May 2008
“Students of musical history will recall that another aborted performance by Sly...”
– Jim DeRogatis: Sly cancels on Chicago again
April 2008
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I wasn’t about to click through to see all 50 of them. The Sopranos is #3.
“I done bought every album them dudes put out, even Organix, The Legendary EP and...”
– XXLmag.com | Hip-Hop On A Higher Level | » Where Did Snoop Dogg Go Wrong?
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I was debating checking them out live here in June, but now I’m decided. Hopefully, it’s not too late. You know how it is trying to buy tickets for shit here in St. Louis.
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Because he has a video out with Sean Kingston.
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“A show featuring Wu-Tang Clan front man The RZA erupted in chaos over the...”
– AllHipHop.com Daily News - : RZA Show Erupts In Chaos
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Fake palindromes. Hilarious shit, actually.
“I’m smart, confident, and articulate. I don’t chew with my mouth...”
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“The film shows a naked man who resembles Hendrix, the guitar legend who died in...”
– Supposed Sex Tape of Jimi Hendrix Is to Be Offered for Sale - New York Times
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“When you are coming up and trying to make a name for yourself, the biggest thing...”
– Rap Journalist Supreme Elliott Wilson Advises Media Wannabe’s To Get On Their Grind | 24 Hour Grind | SOHH BLOG
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“I’m not a member of the He-Man Woman Hater’s Club, but I’ve never gone buckwild...”
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So what’s up with the video? Did you have any input in that in terms of conceiving it.
The one with Sasha Grey in it?
Yeah.
Rik Cordero is just his own universe. I see video as the one area in our career [where we aren’t as heavily involved]. It’s kind of ironic being that we are very detail-obsessed with absolutely every aspect of our career from the fonts of the record, to the art design, to how it’s engineered, to the shows to the lights and all that stuff. But this is one area which we’re absolutely hands off, which is video. I really wish I was Kanye-obsessed with visuals as he is. With Rik Cordero, for all these videos that he’s shot—and we’re gonna do about five more with him—he’s just trustworthy to where I believe in his vision for the song to the point where he basically telling me what’s going down. My only insistence on “Birthday Girl” was that we pull an Aerosmith which was basically, I don’t think we should be in the video because it would be distracting. Make this video more or less a narrative so he brought up the whole “To Catch A Predator” theme.
There’s kind of like an implied gang bang going on . . .
Well, it’s Sasha Grey! So obviously we’re going to have some double entendre reference. If people aren’t familiar with who Sasha Grey is…
Was Sasha your selection? Are you familiar with her work?
I’m very familiar with her work. And her story if there’s anyone in the adult film world that could sort of fit in to the narrative of the song, it’s her. Her manager is Dave Navarro’s manager. I’m actually getting’ with this thing tomorrow with Navarro in Miami with Skribble. I met him when I did the Jay-Z thing for BET. We did “99 Problems” with I guess this all-star rock band thing at the BET awards in 2005 if I believe. Anyways, I’ve known Sasha I guess for a year now, for about a year.
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