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		<description>Wu-Tang Corp. is the only official website for the multi-platinum rap group Wu-Tang Clan and all its members and affiliates. We offer loads of audio and video downloads, other goodies, an extensive discography, an active community with thousands and thousands of members.</description>
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			<title><![CDATA[RZA dropping knowledge on DJ Derezon's free mixtape]]></title>
			<link>http://www.wutang-corp.com/forum/blog.php?b=66</link>
			<pubDate>Wed, 27 Aug 2008 09:16:56 GMT</pubDate>
			<description><![CDATA[Germany based DJ Derezon presents a free mixtape with Wu-Tang bangers hosted by Wu-Tang Clan's abott RZA aka Bobby Digital who's sharing 14 never...]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<div><font color="White">Germany based DJ Derezon presents a free mixtape with Wu-Tang bangers hosted by Wu-Tang Clan's abott RZA aka Bobby Digital who's sharing 14 never before heard inside stories about tracks like "Full Clip" oder "Nas is like". Definitely worth downloading.<br />
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<font color="White"> Download: <a href="http://www.zshare.net/audio/17439791bcb4ac55/" target="_blank">http://www.zshare.net/audio/17439791bcb4ac55/</a></font><br />
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<font color="White"> Special Thanks to DJ Derezon <a href="http://www.soundscanradio.de/" target="_blank">http://www.soundscanradio.de/</a></font></div></div>

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			<title>Raekwon is talking OB4CL 2 on Karmaloop TV</title>
			<link>http://www.wutang-corp.com/forum/blog.php?b=65</link>
			<pubDate>Sat, 02 Aug 2008 15:27:37 GMT</pubDate>
			<description><![CDATA[Wu-Tang's Raekwon provides insight on the status of highly anticipated next album "Only Built 4 Cuban Linx 2" in a two parted video interview. 

In...]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<div><font color="White">Wu-Tang's Raekwon provides insight on the status of highly anticipated next album "Only Built 4 Cuban Linx 2" in a two parted video interview. <br />
<br />
In part 2 of his KarmaloopTV segment, Raekwon gives his opinion on this generation's rappers.<br />
<br />
<b>PART ONE</b></font> <br />
<b><a href="http://www.karmaloop.com/tv/index.html?bcpid=1287040724&amp;bclid=1295326981&amp;bctid=1691067558" target="_blank">http://www.karmaloop.com/tv/index.ht...tid=1691067558</a><font color="White"><br />
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PART TWO</font><br />
</b><b><a href="http://www.karmaloop.com/tv/index.html?bcpid=1287040724&amp;bclid=1295326981&amp;bctid=1691067561" target="_blank">http://www.karmaloop.com/tv/index.ht...tid=1691067561</a></b><br />
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<i><font size="1">thanks to Chelsea from <a href="http://www.karmaloop.com/tv/index.html?bcpid=1287040724&amp;bclid=12953269" target="_blank">KarmaloopTV</a></font></i></div>

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			<title><![CDATA[****LORDS OF THE LOFI MEETS THE WU CORP ARMY MIXTAPE[free Download]***]]></title>
			<link>http://www.wutang-corp.com/forum/blog.php?b=64</link>
			<pubDate>Tue, 29 Jul 2008 20:14:06 GMT</pubDate>
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RELEASE DATE: 7/28/2008<br />
TRACKS: 16<br />
FILE SIZE: 91 MB [320KB AUDIO QUALITY]<br />
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TRACKLISTING<br />
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1. BLACKBELT INTRO <br />
100 PROOF &amp; GRAVEYARD SHIFTER<br />
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2. NEEDLE SWORD <br />
SKAMPOE, JIGSAW, H. NOTIK &amp; ICABOD CHANG<br />
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3. ABBOTT VS NINJA <br />
LORD ZERO, ILL TRAGEDY &amp; STYLEMASTER<br />
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4. 18 STYLES<br />
ERN DAWGY, SHINOBI IRONFIST &amp; ICABOD CHANG<br />
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5. FIST OF THE GOLDEN MONKEY<br />
TECHNICIAN &amp; STYLEMASTER<br />
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6. LYRICAL CHESS<br />
SINAPSE &amp; MAX MUNCH<br />
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7. WORLD OF KUNG FU<br />
IMPERIAL SKILLZ EMPERA, SKAMPOE, JIGSAW &amp; MAX MUNCH<br />
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8. LO-FI KICK DIRTY PUNCH<br />
SHINOBI IRONFIST, LORD ZERO &amp; ERN DAWGY<br />
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9. 8-BIT EXPERT<br />
SINAPSE &amp; LORD ZERO<br />
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10. ACKNOWLEDGED MASTER<br />
MAXIMUS DA MANTIS, 100 PROOF &amp; ERN DAWGY<br />
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11. MONKS WINE<br />
SINAPSE, MAXIMUS DA MANTIS &amp; DEVAMPS<br />
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12. NINJA POWER<br />
JIGSAW, SKAMPOE &amp; MAX MUNCH<br />
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13. DRAGON SPIT<br />
MAXIMUS DA MANTIS, SHINOBI IRONFIST &amp; LORD ZERO<br />
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14. WILD OX<br />
STYLEMASTER &amp; H. NOTIK<br />
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15. UNKNOWN KUNG FU<br />
100 PROOF, ERN DAWGY &amp; ICABOD CHANG<br />
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16. WISDOM CHAMBER<br />
MAXIMUS DA MANTIS &amp; TECHNICIAN<br />
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ALL TRACKS PRODUCED BY LORD BEATJITZU<br />
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			<title>LaDainian Tomlinson Suspended for Throwing Up Wu-Tang Sign</title>
			<link>http://www.wutang-corp.com/forum/blog.php?b=63</link>
			<pubDate>Thu, 17 Jul 2008 07:52:22 GMT</pubDate>
			<description>The NFL announced Wednesday that they would be investigating players who throw up alleged gang signs during games.

