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Taylor Swift covers Marie Claire

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Yeah, I’m a Taylor Swift fan. Thought I’d share this article. This is straight from marieclaire.com:  

Earlier this week, Reba McEntire talked about the music industry and people in country music she looks to for inspiration and she mentioned you.
Wow. That’s the coolest thing I’ve heard in a really long time! It better be true! Reba is absolutely one of my favorite people on this planet. I think that when you’re making your way up in the music industry you have all these heroes and the reasons why they are your heroes. As soon as you get into the industry your guidelines change a little bit. For me, my heroes now are great people first and great artists second. People on that list are Garth Brooks, Reba McEntire and Faith Hill — people that I just feel strive to be great people and kind people first before anything else gets factored in. To hear something so wonderful from one of those people on that giant, huge, amazing list, that’s awesome. I love Reba! 

It seems like you’re going 100 miles an hour right now. Is this too fast or just right for you?
This is just right for me. I’m loving it. I played Atlanta last night and got in at 3 a.m. this morning and then went straight to the Convention Center to sign autographs for five-and-a-half hours and that’s the way I want to live my life. This is absolutely my favorite time of year. I remember when I was 14-years-old and was holding a clipboard interning at the CMA Music Fest, just feeling like if there was ever a chance that one day people would line up to have me sign something of theirs, then that would be a really, really good day for me. I’m really happy to say that today was that day and it’s so wonderful to get the chance to do this. 

Thanks to Twitter we know that you may be doing something with John Mayer and T-Pain. Could you talk about working with those artists, the freedom, and what’s that like for you creatively?
I love making new friends and I respect people for a lot of different reasons. For me, great music doesn’t just have to fall into one category or one genre and I love appreciating all kinds of music. Country music is obviously my favorite and that just goes without saying. But, I’ve always loved John Mayer and I think T-Pain is brilliant. Getting to work with people like that has been really, really fun for me. It’s something that I’ve always wanted to do and the fact that country radio has been so wonderful to me and has remained so true to me despite the fact that I’ve gotten to go and do all these things that I’ve dreamed about doing. It’s just been a really, really cool thing. 

Your music is so personal; it’s almost like writing in a diary. Do you remember the first time you performed and were you nervous that the person you were singing about was in the audience?
For me, writing a song, I sit down and the process doesn’t really involve me thinking about the demographic of people I’m trying to hit or who I want to be able to relate to the song or what genre of music it falls under. When I sit down and write a song the only person that I’m thinking about in that room is the person that I’m writing the song about and what I want them to know and what I wish I could tell them to their face, but I’m going to say it in a song instead. So, for me, music is really more about a diary and a confession. I love it. I love getting to say things to people that I wouldn’t say to them if I was standing face to face with them. Music is a way of verbalizing those things that I feel that I can’t say. 

What was the craziest thing you’ve had to sign?
I’ve had a lot of interesting things like a turtle shell with my face painted on it. That was the winning touch. My fans know me so well and they get me awesome presents. This girl brought me this bracelet [that I’m wearing] and I really like it. A lot of the jewelry that I wear are fan gifts because they’re so awesome and they give me great presents. 

Thousands of girls are running around in sundresses and cowboy boots. Is this a fashion phenomenon for you?
Yes! That’s awesome. I wasn’t trying to start anything. I wasn’t trying to make people dress a certain way, but seeing girls coming to my shows wearing sundresses and cowboy boots and curling their hair is one of my favorite experiences ever because I remember when I was weird for dressing the way that I dressed and I was weird for having curly hair. It’s really fun to see that I’m not that weird anymore. 

What do you do to keep from burning out?
As far as burning out, I get tired a lot, but I never get tired of it. I remember when I was a little kid and I used to sit there and think about how lucky I would be one day where people cared about the words that I wrote or how lucky I would be if someday I was just walking through the mall and saw some little girl walking by with my face on her t-shirt.  

When you spend so much time daydreaming about things like that, when that actually happens you don’t ever complain about it. When I go to a restaurant, yeah I know that a line is probably going to form in front of the table, but didn’t I always wish for that? Yeah, I did. So it’s like, I never want to be the girl who wanted something so bad her whole life and then gets it and complains about it. I’m not going to be that girl. 

Annie Reuter is a freelance writer and music blogger who covers concerts and music festivals around the country. In constant pursuit of the next show to attend and band to interview, Annie keeps up her own music blog, You Sing, I Write, where you can read more on the latest up-and-coming bands.  

