Jay-Z on Friday Night with Jonathan Ross

Can i get an encore?

I came I saw I conquered from record sales to sold out concerts

Jay-Z silenced the haters (once again) with his performance at Glastonbury yesterday. After all the hype surrounding him headlining Jay-Z stepped onto the stage with a guitar and did a rendition of Oasis' wonderwall before launching into 99 problems. Would have loved to see Noel Gallagher's face at that moment, he got offically sonned as Jay went on to perform a medley of hits and showing why he is one of the greatest to ever do it.

Jay's song selection was pretty predictable although he did throw in a few little gems along the way. Right after the line in Blue Magic where he says "money over broads you got it fuck bush" he dropped the acapella for Minority Report of Kingdom Come and he also dropped his verse for A Billie which I wasn't expecting either. As always his performance of Nigga What, Nigga Who was impeccable although it probably went over people's heads abit.

I must say I didn't actually get a chance to watch the performance all the way through as i was sitting in a room full of Jay-Z haters at the time but from what I saw he did a solid show and was a good representative of hip hop culture.

Tha Carter 3 Review

Ok so I've been listening to Tha Carter 3 for a couple of days now and I'm having trouble finding anything particularly amazing about it. Considering all the hype surrounding the record for me it could do either one of two things. 1)Be a certified classic solidfying Lil Wayne's claims as the best rapper alive or 2) be a complete flop and prove to many that he is not as good as he claims and overrated. It did neither of these things. As I listened more and more I still ended up with the same conclusion. All the tracks I had liked upon the first listen were still the ones I liked after a few more listens (Dr. Carter being the highlight). There weren't any songs that grew on me (Shoot me Down still sounds as boring as it did first time sorry Kanye) with exception maybe to "A Millie" which doesn't sound quite as generic as it did when I first heard it.

All in all this is just a ordinary album. Nothing particularly amazing about it yet not utterly terrible either. Wayne seems to be the kind of rapper you either love or hate and I struggled to come to some sort of conclusion on how I feel about him as an artist. While at times I can't doubt his ability on the mic he seems very inconsistent with it. Sometimes he spits sharp punchlines and cleverly put together rhymes and other times he can ramble incoherently about nothing.

Much like The Game's album The Documentary The Carter 3 is littered with star studded production from the likes of Just Blaze, Kanye West, Cool & Dre and Alchemist to name a few and as far as making the album that will place him among the top artists of today he has most certainly done that. We will just have to see how well it does sales wise to really judge the impact of it but as far as musically I think Weezy has done what he intended to do. Make a good album that people can bump right now but whether we will be playing it in a year or so is debatable.

highlights: Dr Carter, 3 Feet, A Millie, Nothin on Me (Fab & Juelz murder dis beat)

tracks to avoid: Phone Time, La La (who actually likes David Banner's beats?) Got Money

Dipset Associate Wanted For Murder Of Teen (defsounds)

Dipset Associate Wanted For Murder Article

A Dipset associate known as Carlos "Zoo" Thompson has landed on America's Most Wanted list after he ordered a 15 year old child to be shot three years ago.

According to reports, Thompson (32) helped murder 15-year-old Phoenix Garrett after he spotted him selling bootleg CDs of Dipsets albums in Harlem, New York.

Thompson, who's best known as "Zoo," reportedly worked as ab "enforcer" for Dipset , travelling with them to gigs and parties, and "serving as muscle when they encountered enemies from other hip hop factions."

Cops say that on June 16th, 2005, while selling CDs on 144th St. in Harlem, NY, Garrett was approached by Carlos Thompson and a group of his cohorts. After being threatened by Thompson, Garrett reportedly attempted to defend himself by pulling out a box cutter and "slashing at the older man's face."

A brief struggle broke up ending up with Garrett being beat and stomped by Thompson and his crew. After Garrett managed to break away from the group, Thompson reportedly ordered a member of his crew to retrieve a .38 from his car.


The group eventually caught up with Garrett and continued the beating. Thompson then ordered a 13-year-old member of his crew, L'mani Delima, to shoot Garrett.

Garrett was fatally shot five times.

The 13-year-old was apprehended at the scene, he was sentenced to eight years in prison.

Cops are still on the hunt for Thompson who has evading them for nearly three years using funding which cops theorize comes from friends in the Hip Hop community

MTV's Hottest MC's in the Game List

MTV Hottest MC's in the Game List


10. T.I.
9. Andre 3000
8. Young Jeezy
7. Lupe Fiasco
6. 50 Cent
5. Snoop Dogg
4. Rick Ross
3. Lil Wayne
2. Jay-Z
1. Kanye West

damn no Shawty Lo that's how you know they fucked up lol

nah for real this is some real shameful shit Snoop at #5 come on man. I love Snoop but dude does not deserve to make it onto any hottest mc list especially not nowadays 94 maybe yeah but now no way.

LA 108 Utah 105 - Game 6

Bryant scored 34 points, 12 in the fourth quarter, and Los Angeles held off a furious rally by the Utah Jazz for a 108-105 victory Friday night in Game 6, putting the Lakers in the Western Conference finals for the first time in four years.

It was the only win by the visiting team in the series and kept the Lakers from having to host a Game 7 on Monday.

"It's a big step for us,'' said Bryant, who also had eight rebounds and six assists. "It shows a lot of character on our part to come in here and come out of here with a victory".

Boston 69 Cleveland 74 - Game 6

Cleveland came up with a big win last night in Game 6 to tie the series 3-3.
Lebron James led the way with 32 points, 12 rebounds and 6 assists. He was only 9/23 from the field but scored an impressive 13/15 free throws.
Garnett was the high man for the Celtics with 25 points, Pierce had 16.

Now it's off to Boston for the final game in the series can the Cavs pull it off? If KG keeps playing the way he has it's gonna be real difficult.