After many tapes watched by Milt...</description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<div>The NFL announced Wednesday that they would be investigating players who throw up alleged gang signs during games.<br />
<br />
After many tapes watched by Milt Ahlerich, the league's vice president of security, he declared that LaDainian Tomlinson was throwing up too many Wu-Tang Clan signs after first downs and touchdowns. The NFL has announced that LaDainian Tomlinson will be suspended for the first two games of the 2008 NFL season for his actions.<br />
<br />
&quot;The league does not approve of LaDainian's actions and holds him to a higher standard. We have repeatedly told 'LT' of these actions, but he just continued to keep showing the sign. The NFL needed to take action and show that we will not tolerate this, even from one of the best in the game,&quot; Ahlerich said in a statement.<br />
<br />
LT, meanwhile, was available for comment when I ran into him at a record store in downtown Chicago, looking for Wu-Tang Clan's Greatest Hits. <b>&quot;Man, everyone knows that Wu-Tang Clan ain't nothin' to f*** with. I just love to show my appreciation for the best rap group of all-time,&quot;</b> he said.<br />
<br />
I agree with LT on this one, and he even pointed out that &quot;cash rules everything around me.&quot; Hopefully he doesn't start complaining about his contract and miss training camp.<br />
<br />
AJ Smith, the Chargers' General Manager, said, &quot;The Chargers' organization is thoroughly disappointed in LaDainian's actions. We have warned him before, but he just kept saying that [the Wu-Tang Clan] ain't nothin' to f*** with and that we needed to chill out.&quot;<br />
<br />
After asking about what the future holds for the former MVP, Smith said, &quot;Maybe if we get him out of [San Diego], he can maximize his potential and play at a high level.&quot; So, now, what does the future hold for Tomlinson? Only time will tell.<br />
<br />
source: <a href="http://bleacherreport.com/articles/38322-ladainian-tomlinson-suspended-for-throwing-up-wu-tang-sign" target="_blank">www.bleacherreport.com</a></div>

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			<title>Bu-Xi</title>
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			<pubDate>Sun, 06 Jul 2008 05:55:36 GMT</pubDate>
			<description>I thought I knew what boogie was, but I was wrong.
I was walkin downtown and I happened to be walking next to this woman that reminded me of one of...</description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<div>I thought I knew what boogie was, but I was wrong.<br />
I was walkin downtown and I happened to be walking next to this woman that reminded me of one of my exes (short, dark, top heavy, jamaican-lookin, SEXY!). I didn't say anything to her, but she kept giving me the eye. She eventually stopped me a light and asked for directions to some place on sixth and State. I tell her how to get there and we end up talkin. Turns out she's from Kansas(?) and ended up in Chicago after she passed the bar. She's actually on her way to meet her friend for a birthday celebration at some uppity bar.<br />
I'm bored, so I figure if nothing else I can get drunk and nail somethin in the process.<br />
Didn't happen.<br />
I'm a cool dude. I can get along with most people. But I can't stand uppity folks. I don't care what color you are. If money, name brand shit, and material things are your focus, I have nothing in common with you and we have no business exchanging ideas. I value knowledge and people of worth.<br />
That's just how I feel tho.<br />
I felt like I was the black guy on an old episode of the Real World. I'm surrounded by idiots talkin about nothin and I couldn't stop laughing! lol. I don't know why, but I thought they were so funny. I make less than 30 thousand a year while these hos made in excess of fifty and they had the nerve to complain that their phone bills were two bills and they had to pay more than five for her new purse.<br />
WHAT?!<br />
At some point I had to ask myself if this was really worth my time and I decided that it wasn't, so I dipped the first chance I got. Kansas was a little salty, but I didn't give her much of a chance to protest.<br />
I could have nailed her and dickmatized her into hookin me up with some expensive shit, but I value my time more than that.<br />
It was interesting tho. lol</div>