  

 

The Twilight Saga continues…

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So not only did the female stars of Twilight, complete a new Vanity Fair photoshoot, but there’s a new book on the way which is a spin-off from the Twilight series.

Peep one of the photos from the shoot:

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In the photo are (and not necessarily in this order): Dakota Fanning, Ashley Greene, Nikki Reed, Elizabeth Reaser, Bryce Dallas Howard, and Julia Jones. This is for the July issue of the magazine.

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Okay, now more on to Stephanie Meyer’s new novella…it comes out on June 5th…here’ s a synopsis, straight from breetanner.com (the official site):

Fans of The Twilight Saga will be enthralled by this riveting story of Bree Tanner, a character first introduced in Eclipse, and the newborn vampire world she inhabits. In another irresistible combination of danger, mystery, and romance, Stephenie Meyer tells the devastating story of Bree and the newborn army as they prepare to close in on Bella Swan and the Cullens, following their encounter to its unforgettable conclusion.

Complex.com interviews Lyor Cohen

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I know, I know. Some of you are probably like, Vogue, who is he? Well, Lyor Cohen is one of the prominent figures in hip-hop if you ask me. If you’re a true hip-hop head then you definitely know his name. Back when Run DMC was on the scene, he was their road manager, not only that, he was also President of Def Jam at one point in time. Now, he’s the CEO of Warner Music Group.

A lot of people say that the music industry is moving toward music becoming free. Is that a viable model going forward?

Lyor Cohen: If it’s free, then how would record labels support paying their staff and signing new artists? I think it would be bad for culture and the art if artists and people who develop the apparatus to support those artists don’t get paid. How about this: Look at the vibe around the world about America and Americans after eight years of Bush. People who adored us and aspired to our democracy and our society turned their backs on us. Content that’s generated out of America, whether it be film or music, has, in my opinion, much greater impact in sustaining our credibility and our place as a cultural capital. This is our great export. 

What does it say that Gucci Mane, one of your biggest artists, made his name by releasing a slew of original material for free?

Lyor Cohen: Well, I’m not convinced he didn’t get paid, because a lot of those mixtapes were sold. I don’t doubt that mom and pop stores sold them, but a lot of people got them for free. That has more to do with some of the corrections that need to happen in our business and the delivery of our music, whether it be radio or new Internet programming. He may have been frustrated that he wasn’t able to get his music out. 

You’ve played an integral part in hip-hop for 25 years. Nowadays, people complain about the state of rap. What do you say to people who think hip-hop’s best days are behind it?

Lyor Cohen: I like moments of staleness and mildew, simply because it creates the lane for change. Remember when everything was full of color and happy-dappy when Bad Boy was running everything and then we came with DMX? Do you remember that summer? How excited people got? That’s my favorite moment—when I sit on a porch in the summertime and the air gets really thick. There’s no breeze. The birds start darting around. And then all of a sudden a violent storm comes through­—raindrops as big as cups; lighting and thunder. I know when things get stale there’s someone making an opportunity. Rap now is multi-generational, which has its own issues. My son is a big Cudi fan, but he does not like talking to me about Kid Cudi. 

It’s not like you don’t know anything about Cudi. Why wouldn’t he want to talk to you?

Lyor Cohen: Fuckin’ kids don’t want knowledge from their 50-year-old dad. Kids want to have their own shit. It doesn’t matter if I’m in the business. 

Speaking of new artists, many people were expecting Drake to sign with you at Warner Music. Did it disappoint you that he ended up going with Universal Motown?

Lyor Cohen: A very disappointing thing. But I’m a lover of rap music. I want good things to happen to this industry. I have so much good fortune and already have everything. I feel like we have a terrific company, and we’re very old-school in that once we grip someone’s hand, fundamentally we believe that’s a deal. But that’s not this generation. They’ll grip someone’s hand and say they’re coming, but if someone offers them more they will renege. That’s not how we get down. 

Did Drake do that?

Lyor Cohen: I’ll keep that between Drake and myself. 

Have you met any young executives that you see a lot of yourself in?

Lyor Cohen: I haven’t. Only because this generation is handicapped by the era of excess. I grew up in an era of love and swimming upstream, determined to prove people wrong. We had chips on our shoulders, like, “We belong here.” But now it’s the most popular, biggest segment of the industry. We’ve had a decade of private planes and Maybachs. That’s not the era that I came from. The era I came from, I had zero expectation that I was going to make any money. I was determined to prove to the gatekeepers of the industry that we had a place here and we weren’t going to relinquish our opportunity. I never had to keep up with nobody because we were all on subways. So it was never like, “My subway is bigger and flyer than your subway.” And there was a real fraternal order. We were backstage with Andy Warhol, Jean-Michel Basquiat, and Keith Haring, and we had zero fucking money. But everybody wanted us in the VIP room because we were doing something that was so important to them. People understood that it wasn’t if it was going to happen, it was when it was going to happen. 

