Weekly Rap Up (Edition #2) (12-06-07-12-12-07)

Busy busy week, I know I missed the Diggin In The Crates column last week but tomorrow, I'm going to be bringing you something real special, one of the greatest Hip Hop mixtapes of all time that a lot of people don't even have. You shall see. A lot of tragic things went down in Hip Hop starting at the beginning of the week with Pimp C dying and Spice 1 being in critical condition. Its a shame what happened to these brothers which should serve as a reminder for yall to play it safe for the holiday season. Don't go doing some crazy shit that won't only hurt yourself but will also hurt the people around you. With that being said, on to it.............

Prodigy Offered A Deal By Police To Set Up 50 Cent!!!

Taken from hnic2.com, Prodigy explains his case in an interesting blog entry where he breaks down why he got arrested and how the pigs tried to get P to set up 50 Cent. Craziness!! Its a must read:

"what up my people, thanks for signing up and supporting ya G. On oct.27th 2007 me and a bunch a my dudes took alchemist out for his birthday. we went to this club in manhattan where (shareefa) an r&b artist on D.T.P. was having an album release party. when we got to the front door they told us we had to buy 5 bottles for $1,600 in order to get in the party. while they were telling us that bullshit, i looked over to my left and noticed the hip-hop task force standing in the street staring at me. i noticed a couple of them cause they arrested me before and told me i should get used to seeing them cause they had been assigned to MOBB DEEP / G-UNIT. Anyway, after we were finish laughing at the door people for trying to charge us $1,600 we walked back to our cars and drove back to alchemist crib. we were 3 cars deep. my bulletproof suburban was in the front, my lil' cousin JM's drop top benz was behind me, and GODFATHER plus his team was behind us in a hummer. While we were driving, my lil' cousin JM called me and said that the D's just pulled him over so i told him to hit me back when they let him go. Meanwhile the rest of us stopped to get some food while we waited for him. 20min later JM never called back, so i called him. He said he was all good and they let him go so i told him to meet us at alchemist crib. Godfather and his peeps decided to leave, so now its just me and alchemist. When i got to alchemist block i did an illegal u-turn so i could catch a parking spot not knowing that the hip-hop task force was following me the whole time in a yellow N.Y.C. taxi cab. (the 6y cab) The D's jumped out and told me to roll down the windows, i told them the truck was bulletproof and the windows dont roll down, so they opened my door. they told us to step out and began searching us. thats when 2 more un-marked police car's pulled up and just watched. Then the 2 dicks that pulled me and al started searching my truck without asking wich is called ILLEGAL SEARCH. Right about this time my lil' cousin JM pulled up in his benz, parked and then he walked over to where the D's had us. JM looked over at me a said that the un-marked car across the street was the car that just pulled him over 20min earlier. Thats when i realized that they pulled my lil' cousin car over first cause they thought i was in that car. JM had the flashy rapper looking car, a drop top benz with tinted windows and chrome wheels. Really no surprise the pricks and dicks is grimey as fuck, but when i was in my cell later that night i saw the true devil come out these niggas. All night they tried to get me to set up 50 CENT, they wanted me to plant guns in his car, plant drugs, or arrange a buy&bust. I was shocked how many times they tried and how many different detectives and ATF agents they tried to send at me. It was crazy. Then to top it all off, the same arresting detectives from the 6y cab got on the stand in my trial and lied to the Grand Jury saying that they saw me put a gun in the console box of my truck. THIS NEVER HAPPENED....STRAIGHT LIE That ruined my illegal search case. The D.A. in my case name is ZELETTA that lil' bitch boy was gonna play all my videos for the Grand Jury and paint a picture for them that woulda made me look like i was criminaly insane and a menace to society. i had to cop out to a 3 1/2 year sentence other wise i would have lost and got 15 years. I been threw alot of cases, Murder cases, Guns, Grand Theift, ect. I got away with so many crimes it's incredible. so me doing 3 1/2 aint shit compared to what i deserve. my time begins on JAN.9th so as i write this blog i got lil' over 20 days left on the street. i'm out here working hard as hell yo!!, i shot a video for every song on HNIC2 and also im shooting a reality show, all of wich will be on the FREE P DVD that come for free with my HNIC2 album. well thats all for now just had to get that out. i'm gonna be typing another blog about HNIC2 later tonight breaking down all the topics i'm touching on this time around. This is definitly gonna be a world changing revolutionary album. YA BOY P ON HIS SHIT RIGHT NOW check you later" - PRODIGYhnic2

Speaking of Prodigy, In March, Prodigy is dropping his sequel to H.N.I.C 2 which I've been waiting for for quite some time. I don't know about yall but in my opinion, "H.N.I.C" is a classic and I expect no less with this one. I had lost hope on P for a while but after hearing some of the stuff on H.N.I.C 2, I gotta say P might be back on his shit especially after hearing a song called "My World Is Empty Without You" where P touches on political issues, racism, etc.