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			<title>Download the free ALMIGHTY mixtape!</title>
			<link>http://www.wutang-corp.com/forum/blog.php?b=61</link>
			<pubDate>Tue, 01 Jul 2008 12:18:28 GMT</pubDate>
			<description><![CDATA[M-Eighty just released a free mixtape on his myspace blog to promote the upcoming album "The Almighty" feat. Killah Priest, Bronze Nazareth, C-Rayz...]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<div>M-Eighty just released a free mixtape on his myspace blog to promote the upcoming album &quot;The Almighty&quot; feat. Killah Priest, Bronze Nazareth, C-Rayz Walz, Son One, M-80 &amp;<br />
5-Star. You can find the download here <a href="http://rapidshare.com/files/125397457/Almighty-Original_S.I.N_Mixtape.zip.html" target="_blank">http://rapidshare.com/files/12539745...xtape.zip.html</a> or check M-Eighty's myspace <a href="http://www.myspace.com/holytoledoproductions" target="_blank">http://www.myspace.com/holytoledoproductions</a>.<br />
<br />
<img src="http://www.feelthebuzz.net/m-eighty/MixtapeBack.jpg" onload="if(largerThan(this.width,600)) {this.width=600;this.alt='Click here to see a large version';}" onmouseover="if(this.alt) this.style.cursor='pointer';" onclick="if(this.alt) window.open('http://www.feelthebuzz.net/m-eighty/MixtapeBack.jpg');" border="0" /><br />
<br />
Almighty, the Wu-Tang Clan affiliated supergroup consisting of Wu-Tang<br />
affiliates Killah Priest, Bronze Nazareth, C-Rayz Walz, Son One, M-80 &amp;<br />
5-Star, offer their debut collaborative effort: &quot;Original S.I.N.<br />
(Strength in Numbers)&quot; on July 22nd on Babygrande Records.</div>

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			<dc:creator>NEWS</dc:creator>
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			<title>Chinese Proverbs</title>
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			<pubDate>Thu, 26 Jun 2008 07:54:02 GMT</pubDate>
			<description><![CDATA["Be careful what you wish for..."

I know all of you have heard this one before (and been knocked out by it). I just got bit in the ass with this...]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<div>&quot;Be careful what you wish for...&quot;<br />
<br />
I know all of you have heard this one before (and been knocked out by it). I just got bit in the ass with this one.<br />
<br />
To keep myself from doin shit I don't have any business doin I got a job at a company called AfterHours. Not a strip joint. It's a tux rental. Believe it or not I just fell into the shit.<br />
I was workin at macy's? carson's? some dept store joint and one of my ex's friends told her about an interview (the manager was his buddy and was just gonna give him somethin to do for the summer) he had something else to do and I went instead. Been doin this shit for three years now. Easiest job I've ever had.<br />
<br />
Men's WearHouse just bought our company in Jan and I switched stores (transfer with promise of promotion...yippee.).<br />
<br />
Gravy right? Naw.<br />
<br />
I'm the only brother in the store.<br />
It's bad enough I gotta shuffle and put the diction on em (you should see their faces when I shine on em!lol) but now it's worse: I just bought my first suit today.<br />
<br />
As an aside, a little about me:<br />
I got suspended from seventh grade cuz I wrote an essay on the black man's superiority based on a book by Anthony Browder. I'm not racist, just prejudiced; I prefer colors other than pink. I just began to practice being nonjudgemental based on one's skin tone alone, but it's hard after doin it for so long. Even though this is supposed to be America, there are many cultures rubbing elbows (I'd rather rub my own most of the time; my circle is small) and being immersed in this white business culture is trying at times.<br />
<br />
And now I dress like a corporate stooge at work,  at a job I've earned and many would be happy to have during these tryin times...and I'm complaining. WTF!?<br />
<br />
This job was supposed to be a steppin stone for me to put my wife (now ex) thru school so she could get her career started, then I'd be able to get my degree. Now Majesty is the motivation (my daughter is named Majesty). I've been workin on the same multimedia project for two years and I'm not even close to bein done with it.---I can't draw or program but i wanna do it as a game and graphic novel series. I need to finish writin it so I can get it illustrated and all that other shit, but I been consumed by music.<br />
I don't even wanna be a rapper but this shit keeps callin me man, it keeps callin me. LOL<br />
<br />
It's whateva tho.<br />
I'm gonna look at is as me gradually widening my creative circle in all directions at once and just stay focused on my goals.<br />
<br />
I am not alone.<br />
<br />
There are many others all workin for the good of the Wu-Tang...</div>

