Behind The Scenes: Wale Ft. Rick Ross & Jadakiss “600 Benzâ€
Check out some behind the scenes from the smash hit off Self Made and now in stores May 23 2010. Shout out the homie Wale
Revisiting…Notorious B.I.G./Big Kap Incident While Performing In Sacramento (From 1995)
From Fader:
You know what made Big Kap, a great DJ? A major fuck up. Or at least that’s how he tells it. In the summer of ’95 Kap headed out to San Francisco with Biggie and some of Junior M.A.F.I.A to perform at the annual KMEL Summer Jam. But what was set to be a hugely successful headlining show, turned out to be a challenge in light of the extreme heat. Kap blames it on the heat, and Big blamed it on Kap. In our exclusive interview (F73), Kap tells the story:
“I’m throwing the records and it’s like, alright, cool we’re going through it. But it’s so hot the heat is actually warping the records. The records is melting! So the records are warping right before me and it’s just like woooommp. And Big looking at me. We had this thing like, every time you make a mistake on stage during the show, you get fined $100. So during the show, Big heard the first womp, and he was like ‘A hundred dollars!’ The record is crumbling up right before my eyes. Then it’s getting bad and Cease is like, ‘Two hundred dollars!’ And then Big, he just stopped everything and was like, ‘Yo! What the fuck is going on?!’ I’m looking and my records look like a piece of bacon back there. Big is tight! He had a water bottle, he threw the water bottle at me, and just walks off the stage.”
According to Kap, everyone abandoned him after the show—he even had to take a cab back to the hotel alone with all his DJ equipment. But it turns out that, in the end, Big wasn’t too angry:
“So, I go to Big’s room, and I knock on the door. And then he opens the door laughing! And he got a bunch of girls in the room! I’m bashful and I’m like, Yo, I’m sorry, I apologize for all that. He was like, “Man, I knew! I saw those records. I knew it was the sun and all that. But I couldn’t let them think that it was me out there messing up!â€
Lauryn Hill Performs At The House Of Blues In Houston; Devi Dev Speaks On Her Showing Up Late
I have so many mixed emotions about last night’s concert at House of Blues. Like many of you reading this I have been a HUGE L Boogie fan for years. Stood by her through years of coming and coming, flakey-ness and neglect. I mean…I even called her “Ms. Hill†when she asked us to stop using Lauryn.
Last night the show was 4 hours behind schedule. The sad thing is, this isn’t an isolated issue… every show…in every city…is between 2 and 4 hours behind, which leads me to ask….How much do we have to go through before as fans we can get a little more respect from “Ms. Hill�
Because of the late start, Lauryn was only able to perform for about an hour. And yes…the hour was fabulous. She went through Miseducation with a live band and alot of energy and had the crowd (what was left of it) belting their hearts out to songs like Ex-Factor fanatically (myself included). Check out the video above and be glad you didn’t have to wait 4 hours to sing along. – Devi Dev