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Thursday, June 24, 2010

THE INKREDIBLE TRUTH


July 22, 2009 was the second annual Trae Day, a day devoted to honoring Trae tha Truth, one of Houston's own rappers, known as much for his philanthropic efforts as for the menace in his lyrics.

Trae performs crowd favorite "Still Gets No  Love" in Austin.
Courtesy of Trae tha Truth
Trae performs crowd favorite "Still Gets No Love" in Austin.
Trae's son D'Neeko was born with a chromosomal  abnormality resulting in both mental and physical defects, as well as a  dramatically decreased projected lifespan.
Courtesy of Trae tha Truth
Trae's son D'Neeko was born with a chromosomal abnormality resulting in both mental and physical defects, as well as a dramatically decreased projected lifespan.

It was started the year before by then Mayor Bill White and the City of Houston — Trae became the first rapper in the city's history to earn his own day. A full-on family festival was organized by Trae's camp to crown the occasion, more than 10,000 people showed up to pat him on the back. It was a complete, unexpected success.

2009's Trae Day was to follow suit. And it mostly did. Mostly.

The second Trae Day was held in a TSU parking lot, this time with the attendance reaching up past 15,000. There were free pony rides, school supplies, moonwalks, HIV testing, immunizations and more. Trae financed a bulk of the event. Acclaimed rappers Rick Ross and Shawty Lo showed up to lend their support. So did Bun B, Slim Thug and a whole host of others.

The one flicker of disruption that occurred — a few kids tugging at a backpack that had been tossed into the crowd from the stage during one of the performances — was quickly snuffed out by Trae himself. For five and a half hours, there was no anarchy anywhere. And then it was everywhere.

At approximately 8 p.m., the fire marshal called a premature end to the celebration because of overcrowding. A snarl of traffic congested the surrounding streets. A sizable crowd, thick with children and teenagers, stood waiting in the parking lot for the traffic to die down. That's when Albert Walker Mondane and an unspecified number of others opened fire on them. Everyone scattered. Eight people were shot. The victims ranged in age from 14 to 21 years old.

Trae was both heartbroken and irate.

"I really hurt the most when I found out what happened," says Trae. "To see them kids' faces before, to know what it meant for them and to know what that meant for the city to have that day, for that to get overshadowed...I knew that's what was gonna be put out. I was pissed, but hurt more."

Trae spent the evening and following days conducting a hailstorm of interviews regarding the unfortunate ending to what was an otherwise fortunate day of communal merriment and pride.

He inevitably made his way in front of the DJs at the Madd Hatta Morning Show, the weekday morning team on KBXX (a.k.a. The Box), 97.9 FM, a Radio One-owned company operating as the only hip-hop and R&B station in Houston. The interview quickly grew cantankerous when on-air personality Nnete Inyangumia implied that Trae was at fault for the shootings, contending that acts of violence were inherent in his music.

Now, this isn't exactly an ­altogether off-the-mark observation.

Trae's music is significant for any number of reasons, but mainly this: It makes accessible not only the worst parts of the guts of a major American city, but also the psyche of a man intelligent enough to thrive there. To listen to it is to live on the 8900 block of Braeswood, except you don't have to worry about getting your shit took.

There is no better long-form example of this than Restless, his third official LP. There is an ambient feeling of depression throughout the album (though it's not driven by it). Even the songs that aren't explicitly about something awful happening to someone Trae loves — the Jim Jones-aided "Coming Around The Corner," "Pop Trunk Wave" and "Cadillac" — are tinged with just enough desolation that they seem to serve only as stopgaps between bouts of depression and suffering.

And if this were the only thing you knew about the album, or Trae for that matter, you'd be forgiven for assuming it would be good for nothing more than serving as the soundtrack to blowing your brains out. But Trae presents that despondency in an artful and willfully expressive manner.

Where many Houston MCs get lost in either the trappings of the city's caricatured regional culture or hard-life talk, Trae can talk about both worlds. He possesses the authority to talk about street life that Paul Wall doesn't have, as well as the unreserved cockiness to talk about fancy cars and jewelry, things street-talk legend Scarface has always avoided.

Trae is a hardened man, with the vast potential to be bulldozing when he chooses. That seems inarguable. He was caught in a minor controversy when he punched rapper Mike Jones in the nose at the Ozone Awards in 2007, a situation he later publicly apologized for. And violence, or any other aspect of inner-city life for that matter, is a natural subject of his music. But it's not a natural extension of it.

The remainder of that morning's interview played out in the same tense manner in which it began. Trae called back afterwards off the air to express his displeasure with the route the interview took. Still, three months afterwards, no one on either side appeared outwardly concerned with anything.

Enter The Incredible Truth.

The Incredible Truth is a mixtape Trae released in October of 2009. One minute and 24 seconds into the tape's sixth song, Trae lobbed a grenade at Nnete, rapping about her weight, "Look at you with your bad built ass, you're trash, so far gone you ain't even in the past. It's understood when I'm rolling on glass and the world hating on me like Nnete's fat ass."

Monday, June 21, 2010

K-YUNG OPENS FOR SLIM THUG


HUSTLE CITY CARTEL and CASHMATIC ENT in the "HOUSE"

WEDNESDAY JUNE 23 be at "THE HOUSE OF BLUES"

SLIM THUG LIVE also performing 4TH & INCHES and K-YUNG at THE HOUSE OF BLUES. Concert & After Affair featuring P.DIDDY'S MIKE THE DRUMMER, DJ LAROSE ROYCE & THE LEGENDARY DJ T.GRAY | Special Celebrity Appearances

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Friday, June 18, 2010

Adventures of TraeThaTruth Ep#3

#CantBanThaTruth Im proud that TRAE THE TRUTH IS FROM HOUSTON even though the radio has banned his music nothing seems to stop him from making power moves this nigga has his own cartoon called "The Adventures of Trae Tha Truth" KEEP DOIN YA THING

@TRAEABN


EPISODE 1


EPISODE 2


EPISONDE 3

Rapper Lil Boosie Indicted for First-Degree Murder; Death Penalty Possible, Says DA


BATON ROUGE, La. (CBS/WAFB) Baton Rouge-born rapper, Torrence Hatch, known to fans as Lil Boosie, was indicted by an East Baton Rouge Parish grand jury Thursday afternoon on a first-degree murder charge for his alleged involvement in a shooting incident in October that left one man dead, reports CBS affiliate WAFB.

