Snoop Dogg, who is down with both JD and Dre/Em/Xzibit has taken a fairly neutral stance on the beef. He did say that he doesn’t like them ganging up on JD and questioned why they don’t say shit to Suge Knight for his constant insults. I’m sure Dre remember how he got released from Ruthless, you don’t fuck with Suge…
Cormega has made a response to Nas’ “Destroy & Rebuild” (which was dope). “A Slick Respose” actually features Slick Rick (whom Nas imitates on his track), but there is no word on if Slick disses Nas as well. In any event, the song will not appear on Mega’s new album “The True Meaning.” He wants to build his identity away from Nas so you’ll have to check for this one on mixtapes and the Internet…
Rawkus will finally release the third installment of the Soundbombing series next week. MTV will be airing a special on the compilation series that deals with the evolution of the series as well as that of hip hop. It features interviews with various Soundbombing performers and others like, Talib Kweli, Mos Def, Pharoah Monch, Skillz, Dilated Peoples, De La Soul, The Roots, and Smif ‘n Wessun. It will air Monday June 3 at 2:30 am on MTV, June 4 at 12:30 am and 8:30 a.m. and Wednesday June 5 at 2:30 pm on MTV2. The lead single is “The Life” by Pharoahe Monch and Styles, it is ill…
Lastly, Ohio’s Lone Catalysts are working on their next LP and are looking for a release of February. The duo just released “The Catalyst Files” which is a collection of unreleased tracks and remixes. Producer J. Rawls also released his album with Five Deez’s Fat Jon called “3582 – The Living Soul,” which is tremendous. He will also be doing an instrumental album on Female Fun Music. His partner J. Sands will also be doing a solo album for release in 2002. Thanks to Matt Conway for that info…
