fk all u rawse stans coming at me, except my nga uptempoDro.
i'm just reporting news. Like my nga krit say "shine on" "ain't nobody tripping, caz the money already made" 
http://www.tmz.com/2013/02/27/rick-ross-police-guard-london-hotel-shooting-drive-by/
BAWSE!
"Rick Ross -- the rapper who has allegedly been targeted by a dangerous gang -- is being protected by NYC cops round-the-clock because of recent threats ... law enforcement sources tell TMZ.
We've learned cops have been guarding Ross at The London Hotel for the last few days.
Sources tell us, recent threats have been specifically aimed at the rapper ... and he's not taking them lightly.
You'll recall Ross' Rolls-Royce was shot up in Ft. Lauderdale last month after the rapper's birthday party while Ross was making his way home. Ross and his passenger were not injured in the attack -- clearly, the shots were intended as a warning."
i will say i'm rather disappointed in rozay....other than promoting Mastermind...he's been very silently on radio station interviews, twitter, other media outlets, the shooting in Florida, he's been silent on the lil wayne comments, and he's been silent on the fact that he's certified gold because 500k were shipped but unlike kendrick, jeezy, 2chainz and others he hasn't actually sold 500k. The only thing he's told us is Maybach Music Group is running 2013! Why hasn't he told us why he talked to the cops for over 3 hours (after the shooting) he hasn't addressed that he didn't want his identity known (not knowing his identity was already known because people had already reported it was his rolls royce that was shot up). TMZ and SmokingGun have already reported NYPD are out because "somebody" from rawse's camp have turned over various threats from New York!
i wonder if he's that paranoid or if he's really getting that many threats. the only thing i can think he's done to piss of my second home city is saying puffy and others told him he's the new Biggie.
here's some music "for your low esteem."
is that Billy Paul I hear being sampled?
shawtycstain krit is back nga!
3 kings sample
"Rick Ross may have to pay out for "3 Kings." Last week, two gospel songwriters, Clara Shepherd Warrick and Jimmy Lee Weary, filed a lawsuit against the rapper, along with Dr. Dre and Jay-Z, for sampling a gospel song in the Ross single. The suit claims Ross and others failed to clear the necessary rights when sampling the 1976 Crowns of Glory song "I'm So Grateful (Keep in Touch)," for which Weary is credited as a writer. The plaintiffs claim no one contacted Weary about the sample or compensated him. (Watch the Rick Ross music video above, and listen to the Crowns Glory track below.)
Crowns of Glory - I'm So Grateful (Keep in Touch) (Album 1976) - YouTube
As you probably already know, the music world is no stranger to such lawsuits. But the "3 Kings" case is a unique one. According to Julie Ahrens, director of Copyright and Fair Use at Stanford University's Center for Internet and Society, that's because such bandied-about issues as fair use, parody, and obscenity don't figure neatly with the suit and the parties involved.
For one, fair use probably can't defend the unlicensed sampling in "3 Kings." "Fair use covers using a work in a transformative way," Ahrens says, pointing to its prevailing in other hip-hops cases. "Whether you can just take three notes of a gospel song just because it sounds good — clearly you cannot do that... That's copying merely because it sounds good. There's a clearly-defined licensing market for things like this, particularly in rap music."
Not helping the situation is the popular music video, with almost 3.7 million hits on YouTube as of today, which, according to the lawsuit, "includes very graphic depictions of drug use, vulgarity, nudity, gun violence, criminal conduct, actions demeaning to women, and many other items that are certainly inconsistent with Plaintiffs' wishes for how Plaintiffs' song would be portrayed."
For its perceived bastardization of their original artistic intent, the plaintiffs want "3 Kings" completely wiped off the map, a move Ahrens thinks may be too severe to hold up in court. "Granting an injunction and giving the copyright holder the ability to stop the sale, reproduction, distribution of the song (and yes that could be all forms — removal of YouTube videos, downloads, CDs in stores, etc.) would be too much power, in my opinion," she says. "That's a draconian remedy for sampling a portion of another work. In our society we don't take censorship lightly."
That's why obscenity is so difficult to prove, even if Ross, Jay-Z, and Dr. Dre do use lines like "spray these n****s baby just like daddy taught ya" (as the lawsuit quotes) over a gospel piano melody. However unholy you think the juxtaposition may be, monetary compensation is a more realistic outcome for the case, "to make the copyright holder whole, without giving the copyright holder the power to censor works they don't like."