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			<title>Wow 1st blong</title>
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			<pubDate>Mon, 23 Jun 2008 00:25:02 GMT</pubDate>
			<description>dno realy what a blog is ment for.
guess im suposed 2 write evry thing i do in here am i ? ud like that wouldnt u wu-corp...

im sure u would

iv jus...</description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<div>dno realy what a blog is ment for.<br />
guess im suposed 2 write evry thing i do in here am i ? ud like that wouldnt u wu-corp...<br />
<br />
im sure u would<br />
<br />
iv jus rolled a joint and iv got<br />
a big fuckin ham bagget downstairs so im sweet for the rest of the night...<br />
<br />
peace motherfuckers</div>

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			<title><![CDATA[Snoop Dogg - Ego Trippin']]></title>
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			<pubDate>Fri, 20 Jun 2008 22:50:29 GMT</pubDate>
			<description><![CDATA[*GENERAL REVIEW
*
Although he didn't have enough force to pull off an album without guest appearances (as he first intended), he did keep guest...]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<div><b>GENERAL REVIEW<br />
</b><br />
Although he didn't have enough force to pull off an album without guest appearances (as he first intended), he did keep guest appearances on the minimum. He was also &quot;overseeing&quot; the music  of the album with teaming with living legends of rap beatmaking, DJ Quik and Teddy Riley - &quot;QDT Music&quot;. Wow, too good to be true!<br />
<br />
And it is too good to be true. Quik, Teddy and Snoop did produce the large part of the record - including all better songs from the album - but the rest is again left to outside producers of the day. It could be expected, and it didn't come as good as it could be if Snoop really kept this album as his ego trip.<br />
<br />
After four extremely enjoyable songs in the beginning of the album, made from similar artistic personalities, experimental but easy-going and slick, album suddenly loses its focus. Snoop tried to put in, at the same time, retro 80's-sounding songs, Dirty South beats and his ventures into singing (&quot;Sexual Eruption&quot;, Prince cover and country song). Pretty much of a variety, right? Way too much for keeping the album on point made by introductory songs.<br />
<br />
So now we have a, by today's standards, a very creative album with too much flaws to be anywhere near classic status. Snoop tried to show his greatness by trying way too many styles for twenty-one tracks, and it ended with a feeling that he spread himself too thin for having a true substance in the album. Add a few of generic &quot;modern&quot; beats and Snoop's unwillingness to give up his gangsterism - that doesn't make a good couple with his new &quot;family man&quot; peronality - and we have a messy album which shows too many brilliant moments to be dismissed as mediocre, but also not enough juice to be a masterpiece that it was intended to be.<br />
<br />
<br />
<b><br />
<br />
SONG-BY-SONG REVIEW<br />
<br />
<br />
A Word Witchya! (Intro)<br />
</b><i>Produced by Scoop DeVille</i><blockquote>Nice intro to the sound and staff of the album, and what he wanted to do with it. All that over a good, weirdly sampled beat.<br />
<b> 4/5 </b><br />
<br />
</blockquote><b>Press Play<br />
</b><i>Produced by DJ Quik<br />
</i><blockquote>Quik went sick for this one; brilliant mixture of a triumphant horn beat and echoing background singing. (Beat: 5/5) <br />
Snoop did his usual gangsta posturing, complemented with a nice talked-rapped Kurupt chorus. A nice opening to the album. (Lyrics: 4/5)<br />
<b>4.5/5<br />
</b><br />
</blockquote><b>SD is Out<br />
</b><i>Produced by Teddy Riley<br />
</i><blockquote>Once again, Teddy Riley proved he's a master of booty-shaking beats. This one is nicely skeletal, exotically rhythmic, with atmospheric keys and Roger-Troutman robotic singing that make it an excellent dance-floor beat. (Beat: 5/5)<br />
