CONTEST: Win Peter Rock Tix + A Bunch Of Indie Albums

Fresh Press, Nature Sounds and Shaman Work Recordings are putting on a CMJ Hip Hop Kickoff Party this Tuesday featuring Pete Rock, Big City, Wise Intelligent, Hell Razah, John Robinson, Panacea, Othello, Sidewinder (Living Legends), K Banger, The Project, Dillon and more. To celebrate we're giving away two prices: 1. a bunch of albums, including Hell Razah, Havoc, Y Society, Panacea, Wise Intelligent and Big City, and 2. a pair of free tickets to the aforementioned show (info below).

BWHAT TO DO TO WIN: Please write me at wes[AT]liberatedmatter[DOT]com (subject line: Pete Rock CMJ and tell me what your favorite Pete Rock production is, and mention your address. One winner will be picked for the pair of tickets, and one for the stack of albums.


Fresh Press, Nature Sounds & Shaman Work Recordings Presents:
CMJ Hip-Hop Kickoff Party
Tuesday Oct. 16th @ The Knitting Factory (NYC)
Ft. Pete Rock, Big City, Wise Intelligent, Hell Razah, John Robinson, Panacea, Othello, Sidewinder (Living Legends), K Banger, The Project, Dillon, etc.
Host John Robinson, House DJ - Sucio Smash
Doors at 7PM

NEWS: Pimp C On Havoc

UGK's very own Pimp C still gives the most entertaining and open interview. This one is from Ozone Magazine (scan) and he talks in thinly veiled terms about Havoc.


"Even when we have disagreements in the South amongst each other and even when we don't see eye to eye down here, that don't mean niggas from other areas can attack a nigga from down here and think that we won't posse up with each other and get dead on yo muthafukkin ass. For instance, this lil' mutherfuckin' small framed lil' bitch ass n!ggas from New York-you know who I'm talking about, one of them lil' niggas Pac took off the map way back when-tried to diss T.I. to sell a couple of records.If any nigga from any part of the world gets on mutherfuckin record and says something about Young Jeezy or Ludacris or Jermaine Dupri or me or Plies nigga from any part of the world or anybody down here,we're gonna unite like the Bloods and the Crips." Via 16bars.de.

NEWS: Havoc's "Fuck T.I." Taken Out Of Context

I don't really know how you could possibly take Havoc's "Fuck T.I. out of context. Or how you could possibly put it into a contest where this explanation makes sense. Havoc tries to explain in this XXL interview.


XXL: During an interview on Shade 45 last month, you said, “Fuck T.I.,” in response to the South’s popularity in hip-hop. Why did you call out T.I.?
Havoc: When I made that comment, it came out the wrong way and people took it out of [con]text. My issue is that New York needs to get it together. The problem is not T.I. and the South, at all. They’re making beautiful music. They need to be looked at like a reflection of us, like, “We used to do it like that.” Right now, I’m like, “Come on, what’s going on here?”

Full interview here.

VIDEO: Havoc - I'm The Boss

Prodigy in the passenger seat for Havoc's video 'I'm The Boss'.

Havoc - I'm The Boss

LISTEN: Havoc - Set Me Free f/Prodigy & NYCE

DOWNLOAD Havoc - Set Me Free f/Prodigy & NYCE (MP3)

Eh.

LISTEN: Havoc - Get Off My Dick

DOWNLOAD Havoc - Get Off My Dick (MP3)


Off of Havoc's upcoming album The Kush (9/18). I prefer Ice Cube track of nearly the same name, but this is the strongest yet of the leaked The Kush tracks. Sigh, I miss the old Mobb Deep.

LISTEN: 50 Cent - Fully Loaded Clip (Produced by Havoc)

DOWNLOAD 50 Cent - Fully Loaded Clip (Prod. Havoc) (MP3)


50 Cent's Curtis is formulaic in nature going halfies between gully gun talk and some songs for the ladies. After a first listen I have to say I like the beat selection better than on The Massacre. The two Havoc beats rise above most of the other ones, the Dr. Dre beat is decent new-school Dre, but the Eminem one is one of his weaker ones. It's more so Eminem's fault than 50's lyrical victory, but Curtis is definitely not out-rapped on their collaborative effort. Sales wise though Kanye West will probably outsell 50 in first week US sales, I think Curtis will do very well for 50 internationally speaking.