In honor of his new album Suite 420 which hit stores on Tuesday, Devin The Dude sat down with Complex Magazine to recall some long-ago tales of studio and cannabis sessions with fellow music collaborators including Dr. Dre, Nas, and Raphael Saadiq."One of the coolest experiences was when I was doing the [Dr. Dre 2001] album," he told the magazine. "I went to the studio in California. Dre was there but Snoop [Dogg] hadn’t made it yet. I finished my verse before Snoop got there. When I finished, Dre gave me a whole ounce of some green. Some good green. It was Chronic. I was like, 'Oh shit!' So I took some and I made a blunt out of that and gave it back like, 'Thanks.' But then Dre was like, 'Nah, keep it. It’s yours.'"He also described one studio session with Raphael Saadiq that ended in an entirely scratched project. "[Raphael and I were] working on a song for the Baby Boy Soundtrack around 2000…So we smoked and we was feeling real good at the time. We came up with a hook. And we was li
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On Tuesday April 20, a federal judge dismissed the wrongful death suit filed by the family of The Notorious B.I.G. against the city of Los Angeles. In April of 2002, the family of Christopher “Notorious B.I.G.” Wallace filed the suit against then LAPD Police Chief Bernard Parks on the grounds that the LAPD didn’t do enough to prevent the rapper’s death when he was gunned down in a 1997 drive-by shooting. After going to trial in 2005, the case ended in a mistrial after the LAPD was accused of withholding evidence. The city of Los Angeles was ordered to pay $1.1 million in sanctions.The criminal investigation into the 1997 death of Wallace has yet to be solved and remains open.“We run the risk of pursing a case against some people, and later finding out we went after the wrong people," Bradley Gage told the Los Angeles Times. Gage is one of six lawyers representing the Wallace family. “There is benefit to both sides in waiting on this case. Murder has no statute of limitations, so the cr
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The following is a statement from Preme, following a letter supposedly written by Guru was leaked to the public.
IT WAS A SAD DAY FOR ME TO GET CONFIRMATION ON THE DEATH OF A MAN WHO I WILL CONTINUE TO CALL MY BROTHER, KEITH ELAM, BETTER KNOWN AS GURU OF THE LEGENDARY GANG STARR.
FROM 1988-2004, WE EXPERIENCED SO MUCH SUCCESS TOGETHER THAT WE WERE ABLE TO EXPAND OUR BUSINESSES INDEPENDENTLY AND GIVE EACH OTHER WHAT GURU CALLED “CREATIVE SPACE”, BEFORE PLANNING TO REUNITE FOR OUR 7TH LP WHEN THE TIME WAS RIGHT. TRAGICALLY, WE WILL NEVER REACH THAT DAY.
I’VE BEEN ASKED TO COMMENT ON A LETTER SPEAKING ILL OF ME WHICH WAS SUPPOSEDLY WRITTEN BY GURU IN HIS DYING DAYS. ALL I WILL SAY ABOUT IT IS THAT OUR TIME TOGETHER WAS BEAUTIFUL, WE BUILT A HIP HOP LEGACY TOGETHER, AND NO ONE CAN RE-WRITE HISTORY OR TAKE AWAY MY LOVE FOR HIM. ONE THING I WOULD NEVER DO IS PLAY AROUND WITH THE TRUTH ABOUT HIS LIFE.
I WILL CELEBRATE GURU’S LIFE… I WILL HONOR HIS MEMORY… I WILL GRIEVE WITH THE ELAM FAMILY
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Click to DOWNLOAD "Airplanes Pt 2" feat. Eminem and Hayley Williams. Knew this was coming. Em has said Bobby Ray was his favorite freshman emcee. No surprises here, just some crack for your ears.
This is a statement from Guru's family, following his tragic and untimely death. Our thoughts and prayers go out to them, from all of us at TheSession.NET.
The Elam family wishes to thank the fans of our son/brother/father uncle/nephew/cousin Keith aka GURU for the outpouring of love, concern and support.Our hearts are broken by the loss of someone we loved so much. GURU was devoted to his young son, who will most keenly feel his absence.GURU suffered from multiple myeloma for over a year. Accrued complications from this illness led to respiratory failure and cardiac arrest. As a result, GURU was in a coma from mid February until his death and never regained consciousness. Early on the morning of April 19th, he became hypertensive due to low blood pressure. He again went into cardiac arrest and slipped away from us.GURU died far too young but he was, and we are, proud of all his many legendary musical contributions.The family is not aware of any foundations established by GURU. We know
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