Rhymes are those that don't force you into listening, and at the same time they avoid being dumbed-down. (Lyrics: 4/5)<br />
<b>4.5/5<br />
<br />
</b></blockquote><b>Gangsta Like Me</b><br />
<i>Produced by Teddy Riley<br />
</i><blockquote>The beat is from the same frame of mind as the last one, but is simply not done so well. (Beat: 4/5)<br />
One of the lots of Snoop's sex rhymes. Not that it's bad, but we heard all that already in better versions. (Lyrics: 3/5)<br />
<b>3.5/5<br />
<br />
</b></blockquote><b>Neva Have 2 Worry<br />
</b><i>Produced by Niggaracci (Snoop Dogg &amp; Terrace Martin)<br />
</i><blockquote>Excellent somber beat, coupled with heartfelt chorus singing. One of the best productions on the album (Beat: 5/5)<br />
Snoop went retrospective on this one, reminiscing of his rap career, acknowledging he went wrong at times - but also warning the critics that he is what he is, and that he has a point to what he does. Lovely. (Lyrics: 5/5)<br />
<b>5/5<br />
</b></blockquote><b><br />
Sexual Eruption<br />
</b><i>Produced by Shawty Redd<br />
</i><blockquote>The beat is good, really good, retro 80's kitch stuff, but it still leaves a feeling of an empty song. The T-Pain vocoder singing didn't help as well. (Beat: 3/5) <br />
As for Snoop... well, the whole singing stuff seems a bit forced into the album. (Lyrics: 3/5)<br />
<b>3/5</b><br />
<br />
</blockquote><b>Life of da Party<br />
</b><i>Featuring Too Short &amp; Mistah F.A.B.<br />
Produced by Scoop DeVille</i><blockquote>Here we have the first missed beat on the album: after such unconventional start of the album, a generic Southern synth beat CAN'T sound well. (Beat: 2/5)<br />
Too Short came up with generic, played out womanizer verse. Snoop was more original and relaxed, he sounds more than Short as the life of the party. Everything downed by a boring, nothing-new, sizzurpy chorus. (Lyrics: 2.5/5)<br />
<b>2.25/5<br />
<br />
</b></blockquote><b>Waste of Time<br />
</b><i>Featuring Raphael Saadiq<br />
Produced by Raphael Saadiq &amp; Bobby Ozuna<br />
</i><blockquote>This beat is some good stuff, with bubbling synths and relaxed rhythm. Definitely a relief after last two songs. And Saadiq can sing, definitely. (Beat: 4.5/5)<br />
Snoop delivered witty break-up, funnily misogynist rhymes. Too bad he only has 16 lines in whole song. (Lyrics 4/5)<br />
<b>4.25/5</b><br />
<br />
</blockquote><b>Cool<br />
</b><i>Produced by Teddy Riley<br />
</i><blockquote>This is a straight-up cover of Prince's 1982 song. And Prince is simply... dope. Superb synth-pop beat, fun lyrics 'bout riches. (Beat: 5/5, Lyrics: 4.5/5)<br />
<b>4.75/5<br />
</b><br />
</blockquote><b>Sets Up<br />
</b><i>Produced by The Neptunes</i><blockquote>Quite standard Neptunes beat, without much substance. (Beat: 3.5/5)<br />
Lyrically, song's better than that. Snoop masters gangsta rhymes, and sounds fresh and convincible in this OG posturing. (Lyrics: 4.5/5)<br />
<b>4/5<br />
</b><br />
</blockquote><b>Deez Hollywood Nights<br />
</b><i>Produced by Nottz<br />
</i><blockquote>Beat sounds like a big joke. Which is good, by the way. (Beat: 4/5)<br />
Snoop's humorous lyrics about his escapades in Hollywood night life and a silly chorus fit the beat, making it one of the better songs in the album. (Lyrics: 4.5/5)<br />
<b>4.25/5<br />
<br />
</b></blockquote><b>Whateva U Do<br />
</b><i>Produced by Khao</i><blockquote>This is another weird beat straight up inspired by the music of the 80's, again quite successful. (Beat: 4/5)<br />
However, lyricism is average, uninspired, money-and-bitches. (Lyrics: 3/5)<br />
<b>3.5/5<br />
<br />
</b></blockquote><b>Staxxx in My Jeans<br />
</b><i>Produced by Rick Rock<br />
</i><blockquote>Rick, Rick, you disappointed me. The Bay Area master of enjoyable and groovy beats making a dated Dirty South, &quot;Grillz&quot; style beat... (Beat: 2/5)<br />
Plus, possibly weakest and most forgettable Snoop's delivery (Lyrics: 2/5)<br />