 

Sneak Peek of the Barbie in VIBE…

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This is straight from vibe.com:

“People don’t get when you’re off, or you’re having a bad day,” she says, obliquely referring to the photograph that bounced around the blogs of her hand- in-hand with Diddy, looking especially miserable. The speculation was inevitable: Had she been crying? Was she just tired? Are they doing it?


“When I grew up I saw females doing certain things, and I thought I had to do that exactly,” she says. “The female rappers of my day spoke about sex a lot . . . and I thought that to have the success they got, I would have to represent the same thing. When in fact I didn’t have to represent the same thing.”


“I’m not abandoning the funny voices. I just did a crazy tribute to ODB’s ‘Shimmy Shimmy Ya,’” she says, perfectly impersonating the late Wu-Clansman. “But it’s coming up more with the album. I had a teacher in elementary who would stand on her table and whisper. We’d all turn around like, ‘What is this lunatic doing?’ But she would achieve what she wanted. She wanted us to stop talking and listen. I feel like I need to mellow it down so people can hear what I have to say.”

Kat Stacks gets slapped!!!!

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First off, I do not condone domestic violence and there is no BUTS about it. So apparently, Kat Stacks got into it with some guys and they asked her to apologize to Bow Wow & Fabolous. In case you don’t know, Kat Stacks is like Superhead No. 2. She has videos on the internet claiming to be “chumping” down all of our favorite rappers (including someone in the Black Wall Street camp-and the rapper denied even being with her-no, its not Game) such as Fabolous and Bow Wow.

This is what I found on allhiphop.com-

THE LOW DOWN ON KAT STACKS / FABOLOUS / BOW WOW

Apparently, Kat Stacks is going to sue Fabolous. I don’t know all the in’s and out’s with their relationship, but apparently, she made a plea to Fab NOT to release the video of her getting beat down by a person that is allegedly Paul Cain, Fab’s bro. This all went down in Atlanta at a bar. Not sure when. After Kat was slapped once, she was slapped again and then she fell. But, you know all of this, right? Her phone was taken from her too.

Kat Stacks levied down her accusations on Twitter:

yes its true @myfabolouslife sent people today to smack me up at the bar & they stole my phone & recorded it. i dare yall to blast it.”

” got my a** wooped? it was 2 n*ggas yelling @myfabolouslife & @bowwow name … im a female u got 2 n*ggas to hit me LOL lame.”

“i have no marks on my face .. they are lame”

Now, according to allhiphop.com, there is no factual information that states that the guy who slapped Kat Stacks is Fabolous’ brother. All Kat Stacks says is that it was somebody’s in Fabolous’ camp….You can see the video below. It’s not good footage, but its here…

Rap-Up talks to 50 Cent about “Black Magic”

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this interview is straight from rap-up.com:  

Is your next album still called Black Magic?
I started writing to a Black Magic concept before I left and since I’ve been back I’ve been writing in a different direction, so I’m not sure if it’ll be totally what I initially created. I’ll end up taking the best of everything. Since I came back off the [European] tour, I got bombarded with new production, so many good ideas in there that I started writing to another concept.  

So the album title could change?
Yeah, it could change—because it won’t be the same music. It’ll end up being something different. It may [stick] though ’cause I’m still writing.  

You once mentioned that you were experimenting with an uptempo, dance sound. Is that correct?
That was in reference to a song that I recorded while I was [in Europe]. I got a chance to hear the music that was playing out there prior to me coming there. It’s almost like when I come into the territory they change the music to 50 Cent music, so I’m saying, “What were you playing before I got here?” And this music was all fast, the tempo and production, it was just different. So I recorded a song with my actual band at the time ’cause I was traveling with them. I went to the studio and we recorded a song together that had that kinda tempo to it and I said this’ll work right now ’cause this is what they’re actually dancing to. But the whole album doesn’t have that actual feel. That song probably won’t even make the record. When I’m in the creative space, I start sorting through everything possible because I might find something that’s special in that area.  

