All eyez are on Mobb Deep right now. Needless to say, Blood Money will make or mar the next generation of G-Uniters. Fingers crossed.

Give It To Me ft. Young Buck
Another joint featuring a 50 Cent-patented chorus? I don’t think this would sit well with Mobb’s core fans. Then again, G-Unit and Mobb Deep fans are probably the same people.

Blood Money Tracklist

1. Smoke It
2. Put ‘Em In Their Place
3. Stole Something (Feat. Lloyd Banks)
4. Creep (Feat. 50 Cent)
5. Speakin So Freely
6. Backstage Pass
7. Give It To Me (Feat. Young Buck)
8. Click Click (Feat. Tony Yayo)
9. Pearly Gates (Feat. 50 Cent)
10. Capital P, Capital H
11. Daydreamin’
12. The Infamous (Feat. 50 Cent)
13. In Love With The Moula
14. It’s Alright (Feat. 50 Cent & Mary J. Blige)
15. Have A Party (Feat. 50 Cent & Nate Dogg)
16. Outta Control (Remix) (Feat. 50 Cent)

Dave Chappelle Show without Dave Chappelle?

Call me crazy, but I think this is straight up neo-colonialism disguised as…never mind. Apparently, Dave signed a contract of some sort that’s still binding.

Related flick
Watch the episode where Dave considers leaving the show, featuring Big Boi and Nick Cannon.

I didn’t know R & B acts got down like that. It turns out money stopped streaking in from record sales, and someone needed a quick fix.
Washington Post says:

“The lawsuit claims Baker refused to pay Edmonds producer’s royalties equaling at least $100,000 from an estimated more than 500,000 albums sold.

Edmonds, 47, also alleges that he and Baker had an agreement to play four concerts together, but that Baker canceled two shows and refused to pay $150,000 for those dates.

“Artists are used to working with producers, making the albums and doing the paperwork later … It’s always an oral agreement in this business,” Edmonds’ attorney Howard King said Friday.”

A related note of warning to Kanye West

Dear Kanye,
Remember that one track The Game sold to you for $1? Make sure your attorney had you sign on all the signables, or it may materialize into a million dollar record when Fiddy finally blackballs Chuck Taylor (no homeo) and sends him on rap retirement…10 years from now.

your good friend,

Rizoh

Shots Fired - Jadakiss & Styles P

Yeah, I know…we’ve all been satiated by the flurry of 50 Cent disses firing off left and right. Turns out this is one song that actually deserves to be an official release somewhere. ‘Kiss and Styles are at their most pungent when they trade rhymes back and forth like Red & Meth. According to Eskay, this was supposed to be on SP’s “Time Is Money.”

Sometimes I wish for my demise I could kick it with Bugz - Proof (”Kurt Cobain”)

For those who weren’t fans of Proof but have suddenly jumped on the bandwagon now that he’s gone, I’ve put together a mini playlist in rememberance of D-12’s only legitimate wordsmith. Details of Proof’s shooting have emerged, and as my hometown newspaper rightly puts it: this affords mudslingers yet another opportunity to blame hip-hop for random violence and senseless, albeit un-related killings.

Turns out dude was a fun guy, he has just finish whooping Twista’s ass in the Snoop Dogg-commissioned Hip Hop Gaming League match-up. I was scavenging the site for Proof’s freestyle video, since the PR lady deleted my copy from her server (hi Jasmine).

Proof Playlist

What People Do for Money : An older track.

Runnin Yo! Mouth ft T-Flam: Shows off Proof’s emceein’ acumen.

Ja In A Bra’ :Tearing into Ja Rule during the Shady vs Inc debacle.

Clap Wit Me: One of my favorites off Searching for Jerry Garcia.

Forgive Me ft 50 Cent: An old 50 chorus is recycled here. This is vintage Proof otherwise. He pays homage to the D as always.

Slum Elementz ft T3: Proof + T3 = great combination.

I find it strange that Proof was chosen to be in Eminem’s “Toy Soldier” music video where he was killed violently. But what’s even more bizarre is the fact that he was on some suicidal-ready-to-die Biggie-type shit throughout his album Searching For Jerry Garcia, most notably on “Kurt Cobain.” For those who still wonder why Proof died the way he did, go listen to the intro to Searching For Jerry Garcia, then you’ll understand.

WTF is going on Detroit? This Sh*t is crazy.

Since when did b.s. like this become front page headline?!!??

On to more relevant news:
Lil Kim Says Inmates Are ‘Loving’ Her. Really?
Denver Nuggets Guard Shot (damn!)
Jay-Z Announces Nets’ Theme Song Winner
What the F**k is Condoleeza Rice Doing on A Piano?
Bubba Sparxxx Interview: Explains Timbaland Split
Eminem: I’m Not Retiring!
LL Cool J Interview (AHH)
Talib Kweli’s Latest Blog Entry
L.A. Councilman Offers $50,000 for B.I.G. Leads (Please start snitching)
One of My Favorite Groups, The Roots, Plan Benefit Concert for J Dilla
Scott Storch Launches Storchaveli Records - WTF!
Janet Jackson On Some Anna Nicole Smith Sh*t

I’m on my Pimp game lately. Pimp C owes Bun a lot for all those shout-outs that paved the way for him to be re-endorsed into the….well maybe he doesn’t. But, I’m keeping my fingers crossed for the next UGK album, because despite the extremely late adulation, the UGK of today < href="http://www.cheddardvd.com/">Cheddar