from Shabaam Sahdeeq, click here. And look out for new work from SDub with the GYMR resident emcee AWKWORD, coming soon.)

Revolutionary Rap: The Anti-Injustice Movement Presents: Lyrical Warfare (ft. AWKWORD, Block McCloud, Capital X, Monte Smith and more)

01: Street Poet Monte Smith - Talk The Talk
02: AWKWORD - Can't Stop Won't Stop (feat. Block McCloud & Riles)
03: Beast 1333 - The Global Resistance (feat. Lyrical Agent & Plato)
04: SAI - Taking AIM
05: Stream Of Consciousness - Disorder
06: Street Poet Monte Smith, Perseverance and DJ Vadim - Pull'n Your Card
07: Gabe 'V-Non' Rosales - Still Stays
08: Lyrical Agent - Open Your Eyes
09: Stream of Consciousness - Legend Begun
10: Greydon Square - Counter Argument
11: Perseverance & Capital-'X' - Business
12: The Welfare Poets - Warn Them
13: Eastborn - Blair Witch Project
14: Capital-'X' - We All In The Same Gang

Buy it on iTunes HERE.

The Anti-Injustice Movement (AIM) is a global movement of activists, political emcees and protest poets who are fighting together to achieve the slow but steady destruction of global injustice.

FIRE: Sha Stimuli - "123" x "Believe" (FREE AUDIO)

The homie Sha Stimuli stay killing it on the regular, dropping off heaters to tide us over until the next full-length. We stay playing these two newest joints:

1) "123"

2) "Believe"

For more from the emcee they call The Present, click here, here or here. See below for his contributions to AWKWORD's World View.

• Sha Stimuli World View Promo by Awkword

More Awkword music on iLike

GYMR Interview: Wordsmith (Jackin For Beats Out Now!)

With Wordsmith's latest, Jackin For Beats: Wordplay Edition, out now, we decided to link up with the GYMR CO-SIGNED emcee for a brief interview about the project, his take on hip hop today, and more.

Q: What are you trying to achieve with this mixtape? How will your versions of the songs be different/better than what we’ve already heard?

A: I have never been too big on spitting over industry beats, as I would rather give full-length material to my fans. Being honest, this tape came out of nowhere a month and a half ago when DJ Delz hit me up out of the blue and said he wanted to do a Jackin for Beats tape with me. I knew, prior to that, he had done official Jackin for beats tapes for Trey Songz, Joell Ortiz, Termanology and more, so on the business tip it was a good look. My other reason for doing this tape is I have never released a project where I just went in and flexed my lyrically ability without worrying about a hook/bridge to complete a track. Now, what makes this tape different is that, though these are freestyles, when you see the tracklisting you will notice all of them have there own unique names because they are concept freestyles with actual subject matter. Overall, the tape plays like a full album and was mixed/mastered with top quality in mind; shout to my engineer Capish for that.

Q: What are you trying to achieve with your music in general?

A: I want to get my music to the level that it touches people's lives. Yes, this is my dream, but I really want to take my celebrity when it reaches that level and help people in general. I feel like, if your fortunate enough to get rich or become star, God would want you to share that with those less fortunate.

Q: You seem to get a lot of support from 2DopeBoyz, HipHopDX and the other leading hip hop-specific blog sites. Why do you think that is?

A: I think it's because, four or five years ago, when most artists and even major labels weren't concentrating on the Internet too heavy, I was already thinking of the future and how things were moving to digital. While most artists are trying to find an in with these blogs now, I was talking, sending music to and building relationships with them years ago, and now blogs are like the new A&Rs for the labels. My relationship with even 2DopeBoyz is deeper than most know. One of the owners of the site, Shake, used to handle the audio section on HipHopDX and was the one who broke me on that site, and when he left, things didnt change -- I kept sending him exclusives... So my gamble of connecting with bloggers four-plus years ago ended up working in my favor.

Q: What are the major issues in society today that need fixing? Do you think about these things when you’re writing?

A: Major issues are our health care, quality of life and lack of jobs -- basically, all the things that allow us to live as Americans and as human beings in general. I think three years ago I touched on more serious issues like this and I still do to a degree, but as you grow as a musician your views and way you deliver your music might change; that was the case with me.

