Straight from Common, via ?uestlove, here is some info on the upcoming album “BE.” It will be produced by the Soulquarians (?uest, Jay Dee, etc.), Kanye West (4 to 6 songs if ?uest gets his way), and hopefully 9th Wonder. Contrary to rumors, Dre and Eminem will not be producing any songs. He has just begun working on the album…
Def Jam’s Joe Budden still isn’t making nice with any of those G-Unit fellas. While he and Game officially squashed their beef (despite continuing to talk shit about one another), Budden continues to take shots at 50. This past week while co-hosting on Hot97, Budden taunted that 50 is afraid to battle and will only send his G-Unit cronies.
In an interview from Half-Time Magazine and Urbansmarkts.com, Kool G Rap made some interesting remarks concerning Nas and Def Jam…
“…Me and Nas got cool as the years went on to the point where I had a studio in my house and I had Nas laying a track or two. I was shopping the shit around trying to get him signed. I took them to Def Jam, they said “yo, he sounds too much like G Rap,” and they didn’t want to sign him. I know they regret it to this day, because a lot of the same people are still at Def Jam and they fucking remember even though they not saying nothing. My man was just saying that Nas be saying that in interviews that G Rap was the first to shop my shit. I took it to a specific person at Def Jam that’s still there today. That pass up was crazy right there. Nas is a legend. He is one of the niggas I call the hip hop greats and I don’t give everyone that title. Out of all the rappers that there is there might only be ten that make it on the great list.”