<b>2/5<br />
<br />
</b></blockquote><b>Been Around tha World<br />
</b><i>Produced by Niggaracci (Snoop Dogg &amp; Terrace Martin)<br />
</i><blockquote>Snoop &amp; Terrace tried to do another weird retro synth-pop beat on this one, but the result wasn't quite on par with former similar beat. (Beat: 3/5)<br />
The lyrics also sound like an unsuccessful experiment of doing a tribute to the lady of his life from the perspective of gangsta star. For a tribute song, there's too much Snoop and not enough his lady. (Lyrics: 3/5)<br />
  <b>3/5<br />
  <br />
  </b></blockquote><b>Let it Out<br />
</b><i>Produced by Teddy Riley<br />
</i><blockquote>Teddy did this one as a silly baroque, pimpster beat - a sure shot for Snoop. (Beat: 4.5/5)<br />
Snoop also stayed on familiar terrain on this song: finessed and trained, weed and bitches. (Lyrics: 4/5)<br />
<b>4.25/5<br />
<br />
</b></blockquote><b>My Medicine<br />
</b><i>Produced by Everlast<br />
</i><blockquote>Well, this song surely has a dope concept - Snoop paying a tribute to the &quot;real American gangster&quot; Johnny Cash on a country song. As for being country, it is quite good - Everlast plays his guitar well and makes a fun, energetic arrangement, practically without faults. (Beat: 5/5)<br />
Snoop didn't come very lyrical, though. I mean, it's a country song, not a rap, but if doing a tribute for greatest country lyricist of all times, you should come lyrical too, right? (Lyrics: 3.5/5)<br />
<b>4.25/5<br />
<br />
</b></blockquote><b>Ridin' in My Chevy<br />
</b><i>Produced by Scoop DeVille<br />
</i><blockquote>No. No, no, no. This beat is a real downer after the playfulness and energy of &quot;My Medicine&quot;. (Beat: 2/5)<br />
Snoop's lyrics are also really, really tired and uninspired on this one. (Lyrics: 2/5)<br />
<b>2/5<br />
</b><br />
</blockquote><b>Those Gurlz<br />
</b><i>Produced by Teddy Riley, DJ Quik &amp; Scoop DeVille<br />
</i><blockquote>First collaboration by members of QDT music resulted in a nice, bright, easy piano beat with a fine chipmunk chorus. (Beat: 4/5)<br />
Over that, Snoop delivered another familiar lyrics. (Lyrics: 4/5)<br />
<b>4/5<br />
<br />
</b></blockquote><b>One Chance (Make it Good)<br />
</b><i>Produced by Frequency<br />
</i><blockquote>Frequency made an easy-going, lounge beat for this one, without much gimmicks or pretending. (Beat: 4/5)<br />
But Snoop, he completely flipped the script on this song. This time, he's saying to young players that they must stick to the woman of their life - because they have only one chance. Even if Snoop gets a bit preachy in few lines, I can't help myself, from liking this song. (Lyrics: 4.5/5)<br />
<b>4.25/5</b><br />
<br />
</blockquote><b>Why Did You Leave Me<br />
</b><i>Produced by Hitboy &amp; Polow Da Don<br />
</i><blockquote>Oh, my, my... This beat is so sweet, I'm sure it would melt on first rain. (Beat: 3/5)<br />
Snoop became sweet too. He wanted to make a heartfelt love song of missing his lady, but it seems that he's more missing that no one is making him breakfasts before he raises his lazy ass from the bed.  Corny, Snoop, I'm sorry. (Lyrics: 3/5)<br />
<b>3/5<br />
<br />
</b></blockquote><b>Can't Say Goodbye<br />
</b><i>Featuring Charlie Wilson<br />
Produced by Teddy Riley<br />
</i><blockquote>As to Snoop wanted, to make this song his definite statement, this beat is large. Maybe too large.  Teddy did use his big-budget producer experience to make it sound dope, but the beat is more often blown-out and empty than with some real feeling in it. Still... (Beat: 4/5)<br />
But Snoop did succeed in explaining his loyalty to the streets that raised him, even after multi-platinum success and few porno-flicks. It is a warm statement of homie love that wasn't washed away by success. I love it. (Lyrics: 5/5)<br />
<b>4.5/5<br />
</b></blockquote><b><br />
FINAL SCORE<br />
<br />
Beats: 4/5<br />
Lyrics: 3.5/5<br />
<br />
<i>Total: </i><font size="4">3.75/5</font> </b>(above average)</div>