Q: How would you describe the state of hip hop today? What are the biggest high-points? Biggest problem areas?

A: It's a plain mess because artists that aren't really prepared to be on major labels are getting signed and are in and out the game in a year. We are in the era of fast-food hip hop, where labels want to make that quick money off of these snap songs. I'm sorry, but the pioneer artists didn't struggle so we could make all this money and corrupt the game.

Q: We heard from one of our favorite emcees (and frequent GYMR contributor) AWKWORD that you are one of the most professional, down-to-earth emcees he has ever collaborated with? What makes you so different? What makes you so easy to work with? Why replace humbleness with arrogance in a rap game that seems to thrive on antagonisms and machismo?

A: First off, I appreciate AWKWORD for saying that... Hmmm, what makes me different? I think it's my belief in being personable with people and keeping a humble attitude. I'm thankful to be doing music and I am thankful for the people -- good and bad -- I meet in this game. I also live in reality when it comes to my career, and I don't paint a false picture of my success.

Q: Speaking of AWKWORD, what made you decide to work with him on the joint Notorious for his World View project? (More questions on this, and on you, to come for your World View participant feature, but we wanted to get you some love on the site in advance of that.)

A: I really liked the subject matter and AWKWORD was very professional when he hit me up about doing the song. A lot of the times I turn down features because artists can't provide a plan for the track they want to do. I'm all about being strategic and setting up a plan to promote a product, and I remember getting the email from AWKWORD and it was probably a little over a page long, explaining his history and why he was doing the track. You don't get that everyday, so that piqued my interest from the get go. I think alot of artists don't understand why they can't work with certain other artists. Its all about the presentation and how you present yourself to people alot of times. So, in AWKWORD's case, he knows how to state his case; props to him for that.

Out Now From Wordsmith

1.) Wordsmith - "Jackin For Beats (Wordplay Edition)" (free)

2.) Wordsmith -"Vintage Experience" (itunes)

3.) Chubb Rock & Wordsmith - "Bridging the Gap" (itunes)

4.) Refined Hype x DJ Booth x Coast 2 Coast x Frostwire Present: Wordsmith - "The Vintage Vault" (free)

5.) HipHopDX x 2DopeBoyz x Coast 2 Coast x Frostwire Present: Wordsmith - "Overdue & Underrated" (free)

1134 Mix Show Episode 55 Features AWKWORD, Eminem, Wale, The Roots, Slaughterhouse, Fat Joe, Method Man, more

A 23-track mix of quality new hip hop, from the mainstream to the underground.



Track List

1. Mega, Dro Pesci, Colo and Oktober Zero – The Hardest Out
2. Diego Cash ft. Joell Ortiz and Fat Joe – Return of The Rican
3. Method Man – M.E.F.
4. Chaundon – Yall Don’t Want It (prod. M-Phazes)
5. Phil Ade ft. Skillz – OMG
6. Dumhi ft. Reef The Lost Cauze – Philly Cousins
7. Doitall feat Shaheim, Grand Daddyiu & Salute – We Can Do That
8. Capone-and-Noreaga ft. Imam Thug – Animal Kill
9. Eminem ft. Slaughterhouse – Session One (Prod By Just Blaze)
10. MF Grimm – Return To Eden
11. Copywrite ft. iLLBurnsGreen – Louder
12. Agallah – The Launch Off
13. Hell Razah – Kids In The Street
14. Team Demo ft. Wale, Jo’Iyce and K-Beta – If Only They Would Listen
15. Irealz feat Copywrite and Mage9 – Step 4 Step (cuts by Tone Spliff)
16. Tha Advocate ft. Killah Priest, Rass Kass & Mr. Probz – When I Speak
17. Killah Priest ft. Copywrite and Jakki da Motomouth – Fire Reign
18. Royce Da 5'9" ft. Black Milk and Elzhi – Real Hip Hop (Prod By Mr Porter)
19. D-Stroy and Bad Seed – Buggin Out (prod. Marco Polo)
20. AWKWORD ft. Pace Won and Block McCloud – Before
21. Touch and Nato ft. Vinnie Paz – This Shit is Mad Real
22. Method Man – Assed Out
23. The Roots ft. Peedi Peedi an Truck North – Web 20/20

* DIRECT FULL-MIX DOWNLOAD *






SHOUTS TO EROC!