What may be most interesting about the Ross case, though, is the logic by which the plaintiffs claim the popularity of "3 Kings" has caused its own damage to their original work. Of particular concern to Warrick and Weary were this weekend's Grammy Awards, where God Forgives, I Don't, which includes the song, was nominated for Best Rap Album.
"It is pretty interesting because they're claiming they can't promote it as a gospel song because of this," Ahrens said. "In an obscenity context, it's not that the public is harmed by listening to it; it's their market as a gospel song. That's a huge issue in fair use: How does that affect the market on the original?"
The lawsuit asserts just that, saying the Grammy broadcast automatically opened the plaintiffs' song "worldwide to irreparable harm of being linked to defendant's song."
Ross lost to Drake at the Grammys. If he loses this legal battle, he may inadvertently set up a new precedent for hip-hop sampling that could change how the industry operates. After all, Ahrens says, "that's part of what hip-hop is: building off of existing works. That's how the form has developed." It will depend on the defense, but "3 Kings" could serve as a cautionary tale for artists against similar sample-happy action. "This angle on 'you destroyed it for our audience for gospel music, who will always hear it as this other song' — that strikes me as a somewhat novel approach, and an argument that could go very far."
that might sound petty to some...but these kind of contracts aren't new...its the reason warren g and nate dog used terms like "nate got some freaks" instead of hoes and bitches on regulate...its why he said "i'm stuck" instead of "i'm fkd" george benson and frankie beverly said they wouldn't clear any rap songs that had cursing...unfortunately for them they didn't own all of their music.
Torae feat. Pharoahe Monch "What's Love" (produced by Praise) this is that Dynamic Superiors "Ain't Nothing Like the Real Thing" Beanie Sigel used this on "nothing like it" i like sigel's version way better than this one....but it is good to hear this one and pharoah again. as my nga bborn say peace
shaddy i ain't forgot you nga, Chitown I see y'all.
shaddy i still say lil jo jo's swag in the "have it all" video smokes keef, frito, reeces butter cup, and pork chop on the beats swag in any video!
i'm just reporting news. Like my nga krit say "shine on" "ain't nobody tripping, caz the money already made" http://www.tmz.com/2013/02/27/rick-ross-police-guard-london-hotel-shooting-drive-by/
BAWSE!
"Rick Ross -- the rapper who has allegedly been targeted by a dangerous gang -- is being protected by NYC cops round-the-clock because of recent threats ... law enforcement sources tell TMZ.
We've learned cops have been guarding Ross at The London Hotel for the last few days.
Sources tell us, recent threats have been specifically aimed at the rapper ... and he's not taking them lightly.
You'll recall Ross' Rolls-Royce was shot up in Ft. Lauderdale last month after the rapper's birthday party while Ross was making his way home. Ross and his passenger were not injured in the attack -- clearly, the shots were intended as a warning."
i will say i'm rather disappointed in rozay....other than promoting Mastermind...he's been very silently on radio station interviews, twitter, other media outlets, the shooting in Florida, he's been silent on the lil wayne comments, and he's been silent on the fact that he's certified gold because 500k were shipped but unlike kendrick, jeezy, 2chainz and others he hasn't actually sold 500k. The only thing he's told us is Maybach Music Group is running 2013! Why hasn't he told us why he talked to the cops for over 3 hours (after the shooting) he hasn't addressed that he didn't want his identity known (not knowing his identity was already known because people had already reported it was his rolls royce that was shot up). TMZ and SmokingGun have already reported NYPD are out because "somebody" from rawse's camp have turned over various threats from New York!
i wonder if he's that paranoid or if he's really getting that many threats. the only thing i can think he's done to piss of my second home city is saying puffy and others told him he's the new Biggie.
here's some music "for your low esteem."
is that Billy Paul I hear being sampled?
shawtycstain krit is back nga!
3 kings sample
"Rick Ross may have to pay out for "3 Kings." Last week, two gospel songwriters, Clara Shepherd Warrick and Jimmy Lee Weary, filed a lawsuit against the rapper, along with Dr. Dre and Jay-Z, for sampling a gospel song in the Ross single. The suit claims Ross and others failed to clear the necessary rights when sampling the 1976 Crowns of Glory song "I'm So Grateful (Keep in Touch)," for which Weary is credited as a writer. The plaintiffs claim no one contacted Weary about the sample or compensated him. (Watch the Rick Ross music video above, and listen to the Crowns Glory track below.)
