Obie Trice has released his first single on Shady Records, “Rap Name.” The track, which is produced by Eminem, will instantly catch people’s ears because it starts the with the snippet “Obie Trice, real name, no gimmicks,” that is heard at the beginning of “Without Me.” Very clever move on Em’s part. The track is classic Obie and has a very similar feel to his old stuff, that is a good thing…
Dres of Black Sheep made a surprise appearance at De La’s show in KC recently. He came on stage and performed “Flavor of the Month” and “The Choice is Yours.” Thanks to Andrew Miller for that info…
Skillz (formerly Mad) has a video for the lead single from his upcoming album. The video for “Crew Deep” shows skills in a room with stuffed heads mounted on the wall. Not deer heads though, rappers heads. Skillz says “they can be whoever you want them to be.” Trina, Knoc’Turnal, Master P, Baby, Chino XL, Fred Durst, Snoop, Eminem are among those who seem to be resembled by the heads. When asked about Em’s likeliness, Skillz said, “If Eminem wants to say something, it would be lovely. I can still add an answer record to my album.” That is one battle I would love to see, not to mention Chino XL and Skillz…
There are rumours that Cee-Lo will remain a solo artists and is no longer a part of Goodie Mob, say it ain’t so…
Speaking of break-ups, abstract crew the Anti-Pop Consortium has broken up. The three man crew, who has been together for 8 years, did not split on bad terms. They always planned on becoming solo artists…
In a piece of great news from hiphopsite, Styles of Beyond, who recently broke up, have gotten back together. Their 1998 album “2000 Fold” remains one of the most slept on records of all-time…