Sha Stimuli: AWKWORD-hiphop.blogspot Co-Sign

They call him 'The Present'...



Here's the AWKWORD-hiphop.blogspot review of Sha Stimuli's 2009 debut album release My Soul to Keep:

- My Soul to Keep is the 2009 Album of the Year.
- Sha Stimuli is the 1st AWKWORD-hiphop.blogspot Official Co-Sign.
- Enough said.

Click the album cover below for the tracklist and/or to purchase.



Sha Stimuli appears on the AWKWORD track "The World is Yours", off the World View (100% nonprofit global hip hop) album, dropping in early 2010.

To listen, click here.

Audio/Video from Sha Stimuli

Shout out to 2DopeBoyz for holding us down!



LISTEN/DOWNLOAD: Sha Stimuli – "Move Back" ft. Freeway & Young Chris (My Soul to Keep leak, prod. Just Blaze)

LISTEN/DOWNLOAD: Sha Stimuli – "Sometimes" (My Soul to Keep leak, prod. J. Cardim)





LISTEN/DOWNLOAD: Sha Stimuli – "Exhibit S" (over Jay Electronica's "Exhibit C", prod. Just Blaze)

LISTEN/DOWNLOAD: Sha Stimuli – "My Soul Overtime Freestyle" (prod. Jaisu)





LISTEN/DOWNLOAD: Statik Selektah – "Different Day Same Shit" ft. JFK, Skyzoo & Sha Stimuli

LISTEN/DOWNLOAD: Sha Stimuli, Tek & Math Hoffa – "I Love Me"

LISTEN/DOWNLOAD: Shabaam Sahdeeq, Skyzoo, Sha Stimuli & Chaundon – "Connect 4 pt. 2" (prod. Thorotracks)





LISTEN/DOWNLOAD: Sha Stimuli – "Thinking Out Loud"

LISTEN/DOWNLOAD: Sha Stimuli – "I’ll Be There"

LISTEN/DOWNLOAD: Sha Stimuli – "So Supreme"

Czech Republic's Sitback Radio Show Features AWKWORD "Radio" (ft. KRS-One), "Colors" (ft. Werdplay of BLESTeNATION)

1.Masta Ace//Family First
2.Evidence//Chase The Clouds Away
3.Fashawn//Our Way (ft. Evidence)
4.Cunninlynguists//Beautiful Girl
5.Blu and Exile//So(ul) Amazin´ (Still Blazin´)
6.Jr and Ph7//Top Rank (ft. Guilty Simpson and Black Milk)
7.The Roots//Cant Stop This
8.Oliver Lowe a Ondřej Žatkuliak//Tenkrát
9.Oliver Lowe//Peach Quality
10.Inphy//How Could I
11.Gruzo//Flute Fluff
12.El-P//Run The Numbers (ft. Aesop Rock) (Gruzo RMX)
13.Kev Brown//Say Sumthing (ft. Kenn Starr and Quartermaine) (Inphy RMX)
14.Awkword//Radio (ft. KRS-ONE, Dug Infinite, Brimstone127)
15.Awkword//Colors (ft. Werdplay; prod. by FNTM)
16.Termanology//She Wants A Supestar
17.Zion I//Birds Eye View
18.Sean Price//Mess You Made
19.JDilla//Sun In My Face (ft. Blu and Jontel)
20.Mayer Hawthorne//The Ills
21.Mayer Hawthorne//Just Aint Gonna Work Out
22.Mayer Hawthorne//Maybe So Maybe No

AWKWORD Featured on White Shadow "Victory" LP (Out Now)

To purchase the full album, click the cover image below...