How would you describe your latest direction?
It’s still got a soulful vibe to it and that’s why I called it Black Magic. I had some Marvin Gaye-inspired stuff, some things that content-wise would feel like something Curtis Mayfield would do from my perspective, and just the choices of how the cadences on the records were like performance music that they did in the past. It feels brand new. If I didn’t tell you it was inspired by that, you wouldn’t know that I got it from that. I didn’t say the same things that they said; it’s just my perspective on what they offered.  

Who are some of the producers you’ve been working with?
It’s been various. I’ll work to create a big enough portion of work that when I go to the producers that you would recognize immediately, they have something to top. Like this is where I started, now let’s go from there. Sometimes the newer producers have hit records. They don’t produce hit records as often as a Dr. Dre or a Timbaland or a Polow, but they make them. If you’re around the music enough to identify a hit when you hear one, then you can sort through it and find those special pieces. I usually write to music that inspires me to offer something. If I’m just sitting there, I don’t write a song because I can. Actually I did that with Dre a couple times. I walked in the studio and I said I’mma rap to the first beat that he put on so he can feel like we gettin’ the ball rollin’, and we just gon’ find that special record. On the first album, Get Rich or Die Tryin’, I only worked with Dre for four days. We recorded eight songs and I kept four of the eight songs. So it doesn’t take a long time for me to get it together if the right production is there.  

Does the album have a release date?
No, it doesn’t. I’m supposed to meet with Em about that actual release date. Eminem recorded two albums worth of material; it was Relapse and Relapse 2 and now it’s Recovery. He changed it and I’m not even sure if the music for Relapse 2 is ever gonna come out because he had a whole new idea that he wanted to write to, so he probably changed the whole album.  

–D.L.

New Mixtape: The Cool Kids “Tacklebox”

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I was wondering where Mikey Rocks and Chuck Inglish were…back on the scene with something supreme! Tracklisting straight from youheardthatnew.com…

1. Fishing Lessons (Produced By Chuck Inglish)
2. Flying Kytes (Produced By Chuck Inglish)
3. Freak City (Produced By Chuck Inglish & Old Young)
4. Neat (Feat. Tennille)
5. Going Camping (Produced By Chuck Inglish)
6. Volume II (Produced By Chuck Inglish)
7. Birthdays (Produced By Ski Beats)
8. Great Outdoors (Produced By Chuck Inglish)
9. Strawberry Girl (Produced By Chuck Inglish)
10. Systems (Produced By Chuck Inglish)
11. Good Afternoon (Produced By The Productionix)
12. Parking Lot (Produced By Chuck Inglish)
13. Summer Nights (Feat. Tennille) (Produced By Chuck Inglish)
14. Los Angeles Leakers (Outro) (Produced By Chuck Inglish)
15. Gettin’ Flick (Produced By Chuck Inglish)

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Download the mixtape here!

Essence.com- 10 Things You Should Know about Jamaica

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The reason I am posting this is because I’m thinking of changing the setting of one of my novels- its actually Diamonds N’ Roses, Book 5 of the Diamond Collection. I’m not sure if I want to move it to the Bahamas or Jamaica, but I’ll figure it out by the time I’m done rewriting and editing Black Diamonds (Book Four)….

Check out this article, straight from essence.com:

  • In 1655, England seized the island and a plantation economy based on sugar, cocoa, and coffee was established.
  • In 1834, the abolition of slavery freed a quarter million slaves, many of whom became small farmers.
  • In 1958, Jamaica joined other British Caribbean colonies in forming the Federation of the West Indies.
  • In 1962, Jamaica gained full independence when it withdrew from the Federation
  • The roots of reggae music are fixed in slavery. Slave orchestras were formed by several of the richer planters. Rhythms, songs, and dances that are purely African have survived in rural Jamaica well into the twentieth century, according to “Reggae Bloodlines.” Think Bob Marley or Jimmy Cliff.
  • Every year poets and writers from around the world gather to attend a literary festival held in Jamaica called, “Calabash International Festival.”
  • According to CIA World Fact Book, the cycle of violence, drugs, and poverty has served to impoverish large sectors of the populace. Many rural and resort areas remain relatively safe and contribute substantially to the economy.
  • Jamaica is a tourist-friendly country. In fact, the New York Times reports, Kingston has been called the nerve centeof Jamaica, offering strip-mall-like boulevards to a Spanish Court hotel.
  • Jamaican alleged drug lord Christopher “Dudus” Coke is described as one of the world’s most dangerous drug lords by the United States Justice Department.
  • Supporters of alleged drug lord “Dudus” took to the streets of Kingston, Jamaica to protest of the government’s decision to extradite him to the United States to face drug trafficking and gun charges. Many believe he has had a greater influence on the people of Jamaica than the government.