You can download that song here: Prodigy - "My World Is Empty Without You"

His first single off the album "ABC's" already has a video out that has been circulating online, you can see the video below:




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Jay-Z Leaving Def Jam?!?

Talks of Jay-Z leaving Def Jam have been going around like crazy this past week. Sources at or close to the label say "He wanted big, big money that was way out of sync with the realities of today's record business."

However, Jay-Z said recently in Entertainment Weekly: “Yeah, I think — I don't know. Let me not even say that. I don't know. We'll see how it goes. But seriously, it's not about money. That's really the last thing. Of course, as a person that does these type of things and puts his heart and soul into it — and it's effective, as the Grammys would indicate — you want to be compensated for what you do. But it's really not about money. It's really about the future of the music business, and not wasting anyone's time. I don't ever want to sit in a seat just to sit in a seat. I could be off doing something else that's beneficial to the future of the music business as well as myself. So it's not about money! I mean, you couldn't pay me enough. And I don't mean that in a cocky way.”

His contract runs out at the end of the month, a final decision still hasn't been made. Jay-Z's departure from Def Jam is defintely something we don't need right now. I mean, hes running arguably, the best Hip Hop label going right now where we saw GREAT albums from Ghostface, Kanye, Freeway, Redman (minus some of those whack beats he picked), and even the man Jay himself. He's doing a great job controlling the Def Jam empire and whos going to step in and do Jay's job if he does leave? L.A. Reid?!? If that happens, I promise you Def Jam will be done. L.A. Reid is not Hip Hop!!!!! So, Jay if your reading this (Kas prays haha), DO NOT leave Def Jam!! Hip Hop needs you to stay there especially after that Ghostface album. What major label especially one as big as Def Jam would authorize something that is as real and pure as Ghost's album to hit the streets. Come on!!! JAY-Z FOR PRESIDENT!!

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Alchemist Prepping New Album "Chemical Warfare"



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IGT (Ill Gotten Team) - Alpha and Omega



Download Here: http://www.mediafire.com/?63uhb3t1num


Alright, I know what most of yall are thinking these 3 questions:

#1 - Who the fuck is IGT?!?
#2 - How come theres no album cover?!?
#3 - Why should I check out this album?

#1: IGT is a 4 man group who was signed to Loud Records from 1998 to 2001.

#2: "Alpha And Omega" was never released due to the closing of Loud Records in 2001, so this isnt necessairly something you can sleep on but at the same time, if it did come out, I think people still would have slept cause IGT wasnt exactly the most prominent group on Loud Records at the time.

#3: On production alone, you should check this album out. I mean we are talking production from Pete Rock, The Alchemist, Large Professor, Ez Elpee, and Mahogany. TRUST ME!! This may be the only time you ever see this album available. I spent 3 years of my life looking for this album.

Need I say more?!?

Why the large font? CAUSE YALL NEED TO STOP SLEEPING AND WAKE UP AND DOWNLOAD THIS MASTERPIECE!!!!!

You can check out IGT on My Space and what they are currently doing at: http://www.myspace.com/igtmusic

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Local Spotlight: WMS The Sultan


Producers are really doing it big out here. Gotta tip my hat off to WMS, I know what its like to get your beat placed somewhere major and Joe Budden's "Mood Musik 3" is DEF. MAJOR!!! You can gurantee most Hip Hop fans from the streets to the bloggers are gonna be bumping that joint. WMS has 4 beats on the project including "Talk 2 Em", "Dear Diary", "5th Gear", and "Roll Call" (which is featured on his website right now for your listening pleasure).

Check out WMS on the web at: http://www.wmsbeats.com/

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Shoutouts to: All the haters, the loyal readers, repdabean.com, the bostonrap.com message boards, facebook.com, myspace.com, everywhere that allows me to promote this blog. Good looks on the platform!

Until next week, I'm out....PEACE!!!

Remember though, tomorrow, for my "Diggin In The Crates" column, I'm hitting you with one of Hip Hop's most classic mixtapes ever that some of yall dont even have a copy of or can't obtain a copy of! Its gonna be major!!!!!