TRACK LIST:

1. Melle Mel - The Rap Game
2. Seven - Dark Side
3. Sadat X & KHB - It's The Crew Again
4. AWKWORD, Block McCloud & Pace Won - Before
5. Bawston Strangla - Gotta Do
6. Craig G, The Grindhouse Gang, Strick (EMC) - Victory
7. The Pizdamen - All My Friends
8. IDE & Alucard - Verbal Assault
9. Infinito 2017 - Classic Regulations
10. Mark Deez, Powder, Main Flow & Nato Caliph - Straight Bars
11. Ripshop - You Don't Want
12. The Grindhouse Gang - Ready For War
13. Infinito 2017 - Rap Thugs
14. AWKWORD, Castro (Suicide Squad), and Block McCloud - Wild Wild East
15. The End (Instrumental)

Various & H. Fraud - "B4" (EP)

One of hip hop's most unique MCs, the melodic, multi-syllabic BLESTeNATION veteran Various joins forces with H. Fraud (aka Dirty Harry), one of hip hop's hottest up-and-coming producers and the man behind "New York Minute".

Click the pic of Various for the free album download...

The White Shadow of Norway shouts out AWKWORD for hooking up dope verses from AWKWORD, Pace Won, Block McCloud and Castro to match with his ill beats for his upcoming album.

Platform8470 Interviews The White Shadow of Norway: Victory!

Victory features two tracks from AWKWORD, as well as guest appearances from Craig G, Melle Mel, Pace Won, Main Flow, Block McCloud, Strick (EMC), and more. For the album cover art and full track list, please see below. Note: A link to purchase will be added to this past when the album drops.

INTERVIEW EXCERPT:

Question. You succeeded again in gathering a tremendous list of guests. Please tell us how you got to hook up with some of those legends?

Answer. That's usually a lot of networkin', plus a little money, and hard work, but this time it was easy. I'd say most of it happened by accident as I ran into people online when I was really just hangin' out, and some of the artists ended up on my album because of good friends who had connects too. I would especially like to thank The Pizdamen, KHB, AWKWORD, and Mark Deez for the hookups. I'm working on the follow up to Victory already, and that's much because of them. I would also like to thank Craig G for the professional, and super fast work on the crazy dope verse he hooked me up with. Craig G is a legend, and it was an honor to work with him.

FULL INTERVIEW:

For the full interview, click the album cover below.



TRACK LIST:

1. Melle Mel - The Rap Game
2. Seven - Dark Side
3. Sadat X & KHB - It's The Crew Again
4. AWKWORD, Block McCloud & Pace Won - Before
5. Bawston Strangla - Gotta Do
6. Craig G, The Grindhouse Gang, Strick (EMC) - Victory
7. The Pizdamen - All My Friends
8. IDE & Alucard - Verbal Assault
9. Infinito 2017 - Classic Regulations
10. Mark Deez, Powder, Main Flow & Nato Caliph - Straight Bars
11. Ripshop - You Don't Want
12. The Grindhouse Gang - Ready For War
13. Infinito 2017 - Rap Thugs
14. AWKWORD, Castro (Suicide Squad), and Block McCloud - Wild Wild East
15. The End (Instrumental)

All Beats, Production, and Cuts by The White Shadow Of Norway.

Special Thanks:
Creator, family, and friends for the love, and support.
All the featured artists for the skills, and contributions.
Pizdamen, Awkword, and Mark Deez for the hookups.
Wulf for the artwork.
© Uncut Productions - 2009.

More Hip Hop Violence... And We Wonder Why We're 'Notorious'

Two shot after Fabolous concert in Allentown, PA.

[Click photo below for more]


Fabolous was performing in promotion of his new album, Loso's Way, which (as of August 23, 2009) has sold nearly 180,000 copies in less than a month on the market -- despite mixed reviews.

[Click photo below to purchase]

VIDEO: "The Next 48 Hours With Fabolous PT3:
The Day After Album Release"


On Violence in Hip Hop
Why is it that we cannot get together anywhere, for anything, without shooting or stabbing each other?

Click here to read another TheBoombox.com article about the violence "caused" across the nation "by" the Notorious movie premiere.

[Click photo below to purchase]

Meanwhile, C-Murder received an additional 10-year sentence today for two attempted murders in a Baton Rouge nightclub -- this, on top of the life sentence he received on August 12, 2009, for the shooting that killed 16-year-old Steve Thomas in 2002. (This, despite juror with deciding vote not being sure of his guilt; and his friend already admitting to the murder.)

The AWKWORD Response
Coming Soon: AWKWORD - "Notorious" feat. Capital "X" and others; prod. by Saph of Malaysia. This song will appear on the upcoming AWKWORD World View album.