It’s Not Over…it’s just a bigger Family Tree

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Yeah, in case you haven’t heard, Neffe and Solo are coming back to the small screen with their new reality show, Neffe and Solo Family Tree. I don’t know if the show is going to be on BET or not- let me check bet.com- BRB- well, no signs of it. oh well…

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Vibe.com speaks to Farrah Franklin…

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This is straight from vibe.com:  

If anyone knows a thing or three about why girl groups break up, it’s Farrah Franklin. Since 15, the 29-year-old singer-turned-actress has experienced her share of ups and inevitable downs in her stints in all-female troupes Jane Doe, Destiny’s Child, and Pheenix. Though the pile of disbanded girl groups grows increasingly tall and leggy acts such as Electrik Red and Rich Girl struggle to find mainstream existence, Farrah believes any girl group can last with a bit of sound advice… as long as it’s not from a man named Matthew. —Tracy Garraud  

STAY ANTI-PREGGERS
“Be wary of boyfriends and the whole pregnant thing, because a lot of times when you get in a group, if someone has a boyfriend, they’ll kind of dictate what’s going on with that group member. So you want to be very wary of relationships. One of the things with the first group I was in, we had a rule that no one could get pregnant for the first two years. That was pretty much the main one… all of them have kids now. The thing is, if we’re in a group and Julia goes and marries little Barack Obama Jr. we can’t make any money because Julia’s our main singer and we can’t do the Destiny’s Child thing. You gotta make stuff work [because] people want to see you perform.”  

DON’T PULL A KNOWLES
“Naturally, you’re going to look out for your family. There’s a lot of things I didn’t understand at 18 and there’s a lot of things I knew, that [the girls] didn’t understand. [Hiring family] gives a little favoritism. [In Destiny’s Child] I felt like I was put aside… Matthew [Knowles] was our manager, then Tina [Knowles] did hair and styling, then our road manager was Beyonce’s cousin, then our assistant road manager was Beyonce’s other cousin, then we had an attorney that was Beyonce’s other cousin, and Solange that was traveling with us. Her whole family was on tour with them… If there was someone else I could’ve spoken to outside of the family, I think it would’ve been a lot better.”  

WATCH OUT FOR PORN STARS
“[One of Pheenix’s girls did porn] in the past, but no one had any knowledge about it. There was so much money put into the situation and the types of endorsements we were looking forward to getting, unfortunately we would’ve been able to get those types of deals without her having done that. The main thing is that she wasn’t honest. Everyone has a past, but I found out from a friend randomly calling me, like, ‘Yo, you need to come over, I can’t tell you I gotta show you.’ Background checks are very necessary because there was a lot of money spent on that deal… a lot of producers, a lot of time and guess who has to pay that back? And I was helping with managing the group, executive producing and consulting. So how the hell do I not know who my members are? It makes me look like I don’t know how to handle my business. People are like ‘If she’s doing porn then what is Farrah doing? Farrah went from Destiny’s Child to hanging out with porn members.'”  

 “If you’re getting in a [Destiny’s Child] type group, then that’s what you’re getting into. But if that wasn’t explained to you and there were some other things that could’ve been talked about like ‘How ’bout some people are able to sing this part’… you have to really understand what you’re getting into and what your role is. As long as everyone understands that then you can do well, but if you don’t understand that it can be confusing. Then later on you prove yourself even more and if they’re good people they’ll say ‘Hey, I know this wasn’t what we talked about, but you seem like you’re doing your thing and you can do this now.’  

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IF YOU’RE NOT THE BEYONCE, FALL BACK  

It was so crazy, because although Beyonce is who she is today, we were friends first and I was already doing my own thing. I already had a $650,000 house. I already had a Beamer and Benz. To be honest with you, my cars were better than theirs. That’s how I was meeting them. My man was a manager for K-Ci & Jojo, so we were well off, plus I was working three jobs on top of that, including modeling here and there. So I didn’t feel like the playing field was too much different. I’ve been doing this since I was 4-years-old. I was always the captain of my team, but I’ve also always been the new girl, being the military brat. When I got in the group I was happy. I wasn’t even thinking about [being the star]. I’m 18-years-old and I’m in Destiny’s Child! I’ve delt with bitches my whole life and I’ve never gotten paid for it. So you think I’m going to come in a group, get paid and have a problem? Oh no.”  

