Eminem was on a UK radio show recently and had some interesting comments regarding Dr.Dre. When asked about his feelings that the Doc’s last album is on the horizon, he simply said, “Detox will not be Dre’s final album.” Thankfully, he didn’t say that Rakim will never put out an album…gotdamn Aftermath, give it to us already…
On to some other westcoast legends, Cypress Hill is working on their seventh studio LP. “The Hashies Scroll” is said to be a return to the sound they employed on “Temples of Boom.” That is always welcome by me…
Back to Shady for a minute, he was playing some Michael Jackson this past week in Scotland. From the balcony of his hotel room, Slim was tossing a doll, complete with surgical mask, up and down and dangling it over the balcony. Funny stuff. Even funnier, at his show in England he gave a girl in the front row a $450,000 necklace, which was really only worth $200 it turns out. The funny part is the girl was so caught up that she almost fainted and threw up…
The long-awaited “Revenge of the Robots” DVD from Def Jux is on the way July 29th. The DVD will feature over 2 hours of footage from their tour of the same name, along with behind-the-scenes footage, 5 videos and the official tour movie. There will also be an accompanying CD with exclusive mixes by Rjd2, live recordings and a trivia game. The burning question is, did my footage make the final cut!?!?!
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Rasco will be making his return to hip-hop with “Escape From Alcatraz.” The album will drop on Coup D’Etat and has been pegged with a street date of September 9th. Casual, Chali 2na, Reks, and Planet Asia guest appear and production includes Da Beatminerz, Jake One, Brisk, Omen and Kleph Dollaz. Can I get some Kutmasta Kurt?
Also in stores is Jon Doe’s production LP “Meet Jon Doe.” The beatman behind the Prophetix and their acclaimed 2002 album “High Risk,” has enlisted a nice line-up to rhyme over his beats. Included are the Prophetix, MF Doom, J Sands, 7L & ES, Count Bass D, C-Rayz Walz and MF Grimm, fresh from doing a bid…