Crowns of Glory - I'm So Grateful (Keep in Touch) (Album 1976) - YouTube
As you probably already know, the music world is no stranger to such lawsuits. But the "3 Kings" case is a unique one. According to Julie Ahrens, director of Copyright and Fair Use at Stanford University's Center for Internet and Society, that's because such bandied-about issues as fair use, parody, and obscenity don't figure neatly with the suit and the parties involved.
For one, fair use probably can't defend the unlicensed sampling in "3 Kings." "Fair use covers using a work in a transformative way," Ahrens says, pointing to its prevailing in other hip-hops cases. "Whether you can just take three notes of a gospel song just because it sounds good — clearly you cannot do that... That's copying merely because it sounds good. There's a clearly-defined licensing market for things like this, particularly in rap music."
Not helping the situation is the popular music video, with almost 3.7 million hits on YouTube as of today, which, according to the lawsuit, "includes very graphic depictions of drug use, vulgarity, nudity, gun violence, criminal conduct, actions demeaning to women, and many other items that are certainly inconsistent with Plaintiffs' wishes for how Plaintiffs' song would be portrayed."
For its perceived bastardization of their original artistic intent, the plaintiffs want "3 Kings" completely wiped off the map, a move Ahrens thinks may be too severe to hold up in court. "Granting an injunction and giving the copyright holder the ability to stop the sale, reproduction, distribution of the song (and yes that could be all forms — removal of YouTube videos, downloads, CDs in stores, etc.) would be too much power, in my opinion," she says. "That's a draconian remedy for sampling a portion of another work. In our society we don't take censorship lightly."
That's why obscenity is so difficult to prove, even if Ross, Jay-Z, and Dr. Dre do use lines like "spray these n****s baby just like daddy taught ya" (as the lawsuit quotes) over a gospel piano melody. However unholy you think the juxtaposition may be, monetary compensation is a more realistic outcome for the case, "to make the copyright holder whole, without giving the copyright holder the power to censor works they don't like."
What may be most interesting about the Ross case, though, is the logic by which the plaintiffs claim the popularity of "3 Kings" has caused its own damage to their original work. Of particular concern to Warrick and Weary were this weekend's Grammy Awards, where God Forgives, I Don't, which includes the song, was nominated for Best Rap Album.
"It is pretty interesting because they're claiming they can't promote it as a gospel song because of this," Ahrens said. "In an obscenity context, it's not that the public is harmed by listening to it; it's their market as a gospel song. That's a huge issue in fair use: How does that affect the market on the original?"
The lawsuit asserts just that, saying the Grammy broadcast automatically opened the plaintiffs' song "worldwide to irreparable harm of being linked to defendant's song."
Ross lost to Drake at the Grammys. If he loses this legal battle, he may inadvertently set up a new precedent for hip-hop sampling that could change how the industry operates. After all, Ahrens says, "that's part of what hip-hop is: building off of existing works. That's how the form has developed." It will depend on the defense, but "3 Kings" could serve as a cautionary tale for artists against similar sample-happy action. "This angle on 'you destroyed it for our audience for gospel music, who will always hear it as this other song' — that strikes me as a somewhat novel approach, and an argument that could go very far."
that might sound petty to some...but these kind of contracts aren't new...its the reason warren g and nate dog used terms like "nate got some freaks" instead of hoes and bitches on regulate...its why he said "i'm stuck" instead of "i'm fkd" george benson and frankie beverly said they wouldn't clear any rap songs that had cursing...unfortunately for them they didn't own all of their music.
Torae feat. Pharoahe Monch "What's Love" (produced by Praise) this is that Dynamic Superiors "Ain't Nothing Like the Real Thing" Beanie Sigel used this on "nothing like it" i like sigel's version way better than this one....but it is good to hear this one and pharoah again. as my nga bborn say peace
shaddy i ain't forgot you nga, Chitown I see y'all.
shaddy i still say lil jo jo's swag in the "have it all" video smokes keef, frito, reeces butter cup, and pork chop on the beats swag in any video!
ayisha seems more down to earth...i'm on her twitter she follows me...i sent her a dm last week and yesterday no response...
on her twitter it says nothing about where she's at...i think you said she be in the DC area the most...i always thought she was up here....anyways no sweat i've got crazy digits up here but steph