TALK IS FAR FROM CHEAP
“Communication [is the number one reason girl groups disband]. People feeling like they can’t express their feelings and then it leaves a lot of things left unsaid and ill feelings that are bottled up. Most of the times, management has a lot to do with it because they’re the ones managing the group. I’m even helping people consult right now and the whole thing is communicating. I don’t care how mad you are, you gotta talk about it so you don’t harbor emotions because that causes big problems. People start having problems when there’s not a good understanding. [In Destiny’s Child] I read a lot. I didn’t have anybody I could really speak to aside from my man.”

It’s Been Confirmed…

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Yep, now the rumors can stop. Swizz Beatz and Alicia Keys are engaged and expecting their first child. Peep this info, straight from people.com:

A wedding and a baby are on the way for Alicia Keys and Swizz Beatz.

The musicians “are expecting a baby and are engaged to be married in a private ceremony later this year,” reps for the couple confirm to PEOPLE.

The announcement comes after the two, together since fall 2008, attended Thursday night’s Black Ball in London, which benefits Keys’s Keep a Child Alive charity.

“They’re very happy,” says a friend of the couple.

Rapper Swizz Beatz (real name: Kasseem Dean), 31, has produced music for Keys, 29, and worked with artists including Jay-Z, Beyoncé, Jennifer Lopez and Gwen Stefani.

It will be the first marriage for Grammy-winner Keys – and their first child together. Swizz Beatz is father to Kasseem Jr., 3, and son Prince Nasir, 9, both from previous relationships.

Mixtape: T.I. “Fu**amixtape”

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01. Jamie Foxx – Intro
02. Welcome Back To The Trap (Prod. By Smash Factory)
03. Spazz Out (Prod. By Swizz Beatz)
04. Whatcha Saying Tip (Prod. By Chuck Diesel)
05. Yeah ft Lil Wayne (Prod. By Lil C)
06. Yeah Ya Know (Prod. By DJ Toomp & Lil C)
07. Once Upon A Time
08. Here We Go Again (Prod. By Timbaland)
09. Get Yo Girl Feat. Rich Kid Rashad (Prod. By Jim Jonsin)
10. Like So (Prod. By Lil C)
11. Gettin Paid (Prod. By Track Slayers)
12. Lil Duval – F*ck A Mixtape N*gga!
13. Really Livin Like That (Prod. By DJ Toomp)
14. Whether You Like It Or Not (Prod. By Amadeus)
15. Jamie Foxx – Shooting Range
16. No Competition Feat. Young Jeezy (Prod. By Black Mob)
17. Bitch Who ft Macboney (Prod. By Lil C)
18. Ready Set Go Feat. Killer Mike (Prod. By No I.D.)
19. Kevin Hart – F*ck A Mixtape
20. Celebration (Prod. By J-Rock)
21. Got Your Back ft Keri Hilson (Prod. By DJ Toomp) (Bonus)

I’m Going In: Kelis + Nas…

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Let me state this first. I am a fan of Kelis. Don’t get it twisted. Please don’t…but I have to say that I am honestly shocked and appalled at how much money she is receiving. HONESTLY. If you want the exact figures, please visit tmz.com or necoleb****ie.com.

As of right now, Nas owes Kelis almost 90,000 bucks in back child support and back spousal support. Then he has to pay her 10,0o0 a month in spousal support because he still owes her almost 300,000 bucks. WHAT?

Oh, not to mention, he has to pay her legal fees which is over 155,000 bucks.

Come on, now, this is ridiculous.

Wait, there’s more…he has to shelve out almost 50,000 in accounting expenses for her.

I mean, dang, what did Nas do during the marriage? Did he beat her? Did he cheat on her? We discussed this last night at work and one of my co-workers said that Kelis has to maintain her lifestyle which is why she’s getting so much money. First of all, Kelis has her own career. Yes, she may not be able to work as much because she has a child, but dang, how much $ do you need? I love Kelis, but I sympathize with Nas.

Yes, Nas needs to support his child, but how much money is Carmen getting for the daughter she shares with him?

A lot of women feel that Kelis deserves every penny, but for what reason? Yes, I’m a firm believer that she should get child support and maybe some spousal support, but DAYUUMS..

Btw, I read an article on nydailynews.com that reported that Nas was unable to make these payments because he owns 700,000 bucks to his manager and MILLIONS to the IRS. Ouch!~

You do the math. I’m through looking at the numbers.