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			<pubDate>Fri, 20 Jun 2008 18:30:43 GMT</pubDate>
			<description>I decided to write here my in-depth, objective and rigorous reviews of rap albums of todays and of past (depending on how I feel like).

One love.</description>
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One love.</div>

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			<title>Rootz</title>
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			<pubDate>Wed, 18 Jun 2008 21:55:00 GMT</pubDate>
			<description><![CDATA[Black Thought is so underrated. Since 93(?) he's been blazin as the lead vocals for the collective of The Roots. To be honest, I just got up on them...]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<div>Black Thought is so underrated. Since 93(?) he's been blazin as the lead vocals for the collective of The Roots. To be honest, I just got up on them when they put out What They Do (the video was a great parody) and the first album I bought was Game Theory (I had the album with Don't Say Nuthin, but it disappeared...) and I just got Rising Down. This shit is FEEEENOMINAAAAAAAL. One question: why all of a sudden are there so many guest spots?<br />
Either way I love it. Much more listenable than my bootleg copy of Carter 3.<br />
<br />
I wonder why so many are stuck on Lil Gayne on this site? There are legions of artists out there that exhibit mad talent, but the most talked about rapper now is not Nas, Black Thought, or even Jay-Z. <br />
Lil Wayne.<br />
The majority has spoken. Their messiah has been recognized. The slimmer elements of the population overstand this point, but I wanted to be kinda obvious today.<br />
It gets tedious when you have to tone shit down for others. I'm not a recognized genius by any means but don't get it twisted, my blade is sharp and my wrists are strong and swift. Is it that hard for people to LISTEN AND THINK on what's actually bein said? It must be. In so many conversations some will hear what they want to hear instead of what is expressed exactly and all types of misunderstandings occur. I know you've had this happen to you before.<br />
If it's so hard just to comprehend what's bein said in everyday convos how can we expect some to grasp anything more complicated than, say, Souljah Boy or D4L?<br />
Music (much less life!) is not easily explained in layman's terms. So much is lost in translation on both ends it almost negates the purpose. The bridge for this gap is education and sadly we seem to be lacking that in our society.<br />
I don't mean diplomas or sheepskins either. I didn't graduate high school (I was a credit short cuz classes I took in other states didn't count in IL, my family is retired Navy) but I got 2 GEDs in the joint (ironic that I scored better the first time around) and I took a few college courses, but this means nothing.<br />
My mind is a ravenous beast. I will read anything I can get my hands on and I'm not afraid to ask qustions.<br />
<br />
PRO: I'm called smart (a sometimes-needed ego boost), and my cipher continues to build solo<br />
<br />
CON: none of my acquantances get anything i spit and I get tired of dummin shit down.<br />
------------ ^^ ------------- ^^<br />
c'mon.<br />
U can't tell me that it frustrates you sometimes that when you discuss music with friends they argue that Jay is the greatest and look at you crazy when you say that Mef could slay him if he wanted to.<br />
and that's just music.<br />
math, metaphors, solomon's logic applied today, or even Job's strength of character are not subjects I can discuss with the individuals I associate with on a regular basis.<br />
not complainin tho.<br />
It just lets me know that I am on the right path and that my choice was correct is keeping my circle small.</div>

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			<title>American Shaolin</title>
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			<pubDate>Sun, 15 Jun 2008 18:34:42 GMT</pubDate>
			<description><![CDATA[I just reread this book I bought a few months ago (I read so many books, I reread them later and it's almost like the first time. how many? I can...]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<div>I just reread this book I bought a few months ago (I read so many books, I reread them later and it's almost like the first time. how many? I can read a 400 page book in a few hours...do the math) called American Shaolin. This white boy gets into an Ivy League school and drops out to travel to Xiaolin to study kungfu.<br />
I learned that kungfu was actually developed as a sort of exercise for the monks so that their muscles wouldn't turn to mush (like our cubicle dwellers do) but now the emphasis of the art is on the physical aspect instead of the mental/spiritual ones...<br />
<br />
Hip Hop and Kungfu...the Chiolin and Wutang clan styles...<br />
<br />
Once upon a time Hip Hop was revered as a culture. Djing, Breaking, MCing, and Graf are the pillars of the culture we claim to live, but how many of us really practice our artz? And if we do, what is our real motivation for doing so? Many have been recorded saying that Hip Hop was merely a payday. In fact, that seems to be the prevailing motive nowadayz. C.R.E.A.M.<br />
I applaud the fact that some are in a position to make a living selling their view of reality, but in doing so the essence of truth has been diluted by souljah boys spending their fifty cents on bubble gum snack traps.<br />
<br />
On the other hand, am I truly justified in condemning some because I don't like the direction their music takes me when artists like Gnarls Barkly, NERD, Wu, and Outkast take things to a WHOLE NUVVA LEVEL? Not really (LOL), but opinions are like assholes. Everybody has one...</div>