According to District Attorney Hillar Moore, if convicted Hatch, who is already in prison for a probation violation, could face the death penalty.

Detectives told WAFB that Terry Boyd, 35, was shot to death on Oct. 21, when bullets were fired through a window of his Baton Rouge home. A grand jury also indicted Adrian Pittman, 36, and Michael Louding, 17, for first-degree murder in Boyd's death, said WAFB.

Hatch, 27, and his girlfriend Walnita Decur, 25, were also indicted on several drug-related charges.

This is not the first run in with the law for for the flashy rapper. In September, Hatch pleaded guilty to drug and gun charges after deputies confiscated marijuana and a gun from his car. Hatch is currently in jail for violating his probation in November for leaving his house, on more than one occasion, while sentenced to home confinement.

Hatch arrived on the music scene with his 2005 summer hit "Give Me That" and achieved subsequent commercial success with his pithy 2007 club anthem "Wipe Me Down." No trial date information has been released.

Thursday, June 17, 2010

THE SHOE PRINT LEAKED

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DJ Brandi Garcia

Fired From The Box


NOT BRANDI!!!!!!!!!!! NO!!!!!!!!!

Late Monday night a source close to the situation sent word to Rocks Off that Brandi Garcia, DJ at The Box for the past decade, had been terminated.

Victor Vital, Radio One's defense attorney for the Trae lawsuit, confirmed the firing Tuesday afternoon via email.

Allegedly, Garcia was terminated for playing a remix of Waka Flocka Flame's "O Let's Do It" which featured a verse from Trae. Vital would not get into specifics, responding only with "all employee discipline and terminations occur per established company policies and guidelines."

Garcia was also seen hat-tipping Trae at the recent Ludacris show and the recent Drake show.

We half jokingly wrote the following after the Luda show:

8:49: Uh-oh. While cutting through a mix of songs, Garcia let slip the first few seconds of Trae's "Grey Cassette." Wonder if she'll get fired to.

And this after the Drake show:

8:24: DJ Brandi Garcia is here DJing before the show kicks off. She announces, "I'm gonna bring out my good friend," then Trae comes rumbling out. This is the second time in the past few weeks we've seen Garcia co-sign for him; remarkable considering the Trae vs. The Box thing is still a hot talking point. Good for her. Or bad for her. Who knows anymore?

In case you're keeping count, that's now six Box employees that have allegedly fallen into the destruction path of the ban on Trae (the guys from The Kracker Nuttz, Michael Watts, DJ GT and now Garcia.)

"Which Box Employee Will Get The Ax Next?"

Jay-Z Covers Rolling Stone Magazine, Talks Leaving Def Jam | Get The Latest Hip Hop News, Rap News & Hip Hop Album Sales


Jay-Z Covers Rolling Stone Magazine, Talks Leaving Def Jam | Get The Latest Hip Hop News, Rap News & Hip Hop Album Sales


Rapper/entrepreneur Jay-Z was featured on the cover of the most recent issue of Rolling Stone magazine, which chronicles the artist's journey from the Marcy projects to the boardroom.

The article, simply titled "King of America," the larger-than-life entertainer covered topics ranging from his longevity in the game, his previous albums, and his and wife Beyonce's taste in art.

While several of these topics have been discussed before, Jay-Z opened up about his tenure as President of Def Jam. When asked which times at the label were frustrating, he repiled, "Honestly? All of them. The culture there has been institutionalized. You had record executives who've been sitting in their office for 20 years because of one act. 'But that's the guy who signed Motley Crue!' Seriously? That was fucking 25 years ago.

"When you look at what's happening, the record business is purging itself," elaborated Hov, pointing out that Def Jam oversaturated the market. "Def Jam released 57 albums one year. Are there 57 good artists in the world, let alone on one label? If you have 57 artists and four of them break, that's bad business. What a terrible model. I told them, 'How about this idea - instead of spending $300 million to break four acts, why don't you just give me a credit line, and I'll just do things. I won't make music. I'll go buy some headphones, or buy a clothing line, just be part of the culture.' But the money scared them off, because they're not used to thinking the way."



Tuesday, June 15, 2010

Eminem, Royce Da 5'9 & The Alchemist Freestyle On Tim Westwood

THIS IS A "CYPHER" TAKE NOTES!!!!!



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Tuesday, June 1, 2010

ACE CLOUD 9 MIX


ACE BOOGIES aka FRANK CASTLE is on CASHMATIC RADION for the CLOUD 9 MIX with DJ CHARLEE BROWN

NEW EPISODE OF CLOUD 9


Memorial day Mix of some tracks on my play list TUNE IN !!!!!

CLOUD 9 MIX

mon-thur : 9-11

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CHANNEL : PUBLIC ENEMY BROWN

CLICK ON BROWN TO TUNE IN ^^

K-YUNG NEW VIDEO LEAKED !!!!!



Hustle City/ Cashmatic Ent. has Just finished up K-Yung's new project "KUSH MUZIK" the mixtape this is the 3rd single off the tape called "THE BIGGEST MOVIE" feat. appearences by Cashmatic Ent. and Hustle City Cartel...... ENJOY