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Here are excerpts from VIBE's interview with Dr. Dre:ON THE DETOX HOLD-UP:
When you first announced Detox did you think it would take this long?
Absolutely not. I thought it would take at worst case a couple of years. For example, actual work time on The Chronic was nine months and actual work time on my last album, 2001, was about 10 months. The actual work time on this album is about half of that, where I’m seriously focusing on it. There is always something coming up. Like signing talent, old and new.
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Read more for an excerpt from the cover story/interview Dying to Live by Thomas Golianopoulous. The issue will be on stands August 16th.
"How real is Nicki Minaj? Is she a doll pulling her own strings to satisfy the appetites of her Barbie brigade and alpha male following? To a point. Is she the evolution of the female MC—quirky, fashionable, talented? Arguably. Here's what's certain: she's a work in progress. And the final product might not be what you're expecting."
VIBE released two photo teasers for their June/July 2010 Issue. These are outtakes and didn't make the cover but more pics to come!On the 13 year anniversary of his death, VIBE has released previously unreleased footage of Tupac Shakur talking about where he’d like to be in 2016.
"It’s been 13 years since 2Pac died on the 13th day of September 1996, yet the void he left in hip-hop–let alone black culture–is gaping, For his anniversary, VIBE revives the fallen icon, if just for a couple minutes, with the first in a series of previously unreleased interview footage from May ‘96. As he discusses a unified rap nation and where he’d be in 2016, ‘Pac is everything we remember: Candid, passionate, prophetic. Rest in peace, Tupac Amaru Shakur"
"Vibe magazine, the urban-music magazine founded in 1993 by Quincy Jones, is the latest victim of the media recession. A source with knowledge of the situation tells DailyFinance that the staff has learned the magazine is ceasing publication, and assistants in the offices of editor in chief Danyel Smith and publisher Edgar Hernandez confirmed the news. No further information was immediately available. Messages left for Smith, Hernandez and Vibe Media CEO Steve Aaron were not immediately returned.
Six weeks, and 131 rappers later, and we’re down to four. And we can’t say we’re all that surprised, as the four MCs left standing—Eminem, 2Pac, The Notorious B.I.G. and Jay-Z—are undisputed legends in the game. Still, it wasn’t a cakewalk. Well, at least not for everyone. Biggie, the No. 1 seed in Bracket III, faced the toughest competition making it to the Final Four. His defeat of fellow New York icon Nas by six percentage points (53 percent of the vote to No. 2 seeded Nas’ 47 percent) was the narrowest margin of victory for any of the rappers still in the hunt. The two other No. 1 seeds moving into the Final Four, Eminem and 2Pac, on the other hand, advanced with relative ease. In Bracket I, Eminem took down No. 3 seed Snoop Dogg with 80 percent of the vote, while in Bracket II, 2Pac also moved easily past a No. 3 seed, KRS-One, with 76 percent of votes cast. Jay-Z is the only rapper in the Final Four who didn’t enter the competition as a No. 1 seed. The Jiggaman, who entered the field as Bracket IV’s No. 2 seed, skated past the original God MC, No. 1 seeded Rakim, with 60 percent of the vote to Ra’s 40 percent.Will Eminem triumph again and move on to the finals with the chance to unify the belts or will Jay-Z make a stand? And as for Biggie and ’Pac, well, which is it? Vote now here. And vote daily. And check back early and often for more updates on VIBE Presents The Best Rapper Ever!
"To date, the man born Earl Simmons has already knocked off The Game, 50 Cent, and LL Cool J, not a bad run for a troubled superstar who’s spent much of the past five years making more headlines for his brushes with the law than his signature multiplatinum growl on the mic. But with news of a new album on the way (at Hot 97’s Summer Jam this past weekend in New York, producer and longtime collaborator Swizz Beatz promised the Dog’s return in 2010), and the threat of more jail time avoided for now (earlier this month he was given 18 months of supervised probation plus fines for assaulting a Phoenix corrections officer), the unpredictable rapper tells VIBE in this exclusive interview that he’s ready to re-enter the game."
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Cocaine Blunts celebrates another "Scrapbook Saturday," "today with Zev Borow’s excellent Vibe feature on the history of the legendary NYC night club The Tunnel. It only seemed appropriate in light of those Jay-Z clips. The absence of a Tunnel-type venue has almost certainly played a role in the decaying New York hip hop scene." Circa '99-'00