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			<title><![CDATA[Titles [cont.]]]></title>
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			<pubDate>Thu, 12 Jun 2008 01:31:50 GMT</pubDate>
			<description>A chinese man once tried to explain the concepts of the yin and the yang to me. Imagine trying to explain the difference between Ghost and Raekwon to...</description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<div>A chinese man once tried to explain the concepts of the yin and the yang to me. Imagine trying to explain the difference between Ghost and Raekwon to a Nigerian that doesn't listen to hip hop. It was almost that frustrating to him. <br />
I felt dummmm, so I did some research.<br />
The yin and the yang are actually one simple concept that we (as westerners) are constantly trying to dissassemble when the concept of the yin and yang (the SINGULAR concept) reflects the completeness, the symmetry, and the contraryness (is that even a word?!) of existence.<br />
It's symbol is typically a circle split by a sinuous line, one side black with a dot of white and the other white with an island of black. This simple symbol says SO MUCH.<br />
One of the strengths of the Chinese (or the eastern peoples) is their ablility to hold two opoosite ideas is their mind in balance. <br />
Absolute evil is balanced by absolute good, right? Well, kinda.<br />
One cannot exist without the other and to proclaim one better than the other seems idiotic (to me anywayz, but what do I know?). I see it as perspective.<br />
If I sell blow on the block to support my family and I'm a loyal, truthful, and loving member of my community (a la American Gangster) am I worse than a politician that pushes forward his lobbyers' agenda at the expense of the slum villages across our country?<br />
It's a debate, alright.<br />
I break the law to provide my family with things needed to survive (food, clothing and shelter) while our so called representatives manipulate the law (but don't break it) so they can victimize the citizens they've sworn to protect...<br />
Where was I goin with this again?<br />
<br />
Yin and yang. Right.<br />
<br />
The yin is often characterized as the feminine aspect, the color white, and goodness. Yang is the aggressive one, black and evil. Also called the Tiger and Dragon (like the movie) the yin and yang also offer a blueprint (of sorts) to enlightenment.<br />
The crouching tiger seeks the hidden dragon, and the balance of the two leads to true knowledge (or so I understand. look for yourself!).</div>

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			<title>Titles</title>
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			<pubDate>Sun, 08 Jun 2008 18:49:56 GMT</pubDate>
			<description><![CDATA[I just found out that some person on this forum already has the name Halfcutskeleton. How weird is that? I'm a thin brother and my last name is...]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<div>I just found out that some person on this forum already has the name Halfcutskeleton. How weird is that? I'm a thin brother and my last name is Cutter, so one of my boys actually gave me my name (my little cousin thinks it's funny to call me Skeletor. Ha.).<br />
<br />
The other shit? Well, let me preface with this. I mean no disrespect to the true soldiers of our culture. If my comments don't apply to you, then don't get offended by them. <br />
<br />
I am not The One. I don't even want to be an &quot;artist&quot; in the traditional sense of the term. I love hip hop. When I was little (I'm not gonna lie) I wanted to be a rapper. Then I learned how they got paid and I changed my mind. LOL.<br />
Naw...I hate (strong word here people), I HATE simple ass cat in the hat rappin. If you gonna spit, then spit that shit, nawmeen?<br />
<br />
In ancient times royalty employed men to carry their swords. Sometimes these were men that merely carried the weapon that the lord would wield personally in battle and other times these men would act as the lord's champion. I carry the weapons used by the men that taught me the arts. I respect the techniques employed and I do my best to exhibit the best traits of my character tempered with the revealings of wisdom embedded into my inner self.<br />
<br />
Does anyone read a comic called &quot;Sandman&quot;? One of the names for the god of dreams is Morpheus. <br />
<br />
Our shells are merely transportaion for our spirits as we travel the realm we call physical life.<br />
<br />
SHIT!<br />
<br />
I'm at work doin this (cuz my broke ass don't have the net at home!) and I keep gettin interrupted. I guess I'm done for now.</div>

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			<title>Whirlwindz</title>
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			<pubDate>Sun, 08 Jun 2008 18:25:32 GMT</pubDate>
			<description><![CDATA[I think I've been possessed. There are times when an urge will take over my body and I have no chance of resisting it.
I'm a writer.
Those of  you...]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<div>I think I've been possessed. There are times when an urge will take over my body and I have no chance of resisting it.<br />
I'm a writer.<br />
Those of  you that share my (dubiously named) affliction understand what I'm talking about. I would lose my mind if I couldn't get my thoughts out of my head. I tried to draw but even my stick people look lopsided (lol). No matter how long I was grounded or spent in solitary confinement I could always find pen and paper somewhere. Have you seen how many lyrics I've posted in the past two or three days? I wrote all that shit the same day I posted it. NO JOKE. What the fuck is wrong with me?<br />
I'm one of those people that will watch tv, read a book and talk to you on the phone at the same time. I'm not bragging. That's just how crazy I am.<br />
And the smoking. America's unofficial pastime: Weeds. I used to be scared to smoke, but my (soon to be ex-)wife introduced me to how the hood does it. I am now a professional blunt technitian (two rolled in five minutes is my personal best) and I love my job!<br />
When I smoke I feel like flying<br />
I feel like crying<br />
I feel like dying<br />
Only when the drugs are gone...<br />
lol<br />
<br />
Damn. There's been a tornado watch going on for the past two days in south Chicagoland and right now I can hear the thunder outside the store. At first I thought it was the music I was playing on the computer (da sickness, bob digital) but then the rain started. Did I tell you that it takes me almost four hours to get to work on the train and bus? Yeah...not lookin forward to gettin off with the tornado ragin.</div>

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